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Just 30% of those diagnosed with the disease survive for five years or more.
The charity said early diagnosis of ovarian cancer is key to survival, and women need to know the symptoms in order to visit their GP with concerns.
The charity said awareness of symptoms also differed across the UK.
Ovarian cancer symptoms
Target Ovarian Cancer also warned that women with ovarian cancer were at risk of delayed diagnosis, worse treatment and even lower survival outcomes, depending on where they live.
Alexandra Holden, from Target Ovarian Cancer, said: "It really is down to who you meet, where you live, whether your clinician believes in clinical trials, whether there is a trial near you, which there might be, but there might not be.
"It is absolutely just down to chance and that's not acceptable when we're talking about people's lives."
The charity said early diagnosis was key to survival.
Women diagnosed at the earliest stage of ovarian cancer have a five-year survival rate of 92%, but the five-year survival rate in the UK is just 36%, amongst the worst in Europe.
NICE (The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) also recommend that any woman aged 50 or over who has had symptoms within the last 12 months which suggest a new diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) should have tests for ovarian cancer.
IBS rarely presents for the first time in women of this age and may be confused with ovarian cancer.
Experts say 500 lives a year could be saved through earlier diagnosis of the cancer, if the UK could match the best rates in Europe.
The result was a right royal launch for the latest West End production of 42nd Street, with Kate as guest of honour.
Hollywood star Morgan Freeman, DJ Sara Cox and Dame Esther Rantzen were also among the audience at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Tuesday.
Based on the 1933 film, the show tells of a young performer in Depression-era New York who gets a shot at stardom.
Dressed in a maroon Marchesa gown, the Duchess attended in her role as Royal Patron of East Anglia's Children's Hospices.
She left with a golden pair of tap shoes, presented to her on stage after the curtain call by Mark Bramble, the show's director and co-author.
Tap is in abundance during the musical itself, which dramatises the painstaking coming-together of a Broadway stage spectacular.
Scottish-born singer Sheena Easton heads its cast, making her West End debut as a temperamental star whose indisposition allows an unknown chorine, played by Clare Halse, to take centre stage.
According to co-producer Michael Grade, the musical - which features such familiar songs as Lullaby of Broadway, Keep Young and Beautiful and We're In The Money - is "the right show at the right time".
"I think the public are ready for just some pure entertainment," said the former BBC chairman. "You're guaranteed to come out feeling better than when you went in."
"In times of trouble we look for things that bring us joy," agreed the choreographer Arlene Phillips. "It's a great story, a big, old-fashioned musical, and it just gets right inside you."
What did the critics make of it though? Here's a breakdown of what the Telegraph, the Mail, the Mirror, The Times and The Guardian have been saying.
The West End opening of 42nd Street comes only a few weeks after that of An American in Paris, another old-school mix of classic songs, tireless hoofing and glamorous spectacle.
London's theatrical nostalgia boom will continue next month when the Open Air theatre in Regent's Park launches its summer revival of On the Town.
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They were arrested on Tuesday two days after the boy was taken to hospital with cardiac arrest.
The pair, from Wolverhampton, appeared before magistrates on Thursday.
They are charged with causing grievous bodily harm, engaging in sexual activity with a child under 13 and causing or allowing a child to suffer serious physical harm.
The baby is in New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton and remains in a critical condition, police said.
The man, aged 22, was remanded in custody to appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court on January 21.
The 18-year-old woman has been released on bail to appear alongside her co-accused.
Two other women, aged 46 and 32, have been arrested and released on bail.
The 23-year-old joined the Hatters from West Ham during their Conference-winning season in 2013-14 and follows Justin James in penning a new deal.
"I can't wait to get started again and hopefully we can get promotion this season," Mpanzu said.
"Last year was a bit of a disappointment at the end, but we know we can turn it around."
Luton lost in the League Two play-offs to Blackpool last season and start the new campaign at home against Yeovil Town.
It follows a Royal British Legion (RBL) campaign highlighting that some awards to veterans injured in service were being reduced to cover care costs.
It is hoped the move will benefit more than 6,000 veterans.
The money will be given to local authorities to make those pensions exempt from financial assessment.
The RBL welcomed the move, saying it addressed a "historic discrepancy".
Social Services Minister Rebecca Evans said: "We owe our armed forces veterans a significant debt of gratitude, which is why they deserve a fairer deal when it comes to social care.
"Pensions are an important source of compensation for many veterans and ensuring they receive the full amount they are rightfully entitled to will make their life that little bit easier."
Appointed successor to Charlotte Edwards, Knight took 5-26 to dismiss the tourists for 165 in 45.4 overs.
Opener Tammy Beaumont hit 70, adding 96 with Knight as England cruised home with 18.1 overs to spare at Grace Road.
Knight is the first player to take five wickets and make a fifty in an ODI.
New Road hosts the second game of the three-match series on Wednesday.
The final ODI will be held at Taunton on Monday, before the sides play three Twenty20s.
Katherine Brunt needed only 19 balls to claim her 100th ODI wicket as Pakistan's innings began poorly after England won the toss.
But it was off-spinner Knight who starred, sparking Pakistan's slide from 93-3 by having Iram Javed caught by Lauren Winfield at first slip with only her second delivery.
Sidra Ameen was caught and bowled by the skipper for 52 off 79 balls, with captain Sana Mir following in the same fashion two balls later.
Number nine Asmavia Iqbal made 22 off 34 balls but Knight wrapped up the innings by having her caught at long-on two deliveries after removing Sania Khan.
Lauren Winfield perished to the first ball of England's reply and Georgia Elwiss was bowled for 12 to leave the hosts 33-2.
But Beaumont looked completely at ease and seized her opportunity at the top of the order, hitting four fours off five balls as she showed her early intent.
Iqbal removed Beaumont for 70 - her first ODI half-century - but by that time England required only 37 to win.
Sciver made an aggressive run-a-ball 27, completing a comfortable victory moments after Knight brought up her 70-ball fifty.
England captain Heather Knight: "I had some nerves this morning - it was a big day for me - but they settled quite quickly.
"I was dreaming of a hundred on debut. Getting a five-for never crossed my mind but it was great to start well.
"When I took the job I said I wasn't going to try and be another Charlotte Edwards and I'd do it my own way.
"Laura Marsh was outstanding in the middle and a few of my wickets were down to her."
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There are no words to describe how heartbroken I am to be told the saddest news, that my dear friend Sir Bruce Forsyth has passed away.
From the moment we met, Bruce and I did nothing but laugh our way through a decade of working together on Strictly Come Dancing and I will never forget his generosity, his brilliant sense of humour and his drive to entertain the audiences he so loved.
He has been there for me as a co-host, a mentor, but most importantly as a friend, and I'm extremely fortunate to have worked alongside the man who defined Saturday night entertainment for so many decades.
He was a gentleman and a true legend and I will miss him deeply. My heart goes out to Winnie, his wife, and his beautiful family at this sad time.
He loved being a star. He loved making people laugh. He loved entertaining people. All those cliches of that kind of era and that kind of life were true in his case. There wasn't a phoney part of him. He was through and through vaudeville like a stick of rock.
The training he went through - that's all gone now. He's the last remaining survivor of it all. There was no-one quite like him. Never was, never will be.
What made him great was his impeccable workrate and his determination not to ease into anything, to approach every show as if it were his first. I remember watching him thinking, you crafty old sod, you make it look so easy.
And yet of course he was working away to get it right. You can't be as good as that and take it for granted. He took it seriously, and that's why he lasted so long and became so good at it.
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To me, he was an indestructible titan tap dancing his way through life.
I've known Bruce since the 70s when we judged a disco dance competition together and the rest is history.
Working with him on Strictly was personally a joy. His endless teasing of my judging style, particularly with strong sportsmen, was an ongoing joke. His enormous support after I was let go from the Strictly panel meant so much.
Bruce was a true legend, to watch him warming up the audience before filming was a masterclass in entertainment. His quick use of comedy to avoid disaster on a live show was beyond compare.
Above all, his phenomenal tap dancing skills will always remain with me. Bruce was the best of the best. He was a true national treasure and there will never be another like him. He will be missed by many generations.
As long as I can remember there has always been Bruce on our TV. He was a part of my telly viewing from my teens.
So you can imagine my excitement on being asked to be on Strictly and have Bruce one of my heroes on the same show. He was so kind and encouraging to me, the other judges and all those involved in the show.
I used to pop round to his dressing room and chat about stars he met. The truth is there was no one I mentioned he hadn't met. His work ethic, professionalism and charm will be with me forever.
One of his catchphrases was you're my favourite. Well, you were one of mine and the nation's favourites. Bruce, it was nice to see you, to see you, NICE.
I was devoted to him. He was a lovely man. He had great charm, great humour - he was an all-round performer.
He was one of the country's most talented players - a great dancer, great singer and a comedian and also very good actor.
The way he ran a game show was exceptional - a unique talent. He was a lovely man.
He was one of the most talented men this country of ours has ever produced. He could do it all.
He was the best push and shove quiz master - that's an old line. He was magnificent and he was a great entertainer.
He could dance, he was a very nice pianist, he was good at sketches, he was the greatest moaner in the world on the golf course, and he was a unique friend to me.
He was an all round good guy to be with… except when he was playing bad on the golf course, and then he would moan like you can't believe.
Showbusiness will be sad tonight. The public and the showbusiness fraternity have lost one of the real greats of our business. He was great, and he was a national hero.
Today we've lost one of the greatest entertainers our country has ever known.
Bruce was a friend to many of our teams. He's been part of our lives for years - and we'll miss him dearly.
He invented, and then re-invented, Saturday night entertainment across the decades with shows from The Generation Game to Strictly. And, of course, his catchphrases were part of the national conversation.
I saw him perform and marvelled at the chemistry between him and his audience right from the moment he took to the stage - and, by the way, that was always well before any cameras were rolling.
Bruce was such a special part of the BBC. There'll be time to celebrate his amazing contribution later, but for now I just wanted to mark his extraordinary life.
Bruce was so very special, he had such warmth and humour and he was such a superb talent. He will be irreplaceable in peoples' hearts.
I have known him a lifetime. I toured with him in the early days. He was brilliant right from the start. This is such a sad time - the nation will be heartbroken.
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The 'Parklife' project will build 30 new all-purpose facilities by 2020 in a partnership between the FA, the Department for Culture Media and Sport, the Premier League and Sport England.
One project, the SGP Sheffield Graves centre, opened on Wednesday.
"We will benefit for decades," said interim England manager Gareth Southgate.
"When talking about player development, you're always thinking about short, medium and long-term strategies. It can't always be about what's right for the next 12 months.
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"But the investment isn't always about producing that elite player. It's for kids and communities too.
"I know grassroots clubs give kids somewhere to go where they feel safe, where they get a strong positive influence around them and there's a huge amount of social responsibility."
On Monday, the FA announced a new overseas broadcast rights deal for the FA Cup - reportedly worth £820m - for six seasons from 2018-19.
The value of the overseas deal was undisclosed but chief executive Martin Glenn has said it will allow more investment in pitches, facilities and participation programmes.
"We want people have the opportunity to play on great-quality pitches with top-class dressing rooms and classrooms where coaches can learn," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"If you compare our country to others on the same latitude, they have a lot more artificial pitches.
"Muddy pitches favour the strong children not necessarily the skilful child and we want to improve that situation.
"Too many kids go to matches getting changed in their car because the changing rooms are not of standard. That factor has restricted the take-up of the women's game."
Asked if this investment was coming too late for English football to catch up with its rivals, Glenn said: "We start where we start from, don't we?
"Football is felt about so strongly in England with millions of people playing.
"We've got money in the game to invest in these things so it's never too late.
"This is an acceleration of a good start but I think there's still a long way to go."
Former England full-back Danny Mills, who was part of the FA Commission that reported on how to strengthen the national game in 2014, said the new facilities are just one of the changes that need to be made.
"You have to start somewhere," he said. "Back in 2014, we had just under 700 full-size 3G pitches. In contrast, Germany had nearly 4,000.
"These hubs will be the focal point. It is not perfect, we are far behind. But it is a start.
"I am a massive advocate of switching to a summer league for kids when the weather is warmer and the pitches are in better condition.
"In the commission report, we talked about capping wages for players to keep them from earning too much too soon, and clubs are starting to take that on themselves.
"We talked about clubs playing younger players in lower league and cup competitions and that is starting to happen."
Premier League academy sides are part of the EFL Trophy this season, while Liverpool, Tottenham and Southampton are among the clubs to have limited how much they pay their young prospects.
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The Cheltenham Gold Cup winner beat rivals Seventh Sky and Southfield Theatre on Sunday to claim his first win since taking steeplechasing's blue riband prize in March.
Jockey Nico de Boinville guided the eight-year-old to a 25-length triumph.
Coneygree, who is unbeaten over fences, will ride in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on Saturday, 28 November.
"He felt great. We were in tight a couple of times and he shortened up well. He's just the same old Coneygree," said De Boinville.
Gas supplies are expected to be "comfortable", while electricity margins, at 5.1%, are "manageable", the grid said in its Winter Outlook.
This means supply is expected to exceed peak demand by 5.1%.
The Grid may have to secure extra supplies to keep this margin, such as paying plants to remain on standby.
Without these measures, the margin would be 1.2%. With the additional measures, margins are at their lowest for seven years, and have deteriorated year on year. Over last winter, they were 6.1%.
"Our analysis suggests that electricity margins will continue to be tight but manageable throughout the winter period," said Cordi O'Hara, director of UK Market Operations.
"We have taken appropriate steps to support security of supply through the procurement of additional balancing services."
The Grid made similar provisions last winter.
Gas supplies are far more abundant. The Grid forecasts peak demand of 465 million cubic metres a day, with a potential supply of up to 613 million cubic metres.
"Keeping the lights on is non-negotiable," said Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd. "National Grid has the right tools in place to manage the system this winter and we will ensure that they continue to do so in future."
Keeping the lights on: John Moylan, BBC industry correspondent
The government has announced new measures to ensure the lights stay on in the future.
It's making changes to the Capacity Market, a mechanism which pays owners of power plants a subsidy to guarantee having the plants available from 2018 onwards.
The changes will increase the "incentives and penalties" on firms which agree to build new power plants, but then fail to do so.
It follows reports this week that the only company to win a subsidy to build a new gas power plant as part of the Capacity Market is struggling to find investors.
Carlton Power, which is proposing to build a power station at Trafford in Manchester, has confirmed that the project will be delayed by at least a year.
A number of power stations have closed down in recent years as they come to the end of their natural life. This has led to fears of blackouts in some quarters, with concerns that margins are getting too tight for comfort.
The GMB union accused the Grid of "complacency" and criticised as "bonkers" its policy of paying power stations to be on standby.
"That and bringing unused inefficient power production back into operation are the special measures National Grid is being forced to rely on to keep the lights on and the cost is added to consumers' bills," said national officer Brian Strutton.
But many experts believe fears of the lights going out have been exaggerated.
"The fact is that generation-related electricity outages are vanishingly rare - just one in the last 10 years," said Richard Black, director of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit.
"Almost all power cuts are down to problems with local distribution of electricity, caused by bad weather and other issues.
"Ten years of crying wolf on power cuts has probably served only to confuse the public, who will be entirely aware that their lights have stayed on."
Education charity Ark will take over Oldknow Academy from September.
The school, in Small Heath, was rated "inadequate" by the education watchdog, which accused governors of promoting a "narrow, faith-based" ideology.
Ark said Oldknow will "remain a local, non-selective, non-denominational, mixed school".
The charity, which runs 31 schools nationwide, including four in Birmingham, said it will consult with parents, staff and pupils over its plans.
It said Rebecca Garratt, head of Ark Tindal Primary in Balsall Heath, would lead Oldknow's transition.
Ms Garratt acknowledged Oldknow, which was previously rated "outstanding", had been through a "difficult period".
"Our energy will be focussed on the future and ensuring the best possible education for students," she said.
Chair of governors, Councillor Barry Henley, said the school would "work closely" with Ark "to ensure standards of education are what they should be, and there is effective oversight of what is happening in school".
Headteacher Bhupinder Kondal, who was reinstated in August will stay in charge at Oldknow.
National Association of Head Teachers general secretary Russell Hobby said the union was pleased Oldknow had found "proper help from a strong sponsor".
"The school has been through a difficult time but has a talented principal who will be able to build it back up given patience and support," he said.
The academy was one of 21 schools in Birmingham investigated and it was subsequently found that a small group of governors had tried to "make significant changes to the ethos and culture of the academy without full consultation".
Last month, chief inspector of schools Sir Michael Wilshaw said Oldknow and four other "inadequate" schools had not improved.
He criticised Oldknow's process for recruiting parent governors, despite concerns highlighted in the earlier inspection.
The bird, which occupied a site at Riggindale Valley, near Haweswater in the Lake District, has not been seen since before the turn of the year.
It is believed to be about 20 years old but has been without a mate for around a decade.
An RSPB spokesman said it was "incredibly sad" and added there was "a real sense of loss" among colleagues.
Haweswater site manager Lee Schofield, said: "By this time of year you would have expected to have seen him on display to attract a mate.
"As the last golden eagle in England, it's an element of wildness that has gone.
"There's no real way of knowing for sure. It's a single bird in a huge landscape and he was of an age we couldn't rule out death by natural causes."
"We've not given up hope," Mr Schofield added. "It may be that he has found an alternative food source."
Golden eagle facts
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In previous years the bird had been seen "sky dancing" - a series of dives and rises intended to attract a female partner.
The male is believed to have been the third to take possession of the Haweswater territory.
The previous one disappeared in late 2001 when it was at least 30 years old - and then, the oldest known British eagle.
Perhaps so, but David Swift's journey to the 2016 Skeleton World Championships in Innsbruck is hardly a conventional story.
He was brought up in the Devon town of Newton Abbot, which is better known for its race course and mainline train station than for being a centre of alpine sport.
But, after getting a leaflet thrust in his hand while studying at the University of Bath, he gave the sport a go and has never looked back.
"It was right place, right time really," the 31-year-old British number two told BBC Sport.
"I was studying Sport and Exercise Science 10 years ago and the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association is based up there."
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Having been part of the university's athletics team as a sprinter, the 5'8" Swift had the physical gifts to excel in the sport of skeleton with his fast start and compact frame, and showed his talents on the dedicated push track on campus.
At first it all went well, winning the British title and a silver medal at the World Junior Championships in 2008.
But his progression since then has been slightly slower, missing out on selection for the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics and only being selected for the World Championships for the first time in 2015.
"There's been a lot of disappointment along the way," he said. "I narrowly missed out on Sochi last time around, and that sort of thing enables you to learn a lot about yourself and how to move forward.
"I went back to the drawing board and figured out what I needed to do to move forward.
"Last year I got my first call for the World Championships, this is the second one, and now we're two years out from the PyeongChang Olympics it feels like momentum's building, which is a good place to be."
Swift revels in the pun of calling this season a "rollercoaster", but it has seen him win his first-ever international race in the lower-tier Europa Cup, having raced on the World Cup and Intercontinental Cup circuits.
"I moved down to the Europa Cup just to fill the time, entered a race and won it," he said.
"That was the first race internationally that I'd won in eight or nine years, so in terms of momentum and confidence I'm buzzing and raring to go with the World Championships."
Great Britain's women have enjoyed much of the limelight when it comes to skeleton, with Lizzy Yarnold and Amy Williams winning gold at the last two Olympics and Shelly Rudman and Alex Coomber also making the podium.
British skeleton was dominated for many years by Kristan Bromley, who won the World Cup in 2008, but the men have never won an Olympic medal.
GB's number one racer Dominic Parsons was fifth in this year's World Cup, while Swift was down in 29th place, two spots ahead of team-mate Ed Smith and 10 spots in front of fellow Briton Kenny Howard.
It all means that there is a fight on for the country's second berth at the 2018 Olympics, with Swift getting his chance to shine first in Austria this week.
"Historically we've won a lot of medals female-wise, so it'd be nice for the males to start evening the score up a little bit," he said.
"In terms of the competition we have internally, there's a lot of good guys coming through.
"The internal competition is what we need to drive forward, because it's not enough just to turn up at the Games - we want to be competitive.
"Having that internal competition means we're going to be in a place where hopefully in two years' time we'll all be champing for that medal place."
Fr Patrick Conway found Michael Clune hiding in a room in his home in Ennis on 7 December.
The burglar initially denied breaking into Fr Conway's house and stealing 20 euros.
It was only after he gave the money back that the priest drove him into Ennis.
Fr Conway, an assistant priest in Ennis parish, had just returned from a doctor's appointment when he noticed a downstairs window had been broken.
When he went into his study to call the police, he found Clune hiding in a wardrobe.
He said it came as a shock when he realised it was someone he had known for a number of years.
"I had known Michael since he was a young lad and knew his family well," he said.
The priest confronted Clune about the concrete block that had been thrown through the window but he denied any involvement in the break-in.
Fr Conway then realised 20 euros that he had left out was missing. Again, Clune continued to deny taking the money.
"I had left 20 euros on the floor to remind myself to give it back to someone who had given it to me," he said.
"I said, 'why did you take my money? Give it back' and he said 'I didn't take your money'.
"I was absolutely certain the money was there, so I said 'either you give back my money or we go to the Garda (Irish police)'."
When that failed to work, Fr Conway offered to give him a lift into town.
"I said 'you give me back my money and I'll take you down town'. 'I won't take you to the gardai'. 'I'll bring you over to the cathedral' where another priest had been helping him.
"So he found the money somewhere then and gave it back to me."
On the drive into town, the burglar asked the priest to buy him methadone, which he refused.
When he brought Clune into town, the priest was not at the cathedral so Clune got out of the car.
After consulting with a fellow priest, Fr Conway reported what had happened to police.
Clune pleaded guilty to the burglary and was given an eight-month suspended jail term consecutive to the eight months in jail he is currently serving.
Fr Conway said he had had no contact with the man since the incident, but hoped he was receiving treatment for his addiction in jail.
Robson ended the day on 175 out of 317-4, a large share of it coming in a 180-run opening stand with Nick Gubbins.
Chris Wright then came on to claim the wickets of Gubbins (68) and Nick Compton in successive balls.
But John Simpson and Robson helped restore Middlesex's domination.
After Keith Barker had whittled out two more wickets, including home captain Adam Voges, to leave the hosts on 263-4, wicketkeeper Simpson (31) has so far helped put on 54 with the redoubtable Robson.
Middlesex have not beaten Warwickshire in 19 meetings since June 2001 - and the Bears' away record against them is even better, having not lost in 16 trips to the north side of the capital since losing at Uxbridge in 1988. But the hosts can now a feel bit more hopeful of their chances of ending that miserable record.
It was the second Sunday running that Bears captain Bell had invited the home team to bat without a toss taking place - but Warwickshire's attack did not match the success they had a week ago against Hampshire at Southampton.
Missing the injured Chris Woakes (knee) and Boyd Rankin (side), they went wicketless in the first session - in contrast to a week earlier when Hampshire were seven down by lunch.
Instead, Australia-born Robson cut and drove beautifully to look far more the player England had in mind when they gave him the first of his seven Test caps two summers ago.
On the first day of the Lord's cricketing summer, he punished too many loose balls on a sluggish surface to reach his first hundred since May 2015.
Middlesex centurion Sam Robson told BBC London 94.9:
"We were going to bowl too. It was still tough work but, once you were in and playing the ball on merit, you just put the bad ball away.
"It was a very pleasing day. I felt good. The sun was out and, when you get sent in, you want to try to get off to a good start and get to lunch.
"To kick on was very satisfying and we are in a great position. I'm in a good place and it's great to start well.
"I've been expecting to bat first for four months. I've worked on a few little things with my game."
Warwickshire captain Ian Bell told BBC WM 95.6:
"We didn't bowl well this morning. To go for 130 in the session wasn't us at our best. But for the next two sessions we've gone for about 80-90.
"It was a tough decision. I probably would have tossed in hindsight but that's a wonderful thing. You get here and there's been ice and rain over the last two days.
"We just didn't know. And, when your gut doesn't know, the best option is probably to bowl. But Robbo played fantastically well, to score 170 out of 300.
"It was disappointing to lose Boyd this morning. He would have played. That was frustrating, but it's a test of our squad. Fingers crossed Woakesie will be fit to face Yorkshire.
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But now he has announced a farewell tour.
Wilko has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and has refused chemotherapy.
In an interview to be broadcast on Friday's Front Row, Wilko Johnson talked to the programme's presenter John Wilson.
The full interview will be broadcast on 25 February at 19:15 on BBC Radio 4's Front Row.
A communique at the end of the summit reiterated a joint call to secure "vulnerable nuclear material".
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said nuclear terrorism remained a "grave threat", while US President Barack Obama said action was key.
The meeting was dominated by North Korea's plan to launch a rocket.
North Korea says the long-range rocket will carry a satellite when it goes up in April. The US says any launch would violate UN resolutions and constitute a missile test.
Iran's nuclear programme was also on the minds of the summit participants, with Mr Obama pledging to meet the leaders of Russia and China on the sidelines to work towards a resolution.
At the meeting, world leaders discussed measures to fight the threat of nuclear terrorism, including the protection of nuclear materials and facilities, as well as the prevention of trafficking of nuclear materials.
By Jonathan MarcusBBC Diplomatic Correspondent
The communique describes nuclear terrorism as one of the most challenging threats to international security. But the responsibility to maintain security over nuclear materials lies firmly with states rather than international bodies. And any effort to try to establish or impose common international standards inevitably raises concerns in some quarters that the world's major powers are seeking to intrude into the nuclear affairs of other countries.
That's why this communique reaffirms that measures to strengthen nuclear security will not hamper the rights of states to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The summit urges states to minimise the use of highly enriched uranium - one of the building blocks for a nuclear bomb.
The summit highlights the threat from radioactive materials more generally. But again all the summit can do is urge states to take measures to secure these materials and work towards ratifying international conventions on nuclear security. It is hardly a resounding outcome from a gathering over-shadowed by the more immediate wrangling over North Korea's and Iran's nuclear activities.
A joint communique reaffirmed their commitment to nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
"Nuclear terrorism continues to be one of the most challenging threats to international security," it said.
"Defeating this threat requires strong national measures and international co-operation given its potential global, political, economic, social and psychological consequences."
But it omitted a reference made in a draft communique last Thursday on the need for "concrete steps" towards a world without nuclear weapons, AFP news agency reports.
There are currently no binding international agreements on how to protect nuclear material stored peacefully inside its home country, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul. An amendment seeking to do that is still unratified after seven years.
Addressing the summit, Mr Obama warned there were still "too many bad actors'' who were threatening to stockpile and use ''dangerous'' nuclear material.
"It would not take much, just a handful or so of these materials, to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people and that's not an exaggeration, that's the reality that we face," he said.
"The security of the world depends on the actions that we take."
Mr Hu called for "an international environment conducive to boosting nuclear security" to be created and Mr Lee called for concrete action to tackle a threat that posed "a grave challenge" to peace.
The summit was attended by almost 60 leaders from around the world.
Meetings on Monday were overshadowed by North Korea's planned launch, scheduled to take place between 12 and 16 April.
Pyongyang says it is intended to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il-sung.
Source: Federation of American Scientists
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On Tuesday, a North Korean foreign ministry spokesman said that the launch would go ahead as planned and criticised Mr Obama's stance as ''confrontational''.
North Korea "will never give up the launch of a satellite for peaceful purposes", the spokesman said in a statement in the official KCNA news agency.
A KCNA report also described the ''weather satellite'' Pyongyang planned to launch as useful for ''the study of weather forecast needed for agriculture and other economic fields''.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, speaking at the summit, called on Pyongyang to cancel the rocket launch, saying that it would violate UN Security Council resolutions.
"As such, the international community strongly urges North Korea to exercise restraint and cancel the launch," he said.
The resolutions were passed after a similar launch in April 2009. Japan is particularly concerned as that rocket was launched over the country three years ago.
The US and Chinese presidents met on Monday on the sidelines of the summit and agreed to co-ordinate their response to any "potential provocation" if Pyongyang went ahead with the launch.
South Korea and the US say North Korea risks further sanctions and isolation if it does not cancel its plans. Seoul has also warned it will shoot down the rocket if it strays over South Korean territory.
Now they think they've figured out why it is - it could be down to fish giving out gas. A US team from the University of California, San Diego, listened to the buzz through microphones dropped down as far as 3,300 feet underwater.
They found out that the noise was particularly strong at sunset and dawn.
Scientists think the buzz comes from large groups of small fish and crustaceans that hide in the deep water during the day, and rise up nearer the surface to feed at night.
Simone Baumann-Pickering , a marine expert who worked on the study, says "it's known that some fish are considered to be farting, that they emit gas as they change depths in the water column.
"We're just scratching the surface in terms of understanding how important sound is."
The fish could be making the noise when they let off gas from their bladders to keep them bouncy. Or it could be that they are communicating with each other using the buzzing.
Indian troops returned fire from the camp in the garrison town of Baramulla, 50km (30 miles) north-west of Srinagar, the main city in Kashmir.
The camp is the local headquarters of a counter-insurgency military unit.
Sunday night's attack came three days after India's army said it had carried out a "surgical strike" in the region.
The army said it had destroyed "terrorist launching pads" used by militants with support from Pakistan, but the Pakistani military disputed this.
The Indian assault followed the deadliest attack on one of its bases in Kashmir in years. On 18 September, militants entered an army base in the town of Uri and killed 18 soldiers.
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India accuses Pakistan of arming and training insurgents fighting for Kashmir's independence from India or its merger with Pakistan, a claim Pakistan denies.
Disputed Muslim-majority Kashmir has been a flashpoint for decades and has sparked two wars between India and Pakistan, which both control parts of the disputed territory but claim it in full.
Relations between India and Pakistan have sharply deteriorated since the attack in Uri earlier this month.
Pakistan says India's stance is a "blatant attempt" to deflect attention from human rights abuses in the region.
More than 80 people, nearly all anti-government protesters, have died in more than two months of violence against Indian rule.
The noted arranger died at his home in Malibu, California on Friday following a long period of ill-health.
Lindsey was musical director for Garland's performances at New York's Carnegie Hall that led to the Grammy-winning album Judy At Carnegie Hall.
An Emmy followed for Streisand's TV concert A Happening In Central Park.
Judy At Carnegie Hall, a live recording of the Wizard of Oz star's concert on 23 April 1961, spent 12 weeks at the top of the Billboard chart and went on to win four Grammy awards.
Lindsey went on to work with Liza Minnelli, Garland's daughter, on her televised Liza With A Z concert.
The New Jersey native spent 25 years as musical director for The Merv Griffin Show, earning two Emmy nominations in the process.
As a composer, his credits include Garland's 1963 film I Could Go on Singing and Albert Brooks' 1979 comedy Real Life.
Details of what caused the service to be unusable for millions of users prior to Christmas have been posted on the firm's blog.
The two events combined to create a cascade of problems that managed to knock out much of the network underpinning the phone service.
Skype is assessing how its network is built to stop the problem recurring.
Writing on the Skype blog, Lars Rabbe, chief information officer at the company, said the problems started on 22 December, when some of its servers that handle instant messaging started getting overloaded.
This meant that the responses they sent to Windows machines running Skype were slightly delayed. Unfortunately, a bug in one version of Skype for Windows meant this delay caused the program to crash.
About 50% of all Skype users ran the buggy 5.0.0.152 version of the software, said Mr Rabbe.
This caused problems for Skype because of the way the network supporting it is organised. Some of the data travelling round Skype's network are passed through all those machines logged on to the service.
Skye video calls on test
Those participating machines act as what Skype calls "supernodes" and carry out some of the administrative tasks of the global network and help to ensure calls get through.
With a huge number of these machines offline because of the crash, the rest of the network quickly became overloaded.
Mr Rabbe wrote that the disappearance of the supernodes meant the remaining ones were swamped by traffic.
"The initial crashes happened just before our usual daily peak-hour and very shortly after the initial crash," wrote Mr Rabbe, "which resulted in traffic to the supernodes that was about 100 times what would normally be expected at that time of day."
Traffic levels were so high that they blew through the safe operating specifications supernodes usually use. As a result, more supernodes shut down.
The "confluence of events", said Mr Rabbe, led to Skype being offline for about 24 hours as engineers put in place hundreds of dedicated supernodes and gradually brought the service back to life.
To ensure the outage does not happen again, Mr Rabbe said Skype would look at its update policy, to see if it should automatically move users to newer versions of its software.
A version of Skype for Windows that is free of the bug already exists, but is not automatically given to users.
It said it would also look at its network to improve capacity and get on with an investment programme that would boost this resilience.
Mr Rabbe apologised again on behalf of the company and added: "We know that we fell short in both fulfilling your expectations and communicating with you during this incident."
Skype has offered compensation to customers in the form of vouchers for pre-pay users and a free week of service for subscribers.
Wing Josaia Raisuqe was sent-off after receiving a second yellow card with 28 minutes remaining.
But quick tries by Raphael Lakafia and Julien Aria saw the French team open an 11-point lead.
Tyler Ardron's touchdown four-minutes from time gave Ospreys hope, but Stade survived a tense finish in Cardiff.
The French side had led at half-time after prop Zurabi Zhvania's try had come during Raisuge's time in the sin-bin.
Josh Matavesi's try early in the second half and a second Dan Biggar penalty after the Fijian wing's second yellow card offence saw Ospreys briefly in the lead by 14-11.
But a lack of composure and abject failure to exploit the extra man was the Welsh region's undoing.
Raisuqe was fortunate to be on the pitch long enough to receive a second yellow card, after being sent to the sin-bin for a stamp on his opposite number Keelan Giles in the first half.
But within two minutes of his eventual dismissal for the lesser crime of being offside at a ruck, Stade were ahead.
Jules Plisson's cross-field kick found Lakafia unmarked wide on the left wing to gather and touch down.
And when second row Hugh Pyle intercepted Sam Davies' pass he found Arias on his shoulder to score at the posts and the French side were 11 points to the good.
Ospreys will reflect on a try by Biggar early in the first half which was ruled out for a forward pass, but a creaking scrummage and cool-headed performances from Stade's Sergio Parisse and Will Genia saw them come up short.
It was Stade's first win away from home this season.
Ospreys' defeat means there are no Welsh teams left in either of Europe's knockout tournaments, while Bath face a tricky trip to France for their semi-final.
Ospreys coach Steve Tandy: "I think we probably deserved to win the game in large aspects but ultimately we've paid for some inaccuracies, not finishing off opportunities and a little bit of ill-discipline in the first half,
"At the back end I think there was enough time and opportunities to chase the game down but ultimately we weren't accurate enough and probably forced one or two things that we probably didn't need to."
Ospreys: Sam Davies; Keelan Giles, Ashley Beck, Josh Matavesi, Dan Evans; Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Nicky Smith, Scott Baldwin, Brian Mujati, Lloyd Ashley, Rory Thornton, Sam Underhill, Justin Tipuric, Dan Baker.
Replacements: Scott Otten, Paul James, Ma'afu Fia, Tyler Ardron, James King, Olly Cracknell, Kieron Fonotia, Tom Habberfield
Stade Francais: Hugo Bonneval; Julien Arias, Geoffrey Doumayrou, Jonathan Danty Josaia Raisuqe; Jules Plisson, Will Genia; Zurabi Zhvania, Laurent Sempéré, Rabah Slimani, Hugh Pyle, Paul Gabrillagues, Antoine Burban, Sylvain Nicolas, Serge Parisse.
Replacements: Laurent Panis, Aled De Malmanche, Paul Alo Emile, Pascal Papé, Raphael Lakafia, Julien Dupuy, Morné Steyn, Herman Meyer Bosman.
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Touch Judges: Tim Wigglesworth (England) and Peter Allan (England)
TMO: Sean Davey (England)
Citing Commissioner: Alberto Recaldini (Italy)
For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter.
The idea of a Muslim database arose in November 2015, when Mr Trump told a reporter he would "certainly implement that. Absolutely".
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the ADL, said: "If one day Muslim Americans will be forced to register their identities, then that is the day that this proud Jew will register as a Muslim".
His comments came at the group's Never Is Now conference on anti-Semitism, held in New York.
"We must stand with our fellow Americans who may be singled out for how they look, where they're from, who they love or how they pray," Mr Greenblatt said.
The ADL chief, who previously served in the White House as special assistant to President Barack Obama, told BBC News: "The bottom line here is - we in the Jewish community know what it is when you apply a litmus test based on faith - when you identify people and tag them based on faith...
"When you take one group and make all of them suspect. I feel we have more obligations to speak out."
Mr Trump's position on the proposed Muslim register is presently unclear.
In a statement on Thursday, a spokesman for the Trump transition team appeared to row back from his comments last year, saying Mr Trump had "never advocated for any registry or system that tracks individuals based on their religion, and to imply otherwise is completely false".
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Jason Miller was responding to new reports that Mr Trump's team was considering a database for US immigrants from Muslim countries.
Mr Greenblatt's pledge to register as Muslim struck a chord with many people on social media, who took up the hashtag #NeverIsNow.
Cornell W Brooks, president of African-American civil rights group the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was among those to second the pledge.
"As a proud Christian & a card-carrying member of the @NAACP, I'll also register as a Muslim right behind @JGreenblattADL," he wrote.
"Never is now" refers to the "never again" vow made by Jews after World War Two, when they promised never to stay silent in the face of persecution.
According to an FBI report released this week, hate crimes on the basis of religion increased 23% between 2014 and 2015. This included a rise in reported anti-Jewish crimes, and a significant increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit group based in Alabama, reported 437 separate incidents of intimidation between the election on 8 November and 14 November, targeting ethnic minorities, Muslims, immigrants, women, and the LGBT community.
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said the justice department was investigating whether recent reports of harassment, for instance at schools and churches, violated federal hate crime and other civil rights laws.
"Many Americans are concerned by a spate of recent news reports about alleged hate crimes and harassment," Ms Lynch said.
She urged the public to keep reporting such incidents, "so that our career investigators and prosecutors can take action to defend your rights".
The health minister has announced an amendment to a bill currently going through the assembly.
This would make it illegal to smoke when children are present in a vehicle.
A similar ban came into force in England and Wales in October and Scotland plans to legislate next year.
The Republic of Ireland has already approved a ban, but it has not been implemented yet.
Health Minister Simon Hamilton said he had taken note of the bans in other UK regions and he believes Northern Ireland should follow suit.
"I have listened carefully to the arguments made by many that Northern Ireland should follow the example of other parts of the United Kingdom, and I confirm to the house today that it is my intention to bring forward an amendment at consideration stage (of the legislation) to ban smoking in cars with children," he said.
The idea is to protect children from the harmful effects of second hand smoke which can increase the risk of asthma, meningitis and cot death.
According to the Department of Health, children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of second-hand smoke as they breathe more rapidly and inhale more pollutants per pound of body weight than adults.
Campaigners say the vast majority of people in Northern Ireland are in favour of introducing the measure.
In 2014, an opinion poll commissioned by NI Chest, Heart and Stroke showed 82% of those polled said the assembly should ban smoking in cars carrying children.
But some fear this is the state going too far, invading people's privacy and curtailing people's freedom.
The department said protecting the health of children in Northern Ireland must be a priority.
In England and Wales, drivers and passengers face a fine of £50 for breaking the law introduced two months ago.
However, police are operating a light touch approach when it comes to enforcement - issuing mainly fines as public awareness increases.
Former world champions Dave 'Boy' McAuley, Barry McGuigan and Wayne McCullough, three of Ireland's biggest boxing names, have all been involved in high-profile rematches with mixed results.
So will Frampton's gamble pay off in Las Vegas and propel 'The Jackal' to bigger and better things? Or will the Belfast fighter live to regret the decision after suffering his first career defeat?
McAuley's first professional fight would influence the rest of his career.
Before he fought Tanzania's John Mwaimu, he decided that if he lost, he would never fight again.
It finished in a draw and he continued to fight, although he carried the result around with him for the next few years.
"Down the line, after four or five fights, I thought I wanted to have a second crack at this guy because I thought I could beat him and the second time I fought him I beat him quite handy," said McAuley.
In his 14th professional fight, McAuley got a shot at the WBA world flyweight title.
Unbeaten until then, he faced a big step up by fighting one of the era's greatest flyweights, Colombia's Fidel Bassa.
"I was still very green behind the ears. I was tense the whole time and inexperience was the main reason that I lost," said McAuley.
The bout was named the 1987 'Fight of the Year' and many people thought he was crazy when he signed up for a rematch, although McAuley says he would have gone for a third fight if given the chance.
"I fought a title eliminator and got the chance to face him again. I had improved my fight game dramatically, but it wasn't enough," said McAuley.
"But I think if I had fought him a third time, I would have had the measure of him."
Frampton's manager McGuigan lost to Peter Eubanks on points in 1981. He then came back and beat him by TKO in December of the same year.
The 'Cyclone' said he simply wanted the blemish of defeat off his record and he was never tempted into a third fight.
Meanwhile, McCullough had two bouts with Oscar Larios in 2005. The 'Pocket Rocket' had lost on a unanimous decision in the first fight that February in California, only to get a rematch in July in Las Vegas.
"People had me winning that first fight. I thought I won it clearly, so I wanted to go back and prove myself in front of fair, commissioned judges in Vegas," he said.
However, McCullough lost out with the fight stopped controversially in the 10th round.
"I had been in the wars with Naseem Hamed and Erik Morales and been busted up but those fights weren't stopped, but here it was and there wasn't a mark on me."
Lose or draw, getting back in the ring is a chance to vindicate yourself as soon as possible. But what happens when you win the first fight and decide to take a rematch?
Faced with the same situation as Frampton is now, McAuley chose to have a rematch with Rodolfo Blanco in 1992, two years after beating him.
"The first fight could have gone either way. It was a tough, tough fight. I wanted to win the second fight because I wanted to prove that winning the first fight wasn't a fluke."
But this time Blanco came out as the victor. McAuley added: "I wanted to put all that negative stuff behind me. And I think I won the second fight pretty clearly, but not on the judges' scorecards unfortunately."
With Frampton's fight on Saturday night one of the year's most eagerly awaited, McAuley thinks the WBA world featherweight champion should win, citing Santa Cruz's possible negative mental state.
He also believes that Santa Cruz should have turned down the first fight with Frampton.
"It will be in the back of Santa Cruz's mind that he was beaten. And he'll be thinking 'what if it happens again?'.
"A voluntary defence means you fight someone you are more than capable of beating. I would have said no - you only fight the likes of Carl Frampton if you have to and they only realised that when they lost."
McCullough thinks Frampton is taking a calculated risk because of his ability to adapt.
"Coming off a win in the last one, Carl will win easier. He now knows what to expect and he will be smarter and have the measure of him this time."
On the possibility of a third meeting in Windsor Park, McAuley says there isn't much hope either way.
"They'll have to honour the first contract. If Carl Frampton wins, there could be a third ... probably not though. And if Santa Cruz wins he'll probably go elsewhere because his boys have drawn the contract up."
With that in mind, it might be unwise to hope for a trilogy, especially if Frampton wins again. Because if you beat someone twice, would it be worth going back for a third time?
The red Mercedes C-class could be seen with both rear wheels in the air off the side of the Victoria Road near Bready at about 15:00 BST.
The car's female driver was taken to hospital for a check-up. Her injuries were not thought to be serious.
Three fire engines were called to the scene, as well as the police and ambulance service.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash.
Few would disagree with the foreign secretary when he says that Saudi Arabia and Iran are engaging in proxy wars in the Middle East.
Not everyone would use his language, accusing both countries of "puppeteering", but it is well known that both Riyadh and Tehran support opposing sides in several conflicts.
In Syria, the Saudis are providing arms to opposition rebels and Iran is supporting some of the many militias fighting alongside the Syrian army.
In Yemen, the Saudis lead a coalition of forces fighting the Houthi rebels who ousted the government and are being backed by Iran.
Across the region, the Sunni-Shia divide is one that sucks in outside nations like Saudi Arabia and Iran into a regional power play that many analysts fear could one day escalate.
Nor is the Foreign Secretary's wider analysis too controversial, that there is a lack of leadership and vision in the Middle East which creates conflicts and opportunities for outside powers to flex their muscles.
In foreign ministries across the world, for example, much thought is being given to how Iran may in the future want to use Hezbollah, the leading Lebanese Shia militia supporting President Assad's forces in Syria.
Where do they take their new-found experience and expertise in warfighting when the Syrian civil war subsides into an insurgency?
Nor is the foreign secretary saying anything that the Saudis have not heard before in private.
Foreign Office sources make clear that this is exactly what Mr Johnson has been telling his Saudi counterpart in their regular phone calls, the last of which was at the weekend.
Nor would Mr Johnson's predecessors, they say, have disagreed with much of his analysis, at least behind closed doors.
No, Mr Johnson's mistake was to say something in public that is normally said in private.
Officially, the British government does not regard the conflict in Yemen as a proxy war.
The UK sees it as a conflict of aggression by Houthi rebels that threatens the security of the Saudi people.
The Saudis are close allies; therefore the UK backs them in their campaign to protect their borders.
There is also a wider strategic interest in Yemen not becoming a failed state that ends up as a bolthole for al Qaeda and so-called Islamic State fighters.
But what has really stoked Downing Street's ire is the way Mr Johnson's faintly disobliging remarks about Saudi Arabia have undermined several days of hard work and diplomacy.
The prime minister has just come back from the Gulf where she has been promoting Britain's engagement with a part of the world whose trade will be hugely important after Brexit.
She has dined with the Saudi king, praised the kingdom for its reforms and given thanks for the vital intelligence the Saudi security services have provided Britain over the years.
And then Theresa May returned to hear her foreign secretary had dismissed the Saudis as "puppeteers" playing at "proxy wars".
It is little wonder that her official spokeswoman came down on Mr Johnson like a tonne of black-edged Downing Street bricks, saying that the foreign secretary was not expressing the government's position and he will have the opportunity to set out the correct government position when he visits Saudi Arabia at the weekend.
To his critics, Boris Johnson is this government's Shakespearean fool, an errant jester who wanders the globe telling jokes that insult as often as they amuse the Queen's allies.
But remember: the Bard often used his clowns to tell a wider truth, one that the players did not always want to hear.
The foreign secretary's problem is that truth is not always good diplomacy.
The teenager appears to have been bitten by an infected flea.
The authorities have sought to calm fears of an epidemic and have quarantined more than 100 people.
Bubonic plague, known as the Black Death when it killed an estimated 25 million people in Europe during the Middle Ages, is now rare.
World Health Organisation epidemic disease expert Eric Bertherat told the BBC there were about 400 cases of bubonic plague reported in 2012.
He said Africa accounted for more than 90% of cases worldwide - especially Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dr Bertherat said that bubonic plague in Central Asia was usually transmitted by fleas attached to small wild mammals, which meant that only those who lived in rural areas and worked outside for long hours were in danger of being affected.
"Because bubonic plague is such a rare event, local medical staff are not prepared to diagnose the disease and treat it appropriately," he said, "which means the first patient usually dies without even a diagnostic.
"If secondary cases occur, medical staff are aware and better able to treat patients with antibiotics."
The teenager, named as Temir Issakunov, came from a mountain village in the north-east of the country, close to the border with Kazakhstan.
"We suspect that the patient was infected with the plague through the bite of a flea," health ministry official Tolo Isakov said.
The BBC's Rayhan Demytrie says that doctors failed to correctly diagnose his illness until tests were made after his death last week.
Teams have been sent to the area to get rid of rodents, which host the fleas that can carry the deadly bacterium.
Reports suggest that the infected flea could have come from a marmot - a type of mountain squirrel sometimes hunted for food.
Kyrgyz authorities say that the availability of antibiotics means that there is no danger of an epidemic.
More than 2,000 people are being tested for bubonic plague in the Issik-Kul region.
Checkpoints have been set up and travel and livestock transport restricted.
Neighbouring Kazakhstan is reported to have tightened border controls to prevent the disease entering its territory.
There are three human plagues caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis of which bubonic plague is the most common.
The other two conditions are linked to bacteria in the blood - septicaemia - and bacteria in the respiratory system - pneumonia, which can be transmitted between humans by respiratory droplets.
During the last 20 years, at least three countries experienced outbreaks of human plague after dormant periods of about 30-50 years, experts say.
These areas were India in 1994 and 2002, Indonesia in 1997 and Algeria in 2003.
According to the World Health Organization, the last significant outbreak of bubonic plague was in Peru in 2010 when 12 people were found to have been infected.
The results mean that DR Congo sit top of Group B on six points while Angola are eliminated after two defeats.
Cameroon know a draw in their final match against DR Congo on Monday will be enough for them to go through.
Only a big win for Ethiopia against Angola coupled with a Cameroon loss gives them any chance of progressing.
Cameroon had the better of the first half, which was held-up for 10 minutes because of floodlight failure, while Ethiopia improved after the break.
However it was a dull encounter in Huye after the earlier game when DR Congo raced into a 3-0 lead by half-time against neighbours Angola.
Nelson Munganga (pictured), Elia Meschak and Jonathan Bolingi all found the target for the inaugural CHAN winners (in 2009).
Gelson and Yano hit back for Angola but in between those goals Merveille Bope struck DR Congo's fourth.
DR Congo have now scored 7 goals at the tournament after their 3-0 win over Ethiopia, who are yet to score in Rwanda.
Cameroon won their opening match 1-0 against Angola
US oil production has increased to a record high in recent years as high prices made investment worthwhile.
Prices halved over the past year as demand fell in line with slower economic growth.
Meanwhile, Opec producers, particularly Saudi Arabia, have maintained high levels of production.
US crude oil was trading at more than $90 a barrel a year ago, but now costs around $45. The UK's Brent crude has also halved in price from a year ago and is currently trading at about $48 a barrel.
Techniques such as fracking have helped US producers offset the falling oil price by lowering investment and production costs.
Slowing economic demand and high production have created a glut of oil that outstrips the world's current needs.
The IEA said the resulting lower oil prices would boost demand to a five-year high this year, a trend that the IEA said would help Opec countries.
Opec controls more than a third of the world's oil output. It typically cuts production when prices fall to attempt to push prices higher.
Its recent strategy has been to keep the taps turned on fully in an attempt to curb US output, which is uneconomical at lower prices.
The IEA said: "Oil's price collapse is closing down high-cost production from Eagle Ford in Texas to Russia and the North Sea, which may result in the loss next year of half a million barrels a day, the biggest decline in 24 years."
Non-Opec supply contracted by one million barrels a day in 1992 from the previous year after the Soviet Union broke apart.
The IEA expects US oil production to drop by 0.4 million barrels a day in 2016. It grew by 1.7 million barrels a day in 2014.
A window in the Wetherspoon Rodborough Buildings in Guildford was broken in two places in the attack on Wednesday.
"People were pretty frightened and were hiding under the tables and running down the stairs," said BBC Surrey reporter Adrian Harms.
Surrey Police said it was believed stones were thrown at the window.
"I did see people standing on the roof of the Friary Centre opposite who looked as though they were throwing objects in the direction of the pub," said Harms, who was in the pub at the time.
Police officers searched the area with the help of the National Police Air Service but no culprits were found.
Nobody was injured.
The town centre was closed for 45 minutes after the attack at 21:00 GMT.
Richard Potts, operations manager at The Friary, said: "We are aware of an incident that took place yesterday evening close to The Friary and have liaised with Surrey Police.
"The incident did not take place in The Friary, which was closed at the time, and The Friary opened this morning as usual."
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Emergency services were dispatched to meet the BE851 flight from Birmingham at about 19:00 on Tuesday.
A Flybe spokeswoman said the aircraft landed safely and the passengers disembarked as normal.
The technical fault is the third which the airline has experienced in five days.
On Thursday 23 February, a Flybe plane from Edinburgh was evacuated after its landing gear collapsed during touchdown at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.
Earlier in the same day a flight between Glasgow to Birmingham had to return to Glasgow when one of its propeller engines was shut down by the pilot as a precaution.
In the latest incident, Flybe said emergency services were dispatched as a precautionary measure.
A spokeswoman said: "Flybe can confirm that the above flight landed without incident at Edinburgh Airport following a technical fault with the aircraft.
"The pilot followed all required procedures and the aircraft landed safely and was towed to stand.
"As is standard procedure the airport put its emergency vehicles on standby as a precautionary measure.
"The safety of its passengers and crew is the airline's number one priority and Flybe apologises for any inconvenience caused."
After the game ended 1-1, the U's lost 13-12 in the shootout when Chelsea's Bradley Collins saved the 34th spotkick, taken by Wes Thomas.
The defeat meant Oxford finished second in their group but still progressed.
The group stage of the new-look competition culminates with eight more fixtures on Wednesday night.
Group winners are guaranteed a home tie in round two, with the draw due to take place on Thursday (10:30 GMT).
Blackpool, Bradford, Carlisle, Cheltenham, Chesterfield, Doncaster and Mansfield have also made it through.
So, too, have the development squads of Swansea, Southampton, Brighton, Reading and Wolves.
The full list of qualifiers will be confirmed after Wednesday's fixtures.
Sixteen Premier League and Championship clubs were invited to field development squads in the competition.
Newport County used their Twitter account to appeal for a qualified official after referee Andy Davies was injured during their tie against AFC Wimbledon.
The tactic worked and the game at Rodney Parade was able to resume, although Newport failed to make it to round two despite beating the Dons 2-0.
The competition, which has been revamped by the English Football League this season, has been characterised by low attendances.
Northampton drew their lowest ever crowd of 762 for their game against West Ham's development squad, with both teams already unable to progress.
Stoke, who were already eliminated, included Bojan, Giannelli Imbula and Peter Crouch in their side but still only attracted 689 for their game against Bury.
Elsewhere, 308 saw Middlesbrough's development side lose 3-0 at home to Shrewsbury, while 393 watched Barnet's match against Peterborough.
Portsmouth's lowest post-war crowd of 1,200 saw them beat Bristol Rovers 1-0 and keep alive their chances of making it past the group stages.
And there were just 284 people watching West Brom's academy side play at home to Gillingham - a number, according to the Gills' Twitter account, that included scouts and press, as well as "approximately" nine away fans.
Bill Lincoln said he was given three bags by John "Kenny" Collins, one of the men who has pleaded guilty to his role in the heist, on the Monday after the burglary.
Mr Lincoln said he was told they contained paperwork and "bric-a-brac".
He denies conspiring to commit the burglary and a money-laundering charge.
Describing the bags, he said: "I was told they contained paperwork, old photographs and bric-a-brac from a house that he had sold… like memorabilia."
He said he then gave the bags to his nephew, Jon Harbinson, who said he would put them in his shed.
Six weeks later Mr Harbinson and Mr Lincoln returned the bags to Collins in a car park in Enfield.
When Collins was arrested a few minutes later, the bags were found to contain large amounts of jewellery.
Mr Lincoln said he had been given a separate bag of jewellery by Collins on the day before he was arrested, to see if he could sell any of it.
He said he put the bag in the airing cupboard, and "a couple of bits" behind a skirting board with a yellow duster.
He said £2,000 in £50 notes found under his microwave by police had been left to him by his brother who had died in his arms.
Mr Lincoln admitted leaving the country two days after the raid, saying he travelled to the Greek island of Symi where he "went fishing".
Carl Jones, of Park Avenue, Enfield; John Collins, 75, of Bletsoe Walk, Islington; Terry Perkins, 67, of Heene Road, Enfield and Brian Reader, 76, of Dartford Road, Dartford, have all previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary.
The trial continues.
Peter Morgan, 54, of Llanellen, Monmouthshire, is accused of strangling Georgina Symonds, 25, in January 2016.
The father-of-two admits the killing but denies it was murder.
On Friday, Newport Crown Court heard he had been divorcing his wife and would have given her half his property empire so he could be with Miss Symonds.
The court heard Mr Morgan said in a police interview: "I love George. I gave everything up for her. I've been married for 22 years so I gave up my marriage for her.
"I was in the process of giving up half my properties and companies to my wife to be with her.
"She was my life."
Mr Morgan described himself as a "Sugar Daddy" who lavished Miss Symonds with expensive gifts and paid her up to £10,000 a month to be his personal escort.
He said the former burlesque dancer from the Allt-yr-yn area of Newport was "perfect" and praised her figure.
But he said she struggled with bipolar disorder and had anxieties after the suicide of her former boyfriend.
He said: "She got very anxious with her ex. He texted her and just wouldn't let it go."
Mr Morgan said she was taking cocaine and drinking and claimed he once found her in the bath in a "half attempt" to cut her own wrists.
He said: "She was under the water and I pulled her out. After the death of her ex, she was taking drugs and drinking regularly.
"She was blaming me for his death. She was making me feel guilty and saying it was all my fault."
He added: "I wasn't plotting this for days or weeks. It definitely was not a case of me wanting her dead. I don't know why I wanted to kill her."
Previously, prosecutors said Mr Morgan murdered Miss Symonds after he found out she was going to leave him as soon as he signed one of his homes over to her.
He admits strangling the mother-of-one with baling twine from his farm, then wrapping her body up in black plastic and hiding her in a workshop behind his farmhouse.
But he denies murder because of diminished responsibility due to Asperger's syndrome.
The trial continues.
The identity of the attacker has not been established and there was no immediate way of verifying the claim.
German prosecutors have freed the only suspect, citing insufficient evidence. He was identified by media only as Pakistani national Naved B.
Officials suggested that a perpetrator or perpetrators might be on the run.
IS said through its news agency that one of its "soldiers" had carried out the attack, in which 49 people were also injured, "in response to calls to target nationals of the coalition countries".
German Interior Minister Thomas De Maiziere reacted cautiously to the claim, saying "several lines of investigation" were being pursued.
Before the suspect was released late on Tuesday, German officials said they could not be sure if he was involved in the attack.
Federal prosecutor Peter Frank told reporters that the style of attack and the choice of target suggested Islamic extremism.
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The IS claim does not prove much in terms of the attack in Berlin. The group often refers to individuals who carry out attacks as its "soldiers" but the crucial question is firstly whether the individual had any form of direct contact with IS.
Face-to-face or online communication are possible but far from certain. If there was no direct contact, it could still be the case that an individual was inspired rather than directed by the group.
In this case, an individual may leave his or her own pledge of allegiance in written form or online or in a video.
But until such evidence emerges, it remains hard to know if this is just an opportunistic claim by the group rather than one based on real substance.
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The sole suspect was captured in a park after reportedly fleeing the scene and being tracked by a member of the public, who alerted the police.
The lorry's original driver, Polish citizen Lukasz Urban, was found dead on the passenger seat, reportedly with gunshot and stab wounds to his body. No gun was recovered.
Among those who suffered injuries in the attack was Inaki Ellakuria, a 21-year-old student from Spain, the Associated Press news agency reports.
"I heard the truck crashing against the first stall..." he tweeted, only minutes after the vehicle ran over dozens of shoppers. "It came fast, too fast to be driving off the road accidentally."
Later he tweeted (in Spanish): "It hurts every time I think about it. I didn't think I was going to overcome the pain."
On Tuesday, he underwent surgery at a hospital in Berlin for the broken tibia and fibula on his left leg. He also has broken bones in his right ankle and instep, as well as damage to his hip, but he is recovering well, according to his relatives.
A vigil has been held at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, next to the Breitscheidplatz Christmas market which was attacked.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed to punish those responsible for the attack "as harshly as the law requires".
She expressed concern that the attacker might turn out to be an asylum seeker: "I know that it would be particularly difficult for us all to bear if it turned out that the person who committed this act was someone who had sought protection and asylum in Germany."
Her open-door policy on migration, which saw 890,000 asylum seekers arrive in Germany last year, has divided the country, with critics calling it a security threat.
The co-leader of Germany's anti-immigration AfD party, Frauke Petry, blamed Mrs Merkel's liberal policy on migrants, saying: "The milieu in which such acts can flourish has been negligently and systematically imported over the past year and a half."
For Angela Merkel the legacy of the Berlin attack will be political. It is not clear who the perpetrator was. But if it proves to be someone who came as a refugee she will face more pressure. She has stuck to her welcoming policy towards refugees fleeing war and persecution, and a majority of Germans have continued to back her.
But Mrs Merkel's political opponents, notably the far right Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD), have attacked her again following the Berlin attack, saying she has compromised Germany's security by letting in people without knowing who they are.
It is a charge they will seek to press as Germany gears up for federal elections next year. The AfD had surged in regional elections this year. But Germany's main parties have all said they will shun any question of sharing power with the AfD.
And Angela Merkel has seen her support rise in recent polls. It is why the issue of who carried out the Berlin attack is vital for Mrs Merkel and her vision of a free, open Germany.
Monday's incident mirrored the lorry attack on Bastille Day crowds in the French city of Nice on 14 July, which was also claimed by IS.
Both IS and al-Qaeda have urged their followers to use vehicles as a means to attack crowds.
But the issue is not new - clashes between different groups of Fulani herders and farmers have killed thousands of people in Nigeria over the past two decades.
In 2014, more than 1,200 people lost their lives, according to the most recent Global Terrorism Index. This made the Fulanis the world's fourth deadliest militant group, the report said.
February's massacre of some 300 people in central Benue state and last month's raid in southern Enugu state, where more than 40 were killed, caused outrage across Nigeria. Properties were destroyed and thousands of people forced to flee their homes.
This led to growing anti-Fulani sentiment in some parts of the country with the hashtag #fulaniherdsmen trending on social media.
President Muhammadu Buhari, himself a Fulani, has responded to the public outcry and ordered the security forces to crack down on the cattle raiders.
But the issue is much more complicated than this.
Disagreements over the use of essential resources such as farmland, grazing areas and water between herders and local farmers are said to be the major source of the fighting.
Fulani herders can travel hundreds of miles in large numbers with their cattle in search of pasture. They are often armed with weapons to protect their livestock.
They frequently clash with farmers who consistently accuse them of damaging their crops and failing to control their animals.
The Fulanis respond that they are being attacked by gangs from farming communities who try to steal their cattle and they are just defending themselves.
The clashes used to be confined to Nigeria's central region, with the mainly Christian Berom farming community in Plateau state engaging in tit-for-tat killings with Muslim nomadic herders.
But the continued effect of climate change on grazing lands has pushed the Fulani herdsmen further forward south in search of grass and water.
This has widened the scope of the conflict with deadly incidents being increasingly reported in southern parts of the country, raising fears that the violence could threaten the fragile unity that exists among Nigeria's diverse ethnic groups.
Why is the conflict so vicious and complicated?
Apart from clashes with farmers, there have been allegations that some Fulanis have been involved in armed robbery, rape and communal violence especially in central and northern part of the country. Similar accusations have also been made against them in Ghana and Ivory Coast.
Their association with the Hausa ethnic group and their nomadic nature has also made them vulnerable to attack, and they have been caught up in ethnic clashes not of their making.
Much of the violence in central Nigeria dates back to the 2002 and 2004 clashes in the Yelwa-Shendam area of Plateau state in which thousands lost their lives.
This saw ethnic, political, economic and religious tensions overlap and the consequences are still seen with deep distrust between mainly Muslim Fulani herders and mostly Christian farming communities, who see the Hausa-Fulanis as outsiders trying to take their land.
The Fulanis are also sometimes attacked and have their animals stolen by bandits, prompting brutal reprisals. This is not unique to central Nigeria but the country as a whole.
Police recently announced the arrest of several suspected Fulani militants armed with "dangerous weapons" outside the capital, Abuja. The men say they were on their way to recover their stolen cattle.
Fulani associations have consistently denied any links to militants, saying they are being blamed for crimes committed by others.
"It is not fair to blame us for every incident because in most cases we are the victims," Sa'idu Baso, a senior Fulani leader in eastern Nigeria, told the BBC.
"Nigerian authorities need to do more to protect our people and their cattle," he added.
The deadly nature of the violence has left many people wondering about the source of the arms being used to carry out the atrocities.
The most common weapon used in these types of conflict is the AK47 assault rifle, Abubakar Tsav, a former federal police commissioner, told the BBC.
He says that the conflict in Libya and Mali has increased the proliferation of small and large arms into the country because Nigeria's porous borders are uncontrollable.
"Some people are exchanging stolen crude oil for arms and these are being easily shipped through our sea ports."
Another theory being suggested is that the herders get their weapons from black markets across West and Central Africa, because they live in the bush and travel throughout the region.
The conflict has cost Africa's largest economy more than $14bn (£10bn) in the three years to 2015, according to the UK-based humanitarian organisation, Mercy Corps.
It has "impeded market development and economic growth by destroying productive assets, preventing trade, deterring investment, and eroding trust between markets actors," it added in a report last July.
The recent upsurge also represents a fresh security challenge for a country already stretched by the seven-year Boko Haram insurgency in its north-eastern region.
Unlike that crisis which is concentrated on a fraction of the country, this conflict is occurring in almost every part of Africa's most populous nation.
The UN says it is worried by the "complete impunity enjoyed so far by perpetrators of previous attacks", and called on the government to do more to protect its citizens.
Reports in the local media say MPs are working on a law that will establish grazing areas across the country to douse the tension between the rival groups.
But the move has proved unpopular with many, especially in the south.
"The Fulani herdsman is running a business with his cows, why should we have to give up our lands for his interests," one man said on Twitter.
However, it is difficult to generalise anything related to the Fulanis because in most cases, these nomadic herdsmen don't even know each other and carry out their activities independently.
There is certainly no evidence that Fulani groups have a single political goal.
So in many ways it is inaccurate to describe them as a single militant group.
This makes it difficult for the authorities to come up with any sustainable plan to end the crisis.
Ms Shah apologised in April for online posts, including one suggesting Israel should be moved to the United States.
Labour has now reinstated the Bradford West MP, who in her first interview about the controversy blamed her "ignorance".
"I wasn't anti-Semitic, what I put out was anti-Semitic," Ms Shah told BBC Radio 4's World At One.
In a Facebook post in 2014, before she became an MP, Ms Shah shared a graphic showing an image of Israel's outline superimposed on a map of the US under the headline "Solution for Israel-Palestine conflict - relocate Israel into United States", with the comment "problem solved".
The post was brought to light by the Guido Fawkes website, which also highlighted a post in which she appeared to liken Israeli policies to those of Hitler.
At the time, Ms Shah said the posts had been written during the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict when emotions had been running high - although she said that was not an excuse.
Now the MP, who also resigned as PPS to shadow chancellor John McDonnell, says she wishes she had apologised as soon as she was approached about the posts.
Instead she waited until a story about them was published.
The MP said that when she looked back she thought "how stupid I was and how ignorant I was".
"The truth is that some of the stuff I have since looked at and understood, I didn't know at the time," she said.
Ms Shah said she now understood the connotations involved in the words she used.
"The language I used was anti-Semitic, it was offensive," she said. "What I did was I hurt people and the language that was the clear anti-Semitic language, which I didn't know at the time, was when I said, 'The Jews are rallying.'"
Ms Shah said she had been on a learning journey in recent months and had received "amazing compassion" from the Jewish community.
"I didn't get anti-Semitism as racism," said Ms Shah. "I had never come across it. I think what I had was an ignorance."
She said she had been party to conversations about the Israel-Gaza conflict, about unilateral British and American support for Israel, which might have influenced her.
To understand anti-Semitism, people had to understand the conversations which built that hatred, such as claims that Jewish people control banking and the media, she argued.
Ms Shah explained her initial reaction to the furore: "One of the tough conversations I had to have with myself was about, God, am I anti-Semitic?
"And I had to really question my heart of hearts. Yes, I have ignorance, yes everybody has prejudice, sub conscious biases, but does that make me anti-Semitic? And the answer was no, I do not have a hatred of Jewish people."
Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone defended Ms Shah in the wake of the controversy.
He remains suspended from Labour after being accused of anti-Semitism himself and Ms Shah refused to comment on his actions.
Ms Shah said she thought Labour should have suspended her before David Cameron waded into the row at Prime Minister's Questions.
"Labour is not overrun by anti-Semitics, I think there are pockets where there are ignorance but I think that is in any party.
"I think that ignorance will only shift if we start having the conversations."
McDonnell, 30, had been set to face Rosas on the undercard of Anthony Joshua's IBF world heavyweight title bout with Charles Martin at the O2.
But after suffering a sparring injury the 31-year-old has withdrawn, to be replaced by fellow Mexican Vargas, 27.
It will be McDonnell's first UK bout since beating Javier Chacon in 2014.
The Doncaster fighter, who has won 27 of his 30 contests, beat Japan's Tomoki Kameda in both of his past two bouts.
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Vargas has won 29 of his 42 career fights, most recently beating former WBO super bantamweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr in Brooklyn in June.
"It's a massive chance for Vargas. It means everything to him and he's going to bring the fight to me, but I am focused, feeling sharp and looking to make a statement," McDonnell said.
"I've been training for lots of styles so it doesn't bother me. I'm just buzzing to be back in the UK and ready to put on a show."
McDonnell won the WBA title with a 10th-round stoppage of Thailand's Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat at Wembley Stadium in May 2014.
He had previously been stripped of the IBF title for failing to fight the federation's mandatory challenger in the advised timeframe.
James Healy-Pratt is representing the family of the lord - who was one of Northern Ireland's richest men - at an inquest into the deaths in Norfolk.
He said the family believed the crash, in March 2014, was "preventable".
A crash report said the crew was unhappy about taking off in heavy fog.
The inquest into the deaths in the crash, which happened close to Lord Ballyedmond's home in Gillingham, near Beccles, is due to start on Tuesday.
The pilots of the Agusta AW139 G-LBAL helicopter, 36-year-old Capt Carl Dickerson, and Capt Lee Hoyle, 45, were killed instantly along with Lord Ballyedmond, 70, and his 42-year-old foreman, Declan Small, from Mayobridge, County Down.
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An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said the crew were unhappy about taking off in heavy fog.
The report said the take-off from the peer's estate, Gillingham Hall, would not have been allowed from a licensed aerodrome.
It found the crew lacked visual cues, formal training and procedures to fly in the conditions on board.
Mr Healy-Pratt, of Stewarts Law and himself a qualified helicopter pilot, is also representing the Small family.
"Lord Ballyedmond entrusted the safety of his employee's life and also his own to the pilots on that foggy evening in March 2014, in a sophisticated helicopter full of safety equipment that Lord Ballyedmond had specifically chosen because of his commitment to crew and passenger safety," he said.
"The aviation insurers for both pilots this week have agreed not to contest responsibility for the death of Lord Ballyedmond or Declan Small.
"Both families expect the inquest to deliver clarity and truth about the causes of the crash, and... ensure that further innocent lives are not lost in similar preventable accidents.
"One possible recommendation is that, after significant delay, the Civil Aviation Authority should require pilots of privately-owned helicopters to follow the same requirements as pilots of commercially operated helicopters, which might well have prevented this accident."
Shauna Moreland said she wanted to ask him: "Were you on the (IRA) army council? Did you order my mum's death?
Mr McGuinness has previously said he has no knowledge of the 1994 murder of mother of three Caroline Moreland.
He described the murder as "an absolute tragedy" and denied being on the IRA army council.
Caroline Moreland was taken from her home in west Belfast, tortured and killed.
Her body was found near Rosslea, County Fermanagh.
The IRA claimed she was passing information to the police.
Speaking to BBC Newsline earlier, Shauna Moreland said :"The questions that I would have for him I would just like an honest opinion instead of the same answer that's given for every question that's posed.
"They don't want to answer, it's just 'we weren't involved, we weren't there'.
"It's not good enough, it's not good enough for people anymore."
Ms Moreland added that other families are also looking for answers about the deaths of their relatives.
"There are 11 or 12 other families. None of us are out to cause trouble or negativity toward the peace process.
She added: "None of us want to go back to the way it was before. We just want answers and truth. And justice for our relatives."
A Sinn Féin spokesperson said: "Martin McGuinness is more than willing to meet with Shauna Moreland.
"Mr McGuinness has already outlined to the Spotlight programme that it is certainly not the case that he was on the IRA army council.
"The killing of Caroline Moreland, like the deaths of all victims of the conflict, was an absolute tragedy, particularly for her young family."
On Tuesday, a BBC NI Spotlight programme revealed details of final recordings made by Ms Moreland, under interrogation, before she was shot dead.
In a harrowing, and unusual recording, Ms Moreland can be heard "confessing" to having been an informer.
Just before the ceasefires of 1994, she came under the suspicion of the IRA, was kidnapped, held for two weeks, and shot dead.
In the recording her interrogators made, she described how she was persuaded by British intelligence to pass on information.
Senior IRA sources have told the BBC that it is almost certain that one of her accusers was in fact a British agent, one of its most prized and senior - Freddie Scappaticci, who was given the codename Stakeknife.
The British number three started well and took the first set but the Canadian top seed hit back to win 4-6 6-3 6-4.
Raonic won five games in a row to seal the second set and go 2-0 up in the decider and help set up the victory.
Raonic will face Argentina's former US Open winner Juan Martin del Potro in Saturday's semi-final.
"I was a little bit slow off the block, got a little down on myself after that and wasn't necessarily focusing on the right things," Raonic told the ATP website.
"I was glad to be able to get out of that midway through the second set.
"But Kyle has very good potential. He takes it to you and has a forehand that's very hard to read. He's constantly improving, so things look bright for him."
Seventh seed Del Potro, who won the event in 2011, beat American wildcard Sam Querrey 7-5 7-5.
In the other semi-final, American world number 21 Jack Sock faces compatriot Donald Young, ranked 69.
San Francisco-based Bastille said keyboards transmitted what was being typed in "clear text", making it possible for attackers to listen in on from up to 76m (250ft) away.
The firm said affected keyboards could not be updated and should be replaced.
In total, the researchers found 12 different companies producing vulnerable keyboards.
None of the firms had taken measures to warn users or rectify the issue in future products, Bastille said.
"We went into a bunch of big box stores and purchased wireless keyboards," said Ivan O'Sullivan, Bastille's chief research officer.
"We were shocked to find that two-thirds transmitted all of their data in clear text, no encryption.
"We did not expect to see this. We didn't think it would be in clear text. Hackers can intercept all the keystrokes from your keyboard up to 250 feet away. Through glass, walls, floors."
The keyboards affected used radio signals to transmit what the user was typing. By using a cheap, USB-powered radio antenna, the research team was able to follow what was being typed. They could also control the keyboard, inserting their own keystrokes.
Researcher Marc Newlin said a busy office could be targeted as it was trivial to isolate the signals of individual keyboards.
But he said he did not know if hackers were exploiting the weakness.
"We have no evidence to suggest that," he told the BBC. "It's completely passive so there's no way for a victim to know."
To solve the problem, Bastille recommended using keyboards using Bluetooth to connect to a computer, rather than radio. Or alternatively, "just get a wired keyboard".
Many of the devices tested would remain vulnerable, said Bastille, because it was not possible to update the firmware that keeps them operating.
The company praised Logitech, Dell and Lenovo for using higher-end chips in their wireless keyboards that had stronger security.
The research on wireless keyboards complements work Bastille did earlier in 2016 on wireless mice. It found that attackers could spoof poorly protected signals letting them use PCs as if they were sitting in front of them.
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The EFL wrote to the club to "request their observations" on Wagner's team after their loss to Birmingham.
The Terriers boss made 10 changes for the 2-0 defeat, a result the league has confirmed will stand.
"The only person who is able to say what is a strong team and what isn't a strong team is me," Wagner said.
"I selected the team because I wanted to win the football match. In my opinion, and this is why I defend my squad and my players like a tiger, I think it's very disrespectful for the players who were on the grass against Birmingham to say this was a weak team.
"This is why I thought at the beginning it was a joke and not something serious."
Wagner's team selection was questioned by Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray, whose Rovers side remain two points below relegation rivals Birmingham before the final game of the season.
"It doesn't concern me to be fair what other managers from Nottingham or Birmingham or Blackburn or whoever thinks about us and our team selection," Wagner told BBC Radio Leeds.
"You have to be totally focused on yourself and you have to be brave enough if you make mistakes over the whole season - and I think if you are in relegation trouble after 45 games, probably you will not have done everything right - you have to be brave enough to raise your hand and say yes we did some mistakes.
"I don't think the team selection I chose against Birmingham will cause these teams problems over 46 games, this should not be the reason if someone is in trouble."
Cumbria Police received reports of seven elderly people being attacked in the Scotch Street area between 19 February and 24 March.
Stephen Jackson, 49, of Shaddongate, Carlisle, has been charged with assault and using threatening behaviour to cause harassment, alarm and distress.
He will appear before North Cumbria Magistrates' Court on 30 June.
It will be the 30-year-old's first taste of the Edinburgh derby.
"We need to make sure we feed off the energy in the stadium and the players give the fans reason to lift the noise level up," said Cathro.
"Inside of that, we need to play football, make the right decisions and play well."
Hibs knocked their city rivals out at this stage of the competition last season, coming back from 2-0 down at Tynecastle before prevailing in a replay; an outcome that put pressure on Cathro's predecessor Robbie Neilson.
"We all know the day is different, the build-up is different, the feeling in the stadium is different because it's a special game," said Cathro.
Hearts approach the tie in encouraging form, after beating Rangers and Motherwell in successive Premiership matches.
Cathro had endured a difficult run of results since replacing Neilson in December, but he believes he has a better balanced squad following the January transfer window.
Hearts signed nine new players, among them experienced figures such as the Slovenia international Andraz Struna, Anastasios Avlonitis, the former Olympiakos defender, and Greece international midfielder Alexandros Tziolis.
"We brought in more grown-ups that have different experiences from different places in the world and have lived through similar games [to the Edinburgh derby]", Cathro said. "That's important.
"I want pressure, I want players here who want pressure. We want the responsibility of delivering something that people remember, cherish, talk over, brag about, fight over. We want these days, big moments, and we look forward with being tasked of stepping up and delivering.
"As a professional, it's a game of football, but as a human being it's a bit more. Believe it or not, I'm both. I feel it and we respect it and understand it. We're excited for the game to start."
Cathro was part of the Newcastle coaching staff for games against Sunderland last season, so has direct experience of the pressures of derbies and their build-up.
He believes that background will help as he prepares his side for the challenge of trying to end Hibs' defence of the trophy.
"That was not particularly friendly come match time," Cathro said of the Newcastle v Sunderland games.
"That's a very real derby. I don't know where all these things rank, but the most important thing in this case is that this is the special one in this city and for this club.
"There's a tremendous history of the rivalry, key matches down the years and some more recent ones that feed into it all. It excites all of us.
"We understand and we feel how the fans feel about how important this game is, and everything that surrounds it. It's not something that we will hide away from. Our job is to try to win the game."
Flt Lt Jon Egging, 33, died when his Hawk T1 jet crashed after completing a display at the annual festival in 2011.
His mother will attend the opening of the air show later this morning, with a ceremony also planned at his memorial.
Red 4 was one of nine Red Arrows aircraft that had earlier taken part in a display over the seafront.
The ceremony, on the anniversary of the crash on Saturday, will see ribbons tied on to the memorial sculpture on Bournemouth's East Overcliff.
Dawn Egging said: "I'm delighted that Jon's memory is being celebrated at the sculpture in such a poignant way.
"I only wish Jon could be here to see what has been realised in his name - he would absolutely love it and be so proud."
The memorial is currently behind barriers after a stretch of East Cliff fell away in April.
Speaking on BBC Radio Solent, Mrs Egging said the 5m-high artwork which features three glass Red Arrows planes and stainless steel contrails is to be moved to a new site.
She said: "We are working closely with the council to find an alternative site.
"The sadness is the position its in now is very significant because of the way the display is structured, so we need to find somewhere equally significant."
Following his death, the Jon Egging Trust (JET) was set up by his widow, Dr Emma Egging, his mother Dawn, childhood friend James Godley, and former Red Arrows team-mate Ben Plank.
The trust runs two youth programmes - Blue Skies an aviation-themed project aimed at helping engage young people, and Inspirational Outreach which offers visits and motivational talks at schools by former pilots and serving military personnel.
A Red Arrows spokeswoman said the team would be performing their full display at the festival at 15:45 BST on all four days, but warned the display was dependent on the weather.
Volodymyr Demchyshyn said on Wednesday that one of the reactors at the Zaporizhzhya plant in the south of Ukraine had automatically shut down.
There was no problem with the reactor itself and the problem would be fixed by the weekend, he added.
Zaporizhzhya produces more than one-fifth of Ukraine's electricity.
The operator of the nuclear plant, Energoatom, had reported a problem with the power plant on Friday.
But the details were not fully disclosed until a cabinet meeting on Wednesday when Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk asked the energy minister to report on what had happened.
Mr Demchyshyn said that damage to a transformer in a power-generating unit had triggered an automatic shutdown of one of the six 1,000 MW reactors.
He added that there was "no threat" to the safety of the reactor.
The French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) told Reuters that their sensors had not detected anything unusual in Ukraine.
Michel Chouha, IRSN's special representative for Central and Eastern Europe, said: "If there was an accident, we would know."
The drop in electricity production has left several dozen towns and villages without electricity, Russian media reported.
Ukraine's energy industry is already under pressure because of a fuel shortage.
Mr Demchyshyn said that Ukraine will probably have to import power from Russia this winter.
He called it a "necessary step" despite how "politically problematic it might be".
Last year Ukraine was self-sufficient in electricity but the conflict with pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country has severely hit coal production.
Ukraine has already agreed a $4.6bn package of gas supplies from Russia, ending months of wrangling with Moscow over prices.
"Such attacks are a blatant violation of international laws," the UN said.
Among the sites hit was a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital, where seven people were reportedly killed. France said such acts constituted war crimes.
Activists have accused Russia of carrying out the strikes but there has been no independent confirmation.
Russia has been backing the Syrian government in its offensive against rebels but says it only targets what it calls "terrorists".
Two medical facilities in Maarat al-Numan, which is in Idlib province, are reported to have been hit.
MSF said one of its facilities had been struck by four missiles in the space of minutes, leading them to believe it "wasn't an accidental attack, that it was deliberate".
It said seven people died with another eight still missing.
Mego Terzian, president of MSF France, told Reuters "either the [Syrian] government or Russia" was "clearly" responsible.
But the Syrian ambassador to Moscow Riad Haddad, said the US was to blame, a claim the Pentagon dismissed as "patently false".
"We have no reason to strike in Idlib, as Isil [Islamic State] is not active there," spokesman Capt Jeff Davis said.
A second hospital in Maarat al-Numan was also hit, killing three people, said opposition group the Local Co-ordination Committees.
The strikes follow a pattern of systematic attacks on healthcare facilities in Syria, says the BBC's Mark Lowen in neighbouring Turkey.
240 facilities hit up to late 2015
70 in Jun-Aug 2015 alone
697 medical personnel killed
40% of Syrians lack basic care
In Azaz, near the Turkish border, at least 12 people were killed in an attack on two hospitals and two schools, reports said.
One of those hit was a children's hospital. A worker for Syria Charity, which runs the facility, blamed Russia.
"The Russians have been targeting this area because it's what we call a liberated area, by moderate opposition - that's why we are 99% sure this was Russian airstrikes," said Anfal Sevik.
Unicef said six children were killed in the strikes on schools.
"Let us remember that these victims are children," a statement said. "Children."
Azaz has been the focus of intense fighting, with Turkey on Monday threatening Kurdish rebels with the "harshest reaction" if they tried to take the town.
Despite the bombardment Kurdish-led forces have captured the town of Tal Rifaat from Islamist rebels, the monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
A statement from UN spokesman spokesman Farhan Haq said the attacks "cast a shadow" on commitments made by international powers last week.
At a conference, world leaders pledged to work towards a cessation of hostilities in Syria within a week.
But Russia argues that the "cessation" does not apply to its air strikes, which have tilted the balance of the war in favour of the Syrian government.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said any ceasefire did not mean "each party will stop using weapons".
In televised comments he questioned whether conditions for the halt in fighting could be met in a week, Reuters reported.
France said it condemned the bombing of the MSF clinic in the strongest terms, with Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault saying such acts "constitute war crimes".
The US has also condemned the strikes, saying they cast doubt "on Russia's willingness and/or ability to help bring to a stop the continued brutality of the Assad regime against its own people".
EU foreign policy chief said the attack on the MSF facility was "completely unacceptable" but did not say who was responsible.
The UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, is in the capital Damascus as part of his effort to restart peace talks.
Almost five years of civil war in Syria have led to the deaths of more than 250,000 people. More than 11 million people have been displaced.
The advert featured the cast of The Secret Life of Pets, with one dog becoming frustrated with its broadband connectivity.
Virgin Media challenged a claim in the ad that Sky broadband was "super reliable".
The ASA drew on data from Ofcom to uphold the complaint.
It concluded that the ad could "mislead consumers" because it implied that all of Sky's broadband packages were super-reliable.
"That is not the case for Sky's ADSL2+ package," the ASA said in its summing up.
A similar Sky ad, featuring Lego Batman, was banned for misleadingly claiming to offer the UK's lowest-priced fibre.
Complaining about one another's adverts seems to have become standard practice in the internet service provider world.
In 2016, Virgin Media had a broadband ad featuring Usain Bolt banned over misleading claims about broadband speeds after BT and Sky complained to the ASA.
And a BT advert fronted by actor Ryan Reynolds was banned after Virgin complained that it implied BT's 52Mbps service was the fastest maximum speed service for the lowest-priced package in the UK.
A spokesman for the ASA said the organisation attempted to dissuade the telecoms industry from "tit for tat complaints" by asking them to provide evidence that they had approached their competitor and tried to resolve the matter between themselves first.
"It is a ferociously competitive sector and a lot of scrutiny is given to competitors' advertising, but we only act when there is a problem under the rules," he told the BBC.
The two-time F1 champion flew straight from Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix to America to start his attempt to win the Indianapolis 500 on 28 May.
Some measure of the impact his decision has had comes from the fact that more than two million people watched Alonso's first test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway earlier this month.
Yes, two million people. Watching a webcast of a single car going around a circuit with four left-hand turns.
For Alonso, who is missing the Monaco Grand Prix to race at Indy, this is the next step to trying to win the 'triple crown' of motor racing's three blue-riband events.
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Only one man, Graham Hill, has so far triumphed in Monaco - where Alonso has already won twice - at Indy and in the Le Mans 24 Hours.
And it is a rare chance to taste success at a time when his F1 career is becalmed by poor machinery.
At Indy, Alonso will have a car with which he can win, branded for his McLaren F1 team, run by the elite Andretti Autosport outfit and powered by a Honda engine - which, unlike the one in Alonso's F1 car, is absolutely competitive.
Few would question Lewis Hamilton's assessment that Alonso will be "the best driver in the paddock" at Indy. Less certain is whether he can adapt quickly enough to racing on a high-speed oval.
"He just won't have the time," Hamilton says. "It will be interesting to see how he fares against the drivers who have all this experience."
This is not just any racing driver. Alonso is an exceptional talent.
But he has never raced on an oval before, and is facing highly skilled rivals who have been doing it for years.
So what is Alonso up against, and what makes winning at Indy so difficult?
The Indy 500 is 200 laps of a 2.5-mile 'superspeedway' with four left-hand turns banked at an angle of nine degrees, all of which look identical but have their own subtleties.
There are no run-off areas - the track edge is a wall. Average lap speeds top 230mph in qualifying.
It is, needless to say, extremely dangerous, even if safety has been improved in recent years by replacing concrete walls with impact-absorbing barriers in the corners.
All teams use a spec Dallara chassis but there are two engine manufacturers - Honda and Chevrolet - and each can develop its own aerodynamics.
Although the cars are more rudimentary than F1 machinery, there is a level of complexity of set-up on an oval that Alonso has not experienced before.
Can Alonso adapt to the challenges of Indianapolis?
The beginnings of an answer were provided by his first run at Indy in early May, which also comprised the mandatory 'rookie test' all drivers new to Indy have to complete.
He was alone on track but it provided compelling viewing. Not only for the fly-on-the-wall nature of the coverage - cameras eavesdropped on Alonso's conversations with his engineers in a way never allowed in F1 - but also for the way he dealt with the day.
The rookie test required a driver to run a series of laps at pre-determined speeds - 10 laps in the range of 205-210mph, 15 at 210-215mph, 15 at 215-220mph. That's a total of 40 laps for the test. Alonso completed it in just 50, including those on which he exited or returned to the pits.
This is not hugely remarkable for a driver of his ability. But there were some eye-opening aspects to the day.
At one point, Alonso was told over the radio that he had completed the 210-215mph phase and could go straight onto the next one. His very next lap was 219.495mph.
The 215-220mph phase completed, he was straight into the high 221mph range, topping out at 222.548mph. "That's a race pace right there," said a watching Mario Andretti, 1978 F1 world champion and 1969 Indy 500 winner.
There was hardly any sense of Alonso playing himself in. He exuded control, as if he did it every day.
If he was feeling intimidated by the speeds involved, there was not a hint of it. Between runs, he sat in the car, his face calm, no wide eyes, no apparent trepidation at all.
Even to an experienced observer, this was extraordinary.
Scot Dario Franchitti, a three-time Indy 500 winner, said he was "amazed".
"I thought he got up to speed incredibly quickly," he added.
Alonso had arranged for timing data from a 210mph lap to be put on the steering wheel display screen, and calculated what would be the lap-time difference for the increased speeds.
But when I asked 2003 Indy 500 winner Gil de Ferran how Alonso judged it so finely, he made it clear it was a long way from normal.
"The guy has enormous feel. Huge," said De Ferran, who is acting as Alonso's mentor at Indy.
"What makes a great racing driver great? It's feel, man.
"Obviously Fernando is extremely gifted, and I have now also learned that he is highly intelligent, has a great attitude and a great work ethic."
Alonso described his first test as "fun", and did admit to one moment when the speed and the walls got to him.
"The team at one point said: 'You are done with the limitations, so run free as you feel,'" Alonso said.
"I knew Marco [Andretti, who set the car up for Alonso] was flat in Turn One and I said [to myself] I will do it flat out.
"I was convinced 100% I was going flat out but the foot was not going flat out; it had its own life. The second or third lap I was able to do it, but the first lap was a good moment to feel the place, the car.
"The speed is something. For any racing driver, it is just pure adrenaline. It was a good day."
Intimidated, Alonso clearly is not. But he is aware that winning at Indy involves more than just being fast and brave - and that running in traffic in excess of 230mph and working out how to optimise the car are things he has to learn fast.
Alonso has already impressed the Andretti team with his application and his understanding of the differences between what Americans call road racing and oval racing. But the task ahead of him is huge nonetheless.
There are so many differences between F1 and the Indy 500 that it is hard to know where to start.
The speed is one thing - there is not a corner on an F1 circuit anywhere in the world that is taken as fast as the average lap speed Alonso will be doing in the race at Indy, let alone qualifying.
Whereas an F1 team is not allowed to change the car between qualifying and race, Indy requires two different set-ups for each.
And then there is the complexity of how the cars work on an oval track.
A driver has to turn right to go in a straight line because the cars are designed only to turn left and set up asymmetrically. The idiosyncrasies of oval racing mean that adjustments for handling balance are made not only to the front and rear but also diagonally across the car.
Drivers can change this while out on track with something called a 'weight-jacker' - a kind of diagonal pitch control, which De Ferran says "changes the balance of the car tremendously".
"In a way, you have twice as many variables," De Ferran adds, "and [you have to work out] how does that interact with your driving.
"There are a lot of peculiarities for someone who has never done ovals."
Alonso has five days of practice this week, with six hours of running on each as long as the weather stays fine - IndyCars do not run in the rain on ovals - before qualifying over two days on the weekend of 20-21 May.
In that time, he will have to learn the car, come up with set-ups for qualifying and race, learn how to adjust the car on track for changing conditions and come to terms with running in traffic at more than 220mph.
"Qualifying and the race are very different," De Ferran says. "Qualifying at Indy quite frankly is one of the most difficult things I have ever done in a racing car."
A lap of Indianapolis is supposed to be "flat" - the driver never lifts his foot off the accelerator. But it is a long way from easy. The driver is absolutely on the edge, the car in a controlled slide or 'drift', all the time.
The car is 'trimmed out' to have as little downforce as the driver feels he get can get away with - because downforce equals drag and drag slows you down on the straights - while going as fast as possible in the corners.
The result, De Ferran says, is "the car feels like you are driving on an ice road at 230mph. It is very, very little grip and very, very little margin".
The grid is set over two days. Saturday's running fundamentally defines the nine drivers who can compete for pole on the Sunday - the so-called 'Fast Nine'. The remaining 24 also compete for grid slots on the Sunday, but the best they can be is 10th, no matter what time they set. Positions are defined by speed over a four-lap run and the drivers take it in turns to go out.
"One of the unfortunate things sometimes about TV is you can't see how on-the-edge the whole thing is," De Ferran says.
"It may look from TV that the guy is just going round and round and it looks easy, but you ask any driver where they have to do a lot of runs in qualifying trim, they are like, 'Oh my God, this is so stressful. I don't want to do that many runs in qualifying trim. I'm done. Once is enough.' And now they have to do it at least twice and that's difficult.
"You are literally looking for a few centimetres here and there to make a difference. If the tyres go off, if they are degrading a little bit too much because you are sliding a little bit too much, come the fourth lap you are in trouble.
"It is an adventure like you have no idea."
For the 500 itself, there is a "completely different set of problems," De Ferran explains.
The driver still wants to be running as little downforce as possible because, as De Ferran puts it, "the less downforce you can run, the quicker you will go".
But he has to run more than in qualifying because of the problems created by racing in the vicinity of 32 other cars. Traffic messes up the behaviour of the car.
"That's one of the big difficulties - how much downforce do you add?" De Ferran says. "Because the more you add, the more you slow down. Alone. In perfect conditions.
"Now you have to do 30 laps [in a stint] instead of four. And you have to take tyre degradation and traffic into account.
"It may be traffic from a line of cars, from one car, and when you are in traffic you lose downforce and the car starts sliding like mad and then you can't go forward.
"The mindset from a set-up perspective for the race is quite different than in qualifying."
A driver may want his car to behave differently in the race so it is less on-a-knife-edge than he can get away with for four laps of qualifying.
"Balance-wise you may not want the car to be quite as neutral," says De Ferran. This usually means giving it just a little understeer so the front is not quite as grippy as before, which is a safer balance in the race than oversteer, where the rear wants to come around on the driver.
But too much understeer - or 'push', as it is known in America - is also bad, De Ferran says.
"When you get in traffic typically you not only you lose grip but you also gain understeer, so it's a very complex equation."
Finally, because the race is 500 miles, on a high-speed oval with no run-off area, accidents are inevitable, and with them come caution periods - or 'yellows' - when the cars are held behind a pace car.
Getting it right or wrong when the race goes green again can determine whether you win - as Nigel Mansell found to his cost when he lost the lead on a restart in 1993.
One of Alonso's great qualities in F1 has always been his adaptability - his biggest strength among many is arguably his ability to drive the car to its maximum no matter how it is behaving.
De Ferran says drivers are "a bit more limited" in being able to drive around problems on an oval, but this skill "always helps because the car is changing all the time really - the tyres are degrading, the fuel level is changing, on an oval you have this traffic to deal with".
He adds: "It is never this beautiful constant thing that you keep perfecting. The track is changing and you have to learn how to adapt to that. It is one of his skills that he scores very highly at."
De Ferran has been a long-time admirer of Alonso - since watching trackside at the 2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, when the Spaniard was in his first season with Minardi.
"I didn't even know who he was, but I was watching on a corner," the 49-year-old recalls. "The car was three seconds off but I was thinking: 'Hmmm. Who is that?'"
He was approached to be Alonso's mentor for his Indy adventure over the weekend of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
"When they first asked me, that was very emotional. It was, like, 'Wow.'
"You think: 'Jesus, it is one of the best drivers I have ever seen, a great champion.'"
Former IndyCar driver Bryan Herta said at Alonso's rookie test: "He's going to be a pretty formidable competitor. He's got everyone's attention already."
De Ferran says: "I think most people are super-happy he has elected to come and do the Indy 500, primarily because Fernando commands a huge amount of respect.
"When I retired, someone asked what was one of your biggest frustrations, and I said I never really went head-to-head with Michael Schumacher and it was something I wanted to do.
"A lot of people see Fernando as I saw Michael and having the opportunity to race against a guy like that in similar equipment and so on is unique."
Veteran Helio Castroneves said adapting to Indy racing would be "no problem" for Alonso. And four-time IndyCar champion and 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon said Alonso had a "great shot" at winning.
De Ferran says: "He has the skill, the experience, the knowledge, the emotional control to be a true contender in Indianapolis but there are so many things that have to come right on that one day for you to win.
"Let me put it this way, Mario Andretti tried God knows how long to win it for a second time and he only won it in '69. Scott Dixon, who frankly is supremely talented, won it only once.
"It's unbelievable. Yes, in the car you control a lot of levers but definitely not all of them. And there are some levers that not even the team controls.
"You have a bad pit stop and it happens to be the last one and you are in trouble. You may be dominating the whole race, but there's a strategy call, or a yellow that falls just at the wrong time, and you may be in trouble again. Or a mechanical failure.
"You make a bad decision in the car, once, and it happens to be at a crucial time, and you were in a position to win and now you're not."
He uses as an example Alex Rossi, who drove five races for back-of-the-grid F1 team Manor in 2015, but won Indy at his first attempt last year, after gambling on not stopping for fuel after a late-race caution period.
De Ferran says: "If the yellow ended one lap sooner than it did, Rossi would not only not have won the race, he would not even have finished because he would have run out of fuel. That is one clear example between hero and zero that is completely beyond the control of the driver."
"First, I want to enjoy the experience," he says. "Everyone keeps telling me how big the event is. So my first target is to go there and live that moment. For any racing driver it must feel a privilege to race there.
"After that there is always a small percentage that you can win, because there are many factors there, it is not only about the pace.
"Probably my chance to win is a little lower than some of my competitors because I am lacking experience, but I have a lot of joy and commitment to learn as much as I can so it will be fun.
"But after that, when you close the visor you don't like it when you are are second. It's the same in any sport. We are all competitive and we want to do the best we can."
There was a decrease of 500 in the claimant count, bringing the total to 33,600.
However, other economic data suggests the services sector and manufacturing both saw a drop in output during the third quarter of this year.
The output of the services sector - the biggest part of economy - fell by 0.5% compared to the previous quarter.
The production sector, which is dominated by manufacturing, showed a fall in output of almost 2% across the quarter.
Jonathan Turley, 33, was last seen in the Newcastle, County Down, area on Sunday and has a history of violence.
Police have appealed to Mr Turley to hand himself in.
Det Insp Jenna Fitzpatrick said they have been unable to rule out whether Turley is travelling within Northern Ireland.
"We know that Mr Turley travelled to Belfast on Saturday evening and was then sighted in the Newcastle area on Sunday.
"I would urge the public not to approach Mr Turley as he has an extensive history of violence and may pose a risk to the them," she said.
"I would also appeal to Mr Turley to hand himself in to the authorities without any further delay and ask anyone who knows of his current whereabouts or who has any information to contact police on 999."
Former Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner Adam Simmonds denies recklessly sharing details of a probe involving Wellingborough MP Peter Bone.
Mr Bone told Southwark Crown Court it was a "complete surprise" when a fellow MP told him details about the case.
That investigation was later dropped.
Former Conservative PCC Mr Simmonds is accused of discussing the probe with politicians including MPs within the Tory party and using information from briefings gained in his role.
Mr Bone, also a Conservative, told the court he was assured by police officers the matter was being dealt with confidentially after his home was searched in March 2013.
But he said he found the "rumour mill" was in "full swing" about the allegations about him and his wife, Jeanette, relating to the payment of fees for the care of an elderly relative.
"One of the key moments was when Thomas Pursglove, now the MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire, told me that he had been told by a county councillor quite considerable detail about the investigation, and that was a complete surprise," he said.
Mr Bone said he had known Mr Simmonds for "a long time" and thought he was "an excellent PCC".
Asked by the prosecution if he was upset by the alleged unlawful sharing of information, Mr Bone said: "I couldn't understand how the PCC's office could have passed that information on to anyone else."
Mr Bone said the allegations against him had been "completely bogus and made up". The Crown Prosecution Service announced it would not bring any charges against him and his wife in March 2014.
The court has heard Mr Simmonds was updated on the investigation into Mr Bone in emails sent between Northamptonshire Police Chief Constable Adrian Lee and his deputy Martin Jelley.
Mr Simmonds is alleged to have disclosed the information in conversations with Conservative politicians Michael Ellis, MP for Northampton North, MP for Daventry Chris Heaton-Harris, Paul Bell and David Mackintosh.
Mr Lee said he had not expected Mr Simmonds to disclose information about the investigation into Mr Bone, except to senior colleagues within the office of the PCC.
"I'm very clear I didn't give permission and permission was never sought," he said.
Mr Bone made a formal complaint about Mr Simmonds, who was charged following an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Mark Harries, defending, has said Mr Simmonds does not dispute the facts he received information by email and had brief conversations about the investigation.
The trial continues.
Mr Isa, chairman of the World Uighur Congress, was due to attend a conference next week in the northern Indian town of Dharamsala.
He said he was "disappointed" by the Indian government's action.
Earlier reports said Delhi had granted Mr Isa a visa after China blocked India's bid to get the UN to ban Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar.
The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, had criticised India's move and described Mr Isa as a "terrorist" with an Interpol red-corner notice against him, leading to Delhi rescinding his visa.
Uighurs are an ethnic minority community from China's western Xinjiang region and have a long history of discord with Beijing. They are Muslims and regard themselves as culturally and ethnically close to Central Asian nations.
"I express my disappointment on Indian authorities' cancellation of my visa to attend the annual Interethnic Interfaith Leadership Conference taking place in Dharamsala from 30 April to 1 May," Mr Isa, who lives in Germany, said in a statement.
He confirmed that India had granted him a tourist e-visa which was cancelled on 23 April.
"I recognise and understand the difficult position that the Indian government found itself, and regret that my trip has generated such unwarranted controversy."
The democracy conference in Dharamsala is being organised by the US-based Initiatives for China and Uighurs, and the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader in-exile, is also due to attend the meeting.
The number of people aged 100, or over, has quadrupled over the last two decades, according to Office for National Statistics figures for 2015.
In the last decade alone, the number of centenarians has risen by 65% or 5,720
There has also been a dramatic increase in the number of people aged over 105. Last year there were 850 reaching the age of 105, up from 130 in 1985.
The figures come as statisticians publish information on the life expectancy of the UK population.
Those born between 2013 and 2015 can expect to live to the age of 79 if they are a boy and 82 if they are a girl.
This was working on the assumption that mortality rates remain the same as they are now, the ONS said.
Life expectancy had increased by 13 weeks a year since the 1980 to 1982 period for males and by 9.5 weeks a year on average for females, the ONS said.
There are half a million people aged 90 or over in the UK.
The size of this age group has increased over time, and seven out of 10 of them are women.
Responding to the figures, minister for pensions Richard Harrington said: "It is fantastic news that more people are living longer lives.
"I want everyone to be able to enjoy their retirement, but as people live longer it's even more important that they have a pension to help provide financial security in later life."
He added that saving into a workplace pension was one of the best ways for this to be achieved.
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Tributes are planned to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging at the Bournemouth Air Festival.
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Up to 50 people have been killed in missile attacks on schools and hospitals in northern Syria, according to the United Nations.
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The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Northern Ireland continued to fall in November.
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A record number of people in the UK, some 14,570, are surviving to the age of 100, the latest official data shows.
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The 31-year-old midfielder is England's most-capped player of all time, having represented her country 148 times.
Williams was part of the squad that finished third at last year's World Cup and was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list.
"Fara is a great competitor and a fantastic character, too," said Gunners boss Pedro Martinez Losa.
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"She is a player with huge experience at club and international level, and her reading and understanding of games is fantastic."
Williams, who has also had spells at Chelsea, Charlton and Everton, helped the Reds win the FA Women's Super League title in 2013 and 2014.
Arsenal have not disclosed the length of her contract, but Williams tweeted she had signed with the north London side for two years.
This is a big coup for Arsenal and their fans.
With three World Cups, three European Championships and the London Olympics under her belt, 31-year-old Williams will add plenty of experience to their midfield.
Arsenal claimed the Continental Cup in 2015. Making a signing like this shows great intent as Arsenal look to win their first league title since 2012.
But it's another blow for Liverpool, whose slide continues.
Champions in 2013 and 2014, Liverpool finished second bottom in the WSL last season and Williams has now become the seventh player to leave the club in the transfer window.
The 29-year-old, who arrived from Chelsea last week for £40m, played the first 45 minutes at the Aviva Stadium.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan headed home an early opener for United, before Dennis Praet levelled the score midway through the second half.
Juan Mata netted the winner when he swept in Anthony Martial's cross.
Jose Mourinho's side finish their pre-season campaign with six wins and one defeat from their seven matches.
United face Real Madrid in the Uefa Super Cup final on Tuesday before starting their Premier League campaign against West Ham on Sunday, 13 August.
24 March 2017 Last updated at 09:17 GMT
Blind children are performing in their very own orchestra.
When people heard about this new orchestra they started sending money to support them.
The project now has enough instruments for forty children to take part.
Newmarket FC player Shaun Whiter, 27, had the amputations following the crash in Newmarket, on 1 July.
Jan Adamec, 40, of Shetland Road, Haverhill, has been charged with two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He remains in custody and will appear at Cambridge Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Mr Whiter's friend, Joey Abbs, who plays for Soham Town Rangers, was also "seriously injured" in the crash, police said.
At the time of the accident, Mr Abbs' Vauxhall Astra had a flat tyre and Mr Whiter, an estate agent in Stansted, had pulled over to help.
After a decade of unsuccessfully fighting for independence, the autonomous region is now firmly under the control of its Russian-appointed leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, although separatist groups continue low-level guerrilla attacks.
In addition, jihadist groups, including those aligned with Islamic State terrorist organization, exist in the region.
Oil-rich Chechnya has enjoyed a period of relative stability under Mr Kadyrov. But critics have accused the pro-Moscow leader and his government of suppressing media and other freedoms, as well as human rights violations including kidnappings and torture.
Status Republic within Russian Federation
Population Approximately 1 million
Major languages Chechen, Russian
Major religions Islam, Christianity
Natural resources Oil
President: Ramzan Kadyrov
Ramzan Kadyrov, son of assassinated President Akhmad Kadyrov and a former rebel fighter, was nominated for the Chechen presidency by Russian President Vladimir Putin in spring 2007.
His tenure has marked a period of relative stability in Chechnya. Human rights groups have criticised Mr Kadyrov for allowing serious human rights violations to flourish in the republic.
Mr Kadyrov has defended himself against critics, insisting that iron rule is required to bring stability.
Reporters Without Borders includes President Kadyrov on its list of "Predators of Press Freedom". Chechnya has no opposition media. TV is the most popular medium and local broadcasts fall under state control. The Chechen government has also made steps to tighten online control.
Some key dates in Chechnya's history:
The men, including ex-South Yorkshire Police (SYP) chief inspector Sir Norman Bettison, attended Warrington Magistrates' Court in Cheshire.
No formal pleas were given for four of the men but former Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell pleaded not guilty to health and safety charges.
They were all bailed until next month.
The court was told Sir Norman Bettison, who went on to become chief constable of Merseyside Police, Peter Metcalf, who was a solicitor for SYP, former Ch Supt Donald Denton and former Det Ch Insp Alan Foster, will plead not guilty when their cases reach crown court on 6 September.
Former Ch Supt David Duckenfield, who is also facing charges over the 1989 disaster, was not required to attend.
He was prosecuted privately in 1999 and the CPS is applying to the High Court to lift a court order imposed, which must be removed before Mr Duckenfield can be charged.
Mr Duckenfield was match commander at the FA Cup semi-final when 96 Liverpool fans were fatally injured in a crush.
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The defendants walked past family members of the 96 victims of the disaster who had gathered at the entrance of the court.
The full list of individuals and charges are:
Last year, new inquests into the disaster at the Liverpool v Nottingham Forest match, held at Sheffield Wednesday's ground, concluded the fans had been unlawfully killed.
The inquests found that Liverpool supporters were not responsible for the dangerous situation at the Leppings Lane turnstiles.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) brought charges following referrals from the Operation Resolve investigation into the causes of the disaster and the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) probe.
Last month the CPS said there would be no manslaughter prosecution over the death of the 96th casualty, Anthony Bland, as he died almost four years later, and under the law in 1989 his death is now "out of time" to be prosecuted.
Multiple Tour de France stage winner Andre Greipel and ex-world champion Tom Boonen are among the confirmed entrants for the one-day event on 31 July.
Britain's Team Sky and Team Wiggins will enter riders, as will UCI World Tour teams Etixx - Quick-Step, Lotto Soudal, Cannondale and Dimension Data.
The 200km course takes a similar route to that used in the 2012 Olympic Games.
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"All the ingredients are in place to ensure this race once again lives up to its Classic name," said race director Mick Bennett.
"This is the strongest field we have ever assembled."
Team Sky will be looking for their first win in the race after Ben Swift finished runner-up in 2014 and third last year.
Sprinter Dan McLay, who beat Greipel when finishing third behind Mark Cavendish on the sixth stage of this year's Tour de France, will compete in a formidable looking Great Britain team that includes national road race champion Adam Blythe and time-trial winner Alex Dowsett.
The race will be shown live on BBC TV for the fourth successive year.
The Classic is part of the annual Prudential RideLondon cycling festival from 29-31 July. Other events include the RideLondon-Surrey 100 - a 100-mile amateur challenge on the same closed roads as the professionals.
7 October 2015 Last updated at 09:19 BST
Marine scientist, David Gruber, was diving near the Solomon Islands when he shone a special light at the turtle and saw that it glowed in the dark.
Scientists think that the hawksbill turtle is the first reptile known to have biofluorescence, which enables the creature to absorb some colours of light and glow.
Video courtesy of David Gruber
Formerly known as Ernst and Young, it has proposed ending the provision of audit and account, compliance and reporting services at the office.
EY has begun a consultation process with the 35 workers who have been placed at risk of redundancy. Some staff could be redeployed, it said.
The company added that its tax team in Inverness was unaffected.
In a statement, the firm said: "EY can confirm that it is proposing to cease the provision of audit and account, compliance and reporting services from the Inverness office, with the intention to continue to deliver this service to our clients from other locations in Scotland and Newcastle.
"As a result, it is with regret that 35 people have been placed at risk of redundancy and a consultation process has begun.
"We do, of course, hope to explore other opportunities for individuals within EY, if skills are transferable.
"EY remain committed to the Inverness market and our assurance business in Scotland as a whole."
The force said its Wakefield headquarters had been fielding an increasing number of calls better suited to local councils or social services.
There has been an increase in calls relating to mental health issues due to council cutbacks, police said.
August saw 1,000 additional emergency calls a day compared to 2015.
The increase has prompted a call handler recruitment drive.
Recent time-wasting emergency calls include one from a man with a pizza "with not enough pepperoni" and a man needing a "lift to Halifax", the force said.
The 999 and 101 call handling department has over 200 staff, with an additional 46 being recruited to help reduce 101 call waiting times.
Tom Donohoe, head of the contact centre, said a rise in calls during August was because of an increase in alcohol-related incidents related to the warm weather.
He said: "In the past month or so, we have seen a dramatic increase in the volume of calls and we have taken all necessary steps to ensure that every call is dealt with."
The number of calls West Yorkshire Police are not able to deal with has risen to a fifth due to "misdirected calls" which should be going to other agencies, Mr Donohoe said.
"It can be an extremely rewarding role, as the call handlers help someone literally in their darkest hour, but can also be frustrating as we deal with many calls which are not for the police."
Witnesses said a satellite navigation error had caused the lorry to try and negotiate the narrow roads in Aberystwyth town centre, and reported gridlocked traffic as a result.
The lorry became stuck between North Parade and Alexandra Road in the town centre, before moving on to Stanley Road.
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Kane struck three times in 23 minutes as Spurs beat Stoke City 4-0 to climb to second in the Premier League table.
The 23-year-old also scored three against Fulham in the FA Cup on 19 February and against West Brom in the league on 14 January.
"He's playing at a very good level, a fantastic player," said Pochettino.
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Kane scored in the 14th, 32nd and 37th minutes as Spurs made it eight straight league wins at White Hart Lane.
Dele Alli scored in first-half stoppage time to complete the rout against mid-table Stoke.
Pochettino added: "He's one of the top strikers in the world and I think he deserves it because he's a great professional and top man. I'm happy for him.
"It doesn't surprise me, because I've told you many times that for me he's one of the best strikers in the world.
"This season we are not only winning games [at White Hart Lane], we are playing very well here - maybe because we all know it's the last season here and it's a very special atmosphere on the pitch and in the stadium."
Analysis by former Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas on Radio 5 live
That was a special performance by Harry Kane. There are only a select number of players who can score like he can on their weaker side.
More often than not, if he is in the box, he will hit it. It goes through bodies, goes through legs and ends up in the back of the net.
I just don't know how much more of a warning you need when he is on the edge of the box with the ball. He is lethal with both feet. You need to close him down. When you're hot, you're hot. It's as simple as that.
Former England striker Alan Shearer, who scored a record 260 Premier League goals: "Calm down Harry Kane! What is he after...a Premier League record or something?"
Former Tottenham striker Gary Lineker tweeted: "A third hat-trick for Kane in nine games. The last person to do that was....someone else."
Assistant boss Roy Keane said the Stoke striker trained "fully" on Saturday morning after suffering with Achilles problems over the past week.
"He got through it. It was a decent session for him," said Keane.
Previous injury concerns Robbie Keane, Robbie Brady and James McCarthy also all trained again without any problem.
"It's good for the manager to have all players available for selection," added the Republic assistant boss.
LA Galaxy striker Keane, 35, missed both the warm-up games against the Netherlands and Belarus because of a calf injury, while Everton midfield McCarthy, 25, has been bothered by groin and hamstring problems since the end of the club season.
Norwich's left-sided player Brady sustained a back twinge last weekend while picking his baby daughter out of the path.
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Republic player of the year Walters had taken only a light part in training on Thursday but, like all of the squad, was given the day off on Friday.
"We decided with the medical staff, we would try to keep as close to how the boys would be preparing, let's say, for club football and with Monday's game in mind, we'll train a couple of days beforehand," said the Republic boss on Friday at his team's training base in Versailles.
"Although we climbed on the bus and went down to the training ground, it was really just a walk.
"The medical staff are saying just leave Jon Walters as he is at this minute and let's see how he is tomorrow, just to see if there was any reaction from yesterday's training."
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Striker Shane Long accepts that Monday's opener is likely to prove a "key game" to the Republic's chances of progressing to the second round.
"If you look at the three games as a whole, I think the Sweden game is a great chance for us to put our stamp on the Euros and really put ourselves in with the best chance of progressing," said the Southampton forward.
For his part, O'Neill acknowledged that the excitement is starting to build within the squad.
"Very much so. It's right upon us," added the manager, whose squad arrived in France on Wednesday.
"When you are coming in on Wednesday, I think you forget the competition actually starts quickly, and the weekend will fly in, I bet you.
After the Group E opener against Sweden at the Stade de France, the Republic face Belgium in Bordeaux on 18 June before taking on Italy in Lille four days later.
McCoy, 40, announced on Saturday that this season will be his last in racing.
In an in-depth interview with the BBC, the 19-time champion jockey said a three-week injury lay-off earlier this season was the "toughest" of his career because it ended his hopes of reaching the 300 milestone.
He discusses the decision to retire, injuries and his plans for the future.
McCoy spoke to racehorse owner JP McManus, agent Dave Roberts and wife Chanelle before announcing his decision to retire after riding his 200th winner at Newbury on Saturday.
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"Dave Roberts came for dinner and my wife, Chanelle, had no idea why he was coming down. The only person that I'd really spoken to about it was JP, my boss.
"I was a bit low for the next couple of days, so I think I'm going to have my moments.
"I jokingly said I started thinking about it five years ago. In some ways I was joking but I thought, '20 jockey championships, is that realistic? Could I possibly achieve that?'
"And then when I rode my 4,000th winner, I was quite happy and people were asking about riding 5,000. To this day I still feel I could ride 5,000 winners, if I wasn't in the position that I'm in.
"I've been very lucky all my life and the way it happened at Newbury couldn't have been any better.
"It was for JP. I'd ridden a winner earlier in the day on a horse of John Ferguson's to get me to 199. It was my local track, my wife was only down the road. She wasn't even going to come racing until she heard I'd won the first one.
"In some ways I wanted to and in some ways I didn't. I would have liked not to have to announced I was retiring."
With 200 wins this season, McCoy is 79 clear of closest rival Richard Johnson as the Northern Irishman closes in on a 20th jockeys' championship.
"I genuinely think if I retired today and came back as someone else tomorrow, I could ride another 700 winners, no problem. The thing for me was being lucky enough to be in the position I'm in.
"I've won 19 jockeys' championships and hopefully this year will be my 20th. You try to achieve that every year and I always had that little fear of carrying on longer than I should do.
"I've looked up to leading sportspeople all my life. In the last few years, you look at Brian O'Driscoll, who went out at the top. Sir Alex Ferguson won Manchester United's 20th title and retired. That is the way you should depart, when you're at what you think is the top of your game.
"That is the most difficult thing about it because you're leaving when you're still enjoying what you do and at a time when you'd like to carry on, but sometimes you've got to do the right thing.
"I thought about leaving it until the end of the year but I didn't want speculation and people writing about it and talking about it. I wanted it to be on my terms."
The extensive list of injures McCoy has suffered during his 20-year career includes a broken leg, arm, ankle, both wrists, shoulder blades, collar bones, cheekbones and all of his ribs. He has also broken several vertebrae in his back, suffered punctured lungs and had all his teeth replaced due to racing injuries.
Of all of his setbacks, McCoy said a fall at Worcester in October 2014 was the hardest to deal with because it meant he would not achieve his ambition of riding 300 winners in a season.
"I won't miss them but those things challenge you in life and maybe that's the way I am.
"I'm the kind of person who likes to be challenged. When I fell, I always felt I could get up again and carry on.
"After the fall at Worcester, at the time I was the only one who knew what I was dealing with. I had a punctured lung, I dislocated a collarbone, I had broken two ribs. I went back riding after three days and managed to break the same collarbone I'd dislocated.
"I was doing press-ups on the ground to show the doctors it wasn't sore. That's something I don't think I'd have been able to do 15 years ago. It's something I've trained my mind and body to cope with.
"I had the aspiration of riding 300 winners at that time and I knew if I wanted to do that then I had to carry on. I couldn't afford the days off but in the end I had to face up to it.
"Those three weeks I had off were probably, emotionally, the toughest in my racing career.
"At that point in the season I had ridden my fastest 50th winner, my fastest 100th winner, my fastest 150th winner and I thought, 'I can ride 300 winners and this would be the way I'd like to retire'.
"I'd have achieved what I have never been able to achieve in 20 years. When that was taken away from me, that's probably the one thing that hit me the hardest."
At 17, McCoy rode his first winner in Ireland in 1992 and began racing in England two years later. He says he has no firm plans for his retirement but would like to stay involved in racing.
"I'm slightly concerned I have a bit of an obsessive personality. I like to have this idea that I'm going to enjoy my retirement a bit. There's sporting events around the world that I would like to go and see.
"If Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather fought in Las Vegas, I'd like to go and see that. I'd like to go and see Rory McIlroy win the Masters and watch Arsenal win the Champions League final.
"I love racing and it's been so good to me. I'm not going to be bitter about the fact I can't ride any more. I'm well aware that this happens to everyone.
"Whether it be this year or next year, I know there's going to be a good horse that I could have ridden. I would like to stay within racing and try to do whatever good I can for the sport.
"I don't think retiring is anything to be congratulated for. I've been extremely lucky and I know it's the right thing and that the time is right."
A decision was made in September to include the Army's Irish Guards team after a rule banning British security forces from the GAA was overturned.
But a London hurling club has been attempting to have them excluded again.
The GAA has now moved to stop a vote that could see the Army team removed.
The London board of Gaelic games' ruling body was due to hold a vote on Monday night on the proposal by the Harrow-based Granuaile to scrap last year's decision to allow the Irish Guards to compete in the junior football championship.
But Páraic Duffy, the director general of the Irish-based GAA, contacted the London board and it subsequently suspended the vote.
Aogán ó Fearghail, the GAA president, said the association's central council would discuss the matter.
"We've written to the London GAA board and we've asked them not to make a decision on that until we, as a management, have a look at that," he said.
"Because it's nothing to do with one club, it's all clubs - we've close to 2,000 clubs.
"If we accept a club into our association, then it shouldn't be so simple to just remove them."
A spokesman for the GAA added that the association's management committee and central council would meet this weekend.
British security forces have been allowed to join the GAA since the rule banning them was historically lifted in 2001.
The GAA spokesman said "only [Granuaile] can confirm the rationale behind their submission" for a proposal to "revisit the affiliation processed in relation to the Irish Guards".
The 46-year-old, who has just concluded a four-game stint as interim manager following Sam Allardyce's departure, is the only candidate.
The England Under-21 coach was interviewed by a five-person panel but no announcement is expected until any appointment is ratified at a full FA board meeting at the end of the month.
The panel comprised FA chairman Greg Clarke, chief executive Martin Glenn, technical director Dan Ashworth, League Managers' Association chairman Howard Wilkinson and former England defender Graeme Le Saux.
"The FA has to be seen to be going through the process," ex-FA chief executive Mark Palios told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.
"Maybe it is a process to iron out some things they expect of an England manager, so it is more of a briefing for Southgate than an interview.
"Everyone knows Gareth. They know him from around the FA, they know him through his involvement with the under-21s."
Meanwhile, it appears unlikely the FA will take action against England and Liverpool midfielders Jordan Henderson and Adam Lallana after reports they visited a strip club while on international duty.
The pair allegedly made the trip a day after a World Cup qualifying win over Scotland and less than three days before a draw in a friendly with Spain.
The FA is declining to comment.
Southgate has left England top of their World Cup qualifying group after victories against Malta and Scotland and a goalless draw in Slovenia.
His last game as interim manager almost resulted in a win over Spain but England were denied victory by two late goals.
England next play in March, with a friendly against World Cup winners Germany in Dortmund, followed by a home qualifier against Lithuania.
It is also understood the FA did not tell England captain Wayne Rooney to apologise over "inappropriate" pictures of him at a wedding at the team hotel during the same international break.
The Sun newspaper published images it said showed Rooney drunk at a party late on Saturday night - a day after the 3-0 win over Scotland on 11 November.
Rooney "unreservedly" apologised to interim England manager Gareth Southgate after pictures emerged.
The 31-year-old Manchester United striker has since branded reaction to his late-night conduct as "disgraceful" and vowed he is "not finished yet".
The FA, which is also looking into claims several players were out until late after the Scotland game, has now banned England players from having nights out while on international duty.
It is believed that Henderson, who was captain for the 2-2 draw with Spain at Wembley, and Lallana, did not break an FA players' code of conduct, which is seen as a set of guidelines rather than specific rules.
Nadia Eweida took her case to the ECHR after BA made her stop wearing her white gold cross visibly.
The court said BA had not struck a fair balance between Ms Eweida's religious beliefs and the company's wish to "project a certain corporate image".
It ruled the rights of three others had not been violated by their employers.
But they said Ms Eweida's rights had been violated under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The four Christians had brought cases against the UK government for not protecting their rights but ministers, who contested the claims, argued that the rights of the employees were only protected in private.
By Robert PigottReligious affairs correspondent, BBC News
Although Nadia Eweida's victory shows that Christians can see wearing a cross at work as part of behaving in accordance with their religion, the court's decision was based on special circumstances - including the fact that a discreet cross would not have adversely affected British Airways' public image.
It's perhaps more significant that Shirley Chaplin's case was dismissed, along with those of Gary McFarlane and Lillian Ladele. Today's judgement sets the legal seal on years in which traditionalist Christians have tried, and failed, to defend their values against secular ones in British courts.
The message coming from Strasbourg is that although people are entitled to hold religious views, that right is severely limited in the workplace when it comes into conflict with the rights of other people. The judgement also hands considerable discretion to employers to set reasonable policies and then insist that employees follow them whatever their religious beliefs.
Ms Eweida, 60, a Coptic Christian from Twickenham in south-west London, told the BBC she was "jumping with joy" after the ruling, adding it had "not been an easy ride".
British Airways said its uniform policy was changed in 2007 to allow Miss Eweida and others to "wear symbols of faith" and that she and other employees had been working under these arrangements for the last six years.
It said Ms Eweida did not attend work for a period of time in 2006 while an internal appeal was held into her refusal to remove her cross but she remained a British Airways employee.
The British government was ordered to pay Ms Eweida 2,000 euros (£1,600) in damages and 30,000 euros (£25,000) costs.
A tribunal decision was upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court in the UK before she took her case to the ECHR.
Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "delighted" that the "principle of wearing religious symbols at work has been upheld", adding that people "shouldn't suffer discrimination due to religious beliefs".
The other cases involved nurse Shirley Chaplin, 57, whose employer also stopped her wearing necklaces with a cross, Gary McFarlane, 51, a marriage counsellor sacked after saying he might object to giving sex therapy advice to gay couples, and registrar Lillian Ladele who was disciplined after she refused to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies.
The four had made individual applications to the ECHR after losing separate employment tribunals but their cases were heard together.
They argued their employers' actions went against articles 9 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protected their rights to "freedom of thought, conscience and religion" and prohibited religious discrimination.
Ms Ladele was disciplined by Islington Council, in north London, after saying she did not want to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies. Her lawyers said the service could have been performed by other employees who were prepared to carry them out.
ECHR judges said the council's action was legitimate as it was obliged to consider the rights of same-sex couples.
Mike Judge, of the Christian Institute, which backed Ms Ladele's case, said: "What this case shows is that Christians with traditional beliefs about marriage are at risk of being left out in the cold."
Mr McFarlane, a Bristol relationship counsellor, worked for the Avon branch of national charity Relate but was sacked for gross misconduct in 2008 after saying on a training course he might have an objection to discussing sexual problems with gay couples.
The court said clients of the service where he was employed could not be allocated in accordance with their sexual orientation.
Source: BBC Religion and Ethics
Why is the cross important to Christians?
Mr McFarlane told the BBC that the decision in his case was "a regrettable judgment" for all faiths, not just Christians.
Ms Chaplin, from Exeter, was transferred to a desk job by Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust Hospital for failing to remove a confirmation crucifix on a small chain, which she had worn to work for 30 years.
The court said the decision was necessary to protect the health and safety of nurses and patients.
She said she thought British Christians would be "devastated" by the ruling.
The three plan to ask for their cases to go to appeal to the Grand Chamber of the ECHR.
Employment lawyers at firm Slater and Gordon said the decision did not change the situation that discriminating against a person purely because of their religion was against UK law.
They said it also showed that corporate image did not trump a person's right to reasonable expression of their religious belief.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and the Equalities Minister Maria Miller both welcomed the ruling.
Keith Porteous-Wood, of the National Secular Society, said: "Religious people who feel elements of their job go against their conscience can always find employment that better matches their needs. That is true religious freedom."
Shami Chakrabarti, director of human rights group Liberty, said the judgment was "an excellent result for equal treatment, religious freedom and common sense".
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, said the Equality Act "encourages employers to embrace diversity - including people of faith".
Gere plays a homeless man in New York in Time Out Of Mind, while Dormer stars in supernatural horror, The Forest.
The Coen Brothers Hail, Caesar!, which stars George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson and Tilda Swinton, will open the festival on 17 February.
There will be 308 events and 174 films shown before the close on 28 February.
Festival co-director Allison Gardner said she was "really delighted" as full details of the 2016 programme were published.
"We've got some exceptional premieres in our Gala strand, a great and thoroughly original line up of documentaries...and a really charming, child-friendly modern families programme.
"The festival keeps moving forward, with new developments like our industry focus conference, whilst also maintaining our roots as an audience-focused festival where everyone can come together to share a love of cinema."
Other notable names attending include director Ben Wheatley, who will support his adaptation of JG Ballard's High-Rise.
Game of Thrones and Skins actor Hannah Murray will also be there to support Bridgend, which examines suicides in a Welsh town in the mid 2000s.
She will be joined by fellow cast members Josh O'Connor (Ripper Street, Peaky Blinders) and Steven Waddington (The Imitation Game, Sleepy Hollow) and director Jeppe Rønde.
Director Michael Caton-Jones (The Jackal, This Boy's Life) and actor Letitia Wright (Cucumber and Banana) will attend in support of the UK premiere of Urban Hymn.
The festival will also feature a number of works featuring the late David Bowie.
D A Pennebaker's concert film of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars screens on 20 February, preceded by the documentary short, Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under.
The festival will close with the UK premier of Anomalisa, a romantic stop motion animation directed and produced by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson.
The investigation was described as an "absurd provocation" by Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were occupied by Soviet communist forces in 1940. The USSR broke up in 1991.
Last week Russia's chief prosecutor declared illegal the transfer of Crimea from Russia to Ukraine in 1954.
At the time Russia and Ukraine were republics of the USSR, under communist leader Nikita Khrushchev.
Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014 was condemned internationally. Ethnic Russians there voted to rejoin Russia, in a highly controversial referendum.
There are large ethnic Russian minorities in Estonia and Latvia, while Lithuania has a smaller ethnic Russian minority.
A source at the prosecutor's office, quoted by Russia's Interfax news agency, said the investigation into the Baltic states' independence followed a request from two parliamentary deputies.
In their letter, MPs Yevgeny Fyodorov and Anton Romanov, of President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party, said the 1991 decision to recognise Baltic independence had been taken "by an unconstitutional body".
The source added that there would not be "legal consequences" if the 1991 recognition of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was deemed to be illegal.
The three Baltic states joined the EU and Nato in 2004. In recent years Russia has viewed that as a hostile challenge to its security interests.
Russian-Baltic tensions have been rising since the Crimea annexation and the outbreak of fighting in eastern Ukraine in April 2014. Heavily armed pro-Russian separatists there are clashing daily with Ukrainian government troops.
Nato has stepped up its presence in the Baltic states, responding to massive Russian military exercises, including heightened Russian air force activity in the Baltic.
Reacting to the Russian prosecutor's move, Lithuania's foreign minister called it "a provocation to say the least" and "legally, morally and politically absurd".
Stuttgarter Zeitung claimed on Tuesday that Kimmich, 22, would depart Bayern because of a lack of games, despite him being under contract until 2020.
They stated that he was likely to sign for either fellow German side RB Leipzig or Manchester City.
"This is a monstrous fallacy," said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
"This story lacks any foundation. Joshua Kimmich has a contract with FC Bayern until 2020 and will definitely play for the next season for FC Bayern."
In a statement on their official website, Bayern stated that the club had "immediately taken legal action against the Stuttgart newspaper".
German international Kimmich played for Leipzig for two seasons in the German second and third division before moving to Bayern in 2015 when now Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was in charge.
He has started 15 Bundesliga games this season, coming off the bench 11 times as Carlo Ancelotti's side wrapped up a fifth straight title.
The study found that taller people had a slightly higher risk of breast cancer and skin cancer, among other cancers.
Its results found that for every extra 10cm (4in) of height, when fully grown, the risk of developing cancer increased by 18% in women and 11% in men.
But experts said the study did not take into account many risk factors and that tall people should not be worried.
To reduce risk of cancer, the most important things to do are:
Previous studies have shown a link between height and an increased risk of developing cancer, although why it exists is not known.
In a preliminary report of the study, presented at the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology conference, researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm describe how they tracked a large group of Swedish adults for more than 50 years.
Taller women had a 20% greater risk of developing breast cancer, they said, while taller men and women increased their risk of skin cancer (or melanoma) by 30%.
This study's early findings are very similar in size to those found by other studies.
Dr Emelie Benyi, who led the study, said the results could help to identify risk factors that could lead to the development of treatments.
But she added: "As the cause of cancer is multi-factorial, it is difficult to predict what impact our results have on cancer risk at the individual level."
Although it is clear that adult height is not a cause of cancer, it is thought to be a marker for other factors related to childhood growth.
Scientists say taller people have more growth factors, which could encourage cancer development, they have more cells in their body because of their size, which increases the risk of one of them turning cancerous, and a higher food intake, which also makes them more at risk of cancer.
Prof Dorothy Bennett, head of the molecular cell sciences research centre, St George's, University of London, said it was "very plausible" that the risk of cancer in a person should be related to the number of cells in their body
"A cancer arises by mutations from a single normal cell. Bigger people have more cells (not bigger cells)," she said.
"So melanoma risk, for example, might be expected to increase with surface area (amount of skin), which is related to the square of height."
Sarah Williams, health information manager at Cancer Research UK, said the study did not take into account factors such as smoking or whether women went for breast screening.
She added: "Whatever your height, there are lots of things you can do to reduce the risk of cancer - not smoking, cutting down on alcohol, eating healthily, being active, having a healthy weight and enjoying the sun safely can each help you stack the odds against the disease."
It was the death there of his brother - the commander of Israel's hostage rescue mission at Entebbe airport in July 1976 - that pushed Mr Netanyahu into public life, a path that would eventually take him to the leadership of his country.
But Mr Netanyahu's Africa tour - he is also visiting Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda - represents something of a reprise of the diplomatic past as well.
For, during the 1950s and early 1960s, Israel developed strong ties with several African countries.
In common with many African nations, Israel was seen as a young country that had established itself through its own independence struggle. Trade and security ties flourished.
But this was not to last. A whole combination of factors prompted a souring of ties between Israel and African capitals between 1966 and 1973.
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There was Israel's occupation of territory captured in the 1967 Six Day War. There was growing pressure from Arab states and, by the Middle East War in 1973, the oil weapon was a potent tool.
Guinea was the first to break off ties after the 1967 war. Uganda followed in 1972. Chad, Congo and Burundi followed. Israel's relations with some 35 African states simply fell apart.
Subsequently, Israel's security relationship with the apartheid regime in South Africa proved an additional obstacle to restoring ties.
But now things are changing. In part, it is a question of Africa's own growing prosperity and its search for technology and economic partners. Israel too is eager for new markets.
But is also gathering vital diplomatic support as well because African votes on bodies like the UN Security Council and at related organisations like the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, can prove of crucial significance.
Israel's relationship with Sub-Saharan African states is taking on greater importance as some of its ties with its traditional allies in Europe cool.
Indeed it is part of a wider re-orientation of Israel's network of relationships, with countries such as India and China growing in importance.
After years of keeping their distance, African politicians are now eager to go to Israel.
The Kenyan President was there in February and, in March, Mr Netanyahu met Ghana's foreign minister. Even links with South Africa may be improving.
The Director of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Dore Gold visited Pretoria earlier this year, the first such high-level visit for several years.
For Israel the benefits are clear: a more balanced foreign policy and crucial support in international bodies.
For African nations there is access to Israeli expertise in areas such as high technology, agriculture and irrigation.
But intelligence and security is going to loom large.
At a time when Islamist extremism is a growing problem in significant parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, with contagion spreading south from Libya and groups like Boko Haram exploiting ties with so-called Islamic State, there are obvious mutual benefits for Israel and its renewed African partners.
The ape, called John Daniel, was adopted by Alyce Cunningham, from Uley, Gloucestershire, in 1918 after her brother bought it for £300 in London.
Village archivist Margaret Groom has published a collection of pictures of John Daniel in a book about Uley.
The animal was sold to an American when it became too big for Ms Cunningham to look after. It died in 1922.
Mrs Groom found the collection of photos in the village archives and said it was "quite unique to have a gorilla grow up here".
She said: "People still talk about it and a lot of people don't believe it. They say 'oh no that can't be possible'."
John Daniel was captured as a baby in Gabon and brought to the UK, where Ms Cunnigham's brother Rupert Penny saw it for sale in a department store.
She adopted the ape and nicknamed him Sultan.
Mrs Groom said John Daniel was raised like a normal child, had its own bedroom and could use the light switch and toilet.
She said the villagers were very fond of the ape, which would play with children, eat roses from garden and drink cups of tea.
Once it grew to adult size Ms Cunningham could no longer look after it so, in 1921, she sold it to an American for one thousand guineas.
She thought it would be sent to a home in Florida, but instead the ape ended up in Barnum and Baileys Circus.
There its health deteriorated, with reports reaching Ms Cunningham that the animal was pining for her.
She set sail for New York but the gorilla, by now aged four-and-a-half, died from pneumonia before she arrived.
The story of John Daniel is also set to be part of an exhibition later this year in Uley.
Kyle Walker's £45m move to Manchester City and Harry Maguire's £17m transfer to Leicester have benefited the Blades.
The sell-on fees for the ex-players, who left in 2009 and 2014 respectively, will now be reinvested in the squad.
"We've done fantastically well in terms of protecting ourselves with the likes of Jamie Murphy, Kyle Walker and Harry Maguire," Wilder said.
"The Championship is a hell of a tough division, so any money that can be made available to myself, I'll try to spend it and use it wisely on additions to make us better."
The Blades are reportedly due 10% of the transfer fees paid to Walker's former club Tottenham, and Hull City for Maguire, while the same will also apply if Murphy moves on from current club Brighton.
United have already signed Fulham defender Richard Stearman, but following their promotion from League One, Wilder wants more additions, with Southend's Ryan Leonard one of those being pursued.
"We're still after Ryan - it's not a secret. We're in for a few players and Ryan is one of them," Wilder told BBC Radio Sheffield.
"We're making bids all over the place. We're looking for a centre-half, a centre-midfield player and maybe somebody at the top of the pitch.
"We're still in the early part of pre-season, there's still a lot of work to be done and we're actively trying to do some work."
The repayments, and another for €4.2bn to the European Central Bank (ECB) due on Monday, came after the EU made Greece a short-term loan of €7bn.
Cash-strapped Greece missed one repayment to the IMF in June and another earlier this month.
Earlier on Monday, Greek banks reopened after being closed for three weeks.
However, many restrictions remain and Greeks are facing price rises with an increase in Value Added Tax (VAT).
Just because the doors of Greek banks are open today, don't be fooled into thinking they and the Greek economy are anywhere near back to recovery.
There are still major restrictions on the ability of their customers to obtain their cash or move it around.
The symbolic importance of the European Central Bank turning on the emergency lending tap again was important, but it has only been turned on a fraction.
It has given enough additional Emergency Liquidity Assistance - €900m - to keep the banks alive in a technical sense.
There is no possibility of them thriving for months and even possibly years.
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IMF spokesman Gerry Rice confirmed in a statement that Greece had repaid the totality of its arrears.
"As we have said, the fund stands ready to continue assisting Greece in its efforts to return to financial stability and growth," he said.
Greece missed its first repayment to the IMF on 30 June and another on 13 July during deadlock over negotiations for a third bailout.
The crisis brought Greece to the brink of economic collapse and an exit from the euro.
The government has since reached a cash-for-reforms deal with its creditors and negotiations are due to begin on the proposed €86bn rescue package.
For the past three weeks, Greeks have been waiting in line at cash machines to withdraw a maximum of €60 (£41) a day, a restriction imposed amid fear of a run on the banks.
From Monday, the daily limit becomes a weekly one capped at €420 (£291), meaning Greeks will not have to queue every day.
However, a block on transfers to foreign banks and a ban on cashing cheques remain in place.
VAT is rising from 13% to 23% meaning Greeks will pay more on a range of goods and services, including taxis and restaurants.
The rise was among a package of reforms demanded by Greece's creditors.
Dimitris Chronis, an Athens kebab shop owner, said the new taxes were bad news for his business.
"I can't put up my prices because I'll have no customers at all," he said.
"We used to deliver to offices nearby but most of them have closed. People would order a lot and buy food for their colleagues on special occasions. That era is over."
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced a rebellion from within his left-wing Syriza party over the tough austerity measures being demanded by other eurozone leaders, who are among Greece's creditors.
But last week's vote in the Greek parliament paved the way for Greece to receive the €7bn bridging loan that enabled the reopening of the banks.
Mr Tsipras has since replaced his rebel ministers but analysts say his government has been weakened and fresh elections may be held in September or October.
The Greek parliament is due to hold a second vote on Wednesday on measures including justice and banking reforms. The government is again likely to scrape through, supported by opposition parties.
Representatives from Greece's creditors - known as the Troika - are due to arrive in the country soon and talks on the new bailout are expected to last about a month.
The tough negotiations over Greece have also revealed divisions within the eurozone about the future of the bloc.
Germany, which is the largest contributor to Greek rescue funds, has taken a tough line on Greece, while other states, such as France, have appeared more conciliatory.
On Monday, French President Francois Hollande put forward his ideas for a new parliament for the eurozone countries and a shared budget.
The eurozone is currently managed by the Eurogroup, made up of the finance ministers of each nation.
The Scots have been drawn in the same pool as Six Nations rivals Ireland and World Cup hosts Japan.
Two teams will come through the qualifying process to make up the section.
"It's certainly the best one I've seen in my years of playing," said Lamont, who won 105 Scotland caps.
"I definitely reckon we'll qualify, if not qualify top. There's not that one big team that you always think, 'oh, that's going to be a real tough one' - the New Zealands, South Africas, Australias even Englands at the moment.
"All the pools will be tough, but for us it's been a good draw.
"It's one of the more even pools. It's a great, great opportunity to qualify, and qualify top. It's teams we know and have beaten before.
"We should be looking for at least semis. That's the standard we need to start aiming for, especially the way we've been playing recently."
Gregor Townsend takes over from Vern Cotter as Scotland head coach for this summer's tour, which will take in matches against Italy, Australia and Fiji in the southern hemisphere.
"If Gregor comes in and continues to build on Vern's basis and [with] the squad we've got and the depth we now have in positions, there's no reason we can't be aiming for semis and onwards," said Lamont, who worked with Townsend at Glasgow Warriors.
"We've got to be aiming big.
"Gregor is very meticulous in his planning. He's very concise on what he wants from the players. He demands a high level and he expects the players to conform to that.
"Gregor's a good coach, he knows what he wants and he'll do well with Scotland."
Scotland toured Japan last summer and won both Tests and also beat Ireland during this year's Six Nations.
"They have come on massively," recently retired Lamont said of Japan. "Rugby's growing massively over there.
"You look at last World Cup, they beat South Africa. After that game they went from a viewing population of 500,000 to a couple of million.
"Whoever's in the pool with Japan, you'll always be the enemy. You're going to come up against the crowd, which can make a big difference on the referee. Japan are going to be really fired up.
"Our record's not always the best against Ireland. They've got a lot of quality players, they know how to win. They are a tough team. For top of the group, they're probably favourites at the moment. They're the ones to beat.
"We've improved massively as a nation, but we can't be thinking we've made it already and qualified. We have to fight for everything."
President Jacob Zuma said the nation had lost a leading pioneer of jazz who promoted a "cosmopolitan culture".
Born to a shoemaker and a domestic worker in racially segregated South Africa, she performed with US stars such as Roberta Flack and Patti LaBelle in a career of more than 50 years.
Klaasen was battling pancreatic cancer at the time of her death.
"She was a role model to many of our young and upcoming musicians and her legacy will live on for generations to come," Mr Zuma said in a statement.
As a teenager, Klaasen's face was permanently disfigured in an acid attack by a jealous rival.
Recalling the incident, she said that "even if people in the street make you feel like you have leprosy or like you're dirty... you must be strong".
Klaasen grew up under white minority rule in South Africa, and gained a reputation for fighting both racism and sexism.
"Her career as a singer and dancer began in the mid-1950s when the apartheid and patriarchal system were entrenched but that did not deter her from pursuing her dreams," the governing African National Congress women's wing said in a statement.
Analysis: Milton Nkosi, BBC Africa, Johannesburg
Affectionately known as Sis Thandi, Klaasen was not just a brilliant jazz musician. She was far more than that. She was the very embodiment of triumph over adversity.
The horrific acid attack on her face did not dim the fire in her soul to share her rare talent in the arts. She also survived intolerable racial obstacles which were experienced by many black artists during the dark days of apartheid in Sophiatown, which was demolished by the then-minority regime as part of its policy of promoting segregated living.
Klaasen became a pillar of support for younger female artists like Mara Louw and many others by offering her wise counsel on issues that where outside the realm of jazz.
World renowned musician Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse put it aptly when he said: "Sad news. Rest in peace Thandi Klassen, always humble and so gracious. We have lost a giant of South African music."
Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa said Klaasen had a "silky smooth voice which serenaded audiences the world over".
"How much richer we are having heard her sing. How much she touched our spirits and made us complete beings in a world in which things were falling apart," he added.
The main opposition Democratic Alliance described her as a "guiding light" in the arts industry.
"South Africa is a country filled with talent and hope, and Thandi Klaasen's story shows what we can achieve - even in the most difficult of circumstances," it added.
Mr Zuma gave her one of South Africa's highest awards, the Order of the Baobab, in 2006 for her "excellent achievement in and contribution to music".
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The cute little baby panda was actually born a month ago and it was all caught on CCTV.
The keepers have been monitoring the pair closely and say the cub is growing well but doesn't have a name yet.
It was announced last month that giant pandas had been removed from the list of "endangered" species.
Take a look at our video to see giant panda, Yaya, holding her little cub.
More than 150 world leaders have converged to launch the two-week talks, known as COP21.
The last major meeting in 2009 ended in failure. But French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who is chairing the meeting, said a deal was within reach.
Most of the discussions are expected to centre on an agreement to limit global warming to 2C (3.6F).
Assessments of the more than 180 national plans that have been submitted by countries suggest that if they were implemented the world would see a rise of nearer to 3C.
Peruvian Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar Vidal declared this year's meeting open on Monday.
Strong action on carbon emissions is essential for multiple reasons, said Mr Vidal, who hosted last year's UN climate conference in Lima.
Mr Vidal said a deal would show the world that countries can work together to fight global warming as well as terrorism.
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Christiana Figueres, the head of the UN's climate change negotiations, addressed delegates at the start of the summit.
"Never before has a responsibility so great been in the hands of so few," she said. "The world is looking to you. The world is counting on you."
COP 21 - the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties - will see more than 190 nations gather in Paris to discuss a possible new global agreement on climate change, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the threat of dangerous warming due to human activities.
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The talks are taking place amid tight security, two weeks after attacks in Paris claimed by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group.
Negotiators from 195 countries will try to reach a deal at the meeting.
This year, world leaders are attending the start of the two-week meeting to give impetus to the talks.
Some 150 heads of state, including US President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, have arrived at the summit.
Major points of contention include:
Among those attending the talks is the broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough. He said he was not confident that the Paris talks would produce a deal to tackle the "hideous problem" of climate change.
"We know the consequences of a rise of temperature, what it will do for the oceans, for example," he told the BBC.
"Increasing temperature of the oceans will cause havoc amongst the fish stocks and similarly increasing the temperature of the Earth is causing the spread of deserts.
"The problems of a rise in temperatures are huge; it has to be avoided at all costs."
The Prince of Wales said that humanity faces no greater threat than climate change, as he issued a call for immediate action to tackle rising temperatures.
Charles told the summit: "Rarely in human history have so many people around the world placed their trust in so few.
"Your deliberations over the next two weeks will decide the fate not only of those alive today, but also of generations yet unborn."
The 52-year-old will keep his role with the Foxes after helping them win the Premier League title last season.
England's first qualifier for the 2018 World Cup in Russia is against Slovakia in Trnava on 4 September.
"Craig will be a tremendous asset. I'm grateful to Leicester for their help in making this happen," said Allardyce.
Shakespeare said: "Leicester have been really good to me. I am sure the international experience I get from being alongside Sam and [assistant manager] Sammy Lee will add to my work at the club."
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Jermaine Baker, 28, from Tottenham, was killed in north London last December.
A legal bid by his family in the name of his four-year-old daughter to stop the officer - known as "officer FE16" - retiring failed and a High Court judge ruled he was free to leave.
Mr Baker's "outraged" mother vowed to continue her "fight for justice".
The 52-year-old officer is under investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission but will retire at midnight and will not face disciplinary proceedings.
He is set to take up a new career as an adviser to a television production company.
Mr Baker and two other men were waiting in a car to try to free a prisoner who was being taken to Wood Green Crown Court.
Officer FE16 was not the officer who fired the fatal shot but was in charge of the tactical operation.
The legal action was launched in the name of Mr Baker's daughter - known only as AB - through her mother acting as her "litigation friend".
Lawyers had sought a court order to stop FE16 from retiring, giving them time to seek judicial review of the Met's decision not to suspend him from duty.
They said officer FE16 should be suspended from duty, which would have meant he would still have been liable to face disciplinary action.
The judge, Mr Justice Mitting, said there had been a prospect of the officer facing misconduct charges.
But he said the likely benefit to Mr Baker's family if those proceedings went ahead was "not great" and was outweighed by the "serious interference" they would cause to the officer's right "to conduct his life as he wishes".
The judge said the allegation against FE16 concerned a briefing which "may not have given an entirely accurate picture" about whether those in the car in which Mr Baker died were "in possession of an actual firearm".
The judge stressed there was no suggestion that FE16 was retiring to avoid disciplinary action, nor was there any possibility of him facing trial.
He had already given notice that he would retire in September after a 30-year career when he was told he was under investigation.
The Met firearms officer who fired the fatal shot is under criminal caution, with decisions pending on whether he will face a criminal trial.
Deborah Coles, director of the charity Inquest, said: "We find the decision to allow a police officer to retire whilst under IPCC investigation into the fatal shooting a young man indefensible.
"This can only undermine family and public confidence in the investigation process. All police shootings must be subject to rigorous and exhaustive investigation and every individual police officer involved should be held accountable for their actions until the investigation conclude."
Mr Baker's mother Margaret Smith said she was concerned that the IPCC had "allowed this to happen".
"I feel they have failed me and my family. This will not deter us - the fight for justice for Jermaine will go on," she said.
Councillors will be told next week that £1.7m has already been spent.
A large proportion of the money is being spent on repairing and refurbishing 22 flood-damaged council houses in the Ballater area.
Replacing a collapsed section of the A93, near Crathie, cost £300,000.
Hull's owners are trying to sell the club, while Bruce has also been linked with the vacant England manager's job.
The 55-year-old said in June he would stay with the club, but he admitted new owners could replace him when asked if he was certain of his position.
"I really don't know that. I'm quietly confident," he said.
"If that's not the case and the club can get better then I'll accept it like a big boy and that's football, it happens.
"Any potential buyer would need to have deep pockets to compete in the Premier League. We've just seen two giants of clubs, Newcastle and Aston Villa, slip out of it, so we know how difficult it is.
"So let's hope that if they come, then that can move the club forward. If the club moves forward and is bigger and better, even if that's without me, then so be it."
Bruce is one of the outsiders to take over as England boss, but has been backed by BBC pundit Alan Shearer as his favourite to replace Roy Hodgson.
The former Manchester United midfielder, who was never capped by England, said he was flattered to be linked with the job, but said no approach had been made.
"I think the top of the FA in my opinion should be English. I've always said that, there's nobody more patriotic than I am," he told BBC Radio Humberside.
"If they're going to go English it's highly flattering and I'm honoured to be linked with it.
"It's the pinnacle to go and manage your country. What bigger job in the world is there?"
Renewable Energy Systems (RES) wanted to build five turbines at Barcloy Hill.
The development near Kirkcudbright drew more than 500 objections but also more than 200 expressions of support.
After it was turned down by Dumfries and Galloway Council, the firm appealed against that decision but has failed to have it overturned.
It took the case to the Scottish government but a reporter has now concluded the turbines would have a "detrimental effect" on the landscape and refused the appeal.
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The 25-year-old, who is a former team-mate of Iron striker Kevin van Veen at PSV Eindhoven, has agreed a three-year contract at Glanford Park.
He has spent the last two seasons with Willem II, making almost 60 Eredivisie appearances.
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Germany, Japan and Poland are also in Pool A in the tournament, which doubles up as the main route of qualifying for next year's World Cup finals.
Pool B comprises Argentina, USA, hosts South Africa, India and Chile.
The top 10 teams from the two semi-finals tournaments qualify for the World Cup plus the five Continental champions and hosts England.
If a country wins their Continental title and has also qualified through the World League semi-finals, then the next ranked country from the World League semi-finals will make the World Cup finals.
Ireland won the World League Round Two in Kuala Lumpur in January by beating Malaysia 3-0 in the final.
England's team will include many of the Rio 2016 gold medal winners who represented Great Britain, while German won bronze at the Olympics.
It was announced last week that Ireland's men will also be in the same semi-final in Johannesburg.
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Speaking after the show's 10th anniversary performance, Sir Elton told the BBC: "It would be lovely to do a film version.
"There are other songs that we had had to leave out of the musical that would be great in the film."
The birthday show in London on Tuesday night featured performances by six Billy Elliot actors - past and present.
It was attended by dozens of previous cast members from the past decade, many of whom joined the current cast on stage at the Victoria Palace Theatre.
Billy Elliot tells the story of an 11-year-old boy who follows his dream to become a ballet dancer against the expectations of his working class family in County Durham during the bitter 1980s miners' strike.
The show - with songs by Sir Elton - was written by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry, the same creative team behind the Oscar-nominated 2000 film which starred Jamie Bell.
It first opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre on 12 May 2005, and has since been seen by 10 million people worldwide.
Speaking after Tuesday's gala performance, Sir Elton joked he would like to play the eccentric grandmother in the new film.
He added: "You can only do so much on stage with the material you've got and the length of the show, so I think if one did a movie of this show it would be nice to change some things and maybe put something fresh in."
Writer Lee Hall said that following the recent UK election that Billy Elliot had "never been more current".
Daldry added: "It's more relevant today than it ever was. The story about a community in crisis and inequality and the idea of grace is one of the things we all have to embrace."
Sir Elton, who was accompanied by husband and show producer David Furnish, revealed he had "just written" a new musical. He gave no further details.
But he did say that his sons, aged four and two, had not yet seen his other stage musical hit The Lion King - and had only "lasted for half" of The Snowman at Christmas.
Billy Elliot the Musical's run in London has been extended to December 2016 and it will begin its first UK and Ireland tour in February 2016.
Mosquitoes by Lucy Kirkwood will have its world premiere in the Dorfman Theatre in July 2017.
The NT's artistic director Rufus Norris said he had persuaded the Broadchurch and Night Manager actress back to the stage over a coffee.
"I'm totally thrilled that she'll be coming and joining us," he said.
Announcing the theatre's 2017 plans, Norris said the play centred around two sisters - one of whom is a leading scientist at the opening of the Large Hadron Collider.
Colman's last appearance at the National Theatre was in Richard Bean's England People Very Nice in 2009.
Norris, who will also direct the play, last worked with Colman on his film version of the musical London Road.
"Since then I've been trying to woo her back into the theatre," he said. "I had a coffee with her not long ago and managed to trick her into stepping back over the line.
"She's a fantastic asset to our creative industries," Norris added.
"When actors get that kind of success in television and film, before you know it you can have five or 10 years going by without them being on stage.
"So it's important to get those people back in and to keep that side of the craft up."
Other big names appearing at the National Theatre in 2017 include Imelda Staunton in Stephen Sondheim's Follies and Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield in Tony Kushner's Angels in America.
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The property at Inshriach House, an Edwardian country house on an estate near Aviemore, beat more than 2,500 other entries to take the title.
Walter Micklethwait, who owns Inshriach House, built the shed with help from his girlfriend Lizzy Westman.
The national competition was run by Channel 4.
Conservative MP Damian Collins expressed his concerns to the Guardian newspaper, saying fake news threatened "the integrity of democracy".
A parliamentary inquiry examining the "growing phenomenon of fake news" was launched by Mr Collins in January.
Dealing with the problem was "a global priority" and an "evolving challenge", Facebook said.
Mr Collins told the Guardian that the top 20 fake news stories were shared more than the top 20 true news stories during the three months leading up to the US election last year.
"The danger is, if for many people the main source of news is Facebook and if the news they get on Facebook is mostly fake news, they could be voting based on lies," he said.
He also claimed that Facebook did not respond quickly enough to the phenomenon, despite the fact that the social media site can detect when news stories go viral.
Facebook said: "Improving news literacy is a global priority and false news runs counter to our mission to connect people with the stories that they find meaningful.
"We understand that we need to do our part to help people understand how to make decisions about which sources to trust."
The social network is examining various methods for this - including possibly adding labels to stories that have been reported as false by third parties or Facebook users, which would then warn others before sharing them.
And this month it launched an educational tool designed to help people investigate the veracity of a story shared on Facebook.
On 25 April, Google announced that it was altering the way its search engine works to try to curb the spread of fake news and hate speech.
A recent study by economists at Stanford University suggested that while fake news had been viewed by many adults before the US election, there was little evidence to suggest that such stories had had a decisive impact on voting.
Save the Children said its appeal, which started on Thursday, raised more than £500,000 in its first 24 hours.
The British Red Cross said the public were "realising that it's a massive humanitarian crisis" and had given "hundreds of thousands" of pounds.
On Friday David Cameron said the UK would take in "thousands" more refugees from the conflict in Syria.
European countries are struggling to cope with a surge of migrants from the Middle East and Africa.
More than 350,000 migrants were detected at the EU's borders in January-August 2015, many of them fleeing conflicts in Syria and Afghanistan, and abuses in Eritrea.
In other developments:
The image of a drowned Syrian boy on a Turkish beach last week sparked outcry.
Save the Children's appeal has been boosted by several authors pledging to match donations up to £10,000.
At 20:30 BST on Saturday, a spokeswoman for the charity told the BBC the scheme - organised via social media - had raised £380,000 so far.
And she said thousands had been donated by lawyers giving an hour's pay, using the Twitter hashtag #Billablehour.
She said she could not yet update the figure of more than £500,000 raised, but added: "The speed at which this money has been raised has been, I think, quite extraordinary."
The British Red Cross said it could not give details of how much money it had raised, but said it was already in the hundreds of thousands.
A spokeswoman said the money would be used by Red Cross organisations in every country affected by the crisis.
"The public response has been so supportive and people are realising that it's a massive humanitarian crisis," she said.
An appeal by Islamic Relief UK started on Friday and raised more than £50,000 in its first 24 hours.
A spokesman said Islamic Relief worldwide had spent £130m helping those affected by the Syria conflict since 2011, but the latest appeal was to help refugees in Greece, Germany and Italy.
He said there had been a "sense of despair" in Syria in recent months because people there felt the crisis had been "rather forgotten" by the international community.
But he said the situation in Europe was "shining a light" on Syria as part of the wider crisis, and he hoped there would now be more international efforts to bring the Syrian factions "to the negotiating table".
Earlier, UK council leaders called on the government to provide more resources to help them house the extra refugees the UK is planning to accept.
David Simmons from the Local Government Association (LGA) said: "We need to make sure that if people are going to be moved to the UK, that we've a clear idea of what the cost is going to be, to provide the public services that they expect when they come here."
Under existing schemes, government financial support for Syrians resettled in the UK lasts 12 months.
Details of Mr Cameron's plans have not been announced, but the Syrians are expected to be taken to Britain under existing schemes, so the 12-month limit on central government support is expected to apply.
After that, costs including health, education and social care will fall to councils.
An exact figure on how many people the UK will take in is yet to be decided, but Mr Cameron made it clear on Friday that the extra refugees would come from camps bordering Syria, and not from among those already in Europe.
Absolutely Fabulous star Horrocks will voice the "tubby phone" - a mobile-style gadget aimed at bringing the revamped show into the modern day.
Actor Broadbent and former BBC Radio 1 DJ Cotton will also be heard coming through voice trumpets which pop out of the ground.
The series is due to air on CBeebies later this year.
Eric And Ernie actor Daniel Rigby will narrate the new show, while Sunshine On Leith actress Antonia Thomas will lend her voice to the opening and closing lines.
Producers said the series would feature the same characters and style as the original show, which ran from 1997 to 2001, but with a "refreshed and contemporary look".
"I am very excited to be playing the tubby phone in the new series," Horrocks said.
"The series has a whole new feel to it. I think it's hilarious and it will appeal to adults as much as it does children."
The actress is no stranger to voicing children's television - she has previously worked on Little Princess and Fifi and the Flowertots.
Oscar winner Broadbent, who provided voices on animated films Arthur Christmas and Postman Pat: The Movie, said: "Teletubbies is truly a British institution and it's very exciting to be involved in bringing this global hit back to our TV screens."
Cotton added: "Teletubbies holds a special place in my heart so I'm honoured to be part of this well-loved TV show.
"As a mum, I am sure the new series will enthral a whole new generation of children across Britain and I will certainly be watching with my kids."
The original Teletubbies series was watched by around one billion children in more than 120 countries in 45 languages.
Here is the break-down of votes from the 18 Northern Ireland constituencies.
It was an "affront to humanity", he said, adding: "When you kill innocent children, innocent babies, little babies... that crosses... many lines."
He did not mention Russia, Syria's ally, which says chemical weapons in rebel hands may have been released.
But America's envoy to the UN accused Russia of covering up for Damascus.
"Time and time again Russia uses the same false narrative to deflect attention from their ally in Damascus," Nikki Haley said during a heated UN Security Council debate in New York.
Hinting at possible unilateral action by the US, she added: "When the United Nations consistently fails in its duty to act collectively, there are times in the life of states that we are compelled to take our own action."
The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denies its forces launched a chemical weapons attack.
According to UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 20 children and 52 adults were killed in the chemical incident in Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib province, on Tuesday.
Footage following the incident shows civilians, many of them children, choking and foaming at the mouth.
Both the World Health Organisation and medical charity MSF said some of the victims had symptoms consistent with exposure to nerve agents.
Witnesses say clinics treating the injured were then targeted by air strikes.
Mr Trump said: "I will tell you, it's already happened, that my attitude towards Syria and Assad has changed very much... You're now talking about a whole different level."
Asked during a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House whether he was formulating a new policy towards Syria, Mr Trump told reporters, "You'll see."
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on Russia to "think carefully" about its continued support for President Assad.
"There's no doubt in our mind that the Syrian regime under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad is responsible for this horrific attack," said Mr Tillerson, who is due to visit Moscow next week.
Only last week, Ms Haley said the US was no longer prioritising the removal of President Assad, a shift in US policy from the Obama era.
Is Trump partly to blame?
Russia has acknowledged that Syrian planes did attack Khan Sheikhoun but says the aircraft struck a depot producing chemical weapons, for use by militants in Iraq.
On Tuesday "Syrian aviation made a strike on a large terrorist ammunition depot and a concentration of military hardware in the eastern outskirts of Khan Sheikhoun town," Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konoshenkov said.
"On the territory of the depot there were workshops which produced chemical warfare munitions."
A chemical weapons expert, Col Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, told the BBC the Russian version of events was "pretty fanciful".
The idea that a nerve gas like Sarin could spread after a weapons manufacturing process had been bombed was "unsustainable", he added.
Hasan Haj Ali, commander of the Free Idlib Army rebel group, told Reuters news agency: "Everyone saw the plane while it was bombing with gas."
However, the official who led the UN-backed operation to remove Syria's chemical weapons told the UK's Channel 4 News that the Russian version of events could not be discounted.
"If it is Sarin that was stored there and conventional munitions were used, there is every possibility that some of those [chemical] munitions were not consumed and that the Sarin liquid was ejected and could well have affected the population," Jerry Smith said.
Local journalists say there are no military positions in the town itself but an array of broadly aligned rebel groups controlling the area surrounding it.
Critics of the Russian statement say reports of the release of gas came hours before the times stated by Mr Konoshenkov.
The Syrian government was accused by Western powers of firing rockets filled with Sarin at Ghouta, Damascus, killing hundreds of people in August 2013.
President Assad denied the charge, blaming rebel fighters, but he did subsequently agree to destroy Syria's chemical arsenal.
Despite that, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has continued to document the use of toxic chemicals in attacks in Syria.
More than 250,000 people have been killed in Syria's civil war and, after more than six years, no political solution to the fighting is in sight.
Why is there a war in Syria?
RadioTimes.com voted for the scene from the Cornwall-set drama, where Ross Poldark - played by Aidan Turner - is bathed by wife Demelza, portrayed by Eleanor Tomlinson.
Turner takes the prize for a second year running, following his topless scything scene from series one in 2015.
More than 2,000 people took part in the online poll.
They were asked to choose from a shortlist of 35 clips said to be among the most dramatic, inspiring and emotional TV moments of the year.
RadioTimes.com's biggest TV moments of 2016
1. Aidan Turner in a tin bath (Poldark)
2. The Shelbys are arrested (Peaky Blinders)
3. Tom Hiddleston bares all (The Night Manager)
4. Ross and Elizabeth's controversial bedroom scene (Poldark)
5. Snake attack on baby iguanas (Planet Earth II)
6. Hodor holds the door (Game of Thrones)
7. Ed Balls does Gangnam Style (Strictly Come Dancing)
8. The Brownlee brothers go arm-in-arm to the finish line (Triathlon World Series)
9. Jon Snow is resurrected (Game of Thrones)
10. Andrei and Natasha waltz at the ball (War and Peace)
The moment in Peaky Blinders when the Shelbys were arrested was voted the second biggest moment of the past 12 months, followed by Tom Hiddleston's brief flash of nudity in the Night Manager.
Poldark also featured at number four in the list, for a controversial scene in which Ross Poldark pushed former fiancee Elizabeth onto a bed after she rejected his advances.
The top five was rounded off by a clip from Sir David Attenborough's Planet Earth II in which baby iguanas were seen being chased by snakes.
Former shadow chancellor Ed Balls also made the list, for his dance to Psy's Gangnam Style on Strictly Come Dancing.
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A Downing Street spokesman said Gavin Williamson was meeting the party "on how best they can provide support to the government".
Theresa May is seeking to form a government with the support of the DUP.
A former DUP MLA has said he does not expect a deal to last more than 12 or 18 months.
Alastair Ross told BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Politics programme that he did not believe any agreement between the Conservatives and the DUP would be a formal arrangement.
"I would have thought the DUP would want to have as much flexibility in any arrangement as they can get, because they will not want to get tied into some of the less popular things," he said.
"They (the DUP) would perhaps support them (the Conservatives) in a budget and the Queen's Speech, but allow themselves the flexibility to take different positions to the Conservative Party if it's in the interests of Northern Ireland to do so.
"I'd be very, very surprised if there's any sort of formal arrangement."
A Conservative peer and former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) has warned Theresa May that she should get feedback from her MPs before entering into an arrangement with the DUP.
Lord Empey told Inside Politics: "My advice to the prime minister would be to wait until her backbenchers get into parliament next week and she tests opinion because, I can tell you I'm there every week, these people will not want to be held to ransom by any regional party whichever one it happens to be.
"And I have to say using phrases like 'price to be extracted' is exactly the thing that will upset them."
The DUP find themselves as the kingmakers of Westminster but it is a position that they must use with great care. The party must be careful that whatever Conservative plans they back there must not be fallout in Northern Ireland.
One senior DUP source said he expected the arrangement to support Theresa May to be on a "case by case basis" but would stay clear of a formal coalition.
Personal relationships between MPs of the two parties are very good and last year the DUP hosted a champagne reception at the Conservative Party conference.
However the DUP, ever mindful of their own electorate, will enter the days ahead slowly. One senior source said that his party would be wary of backing the Conservative plans for welfare or social care if they adversely affected Northern Ireland while another said he hoped the party could make the Conservatives "more compassionate" in economic and welfare issues.
Arlene Foster's party may only take up a tiny space on the green benches of Westminster but if a deal is sealed they will have enormous influence across the entire UK.
Former Sinn Féin finance minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir told the programme an agreement between the DUP and the Conservatives could lead Northern Ireland into difficulties around the negotiations on Stormont's devolved institutions.
"I don't consider the British government to be honest brokers," he told Inside Politics.
"Having said that, if they are going to interfere even more or come down even more on the side of unionism then I think it would move us into very difficult terrain."
He also said that the government would be "bonkers" to get involved in some of the "thorny" issues that divide people in Northern Ireland, such as flags and parades.
On the upcoming talks to restore devolved government at Stormont, he said Sinn Féin would deliver on their election pledge to go back into talks "immediately".
"Any foot-dragging or excuses should not be tolerated," he said.
The Alliance Party's Paula Bradshaw said it was crucial Northern Ireland's other parties remain vigilant against the DUP having "undue influence" in the upcoming Stormont talks.
"It's up to us now to pick those papers up again and thrash out the finer details. It's up to all of us to scrutinise and be alert to any undue influence that the DUP are able to exert through the support of the Conservative Party."
Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise, which was broadcast in September 2015, showed what appeared to be a volcano erupting.
But it emerged later that the clip included footage from a storm surrounding a different volcano eruption in 2011.
The BBC Trust described the sequence as "potentially misleading".
"The Committee bore in mind the very high regard in which output from the BBC's Natural History Unit is held. They considered this was a serious breach of the editorial guidelines for accuracy," a summary of their findings read.
After the BBC Two programme was aired, the show's producer Tuppence Stone said in a blog post that volcanic eruptions could be difficult to capture on film and so "it requires special techniques to reveal and portray their true extraordinary nature".
"The lightning shots were taken by an award-winning Chilean photographer, of a nearby Patagonian volcano, Cordon Caulle four years earlier during its eruption, using long exposure techniques," she wrote.
"The Cordon Caulle volcano eruption was a very similar event to the Calbuco volcano this year."
It was only when the blog was circulated that the executive producer of the programme and the BBC's head of knowledge commissioning became aware that footage used in the programme was comprised of different events.
The Trust noted in its findings that Ms Stone had not undertaken a training course which was compulsory for all staff working in the BBC Natural History Unit.
BBC management have since made a commitment that senior staff working on future projects will have to complete the training before being allowed to join the corporation's production teams.
A second programme, Human Planet: Deserts - Life In The Furnace, which was also produced by Ms Stone, was also examined in the report.
The episode - originally broadcast in 2011 - included the story of how an infant camel had been killed by wolves.
But producers, having been unable to film a wild wolf for the programme, used a semi-domesticated wolf which had been let off a lead just before filming.
Herdsmen were seen apparently firing at it in the footage.
The BBC Trust noted that it was a historic episode of the programme - which had been made and broadcast before more stringent editorial processes had been introduced.
But they agreed that the output breached the editorial guidelines and that, had it been a current production, it would have raised "significant concerns" about accuracy and misleading audiences.
The programme, despite being aired five years ago, had come to the attention of the BBC Trust after newspaper coverage in October, printed as a result of the controversy surrounding the Patagonia programme.
The Samsung Z will go on sale in Russia in the July-to-September quarter.
Most Samsung phones currently use the Android platform, but the South Korean firm has been working with chipmaker Intel to develop Tizen as an alternative operating system.
It is seen as a way to make Samsung less dependent on Android's developer, Google.
"It enables Samsung to hedge its bets much better compared to some of its rivals," Andrew Milroy, a vice president with consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, told the BBC.
"However, it is unlikely to make a significant dent on the Android market share."
The company will show off the phone at the Tizen Developer Conference, being held this week in San Francisco.
It did not disclose the device's price.
Samsung is currently the world's best-selling Android device manufacturer.
However, many other rivals such as HTC, Sony, LG and Huawei also use the operating system to power some of their devices.
As the competition in the smartphone sector increases, and growth rates slow, Samsung has been looking at ways to maintain its lead over rivals.
One of the areas that Samsung has been working on is Tizen - a new open source operating system for its gadgets.
"Samsung is seeking to integrate its own components, displays, software and services," said Ian Fogg from the IHS consultancy.
"Using Android makes the firm dependent on Google, meaning its ability to differentiate its products is less strong than if it had installed its own operating system.
"But by going down the Tizen route, the risk is the firm doesn't have enough high quality apps available to make the devices good enough for consumers."
Samsung has taken steps to try to encourage software creators.
It said that in order to "encourage more developers to join, the Tizen Store would provide a special promotional program to all developers for one year".
Having its own app store could help Samsung generate more revenue from app downloads.
That is because currently customers who purchase apps on Android-powered phones typically funnel revenue to Google rather than Samsung itself.
However, Mr Milroy agreed that Samsung faced a huge challenge in attracting customers to the Tizen Store.
"They have come late to the party and its going to take a long time to create an ecosystem that can rival and compete with Android, iOS or Microsoft."
Tizen is also seen by some as being attractive to app developers as it has promised to run software written in the HTML5 web language smoothly.
Mozilla's Firefox OS also relies on HTML5, offering developers the prospect of cross-platform compatibility in which they can write a single version of their app for multiple operating systems, helping cut costs and coding time.
HTML5-based apps can also be made to work on Android and iOS.
But last year developers, including Google and Facebook, faced performance issues when they released products using it, and later switched to native versions.
Samsung itself delayed the launch of the first smartphones using the operating system.
However, the firm has been looking to adapt the operating system in various gadgets of late.
The latest version of its smartwatch - Galaxy Gear 2 - uses Tizen, unlike its Android-powered predecessor.
On Sunday, Samsung announced that it would release a software development kit for TVs that allows developers to build applications for Tizen-based TVs.
Downing Street confirmed Brexit was "top" of the prime minister's agenda when she returned from holiday.
Theresa May chaired a special cabinet meeting at Chequers on Wednesday 31 August to discuss the government's approach.
Mrs May opened the meeting by repeating the "Brexit means Brexit" mantra she's been using since the day she launched her leadership campaign.
"We must continue to be very clear that Brexit means Brexit. That we're going to make a success of it. That means there's no second referendum, no attempts to sort of stay in the EU by the back door. We're actually going to deliver on this," she told cabinet ministers.
Beyond that, the prime minister has said precious little that defines the future relationship with the EU she is seeking.
After the cabinet meeting, a Downing Street spokeswoman dropped a couple of hints when she said: "The model we are seeking is one unique to the United Kingdom and not an off-the-shelf solution.
"This must mean controls on the numbers of people who come to Britain from Europe but also a positive outcome for those who wish to trade goods and services".
Only when there's an agreed negotiating position will the prime minister trigger what's called Article 50 - the mechanism to formally begin two years of EU exit talks.
Mrs May has already said this will not happen before the end of 2016.
The Labour leadership contender, Owen Smith, wants his party to vote against Article 50 being triggered unless the PM agrees to give the public another vote on the final Brexit deal. Downing Street has said there is "no need for a parliamentary vote".
Theresa May was quick to rule out an emergency budget following the EU referendum.
However, she called for the government's "surplus by 2020" target to be dropped, the day before then-chancellor George Osborne announced that decision.
The new chancellor, Philip Hammond, has said he is prepared to "reset" UK economic policy, if necessary, in his Autumn statement.
Mrs May set out some of her thinking on economic reform in a leadership campaign speech in Birmingham on 11 July.
She talked about improving productivity, issuing more bonds to pay for public works and overhauling corporate governance.
In her speech launching her leadership bid, she said that if faced with a choice between spending cuts, increased borrowing or tax rises "the priority must be to avoid tax increases".
One major economic decision that is expected in the "early autumn" is on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.
The government unexpectedly put off a decision shortly after Theresa May became prime minister.
The former cabinet minister, Sir Vince Cable, has said that, as home secretary, Mrs May was concerned about China's involvement in the deal.
Her chief of staff and long-serving adviser, Nick Timothy, has previously expressed security concerns about the Hinkley deal.
China's ambassador to the UK has warned that any decision not to go ahead with Hinkley could damage relations between the two countries.
If a decision is not made before Theresa May travels to China for the G20 summit, questions over Hinkley Point's future could become a dominant feature during the trip.
Another big, much-delayed decision due this autumn is on airport expansion.
After the Brexit vote, the then transport secretary, Patrick McLoughlin put off an announcement until "at least October".
The Davies commission, published in July 2015, set out three options and recommended building a third runway at Heathrow.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Education Secretary Justine Greening have strongly opposed that idea.
The chancellor, Philip Hammond, is on the record supporting Gatwick's expansion instead.
The prime minister, whose Maidenhead constituency is on the Heathrow flight path, is chairing the Cabinet sub-committee that will decide.
Mrs May has spoken about making "Britain a country that works, not for a privileged few, but for every one of us".
In both her leadership speeches and in her first address as prime minister, she highlighted what she called "burning injustices".
"If you're born poor you will die on average nine years earlier than others. If you're black, you're treated more harshly by the criminal justice system than if you're white. If you're a white, working class boy, you're less likely than anybody else in Britain to go to university. If you're at a state school, you're less likely to reach the top professions than if you're educated privately. If you're a woman, you will earn less than a man. If you suffer from mental health problems, there's not enough help to hand. If you're young, you'll find it harder than ever before to own your own home"
She has not said exactly how she intends to tackle these issues but she has committed to doing so.
Mrs May chaired a new cabinet sub-committee on social reform in Downing Street on 1 September.
It seems reasonable to expect more on this agenda in her speech at the Conservative Party conference on 5 October.
In the context of social reform, Mrs May has specifically talked about school reform.
She was due to give more detail on her plans had the Conservative leadership contest continued.
The Daily Telegraph has reported that she wants to end the ban on new grammar schools in England.
The Department for Education has confirmed that the new secretary of state, Justine Greening, is "looking at the issue" having told the BBC that she is "open-minded" about it.
As a child, the prime minister won a place at a grammar school which converted to a comprehensive during her time there.
One other area where Theresa May has signalled a potentially different approach is on devolution.
In July Theresa May promised "a proper industrial strategy to get the whole economy firing. And a plan to help not one or even two of our great regional cities but every single one of them".
Whatever that means, it does not appear to mean ditching the Northern Powerhouse, which continues to have a dedicated minister.
Writing in the Yorkshire Post and the Birmingham Mail, Mrs May also confirmed plans to go ahead with mayoral elections next year.
Theresa May stressed her commitment to the Union as she arrived in Downing Street as PM: "We believe in the union, the precious, precious bond between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland".
Within two days she travelled to Edinburgh to meet Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon.
Ms Sturgeon has said a second independence referendum is "highly likely" following the Brexit vote and has begun a "listening exercise" to gauge support.
At the same time, Ms Sturgeon is seeking to retain Scotland's links with the EU as part of the UK's exit negotiations.
The prime minister said she was "willing to listen to options" without giving any firm commitments.
After the Brexit cabinet at Chequers, a spokeswoman for the prime minister made clear that none of the devolved nations would have a veto over the timing or content of the negotiations to leave the EU.
The poll indicated the lead held by the "No" campaign to reject independence had narrowed to six points from 22 points since the beginning of August.
Sterling fell 0.63% against the dollar to $1.6502 and dropped 0.61% against the euro to 1.2572 euros.
On the stock market, the FTSE 100 index rose 3.86 points to 6,829.17.
Weir Group was the top riser on the index, up 2.5%, after Credit Suisse upgraded its rating on the engineering firm to "outperform" from "neutral".
After a tough couple of days following the release of a profits warning on Friday there was some respite for Tesco, with its shares rising 2.4%.
Redrow shares climbed at first before dropping back 1%, despite the housebuilder reporting a near doubling in full-year profits to £132.6m.
Revenue jumped 43% to £864.5m as demand was boosted by improving consumer confidence and the government's Help to Buy housing scheme.
Founded right at the start of the 20th Century, the centre is these days equally famous as one of the world's leading producers of biopharmaceuticals and immunobiological products.
This week the BBC visited the research and development laboratories at Butantan.
Here, biochemists were working on a batch of vaccines for diphtheria, one of the many established illnesses and diseases that the centre helps to combat. But now there's a new enemy in town and it has forced a change of priorities.
The warnings and concern over the Zika virus are not overblown or unjustified, maintains Alexander Precioso, the institute's director of clinical trials and pharmacological vigilance.
"Basically the majority of the population [in Brazil] is susceptible to the Zika virus, so we are expecting to have many cases," Dr Precioso told me. "That's why vaccine is such an important intervention in terms of preventing the disease."
But, warns the senior clinician, no-one should expect a quick resolution to a public health crisis that is spreading across the Americas.
With the suspected link between Zika and the devastating natal condition, microcephaly, not yet proven, doctors and researchers point out that the entire global medical community doesn't yet know exactly how the virus works on the human body.
"Once we know exactly what the relationship is between the Zika virus and microcephaly, we will be in a better situation to know if a vaccine or a treatment will be available within a certain period of time," says Dr Precioso, acknowledging that the medical and research community is still very much in the dark.
"We do have the hypothesis that the relationship (between Zika and microcephaly) is true …. but we need to keep studying to try to establish the relationship between the virus and the body in order to have the best vaccine or treatment," Dr Precioso says.
Emphasising the importance of international co-operation in the race to find a vaccine, researchers admit it could take at least 10 years to develop and produce.
Easing long-established international protocols, as was the case when dealing with the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, could reduce that timescale but the outlook isn't good for immediately easing the fears of people in affected areas.
So the practical focus now, while work continues on developing a vaccine, is on disease prevention.
Releasing millions of fertile mosquitoes into the middle of a Sao Paulo suburb in the midst of a mosquito-driven health crisis may seem, at first sight, counter productive but the woman emptying pots-full of little insects from the side of a moving van insists it's a proven technology that works.
"These are self-limiting male mosquitoes," says Cecilia Kosmann, a production supervisor at the British-owned research company, Oxitec.
"Basically they'll mate with females and pass on their genes as normal but the offspring will die while still larvae, before they become flying insects, which is the critical period," adds Ms Kosmann.
The company, which has a small research and production facility in the city of Campinas, is well placed to respond to the Zika outbreak. For years, producing two million mosquitoes each week, it has been tackling dengue fever in Brazil and, says Ms Kosmann, in some areas mosquito numbers have been reduced by as much as 90%.
These efforts apart, Brazilian officials admit, they've been taken completely by surprise by the arrival and subsequent spread of Zika.
Under-fire Health Minister Marcelo Castro said this week that Brazil was losing the battle against Zika, "hands down".
It was a remarkably frank and perhaps too-honest assessment of the crisis, which brought a swift rebuke from President Dilma Rousseff that everything was being done and that no resources would be spared in the battle against the virus.
But those with most to fear, pregnant women or those thinking of having babies, are none the wiser and many are scared of what might happen.
With thousands of women reported to be delaying plans to have children and those who can afford it taking the drastic decision to leave Brazil during their pregnancy, the race to find a vaccine for Zika is an urgent one.
The Claim: Brexit-backing Conservative MP Peter Lilley told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that every week the UK stayed in the EU would cost £250m in EU budget contributions.
Reality Check verdict: £250m is a weekly figure the OBR estimated the UK would have sent to the EU in 2019-20 had the EU referendum never taken place.
It is not a "net" figure as it does not take into account the amount the UK would receive from the EU.
How much money, if any, the UK will contribute to the EU budget at the end of Article 50 negotiations is a matter of pure speculation at this point.
The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, suggested one would be needed once the UK completed the Article 50 negotiations to exit the EU in March 2019.
Mr Lilley said that every extra week the UK stayed in the EU would cost the UK £250m net in contributions to the EU budget.
This figure is calculated on the basis of the latest five-year economic and fiscal forecast produced by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
This matters because we are talking about projections the OBR makes on the basis of concrete government policies.
The difficulty is that when it comes to Brexit, it is not yet known what the policy positions of the UK government - or the EU - will be in the coming years.
The £250m a week figure is the OBR's estimate for the UK's transfers to the EU in that particular year had the Brexit vote never taken place.
The estimate is for 2019-20, the year in which the deadline for Article 50 negotiations will lapse if the government triggers Article 50 by the end of March 2017.
The government is committed to leaving the European Union.
The size and scope of future UK contributions to the EU budget will wholly depend on the decisions made by the UK and the EU during the forthcoming negotiations.
'Bone of contention'
The OBR has not attempted to estimate the amount of money the UK could send to the EU after Brexit.
Instead it made the "the fiscally neutral assumption" that any money the UK would save by no longer contributing to EU institutions would be "recycled into other domestic spending" in order to make up for the loss of existing EU spending in the UK, among others.
The question of how much money the UK sends to the EU each week has been a bone of contention during and after the EU referendum campaign.
As we highlighted previously, in 2014 the UK sent roughly £276m a week to the EU but received about £115m a week in return, bringing the net contribution to the EU to £161m a week.
The Treasury is expected to publish the 2015 EU budget figures later this month.
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The Foxes were crowned Premier League champions on Monday, when nearest rivals Tottenham drew 2-2 at Chelsea.
Former Chelsea manager Ranieri, who took charge at the King Power Stadium in July 2015, said: "I'm so proud.
"The players have been fantastic. Their focus, their determination, their spirit has made this possible."
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Ranieri spent part of Monday in Italy with his mother, but is believed to have flown back to England in time to follow the Tottenham match.
"It's an amazing feeling and I'm so happy for everyone," said the Italian.
"I'm a pragmatic man - I just wanted to win match after match. Never did I think too much about where it would take us."
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Leicester started the campaign as 5,000-1 outsiders for the title after almost being relegated last season.
Ranieri said his players deserved to be champions, adding: "Every game they fight for each other and I love to see this in my players.
"I'm happy for my players, for the chairman, for the staff at Leicester City, all our fans and the Leicester community."
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Captain Wes Morgan described his team-mates as "like brothers".
A number of Leicester players gathered at the home of striker Jamie Vardy to watch the Tottenham match.
"I can't wait to get my hands on the trophy," said defender Morgan, 32. "I've never known a spirit like the one between these boys.
"Everyone's worked so hard for this. Nobody believed we could do it, but here we are, Premier League champions and deservedly so.
"People saw it last season when everyone expected us to be relegated, but we fought back to prove people wrong."
Vardy, playing non-league football at Fleetwood Town four years ago, has scored 22 of Leicester's 64 league goals this season.
"It's an unbelievable feeling. I've never known anything like it," said the 29-year-old England international, who Leicester bought for £1m in May 2012.
"We were scrapping to stay in the league last season and on Saturday we'll be lifting the trophy.
"That gives you an idea of how much hard work has gone into this season from every single player and member of staff.
"It's the biggest achievement in the history of a great club and we all feel privileged to be part of it.
"It's even more special to have done it with these lads. Every minute of hard work we've put in on the training pitch has been worth it for this moment."
Midfielder Andy King has now won three title medals with Leicester, having been part of the team that won the third-tier League One seven years ago and the second-tier Championship two seasons ago.
"I thought I'd seen everything with this club - I never thought I'd see this," said the 27-year-old, who has made 23 league appearances this season.
"It's difficult to put into words.
"The story of where this team has come from to get to this point has been all over the world recently.
"I think the lads deserve great credit for the way they've taken it in their stride, stayed focused and kept delivering results - especially with a great side like Spurs chasing us so hard.
"We've been so consistent and just determined not to let the opportunity pass us by. We deserve this."
Forward Riyad Mahrez has been an influential figure for the Foxes.
The 25-year-old Algeria international, who has scored 17 league goals this season, is the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year.
He tweeted: "CHAMPIONS!!!!! Thank u everyone !!!"
Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, an ever-present in the Premier League this season, tweeted: "Words can not describe the love I have for my team-mates.
"I dreamt of this since I was a boy and I will be forever grateful to you all."
The referendum "represents a risk to growth prospects" for the country's economy, S&P said in a statement.
S&P changed its outlook to negative from stable but kept its current rating on the UK the same.
Prime Minister David Cameron has promised an in-out referendum on the UK's membership in the EU by 2017.
Responding to the move, the Treasury said: "We are the first to say that this is a time of heightened risk that threatens the recovery, which is why we need to go on working through the plan that is delivering economic security.
"Central to that plan is giving the British people their first say on our EU membership in forty years and resolving the uncertainty around Britain's relationship with the EU," it added.
However, S&P warned that it wasn't just the referendum that was causing concern.
"We believe a possible UK departure from the EU also raises questions about the financing of the UK's large twin deficits and its high private short-term external debt," it added.
Furthermore, S&P cautioned that a lack of political consensus could affect UK economic policy in the future.
"It is also our view that the calling of a referendum on EU membership indicates that economic policymaking could be at risk of being more exposed to party politics than we had previously anticipated," it continued.
A lower credit rating makes it more expensive for a country to borrow money. A negative outlook means a one-in-three chance of a downgrade in the next two years.
S&P is the only major ratings agency to still give the UK a top rating of AAA, because it views the UK economy as flexible and diversified.
The other two, Moody's and Fitch, both downgraded the UK in 2013 over worries about its economic growth and the country's ability to repay its debt.
Earlier this week, the independent watchdog the Office of Budget Responsibility warned that years more spending cuts would be needed in order to bring the national debt under control.
Since Monday, the new MPs elected after last week's general election have been arriving in London to find out how parliament works and how they are going to do their new job.
For many it means their working and family lives will change forever.
The class of 2015 includes new faces in all the major parties.
Northern Ireland has four new MPs: Ulster Unionists Danny Kinahan and Tom Elliott, the DUP's Gavin Robinson and Sinn Féin's Mickey Brady.
Sinn Féin does not take its seats so only the unionists travelled over to be briefed on how they are going to represent their constituents in Westminster.
It took Tom Elliott four and a half hours to travel to London from County Fermanagh, where he has the honour of representing the UK's most westerly constituency.
The politician from Ballinamallard made a car journey, a flight from Belfast to London and he changed trains before he arrived in central London.
He told the BBC he was delighted to have captured the seat from Sinn Féin's Michelle Gildernew .
Speaking in the London sunshine in the shadow of parliament, he said he felt unusual about being in London but said it would not take long to come to terms with his new life.
"It is certainly a long way from Fermanagh and South Tyrone and from the cattle farm that I am on," he said.
Party colleague Danny Kinahan, who unseated the DUP's Willie McCrea in the South Antrim constituency, said being at Westminster was like "going back to school for your first day".
He has spent the day in a series of meetings designed to help new members and he had the opportunity to see the Commons chamber at first hand.
The former soldier said he got such a thrill from sitting on the green benches and said he was determined to work hard in the next five years to retain his seat in 2020.
All new MPs have been given briefings by parliamentary staff about the language used in the Commons chamber, dress code and how to ask questions to ministers, and they have been given a tour of the Westminster estate.
As part of the induction programme, new MPs are assigned a member of staff who acts as a "buddy" to new members and helps them around the parliamentary estate.
The DUP's Gavin Robinson, who took the East Belfast seat off the Alliance Party's Naomi Long, is another new MP finding his way around Westminster's many rooms and corridors.
One of parliament's youngest members, the 30-year-old said that when he arrived at the entrance he was "nervous" and wondered if his Commons pass would work and they would "let me in".
The former Belfast city councillor said it was "special" to be in Westminster, and he said he had been "entrusted by about 20,000 people".
He said he was looking forward to the next few months and, chatting to the BBC on the Commons terrace overlooking the river Thames, he said: "The onus is on me and I need to deliver in the next five years."
MPs will return to the Commons chamber next week to elect a speaker for the new parliament, and on 27 May Prime Minister David Cameron's plans for the next few years will be outlined in the Queen's Speech.
The Everton duo missed the Euro 2016 qualifiers against Gibraltar and Germany because of injury.
Norwich's Wes Hoolahan is out with an injured ankle but Glenn Whelan and Darron Gibson are both included despite being injury concerns.
Whelan has a leg fracture while Gibson jarred a knee in training this week.
The Irish face Scotland in a Euro 2016 qualifier on 14 November and a friendly with the United States four days later.
Whelan suffered the fracture in the 1-1 draw with Germany earlier this month and the Stoke City midfielder was expected to be sidelined for around six weeks.
However, he is part of the 36-man provisional squad named by Republic boss Martin O'Neill.
O'Neill said on Wednesday that Everton midfielder Gibson had sustained a knock to his knee in training this week, although the extent of any possible damage was not yet known.
Uncapped Hull City defender Brian Lenihan is again included after being drafted in as cover for Coleman before the Gibraltar and Germany matches.
This is no place for Aston Villa winger Jack Grealish, who has yet to commit his future to the Republic and is eligible to play for England.
The Republic are level on points with Group D leaders Poland after three qualifiers, with the Scots three points behind in fourth.
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The Glasgow qualifier is followed by an Aviva Stadium friendly with the Americans.
"I am looking forward to assembling the squad for the last time this year in preparation for our final games of 2014," said O'Neill
"I am absolutely delighted with the courage and determination we showed in our last two qualifiers, and hope we can continue this run next month against Scotland and the USA."
Republic of Ireland provisional squad:
Goalkeepers: David Forde (Millwall), Shay Given (Aston Villa), Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday), Darren Randolph (Birmingham City), Rob Elliot (Newcastle United)
Defenders: Richard Keogh (Derby County), Marc Wilson (Stoke City), Seamus Coleman (Everton), John O'Shea (Sunderland), Alex Pearce (Reading), Brian Lenihan (Hull City), Stephen Kelly (Reading), Paul McShane (Hull City), Damien Delaney (Crystal Palace), Shane Duffy (Blackburn Rovers)
Midfielders: James McCarthy (Everton), Jeff Hendrick (Derby County), Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa), Stephen Ward (Burnley), Glenn Whelan (Stoke City), Darron Gibson (Everton), Paul Green (Rotherham United), Aiden McGeady (Everton), Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City), James McClean (Wigan Athletic), Robbie Brady (Hull City), Stephen Quinn (Hull City), David Meyler (Hull City)
Forwards: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy), Shane Long (Southampton), Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town), Jon Walters (Stoke City), Kevin Doyle (Crystal Palace), Anthony Stokes (Celtic), Simon Cox (Reading), Conor Sammon (Ipswich Town)
The fixture had to be postponed for a week whilst Benin's Football Federation held elections, in a bid to have their Fifa ban overturned.
The result moves Benin to within two points of Group C leaders Mali who they will play in the final round of qualifying in September.
Mali have already qualified for Gabon. They have 13 points which means they will definitely advance as at least one of the best two runners-up.
After an eventful week off the pitch, Benin started best on it, taking a 25th minute lead against Equatorial Guinea through defender Khaled Adenon.
The Squirrels held the advantage through to half-time, but the visitors struck back on 59 minutes, when Ivan Essono hit an equaliser.
The teams were only level for one minute, with Benin regaining the lead with a 60th minute goal from midfielder David Djigla.
Equatorial Guinea were further hampered by the sending-off of Edu four minutes later.
Mali will host Benin in their final qualifier in September.
The thirteen group winners will advance to the 2017 Nations Cup finals along with the best two runners-up and the hosts Gabon.
Peter Morgan, who wrote 2006 film The Queen and recent stage play The Audience, will write the script with director Stephen Daldry also involved.
Dame Helen Mirren is not currently attached to star in the series.
Netflix is already home to successful US dramas such as House of Cards, which helped launch the service in the UK.
Original commissions like the Kevin Spacey political drama and Orange is the New Black have been credited with changing the face of television viewing habits - in part by delivering each full season online in one go.
Left Bank Pictures, owned by Sony Pictures Television, will produce The Crown and is understood to be close to completing their deal with Netflix.
Both the BBC and ITV had also expressed interest in the show, which will chart Queen Elizabeth II's reign from the moment she succeeded her father George VI, at the age of 26, to the present day.
It is understood the script will focus as much on the changing political landscape as the Queen herself, in a similar way to last year's West End production of The Audience, which followed her meetings with various Prime Ministers.
It saw Dame Helen crowned best actress at the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards, having previously won an Oscar, a Bafta and a Golden Globe for her performance in the film The Queen.
However, insiders have suggested she will not be involved in The Crown.
Morgan also wrote Frost/Nixon for the stage and adapted it for the big screen and The Damned United while Daldry is known for The Reader, The Hours and Billy Elliott.
The Crown is set to be 20 episodes in length, with reports Netflix has committed a budget of at least £5m per episode.
"What our members love watching most and what we have focused on with our own series are highly-serialised stories," Netflix's spokesman for Europe, Joris Evers told the BBC last month.
"We like the kind of series that have a longer story arc where, over multiple episodes and multiple seasons, you follow a storyline as opposed to a procedural show... where somebody gets killed in the first 10 minutes and within that hour you find out who it was and they get locked up."
The internet video streaming firm revealed it had added 2.25 million new subscribers during the first quarter of 2014, bringing its total global membership to 48 million.
This week it also unveiled plans to expand to a further six European countries before the end of the year.
The 27-year-old asked to leave to focus on a potential appeal against the judgement by an Edinburgh civil court.
Goodwillie and David Robertson did not face criminal trial but were ordered to pay £100,000 damages to Denise Clair.
The League Two club said they will make no further comment on the matter.
Robertson announced on Monday that he was retiring from professional football.
Ms Clair, who has waived her right to anonymity, sued the pair after being "devastated" by the Crown's decision not to prosecute following the incident in January 2011.
She claimed Goodwillie and Robertson, 30, raped her at a flat in Armadale, in West Lothian, following a night out.
She said she could not remember what happened after being in a Bathgate bar and woke up in a strange flat the following morning.
The two players claimed the sex was consensual.
Goodwillie began his career with Dundee United and cost Blackburn £2m when he joined the Lancashire side back in August 2011.
He joined Plymouth from Aberdeen last summer.
The Ocean Full Of Bowling Balls, Paula and Birthday had previously only been available to read at two American university libraries.
The first title, in particular, is of importance, as it inspired elements of The Catcher In The Rye.
A scanned copy of the stories was uploaded to a file-sharing website this week, and rapidly spread online.
The collection, titled Three Stories, features a plain black cover, and also contains a letter from Salinger to his publisher Little, Brown and Company, discussing proof copies of his works.
David Ulin, a book critic with the Los Angeles Times, said that at least two of the stories in the collection were "the real deal".
"I've never read The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls," he wrote. "It's part of a collection of Salinger material at the Princeton University Library and available only to scholars who are supervised as they read.
"I have read the other two stories, however, at the University of Texas' Ransom Center, and the versions of them in Three Stories are the real deal."
"The Ransom Center is relatively free with its manuscripts; visitors can even have photocopies made, although they are prohibited from circulating the work.
"It's more difficult to imagine how a manuscript was copied from the Princeton Library, but in this digital age, I have little doubt that it could be done."
Salinger's only published novel, The Catcher In The Rye is a tale of teenage angst which has gone on to become one of the most influential American novels of the modern era, selling more than 65 million copies.
The Ocean Full Of Bowling Balls is a prequel to the story of its idealistic outcast, Holden Caulfield, and recounts the death of his younger brother Kenneth - renamed Allie in the subsequent novel
It was originally scheduled to appear in Harper's Bazaar, but Salinger withdrew it before publication.
Following the success of Catcher In The Rye, Salinger released a collection of short stories and several novellas but stopped publishing in 1965 and withdrew from public view - although it is believed he continued to work.
Living in New Hampshire, he protected his privacy fiercely until his death in 2010, aged 91.
In 1982, he sued to halt the publication of a fictitious interview with a major magazine.
And in 2009, he took court action to stop the US publication of a novel by Swedish writer Fredrik Colting that presented Holden Caulfield as an old man.
In his final interview, given in 1980, he said: "There's a marvellous peace in not publishing.
"When you publish, the world thinks you owe something. If you don't publish, they don't know what you're doing. You can keep it for yourself."
He had given instructions that his unpublished stories should not be seen for 50 years after he died.
However, a documentary released earlier this year claimed five works would be made available between 2015 and 2020 - among them The Last And The Best Of The Peter Pans, a sequel to Catcher In The Rye.
The appearance of Three Stories was first mentioned on discussion site Reddit, and later reported by Buzzfeed - but the provenance of the collection is unclear.
A paperback version was recently sold on auction website eBay, and is thought to be one of 25 copies printed privately in Britain in 1999.
However, the version that was shared online has a different cover to the one listed on eBay.
The user who distributed the scan, on invitation only file-sharing site what.cd, wrote an anonymous message saying they would "confirm and, with that, take responsibility to the claim that these are accurate to the originals".
"It took me many weeks of research to find that this book existed, and many more weeks to acquire it," the anonymous user added.
Scott Andrew Moore was arrested on Thursday over the attack on the 32-year-old in Keresley End on Wednesday.
Mr Moore, 22, of Old Winnings Road, Keresley End, appeared before Leamington Magistrates' Court.
He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Warwick Crown Court on 20 June.
The victim underwent surgery after the shooting at the junction of Somers Road and Rathbone Close.
Ben Tomlinson almost sparked the game into life for the visitors with a 12-yard drive against Phil Smith's post.
But the Cumbrian side went ahead Andy Cook headed in a pinpoint Andy Haworth cross soon after the hour.
It proved the only shot on target in a low-key affair that emphasised Barrow's new-found defensive resilience and took their unbeaten run to seven games.
Aldershot Town boss Barry Smith told BBC Surrey:
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"We dropped below the standards that we set over the Easter weekend with the two good performances, and the players have to question themselves why they can perform the way they did against Forest Green and Braintree and then fall to the standards that we got today.
"We knew how they would set up and we knew how they would play and the disappointing thing it was a sore goal to lose because we had chances to clear it and again we don't clear our box.
"It's frustrating because we've had good runs previously but then we drop our standards - but we do know what the boys are capable and if they want to push on as a group or individually, they have to show more consistency."
Divers from Neptune's Army of Rubbish Cleaners (NARC) are collecting stray fishing equipment, known as ghost gear.
On Thursday, they recovered 17 lobster pots along with fishing nets and rope.
The dives have been funded by the animal welfare charity World Animal Protection UK, which said ghost gear is "a massive global problem" affecting marine life such as dolphins and seals.
Last year on a similar dive, NARC cleared one tonne of commercial fishing net and 13 lobster pots, 12 of which were still ghost fishing.
The group works closely with fishing communities to locate the best place to dive, including places where pots have been lost during the winter storms.
Christina Dixon, World Animal Protection UK campaigns manager, said: "NARC do an incredible job collecting marine litter and keeping the oceans safe and enjoyable for animals and marine users alike.
"Ghost gear is a massive global problem and our job is to work collaboratively with the fishing industry, environmental groups and policy makers to prevent it happening."
Ahead of the Budget, we asked BBC News website readers to share their tips for saving money and how they manage their own household budgets.
Here are 10 of the best:
1. Water waste: Brian Powell suggests that when taking a shower, as soon as you are wet turn off the water. Then apply the soap or gel. When thoroughly rubbed in, turn the water back on to remove suds. This method halves the water and soap used as well as halving the energy needed to heat the water.
2. Watch the pennies: Howard Alderton suggests that instead of using coin changers, which often charge 9% in the pound, you should use the self-service tills at supermarkets to pay for cheap items and put a load of coins in and collect your change in a note or notes.
3. The pounds will look after themselves: Anderson Chipandire says: "I have worked out my basic salary per month and any extra I get from overtime I put into my savings. It's working very well for me and I have taught myself to live on my basic salary."
4. Dinner for two: Fiona Williams says if there are just two of you, cook a recipe for four, eat half and freeze half. That way you get to cook most recipes and, over a week, build up enough food for the next week thus saving money.
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5. Energy saving: Kit Hurst has a combi boiler and the water takes about 45 seconds to a minute to run hot: "I realised one day that when I wash my hands I'm running the boiler but washing in cold water. Since that moment I've moved all my mixer taps to the cold position so that my boiler doesn't switch on each time I wash my hands. I do, however, live alone so I don't upset anyone with my energy saving methods."
6. Best before: Mark Smith buys fresh food that has been marked down due to being close to its use-by date. He then puts it in the freezer where it will keep for weeks. This is especially useful for items that can still be cooked straight from the freezer (eg pizzas or some microwave meals). It also frees up more space in the fridge for beer.
7. Do it yourself: William Brown says you should learn how to do things yourself - from DIY to car maintenance to cooking and cleaning. It saves fortunes and has the added benefit of educating yourself.
8. Savings drive: Adrian Chapman drives at 60mph on dual carriageways and sticks to all speed limits as normal while also ensuring that he avoids unnecessary braking and gear changes.
9. Travel costs: Ian Spincer has a fold-up bicycle in the boot of his car and rather than pay for parking he simply parks in a residential area and rides into the centre of the various towns that he has to visit with his work as an accountant.
10. Don't forget the milk: Peter Hughes's parents have been diluting their milk for years. They buy full-fat (whole) milk, dilute it by about one-third with water and call it semi-skimmed. "They reckon they save about £50 a year just from that one trick. People probably have bigger expenses to cut, but for those who have tried it all, how about this? I think it's a bit over the top personally, but both my parents managed to retire in their mid-fifties, so I guess they have had the last laugh."
Are we missing any? Tell us what you want to see in this year's Budget. Email us at [email protected] adding 'Budget' in the subject heading and including your contact details.
During the visit to "Le Terrible" submarine off Brittany coast, Mr Macron reportedly took part in a simulated missile launch.
France will be the sole EU nation with nuclear arms after 2019, when the UK is expected to leave the 28-member bloc.
Meanwhile, the new French government easily won its first confidence vote.
The cabinet led by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was backed by 370 MPs in the lower house, with only 67 voting against.
Mr Philippe set out proposals for public spending cuts and labour reforms - a move condemned by the trade unions, who have threatened protest strikes in the autumn.
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On Tuesday, President Macron was taken by helicopter to "Le Terrible" submarine in the Atlantic, about 300km (186 miles) off France's coast.
Mr Macron's office later published a photo, showing the president being lowered down aboard the submersible.
Mr Macron stressed the importance of France's nuclear deterrence, describing it as the "keystone of security".
The reported missile launch simulation was part of the president's daylong visit to nuclear weapons facilities at the Ile Longue base, near Brest.
It is home to the country's four nuclear-powered, ballistic missile-carrying submarines.
France maintains a fleet of nuclear-armed submarines and strike planes, and has about 300 operational nuclear warheads.
Support for the deterrent is deeply rooted in French society and history, ever since it became a nuclear power in the 1960s, correspondents say.
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Dutchman Robert Gesink won the stage, while Britain's Simon Yates finished fifth to move fourth overall after a stunning ride up the Col d'Aubisque.
Yates finished more than a minute ahead of Froome and Quintana, who were having their own battle on the mountain.
Quintana was unable to break Froome though and they finished together.
It was a fascinating finish to the 196km stage from Urdax-Dantxarinea, which featured four mountain climbs, with Colombian Quintana and Briton Froome riding the first half of the final ascent relatively serenely.
Quintana made the first move with around seven kilometres remaining and Team Sky's Froome took a few seconds to reel in his Movistar rival.
However, Quintana again tried to stretch Tour de France winner Froome, before slowing the pace and then accelerating again - a pattern repeated several times.
Froome, who is looking to become the first rider since 1978 to win the Tour and Vuelta in the same year, would not be shaken off though and followed Quintana round the final left-hand bend to finish a bike-length adrift but close enough to be awarded the same time.
Earlier, Orica BikeExchange's Yates, who started the day three minutes and 25 seconds behind Quintana, had ridden clear of the peloton on the penultimate climb in an effort to recoup some time on leaders.
His plan worked as first his team-mates helped him stay clear on the run to the final climb, before he then caught and passed the remnants of the day's 40-rider breakaway to finish 39 seconds behind Gesink, who picked up his first Grand Tour stage victory.
Yates, who won stage six, is now two minutes, 17 seconds behind Quintana and just 16 seconds adrift of his Colombian team-mate Esteban Chaves, who climbed to third.
Spain's Alberto Contador, who is chasing a record-equalling fourth Vuelta victory, also attacked on the final ascent but his attempt was short-lived and he ended up fading, losing 20 seconds on Quintana to fall back to sixth overall.
Quintana's Spanish team-mate Alejandro Valverde was the day's biggest loser, finishing almost 11 minutes behind LottoNL rider Gesink to drop out of third place.
Gesink missed July's Tour de France after suffering memory loss following a crash in the Tour of Switzerland.
Saturday's stage 15 is not as mountainous but the 118km race climaxes in another summit finish.
Stage 14 result:
1. Robert Gesink (Ned/LottoNL) 5hrs 43mins 24secs
2. Kenny Elissonde (Fra/FDJ) +7secs
3. Egor Silin (Rus/Katusha) +9secs
4. George Bennett (NZ/LottoNL) +31secs
5. Simon Yates (GB/Orica) +39secs
6. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa/Trek) +49secs
7. Jan Bakelants (Bel/AG2R) +1min 11secs
8. Andrew Talansky (US/Cannondale) +1min 14secs
9. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica) Same time
10. Leopold Koenig (Cze/Team Sky) +1min 16secs
Selected:
12. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +1min 47secs
13. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) Same time
19. Alberto Contador (Spa/Tinkoff) +2mins 07secs
43. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +10mins 56secs
General classification after stage 14:
1. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) 58hrs 41mins 40secs
2. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +54secs
3. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica) +2mins 01secs
4. Simon Yates (GB/Orica) +2mins 17secs
Selected:
6. Alberto Contador (Spain / Tinkoff) +3mins 28secs
The 29-year-old left-hander, who has previously played for Surrey, has hit six centuries in 32 Test matches and a total of 28 in first-class cricket.
His arrival is set to fill the gap in Somerset's batting line-up vacated by the retirement of former captain Chris Rogers at the end of the 2016 season.
He will be available for all formats, around his international commitments.
Elgar joins a Somerset top order that includes new club captain Tom Abell and former England opener Marcus Trescothick, who signed a new deal for 2017 in August.
The Taunton-based side finished second in the County Championship in 2016, narrowly missing out on a maiden title as Middlesex triumphed on the final day of the season.
As a slow left-arm bowler, Elgar has also taken 13 Test wickets.
He first played for Somerset in 2013 on a short-term contract, when he provided cover for Alviro Petersen.
The analysis comes from the Resolution Foundation, an economic think tank.
It says the "privileged" self-employed, with good educational qualifications and higher earnings, made up 57% of the growth in self-employment after 2009.
Among them were people working in law, accountancy, health services and management consultancy.
The think tank says they typically earned much more than the average worker, at between £45,000 and £65,000 a year.
"Rising self-employment has been the biggest jobs story of the last decade," said Adam Corlett, of the Resolution Foundation
"This growth has been controversial at times, with several companies finding themselves in court as workers try to address the insecurity that often comes with self-employment.
"But behind the headlines the real recent growth area for the self-employed has been in lucrative sectors such as advertising and banking," he added.
There are now nearly five million people in the UK classified as self-employed (including those self-employed in a second job) and the rise in their numbers in recent years has contributed almost half of the country's growth in employment.
In fact, there are many more self-employed people than either agency workers (approximately 850,000) or workers on zero-hours contracts (roughly 900,000).
Much public discussion has focused on the self-employed who earn very little in the so-called "gig economy", such as Uber drivers and delivery drivers.
The Resolution Foundation says their work is indeed precarious.
But whether precarious or privileged, self-employment has been spreading in many other sectors, including those where being self-employed has been a way of life for decades.
The 10 biggest groups of self-employed workers are, the think tank says, in joinery and plumbing, construction, education, retail, cleaning, taxis, hairdressing, health, agriculture and design.
Meanwhile, the fastest growth of self-employment since 2009 has been in advertising, public administration and banking, but self-employment among taxi drivers has risen by only 7% in that time.
The Resolution Foundation says the division between the privileged and precarious self-employed means that this category of worker is in effect split into two tribes.
As well as earning less and having poorer educational qualifications, the precarious group are more likely to be young, immigrants, underemployed, living outside south-eastern England and in receipt of tax credits.
The report also argues that the growth of self-employment is very significant for the public finances because those with high earnings can cut their tax and national insurance payments by operating as companies.
That will become even more attractive if, as promised by the government, the rate of corporation tax is cut to just 17%.
"The Office of Budget Responsibility estimates a £3.5bn exchequer cost in 2021-22 from incorporations rising faster than employment," said the report.
It also points to other well-known problems with self-employment, such as the lack of legal protection currently given to employed workers, and the fact that the self-employed are less likely to save for a pension.
Words such as '2016', 'effort' and 'Olympian' - or even a picture of a medal - cannot be used by non-approved sponsors in any sort of advertising.
The punishment could mean athletes losing medals, although a reprimand would be the more likely outcome.
The Olympics' Rule 40 means athletes must cut ties with non-official partners until three days after Rio.
The bye-law states only approved sponsors may reference "Olympic-related terms" from 27 July until midnight on 24 August, so personal sponsors such as kit suppliers are not even allowed to re-tweet athletes.
While the bye-law, which is contained in the Olympic Charter, is not new, it has been picked up on since the International Olympic Committee chose not to impose a blanket ban on Russian competitors at the Rio Games.
The World Anti-Doping Agency had recommended the measure in the wake of a damning report into state-sponsored doping in Russia.
British former heptathlete Kelly Sotherton suggested the IOC was more interested in punishing athletes over sponsorship infringements than for doping.
"If your sponsor says good luck to you in Olympic time you face being booted out, but drugs cheats??! #rule40," she posted on Twitter.
According to the IOC, "Olympic-related terms" include the following, depending upon context:
While "Olympic listed terms or expressions" include:
The regulations are not new, and were designed to counter so-called 'ambush marketing' from harming revenue that could be passed on to athletes and federations, while protecting the investment of official sponsors.
National Olympic committees are responsible for enforcing regulations, and Team GB published a guide detailing the restrictions in December.
Since London 2012 the rule has been relaxed slightly, and now athletes can appear in their sponsors' marketing during the Games if they are granted special dispensation.
The blaze broke out in a block of flats in Campbell Street in the town at about 18:10 on Thursday.
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were called to deal with the "large" fire following a lightning storm.
Torrential rain, thunder and lightning swept parts of the country, with a number of areas in Scotland placed on flood alert.
Following the fire in Greenock, about 20 people had to leave their homes.
They are being cared for at a nearby church hall. The Red Cross has sent an emergency vehicle to support those who are unable to return home.
Scottish Fire and Rescue said later that no one was injured but the building has been "severely damaged" by fire and heat from the blaze.
Firefighters were also dealing with flash floods in Greenock and elsewhere. They received numerous calls from other parts of the country.
Among the worst affected locations were parts of Glasgow and Ayrshire where rainfall was estimated at approximately 20mm.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) issued "be prepared" notices in several areas.
Forecaster Billy Payne, from Meteogroup, said: "The rain band is moving north and breaking up with heavy thundery showers across southern and central Scotland. There have been a few lightning strikes in the Glasgow area and 20mm of rain has fallen locally since daylight began."
The rainstorms follow a three week heat wave during which some of the hottest temperatures for years have been recorded.
As a result of the deteriorating conditions, road maintenance firm BEAR Scotland has postponed resurfacing works on the southbound M9.
Work was due to take place at the weekend but has been shelved due to forecasts for further rain.
The work on the stretch between junction 9 (Bannockburn) and junction 8 (Hill of Kinnaird) will be carried out at a later date.
Scottish Power said "pockets of customers" are without power in the Musselburgh and Tranent areas.
Some flooding was reported in the Borders, at Eyemouth and Kelso.
In Glasgow, the newly-refurbished Tollcross International Swimming Centre was forced shut because of problems with the building's rainwater system.
The centre will host swimming events during next summer's Commonwealth Games.
A spokesman for operators Glasgow Life said: "Tollcross International Swimming Centre has been forced to close as a result of today's adverse weather conditions and an issue with the building's rainwater system.
"Glasgow Life is working with architects and contractors to rectify this and the facility will reopen as soon as possible. We apologise for any disruption to customers."
Albert White, 25, was killed in France after storming an enemy machine gun post in order to save his comrades.
The Liverpool-born sergeant was awarded the Victoria Cross for his "conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty".
A stone has been laid at Liverpool Parish Church, one hundred years after he died in May 1917.
Tom White, the soldier's great nephew, was present during Friday's ceremony alongside veterans and serving soldiers.
He said: "All the family have always known about Albert's heroism. It's been fantastic today and very emotional, because it's been a real focal point for the family to get together, to come together to give Albert due recognition."
The former sergeant in the South Wales Borderers served at Gallipoli, where his battalion lost almost 1,600 men.
He was then posted to France where he survived the opening day of the Battle of the Somme and many other battles.
He was killed at Monchy-le-Preux during the Battle of Arras.
His citation in the London Gazette reads: "Realising during an attack that one of the enemy's machine guns, which had previously been located, would probably hold up the whole advance of his company, Sgt White, without the slightest hesitation, and regardless of all personal danger, dashed ahead of his company to capture the gun.
"When within a few yards of the gun, he fell riddled with bullets having thus willingly sacrificed his life in order that he might secure the success of the operations and the welfare of his comrades."
Liverpool's Lord Mayor Roz Gladden said the stone would be a permanent reminder of the "incredible contribution" Sgt White made.
Some 68,000 medical systems from a large unnamed US health group have been exposed, they said.
Security researchers Scott Erven and Mark Collao presented their findings at hacker conference Derbycon.
They also revealed that they had created fake medical devices which attracted thousands of hackers.
Interfaces connected to medical systems were available via search engine Shodan, the researchers told conference-goers.
The researchers used Shodan - a search engine specifically for internet-connected devices - to look for exposed software from a range of health treatment providers, such as radiology and paediatric clinics, as well as one large healthcare organisation.
They told tech news website the Register that they ended up with "thousands of misconfigurations and direct attack vectors".
Hospitals whose networking equipment and administrative computers were exposed online risked attacks and the exposure of patient data, they said.
Such information would allow attackers to build up details on health organisations, including exact information about where medical devices were housed, they added.
Then it would be a case of "crafting an email and sending it to the guy who has access to that device with a payload that will run on the machine", Mr Collao said.
Presenting their findings at hacking conference Derbycon, the researchers said they had reported dozens of vulnerabilities to big-name medical device manufacturers over the last year.
The pair also ran an experiment to illustrate how hackers were already targeting medical devices.
For six months, they ran fake MRI and defibrillator machines in the form of software which mimicked the real devices.
The two fake machines attracted tens of thousands of login attempts and some 299 attempts to download malware, the researchers said.
The fact that their "honeypot" devices attracted so much interest suggests that medical devices are a target for hackers, said security researcher Ken Munro.
He emphasised the need to make the real-life versions more secure.
"Medical devices should not be available on the public internet. They should be behind multiple layers of protection," he said.
"Based on their research, we can see that hackers will have a go at devices that are clearly critical medical systems. That is scary, if unsurprising.
"What is even scarier is that the research shows that some medical devices have already been compromised."
The new ban has been ordered by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), which runs drug testing across many sports.
It follows concerns that athletes were breathing these so-called noble gases to encourage the growth of red blood cells that boost stamina.
But despite being piloted, a valid test is not yet ready, the agency says.
The idea of doping with gases more usually associated with arc welding, neon light bulbs and anaesthesia may seem bizarre, but Wada believes there is enough evidence of their enhancement potential to ban them.
Media reports earlier this year indicated that athletes in Russia have been using the gases for years as a means of boosting their stamina ahead of international competitions.
Indeed the company that developed techniques to help athletes prepare using xenon, has a "badge of honour" on its website from the Russian Olympic Committee for "the organisation and conduct of inhalation remediation".
Inhaling xenon, mixed with oxygen, is believed to improve stamina because it increases the body's production of a protein known as hypoxia inducible factor 1, or HIF1.
In turn this stimulates the production of natural erythropoietin (EPO) which regulates the number of red blood cells. The more of these cells, the more oxygen you can carry, and the greater your athletic stamina.
Doping with artificial EPO has been one of the biggest threats to the integrity of sport over the past 20 years. The clampdown on using the drug has seen sports scientists develop other methods including the use of xenon and argon.
Earlier this year Wada's executive committee decided to ban these two named gases by adding them to the prohibited list from this month.
"We had serious information that xenon was being used," Wada's science director Dr Olivier Rabin told BBC News.
"We believe it has been used in the preparation for some major events."
Now that xenon and argon are banned, the agency needs to have an effective test for the gases.
Developing one is not an easy task.
As well as being present in the air we all breathe, albeit in minute quantities, xenon is also used in many countries as an anaesthetic.
Dr Rabin says that Wada scientists are close to developing a direct test for the gas.
"We had some preliminary pilot results that do indicate that detection is not too much of an issue but we just need to make it solid and robust in the anti-doping context and make sure that any result in the future will be accepted by a court."
Validating a test like this to the level that it can stand up in the Court of Arbitration for sport is not easy. When I asked Dr Rabin if the test would be in place by the end of the year, he was unable to give that reassurance.
"I cannot give you a specific date, we usually do not, what I can tell you is that the science is very solid and certainly we will do our best, now that the gases are on the prohibited lists to make sure there are detection methods available as soon as possible."
Other researchers though are not convinced that a reliable test will be quickly forthcoming.
They also question why Wada has banned the use of these gases but allows athletes to use oxygen tents or hypoxic chambers that mimic the effects of sleeping at altitude with the aim of producing a similar blood boosting effect as xenon.
"Their whole argument is based on false grounds," said Dr Ben Koh, a former athlete and an expert on sports medicine.
"What is happening among elite athletes is a very artificial process, involving hypoxic chambers before competitions. This is artificial, and it is no different from the artificiality of xenon."
Wada says that there could be dangers to the health of the athletes if they use large amounts of xenon or argon and this another reason for the ban, as well as the performance enhancement.
Dr Koh rejects this argument.
"I would argue that xenon is actually safer than hypoxic tents, in terms of heart failure, trauma to the ear and to the lungs, the risks are very well documented from hypoxic tents, on the other hand, xenon gas from the published literature seems to be quite safe."
There is a possibility that Wada has information that xenon can have other sports enhancing effects in athletes that go beyond an increase in stamina.
"The concern would be that there's some secondary benefit not due to HIF1, and that seems to me entirely possible," said Dr Chris Cooper, from the University of Essex, who has researched the science of doping.
"I'm surprised if the effect in these animal models is due to increased hematocrit, there is something else going on."
Wada say they have named xenon and argon for the sake of legal clarity.
I asked Dr Rabin what would happen if similar inert gases such as krypton, say, are shown to have a similar effect.
"Xenon and argon are only examples, it is not a closed list as we do have for narcotics - tomorrow any gas that has a HIF1 activation is de facto prohibited."
So no krypton-powered super athletes then?
"Absolutely not!"
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The Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the sector fell to 45.9 last month, down slightly from June and below 50, which indicates contraction.
The latest number suggests output in the construction industry shrank at the fastest pace since June 2009.
The Brexit vote was the main factor weighing on activity, the report said.
It follows Monday's survey indicating a sharp downturn in factory activity. On Wednesday, the PMI survey for the services industry will be released.
The surveys are based on replies to questionnaires sent to purchasing executives and they are seen as one of the earliest indicators of the economy's performance.
"Anecdotal evidence suggested that economic uncertainty following the EU referendum was the main factor weighing on business activity in July, especially in the commercial building sector," the report said.
However, it added that there were also reports that suggested demand patterns had been more resilient than expected.
"UK construction firms frequently cited ongoing economic uncertainty as having a material negative impact on their order books," said Tim Moore, author of the report.
"In particular, survey respondents noted heightened risk aversion and lower investment spending among clients, notwithstanding a greater number of speculative enquiries in anticipation of lower charges."
He added that construction firms generally suggested that clients adopted a wait-and-see approach rather than curtailing or cancelling forthcoming projects during July.
Meanwhile, building suppliers firm Travis Perkins has warned that the EU referendum has created "significant uncertainty" in the outlook for its business.
It saw "weaker demand" in the run up to the 23 June referendum and immediately afterwards, the company said in its half-year earnings statement.
"In our view it is too early to precisely predict end-market demand and we will continue to monitor the lead indicators we track and will react accordingly," it added.
Samuel Tombs from Pantheon Economics said that given the Brexit negotiations were likely to be protracted, businesses will remain "reluctant to commit to major capital expenditure for a long time to come".
"Meanwhile, the public investment plans won't be reviewed until the Autumn Statement at the end of the year and most major construction projects have long lead times. So it's hard to see the construction sector escaping its recession within the next year."
However, in contrast to the PMI survey, the Mineral Products Association, which represents companies that make products such as asphalt and cement, said its figures pointed to an uptick in activity in the construction industry.
Sales in ready-mix cement, for example, which is delivered direct to a construction site, are up 3.3% in the second quarter compared with the first, and up 6.5% compared with last year.
A spokesperson said they were "scratching their heads" to explain the discrepancy.
The Bank of England meets on Thursday and is widely expected to cut rates to help the economy in the wake of the referendum vote.
Panels put into Lakanal House in south-east London, which caught fire in 2009, had four-and-a-half minutes of fire resistance.
The inquest jury at Lambeth Town Hall was told firefighters had expected them to have lasted one hour.
The panels were being put in to replace asbestos.
The inquest was also told a surveyor was not familiar with building regulations which relate to fire spreading.
James Cousins, a surveyor who was hired by contractor Apollo, said: "We put in materials that were less fire resistant than what was there before."
The surveyor said Southwark Council - the landlord - did not instruct him to make sure the refit met building regulations and that he would normally have acted on their behalf. However, the council told the inquest it was Apollo's duty.
John Hendy QC, the lawyer for the families of those that died, described it as "a fundamental breach of building regulations… a lamentable failure of the contractor Apollo".
Catherine Hickman, 31, Dayana Francisquini, 26, and her children, six-year-old Thais, and Felipe, three, were killed in the fire.
Helen Udoaka, 34, and her three-week-old daughter Michelle also died.
The inquest continues.
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The Welsh swimmer achieved the qualifying standard for the 400 metres freestyle with a time of four minutes 4.33 seconds in Glasgow.
Carlin had won the 200m and 800m earlier in the week, but her final swim proved decisive.
"I did it on the last swim, so I left it a bit late but I couldn't be any happier right now," she said.
Carlin secured her berth in Rio along with Siobhan-Marie O'Connor and Ben Proud on the third day of the British Championships.
The 25-year-old, who failed to qualify for London 2012 after illness interrupted her preparations, said: "I was trying not to focus on the time too much.
"I was trying to relax and enjoy the race, enjoy the atmosphere, enjoy the Olympic trials, whereas towards the start of the week I was stressing myself out, being so tense and really moody with everyone around me."
Carlin acknowledged her 2012 heartbreak had pushed her on.
"I watched the Olympics. I had a month or so out of the water and I thought 'you know, I can give this one more shot'," she said.
"It was amazing to watch the GB swimmers race but I don't want to watch on the sidelines - I want to be there as part of the Olympics.
"There's a saying that failure pushes you to success and I've really used that, the real lows, to bring me up to where I am now.
"This week has been tough. I have really put pressure on myself, so it feels like a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders."
Ryan Eastwood, from Grasmere Mews in Coleraine, allegedly set up a Facebook account to contact 16 women and "interview" them on Skype, police said.
Mr Eastwood, 23, denied knowledge of the offences, which were committed in 2016 and 2017.
His first alleged target ended up naked and carrying out a sex act, police said.
Police said at least one other woman engaged in a similar action.
The women had been traumatised by the experience, with some having sought medical help and counselling, a detective constable told Limavady Magistrates' Court.
Mr Eastwood was linked in court to the Facebook account of a Shannon Donnelly, a model recruiter.
One woman told police she spoke to a man with an Irish accent who called himself Matthew and held a Skype interview last year, the detective said.
The encounter began with the woman posing fully clothed, then in underwear and then naked, subsequently leading to her carrying out a sex act, he added.
Upon further investigation, police said they had connected Mr Eastwood to 15 other women, although most did not engage in sexual behaviour.
He faces charges including causing a person to engage in a sexual act without consent and improper use of electronic communications to cause anxiety.
Police identified the internet provider used by the person calling himself Matthew and linked it to the defendant's address.
Mr Eastwood told detectives he had not used Skype since he was 16, and denied any knowledge of the offences.
He also denied any knowledge of the Shannon Donnelly Facebook account.
When police searched his devices, they located 17,500 images of women, most of which had been deleted but were still stored as thumbnails.
The detective constable said: "It became more apparent that we had a number of other potential victims."
Police contacted a company in London called UK Models, on which the suspect allegedly based the fake agency.
The firm provided investigators with details of 20 women who had contacted them reporting similar cases.
Police said they could connect the accused to 15 of these.
Mr Eastwood argued that someone had set up the accounts in his name.
A judge released him on £500 bail to appear at Coleraine Magistrates' Court on 8 May.
The defendant was ordered to report regularly to police and not to access the internet.
Mr Bain, who was on a committee of directors set up to assess takeover bids on behalf of shareholders in the club, was paid £360,000.
The details emerged during an 11th day of evidence at the High Court in Glasgow where Craig Whyte is accused of a fraudulent acquisition of Rangers.
He denies a charge of fraud and another under the Companies Act.
Chartered accountant and former Rangers director Michael McGill said Mr Bain's role in the deal was "limited", but that he had a contractual arrangement in place.
During cross-examination by Craig Whyte's defence QC, Donald Findlay, Mr McGill was asked: "£360,000 for what?"
Mr McGill replied: "He had a long-standing arrangement with the Murray Group, entered into some years before."
Mr Findlay asked: "Did he do anything to help the sale of Rangers to the Whyte group?"
The witness said: "I won't comment if he helped or not. His role, as a whole, was limited, but there was an agreement from years before."
It was also previously heard during the case that Mr Bain had been given a new contract with a 39-month notice period.
The court was also told that David Horne, a lawyer from Sir David Murray's Murray Group, also received a £160,000 payout following the sale to Mr Whyte.
The jury heard that Rangers former owner, Sir David Murray, had wanted £5m per year for four years to be invested in the playing squad as part of the sale to Craig Whyte.
However, Mr Whyte's QC claimed to the court that £5m "would not get you Messi's left foot".
Mr Findlay added: "The economic reality is that it is not going to make any difference."
Mr McGill said: "I don't know if I am qualified to say that £5m will make a difference to the football team."
Mr Findlay said it was "a figure plucked out of the ether" and "a bit of PR window dressing".
The jury later heard of a number of emails relating to Mr Whyte's takeover before he took the helm at Ibrox.
In one dated April 2011, Mr McGill stated: "Given the useless twits don't have the funds, it appears somewhat academic."
Mr Findlay asked the witness: "Murray was determined to sell Rangers for the right reasons or not?"
Mr McGill: "No, I would not agree with that."
Mr Findlay: "According to you, you sold Rangers to useless twits who did not have the funds."
The witness told the court that reflected "frustrations" at that time.
Prosecutors allege Mr Whyte pretended to Sir David Murray, and others, that funds were available to make all required payments to acquire a "controlling and majority stake" in the club.
The Crown alleges Mr Whyte had only £4m available from two sources at the time but took out a £24m loan from Ticketus against three years of future season ticket sales.
The court has heard the sale was eventually made to Mr Whyte for £1 but came with obligations to pay an £18m bank debt, a £2.8m "small tax case" bill, £1.7m for stadium repairs, £5m for players and £5m in working capital.
The second charge under the Companies Act centres on the £18m payment between Mr Whyte's Wavetower company and Rangers to clear a bank debt.
The trial before eight men and seven women continues.
In just the last two weeks, he gave an Oval address on the strategy against so-called Islamic State (IS), he visited the Pentagon and the National Counter Terrorism Center.
He made no new announcements, but his public comments were meant to reassure a jittery public after the attacks in San Bernardino as well as Paris.
As he starts a two-week holiday in Hawaii, he looks ahead to his last year in office with US troops on the ground in not one but three active conflicts: Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.
Admittedly, the current US military deployments of a few thousand in total are a far cry from the height of US deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, the two wars he had promised to end, while Syria is the one he tried to avoid until he felt it was no longer tenable.
But there is currently no likely scenario under which any of these wars will conclude by the end of Obama's second term.
So how did the American president get here? A combination of unforeseen events, a reluctance to adjust course accordingly and a very narrow definition of what constitutes a national security threat for the US.
Obama initially withdrew from Iraq during his first term to deliver on his campaign pledge to end the war started by his predecessor. After all the blood and treasure spent in Iraq, a war-weary nation was mostly grateful.
The last US soldier left Iraq in December 2011. In 2012 the Obama campaign boasted that "President Obama responsibly ended the war in Iraq and will end the war in Afghanistan."
The president was criticised for withdrawing too quickly, failing to pressure the Iraqis enough into an agreement that would allow a residual US force in the country to solidify gains and continue to help the Iraqis to build up their armed forces.
Administration officials insist that a small residual force in Iraq would not have stopped the advance of IS in 2014.
But a European diplomat focused on the region said: "If America had been in Iraq and had the right permissions, they would have forced aggressive action against ISIL (an alternative name for IS) from the moment the group had taken its first town."
It is possible to then imagine a scenario in which IS would not have been able to extend and consolidate its territorial control from Raqqa in Syria across the border with Iraq and all the way to Mosul.
There are now 3,100 US troops in Iraq training and helping the Iraqis fight IS.
In October, Obama also had to reverse his pledge to get all combat troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2016 leaving 5,500 troops in the country instead, because of advances made by the Taliban and fears of a repeat of the Iraq scenario.
"Obama Adds Endless Afghan War to Legacy" and "Obama loses peacemaker legacy" were two of the headlines following the announcement.
The mistake, say Obama's critics, was made in 2009 when he announced both a surge in troops and a withdrawal date. It took Pentagon officials by surprise and allowed the Taliban to bide their time.
But it chimes with the president's desire to define any military mission clearly in scope and time and not allow the military to set the agenda for an endless mission with endless resources.
Much has been written about Obama's failures on Syria, perceived or real.
There are two clearly defined camps: those who insist that the US could have done more to shape events and to limit the chaos in which extremism has thrived, and those who believe nothing the US could have done would have made a difference in what was essentially "someone's else's civil war" according to Obama.
Even in the battle against IS, the president delayed action on the Syrian side of the border as long as possible.
Officials from countries in the US led coalition against IS have described a president dragging his feet to the effort, particularly at the start of air strikes against IS in Syria in September 2014. In October the US deployed 50 special forces in Syria.
In all three cases, the president's over-analytical approach may have, in fact, prolonged the conflict.
But Jeremy Shapiro, a former State Department official during the Obama administration who is now at the Brookings Institution, said that the president was in tune with the mood of the country after the Iraq war.
The president often "delivered to the public the policy they claim they wanted, but people have inconsistent beliefs.
"They want the US do less on every single policy issue but they want to feel safer… They want to be less involved but more in control," said Shapiro.
Derek Chollet, another former State Department and Pentagon official during the Obama administration, said the problem stems from the gap between president Obama's long term strategising and the desire most people have for instant solutions.
"Obama is like Warren Buffett and the foreign policy community is like day traders," he said.
Chollet is writing a book about the president's foreign policy entitled The Long Game. It examines the need to focus on long-term strategic interests such as the relationship with China and climate change while tending to unfolding crises in the Middle East without letting them take over, dragging the US into unwanted places and sucking up much-needed resources.
Supporters of the president's approach believe history will eventually prove Obama right, dismissing concerns from high profile critics such as French president Francois Hollande.
In January 2015, after the attack against the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris, the French leader made a direct link between the rise of IS and Western inaction in Syria.
Without naming the American president, Hollande referred to the decision not to strike Syrian government targets in August 2013, after a Syrian government chemical gas attack that killed 1,400 people east of Damascus.
The attack had crossed president Obama's famous red line and the build-up to war was only averted when President Assad agreed to give up his chemical stockpile. The French were livid with President Obama's last minute U-turn.
"The fact we didn't go to war is seen as some big strategic failure," said Chollet.
"But if we had used force in 2013 we would be on the ground today (in Syria) in a big way…If we still had chemical weapons in Syria today we would be in complete hysteria."
But Chollet admits that there is a danger in underestimating the impact of current events on the long-term strategy.
The president's assessment remains that Syria and IS do not present an existential threat to the US.
His European allies argue it does because it poses a multitude of threats to them, from the rise of IS to the flow of radical jihadist fighters to and from Syria and the humanitarian tragedy of the Syrian refugees.
In the Washington Post last month, journalist Fred Hiatt wrote one of the most damning assessments of President Obama's approach to Syria under the deceptive headline "Obama's Syria achievement."
Hiatt argued that the most surprising of President Obama's foreign-policy legacies was "not just that he presided over a humanitarian and cultural disaster of epochal proportions, but that he soothed the American people into feeling no responsibility for the tragedy."
President Obama may actually agree that it is in fact an achievement to have dulled American instincts that have encouraged presidents to go to war in the past.
But as his approval slips because of worries about his handling of the aftermath of the Paris and San Bernardino attacks, he is left with the conundrum of persuading the American people his understated approach to a world in chaos is keeping them safe.
Foakes, whose last Championship hundred came for Essex at Bristol in April 2014, made 118 as the hosts moved from their overnight 279-5 to 448 all out.
Surrey captain Gareth Batty also hit 50 while Liam Norwell finished with 5-112.
Curran reduced the visitors to 36-4 and then picked up a fifth wicket before Gloucestershire closed on 102-7.
Foakes' measured fourth first-class ton, which came off 188 balls and included 12 fours, was in contrast to Batty's 41-ball half-century as the pair shared an eighth-wicket stand of 80 to take Surrey past 400.
It was a different story when Gloucestershire batted, as fast bowler Curran dismissed Chris Dent for nought with his third ball and then bowled Will Tavare and Michael Klinger in successive overs.
When Curran removed Ian Cockbain, he had incredible figures of 4-9 from six overs.
The 20-year-old then ended the day by sending Jack Taylor's stumps flying with the final ball to finish with figures of 5-17, while Hamish Marshall remained unbeaten on 30.
Surrey batsman Ben Foakes told BBC London 94.9:
"Hundreds are amazing to get but especially getting one at The Oval, my first one for Surrey, is a great feeling.
"I didn't give the spectators much for their money but it was tough, it nipped around all day, and as you can see we've been able to go through them quite cheaply.
"I don't think I've seen a spell better than that (Tom Curran's 5-17). It was unbelievable. He bowled a couple of jaffas and then was on the money every ball."
The teenager is alleged to have driven at excessive speeds for the road conditions and failed to slow down or give way at junctions on 30 July.
He is also accused of driving on the wrong side of the road and failing to stop when told by a marked police car.
His solicitor entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. The boy cannot be named for legal reasons.
At Dundee Sheriff Court, prosecutors said the chase went on for 15 miles from Liff, on the western outskirts of Dundee, through the Charleston, Lochee, Technology Park and Riverside areas of the city.
The teenager, who is from Dundee, faces charges of dangerous driving, driving without a licence, driving without insurance and driving a car without a valid MOT certificate.
Sheriff Alistair Carmichael set a trial date in February.
GAA players have been undergoing urine tests for several years but this is to be extended to also include blood testing next year.
Ger Ryan, chairman of the GAA's medical, scientific and welfare committee, said blood testing had become "a fact of life" in Irish sport.
Ryan added that it was "inevitable" that blood testing would eventually be introduced to gaelic games.
The committee chairman added that he "fully appreciated the additional inconvenience" this will cause players but that the GAA could "not afford to be complacent in terms of the integrity of its games".
In 2015, 95 GAA players were tested as part of the anti-doping programme.
One of those tested, Monaghan McKenna Cup panellist, Thomas Connolly was handed a two-year suspension after being found to have taken the banned steroid stanozolol.
Connolly avoided a four-year ban after a GAA anti-doping hearing ruled that the violation was unintentional.
Following a motion from this year's annual congress, the medical, scientific and welfare committee did consider whether to introduce a concussion substitute to gaelic games but they have decided not to recommend it at this stage.
Dr Kevin Moran said it was the view of the committee that the current concussion guidelines was the best approach for the association and that the focus should be on the continued education of its players and members.
"Our management guidelines are clear in the view that if there is any doubt at all as to whether a concussion has been sustained, a player should be removed from play," said Dr Moran.
"We are not convinced that allowing time for side-line assessment will necessarily help in this regard as there is no test currently available that ensures accuracy for pitch side concussion assessment.
"Proposals to introduce a concussion sub presume that concussion can be diagnosed within a short time frame but that this was not in keeping with best practice and that symptoms of concussion can take several hours to present."
Martin McGuinness said he is confident that the project between Londonderry and Aughnacloy will "definitely happen".
The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan, said on Tuesday he welcomed the Irish government's commitment to a renewed focus on the A5.
The cross-border project, which would lessen journey times by up to 20 minutes, stalled in 2013 due to a ruling by the High Court.
The total cost of the 55-mile upgrade - which would create a key cross-border business route linking Dublin to the north west - was to be £850m.
At a Sinn Féin public meeting, held in Derry on Wednesday night, Mr McGuinness said he "spoke to Peter Robinson and he is also committed".
"I have nailed my colours to the mast on the project.
"If the project doesn't go ahead in the aftermath of the next assembly elections, which is only a few months away, we will will not be agreeing a programme for government.
"I would have every expectation that work on the A5 will start in just over a year from now.
"Those people who say that the A5 is dead in the water are going to get a big surprise."
Mr McGuinness was broadly positive about the current political talks at Stormont but critical of the government.
He emphasised that if agreement is not reached in the next couple of weeks "there will be no future for the executive".
During his speech he also condemned the murders of Jock Davison and Kevin McGuigan, describing those responsible as "criminals".
He added that during recent trouble in North Belfast some unionist ministers were "hopping like penguins as they stood beside the UVF fermenting trouble on the streets".
Mr McGuinness said there were individuals within the PSNI that would never accept him or Sinn Féin in power.
A 13-year-old, 14-year-old and two boys aged 15, all from Liverpool, were arrested following the incident at the Staffordshire theme park on Thursday.
A boy from Dudley, aged 15, suffered facial injuries and is in stable condition in hospital, Staffordshire Police said.
Detectives said the four boys remain in custody.
Alton Towers said it was a matter for the police.
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West Ham was declared as the anchor tenant for the stadium in March 2013 and will pay £2m a year in rent.
Leyton Orient had feared West Ham's tenancy would affect the number of fans attending its own matches nearby.
It says it has now reached a "confidential agreement" in its dispute.
In September, Leyton Orient's written application for judicial review into tenancy of the stadium was rejected.
West Ham is expected to move into it from August 2016.
Officers believe the victim, named locally as Paul Wilmott, 63, was the resident of the detached property in Haxby, near York.
The cause is thought to be a gas blast and is being treated as an accident after initial inquiries.
About 12 nearby homes were also damaged in the explosion on Friday morning.
Northern Gas Networks said supplies were turned off to a number of the properties as a precaution.
Engineers are restoring gas to homes with no structural damage, a spokesman said.
Insp Andy Haigh, of North Yorkshire Police, said: "We're currently working with the fire service, the Health and Safety Executive and forensic experts to establish the cause of the incident, which will take several days.
"We have specially trained officers working with the family, and a number of residents are now returning to their homes."
He added: "We also have put a number of patrols on in the area to reassure the public, as a number of homes are still empty."
Leeds Beckett University said Mr Wilmott worked for more than 30 years at the institution, most recently in its video production unit.
Vice-chancellor Peter Slee said: "We are very saddened to hear of his death and our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues at this difficult time."
Structural engineers continued to assess damage to neighbouring properties on the street.
Brian Smith, who lives three doors down, said: "We've got a bit of damage, but we've been very lucky considering the damage to other properties.
"It's a bit surreal really, I opened up the curtains this morning thinking it was just a dream. It's hard to take in."
Plaid Cymru's Arfon MP Hywel Williams made his calls ahead of the second reading of the EU Referendum Bill in the House of Commons on 9 June.
Mr Williams said contingencies must be put in place for common agricultural policy and structural funds payments in the event of a vote to leave.
The loss of these funds would be "catastrophic", he said.
Mr Williams, Plaid's foreign affairs spokesman at Westminster, said the government must "urgently" set out their intentions.
"To suddenly cut off vital funds to our farming communities would also potentially decimate the agricultural industry here - a cornerstone of the Welsh economy," he added.
Matthew Daley, 35, denies murder but has admitted attacking 79-year-old retired solicitor Donald Lock claiming diminished responsibility.
Mr Daley's father told doctors without proper care, his son would "hurt someone or worse", the jury was told.
Mr Lock was killed while driving on the A24 at Findon, near Worthing last July.
Defence counsel David Howker QC said Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust apologised to Mr Daley's family for having "failed" him in his care and treatment.
Relatives were "constantly on the case" of clinicians for a "thorough diagnosis" of Mr Daley's mental condition, Mr Howker told Lewes Crown Court.
Philip Bennetts QC, for the prosecution, said it was for the jury to decide on the mental state of the defendant.
He said Mr Daley, formerly of St Elmo Road, Worthing "braked violently while approaching the junction".
"Donald Lock, who was immediately behind him, collided with his car."
He said that when Mr Lock asked why Mr Daley had stopped so suddenly he was violently attacked and stabbed.
The prosecution said Mr Lock repeatedly cried out "help, help" during the attack.
Witness Andrew Slater described a "frenzied" attack and how he tried to remonstrate with Mr Daley, but backed away when he saw his knife.
Mr Lock, who had recently been given the all-clear from prostate cancer, died at the scene.
The case continues.
Bengaluru is the city's name in local Kannada language and local politicians and historians say Bangalore is an anglicism that should be dropped.
The names of 11 other cities in Karnataka state, of which Bangalore is the capital, will also be changed.
Home to hundreds of IT firms, the city is known as India's Silicon Valley.
Over the last few years, the name Bengaluru has grown in popularity as it has been extensively used to describe the city, but it was formally approved by India's federal government earlier this month.
The official name change has led to a debate with some saying the move may have an impact on the city's global reputation, BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi says.
Those in favour of Bengaluru say people will soon get used to it, he adds.
First, he is opting to have the clearest dividing lines between government and opposition in more than three decades - ever since Labour pledged to scrap nuclear weapons and leave the EU in 1983.
He suggested the Conservatives were "morally bankrupt" and attacked the elites.
But he is also drawing a clear line between his leadership and his party's New Labour past.
He didn't just attack the "fat cats" and the "tax dodgers" - he denounced the "wealth extractors" of big business and the City - and took a pop at the media while he was at it.
What was interesting was that uncensored, unvarnished Corbyn was more passionate and fluent than in many of his much-criticised performances in the Commons.
Now, one reason we will see more of this approach in the next seven weeks is that necessity is the mother of re-invention.
Trailing in the polls by as much as 20%, it's essential that Jeremy Corbyn shores up his eroding core vote - and the messages he delivered were well received by party supporters.
But there's another reason.
For some time, his strategists have wanted Jeremy Corbyn to adopt more of a (for want of a better term) "leftwing Trump" demeanour - railing against rigged systems, putting the people before the powerful, defining his enemies.
He appears to be taking their advice now - in part to grow Labour's vote by trying to appeal to those turned off by conventional politics, but in part to encourage new party members who joined to support him to go out and knock on doors, rather than practising armchair socialism by sitting at home and simply filling out a leadership ballot paper and leaving him to do the rest.
Expect lots of policy announcements in this election - in his first major speech today, Jeremy Corbyn reiterated his pledge of a £10 an hour minimum wage - but the announcements will be within a narrative of standing up for the people against the establishment rather than a series of apparently unconnected "retail offers" for which his predecessor received criticism in 2015.
At stake is of course the future of the country.
But also at play is whether Mr Corbyn can decisively move his party to the left.
Even an election defeat - but with better than expected result - could keep him in place until his party's conference in September when he could potentially oversee leadership changes which would make a left wing successor more likely.
So he is doing what he has so far done best. Campaigning.
It's no mistake he is using some of the same language he deployed in his two successful bids to lead his party: "Things can and they will change" and "don't take what you are given" are familiar refrains for those who attended any of his leadership rallies.
But it's self-evident that winning over undecided voters is a different task from being applauded by loyal Labour leftwingers.
As one of his MPs put it: "The Corbyn experiment will be put to the test. Tested to destruction, if necessary."
If Labour lost the last election - as many of Mr Corbyn's backers believe - because it wasn't leftwing enough, it seems clear it won't be following that path this time.
Sainsbury's, which owns the company, admitted that staff had not been paid for attending briefings before their shifts started.
They were also required to undergo security searches after clocking off.
Last year Sports Direct had to refund workers a million pounds for spending time unpaid in security queues.
Earlier this week the government named and shamed other firms breaking the law.
It said 360 businesses had failed to pay either the National Living Wage or the National Minimum Wage (NMW).
Sainsbury's said it discovered the mistake after it took over the Argos business six months ago, and after a routine visit by HM Revenue and Customs.
The underpayments were all made before December 2016.
In a letter to staff, John Rogers, the chief executive of Argos, said, "This related to the timings of colleague briefings, which could happen before colleagues had clocked into their shifts, and security searches, which could happen after colleagues had clocked out of their shifts."
He said new processes had now been introduced, following an internal enquiry.
"Sainsbury's prides itself on being a trusted brand where people love to work and I was, therefore, very disappointed to hear this, and launched an immediate investigation."
Among those who will be given refunds are 12,000 staff who currently work at Argos.
They will receive payments on 28 February.
A caricature published by The Australian last week depicted an alcohol-swilling indigenous father who cannot remember his son's name.
The illustration was criticised by politicians and Aboriginals rights groups but was defended by the paper.
People are now using the hashtag #IndigenousDads to share their pride in Australian Aboriginal culture.
The cartoon, by Bill Leak, was described by critics as "ugly, insulting and embarrassing".
It came amid debate about the high incarceration rates of indigenous youth and a juvenile justice system scandal.
The newspaper's editor defended its decision to publish the "confronting" cartoon and pointed out the resources it dedicates to covering indigenous affairs.
Leak described the cartoon's critics as "sanctimonious Tweety Birds having a tantrum" and published new version of the cartoon depicting himself being handed over by police to an angry social media user.
Thousands of Indigenous Australians have now been sharing family photos online.
Among them was Ryan Griffen, the creator of Indigenous Australian superhero television series, Cleverman.
He said the #IndigenousDads hashtag was an opportunity to talk about what it means to be an Aboriginal person.
"For me, what was really important was to empower our people and give our people a voice again," he told the BBC.
"We continue to stand up and have a voice and hashtags like Indigenous dads, they're the things that help people stand up and feel empowered."
Ms Choi was a close confidante of impeached President Park Geun-hye.
Prosecutors say Ms Choi used their relationship to pressure companies to donate to two foundations, and siphoned off money for personal use.
The case has prompted nationwide outrage and a vote by parliament earlier this month to impeach Ms Park.
Ms Choi's appearance in court, for a preliminary hearing before her trial begins, was the first time she had been seen in public since October.
Though she was not required to attend the hearing, her lawyers said she had volunteered to appear.
They said she wanted the truth to emerge with clarity, and that she denied all charges.
Ms Choi said: "I'm sorry for causing trouble. I'll faithfully engage in [my] trial."
The BBC's Stephen Evans, in Seoul, said she appeared calm and collected in court.
A parliamentary inquiry this month saw business leaders admit that their firms gave money to Ms Choi's foundations, with one company - Samsung - confirming that they paid for a gift horse for Ms Choi's daughter, a professional equestrian.
It denied that it had done so to seek favours with Ms Park, but some firms acknowledged it was difficult to refuse government requests.
Ms Park herself has been accused of playing a role in the corruption case, which she has strongly denied.
She has, however, admitted to giving Ms Choi inappropriate government access, including to her presidential speeches, and has apologised several times.
The case has sparked immense public anger in South Korea, prompting large demonstrations calling for Ms Park to step down.
The impeachment vote suspended Mr Park from presidential duties while the country's constitutional court considers the motion.
Hwang Kyo-ahn, the country's prime minister, has become interim president.
9 November 2015 Last updated at 07:31 GMT
Well that's exactly what 11 year old Jonny was asked to do, so he accepted the challenge.
His comic, The Crystal Orb, has been published in The Phoenix Comic's 200th anniversary issue.
Jonny is 11 years old, he loves reading The Dandy, writing and making plasticine and clay characters.
Newsround went along to meet him.
John Flynn claims former Police Ombudsman Al Hutchinson did not adequately implement recommendations to examine whether agents' handlers committed any crimes.
His case was put on hold after a judge was told progress has been made with Mr Hutchinson's successor, Dr Michael Maguire.
A notorious Ulster Volunteer Force unit based in Mount Vernon, north Belfast, are believed to be responsible for two attempts to murder Mr Flynn in the 1990s.
A gunman tried to ambush him as he picked up a taxi fare, and a bomb was placed under his car.
The attacks on Mr Flynn were investigated as part of a wider probe into the Mount Vernon UVF gang's terror campaign, including a series of killings.
The investigation, Operation Ballast, was set up by Mr Hutchinson's predecessor, Nuala O'Loan
Her highly critical report, published in January 2007, found members of RUC Special Branch had allowed UVF informers to act with impunity, and that the gang may have been involved in up to 15 murders.
Mr Flynn's lawyers say that when Mr Hutchinson took over as Police Ombudsman, the onus was on him to examine alleged security force criminality.
They have lodged judicial review papers claiming that he failed to meet a requirement set out in the Operation Ballast report.
However, it was disclosed in court on Wednesday that progress has been made during talks since Dr Maguire came into post.
A barrister for Mr Flynn said: "There has been a meeting in which the Ombudsman has shown genuine willingness to move on the matter."
With a further meeting due next month, Mr Justice Treacy agreed to adjourn the case until it has taken place.
The European Space Agency’s director general said he expected to have at least an interim report for member states when they meet to discuss future plans in a fortnight’s time.
Attention is focussed on how the probe interpreted sensor readings during its ill-fated descent to the Red Planet.
Schiaparelli’s parachute and rocket system did not behave as expected.
The former was jettisoned too early and the latter fired for too short a period.
"The onboard computer had some problems taking data from different sources, and defining correctly the altitude; and because of that the engines were started for only three seconds which was not enough," explained Prof Jan Woerner.
"When the parachute was deployed, it worked. But then some acceleration happened that we do not understand. Was it that the parachute did not deploy fully? We do not know."
Esa and industry experts are reviewing the telemetry, which the DG said the probe continued to transmit right up to the moment of its catastrophic impact with Mars’ equatorial Meridiani Plain.
A Schiaparelli mishap report is just one of the topics delegations will discuss when they meet on 21/22 November to review the status of the ExoMars programme - the joint venture Esa is running with Russia to explore the Red Planet.
Top of the agenda is the funding and schedule for the follow-on robot, which is a six-wheeled rover to be assembled in the UK.
Some of Schiaparelli’s technology is due to be used in the descent and landing system for this vehicle. Hence, the requirement for precise insight on what happened back on 19 October.
But the biggest issue facing the rover right now is a shortage of cash to carry it though to completion.
Member states will need to find an additional €300m-400m (currently £270m-360m; $330m-440m) to build, launch and operate the rover.
They have already delayed the life-seeking robot several times and there is a feeling now that unless its future is totally resolved, the project could well be binned.
Mr Woerner said he wanted to see an unequivocal commitment to plug the outstanding funds, and an end to the piecemeal, or "salami", support that has sustained rover development to date.
"Full transparency is necessary and it only makes sense for member states to commit the whole amount," he asserted.
"We need clear wording from the member states that we are going to pay that bill. Either we do it or we stop it, and I’m in favour of doing it," he told BBC News.
A final decision on the future of the ExoMars rover is unlikely to be made at the 21/22 November meeting.
In all probability, this will come a few days later when European research ministers gather in Lucerne, Switzerland.
It is at this summit, on 1/2 December, that funds must be pledged to a great swathe of Esa programmes, including future participation in the space station and the development of new Earth-observation satellites.
Projects with a total value of €11bn (presently £9.8bn; $12.2bn) will be on the table, although it is highly uncertain at the moment what proportion of this request Esa will end up receiving.
Some ministers have yet to decide their priorities or budgets.
For example, the UK delegation is still waiting for Treasury guidance on what the post-Brexit slump in the value of Sterling means for its purchasing power at the summit.
If the Treasury decides not to underwrite the lost value, the British delegation will have substantially less money to play with as it considers which projects to back - and that includes ExoMars where it is a senior partner.
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Joining Holt through the exit door will be Alex Harris, Chris Humphrey, Scott Gallacher, Brian McLean and Jamie Insall as their deals also expire.
Holt, 36, has scored seven goals in 39 appearances this term as the Easter Road outfit clinched the Championship title and promotion to the Premiership.
Harris came through the club's youth ranks and has made 60 appearances.
It was confirmed this week that Hibs striker James Keatings will leave in the summer after signing a pre-contract agreement with Dundee United.
Humphrey joined Hibs in January from Preston but the former Motherwell winger made just eight appearances due to a calf injury and is expected to return to England.
Goalkeeper Gallacher and defender McLean arrived on short-term deals during the season, while Insall - who this week failed a drugs test - spent the vast majority of his two years with the club on loan with East Fife.
It launched a Canadian version in May, but the UK edition will be the first one outside North America.
The Huffington Post was set up by Arianna Huffington in 2005 and bought by AOL earlier this year for $315m (£222m).
Ms Huffington remains the president and editor-in-chief of Huffington Post Media Group.
The Huffington Post features a combination of its own journalism, articles aggregated from other news sites, blogs and user-generated content.
When AOL bought the site, Ms Huffington said that one of the most exciting things about the sale was that it would allow them to launch international sites much more quickly.
She is expected to address a launch event on Wednesday, which will also feature former Sun editor Kelvin Mackenzie, spin doctor Alastair Campbell and civil rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti.
The Huffington Post is also planning to launch a French edition.
AOL recently cut 900 jobs as it attempted to integrate the Huffington Post with its existing workforce.
It is expected that the UK edition will mainly be staffed by the employees who previously produced AOL's UK news pages.
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The alarm was raised at about 10:15 just north of Stonehaven.
The search involved a lifeboat from the town and one from Aberdeen.
Coastguards said it was called off after the emergency beacon was traced to a residential driveway.
A statement said he was undergoing a full examination and treatment would "take a certain period of time", without giving further details.
Mr Karimov, 78, has been leader of the former Soviet republic since before independence in 1991.
He is known to have health issues, but the government has never previously issued a statement about his health.
Profile: Islam Karimov
Unconfirmed reports quoted by the Fergananews website said that Mr Karimov had suffered a stroke.
He was last seen on state TV on 17 August meeting the South Korean interior minister.
Independence Day celebrations - which the president always attends - are to be held on 1 September.
Ian Keatley and Andrew Conway return from Ireland camp and start on the bench, while full-back Jaco Taute has recovered from a shoulder injury.
Rory Scannell and Jack O'Donoghue are ruled out through injury and academy centre Dan Goggin replaces Scannell.
DTH van der Merwe is one of two recalls for the Scarlets after a hamstring problem along with hooker Ryan Elias.
Munster won 23-13 when the sides met in Wales in September and turned around an 11-point deficit to snatch victory against the Ospreys last week.
It was their 15th win out of their last 16 games, which has impressed Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac.
"Week in week out they're performing over the 80 minutes, every team is striving to do that but they've done it really, really well.
"They've had some close calls but they've come out on the right side and that's a sign of a well bonded team."
In making his second Pro12 start, academy back row Conor Oliver makes his first appearance in the number 8 jersey.
Tipperary lock Dave Foley links up with Billy Holland in the second row and Stephen Archer takes his place in the front row scrumming down next to Rhys Marshall and Dave Kilcoyne.
Fourth-placed Scarlets ran in six tries against Zebre last Friday and are boosted by the return of van der Merwe and Elias.
Scrum half Aled Davies has been released from the Wales camp whilst Steff Evans hasn't been made available for this weekend's game.
Former Wales Under-20s stars Dafydd Hughes and Ioan Nicholas have been named on the replacements bench with Hughes hoping to make his Pro12 debut.
Munster: Jaco Taute; Darren Sweetnam, Francis Saili, Dan Goggin, Ronan O'Mahony; Tyler Bleyendaal Capt., Duncan Williams; Dave Kilcoyne, Rhys Marshall, Stephen Archer; Dave Foley, Billy Holland; Dave O'Callaghan, Tommy O'Donnell, Conor Oliver.
Replacements: Kevin O'Byrne, Peter McCabe, Brian Scott, Darren O'Shea, Fineen Wycherley, Abrie Griesel, Ian Keatley, Andrew Conway.
Scarlets: Johnny Mcnicholl; DTH van der Merwe, Steff Hughes, Hadleigh Parkes (cat), Tom Williams; Dan Jones, Jonathan Evans; Wyn Jones, Ryan Elias, Werner Kruger; Tom Price, Tadhg Beirne; Aaron Shingler, James Davies, Will Boyde.
Replacements: Dafydd Hughes, Luke Garrett, Nicky Thomas, Rynier Bernardo, Morgan Allen, Aled Davies, Aled Thomas, Ioan Nicholas.
Referee: Dan Jones.
The country is in the middle of a civil war that has been going on for over five years.
It is being fought between soldiers who support the president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, and a group of fighters known as rebels, who don't want him to be in power anymore.
You can find out more about why the war in Syria started and how it has developed with Newsround's guide.
But why has the Syrian city of Aleppo in particular been so important?
Aleppo used to be Syria's largest city, with about 2.3 million people living there.
It was also the country's main place for industry and finance, so it was important to the economy.
The old city in Aleppo is actually a Unesco World Heritage site.
This means that the area is officially recognised as being extremely important to the world's history and culture, and should be protected.
The conflict in Syria started in a city in the south of the country called Deraa, in March 2011.
However, by July 2012, the fighting reached Aleppo and the city became one of the main battlegrounds for the civil war.
As the government forces and the rebels starting fighting in Aleppo, the city became roughly divided in half.
Those against the Syrian government (the rebels) mainly had control of the east of the city, while the government soldiers had control of the west.
The city was divided in two like this for much of the last four years.
However, towards the end of 2016, government troops launched attacks against the rebels to try to win control of the whole city.
The government forces defeated the rebels in Aleppo and announced on 22 December 2016 that they had taken back control of the city.
It was a significant moment in the Syrian civil war as it gave them control over Syria's four largest cities.
After Aleppo was taken by the government, people who were living in the last areas held by the rebels started to be evacuated from the city.
Russia, which supports the Syrian government, said that civilians, rebel fighters and the rebels' families were being taken away from Aleppo to a nearby city called Idlib.
Not long after the evacuation began, though, it was halted because the Syrian government said the rebels weren't following rules they'd agreed about how it should happen.
Even when the evacuation started up again, there were reports of attacks and more fighting, which made it difficult.
On the 22 December, it was announced that the evacuation was complete.
The fight between the Syrian government and the rebels in Aleppo had a devastating impact on the lives of many ordinary people in the city.
There wasn't enough food and fuel, and buildings were bombed, including hospitals and schools.
Many fled from their homes to escape the fighting.
People who aren't fighting in the war - known as civilians - are not supposed to be killed by soldiers who are fighting each other, but this has not been the case in Aleppo, with many ordinary people losing their lives.
Organisations like the United Nations and Red Cross, who work to protect people living in places which are at war, called for more to be done to protect civilians in Aleppo, as this part of the conflict came to its conclusion.
Even though the government has taken over the city of Aleppo from the rebels, the civil war in Syria is far from over.
Rebels still control other areas of the country, as do other groups involved in the conflict, so it remains to be seen what will happen next.
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The 51-year-old was found dead at her Maguiresbridge home on Monday, believed to have been stabbed by an ex-partner.
And as Friday's Belfast Telegraph reports, the killing's sparked "an influx... of women seeking support" from an anti-domestic violence charity.
"It's sad that it takes this to make it happen," Kerrie Flood from Fermanagh Women's Aid tells the paper.
Domestic violence is also tackled in the paper's opinion pages, with its editorial saying there is "undoubtedly still a stigma attached to it in many women's minds that prevents them disclosing what they are suffering".
Fionola Meredith uses her column to say that tackling the crime should be given greater focus over "pantomime battles about the colour of female politicians' hair".
While "a lot of frenzied talk of sexism" has hit the headlines recently, Meredith says that "makes us forget what real, thorough-going, destructive misogyny looks like".
It's one of the most popular spots for visitors to Belfast - the multi-coloured, mural-covered International Wall on the Falls Road.
But tourist visitors have been terrorised by thieves, according to the Irish News, with more than a dozen being targeted in recent months.
Last week, an attempted robbery was captured on CCTV and it sparked a rally against the anti-social behaviour in west Belfast last night.
Sinn Féin MLA Fra McCann told the paper that as many as 14 visitors viewing the murals "have been mugged", with the wall becoming a "favourite spot to launch attacks on tourists".
Stormont's standstill has largely been forgotten as general election fever has increased, but cyclists in Belfast say it has put the skids on a new bridge across the Lagan.
As the Irish News reports, plans to build the "pivotal" £9m crossing over the river have been punctured because there's no infrastructure minister in place to approve the spending.
The traffic-free bridge - earmarked for a site near the city's Gasworks - has planning approval and is expected to be used by about 1,000 pedallers a day.
But will our politicians get the show on the road any time soon or are Belfast's bikers in for a wheely long wait?
As things stand, it looks like it could be an uphill struggle...
A row has been rumbling this week over the surge in proxy votes being cast in election in Northern Ireland, and it gathers pace in the News Letter.
After Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster said she had concerns about the rise, the SDLP's Mark H Durkan alleged that proxy votes have been obtained illegally in recent polls.
But Sinn Féin brushed those worries off, saying "postal and proxy votes are entirely legitimate".
Now Northern Ireland's chief electoral officer is defending her office after a case emerged in which a man obtained a fake electoral identity card with apparent ease.
The case - relating to benefit fraud - arose in court in Londonderry last week, with a judge criticising the Electoral Office by saying the offender's crime had been "certainly assisted" by its conduct.
In response, chief electoral officer Virginia McVea says her organisation "operates in full compliance with the legal requirements to issue the cards".
We'll leave you this week with some tales (or should that be tails?) of animal magic, courtesy of the Belfast Telegraph.
First up, Lucky the donkey - found abandoned in a field with no apparent owner, he was short on hope when Derry City and Strabane District Council applied for a court order last month to have him rehomed or put down.
The judge said he had a friend who worked at a donkey rehoming centre who might be able to lend a hand.
And now Lucky's loving life at the Donkey Sanctuary in Strabane, with vet Joe Collins saying: "The future looks bright for Lucky."
Then there are the County Down wonderdogs Olaf and Lola, who saved Janette Nelson from an arson attack at her Carrowdore home last week.
The big brown Newfoundlands pounced on their sleeping owner after hearing the noise of the fire, but now she's in temporary accommodation she can't care for them for a while.
Can you help these two gentle giants?
Disability hate crime is "overlooked" and "under-reported", a joint inspectorate review into police, probation and the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales found.
The review recommends a new "common definition" of the crime to ensure it is dealt with effectively and quickly.
Senior police officers said they had "worked hard to improve its handling".
More than 1,700 disability hate crimes were recorded by police in England and Wales in 2011-12.
The joint review of disability hate crime was prompted by the case of Fiona Pilkington, who killed herself and her disabled daughter Francecca Hardwick in 2007 after repeated complaints to police about harassment by youths.
The review warned a similar case could be happen again if urgent changes were not made.
Inspectors interviewed staff of varying seniority at six police forces and the associated CPS and probation trust offices based in Cleveland, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Hertfordshire, Greater Manchester and West Midlands.
They also observed seven court hearings and spoke to disabled victims, representatives from witness care units, the witness service, victim support and a number of independent disability advocates.
Disabled people told inspectors that police officers and control-room operators had become "too sensitive about causing offence", and, as a result, they were reluctant to ask victims if they were disabled.
Among the inspectors' other findings were:
Steve Ashley, programme director to HM Inspectorate Constabulary (HMIC), said: "There's a lack of willingness by police officers and police staff in control rooms to ask the right of questions to establish whether it's a crime, whether its anti-social behaviour and what effect disability is having on that person in terms of the effect on the crime."
Mr Ashley said there was also confusion over how to define disability hate crime.
"It's not as easy as identifying a religiously-motivated attack or a racially-motivated attack. Police officers don't like to say to people 'Are you disabled?'," he said.
Asked if the Pilkington case could be happen again in light of the review's findings, Mr Ashley said: "Yes, it could."
Disability charity Mencap said its own research suggested that nine out of 10 people with a learning disability had been a victim of a hate crime.
Emma Harrison, assistant director at the charity, said the review revealed that "victims of disability hate crime continue to be let down at every stage of the criminal justice system".
She said Mencap welcomed the review's recommendation that the police, probation and CPS must work together to "address these serious and continued failings".
Among its recommendations, the review said a "single, clear and uncomplicated" definition of disability hate crime was required to reduce confusion.
It said the three agencies should consider how their front-line staff participate in disability hate crime training.
It also called for police to encourage victims of the crime to come forward to prevent under-reporting remaining a "significant concern".
And the review said it would recommend that the Law Commission, the body that deals with law reform, looks at creating a stand-alone offence for dealing with disability hate crime.
Speaking on behalf of all three agencies, CPS chief inspector Michael Fuller said: "This report finds that in many ways disability hate crime is the hate crime that has been overlooked.
"The criminal justice system must therefore change to provide an improved service for those with disabilities."
Javed Khan, chief executive of the charity Victim Support, said police must ensure they begin to deliver "improved services" to disabled victims of hate crime.
The Association of Chief Police Officers said the police service had "worked hard to improve its handling of disability hate crime" by speaking with disabled people to understand the types of harassment they face and the barriers that prevent them reporting it and then working with the community and other agencies to help remove those barriers.
Meanwhile, a Home Office spokeswoman said: "The Home Office has improved the way police forces collect and record data on hate crimes, including those against disabled people, and we will keep working with disability groups to ensure victims have the confidence to come forward."
Tamil, a lion-tailed macaque, left his enclosure at Howletts on Wednesday.
Animal director Adrian Harland said the lion-tailed macaque group had several young males of a similar age and it was common for young male primates to fight as they became more dominant.
Keepers searching for Tamil have set humane traps in trees containing his favourite fruit and nut snacks.
They spent Wednesday looking for him in countryside surrounding the park near Canterbury and said searches would continue on Thursday.
Mr Harland said: "Thankfully the weather is relatively mild at the moment and we're hoping that when Tamil gets hungry enough, we can tempt him back with food."
He said Tamil would have received a shock from an electric fence when he escaped.
But he said the fences were designed to be a deterrent and not to harm the animals, and in this case the shock was not enough to stop him leaving.
Developers have been granted a licence from Paramount Pictures to use its name on a resort on the Swanscombe Peninsula, near Dartford.
Fun park chiefs hope their giant water park and Hollywood-inspired thrill centre will win public support.
London Resort Company Holdings hopes to submit a planning application in 2015.
Public exhibitions will be held at:
Greg Clark told MPs companies had to be confident their plans would not be shared with their competitors.
Nissan has said two new car ranges will be built in Sunderland, saving thousands of jobs, after "support and assurances" from the government about the UK's future outside the EU.
Labour attacked the "backroom deals" and demanded the letter's release.
The building of the Qashqai and the X-Trail SUV in Sunderland had been in doubt following the Brexit vote.
In a Commons statement, Mr Clark repeated that he had assured Nissan the UK would be seeking trade that was "free and unencumbered by impediments" for the motor industry after Brexit.
He said the carmaker's announcement was a "massive win" for 7,500 direct workers and the wider supply chain, adding: "It is hard to think of more unambiguously good news."
Labour's shadow business secretary Clive Lewis welcomed the investment, but said MPs and the government were being kept in the dark on the deal - and the government's post-Brexit plans - despite Mr Clark revealing "tantalising details" in a BBC interview the previous day.
"Are we really to believe that Nissan are risking millions of pounds of investment and the success of its newest models on the basis of the government's intentions alone?" Mr Lewis asked.
He demanded to know what the government's plans were for other industries like steel, aerospace and pharmaceuticals.
He told the minister: "If you didn't offer a sweetener what have you got to hide - show us the letter."
Mr Clark has previously said there was "no cheque book" involved in the assurances given to Nissan.
Replying to Mr Lewis on the subject of his letter to the carmaker, he said: "My responsibility, on behalf of the government, is to encourage and to attract investment in this country and it's important that when companies of all types and in all sectors share with me their investment plans that are of information to their prospective competitors that they can be assured that they are not going to be disclosed to their competitors to their disadvantage."
He repeated what he said were the letter's key points: continued support for the competitiveness of the car industry, bringing more of the supply chain into the UK, backing for research and development, and seeking "unencumbered" trade.
He also accused Labour of a "miserable" reaction to Nissan's announcement, asking: "Is it beyond him to put party politics aside?"
The WHO says processed meats such as bacon, sausages and ham increase the risk of getting cancer.
Dr Ian Johnson, from the Institute of Food Research, a publicly funded UK research institute that focuses on the science of food and health
He reacted cautiously to the WHO's report, saying: "It is important to emphasise that this classification reflects the strength of the evidence for an effect, not the actual size of the risk.
"Meat consumption is probably one of many factors contributing to the high rates of bowel cancer seen in America, Western Europe and Australia, but the mechanism is poorly understood, and the effect is much smaller than, for example, that of cigarette smoking on the risk of lung cancer.
"It is also worth noting that there is little or no evidence that vegetarians in the UK have a lower risk of bowel cancer than meat-eaters."
Maureen Strong, of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, which is funded by farmers and growers to supply the food industry with information
She said the WHO's report did not suggest eating red and processed meats "as part of a balanced diet" caused cancer.
"No single food causes cancer. [The WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer] itself has said that the risk from processed meat remains small," she said.
Ms Strong added that the average daily consumption of processed meat was 17 grams, which meant that on average people would need to eat "three times their current levels to increase their risk" of developing cancer.
Dr Louis Levy, of government health organisation Public Health England
He said findings in the report were "broadly in line with current government advice", which is based on the possible link between consuming red and processed meat and colorectal cancer.
"On average, we should be eating no more than 70g a day. This advice recognises the fact that red meat is also a good source of nutrients, including iron, zinc and vitamin B12."
Professor Tim Key, from Cancer Research UK
He said there was "substantial evidence" for a link between meat-eating and bowel cancer.
However, "Eating a bacon bap every once in a while isn't going to do much harm - having a healthy diet is all about moderation," he said.
"You could try having fish for your dinner rather than sausages, or choosing to have a bean salad for lunch over a BLT."
Meurig Raymond, president of the National Farmers Union (NFU)
Mr Raymond said: "The NFU has always stated that eating lean red meat has an important role to play in a healthy balanced diet. It's a traditional part of the British lifestyle and is enjoyed by most of the population.
He added that there was a "complex relationship" between diet and good health, and the solutions to any link between diet and illness "cannot be polarised or simplistic".
"The scientific and medical communities both agree that consuming recommended quantities of red meat is beneficial to human health and provides the body with a ready source of essential vitamins and minerals," he said.
Clare Oxborrow, from environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth
She welcomed the report, and said: "This should be a wake-up call that our diets urgently need to change.
"Evidence shows that high meat diets not only harm our health; they damage our environment too. Experts have warned that unless we eat less meat globally, we will fail to meet our climate change targets."
Chris Godfrey, from Godfrey's Butchers in Highbury, north London, which has been selling sausages for more than 100 years
Mr Godfrey said he was not concerned by the WHO's report as it is not telling people to avoid eating meat altogether.
"They're not saying that meat's bad for you. What they're saying is that a healthy diet is good for you, which we already knew."
"Most people read these things, they're quite intelligent enough to be able to realise that it's not as bad as smoking a cigarette."
The US space agency probe captured the latest image on Tuesday when it was just under eight million km from the dwarf world.
As of Thursday, New Horizons had moved to within six million km, heading for its historic flyby next week.
The new picture was the first to be returned following the computer hiccup at the weekend that saw the probe briefly drop communications with Earth.
The face of Pluto seen in the image is broadly that which will be examined in detail on 14 July.
It includes a large dark region near Pluto's equator, dubbed "the whale", and a roughly heart-shaped bright area spanning 2,000km.
At closest approach, New Horizons will be about 12,500km above the surface.
Its high-resolution camera Lorri should then be able to discern features at a resolution better than 100m per pixel.
Lorri is responsible for the view seen on this page, too, but the colour information has been overlaid from the probe's other camera, Ralph.
"They're still a little blurry but they're by far the best pictures we've ever seen of Pluto, and they're only going to get better," said John Spencer from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in Colorado, US, one of the New Horizons co-investigators.
"Right now they're just showing us that Pluto is really weird. It's got some extremely dark areas, some extremely bright areas, and we don't know what any of them are yet," Dr Spencer told Newshour on the BBC World Service.
He and his colleagues believe the brightest patch might be covered in frozen carbon monoxide, while the dark swathe may be a deposit of hydrocarbons, burnt out of Pluto's atmosphere by UV light and cosmic rays.
But this is all guesswork at the moment.
"We will get pictures 500 times better than this next Tuesday, when we have our closest approach," Dr Spencer said.
When it arrives at the dwarf planet, New Horizons will be travelling at almost 14km/s - far too fast to go into orbit.
Instead, it will execute an automated, pre-planned reconnaissance, grabbing as many pictures and other data as it can as it barrels past the 2,300km-wide dwarf and its five known moons: Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra.
The flyby occurs on the 50th anniversary of the first successful American pass of Mars by the Mariner 4 spacecraft.
By way of comparison, New Horizons will gather 5,000 times as much data at Pluto than Mariner did at the Red Planet.
New Horizons' difficulty is getting all that information back to Earth. The distance to Pluto is vast - more than 4.5 billion km - and this makes for very low bit rates.
It will take 16 months to send back all the science acquired over the coming days.
The BBC will be screening a special Sky At Night programme called Pluto Revealed on Monday 20 July, which will recap all the big moments from the New Horizons flyby.
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Jonathon Brown, 37, of Holywell, Flintshire, denies causing the death of Andrew Green, 39, by driving carelessly.
The incident happened at Ffynnongroyw, about five miles east of Prestatyn, Denbighshire, in June 2015.
Mr Brown told Caernarfon Crown Court he was still haunted by the collision.
The court has heard that the bin wagon was stationary and had lights flashing when the coach passed taking children to school, going in the same direction.
The prosecution said on Monday Mr Green crossed the road ahead of the lorry and the bus driver was unable to stop before hitting him.
The court heard how Mr Brown was driving at 33mph in a 30mph zone.
However, on Tuesday, he denied being distracted.
He told the jury: "I don't understand why he ran, that's the bit that haunts me."
The trial continues.
An article on its website said women should "think Grace Kelly, not Kim Kardashian".
It also said "short skirts and cleavage" are "out of the question".
An email to Queen's, reported by the Belfast Telegraph, said the advice was "like something that would be handed down in a convent".
It said: "Are we not a bit more mature than making cleavage out to be 'bad' or even 'sacrosanct'? I feel massively condescended to and genuinely offended to be offered this advice."
The article, which offered advice to both men and women, is not currently on the Queen's website.
The university has said it is a "dynamic webpage which is constantly updated" and that the site "includes news, tips and information for graduation students".
Queen's does not have a compulsory dress code for graduations.
Kardashian West, who is married to rapper Kanye West, became a household name following reality TV series Keeping Up With The Kardashians and has also previously been a model.
The style advice was written by Queen's graduate Thom Dickerson, who runs a private tailoring company.
The article begins with advice to men and said that they should stick to "leather and dark shades" when it comes to shoes.
It added: "A tie should be worn, not bow tie. If you have represented the university at sport and received a club tie for hockey or rugby, I would recommend you wear this. Stick to a Windsor, four in one hand or Trinity knot."
The article goes on to state that the "biggest mistake I see at graduation is girls treating the event like a night out".
"Graduation is a formal event and the dress code should match this.
"Short skirts and cleavage on show are totally out of the question.
"Think Grace Kelly, not Kim Kardashian, at least until the day is done: you can always change before heading out."
The Belfast Telegraph reported that an email sent from a postgraduate student said the advice "gives legitimacy to the stereotype that university education is for the middle classes".
"As a woman, however, the part I find utterly deplorable is the way in which it advises how to dress.
"Being told what to wear, being judged for our attire and being told certain attire says certain things about you as a woman is still a daily occurrence."
The email added: "Looking to the comparisons the university has made here, it's pretty degrading.
"The reserved, conservative Grace Kelly is the example of 'good' while the 'louder' more 'risque' Kim Kardashian is 'bad'?
"Isn't that the same old, same old we've been trying to rally against for years now?"
Payam Moradi Mirahessari, 25, and Farein Vahdani, 20, completed the 31-mile (50.5km) journey in October 2015.
The pair were arrested in Folkestone, Kent, a day after 120 migrants broke into the train terminal in Calais.
Mirahessari was jailed for 14 months and Vahdani was sentenced to 14 months in a young offenders institution.
They were sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court after pleading guilty to obstructing an engine or carriage using the railway .
A spokesman for Eurotunnel said the firm would not be commenting on the sentencing.
The operator previously expressed the hope that a conviction would help deter other people from trying to cross through the tunnel illegally.
Tofilau, 20, has been training with the club and was named in the squad for the Melrose Sevens, scoring in the final as Edinburgh won the tournament.
He has been playing club rugby with Scottish National League Division 2 side Kirkcaldy since October.
"I'm really excited to be involved at the club and I'm grateful to the coaches for putting faith in me," Tofilau told the Edinburgh website.
"Hopefully, I can return the favour in the way I train and play.
Edinburgh head coach Alan Solomons added: "We are delighted to welcome Sasa to the club.
"He is a talented young player who has represented Australia at under-20 level.
"I have no doubt he will make his mark at Edinburgh and look forward to working with him."
State media said the group was executed on Tuesday, and was responsible for killing women and children between 2009 and 2011.
Iran, which is predominantly Shia, executed at least 977 people last year, according to Amnesty International.
Rights groups have criticised the latest executions, saying the trials were unfair.
The US-based group, International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, said one of the men hanged, Shahram Ahmadi, claimed that the entire case against him was built on a forced confession.
None of the men's families were allowed to visit them before they were hanged, the organisation said.
Prosecutor-general Mohammad Javad Montazeri told Iranian television the men came from Kurdish areas and belonged to the extremist Tawhid and Jihad group.
Last year, Amnesty International said there had been a huge spike in the number of people executed in Iran, adding that courts were often "completely lacking in independence and impartiality".
The organisation said Iran was the second most prolific executioner in the world last year, after China, which executed more than 1,000 people.
After Iran, Pakistan executed 326 people, and Saudi Arabia 158 people, Amnesty International said.
But he is philosophical about the prospect after missing the 2015 Rugby World Cup through injury.
Webb is a leading contender to be named in the Lions squad on 19 April and said: "If it happens, it happens, and it would be a dream come true.
"But I know what it's like to miss out on these big competitions."
Webb suffered a serious ankle injury in September 2015, a matter of weeks before the start of the World Cup, and played no part in Wales reaching the quarter-finals.
And the 28-year-old says such experiences are helping him stay focused on helping his region the Ospreys in the Pro12.
"The Lions is obviously the best of the best, but I've missed out on the World Cup and I know what it's like," Webb told 5 Live's Rugby Union Weekly podcast.
"Don't get me wrong, as the time is getting closer, the more motivational videos from past Lions are popping up on Twitter, and I would love to bits to be a part of it.
"But we've got to win the league first.
"It would be the pinnacle of my career, but we've got the Blues on Saturday, and that is the final game ahead of the announcement next week."
Ospreys are third in the Pro12 table - seven points adrift of second-placed Munster - and face Cardiff Blues this weekend as part of Welsh rugby's Judgment Day double-header at the Principality Stadium.
"We've had three disappointing results - Treviso, the [Challenge Cup] quarter-final [against Stade Francais], and Leinster on the weekend - so we are on a bit of a tricky losing streak," Webb added.
"But we are in total control of where we are in the league, the boys have a had a great season so far.
"It's about trying to stay positive and get that momentum now this weekend, in a full Principality Stadium against our local rivals the Blues."
Australia's success left a place for Ireland as the team who ranked highest at the Hockey World League semi-finals in July, who had not already qualified.
Ireland finished fifth at the Antwerp event and are the 11th team to qualify.
It will be the first time in more than 100 years that an Irish hockey team has participated in an Olympic Games.
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Ireland put themselves within touching distance of qualifying for the Olympics for the first time by beating Malaysia 4-1 in a play-off for fifth place at the World League in the summer, but had to wait more than three months to have their place confirmed.
The coronation of Australia as continental champions meant an extra place being allocated to the World League.
The Irish men, who made history by winning a bronze medal at the Eurohockey Championships in August, will become the first to represent Ireland in a team sport at an Olympic Games since 1948.
Ireland picked up silver medals in the inaugural Olympic hockey event, which took place in London in 1908.
"It probably hasn't sunk in yet but we're over the moon. It's testament to what the guys have achieved this year on and off the field," said Ireland coach Craig Fulton.
Ireland will join Brazil, India, Germany, Canada, Spain, Belgium, Great Britain, Argentina, Netherlands, Australia and one remaining qualifier at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, which take place from 5-21 August 2016.
Now, the first festival dedicated to the work of Brian Friel has come to Belfast after a few days in County Donegal.
And that cross-border dimension is significant, according to the festival director Sean Doran.
"We've been inspired by him as he spent the first 40 years of his life in Northern Ireland, and is now living in the Republic of Ireland," he said.
He also said that while Friel will not be in Belfast for the festival, he has been instrumental in its creation.
"Over the last year, we've been getting his enthusiasm and support, and he's been wonderful and generous in just allowing us to run free."
But why has it taken us so long to have a festival dedicated to Friel?
"If he were gold in the earth or mineral resources we'd be digging it up long before now," Sean Doran said.
"He's up in the A-list league, not only in America and London, but in all languages because the themes he deals with are universal."
Belfast's Lyric Theatre is staging a new production of Friel's play Dancing at Lughnasa in association with the festival, 25 years after it was first performed.
The theatre's executive producer Jimmy Fay said Friel is one of the greatest dramatists in the world.
"He's a truly exceptional playwright, it's almost like having Shakespeare in your midst; he's the master," he said.
"I've watched this play repeatedly seven nights in a row before."
"This play gets deeper, there are layers and layers and layers, so it's well worth repeated watching."
It is directed by Annabelle Comyn, making it the first time a major production of the play in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland has been directed by a woman.
Jimmy Fay said she is ideally suited to the task.
"She's one of the best directors we have - very forensic and very thorough.
"She also corresponds brilliantly with the actors, who have brought a whole element of joy and intrigue and adventure to this production."
Whether it is Dancing at Lughnasa, Philadelphia Here I Come!, or Translations, very few people are unfamiliar with Friel's masterpieces.
But the festival includes much more than drama, with music, dancing, talks and even a kite festival at venues across the city.
Opera singer Ruby Philogene will be performing a concert at the historic Rosemary Street Presbyterian Church in the city centre.
"I will be singing as part of the Mundy concerts strand, and I will be singing a programme of negro spirituals which is connected to Dancing at Lughnasa.
"One of the characters in the play, Father Jack, went to Uganda and spent a lot of time with the natives there."
Ruby said the history of the church makes it significant.
"A former member of the church in the 18th Century, Thomas McCabe, was instrumental in fighting slavery in Belfast, so it's a very appropriate location for the songs."
There are also dance events, including a dance across the peace wall close to Lanark Way on Sunday afternoon.
Elsewhere, a number of prominent women, including broadcaster Sandi Toksvig, human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti, writers Lynn Barber and Kathy Lette and musician Feist, are taking part in the Amongst Women talks strand at Elmwood Hall.
Lughnasa International Friel Festival runs until Monday 31 August. Dancing at Lughnasa is performed at the Lyric Theatre until 27 September.
Married couple Imran and Farzana Ameen and their five children, aged five to 15, were reported missing earlier on Tuesday, West Yorkshire Police said.
Officers said the family were last seen on 5 October and are believed to have travelled to Turkey - though their "current whereabouts are unknown".
The children's welfare was the "primary concern", police said.
Police said officers were "working with relatives who are still in the UK" and that "lines of enquiry are currently being progressed with the Turkish authorities".
Assistant Chief Constable Russ Foster added: "We would urge anyone with information about the family's whereabouts to come forward and speak to police so the family can safely return to the UK.
"Any piece of information, no matter how small, could help the UK or overseas authorities to locate the family so that they can be safely returned home to their loved ones."
The 31-year-old seven-time Wimbledon champion played in them during his opening-round win on Monday.
But he fell foul of Grand Slam rules, which state: "Including the warm-up period, players at Wimbledon must be dressed almost entirely in white."
The Swiss plays next on Wednesday, when he faces Sergiy Stakhovsky.
That match follows the 6-3 6-2 6-0 win he registered against Victor Hanescu as he began the defence of his men's singles crown.
When contacted by BBC Sport, an All England Club spokesman said a number of players had been spoken to about their attire in round one.
However, reigning women's singles champion Serena Williams has not been told to change her footwear for future rounds despite wearing trainers with orange trims, heels and a logo in her first match of this year's event against Mandy Minella.
In a bid to prevent such incidents, tournament regulations state that manufacturers must submit all clothing designs for inspection some time before the start. But there is less intense scrutiny of shoes before play begins.
They instead want the group to be called Ugus, an acronym for the Somali words meaning "the Group that Massacres the Somali People".
Al-Shabab responded by saying the Somali government should be referred to by the same acronym, Ugus.
In this case, Ugus means "the Group that Subjects the Somali People to Humiliation".
Al-Shabab, which is affiliated to al-Qaeda, controls many rural parts of southern Somalia.
African news at it happens: 4 May 2015
The head of Somalia's Intelligence and Security Services Gen Abdirahman Mohamud Turyare told journalists that al-Shabab, which means the youth in Arabic, was "a good name".
"We should not allow this good name to be dirtied. This enemy we are fighting is called Ugus."
Gen Turyare was speaking at the headquarters of information ministry in front of journalists and information ministry officials.
However, no mention was made of the punishment for anyone who flouted the ban.
The government-controlled Radio Mogadishu and SNTV have already been using the term for a while.
Ugus is an acronym for Ururka Gumaadka Ummadda Soomaaliyeed.
Analysis: Abdullahi Abdi, BBC News, Nairobi
The propaganda war between the Somali government and al-Shabab has been going on since 2009, when al-Shabab declared war on the then president of the Transitional Federal Government, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. Since then, the two sides have been exchanging derogatory messages through their media outlets.
Journalists in Somalia are now in a difficult position. They will have to either obey this order and face the wrath of al-Shabab, or refuse to comply with the government directive and face the consequences. The government has previously arrested journalists and shut down radio stations on accusations of endangering national security.
Liberal Democrat Sir Bob Russell takes visitors on two-hour tours of Colchester every fortnight.
He hopes money from the tours will pay for a statue of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star writer Jane Taylor, who lived in the town, and boost tourism.
"I now have time on my hands," he told the BBC's Sunday Politics.
"I've gone from an 80-hour, seven-day week - I've gone from the outside lane of the motorway to a country lane - so I'm trying to put my time to good purposes.
"I think Colchester needs to up its game in heritage. We're not York, we're not Chester, we're not Cambridge, but we're very much still a premier tourist attraction.
"We need to promote ourselves more, and this is my little way of doing it."
Sir Bob puts on two separate tours, covering 2,000 years of Colchester history from Roman times up to the present day.
The town is known as Britain's "first city", created by the Emperor Claudius in AD 49. It boasts attractions including the oldest and largest surviving town wall and the largest surviving water tower in the country.
Asked whether people want a former MP carrying out a tour, he said: "There's been no problems so far."
He plans to run the tours each spring and summer and the £5 fee is voluntary.
However, it is not the first time he has conducted tours of his beloved town.
In 2013, he offered tours to raise money for the Liberal Democrats, including showing people the spot where he broke his arm at the age of 14.
You can hear more about Sir Bob Russell's Colchester tours and his thoughts on the future of the Liberal Democrats on Sunday Politics East, at 13.30 BST on Sunday on BBC One.
The list, which was put together by a panel of DJs, critics and broadcasters, highlights 15 of the best and brightest new acts for the coming year.
It includes spoken word artist George The Poet, raucous rock act Wolf Alice and confessional songwriter Soak.
Last year's victor was Sam Smith, with other winners including Adele and Haim.
Smith went on to have a number one album with his debut, In The Lonely Hour, and broke sales records for a British male artist in the US.
The 2015 longlist is markedly more diverse than in recent years, as grime artists rub shoulders with experimental R&B singers and acoustic balladeers.
Find out more and watch videos on the Sound Of 2015 site
Listen to tracks by each of the nominees on BBC Playlister
Among those tipped for success are James Bay, a 24-year-old from Hitchin whose bluesy vocals have earned comparisons to Ben Howard and George Ezra - with whom he shares a management team.
George Mpanga, 23, who performs as George the Poet, rose to prominence with My City, a poem contrasting the massive investment in the 2012 Olympics with the London he grew up in.
"Children navigating through postcode wars/In estates with the least funding/ Look at the state of East London: that's a paradox/Witness economy booming for the have-a-lots."
The performer, who graduated from Cambridge University last summer with a 2:1 in politics, psychology and sociology, has described his poetry as a reaction against the materialism of mainstream rap.
Grime MC Novelist also had political aspirations - having stood for the position of Lewisham's young mayor in 2012.
He came second, serving a term as deputy mayor before pursuing his musical career. He recently signed to XL Records, home to Adele and Radiohead, where he has been working with Jamie xx.
Years and Years, meanwhile, are a three-piece electro-pop outfit, who take inspiration from '90s R&B stars like Aaliyah and TLC.
Their frontman, Olly Alexander, has a parallel career in acting - having starred as Jakob in Channel 4 teen drama Skins, as well as the films Enter the Void and The Riot Club.
Irish folk singer Soak - aka Bridie Monds-Watson - has been compared to Joni Mitchell for her eviscerating portraits of teenage life.
The longlist will be narrowed down to five in the week of 6 January, with the winner to be named on 11 January.
All but two of the nominees are British, with R&B singer Shamir and rapper Raury representing the US.
The latter, who wrote his first song - Oh, Little Fishy - at the age of three, is one of five teenagers on the longlist, most of whom describe their music as "genreless".
"I think the internet has changed music," he declared. "People like me grow up listening to everything and the genres begin to blend and disappear."
The list also sees a low-key return for guitar-based bands, whose sole representative in 2014 was rock duo Royal Blood.
Slaves, from Kent, combine rockabilly and tight, un-scruffy grunge, and are renowned for their intense live shows. Wolf Alice, who took their name from an Angela Carter short story collection, also channel the spirit of grunge on melodic, riff-heavy songs like Moaning Lisa Smile.
"We like to keep it energetic and loud," singer Ellie Roswell told the BBC.
Several of the artists on the list have been supported early in their careers by the regional BBC Introducing radio shows - with Lapsley, Rae Morris and Sunset Sons among the beneficiaries.
And several of the nominees are classically trained, including Bay and soul singer Kwabs, who attended the Royal Academy of Music.
Croydon-based grime artist Stormzy, meanwhile, earned his stripes entering rap battles at his local youth club.
Previous BBC Sound Of... winners
This year, 139 music industry experts helped select the nominees. According to the rules, the acts should not already be well-known to the UK public - through featuring in the final stages of a TV talent show, for example, or having already been a member of a successful band.
They must also not have been the lead artist on a UK top 20 single or album before 27 October 2014 - though guest vocalists are eligible.
DJ Huw Stephens will announce the top five acts, counting down to the winner, live on BBC's Radio 1 breakfast show each morning from 5 January.
"It's always an exciting time of year to take stock and look at what might be making us dance, cry and jump for joy into the year ahead," he said.
"I'm excited because there are a lot of artists I and my fellow DJs have supported on the list, and it's another great chance to share the music we love with an even bigger audience".
Groups of sightseers in Kidlington have been seen posing for photos in front gardens and against parked cars.
Locals have no idea why the quiet suburb, about five miles north of Oxford, has become a tourist magnet.
Inspector Morse, Love Island and Harry Potter are among the causes suggested for the tourists' interest.
The phenomenon was first identified in Benmead Road and the Moors on the Spotted: Kidlington Facebook page.
The tourists are a short walk from thatched cottages and an old church, but prefer taking photos of themselves outside modern houses.
"I do find it hilarious, but I am at a loss to understand it," one poster said. "Whose idea was it to turn Benmead Road into a tourist attraction?"
Residents say the groups have been appearing for the last three weeks.
"I have only seen them once. At midday on Saturday a busload of tourists disembarked with their selfie sticks, taking pictures of people's houses," said one.
"It is bizarre, these aren't even the oldest houses in the village."
Samantha Anderson said: "Saw them the other week, they were even in the gardens and at people's front doors."
On Facebook Susan Patton said the town had "probably featured in an old episode of Morse which has been rerun".
"Can't think of anyone famous down there?" Daniel Boon said.
People pointed out billionaire Sir Richard Branson and Emma-Jane Woodham from ITV's Love Island had connections to the Kidlington area.
Another wondered whether the groups were judging Kidlington in Bloom.
Emma Layden suggested: "Perhaps it's because Kidlington is claimed to be England's biggest village?"
Ned Jones, five, from Capel Bangor, Aberystwyth, and Margaretta Jones, 77, died in the crash in Powys on Friday.
The head teacher at Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth described Ned as a "dear and popular" child.
The collision happened on the A470, between Church Street in Rhayader and the Llangurig roundabout.
Clive Williams said: "The school community has been saddened and shocked by the sudden death of Ned Jones.
"We will remember him as a dear and popular member of the reception class. We extend our deepest sympathy to the family at this difficult time."
Vida Alford, 86, and Gillian Alford, 58, both of Shropshire, who were passengers in the other car, also died.
The advice applies even if a person has no symptoms.
It comes a few weeks after doctors discovered the virus in the sperm of an Italian man six months after he first had Zika symptoms.
Zika is spread in bodily fluids.
The main risk of catching the disease is from infected mosquitoes via bites.
Previously, WHO had said men without symptoms only needed to use condoms or abstain from sex for eight weeks as a precaution against spreading Zika.
Zika outbreak: What you need to know
According to experts, once a person has been infected, he or she is likely to be protected from future infections.
Many people infected with Zika won't have symptoms or will only have mild ones - a fever, rash and muscle/joint aches.
Zika in pregnancy is the major concern because the virus can damage the unborn child.
Brazil has been the hardest-hit country in terms of Zika infections and there were some concerns about hosting the Olympics there for this reason.
There have been no reports of confirmed cases of Zika virus among people who attended the Games, both during and since their return.
According to the WHO, 11 countries have reported cases of sexually-transmitted Zika.
More than 60 countries and territories have continuing Zika transmission from local mosquitoes.
Public Health England said it was reviewing the WHO's new advice and would change its own guidance if necessary. It said the risk to people in the UK remained very low.
Fran Berry's triumph aboard the Tim Easterby-trained Golden Apollo in the six-furlong sprint clinched victory.
They won with 86 points, ahead of the Rest of the World side on 67.
Berry also won aboard Great Hall for trainer Mick Quinn, and the double secured him the Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle award for top jockey.
"This day is important," said Irishman Berry. "You get a big family crowd here, race-goers of the future, and if you can get the youngsters interested at a young age, it is only going to have a knock-on effect for racing in the future."
The Shergar Cup is contested by three-strong teams from Great Britain and Ireland, the Rest of the World, Europe and an all-female team, The Girls.
Pioneering jockey Michelle Payne pulled out of the event earlier on Saturday because of illness.
The Australian, who is the only woman to ride a Melbourne Cup winner, was replaced in The Girls team by Hollie Doyle.
Doyle was a narrow runner-up aboard Sir Robert Cheval in the opening Shergar Cup Dash, won by Spencer on the Dean Ivory-trained favourite Stake Acclaim.
The win by a neck gave Spencer the 2,000th British Flat racing success of his career and the 37-year-old said: "It's only a figure, but it's good to get there."
Final team points
Great Britain and Ireland 86
Rest of the World 67
Europe 64
The Girls 23
Top jockey standings
Fran Berry (GBI) 37
Jamie Spencer (GBI) 32
Alexander Pietsch (Eur) 31
Anthony Delpech (ROW) 30
Kerrin McEvoy (ROW) 27
Adrie de Vries (Eur) 27
Neil Callan (GBI) 17
Hollie Doyle (Girls) 10
Keita Tosaki (ROW) 10
Emma-Jayne Wilson (Girls) 10
Umberto Rispoli (EUR) 6
Hayley Turner (Girls) 3
Youth organisations and unions were demonstrating on the same day as a rail strike over a wage dispute.
The proposed law would remove some of the protection workers enjoy against being laid off, in a bid to encourage businesses to hire more people.
But many on the left see it as a betrayal of their values.
In pushing the reform, Prime Minister Manuel Valls has united a formidable array of leftist forces against him, says the BBC's Hugh Schofield.
That includes not just the unions but much of his own Socialist party - plus the students, who were leading Wednesday's protests.
Teenagers and students were among thousands marching in Paris chanting slogans such as "El Khomri, you're beat, the youth are in the street", in reference to Labour Minister Myriam el Khomri.
Dozens of schools around the country were barricaded by students.
Maryanne Gicquel, a spokesperson for the FIDL student union, described young people's experience of the job market as "a succession of internships and poorly-paid jobs".
"Now we're being told that it will be easier for companies to lay off workers," she told AP news agency.
This reform has crystallised all those forces on the left who, while feeling increasingly unhappy about the government's drift, until now had no clear-cut issue around which to rally, our correspondent reports.
It was - to be only a little bit unfair - all the usual suspects at the Paris demo. Trotskyite students chanting against the patriarchy; anarchists; grizzled veterans of '68; plenty of pensioners; theatre-workers. In other words the regular left-wing alphabetti-spaghetti.
One is tempted to ask who these people actually represent. The proportion of lycee and university students who turned out for the protest must have been absolutely minuscule. The vast majority didn't care enough and stayed away.
But the thing about French demos is that - more often than not - it is only the regular protesters who turn out. That is par for the course.
What counts is not what the protesters think - that we know - but what the rest of the country thinks about the protesters. If ordinary people disown the movement, then it is doomed.
But ordinary people in France are always reluctant to disown movements which deploy effectively the slogans of workers' rights and social progress. And this movement is definitely one of them.
In Paris, the rail strike caused early disruption, with only one in three trains running and long queues of traffic, said reports.
Sit-ins and street marches were planned across the country - though some reports suggested a lower than expected turnout, with some protesters possibly deterred by heavy rain.
President Francois Hollande's four years in office have been marked by poor economic growth and spiralling unemployment - now reaching 10% and 24% among youth.
The government of Mr Hollande, who faces presidential elections next year, is aiming to address those issues - with reforms to France's labour code, which is famously longer than the bible.
The reforms would:
The most visible proponents of the bill - Mr Valls and Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron - have urged backing for the proposals, pointing out that they would bring France into line with practice in the rest of Europe.
"The terrible thing would be the status quo," Mr Valls has said.
But labour protections and the 35-hour week are sacred totems on the French left, and polls show strong opposition to the reforms.
An online petition against the law has been signed by more than a million people.
As well as home-grown broadcast media, most homes and hotel rooms have access to the multichannel, international offerings of cable and satellite TV services.
There were 61,000 internet users by June 2012 (via Internetworldstats.com).
The ex-first minister suggested seeking "consensus" from political parties that could allow the payments to be set up in the absence of devolved government.
The Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry recommended a state apology and compensation for victims.
But the collapse of Stormont in January meant the process was put on hold.
Writing in the Irish News, Mr Robinson said the abuse of victims in children's residential homes was an "appalling and vile chapter" in Northern Ireland's history which had been "swept under the carpet for too long".
"Having been the helpless victims of sexual exploitation and ill-treatment , they have lived lives as the victims of society's denial, disinterest or apathy and now they have become the victims of political stalemate."
The former DUP leader added he believed there would not be "much contention" among Stormont parties if Secretary of State James Brokenshire were to act on the HIA Inquiry's recommendations "immediately".
When he was first minister, Mr Robinson helped to set up the inquiry, along with the late deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness.
Led by Sir Anthony Hart, it examined allegations of abuse in 22 homes and other residential institutions between 1922 to 1995.
The inquiry concluded there was widespread abuse and mistreatment of young residents in the institutions run by churches, charities and the state.
Mr Robinson said he had hoped "immediate apologies and compensation would follow" and he criticised "the lack of urgency" in paying compensation.
"The victims of institutional abuse have waited an inordinately long and unacceptable time for the truth to be revealed, recognised and a measure of reparation to be made," he said.
He added that he and Mr McGuinness met victims of abuse on "several occasions".
"Compensation was not top of their agenda, but Martin and I recognised that there had to be a financial aspect to any just outcome of this appalling and vile chapter.
"Both Martin and I were deeply affected by their stories. There is nothing 'historic' about this abuse. The victims live it every day.
"The victims wanted the opportunity to tell their stories and needed an apology for the suffering they had endured," he said.
Sir Anthony recommended compensation, a memorial and a public apology to abuse survivors.
He said a tax-free lump sum payment should be made to all survivors, including in homes and institutions that were not covered by the inquiry.
Mr Robinson called on Mr Brokenshire to meet political parties on the issue "and assess whether at least on this outstanding matter there is sufficient consensus to proceed in all or part with the implementation".
"Justice and humanity demands action," he added.
Mr Robinson's comments come after the death of victim of abuse, Billy McConville, whose mother Jean McConville was murdered by the IRA in 1972.
After the abduction of the single mother of 10, Mr McConville was taken in care.
He told the HIA Inquiry he was abused by some De La Salle Brothers and physically abused by a lay teacher in Rubane House in County Down.
His funeral is due to take place on Wednesday at St Paul's Church in west Belfast.
At least 800,000 people have fled their homes and at one point, there were fears a new regional war could break out, with accusations that Rwanda and Uganda were backing the rebels - charges both countries denied.
The advances by the Congolese army follow changes in the military structures and the intervention of a brigade of UN troops with a tough mandate.
Who are the rebels?
The group is made up of fighters who deserted from the Congolese army in April 2012 following a mutiny.
They are mostly from the Tutsi ethnic group, a minority in eastern DR Congo but with ties to Rwanda's leaders.
They were led by several top-ranking officers who were members of a former militia called the CNDP - including Col Sultani Makenga and Gen Bosco Ntaganda, who faces war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court.
Their movement is called M23 in reference to a 23 March 2009 peace deal, which the CNDP signed with the Congolese government.
Why did they rebel?
The rebels, also known as the Congolese Revolutionary Army, say the government has not lived up to its promises in the 2009 deal.
They say they were mistreated after being integrated into the army, were not paid enough and that the military lacked vital resources, with soldiers were going hungry.
But analysts believe the real reason for their rebellion stems from comments made by Congolese President Joseph Kabila in January 2012, who under pressure from the ICC, said the Congolese authorities would put Gen Ntaganda on trial.
Where is he now?
Gen Ntaganda, known as "The Terminator", gave himself up to the US embassy in Rwanda in March 2013, after losing a power-struggle within the M23.
He has since been transferred to the ICC in The Hague.
Is that why they are now on the back foot?
The internal rifts probably didn't actually make much difference.
Most analysts point to two far more significant developments: Reduced Rwandan support for the M23 and the intervention of a tough new brigade of UN troops.
Although this was always denied by Rwanda, UN investigators have long accused Rwanda of backing the M23.
This led several donors to cut financial and then military aid to Kigali and the UN says Rwandan backing to the M23 has now fallen off.
Meanwhile, the UN has sent a force of some 3,000 well-equipped troops with a tougher mandate than any other peacekeeping force, tasked with disarming and "neutralising" rebels forces in eastern DR Congo.
Their use of helicopter gunships against the rebels is credited with making a huge difference, paving the way for the army to retake the territory seized by the rebels in 2012.
Why did the UN send the extra troops?
The UN has had a huge mission - currently some 18,000 troops - in DR Congo for many years but the unrest never seems to end.
Many Congolese have derided them as "tourists" for many years and in 2012, they were unable to stop the M23 from seizing the regional capital, Goma, before they pulled out under international pressure.
But they remained camped on the outskirts of Goma until their recent reverses.
So why would Rwanda back rebels in DR Congo?
The unrest in eastern DR Congo goes back to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
After killing some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus, some of the militias fled into DR Congo (then called Zaire) as Tutsi rebels seized power in Kigali.
Ever since, the now Tutsi-dominated government in Rwanda has sought to wipe out the Hutu militias, accusing them of planning to destabilise Rwanda.
Rwanda has used several militias, often headed by Congolese Tutsis, to attack the Hutus, analysts say. And the M23 is merely the latest of these.
So is this the end of almost two decades of conflict in DR Congo?
That is the hope.
But numerous other armed groups continue to operate in eastern DR Congo, including the Hutu militias.
So it is possible that after international attention has waned - and if the Congolese government does not take action itself against the Hutus - then Rwanda could start backing another group.
And until the Congolese state is strong enough to master its vast territory, two-thirds the size of Western Europe, armed groups could always be tempted to seek to control its mineral wealth.
Eastern DR Congo is rich in resources and minerals like gold and coltan - essential for mobile phones.
In theory, these should mean the area's people are hugely wealthy but so far, they just seem to have attracted a long history of looters.
However, the Conservatives maintained overall control with 42 seats. The Tories gained one seat but lost 19.
UKIP, Labour and the Liberal Democrats finished the night with nine seats each.
Like UKIP, the Green Party notched its first seats on the county council, winning two divisions.
The Canvey Island Independents held their seat, while Tendring First, a residents' association won a single seat.
UKIP's Kerry Smith was the first from his party to win a seat on the county council.
By Ben BlandPolitical reporter, BBC Essex
Never before has Essex County Council had an election with such a vast democratic spread.
From UKIP to the Greens, this year's election has been a night of firsts.
I understand that immigration has been an issue on the doorsteps - even though it is a national issue.
And perhaps that explains some of UKIP's very strong performance.
Election results tell us how people voted rather than why they voted as they did.
But it will be the chipping away at the traditional Conservative vote that will be causing concern at the national level.
Now 2015 is some way off, but that is where the broader significance of these results - if indeed there is any - will become manifest.
He beat Conservative John Schofield by about 50 votes to clinch the Westley Heights ward in Basildon.
"I'm a bit stunned but not too surprised. There's anger on the streets," said Mr Smith.
Jamie Huntman, who won the Thundersley ward for UKIP, said: "I think it is a great day for democracy.
"We are hardly clowns and fruitcakes any longer. I genuinely believe they (the electorate) like UKIP."
For the Greens, Michael Hoy won the Rochford West ward and James Abbot took Witham North.
Mr Hoy said he would be looking to work on policies with other parties or independents.
Tony Durcan, who had been one of two Labour councillors on the council before these elections, said: "It is going to be a strong team on Essex County Council fighting for the residents.
"We are going to come back strong."
Basildon Council's Conservative leader Tony Ball said the party had to learn lessons from UKIP's surge, both at local and national level.
"On the doorstep the message I'm getting is people want to give us a kick.
"I get the sense they are only lending their vote to UKIP, but we can't take it for granted that we'll get it back.
"Nationally we need to offer a referendum on the EU, not only because it's the right thing to do but because it would also be politically very astute."
Baroness Smith of Basildon, the town's former Labour MP, said it was not only the Conservatives that had to learn lessons from UKIP's progress.
"They will predominantly take votes from the Tories but they are capable of damaging all three parties," she said.
The 75 seats in Essex were contested by 408 candidates.
The Conservative Party dominated the election four years ago, winning 60 seats. The Liberal Democrats were second, with 11.
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Their most recent concern is a 20% cut in fuel subsidy to bus service operators, by the government, which came into effect on Sunday.
Previously operators received a base subsidy of 43.21p per litre. That figure has now dropped to 34.57p.
Tim Gardner, from Webberbus, said the passenger would be the one to suffer if the company could not make a surplus.
"The amount of fuel that we burn within our buses is quite substantial," he said.
"Although it is only a few pence per litre, multiply that by hundreds of thousands of litres and it adds up to be a fairly substantial number.
"If we do not make a surplus we cannot reinvest into our fleet, develop our networks, and at the end of the day the passenger will suffer - so we have to look at some way to recoup the cost."
Operators said they had been expecting the 20% cut to be fazed in over a four-year period but had been notified recently that it would, in fact, be made in full from 1 April.
On top of this, bus companies are facing subsidy cuts from local councils and what they describe as the "enormous" price of fuel.
"We can deal with one or two hits but we can't deal with all three," said Alan Graham from South West Coaches.
He said he believed that Somerset would not have any rural bus services in 10 years time if things continue this way.
"We've got to try and keep fares down to get people on our vehicles," he said.
"If we had more people on the buses then we would obviously get income that way, but in rural Somerset we don't get that number of people on the buses."
Bus operators in England were told by the government in October 2010 that the Bus Service Operators' Grant (BSOG) - a rebate on fuel duty - would reduce by 20% over three years from April 2012.
The trade union Unite says that the shop floor jobs are to go from the firm's "complementary labour force".
That part of the workforce is made up from temporary and contract workers and tends to fluctuate depending on demand.
The company confirmed that up to 130 contract workers are being let go and described it as "regrettable".
Last year, Bombardier cut 300 temporary and contract jobs and made 90 people redundant from the permanent workforce.
The aerospace company is one of Northern Ireland's biggest employers.
About 5,000 permanent employees and about 1,000 temporary and contract staff work at its Belfast base.
In a statement, Bombardier said "the need to be competitive" meant the company had to make adjustments to its staffing levels.
Bombardier has had a difficult few years with the development of its C Series plane badly delayed and a business jet project suspended.
That has been reflected in its Northern Ireland workforce - Tuesday's announcement brings the number of job losses to more than 500 in six months.
Last week, the Canadian firm appointed a new chief executive in an attempt to find a way out of the current problems.
The new man, Alain Bellemare, needs to convince more airlines to buy the C Series, an aircraft which has cost more than $5bn to develop.
"Our manpower situation is kept under constant review. We have reviewed our latest requirements based on current customer demand," the firm said.
"Up until mid-2014, we had increased our complementary labour force by over 1,000 positions, but lately we have had to reduce this level."
A spokesman for the union Unite said the cuts were "another savage blow" to the company's workforce.
Regional coordinating officer Davy Thompson said: "This announcement highlights the inadequacy of existing employment protection, in particular for that afforded to agency workers who are making up more and more of the Northern Ireland labour force.
"There's a need for Stormont politicians to get serious on action to improve job security protections for workers, particularly within the manufacturing sector where there is a real risk of de-skilling."
It was announced after Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met for the first time at G20 talks on Friday. The truce is also backed by Jordan.
It is in force along a line agreed by Syrian government forces and rebels.
About 300,000 people have been killed in Syria's conflict, which began with protests in 2011. Another 11 million have been forced from their homes.
Russia and the US have backed opposing sides, with Moscow supporting the Damascus government while Washington has called for the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Russian forces and a US-led coalition have been carrying out air strikes in their respective campaigns.
The ceasefire, which Russia has said covers the regions of Deraa, Quneitra and Sweida, was reported to result from months of undisclosed talks between Russian and US officials.
Speaking after the meeting between Mr Putin and Mr Trump in the German city of Hamburg, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said: "This is our first indication of the US and Russia being able to work together in Syria."
Mr Tillerson said Friday's meeting also showed that the two countries eventual aims for Syria were "exactly the same" - but they differed on how they should be achieved.
Coastguards said the engine could not be controlled and was leading the vessel several miles out to sea.
The alarm was raised at 10:00 BST by a device which gave their position, and both the main and inshore lifeboats from Llandudno went to the rescue.
The pair were taken off the 32ft (10m) yacht unharmed and the vessel was towed to Conwy marina.
Government adviser Abdul Basit Haroun said smugglers were hiding IS militants on boats filled with migrants.
He based his claim on conversations with boat owners in parts of North Africa controlled by the militants.
He alleged that IS was allowing them to continue their operations in exchange for 50% of their income.
The UN estimates that 60,000 people have already tried to cross the Mediterranean this year.
More than 1,800 people are feared to have died making the journey in often overcrowded and unseaworthy boats in 2015 - a 20-fold increase on the same period in 2014.
In an interview with BBC Radio 5 live Investigates, Mr Haroun said IS used "the boats for their people who they want to send to Europe as the European police don't know who is from IS and who is a normal refugee or not".
The militants often sat separately from the other migrants and were not scared of the crossing, he said, adding that they were "for IS - 100%".
Mr Haroun added that IS allowed boat owners to operate - but demanded a 50% cut of whatever they made from each ship.
Source: The UN refugee agency
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He also suggested that the jihadists were planning ahead for future attacks in Europe.
Earlier this year, the EU's border control agency, Frontex, warned that it was "possible" that foreign fighters were using irregular migration routes to get into Europe.
IS - which controls large parts of Iraq and Syria - has been active in recent months in Libya, exploiting a power struggle between rival groups after the fall of Col Muammar Gaddafi.
In March, IS also claimed responsibility for the attack in Tunisia's capital Tunis, in which 22 people were killed.
The Atlantic 85 inshore boat set off just after 01:00 BST on Thursday to a person calling for help in the River Rother at Rock Channel.
On the way, the boat hit a "submerged, unlit object", injuring the crew and damaging the boat, the charity said.
Two of the injured were taken by ambulance to hospital and are now recovering in hospital and at home.
The original casualty who called for help was assisted by a passer-by safely to shore, the charity said.
Rye Harbour was the scene of one of the RNLI's worst lifeboat disasters in its 165-year history when 17 crew lost their lives in 1928.
The charity said the Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat had been in service since 2010.
Aqsa Mahmood, 20, was reported missing by her family in November 2013.
A Twitter account under the name Umm Layth, believed to be Ms Mahmood, said: "Follow the examples of your brothers from Woolwich, Texas and Boston.
"If you cannot make it to the battlefield then bring the battlefield to yourself."
The post was made on the Twitter account in June. The account has now been deactivated.
Ms Mahmood's family have described her as a "studious and ambitious girl" and said they "cannot understand why she has travelled to Syria".
She was a pupil at Craigholme School and Shawlands Academy in Glasgow.
In a statement, issued by Police Scotland, her family said: "We had no knowledge of our daughter's plans to leave Scotland and immediately reported her as a missing person to the police.
"Aqsa is a studious and ambitious girl and we cannot understand why she has travelled to Syria.
"We are struggling to come to terms with the situation and we are working with the police."
A Police Scotland spokesman added: "A (then aged) 19-year-old female from Scotland was reported missing to Police Scotland by her family in November 2013.
"Inquiries are ongoing in relation to her whereabouts and we are supporting her family."
The Boeing 757-224 landed safely at the County Clare airport at 14:28 BST.
Flight UA76 left Belfast International Airport at 11:19 BST and was due to arrive in New Jersey's Newark Airport at 13:45 local time.
United Airlines said it was a "mechanical issue". In February, a plane on the same route had to make an emergency landing in Manchester.
The reason given for that diversion was also a "mechanical issue". United Airlines said it was not the same plane that was re-directed to Shannon.
There were 121 passengers and nine crew members on board Monday's flight to Newark and they are spending the night in County Clare.
Shortly after take-off, the plane developed a mechanical issue believed to have been with the landing gear.
An emergency was declared and the plane was diverted to Shannon Airport, where it circled for about two hours to burn off fuel before it was light enough to make a low approach for inspection.
It then gained altitude for a go-around before landing.
Belfast journalist Lesley-Anne McKeown was on the flight with her husband Brendan. They were heading to New York for three nights to celebrate his 40th birthday.
The Press Association reporter, who is 29 weeks pregnant, said everything was normal with the take-off until the wheels came up and there was a "really loud grinding noise".
"That persisted for a while and then one of the senior flight officers came over the tannoy and said there was a mechanical problem.
"He said there was 'nothing to worry about... at this point'. When he said 'at this point' I got worried."
She said the atmosphere was tense, as cabin crew spoke to various people on board about emergency procedures.
"People were just worried," she said. "They were trying to keep their spirits up but you could see people were scared. This lasted for two hours."
She said she was most frightened when the plane did the fly-past to check if the front wheels were up or down.
"They confirmed the wheels were down. There was a palpable sense of relief but they still didn't know whether they were in the lock position - whether they could take the impact of the landing," she said.
There were tears and cheers when the plane touched down, she added, and lighter moments during the mid-air drama.
"When everyone was trying to keep their spirits up the woman in front of us turned to the woman beside her and said 'at least it's not raining'," she said.
"Typical Belfast humour."
United Airlines apologised for the inconvenience caused.
"We are providing our customers with meals and overnight hotel accommodation, and are making arrangements for them to continue their journeys tomorrow," the company said.
Peter Morgan, 54, of Llanellen, Monmouthshire, is accused of strangling Georgina Symonds, 25, in January.
The father-of-two admits killing Miss Symonds but denies murder.
Newport Crown Court was told Mr Morgan had visits from call girls at his family home before meeting Miss Symonds.
He continued to see other women despite paying her £10,000 a month to work as his exclusive escort, the trial heard.
Dr Ajat Sanikop, a mental disorder expert who interviewed Mr Morgan after he admitted strangling Miss Symonds, said the millionaire began paying for sex in 2011.
He said: "[Mr] Morgan began using such services after he was showed how to use his iPhone for various things.
"He met Georgina a year later but he continued to use escort services. She had no major objections to him seeing other escorts.
"Then, in April 2015, his marriage broke down when his wife, Helen, came to be aware about him bringing escorts to the marital home."
Dr Sanikop also said Mr Morgan told him Miss Symonds was only in a relationship with him for money, but he was in love with her regardless.
He added: "I think he was quite clear that Georgina was with him because of the money and the lifestyle he gave her.
"But he said he loved her. He was quite aware that as long as he paid her she would stay with him, and if he stopped she wouldn't.
"He described it as a relationship, but it's difficult to classify it as one."
The court was previously told Mr Morgan strangled Miss Symonds at her home in his castle grounds in Llanmartin after hearing she planned to leave him and hid her body in farm buildings behind his family home.
He denies murder, saying he was suffering from diminished responsibility due to Asperger's syndrome.
Clinical psychologist Prof Simon Baron-Cohen said he was "in no doubt" that Mr Morgan had Asperger's syndrome.
He said Mr Morgan suffered from a "black-and-white" mindset which affected his decision-making in dealing with Miss Symonds.
"His accounts of his social relationships are not that of a typical person," he said.
The court heard that Miss Symonds threatened to send explicit videos and pictures she had of Mr Morgan to his family.
Prof Baron-Cohen said: "He felt he had to stop and frighten her. He felt quite trapped, and wanted to protect his children at all costs."
The trial continues.
Over 3.8m antidepressant prescriptions were dispensed in Wales in 2011, the highest rate per head of any UK nation.
Mental health charities said more people should be offered counselling, but a doctor's spokesman said lengthy waiting times gave them little choice.
Ministers say mental health provision would be boosted by £3.5m.
The number of antidepressant prescriptions per head in Wales rose last year by nearly 8% - a similar increase to that seen in England and Scotland.
Wales has the highest rate of antidepressant prescriptions of any UK nation at 1.24 per head, compared to 1.18 in Northern Ireland, 0.89 in Scotland and 0.88 in England.
The figures were obtained by BBC Wales in a Freedom of Information request to the Welsh government.
Drugs such as Citalopram, Fluoxetine (often known as Prozac) and Lofeprine, amongst others, cost the Welsh NHS over £16 million in 2011.
Advice from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommends the use of talking therapies such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) to treat mild to moderate depression and anxiety disorders.
Their guidelines state that antidepressants should "not routinely be offered" for people with persistent mild or moderate depression or anxiety and that talking therapies should be considered instead.
David Bailey, chair of the British Medical Association's general practitioners committee in Wales, said doctors tried where possible to avoid prescribing drugs for depression but sometimes had little choice.
"Within a 10 minute consultation there's only so much talking therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy you can actually do," he said.
"So what we would like is to have relatively quick access to a professional who can do that much more focussed treatment for a patient.
"At the moment there's a huge issue with the time before which people can get these sorts of therapies."
The Welsh mental health charity Gofal said patients found family doctors lacking time and resources to prescribe appropriate treatment.
"In our experience GPs can often only offer a five to 10 minute chat followed by a prescription for antidepressants," said a spokesperson.
"In some areas, alternative therapies such as CBT and counselling can be and are being prescribed, but patients are still faced with very lengthy waiting times, during which their mental health often deteriorates to a state of crisis."
The Welsh government said there were clear guidelines on the prescribing of antidepressants, and that it was boosting the provision of counselling services.
"We are investing £3.5 million from October 2012 to develop primary care mental health services across Wales," said a spokesperson.
"One aspect of this provision will be to increase evidence-based interventions such as psychological therapies to people with mild to moderate mental health problems."
The Welsh government added that it had commissioned a review of access to psychological therapy services which would report back in the winter.
Information obtained by BBC Wales under the Freedom of Information Act show a mixed pattern in referrals for therapy, which had dropped in some regions.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said referrals had increased in 2011, while the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg, Cwm Taf and Aneurin Bevan boards said they had fallen.
Hywel Dda Health Board in mid and west Wales said the waiting time for cognitive behavioural psychotherapy was currently around 10 months, while other forms of therapy had shorter waiting times.
But wind and solar alone cannot deliver a world of clean and free fuel. Both are, by their very nature, variable, so to realise their true potential other technologies need to be harnessed.
Improving connectivity to other countries is one relatively simple solution, but in a world where governments are becoming increasingly preoccupied with energy security, its attractions are somewhat limited.
Managing demand more effectively using smart grids and appliances is another.
But the technology with the most revolutionary potential is energy storage.
As Jimmy Aldridge at the UK's Institute of Public Policy Research think tank says: "This is the most exciting area within the energy sphere and it's totally transforming the way we interact with the grid."
There are some very obvious ways in which storage can help communities and companies across the world.
Blackouts in developing economies can cause havoc.
In South Africa in 2008, for example, power cuts caused some of the country's biggest gold and platinum mines to close, leading to a rise in global commodity prices, not to mention huge disruption to the lives of millions. Such unreliable power grids also hamper foreign investment.
Energy storage can not only provide back-up power in case of power cuts, but also help electricity grids run at average rather than peak load, therefore reducing the chances of cuts in the first place.
To this end, Puerto Rico, for example, has set a 30% storage requirement for any new renewable capacity.
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But it's not just developing countries that can benefit. The US government estimates that hundreds of power cuts between 2003 and 2012 cost the country up to $70bn (£45bn) a year. Tens of storage systems are already operating in many states, while California has set a target of 1.3GW to help meet its renewable objectives.
The UK has already built its first grid-level storage battery while Italy, Hungary and Saudi Arabia among others are likely to follow suit.
Storage is also proving invaluable for isolated communities that have no access to the national grid, with islanders in particular enjoying continuous power without the need for additional diesel generation.
But this is just the beginning. Renewables, together with energy storage, open the tantalising possibility of communities and individuals becoming energy self-sufficient.
With solar panels or wind turbines generating electricity and batteries storing it, households become far less reliant on the grid.
* Includes operational projects and those under construction Source: DOE Global Energy Storage Database
The costs today are prohibitively high for mass adoption, but there are already residential energy storage solutions on the market, such as those developed by the UK's Moixa Energy.
The German government is even setting aside €50m (£36m; $56m) a year to offer subsidies to its citizens specifically to help buy storage batteries. Since May 2013, some 5,500 Germans have been given on average €3,200, with demand increasing all the time.
According to Julia Hertin at the German Advisory Council on the Environment, cost is still a barrier. "At the moment, this is more of an emotional decision than an economic one - people like the idea of being energy self-sufficient," she says.
"There could be a point when [storage] becomes a game changer, but we're not there yet."
But costs will come down. As Ben Warren at consultancy EY points out, solar panels cost 80% less than they did just five years ago.
"The storage market looks and smells just like the solar PV market did [then]," he says. "Over the next three to five years, energy storage will become very affordable, very quickly."
Indeed forecasts suggest the market could be worth anything between $30bn and $400bn in the next five to seven years.
The implications for consumers, big power utilities and grid operators are profound.
Small-scale storage could have a similar effect to grid-scale storage, as consumers would be able to buy power from the grid when it's cheap and plentiful, and use their own when it's more expensive. This would help balance demand and reduce strain on the system.
But it will also lead "very quickly to a point where demand from the grid is much reduced", says Mr Aldridge.
This raises important questions about who will pay for grid maintenance - initially at least only the more wealthy will be able to afford renewables and storage, leaving those who can't afford them to pick up the bill.
But it's the utilities that will be hit hardest by a fundamental shift away from centralised energy production. As Andrew Jones at S&C Electric says: "You can't compete with someone who has no fuel costs."
Research by Barclays has estimated that 20% of US electricity consumers will be able to use power from solar and storage for the same price as they get it from the grid by as early as 2018.
It concluded: "In the 100-year plus history of the electric utility industry, there has never before been a truly cost-competitive substitute available for grid power.
"We believe that solar plus storage could reconfigure the organisation and regulation of the electric power business over the coming decade."
As a result, the bank downgraded its credit rating on all US electricity utilities.
The threat is so grave, in fact, Citibank has estimated that "in their current form" utilities in developed economies could see the size of their market shrink by more than 50%.
The point is not lost on some. At the end of last year, the boss of German energy giant E.On announced the company was spinning off its fossil fuel and nuclear business to focus on renewables, declaring that the traditional business model for utilities had "broken apart".
As Mr Warren says, with an increasing number of energy services companies able to provide everything their customers need to generate and store their own energy, utilities are waking up to the fact that "central generation and pumping juice down wires is not the future".
The ultimate beneficiaries, of course, will be consumers.
Energy storage paves the way for what Bill Watkins at Imergy Power Systems calls the "democratisation of energy", where consumers are no longer in thrall to big power companies and are able to generate their own power that, after set-up costs, is effectively free.
Large-scale generation and national grids are not going to disappear overnight, if ever, but many individuals and communities will soon have the power to choose their own energy futures.
Some within the industry view such a bold vision with scepticism. They do so at their peril.
Eighteen jade artefacts were stolen in the professionally-planned raid on Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum at about 19:30 BST on 13 April.
Marvin Simos, 16, from east London, was one of four people sentenced.
Cambridge Crown Court heard the art, which has not been recovered, was of "incalculable cultural significance".
Simos, of Hanameel Street, Victoria Dock, London, admitted burglary. He was sentenced to a four-month detention and training order.
Steven Coughlan, 25, of Gypsies Residential Site, in Eleanor Street, Bow, east London, Robert Smith, 24, of Rosedale Stables, Swanley, Kent, and a 29-year-old man from London, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will each serve six years after admitting conspiracy to burgle.
Sentencing, Mr Justice Fulford described the crime as an "act of cultural vandalism".
He said: "This resulted in the loss to the museum and the public at large, not only in this country but across the world, of pieces of incalculable cultural significance and many millions of pounds in monetary value.
"The likelihood is they passed into private hands and will not be seen again for many generations, if at all."
The judge added: "They are rare and beautiful objects and I draw the irresistible inference that they have gone or will go to one or more private collectors."
A display case was smashed after a disc cutter was used to create a hole in a back wall.
The art has been valued at between £5m and £15m.
Defence counsel told the court "others higher up the chain", who have not been identified, recruited the gang to target the jade exhibits.
The day before the raid, Smith, Coughlan and the 29-year-old were caught on CCTV "paying particular attention" to the Chinese gallery which housed the stolen artefacts, police said.
Glenn Harris, for Coughlan, said his client had lived a "pitiful existence" and had drink and drug problems.
Coughlan had been released from prison for another offence eight days before the burglary.
Beata Kopel said her client, Smith, was of limited intellect and had never attended secondary school. He was not physically involved in the burglary but took part in its planning.
Peter Caldwell, for Simos, said the boy did not enter the museum and had been "thoroughly exploited" and "selected for his naivety".
Alexander Taylor-Camara, mitigating for the 29-year-old, claimed the man had been pressurised into taking part and was not a "professional burglar".
David Scrase, acting director of the Fitzwilliam, said the raid had damaged the museum's precious reputation for "guarding treasures".
Staff had been shocked by the "brutal" destruction of the Chinese gallery, he said.
A spokesman for the museum added: "We very much look forward to the next stage of the investigation, entailing the return of all 18 stolen jades to the Fitzwilliam Museum."
Loss adjusters are to offer a reward for information leading to the recovery of the stolen property, with an advert is to appear in the Antiques Trade Gazette.
In a video statement, police named him as 68-year-old Clive Cressy, believed to be from Hove in East Sussex.
Speaking to the camera, an unnamed officer said he had been charged with having sexual intercourse with underage girls, buying child prostitutes and molesting a child aged under eight.
The Foreign Office said it was aware a man had been arrested in Phnom Penh.
The footage was filmed by a local TV station as police searched his home, where they reportedly found a suitcase containing condoms, toys and girls' dresses.
It also showed pictures of the suspect's passport, which appeared to confirm his name and age.
The policeman said the suspect was arrested in the capital city after a police operation lasting months.
He said he was reported after people in the neighbourhood saw him walking with young girls.
Mr Cressy is described in the video as a private doctor. Checks with the General Medical Council could not find a record of his being registered as a practitioner in the UK.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are in contact with the Cambodian authorities following the arrest of a British man in Phnom Penh."
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Anderson, 34, was left out of the 16-man party to tour India after missing the tour of Bangladesh with a shoulder injury.
He will not play in the first Test but could appear in the second after making a quick recovery.
"It's a credit to the hunger he has shown to get back," captain Alastair Cook told BBC Radio 5 live.
"There's nothing more he can do, apart from coming out here and getting acclimatised and get some more overs in."
England will play five Tests against number one ranked side India, starting in Rajkot on 9 November.
Anderson, who has taken 463 wickets since making his Test debut in 2003, made six Test appearances for England over the summer.
He missed the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's in July due to a shoulder problem but returned to take nine wickets in the remaining three Tests.
England will not play any practice games throughout the Test series, which Cook described as "not ideal".
"I don't think it matters quite so much now after Bangladesh but maybe during the series, the guys who haven't played or haven't done as well as they like, could play a game away from Test cricket," he added.
Lancashire teenager Haseeb Hameed could make his debut in Rajkot as England look to come back from a batting collapse in Bangladesh that saw them lose 10 wickets for 64 runs.
"If he does get thrown into the cauldron, I think he'll handle it very well," coach Trevor Bayliss said.
"He's very much part of the squad and it feels like he's been here for two or three years."
Williams, who has made 74 appearances for Tigers since joining from Scarlets ahead of the 2014-15 season, is nearing the end of his current deal.
The 24-year-old was linked with a return to his former club before re-signing with Leicester in January 2015.
"Every indication so far is that he's keen to stay," Cockerill told BBC Radio Leicester.
"It's down to him whether he feels that this is the place for him, but as he plays every week we'd like to think that that would be the case."
Williams has yet to win a Test cap, with the so-called 'Gatland's law' meaning only three players playing outside of Wales can be selected.
But Cockerill believes the Neath-born player, who can also play at centre, can fulfil his international ambitions without joining a Welsh club.
"Ultimately any player in any position, if you're good enough, you will play for your country," Cockerill continued.
"Owen's a very good player, I've got no doubt that he could play at Test level tomorrow and do a very good job.
"[Wales backs coach] Rob Howley has go to decide whether he's their best 10 or their best 12 to do what they need to do.
"There's different laws or stipulations around that. I'm not sure Owen playing in Wales would guarantee him a place in the Wales team at this point. "
Mr Brown said the UK could take a lead in the EU to create jobs, cut energy bills and tackle tax havens.
"We should be a leader in Europe, not leaving it," he said, as he set out what he called a "positive" case for a Remain vote on 23 June.
Vote Leave dismissed what it called a "hastily cobbled together re-launch".
And Boris Johnson, one of its leading campaigners, said the Remain side was "rattled" with just 10 days to go until the referendum on the UK's future in the EU.
In other campaign developments:
The Remain campaign believes Labour voters are crucial to winning the referendum, but it is concerned that many may not turn out to vote - or may support Brexit.
In a speech in Leicester, Mr Brown - whose late intervention in the Scottish independence referendum was considered an influential factor by some observers - sought to galvanise Labour support for the EU.
He said action on the environment, cutting energy bills, enhancing workers' rights and social standards, and tackling tax havens were all best achieved by being inside the EU.
And he argued the challenges of globalisation meant greater co-operation between countries was needed.
This issue covers energy availability and environmental protections.
"That is going to be the lesson we have got to learn from this debate in this referendum - that the EU is not the cause of the problem, but if you can get co-operation working, the EU can be part of the solution to the problem," he said.
Mr Brown said there was a need to "show we can manage globalisation better" and "balance the autonomy that people want with the co-operation we need", adding: "That is what the EU is about."
He said the UK would be "in pole position" to champion change when it takes the rotating presidency of the EU in 2017, if it votes to stay in the EU.
By Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor
It might pain me to say it, but plenty of political interventions that we report on go unnoticed.
That's why this afternoon, talking to interested members of the public - not all Labour voters but interested parties nonetheless - who had turned up to hear the former PM Gordon Brown speak, it was striking that unprompted many of them mentioned they thought he might "do a Scotland".
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Mr Brown said Labour's agenda for Remain was a "positive" one, that showed "the benefits that will come from staying part of the European Union".
"It shows that the Labour Party can work at great strength when we all work together," he added.
Ahead of his speech, he told BBC Radio 4's Today: "The Labour voters that I talk to don't like the status quo... They want to know that they are going to be better off, and that's the message I can put."
He also defended current levels of immigration, and said fears over the impact on local communities would be better addressed by increasing investment in stretched public services than ending free movement rights.
This issue covers immigration and free movement within Europe.
A study by think tank Migration Watch, that wants lower immigration, has forecast net migration would run at more than a quarter of a million a year for at least 20 years if Britain stayed in the EU.
Mr Brown insisted "illegal immigration" was the biggest problem the UK faced, and said the only way to tackle it was from within the EU, with cross-border co-operation.
Ex-Tory cabinet minister and Vote Leave campaigner Iain Duncan Smith said Labour was "lecturing" rather than listening to its own supporters over immigration.
Traditional Labour voters were "pretty disgusted" with the party over its pro-EU stance, he said and added: "The number one thing they want is migration brought under control and Labour has nothing to say on that matter."
At a separate event on Monday, shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn acknowledged there was widespread unease among many traditional Labour communities about the impact of immigration.
But he warned: "The truth is that leaving the EU is not going to stop immigration."
Labour MP and Vote Leave chairwoman Gisela Stuart said her party's voters "have now seen through government spin and no amount of hastily cobbled together re-launches" would change that.
"We know that hardworking British people are feeling the strains caused by uncontrolled migration - and that they are sick and tired of being told their concerns are somehow illegitimate.
"The Remain campaign have nothing to say on immigration, and Gordon Brown added nothing to their case today."
The capital was unusually quiet as details of the breakthrough began to emerge on Thursday night, according to Thomas Erdbrink of the New York Times.
He put that down to many Iranians being glued to state television, which broadcast a live speech by a US president for what is believed to be the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Journalist Pedram Alvandi took a "selfie with Obama".
After midnight, people started going out onto the streets to celebrate.
Videos showed people chanting, singing, dancing and clapping, waving flags and blaring car horns.
Others celebrated at home.
The ban on social media networks did not stop hundreds of posts online.
On Friday morning, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his fellow negotiators were welcomed by crowds after flying back to Tehran from Lausanne, where the last round of talks were held.
While the reaction to the deal on social media appeared largely positive, some users argued that Iran could have done better. "The removal of the sanctions was good but it eventually ended against our interests," @RezaKhonsa wrote.
"Only Iranians celebrate a failure as a victory," said blogger Reza Parchizadeh (in Persian).
Iranian conservatives meanwhile expressed their outright opposition. Some used the hashtag "#Lausanne_chay" to compare the political framework to the 1828 Treaty of Turkmenchay, which saw Iran lose many of its northern territories to Russia.
Google+ user SeyedMahdi mocked the political framework, writing (in Persian): "They have agreed that centrifuges at Fordo [nuclear site] will produce popcorn instead of enriching uranium."
There has so far been no reaction on Twitter by Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters.
It comes after the Guardian reported Mr Trump called Prime Minister Theresa May to say he did not want to visit until he had support from the British public.
US administration officials have, however, told the BBC the president "does not feel like" visiting the UK any time soon.
Mr Trump was invited for the state visit by the Queen.
Downing Street says there has been "no change" to his planned trip.
Mr Trump came in for criticism after attacking London Mayor Sadiq Khan over his response to the recent terror attacks.
Mr Khan had told the public they should not be alarmed at the increased police presence on the streets after the attacks on London Bridge and at Borough Market.
But Mr Trump then accused him via Twitter of making "pathetic excuses".
A Downing Street spokesman said: "We aren't going to comment on speculation about the contents of private phone conversations.
"The Queen extended an invitation to President Trump to visit the UK and there is no change to those plans."
The Guardian reported that, according to a Downing Street adviser who was in the room, Mr Trump made a call in recent weeks in which he stated his reservations about the visit.
Mrs May is reported to have been surprised by Mr Trump's position.
A senior official in the White House told the BBC that "the president has tremendous respect for Prime Minister May" and that the subject of the state visit "never came up on the call".
Following the Guardian article, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn posted a message on Twitter, welcoming the "cancellation" of the visit.
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said Mr Trump was "clearly terrified of the British public".
He added: "He knows that the British people find his politics appalling and that they won't be scared to make their views known.
"Theresa May should be embarrassed that she was so quick to offer Trump a state visit. Now neither of them want to be seen with the other."
Mr Trump's own Twitter account, through which he regularly makes announcements, has not made any recent mention of the UK state visit.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the cod quota would rise by 15% and that for English Channel plaice would double.
The limits for 2016 were set at the annual EU Fisheries and Agriculture Council in Brussels.
Fisheries Minister George Eustice said the agreement was a "great result" for British fishermen.
Quota increases for the UK include:
There were cuts of 55% in Irish Sea sole and 9% in Bristol Channel plaice. Quotas remained the same for Celtic Sea monkfish, pollock, and skate and rays.
The number of days UK fishermen can remain at sea remains at 2015 levels.
Mr Eustice said: "These negotiations are the culmination of months of government-led work to secure the best possible deal for the UK fishing industry, and the tough decisions we've taken to manage fishing and recover fish stocks are paying off - this is a great December council result for UK fishermen.
"I entered these discussions with the firm belief that any decisions need to support a profitable fishing industry, sustainable fish stocks and a healthy marine environment, and the significant quota increases we've achieved for iconic species like North Sea cod demonstrates the success of this approach.
"We still have more to do to reach maximum sustainable yield (MSY) for all quota species by 2020 and to deliver the full discard ban by 2019, but already fishermen are benefitting from the action we've taken in recent years to recover stocks.
"By fighting for the fishing industry, and making a clear case for the need for more sustainable fishing, we have got a good deal and shown we can get what we need in Europe."
That is the name of the virtual crypto-currency I created to see how easy it is to leap on the virtual cash bandwagon.
That bandwagon briefly propelled each Bitcoin, the best known crypto-currency, to be worth about $1,200 (£715). Currently each virtual coin trades for much less than half of the value of that November 2013 peak.
It is a bandwagon that others, notably Litecoin and Dogecoin, have jumped on to as well.
More are leaping aboard every day according to figures gathered by crypto-cash tracking site Cryptsy which currently lists more than 170 virtual currencies.
"Most of the new crypto-currencies which have come into existence since the advent of Bitcoin are basically Bitcoin-duplicates with a different brand name," says economic historian Garrick Hileman from the London School of Economics.
"Because Bitcoin is open source anyone is free to 'copy and paste' Bitcoin's core software protocol to create a new crypto-currency."
Many of those newer virtual currencies have sought to outdo Bitcoin by sharpening up the computer code behind the currency to avoid some of the technical troubles that dog the market leader, he says.
Talking about alternative crypto-currencies, which are known as alt-coins, made me wonder how easy it is to create one.
Jeff Garzik, one of Bitcoin's core developers, told me; "It is trivial to create your own currency. It doesn't really take much programming skill, even."
Mr Garzik pointed me towards Matt Corallo who is behind the Coingen.io website that makes it very straightforward to roll your own money.
The first step was to get hold of some Bitcoins to pay the small fee Mr Corallo charges for a copy of the coin-generating software.
This proved a hurdle because it is difficult to buy Bitcoins quickly. I was keen to put a layer of security between me and whoever I bought them from so ended up using the Barclays Pingit app on a smartphone to buy coins via the BitBargain website.
With Bitcoins safely in my digital wallet I transferred a few to Mr Corallo and, like many hundreds of others, filled in the form that defined how my coin, now dubbed Beebcoins, would work.
I decided there would be a maximum of 21 million Beebcoins, picked an abbreviation (BBC), uploaded a logo and made some choices about the technical innards of the Beebcoin system.
The next step was to install the software on several computers and then get them talking to each other to form the little network needed to mine the coins. Crypto-currencies are inherently community-based and I happen to have enough computers at home, seven at the last count, to form that community and get mining.
Coingen provides precious little in terms of support so I scoured the web for help and found a checklist to run through to get the network humming.
Technical considerations drove the choice of crypto-cash enthusiast Sean Houlihane who is now a dedicated miner of Vertcoins.
Vertcoin's developers have modified its mining algorithm which generates the coins. Despite its name, mining actually involves getting a computer to search for the answer to a hard mathematical problem. The miner who finds the answer typically gets rewarded with newly minted coins.
Mr Houlihane liked Vertcoin because, he said, it is designed to be hard to mine with dedicated processors. The rise of these purpose-made processors have made it all but impossible for the vast majority of people to mine Bitcoins. The mining is dominated by groups that have tied together hundreds of dedicated processors with which the average home miner cannot hope to compete.
By contrast, he said, Vertcoin cuts out the professionals in favour of the amateurs.
"The combination of needing different software and being new means that not too many people are mining Vertcoin today," said Mr Houlihane. "Obviously if the popularity increases significantly, the price goes up and what I've mined so far becomes worth more."
I typed commands into the command line, helped the machines see each other and connect on my home network and got each one doing the complicated maths to generate coins.
Within 20 minutes the first message popped up telling me some coins had been mined. Sadly, that did not mean I could spend or share them straight away. Instead the Beebcoins had to "mature" - this meant that any computer had to complete a lot more mining work before it was rewarded. There is no free lunch with an alt-coin.
In total, it took the machines I used more than six hours running at full speed to complete the work needed to get those coins to mature. I now have thousands of the things. I wonder what I've spent in electricity to do all that work?
It struck me then that if I wanted to turn Beebcoins into an actual currency it would take much more than just computers. It would require a marketing job to get people to value the coin and back it with more computers or even real cash. Also needed would be people with far better web-programming skills than mine to add a friendlier layer to that virtual cash-generating system.
The sheer hard work involved in getting beyond the basics was exposed by tech news site Ars Technica which created its own crypto-currency - Ars Coins. It recruited a few developers to help and even so hit real problems when it rolled out the currency to readers. Solving them and then getting people to buy in was hard. Even then the only reward it could offer Ars Coin miners was special icons on messages they post to the magazine's discussion forums.
For me the Beebcoin experience has given me a greater understanding of how crypto-currencies work and why some of them fail and others succeed. The value of these virtual currencies lies, like the real things, in what people are willing to pay for them.
That's perhaps why so many of these alt-coins revolve around an online community as people are already invested in that group and have a ready need to reward the good behaviour of other members.
At the moment, Beebcoins have zero monetary value unless there is someone out there that wants to take the network off my hands. One careful owner. All offers considered. Going cheap.
The Dons played more than 15 minutes with 10 men after defender Jon Meades was sent off for a second bookable offence, but a change of shape by manager Neal Ardley secured them a well-earned point.
Former Millwall player Paul Robinson came close for Wimbledon early in the first half but his shot went over the bar.
The game turned feisty after half-time with a number of poorly-timed tackles and Meades picked up his first yellow for a late challenge on David Worrall early in the second half.
Millwall showed signs of frustration at the referee after he dismissed two shouts for penalties, while Wimbledon were forced to make changes after Meades was dismissed in the 74th minute.
Both sides had opportunities to win the game, with the Lions trying to take advantage of their extra man, but neither could find the net and the result saw Wimbledon slip out of the play-off places.
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Match ends, Millwall 0, AFC Wimbledon 0.
Second Half ends, Millwall 0, AFC Wimbledon 0.
Foul by Byron Webster (Millwall).
Chris Robertson (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Chris Robertson.
Attempt missed. Byron Webster (Millwall) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Paul Robinson.
Foul by Callum Butcher (Millwall).
Dannie Bulman (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Harry Smith (Millwall) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Barry Fuller (AFC Wimbledon) is shown the yellow card.
Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Barry Fuller (AFC Wimbledon).
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Chris Robertson.
Attempt saved. Tom Beere (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Tony Craig (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tony Craig (Millwall).
Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Millwall. Callum Butcher replaces Ben Thompson.
Attempt missed. Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) left footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Seth Owens replaces Dominic Poleon.
Attempt saved. Joe Martin (Millwall) header from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Second yellow card to Jonathan Meades (AFC Wimbledon) for a bad foul.
Harry Smith (Millwall) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jonathan Meades (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Tom Beere replaces George Francomb.
Attempt missed. Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Joe Martin (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Joe Martin (Millwall).
George Francomb (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Tony Craig.
Attempt saved. Barry Fuller (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Jordan Archer.
Attempt saved. Ben Thompson (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Millwall. Fred Onyedinma replaces Aiden O'Brien.
Hand ball by Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon).
Foul by Harry Smith (Millwall).
Chris Robertson (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Chris Whelpdale replaces Lyle Taylor.
Attempt blocked. Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
The Bulldogs won 89-67 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to break the Australian Football League's longest Premiership title drought of 62 years.
"It's just an amazing performance from our boys," said Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge.
"Some of those efforts in the last quarter were just sensational."
The Bulldogs were appearing in only their third Grand Final, and first since 1961, and they became the first team to reach the championship showdown having finished seventh in the regular season.
The club from Melbourne's western suburbs went into receivership in 1989 and was only kept afloat through the fundraising of supporters.
Sydney were bidding for their sixth title and second in five years but were outplayed in the final quarter.
Two goals from Liam Picken, whose father lost in four Grand Finals, and a long-range effort from Tom Boyd settled the contest in front of 99,989 spectators.
Bulldogs captain Bob Murphy, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in April, was an emotional figure on the sidelines, and Beveridge gave his winner's medal to Murphy at the trophy presentation.
The match had begun without incident despite indigenous rights campaigners calling for Australians to follow the lead of NFL players and boycott the national anthem.
The 40-year-old leaves the Ajax under-19 job he had just taken this summer to work with new head coach Unai Emery at the French champions.
Kluivert had spells with Ajax, Barcelona and Newcastle as a player and has been Netherlands assistant manager and managed Curacao's national side.
"I am extremely honoured to join such a great club," he said.
"I will conduct my mission with great ambition and rigour. We are all in Paris to reach the very high objectives set by the club and meet the expectations of the players and supporters alike.
"As I am moving to Paris, I would also like to express my gratitude to Ajax Amsterdam, the club thanks to which I discovered top-level football and which has always given me their trust."
Leader of the Commons Andrea Leadsom said the next parliamentary session was being doubled in length to two years.
The highly unusual move would allow MPs to scrutinise "substantial amounts of legislation", she said.
This year's Queen's Speech was due on Monday but has been put off until Wednesday as Theresa May's minority government seeks a deal with the DUP.
The Queen's Speech traditionally takes place during the ceremonial State Opening Of Parliament, setting out the government's proposed legal programme for the coming year.
The last time it was cancelled was in 2011 by the then Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government.
That decision, the first time it had been taken since 1949, was criticised at the time by Labour as an "abuse of power" aimed solely at easing the passage of controversial legislation.
Announcing the scrapping of the 2018 event, Mrs Leadsom said the European Union exit legislation would begin with the "Great Repeal Bill".
She said: "We will build the broadest possible consensus for our Brexit plans, and that means giving Parliament the maximum amount of time to scrutinise these bills by holding a two-year session of Parliament.
"It will mean we can work together to deliver a successful Brexit deal and a strong social legislative programme that delivers justice and opportunity to everyone."
The government also wanted to pass "a domestic agenda which aims to tackle the social injustices in our country", she added.
Meanwhile, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the government of being "in no position to negotiate a good deal for Britain" with the EU.
Writing in the Sunday Mirror, he said that if the prime minister "can't command the support of Parliament, we are ready to take that responsibility".
Hackers had broken into the company's computers and released thousands of items of personal information in an attempt to derail the release of the North Korea-themed comedy.
The employees argued they suffered economic harm from the stolen data.
US investigators have blamed North Korean hackers for the attack.
The cyber attack wiped out massive amounts of data and led to the online distribution of emails, personal and sensitive employee data as well as pirated copies of new movies.
The lawsuit against Sony was filed by former employees claiming the company's negligence caused them economic harm by forcing them to step up credit monitoring to address their increased risk of identity theft. They described the data breach as an "epic nightmare."
The movie depicted the fictional assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The cyber-attack drew widespread international attention and Sony subsequently stopped the movie's general release.
A unknown group calling itself #GOP - later identified as Guardians of Peace - claimed it was behind the attack, prompting the FBI to launch an investigation.
North Korea dismissed any suggestion it may have had a hand in the attack as a form of retaliation for Sony's release of The Interview. A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman had earlier called the movie an "act of terrorism", promising "merciless" retaliation if it was released.
The movie eventually received a much smaller release and was offered through legal digital downloads.
The settlement with a US District Court in Los Angeles still needs to be approved by a judge but it sees Sony paying pay up to $8m to reimburse current and former employees for losses, preventative measures and legal fees related to the hack of its computers last year.
Under the agreement, the company will pay up to $10,000 a person, capped at $2.5m, to reimburse workers for identity theft losses, up to $1,000 each to cover the cost of credit-fraud protection services, capped at $2m, and up to $3.5m to cover legal fees.
Sony Entertainment chief executive Michael Lynton called the agreement "an important, positive step forward in putting the cyber-attack firmly behind us".
"I think that there was not that much impact from a business perspective," Sony chief executive Kazuo Hirai said, speaking at a technology conference in California.
"There was impact for a very short time on the morale of the employees, but I think they have come around. We did learn some lessons with becoming more robust in terms of security, and we have done that. We have come out being a stronger and more resilient business."
The court had dismissed Sony's initial attempt to stops the court case, confirming that the employees could pursue their claims that Sony was negligent and violated a California confidentiality law.
Announced in March, the then-culture secretary said changes were needed because a "loophole" was giving some people a "free ride".
Fewer than 2% of UK households only use catch-up services, TV Licensing says, but many who do are under 35.
Some of them told the BBC whether the new law will affect them.
Second-year psychology student Chris Deyes, 24, says he's not going to pay for a TV licence and will be covered by his parents' licence.
"Generally I watch catch-up, especially at university - but I rarely watch the BBC except for The Great British Bake Off, The Apprentice and Match Of The Day. It wouldn't make much difference to me if I stopped watching it really," he said.
For Chris, paying the same fee to watch these shows on iPlayer as those that watch a lot of live TV seems wrong.
"I don't know why we are paying for a TV licence if we are only watching a couple of hour-long shows once or twice a week," he said.
"I do understand that if everyone watches on demand then they wouldn't make any money. But it's quite a lot per person in halls when my accommodation costs £142 per week," he added.
"I don't see why something like the free over-75s licence can't be brought in for students. Why can't we be exempt from paying? It's only three years off."
Recent English literature and journalism graduate Sophie Moody, 22, from Suffolk, says she paid for a TV licence throughout her studies, and thinks the licence is worth the money overall.
"Even if you're watching TV on catch-up, you're still watching something that's been created with just as much work going into it," she added.
Sophie doesn't think the current licensing system is perfect though, because she thinks paying separately for their bedrooms in halls is unreasonable, and the content and archive on iPlayer needs improving.
"I do agree with giving a discount for people who are students too because I think it's unfair as we're studying," she added.
"It does seem a bit steep to make everyone pay the full fee. There's no way most students will be able to afford that... when they're living on tinned beans. People will just stream things for free," said 26-year-old Ruth Gaukrodger, an editorial assistant from London.
Ruth said after graduating university she got a TV and bought a licence, but still watches a lot of catch-up television on her laptop.
"Sometimes you sit down to watch something and it's not at the beginning, or you can watch iPlayer in the bath or in bed," she added.
"Students are aware of the cost of producing these shows, but for them it's a lot to pay for content when you have clear alternatives. A lot of the BBC shows appeal to a fairly older demographic too."
She added: "I wouldn't have paid for the TV licence when I was a student, I would have stopped using iPlayer and paid for Netflix because it's cheaper and has a lot of US dramas, which is what I watched a lot of at university.
"I can see how some people are frustrated that they now have to pay for it, but a lot of people are watching TV online now so you've got to change your pricing to go with it," said junior doctor Adam Jones, 26, from Oxford.
He said he hardly ever watches live TV in his home except for the Six Nations and when he does watch television, he mostly watches documentaries and period dramas on catch-up.
"If you compare the monthly cost of a TV licence with the cost of going to the cinema or going out to the pub once a month, it's pretty reasonable," he said.
"I am watching all this stuff anyway, so somebody's got to pay for it."
But Adam thinks it will be difficult to 'police' the new system.
"How are you going to prove that people have been watching stuff after it's been on, if it's an online service that doesn't track exactly who's logging in and using it?" he said.
"At the end of the day if people don't want to pay the TV licence they won't, they'll figure out a way of doing it."
A TV Licensing spokesman said: "We know the vast majority of people are law abiding and would anticipate those who need a licence for the first time will buy one.
"We have a range of enforcement techniques which we will use, and these have already allowed us to prosecute people who watch on a range of devices, not just TVs."
The official count gives Parnas just over 2% of the vote in Kostroma, the only region where the party was registered to field candidates.
President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party notched up strong wins across the country.
In some regions its candidates for governor took over 90% of the vote.
"Let the Americans try to hold such clean elections!" proclaimed a satisfied election chief, Vladimir Churov, adding that a mere 11 instances were recorded of candidates resorting to fisticuffs.
Independent monitoring group Golos, however, noted more than 1,700 suspected violations of the electoral law. But it says that, this time, most of the damage was done before election day.
For the liberal opposition in Kostroma, the result is well below the required threshold to enter the local parliament and the party itself admits that even its own count falls far short.
"A real war was waged against our team," its chief candidate, Ilya Yashin, complained on Facebook on Monday, claiming that the orders came from the Kremlin.
"We were not to be permitted to clear the threshold, under any circumstance," he argued.
Mr Yashin pointed to a smear campaign in state media and propaganda against him, including an especially-created newspaper that "outed" him as gay with graphic imagery.
Pro-Kremlin activists even attached fake, US diplomatic licence-plates to a car and filmed it at a campaign rally, to "prove" that the opposition are treacherous puppets of the West.
And by allowing them to run only in largely rural Kostroma - when most opposition support is in big cities - activists argue they were set up to fail.
Co-founded by politician Boris Nemtsov - who was shot dead in February - Parnas represented a coalition of opposition groups including the Progress party of Alexei Navalny.
They led the mass protests that followed allegations of vote-rigging at the last, national elections - the most significant challenge yet to President Putin's rule.
Pro-Kremlin commentators and media have hailed the Kostroma result as a disaster for the liberal opposition and a triumph for United Russia.
Whilst President Putin undoubtedly remains highly popular, opposition activists argue this was not a fair fight and have vowed to go on.
They point to the immense resources deployed against them, as proof that the Kremlin views them as a real threat.
Louise Martin was in the city following concerns that funding for the games had not been signed off by Stormont.
Belfast is due to be handed the Games at the closing ceremony of this year's event in the Bahamas on 23 July.
About 1,000 young athletes are due to take part in the Games in Belfast in 2021.
The Commonwealth Youth Games launched the careers of Carl Frampton and Jessica Ennis, and would be a landmark event for Northern Ireland's centenary year.
On Friday, it emerged that the future of the 2021 games was in doubt as funding had not been signed off before the Northern Ireland Executive collapsed.
Ms Martin said she only found out there was a problem on that day.
"As far as I was concerned, the games were on target. Belfast had a fantastic bid and I couldn't believe what I was reading," she told BBC News NI.
During her meeting in Belfast, Ms Martin told politicians that funding must be signed off by 29 June to allow Northern Ireland to take part in the closing ceremony.
A delegation from Belfast is to be presented with a Quaich - a ceremonial drinking bowl which is the Commonwealth Games' equivalent of the Olympic torch - at the ceremony in the Bahamas.
"We are on a very tight timeline here because the handover ceremony is only 33 days away," Ms Martin said.
"We have to have everything signed off by 29 June and money already handed over. We have to have a handover ceremony and hand over the Quaich."
She said if funding was not in place it would not be a case of "taking the Games away" from their Belfast hosts.
However, she added it would be a case of "not being able to hand the Games over at the closing ceremony to showcase Northern Ireland to the rest of the world and the Commonwealth".
Asked about how she felt about the political situation in Northern Ireland, she said that this wasn't a "blame game but it's about finding a solution so we can deliver the games".
Northern Ireland's five main political parties attended the meeting but officials from Stormont's Department of the Economy, who had been asked to fund the Games, did not attend.
Roy Millar, the chairman of the NI Sports Forum, said it was a very positive meeting and thinks a deal can be done by 29 June.
"It can be done because we are already getting in touch with the permanent secretary of the Department of the Economy and the five main party leaders are meeting," he said.
"Obviously I'm disappointed that the Department of the Economy wasn't there, but I'm sure they have their own reasons.
"It's disappointing when civil servants don't show up to a meeting as important as this."
Following Tuesday's meeting the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, Robin Swann, said it was "actually ridiculous" that the funding had not been signed off.
"We've now got time to do it so we can deliver these games," he said.
"It's important that our young people have the opportunity to compete in these games."
Mr Swann said he has now written to the interim Head of the Civil Service, David Sterling, and the chairman of the Stormont talks, Sir Malcolm McKibbin, to "try and remove the blockage".
Chris Lyttle, Alliance Party MLA, said he was grateful that Ms Martin had come to Belfast for the meeting.
"We gave our assurances that the people of Northern Ireland are ready to deliver an outstanding Commonwealth Youth Games," he said.
"We will be doing all we can to make sure that the handover does take place in July."
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Malignaggi, 36, previously said UFC lightweight champion McGregor meeting former five-weight boxing champion Mayweather was "an absolute joke".
He retired in March but is in talks for a sparring role for the 26 August bout.
"I have the mentality of being a member of the team and trying to benefit it as much as I can," Malginaggi said.
Malignaggi does not want to return to competition but during his 16-year career, he held world titles at super-lightweight and welterweight, winning 36 of his 44 fights.
When speaking to 5 live in May about McGregor potentially moving into boxing to face unbeaten Mayweather, 40, he said that not "a second of the fight is competitive".
But he expects to come to an arrangement with the McGregor's team and said he would even sign a confidentiality agreement to prevent him talking about the training in the event he parted ways with the 28-year-old before the Las Vegas bout.
"I've never been the type to talk about what happens in sparring," said Malignaggi. "If they are comfortable with a confidentiality clause I'd have no problem. I've never done this before. I've never been the sparring partner since my early twenties. I'm not a 22-year-old going in there to make a name for myself.
"They are the bosses and they run it how they want to. I'm curious about it, to see how Conor has progressed in these months."
Mayweather will stretch his unbeaten record to 50 fights with victory over McGregor, who has never boxed professionally but became the first man in history to hold titles in multiple UFC weight categories in 2016.
Fifty-seven workers were hired to build a stretch of railway in Pennsylvania known as Duffy's Cut.
However, within weeks all of them were dead.
It is thought some died from cholera, while others were murdered by local people who believed the immigrants were spreading the disease.
They all hailed from counties Tyrone, Donegal and Londonderry.
Six sets of remains have previously been uncovered and the new searches that are taking place are at what is believed to be the site of a mass grave containing the remaining 51.
In July, a funeral mass and burial took place at St Patrick's Church in Clonoe, near Coalisland, County Tyrone, for one of the migrants - 29-year-old Catherine Burns.
Injuries to her skull indicated she had been murdered.
The new search site is about 50 yards from where the other remains were found.
Duffy's Cut and its story have been brought to light over the past 12 years by brothers Frank and William Watson, a Lutheran minister and a historian at Immaculata University.
Dr Frank Watson said the site currently being searched is close to the modern railway line.
They had to negotiate with Amtrak, the national railroad in the United States, to carry out the dig.
"What we are conducting now are core samples at the site of what we believe is the mass grave of the remaining 51 labourers at Duffy's Cut," he said.
"We have core samples being taken between 20 and 30 feet along an area underground that our geophysicist indicated looks like the mass burial place.
"If we find human remains in these core samples, our intent is to excavate the remains and re-inter them in the United States and Ireland as we have already done with the first six bodies who were buried at the base of the 1832 railroad tracks."
The new searches are close to a stone memorial wall that was built for the migrants in 1909.
"That wall replaced an earlier 1872 wooden fence put in place by Irish-American railroaders who wanted to remember those who died at Duffy's Cut," Dr Watson said.
"Anti-Irish and anti-Catholic sentiment combined with fear of a world-wise cholera pandemic that hit Chester County, Pennsylvania in the summer of 1832, led to the vigilante violence at Duffy's Cut."
Police said the accident involved two lorries, a car transporter and a car.
It happened about one mile south of the Granish junction, north of Aviemore, at 15:05.
The A9 remained closed on Monday evening with traffic diverted through Aviemore.
Supergroup, which owns the brand, has announced it will begin moving to a distribution centre in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, later this year.
Its current units in Brockworth and Barnwood will continue to operate until the new unit fully opens next year.
The Cheltenham-based group said no units were available in Gloucestershire that could meet the company's needs.
It added it would be encouraging current distribution employees to make the 90-mile (145km) move with the company, but would proactively help those that could not to find other employment.
Suzanne Given, chief operating officer, said Supergroup was combining its two distribution centres to become efficient and give customers a better experience.
"We're doing it because our company has grown very significantly and we have some very ambitious growth plans for the future," she said.
"We asked five potential logistics partners to look throughout the UK, including Gloucester, to find a unit which in terms of layout and design would deliver great efficiency but also facilitate the capacity that we need to grow this company over the next five years.
"They came back with a variety of suggestions but unfortunately we were not able to find a unit in Gloucestershire."
John Leamon, from the Cheltenham Chamber of Commerce, said there was very little office, retail and warehouse accommodation available and the chamber was campaigning for more land to be developed.
"We get quite a lot of inquiries from businesses that want to move to Cheltenham and we have difficulty accommodating them," he added.
The incident happened in Lewis Terrace in Mill o' Mains between 19:00 and 19:30 on Monday.
The housing association building was unoccupied at the time and is understood to have been in the process of being adapted for a disabled tenant.
Police Scotland said all three boys would be reported to the youth justice assessor.
Commuters are facing a second day of delays in a 48-hour strike by guards over proposed changes to their roles.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said he would be willing to "thrash out a workable solution" with the government.
But Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the unions had failed to come to the table for talks.
The RMT claimed that in three recent agreements on rail contracts the role of conductors had been retained.
It said the arrangements cover Great Western, East Coast and TransPennine Express contracts, in addition to the deal achieved on the Scottish government's rail contract this year.
Mr Cash said: "All we are asking is for [the government] to authorise a similar deal on its Southern rail contract. This would provide a basis for a Christmas truce."
But the Department for Transport said the union's claims were misleading and the three contracts did not stipulate whether services should be run with or without guards.
How services are run on these franchises is down to the individual train companies, the Department for Transport‎ added.
The Transport Secretary added: "I have reaffirmed my offer for talks with the unions if they call off strike action, but they have failed to come to the table.
"No jobs are being lost and no pay is being cut... The unions want to take the rail industry backwards and stop the roll out of new, modern trains."
RMT union members walked out at midnight on Sunday in a dispute over guards' roles on new trains.
Under the changes already being brought in by Southern, drivers take responsibility for opening and closing the doors and guards become on-board supervisors.
However, the union fears job cuts and has raised safety concerns.
Shadow Transport Secretary Andy McDonald said it was within the government's "gift" to bring about a suspension of the strikes.
He added: "The government should acknowledge that the whole issue of the dispatch of trains from platforms is in need of review.
"It must take this opportunity to resolve the dispute and sort out Southern's unacceptable service."
A Southern spokesman said: "We invited the RMT to talk to us last week and, to show good faith and a genuine interest to find a solution, to call off their strike action.
"We're happy to listen to their proposals to help us implement our modernisation plans with the driver in full control of the train."
Southern said services during the strike would be "significantly disrupted" with no trains on some routes and no service after 18:00 GMT on others.
Previous RMT strikes have affected about 40% of services but Southern said an overtime ban instigated by the train drivers' union Aslef would add to the disruption.
Meanwhile, a study of the economic impact of the Southern dispute has put the loss in terms of Gross Domestic Produce (GDP) at around £300m.
The University of Chichester examined the impact on productivity of both the RMT and Aslef strikes - basing its calculation on the thousands of commuters who are late, missed work or have had to work from home.
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The economy grew 0.5% in the quarter, while the annualised rate of growth was 2.2% - the fastest rate for a year.
The figures means Japan has now recorded its longest period of expansion in more than a decade.
The economy's prospects have been boosted by strong exports, a pick-up in consumption and investment for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
Exporters have been helped by the recent falls in the yen against the US dollar, which has made their products more competitive and has boosted the value of profits earned overseas.
The data could provide a lift to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as his government tries to encourage Japanese consumers and companies to spend more.
Mr Abe's grand plan to kick start the world's third largest economy, known as "Abenomics", was aimed at tackling nearly two decades of stagnant growth and falling consumer prices.
David Kuo, chief executive of the Motley Fool Singapore, said the numbers showed that "Abenomics could be working."
He Kuo added: "Consumers appear to be regaining their confidence which should provide sustainable growth if it continues."
But he warned that Mr Abe's work could be undone if the political controversy surrounding President Trump led to further falls in the US dollar.
The row over the firing of FBI director James Comey has led to growing scepticism about Mr Trump's ability to deliver tax and regulatory reform.
This has hit both US shares and the dollar. The US dollar is currently trading near six-month lows against other major currencies.
In a piece for the Sunday Times at the start of Conservative party conference, Mr Davies accused Labour and Plaid Cymru of a "left-ward lurch".
He claimed Plaid Cymru was a "nationalist comfort blanket" for First Minister Carwyn Jones.
Plaid called the attack "bluster", while Labour said it was "tired".
Mr Jones has "struggled to put forward a clear vision for Wales", the Welsh Conservative leader wrote, accusing him of having "flip-flopped" on freedom of movement and becoming "increasingly reliant" on Plaid Cymru.
"It's abundantly clear that Nicola Sturgeon is no longer alone in posing a danger to the future of the union," he said.
Alleging there was a disconnect between Mr Jones and Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood's "post-Brexit vision for Wales versus the will of the electorate", he accused the two parties of a "violent leftward lurch".
He said this was "compounded this week by the first minister's endorsement of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership and by Plaid's repeated calls for independence".
Mr Davies said it had "left a vacancy in the centre ground of Welsh politics which Welsh Conservatives are ideally placed to fill".
His comments are understood to refer to an exchange between Mr Davies and Mr Jones in the Senedd last Tuesday, when the Welsh Tory leader asked the first minister if the best interests of the UK would be served by having Jeremy Corbyn as the next prime minister. Mr Jones said: "Yes".
A spokesman for Carwyn Jones said: "Under the leadership of Andrew RT Davies the Tories in Wales have moved steadily but assuredly towards total irrelevance. Now the third party in Wales, the Tories have no policies to showcase, no victories to celebrate - just tired old attack lines which are utterly meaningless outside the Cardiff Bay bubble.
"The Welsh Tories' decision to ditch their own grammar school policy just days before [Prime Minister] Theresa May's first conference shows they are a party in deep confusion and in search of genuine leadership."
Steffan Lewis, Plaid Cymru's external affairs spokesman, described the attack as "characteristic fumbling bluster".
"The only coalition that exists on Brexit is the coalition of the Westminster establishment, both Labour and Conservative, who seem determined to lead our nation towards a dangerous isolationism," he said.
Meanwhile David Jones, minister for exiting the EU and Clwyd West Conservative MP, said he was "determined to make a success of Brexit for Wales, and for all parts of the United Kingdom".
"The public gave their verdict at the referendum. It is a national mandate, which we will deliver in the national interest," he added.
Three men aged 52, 44 and 31 years and a woman aged 30 were arrested after searches in Coleraine, this week.
Police also arrested a man aged 29 years in the Craigavon area.
They said the arrests were related to a burglary at Moyraverty Road West, Craigavon, between 24 and 26 October.
They said a quantity of Pandora jewellery had been recovered.
The jewellery business Argento previously said ??80,000 of stock was stolen in the incident.
Two men, aged 41 and 63 were arrested last month in connection with the theft. They were later released pending further inquiries.
This macaque monkey won world-wide fame in 2011, when she got hold of a photographer's equipment, and took her own selfie.
But it led to a row over who owned the photograph.
Knowing who owns the photo is important, because it affects copyright.
Copyright protects the photo under law, so that people can't use it without the owner's permission.
Some people said that they could use the picture without anyone's permission, because it was taken by a monkey - not a person.
But the photographer, David Slater, argued that the photo was his, because it was his equipment.
Now an American Judge has decided that the monkey doesn't own the photograph.
Even though animals are protected by the law like people are, he said that it doesn't mean that they can own things under the law as well.
The 30-year-old was paralysed from the waist down in a four-horse pile-up at Kempton on 31 October.
Tylicki moved from intensive care to a spinal ward in November and will now start rehabilitation at the London Spinal Cord Unit.
He tweeted: "I've been waiting on this day for a long time and it's finally come #nextchapter #keepfighting."
Earlier this month, Tylicki said he was "dealing with" his injuries but has "more bad days than good".
He also said he is grateful for the support he has received from family, friends and the whole racing community - which has raised at least £330,000 to help him.
Champion jockey Jim Crowley and Ted Durcan suffered minor injuries in the incident while a fourth jockey, Steve Drowne, and all the horses, were unhurt.
The rebels had abducted the policemen after stopping a bus carrying security personnel in Bijapur on Monday.
The Maoists say they are fighting for communist rule and greater rights for tribal people and the rural poor.
Their insurgency began in West Bengal in the late 1960s, spreading to more than a third of India's 676 districts.
Senior Bijapur official KL Dhruv told BBC Hindi that the bodies had been recovered near Kutru [a village in Bijapur district] early on Wednesday.
Kutru is a rebel dominated area, some 525km (326 miles) south of the state capital, Raipur.
Chhattisgarh is often hit by Maoist violence. At least 14 policemen were killed in an ambush in the state in December.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described India's Maoist insurgency as its "greatest internal security challenge".
Maldini and doubles partner Stefano Landonio lost 6-1 6-1 to Poland's Tomasz Bednarek and Dutchman David Pel.
The 49-year-old earned a place at the tournament with Landonio, who is also his coach, by winning a qualifier.
The Milan event is part of the Challenger Tour, one tier below the top-level ATP World Tour.
Landonio, 46, was once ranked 975th in the world, and has coached Maldini since he retired from football.
Maldini, capped 126 times by Italy, made his AC Milan debut in 1985, and played his final Serie A match for them in May 2009, a month before his 41st birthday.
A defender, he won seven Serie A titles with Milan, as well as the Champions League - or the European Cup, as it previously was - five times.
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Chinese diver He Zi had just received a silver medal for the women's three-metre springboard at the Rio Olympics on Sunday.
But she ended up with another prize when her boyfriend Qin Kai, in front of a global TV audience, went down on one knee.
Luckily for Qin, who himself won bronze in the men's three-metre synchronised springboard last week, He Zi said yes.
"We've been dating for six years, but I didn't expect him to propose today," she said. "He said a lot of things, made a lot of promises, but I think the thing that touched me the most is I think this is the guy I can trust for the rest of my life."
But some viewers have suggested that his shock proposal stole the limelight from her other precious metal, her Olympic medal.
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Imagine that you are an Olympic diver and are busy getting a silver medal for this....
When you are approached on the podium by your boyfriend of six years and a bevy of cameramen.
He positions himself on one knee in front and one enterprising cameraman takes up close position behind you.
This is what happened to He Zi, who, when faced with the little red velvet box, is overwhelmed and wipes tears from her eyes.
She covers her face with the hand that is not holding her Olympic medal case, her silver medal glinting.
It lasts just a few moments but Qin Kai appears unable to bear the anticipation...
A little fist pump gives the audience a clue that he may have got his way after all.
He stands up and slides the ring onto her engagement finger.
They embrace and the footage is beamed across the world.
Fellow medal winners share in the elation.
But the gesture has divided audiences. On the BBC's Facebook page, some users say that his proposal upstaged the glory of her medal win, while others say it merely added to her medal tally.
It's one of the biggest trends on China's Twitter-like Weibo service with some calling it "sweet and romantic" but others weighing in with more scepticism: "What a way to add pressure to her, having the entire world watch her as she makes such a private and life-changing decision".
Further planned walkouts by train staff were called off last week, but a final deal has yet to be reached.
The dispute centres on proposals to run more trains where drivers rather than guards operate the doors.
Last week, ScotRail offered a guarantee that there would be guards on all new electrified trains.
The RMT then announced it would suspend five days of planned strikes while talks continued.
The union insisted the dispute was about "ensuring Scotland's trains run safely".
But ScotRail said the RMT had been running a campaign of "disinformation that doesn't bear any scrutiny".
RMT representatives are meeting with ScotRail in Glasgow.
Following last week's decision to suspend industrial action, RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said: "The union has made sufficient progress to enable us to suspend the current programme of industrial action on ScotRail to allow for further detailed discussions on the issue of platform train despatch procedures."
ScotRail have said a solution to the dispute lies "in talks not strikes".
Phil Verster, Managing Director of the ScotRail Alliance, said: "Doing this allows us to get round the table and finalise an agreement that will, hopefully, bring this dispute to an end."
Wightlink Ferries wants to build a three-storey terminal in Gunwharf Road for its Portsmouth to Fishbourne service as part of a £45m project.
The upgrade will see new ramps put in so vehicles can be simultaneously loaded and unloaded on two levels.
Portsmouth City Council's planning committee approved the plans at a meeting on Wednesday.
The firm still has to secure planning permission from Isle of Wight Council next month for a new loading ramp at the Fishbourne terminal.
The new ferry will carry 178 vehicles and more than 1,000 people on each crossing.
It is expected to come into service in 2017.
It said a presidential commission report into their group-stage exit was "hideously inappropriate" in parts.
The Dzamefe Report outlined a $100,000 fee paid to Ghana's equipment manager - dubbed a "ball boy" in the report.
Ismail Hamidu did receive the payment but the GFA said his role as "kit manager" was being ridiculed by a commission it accuses of "posturing".
In earning $100,000 (£64,000), Hamidu received the same appearance fee as players and manager James Kwesi Appiah, but the GFA claims his bonus payments would not have been equal to theirs.
"It is apparent that the description of the kit manager as a 'ball boy' is calculated to bring disaffection for the person in charge of the position even though his role is key for the highly-tuned professionals to perform at the top level," a GFA spokesperson told BBC Sport.
"While the commission is seeking to mock the person, the position or his role in the team, it must be made clear that the payment of the appearance fees to the kit manager was made after government vetted and approved it."
BBC Sport reported the commissions' disclosure of the $100,000 paid to Hamidu, players and staff members on Thursday.
The Dzamefe Commission also highlights some payments during qualifying and the build-up to the Brazil World Cup which could not be accounted for.
But the GFA has been left angered by the reaction to the report and said it has been "led to instruct its lawyers to challenge the findings in court".
The GFA added: "We wish to emphasise that we should not waver from our desire of finding out the REAL REASONS for Ghana's early exit from the tournament and the other off-the-field incidents that brought embarrassment to the country."
During the tournament, in which the Black Stars drew their final group game with Portugal, the country's government flew $3m (£1.91m) to South America to settle a pay dispute with players.
Ms Blake, 43, Zachary, eight, and Amon, four, were found at the family home in Erith, London, on 5 January after being reported missing on 16 December.
Arthur Simpson-Kent, 48, entered guilty pleas before Mr Justice Singh at the Old Bailey via video link from Belmarsh prison.
Outside court, Ms Blake's sister Ava said the family were "really relieved".
Simpson-Kent, a hairdresser, was remanded in custody ahead of a three-day sentencing hearing, starting on 4 October.
He was arrested at Heathrow Airport in February after being extradited from Ghana.
Ms Blake and her sons died from neck and head injuries, a post-mortem examination found.
Their bodies were found buried in the garden of the family home by police after Simpson-Kent had left.
Days after the bodies were found, he was arrested on a beach in Ghana by local police.
The arrest came after locals recognised him from a photo shared on social media and tipped off the authorities
Det Ch Insp Graeme Gwyn said: "Arthur Simpson-Kent has never given a reason as to why he killed Sian, Zachary and Amon in the way that he did.
"Sian's close-knit family are devastated by the loss of their much loved sister, daughter and cousin.
"The deaths of Zachary and Amon have compounded their grief and they have lost two entire generations of their family to a violent and completely senseless act of murder at the hands of Simpson-Kent."
Ms Blake played Frankie Pierre in 56 episodes of EastEnders between 1996 and 1997 and had been living with motor neurone disease before she died.
The EastEnders actor appeared in the 1998 film Siberia and TV movie May 33rd in 2004 under her stage name Syan Blake, according to her profile on IMDB.
The Met has referred the case to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) over its handling of the investigation.
A serious case review is also under way.
The attorney-general's office said the $681m (£479m) that Mr Najib received in his bank account was a personal donation from the Saudi royal family.
Critics had alleged the money came from state-owned investment fund 1MDB.
Mr Najib has consistently denied these accusations, but has faced pressure to resign over them.
Anti-corruption officials have previously said he received money as a gift from a foreign funder.
Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali said in a press statement on Tuesday that the amount was a "personal donation" from the royal family in Saudi Arabia, transferred between the end of March and early April 2013.
He added that anti-corruption officials had met witnesses including the person they identified as the donor to confirm it.
"I am satisfied that there is no evidence to show that the donation was a form of gratification given corruptly," he said, adding that evidence did not show the donation was used as an "inducement or reward" for Mr Najib to do anything in his capacity as prime minister.
Case that gripped Malaysia: Karishma Vaswani, BBC Asia Business correspondent
The case of the mysterious millions has in equal part enthralled and angered Malaysians.
Even after this decision many still have unanswered questions. In the first place, why did their prime minister need this personal donation? What was the money used for?
The attorney general said Mr Najib had returned $620m, but that begs the question - where did the other $61m go?
Leaders from Umno, Mr Najib's party, have claimed the donation funded party activities including the campaign for the 2013 election, but critics have alleged it was used to buy political support within the leadership and for Mr Najib's personal use.
Some Malaysians have pointed to the fact that the new attorney general is a recent appointment - replaced after Mr Najib kicked his predecessor out over this very same drama.
The scandal has cast an ugly shadow over Mr Najib's seven-year leadership. But this decision effectively clears him, which political analysts say will secure his position within his own party and the country for now.
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Malaysia held its last general election in May 2013, which returned Mr Najib's party to power but with one of its poorest showings on record.
The attorney general also said no criminal offence was committed by Mr Najib in relation to three other related investigations and that no further action would be taken.
Mr Najib said the findings "confirmed what I have maintained all along, that no crime was committed".
He urged the country to "unite and move on", saying the controversy had been "an unnecessary distraction".
Opposition members, however, criticised the prosecutor's decision.
Lim Kit Siang, parliamentary leader of Malaysia's main opposition party, Democratic Action, told the BBC it came as "a great surprise... that the attorney general can exonerate the prime minister for the $680m scandal".
"Nobody would give that donation for nothing," he added, and said the attorney general had to provide more evidence to justify his decision.
Meanwhile, activist group Transparency International said several questions remained: "Where did it [the money] go and why was this personal donation made?"
Trees for Life began the project in March when it released 33 red squirrels from Forres and Strathspey around Shieldaig in Wester Ross.
The Findhorn-based charity is now preparing to introduce 70 reds near Kinlochewe and Plockton.
The sites currently have no squirrels, Trees for Life said.
The charity, which is doing the work under a licence from Scottish Natural Heritage and with landowners' consent, hopes to establish 10 new populations.
The areas involved are too isolated for the squirrels to reach themselves.
But the locations do have habitat, and food, favoured by reds and may have supported populations of the animals in the past.
The areas are also free of non-native grey squirrels, which compete with the smaller reds for food and carry diseases fatal to the native species.
Becky Priestley, Trees for Life's wildlife officer, said: "We are giving red squirrels a helping hand to return to some of their long-lost forest homes.
"Many Highland woodlands offer the species excellent habitat far from disease-carrying grey squirrels - but because reds travel between trees and avoid crossing large areas of open ground, they can't return to isolated woodlands without our help."
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The squirrels are transported in nest boxes lined with hay and with food and water available, Trees for Life said.
Small numbers of the animals are moved from where they are trapped so as to avoid harming the survival of "donor populations".
The captured squirrels are also checked for diseases before being transported.
At the new sites, the nest boxes are fitted to trees and the exit holes are opened and filled with grass, which the squirrels can push their way through to get outside.
Food is provided for several months while the animals become accustomed to their new habitat.
There are an estimated 138,000 red squirrels in the UK, Trees for Life said.
Trees for Life said red squirrels introduced to woods around Shieldaig in March have bred and raised young.
The new phase of the project will involve animals trapped on land owned by Forestry Enterprise Scotland and others in Moray and near Inverness.
They will be relocated to the privately-owned Coulin Estate next to Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, near Kinlochewe in Wester Ross, and to Plockton in Lochalsh.
Landowners involved include conservation charity the National Trust for Scotland.
Red squirrels are not the only native species to be moved from one area to another in the interests of wildlife conservation.
In June it emerged that Scottish pine martens were raising young in Wales for the first time in a six year-long project.
Twenty pine martens were captured and released into the Welsh countryside last year.
The animals, one of Britain's rarest carnivores, were caught by the Inverness, Ross and Skye team at Forestry Enterprise Scotland.
At least three of the 10 females captured were thought to have given birth to kits.
The capture and release of the Scottish martens forms part of the Welsh Pine Marten Recovery Project.
The animals were introduced to woodland owned by Natural Resources Wales and their behaviour is radio tracked.
Water voles have also been trapped in Scotland and relocated to England.
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland staff and conservationists have used empty cardboard snack tubes for catching and handling feisty voles.
"Sometimes they can be a bit nippy," said Roisin Campbell-Palmer, of RZSS, referring to the mammals' bite.
RZSS is involved in vole conservation projects in England and previously worked on one in the Trossachs.
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No wonder more than 40 million people visit Africa every year, according to the World Bank, and that number is rising fast.
Research group Euromonitor International says tourism income has risen from $42bn (£25bn) in 2011 to an estimated $54bn in 2014.
Competition to attract this tourist cash is fierce and technology is becoming an increasingly powerful tool in the battle.
For many, Cape Town - situated on the continent's southern-most tip and famous for its beaches, penguins and Table Mountain backdrop - is a "must-see" destination.
"Technology has levelled the playing field in terms of how you market a destination," says Enver Duminy, chief executive of Cape Town Tourism.
"I think technology and innovation has affected the tourism industry perhaps more than any other industry."
Mr Duminy's organisation began looking at ways to use technology to reach potential visitors, as well as interact with those that choose Cape Town as a regular destination.
"Just before the 2010 World Cup, which was held in South Africa, we realised we had to innovate," he says.
"We don't have the same budgets as other big cities and the exchange rate was not in our favour. We saw a mega trend in the shift to digital and we embraced that."
The most recent innovation has been the creation of a mobile visitor information vehicle known as Thando, which means "love" in the local isiXhosa language.
The vehicle offers visitors free wi-fi along with LCD [liquid crystal display] screens and the ability to make bookings and secure trips at roving locations.
For most travellers, the use of mobile has opened a world of opportunities to explore and understand the places they are visiting.
A small South African start-up called VoiceMap is trying to bring a local feel to walking tours with the use of smartphones and GPS technology.
Founder Iain Manley travelled around the world for many years before returning to South Africa and getting involved in GPS-triggered commentary on cruises and open-top bus tours.
He soon found that there was something lacking in the big box product.
"When we were doing the commentary for Cape Town's open-top bus tour the single voice idea didn't work at all because Cape Town has so many different communities and the history of the city is so contested. The same is true of cities all over," he says.
This gave him the idea of creating a platform to enable people to record their own personalised GPS-based commentaries. Anyone can go to the VoiceMap website and use the publishing tools to create some sort of walk and put their voice over it.
The company also has an iPhone app and is working towards launching an Android version soon.
The person creating the route commentary can decide if they want to offer it for free or charge a small fee. After the usual payments are made to the likes of Apple and PayPal, profits are shared between the storyteller and VoiceMap.
Mr Manley believes that technology is uniquely placed to change the way people perceive Africa and travel within it.
"I think there is a lot of stereotyping in terms of what it means to go to Africa and people don't appreciate the nuances," he says.
"Not only every country, but every city and place, has a completely different identity. Technology obviously provides people with a way of communicating those different identities and [allows] others to access those nuances," says Mr Manley.
Thanks to technology, remote places, as well as small businesses, can now reach a global audience and encourage people to move away from the traditional African experiences and be more adventurous.
Damian Cook is the managing director of Kenyan-based E-Tourism Frontiers, an initiative aimed at developing online tourism in global emerging markets.
He comes from a traditional tourism background, but after many years in the industry he noticed the growth of technology in the sector and how Africa was lagging behind.
Security concerns in countries like Kenya and South Sudan have not helped.
"I saw what Bill Clinton called the digital divide - technology that should have been helping emerging and developing economies was actually harming it," says Mr Cook.
"It was rather a slow process lobbying government and I realised that the private sector could do it themselves if trained and given the right connections and resources."
He soon started holding training seminars on how businesses could be more effective online, and lobbied government for better internet connectivity and e-commerce solutions.
"Social media has changed the game because, for the first time, people are getting referrals not from any official sources but from clients," he says.
"People are coming into the destinations with smartphones, getting access to free wi-fi and... constantly broadcasting their experiences."
One success story E-Tourism Frontiers tells is about a small lodge off the Tanzanian coast that embraced social media and turned itself into a "must-visit" destination.
According to Mr Cook, the Ras Mbisi Lodge relies completely on social media for its marketing, and thanks to an active and innovative Twitter profile has been featured globally in numerous travel and lifestyle magazines.
But many obstacles remain when it comes to bringing tourism and technology together, such as limited internet bandwidth, relatively high costs and skills shortages.
And the team at E-Tourism Frontiers warns that putting the technology ahead of the tourism experience can result in a lacklustre offering.
"We have also found that there is an increased challenge in terms of keeping up with market expectations," adds Mr Cook, "especially in regards to social media, locally based content and mobile applications."
Despite these challenges, tourism is booming in Africa, buoyed by a resurgent economy and a more digitally connected world.
Gary Eugene Brissett, 48, of Clissold Road in Hackney, is accused of causing criminal damage to a motor vehicle.
The Aston Martin V8 Vantage was parked in a supermarket car park on Morning Lane, Hackney, when it was damaged on 19 June.
Mr Brissett is to appear before Thames Magistrates' Court on 4 September.
The alleged attack was filmed by a camera placed on the dashboard of the supercar.
Twenty-two people were killed and 64 injured after Abedi detonated a homemade device at the concert venue on Monday
It's not known if he was on any watch-list.
What powers do the police currently have to stop suspected terrorists from travelling?
Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 gives the police the power to stop, search and hold individuals at ports, airports and international railway stations.
As well as being questioned for up to nine hours, the police also have the power to inspect electronic devices such as phones and laptops.
The police do not need prior knowledge or suspicion to use Schedule 7 - although the Home Office says it's done after "informed considerations".
A total of 23,717 people were stopped under the power in the year ending June 2016, a fall of 23% on the previous year.
Despite fewer people being stopped, the number detained under the power has increased by 7%, rising from 1,649 to 1,760 in the same period.
Of those detained, 41% categorised themselves as Asian or Asian British.
The police have the power to temporarily seize travel documents if they believe someone is travelling in order to engage in terrorist activity. It was a power granted in the 2015 Counter-Terrorism Security Act.
Travel documents can be held for 14 days. The police can apply for an extension through the courts, but this must not exceed 30 days in total.
Between February and December 2015, the power was used 24 times. The Home Office says that in some cases this led to further action, such as cancelling passports.
As a British passport is the property of the Crown, Royal Prerogative can be used to confiscate, cancel or refuse them.
The criteria changed in 2013, allowing a home secretary to withdraw passports if they are satisfied there is a public interest to do so.
The power was used 23 times in 2015 in relation to national security. This means that passports were either revoked or the application was refused.
The decision to take away passports can be challenged in the courts.
The authority to carry scheme prevents certain individuals from travelling to or from the UK - essentially it is a no-fly list.
The carrier - such as an airline - is liable to a financial penalty of up to £50,000 if it fails to comply and the individual manages to travel.
The scheme came into force in March 2015 and in its first year, a total of 1,132 people were refused travel.
Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures, or TPims, are a form of house arrest. It applies to people who are deemed a threat but cannot be prosecuted or deported if they are a foreign national. They were first introduced in 2012 and replaced controversial control orders.
Those under TPims can be subjected to electronic tagging, having to report regularly to the police and surrendering travel documents. A suspect must live at home and stay there overnight - possibly for up to 10 hours.
The suspect is allowed to use a mobile phone and the internet to work and study, subject to conditions.
In 2015, TPims were toughened by granting the ability to relocate subjects up to 200 miles away from their normal residence.
TPims initially last for one year, although they can be extended to two. It is possible for them to remain beyond the two-year maximum if there is suspicion of further terrorism activity. A breach of the TPims can lead to imprisonment.
As of November 2016, seven people were subjected to TPims - six of whom were British citizens.
Temporary Exclusion Orders (TEOs) were created by the 2015 Counter-Terrorism and Security Act. They apply to British citizens suspected of involvement in terrorist activity abroad. They are designed to stop suspects from re-entering the UK unless they give themselves up at the border.
Those subjected to TEOs are only allowed to return if they make contact with the UK authorities. If they do come back, they are likely to face either prosecution or close supervision under monitoring powers.
The Orders last for up to two years at a time and can be renewed. Breaches could lead to a prison sentence.
The home secretary applies the TEO where they "reasonably suspect that the subject is or has been involved in terrorism-related activity while outside the UK".
Since they came into force two years ago, nobody has been subjected to a TEO.
The 2014 Immigration Act granted the home secretary the power to strip citizenship from dual nationals or from immigrants who have become naturalised citizens and are now fighting overseas, even if that renders them stateless. An individual can mount a legal challenge to the decision.
In 2015, five people were stripped of British citizenship on the basis it was "conducive to the public good".
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Anne Darwin hid John Darwin in their Teesside home for several years, after he pretended to go missing on a canoe trip in the North Sea in 2002.
Both went to prison after their story unravelled, and she was shunned for several months by her family.
Mrs Darwin said she felt "blessed" that both sons had since forgiven her.
She told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme she was now "happy", after going through what she described as a "living nightmare".
Mrs Darwin was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail in 2008 for fraud and money-laundering, after she conspired with her husband to fake his disappearance in a canoe near their home in Seaton Carew.
She falsely claimed £250,000 in insurance and other payments and kept up the pretence by lying to her two sons, Mark and Anthony, telling them their father had died.
"I was leading two lives," Mrs Darwin told Victoria Derbyshire. "I was going through the emotions of living the life of a widow and, I suppose, I was performing that life in a way that I thought people would expect me to under the circumstances.
"It certainly wasn't an easy thing to do, but the emotions that people saw weren't an act. They were genuine emotions, but the emotions were for different reasons, because of how I was feeling about what I was putting the boys through.
"And seeing their pain was unbearable. But people felt the emotions they saw were ones of my own grief. But it wasn't that way at all. It was just a living nightmare."
Asked about how it had felt to lie to her sons that their father was missing, presumed dead, she said: "Fortunately I didn't actually have to do that in person, but nonetheless that guilt will remain with me for the rest of my life."
Mr Darwin hid at the family home in Seaton Carew, near Hartlepool, until the couple - with Mr Darwin using a false identity - moved to Panama in 2007.
He returned to the UK that year and walked into a police station, claiming he had suffered amnesia. Mrs Darwin pretended to be shocked at his return.
But a photograph of the couple with an estate agent in Panama surfaced later and they were arrested.
Mr Darwin admitted fraud, but Mrs Darwin pleaded not guilty, on the grounds of marital coercion. She was convicted on all counts and both husband and wife were jailed, Mrs Darwin's sentence being a few months longer than Mr Darwin's.
While in Low Newton prison, County Durham, Mrs Darwin wrote to her sons to apologise. Initially there was no response but, after a few months, Mark sent a letter back.
She said: "It offered me hope that I hadn't lost them forever, which by this point I felt I had."
A few months later Mark wrote again and asked if he could see his mother in prison. "I was just overjoyed at the thought," she said, "but dreading it at the same time, because this was the first time he was going to ask me what had happened.
"Eventually that day came and I was waiting for the visit and it was quite a cold greeting, a difficult visit, but when it came to an end there was some affection. I was greatly relieved and hopeful."
Mrs Darwin, who has written a book called Out of My Depth about her experiences, gradually repaired her relationship with Mark, and her younger son, Anthony, also came to see her.
"The first meeting with him and his wife in prison was when I found out I'd got my first grandchild," Mrs Darwin said. "So, again, that was a very emotional visit. I was overwhelmed.
"I'm very blessed that they've given me an opportunity to be in their lives again and I now have four grandchildren. And they mean the world to me."
The reconciliation came despite Mrs Darwin keeping up the story that she thought her husband had genuinely been missing, even after his return to the UK. Mark and Anthony gave evidence against their mother at her trial.
While in prison, Mrs Darwin decided to separate from her husband, after seeing a psychologist.
Although he was "controlling", she said, she could not blame her ex-husband "100%" for her decision to go along with his plan in the first place.
Mrs Darwin now works for the RSPCA and her ex-husband lives in the Philippines.
"I am happy. I'm comfortable in my own skin," she said of her life today. "I have no feelings towards [Mr Darwin] whatsoever. Completely zero. No emotion whatsoever."
The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.
Voges, 36, ended day two in Wellington on 176 not out to move ahead of Bradman, whose career average of 99.94 from 52 Tests is the best of all time.
Voges' average is 100.33, although that would drop to 92.4 if he did not score any more runs in his 19th Test innings.
Usman Khawaja hit 140 as Australia closed day two on 463-6, a lead of 280.
The pair put on 168 runs for the fourth wicket and Khawaja, who has scored four centuries in his last six Test innings, said he may start calling his batting partner "Sir Voges" in a nod to Bradman who is considered to be Test cricket's greatest ever batsman.
Voges has scored three successive centuries, adding to the 269 not out and an unbeaten 106 against West Indies in December to take him past India legend Sachin Tendulkar's record of most Test runs between dismissals, which stood at 497.
He has extended that to 551 runs but he should have been out for seven in the final over of Friday's first day at the Basin Reserve when he was bowled by Doug Bracewell - but English umpire Richard Illingworth called a no-ball, when television replays showed it was a legitimate delivery.
Khawaja described Voges' innings as "almost faultless", adding: "He's batted very sensibly, patiently at the start. He was hitting a lot of good shots straight to fielders but didn't get frustrated with it.
"The way he's been batting lately it feels like he's not going to get out sometimes, and he's making big hundreds which is important for the team."
Voges, who will play for Middlesex again this summer, became the oldest player to score a Test century on debut, at the age of 35 against the West Indies eight months ago, and has now compiled five.
If he is dismissed in this Test innings, he will need to have scored 272, eclipsing his current highest score of 269 not out, to keep his average above 100.
Bradman famously needed just four runs in his final Test innings to finish his career with an average of 100 but was bowled for a second-ball duck by England's Eric Hollies at The Oval in 1948.
The only man to have a Test career average higher than Bradman - technically speaking - was West Indies opener Andy Ganteaume, who scored 112 against England in his only Test innings in 1948, and was never picked again. However, cricket average lists normally require a minimum number of innings to have been played.
A venue is still to be decided for the game, which will form part of the annual International Champions Cup.
It will be the first Manchester derby to be played outside the United Kingdom.
City should have played United in the Chinese capital Beijing last July but the match at the Bird's Nest was cancelled due to heavy rain.
City will face another Premier League rival, Tottenham, in Nashville on 29 July before playing Spanish giants Real Madrid in Los Angeles on 26 July.
Spurs also play French champions Paris St-Germain, winners of the tournament for the past two years, in Orlando on 22 July and Italian side Roma in New Jersey on 25 July.
The event also features only the second El Clasico to be played outside Spain when Real Madrid meet Barcelona in Miami on 29 July - the teams met in Venezuela in 1982.
United will also play Real Madrid in Santa Clara on 23 July before they meet Barcelona in Washington DC on 26 July.
Meanwhile, International Champions Cup games in Singapore this summer will see Premier League leaders Chelsea play German champions Bayern Munich on 25 July and Serie A side Inter Milan on 29 July, while Arsenal will feature when tournament games are played in China.
London matches at Wembley are also to be announced in the coming days.
The magistrate said he would examine the evidence on 28 August to see if the charges were valid.
The complaint alleges that Ms Irani made contradictory claims about her degree in documents filed in different years with the Election Commission.
The Delhi law minister was arrested earlier this month on similar charges.
Jitender Singh Tomar, who is from the Aam Admi Party (AAP), quit his post after he was accused of forgery and cheating and sent to jail amid allegations his law degree was fake.
Wednesday's court order is being seen as a setback for Ms Irani, a former television actress, who is the youngest minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet. Ms Irani has not yet commented on the specific allegations.
Freelance writer Ahmer Khan, who has brought in the court complaint against her, has accused the minister of "not being honest" in her election affidavits.
His complaint alleges that while contesting the 2004 general election, Ms Irani said she had graduated with an arts degree in 1996 from Delhi University's School of Correspondence.
Mr Khan alleges that while contesting last year's general election, Ms Irani said she had pursued a degree in commerce from the same university.
The hospital said there was flooding in the resuscitation and assessment area and ambulances were being diverted.
A spokesman said capacity was "severely affected" and patients were being asked to use alternatives such their GP or NHS Direct.
He said the flooding was caused by a leak from a hot water pipe. No one has been injured, he added.
The eight-year-old is odds-on favourite to retain his title in March and won by 15 lengths under jockey Ruby Walsh.
Stablemate Nichols Canyon, who had beaten him at Punchestown in November, challenged at halfway.
But an error at the second-last ended his hopes as he finished third behind Arctic Fire.
The win for the 3-10 favourite gave trainer Willie Mullins a sixth consecutive win in the race after Hurricane Fly's five successes.
"Faugheen was explosive," said Walsh, who had ridden Hurricane Fly to four of those wins.
"He travelled and jumped really well. We went at it from the word go - he jumped like a buck and you saw what he did when they tried to take him on - he destroyed them.
"I was riding the Champion Hurdle horse and if they are going to beat me they are going to have to come and get me."
The Westbury cement works were constructed in the early 1960s and mothballed in 2009.
The chimney will be "brought down by controlled explosion" on 18 September at about 06:45 BST, site owners Tarmac said.
The demolition marks the end of over 40 years of cement production at the site.
Jonathan Toyn, from the company, said spectators were being asked to watch the demolition from the White Horse viewing area "rather than watching from nearby footpaths or farmers' fields".
"The White Horse viewing area gives an outstanding view of the whole site and the community will be able to see this much anticipated event safely at a distance," he said.
"The area will also be the only location where Tarmac will provide people with a count-down to the moment of the demolition so they do not miss the spectacular event."
The chimney is just short of the height of the spire at Salisbury Cathedral, which stands at 123m-high (404ft) above ground level.
The cement works are about 1.6km (1 mile) to the north east of Westbury.
The plan would lift the threat of deportation from five million migrants living illegally in the US.
A coalition of 26 mostly conservative states, led by Texas, has been successful in lower court challenges.
A decision from the highest US court is expected in the early summer, just as the US election gets into full swing.
President Obama announced the plan, known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA), in November 2014.
He justified using his presidential powers, without Congress, by saying it was in response to inaction over the issue of immigration from Congress.
If allowed to go forward, it would allow people who have lived in the US for more than five years and who have children who are living in the country legally to apply for work authorisation.
Challenges to the plan began shortly after Mr Obama's announcement, with a federal court in Texas effectively putting a pause on it in February.
The Obama administration lost an appeal in November, keeping the injunction in place.
The White House has vowed to kickstart the programme if the Supreme Court was to rule in its favour, so that migrants could began enrolling before a new president takes office in January 2017.
Callum Smith, 27, from Cheltenham was found hanged in his cell at HMP Bristol in March 2016.
Avon Coroner's Court heard he had a history of mental illness when he was remanded in custody after threatening to burn down his mother's house.
The Ministry of Justice said it would "carefully consider" the findings of the inquest.
The inquest heard Mr Smith had begun suffering from paranoia and delusions before he was remanded in custody.
The court was told that while he was in custody Mr Smith repeatedly self-harmed and threatened to kill himself.
He was not initially placed on a self harm and suicide prevention plan, known as an ACCT.
When he was finally placed on an ACCT after he cut himself, he was then taken off it again.
He was discovered hanged in his cell on 2 March 2016.
The jury found inadequate attention was paid to concerns raised by his family, an inadequate mental health assessment was carried out, and those involved in his care failed to communicate adequately.
Gloucestershire Police also failed to pass on information that Mr Smith had threatened to kill himself while in a police cell before he was transferred to prison.
The jury recorded a verdict of suicide while suffering anxiety and distress, contributed to by a number of inadequacies and failings while in custody and remand in prison.
The Ministry of Justice described it as "a tragic case" and said it recognises there were "failings" in Mr Smith's care.
But Gloucestershire Police said: "While there were details missing from Callum's records when he was transferred to prison there was sufficient information for the appropriate assessments to be made."
Writing in the Sunday Times, Mr Javid said people could not play a "positive role" in public life unless they accepted basic values.
These included democracy, equality and freedom of speech, he said.
Mr Javid's intervention comes after a report by Dame Louise Casey warned of increasing ethnic segregation.
Mr Javid's proposals would mean every new recruit in the public sector, including councillors, school governors and civil servants would be expected to commit to the oath, which may have to be read out loud before starting the role.
This could extend to those working in the NHS and the BBC.
Dame Louise said some sections of society did not accept British values such as tolerance.
Mr Javid said he was "drawn" to Dame Louise's recommendation to bring in an oath of allegiance.
"If we are going to challenge such attitudes, civic and political leaders have to lead by example," he said.
"We can't expect new arrivals to embrace British values if those of us who are already here don't do so ourselves, and such an oath would go a long way to making that happen."
Mr Javid said he did not want to see a "government-approved, one-size-fits-all identity" where everyone "drinks tea, watches cricket and bobs up and down at the Last Night of the Proms".
But, he added, people would struggle to play a positive role in British life if they did not accept the "building blocks of our society".
Mr Javid recalled how, aged about eight, he went to see a GP with his mother to act as her interpreter.
He said while today she is completely fluent in English, a minority of immigrants have failed to make such an "effort".
The new oath could include "tolerating the views of others even if you disagree with them", "believing in freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from abuse", "a belief in equality, democracy and the democratic process" and "respect for the law, even if you think the law is an ass," Mr Javid writes.
A government source acknowledged that the oath on its own would be insufficient to weed out extremism or promote integration.
Mr Javid will set out his full response to Dame Louise's report on social cohesion in the spring.
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Tope Obadeyi scored with a looping shot which evaded the Hamilton goalkeeper Michael McGovern.
Dougie Imrie had earlier seen a close-range shot cleared off the line by Conrad Balatoni, while Josh Magennis had gone close for Kilmarnock.
The result will ease some of the pressure which has been building on the Kilmarnock manager Gary Locke.
Hamilton's poor run of form continues - they have only managed one win from their last 10 matches.
Right from the kick-off Hamilton opted to test the Kilmarnock defence, Ali Crawford with the attempt from the centre-circle. It was on target but Jamie MacDonald saved comfortably.
Obadeyi then loped forward for Kilmarnock, but his shot from the edge of the box was well off target.
The much-maligned Killie defence then held up fairly well to some sustained Hamilton pressure.
There was a soft claim from Lucas Tagliapietra for a penalty after a corner. The giant defender appeared to be manhandled in the box, but nothing was given.
There were signs of life from Kilmarnock in the attacking third as Magennis fired over the bar, and McHattie shot wide of the post.
Magennis then jinked into the box but his near-post shot was batted away by McGovern in the Accies goal. Obadeyi did similar shortly after.
At the other end Darian Mackinnon cut a dangerous ball across the penalty area, but unfortunately for Hamilton there were no takers.
Conrad Balatoni then made the clearance of the season off the goal-line. Dougie Imrie fired in a fierce shot from eight yards which had MacDonald beaten, but there was Balatoni on the line to repel the ball with a superb clearing header.
Five minutes into the second-half it looked like Magennis would give Kilmarnock the lead as his volley from McHattie's cross seemed destined to nestle in the top corner. Somehow McGovern managed to get a glove to it and tip the shot over the bar.
There then followed a lengthy delay as Tagliapietra was stretchered from the field after picking up an injury at a corner. He was replaced by Jamie Sendles-White.
There was a real sense that either side could win the match, and the game became increasingly stretched in the second-half.
And it was Kilmarnock who made the breakthrough. The ball found Obadeyi in the box and his shot into the turn looped up and over McGovern and into the net.
The freaky effort was scored right in front of the Kilmarnock fans and they celebrated with gusto.
Hamilton tried to respond with a free-kick into the box which found the head of Ziggy Gordon, but his effort was turned around the post by MacDonald.
Kilmarnock almost took a two goal advantage after neat play involving talented youngster Greg Kiltie on the edge of the box. Kiltie angled a shot towards the corner of the net but it was well saved by McGovern.
Match ends, Hamilton Academical 0, Kilmarnock 1.
Second Half ends, Hamilton Academical 0, Kilmarnock 1.
Substitution, Kilmarnock. Dale Carrick replaces Greg Kiltie.
Mark O'Hara (Kilmarnock) is shown the yellow card.
Carlton Morris (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tope Obadeyi (Kilmarnock).
Substitution, Kilmarnock. Aaron Splaine replaces Adam Frizzell.
Attempt saved. Ziggy Gordon (Hamilton Academical) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Kevin McHattie.
Carlton Morris (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tope Obadeyi (Kilmarnock).
Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kevin McHattie (Kilmarnock).
Attempt saved. Greg Kiltie (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Carlton Morris (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steven Smith (Kilmarnock).
Attempt saved. Eamonn Brophy (Hamilton Academical) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Jamie Sendles-White (Hamilton Academical).
Josh Magennis (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Kilmarnock. Conceded by Michael McGovern.
Attempt saved. Greg Kiltie (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Steven Smith (Kilmarnock).
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Daniel Redmond replaces Dougie Imrie.
Corner, Kilmarnock. Conceded by Jesus Garcia Tena.
Jesus Garcia Tena (Hamilton Academical) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jesus Garcia Tena (Hamilton Academical).
Josh Magennis (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Eamonn Brophy (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner, Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Jamie MacDonald.
Attempt saved. Ziggy Gordon (Hamilton Academical) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Steven Smith (Kilmarnock) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steven Smith (Kilmarnock).
Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Kilmarnock) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Eamonn Brophy replaces Louis Longridge.
Carlton Morris (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Slater (Kilmarnock).
Goal! Hamilton Academical 0, Kilmarnock 1. Tope Obadeyi (Kilmarnock) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Magennis.
Under the legislation, the Palestinian landowners will be given financial compensation or alternative land.
The Palestinian president called the law "an aggression against our people".
Israel's attorney-general has said it is unconstitutional and that he will not defend it in the Supreme Court.
The legislation's passage comes amid an escalation in settlement activity since the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president.
Emboldened by a new administration it sees as a more sympathetic, Israel's government has advanced plans for thousands of new settler homes.
More than 600,000 Jews live in about 140 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem - land the Palestinians claim for a future state. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.
There are also 97 settler outposts - built without official authorisation from the Israeli government - across the West Bank, according to the Israeli anti-settlement watchdog Peace Now.
However, the largest, Amona, was evacuated by police last week after the Supreme Court ordered that it be dismantled because it was built on private Palestinian land.
The so-called "Regularisation Bill" was passed by 60 votes to 52 in the 120-member Knesset.
It says settlement construction in the West Bank that was carried out in good faith, without knowledge that the land was privately owned, can be recognised by the government if settlers show they received some kind of state support in establishing themselves at the site.
It allows the government to expropriate land for its own use if the Palestinian owners are unknown. If the owners are known, they will be compensated with money or an alternative plot.
Peace Now says this will allow for the retroactive legalisation of 3,921 homes in 72 settlements and 55 outposts built on approximately 818 hectares (2,020 acres) of private Palestinian land.
The outposts could become official settlements and would most likely be expanded, the watchdog adds.
Administrative proceedings against homes at 16 outposts will be immediately frozen for 12 months, pending a decision on whether to expropriate the land.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was on a visit to the UK, missed the vote, but a minister from his Likud party said the law was a demonstration of "the connection between the Jewish people and its land". "This whole land is ours. All of it," Ofir Akuni said.
Opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog denounced the measure as "an acute danger to Israel" that could lead to prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague.
Palestinian officials said the law was an attempt to legalise land theft.
President Mahmoud Abbas described it as "an aggression against our people that we will be opposing in international organisations".
"What we want is peace... but what Israel does is to work toward one state based on apartheid," he told reporters in Paris after talks with French President Francois Hollande, who called on Israel's government to "reconsider this law".
UN Special Co-ordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov warned the law would "have far reaching legal consequences for Israel and greatly diminish the prospects for Arab-Israeli peace".
The immediate response of the White House was to refer to a statement it issued last week, which said that while the construction of new settlements "might not be helpful", it did not regard settlements as an impediment to peace.
Officials later said the Trump administration would "withhold comment on the legislation until the relevant [Israeli] court ruling".
Peace Now says the law is almost certain to face a Supreme Court challenge.
Legal experts argue that the legislation is unconstitutional because it violates land ownership provisions in the Basic Laws of Israel.
Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit warned Mr Netanyahu before the vote that he was not prepared to defend it in court.
"The bill allows the expropriation of private property contrary to Israeli law, and in a manner that is consistent with Israel's obligations under international law," he warned in November.
Peace Now says the law is also undemocratic, because the Palestinians who will be affected do not have the right to vote in the Israeli parliamentary elections.
It adds that the Knesset (Israeli parliament) does not have legal authority to legislate in the West Bank, which is under Israeli military rule.
Kate Hardcastle has achieved many things in her life but could she be the person to propel Bradford Bulls into the future?
A little under a year ago, the four-time Super League champions were on the brink of extinction and were forced to appeal to fans to raise £1m to keep the club afloat.
In June they went into administration and were hanging on to their future in the Super League.
A life-long fan, Hardcastle admits that she thought her team might cease to exist.
She says: "I rushed my daughter there last year, actually thinking 'my goodness me, I've got to take her because this genuinely might be it, this might be the end' - and that filled me with dread."
Hardcastle explains that she was first taken to Odsal as a two-year-old, by her father, Martin, and her grandfather.
"I was taken in at half time because it was free then so there was no concern that if I didn't enjoy it they would have wasted the money," she says.
"But I did enjoy it. I loved the buzz of it."
And so her love affair with the club began - a love which has seen her step in to become a non-executive director on the board, alongside owner Omar Khan, who bought the club in August to secure its future.
She says her father will be keeping a close eye on the job she is doing.
"He said "don't mess it up"," she says.
"I have got a guy, with Bradford Bulls running through him, who will be sat with me at Sunday dinner poking me saying 'right what are you doing next? What are you going to do about this?'
"I get emails at three o clock in the morning from him. I'm like 'dad for goodness sake, we are going as fast as we can'."
Hardcastle, 36, was the lead singer in a successful band The Fabulous BB Kings, and still sings semi-professionally. She has her own company - "Insight with Passion" - which helps revive businesses and she has also set-up Charity Dreamgirls, which helps promote smaller charities across the UK. This woman of many talents has also recently been named Tesco Mum of the Year for 2013.
She explains her main roles at Bradford Bulls will include looking at the branding of the club, attracting more families and appealing to women to get involved in the sport.
She says: "I am trying to understand what the future of rugby league actually is and it's about inclusivity for me.
"We have a 40% female fan base, the biggest in the Super League, so I thought there was huge potential to understand how we could get more female fans, and make sure that the female fans we have are enjoying it.
"We want to make sure that all of the fans understand the brand and are getting excited about the brand again and that we were taking that message through to grassroots, because those are the children who are going to be the fans of the future."
A BBC Inside Out report in January revealed that Super League clubs are facing combined debts of £68.5m, and - like the Bulls - Salford City Reds were battling financial problems until they were bought out on the eve of the new season.
But is this a sport which can be saved?
She says: "It's only going to happen if it understands that the future is about evolution.
"It's got to understand that the future isn't just about doing what we've always done, and cross our fingers and tighten our belts a bit and it's going to be OK.
"And I think the Bradford Bulls are starting to show some indication and some signs that that's going to be the case."
She explains some of her ideas to bring about her vision of a real family day out to see the Bulls - something which she has seen is possible whilst working in Australia and attending cricket matches and rugby matches in the country.
She says the club will offer childcare facilities on match days so families with young children can still attend the game, she will look at food options ("not just Bovril and a pie") and she has already asked the fans about what merchandise they would like to see available.
On the subject of evolution, Hardcastle says that it is "crazy" that she is the only woman on a Super League board.
"Karren Brady is on the same speaking circuit as me, we both do seminars and speeches, and it was actually very different for her.
"I find the comparison quite challenging sometimes because she was brought in at a very young age to a football club, without having gone and proven herself as a business person and then went on to prove herself brilliantly. I have gone out and been a business woman and I'm being brought in to help a board with my expertise.
"So what the comparison basically is, is that we are business women in sport and that's really sad actually because that's about as far as it goes. I think that just proves there are not enough women in there and we've got to make a change there. "
She says: "If those teams are going to start to attract a different audience - and women are a fantastic audience to attract because they are not necessarily being appealed to through the other sports as well - then you need to understand women.
"You need that balance on the board.
"The right person has to do the job, regardless of sex, but if women never actually get the chance to get through, because something is deemed to be male dominated or a man's job, how are you going to be able to prove that you are the right person to do the job anyway?"
Although Hardcastle is not the first woman to grace a Super League boardroom - Kath Hetherington was chairperson of Hull FC for 12 years between 1999 and 2011 - she knows it will be a challenge.
"The fans have been very supportive in the main so far, as have the players and of course the board," she says.
"I imagine, if you go digging for it, there would be the odd comment on a forum or whatever about the fact that I'm a woman or the fact that I look a certain way - I don't know.
"No one is going to push me out of this sport.
"It's been my sport since I was two so I will be delivering on my job and when I feel I've succeeded at that job, and I've had the time to do that, then we can have a discussion about how I've got on."
Standard Life Opening Event: Bloom is the third in a series of digital commissions celebrating the beginning of the 2017 festival season.
It will see colour, texture and sounds mapped across St Andrew Square over two nights.
The free to the public installation has been created by Leo Warner.
Mr Warner said: "We decided to place audiences inside the event, encompassing them within nearly half a linear kilometre of projection-mapped architecture and bespoke lighting fixtures, and use music, sound and light to tell a story celebrating the 70-year history of the International Festival and the associated Edinburgh festivals, and the immeasurable impact that it has had on the cultural world."
The piece charts the transformation of Edinburgh from the post-war years to today's festival city.
It draws upon the city's architecture, cultural heritage and technological innovation.
A newly commissioned musical score from award winning composer Nick Powell will also feature.
The work follows on from The Harmonium Project in 2015 and 2016's Deep Time.
Sir John Falconer, former Lord Provost of Edinburgh and the International Festival's first chairman, spoke of his ambition 70 years ago that the inaugural Edinburgh International Festival should "provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit".
Edinburgh's Lord Provost Frank Ross, said: "In 1947, my predecessor Lord Provost Falconer championed the inception of the International Festival.
"Today, I am as determined as ever to see the event bring people together from all over Scotland and the world.
"The Standard Life Opening Event: Bloom will provide a beautiful and fitting celebration of our festivals and our city, and of course, the continued flowering of the human spirit.
"We are delighted to have supported our city's festivals for 70 years."
The opening event will take place on two nights for the first time, on Friday 4 August and 5 Saturday.
It runs from 22:00 to midnight on a 20 minute loop, with tickets available from 10:00 on Monday 3 July.
Ticket holders can access the event arena from 21:00. Non-ticket holders can also attend and will be admitted from 22:30 on a first come first served basis.
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: "I never tire of championing Scotland's outlook as a welcoming and progressive nation and this is particularly demonstrated in the arts.
"In 1947, the Edinburgh International Festival boldly invited artists from across Europe to perform in the capital. 70 years on, we're revered as a festival nation that welcomes performers and audiences from every corner of the globe."
The Metso board said it had reached the "unanimous conclusion" it was not in the best interests of its shareholders.
Weir had proposed an all-share merger, under which Metso shareholders would own about 37% of the combined company.
Glasgow-based Weir said it continued to believe there was a "compelling strategic rationale" for a merger.
The proposed deal, which was announced two weeks ago by Helsinki-listed Metso, has been reported to be worth more than £3.3bn.
In a statement, Metso said it had "carefully evaluated" Weir's proposal before reaching its conclusion.
It added: "The Metso Board remains extremely positive and confident in Metso's standalone growth and value creation prospects by pursuing its current strategy.
"As a consequence, the board has rejected Weir's proposal and sees no reason to commence discussions regarding a potential combination."
Responding to the announcement, Weir said: "In keeping with the spirit of the merger proposal, Weir had proposed that the combined company would have a significant presence in, and a long term commitment to, Finland as well as the UK and would be listed in both Finland and the UK with full index inclusion in both countries, alongside shared management and board responsibilities.
"Weir continues to believe that there is a compelling strategic rationale for bringing the two companies together in a merger structure.
It added: "The board of Weir believes that it has made an attractive merger proposal and there is no certainty that it will revise the terms of its proposal.
"Further announcements will be made if and when appropriate."
The three-times 3,000m steeplechase world champion and coach alleges many athletes use performance-enhancing drugs as a shortcut to wealth.
"The information shows that there are a good number of athletes out there who are using drugs," said Kiptanui.
Kiptanui is regarded as the greatest steeplechaser in history after his success in the 1990s. He was the first man to break the eight-minute barrier for the 3,000m steeplechase
But David Okeyo, secretary-general of Athletics Kenya, said Kiptanui should provide evidence to back up his claims.
Okeyo also called on the 1991, 1993 and 1995 world champion to name names.
In a BBC interview, Kiptanui, 42, said: "They want to get money by all means. Either by a genuine way or another way.
"We have put rules in place. If we don't use these rules then athletes will still use these drugs."
Kiptanui also alleges widespread corruption around the world.
"If you can bribe somebody today or tomorrow, then it [a test result] is gone," he added. "All over the world there is corruption in sport.
"It is not only a matter in Kenya."
Last September, Kenya's athletics authorities revealed they were investigating allegations of widespread doping.
The investigation was launched after media allegations that doctors had given banned substances to runners at a high-altitude training facility.
More than 40 leading Kenyan athletes were subjected to out-of-competition blood tests after a team of overseas drug-testers paid an unannounced visit to the Rift Valley base.
It followed reports in November that the World Anti-Doping Agency expressed frustration at a lack of communication from sporting authorities.
In June, distance runner Mathew Kisorio failed a drugs test at Kenya's national championships and claimed doping was commonplace.
Athletics Kenya head Isaiah Kiplagat said at the time that most athletes were "clean", but that he took the claims seriously.
"We are carrying out an investigation," he said. "We are working with other authorities to ensure that... if this true, [we can] then take action appropriately on the culprits."
American Mayweather, 40, posted a video on Twitter confirming the bout will take place in Las Vegas on 26 August, with the message: "It's official."
He will go after Floyd Mayweather and he will try to knock him out
Irish UFC lightweight champion McGregor, 28, said: "The fight is on."
UFC president Dana White told ESPN: "The impossible deal is now done."
The fight - at light-middleweight - will be one of the richest in boxing history.
Mayweather, a former five-weight world champion and widely considered the best boxer of his generation, retired unbeaten in 2015 after 49 bouts.
That followed a successful defence of his WBC and WBA welterweight titles, a victory that meant he equalled Rocky Marciano's career record of 49-0.
Mayweather retired for the first time in 2008 after 39 fights.
McGregor, who has never boxed professionally, became the UFC's first dual-division champion in November 2016 and has previously challenged Mayweather to a fight under mixed martial arts rules.
His boxing licence was granted by the California State Athletic Commission in December, allowing him to box in the US state.
White, who took part in negotiations on behalf of McGregor, said: "We have been in talks for a while.
"They went smoothly. Floyd Mayweather surrounds himself with smart people and we got the deal done.
"The reason Conor McGregor's as big as he is is he'll fight anybody, anywhere, any time. He will go after Floyd Mayweather and he will try to knock him out."
White said the fight would take place at the T-Mobile Arena and would be at 154lbs, one category up from Mayweather's last bout in September 2015, when he gained a wide points win over compatriot Andre Berto.
When Mayweather defeated Filipino Manny Pacquiao on points in May 2015, the fight set a new American pay-per-view record of 4.6 million buys, and White expects that figure to be beaten.
"It's definitely going to be the biggest fight ever in combat sports history and probably going to be the biggest pay day ever - all sides involved are pretty happy with their deals," he said.
Leonard Ellerbe, chief executive of Mayweather Promotions, added: "There is a different feel from the Pacquiao fight. It is the unknown factor.
"There is not one place I go to with Floyd where he doesn't get asked the question: 'Floyd, are you going to fight Conor McGregor?' All Floyd thinks about is fighting Conor McGregor."
McGregor has won 21 and lost three of his 24 MMA contests, and White said his style would cause problems for Mayweather.
"Floyd Mayweather is 40 years old, he's always had problems with southpaws," added White.
"Conor McGregor is 28 and he is a southpaw. Whenever Conor hits people, they fall. He is 100% positive that he wins this fight, and I stopped doubting him a long time ago."
Speaking last month, boxing legend Oscar de la Hoya said the contest was "a farce" and "a circus" and feared the impact it would have on the sport.
"My interest is in the health of boxing as a whole," said De la Hoya, who won world titles in six different weight categories, in an open letter posted on Facebook.
"Floyd's and Conor's motivation is clear. It's money. In fact, they don't even pretend it's not.
"When the fight ends up being the disaster that is predicted, afterwards neither of them will need [boxing] any more. Floyd will go back to retirement and Conor will go back to the UFC. It's a win-win for them. It's a lose-lose for us.
"If you thought Mayweather/Pacquiao was a black eye for our sport - a match-up between two of the best pound-for-pound fighters that simply didn't deliver - just wait until the best boxer of a generation dismantles someone who has never boxed competitively at any level - amateur or professional.
"Our sport might not ever recover."
Mike Costello, BBC Radio 5 live boxing correspondent
One of boxing's all-time greats will take on a man who hasn't had a single professional boxing contest and it'll become one of the most talked-about sporting events of 2017.
Mayweather is coming out of retirement at the age of 40 for a fight some have dismissed as a farce and a mismatch. McGregor is 12 years younger and the biggest draw in UFC, the most successful and popular brand in mixed martial arts. Insults have been traded for two years - when they first started, nobody believed for a moment this fight would happen.
They both draw huge audiences on pay-per-view TV and the showdown is likely to generate tens of millions of dollars for each man.
It's likely to be televised in the United States by Showtime, a cable network and one of the biggest investors in boxing in recent years. Executives there are saying their digital traffic in the past few weeks is leading them to believe this will be nothing short of a monster event and it's been built by the hype generated by these two masters of the art of hype.
Steve Bunce, BBC Radio 5 live boxing pundit
This will be an absolute mismatch. McGregor is a terrific mixed martial artist, a sensational grappler, sensational at all of these things in five-minute rounds - but what he's absolutely hopeless at - and every now and again we see glimpses of it - is boxing.
That's when you have two feet on the ground, one of your hands is up somewhere near your chin and you are using your other hand as a jab. When he boxes, when he tries to box, whether that's in a gymnasium or a little break in a mixed martial arts fight, he is hopeless.
Ards Borough Council failed to appoint a contractor to undertake the work at the attraction in Portaferry, County Down, earlier this year.
As a result, £214,000 promised by the Department of the Environment to secure the centre's future has been lost.
The aquarium will now be closed until at least the end of the year.
It is not clear when it will open again.
Elaine Roddy, from Friends of Exploris, said the attraction should reopen its doors to the public, at least for the summer period.
"We don't believe there is any reason why it can't be reopened," she said.
"Most of the tanks are still operational. There are seals in the sanctuary at the moment.
"We are embarrassed living in Portaferry and we don't know what is happening."
Portaferry SDLP councillor Joe Boyle said the process had been a "total mess" and was "very disappointing".
"While we thought the biggest battle was getting the awarding of the funding, it now transpires the biggest battle to get Exploris open is actually finding somebody to do the work," he said.
Last year, Environment Minister Mark H Durkan committed £914,000 to refurbish and save the aquarium.
But since £214,000 was not claimed by Ards Borough Council, it is no longer available, leaving £700,000 for the refurbishment work if its carried out by the end of this year.
The new Ards and North Down Borough Council is trying to get the £214,000 reinstated.
A council spokesperson said the council "remains committed to the Exploris facility".
"[The council] has both written to and met with Minster Durkan and asked him to consider reinstating the amount to match the £914,000 offered in September 2014," the spokesperson added.
Portaferry café owner Patricia Donaldson said the local economy was being hit by the continued closure of Exploris.
"I don't think we have felt the full impact of this," she said.
"People come here from as far away as Dublin. They come through Strangford. They get the ferry across. It's all part of the experience.
"I think it is affecting everywhere. It is places on the way here, too. They are all suffering."
Ms Roddy said people often turned up in the town unaware that the attraction was closed.
"We think the communication has not been in place properly," she added.
Ron O'Connor, from Boston in the United States, is one tourist who was left disappointed to find Exploris was closed.
He said: "I'm a little bit sad. We've come a long way, it would've been very nice to see it. It's unusual to have an aquarium that works the way it did."
But the council spokesperson rejected Ms Roddy criticism and said the closure of Exploris was "well publicised in the media".
"The council has undertaken significant social media activity to reinforce the message over the past few months. Signage about the closure has been put up.
"The council remains committed to completing the refurbishment of Exploris and ensuring it has a sustainable future."
The council spokesperson added that a further update would be provided when the minister responds with regard to the capital funding offer.
The seal sanctuary at the aquarium will remain open, but there will be no access to the general public.
This is the first summer since the facility was opened by Ards Borough Council in 1987 that the aquarium has been closed to the public.
The number waiting more than 14 weeks has soared in the past year.
Ongoing problems with mental health services in Wales were previously highlighted in a report last year.
The Welsh government said cutting waiting times was a priority, and extra funding of £250,000 had been announced recently.
Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams said: "Sadly the Welsh Labour government is determined to bury its head in the sand and ignore the catalogue of concerns and warnings that young people in Wales are being put at risk.
"This complacency is astounding and the Welsh Labour government should hang its head in shame."
The number of children in Wales waiting more than 14 weeks for psychiatric services rose from 199 to 736 in the 12 months up to January 2014.
Problems with the child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) were raised in a report last December despite some progress being recognised since a previous study in 2009.
The joint review by Health Inspectorate Wales and the Wales Audit Office said children were being put at risk because of inappropriate admissions to adult mental health wards.
The assembly's children's committee is currently holding an inquiry into the service.
In its evidence to the committee, the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Wales said there was "significant variation in access" around Wales.
A Welsh government spokesperson said: "Waiting times are a priority in our CAMHS improvement plan.
"We have seen an increase in demand in recent years in part because of changes in 2012 for services to care for young people until their 18th birthday.
"The Mental Health (Wales) Measure, which came into force in 2012, enables more patients be seen by local mental health services, which means that CAMHS can concentrate on treating the most complex patients.
"The health minister [Mark Drakeford] recently announced an extra £250,000 a year for CAMHS services, which will ensure more young people are cared for in Wales, reducing the need for costly out-of-area placements."
The Education Authority (EA) said the department had instructed them to cut the amount spent on school uniform grants by £3m.
That would mean £1.9m is available in 2017/18, compared to £4.9m in 2016/17.
The department said that it faced "major financial pressures in 2017-18 if it is to operate within its budget".
"Consequently options to reduce spending across all programme areas are being explored, including the clothing allowance (uniform grants), extended schools and the entitlement framework," it said.
About 98,000 pupils in Northern Ireland received a grant this year.
The most that any individual pupil can receive is £78 which helps pay for uniform and PE kit for post-primary pupils.
The instruction by the department to make the proposed cut was discussed at the most recent board meeting of the EA.
An EA spokesperson told the BBC: "In its recent Resource Budget Allocation letter, the Department of Education has instructed the Education Authority to make certain spending cuts to achieve budget savings.
"These include a reduction of £3m for school uniform grants."
The BBC understands that, if implemented, the reduction in funding of about 60% would not reduce the number of applicants, but would reduce the amount of support each would receive.
The school clothing allowance scheme helps pupils from low income families in primary, post-primary and special schools. Primary school pupils can receive £35.75 towards uniform costs.
Post-primary and special school pupils can receive £51 towards their uniform if they are under 15 years old and £56 if they are over 15.
Post-primary and special school pupils can also receive £22 towards paying for school PE kit.
However, if the cut were implemented, each pupil would receive a reduced amount towards their school uniform.
The department also confirmed that extended schools funding is being reduced by about £1.5m.
Just over £10.6m was provided to around 400 schools in 2016-17 and this is being cut to £9.1m in 2017/18.
The extended schools scheme gives schools in relatively disadvantaged areas some extra money.
They use this to provide breakfast and homework clubs, summer schemes and parenting support.
Jonathan Catchpole survived a gunshot wound to the chest but needed surgery following the attack in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in August 2015.
Colin Deferia, 60, of Barking, Suffolk, who commissioned the "hit" due to a "grudge" against the victim, was jailed for 26 years.
Simon Webber, Frank Warren and Andrew Seaton were each jailed for 23 years and Paul Baker for 17 years.
All five had denied conspiracy to murder, but were found guilty at Ipswich Crown Court following an eight-week trial.
Webber, 32, of Bridgwater, Somerset; Warren, 52, of Dorchester, Dorset; and Seaton, 40, of Maiden Newton, Dorset; were also convicted of possessing a prohibited firearm.
Baker, 35, of Maiden Newton, had acted as a go-between between Deferia and the others, the court heard.
Police found Mr Catchpole with a "significant" gunshot wound to his chest at a flat in Forum Court, Bury St Edmunds, on 4 August 2015.
Shortly afterwards, a burnt-out car was discovered on the edge of the town. It contained a sawn-off shotgun found to have been used in the crime.
Deferia was identified as a suspect due to an ongoing dispute with Mr Catchpole and was arrested the next day.
Analysis of his mobile phone established he had been in contact with some of the other suspects. All four were arrested over the following days.
Mobile phone data, automatic number plate recognition and CCTV footage helped prove Webber, Warren and Seaton had travelled to the town from the south-west of England on the day of the attack.
Forensic evidence linked Webber to the shooting. Warren and Seaton assisted him in carrying out the attack, with Seaton driving the stolen getaway car.
The court heard since the attack, Mr Catchpole, who is in his 30s, needed life-saving surgery to remove multiple pellets.
A victim impact statement read to the court said he was now afraid to open the door and did not feel safe in his home.
Judge David Goodin said he had been shot at point-blank range and it was a "miracle" he had survived.
He described Deferia as a wealthy, successful, self-made businessman but behind his good nature was "vicious remorselessness".
Mark Milliken-Smith, for Deferia, said his client had been law-abiding until this crime, with no previous convictions, and suffered from a depressive disorder.
After the hearing, Ch Insp Caroline Millar, said: "This was a pre-planned and orchestrated attempt to murder an innocent man, all because of a grudge held against him by Colin Deferia.
"Deferia hired the other four men to carry out this attack and between them they thought they had planned the perfect crime."
Conrad de Souza, 57, of Fulham, admitted he lied about his qualifications again.
He was sentenced to 17 months in prison after pleading guilty to six charges of fraud in December 2016.
De Souza, who never completed medical school, was previously jailed in 2011 for claiming he was a doctor to get clinical strategy roles.
He was caught for the second time following a special investigation by the fraud team at NHS Protect.
He admitted falsifying his employment history and qualifications in an attempt to secure senior health roles with a variety of public bodies between 2013 and 2014.
Arslan Khan, specialist prosecutor from the CPS Specialist Fraud Division, said: "The prosecution built a case which showed how Conrad de Souza lied time and again in order to attempt to secure a number of senior health roles.
"De Souza carried on telling these lies despite a previous conviction and prison sentence for similar fraudulent behaviour. Faced with the evidence against him, he pleaded guilty."
His previous conviction related to his employment with Lewisham Primary Care Trust between 2001 and 2010, during which he received more than £329,000 of NHS money in fraudulently obtained earnings.
He had enrolled at the University of London medical school in 1980 but never graduated.
De Souza was jailed for more than two-and-a-half years in 2011.
Karl McCartney, Conservative MP for Lincoln, told one official they were a "pedantic SOAB".
The jibes emerged as Mr McCartney claimed he was a victim of "bullying" by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa).
Speaking in the House of Commons, he admitted his comments were inappropriate and apologised.
During Business Questions earlier, Mr McCartney said Ipsa chief executive Andrew McDonald had used "bullying tactics and threats" to silence him regarding concerns he had raised over their spiralling costs.
He then accused senior management of using "false innuendo and subterfuge" to smear the name of politicians.
In a letter later sent to the MP, Mr McDonald denied the bullying allegations and insisted Ipsa was providing good value to the taxpayer.
He wrote: "Some of the notes written by you, and attached to your claims, were recently brought to my attention.
"Having reviewed those notes, I was taken aback by the content, which ranged from abusive through to the offensive and condescending.
"We will do all that is reasonable to shield our team from such treatment. Ipsa's team deserves to be treated in a courteous manner.
"I ask that you desist from correspondence which falls below this standard."
In a statement, Mr McCartney admitted his messages had been "inappropriate" and said he regretted having made the comments.
"I accept that such comments have given cause for offence," he said.
"You will not see me making similar remarks in the future in respect of Ipsa, which has a difficult and important job to do."
BBC Scotland is hosting a series of TV and radio debates ahead of the Holyrood election on 5 May.
Two hustings will take place in the south of Scotland - the first in Dumfries on 26 April and the second on 28 April in Selkirk.
The debates will focus on a number of issues including economic growth, transport and council services.
It happened 20 minutes into the match between Barry Athletic FC and FC Pumas in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, at about 14:15 BST on Saturday.
The referee was unable to continue.
A spokesman for Barry Athletic FC said: "They came over and stood on the side of the pitch and one of them just had the ref from behind and the ref's legs went right up behind him."
South Wales Police said a report of assault at Barry Athletic Club had been made and the matter was being investigated.
The Barry Athletic spokesman added: "We were playing the game and these two guys entered the ground through some gate not used by anyone in the club.
"The ref squealed understandably and the guy just ran off to the side of the pitch."
Teams decided at the season-opening race in Australia to ditch the new elimination system and revert to the one that had been in place for 2015.
But when they met on Thursday to discuss possible options, returning to the old format was not one of them.
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says there will be more talks early next month.
The new format, which saw drivers eliminated every 90 seconds through three sessions of qualifying, came in for criticism in Melbourne last weekend.
That's because it led to an empty track for the last four minutes of the top-eight shootout as teams saved their tyres rather than do another lap.
At an emergency meeting on Sunday, teams agreed unanimously to revert to the 2015 format.
This consisted of three knockout sessions, with the slowest cars only eliminated after each session had finished..
However, this option was not on the table when the F1 Commission finally met on Thursday.
Instead, teams were presented with two options:
As neither had been discussed by the teams in advance, agreement was not reached.
The F1 Commission features Ecclestone and representatives of all the teams, governing body the FIA, tyre supplier Pirelli, sponsors and circuits.
To be able to make a rule change during a World Championship, unanimity is needed. In this case, that did not happen.
The year started with the 2015 qualifying format in place, only for Ecclestone to decide he wanted a change in an effort to spice up the racing weekend.
He gave the teams two options:
They went for the elimination format, something Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff described as the "least worst option".
It remains to be seen what changes will be adopted - if any - after the Bahrain race, which takes place on 3 April.
In the latest outcry over "killer robots", the letter warns that "a military AI [artificial intelligence] arms race is a bad idea".
Among the signatories are scientist Stephen Hawking, entrepreneur Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
The letter will be presented at an international AI conference today.
"Killer robots" are currently the subject of much debate and have recently been discussed by committees at the United Nations, which is considering the potential for a ban on certain types of autonomous weapons.
Now, the experts have called for a specific ban on the use of artificial intelligence to manage weapons that would be "beyond meaningful human control".
"Just as most chemists and biologists have no interest in building chemical or biological weapons, most AI researchers have no interest in building AI weapons - and do not want others to tarnish their field by doing so," they add.
MIT professor Noam Chomsky, Google AI chief Demis Hassabis, and consciousness expert Daniel Dennett are among others to have endorsed the letter.
The text, which has been published online by the Future of Life Institute (FLI), will be presented to delegates of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Buenos Aires.
Prof Hawking, a signatory to the letter, is currently taking part in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit, in which he is collecting questions about "making the future of technology more human".
He will respond to selected questions throughout the week, but has not yet posted his first reply.
In December, in an exclusive interview with the BBC, the professor raised his concern that AI could spell the end of mankind.
"Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't compete [with artificial intelligence], and would be superseded," he said.
But Eric Horvitz - a Microsoft Research chief who signed the autonomous weapons letter - has also appeared in a video posted online by his firm's PR team in which he defends other AI research.
"You look at how much computation has done for our society, for socio-economics, in applications like healthcare - it's been incredible. AI will change so many things," he said.
"With that comes a lot of hope, a lot of possible benefits and also some concerns.
"Will the machines become so powerful and smart that they can't be turned off and they come to outwit man?
"I think there are very interesting questions that need to be solved along the way, but I expect largely positive beneficial results coming out of this research largely because we guide it."
The UK's Ministry of Defence said in a statement that all UK forces currently operate, "in accordance with International Humanitarian Law."
"The UK's clearly defined Rules of Engagement are formulated on this basis.
"As such, there is always a 'man in the loop' controlling the system.
"UK military personnel are and will always be involved in the decision to employ and in the act of releasing weapons," it said.
A spokesman for BAE System, the UK's biggest defence contractor, added: "We are designing systems that will always be required to comply with the rules of engagement and legal and regulatory requirements. We support the UK MoD stance that there should be military personnel involved in the decision to employ weapons."
Watch Rory Cellan-Jones' interview with Prof Hawking from December
Charter flights have arrived in Glasgow, London Stansted and Belfast, and another is expected later.
The prime minister said he had met his pledge to bring the first 1,000 people to the UK by Christmas.
The UK government has promised to accept 20,000 Syrians over five years.
These will be drawn from established refugee camps, initially as part of the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme.
More than 50 local authorities have taken a share those who have already arrived.
Migrant crisis explained in graphics
From Syria to Bradford: A refugee family's tale
Alongside the VPR scheme, the UK has also granted asylum or other forms of protection to 1,868 Syrians in the year ending September 2015.
An additional 216 Syrian refugees were resettled under the government's VPR scheme between January 2014 and mid-2015.
At Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Cameron told the Commons: "I said that Britain would do its duty and with these thousand we have made a very good start."
He said the government was providing funding so the refugees get access to housing, healthcare and education.
The Refugee Council's head of advocacy Lisa Doyle welcomed the news, and said the refugees would have their lives "transformed, if not saved" by the UK resettlement programme.
However, she called on the government to also help resettle those who had risked the trip from Syria to Europe.
Under EU rules, refugees are meant to claim asylum in the first European state they enter.
"What we now need to see is the same eagerness to welcome refugees shown by communities across the country reflected by Government policies," Ms Doyle said.
"Resettling Syrian refugees is a great first step but Britain also needs to come forward and offer to help refugees arriving in Europe a route to safety too."
David Cameron has argued that accepting people only from camps in Syria, Turkey and Jordan will provide a "direct and safe" route to safety - instead of encouraging them to make the journey across the Mediterranean by boat.
In response to questioning from MPs, Home Secretary Theresa May said all refugees would be subject to rigorous security checks to make sure Islamic State militants were not among them.
There have been criticisms from some high profile figures who believe the UK's response to the refugee crisis has not been enough.
Lord Phillips, former UK Supreme Court head, and Lord Macdonald, ex-director of public prosecutions, were among 300 who signed an open letter on the issue. One retired judge said the UK could cope with taking in 75,000 refugees a year.
20,000
more refugees will be resettled in the UK by 2020
4,980
Syrian asylum seekers have been allowed to stay since 2011
25,771 people applied for asylum in the UK in the year to end June 2015
2,204 were from Syria
87% of Syrian requests for asylum were granted
145 Syrian asylum seekers have been removed from the UK since 2011
Syria has been embroiled in a bloody armed conflict for nearly five years. More than 250,000 Syrians have been killed, and 11 million displaced from their homes - more than four million have already left the country.
Earlier this month, MPs voted in favour of UK military action in Syria, targeting so-called Islamic State, and a British bombing campaign began shortly after.
Updating the Commons on the situation in Syria, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said there had been "no reports of civilian casualties" from RAF air strikes.
However, Russia - which is not part of the US-led coalition against IS, and is an ally of Syrian President Bashar al Assad - continued to target Syrian opposition forces rather than IS targets, he said.
His answers were interesting, funny, occasionally enlightening and frequently very silly.
Here's what he had to say for himself.
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Jonathan Dixon: Who's the toughest batsman you've ever played against?
MW: I thought New Zealand's Kane Williamson was a hell of a player. And Australia's Steve Smith is awkward to bowl at.
Harry Ridley: What's your favourite ground in the world?
MW: Trent Bridge. It was my favourite ground before I took the wicket that sealed the Ashes there, but even more so after that.
Gareth Jones: What would players think if each session lasted 30 overs. This might hurry the fielding side up if they ended up with 20 minutes for lunch or no tea!
MW: Definitely not for the lunch break. I'd be bowling backwards if I had no energy. I'm a skinny lad as it is! Good idea, but I don't think it's practical.
Duncan Johnson: For young fast bowlers, what one tip or hint would you give them to help them improve and progress?
MW: Strengthen in the right areas, practise, practise, practise, and have plenty of fire in your belly.
Vaust: Why do you take one step backwards at the start of your run-up?
MW: It just feels comfortable. I never used to do it when I had a longer run-up.
Matt Darwood: What one piece of advice would you give my 10-year-old son who plays for Northumberland U11s as he starts his career?
MW: He's obviously already got the talent if he's from Northumberland. Have fun, enjoy it, results don't matter, but take notice of your coaches. They do actually know what they're talking about.
Charlie Godden: Other than cricket, what sports do you love playing?
Mark Wood: Anything going. Squash, badminton, football - I even had a go at rugby, but I tried to tackle a bloke nicknamed Shrek once, and he flattened me. So that was my last game of rugby. I love boxing and Conor McGregor in the UFC.
Maxi Kelly: Who's the worst footballer in the team?
MW: On the coaching staff, it's bowling coach Ottis 'gammy knee' Gibson. As a player, I'm going for Adam Lyth, because he never passes.
Matthew Slight: What's the best dressing room prank you have ever played?
MW: In club cricket, one of my mates put a paving block into a team-mate's bag. He didn't realise and carried it round for three months, thinking his bag was very heavy.
Ben Harmison (Wood's former team-mate, and brother of Steve): Who's the best looking lad in Ashington?
MW: Not you with that massive jaw. You're not even the best looking Harmison.
Lydia Jane: Would you rather have a pet unicorn or a pet dragon?
MW: Dragon. Any day of the week. Especially with weather like this, to blow away the snow and that. Defrost the car, easy peasy, back in the cage.
Libby McCarthy (sitting in a school lesson): If you were a superhero, what would your name be and what would be your power?
MW: What a mint question that is. My name would be Woody Wonka. And I would call upon my Oompah Loompah army made up of little James Taylors.
Freddie Hatchett: Important question here, Woody: Biggie or Tupac?
MW: Tupac. Changes is a song that gets played in the dressing room a lot, so Tupac.
Will Barber: What single crisp could you throw the furthest? My pick is a Twiglet. A Quaver would be useless.
MW: Right. I'm thinking something like a cheese ball. Or a Monster Munch. But you'd have to throw it like a spiral, not with the hole in the middle. Technique is crucial, it's all about the technique. A Hula Hoop is nice and weighty, but if you throw it wrong, the hole will disrupt you. That's why I'm thinking Monster Munch, because it's got those fingers. If you throw it down the fingers, almost like a tyre, so the middle bit goes straight.
Alex top scorer Dagnall took his tally for the season to 14, of which 12 have come in his last 14 games, as Crewe, relegated a year ago, finished 17th, two points adrift of Barnet, who signed off in 15th.
Dagnall gave Crewe the lead in the eighth minute when, after taking down Ryan Wintle's ball, his shot crept under keeper Josh Vickers.
Barnet's Michael Nelson was denied by a reflex stop at a corner from Crewe keeper Ben Garratt, who also kept out Jamal Campbell-Ryce's free-kick.
But, at the other end, Vickers was powerless to prevent Dagnall's low drive hitting the bottom corner to double Crewe's lead in the 25th minute.
Barnet's Curtis Weston reduced the arrears when his 64th-minute shot found the top corner.
But Dagnall was not to be denied and he restored the two-goal advantage when turning in Zoumana Bakayogo's cross from close range, before George Cooper latched onto Garratt's long kick to tuck home the fourth.
Dagnall's last treble was in his days at Rochdale, in a 4-1 home win over Grimsby Town in March 2010.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Crewe Alexandra 4, Barnet 1.
Second Half ends, Crewe Alexandra 4, Barnet 1.
Attempt missed. Oliver Finney (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Callum Ainley (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Curtis Weston (Barnet).
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Josh Vickers.
Attempt saved. Charlie Kirk (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
Billy Bingham (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by John Akinde (Barnet).
Attempt missed. Jordan Bowery (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Elliot Johnson.
Attempt missed. Simeon Akinola (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Callum Ainley (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Curtis Weston (Barnet).
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Charlie Kirk replaces George Cooper.
Goal! Crewe Alexandra 4, Barnet 1. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Chris Dagnall.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Oliver Finney.
Foul by Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra).
Curtis Weston (Barnet) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Jordan Bowery (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Oliver Finney replaces James Jones.
Foul by Callum Ainley (Crewe Alexandra).
Harry Taylor (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Charlie Clough.
Substitution, Barnet. Luke Coulson replaces Jamal Campbell-Ryce.
Goal! Crewe Alexandra 3, Barnet 1. Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Zoumana Bakayogo.
Foul by Ryan Wintle (Crewe Alexandra).
Jack Taylor (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Callum Ainley (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Goal! Crewe Alexandra 2, Barnet 1. Curtis Weston (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Harry Taylor.
Attempt missed. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Jamal Campbell-Ryce.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Callum Ainley.
Attempt blocked. Curtis Weston (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Oliver Turton (Crewe Alexandra).
Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Perry Ng (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jack Taylor (Barnet).
Attempt missed. Jack Taylor (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Douglas Anderson, 39, died following an incident in the city's Dunnock Park area in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Police had appealed for information and said they were following "a positive line of inquiry".
The woman, who is from the local area, was expected to appear at Perth Sheriff Court on Monday.
The 56-year-old woman was in a Ford Focus when it collided with a Ford Fiesta in Lower Road, Higham, in Kent, on 5 December 2015.
She died at the scene and two men were seriously injured.
Ian Harvey, 24, of Burdett Avenue, Gravesend, admitted causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving in September.
He denied the more serious charge, as well as two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He was found not guilty of the three dangerous driving charges following a trial at Maidstone Crown Court and will be sentenced for the lesser charge on Friday.
Scotland, it was written in places, descended into a "sorry heap" at Twickenham, they were by turns "brainless" and an "embarrassment". What happened down there was "a rout", "a surrender", "a humiliation, "a pathetic showing".
This wasn't just kicking a team when they were down, this was a savaging done with a smile and the visitors left themselves wide open to it.
So many strong, and justified, words were used about the way Scotland played and the manner in which they were coursed around Twickenham for 80 minutes, but the most memorable was one used by not just a Scottish player, but the Scottish captain. "Useless," said John Barclay. Nobody was of a mind to disagree with him.
It's not coaches that are needed in the Scotland camp this week, it's psychologists. And medics, of course. Lots of them. Seven England tries and now seven more injuries to add to the misery. Physically, emotionally, spiritually - and every other type of ally you care to mention - that was one bruising day at Twickenham.
Mark Bennett has already been ruled out of the Italy game on Saturday, thereby joining Greig Laidlaw, Duncan Taylor, Alasdair Dickinson, WP Nel, Josh Strauss and John Hardie in the cast of the stricken.
Stuart Hogg, Tommy Seymour and Ryan Wilson are trying to recover in time after getting concussed. Finn Russell and Huw Jones have to get scans on knee knocks. Richie Gray is getting one on his hamstring.
James Robson, the team doctor, may as well borrow a flashing ambulance light and stick it on his head for the next week. He's going to be a busy, busy man.
Scotland were caught in the perfect storm on Saturday. They chose this day of all days to deliver a giant calamity of a display, a day when England produced one of their best Tests in years.
England were quietly brooding after some bad press, a little angry at the flak sent their way after Italy, maybe a little embarrassed at their slowness in dealing with Italy's tactics, perhaps a tad indignant at all the chat about the revived Scots and how they were heading south to consign 1983 to the dustbin once and for all.
The hosts had motivation coming out of their ears. Scotland had weakness coming out of the woodwork. What they need to do now is clear. They need to harness the hurt and use it against Italy in their final match of the Six Nations and the farewell Test in Vern Cotter's reign.
They need to do to the Italians what England did to them. Power, pace, deception, invention, tries and more tries. A bonus-point win sends them back up the table from their current slot in fifth. A good season is still there to be secured if the Italians are blasted.
The horror of Twickenham can be lessened if Scotland finish third in the table with three wins and a six-point loss in Paris when injury befell them in freakish circumstances. That's definite progress. Twickenham will hang in the air like the dirtiest cloud. That can't be erased, but neither should the victories over Ireland and Wales.
Scotland are moving forward, but there was the most brutal reality check on Saturday. When England get it right they're on a different planet. But here's the news. When England get it right they're a match for New Zealand at their ultimate. On Saturday's form, England would happily go toe-to-toe with the All Blacks, home or away, summer, autumn, winter or spring.
On Saturday, Scotland have a chance to finish with a flourish, but you have to fear now that terminal damage has been done to their hopes of having a chunky representation on the Lions tour.
It was instructive to hear Warren Gatland's words when he visited Scotland last week. The Lions coach spoke of the importance of the game at Twickenham, suggesting that winning matches at home was proof of Scotland's improvement, but that winning games away from home was what he was looking for from the Scotland contenders.
Had Scotland lived with England and taken them to the wire then Gatland would have had some interesting decisions to make. He'd have seen players going to an intimidating stadium and standing up to a champion team. They're the kind of customers he needs in New Zealand.
The fact that they were brutalised puts an image in the head of the Kiwi taking out a red pen and drawing a line through the names of those Scots who advanced their case so impressively against Ireland and Wales.
England will make up the bulk of Gatland's squad, which will number about 38 players. If they go on and win a second Grand Slam while setting a new world record for consecutive Test wins then as many as 20 of Eddie Jones' squad could travel - and they'd go on merit.
If they're denied in Dublin then the by-product of that would be more Irishmen on the tour. Either way, it's bad news for Scotland.
They had a lamentable day that probably destroyed the Lions chances of all bar three or four, but they've got to go again. The good work they've done this season demands a proper finale against Italy, a resounding response to the nightmare.
The Cobblers have lost all four games so far this season and are next to bottom in League One.
Their poor start follows heightened expectations after Chinese firm 5USport bought a 60% stake in the club.
"I was disappointed after the final whistle and lost in my own thoughts," Edinburgh told BBC Radio Northampton.
"The crowd were excellent and I've not applauded their support, which disappoints me because that's not what I'm about."
The 47-year-old was appointed manager in January and guided Northampton to 16th place last season.
Since then, he has transformed the squad with a series of summer signings, but it has yet to pay off in terms of results.
Despite the change of ownership at Sixfields, Edinburgh said everyone had to be "realistic" about the club's current position in terms of investment.
"We accept there are expectations, but I don't feel we should get carried away with what the expectations are, we aren't one of the top three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10 clubs in this league.
"If you look at Charlton's wage bill compared to ours, it's probably double," the former Newport County and Gillingham boss said.
"We're disappointed with the result, with what's gone on at the start of the season. We want to finish in the top half. Is that still possible? Absolutely. Three games in and we can't finish in the top half - course we can."
Mr Ford, who withdrew from his re-election campaign last week, told the Toronto Sun doctors went "into my lungs" to take "another biopsy".
Mr Ford has been diagnosed with an abdominal tumour.
His brother Councillor Doug Ford has replaced him on the 27 October ballot.
Doug Ford has not yet held an official campaign event, saying he wants to spend time with family while his brother is in hospital.
At the same time as he withdrew from the mayoral election, Rob Ford's name was added to the ballot papers to run for councillor in his old constituency of Ward 2 in Toronto's Etobicoke North area, signalling his desire to remain a political force in the city.
Rob Ford's sudden announcement of his illness and subsequent withdrawal from the race presented a remarkable turn in a tumultuous tenure in the city hall of Canada's largest city.
Over the past year, Rob Ford admitted to smoking crack cocaine while in office, then did a month-long stint in rehab. He resisted pressure to resign even as the city council stripped him of most of his budget and authority.
Rob Ford continued to run for re-election until last week, when he was brought to hospital after complaining of pain in his abdomen.
He has been in hospital since and is reportedly waiting for results from a biopsy test.
"I'm feeling pretty sick," he told the Sun's Joe Warmington, who reported the mayor sounded "horrible" and was "coughing and hacking and talking with a heavy breath".
The mayor said he was trying to get some work done, ringing constituents.
"It's pretty tricky right now," Mr Ford said regarding his health, saying he hoped to recover and go back to "helping people" as councillor.
It remains to be seen whether Doug Ford can pick up his brother's support.
Other top contenders in the race are former NDP MP Olivia Chow and businessman and former leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party John Tory.
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Michael Freshwater, 49, was found stabbed to death at a property in Westridge Road on 29 April.
A 28-year-old man is being held on suspicion of assisting an offender, conspiracy to supply class A drugs and money laundering.
At least 13 people have so far been arrested as part of the investigation.
A 25-year-old man from Southampton has become the latest to face charges.
He is being held on remand, accused of conspiracy to supply class A drugs, and is due before Southampton Crown Court on 5 August.
Last month, Mr Freshwater's partner, Jenny Downey, made an emotional appeal for help in tracking down his killers.
Hampshire Constabulary said it is believed there was a dispute at the property before Mr Freshwater's body was discovered.
Following the ill-fated Gallipoli landings in the Dardanelles, thousands of wounded Anzacs were evacuated to England. Weymouth was soon identified as an ideal site for their recuperation.
The influx of antipodean soldiers had an enduring impact on the resort which was affectionately dubbed "Wey-Aussie" by its wartime visitors.
The first hutted camp, complete with cook house, shower block, gymnasium and orthopaedic recovery unit was set up at Monte Video in Chickerell, near the site of the Granby Industrial estate today.
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Weymouth was chosen because of its existing army camp facilities, which were emptying as British soldiers completed their training and headed for the trenches in France.
But the seaside climate also lent itself to rest and recuperation - soldiers in their light blue uniforms, pushing others in wheelchairs became a common sight on the seafront.
A reporter from the Melbourne Argos visited the Chickerell camp, describing it as "an ideal place with warm sea breezes and slopes lined with purple heather that lay between the camp and the sea".
"And the markets of Weymouth supply plenty of honest butter, vegetables and fruit for the convalescent man," he added.
Phil Sherwood, of the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society, said: "You can imagine, in a town of 40,000 population, it had a big impact."
The Weymouth public welcomed the first influx of troops with a huge strawberry and cream tea. They and their successors would also enjoy whist drives, concerts and dances.
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The local church choir would also go into Chickerell camp to sing for those soldiers who could not get out.
There were fishing trips organised to Chesil beach while the Anzacs later formed their own band and performed at the Pavilion and Alexandra Gardens.
However, many did not get the chance to enjoy the resort's pleasures for long.
The priority was to get men fit enough to fight again and by October 1915, having survived the horrors of Gallipoli, hundreds of men were being transferred to Weymouth train station, to begin their journey to other European battle fronts.
Those who could not be restored to fighting fitness were sent back to Australia.
For those who did stay for longer there was a chance to get to know the Dorset population - 50 ended up marrying local women.
Fred Kelly, a member of the Goldfields Regiment had been brought to Weymouth after being wounded in action. He married a nurse and eventually they both moved to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
Mr Sherwood has set up a Facebook group to bring together family stories of the descendants of the Anzacs.
Eighty six soldiers did not make it back to their homelands and died while in Dorset. They are buried in Weymouth and Melcombe Regis cemeteries.
The town observes Anzac Day on 25 April, with a service at the special memorial erected on the esplanade.
Anne McCosker, a niece of Queenslander Lt Fred Martin, has researched her uncle's experiences convalescing at Westham Camp.
"You could hear the different accents - it was more relaxed and trying to pull the Pommeys' legs - it was just part of the relationship between the two people," she said.
"All the girls would be eyeing them, as they had the best overcoats and had more money.
"Every night apparently they used to have a punch up, up Boot Hill between the British soldiers and the Australians - it was never very serious.
"They would have loved the Fleet (lagoon behind Chesil Beach) as that reminded them of Queensland - with the lagoons and the more open skies, they felt very much at home here."
Although little evidence remains of the hutted camps, street names nearby bear names including Queensland Road and Canberra Road.
It was 1919 by the time the last Anzac soldiers left Weymouth. Their farewell was marked by writer Thomas Hardy in an interview with the Anzac newsletter.
"Now that the Australians are going back home and will soon be leaving us, would you please tell them I wish them a safe return and very good luck wherever they may go.
"We shall always be glad to see them, to welcome them and hold out the hand of not only friendship, but kinship and fraternal greeting," he said.
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While many of his countrymen play reggae or other musical styles borrowed from elsewhere, he and his band, the Amaravi Movement, make music inspired by traditional Malawian rhythms and instruments.
Known in his country as "the voice of the voiceless", Mawanga has a strong social conscience and is not afraid to speak out on behalf of the poor.
He ruffled feathers with his first hit Amakhala ku Blantyre which suggested that city dwellers who visit villages may not be as rich as they seem - they may have borrowed their fancy clothes.
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Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg claimed UKIP "promoted and tolerated prejudiced attitudes" to minority groups.
The society said it was "undemocratic" to withdraw the invitation.
Committee chairwoman Bethan Jenkins said witnesses could not choose who could ask questions, while UKIP's Neil Hamilton told Cymdeithas to "grow up".
Mr Hamilton, who leads his party in the assembly, is the only UKIP member of the committee.
Representatives of the society had been invited to give evidence on Welsh language standards on Wednesday.
Cymdeithas chairwoman Heledd Gwyndaf called the dropping of the invitation an "undemocratic decision" and "a dreadful reflection of the state of politics today".
She accused members of the committee of "embracing UKIP's prejudice with open arms", claiming: "They are blocking a platform for us, who support rights for the Welsh language and for other minorities.
"UKIP has promoted and tolerated prejudiced attitudes against a number of groups in our society - gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people, ethnic minorities, migrants, people with HIV - and the Welsh language," Ms Gwyndaf added.
"We cannot treat them like any other party."
Ms Jenkins, Plaid Cymru AM for South Wales West, said: "There's every right for them [Cymdeithas] to come on the basis that every elected AM has the right to ask them questions if they so wish."
She said it was "odd at best" to call the submission of written evidence "undemocratic" and an "insult" to those who have provided evidence in such way.
"For the time being, the people of Wales have given UKIP a democratic mandate to be here and we have to respect those voters' wishes," Ms Jenkins said.
She added that she consulted all members of the committee after she was informed that Cymdeithas would refuse to take questions from any UKIP AM.
"The unanimous view of those who responded was that it was for the committee to decide who should ask questions and not witnesses," she said.
"On that basis, we wrote back to Cymdeithas and said we would consider its submitted written evidence to our inquiry instead."
Mr Hamilton said he was looking forward to speaking to the group, and had read their written evidence "with great sympathy", but said the organisation should "grow up".
"They do no favours to the Welsh language by their puerile display of ignorance and bigotry," he said.
The UKIP group leader said the assembly "cannot be dictated to by extremists".
Pointing to the 13% of Welsh voters who backed UKIP in May's assembly election and the 52% who voted for Brexit in June, he added: "It is bad politics for Cymdeithas yr Iaith to insult them as prejudiced.
"I personally support the Welsh Government's aim of making Wales a bilingual nation and I hope Cymdeithas yr Iaith will soon grow up."
An assembly spokesman said: "It is not for witnesses to dictate to an assembly committee who is allowed to ask questions.
"Decisions about inviting witnesses to give evidence are for individual committees to make on a case-by-case basis."
A £250m "City Deal" for Aberdeen will see the UK and Scottish governments jointly invest in the area.
Separately, the Scottish government has promised £254m for key infrastructure projects in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
These include better rail links and improvements to the A90 junction at Laurencekirk.
Prime Minister David Cameron later announced an extra £20m package to help the oil and gas industry.
During a visit to Aberdeen, he said the money would fund further exploration, innovation, and skills development.
The City Deal agreement was formally signed by Scottish Secretary David Mundell and the Scottish government's infrastructure secretary, Keith Brown, in a ceremony in Aberdeen.
The agreement includes funding for an energy innovation centre and the expansion of Aberdeen harbour to help the city compete for oil and gas industry decommissioning work.
The deal also includes proposals to help exploit the remaining North Sea oil reserves.
The Aberdeen agreement follows a similar deal for Glasgow in 2014.
Mr Mundell said the "historic" City Deal demonstrated the commitment of both the UK and Scottish governments to the region.
He added: "I think that it is an example of what people here in the north east and right across Scotland want to see - their two governments and their local authorities working together to deliver the transformational deal that we have got on the table today."
He said the agreement would also help to kick start "hundreds of millions" of additional funds to the region from the private sector.
Mr Brown said the deal marked "something of a red letter day" for the north east, and predicted the new oil and gas innovation centre would help to "anchor the region in terms of global research and development".
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He also outlined details of the separate £254m of support offered to the region by the Scottish government, saying it would "help to cement the north east as one of the world's leading areas for business and industry.
The investment will come from future Scottish government budgets over the next five to 10 years.
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Aberdeen City Council leader Jenny Laing said the City Deal package was "only the first stage in transforming the north east of Scotland", while Martin Kitts-Hayes, co-leader of Aberdeenshire Council, said the deal would open the doors to further investment in key areas such as infrastructure and housing.
The two council had originally bid for a deal worth £2.9bn over 20 years.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told Holyrood that her government would continue to press the UK government to offer more financial support to the north east.
Ms Sturgeon had written to the prime minister calling for more help for the area following job losses in the offshore industry, which is struggling due to the fall in global oil prices.
Mr Cameron is visiting Aberdeen to meet local workers and senior offshore industry executives, and is expected to announce further UK government measures to help safeguard jobs.
A new ministerial group on oil and gas, chaired by UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd, has been set up to help support the industry.
The group met for the first time on Wednesday and agreed to produce an oil and gas workforce plan in the spring, focusing on what the government can do to support workers at risk of redundancy.
Nicola Sturgeon will visit Aberdeen on Monday for meetings with the oil and gas industry where she will make a further announcement of Scottish government action to support innovation, exploration, skills and access to finance for the North Sea industry.
The Scottish government has also called on Chancellor George Osborne to cut taxes for the industry in his budget in March.
Rebel fighters and civilians had been due to leave early on Wednesday, but the ceasefire collapsed.
Rebel groups said late on Wednesday that evacuations would take place in the coming hours.
But there has been no confirmation so far from the Syrian government or its major ally Russia.
And a media unit run by the Lebanese Shia Muslim movement Hezbollah, an ally of the Syrian government, said negotiations were undergoing "big complications" and had not yet concluded.
Rebels said the new ceasefire would come into effect late on Wednesday, with evacuations to follow early on Thursday.
The BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet, in Beirut, said the new deal would also allow the simultaneous evacuation of two villages being besieged by rebels in north-west Syria.
Syria's government and its ally Iran had insisted the evacuation from east Aleppo could happen only when those villages were evacuated, our correspondent said.
Hours after the first agreement collapsed on Wednesday morning, air strikes resumed over rebel-held territory, where at least 50,000 civilians remain.
The UN said raids by the Syrian government and its allies on an area "packed with civilians" most likely violated international law.
In a statement, Zeid Raad al-Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said: "The way this deal was dangled in front of this battered and beleaguered population - causing them to hope they might indeed live to see another day - and then snatched away just half a day later is also outrageously cruel."
Meanwhile, the BBC has learned that Western forces are using satellites and unmanned aircraft to gather evidence of possible war crimes in Aleppo and elsewhere in Syria.
Besieged residents have faced weeks of bombardment and chronic food and fuel shortages.
Medical facilities in the city have largely been reduced to rubble, as rebels have been squeezed into ever-smaller areas by a major government offensive, backed by Russian air power.
"The wounded and dead are lying in the street," one activist, Mohammad al-Khatib, told AFP. "No one dares to try and retrieve the bodies."
It is not clear how many people remain in the besieged areas. UN envoy Staffan de Mistura put the figure at about 50,000.
He said there were approximately 1,500 rebel fighters, about 30% of whom were from the jihadist group formerly known as the al-Nusra Front.
Other local sources say there could be as many as 100,000 people, many of them arriving from areas recently taken by the government.
Meanwhile, demonstrations in solidarity with the people of Aleppo have taken place in cities across the world, including Hamburg in Germany, Sarajevo in Bosnia and Rabat in Morocco.
The lights of the Eiffel Tower were also dimmed. Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she hoped the gesture would highlight the need for "urgent action" to help the people of Aleppo.
The striker took his goal tally to four in three league games with a second-half double that sealed back-to-back home wins and took Chesterfield to the top of the table.
Walsall started well when Simeon Jackson's flick put Andreas Makris in but his shot from the edge of the area hit the crossbar in the 11th minute.
But Chesterfield responded with a low drive from Jay O'Shea that Neil Etheridge did well to turn behind for a corner in the 19th minute and Gboly Ariyibi fired into the side netting in the 34th minute.
Etheridge made another excellent save in the 61st minute when he parried a low shot from Evans and the striker saw a 20-yard strike saved five minutes later.
But the goalkeeper could do nothing in the 75th minute when Evans ran forward and smashed in a right foot shot from 20 yards that flashed inside the left post and he was beaten again four minutes later by a deflected strike from the edge of the box.
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Match ends, Chesterfield 2, Walsall 0.
Second Half ends, Chesterfield 2, Walsall 0.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Rai Simons replaces Ched Evans.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Joe Edwards.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Joe Edwards.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Jason McCarthy.
Attempt blocked. Dan Gardner (Chesterfield) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Walsall. Maz Kouhyar replaces Kieron Morris.
Goal! Chesterfield 2, Walsall 0. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jay O'Shea.
Substitution, Walsall. Amadou Bakayoko replaces George Dobson.
Goal! Chesterfield 1, Walsall 0. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Walsall. Florent Cuvelier replaces Franck Moussa.
Attempt saved. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Joe Edwards.
Attempt missed. Jay O'Shea (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Kieron Morris (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Jason McCarthy (Walsall) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Foul by Ian Evatt (Chesterfield).
Simeon Jackson (Walsall) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Kieron Morris (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Jason McCarthy.
Attempt missed. Ian Evatt (Chesterfield) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Jason McCarthy.
Foul by Sam Hird (Chesterfield).
Simeon Jackson (Walsall) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Paul McGinn (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Franck Moussa (Walsall).
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by James O'Connor.
Second Half begins Chesterfield 0, Walsall 0.
First Half ends, Chesterfield 0, Walsall 0.
Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Joe Edwards (Walsall).
Foul by Paul McGinn (Chesterfield).
Andreas Makris (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Paul McGinn.
Attempt missed. Gary Liddle (Chesterfield) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Matt Preston.
Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Franck Moussa (Walsall).
The party won 10 seats, but the Conservatives have retained control with 45 out of 78 councillors.
The Tories had 51 seats before Thursday's vote, while the Liberal Democrats slipped from 24 to 17.
Labour's seats increased from one to four, while two independent councillors were also elected.
Former cabinet minister Mr Huhne, a Lib Dem, was jailed in March for perverting the course of justice, and his party lost both Eastleigh council seats to UKIP.
One of UKIP's gains was in South Waterside where Philip Fawkes, a distant relative of Guy Fawkes, was elected.
A 15th Century ancestor of the retired head teacher was the great-great-grandfather of the the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot ringleader.
When Mr Fawkes' candidacy was announced, party leader Nigel Farage said it showed "the blood of rebellion still runs in his veins".
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It's been an historic night in the local elections - with UKIP winning its first seats on county councils in the south.
As soon as the votes came tumbling out of the ballot boxes in Hampshire it became clear that it was going to be a tough night for the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
Labour gained three seats - but it was UKIP's supporters who had the biggest smiles. They started the night with no seats on the county council - but they ended up with 10.
Across Hampshire, there were losses for the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives - but the Tories retain control of the county council.
One senior Conservative MP says the UKIP surge should prompt the prime minister to deliver stronger policies on immigration and Europe.
Conservative Alexis McEvoy criticised her own party's national leadership after losing her South Waterside seat to Mr Fawkes.
She said Tory leaders "choose not to listen to what the public are saying", which boosted the UKIP vote.
"I hope the government will listen because they never do," she added.
"They're arrogant, out of touch and because of them good councillors have now been lost."
Andy Moore, 53, who won Eastleigh East for UKIP, said: "We have told the truth. We have listened to the public who have put us in these positions as councillors."
Martin Lyon, 47, who took nearby Bishopstoke and Fair Oak for UKIP, added: "I'm just shell shocked.
"It's all about the people on the ground. There have been a lot of people who have put the work in over five to 10 years in Eastleigh."
Lib Dem Sandra Gidley, who lost to Conservative Roy Perry in Romsey Extra, said she was disappointed but her stronger feeling was one of concern about the gains made by UKIP.
"It's a protest vote, it's a dangerous one; nobody knows what that party stands for," she said.
"It's now down to all politicians to try and reconnect with the public because what was clear to me is that the public have lost faith in all of us from all parties; that's why UKIP did well, not because they have anything to offer."
Voting was also held on the Isle of Wight on Thursday and counting began at 09:00 BST.
The disease, caused by a parasite that attacks the nervous system, is fatal if it is not treated.
Scientists said the number of acute cases in rural Uganda fell by 90% after they injected cattle with a drug that kills a parasite.
The disease is transmitted from cattle to humans by the tsetse fly.
Professor Sue Welburn, the university's vice-principal global access, led the research.
She told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that sleeping sickness was a parasitic disease like malaria.
Prof Welburn said: "It is transmitted by tsetse flies and they inoculate these parasites into your blood where they multiply and then these parasites move from your blood to your central nervous system where they cause profound problems and really quite extraordinary symptoms.
"It is absolutely fatal if it is not treated."
She said that domestic cattle had become the main "reservoir of infection" in Uganda.
The cattle do not get sick from the parasite so they can be infected for a long time.
Prof Welburn said: "It is just a matter of chance that that animal gets bitten by a tsetse fly and that fly bites a human and infects them."
Researchers tested a new approach to sleeping sickness control by targeting 500,000 cows for treatment.
They eliminated the trypanosome parasite that carries the disease by giving livestock a single injection of trypanocide and by carrying out regular insecticide spraying to prevent re-infection.
Prof Welburn said the treatment for humans was extremely complex and expensive but the drug for cattle was "really cheap".
The University of Edinburgh researchers aim to extend the project to all districts of Uganda affected by the condition - treating about 2.7 million head of cattle.
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The hosts led 6-4 at half-time after Joel Moon and Adam Swift traded scores.
Stevie Ward's try extended Leeds' advantage early in the second period, only for Saints to then turn the match around thanks to Tommy Makinson and James Roby.
However, Kallum Watkins and Ryan Hall made it 24-16 to Leeds, and they held on despite Alex Walmsley's late try.
Rhinos are now six points off Super League leaders Castleford Tigers, while St Helens remain sixth, three points behind Wakefield in fifth.
Saints beat Leeds in a low-scoring but enthralling encounter on the opening night of the season, but this time they were to find themselves on the wrong end of another topsy-turvy two-point game.
The key period at Headingley came after Jon Wilkin was sin-binned for a dangerous tackle on 62 minutes, with Leeds twice crossing the whitewash while St Helens were a man light.
There was also some concern over Saints half-back Matty Smith, who was forced off during the first half with what coach Justin Holbrook described after the game as a "serious eye injury".
"Matty had his eyelid ripped open and we couldn't stitch it so he's had to go to hospital," said Holbrook. "We're hoping he'll be OK."
Leeds coach Brian McDermott (on 17-year-old full-back Jack Walker): "He was good. He took some challenging high balls and looks okay with the ball in his hands.
"It was a big game for him and his development will be better for it.
"We've had to overcome a little bit of adversity with bans and injuries but overall I'm very pleased. We were really challenged by a determined Saints.
"We got put on the back foot a couple of times, we needed to have some fight about us."
St Helens coach Matty Holbrook: "I'm just as proud of the boys as I was last week when we got the win.
"It was really crucial to lose your half-back for pretty much the whole game. Obviously he's our main organiser so it made it hard on us and, to nearly get away with that without your half would have been huge.
"I think the sin-binning was harsh and it was massive. It makes it hard, that's for sure, when you are playing a man short for 10 minutes.
"But it shows the players are loving playing for each other. We just need to string some wins together."
Leeds Rhinos: Walker, Briscoe, Watkins, L. Sutcliffe, Hall, Moon, Lilley, Galloway, Parcell, Singleton, Ablett, Ward, Cuthbertson.
Replacements: Garbutt, Mullally, Ormondroyd, Handley.
St Helens: Lomax, Swift, Makinson, Morgan, Grace, Fages, Smith, Thompson, Roby, Amor, Taia, Wilkin, Knowles.
Replacements: Walmsley, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Douglas, Peyroux.
Referee: James Child (RFL)
The Clockhouse Inn in Chideock was "showing signs of collapse", Dorset Fire and Rescue said.
Fourteen crews have been tackling the blaze, which started at about 12:00 BST, but the fire service said it was scaling down its operation.
The A35 through Chideock has been shut in both directions causing severe congestion for bank holiday traffic.
No-one was injured in the fire.
The 24-year-old Scot will now play Belgian Joachim Gerard, who beat second seed Stephane Houdet 3-6 6-1 6-3.
The British number one said he was delighted to get past Fernandez in "one of the toughest matches of my life".
It is the first time Reid, from Alexandria, has made the final of a Grand Slam singles event.
Reid had reached the last four with a shock win over top seed and eight-time champion Shingo Kunieda from Japan.
The 31-year-old opener is to make his fifth Championship appearance of the season in the game starting on Sunday.
Cook has not played cricket since England completed their 2-0 Test series win over Sri Lanka on 13 June.
Pace bowler Stuart Broad is also expected to return for Nottinghamshire against Lancashire at Trent Bridge.
England's next Test, the first of a three-match series with Pakistan, starts on 14 July at Lord's.
Cook was in fine form when he was first made available by the England and Wales Cricket Board for Essex's first four matches this season, hitting 523 runs in seven visits to the crease, including three centuries.
His average of 130.75 remains the highest in the Championship.
"After his contributions earlier in the season we are pleased to have him back in the fold," said Essex coach Chris Silverwood.
"It is always a bonus to welcome Alastair back. We never put much pressure on him when he comes back. We are just grateful to have him around the squad. Hopefully we hope he can make an impact on his return."
Essex's 'second against first' home meeting with Kent pitches the former Division Two leaders against the side who overtook them on Wednesday with a draw against Derbyshire.
Kent remain unbeaten in the Championship this season, having now won twice and drawn six times since their total abandonment at Worcester in the opening week of the season.
Essex will resume Championship action after an 11-day break on the back of their first defeat, against Leicestershire.
Essex and Kent also meet in T20 Blast action at Chelmsford on Friday night (19:00 BST). It will be a second game in 24 hours for Kent, who are scheduled to host Sussex at Canterbury on Thursday night (18:30 BST).
The Addicks have lost seven of their last nine league games and last won in the Championship in late August.
Luzon, 40, was appointed in January and won 12 of his 36 matches in charge, steering the club to a safe 12th-placed finish last season.
Coaches Damian Matthew and David Martane have also left the Valley.
Saturday's Brentford loss followed a defeat by the same 3-0 scoreline at home to Preston in midweek.
Luzon told BBC Radio London on Friday: "We are not a team that need to be a part of the relegation war. We are more than this.
"I have a lot of experience in this kind of situation. In my career I have passed these obstacles."
The Addicks face away games at Middlesbrough and MK Dons next week, before they host Sheffield Wednesday on 7 November.
Daily avalanche information reports for areas popular with hillwalkers and climbers started on Thursday.
SAIS teams light-heartedly described conditions in the Northern Cairngorms as "tropical".
Weather forecasters expect this December to be one of the warmest in more than 100 years.
SAIS assesses avalanche hazard in six areas - Lochaber, Glen Coe, Creag Meagaidh, Southern Cairngorms , Northern Cairngorms and Torridon.
The reports are issued until mid-April.
Usually SAIS teams encounter colder temperatures and more snow at the start of their forecasting season.
Conditions in the Southern Cairngorms were described as "very mild" by the SAIS, and there was no snow on plateau areas such as Glas Maol.
Glen Coe was "mild and wet", according to the service.
It was cooler at Creag Meagaidh where a full depth avalanche was recorded on Thursday.
An SAIS forecaster for the mountain said: "We have much more snow than the 'Gorms at the moment but who knows how long it will last given the unseasonal temperatures projected for the next few days."
On Friday, teams covering the Southern Cairngorms and Torridon reported again on the warm weather.
The Torridon team said: "Continuing high temperatures in Torridon. Thermometer reached 15C in Kinlochewe early in the afternoon."
Shares in the LSE soared 17% after it said it was in "detailed discussions" with the German company about a "merger of equals".
Both companies said all their key businesses would continue to operate under their current brand names.
It is the third time the LSE and Deutsche Boerse have tried to strike a deal, first in 2000 then in 2004-5.
Shares in Deutsche Boerse rose 7%.
Under the terms of a potential deal, the LSE would own 45.6% of the merged group and Deutsche Boerse would hold the remaining 54.4%.
The combined business would have a single board, made up of an equal number of directors from the two companies.
Markus Huber, an analyst at stockbroker City of London Markets, said: "Although negotiations seem to be at a very early stage, a tie-up would make sense in regard to possibly synergies and overall improvement of competitiveness versus their main rivals."
In a statement, the LSE said: "The boards believe that the potential merger would represent a compelling opportunity for both companies to strengthen each other in an industry-defining combination, creating a leading European-based global markets infrastructure group."
In 2000, the LSE and Deutsche Boerse announced they were in merger talks. However, the LSE was forced to pull out of discussions when the deal was gatecrashed by Sweden's OM Exchange which made a £808m hostile bid for the British business. The LSE rejected the offer.
In December 2004, Deutsche Boerse made a £1.3bn approach for the LSE but saw its offer rebuffed.
Here is a selection of pictures from the scene.
Paul Crowther told Holyrood's justice committee of a "real challenge" in replacing officers amid a "significant outflow of expertise".
He told MSPs of the bomb threats, fatalities and near-death incidents officers often have to deal with.
Police Scotland has called the merger plan "complex but not insurmountable".
Holyrood is currently considering a bill which would pave the way to absorbing the functions of the British Transport Police (BTP) into Police Scotland north of the border by April 2019.
The Scottish government has long wanted to integrate the service into Police Scotland, seeing it as the most "efficient and effective" way of delivering policing across the country.
The Railway Policing (Scotland) Bill confers extra policing powers on the Scottish Police Authority and the Police Service of Scotland, but further legislation would be needed at Holyrood and Westminster to transfer staff, properties and cross-border policing functions.
Mr Crowther told the justice committee that that railway policing is "substantially different" to that undertaken in geographic forces.
He noted that BTP officers dealt with "25 to 30 bomb threats a month" due to abandoned baggage, and hundreds of incidents where people are either "restrained from jumping or removed from the tracks, in close proximity to death". Some officers could deal with 12 to 15 fatalities each per year, he added.
The committee has received written evidence from BTP officers warning of a "dilution" of skills, with some officers choosing to transfer to other areas or forces rather than join Police Scotland.
Noting that several experienced senior staff are due to retire in the two years leading up to the proposed merger, Mr Crowther said it might potentially be difficult to replace them in a non-specialist force like Police Scotland.
He said: "There is an interesting and significant outflow of expertise and transport policing ethos, and that then needs to be replenished.
"It's replenished in an organisation that has that as its sole focus. I think it would be a real challenge to replenish that in an organisation whose focus is in many other areas of policing rather than transport policing."
Police Scotland's Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins acknowledged there was a "risk that the skill base will be diluted", but added that "it's my job to make sure that doesn't happen".
He said railway training will eventually form part of the basic training for all Police Scotland officers, saying this would result in "17,000 officers with the skills to operate within the railway environment", alongside a smaller number with "bespoke" specialist skills.
Mr Higgins said that while officers could "potentially" be redeployed in the case of a major incident, there would "absolutely" be a specialist transport policing unit and those transferring in from BTP would have the right to remain policing only the railways until they retire.
Asked by Conservative MSP Douglas Ross if two years was enough time to carry out the merger, Mr Higgins said that was "frankly a luxury, based on what we've had to do previously".
Meanwhile, committee convener Margaret Mitchell pointed out that railway policing officers elsewhere in the UK are trained to carry tasers, while in Scotland only specialist firearms officers are armed with them.
Mr Higgins said he would have to "assess the threat within the wider rail network" to see if it was "appropriate" to continue to allow railway policing staff in Scotland to carry tasers after the merger, while finding "the best way to mitigate threat".
The committee received written evidence from twoanonymous officers who both warned that some BTP staff will seek to transfer to other forces rather than move to Police Scotland.
One told the committee that some officers had already left for BTP units in England and Wales, while some in Scotland had left "due to the uncertainty over the proposed merger", as they "do not want to join Police Scotland for a variety of reasons".
These officers also said cross-border train services would "notice a poorer quality of service" and that "criminals that travel across the border could potentially be missed" due to the different BTP and Police Scotland computer systems.
The BTP submission also noted the "specialist approach" and "seamless" coverage across the border, which "avoids the need for officers to disembark" between Scotland and England.
Police Scotland's submission highlighted the intention to "retain the current specialist skills and knowledge built up by BTP officers to ensure a smooth transition into Police Scotland", adding a training programme would be developed to "upskill" current frontline Police Scotland officers.
The force added: "Devolution of railway policing will have no detrimental impact on cross-border security arrangements.
"BTP and Police Scotland currently work together on a number of cross-border operations and this close working relationship would be expected to continue with BTP colleagues south of the border, following April 2019."
Campaigners have seized on the centenary to thrust an age-old debate back into the spotlight: Should the UK continue with its current daylight savings system?
Whenever it is time for the nation to put the clocks forward or back, it generates some debate on whether we should continue with the arrangements, or keep the UK on BST.
This would result in lighter evenings and darker mornings.
Apart from remaining in BST, there have been calls for the UK to adopt Single/Double British Summertime (SDST).
SDST would mean GMT+1 during the winter months and GMT+2 in the summer period.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has campaigned since 1988 to have the system adjusted so that there is more light in the evening during winter months.
To mark 100 years of daylight savings, it has renewed an appeal for SDST to be introduced.
Rospa says this would reduce the number of accidents because when the sunset occurs earlier in the day, the number of road collisions increase.
The Automobile Association (AA) is also in favour of changing the clocks so that there is less light in the morning and more in the evening.
However, the proposal to switch to lighter evenings has always struggled to gain popularity in Scotland.
If SDST was introduced, the northern-most parts of the country would stay dark until as late as 10:00 on winter mornings.
Some have suggested that Scotland could have a different time zone to the rest of the UK - but that is another discussion.
If SDST were to be adopted, here are some things that people in the north of Scotland would be doing in the dark.
Farming
Farm work is tough at the best of times, and according to NFU Scotland - hours of darkness are always more dangerous.
The farming union also warned that darker mornings would mean more farm vehicles on the road in these conditions, as some work can not be delayed.
Farmers in the north of Scotland are against any proposal to move the nation's clock to SDST.
Walking to school
If SDST was adopted in the north of Scotland, children would be walking to school in the dark - to the dismay of some parents. The lollipop lady might have something to say too.
Also, who would want to wait until 10 in the morning just to see daylight?
Posting letters
The postman could accidentally deliver your Christmas cards to the neighbour next door.
However, it should be noted that with any proposed change to the status quo - there will always be winners and losers.
The exception to this rule is Scotland's deer population.
Whatever time zone we choose to observe, collisions between deer and vehicles will always peak during the winter months
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Evans said he was "thrilled" to get the job, describing the motoring show as his "favourite programme of all time".
"I promise I will do everything I possibly can to respect what has gone on before and take the show forward," he added.
Clarkson was dropped in March after punching a producer while on location.
Car enthusiast Evans, who has signed a three-year deal with the BBC Two show, had been tipped to replace his good friend Clarkson but had previously insisted he was not interested.
An "all-new" line-up means Clarkson's co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May will not be involved.
The BBC's David Sillito said that while Chris Evans was a household name, Clarkson had a long-running association with Top Gear and his were big shoes to fill.
When Jeremy Clarkson relaunched Top Gear in 2002 it ceased to be a programme about cars; it became a programme about slightly tragic men who loved cars.
The essence was banter, lists and brilliant film-making. The problem is what happens when you lose the blokes.
Chris Evans is one of Britain's most successful broadcasters. He loves cars, he understands how to make television and he's a friend of Jeremy Clarkson. But he ain't Jeremy Clarkson.
Around the World Top Gear has appeared in different forms. The ones that work best have Jeremy Clarkson - even if he has to be dubbed into Farsi.
"Everything about Top Gear was Clarkson, May and Hammond, primarily Clarkson," he said.
"We have no idea who Evans will be filming the new series with. It could be one presenter, two, a whole team, or it could be a different set of presenters every week."
Top Gear is watched by some 350 million viewers worldwide and is one of the BBC's biggest shows, with overseas sales worth an estimated £50m a year.
Once the news broke, Evans tweeted: "First tweet as new Top Gear host. I would like to say Jeremy, Richard & James are the greatest. And NO I'm not leaving the R2 Breakfast Show."
And in a statement, he said: "I'm thrilled, Top Gear is my favourite programme of all time.
"Created by a host of brilliant minds who love cars and understand how to make the massively complicated come across as fun, devil-may-care and effortless.
"When in fact of course, it's anything but and that's the genius of Top Gear's global success."
Back in March, Evans had denied that he was taking over the show's presenting duties, tweeting: "I can categorically say I am not and will NEVER be running for office. Pls discount my candidacy."
Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four Kim Shillinglaw said she was "delighted" that Evans would be presenting the next series of Top Gear.
"His knowledge of and passion for cars are well known, and combined with his sheer inventiveness and cheeky unpredictability, he is the perfect choice to take our much-loved show into the future," she said.
"Chris is a huge fan of Top Gear and has great respect for the craft and work ethic of one of the best production teams in the world.
"He knows the phenomenal attention to detail it takes to make a single sequence of Top Gear, let alone a whole series. He is already full of brilliant ideas and I can't wait for him to get started."
There's a very telling line in Chris Evans' statement: "I promise I will do everything I possibly can to respect what has gone on before and take the show forward."
The 49-year-old is acutely aware of Top Gear's reputation - and the reaction his appointment will provoke.
On paper, he's a perfect replacement for his good friend Jeremy Clarkson. A car nut with a motor mouth and a track record in steering a television juggernaut to success.
But he's also a divisive figure, with many viewers put off by the unruly, egotistical behaviour of his tabloid years.
Evans even admitted there was a "50/50 split" among Top Gear fans over whether his involvement was a good idea.
However, he added: "In TV or radio, if you get a 50/50 love/hate reaction that usually equals massive hit."
Only time will tell.
Production on the new series of Top Gear will start in the next few weeks and the BBC said more information would be announced in due course.
Jeremy Clarkson was suspended, then dropped, by the BBC in March following a "fracas" with a producer at a hotel.
His final appearance on Top Gear will be shown on 28 June. The episode will be made up of two films shot before Clarkson was suspended, with Hammond and May presenting links from the studio.
Viewers will see Clarkson, Hammond and May behind the wheel of classic cars and beaten-up 4x4s in their final challenges as a trio.
City slipped to fifth in League One after Timothee Dieng's header secured a point when Jorge Teixiera had given the hosts the lead, but fell further behind the top three after Sheffield United, Fleetwood and Bolton each won.
Bradford captain Romain Vincelot had shot just wide of the left post from 25 yards in only the third minute, and they again went close when Tony McMahon tested goalkeeper Declan Rudd with a 35-yard free-kick and when Nathanial Knight-Percival sent a close-range header just over the crossbar.
The flat hosts had offered little in response, but in the 35th minute they took the lead.
From a central free-kick, Ricky Holmes crossed towards Patrick Bauer, who headed towards Teixiera from where the defender controlled possession before classily finishing into the top-right corner beyond Colin Doyle.
It took only eight minutes for Bradford to score their equaliser as Mark Marshall's powerful shot from the edge of the area was spilt straight to Dieng by Rudd, and from close range in front of a near-open goal he headed into the bottom-right corner.
The hosts responded with greater intensity during the second half, creating enough chances to secure victory and Tony Watt had already forced a save from Doyle when they went close through both Fredrik Ulvestad and Johnnie Jackson, but the goal they required remained beyond their reach.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Charlton Athletic 1, Bradford City 1.
Second Half ends, Charlton Athletic 1, Bradford City 1.
Attempt missed. Mark Marshall (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Jay Dasilva (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Charlie Wyke (Bradford City).
Foul by Johnnie Jackson (Charlton Athletic).
Charlie Wyke (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Jake Forster-Caskey replaces Ricky Holmes.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Jorge Teixeira.
Romain Vincelot (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Romain Vincelot (Bradford City).
Attempt missed. Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Timothee Dieng.
Hand ball by Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic).
Johnnie Jackson (Charlton Athletic) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Timothee Dieng (Bradford City).
Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Bradford City).
Johnnie Jackson (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Marshall (Bradford City).
Attempt saved. Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Timothee Dieng (Bradford City).
Substitution, Bradford City. Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila replaces Billy Clarke.
Attempt saved. Billy Clarke (Bradford City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Attempt blocked. Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Ezri Konsa Ngoyo replaces Andrew Crofts.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Jay Dasilva replaces Lewis Page because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Billy Clarke (Bradford City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Jorge Teixeira.
Foul by Lee Novak (Charlton Athletic).
Tony McMahon (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Josh Cullen.
Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Charlie Wyke (Bradford City).
Attempt missed. Fredrik Ulvestad (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Tony McMahon (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Manchester United and Wales legend Giggs met the Swans as they pondered who would succeed Francesco Guidolin.
"I always said I'd be open to anything that looked interesting and obviously Swansea was one of those clubs," Giggs told BBC Wales.
"I did that and unfortunately it didn't quite work out."
Giggs says "a few things" ensured he would remain on a sabbatical involving travel and punditry and not take over at Liberty Stadium.
"They probably already had an eye on Bob Bradley - obviously American owners - and for whatever reason it didn't quite work out," said Giggs.
"But I wish them luck and I'll carry on enjoying my sabbatical.
"He's [Bradley] obviously got experience. He's been a manager, I think, for 30 years now."
Giggs also believes Bradley and Swansea have a testing season ahead as they try to climb away from the threat of relegation.
They are 17th in the Premier League and have not won a game since the opening day of the season.
"It's going to be difficult because of the position they're in, but when a new manager comes in sometimes you get a lift, sometimes you get that confidence, different ideas, a bit of freshness and we'll see what happens, but yeah, it will be difficult for them," he said.
The former winger, 42, was interim manager at Old Trafford and was assistant to Louis van Gaal before parting company with the club after a 29-year association following the appointment of Jose Mourinho as manager.
Guidolin had been in charge since the departure of Garry Monk in January, but was dismissed after the 2-1 home defeat by Liverpool on 1 October.
In addition to Giggs, Swansea also spoke to ex-Derby County manager Paul Clement and former Sevilla and Villarreal coach Marcelino before appointing Bradley as manager.
Bradley's first game in charge is against Arsenal at the Emirates on Saturday, 15 October.
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"This has to be a process of months, rather than years," he said.
Mr Santos said the government would offer all necessary guarantees so the Farc could abandon its weapons and join the political process.
He said any attempts to delay disarming were unacceptable. The Farc has not responded to Mr Santos' deadline.
The president's statement came as the rebel group acknowledged that it was holding what it called "prisoners of war", contradicting its previous denials.
Sandra Ramirez, one of the group's representatives at the peace talks currently taking place in Havana, told Cuba's Juventud Rebelde newspaper that they were holding soldiers or police captured during fighting.
She said they could be freed in return for the release of rebels held by the government.
Mrs Ramirez said the Colombian government had around 700 rebel prisoners. But she declined to say how many "prisoners of war" were held by the Farc.
The Colombian authorities have previously rejected any prisoner swaps.
In February, the rebels announced that they would stop all political abductions and kidnappings for ransom. But victims' groups say the kidnappings have continued and not all hostages have been released.
Last week, the Farc freed four Chinese hostages who had been held captive for 17 months. They are thought to have been the only foreign hostages held by the group.
On Thursday, the Colombian government and Farc rebels concluded the first stage of talks in Cuba aimed at ending five decades of conflict. The talks are due to resume on Wednesday.
Chief government negotiator Humberto de la Calle said the peace talks were advancing as expected.
Ivan Marquez, who leads the rebel delegation. said there had been a good atmosphere, but stressed that both sides should not hurry to reach a deal.
He said there should be no room for mistakes and no timetables should be set.
The negotiations focused initially on the issue of land reform in Colombia, as it was a major reason for the uprising that brought about the establishment of the Farc in the early 1960s.
Four other points will be discussed: the end of armed conflict; guarantees for the exercise of political opposition and citizen participation; drug trafficking and the rights of victims of the conflict.
All previous attempts to reach a deal have failed.
The government ended the last peace talks in 2002, accusing the rebels of trying to regroup in a demilitarised zone.
Hundreds of thousands of people have died since the conflict began in Colombia, with millions more displaced.
The Farc numbered 16,000 in 2001 but are now thought to have some 8,000 fighters.
The newly elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) president confidently told me that after a successful reign by his predecessor Jacques Rogge, the Olympic movement needed mere evolution.
But as we approach four years of Bach's leadership - and with fresh hosting, doping and corruption controversies affecting confidence in his organisation - the demands for an Olympic revolution are growing louder by the day.
The recent withdrawal of Budapest's bid to stage the 2024 Games - the fourth city to pull out of the race - is highly embarrassing for the IOC and seems to have left the Olympics at a crossroads, in desperate need of a new vision.
And the knock-on effects of this latest blow to Bach could be extremely significant: a possible double announcement of hosts for both the 2024 and 2028 Games; and perhaps making it more likely that the IOC takes the unprecedented step of banning Russia from the next Winter Olympics, if that is deemed necessary to restore credibility at this critical time.
Despite reported opposition from within the IOC, it seems increasingly likely that when its members meet in Lima in September to decide which of the two remaining bidders, Los Angeles or Paris, is awarded the Games, the loser will be told it can host the following edition four years later.
This assumes the runner-up for 2024 will actually want to play host in 2028 of course - or indeed be able to. Neither is certain. Plans and partnerships for both bids are based on the cities hosting the event in 2024, and delaying these by another four years may not be possible. But with the IOC now admitting that without recent reforms it could have suffered the ignominy of having no bidders, it seems sensible to try to strike some kind of two-Games deal.
So, why are potential host cities turning their backs on the Games, and how much jeopardy is the Olympics really now in?
In 2014, after six cities had decided not to bid for the 2022 Winter Games - leaving just Almaty and Beijing to choose from - Bach hailed his Agenda 2020 reforms as the answer, designed to encourage flexible and cheaper bids from more potential hosts.
Yet three years on, here we are again, with just two bidders left for the 2024 summer Games. Earlier this month, a referendum in the Swiss canton of Graubuenden, which contains the cities of Davos and St Moritz, ensured there would be no bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The recent bleak images of Rio's abandoned and crumbling Olympic venues already falling into disrepair, just a few months after they hosted the city's iconic but chaotic Games, has reinforced fears that the size and cost of the global mega-event is out of control and places too great a burden on host cities.
At the same time, in London, an investigation is now under way into the spiralling costs of the 2012 Olympic stadium, now approaching £800m.
Meanwhile, in Tokyo, there are renewed concerns that the budget for the 2020 Games could leap to £21bn, four times the initial estimate, despite recent effort to rein in costs, with the city's governor, Yuriko Koike, admitting she had no idea how much money will eventually be spent on the event.
No wonder, perhaps, that Boston, Hamburg, Rome and now Budapest have all rejected the chance to stage the 2024 Games.
The IOC has blamed local politics for the withdrawal of the Hungarian capital, although Bach will hope to turn it to his advantage and use it to strengthen his case for more reforms.
Bach's latest idea is a change to the rules to allow cities bidding for the second time to pay less than those making their first attempt. Bach told German magazine Stuttgart Nachrichten that it was unfair to judge Rio's Olympic legacy so soon, and urged critics not to underestimate the transport and environmental benefits the Games had left the Brazilian city, while also reminding them of the regeneration of east London in recent years.
So as they enter the final crucial few months of campaigning, which of the two remaining candidate cities are most likely to benefit from Budapest's withdrawal and get to run the first leg of a possible 2024/2028 relay?
Some observers believe it has merely reinforced Paris' status as favourites. Given just how hard it clearly now is to attract bidders from Europe, sponsorship expert Tim Crow argues that it is easy to see why the IOC would be loathe to risk further alienating more potential candidates by rejecting the iconic capital for a third consecutive time - especially for 2024, which will mark 100 years since Paris last hosted the Games.
Add to this the obvious consternation caused in some Olympic circles by US President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric - and his recent travel ban - and Paris seems a logical choice.
Others disagree, however. Journalist Alan Abrahamson argues that the IOC must now turn away from government-backed bids based on large infrastructure or regeneration projects, where taxpayers often end up paying the price when budgets spiral out of control, and instead go for privately funded alternatives.
And that, he insists, means Los Angeles. Unlike in Paris, where 1.5bn euros of public investment is being spent on the construction of an athletes' village and a new aquatics centre, 97% of the American city's major facilities are already built, the kind of sustainability that Bach's Agenda 2020 is meant to be encouraging more of.
It has also not escaped attention that Etienne Thobois, the head of the Paris 2024 bid, was a key consultant for Tokyo 2020 - a bid whose original cost estimates now appear wildly optimistic. And at a time when the IOC is desperate to tackle ageing audiences, become more relevant among younger sports fans, and reboot the troubled Olympic brand, California's global reputation for digital technology and enterprise could make sense. It would also please the IOC's most lucrative broadcast partner, NBC, and its sponsors, most of which are based in the US.
In what is becoming a fascinating dilemma for the IOC, there are various other factors at play.
There is the possibility of anti-American resentment from some in the Olympic community at the US Anti-Doping Agency's (Usada) criticism of the IOC's failure to ban Russia from the Rio Games for state-sponsored doping. Usada is now one of the leading voices pushing for an overhaul of the anti-doping system, demanding a better resourced and independent World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) with real sanctioning powers. A US congressional hearing recently questioned the IOC's medical and scientific director Richard Budgett on anti-doping, with some wondering if the scrutiny could harm Los Angeles' chances.
But could all that be offset by the possible election of far-right politician Marine le Pen in the French presidential election in May? And could the continued threat of terrorism in France also damage Paris prospects?
All will be revealed in Lima in September. But before then, an even bigger decision must be taken by the IOC - on Russia. Despite recent admissions from Wada that there may not be sufficient evidence in last year's damning McLaren report to bring sanctions against certain Russian athletes, and the slow progress of two separate IOC investigations into the scandal, many want the IOC to now do what they failed to do last summer and ban the entire Russian team from Pyeongchang 2018.
My understanding is that despite the obvious threat of a major rift with Russia if such a step is taken, the argument is finally gaining traction among the upper echelons of the IOC, and there is a growing acceptance that it could help demonstrate some leadership at a time when it desperately needs to restore credibility.
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The samples of more than 100 athletes from Beijing 2008 and London 2012 have now shown up as positive in retesting, and dozens of medals have been stripped. The IOC is trying to show it has teeth after all, and it may conclude that banning Russia would be the ultimate way of proving the point.
All this comes at a crucial time for the IOC, a time of both opportunity and challenge.
On the one hand, it appears in rude health. Despite continuing concerns over China's human rights record, Bach recently hailed the signing of a ground-breaking six-Games partnership worth a potential $1bn with Chinese conglomerate Alibaba, another major boost to its constantly growing revenues.
The Olympic channel has now been broadcasting for several months, signing deals with 47 federations to televise their sports. Last week, the Sports and Rights Alliance welcomed the IOC's decision to incorporate human rights principles in its revised host city contract.
On the other, however, Bach has faced scrutiny for his organisation's role in the alleged ticket-touting scandal that saw Irish IOC executive Pat Hickey arrested in Rio and detained for five months.
And now an IOC ethics committee is having to look into allegations that vote-buying helped secure the 2016 Games for Rio after a French newspaper reported that a Brazilian businessman made payments to Papa Massata Diack, son of disgraced former IOC member Lamine Diack, just before the crucial vote in 2009, and that current IOC member Frankie Fredericks also received money.
Frederick denies wrongdoing, while Diack Jr has refused to comment. But with French police already investigating payments made by the Tokyo 2020 bid to an account linked to the Diacks, the list of Games tainted by allegations of corruption is growing.
It is against this backdrop that the IOC is now operating - and being judged.
Budapest's withdrawal from the race to stage the next Games is far from being the only headache it has to contend with right now. But at a time when the IOC's reputation is on the line, the ramifications of this latest snub could be felt well beyond its headquarters in Lausanne. And especially in Los Angeles, Paris and in Moscow.
The 2-1 loss in March, which followed a 3-2 defeat at Manchester United, left Arsenal six points adrift of eventual champions Leicester.
Wenger was heavily criticised by fans after his side lost to the Swans, who return to Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
"I must say that the negativity comes very quickly," said the Frenchman, 66.
"It is a virus that travels very quickly and goes away very slowly."
The Londoners finished last season in second, 10 points behind Leicester.
Thierry Henry, Arsenal's record goalscorer, said he had never seen the club's fans as angry as during the defeat by Swansea.
This time, the Gunners face the Welsh side on the back of five successive wins in all competitions. They are third in the Premier League, two points behind leaders Manchester City.
"I believe at the moment the vibes are positive," Wenger said.
"We have reduced distance with the top teams. We have to continue to get to the next level.
"Fans are part of our game and they have the right to be happy, not to be happy. My job is to focus on my job and trying to make them happy."
The Thai student reckons she's saved up to £10 on the perfume she bought for her sister thanks to the pound's fall.
She is one of the overseas shoppers Burberry has credited for driving up UK sales by almost a third.
The British fashion house said tourists' higher spending power due to the drop in sterling drove the rise.
Comparable European sales, which exclude new store openings, were higher in the first half of the year, marking the first rise for over a year.
The firm, which makes just 15% of its sales in the UK, said the pound's fall would increase full year profit.
Patthanan, shopping in Burberry's flagship store on London's Regent Street, is one of the many foreign tourists taking advantage of the fact that they are currently getting substantially more pounds in exchange for their foreign currency.
"I buy a lot of clothes, shoes, perfumes and cosmetics. Everything is cheaper than in my country particularly brand names," she says.
The pound has fallen almost 20% since the Brexit vote on 23 June, and around 16% against the euro.
The drop has helped to drive overall tourist spending higher.
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According to FTSE 100-listed payments processor Worldpay, foreign card spending growth was up 3.4% in August compared with the previous year, and online sales growth rose by 5.3%. High Street sales were up 3.0%.
The most recent official statistics also show signs of a tentative rise in tourism, with overseas residents making a whopping 3.8 million visits to the UK in July, up 2% on the same month last year. In total, they spent some £2.5bn.
However, the boom in UK tourism hasn't been enough to offset Burberry's other woes.
Total sales at the designer fell, with Burberry blaming the 4% drop to £1.16bn in the six months to the end of September on a fall in wholesale and licensing revenues, which dragged down its overall performance.
Nonetheless, Burberry, which has been overhauling the business including redesigning its website and offering customers the opportunity to personalise products, said it was on track to meet its financial goals for the full year.
Because of the pound's fall, the money Burberry makes abroad in dollars, euros and yen is worth more back in the UK as those currencies buy more pounds when converted into sterling.
In July, it said the drop in the pound would boost full year profit by around £90m, but it said the continuing falls in sterling meant it now expected this figure to rocket to £125m.
Current chief executive and chief creative officer Christopher Bailey, said the external environment remained "challenging" but that the "strength of our brand give us confidence for the future".
Mr Bailey will relinquish his chief executive role next year, with Marco Gobbetti, who currently runs French luxury label Celine, taking over the role.
The firm said some of its strongest performers in the first half of the year were bags. Its Bridle bag was the best-selling item from its September catwalk collection, and its new rucksack and Buckle bag collection also did well.
George Salmon, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said the pound's fall had made a trip to Burberry's UK shops "a more attractive option for overseas luxury shoppers".
"With the cost of the flights justified by the saving on just a handful of Burberry's premium products, the group is already seeing a significant increase in luxury consumers taking advantage of the lower pound," he said.
However, he cautioned that with UK sales making up a relatively small percentage of Burberry's business, conditions for the luxury retailer remained difficult.
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Bernard Kenny was stabbed as he intervened when Thomas Mair attacked Mrs Cox in Birstall, West Yorkshire in 2016.
Mr Kenny's son said the 79-year-old, who was honoured in June, had died on Monday morning.
Mair stabbed Mrs Cox, the MP for Batley and Spen, 15 times and shot her three times.
During Mair's trial, Mr Kenny told the court he had been waiting for his wife by the library in Birstall when he saw right-wing extremist Mair going "berserk".
He said he thought he could jump on his back and "could take him down" but was then stabbed in the stomach.
After the attack more than 80,000 people signed an online petition calling for Mr Kenny to be awarded the George Cross for his bravery.
Former miner Mr Kenny is understood to have been part of the rescue operation during a 1973 Yorkshire mining disaster., in which seven men died.
Tracey Brabin MP, the former Coronation Street and Eastenders actress who was elected in Jo Cox's constituency after her death, said Mr Kenny was "brave and selfless".
She added: "Bernard will forever be remembered as a true hero, both as a member of the Miners' Rescue Team and as a constituent of Batley and Spen who risked his life to protect Jo Cox."
Labour MP Yvette Cooper has paid tribute to the 79-year-old, saying he was "a true hero, a very brave man".
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The man who was awarded the George Medal for trying to stop the murder of MP Jo Cox has died, his family says.
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It comes a day after it announced more than 1,000 job losses.
The company usually takes on about 40 apprentices every year for a four year training programme.
The scheme was assessed by the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) last year as "very good" with some "outstanding" elements.
The firm said it will "support existing apprentices to complete their training and gain relevant qualifications".
At the time of the ETI inspection the firm had 140 apprentices, 20 of whom were on the pilot higher level programme.
Over the four year scheme apprentices work towards NVQs in aircraft fitting or engineering.
First Minister Arlene Foster has said she will do what she can to soften the blow of the job losses.
Meanwhile, a company which is one of Bombardier's biggest local parts suppliers says its saddened by the cuts.
However, Raymond Semple of Moyola Precision Engineeering, said he was confident about its own future, despite Bombardier's troubles.
"It's a major thing losing 1,000 jobs. Those people trying to get employment, it's not going to be all that easy for them," he said.
"For us as a company, we're quite confident we'll still be going forward. It's a global business here."
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What is also evident is the very fast growing importance of online sales, especially via mobile phones and tablets.
Worst results were from Morrisons, which has the smallest online presence. Its so-called like-for-like sales fell 5.6%.
At the market leader, Tesco underlying sales in the UK fell 2.4% in the six weeks of Christmas and overseas sales were down 3.6%.
But Tesco's online sales in Britain were a big £450m, up 14%.
As for Marks & Spencer, its underlying sales in core general merchandise fell a worse-than-expected 2.1% over three months - because few bought winter clothes in warm October - but nudged up slightly, by 0.5%, in the last two months.
Strikingly - and perhaps embarrassingly for Morrisons and Tesco - M&S's food sales were 1.5% higher on a like-for-like basis over the eight weeks of Christmas, and 1.6% higher over the third quarter of its financial year.
So when you pull all this together, what does it mean for the owners of these large businesses?
Well Morrisons has warned that its profits will be at the lower end of expectations, as a result of its "disappointing" sales performance.
By contrast, Marks says that an improvement in the profitability of its food sales will offset a squeeze in clothing and homeware.
As for the Tesco leviathan, it still expects trading profit to be in the range of £3.2bn to £3.4bn.
Even so, today's results confirm the structural difficulties faced by all three of these giants - which is why, at a time of rising household consumption, none are benefiting as Next, John Lewis and (to a lesser extent) Sainsbury have done.
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It is important to note that households are currently splashing out on bigger and more expensive items, such as electronics, DIY and cars, but are still being very careful and cautious in their everyday expenditure on food and clothing.
But there is bigger lesson - which is that a retailer without a substantial online presence, including mobile, is on a fast road to obsolescence.
Morrisons, slightly plaintively perhaps, points out that the first deliveries from Morrisons.com start tomorrow.
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The patchy nature of a recovery in spending by households is shown in a fall in underlying sales at three of the UK's biggest and most famous retailers, Tesco, Morrisons and Marks & Spencer - while there were rises at Greggs and New Look.
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In the months after 9/11, Americans asked: "Why do they hate us?"
Today, European politicians, journalists and academics are still searching for an explanation as to why so many young Muslims are being radicalised.
Religion, economic deprivation and Western foreign policy are all put forward as possible drivers of jihadism. The one thing most people can agree on is that the West is unsure how to react to the so-called Islamic State (IS).
The confusion is reflected in the West's uncertain attitude towards democracy in the Arab world. A few weeks before he ordered the invasion of Iraq in 2003, President George W Bush said that once Saddam Hussein had been toppled, Iraq would become "a beacon of democracy across the Middle East".
The neo-cons believed that the benefits of democracy were so self-evident that, given a chance, Iraqis would be bound to grasp them. It had worked in post-Soviet Eastern Europe, so why shouldn't it work in the Middle East too?
But far from embracing Western liberalism, Iraq descended into a civil war. And many in the West took away the lesson that you could not force a country to become a democracy.
And if Iraq convinced some in the West that it was not possible to impose democracy, the Arab Spring revived the issue of whether the West actually wants democracy in the Middle East. Or is it, in fact, frightened of what democracy might bring?
For decades jihadists - like many Western liberals - have argued that the West's endless rhetoric about democracy is hollow. After all, they ask, don't the human rights-abusing Saudi royals get Western backing?
And how come Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak was bankrolled by US aid?
And they cite 1992 in Algeria as perhaps the clearest case of Western double standards. When the Islamic Salvation Front was on track to win parliamentary elections, there were almost audible sighs of relief in Western capitals when the army intervened, banned the party and detained many of its members.
The fear of radical Islamists winning power is felt perhaps most acutely in Israel. It may be the Middle East's most developed democracy, but what would happen if the hostility of many Arabs to Israel found democratic expression?
If Middle Eastern governments did what their people wanted, Israel would have a problem.
The issue was most sharply exposed when Hamas won the election in the Palestinian territories in 2006. Israeli and Western officials all refused to meet their newly elected representatives on the grounds that they wanted the destruction of Israel.
Within a few months, many of Hamas's elected representatives were in Israeli prisons.
Bahrain: Protests broke out in 2011, with demonstrators demanding more democracy and an end to discrimination against the majority Shia community by the Sunni-led state. King Hamad crushed dissent, with help from troops of neighbouring states. He later accepted recommendations of a commission of inquiry, but critics say this was not acted on and abuses continued.
Egypt: Mass protests forced President Mubarak to resign in February 2011, after three decades in power. The Muslim Brotherhood won parliamentary and presidential elections, but President Mohammed Morsi quickly generated huge public anger by granting himself far-reaching powers and pushing through an Islamist-flavoured constitution. After millions of anti-Morsi protesters took to the streets, the army ousted him. The subsequent election was won by former army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, riding a wave of popularity. His government has since declared the Brotherhood a terrorist organisation, imprisoning many of its leaders as well as secular and liberal critics.
Libya: Anti-government demonstrations in February 2011 evolved into an armed revolt against the four-decade-long rule of Col Muammar Gaddafi. Western powers intervened to support rebels after the UN Security Council authorised "all necessary measures" to protect civilians. Col Gaddafi fled Tripoli and was captured and killed by rebels in August 2011. A subsequent battle for power and resources led to repeated clashes among rival militias, the expulsion of the internationally recognised government from the capital and the division of Libya into rival fiefdoms.
Syria: Streets protests in 2011 against the rule of Bashar al-Assad briefly seemed likely to topple the president. But as a peaceful uprising mutated into armed opposition and then an increasingly sectarian conflict, foreign powers were drawn in, seeking either to defend or destroy the Assad government. The militant group IS, formed in Iraq, took advantage of the instability to carve out territory for itself in northern and eastern Syria. Thousands have died in the conflict, and millions have fled Syria as refugees.
Tunisia: Birthplace of the Arab Spring, in December 2010, when young, unemployed Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to himself after officials stopped him selling vegetables, sparking mass protests. The resignation and flight of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has been followed by the first democratic parliamentary and presidential elections in Tunisian history. Political assassinations and fatal attacks on tourists have followed, but Tunisia is often held up as the Arab country that has emerged best from the ousting of a long-time leader.
Yemen: President Ali Abdullah Saleh was the fourth Arab leader to be forced from power. But his departure from office did not lead to the end of his influence, and he remained in Yemen, forming an alliance of convenience with former enemies, the Houthi rebels, against Saudi Arabian forces and others. His successor as president, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, has been unable to impose his authority on the country, which remains divided among competing armed factions, including the local branch of al-Qaeda.
The Muslim Brotherhood's successive election victories in post-Mubarak Egypt once again exposed the West's dilemma. Let's not forget that both IS and al-Qaeda reject the Brotherhood's position that Islamists should seek power through the ballot box.
But fearing a Brotherhood challenge to their own authority, the autocrats in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf persuaded the West that they could not take the risk of an Egypt governed by President Morsi.
The Egyptian army, together with street protesters who wanted to overturn the election result, looked like the safer bet.
It was a policy born of perhaps understandable caution. How could Western leaders trust the Brotherhood's assurances that its first election victory would not be followed by an attempt to grasp power more permanently as a prelude to constructing its stated goal - an Islamic State?
But by failing to back the Brotherhood government, the West handed radical Islamists a victory. "There is no point voting for the Brotherhood," they could now argue, "because they will be kept out of power even if they win. You might as well fight with us instead."
In fact, political developments in Tunisia suggest that democracy can be trusted to work. The Muslim Brotherhood equivalent there - Ennahda - won the post-Arab Spring election and then proved willing to compromise.
In a move no secular party in Tunisia would be likely to emulate, Ennahda voluntarily stepped down from power in the interests of securing broad agreement on a new constitution.
But Tunisia was always a sideshow. Egypt matters more. And with the liberals' and Brotherhoods' leaders thrown into President Sisi's prisons, the field was left clear for the jihadists to offer the only clear argument about how to resist Cairo's oppressive government.
These issues affect the region as a whole. The contradictions are now most pressing in Syria. Western governments are still calling for the downfall of President Assad but hesitate to do much to bring it about for fear of what his departure might bring.
What would a post-Assad Syria look like? What would Syrian elections bring? Might Sunni Islamists come to power? How would that suit the West? And Israel?
That the West has been unable to transform the yearning for democracy, freedom and security in the Middle East into defeats for IS and al-Qaeda is in part a result of the contradiction inherent in arguing for democracy but fearing its results.
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Iran spent much of the first half under pressure but more than once threatened to inflict what would have been a huge upset.
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Argentina's celebrations at the final whistle were wild and prolonged, while the sight of coach Alejandro Sabella embracing Messi at the tunnel gave an indication of what this meant to the two-time champions.
The build-up was dominated by talk of a rift between Messi and Sabella, the captain having expressed his displeasure at the 5-3-2 formation used in the first half against Bosnia-Hercegovina when Messi also scored the decisive goal.
Sabella duly reverted to the Barcelona forward's preferred 4-3-3 and was rewarded by his star man at the last.
Iran looked devastated at the end but must take immense confidence from a performance that combined defensive resilience with attacking adventure - and from the knowledge they could still qualify.
Carlos Queiroz's men actually created the first meaningful chance when Jala Hosseini headed wide from Ashkan Dejagah's free-kick, although Argentina then assumed control.
Javier Mascherano and Fernando Gago provided a solid base for Angel Di Maria and full-backs Pablo Zabaleta and Marcos Rojo to support Messi, Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Aguero.
Iran goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi displayed superb reflexes to foil Higuain and save one-handed from Aguero. Rojo then headed narrowly wide, Messi was off target with a free-kick and Ezequiel Garay nodded inches over the bar. The Iran fans celebrated every reprieve like a goal.
"Lionel Messi is the difference in so many games and he's done it again. You know what he's going to do, take a step and curl it, but there's nothing the magnificent Iranians can do. It is just world class."
Argentina were meeting a wall of resistance every time they attacked but Iran's impressive defending ought to have been no surprise - they kept more clean sheets in qualifying than any team at the tournament. And when not thwarting the South Americans' forwards, Queiroz's team again came close to a goal of their own with another Hosseini header.
Iran's preparations for the competition had been hampered by political sanctions that affected their funding and ability to organise friendlies, but they looked fully prepared and again came close to taking a shock lead through Reza Ghoochannejhad.
Masoud Shojaei surged forward and fed Pejman Montazeri to cross for the Charlton Athletic striker, who would have scored had his header been aimed anywhere other than straight at Argentine keeper Sergio Romero.
But the chance served to further bolster Iran's self-belief and after Dejagah had a strong penalty claim rejected by referee Milorad Mazic, the Fulham man was thwarted by Romero's fingertips as he met another Montazeri cross with a powerful header.
Messi worked hard to swing the momentum back in Argentina's favour, slotting wide after a quick break and sending a free-kick into the side-netting, while Sabella introduced Rodrigo Palacio and Ezequiel Lavezzi in place of Aguero and Higuain as his side pushed hard for a winner.
Still chances came for Iran, however, Ghoochannejhad nearly stealing the win, only for Romero to make a diving stop - and that miss proved costly when captain Messi stepped up with a wonderful finish into the far corner to send Argentina through with a game to spare and keep them on course for a first World Cup since 1986.
Match ends, Argentina 1, Iran 0.
Second Half ends, Argentina 1, Iran 0.
Javier Mascherano (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Amir Hossein Sadeqi (Iran).
Substitution, Argentina. Lucas Biglia replaces Ángel Di María.
Goal! Argentina 1, Iran 0. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ezequiel Lavezzi.
Federico Fernández (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Reza Ghoochanneijhad (Iran).
Substitution, Iran. Reza Haghighi replaces Ehsan Hajsafi.
Attempt saved. Reza Ghoochanneijhad (Iran) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Alireza Jahanbakhsh with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Marcos Rojo (Argentina) header from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Jalal Hosseini.
Substitution, Iran. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Ashkan Dejagah.
Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Alireza Haghighi.
Attempt missed. Rodrigo Palacio (Argentina) header from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Javier Mascherano.
Foul by Marcos Rojo (Argentina).
Reza Ghoochanneijhad (Iran) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Marcos Rojo (Argentina) left footed shot from long range on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Ezequiel Lavezzi following a corner.
Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Mehrdad Pooladi.
Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Pejman Montazeri.
Substitution, Argentina. Rodrigo Palacio replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
Substitution, Argentina. Ezequiel Lavezzi replaces Sergio Agüero.
Substitution, Iran. Khosro Heydari replaces Masoud Shojaei.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Andranik Teymourian (Iran) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Argentina) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcos Rojo.
Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Masoud Shojaei (Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ángel Di María (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Masoud Shojaei (Iran).
Ezequiel Garay (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Javad Nekounam (Iran).
Corner, Iran. Conceded by Marcos Rojo.
Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Amir Hossein Sadeqi.
Corner, Iran. Conceded by Sergio Romero.
Attempt saved. Ashkan Dejagah (Iran) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Pejman Montazeri with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Reza Ghoochanneijhad (Iran) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ashkan Dejagah with a cross.
Corner, Iran. Conceded by Ezequiel Garay.
Corner, Iran. Conceded by Pablo Zabaleta.
Attempt blocked. Ehsan Hajsafi (Iran) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Javad Nekounam.
Murray signed Nicky Featherstone and Dutch winger Schmeltz on Friday, and the latter came on to inspire a second-half comeback against Newport County.
Schmeltz's cross was fired home by Michael Duckworth to seal a 2-2 draw.
"I know what he'll do for the crowd and the other players, getting the best out of them," Murray told BBC Tees.
The 25-year-old played in the Eredivisie in his native Netherlands with Willem II before moving to Oldham in June 2013, where he worked with Murray prior to his release last summer.
"I know the fans were thinking 'what are we taking someone like that for?' but I know what Sidney is capable of," said Murray.
"I'm sure once he gets fully-fit he'll do some damage to the full-backs in this league - but he's not ready to start at the minute."
After defeat by Cambridge in Murray's first match in charge, the point against Newport ended a three-game losing streak for Pools.
And for Murray, the manner in which the draw was earned was another positive.
"When I was here as a player, we did capitulate at times," he admitted.
"To show that spirit and desire to get back in the game and to nearly win it was superb. That has to be the catalyst to get us up the league."
The German was seen chatting to fans in the Old Blind School bar in Hardman Street on Friday.
Revellers said the former Borussia Dortmund manager appeared "relaxed and happy" as he drank lager with his wife and friends.
"He was his usual charismatic self," said Liverpool fan Anthony Riley.
"I didn't take any pictures and didn't want to disturb him too much in case he activated the cooling-off period in his contract and went back to Dortmund."
Rebeckah Vaughan, who posed for a photograph with the 48-year-old, said: "He was really nice and friendly. I spoke to his wife a lot about Liverpool, they were both really happy to be here."
Other supporters posted on social media after seeing Klopp, who had earlier described himself as "the normal one" in his first meeting with the media.
Jess tweeted: "Klopp is in the Old Blind School having a bevy, what a man!"
The 2012 co-hosts won a vote by the Confederation of African Football's executive committee in Cairo on Wednesday ahead of Algeria and Ghana.
It will be the second time as hosts for the country, which is located on the west coast of Africa, having previously shared duties with Equatorial Guinea.
Original hosts Libya, where a civil war has halted football, withdrew last year from staging the tournament.
Gabon will use four venues for the 16-team tournament, which will be played in January and February.
They will be in Libreville and Franceville, which were used in 2012, plus Port Gentil and Oyem where the stadiums will be ready in 14 months, Gabon Football Federation officials said.
All three candidate countries made presentations to the Caf executive committee on Wednesday before the ballot was taken. Caf did not make details of the voting immediately available.
Also on Wednesday, Caf conducted the draw for the qualifiers, which included Morocco and Tunisia.
Morocco had been banned from taking part in the next two editions of the tournament after they did not host the 2015 event but were reinstated after winning their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Tunisia avoided a ban after apologising to Caf for accusing the governing body of bias.
Morocco were placed in Group F, alongside Cape Verde, Libya and Sao Tome. Tunisia will face Togo, Liberia and Djibouti in Group A.
In one of the toughest-looking groups, 2013 champions Nigeria will take on Egypt - with both sides aiming to avoid failing to qualify for a second successive finals - Tanzania and Chad.
The winners of the 13 groups will book their place at the tournament along with the two best-placed runners-up excluding the group which contains hosts Gabon, whose matches will be considered friendlies and where only the winner will qualify.
Gabon are placed in Group I alongside reigning champions Ivory Coast, Sudan and Sierra Leone.
Full draw for 2017 Afcon qualifiers:
Group A: Tunisia, Togo, Liberia, Djibouti
Group B: Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, Madagascar
Group C: Mali, Equatorial Guinea, Benin, South Sudan
Group D: Burkina Faso, Uganda, Botswana, Comoros
Group E: Zambia, Congo, Kenya, Guinea Bissau
Group F: Cape Verde, Morocco, Libya, Sao Tome
Group G: Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania, Chad
Group H: Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Mauritius
Group I: Ivory Coast, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Gabon
Group J: Algeria, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Seychelles
Group K: Senegal, Niger, Namibia, Burundi
Group L: Guinea, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Swaziland
Group M: Cameroon, South Africa, The Gambia, Mauritania
Angry Marseille fans criticised owner Margarita Louis-Dreyfus and described her as an "incompetent rich heiress" during the draw on 11 April.
Another banner held up said: "Go back to your real job, housewife."
The French League (LFP) said that two stands will remain partially shut while an investigation takes place.
England play their opening Euro 2016 fixture against Russia at the stadium on 11 June.
Around 200 supporters were dispersed by police using tear gas at the end of the game.
Marseille, whose coach Michel was replaced by Franck Passi on Tuesday, are 15th in the Ligue 1 standings, six points above the relegation zone with four games left.
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The display includes many famous TV characters from the past 70 years including Muffin the Mule, Gordon the Gopher, The Wombles, Sooty, Morph and the Teletubbies.
Exhibition organisers said they wanted to "look at how the magical programmes of our childhood have created memories and nostalgia in adults and children alike".
Andrew Conway's breakaway try and eight points from Ian Keatley's boot put Munster 13-6 up at half-time.
Scarlets fought back after the break as DTH van der Merwe and Tom Williams touched down to level at 16-16.
With the final kick of the match, Shingler nailed his penalty to give Scarlets a fifth win from five games.
Having won their first four games, Munster drop to second place after a first defeat of the campaign.
Keatley was only drafted into the starting line-up after Tyler Bleyendaal withdrew through injury shortly before kick-off, and the fly-half kicked Munster into an early lead.
Full-back Conway extended their advantage as he seized on a loose ball, kicked ahead and beat Scarlets wing Hadleigh Parkes to the ball to touch down.
Shingler kept Scarlets in contention with two penalties, but another three points from Keatley put Munster 13-6 ahead at the break.
The hosts came roaring back after the restart, and Van der Merwe scored his third try in only his second Scarlets appearance as he finished off a move started by half-time replacement Williams.
Provider turned poacher soon afterwards as Williams, with the aid of a review from the television match official, scored in the corner to bring the scores level.
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Barely a minute later, however, Williams was sent to the sin bin for a high tackle on Conway, and a Keatley drop-goal edged Munster back in front at 19-16.
A kicking duel between Keatley and Shingler ensued and, with two minutes left, Shingler's fourth penalty made it 22-22.
Scarlets kept the ball and their cool in the closing stages and, with the final kick of the game, Shingler struck his fifth penalty to secure victory.
Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac told BBC Wales Sport: "Munster played really well and put us under a lot of pressure.
"We didn't play well but I guess we took our scoring opportunities when we did and holding them with a man in the sin-bin was certainly a telling point as well.
"There's plenty to work on but we'll take those four points."
Scarlets: Aled Thomas; Hadleigh Parkes, Regan King, Gareth Owen, DTH van der Merwe; Steven Shingler, Rhodri Williams, Rob Evans, Ken Owens, Samson Lee, Jake Ball, Tom Price, Lewis Rawlins, John Barclay, James Davies.
Replacements: Emyr Phillips, Phil John, Peter Edwards, George Earle, Jack Condy, Gareth Davies, Dan Jones, Tom Williams.
Munster: Andrew Conway; Stephen Fitzgerald, David Johnston, Denis Hurley, Gerhard van den Heever; Ian Keatley, Cathal Sheridan; Dave Kilcoyne, Duncan Casey, BJ Botha; Robin Copeland, Mark Chisholm; Dave O'Callaghan, Jordan Coghlan, CJ Stander.
Replacements: Niall Scannell, James Cronin, John Ryan, Dave Foley, Shane Buckley, Tomás O'Leary, Rory Scannell, Ronan O'Mahony.
Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU)
Assistant referees: Simon Rees, Martyn Lewis (WRU)
Citing commissioner: Gwyn Bowden (WRU)
TMO: Jon Mason (WRU).
Thousands of angry protesters demanding her removal are outside the National Assembly's main gate.
Ms Park is embroiled in a political scandal that has sparked many protests.
At the heart of this scandal is the relationship between Ms Park and a confidante, Choi Soon-sil, accused of using connections to gain influence.
Prosecutors say Ms Park had a "considerable" role in the alleged corruption, which she has denied.
She has also resisted calls to step down, insisting that she would leave the decision up to parliament.
South Korea's parliament introduced the impeachment motion on Thursday, which will go through if at least two thirds of the assembly vote in favour of it - something which observers say is likely.
The assembly is dominated by opposition parties and independents who want her dismissed - but they need at least 28 more votes from Ms Park's Saenuri party for the impeachment.
Reports say there may be enough Saenuri dissenters who would vote for it. Ms Park said this week that she would accept the vote's outcome.
If parliament votes for impeachment, Ms Park would not be immediately removed. She would only be suspended from office, with the prime minister taking over her duties.
The decision would still need final approval from the nine-judge constitutional court, which would have six months to deliberate.
If it upheld the decision, only then would Ms Park be dismissed. She would become the first sitting South Korean president to be deposed in the country's democratic era.
At the heart of the scandal is Ms Park's links to Ms Choi, who has already been charged with coercion and abuse of power.
Ms Choi is accused of using her links with Ms Park to pressure some of the country's biggest corporations into donating to two foundations controlled by Ms Choi, who allegedly siphoned off funds for her personal use.
On Tuesday the corporations' leaders were grilled by MPs in a rare parliamentary enquiry on whether they made the donations in exchange for political favours.
Ms Park has also come under fire for allowing Ms Choi inappropriate access to government decisions, something which she has repeatedly apologised for.
The scandal has ignited public fury in South Korea, where tens of thousands of people have staged demonstrations in Seoul in recent weeks calling for Ms Park to step down.
The solution was developed by students at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in the city.
It broadcasts a voice warning, while a text message also appears in the radio display.
It uses an FM radio signal to jam drivers' speakers and stop music playing.
It will only be able to alert cars that have their radios turned on. It can also interrupt CDs and music connected via Bluetooth.
The radio transmission is sent from the emergency vehicle to nearby FM tuners that are equipped with RDS, a communications protocol for embedding small amounts of digital information in FM radio broadcasts. It is most commonly used to display the station or song title.
"Often drivers have only a few seconds to react and give way to emergency vehicles," said Mikael Erneberg, a KTH student who worked on the system.
"The optimal warning time is at least 10 to 15 seconds."
Loud music can prevent sirens from being heard and, according to the students, accidents involving motorists who have not heard emergency vehicles are on the rise.
"We want to catch motorists' attention at an early stage, and mitigate stress that impairs road safety," said Mr Erneberg.
"It fulfils three functions: improving accessibility for first responders, improving road safety and make the working environment in transport better for vulnerable professions," said Mr Erneberg.
The city will begin testing the system in a limited number of ambulances and fire engines, with plans to expand across the country later this year.
The warning system can work out how far in advance messages need to be heard depending on the speed of traffic.
The blasts happened at the Shia district of Sadr City and were caused by two suicide bombers.
The so-called Islamic State (IS) group says its militants had carried out the attacks and more would follow.
The mainly Sunni group, which controls large swathes of northern and western Iraq, has attacked numerous Shia targets in the country recently.
Sunday's blasts, the worst to hit Baghdad in recent months, injured at least 50 other people, Iraqi officials said.
Pictures showed pools of blood on the ground with slippers, shoes and mobile phones at the site.
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Dozens of people have died in attacks claimed by IS in recent months in Iraq.
The jihadist group said it would continue to target Shia Muslims, who are considered by them to be heretics.
The militants have constantly used double bombings to maximise casualties - a second device is detonated at the site as people flee or emergency services arrive.
Earlier on Sunday, IS suicide bombers and gunmen launched an attack on the western suburb of Abu Ghraib, before being driven back.
Officials quoted by Reuters news agency said at least 12 members of the security forces and 20 militants were killed in the violence.
IS has lost parts of the territory it once controlled in Iraq as the result of an offensive by Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by US-led coalition strikes.
Iraqi officials have said an offensive is being prepared to retake the city of Mosul, the largest controlled by IS in northern Iraq.
The email claimed each candidate had not achieved sufficient credits to receive their degree.
Students have now been told to ignore the message, which was sent out in the early hours of Thursday.
The university has insisted there was no breach of their systems and no student data has been compromised.
A university spokesperson said: "Our preliminary investigation suggests that these emails were regrettably issued as a result of a system error.
"There was no breach of our systems and no student data was compromised. The university has written to all students affected to reassure them that their graduations have not been cancelled and asking them to ignore the emails.
"All students who might have received the inaccurate information were contacted first thing this morning and told that this was an error. We are currently investigating exactly which students were affected."
A statement from the university's Student Systems and Administration department added: "We are aware that a number of final year students have received an email, apparently from the university, informing them that their graduation has been cancelled.
"Please ignore this message. No graduations have been cancelled. Your final degree results will be released in line with the published schedule - no later than 16th June for the great majority of students and no later than the 23rd of June for Medics and Vets.
"We are looking urgently into this situation. We will be back in contact with you as soon as we can and will also ensure your MyEd/EUCLID screens are refreshed with accurate information."
The email sent out in error read: "You recently registered to attend a graduation ceremony this summer.
"However, we are now advised that you are not expected to complete your studies until later in the year, and therefore we presume that you may be eligible to attend the next available graduation ceremony.
"If this is not also your understanding please could you contact us immediately."
Calum Mackie, who has been studying English Literature and History, said he received the email just after midnight.
He logged on to a special portal for students on the university website which also said he did not have enough credits to graduate this summer.
He then spent the night worrying as he was not able to speak to anyone at the university to find out what had actually happened until later in the morning.
Mr Mackie said he thought it was possible an automated email had been sent in error as students planning to graduate would not have enough credits until their recent exams were actually marked.
Mr Mackie, who plans to start teacher-training in the autumn, said: "Once we realised this was a mistake, people were just frustrated and annoyed. Errors happen but this seems to have been a very big error."
Many students may have job offers or provisional places on postgraduate courses which rely on them gaining their degree or a particular class of degree first.
Several of them took to social media to criticise the university.
One, named Ruth, tweeted: "Massive anxiety and distress caused by Edinburgh University emailing all final years saying they failed. #StudentWelfare #WhatStudentWelfare"
It has actually been raining quite heavily over the last few days in and around Sao Paulo but it has barely made a drop of difference.
The main reservoir system that feeds this immense city is still dangerously low, and it would take months of intense, heavy rainfall for water levels to return to anything like normal.
So how does a country that produces an estimated 12% of the world's fresh water end up with a chronic shortage of this most essential resource - in its biggest and most economically important city?
It's interesting to note that both the local state government and the federal government have been slow to acknowledge there is a crisis, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
That might have been a politically expedient position to take during the recent election campaign, when the shortage of water in Sao Paulo was a thorny political issue, but the apparent lack of urgency in the city and wider state now is worrying many.
At the main Cantareira reservoir system, which feeds much of this city's insatiable demand for water, things have almost reached rock bottom.
Huge pipes suck out what water remains as the reservoir dips below 10% of its usual capacity. The odd local villager wanders around the dry bed of the lake hoping for a temporary windfall as fish flounder in the few pools that remain.
In the town of Itu, not far from the slowly diminishing reservoir, Gilberto Rodriguez and several of his neighbours wait patiently in line.
All of them are carrying as many jerry cans, empty plastic drinks bottles or buckets as they can muster. For weeks now they've been filling up with water from this emergency well. Twice a day Gilberto heaves the full containers into his car and heads home.
Every other house on the short drive seems to have a homemade poster pinned to the gate or doorframe. The same message, or plea, is written on each one; "Itu pede Socorro" - "Itu needs help".
Gilberto and his wife almost break into a laugh when I suggest to them that, according to Sao Paulo's state government, the situation is manageable and there's no need for water rationing.
"There's been no water in our pipes now for a month," says Soraya.
"It's not as bad as this in every community but we've had water rationing here since February."
The car-crash scenario of a record dry season coupled with the ever-increasing demand for resources from South America's biggest city seems almost to have caught the state water authority, Sabesp, by surprise. The authority, in turn, is being widely criticised for failing to plan and is now trying to manage a crisis.
Home to some 20 million people, the sprawling city of Sao Paulo continues to grow. But the failure of city services and basic infrastructure to keep pace merely exacerbates the problems, in particular the dwindling supplies of clean water.
Open sewers mean that Sao Paulo's rivers are completely polluted. They're now part of the problem rather than, as should be in times of drought, part of the solution.
Maria Cecilia Brito is part of the umbrella organisation Alliance for Waters, which is belatedly trying to raise public awareness about the chronic shortages.
"People here were brought up to believe that water was a resource that would never end," Maria Cedilla tells me at her office in downtown Sao Paulo, a leviathan of a metropolis that has long since outgrown any system that could adequately support it.
She goes on: "We were taking more water from the sources than those sources were able to replenish through natural means."
But now one of Brazil's leading scientists is suggesting that the causes of the drought may be even more worrying for Brazil in the long run.
Antonio Nobre is one of country's most respected Earth scientists and climatologists. He argues there is enough evidence to say that continued deforestation in the Amazon and the almost complete disappearance of the Atlantic forest has drastically altered the climate.
"There is a hot dry air mass sitting down here [in Sao Paulo] like an elephant and nothing can move it," says the eminent scientist, who divides his time between the southern city of Sao Jose dos Campos and the Amazon city of Manaus.
"That's what we have learned - that the forests have an innate ability to import moisture and to cool down and to favour rain… If deforestation in the Amazon continues, Sao Paulo will probably dry up. If we don't act now, we're lost," adds Mr Nobre, whose recent report on the plight of the Amazon caused a huge stir in scientific and political circles.
Water shortages have the potential to harm the economy too, and that's where the politicians in Sao Paulo and Brasilia just might start to act.
Sao Paulo is by far Brazil's richest state - the engine of the country's economic growth - but if water and electricity, generated by hydroelectric dams, start running out the consequences for the economy could be dire.
At a car parts factory in the north of the city I meet businessman Mauricio Colin. His aluminium plant needs about 15,000 litres of water a day to operate at normal capacity. Mauricio is already having to buy in extra water. He is worried about future supplies.
"The authorities know exactly what's needed," says Mauricio, above the din of his round-the-clock operation. "They have to invest in basic infrastructure because, without water, there are companies here who won't be able to produce anything."
Thus far public protests against the water shortages have been small - but the potential for frustration and disruption is there.
Sao Paulo's Water Authority has now acknowledged that unless water levels recover there may be power cuts and more water rationing. Everyone is praying for more rain, hoping that it's not too late.
A 24-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence.
Paramedics were called to Harlow Town Park in Essex shortly after 16:00 GMT on Saturday, where the third day of an event organised by Thurston fun fairs was taking place.
The girl, from Norwich, died in hospital.
It is believed the dome-shaped inflatable carrying the girl blew over a number of trailers and caravans in the park and landed down a hill.
Ray Smith, a representative of the Showmans Guild of Great Britain, said: "It was a sudden gust. Had it been a consistent wind they would have closed down all the inflatables."
East of England Ambulance Service said the girl had suffered serious injuries when the inflatable was blown "some distance". She was treated by ambulance crews and the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance before being taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow.
A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "Our thoughts are with the friends and family involved on this sad day."
It's a sombre scene within the park.
Police stand guard around the inflatable which is at the centre of the investigation.
Around 20 caravans and trailers and a couple of fairground rides remain here, but they are silent.
A bouquet with an Easter bunny inside lies at the park's entrance, remembering the girl who died from the shocking events of Saturday.
Asked about how the inflatables were set up, Mr Smith said: "I know the (Thurston) family and I am very confident they had staked it out properly.
"Obviously there is a full investigation to be held into how this could have happened and to make sure it can never ever happen again."
The arrested pair, from Cambridgeshire, are understood to be from the family-run bouncy castle firm.
Floral tributes have been left at the gates of the park, where a section remains cordoned off by police.
Among them is an Easter basket, while a card on a bunch of flowers reads: "God has taken a beautiful girl for his angel. RIP Princess."
Det Insp Daniel Stoten, of the Kent and Essex serious crime directorate, said: "This is a very tragic incident. The weather will certainly make up part of this investigation - whether the weather was a factor and whether or not it was appropriate for the ride to be running.
"It will be a complex and thorough investigation - I do not anticipate this to be a quick inquiry, it will be a lengthy investigation.
"We are trying to establish the circumstances surrounding how the girl came to be injured and I urge anyone who was at the event and witnessed the incident to contact me."
Officers urged anyone who captured the incident on camera to get in touch.
The Health and Safety Executive said it was assisting police with the investigation.
Last year a bouncy castle collapsed while children were playing on it during a fair in the park.
Harlow Council officers visited the site following the incident last May and suggested a number of health and safety improvements, including better stewarding of the event.
It was reported at the time that three children were treated by paramedics when the inflatable castle collapsed on them.
After news of Saturday's tragedy broke, Conservative MP for Harlow Robert Halfon tweeted: "My thoughts and heart go to family."
He added in a statement that he would be asking for an "urgent inquiry" and to consider whether bouncy castles "should be banned from Harlow town fairs, until we can be sure that they are completely safe, so such a horrific tragedy never happens again".
Jon Clempner, leader of Harlow Council, said: "Harlow is a town in shock following this tragic incident yesterday. I can't imagine the heartache of the parents and family of the little girl who has died, and my thoughts are with them."
He says he is confident the party can show the BBC was wrong to exclude it.
Last month, BBC director general Tony Hall rejected the DUP's request to be included in the TV debates.
Mr Robinson says his party's lawyers will be in touch with the broadcasters next week.
He said if a legal action goes ahead it will be in London.
Although the DUP is the fourth biggest party at Westminster, the BBC argues it would not be fair to invite only one of the Northern Ireland parties to take part in a UK debate.
The broadcasters plans feature two debates with seven parties, including UKIP, SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Greens.
The DUP had written to the BBC and ITV asking for an explanation as to why the party had not been invited to take part in the live televised election debates.
In his written reply to the DUP, Lord Hall is understood to have said the decision not to include them complied with the BBC's obligations of impartiality.
The BBC and ITV are currently planning to hold two debates involving the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, UKIP, Plaid Cymru, the SNP and the Greens.
A third debate - hosted by Sky and Channel 4 - would feature a head-to-head between Mr Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband.
Officials were threatening to call off the entire Ubud Readers and Writers Festival, due to start in Bali next week, if the organisers did not comply.
At least 500,000 people were killed across Indonesia after an attempted communist coup in 1965.
Cancelled events included panel discussions on the massacres.
"The events related to 1965 were flagged by the authorities as something that could potentially cause our operating license to be revoked," an unnamed festival spokesperson told Reuters news agency.
General Suharto and the military took power following the 1965 coup attempt, as Indonesia descended into one of the worst massacres of the 20th Century.
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The Communist Party then had three million members. Suspected members and sympathisers were hunted down, tortured and killed.
The events form the backdrop of the 1982 film The Year of Living Dangerously, starring Mel Gibson.
President Joko Widodo - who was elected last year - has promised a state-sponsored inquiry, but correspondents say so far little has been done.
International human rights groups have urged Indonesia to provide justice to victims' families.
Rivalries between the Indonesian military and the Communist Party came to a head when six generals were killed in an overnight attack by soldiers allegedly sympathetic to the communists.
A group of officers led by a colonel in President Sukarno's palace guard was accused of trying to launch a coup.
General Suharto led bloody anti-communist purges in which hundreds of thousands of suspected leftists were killed.
Many more were detained and imprisoned without trial.
Gen Suharto was handed emergency powers by President Sukarno in 1966 and took over as president the following year, ruling Indonesia for 31 years.
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He said the attack, near the finishing line, was "heinous and cowardly", but that the motive and culprit were not yet known and no-one was in custody.
Three people were killed, including an eight-year-old boy, and more than 170 injured by the bombs.
The FBI, which is running the investigation, has said there are no "known additional threats" to Boston.
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick says an interfaith service will be held for the victims on Thursday morning, attended by the president.
By Mark MardellNorth America editor
In his first briefing after Monday's attacks, Mr Obama had refrained from referring to terror attacks - a choice of words that drew criticism from some quarters.
But on Tuesday he said: "Any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians it is an act of terrorism."
He stressed it was not yet known whether an organisation - either domestic or foreign - or a "malevolent individual" was responsible, nor what the motive might have been.
"Everything else at this point is speculation," he said.
"It will take time... but we will find whoever harmed our citizens and we will bring them to justice."
The first explosion went off close to the finish line at about 14:50 local time (18:50 GMT) on Monday.
Seconds later, as rescuers were rushing to help the injured, another explosion went off nearby.
There were early reports that other suspect devices had been found, but speaking in Boston on Tuesday, Mr Patrick said it was "important to clarify that two, and only two, explosive devices were found yesterday".
Mr Patrick said all other suspect parcels had been examined and discounted.
The FBI said it had no advance warning of a specific threat to the marathon.
Richard DesLauriers, the agent in charge of the investigation, moved to reassure the public, saying there was no longer any "known imminent physical threat" to Boston.
Police had received "voluminous tips" from the public since the bombings, he said, urging people to co-operate with investigators.
By Gordon CoreraSecurity correspondent, BBC News
If investigators have a good idea whom they are looking for, they are not letting on. Instead they are emphasising the need for methodical evidence gathering - asking the public for photos and film from the marathon and continuing to examine what are being described as fairly crude bombs.
The fact that there were only two devices increases the chance the attack is the work of only one or a small number of individuals rather than a major organised, international conspiracy. What is less clear is whether this was domestic anti-government extremism - of the type seen in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 - or someone influenced by al-Qaeda.
The victims and the country as a whole want to know who was behind this attack and what motivated them. That answer may open up further difficult debates, but for the moment the priority remains finding those responsible as soon as possible.
"We will go to the ends of the Earth to identify the subject or subjects who are responsible for this despicable crime, and we will do everything we can to bring them to justice," Mr DesLauriers said.
Police want the public to send in any videos or photographs they may have from the day.
Timothy Alban of the Massachusetts State Police said: "There have to be hundreds if not thousands of photographs or videos or observations that were made down at that finish line.
"You might not think it's significant but it might have some value to this investigation."
The type of device used in the attack has not been made public, but doctors treating the wounded have said their injuries indicate that the bombs contained metal shards and other shrapnel.
A number of victims have had limbs amputated.
George Velmahos, chief of trauma surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, where many of the wounded were taken, said some had blast wounds "as well as small metallic fragments that entered their body - pellets, shrapnel, nails".
Unnamed security sources have been quoted in US media as saying at least one of the bombs was placed inside a pressure cooker packed with ball bearings and nails. This has not been officially confirmed.
Eight-year-old Martin Richard, from the Dorchester area of the city, has been named as one of those who died.
He was at the finishing line with his mother and sister, who were both seriously injured.
"They were looking in the crowd as the runners were coming to see if they could identify some of their friends when the bomb hit," Congressman Stephen Lynch, a friend of the Richard family, told Associated Press.
He said Martin's brother and his father, Bill, were also injured.
Bill Richard released a statement thanking friends and supporters. "I ask that you continue to pray for my family as we remember Martin," it said.
Flowers and tributes were being placed outside the family's home on Tuesday.
A second victim was named in US media as Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant manager.
Her father released a statement saying the family was devastated, AP reports.
Some 23,000 runners were taking part in this year's Boston marathon, which was being watched by hundreds of thousands of spectators.
The marathon is held on Patriots' Day, a Massachusetts state holiday which commemorates the first battles of the American Revolution in 1775.
Thomas Grilk, executive director of the Boston Athletic Association, said the race was "an integral part of the fabric and history of our community" and would go ahead next year.
"We are committed to continuing that tradition with the running of the 118th Boston Marathon in 2014, he said.
The London Marathon - the next major international marathon - is to go ahead on Sunday, with police saying they have well-rehearsed security plans.
Organisers have said they will hold a 30-second silence at the start as a mark of respect.
Twins Katie and Holly Moffatt, 19, from Chilton used their favourite colours, blue and yellow, and St Cuthbert's cross, a county symbol, in the flag.
Their father James said he was proud that "in 100 years' time, their flag will still be flying above the county".
The county was the only one in the north of England without a flag, according to the Flag Institute.
Previously, there have only been flags representing the city of Durham and the county council.
The winning flag will be registered in the Flag Institute's UK Flag Registry.
Mr Moffatt said he had been hopeful after his daughters made the shortlist but did not think they would win in his "wildest dreams".
The competition was organised by adventurer Andy Strangeway from Yorkshire, who has already established flags for the historic East, North and West Ridings of Yorkshire.
A panel of senior county councillors chose the top six designs, which were then put to a public vote.
Out of about 3,000 votes, the winning design had 26.51% - 10% more than the runner-up, Mr Strangeway said.
Det Supt Charlie McMurdie said e-crime cost the UK economy an estimated £27bn a year and was not "victimless".
She said fraudsters and robbers get longer sentences than cyber criminals.
Her comments come after the FBI busted an Estonian gang who infected four million computers in 100 countries with code redirecting users to online ads, allegedly making them $14m (£9m).
Security firms hailed Operation Ghost Click as the "biggest cyber criminal takedown in history".
Det Supt McMurdie said: "Sentencing is still an issue. Some of these people have made millions and if it was fraud or robbery they would get eight or 10 years but they get less because it's cyber crime."
She pointed to a number of successes in recent years, including Operation Lath and Operation Pagode, which had resulted in several people being convicted in British courts.
Det Supt McMurdie said Operation Pagode centred around a criminal "cyber supermarket" website where up to 8,000 people exchanged information about stolen credit cards, and bomb-making and drug-making kits.
She said it was "the largest English-speaking forum of its kind" and contained details of 130,000 compromised credit cards.
Operation Lath saw Ukrainian nationals Pavel Klikov, 29, and Yevhen Kulibaba, 33, from Chingford, Essex, jailed for withdrawing an estimated £3m from victims' bank accounts, having used Trojans to infect them.
But Det Supt McMurdie believes their sentences of four years and eight months did not reflect the severity of the crime.
"Sentencing powers are sufficient but it's the appreciation of the harm these individuals are causing that is lacking," she said.
"In total some of these cases involve £5m or £6m. People think there are no victims, no-one loses out because individuals get their money back from the banks. But it's a loss to the UK economy and a gain for that criminal organisation."
She said there was a "significant cyber threat around the Olympics" and said there was already a lot of fraud involving online ticketing but the picture was "constantly evolving".
Det Supt McMurdie said the police nationally had been given an extra £650m from the government to fight cyber crime and her own team had grown from 20 officers to 104.
In January, three new regional e-crime units will be launched in north-west England, the East Midlands and Yorkshire/Humberside.
The Met's e-crime unit is also involved in the ongoing investigation of internet activist groups like Anonymous and LulzSec.
"Most of our activities have international aspects," she said.
Det Supt McMurdie said she was aware of Operation Ghost Click and said her unit liaised with the FBI on an almost hourly basis.
"When the Americans get hit, it is inevitable that we will be hit too," she said.
Det Supt McMurdie denied the police had employed ex-hackers to do "penetration testing" on their own and other websites but added: "The people who test our infrastructure have the same skillset as hackers. You could call them hackers but they're not."
Asked if there was evidence "traditional criminals" were switching to cyber crime, she quipped: "There is no significant intelligence that old-fashioned 'blaggers' have become cyber hackers. They wouldn't understand it. Nor have I evidence of old-fashioned gangsters commissioning cyber criminals."
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said many companies were spending millions of pounds protecting themselves from cyber crime and he encouraged them to share good practice.
Janine Loddo was last seen at Popworld nightclub, formerly Flares, on St Mary Street on Friday night.
Ms Loddo, from Llanishen, left the club without her phone and coat, which were later handed to police.
Her family appealed for information but she was found safe and well on Monday evening.
A friend said: "Apparently she has been with friends for three days and only knew people were worried when a note came through the door.
"She had no idea everyone was so worried."
Hannah Wells and Maisie Clarke, both 17, saw the man in Warwick Road, Coventry, while walking from a friend's house after midnight on 10 August.
They offered the man, who appeared to be confused and distressed, a coat to keep warm, West Midlands Police said.
The teenagers stayed with him until officers arrived.
Hannah, a student at Warwickshire College, said: "We saw someone standing by the road and we were initially apprehensive, given the time of the day and the fact it was dark.
"But as we went to walk past we saw it was a frail man who said 'I need your help, I am lost.'
"He was cold so I gave him a coat to keep warm and we tried to put him at ease."
Officers identified the man as having gone missing from a care home, to which he was safely returned.
Maisie said: "We were concerned he was going to try to cross the road and could get hurt, so there was no way we were going to leave him."
Ch Supt Danny Long, from Coventry police, described it as "an outstanding act of kindness".
He said: "It would have been easy to simply walk on by and forget all about it, but the girls realised the man was in distress and were determined to help out.
"They should be immensely proud of their actions."
Trautman died in Spain on Friday at the age of 89. He was famous for playing on in the 1956 FA Cup final despite breaking his neck.
A Tanzania FA statement said he would be remembered for his work that set the foundation for the development of the sport in the country.
Trautmann arrived in the East African nation in 1974 as part of West Germany's sports assistance programme.
He reorganised the country's league and developed the skills of local coaches.
"The league system we have now is a brainchild of Trautmann," Atillion Tagalile, a former sports reporter, told BBC Sport.
Before Trautmann's arrival, Tanzania had a 20-team league played in a two-legged home and away knockout format.
However, he reduced the number of teams to 12 and introduced a league system of playing home and away.
In addition, the German held coaching clinics for local coaches and formed an association known as Tanzania Football Coaches Association (Tafca) to oversee skill development for the coaches.
"He conducted coaching courses throughout the country," said Simba SC coach Abdallah Kibaden.
"I attended one of his courses in Arusha in 1975 soon after retiring from the national team.
"Before his arrival, there was no training system for the coaches."
Trautmann also sent Tanzanian coaches to Cologne in Germany to acquire advanced coaching skills.
Joel Bendera, is one of the coaches who benefited from the scheme, he spend nine months in Germany along with two other Tanzanians.
When Bendera returned, he was appointed head coach of Tanzania's national team and guided their only ever Africa Cup of Nations finals in 1980.
Former international Kibaden believes that Trautmann also contributed to Tanzania's qualification through his youth development programme.
"He put emphasis on youth development as well, he toured the country in search of talents and we were able to get a strong team that went on to play the Nations Cup in Nigeria," added Kibaden.
Trautmann helped restructure the FA as well as designing an administrative procedure for the association.
"He reorganised our operation structure and also worked with administrators on football development," Said El Maamry, who was chairman of the Football Association of Tanzania (Fat) at the time, said.
"TFF has sent condolences to his family as well as the German and English FA's, and wished them to be strong in these difficult time," the statement added.
A bank spokesman said the growth of telephone and internet banking meant fewer customers were using the Laxey service on New Road.
It follows the closure of a 60-year-old service in the village of Kirk Michael in August 2012.
Managing Director, Bill Shimmins said there will be no redundancies when the Laxey branch closes on 10 January.
He added: "Closing a branch is not a decision we take lightly, however demand for our services in the village of Laxey has reduced, as customers choose alternative ways of banking, such as 24 hour online or mobile services.
"Customers will continue to receive a full branch banking service at Onchan or Ramsey branches."
It is thought the Isle of Man bank has had a branch in Laxey since about 1911.
Stan Hollis was awarded the medal for his actions during the storming of the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944.
A campaign by the Stanley E. Hollis VC Memorial Fund to have a statute in his honour erected in his home town raised £150,000.
Chairman Brian Bage, said the 7ft (2m) "magnificent" bronze statue was a fitting tribute to a "true hero".
Hollis was a 31-year-old sergeant major with the Green Howards when he took part in the assault on Gold Beach.
As his company moved inland, he captured several gun positions and rescued two colleagues, taking more than two dozen prisoners in the process.
As a result, he was the only one of almost 62,000 British troops to be awarded the Victoria Cross on the day of the World War Two landings.
Created by sculptor Brian Alabaster, the statue depicts the hero in the heat of battle.
Mr Bage, said: "It's taken a lot of hard work by a great many people, but it's been more than worthwhile.
"I hope people will come from far and wide to see it, and to remember the actions of a very brave man."
The memorial was officially unveiled near the town's cenotaph on Linthorpe Road by North Yorkshire's Vice Lord Lieutenant Peter Scrope.
Owners Freemont (Denbigh) Ltd are appealing against a compulsory purchase order (CPO) by Denbighshire council which said action was needed to preserve the Victorian buildings.
Harriet Townsend, for the council, said some buildings have declined so badly that they might be beyond saving.
She said without the CPO the future of the buildings "is bleak".
The public inquiry hopes to determine if the council was justified in stepping in or whether Freemont should have been given more time to pursue its redevelopment plans for the site.
In 2011 the council, frustrated at the deterioration of the listed buildings, served an urgent works notice on the company and then carried out repair work by default.
Ms Townsend said that if the council had not carried out works itself, "it is likely the jewel of the site would now be beyond repair".
In October 2014, a public inquiry was held into the council's claim for the £900,000 of work to be refunded by Freemont.
The Welsh government's decision on that is expected within the next three weeks.
Plans for a large-scale, mixed development have since been submitted on behalf of the Prince's Regeneration Trust, working in conjunction with the council.
If the CPO is confirmed, it is proposed the property be handed over to the North Wales Buildings Preservation Trust.
Botha, 25, will move to the province in the summer on the conclusion of the Super Rugby campaign.
The forward, who has been capped twice by the Springboks, can operate as either a flanker or number eight.
Connacht scrum-half John Cooney is also joining Ulster and will replace crowd favourite Ruan Pienaar who is being forced to leave in the summer.
Cooney, 26, has penned a two-year deal and fulfils the IRFU directive that Ulster sign an Irish-qualified scrum-half to take over from South African Pienaar.
Botha has played 46 times for the Bulls, whose High Performance Manager admitted could not compete with the financial package tabled by the Irish province.
"Arno received a very good offer from Ulster," said Janse van Rensburg.
"The situation is that we can't financially make an offer close to what he's currently earning."
The player is looking forward to a new challenge.
Botha stated: "the decision to move to Ulster was taken after considerable thought from my side and I feel it is the right time in my career to feel what rugby in the northern hemisphere is all about".
On Botha's arrival, Ulster's Director of Rugby Les Kiss said: "he is an ambitious young man and he is determined to make an impact with us, he is a serious competitor".
The South African made his international debut against Italy in 2013 but suffered a knee injury just four minutes into his second test against Scotland.
He returned to full fitness and captained the Blues to the final of last year's Currie Cup.
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"Arno was tipped to be a future Springboks captain from a young age but his career was somewhat curtailed by injuries," said Kiss.
"Those injuries are behind him now and he has regained his best form over the past 12 months.
"He is very aggressive in attack and his ability to get over the gainline will be especially good for us.
"Arno is also strong in defence, he's a nuisance at the breakdown and he's a good lineout option, so he has a very well-rounded game."
South African Marcell Coetzee, who joined Ulster last summer, is due to make his debut in next month's Pro12 game against Edinburgh having recovered from a long-term knee injury.
Ulster's defeat by Exeter Chiefs on Sunday ended their qualification hopes in this season's European Champions Cup. The province is currently sixth in the Pro12 table.
Further changes to the coaching staff and playing personnel are expected, with Kiss indicating more news signings will be made in the coming weeks to bolster the squad for next season.
The supercomputer would be 20 times quicker than the current leading machine, which is in China.
It would be capable of making one quintillion (a billion billion) calculations per second - a figure which is known as one exaflop.
A body called the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI) will be set up to research and build the computer.
The US is seeking the new supercomputer, significantly faster than today's models, to perform complex simulations, aid scientific research and national security projects.
It is hoped the machine would help to analyse weather data for more accurate forecasts or assist in cancer diagnoses by analysing X-ray images.
A blog post on the White House website also suggests it could allow NASA scientists to model turbulence, which might enable the design of more streamlined aircraft without the need for extensive wind tunnel testing.
Such a computer would be called an exascale machine.
Richard Kenway at the University of Edinburgh says he thinks the plan is "spot on" in terms of strategy, bringing together both the ambition to develop new hardware and also improved analysis of big data.
He explained the computer could aid the development of personalised medicines, tailored to specific individuals.
"Today, drugs are designed for the average human and they work OK for some people but not others," he told the BBC.
"The real challenge in precision medicine is to move from designing average drugs to designing drugs for the individual because you can know their genome and their lifestyle."
There could also be benefits in long-term climate modelling, according to Mark Parsons at the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC).
Currently, climate scientists attempt to model how the Earth's climate will evolve in coming years, but the accuracy of these predictions is severely limited.
Today's fastest supercomputer, the Tianhe-2 in China's National Computer Centre, Guangzhou, performs at 33.86 petaflops (quadrillions of calculations per second), almost twice as fast as the second-quickest machine, which is American.
For Parsons, the latest US initiative is a clear attempt to challenge the dominance of the Chinese in this field.
"The US has woken up to the fact that if it wants to remain in the race it will have to invest," he told the BBC.
Both Kenway and Parsons point out that the challenges of building an exascale computer are not trivial and would require years of research and development.
Chief among the obstacles, according to Parsons, is the need to make computer components much more power efficient. Even then, the electricity demands would be gargantuan.
"I'd say they're targeting around 60 megawatts, I can't imagine they'll get below that," he commented. "That's at least £60m a year just on your electricity bill."
Efforts to construct an exascale computer are not entirely new.
Recently, IBM, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) and the University of Groningen announced plans to build one to analyse data from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project.
SKA will be built in Australia and South Africa by the early 2020s.
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Last week Fifa awarded German firm GoalControl the contract to supply GLT to this summer's Confederations Cup.
Premier League clubs meet on Thursday with GLT set to be agreed for next season, while the FA wishes to install the technology at Wembley.
Technology that says 'yes, the ball has crossed the line' and lets the referee know makes an awful lot of sense to me
"I always thought it was an ideal piece of technology to allow into the game," said FA general secretary Alex Horne.
"The [Premier League] club meeting is on Thursday so I'm expecting it to go through at that meeting."
The FA and Premier League are running a joint-tender process for the supply, installation and maintenance of 21 systems - all 20 Premier League stadiums and Wembley - in an attempt to secure a better deal.
Hawk-Eye, a British-based system well known for providing tennis and cricket with ball-tracking technology, is competing with the three other Fifa-licensed firms - Cairos, GoalControl and GoalRef - to win the contract.
If adopted this week, Wembley, along with the 17 Premier League teams that survive relegation and the three teams promoted from the Football League, will have the necessary equipment installed and verified during the close season.
The FA wants to use GLT for the first time in the Community Shield, which is scheduled to be played in mid-August.
Horne told BBC Sport: "There are occasions [when GLT is needed] and we've seen them here at Wembley, we've seen them in World Cups, we've seen them 11 or 12 times in the Premier League this season alone.
"So technology that says 'yes, the ball has crossed the line' and lets the referee know makes an awful lot of sense to me.
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"Particularly where it's a knock-out situation, incorrect decisions have less opportunity to even themselves out over a season."
GLT will also be used in next season's FA Cup, from the third round onwards in any stadium fitted with the system, and Horne sees the technology as a way for the world's oldest knockout competition to keep pace with a football landscape that has changed beyond recognition since the foundation of the Premier League in 1992.
"We're always looking for ways to improve and engage," Horne continued.
"The FA Cup for me is just one of those fantastic competitions which keeps growing year on year, from strength to strength.
"It gives so much back, particularly to the smaller clubs.
"We generate £65m a year from the competition and over a 10-year period £650m gets reinvested back into football. That's a real fillip for some of the smaller clubs. For example, Luton made £460,000 out of their Cup run, which is a fantastic sum of money for a non-league side."
Next weekend Wembley, which celebrates its 90th birthday on 28 April, will see Wigan take on Millwall and Chelsea meet Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals.
Horne said: "[Teams] want to come here and win at Wembley Stadium. So I think the competition is in rude health."
The league is the first female domestic competition in the country in five years and also the first time teams outside Freetown are taking part.
But there are concerns about how the league will be sustained in Sierra Leone, which like many African countries, struggles to promote women's football.
The newest executive member of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) Foday Turay believes a lot needs to be done to continue the female league in the west African country.
"We can only sustain the league and save the women's game from a total collapse if there is proper planning which is lacking at the moment," Turay told BBC Sport.
"We need to have a well structured league system and a proper calendar.
"We lack the structure at the moment with no proper calendar and because of all these shortfalls we can't attract sponsors.
"And there won't be a good league without money and it comes from sponsorship. So we need to have a well structured league system."
Turay is also offering some tips on where to look at first in the structuring process of the women's game in his country.
"The first step to structure our women's game is to start from the grass roots and also have effective competitions in schools."
An owner of one of the teams participating in the league, Ansu Kassay, expressed similar sentiments.
"The SLFA also need to support the teams financially to help the game grow," said Kassay.
The league is currently being played at regional level and also serves as qualifiers for the national team finals.
But the league is not without a problem as teams in the Western Area have refused to take part in the competition until certain conditions are met relating to the governance of the SLFA.
Despite all the highlighted problems Sierra Leone are among 19 out of the continent's 55 members entered for the qualifiers of the 2018 Women's Under-20 World Cup.
They are set to play Libya in the first round of the qualifiers.
Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, by Alejandro Inarritu, the Mexican director of Babel, sees 62-year-old Michael Keaton appear alongside Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts and Britain's Andrea Riseborough.
Keaton plays Riggan Thompson, an actor who is attempting to breathe life into his moribund career by directing and starring in a Broadway play, an adaptation of Raymond Carver's short story collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.
Both Keaton and Inarritu said there was an "awareness" Keaton could bring to the role "like no one else", thanks to his two appearances as Batman under the direction of Tim Burton.
"Does Batman follow me around?" Keaton mused. "Certainly it had an effect, because it was so groundbreaking. Tim's vision has been copied and changed, but it was the first one.
"I was part of that and proudly so, and I totally embrace it. I think the big deal was the fact it was the first, and it did change my life.
"When something breaks on an international level, that's a whole new deal, and although I was a known actor, it was primarily in the USA. I think that was the first thing that changed, and the reality is, that is a big thing.
"I'm okay with it, and I'd like to say that Batman doesn't follow me around," the actor continued. "Nothing follows me around.
"Perhaps a part that I wasn't very good in follows me sometimes, and even that doesn't go on for very long. I would like to say, though, that we all have a Birdman in our life. We just can't allow him to have the driving seat in our life."
As opening night looms, Riggan attempts to make a success of his play but is hampered by problems with his ex-wife, his daughter (played by Stone) and an out-of-control leading actor (played by Norton).
Meanwhile, Riggan's superhero alter-ego Birdman appears to him and whispers self-doubt into his ear. He is, said Norton, "the personification of fear".
"I think Alejandro's vision is very much about a person hitting a certain time in life, when all of us start to think about what we've done, what we hope to do, and have we gone too far away from what we wished to be when we were younger.
"It's as true for a doctor or a lawyer as an actor. It's just the melodrama is heightened by setting it in a theatre. For all its experimental creativity, the film is as much about hitting your midlife crisis as it is about art."
Inarritu - until now the maker of such hard-hitting dramas as Babel, 21 Grams and Biutiful - said Birdman was a "switch in genre" for him. "It was a challenge to make a comedy," the 51-year-old went on.
"It really scared me. But I always say, after the age of 40, if you're not doing something that frightens you, it's pointless.
"I see Riggan as a Don Quixote. There is an innocence to him, but like many people, he has confused love with admiration, and he has to realise the irrelevance of this second quality.
"There's a modern definition of accomplishment - people want to be famous immediately, not from a body of work developed over years.
"In one second, people have 800,000 likes or followers, and for some that is achievement in itself. But it's delusional.
"For Riggan's tortured ego, the line between reality and illusion is thin and often not there at all. Birdman is a super-ego, and his shadow is a constant, nagging companion. It's always there, whether he likes it or not."
Emma Stone, recently seen as the title character's girlfriend in The Amazing Spider-Man and its sequel, said she was "glad that finally everyone's admitting they have some kind of Birdman in their life".
"The film taps into something true, whether it's your ego, or just your critical inner voice telling you you're a failure no matter what you do. For some it's a louder voice than others."
Birdman offers a highly-strung portrayal of the Broadway theatre scene. Yet Stone said the film had not made her wary of making her own Broadway debut in Cabaret next year.
"No, it makes me want to do more," she told reporters in Venice. "There's something so visceral about theatre, about living it every night. It's incredible".
Reviews of Birdman so far have been positive. The London Evening Standard called it "an expertly delivered black comedy about showbiz and celebrity" and said that Keaton had "never been better".
Trade magazine Variety, meanwhile, called his performance "the comeback of the century", praise that is echoed by Alejandro Inarritu himself.
"One thing was very clear about [Michael], and that was his self-assurance," said the director. "He may know all about the fragile ego of acting, but I have never worked with anyone who is so secure in himself.
"He doesn't have to empower anyone else to tell him who he is, he just has a clear vision of himself. He may be the only one of all of us without a Birdman in his life."
The Venice Film Festival runs until 6 September. Birdman is out in the UK on 2 January 2015.
There was "no deal, no compensation package, nothing about tariffs", a No 10 spokesman said.
The Times reported that ministers had given a "last-minute written promise" to protect Nissan from the consequences of Brexit to keep investment in the UK.
Labour has said the government should say what was promised.
Business Secretary Greg Clark is to be questioned on the subject by MPs.
Nissan announced on Thursday that it would build two new models at its Sunderland plant following talks with the government, securing 7,000 jobs.
The Japanese company's commitment to the UK's biggest car factory had been in doubt following the referendum decision to leave the European Union.
Downing Street has been asked to confirm the Times report that a written promise was made to protect the company from any consequences of Brexit, such as possible increased trade tariffs.
The prime minister's spokesman said there had been "numerous discussions" between Nissan and the government.
Pressed on whether a letter had been written to the company, he said there were "all forms of communication between Nissan and the government at various levels" and that it would get the "best deal" for all industry when the UK leaves the EU, which is expected to happen in 2019.
But Conservative MP and former business minister Anna Soubry said that "something has been put into this, effectively a sweetening of a deal, to keep Nissan in our country".
She told BBC Radio 4's The World at One: "The public will want to know if there's been some guarantee, some commitment that involves the spending of the public's money. I think taxpayers, the public, are entitled to know because it's their money."
Ms Soubry warned that the government might have "opened up a very difficult can of worms".
If it had decided to help car makers, it would have to do the same for all other sectors, such as aerospace and pharmaceuticals, she added.
MPs will question Mr Clark about the deal when he appears before the Business Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee within the next few weeks, chairman Iain Wright said.
The Labour MP said this should form "quite a large part" of the scheduled hearing, adding: "I want to really question him on: What are the terms of the deal? Is it cash? Is it indirect assistance? How long will that be on for and what other companies and sectors will be entitled to such reassurance and support?"
He said: "The prime minister and the business secretary say, 'Trust us on this one.' I'm not sure whether that would provide the reassurance Nissan would want. So what has been offered?"
But a senior Nissan Europe executive, Colin Lawther, said the company had received "no special deal".
"It's just a commitment from the government to work with the whole of the automotive industry to make sure the whole automotive industry in the UK remains competitive," he told the BBC.
"We would expect nothing for us that the rest of the industry wouldn't be able to have access to. We see this as a whole industry thing, not a Nissan thing."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the government must disclose any deal struck with the firm, saying it could not hide it from the public.
The Sunderland plant produced 475,000 vehicles last year - 80% of which were exported.
The Bilderberg Meetings have 131 participants from 21 countries in Europe and North America, the group said in a press release.
A couple of top advisers to President Donald Trump are to attend the forum, 30 miles (48km) from the White House.
The shadowy group is a lightning rod for conspiracy theorists.
This year's group includes Mr Trump's Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, his National Security Adviser HR McMaster and Peter Thiel, the billionaire Paypal creator who has been a vocal supporter of the president.
At the top of the group's 13-point agenda is "The Trump administration: A progress report".
The forum - at a Westfields Marriott hotel in Chantilly - is also being attended by Trump critic Eric Schmidt, head of Google's parent company.
Mr Schmidt has previously said the Trump administration will do "evil things".
Other Bilderberg topics this year include, "The war on information", "Why is populism growing?", and "Can globalisation be slowed down?"
"There is no desired outcome, no minutes are taken and no report is written," the group's rules state.
"Furthermore, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued."
Other guests include Dutch King Willem-Alexander; David Rubenstein, head of private equity juggernaut the Carlyle Group; and former CIA director John Brennan.
Several journalists are joining this year's forum, including London Evening Standard editor George Osborne.
A full list of participants is here.
Some critics have accused the group - which has met every year since 1954 - of plotting to impose a one-world government.
Liverpool and Tottenham are among the teams hoping that will be the case or, at the very least, that they can finish in the top four.
But will Chelsea defend their title? Can Pep Guardiola conquer England with Manchester City? Are Arsenal contenders... or will Manchester United come good?
We asked 40 BBC TV and radio pundits, presenters, journalists and commentators for their one-two-three-four and an explanation of their selection.
The predictions were made on the basis of how each squad shaped up on Friday, 11 August, before the opening weekend but with three weeks to go before the transfer window shuts on Friday 1 September, and the potential of further signings - or departures.
Six teams feature in the forecasted top fours, and only Manchester City feature in all 40.
In terms of who will win it, Manchester City are favourites, with 25 votes. Manchester United get 13 votes, with defending champions Chelsea and last season's runners-up Tottenham getting one apiece.
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Three out of 33 BBC experts picked Chelsea to win the title last year - Trevor Sinclair, Steve Wilson and John Motson. This season, only one person out of 40 thinks they will defend their title - women's football reporter Jo Currie - but only one person thinks they will finish outside the top four - former Blues player and boss Ruud Gullit.
Pat Nevin: Looking at defensive-minded players alone, Chelsea have lost Kurt Zouma, Nathan Ake, John Terry and Nemanja Matic, and they have bought in Antonio Rudiger and Tiemoue Bakayoko, who is not fit.
They need to buy a centre-back and a central midfielder, and sort out the Diego Costa situation up front.
If they get rid of him and get someone to replace him, and that someone was Alexis Sanchez, then I would be tempted to say Chelsea would win the league, but as things stand, they are miles away from being able to cope with the Premier League and the Champions League this season.
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Mark Schwarzer: They have lost a massive player in Matic. Bakayoko is a different type of player and it is going to take him time to settle in. I think Costa, if he goes, is arguably an even bigger loss. I don't doubt that Alvaro Morata is a very good player, but he does not have the same presence as Costa up front.
Garth Crooks: What has Conte gone and done? Never tell your top goal scorer his services are no longer required until you have signed and delivered his replacement. Having missed out on Romelu Lukaku, and told Costa in a text that he was no longer needed at the club, the Italian coach lost two players at a stroke in the most monumental managerial gaffe I've seen in years. I've seen managers sacked for less.
See the BBC website on Sunday for Garth's first Team of the Week for the new season - and pick your own line-up from the opening weekend of the season.
John Hartson: I know the manager doesn't see eye to eye with him but I can't understand why Conte can't make it work with Costa - why not just put an arm round him and put up with his nonsense - his back-chat and even him being a little bit disruptive. I really can't believe he is so willing to get rid of an incredibly important player for them.
Ruud Gullit: They have not bought anyone to strengthen the team and you can already see the frustration of Conte.
They need new players to keep people on their toes and also to keep the opposition guessing. The most difficult part of this situation for Chelsea is because there are five other teams who can become champions - that is why they need to keep trying to improve, and why they cannot sit still.
Jo Currie: While the likes of City and United have undergone some serious rebuilding in the last season, Chelsea have retained their core team under Conte. The champions will prove hard to dislodge.
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Jermaine Jenas: I still think Chelsea are going to be up there - they were champions for a reason and they are still going to be difficult to play against. They are still very well equipped and something drastic has to happen in the relationship between their players and the manager for the things that Conte has built up to break down.
MOTD commentator Guy Mowbray: The first choice team and subs ought to be just as strong as ever. Much could depend on the sort of start they manage without the injured Eden Hazard.
Like last year, City are the only team to feature in everyone's forecasted top four for this season. In fact, only two people we asked thinks Pep Guardiola's side will finish lower than third.
Kevin Kilbane: If you look at it from a negative point of view then, defensively, City might be a little wide open at times but it is made up for by the fact that they are a brilliant attacking side that is going to go out and play exciting football. For any neutrals, they will be the team to watch this season - the hottest ticket in town.
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John Hartson: The reason I am backing City is that I think Gabriel Jesus will form a great strike partnership with Sergio Aguero - I think we might see City play with two up front a lot more next season, and they are going to be very hard to stop.
Leon Osman: Man City were a force with the team they had in place already and on top of that their buys have strengthened their defence. Vincent Kompany looks like he is over his injury problems and John Stones is now settled in, so they are going to be really difficult to beat.
Gabby Logan: With a fit Kompany and Stones together at the back, and new signing Bernardo Silva increasing their attacking threat, I fancy Pep to get to grips with the Premier League at the second time of asking.
Trevor Sinclair: Full backs are a huge part of Pep's teams and they've recruited very well while weakening a rival by getting Kyle Walker from Tottenham, plus strengthened at goalkeeper which was a position that hurt them last season.
MOTD commentator Steve Wilson: This is a group of players and coaches designed not only to win the domestic title but to break into Europe's elite too. City should win the title, if they don't I expect Guardiola's reign to end.
Pat Nevin: City have not bought a centre-back yet but if they got, say, Virgil van Dijk, or someone else dependable then I would back them to win the league without hesitation. As things stand, it might be a lot closer.
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John Motson: They have spent an awful lot of money and they have got two good players for every position - Guardiola is bound to do better in his second season than he did in his first and I just think they are destined to add to his collection of trophies.
Dan Walker: I keep coming back to the fact that the two Manchester sides can't be as inconsistent as they were last season and both have strengthened. I have gone for City to win it, and look forward to getting shouted at and pilloried next May.
11 out of 33 people thought United would win the title last season - they finished sixth. This time 13 out of 40 people back them to become champions but two think they will miss out on the Champions League places again.
Phil Neville: The signing of Romelu Lukaku is a big part of the reason why I have gone for Manchester United to win the title - basically because, for them to win the league, they will have to score a lot more goals.
That was always United's strength under Sir Alex Ferguson, when they frequently scored more than 80 league goals in a season, and their attack was the biggest factor in them winning the title.
But they only managed 54 goals last season, and 49 the year before that - their lowest totals of the Premier League era. That needs to change and they need to start beating teams by big margins again.
If you destroy someone 4-0 then that sends out a message out and brings in a fear factor you don't get by beating teams 1-0. That is what I want to see more of from United, and Lukaku can help them do it.
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MOTD commentator Jonathan Pearce: The signing of Lukaku provides Mourinho with the missing piece in his jigsaw. The £75m striker has grabbed 104 goals in 204 games for West Brom and Everton since being shown the door by "The Special One" at Stamford Bridge. Then he had flaws. Now the 6ft 3in centre-forward will score the goals to convert last season's draws into wins. They were held 15 times. Only Tottenham conceded fewer goals in the top six. No-one scored fewer.
Chris Sutton: Even if United don't win it, they have to challenge for the title because they have not done that since they last won it in 2013.
Where Lukaku is different to Zlatan Ibrahimovic is that he is a target player too, but he can also run in behind because he is quick enough to be a threat with balls over the top. That is a massive strength so I am backing Lukaku to have a big season at United if he stays clear of injury.
Alan Shearer: Nemanja Matic is another excellent signing. I was amazed that Chelsea let him join one of their rivals - a team that is trying to catch them up.
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Garth Crooks: Mourinho's summer purchases have been nothing short of phenomenal. To take Lukaku from under the noses of Chelsea was the snatch of the century but then to lure Matic from the champions was just unbelievable business.
If Mourinho can get his hands on Gareth Bale he could be bringing the Champions League trophy, along with the title, back to Manchester sooner than we think.
Final Score presenter Jason Mohammad: I tipped United last year suggesting that Jose loved winning silverware. So, OK they did not win the Premier League but they did pick up two trophies with a side that was satisfactory - but is much better this year.
You can hear more from Jason and Garth on the title race on Final Score which is live online and on the red button from 14:30 BST on Saturday, and on BBC One from 16:00 BST.
Danny Murphy: United have got such strength in depth, if you look at the forward positions then they have got six or seven players who would get in most teams. They will definitely be in the top four, and I fancy them to win it.
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MOTD commentator Guy Mowbray: There'll surely be an improvement on last season's disappointing league showing, but not quite to the levels Chelsea went up to win the title last season.
Matt Upson: I think United will finish outside the top four again. I don't think they will be far away but I am not sure it will click for them enough for them to get back in there.
Ruud Gullit: The most important thing you need to win the Premier League title, is that when you don't play well, then at least you don't lose - or even win 'dirty' by 1-0. Mourinho can do that, and that is the key to United edging out City for the title.
Dion Dublin: Jose Mourinho has now had enough time to evaluate his squad. It is time for United to get back on top.
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Liverpool made it into just one top-four prediction in 2015. Last year, 13/33 BBC experts correctly thought they would crack the Champions League places. This year, 17/40 people think they will finish at least fourth, but only 5/40 think they will be higher than third.
Matt Upson: I've put Liverpool second, based on Philippe Coutinho staying, but I would fancy them to win the league if he stayed and they signed a couple of players - say if Southampton centre-half Virgil van Dijk goes there, and a holding midfield like Leipzig's Naby Keita.
Danny Murphy: It would be huge for Liverpool if they got Van Dijk, in terms of a) his quality and b) the fact it shows their ambition. Coutinho, as things stand is still their player, but if he goes to Barcelona then they will get £100m for him and if they spend that well on two or even three players then that could make them even stronger.
Mark Lawrenson: I would keep him if you could because he is a very good player but I honestly don't see Coutinho as indispensable, certainly not in the way that Luis Suarez was for Liverpool. If they sold him, as well as getting Van Dijk and Keita they could go and put in a bid for Alexis Sanchez as well.
John Hartson: I like the look of their new signing Mohamed Salah, and Sadio Mane is going to be a massive player for them with no African Cup of Nations halfway through the season this time, which is one of the reasons they came off the rails last season.
Ian Wright: Liverpool were in the title race until January and I don't think you can discount them this time either if they can repeat their results against the other top sides - but so much for them depends on further acquisitions and who stays at the club.
BBC Radio 5 live football correspondent John Murray: I have to confess I am heavily influenced in my leaving Liverpool and Tottenham out of the top four by their transfer activity, such as it isn't, thus far. Particularly when they will have - if Liverpool can see off Hoffenheim - Champions League commitments.
Newsbeat sports reporter Simon Mundie: They look brilliant going forward but huge issues at the back will be their undoing. In goal, Simon Mignolet and Loris Karius are uninspiring and they have problems at left-back and at centre-back, if they can address those, they'll be a threat but I don't think they will so it is on that basis I don't think they'll be near the title. Great fun to watch though!
Last year, 22 out of 33 people thought Spurs would finish lower than fourth - they were runners-up. This year, Chris Waddle again picks them to be champions but 24/40 think they will end up outside the top four.
Chris Waddle: I know Spurs haven't signed anybody yet but I think there is plenty of time to get in what they need. The squad they have already got came very close last year, and they proved they could beat the big teams when they had to.
The only thing that can set in now is complacency, but I don't think that will happen with the manager they have got - Mauricio Pochettino is a very talented manager, and I don't think he is frightened to fire the bullets if he needs to.
Jermaine Jenas: In that Spurs dressing room, a few players will be thinking 'well, we have just sold our best right-back Kyle Walker to a competitor who are going crazy in the transfer market, and we haven't bought anyone in yet'.
Yes I am fully on board with this kind of 'Pochettino Way' of bringing through the youngsters and developing the academy talent, but it is crazy that Spurs have just had two years where they have had a run at the title and fallen short and they have not improved their squad.
Their players will be thinking how are they going to make that next step if they have not improved our squad and that squad wasn't good enough to get the job done anyway?
Pat Nevin: There is an argument that 1-11, Spurs are the best team but you cannot go through a season with 11 players.
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Ian Wright: I am a big admirer of Spurs and there are not many players in their team who I dislike - it is not like when I played against them, I disliked them then! But now they have got a lot of good young English players who are playing exciting football.
I like Pochettino too but if Harry Kane goes missing for any amount of time, they are going to struggle. It's the same with Toby Alderweireld or Danny Rose.
Ian Wright joins Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer on Match of the Day at 22:30 BST on Saturday night on BBC One and the BBC Sport website for highlights of eight Premier League games.
Danny Murphy: Having to play their home games at Wembley comes into play for Tottenham - with most teams, when they change stadiums it takes some time for them to adapt. I think it might mean they struggle a bit and miss out on the top four.
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MOTD commentator Conor McNamara: The hardest decision for me in these predictions was leaving Tottenham out of the top four. Is Pochettino *choosing* to keep faith in his current squad? Or is Tottenham's construction bill on their new stadium the real reason they have not yet spent in this window?
BBC Radio 5 live's senior football reporter Ian Dennis: When fit, Kieran Trippier is an ideal replacement for Walker but Spurs are yet to add to their squad while Arsenal have Lacazette and, crucially in the race for the top four, appear to be retaining Alexis Sanchez.
You can listen to Ian - and all the Premier League goals as they go in around the grounds - every Saturday afternoon on BBC Radio 5 live.
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In 2015, all 30 BBC experts that were asked backed Arsenal to finish in the top four, and they finished second. In 2016, 14/33 people thought they would miss out on the Champions League places, and they ended up in fifth. This time, 28/40 think they will finish outside the top four and nobody thinks they will finish higher than fourth.
Ian Wright: I think Arsenal are right to keep hold of Sanchez, because if he plays then you would never question his commitment no matter what is going on with his contract. He is in the final year of his current deal and to me it does not look like he will sign another one but we need his goals and we also need him because you do not want to put too much pressure on Alexandre Lacazette.
Arsenal will challenge - it is sustaining that challenge that is usually their Achilles heel. So, I don't think they can take it for granted that they are going to finish in the Champions League places like they did so frequently for 20 years. If that is the case, I think they have got to have a blast at trying to win the Europa League too.
Gabby Logan: They looked good towards the end of the season and I don't think they will give the Europa League too much time - the Premier League top four is too important to Wenger. Not enough buying, though, to put them any higher.
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Chris Sutton: At the moment I would rule Arsenal out, with Wenger staying on. It was a positive that they won the FA Cup but I don't think anything will change until Wenger goes, so that is my position on them.
Women's Football Show pundit and BBC Sport columnist Rachel Brown-Finnis: Arsenal will lose Sanchez and with that will go their top-four hopes.
Pat Nevin: I have no idea if Arsenal will keep Sanchez and buy four more players. If they do that they could get back in the top four but, at the moment, they are miles away - and they might lose Sanchez too.
I think Everton will be involved in the top six too. They are in that pack alongside Arsenal and Liverpool now and if they edged one of them out of the top six then I would not be utterly shocked either.
Leon Osman: I am hoping Everton can challenge for the top six again - that will be a good progression for them with Europa League football this season. Ronald Koeman is still building his squad, and there will be more new players coming in, so any kind of silverware would be great - that is the next step for the club.
Final Score and 606 presenter Jason Mohammad: There is no Arsenal or Liverpool in my top four. I just don't think the squads match up - but I fully expect fans of both sides to engage in full and frank debate on 606 soon!
Join Jason and Robbie Savage for 606 at 18:06 BST on 5 live on Saturday.
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It comes as major incidents have been declared at a number of hospitals in England as medical staff struggle to cope with patient numbers.
Stuart Gardner, who works for West Midlands Ambulance Service, said he "has never seen anything like it" and that he counted 18 patients on trolleys queuing in a corridor of Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
In Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital asked for volunteers who normally work in offices to help out on the wards.
BBC Midlands Today's Michele Paduano reports from Worcester and Birmingham.
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Briton Froome finished six seconds behind stage winner Maciej Bodnar.
The 32-year-old took time out of all his major yellow jersey rivals on a 22.5km individual time trial.
The Team Sky rider will not have his lead attacked on Sunday's processional final stage into Paris and will win the race for the third successive year.
"It just was just an amazing feeling to finish in this atmosphere in this stadium," Froome told ITV4 afterwards.
"Three weeks of racing are almost at an end - we've still got to get to Paris but this is an amazing feeling."
Earlier on Saturday, the women's race - La Course by Le Tour - was won by Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten.
In an unusual pursuit format, she managed to hold off a group of three riders that included Britain's Lizzie Deignan to ensure that she won both of the two stages of the race. Deignan outsprinted Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini to claim second.
Froome might have extended his overnight lead from 23 to 54 seconds, but there was an almighty battle for the other two podium spots.
French favourite Romain Bardet trailed Froome by 23 seconds overnight while Colombian Rigoberto Uran was 29 seconds behind the leader.
But Froome's Sky team-mate Mikel Landa had been in superb form during the Tour and, starting the time trial one minute 36 seconds behind the leader, went down the ramp knowing that a strong ride could see him claw his way into the top three.
Uran got a corner wrong as he prepared to enter the Stade de Velodrome at the end of his ride and Bardet paid after attacking too hard on the climb up to Notre Dame de la Grande.
In the end, Bardet slipped to third, losing second place to Uran, and clung onto a podium spot by the tightest of margins - finishing one second ahead of the unfortunate Landa.
TV pictures showed Bardet looking shattered and distraught after his ride but at least he held onto third.
"I really didn't feel good," said Bardet.
"For the last few days I haven't been in good health and today I paid for it in cash. I fought to the end but it's true that it was tough, I quickly saw that I wasn't at the races."
Froome had admitted prior to Saturday's time trial that the race was his to lose - and maintaining his lead never really looked in doubt as he executed a controlled ride that almost saw him catch Bardet, who had set off two minutes ahead of him.
Froome was booed by some of the patriotic home crowd as he made his way down the ramp, the last man to roll out of the Velodrome.
But by the time he reached the first time check at Palais du Pharo after 10.2km he was the second fastest, trailing team-mate Michal Kwiatkowski. That meant he had extended his lead over key general classification rivals Bardet and Uran, and it was obvious that barring an unforeseen problem victory would be his.
The only question would be whether he went on to win the stage - something that had eluded him in the race so far.
But he could not match the time of Bora-Hansgrohe rider Bodnar, who in the end finished one second ahead of Kwiatkowski to claim the most famous stage win of his career.
Bodnar, who had been 52nd of the 167 remaining competitors down the ramp, had been caught 200m from the line in Pau at the end of stage 11 after a solo breakaway of 200km.
And so barring an extremely unlikely stage win in Paris, Froome will become the seventh man to win a Tour without a stage victory.
Most of the other jerseys had been long wrapped up before the start of Saturday's stage.
We knew that Australian Michael Matthews would roll into Paris wearing green as the race's top sprinter and Frenchman Warren Barguil in the polka dot jersey as the King of the Mountains.
But Britain's Simon Yates was seventh - just one place ahead of South African Louis Meintjes in the white jersey competition for the best rider under the age of 26.
The gap between them was two minutes six seconds overnight - and that was exactly how it finished at the end of Saturday's stage.
Back in Dusseldorf on 1 July, 198 riders from 22 teams set off on the long road to Paris.
After 3,521km it is almost time for the 167 remaining riders to end their Tour with Sunday's 103km procession from Montgeron to Paris.
The 21st and final stage of the race starts at 15:40 BST and is scheduled to finish at approximately 18:30 BST.
Racing will only really start for real when the riders get to Paris - and the remaining sprinters in the contest battle it out for one final stage win.
Stage 20 result:
1. Maciej Bodnar (Pol/Bora-Hansgrohe) 28mins 15secs
2. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol/Team Sky) +1sec
3. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +6secs
4. Tony Martin (Ger/Katusha-Alpecin) +14secs
5. Daryl Impey (SA/Orica-Scott) +20secs
6. Alberto Contador (Spa/Trek-Segafredo) +21secs
7. Nikias Arndt (Ger/Team Sunweb) +28secs
8. Rigoberto Uran (Col/Cannondale-Drapac) +31secs
9. Stefan Kung (Swi/BMC) +34secs
10. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra/Direct Energie) +37secs
General classification after stage 20:
1. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) 83hrs 55mins 16secs
2. Rigoberto Uran (Col/Cannondale-Drapac) +54secs
3. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R La Mondiale) +2mins 20secs
4. Mikel Landa (Spa/Team Sky) +2mins 21secs
5. Fabio Aru (Ita/Astana) +3mins 05secs
6. Dan Martin (Ire/Quick-Step Floors) +4mins 42secs
7. Simon Yates (GB/Orica-Scott) +6mins 14secs
8. Louis Meintjes (SA/Team UAE Emirates) +8mins 20secs
9. Alberto Contador (Spa/Trek-Segafredo) +8mins 49secs
10. Warren Barguil (Fra/Team Sunweb) +9mins 25secs
The Hammers were knocked out of the competition by the same team in the third qualifying round last season.
Slaven Bilic's men progressed to this round with a 4-2 aggregate win over Slovenian side NK Domzale.
The Premier League side travel to Romania for the first leg on 18 August before hosting the return leg at their new London Stadium on 25 August.
The draw means both English teams in European play-off ties face Romanian sides, with Manchester City drawn with Steaua Bucharest in the Champions League.
Astana (Kazakhstan) v Bate Borisov (Belarus)
FC Midtjylland (Denmark) v Osmanlispor (Turkey)
AS Trencin (Slovakia) v Rapid Vienna (Austria)
Arouca (Portugal) v Olympiakos (Greece)
Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia) v Genk (Belgium)
Vojvodina (Serbia) v AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)
Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia) v PAOK Salonika (Greece)
AEK Larnaca (Cyprus) v Liberec (Czech Republic)
FK Austria Vienna (Austria) v Rosenborg (Norway)
Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) v St Etienne (France)
AA Gent (Belgium) v Shkendija (Macedonia)
Istanbul Basaksehir (Turkey) v Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
FC Astra Giurgiu (Romania) v West Ham (England)
Sonderjyske (Denmark) v Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
Fenerbahce (Turkey) v Grasshoppers (Switzerland)
Sassuolo (Italy) v Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)
Brondby (Denmark) v Panathinaikos (Greece)
IFK Gothenburg (Sweden) v FK Qarabag (Azerbaijan)
Krasnodar (Russia) v Partizani Tirana (Albania)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel) v Hajduk Split (Croatia)
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) v Anderlecht (Belgium)
Maribor (Slovenia) v Gabala (Azerbaijan)
Mr Trump was criticised for seeming to suggest that Megyn Kelly was tough on him in a televised debate because she was menstruating.
Mr Trump told ABC on Sunday that only a "sick person" would interpret his remarks that way.
The tycoon is running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
Mr Trump, who spoke to a number of news outlets on Sunday, he said he had an "amazing" relationship with women in business.
"They are phenomenal. And I have many executives that are women," he told ABC's This Week.
"They are doing a phenomenal job. I pay them a tremendous amount of money.
"They make money for me. They make money for themselves. And in many cases, they truly are really talented and they can be killers."
Mr Trump was one of 10 Republican hopefuls taking part in a debate on Fox News, co-hosted by Ms Kelly.
She asked Mr Trump why voters should elect a man who has called women "fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals", a question Mr Trump later said was "nasty".
On Friday, Mr Trump told CNN: "You could see there was blood coming out of her [Ms Kelly's] eyes, blood coming out of her wherever."
Many of his challengers called on him to apologise, and a major US conservative forum dropped him as a speaker in the wake of the remarks.
In the ABC interview, Mr Trump repeated his assertions that he had been misunderstood, saying he had "nothing against" Ms Kelly, while declining to apologise.
He also attacked rival Jeb Bush, who himself is under fire after having to backtrack on comments that the US government was spending too much on women's health.
"What he said about women and women's health issues was ridiculous, and I'm the exact opposite," said Mr Trump.
The billionaire businessman is ahead of the 16 other Republican candidates in several recent polls despite a string of controversial remarks since launching his campaign.
The £800m project started on Saturday and will close 10 platforms at London Waterloo until 28 August.
South West Trains said it is operating a significantly reduced service from popular commuter locations such as Woking, Guildford and Surbiton.
The points failure had caused delays between Clapham Junction and Waterloo.
August train delays and how to avoid them
The work, which will get Waterloo ready for longer trains and provide space for 30% extra passengers during the busiest times of the day, will mean there will be no services to and from some stations, including Earlsfield, Chessington South and Tolworth.
To ease some of the impact of the work the old Eurostar platforms are being used at Waterloo for the first time since the cross-Channel train service relocated to London St Pancras in 2007.
Rail chiefs urged passengers to consider taking a holiday, working from home or travelling earlier or later than normal while the project is under way.
Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne has previously admitted he is "worried there will be challenging days" and accepted that "there are going to be days when the service is very difficult for people".
London Waterloo
First Group and Hong Kong-based MTR will take over the South West Trains franchise from Stagecoach on 20 August.
The Waterloo work will culminate over the August bank holiday weekend, when it will be one of a number of large projects being carried out.
The weekend will see major disruption on trains out of London Bridge, London Euston, London Liverpool Street and London Paddington, as well as Waterloo.
Network Rail will hand out free ice cream at London Victoria, London Bridge and Euston next week as part of a promotional campaign to remind people to plan their journeys in advance.
It said it carries out major engineering work on bank holidays as up to 50% fewer passengers use the railway during those periods.
DX announced it had bought assets including scanners and cages as well as certain intellectual property for £1.125m.
The firm, which floated on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) last year for £175m, is run by the former managing director of City Link Petar Cvetkovic.
Mr Cvetkovic left City Link in 2009.
The DX chief executive said: "It is very sad that City Link has been unable to continue as a going concern, particularly for its employees and contractors.
"The administrators are now proceeding with an orderly sale of assets and we have made a limited investment to acquire certain assets.
"We are also doing all we can to provide opportunities for former City Link employees and contractors and to offer solutions to Customers who may need a new carrier."
City Link's administrators announced 2,356 job losses on New Year's Eve after rejecting an unnamed consortium's last minute offer to save the company.
The possible buyer "offered no money up front and significantly undervalued the assets to be acquired," the administrators said.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said the government had put measures in place to help the affected staff find new jobs.
The Coventry-based company was founded in 1969 and employed 2,727 people, but suffered years of losses.
City Link was bought by Better Capital for £1 in April 2013 but the administrators from Ernst & Young say the £40m the investment company put into the firm was not enough to turn it around.
Last week Jon Moulton, founder of Better Capital, denied the firm's collapse had been mishandled.
News of City Link's failure was announced on Christmas Eve, but he said the timing could not have been avoided and apologised to staff
On Thursday it was confirmed Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse, who won silver in the 10,000m in Osaka in 2007, is under investigation over doping allegations.
If Abeylegesse is found guilty, Pavey will be moved up from fourth place.
The 41-year-old tweeted on Friday: "My emotions are all over the place. Thank you for all the nice messages."
Last year the Devon-based distance runner won bronze in the 5,000m at the Commonwealth Games and gold in the 10,000m at the European Championships, but she has never claimed a World Championships medal.
The Turkish Athletics Federation revealed Abeylegesse is one of 28 athletes being investigated by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after the retest of samples from the 2005 and 2007 World Championships.
Ethiopian-born Abeylegesse, 32, is still competing but has been withdrawn from this month's Worlds in Beijing.
Before Abeylegesse's name had been released, Pavey tweeted: "If reports are officially confirmed then it's bitter sweet. Lovely if I get a medal but very upsetting & frustrating to miss the moment."
In Osaka, Pavey was beaten into fourth by the American Kara Goucher, with Abeylegesse taking silver and Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia winning gold.
Goucher posted a photo of her bronze medal on Twitter and said: "Lots of rumours floating around, but nothing would make me happier than to pass this to the rightful owner, Jo Pavey."
James Clapper, director of the Office of National Intelligence, said he expects more attempted hacks as the campaigns intensify.
This would follow a pattern established in the last two presidential elections.
The FBI is working with the campaigns to make their networks more secure.
The Department of Homeland Security is also assisting, but cyber-security experts said political campaigns have not done much to improve their defences since 2008.
Hacking was widespread during the 2008 election cycle. The Office of National Intelligence described its scale as "like no other" in a report released earlier this month.
V Newtown Miller, a data security consultant advising government agencies, said the hackers' attempts could have a huge effect on presidential politics.
"It's a matter of when and how serious of an impact it is going to have on this election," said Mr Miller, who believes these foreign hackers attempt to extract sensitive information, rather than commit cyber vandalism.
If a hacker is able to reveal embarrassing information about a candidate, it could sway how people vote in the election.
But simply taking down a candidates website for a few hours could also have an effect, as it limits the campaign's ability to online fundraise, as happened to Mitt Romney in 2012 for several hours.
The global hacking collective, Anonymous, declared a cyber war against Republican candidate Donald Trump several weeks ago.
They are encouraging their members to target Mr Trump's business interests as well as his campaign resources.
In 2008, hackers thought to be working for the Chinese government obtained a letter by Senator John McCain expressing support for Taiwan.
A Chinese diplomat called the McCain campaign to complain about the letter before it had been sent.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has drawn criticism for operating a private email server during her time as the nation's top diplomat.
She is being investigated by the FBI to determine whether classified information was sent through the unsecured server.
An inquiry was ordered after two blocks remained partially standing following the blowdown operation in October.
It said the contractor had identified discrepancies between the construction records and the size of steel used.
It concluded that Safedem had followed good practice and was "reasonable" to "err on the safe side".
The Red Road towers were the tallest residential buildings in Europe when they were built as social housing in the 1960s.
Their phased demolition was commissioned by social landlord Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) as part of its plans to regenerate the Balornock and Barmulloch areas of the city.
Previous demolitions took place in 2012 and 2013 and a plan to hold another, as part of the opening ceremony for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, was abandoned due to public opposition.
About 2,500 residents from nearby properties were moved to outside an exclusion zone before Safedem carried out the controlled blowdown on 11 October 2015.
The operation, however, was only a partial success as two of the towers were left partially standing.
A report into the failure concluded: "Safedem appear to have underestimated the robustness of the buildings.
"Whether this was from the explosives view point, the structural appraisal view point or a combination of both, is unclear."
The report said that the Red Road flats, unlike most other UK tower blocks built at the time, had been constructed using steel.
The report stated: "It should be noted that steel-framed residential structures are relatively uncommon in the UK.
"Unlike concrete structures, steel frames do not crush under impact from the debris above and tend to be more robust."
The report said that Safedem had examined "record drawings" from the city archives but found discrepancies between the 50-year-old records and the actual size of the steel columns in the buildings.
The report added: "The partial collapse of both 123 Petershill Drive and 10 Red Road Court were due to the variances in their construction and the exceptional difficulties in predicting the behaviour of these unique buildings.
"In this instance, Safedem had carried out detailed surveys and noted a number of discrepancies between the surveyed buildings and the design drawings and therefore appear to have followed good practice.
"Bearing in mind these discrepancies, it would have been reasonable for their designers to take a cautious view of the structures and err on the safe side, regarding pre-weakening."
Following the failure, the towers were brought down using high-reach machinery.
GHA regeneration director, David Fletcher, said: "We're on track to have the area completely clear by late 2017 as planned and would like to thank nearby residents again for their patience and understanding while we carry out this work.
"Once cleared, the area will be turned, short-term, into a safe and attractive green space for the community while plans for housing and amenities are brought forward in phases.
"We've consulted with local residents at community events and their views are helping shape the future regeneration plans."
Many employees were taken to hospital with stomach cramps, a spokesman for the Starlight Sweaters factory said.
Police said someone may have poisoned the water supply.
In April, more than 1,100 people were killed and about 2,500 wounded when a factory building collapsed near Dhaka.
The Rana Plaza collapse was one of the world's worst industrial disasters and sparked global outrage.
It has also led to violent protests as workers demand better pay and working conditions.
Up to 600 Starlight Sweaters workers are estimated to have fallen ill after drinking the contaminated water on Wednesday, factory spokesman Based Ali said.
"The workers have been sent to different hospitals after they reported stomach pain and started vomiting," he said.
A local police officer told the AFP news agency the water supply was possibly "poisoned" with pesticides.
The factory is based in the industrial complex of Gazipur on the outskirts of Dhaka.
Clashes erupted earlier between police and garment factory workers as thousands of protesters took to the streets of Dhaka demanding better pay and conditions.
And in another demonstration, security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse large crowds gathered at the site of the collapsed Rana Plaza buildings.
Many of the protesters were relatives of Rana Plaza victims asking for compensation.
Meanwhile, the UK has announced it will donate £18m for safety and skills training for thousands of low-skilled Bangladeshi garment workers.
Britain will also provide a team of experts to review the country's building inspection system.
The £56bn project - backed by both the Conservative and Labour leadership - cleared its final Commons stage and now goes to the House of Lords.
But 44 MPs opposed the measure, many concerned at the cost and the threat to the environment.
It is due to be complete in 10 years, with a further extension to Manchester and Leeds due to be finished by 2032.
The bill was approved at third reading by 399 votes to 44.
Several MPs representing constituencies through which the route will pass voted against the bill, including Cheryl Gillan (Amersham and Chesham), Keir Starmer (Holborn and St Pancras), Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield) and Victoria Prentis (Banbury).
Campaigners against HS2 said the report stage and third reading of the bill had been rushed through in less than an hour, leaving little time for amendments to be discussed and MPs to speak.
"With just 37 minutes given to debate a £56bn project, that works out at over £1.5bn per minute, rushing through spending at a phenomenal rate," said Penny Gaines, chair of Stop HS2.
But Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said the vote had brought HS2 "one step closer to reality", with construction expected to begin next year.
"As we enter this new phase I make three pledges: we will work closely with those communities affected by the HS2 route, we will keep a firm grip on costs and we will drive maximum value for money from this new railway," he said.
Jonathan Edwards said Labour ministers' approach to Brexit contrasted with that of the SNP Scottish Government.
Wales needs "strong leadership and decisive action" to ensure jobs and crucial funding is protected, he said.
Welsh ministers said they had been "fighting vigorously" for Wales' interests since the referendum result.
Mr Edwards said Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had been "decisive and proactive in seeking meetings with key individuals within the EU and unveiling a £100m stimulus plan to protect the Scottish economy from the impact of Brexit".
"On the other hand, it took the first minister of Wales nearly 50 days to set up an advisory group on Brexit challenges - the Scottish equivalent was established just five days after the referendum," he said.
"What Wales needs now is strong leadership and decisive action. Uncertainty is toxic for the economy and our already precarious situation must not be derailed further by Labour's reckless indifference towards our nation's fate."
A spokesman for Wales' First Minister, Carwyn Jones, dismissed the claims as "ridiculous" saying "more sensible voices" were leading the Brexit debate in Wales.
"From establishing a new inward investment and employment fund to organising the emergency meeting of the British Irish Council, the Welsh Government has been fighting vigorously for Wales' interests since the referendum result," the spokesman said.
"Even prior to the meeting with the prime minister, our officials have been locked in detailed Brexit negotiations with Whitehall.
"This work will intensify in the coming weeks - and our six priorities, announced hours after the result, will remain our guiding principles".
On Thursday, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies highlighted a forecast by Moody's credit agency that Britain's economy would grow by 1.5% in 2016 and 1.2% in 2017.
The report contrasted with the "apocalyptic vision painted by sections of the media and leaders of the Remain campaign", he said.
"Stock prices have recovered, retail sales have spiked significantly, and analysis by Moody's now suggests that the recession we were promised is very unlikely to materialise."
Mr Davies urged Welsh ministers to "work hard to embrace the opportunities that Brexit presents".
Meanwhile former Labour advisor David Taylor has warned of the risk of an anti-assembly backlash if the Welsh Government does not include Leave supporters in the planning of its response to Brexit.
Writing on the Heat Street website, he said: "The argument about where power should lie is never settled, and never won.
"If Wales rejected the collective establishment view on Brexit and took the seismic leap to support leaving an EU that brought in so much cash, rejecting devolution would be an effortless hop."
The plan was announced at the Labour conference on Monday by Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Ivan Lewis.
He outlined how the economic commission would work.
It will be chaired by Deirdre Heenan, University of Ulster pro-vice chancellor, and Colin Anderson.
Mr Anderson, who is an advertising executive based in Belfast, and Ms Heenan will be supported by a panel of experts and will produce a final report next February.
They have been asked by the Labour Party to come up with recommendations to help those who are on benefits or low pay and who feel excluded from society.
Labour said their recommendations would help form their policies should they win next year's general election.
"I am delighted to announce that we are estabnblishing an independent commission, with a remit to improve opportunities for those who currently have no stake in the economy and are at the margins of their communities," Mr Lewis said.
"It will consider how an incoming Labour government can most effectively make a difference working in partnership with the Northern Ireland Executive."
Mr Lewis also used his conference address to call on the government to consider appointing an independent talks chair to help the parties at Stormont solve the outstanding issues of flags, parades and the past.
He told the delegates: "Despite so much progress, the political situation in Northern Ireland is at its most fragile for many years.
"Peter Robinson and Martin McGuiness have done an impressive job in promoting Northern Ireland globally and attracting significant inward investment.
"However, the executive has failed to make political progress on legacy issues, such as flags, parades and the past.
"The unionist parties withdrawal from talks, their threat of a graduated response to a disputed parades commission decision together with Sinn Féin and SDLP's unwillingness to move forward on welfare reform have fuelled mistrust and growing public dissatisfaction.
"Treasury penalties for the non-implementation of welfare reform will cost Northern Ireland £87m this year, rising to £114m next year, and with other financial pressures threaten deep cuts to frontline services.
"All of this has taken place against a background of the government's political disengagement from Northern Ireland."
Mr Lewis called on the Irish and British governments to provide a framework for talks that he said were needed to try and break the political logjam.
A spokesman for the Northern Ireland Secretary, Theresa Villiers, said the announcement of an independent commission to examine the economy was "the clearest admission yet he and the Labour Party have no serious plan of their own".
The spokesman said: "It's extraordinary that eight months before an election the best they can do is sub-contract their economic policy to an outside body. "
SDLP Foyle MP Mark Durkan said: "If the independent commission established by the Labour Party tries to address questions around the Welfare Reform Bill which is stuck in the assembly they would need to offer light on the darker implications of the welfare cap.
"I also hope that this commission which will look at benefits and low pay will definitively rule out two dangerous ideas which the Labour Party has offered in recent years.
"One is the idea of different regional pay rates which they were framing in government in the last parliament.
"The other is the idea of regionalising benefits rates which they proposed in this parliament when debating the Welfare Reform Bill."
Police in Arlington, near Washington DC, were called to Ambassador Ruben Maye Nsue Mangue's residence on Monday.
Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck said they found a juvenile with a large cut to her head and other injuries.
"We determined the ambassador was the primary suspect," he said.
Mr Sternbeck said the girl had sustained a "significant laceration" to her head, bruises and a swollen eye and was taken to Virginia Hospital Center.
He said she had been beaten with the wooden leg of a chair.
Mr Sternbeck added that police officers, who do not have jurisdiction in cases involving diplomats, did not make any arrests and informed the US state department.
A state department official said the agency was in contact with local authorities but could not discuss the incident further.
The girl was widely reported to be the ambassador's teenage daughter. On Wednesday, a woman at the residence told the Associated Press news agency by telephone that the ambassador's daughter was fine and was in good spirits.
The embassy of Equatorial Guinea - a Central African country with a population of about 740,000 people - has not commented on the incident.
Mr Sternbeck said Arlington police had been called to the same residence over a domestic incident in December 2013 but due to diplomatic immunity no-one was detained or charged.
They say it has helped them to understand more about a dysfunctional protein - TDP-43 - a mystery scientists have been studying for decades.
ALS is a rare condition affecting the nervous system.
Social media was awash with videos of people pouring cold water over their heads to raise money for ALS last year.
More than 17 million people uploaded videos to Facebook, including many celebrities who rose to the challenge, which were then watched by 440 million people worldwide.
A new study published by Johns Hopkins researchers in Science journal last week credits the Ice Bucket Challenge with helping them to unravel the mystery behind a protein called TDP-43, which in more than 90% of ALS cases is dysfunctional.
"For the past decade we've been trying to figure out exactly what it is doing, and now I think we have finally figured it out," Jonathan Ling, of Johns Hopkins Medicine, said in a YouTube video explaining the university's latest breakthrough.
"The best part is it can be fixed, so with any luck this could lead to the possibility of a cure or at least a slowing down of this terrible disease," he continues.
"The money came at a critical time when we needed it," professor Philip Wong added.
However, they warned that the work was ongoing and many current ALS sufferers would not necessarily see the benefits of the research.
In the US, the ALS Association - which represents people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) and all motor neurone disorders - received $115m in donations during the months of August and September, when the challenge was at its peak.
The American charity says the money helped triple the amount it spends on research every year.
Up to 15,000 people in the US are reported to be suffering from ALS.
It has launched an action plan to train 500,000 people to help cardiac arrest victims.
Research by the British Heart Foundation indicated 61% of respondents would not feel confident performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Ministers want to increase heart attack survival rates by 10% by 2020.
The Scottish survival rate for cardiac arrests, other than in hospitals, is low compared to the European average. It currently stands at one in 20.
The new strategy will pay particular attention to deprived areas, where cardiac arrest is more common but the chance of receiving appropriate CPR from a bystander is lower.
Public health minister Maureen Watt said: "The best way to ensure that more people survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is to increase the number of people who have CPR skills and, crucially, to make sure they are confident enough to attempt resuscitation if the need arises.
"If we succeed in our aims, there will be 1,000 lives saved by 2020. That is an ambitious target but it is one that we believe is achievable and well worth aiming for."
British Heart Foundation chief executive Simon Gillespie added: "Scotland has already embraced the concept of creating a nation of lifesavers and we're now supporting around three-quarters of secondary schools in teaching their pupils vital CPR skills.
"This is a real commitment to ensuring Scotland leads the way in creating a nation of lifesavers and improving outcomes for people who suffer a cardiac arrest."
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Both sides had gone into the game level on points in Premier League Two, still in with a chance of promotion but also still not safe from relegation.
Team Jets were 22-15 ahead by half-time and, although Clan narrowed the advantage, the hosts were able to pull away again in the final quarter.
"It was quite a classy win," Jets coach Linda Andrews told BBC Radio Jersey.
"I'm really pleased that we'll move up in the table. There were about four of us within one point of each other so it's really, really tight.
"We know that Clan have got to play [unbeaten leaders] Tameside, and I think the people around us have still got to play Tameside so that might be in our favour.
"We'll just keep on plodding along, one game at a time, and then we'll see where we end up at the end of the season."
Millwall fan Tommy Blackmore, 20, of Bermondsey, south-east London, died after an incident in Queen Elizabeth Street on 13 June.
Huge crowds gathered at Honour Oak Crematorium earlier to pay their respects to the man who raised more than £32,000 for Cancer Research UK.
Lloyd Smythe, 28, of Staple Street, Bermondsey, is accused of his murder.
More than 150 people walked to Tower Bridge to pay tribute to him on the day he died and large crowds turned out again for his funeral service earlier.
Simon Hughes, Bermondsey's long-serving Liberal Democrat MP who lost his seat in May, said there was a huge turn-out at the funeral with many Millwall fans present.
The article alleges that Kelly, best known in the UK for hits like I Believe I Can Fly and Ignition (Remix), targets young women who come to him for help with their fledgling music careers.
It claims he seduces them before taking control of their lives - forbidding contact with the outside world, and taping their sexual encounters.
The allegations come from the parents of several women, who say their daughters have all but vanished.
Kelly, 50, has strenuously denied the story - but this is not the first time the R&B star has faced accusations of sexual misconduct, with many of the stories centring around the predatory pursuit of teenage girls.
The star was himself the victim of child sex abuse, detailing in his autobiography how he was raped by an older women when he was eight years old who told him to keep it a secret. He added that "she did it repeatedly for years".
Here is a brief history of the accusations against him.
The star, then aged 27, marries 15-year-old singer Aaliyah at a secret ceremony in Chicago. Vibe magazine later discovered that Aaliyah had lied on the wedding certificate about her age, listing herself as 18. The marriage was annulled in February 1995.
For the rest of her career, Aaliyah dodged questions about the nature of her relationship. "When people ask me, I tell them, 'Hey, don't believe all that mess,'" she told one interviewer. "We're close and people took it the wrong way."
Kelly himself has rarely spoken about Aaliyah since she died in a plane crash in 2001. She is not mentioned in his autobiography, where his author's note explains that "certain episodes could not be included for complicated reasons".
In a 2016 interview with GQ magazine, he described their relationship as "best best best best friends"; but declined to comment on their marriage, saying: "I will never have that conversation with anyone. Out of respect for Aaliyah, and her mother and father who has asked me not to personally."
Tiffany Hawkins sues R Kelly for the "personal injuries and emotional distress" she suffered during a three-year relationship with the star.
In court documents, she said she began having sex with Kelly in 1991, when she was 15 and he was 24, and the relationship ended three years later, when she turned 18. According to the Chicago Sun Times, Hawkins sought $10 million in damages, but accepted a fraction of that amount ($250,000) when the case was settled in 1998.
Kelly's spokeswoman said she had "no knowledge" of the accusations.
Tracy Sampson sues R Kelly, accusing him of inducing her "into an indecent sexual relationship" when she was 17 years old.
The woman, a former intern at Epic Records, claimed she was "treated as his personal sex object and cast aside".
"He often tried to control every aspect of my life including who I would see and where I would go," she said in her legal case against him. The case was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum, said the New York Post.
Kelly is sued for a third time by Patrice Jones, a Chicago woman who claims he impregnated her when she was underage, and that she was forced to have an abortion.
A woman named Montina Woods also sued Kelly, alleging that he videotaped them having sex without her knowledge. The recording was allegedly circulated on an R Kelly "sex tape" sold by bootleggers under the title R Kelly Triple-X.
The star settled both cases out of court, paying an undisclosed sum in return for a non-disclosure agreement.
The star is charged with 21 counts of making child pornography, involving intercourse, oral sex, urination, and other sexual acts.
Chicago police accused him of videotaping each of these acts and enticing a minor to participate in them. All of the charges related to one girl, born in September 1984.
His arrest stemmed from a video which was sent anonymously to the Chicago Sun Times earlier in the year. They passed it on to police, who verified the authenticity of the tape with help from FBI forensics experts.
Kelly, who posted $750,000 bail, immediately denied the charges in an interview with MTV and later pleaded not guilty in court.
It took six years for the case to come to trial, during which time Kelly released his wildly successful Trapped In The Closet album; and was nominated for an Image Award by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), prompting widespread criticism.
The jury eventually concluded they could not prove that the girl on the tape was a minor, and Kelly was found not guilty on all counts.
Kelly is charged with a further 12 counts of making child pornography in Florida, where he was arrested at his holiday home.
These charges came after police seized a camera during the arrest, which allegedly showed the star having sex with an underage girl.
The charges were dropped when a judge agreed with Kelly's defence team that police lacked sufficient evidence to justify a search.
Buzzfeed reports that Kelly lures young women into his inner circle and keeps them against their will inside his homes in a "cult-like" atmosphere.
The story says six women are being held in the star's properties, where he controls all aspects of their lives.
Buzzfeed also interviewed three former members of Kelly's inner circle, and reports the singer controls every aspect of the women's lives: dictating "what they eat, how they dress, when they bathe, when they sleep, and how they engage in sexual encounters that he records".
The superstar also confiscates the women's cell phones, the report says, barring contact with friends and family. He gives them new phones that they are only allowed to use to contact him or others with his permission.
The story was written by Jim DeRogatis, who has covered the allegations against R Kelly for two decades, principally for the Chicago Sun Times.
All of the women cited in his article are of legal age; and one has denied accusations that she is being held against her will.
"I'm not being brainwashed or anything like that," said 21-year-old Joycelyn Savage in a video call to TMZ. However, she would not reveal where she was speaking from, nor the nature of her relationship with Kelly.
R Kelly's lawyer, Linda Mensch, has also issued a strongly-worded denial of the accusations.
"Mr Robert Kelly is both alarmed and disturbed at the recent revelations attributed to him," the statement said.
"Mr Kelly unequivocally denies such allegations and will work diligently and forcibly to pursue his accusers and clear his name."
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A senior member of opposition party the Movement for the Liberation of Congo has been named a vice prime minister.
Several other former opponents have also been given posts.
The unity government comes amid speculation that Mr Kabila, in power since 2001, may try to change the constitution to run for a third term.
Analysts say the inclusion of opposition members and former opponents in his latest administration may be an attempt to broaden his support and divide an already weakened opposition.
They say this may be in preparation for constitutional changes or a delay to elections due in 2016.
Evariste Boshab, leader of the governing People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy and an outspoken advocate of constitutional change, has also been named a vice prime minister.
The new government is made up of 47 ministers and vice ministers, replacing the previous 36-strong administration.
Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo, who has headed the outgoing government since April 2012, retains his post.
Mr Kabila promised to form a unity government last year after a national dialogue with opposition and civil society groups.
Donors and investors say the delay has fostered uncertainty and stalled reform in the vast country which is rich in minerals, Reuters news agency reports.
Last month, 15 men accused of plotting to assassinate Mr Kabila were acquitted by a South African court.
Prosecutors dropped the case because of a lack of evidence against the men, all Congolese nationals.
Five more suspects are still facing trial.
They include the plot's alleged ringleader, Etienne Kabila, who says he is the son of former President Laurent Kabila, who was killed in 2001, and that Joseph Kabila is not the former leader's real son.
Meanwhile insecurity continues in the east of the country where more than 30 people were killed in attacks on Saturday.
The raids took place in villages near the town of Beni, where more than 250 people have died since October.
A journalist in the region told the BBC the dead included women and children who had been dragged from their houses and killed with machetes.
She said it was not clear who carried out the attacks. The Congolese authorities have blamed a Ugandan rebel group, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
A small study in Current Biology suggests the brain stimulation technique makes neurons function more efficiently.
It could help those suffering with neurodegenerative illness, stroke or learning difficulties.
An expert said the technique could have "real, applied impact."
Transcranial random noise stimulation (TRNS) involves applying random electrical noise to targeted areas of the brain by placing electrodes on the surface of the scalp.
It is a relatively new method of brain stimulation which is painless and non-invasive.
Fifty-one students from the University of Oxford, split into two groups, were asked to perform two arithmetic tasks over a five-day period. Only one group received TRNS while performing the tasks each day.
The tasks tested participants' abilities for calculation (eg 32-17+5=20) and rote learning (committing times tables such as 4x8=32 to memory).
Dr Roi Cohen Kadosh, study author from the department of experimental psychology at the University of Oxford, said the noise stimulation group showed improvements in cognitive and brain functions compared with the control group.
"Performance on both the calculation and rote learning tasks improved over the five days, and the former improvements were maintained until six months after training.
"Our neuro-imaging results suggested that TRNS increases the efficiency with which stimulated brain areas use their supplies of oxygen and nutrients."
There were no significant differences in performance between the groups at the start of the study yet TRNS was found to improve the speed of learning for both calculation and rote learning tasks.
Six months later, when participants were contacted again and asked to solve calculations, researchers found that the group which had received five days of transcranial random noise stimulation showed "superior long-term performance, compared to sham controls".
Cohen Kadosh and his colleagues had previously shown that another form of brain stimulation could make people better at learning and processing new numbers.
But he said transcranial random noise stimulation could help more people because it had the potential to improve the ability to add, subtract or multiply a string of numbers in your head - not just new number learning.
"Mental arithmetic is a more complex and challenging task, which more than 20% of people struggle with," the study said.
A learning disorder, called dyscalculia, which is characterised by struggles with arithmetic is thought to affect around 5%-7% of the population. Similar problems affect people suffering from neurodegenerative disease or stroke.
Cohen Kadosh added that it was important to identify any downsides of this and other similar forms of transcranial electrical stimulation to ensure that boosting one cognitive ability did not lead to damage in another.
Looking ahead, he said he hoped these stimulation techniques would one day be used in the clinic, the classroom and even at home.
Dr Michael Proulx, senior lecturer in psychology at Bath University, said the study findings were important and exciting.
"This study reinforces the idea that brain stimulation enhances cognitive training. It is not some panacea that just makes the brain work better overall, but it helps boost a learner's effort.
"The results also clarify that stimulation does not only improve specific learning, where practice might make perfect, but also generalised learning, where practising one skill can transfer to new situations."
He added: "These two findings suggest that this technique could have real, applied impact."
The 82-year-old told listeners to his RTÉ Lyric FM show the news on Sunday.
"I shall not be with our listeners on this day next week. I have to go to hospital this week.
"They think they may have discovered a bit of cancer in the prostate and they think it may have moved up into my back," he said.
"I've had the most wonderful, fantastic, robust, good health all my broadcasting life.
"It's my turn now. Many, many people much worse off. Thank you for your good wishes," he added.
Mr Byrne is a veteran RTÉ broadcaster, having hosted The Late Late Show from 1962 until 1999.
He now presents Sunday with Gay Byrne on RTÉ Lyric FM.
"All Gay's friends and colleagues in RTÉ wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to welcoming him back in the coming weeks," said a spokesperson for RTÉ.
James Purdie was caught with 115 images on his computer after police raided his home in Ardrossan.
The 32-year-old, who had file-shared with other paedophiles, told officers: "Everything you have found is mine."
Purdie admitted downloading and possessing the images at two addresses in Irvine between November 2014 and November 2015. Sentence was deferred.
Kilmarnock Sheriff Court heard that several of the pictures were at the highest level of depravity, featuring girls as young as two being abused.
Purdie's name was also added to the sex offenders' register.
The blast also struck a busy vegetable market in the north-eastern Masaken Barzeh district, state media said.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said nine police officers were killed and 20 were injured.
A militant from so-called Islamic State (IS) group carried out the attack, the pro-IS Amaq News Agency reported.
Last month, IS claimed responsibility for a multiple bomb attack near the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, south of Damascus, which left at least 71 people dead.
In Tuesday's incident, the bomber tried to drive his explosives-filled car into the police officers' club, but was stopped by guards, state TV cited an interior ministry source as saying.
The bomber "then detonated his explosives, causing deaths and injuries", it added, without giving further details.
The Syrian Observatory, which has a network of activists on the ground in Syria, said the death toll might rise from eight because some of those injured were in a critical condition in hospital.
Unnamed officials in Cuba and the US said an announcement was imminent.
It is unclear when the flights would start because negotiations between the Cuban government and the US airlines could take months.
The move is a significant step nearly a year after the former Cold War enemies began restoring diplomatic relations.
The US reopened its embassy in Havana in August after a 54-year absence.
Small charter flights have been running between New York and Havana for several months, but these flights can be complicated to book.
The understanding reached on Wednesday in Washington is a key development as Cuba and the US continue to negotiate over a number of issues which could ultimately see the US trade embargo lifted.
The announcement comes as travel between the US and Cuba has surged in recent months.
Thousands of Americans are visiting the island and hotels and hostels are booked for months.
John McAreavey met PM Pravind Jugnauth after police told him an elite task force was now working on the investigation into his wife's murder.
Mrs McAreavey, 27, was found strangled to death in a bath at a luxury hotel 12 days after her wedding in January 2011.
Two hotel workers were tried for murder, but found not guilty in 2012.
Mauritian police launched a fresh investigation following the trial, but it came to nothing.
Mr McAreavey has travelled to Mauritius with his sister, Claire, and Mark Harte, Michaela's eldest brother, saying he was prepared "to go to the ends of the earth to ensure that justice is achieved for Michaela".
Mr McAreavey said he was encouraged by the response from authorities to his return to the Indian Ocean island after six years, and said he would be back in Mauritius "regularly".
"If we have to be back next week, we will be back, if we have to be back next month, next year, we will be here," he told BBC News NI.
"We will be back as long as it takes. If I'm still standing here in 20 years, so be it."
He thanked the prime minister for their meeting, which he described as "very significant for our families".
Earlier, Mr McAreavey said 45 minutes of talks with senior police officers were "short but positive".
Mrs McAreavey was the daughter of Tyrone Gaelic football manager Mickey Harte.
Mauritian director of public prosecutions Satyajit Boolell earlier insisted the police investigation into her murder at Legends Hotel had not been closed.
"We want to find out who the culprits are," said Mr Boolell ahead of his meeting with Mr McAreavey on Monday.
"Those who have taken the life of this young woman will have somehow to face justice.
"We are as determined, we are as concerned, as he is.
"Any crime on our territory is a blot on our peaceful reputation."
A confidential telephone line has been set up in Mauritius for people to give evidence about the murder, as well as an address where people can post potential new information.
Mr McAreavey remarried in September last year. His wife, Tara Brennan, is an accountant from County Kildare.
The contrast could not have been starker: fireworks roaring into the sky over the Kosovan capital Pristina but mass rioting in Belgrade, in which the US embassy was set ablaze.
The reason: a special parliamentary session in Pristina convened for Sunday 17 February 2008 in which Prime Minister Hashim Thaci addressed the delegates.
"We have waited for this day for a very long time," he said. "From today, Kosovo is proud, independent, sovereign and free."
It was the culmination of years of separatist unrest in what had been Serbia's southern province.
Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority fought an insurgency against Serb forces in the 1990s, in which more than 10,000 people were killed and hundreds of thousands driven from their homes.
Nato bombed Serb positions to halt the mass ethnic cleansing and in June 1999, Kosovo was placed under UN administration.
But the clamour for independence grew. Serbia refused to countenance the secession of its cherished southern province; the Kosovan Albanians would accept nothing less.
And so Kosovo went ahead and unilaterally declared independence, without UN Security Council backing due to objections from Russia and China. The world's newest country had a protracted and difficult birth.
Three years on, what has happened to the most disputed corner of Europe?
Population: 2.2m (estimated but figures unreliable) 92% ethnic Albanian, 5.3% ethnic Serb, 2.7% others
Religion: 90% Muslim, also Orthodox Christian and Roman Catholic
Prime Minister: Hashim Thaci
Kosovo is recognised by 75 countries (including the US and 22 EU states), but not by the 117 other members of the UN
Oman, Guinea Bissau and Qatar are the most recent countries to recognise Kosovo's independence
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It is in the process of state-building, helped by a large international presence. Kosovo has its own government and police force, its own passport, flag and national anthem.
It is a member of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, but it has only been recognised by 75 countries, including the US and most of the EU.
Many of the other 117 UN member states, such as Spain, Georgia and China, have refused to do so for fear of encouraging secessionist movements in their own backyards. And so Kosovo remains without the majority needed to join the UN.
In July 2010, a turning point. Asked by Serbia to rule on the matter, the International Court of Justice delivered its opinion that Kosovo's declaration of independence had not broken international law.
It was believed that a wave of recognitions would follow. Two months later, Serbia agreed to endorse a UN resolution calling for dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina to resolve outstanding issues, removing an earlier clause that rejected the secession.
It seemed Serbia had softened and that the beginning of the end of the Kosovo issue was in sight.
But in December last year, everything changed once again.
The human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe, published a report alleging that top Kosovan leaders, including the prime minister, had run an organised crime ring in the 1990s involved in assassinations, heroin smuggling and organ trafficking of those captured during the war.
Pristina vehemently rejected the claims but it now seems inevitable that an international investigation will follow. Until then, it is unlikely that still-fragile Kosovo will gain the wider recognition it craves.
And so, in the meantime, this scarred territory limps on, beset by colossal challenges. Unemployment stands at over 40%, almost half the population lives below the poverty line and last December's general election - the first since independence - was marred by serious fraud.
Pristina still fails to control the Serb-dominated north, where residents, backed by Belgrade, reject any trapping of Kosovan statehood. Crime has flourished in the area.
The hope for tiny Kosovo is that fresh momentum can come from the first face-to-face dialogue with Serbia, which should begin soon.
The talks will be sensitive. As Serbia approaches its own election next year, Belgrade will steer clear of issues likely to play into the hands of the nationalists here, who still use Kosovo as a vote-winner.
But topics such as customs and telephones - Serbia has blocked Kosovo from obtaining an international dialling code - will be discussed. Amidst the gloom of the Kosovo dispute, this would be significant progress.
In Kosovo, the fireworks have been replaced by a cold reality.
In Serbia, the flames of rage have begun to simmer, many now believing it is impossible to turn back the clock.
Three years on, Kosovo may have faded from the international headlines but the story has not ended.
Congestion, which began to build up on major routes on Friday afternoon, has increased steadily and is expected to ease late on Saturday afternoon.
This weekend is traditionally one of the busiest of the year with some 16 million cars expected on the roads.
The weather for the bank holiday is set to be a mix of sunshine and showers, according to the BBC weather centre.
Graham Smith, of AA Roadwatch, said the traffic was "horrendous", and was particularly heavy around the M25 west of London, the A303 and the M5 through Somerset, along with the M6 north of Birmingham and parts of the M1 and A61.
In the build-up to the bank holiday, about 340 miles of roadworks were completed or suspended to help ease congestion.
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On the trains, engineering work between Wolverhampton and Stafford has hit services run by Arriva Trains Wales, CrossCountry, London Midland and Virgin, with buses replacing trains on some sections of the West Coast Main Line.
'Saturday sunshine'
As the weather forecast improved after the heavy downpours earlier on in the week, thousands of music fans headed to the Reading and Leeds festivals armed with wellies and suntan lotion.
BBC weather forecaster Matt Taylor said the long weekend would see a mixture of sunshine and showers, with some of them being on the heavy side.
He said the best place for Saturday sunshine would be south-west England.
People heading to Notting Hill Carnival in west London on Monday can expect it to be mostly dry with sunny spells, with maximum temperatures of 20C (68F) in London and Cardiff, 18C (64.4F) in Belfast and 17C (62.6F) in Edinburgh.
Meanwhile, estimates suggested some 1.8 million Britons would leave the country over the weekend.
Around 840,000 people were expected to pass through London's Heathrow airport, with popular destinations being New York, Dubai, Paris, Dublin and Los Angeles.
Another 120,000 passengers were expected to travel to the continent with train company Eurostar over the weekend.
Monday is not a holiday in Scotland, which has its August break at the beginning of the month.
There were doubts whether the inauguration would take place so soon after her killing.
Prime Minister Thabane's ABC party defeated his bitter rival Pakalitha Mosisili's party in a snap election earlier this month.
It was the third election in three years after a bitter power-struggle.
Mr Thabane's party won 48 of the 80 directly contested seats in the 120-strong parliament but he had to form a coalition government with three other parties in order to reach a 63-seat majority to form a government.
"I sincerely hope that political reforms will bring stability in Lesotho and ensure that Lesotho governments last for a normal five-year term," Prime Minister Thabane said in his inaugural speech, AFP reports.
Mr Thabane also commented for the first time about the recent death of his wife Lipolelo, who was shot dead on Wednesday night while travelling home with a friend.
"I am mourning her death, and the senseless killing of people like this... is one of many challenges that I am faced with as a new prime minister," AFP says
The police say the motive for her killing is unknown and an investigation is continuing.
The couple had been living separately since 2012 and filed for divorce which hasn't been granted yet.
Mr Thabane attended the swearing in with another wife, Ma Isaiah Ramoholi.
Giving evidence to the High Court, he said he was shocked that "the entire show business desk at three newspapers was listening to my conversations".
Mr Yentob is among eight high-profile figures claiming damages from Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) over hacking.
MGN has apologised, saying the practice was "unlawful, unacceptable and wrong".
Mr Yentob told the court he felt "invaded and sickened".
"It feels as if someone has been able to go in and out of my home, the most private of places, and search through my personal belongings day in, day out, helping themselves to whatever they think might be worth something," he said.
"It is extremely disturbing to think that these people knew about so many aspects of my personal and professional life and my most private of conversations.
"I had never imagined that my mobile phone was anything other than a safe and inviolate place where I could communicate with all of the people in my life.
"That feeling has been shattered."
On Wednesday, David Sherborne, who is representing Mr Yentob, said his client's voicemail was an "Aladdin's Cave" of stories for Mirror Group journalists.
Mr Yentob, who is editor and presenter of the Imagine series, "had one of the most valuable address books - it was famous", he said.
He said between 1999 and 2008, thousands of calls, some lasting five minutes, were made to Mr Yentob's phone, which were left on most of the day with messages piling up.
Mr Yentob said, at that time, he would have been in regular contact with, among others, Lady Ruth Rogers and her architect husband Richard, the then BBC director general Greg Dyke, author Salman Rushdie and Alastair Campbell at Downing Street.
He said Lady Rogers and her husband were very close friends of many years standing, and he would speak to her at least every other day.
In 2002, he went on holiday in Italy with his family, and the Rogers family took the house next to them.
"The Rogers were not the only family with whom we spent the summer," he said.
"We were also joined by other friends such as Charles Saatchi, Nigella Lawson and Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian.
"The musician Sting and his wife Trudie Styler owned a house nearby, at which we would stay as guests."
He said journalists at the Mirror Group suspected he was having an affair with Lady Rogers, although at some point they realised that was not correct so could not publish the story.
Mr Yentob said: "That it was nonsense is true. But this in no way excuses the intrusion into our privacy.
"We never had an affair, but it does not mean that it would not have had devastating effects had the story been published."
Actors Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, entertainers Harry Enfield, Jonathan Ross, Steve Coogan, Angus Deayton and Caroline Aherne, were also among his contacts, he said.
Mr Yentob said his voicemails contained matters to do with his health, business dealings, and commercially sensitive information about the BBC.
MGN's barrister Matthew Nicklin repeated a public apology made by the company last month to "all its victims of phone hacking".
But he denied that phone hacking was carried out by "scores" of Mirror Group journalists, as the court had previously heard.
The activity was instead carried out by a "trusted inner circle", he said.
The hearing at the High Court in London is considering cases brought by Mr Yentob, soap stars Shane Richie, Shobna Gulati and Lucy Benjamin, former footballer Paul Gascoigne, actress Sadie Frost, TV producer Robert Ashworth and flight attendant Lauren Alcorn.
Seven of the claimants have referred to at least 109 published stories.
The case continues.
More than £47m was paid to players, managers and directors between 2001 and 2010 in tax-free loans.
However, HMRC argued the payments were earnings and should be taxable.
The court's decision is not expected to have any material or financial impact on Rangers now as the club is owned by a different company.
Rangers' use of EBTs and the subsequent appeals by HMRC became known as the "big tax case".
Two tribunals in 2012 and 2014 had previously found in Rangers' favour, but the Court of Session found in favour of HMRC after an appeal in 2015.
Liquidators BDO were then allowed to appeal to the Supreme Court in London as the ruling has implications for future cases.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed RFC's appeal and ruled in favour of HMRC.
There will undoubtedly be calls for the football authorities to act following this judgement.
A Scottish Premier League investigation headed by Lord Nimmo Smith found Rangers guilty of not registering players properly and the company was fined in 2013.
Nimmo Smith's judgement was made at a time when the EBT scheme was deemed acceptable by a tax tribunal and he resisted calls for the club to be stripped of honours won during the years the scheme was in operation, saying "Rangers FC did not gain any unfair competitive advantage from the contraventions of the SPL Rules."
It's unlikely the football authorities will have much appetite to sanction another investigation but that won't stop some calling for just that.
A spokesman said the Scottish Premier Football League will "take time to examine the judgement in detail and to consider any implications."
The result is a major victory for HMRC in its attempts to recoup tax from thousands of other companies which ran EBTs and similar schemes, which were the subject of a crackdown in legislation enacted in December 2010.
HMRC could now issue "follower notices", which would demand payment from companies who ran similar schemes.
A number of football clubs in England fall into this category.
A settlement opportunity in light of the 2010 legislation ran out in July 2015 and other firms could now be liable for major sums.
In a written judgment, the judges said: "The sums paid to the trustee of the Principal Trust for a footballer constituted the footballer's earnings. The risk that the trustee might not set up a sub-trust or give a loan of the sub-trust funds to the footballer does not alter the nature of the payments made to the trustee of the Principal Trust.
"The discretionary bonuses made available to RFC's employees through the same trust mechanisms also fall within the tax charge as these were given in respect of the employee's work.
"Payment to the Principal Trust should have been subject to deduction of income tax under the PAYE regulations."
The EBT scheme was administered by the Murray Group, then majority shareholder of the Glasgow club, from 2001 to 2009.
In February 2012, Rangers, which was then run by Craig Whyte, went into administration over a separate tax debt and the tax authority rejected a creditors agreement in June of that year.
The supreme court decision is in relation to Murray Group companies, including the liquidated company RFC 2012, and not the current owners at Ibrox.
The result will mean the creditors of RFC 2012 will receive less money from the pot collected by liquidators BDO, as HMRC will now be owed more money.
Former Rangers chairman Sir David Murray said he was "hugely disappointed" with the verdict, which he said ran counter to the legal advice which was consistently provided to Rangers Football Club.
He said: "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."
In a statement, HMRC said: "This decision has wide-ranging implications for other avoidance cases and we encourage anyone who has tried to avoid tax on their earnings to now agree with us the tax owed.
"HMRC will always challenge contrived arrangements that try to deliver tax advantages never intended by parliament."
Rangers liquidators BDO said it believed taking the case to the Supreme Court had been the correct course of action "given the significance of the matter".
It said: "We will now engage with HMRC on adjudicating its claim.
"Further advice and guidance will be provided to creditors in due course."
The Scottish FA said that, after examining the judgement, it would take no further disciplinary action.
It said it had been advised it was unlikely the Scottish FA would be successful pursuing a complaint about whether disciplinary rules could have been breached.
It added that, even if successful, any sanctions available to a judicial panel would be limited in their scope.
Meanwhile, Celtic said they were sure that the football authorities would review their findings that Rangers gained no sporting advantage from the tax-avoidance scheme.
A league commission fined Rangers in 2013 but did not strip the club of any titles they had won during the years the scheme was in operation.
Celtic disagreed with that ruling at the time, and said the Supreme Court judgement "re-affirms that view."
The Emojipedia website argued that the symbol could still appear as a lifelike gun in messages sent to non-iOS users.
Apple made the change in the wake of a series of shootings in the US.
However, Microsoft announced this week that its toy gun symbol would be redesigned as a more realistic-looking firearm.
The emoji character system allows companies to use slightly different designs of the same basic objects, signs or expressions.
"The thing is, emojis already look different on different platforms and it does cause confusion," Jeremy Burge, editor of Emojipedia, told the BBC.
"When we're dealing with guns and toys as a comparison, that's a whole new level of problems that we have there."
In his blog, Mr Burge pointed out that someone could send a message from an iOS device mentioning a water pistol - but that this could look like they were asking the recipient to bring a real weapon if that user did not have iOS.
The water pistol emoji, along with several other new icons, is available to a few users testing iOS 10, which will be more widely available in the autumn.
"Apple has the most prominent emoji set that people use," said Mr Burge. "I think it has a high responsibility to be a bit cautious."
He has suggested that the firm could simply hide gun emojis from the keyboard altogether, instead of redesigning them.
Mr Burge added that he had emailed Apple about the issue but had not yet received a reply.
There was further criticism from web users, but a columnist in the Guardian praised the move as a statement on gun control.
"It's a smart, small part in the battle - which we're presently losing - to keep Americans safe," wrote Jean Hannah Edelstein.
There have been calls previously - including from a campaign called Disarm the iPhone - to remove the handgun icon from iOS devices.
While the merits of Apple's decision continued to be the subject of debate, Microsoft announced that it was converting a toy ray gun emoji into a more realistic-looking handgun.
In a blog, the company said it felt its emojis needed to feel "more human, more personal, more expressive".
Speaking about the gun icon specifically, Microsoft told tech site Engadget: "The previous design did not map to industry designs or our customers' expectations of the emoji definition."
Both Apple and Microsoft have said they are working with the Unicode Consortium - the body that maintains lists of emojis across different platforms.
In June, the consortium confirmed that a planned rifle emoji had been dropped from a series of new icons.
Buzzfeed reported that this was at the request of both Microsoft and Apple.
Halliday was part of a police firearms team that mistook the Brazilian national for a terror suspect at Stockwell Tube station, two weeks after the 7 July London bombings.
"Following advice, it was agreed with Andy that he would not travel to Brazil as a member of hockey's management team," GB Hockey said in a statement.
Halliday, formerly a specialist firearms officer in the Metropolitan Police, played what GB Hockey called a "peripheral role" in the operation on the London Underground.
In the statement, Great Britain Hockey said both it and the British Olympic Association had "been aware of the sensitivities of this matter in relation to Team GB competing in the Rio Olympics".
"Andy has continued in his role as team manager and will be working with the rest of the management team to help prepare the athletes for the event."
Halliday said: "Whilst I am obviously disappointed not to be going to the Olympic Games, I have known of this decision since last November and respect the process that has been followed and the decision itself.
"The performance interests of the team continue to be of paramount importance and I am focused purely on helping the team prepare for Rio 2016."
Great Britain Hockey's chief operating officer Sally Munday thanked Halliday "for the dignity and professionalism which he has shown throughout this process".
The remains of a man were found at Hollow Ponds in Epping Forest in north-east London and police said the body may have been there for several weeks.
The body was found on Wednesday evening and removed on Thursday but police have now, after post-mortem tests, confirmed they are treating the death as murder.
Officers have identified the victim but his name has not been released.
The Met said his next of kin had been informed.
The partially-buried body was found by a passer-by in undergrowth off Whipps Cross Road in Leytonstone, in a wooded area close to Whipps Cross University Hospital.
Det Ch Insp Jamie Piscopo, who is leading the investigation, said: "Hollow Ponds is a busy and popular local beauty spot, with a cafe and a boating lake.
"It is also surrounded by a number of busy roads, including Whipps Cross Road.
"We would like to speak to anyone who may have been in the area the last several weeks, and may have witnessed any unusual or suspicious activity, to come and speak to us."
Gordon Mann, who chairs Destination Dumfries and Galloway, said levels were "much better" than in recent years.
Tourism has been estimated to be worth about £287m to the local economy and supports about 7,000 jobs.
Mr Mann said the increase had to be seen in context of low tourist figures and spending in previous years.
"By and large the visitor numbers are looking much better," he said.
"We have even had people talking about 15% or even in some cases 20% increases.
"That sounds great but remember we are coming from a very low base."
He said that figures had fallen steadily over the previous five years.
"2008 is the point at which the financial crash came and we have seen numbers reduce year on year since then," he said.
"It will take us some time to get back to the kind of numbers that we were at before but this is a good step."
Mr Mann added that there were signs that the market was adjusting to people having reduced family incomes and being more careful with their spending.
He said visitors were looking for "value" and that was what both accommodation providers and attractions were trying to offer.
McDowell, who had recorded earlier rounds of 66, 69 and 71, ended the tournament in a tie for 24th position on six under par.
The Portrush man began his round with 10 consecutive pars, and followed that with three birdies and a bogey at 18.
Rose won the tournament by one shot from Dane Lucas Bjerragaard.
The injured white and brown Cob-type yearling, called Widget, was discovered in a field in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire on Saturday evening.
The arrow was found in a wound close to its eye.
The RSPCA believes it will survive the injuries, although a spokeswoman said it had a "lucky escape". Police are hunting the attacker.
A £1,000 reward has been put up by the owner of the yard where the horse was kept for information leading to a conviction.
The horse is currently at the Royal Veterinary College, near Hatfield, for treatment.
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RSPCA deputy chief inspector Mel Fisher said: "It seems this poor boy has had a very lucky escape, though the next 48 hours will be crucial.
"The arrow has gone through his eye socket and into his nasal cavity, miraculously without hitting anything vital. It's hoped he won't lose his eye but it's too early to know for sure.
"This was a wicked attack on a friendly and sociable little chap."
Det Sgt Dan Stoddart from Hertfordshire Police said: "This appears to be senseless, cruel crime and we are doing all we can to find the person responsible."
The Chancellor George Osborne announced in his Spending Review that The Factory Manchester will receive £9m a year in 2018/19 and 2019/20.
Building work on the project, which incorporates art and culture from theatre to TV, starts in 2016.
Mr Osborne said the spending is part of the Northern Powerhouse scheme.
A spokeswoman for the Manchester project said it is hoped the support will continue after 2020.
Mr Osborne said: "We have backed The Factory with significant investment because we know it will provide an outstanding new arts venue to be enjoyed by people of all ages and backgrounds for generations to come."
The Factory, which received planning permission in July, forms a part of the new St John's neighbourhood on the 15-acre former Granada site.
At the tripartite meeting last July of the three countries involved in the search, Malaysia, Australia and China, they agreed that it would not be continued beyond the current 120,000sq km area (46,332 sq miles) of the southern Indian Ocean, unless there was credible new information showing a specific location for the crashed airliner.
Nonetheless the families of the victims have condemned this requirement for a "precise location", calling it "at best an erroneous expectation, and at worst a clever formulation to bury the search".
They have pointed to a statement in December by the Australian Transport Safety Board, which is leading the search operation, that in view of the drift modelling carried out by the Australian scientific organisation CSIRO for debris from MH370 found along the East African coast, there was "strong evidence that the aircraft is most likely to be located to the north of the current indicative underwater search area".
And with no trace of the airliner found after an exhaustive two-and-a-half-year search, all the experts agree they have been looking in the wrong area.
The CSIRO drift models suggest the search should be shifted to a 25,000sq km area immediately north of the existing zone, along the arc that satellite data shows the plane must have travelled. It might require an additional $40-50m to extend the search operation into the new area, on top of the $160m already spent.
But the three governments appear unmoved, sticking rigidly to the formula they agreed last July, although the Australian and Malaysian governments insist cost is not a factor in their decision to stop searching.
However in an interview with ABC News on Tuesday, Australian Transport Minister Darren Chester made the point that any decision to resume the search was "primarily Malaysia's call".
That underlines a problem which has troubled the search operation from the start: who is really responsible?
Back in February 2015 Australia submitted a request to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), which regulates international air travel, for clearer guidelines on which country should be responsible for both organising and funding an extended search operation.
Under existing guidelines Australia is responsible for initial search-and-rescue efforts in the vast areas of ocean off its western coast. But once it was clear there would be no survivors, it became a search-and-recovery operation, for which responsibility is not clear.
The ICAO designates to Malaysia, the flag state of the missing plane, the task of leading the accident investigation, but it is not clear whether that includes running the extended search.
This was important because by 2015 Australia had shouldered most of the financial burden, and people were beginning to complain. After all, the specialised ships and detection equipment used in the search had to be rented from a Dutch salvage company; any of the three countries could have covered this cost.
Only six of the MH370 passengers were Australians, whereas 153 came from China, which has so far contributed relatively little, around $16m, although the ICAO imposes no requirement on it do so. The Malaysian government now says it has contributed a total of $112m, but the official Australian figures suggest it has actually spent less than that.
So why does Malaysia not take the initiative to fund an extended search? The Malaysian Transport Ministry responded to this question with the formula from last July, that all three countries had agreed they first needed indications of a specific location for the crash site, despite that fact that such detailed information in a huge expanse of sea is extremely unlikely to be found.
Relatives of the passengers have also criticised the Malaysian authorities for being so slow to request recovered pieces of debris, eight of which are now believed to be almost certainly from the missing airliner.
That debris is important: it has not only helped ascertain a probable alternative location for the plane; it has also helped confirm how the aircraft ended its flight, with Australian investigators concluding that it plunged into the sea, and was not under the control of the pilot.
Malaysia has at times given the impression of being a reluctant lead investigator, happy for Australia to do most of the legwork.
Aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas describes Malaysia's approach as "inexcusable and irresponsible. It is their plane, and their responsibility to find out what happened to it. They are walking away from their commitment to international aviation and the flying public".
The Malaysian Ministry of Transport says only that "all decisions with regards to the MH370 search have and will always be in the spirit of tripartite co-operation."
If it is primarily Malaysia's call to restart the search operation, it looks unlikely to make it.
The company behind the X-Factor and Cold Feet said advertising revenue in the three months 30 September was down 4% on the same quarter last year.
But ITV predicted a further 7% fall in the final quarter of 2016 due to "the political and economic uncertainty".
That would see net advertising revenue fall 3% over the full year, ITV said.
"In recent weeks the political and economic uncertainty has increased and we are currently seeing more cautious behaviour by advertisers," ITV said in a trading update.
However, the broadcaster said its recent push to boost other revenue streams, such as with content from its production arm ITV Studios, would help to offset the fall in advertising.
ITV's total revenues rose 5% to £2.16bn, but revenue from non-advertising sources rose 15%, helped by a strong performance from its studio business.
Chief executive Adam Crozier said: "ITV is now a much more balanced and resilient business. Even against the current uncertain economic backdrop, we expect 2016 earnings to be broadly in line with last year."
ITV said advertising revenues fell about 11% in October after a jump in the same month last year when it benefitted from the Rugby World Cup.
The group boosted viewing figures, with the main ITV channel's share of viewing up 3%. Its online viewing jumped 49% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2016.
ITV's share price rose 1% in early trading, which analysts said was probably due to the revenue fall not being as bad as many experts had forecast.
Tamsin Garrity, media analyst at Jefferies, said the figures were "slightly better than our cautious scenario", having pencilled in a drop of more than 8% for the fourth quarter of 2016.
Meanwhile, George Salmon, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "Given the current economic uncertainty, it may not be much of a surprise to see the group's customers are pulling their horns in, but it is still not good news for the group.
"For the time being, ITV remains the prime place to advertise on a national scale. Coronation Street's status as a national treasure isn't endangered by a weaker economy.
"The challenge for the group now is to retain this premier position as Netflix and others grow in the on-demand sphere. Viewing habits are changing and ITV will have to change with them."
Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) says raids in Australia, Europe, the UK and US are the culmination of two years of work.
Credit card numbers or bank account details of millions of unsuspecting victims were sold for as little as £2.
Two Britons and a man from Macedonia were arrested, with 36 sites shut down.
Some of the websites have been under observation for two years.
During that period the details of about two-and-a-half million credit cards were recovered - preventing fraud, according to industry calculations, of at least £0.5bn.
Lee Miles, the head of Soca's cyber crime unit, told the BBC that criminals were now selling personal data on an "industrial" scale.
By Ben AndoBBC crime reporter
Police fighting cyber crime can find themselves battling not just the criminals but also, on occasion, the internet service providers.
Not surprisingly, criminal gangs try to recruit the smartest hackers or code-writers to both steal data from unsuspecting internet users, and make their own websites as secure and hard to trace as possible.
But many senior figures at the big internet service providers and domain name registration companies are traditionally anti-establishment and can be suspicious of police interference. They are often reluctant to agree to anything that could be perceived as curtailing the freedom of the web, such as preventing anonymous domain registrations.
Soca officers and their counterparts at Interpol, the FBI and at other law enforcement agencies around the world, say they have been working hard to "influence" the industry, and they are hoping that those efforts will lead to changes that could make their job easier in future.
Without the help of the industry, or a massive investment in law enforcement, it will be increasingly hard to keep track of the millions of items of illegal data being traded in cyberspace.
He said: "Criminals are turning over vast volumes of these cards. We must match the criminals - it's an arms race.
"They are industrialising their processes and likewise we have to industrialise our processes to match them."
Mr Miles said traditional "bedroom" hackers were being recruited by criminal gangs to write the malware or "phishing" software that steals personal information.
Other IT experts are used to write the computer code that enables the websites to cope, automatically, with selling the huge amounts of data.
"I'd rather arrest 10 code writers than 1,000 front-end fraudsters," he said.
Joint operations on Thursday in Australia, the US, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Romania and Macedonia led to the websites being closed down.
A 23-year-old man in Stechford, Birmingham, and a 27-year-old man in Tottenham, north London, have been arrested, along with the man in Macedonia.
More arrests are expected.
Soca is also calling on internet service providers to stop individuals registering websites anonymously.
Automated computer programs can register thousands of similar, but different domain names, and it can be difficult to trace them back to their owner.
"Where individuals register domain names for criminal purposes there is a very loose 'know your customer' regime among the website providers," Mr Miles said.
"What we are trying to do is influence the industry to introduce more secure systems so they do know who is registering these sites and they have a more comprehensive customer database, and do more aimed at preventing criminals buying websites and using them for criminal ends," he added.
The BBC's Ben Ando said that, privately, officers admitted that it could be frustrating dealing with internet companies who were not used to being policed and were reluctant to agree to anything that they perceived to be an infringement of their freedoms.
A review found that a Metropolitan Police officer worked within the "Lawrence camp" while a previous inquiry into the death was under way.
Home Secretary Theresa May described the findings as "deeply troubling".
Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack by a gang of white youths in April 1993.
The high-profile case - which remained unsolved for nearly two decades - is seen as having had a major impact on race relations in Britain, with an earlier public inquiry accusing the Metropolitan Police of "institutional racism" and subsequent major reform of the justice system in England and Wales.
The undercover officer in question, who has not been named in the report by Mark Ellison QC, was deployed by Scotland Yard's Special Demonstration Squad (SDS).
The squad, which operated until 2006, deployed officers into activist groups that then sought to attach themselves to the Lawrence family campaign for justice over the killing.
Addressing MPs following the review's publication, Mrs May proposed a new offence of police corruption that would replace one of misconduct in public office.
Government legislation is likely within weeks, the BBC's chief political correspondent Norman Smith has said.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Mrs May said: "Policing stands damaged today. Trust and confidence in the Metropolitan Police and policing more generally is vital.
"A public inquiry and the other work I have set out are part of the process of repairing the damage.
"Stephen Lawrence was murdered over 20 years ago and it is still deplorable that his family have had to wait so many years for the truth to emerge."
Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted: "Like the Home Secretary, I find the conclusions of the Stephen Lawrence review profoundly shocking. It's important we have a full inquiry."
Mrs May said:
Following the Ellison report's publication on Thursday, Stephen's mother Baroness Lawrence said: "I'm not shocked. It's something I suspected all along."
She watched from the House of Commons public gallery as Mrs May also told MPs of plans to introduce a new criminal offence of police corruption.
Neville Lawrence, the murdered teenager's father, said: "What the home secretary has announced today is 21 years overdue.
"Mark Ellison's report has simply corroborated what I have known for the past 21 years and our long fight for truth and justice continues."
In response to the review and the home secretary's comments, Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackey said there could be no serving police officer who would not be "saddened, shocked, and very troubled".
He said he understood that Doreen and Neville Lawrence must feel "all the trust we have worked to build is shattered".
Mr Mackey added: "Corruption has no place in the Met Police - and people need to know that they cannot hide behind the veil of the past."
Former Scotland Yard undercover officer Peter Francis said last year that he was instructed in 1993 to find information that could discredit the Lawrence family.
Black teenager Stephen Lawrence, 18, was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack by a gang of white youths as he waited at a bus stop in Eltham, south-east London, in April 1993.
A number of suspects were identified soon after the attack but it took more than 18 years to bring his killers to justice.
Several attempts to prosecute the suspects, including a private prosecution by the family, failed owing to unreliable or insufficient evidence.
In 1997, then Home Secretary Jack Straw ordered a public inquiry into the killing and its aftermath after concerns about the way the police had handled the case.
Sir William Macpherson, a retired High Court judge, led the inquiry. He accused the police of institutional racism and found a number of failings in how they had investigated the murder.
In January 2012, Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty of the murder by an Old Bailey jury after a review of the forensic evidence.
Stephen Lawrence: Timeline
He told the Guardian and Channel 4's Dispatches programme he was told to pose as an anti-racism campaigner in a hunt for "disinformation".
Mr Ellison said: "The mere presence of an undercover Metropolitan Police officer in the wider Lawrence family camp in such circumstances is highly questionable in terms of the appearance it creates of the MPS having a spy in the family's camp."
In 2012 Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty of murdering 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence and sentenced to minimum terms of 15 years and two months and 14 years and three months respectively.
Meanwhile, a separate report has been published on Operation Herne - an investigation launched by the Met into allegations made by Mr Francis on undercover policing.
It found no evidence to back claims from the former Scotland Yard undercover officer that he was tasked to smear the Lawrence family or their campaign.
However, the report did find failings regarding allegations about undercover officers indulging in inappropriate sexual relationships.
It said the Crown Prosecution Service had been asked to advise whether criminal charges should be brought over the allegations of such trysts.
The report said: "There are and never have been any circumstances where it would be appropriate for such covertly deployed officers to engage in intimate sexual relationships with those they are employed to infiltrate and target.
"Such an activity can only be seen as an abject failure of the deployment, a gross abuse of their role and their position as a police officer and an individual and organisational failing."
Publishing the progress report, Deputy Commissioner Mackey said the Met believed Operation Herne was being conducted with "rigour and integrity".
"The officers face an enormous challenge - investigating 40 years of the history of a secret and insular unit that rarely documented its activity," he said.
"This is the ultimate 'cold case' and that's why this investigation - some of which concerns criminal allegations - has been lengthy. We are determined to pursue it wherever the evidence may lead."
Officers are at the home of Labour councillor Shakil Ahmed, whose son Waheed is among a group of five adults and four children being held in Turkey.
The Rochdale councillor said he had thought his son was on holiday and was shocked by news of his arrest.
The Foreign Office said it was unable to confirm when the nine people would be deported back to the UK.
Waheed's aunt, Zadia Bi, two of her sons and one of their wives, were the other adults detained, Mr Ahmed said.
The group from Rochdale, which also included children aged one, three, eight and 11, was seized in Hatay near the Syrian border on Wednesday.
In a statement, Mr Ahmed said he wanted his son to come home "as soon as possible so I can find out what's going on".
"My son is a good Muslim and his loyalties belong to Britain, so I don't understand what he's doing there," he said.
"If I thought for a second that he was in danger of being radicalised, I would have reported him to the authorities.
"He's studying a degree in politics and sociology at Manchester University and has a good future ahead of him."
The councillor also said that he thought his son was in Birmingham on a work placement.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, he added: "All I know is that they were on holiday and then the next thing I am told is that they have been arrested."
Greater Manchester Police and the North West Counter Terrorism force have launched an investigation to establish why the group apparently tried to enter Syria.
All nine would be sent back to the UK "in due course", police said.
Assistant Chief Constable Ian Wiggett said: "What is obviously concerning is why a family were seemingly attempting to take very young and vulnerable children into a war zone; such a volatile and dangerous environment is no place for them whatsoever."
He said the primary concern was the "safety and welfare" of the children, and efforts were being made to ensure a "full safeguarding strategy" was in place upon their return.
Officers had uncovered "no evidence whatsoever" of any imminent threat to the UK that was linked to the group, police added.
Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, said the news was "deeply worrying".
"The idea you can take young children into a war zone is despicable and we condemn those adults who have done this," he said.
Usman Nawaz, 25, who was part of the last Labour government's Young Muslims Advisory Group, attended the same school as Waheed Ahmed.
He said he didn't believe Mr Ahmed's education in Rochdale had anything to do with the journey he had taken but it was a question the Muslim community needed to address.
"Though the numbers are small we are seeing a constant drip-feeding of British Muslims either getting into the Islamic State or trying to get in," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"There are young Muslims growing up in this country who don't feel a sense of belonging to this country.
"For some it probably is an adventure but for others they think they are doing something noble so it's the narrative that's being presented to them."
It is the first case since the law came into effect on 2 March, police said.
Hindus, who comprise 80% of India's 1.2bn population, revere cows and the sale and consumption of beef is banned or restricted in many states.
Anyone found breaking the law faces a fine and up to five years in prison.
"We carried out a raid on Wednesday after a tip-off. The three men ran away when they saw us. We have identified them and police teams are trying to arrest them," Sanjay Sawai, senior police official in Malegaon district, told BBC Hindi.
"We've seized 150kg of meat and the carcass of the animal. We believe it was a calf, but the meat has been sent to a laboratory for testing," he said.
The accused would be charged under the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act, he added.
The decision of the western state, which includes India's commercial capital and biggest city Mumbai, to ban beef completely has caused much outrage in India.
The Maharashtra beef ban is among the toughest in India - along with cows, it also forbids the killing of bulls and bullocks and even possessing beef, which is now considered as contraband.
Most beef sold in India is actually from water buffaloes which are not considered sacred.
But in Maharashtra, buffalo meat, generally seen to be of inferior quality, comprised only 25% of the market and the ban is felt more keenly there.
The ban has been challenged in court by traders who say tens of thousands of people involved in the trade have lost their livelihoods.
Toulon confirmed on Monday night that the contract had been finalised, just hours before the French transfer deadline.
The 35-year-old second row's farewell match in a Munster shirt was the Pro12 final defeat by Glasgow in May.
He will quit internationals after the World Cup, having won a Grand Slam plus two Six Nations Championships.
The Limerick man had been contracted until June 2016 but the IRFU and Munster agreed to his request for an early release.
O'Connell made his senior Munster debut in August 2001 and won two European Cups, three League titles and a Celtic Cup with the Irish province.
The 43-year-old man and 39-year-old woman who died were found by ambulance crews called to Laneside Gardens, Walsall, shortly after 01:30 BST.
A man, 23, and woman, 22, were arrested nearby and are being questioned by West Midlands Police. The arrested man is related to one of the deceased.
Police said the double murder case was an "isolated incident".
The two people who died sustained gunshot injuries.
Head of crime and operations for Walsall, Supt Keith Fraser, said: "I don't underestimate the impact this could have and will have on the local community.
"I do want to reassure the community that this is an isolated incident with the information that we have at the moment."
Neighbours told BBC reporters the victims were a mother of three sons and her long-term partner, but this has not been confirmed by police.
The force said it was not "100% sure on what the murder weapon is at this moment in time" and there had not been a post-mortem examination.
Asked if police had recovered a gun, Supt Fraser said: "(I) believe a firearm has been recovered in situ.
"Now whether or not that is the firearm concerned (in) this matter I don't know."
He said the arrests were made "very soon after" the incident, "possibly within about an hour, if that".
The two people died at the scene "despite the best efforts of medical staff", police said.
The property and cul-de-sac have been sealed off while forensic searches are carried out.
Det Insp Michaela Kerr, from West Midlands Police, said: "Both the man and woman... received emergency treatment at the scene, however they could not be saved and died a short time later.
"We are treating their deaths as suspicious and two people were arrested nearby in connection with the incident."
The force said officers would be speaking to residents who may have information or concerns following the incident.
Kenneth Lloyd, who lives nearby said: "It's terrible. We've been here 40, 42 years and we've never had anything like this on the estate before."
His wife Pamela said the incident had left her "shaking like a leaf".
Walsall councillor Harbans Sarohi said there was support available for residents.
"I think people are very shocked because these things never happen here," he said.
"So all I can say is that if they need any help from the council or from police - that will be provided."
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Scotland lost their first two Six Nations matches, against England and Wales, and defeat in Rome would make it 10 successive championship defeats stretching back to 2014.
"Our performances have been fairly good but it's a results-based business," said 23-year-old Hogg.
He said the Scotland players are "definitely not looking at the record".
Scotland's most recent victory in the Six Nations was their 21-20 win at the Stadio Olimpico two years ago, courtesy of Duncan Weir's late drop goal.
After the trip to Italy, they face France at Murrayfield on 13 March and Ireland in Dublin on 19 March.
"We are dying to get that win and we have been working incredibly hard," said Glasgow Warriors' Hogg.
"Getting a win would do wonders for us. If we were to get that win then I can see us winning the next two games as well.
"The last couple of weeks have been bitterly disappointing, having come away with two defeats, but Saturday is a chance to make amends."
Italy are bottom of the Six Nations table after also losing their opening two matches, against France and England.
They beat Scotland 22-19 at Murrayfield in last year's Six Nations thanks to a late penalty try.
Italy captain Sergio Parisse, who will win his 117th cap on Saturday, said: "Everyone is talking about this game and how both Scotland and Italy have no victories in their opening two matches, so this weekend is a crucial match.
"Maybe we have more pressure because we are playing at home.
"In the past we lost against them here in Rome with a last-minute drop-goal but last year we went to Murrayfield and got a try late.
"You know that Scotland-Italy matches are always tough to win.
"It would be arrogant on my part to say we are better than Scotland in the forwards or in the backs.
"They are a really strong team, but we are a really strong team too. I'm confident in our strengths."
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Scientists combined models of flower evolution with the largest data set of features from living flowers ever assembled.
From this the team was able to infer the appearance of the ancestral flower.
The flower had many concentric cycles of petal-like organs in sets of three, arranged in whorls, and was bisexual.
Hervé Sauquet, from Université Paris-Sud, France, one of the authors of the paper published this week in Nature Communications said: "There is no living flower that looks exactly like the ancestral one - and why should there be? This is a flower that existed at least 140 million years ago and has had considerable time to evolve into the incredible diversity of flowers that exist today."
We are all familiar with the beauty of flowers - the reproductive structures produced by about 90 % of all living land plants. But their origin and early evolution is a mystery. This is mainly owing to the lack of fossil flowers from the time period when the ancestor of living flowers is thought to have existed.
Dr Jason Hilton from the University of Birmingham, UK, who was not involved in the study, said: "The structure and organisation of the ancestral flower has remained enigmatic.
For instance, we don't know if the oldest flowers were unisexual or bisexual, or if they were pollinated by wind or insects."
To reconstruct the appearance of the first flower, the scientists recorded the features - such as the petals and sepals - of the flowers from 792 living species.
They mapped the distribution of these features on to the evolutionary tree of flowering plants enabling them to build a picture of what flowers looked like at key points in their history - including the last common ancestor of all living flowers.
The first flower is reconstructed with petal-like structures arranged in a whorl, so each petal appears in the same plane, like a common lily (but with more whorls), rather than in a spiral, where petals overlap in a spiral arrangement around the stem, like a lotus.
"For some of the features we studied, the result was surprising, especially the fact that organs (such as sepals and petals and the stamens) were probably arranged in whorls instead of spirals, as commonly assumed for the ancestral flower," said Hervé Sauquet.
Sex evolution in flowers has been highly debated. Flowers can be unisexual or bisexual and this study infers a bisexual early flower with both male and female organs.
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Iago Aspas inspired the hosts into a 3-0 lead at the break, setting up Pione Sisto's opener, scoring a fine second and forcing Jeremy Mathieu's own goal.
Barcelona fought back through Gerard Pique's header and Neymar's penalty, only for Marc-Andre ter Stegen's awful error to hand Celta their fourth goal.
Pique scored a second header late on but Celta held on for a thrilling win.
Without the injured Lionel Messi, Barcelona looked bereft of ideas at times as they failed to take the chance to go top following Real Madrid's earlier draw with Eibar, instead remaining in fourth.
The hosts appeared to start in survival mode as Barcelona dominated the opening ten minutes only for Celta to end the half threatening to utterly humiliate their opponents.
Former Liverpool striker Aspas was the catalyst, sliding in Sisto with a brilliant first-time ball after Celta pounced on Ter Stegen's poor attempted pass to Sergio Busquets, with the Danish forward providing an impressive low finish after his first touch took him wide.
Shortly after drawing a fine save from Ter Stegen, Aspas had Celta's second - controlling a long ball forward before powering away from the back-tracking Pique to calmly slot past the hapless Barcelona keeper on the angle.
Moments later Celta scored their third, Aspas causing panic by running in behind the Barcelona defence and forcing Mathieu to divert Daniel Wass' perfectly-weighted cross into his own net before Aspas could get there.
After the interval, the hosts were guilty of complacency, remaining static as Pique stole in to score before Pablo Hernandez conceded a penalty with a clumsy foul on Andre Gomes.
But Hernandez made amends in the 77th minute, charging down an indecisive Ter Stegen, whose attempt to loft the ball back to Jordi Alba hit Hernandez in the face and rebounded in for Celta's bizarre fourth.
Despite having won both previous games this season where Messi was absent, Barcelona clearly missed their talisman as they failed to unpick Celta's defence for long periods.
Neymar took it on himself to play Messi's roaming role but often found himself running into traffic, while neither Arda Turan nor Rafinha could provide the attacking thrust lost by Neymar dropping deeper.
Instead it was Pique who offered his side's most consistent attacking threat, surging forward to head in a cross from substitute Andres Iniesta, making his 600th Barcelona appearance, before also turning in Denis Suarez's ball from the right.
And while Pique was guilty of backing off Aspas for Celta's second, Barcelona's miserable night was summed up by Ter Stegen - at fault for two goals, with his late error ultimately putting the draw beyond his team in a frantic finale.
Match ends, Celta de Vigo 4, Barcelona 3.
Second Half ends, Celta de Vigo 4, Barcelona 3.
Foul by Arda Turan (Barcelona).
Facundo Roncaglia (Celta de Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Pablo Hernández (Celta de Vigo) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by John Guidetti.
Foul by Jeremy Mathieu (Barcelona).
John Guidetti (Celta de Vigo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Denis Suárez with a cross.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Sergio Álvarez (Celta de Vigo) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Neymar (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Arda Turan with a cross.
Substitution, Celta de Vigo. John Guidetti replaces Iago Aspas.
Luis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Celta de Vigo 4, Barcelona 3. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Denis Suárez with a cross.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Sergi Gómez.
Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Jonny replaces Daniel Wass.
Foul by André Gomes (Barcelona).
Daniel Wass (Celta de Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Barcelona. Paco Alcácer replaces Jordi Alba.
Attempt blocked. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Denis Suárez.
Attempt missed. Iago Aspas (Celta de Vigo) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nemanja Radoja.
Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Pione Sisto (Celta de Vigo).
Goal! Celta de Vigo 4, Barcelona 2. Pablo Hernández (Celta de Vigo) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Barcelona. Denis Suárez replaces Sergio Busquets.
Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Gerard Piqué (Barcelona).
Iago Aspas (Celta de Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Arda Turan (Barcelona).
Facundo Roncaglia (Celta de Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Pablo Hernández (Celta de Vigo) left footed shot from long range on the right is too high. Assisted by Iago Aspas.
Attempt saved. Pione Sisto (Celta de Vigo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pablo Hernández.
Goal! Celta de Vigo 3, Barcelona 2. Neymar (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Hugo Mallo (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card.
Penalty Barcelona. André Gomes draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Nemanja Radoja (Celta de Vigo) after a foul in the penalty area.
Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Marcelo Díaz replaces Theo Bongonda.
Goal! Celta de Vigo 3, Barcelona 1. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Hugo Mallo.
Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
The failure of Dunfermline Athletic's full-time squad to live up to their billing as title favourites led to the exit of Jim Jefferies midway through the season, while his successor, John Potter, was replaced with Allan Johnston at the end of the season.
Former Pars assistant Jimmy Nicholl stood down as neighbours Cowdenbeath were relegated from the Championship, with ex-Dunfermline striker Colin Nish being promoted from within as his replacement.
Stranraer's success in challenging for the title led to Stevie Aitken being poached by Championship club Dumbarton, with Brian Reid taking over at Stair Park.
Brechin City's top-four finish helped Ray McKinnon win the top job with Raith Rovers and Darren Dods has swapped his defensive duties with Forfar Athletic for the manager's seat up the road at Glebe Park.
Cowdenbeath's relegation, Dunfermline's failure to even reach the promotion play-offs and Stenhousemuir's escape from relegation after their play-off win has led to the biggest exit of players from their respective squads.
Ayr United, Airdrieonians, Dunfermline, Stranraer and promoted Albion Rovers all appear to have strengthened their squad during the summer.
Key signing: At 34, Kevin McBride was no longer a force at Premiership level, but the midfielder released by Dundee brings with him lots of top-flight experience.
Intriguing arrival: Czech midfielder Nico Sumsky will be looking to prove himself in Scottish football having failed to break into the Hamilton Accies side since joining the Premiership outfit in January and now being sent out on loan.
One that got away: Experienced goalkeeper Andy McNeil has taken a step up to the Championship with Alloa Athletic.
In: Kevin McBride, midfielder (Dundee); David van Zanten, defender (Dumbarton); Sean Crighton, defender (Greenock Morton); Alan Lithgow, defender (Stenhousemuir); David Cox, midfielder (Peterhead); Neil Parry, goalkeeper (Albion Rovers); Caolan McAleer, forward (East Fife); Adam Brown, midfielder (St Mirren). Loan: Nico Sumsky, midfielder (Hamilton Academical); Taylor Morgan, forward (Ostersunds); George Hunter, forward (St Johnstone).
Out: Andy McNeil, goalkeeper (Alloa Athletic); Ross Docherty, midfielder (Ayr United); Paddy Boyle, defender (Ayr United); Nathan Blockley, midfielder (Peterhead); Jamie Watson, forward (Annan Athletic); Robert Wilson, defender (Berwick Rangers); Bryan Gilfillan, midfielder; Jack Kirwan, forward; John Boyle, forward; Scott Gray, midfielder. Loan ended: Liam Lindsay, defender (Partick Thistle).
Last season: 5th
Prediction: 3rd. Gary Bollan's side went on an excellent end-of-season run that steered them clear of relegation and, although there have been personnel changes over the summer, they should be challenging at the top rather than bottom this season.
Key signing: Andy Barrowman has top-flight experience on his travels - Rovers' is the 14th different club shirt he has worn - and the 30-year-old will hope to contribute more than the eight goals he achieved in the same division with Dunfermline Athletic last season.
Intriguing arrival: Having been dismissed as Scotland Under-21 boss last year, former St Mirren manager Billy Stark is Rovers player-boss Darren Young's new assistant, succeeding Sandy Clark, who moved to a similar role with Dunfermline Athletic.
One that got away: Former Patrick Thistle striker Mark McGuigan's 11 goals last season helped Rovers win the League Two title last season, but the 26-year-old will be in opposition this season with Stranraer.
In: Billy Stark, assistant manager; Ross Stewart, goalkeeper (Motherwell); Andrew Barrowman, forward (Dunfermline Athletic); Mark Ferry, midfielder (Stirling Albion); Paul Willis, midfielder (Berwick Rangers); Scott McBride, midfielder (Arbroath); Yamikani Misanjo, forward (Rossvale); Callum McRobbie, forward (Shettleston).
Out: Sandy Clark, assistant manager (Dunfermline Athletic); Mark McGuigan, forward (Stranraer); Neil Parry, goalkeeper (Airdrieonians); Marc McKenzie, forward (Elgin City); Kieran Hughes, goalkeeper (Kilbirnie Ladeside); Ciaran Donnelly, defender (Kilbirnie Ladeside); Jamie Pollock, midfielder (Gartcairn); TJ McCluskey, forward (St Roch's); Scott Chaplain, midfielder (retired); Liam Cusack, forward; Scott Stevenson, midfielder; Martin McGuire, defender; Gary Phillips, midfielder.
Last season: League Two champions (and promotion)
Prediction: 10th. Darren Young led the unfashionable Wee Rovers to only their third league title. Traditionally, lack of resources mean a swift return to the bottom tier and the former Aberdeen and Dunfermline midfielder will struggle to buck that trend.
Key signing: Having only made 10 appearances, mainly as a substitute, last season for Motherwell, Craig Moore has been sent out to gather more first-team experience. He scored seven goals in 12 games for Cowdenbeath in the second tier in 2013 and, now 20, could be a potent force at this level.
Intriguing arrival: Jamie Adams was touted for the big time when he was with Kilmarnock, but the midfielder spent three years out of the game after disappointing spells with Patrick Thistle and St Johnstone. Having rekindled his desire in helping Wigtown & Bladnoch win the South of Scotland League last season, the 27-year-old is back in the senior game.
One that got away: Adam Blakeman helped steer Ayr clear of relegation trouble after arriving from Hyde in January, but the 23-year-old defender has returned to his native England to join Southport in the Conference Premier.
In: Alan Trouten, midfielder (Brechin City); Ross Caldwell, forward (Greenock Morton); Andy Graham, defender (Dumbarton); Greg Fleming, goalkeeper (Stenhousemuir); Gerry McLauchlan, defender (Brechin City); Ross Docherty, midfielder (Airdrieonians); Paddy Boyle, defender (Airdrieonians); Jamie Adams, midfielder (Wigtown & Bladnoch); Kieran Woods, defender (Cumnock). Loan: Jordan Preston, forward (Blackburn Rovers); Craig Moore, forward (Motherwell).
Out: David Hutton, goalkeeper (Dunfermline Athletic); Adam Blakeman, defender (Southport); Craig Beattie, forward (Stirling Albion); Jon Paul McGovern, midfielder (Stirling Albion); Dale Shirkie, forward (Troon); David Robertson, midfielder; Ryan Donnelly, forward; Josh McArthur, defender; Peter McGill, midfielder. Loan ended: Morgyn Neill, defender (Motherwell); Jordan Preston, forward (Blackburn Rovers); Craig Murray, defender (Aberdeen).
Last season: 8th
Prediction: 5th. Ian McCall's side struggled at the end of last season, but he appears to have significantly strengthened the squad he inherited in January.
Key signing: Ross Perry has somewhat lost his way since winning Scotland Under-21 caps with Rangers. After spending the first half of last season with Raith Rovers in the Championship, the 25-year-old headed for Northampton Town but failed to play a single game for the English League Two outfit.
Intriguing arrival: Much was expected of Dene Shields when he won a £100,000 transfer to Sunderland from Raith Rovers back in 2000. Having done the rounds in Scotland's lower leagues, he has been a scoring machine in the Maltese Premier League with Hamrun Spartans then helping Xewikija Tigers win the Gozo First Division.
One that got away: Under manager Ray McKinnon, Brechin were one of the best and most consistent part-time teams in Scotland, but the former Dundee United and Aberdeen midfielder has been enticed to the Championship with Raith Rovers.
In: Darren Dods, manager/defender (Forfar Athletic); Willie Dyer, defender (Dundee); Euan Smith, midfielder (Kilmarnock); Jamie Montgomery, forward (Dundee United); Dene Shields, forward (Xewkija Tigers); Ross Perry, defender (Northampton Town); Jonathan Tiffoney, defender (Alloa Athletic); Craig Johnston, midfielder (Cowdenbeath); James Dale, midfielder (Forfar Athletic); David Weatherston, forward (Stirling Albion); Kevin Buchan, forward (Arbroath).
Out: Ray McKinnon, manager (Raith Rovers); Callum Tapping, midfielder (Queen of the South); Bobby Barr, midfielder (Greenock Morton); Colin Hamilton, defender (Alloa Athletic); Alan Trouten, midfielder (Ayr United); Gerry McLauchlan, defender (Ayr United); Greg Cameron, midfielder (Montrose); Ryan Ferguson, midfielder (Montrose); Ewan McNeil, defender (Berwick Rangers); Steven Jackson, defender; Ben Tough, goalkeeper. Loan ended: Craig Storie, midfielder (Aberdeen).
Last season: 4th
Prediction: 8th. The 40-year-old Darren Dods, who moved from Forfar as player-manager, has his work cut out to keep Brechin challenging for a play-off place with other clubs able to strengthen in comparison.
Key signing: Luke Armstrong is looking to emerge from the shadow of a well-known father - former Middlesbrough and Ipswich Town striker Alun Armstrong. The 19-year-old English striker was picked up by Birmingham City after being released last summer by Championship rivals Boro but found himself again seeking a new club.
Intriguing arrival: At 22, English winger Sam Orritt is a late starter to the senior game having played college football with Limestone College Saints Athletic in South Carolina.
One that got away: Nat Wedderburn began his career with Stoke City before spells with Notts County, Hereford United and Northampton Town and joining the Blue Brazil from Corby Town. The 24-year-old former England Under-19 cap had become a mainstay of Cowden's midfield but has won a step up to the Premiership with Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
In: Luke Armstrong, forward (Birmingham City); Mo Yaqub, defender (St Mirren); Greig Spence, forward (Alloa Athletic); Bradley Donaldson, defender (Livingston); Jack Beaumont, midfielder (Livingston); Sam Orritt, midfielder (Limestone College Saints Athletic); Cameron Muirhead, forward (Fife Elite Football Academy). Loan: Gordon Smith, forward (Dumbarton); Andy Murdoch, midfielder (Rangers).
Out: Jimmy Nicholl, manager; Nat Wedderburn, midfielder (Inverness Caledonian Thistle); Robbie Thomson, goalkeeper (Queen of the South); Darren Brownlie, defender (Queen of the South); Lewis Toshney, defender (Raith Rovers); Iain Campbell, defender (Forfar Athletic); Thomas O'Brien, defender (Forfar Athletic); Jon Robertson, midfielder (Stenhousemuir); Craig Johnston, midfielder (Brechin City); Sean Higgins, forward (Clyde); Michael Andrews, goalkeeper; Sammy Stewart, midfielder; Dale Finnie, defender; Aron Lynas, midfielder; Colini Mitchell, midfielder; Jordan Halsman, defender; James Martin, midfielder. Loan: Jack Wright (Musselburgh Athletic); Josh Wilson (St Andrews United); Josh Thomson (St Andrews United); Kyle Mitchell, forward (Penicuik Athletic). Loan ended: John Herron, midfielder (Celtic); Robbie Buchanan, defender (Hearts).
Last season: 10th in Championship (and relegation)
Prediction: 6th. With the departure of the experienced Jimmy Nicholl, Cowdenbeath saved money by promoting striker Colin Nish to player-manager, but will it prove an expensive decision in terms of their promotion hopes?
Key signing: The return of 28-year-old English winger Joe Cardle, the former fans favourite at East End Park having spent last season with Ross County in the Premiership, looks to be an astute piece of business.
Intriguing arrival: Winning the third-tier title and the Challenge Cup with Queen of the South got Allan Johnston a move to Kilmarnock, but the wheels came off at Rugby Park. The 41-year-old former Scotland winger will hope to emulate his feat in Dumfries with the Pars.
One that got away: The Pars under-performed last season under Jim Jefferies then John Potter, with the inevitable dismantling of the squad. Of the 18 players released, Ross Millen, the 20-year-old son of former St Mirren defender Andy, arguably had most potential and has stepped up a division with Livingston.
In: Allan Johnston, manager; Sandy Clark, assistant manager (Albion Rovers); Ben Richards-Everton, defender (Partick Thistle); Joe Cardle, midfielder (Ross County); Jason Talbot, defender (Livingston); Callum Fordyce, defender (Livingston); Michael Paton, midfielder (Queen of the South); David Hutton, goalkeeper (Ayr United); Sean Murdoch, goalkeeper (Rochester Rhinos).
Out: Gregor Buchanan, defender (Dumbarton); Kyle McAusland, defender (Alloa Athletic); Ross Millen, defender (Livingston); Andrew Barrowman, forward (Albion Rovers); Andy Stirling, midfielder (Stranraer); Ryan Thomson, midfielder (Stranraer); Allan Smith, forward (Stenhousemuir); Jonathan Page, defender (East Fife); Ryan Goodfellow, goalkeeper (East Fife); Scott Mercer, defender (East Fife); Declan O'Kane, defender (East Fife); Finn Graham, midfielder (Berwick Rangers); Stuart Urquhart, defender; Jim Paterson, defender; Paul George, midfielder; Jamie Wilson, goalkeeper; Alex Whittle, defender; Gavin McMillan, midfielder.
Last season: 7th
Prediction: 1st. After such a disappointing season after starting as promotion favourites last time, Dunfermline should can't afford to make mistakes this seasopn if their full-time status is to be protected - and Allan Johnston has gathered a squad that should give them renewed hope of promotion.
Key signing: Thomas O'Brien suffered relegation with Cowdenbeath last season and the 23-year-old defender will be in opposition to the Blue Brazil this term.
Intriguing arrival: Those Campbell guys can't stay apart and full-back Iain teams up again with dad and Forfar boss Dick after being on loan at Station Park last season from Cowdenbeath.
One that got away: Former Dundee United youth Dale Hilson spent four loan spells at Station Park before a permanent move last summer. His 12 goals last season helped Forfar to the play-offs, but the club having lost out in the final, the 22-year-old made the step up anyway by switching to Queen of the South.
In: Omar Kader, forward (Forfar Athletic); Iain Campbell, defender (Cowdenbeath); Thomas O'Brien, defender (Cowdenbeath); Bryan Hodge, midfielder (Stenhousemuir); Kevin Nicoll, midfielder (Arbroath). Loan: Lewis Allan, forward (Hibernian), Andrew Black, defender (Dundee)
Out: Dale Hilson, forward, (Queen of the South); Darren Dods, defender (Brechin City); James Dale, midfielder (Brechin City); Stuart Malcolm, defender (Stenhousemuir); Andrew Steeves, midfielder (Montrose); Stephen Husband, midfielder (Kelty Hearts); Paul McLellan, midfielder (Broughty Ferry). Loan: Gavin Malin, midfielder (Montrose).
Last season: 3rd
Prediction: 4th. Dick Campbell came so close to first leading his side to the title and then winning the play-off against Alloa Athletic. The 61-year-old will need all his experience to keep his part-timers up there challenging again.
Key signing: Shane Sutherland broke into the Inverness Caledonian Thistle first-team squad at a young age but has spent the last two seasons with Elgin City in League Two. He will be looking to match the 14 goals last season that helped him win a step back up a division.
Intriguing arrival: Former Peterhead ball-boy Marc Lawrence is only 16 but goes straight into the first-team squad having made three appearances last season as a trialist while the midfielder was also playing for Lewis United Under-17s.
One that got away: Former Kilmarnock, Oldham Athletic, Aberdeen, Patrick Thistle and Morecambe midfielder Gary McDonald scored seven goals in 15 appearances for Peterhead after his release by St Johnstone in February. However, the 33-year-old departed the Blue Toon at the end of the season.
In: Kevin Dzierzawski, midfielder (Queen of the South); Nathan Blockley, midfielder (Airdrieonians); Shane Sutherland, forward (Elgin City); Leighton McIntosh, forward (Montrose); Marc Lawrence (Lewis United Juveniles). Loan: Ally Gilchrist, defender (St Johnstone); Cammy Kerr, defender (Dundee).
Out: David Cox, midfielder (Airdrieonians); Reece Donaldson, defender (East Stirlingshire); Ross Smith, defender (Stirling Albion); Dean Cowie, midfielder (Fraserburgh); Gary McDonald, midfielder; Ryan McCann, midfielder; Fraser McLaren, midfielder; Dean Richardson, defender. Loan: Ryan Baptie, defender (Linlithgow Rose).
Last season: 6th
Prediction: 7th. Jim McInally's team should again be a fairly safe mid-table bet.
Key signing: After spending most of his career in Scotland's second tier and having been a regular starter with Dumbarton last season, 30-year-old winger Mark Gilhaney should be a quality performer a division below.
Intriguing arrival: Former Motherwell and Clyde defender Euan Murray, 21, returns home after becoming the first Scot to play in the Solomon Islands, signing for Western Union for their Oceania Champions League campaign. Meanwhile, 24-year-old Spanish midfielder Carlos Mazana Martinez, who played regional football in his homeland with CD Tedeon, has won a contract after coming to Scotland to study at Glasgow University.
One that got away: Paul McMullan looked a class above the rest as he helped Stenny avoid relegation via the play-offs while on loan from Celtic, but the diminutive 19-year-old winger has this season been farmed out to St Mirren in the Championship.
In: Mark Gilhaney, midfielder (Dumbarton); Stuart Malcolm, defender (Forfar Athletic); Jon Robertson, midfielder (Cowdenbeath); Stephen Stirling, midfielder (Stranraer); Allan Smith, forward (Dunfermline Athletic); Jon McShane, forward (East Fife); Alan Cook, midfielder (East Fife); Jamie Barclay, goalkeeper (Clyde); Euan Murray, midfielder (Western United); Carlos Mazana Martinez, midfielder (Glasgow University). Loan: Liam Henderson, defender (Hearts).
Out: Greg Fleming, goalkeeper (Ayr United); Bryan Hodge, midfielder (Forfar Athletic); Alan Lithgow, defender (Airdrieonians); Craig Sutherland, forward (East Fife); Chris Smith, goalkeeper (Stirling Albion); Ross McMillan, defender (Stirling Albion); Martin Grehan, forward (Arbroath); Kristopher Faulds, midfielder (East Stirlingshire); Pedro Moutinho, forward (Bo'ness United); Stewart Greacen, defender (retired); Paul Sludden, forward; Kai Wilson, defender; Robbie Duncan, defender; Gregor Fotheringham, midfielder; Lee Gallacher, midfielder; Joshua Watt, midfielder; Ryan Millar, forward. Loan ended: Paul McMullan, forward (Celtic).
Last season: 9th
Prediction: 9th. Brown Ferguson has strengthened his squad over the summer, but so have Stenny's rivals and they will do well to avoid another relegation battle.
Key signing: Paul Cairney was a regular starter with Patrick Thistle - then in the top flight with Hibernian. But, having failed to make an impression with Kilmarnock, the 27-year-old midfielder moves down two divisions.
Intriguing arrival: After a couple of loan spells with Albion Rovers from Patrick Thistle, Mark McGuigan scored 11 goals in helping the Coatbridge outfit win League Two last season after making the switch permanent.
One that got away: Goalkeeper David Mitchell has made the step up to the Premiership with Dundee at the age of 25 after six seasons with Stranraer.
In: Brian Reid, manager; Lee Mair, defender/assistant manager (Dumbarton); Paul Cairney, midfielder (Kilmarnock); Dale Keenan, defender (Partick Thistle); Max Currie, goalkeeper (Motherwell); Andy Stirling, midfielder (Dunfermline Athletic); Ryan Thomson, midfielder (Dunfermline Athletic); Mark McGuigan, forward (Albion Rovers); David Barron, defender (Greenock Juniors). Loan: Conor Brennan, goalkeeper (Kilmarnock); David McGurn, goalkeeper (Raith Rovers).
Out: Stephen Aitken, manager (Dumbarton); David Mitchell, goalkeeper (Dundee); Willie Gibson, midfielder (Dumbarton); Jackson Longridge, defender (Livingston); Grant Gallagher, defender (Dumbarton); Frank McKeown, defender (Greenock Morton); Stephen Stirling, midfielder (Stenhousemuir); Sean Winter, midfielder (East Kilbride Thistle); Barry Russell, defender (East Kilbride Thistle); Daniel Tobin, goalkeeper (Irvine Meadow); Adam Forde, forward (Kilbirnie Ladeside). Loan ended: Jon McShane, forward (East Fife).
Last season: 2nd
Prediction: 2nd. New manager Brian Reid if anything appears to have strengthened a squad that came close to winning the title last season under Stephen Aitken.
Since the Mosul offensive started, hundreds of families from areas around the city have managed to flee. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says the camp has been receiving around 50 people daily, on average, with that number likely to rise.
The entrance of one of the main gates of Dibaga looks like an open market; people selling vegetables and fruit and a small bakery for fresh Iraqi bread.
A little further into the camp, is the aid distribution centre. Long, spiralling queues of men and women - some carrying their infants - have formed as people wait for hours to get aid.
"Newcomers," I'm told by one of the men lining up to collect mattresses, pillows and blankets for the tents that are now these people's homes.
The blankets will be crucial for the coming winter months.
Everyone is on edge. The aid is there but distribution is unorganised and it is not getting to people fast enough. The camp feels crammed.
One of the residents, Assad Hassan, tells me he fled his village near the city of Nimrud, south of Mosul, a day before the Iraqi government-led offensive against IS started.
He says he was too frightened to stay to see what the so-called Islamic State fighters might do when the Iraqi forces came in. Instead he decided to make the dangerous journey out of the city.
"It was a risk I had to take," he says.
"The road out of my village was mined. There were two cars ahead of ours and they were both blown up. I was extremely scared. I felt that I could be killed at any moment.
"I left with the women and children," he adds. "My sons left the next day. They had to swim across a river under heavy gunfire."
Asked where he sleeps now, he points to the carpet we're sitting on in the courtyard of the mosque in the camp.
The UN says about 5,000 people have been displaced so far by the fighting around Mosul and are in need of humanitarian assistance.
That is a fraction of the estimated one million people the UN is expecting to flee Mosul itself once the battle starts there.
It is a humanitarian crisis Iraq is not ready for, aid agencies have warned.
"Dibaga is already very crowded and we need to expand," Bruno Geddo, UNHCR chief for Iraq, says.
"We have the tents. We now need the land to put them on and provide people with the basics - a roof over their heads."
Dibaga is surrounded by plains, but Mr Geddo says the process of acquiring land to expand the camp had been extremely slow.
In a separate area of the camp, there's an unusual sound of celebration. People from Sabaweya village have just heard that it's been cleared of IS fighters and have broken into traditional song and dance, with one woman throwing sweets at the crowd.
Despite the good news, it'll be a while before any of these displaced people are able to go back to their hometowns.
IS fighters have been putting up fierce resistance, using different tactics to slow down, and on occasions, stop the Iraqi forces' advance towards Mosul.
"They killed men from the army in our village," 10-year-old Zaman says.
She comes from a village near Mosul, and has been in the camp for three months with her mother and sister.
"I saw them kill a man. I was very scared," she says.
"My dad is with the army and they threatened to kill him too. They said: 'You either join us or we'll kill you or take you to prison'.
"They took him. It's been three months now and I haven't seen him - my baby sister was born and he hasn't seen her."
In another camp in Irbil's mainly Christian Ankawa area, a makeshift bell tower with a cross on the top has been placed at the entrance.
Most of the residents there are from the town of Qaraqosh, which was recently stormed by the Iraqi forces.
It is the country's biggest Christian town and when IS attacked in 2014, all of its 50,000 residents fled.
Fadya Yousef says she and her family have been glued to the TV since the Mosul offensive started.
"We were very happy when we heard that the [Iraqi] fighters went into our town," she says.
"I just want to go back to my hometown... Even if I live in a tent there, I'll be happy."
Qaraqosh has been contested for days, but the latest reports suggest that the Iraqi forces are in control at the moment.
Fadiya's son, Youssef, is fighting on the front line with the Kurdish Peshmerga forces.
"Of course, I think about him," she says.
"But there are so many mothers like me with one or even two sons on the front line. I pray for their safety."
During a speech he said the vote to leave the EU puts the break-up of the UK back on the table.
The former Labour PM argued that people voted without knowing the terms of leaving and therefore have a right to change their minds.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said a second referendum is "very likely".
She told BBC Scotland that Mr Blair was "stating the obvious", adding that she believes the case for independence is "even more compelling" now than it was at the time of the 2014 referendum.
Tony Blair calls for people to 'rise up' against Brexit
The SNP argues that since a majority in Scotland voted to Remain, this represents a material change in circumstances sufficient to make the case for a second independence vote.
At the weekend, former first minister and SNP MP Alex Salmond indicated a decision on whether to hold a second referendum could come within weeks.
He said the UK government's response to Scottish plans to protect trade with Europe would be crucial.
Mr Salmond, the SNP's international affairs spokesman at Westminster, said a rejection of the plans would probably result in an autumn 2018 referendum.
Mr Blair, who was UK prime minister between 1997 and 2007, said in his speech to the pro-European campaign group Open Britain that those driving a withdrawal from the European Union "always wanted a hard Brexit".
He announced his "mission" to persuade Britons to "rise up" and change their minds on leaving the EU. He said there was "no widespread appetite" for the referendum result to be reversed, but added that he wanted to "build support for finding a way out from the present rush over the cliff's edge".
In relation to Scotland, he said: "In addition to all this, the possibility of the break-up of the UK - narrowly avoided by the result of the Scottish referendum - but now back on the table but this time with a context much more credible for the independence case.
"We are already seeing the de-stabilising impact of negotiation over border arrangements on the Northern Ireland peace process.
"None of this ignores the challenges the country faces which stoked the anger fuelling Brexit: those left behind by globalisation; the aftermath of the financial crisis; stagnant incomes for some families; and for sure the pressures posed by big increases in migration which make perfectly reasonable people anxious and feeling their anxiety unheard."
During a question and answer session following the speech, Mr Blair underlined that he was not in favour of independence.
He said: "On Scotland, let me be very clear. I want Scotland to remain in the UK. Even if Brexit goes ahead, I'm still in favour of Scotland remaining in the UK. And let's be very clear, Scotland's single market with England is of far greater importance to it economically than Scotland's interaction with the rest of Europe.
"However, I'm afraid that as we said during the referendum campaign - unlike the other side, we don't want to un-say the things we said - so when myself and John Major warned this would be a threat to the UK, we meant it. And it's true. And you can see that by the referendum coming back on the agenda."
SNP leader Ms Sturgeon told BBC Scotland that Mr Blair was "stating the obvious" about the case for independence.
She said: "The independence argument is now very different than it was in even 2014, and is even more compelling than it was in 2014.
"What Brexit has shown is that within the UK, Scotland's voice isn't listened to and doesn't appear to count for much. So the argument for taking control and taking charge of our own future, society and place in the world becomes ever more strong."
Scotland's only Labour MP, Ian Murray, told Good Morning Scotland the Brexit issue did not make the case for Scottish independence.
He said: "It [Brexit] certainly makes the grievance towards independence more credible now but I don't see the arguments of 2014 being any more credible now than they were then.
"The economic case is worse, certainly, than it was then. If you looked at the oil figures yesterday, in terms of it being a drain on the Treasury rather than it being an £8bn benefit to the Treasury, which was being promised."
Meanwhile the Scottish Conservatives said only a quarter of people in Scotland wanted another referendum now.
MSP John Lamont said: "The SNP has tried to use Brexit to muster support for separation. It has failed.
"That is because, as the majority of people in Scotland know, we solve none of the challenges of leaving the European Union by separating ourselves from our own union of nations."
Thomas Howard, 39, and his son Tommy were the only father and son to both die in the 1989 disaster.
PC Graham Butler told the new inquests he found Tommy among other casualties and tried to resuscitate him.
The jury saw footage of the boy holding on to his father's jacket in the crowd before the match kicked off.
They were seen in footage on the Leppings Lane terraces at the Sheffield ground on 15 April 1989 after taking a coach from their home in Runcorn.
David Lackey, a Liverpool fan who was in the same pen, said he saw Mr Howard in front of him saying "my son, my son", but he could not move to help him.
He said: "I said 'drag him up' and he said he couldn't. I knew he couldn't. There was nothing else I could say, nothing else I could do."
Mr Lackey said he later saw Mr Howard turning yellow and slumping forward in the crowd.
The jury heard how another Liverpool fan, Paul Taylor, saw Tommy in the pen after the crush and tried to give him the "kiss of life".
Mr Taylor said Tommy's eyes were open and "watery", he looked "very peaceful" and was unconscious, but he did not check for a pulse or breathing.
A police officer later checked Tommy for a pulse through his gloves before saying "leave him, he's dead", Mr Taylor said.
Mr Butler later found Tommy among other casualties and thought he saw "a flicker in his eyes".
"I thought there was a chance he might survive, so I picked him up," he said.
The jury heard how Mr Butler and some fans carried Tommy the length of the pitch to where someone who he now believes was an ambulance man told him: "He is not alive, take him to the gym."
A doctor confirmed Tommy's death in the gym at 15:55 BST.
Another police officer, Peter Muir, said he found Mr Howard inside pen three after the crush.
He said he was drawn towards him because his eyes were "flickering" and his lips were "quivering".
The officer said he carried Mr Howard through a tunnel at the back of the pen and laid him on a grassed area.
He checked Mr Howard's pulse and in a statement said he felt a "slight response" at one point.
He continued with CPR and an off-duty nurse came over to help, but Mr Muir said they were told by a doctor that Mr Howard had died.
The inquests, in Warrington, are due to resume on Friday.
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How Exeter City, who finished just five points outside the League Two relegation places in 2014, helped form the first ever Brazilian side is little known, to those in both South America or south-west England.
But it all happened when, en route home from their 1914 pre-season tour of Argentina, the Grecians stopped off in Brazil, after Nottingham Forest and Southampton turned down requests to make the trip.
Despite a desire for them to also travel to Sao Paulo, Exeter chose only to play in Rio de Janeiro, forcing the invention of a team with a mixture of players from the two largest football states, and thus creating the 'Selecao' (the selection), which to this day remains the Brazilian national team's nickname.
With England being the birthplace of football, the images held in Brazil were that the English were the gods of the sport and it left the locals anticipating a match akin to the flowing, beautiful football they were used to watching.
But disaster struck before a ball had been kicked, when Exeter's players chose to go for a dip in the sea and found themselves in a spot of bother as they were charged with gross indecency.
The players did make it onto the pitch, however, and the 3,000 fans that were packed into the Estadio das Laranjeiras were surprised with the roughness of the visitors' play.
The natural flare of the hastily put together Brazilian XI shone through and although their star player, Arthur Friedenreich, lost two teeth in the battle, the South American side ran out 2-0 winners - Oswaldo Gomes and Osman both finding the back of the net - against the professionals they had believed to be unbeatable.
Now, a century later, Exeter are returning to South America to mark the centenary of the extraordinary history they share with the country and their national football side.
Newly appointed Grecians club captain, Scot Bennett, says that he has spent the last few weeks reading articles in local newspapers to grasp a better understanding of their trip to Brazil.
"I know bits and bobs," Bennett told BBC Sport. "I've read a lot in the newspapers recently, learning what the game was all about, with Exeter playing Brazil a hundred years ago and being the first team to do that.
"I know that there is a lot of history there and I think that both the club and the players are going to be a massive part of Brazil's history for a long time."
In the 100 years since that match the fortunes of the two sides have greatly differed. Brazil have featured in all 20 World Cups, winning football's top accolade a record five times, and reached the semi-finals of this year's competition held in their own country.
Exeter, meanwhile, have never played above the third tier in English football and will now begin their third consecutive campaign in League Two in August, having previously spent five years in the Conference between 2003 and 2008.
But that Grecians manager Paul Tisdale and his men have been to flown over to Brazil and will play three matches over a week is proof of the high regard the club are still held in by all those at the top of the Brazilian game.
Fluminense, one of Brazil's most popular and successful domestic clubs, will cover a large part of the cost, alongside a number of other contributors from Brazil, and will play Exeter in their opening pre-season friendly at the famous Estadio das Laranjeiras on Sunday, 20 July.
The four-time Brazilian Serie A winners usually play their football at the Maracana, the venue of this year's World Cup final, and have boasted sides with notable players such as Brazil legend Rivellino, free-kick specialist Branco, Paris St-Germain defender Thiago Silva, current club captain Fred and midfielder Dario Conca.
For Exeter academy graduate Bennett, handed the captain's armband on a full-time basis just prior to the trip, the meaning of leading out his side against Fluminense is not lost on the 23-year-old.
"It is one thing to lead your team out on a matchday," he said. "When you are over there and are part of something so big, coming out in a big stadium and against such a big team, there's always going to be an added emphasis on that.
"It's definitely added to the excitement for me and around 160 fans are travelling over and making a big effort to come over. Hopefully we can put on a good show for them."
Following the commemorative match, Exeter's players and staff will watch their opposition take on Santos at the Maracana in a league match later that day, before going on to face Tupi on Wednesday, 23 July and Rio Cricket and Athletic Association on Friday, 25 July.
It will be a fitting way to remember that Exeter City were responsible for kick-starting one of the greatest footballing dynasties the game has ever known, and a century later Bennett knows he is reaping the rewards of his Exeter predecessors' labour.
"As a young boy you dream you can play in big stadiums, full stadiums, against good sides, but when you're playing in League Two it does not happen week in, week out," Bennett said.
"Going over to Brazil, where the World Cup has just taken place, is definitely going to be a dream come true for me and all of the lads."
Emmanuel Macron will take on Marine Le Pen in a run-off election on 7 May.
The candidates stand starkly divided on many issues, not least the future of the EU and France's place in it.
Mr Macron supports closer EU integration, while Ms Le Pen is highly critical of the bloc and wants a referendum on France's membership.
The candidates have received a divided response from their political peers abroad.
Mr Macron gave his victory speech standing in front of both the French and EU flags - and the reaction from European leaders has been predictably pro-Macron.
Charles Michel, the Belgian prime minister, sent "hearty congratulations" to Macron, hoping for "an optimistic and forward-looking European project".
His counterpart in the Czech Republic, Bohuslav Sobotka, said Macron's success "is a great hope for all who are sick and tired of nationalism, extremism and populism".
Michel Barnier, a French Republican who also happens to be the EU's chief negotiator with Britain on any Brexit deal, said he would be backing Mr Macron, as a "patriot and European".
The EU's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said the Macron campaign was "the hope and the future of our generation".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesperson said it was good that the strong EU candidate had been so successful, and wished Mr Macron the best for the next two weeks until the run-off election.
Her foreign minister, Sigmar Gabriel, said Mr Macron was the only "truly pro-EU candidate".
George Osborne, the UK MP and former treasurer turned newspaper editor, sent his congratulations to his "friend", Emmanuel Macron. "Proof you can win from the centre. At last, the chance for the leadership that France needs," he wrote.
His political opponent, former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband urged people to "not panic too much" over Mr Osborne's tweet. "I also met him [Macron] once," he wrote.
But the congratulations were not universal - anti-immigration Dutch MP Geert Wilders said the results were a "bright day for patriots in France and elsewhere who want more national sovereignty and less EU and immigration".
And the British MEP Nigel Farage, a Eurosceptic and former UK Independence Party leader, tweeted: "Macron speaking with EU flag behind him. Says it all... speech was vacuous nonsense. Other than backing the status quo he says nothing."
The chairman of the foreign relations committee of the Russian Lower House, Konstantin Kosachev, appeared to voice support for Marine Le Pen in a Facebook post. "Next it will be very like the fight Clinton [had] with Trump in the US," he wrote.
US President Donald Trump has yet to comment on the result, though he did tweet on Sunday that there was a "very interesting election currently taking place in France".
Vocal Trump supporters on Twitter have been congratulating Marine Le Pen, focusing on her hard line stance on immigration and what they see as a potential poll-defying victory, in the vein of Mr Trump's win or the UK's Brexit vote.
But Nate Silver, editor of poll analysis site FiveThirtyEight, stressed the difference between the Le Pen and Trump polls - tweeting that "anyone who says 'Le Pen can win because Trump!' is basically innumerate.
"Their situations are not at all comparable," he said.
Stefano Brizzi, from south London, admitted dismembering PC Gordon Semple, 59, while high on crystal meth.
The 50-year-old claimed PC Semple died accidentally during a sex game but an Old Bailey jury found him guilty of murder.
He was ordered to serve a minimum of 24 years in jail.
The Italian national claimed PC Semple, who was on duty at the time, had died on 1 April during a "sex game gone wrong" when a dog leash he was wearing had slipped.
However, the court heard it would have taken far longer for him to be strangled than Brizzi's account suggested.
Brizzi denied trying to cannibalise parts of PC Semple, from Greenhithe in Kent, by cooking and then biting into a rib found in his kitchen bin.
But at his sentencing, the prosecution said an expert odontologist had since confirmed that even though Brizzi claimed not to remember it, he had in fact tried to eat human flesh.
Police found "globules" of flesh floating in the bath, bags containing bones and a part of PC Semple's head, and pools of human fat in the oven.
He also told police he had "chucked" some of PC Semple's body into the Thames and thrown away his police badge and belongings.
The judge said there were "terrible features" of the case and that Brizzi's drug addiction had ruined his life.
He said: "Regret you express now for Mr Semple's death has to be seen against what you did over a number of days to his body."
The court heard Brizzi was obsessed with the American TV show Breaking Bad in which the protagonists Walter White and Jesse Pinkman dissolve a rival drug dealer in a bathtub filled with acid.
When police visited Brizzi's flat on the Peabody Estate in south London, he told them how he thought he was "getting away with it" and was planning to finish disposing of the body later that day.
In mitigation, Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC blamed Brizzi's crystal meth addiction as she accepted the expert evidence.
She said Brizzi had "absolutely no recollection" of it and was "utterly horrified by it".
The court heard Brizzi had gone to Crystal Meth Anonymous meetings, but upset people by wearing a Breaking Bad T-shirt as the show "glorified" the drug.
The pair had arranged a "hot, dirty, sleazy session" having met on gay dating app Grindr.
In a victim impact statement read to the court, PC Semple's older brother, Ronald Semple, said his sibling had been regarded as a "Dixon of Dock Green character", a character from a police show which was broadcast in the 1960s and 1970s.
He said his brother had worked for the force for more than 30 years and enjoyed running marathons and organising trips to France for charity.
He was a "caring and gentle person" and "much loved" by his family, who were left devastated with the news of his murder, the court heard.
Passing sentence the Recorder of London Nicholas Hilliard QC, said: "The PCs on scene encountered something no amount of training could have prepared them for. I commend them both.
"Mr Semple was dearly loved by his family and friends and no sentence carried by this court can equate to the precious human life lost."
Chief Crown Prosecutor for London Baljit Ubhey said: "An evil and calculating man, Brizzi lied to the police and then to the court, claiming that Mr Semple's tragic death was caused when a sex game went horribly wrong."
She also paid tribute to how her team dealt with the challenging case, particularly considering the lengths Brizzi had gone to to remove traces of his crime.
In September the retired judge Sir Anthony Hart said he was opposed to any widening of his remit.
Mr Allister has suggested amendments to the bill setting up the inquiry.
He said this would extend its scope to include clerical abuse.
Mr Allister has tabled a series of amendments and the Speaker William Hay must decide whether to allow them to go forward for debate next Tuesday when the assembly reaches the consideration stage of the bill.
"Having been lobbied by victims of clerical abuse, including by families of Brendan Smyth's victims, I am convinced by their arguments that clerical abuse must be included within the promised inquiry," he said.
"As things stand an unfair distinction is being made by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister's (OFMDFM) bill between victims of abuse within institutions and victims of clerical abuse, with the former getting an inquiry and the latter not.
"This is unjust. The inquiry should cover all such abuse. Hence my amendments to try and bring this about. I trust the speaker will now permit debate on this vital issue.
"I am also seeking to specify the terms of reference for the inquiry in the bill, rather than the rather bizarre situation of them being found only in an OFMDFM statement."
Mr Allister is waiting to see if the speaker will allow the amendments he has tabled to go forward for debate when the assembly reaches the consideration stage of the bill next Tuesday.
The Executive's inquiry was announced in December 2010.
It followed the damning Ryan Report in the Irish Republic which uncovered decades of endemic abuse in some religious institutions.
The inquiry, headed by the former High Court Judge Sir Anthony Hart, will examine claims of abuse at children's homes, care institutions and borstals in Northern Ireland.
Initially it was due to only examine cases between 1945 and 1995.
It was announced last month that it would extend its time frame to investigate abuse claims from as far back as 1922.
The extension of the terms of reference means the inquiry can now decide if there were systemic failings by the state, or institutions, in their duties towards children under 18; for whom they provided residential care between 1922 and 1995.
The inquiry itself will not get its full powers until the assembly passes the necessary legislation. It is currently at the committee stage.
The legislation should be in place after Christmas and the inquiry is expected to report three years after starting.
An acknowledgment forum was established at the start of October and a registration process for victims started.
The ex-England captain replaces Neil Critchley, who will manage the U23s.
Gerrard hopes to curb the "show-boating mentality seen throughout academies".
"A lot of kids think they have to do 10 lollipops or Cruyff turns to stand out. We all love a bit of skill and talent but the other side of the game is huge, it is massive" he added.
Gerrard - who made 710 appearances for Liverpool - says he likes streetwise players but says "too many try to model themselves on players like [Cristiano] Ronaldo".
"You have to look at yourself and say, 'What are my strengths and how can I improve my weaknesses?"' he explained.
Gerrard plans to help the "soft" youth players transition from the "comfort zone" of an academy to the professional ranks.
"The kids in our academy are coming into an unbelievable place to work and there is a case where they get a little bit too much, too soon," he added.
"It is a big shock for them when they move on or get released.
"That's what you have to drive into the players: while you are here make the sacrifices and give it your best, don't get too comfortable because the hard work starts when you get out of the academy.
"I've seen a lot of players who have come out of the academy with huge reputations and go into the Melwood dressing room and then it is sink-or-swim and a lot of them sink.
"I have to help these players prepare for careers, not all with Liverpool's first team, but I feel if I can help them compete then it will help their careers depending on what level they get to."
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Gerrard returned to Liverpool as academy coach in February following his retirement from playing last year.
"I have learnt a lot from the coaching staff here already," he said.
"After speaking to Alex [Inglethorpe, Liverpool's academy director], we feel as though it is time to step up.
"Neil has done a fantastic job with the U18s, so I hope I can continue where he left off, encouraging and nurturing players into the U23s and eventually the first team."
Inglethorpe said: "Steven has brought invaluable experience and knowledge to us since joining the Academy, passing on some fantastic advice and guidance to our younger players.
"We both feel now is the perfect time for him to take the next step in his coaching career and manage his own team."
In his time as a player at Anfield, Gerrard scored 186 goals and helped the club win eight major trophies, including the 2005 Champions League final, when his goal inspired Liverpool's comeback against AC Milan.
After leaving Anfield at the end of the 2014-15 season, he moved to LA Galaxy and scored five goals in 34 appearances during two seasons in America before retiring.
He also made 114 England appearances, 38 as captain, putting him fourth in the country's all-time caps list.
Landmatters, which includes 16 adults and seven children, live on 42 acres of land it owns near Totnes in Devon.
Members had previously been granted temporary permission to live on the site where they grow their own food and water is hand pumped from a well.
Granting permanent permission South Hams District Council said its "low impact way of life" was "not damaging".
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Members of Landmatters live in eight yurts or portable tents used by nomads as well as benders which are dome-like structures made of branches and covered by tarpaulin.
Its heat comes from wood-burning stoves and its power from solar panels and wind turbines.
Resident Simeon Warburton said: "We live very comfortably and what we are trying to do is not put a strain on the earth's resources.
"I think it sends out a message that this way of life is successful, sustainable, part of the society in which we live and which will become a more important part of our future."
Landmatters' first application for dwellings on the land was rejected in 2006, three years after it bought the land.
But it was overturned by a planning inspector the following year and Landmatters was granted a five-year temporary planning permission.
It has now won an application to have the temporary permission removed.
There were 23 letters of support for Landmatters including comments on its educational value to schools. There were no objections.
Penny Mills of the Campaign to Protect Rural England said: "We all applaud sustainable building and people trying to live sustainably off the land.
"But it has got to be in accordance with the planning regulations. You can't just buy a field or a piece of woodland and go off and do what you like with it."
On tax the signal was clear.
Philip Hammond was no fan of the triple tax lock David Cameron promised voters before the 2015 election - no increase in income tax, national insurance contributions or VAT.
He suggested the lock should be dropped, and it was.
Towards the end of the interview I turned to immigration and, given the events of last Thursday, it is worth going back to the exchange.
And understanding that Mr Hammond's backing for an immigration target of "tens of thousands" per year is at best luke-warm.
I asked the chancellor: "Immigration is a big issue for businesses - skilled and less-skilled immigration coming into the country. Do you agree that immigration in the UK should be brought down to the tens of thousands even though many businesses say that will damage economic growth?"
Mr Hammond replied: "What businesses want to do is bring skilled migrants in, move skilled migrants around their global businesses to do the jobs that are open in the UK.
"No businesses are unable to bring skilled workers into the UK to work in their companies because we have run out of space on a visa cap.
"At the moment we cannot control migration from the European Union into the UK. That situation will end.
"We will regain control of our borders and we will use that control to manage the migration system in the interests of our economy and our society. "
Me: "Do you think it should be brought down to the tens of thousands a year, immigration in the UK?"
Mr Hammond: "We've got to get migration back to sustainable levels; we've got to focus on skilled migration. The Prime Minister has made it very clear that she believes that needs to be tens of thousands a year."
Me: "Do you believe it?"
Mr Hammond: "The Prime Minister has been very clear that is the target that we are going for - tens of thousands."
Mr Hammond is a careful man.
And the fact that he refused to say directly that he supported the target is worthy of note.
Those close to the chancellor have revealed his concern.
Far from putting up barriers to immigration, many in the Treasury believe that Britain will be engaged in a "global battle for immigrants" to support the economy.
Now, that is not to say that Mr Hammond is in favour of free movement of people from the EU.
As he made clear to me, "that situation will end".
And nothing has changed sufficiently enough since last Thursday to alter that.
Which seems to me to rule out unfettered membership of the single market unless the European Union decides to reform one of the four principles of membership - open borders.
And the chance of that appears vanishingly small.
What has changed is that Mr Hammond is much strengthened in government - as Theresa May has been weakened.
Many in Number 10 were no fans of the Treasury and wanted to curtail its influence at the centre.
That power relationship has shifted.
And Mr Hammond's reluctance to back an immigration numbers target has become much more significant.
"Jobs and skills" to support the economy will be a new mantra in the Brexit discussions - pushed by the chancellor.
Carolyn Fairbairn, the director general of the CBI writing in this morning's Financial Times, talks about the need for "access to the skills and labour companies need to grow".
My colleague Simon Jack reports this morning that businesses feel their voice should now be heard more loudly.
Michael Gove's reappearance in the Cabinet provides another "pro-skills" voice.
Yes, Mr Gove is a firm Brexiter, but of the "open-but-controlled borders" variety.
"People who come here who have got skills that can contribute to our economy are welcome," he said during the referendum campaign.
There is much talk that a "soft" Brexit may now be more likely given the perceived weakness of the Prime Minister.
As far as "soft" means an economically closer relationship with the EU - and a more porous approach to immigration controls - that certainly appears to be the case as far as the chancellor is concerned.
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Its animals have been enjoying "healthy" lollies and plenty of water to help keep them hydrated.
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That's what happened to 20-year-old Harry.
He was kicked out of his home after a family dispute earlier this year.
"It was sudden," said Harry.
"I went to my local council to hopefully get some help only to be turned away with just a booklet.
"There was no guidance. Nothing. I felt lost."
Eighty thousand 16 to 25-year-olds experience homelessness in the UK each year, according to recent research from the charity Centrepoint.
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Although Harry was able to spend a couple of nights sleeping on a friend's sofa, he was eventually left with nowhere to live.
So he went to stay with Nancy - a complete stranger with a spare room.
This was all done as a part of a service run by the charity Depaul, an organisation which works with disadvantaged young people.
The service is called Nightstop UK and provides emergency accommodation for 16 to 25-year-olds in the homes of approved hosts.
Volunteers are members of the general public who are trained, vetted and willing to open their homes to help young people in need.
The charity aims to provide a host on the same day as being contacted.
Harry's host Nancy was ready for him to come over within a couple of hours.
"After doing assessments, assignments and checks my host was ready for me," explains Harry.
"I was told [the host] would be ready by 6pm with dinner by 7pm."
Nancy and her family decided to become Nightstop hosts after hearing about the housing crisis for young people.
She says they felt they needed to do something.
"We have a house with three rooms, we don't use them all at the moment. It seemed almost wrong that it was going spare when there are young people sleeping on the street."
Harry says because he felt so vulnerable at the time, when Nancy opened her door to him he felt "overwhelmed".
"My heart sunk, such a nice genuine family, such a warm, welcoming experience."
In 2013 Nightstop provided 11,755 bed nights and volunteer hosts gave more than 176,000 hours of their time.
A placement can be overnight or up to two weeks and can mark the first step out of homelessness for a young person.
Harry stayed with Nancy for just over a week.
He's now back on his feet and living in permanent accommodation.
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Wiggins, 36, has hinted the race in the city of his birth could be his last.
The pair saw Kenny de Ketele and Moreno de Pauw wipe out their advantage in the first madison and edge in front thanks to a superior points total.
But Wiggins and Cavendish took a lap in the day's final event, the second madison, to go back above the Belgians.
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After finishing second to De Pauw and De Ketele in last month's Six Day London event, Wiggins said he could be tempted to race there again next year.
But on Monday he told reporters to ask him on Sunday, at the end of the Ghent event, whether this would be his last race.
On Saturday, having finished second in the points race, the British pair were runners-up in the team elimination before winning the one-lap time trial.
They were second to De Ketele and De Pauw in the first madison and the 500m time-trial, but second-place finishes to Elia Viviani and Ilgo Keisse in the last two events were enough to restore their lead.
Both De Ketele and De Pauw in second and Viviani and Keisse in third are a lap down on Cavendish and Wiggins, but possess better points totals, meaning they would overtake the leaders if they make up the deficit.
Alexander Thomson, 33, from Clapham in south London, leaned forward and hit Tom Hulme, 23, after he threw the shoe.
Initially, he got out the car and appeared fine, but then he collapsed on the pavement. He died in hospital the next day from a brain haemorrhage.
The judge said the incident arose "out of trivial, friendly horseplay".
Mr Hulme's family said their lives had been "submerged in sadness and sorrow" since the tragic incident, which occurred in Farringdon Street, central London, during the last August bank holiday weekend.
Prosecutor Timothy Cray said Thomson, who has three previous convictions for alcohol-related violence, admitted drinking four pints at lunchtime on the day of the assault, before going back to work and later having up to five bottles of beer, four vodkas, three shots of Jagermeister and two small snorts of cocaine.
He met up with a friend who knew Mr Hulme and they were heading for a party in a taxi when the incident happened.
Mr Cray said the "unexpected blow" caused a sub-arachnoid haemorrhage, which is a type of stroke caused by bleeding on the surface of the brain.
Defending, Lisa Wilding QC said: "He is properly described as traumatised and tormented by the irreparable damage caused to Mr Hulme's family. None of that seeks to excuse his actions."
The Old Bailey heard Thomson admitted manslaughter at the first opportunity.
Judge Anthony Bate said: "A talented and intelligent young man had a promising life snatched away from him in early adulthood after you lashed out at him in a moment of drunken hot temper.
"You must live with that responsibility."
The victim, who was originally from Leeds, had worked as a recruitment consultant.
At least three families at a military base in Quebec have been targeted, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
One woman was reportedly told her husband had been killed by a bomb.
Police say those responsible could face jail time if caught.
Canadian Forces always deliver news of a soldier's death in person, National Defence spokeswoman Chantale Le Bouthillier told AFP news agency.
"Military personnel should not be needlessly worried about their families when they are fighting for our country in far away lands," said Defence Minister Peter MacKay, adding that the imposters responsible for the calls were "insensitive, amoral and disgusting".
He added: "It is our hope that the perpetrators of this despicable action are brought to justice."
A family centre at the Canadian Forces Base Valcartier in Quebec has offered counselling to those who have been targeted by the phoney calls.
The news follows last week's announcement by Canadian government ministers that the country would send up to 950 military trainers to Afghanistan after its combat troops leave the country next year.
Canada has nearly 3,000 troops in Afghanistan.
The country has come under international pressure not to pull out at a time when the US is boosting its military commitment.
When the doctors told us my dad had the condition, I had no idea what it was and I had to Google it.
I learned that it is blood poisoning, a response to infection when the body attacks its own organs and tissues.
Just a few weeks later, I learned even more. That it would be the death of my father.
In addition to my day job forecasting the weather for Wales Today, for the past few weeks I've been working with BBC Wales' Week In Week Out programme to take a more in-depth look at sepsis - at both the devastation it can wreak on all our lives and whether our hospitals are geared up to spot it and tackle it in time.
What I have discovered has shocked me.
Sepsis kills 44,000 people every year in the UK - that's more than breast, bowel and prostate cancer put together - enough people to fill a big football stadium.
What's so frightening is that sepsis is a "silent killer" which can strike at lightning speed. It doesn't matter how young or fit you may be - you or I could fall victim.
My dad, Cliff, was 82 and had a few health problems including vascular dementia. He needed to be in a care home towards the end of his life and he had been suffering from various infections in the months leading up to his death.
It was Christmas 2014 during lunch at my sister Kathryn's house - weeks before he developed sepsis - that I looked over at him and was struck by his frailty. I felt an immense sadness, thinking to myself this could be my last Christmas with him.
My dad was a great family man. He used to drive a petrol tanker for Esso and I remember him pulling up at the bottom of our street in Barry and I'd climb into the cab and sit beside him as he made his deliveries all over south Wales, singing along to his favourite songs by Johnny Cash and Kenny Rogers.
He loved his boxing and football and he would take me and my brother to Ninian Park to watch Cardiff City play.
As I got older, he supported my dream of becoming a meteorologist - an ambition sparked by the heat wave of 1976 when my fascination with the weather began.
My dad bought me my first thermometer, took me to visit the Cardiff weather centre and, years later, drove me to my job interview at the Met Office in Bracknell.
He was so proud of what I'd achieved and towards the end of his life when he was in a care home, my mother would show him episodes of my TV show Weatherman Walking and each time she said he'd fill-up at the mention of my name.
I miss my dad and of course I wish he was still around but I can console myself that he lived to a good age despite poor health in later years and that he also led a good life with a loving wife and children around him.
The experience of some of the people I met during the making of the documentary is heart-breaking.
Michelle Christopher's beautiful 17-year-old daughter Chloe died just a few weeks before my dad.
"Just before Christmas she presented with cold and flu symptoms, nothing to write home about," Michelle told me.
The night Chloe died, 30 December 2014, she was at home with a friend while her mother was looking after her nan who lived down the road.
When Michelle returned home later that evening, she found Chloe collapsed on the upstairs landing.
"Mam, I'm frightened, I don't feel well," Chloe told her.
Michelle dialled 999.
She was answering the call operator's questions when Chloe went into cardiac arrest.
"Chloe's colour drained… I had to lie her down and try to do CPR on her and then she just went before us," she says.
"To try to do CPR on your own daughter is unreal."
The inquest into her death heard that Chloe had been suffering from an e-coli urine infection which led to multi-organ failure and cardiac arrest. Sepsis was the cause of her death.
Michelle is haunted by "what ifs" but told me there were simply no signs of what was to come.
One minute her daughter had been excitedly planning a New Year's fancy dress party, the next she was dead in her arms.
Her death was shockingly quick.
And it is this crucial factor that Michelle is determined to raise awareness of - it is vital sepsis is caught very early, within an hour of being suspected.
If antibiotics and intravenous fluids are administered quickly enough, the chances of survival are good.
There are days when all Michelle wants to do is draw the curtains and shut out the world, but she has put her own intense grief aside to campaign alongside the UK Sepsis Trust charity to try to save thousands of lives.
"We just need to get the word out there to anybody," she says. "If only we'd known maybe Chloe would still be here now."
For the programme, I went back to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff where my dad died. Staff there did their best for my dad but unfortunately he was too ill to beat sepsis.
I talked to medics about sepsis and what they are doing to save lives.
According to research by Cardiff University, treatment for sepsis can vary from hospital to hospital.
I asked Wales' Health Secretary Vaughan Gething if he thought we needed to adopt a more coordinated, consistent approach if we are to tackle sepsis more efficiently. It is something he assured me he is taking advice on.
Jayne Carpenter, 49, a nurse from Merthyr Tydfil, developed sepsis and was given treatment early enough to save her. Even so, her life would never be the same again.
In May this year Jayne felt ill; a cough, she thought, at worst a chest infection.
When she began to feel worse she went to the out-of-hours service at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr.
"I went to GP out-of-hours and then I woke up two-and-a-half months later having nearly lost my life," she says, "but I did lose my legs, my left arm and the fingers on my right hand."
Unbeknown to Jayne, she had contracted pneumonia and was developing sepsis.
Surgeons were left with no choice but to amputate her limbs to stop the spread of the lethal infection.
"To be perfectly honest, I had no real recollection of a definitive moment that I realised I didn't have any limbs," she says.
"One of the nurses said I kept repeatedly saying 'where's my hand?'.
"When I was told how ill I'd been, that sort of came second best, you know, it didn't seem as important as I could have died."
Jayne's inspiring, positive outlook has helped her to make huge progress.
She has undergone intensive physiotherapy at Cardiff's Rookwood Hospital and is determinedly re-building her life and learning to cope with the help of husband Rob and her beloved Weimaraner dog Harriet.
Her life-long passion for shoes continues as she adapts to prosthetics and she has learned how to apply her make up herself once again, no longer having to ask Rob to do it for her.
She is determined to go back to work and do all the things she used to.
"I see myself in the future back to walking my dog on the beach," she says.
"I want to get back to work because I want my life back. It was nearly taken away from me so suddenly. I want me back."
What happened to Jayne and Chloe and their families - the destruction and pain it causes to so many - illustrates how vitally important it is that people know about sepsis and what it can do.
It took my dad and it's taken countless other fathers, mothers, brothers, daughters, even babies.
I loved my dad very much and nothing is going to bring him back. It is the same for Chloe Christopher's mum.
But if by raising awareness of our experiences, Michelle and I can help prevent even one unnecessary death, it would be a fitting tribute to two people who meant the world to us both; who are missed even more painfully at this time of year, Christmas, around the anniversaries of their deaths.
Derek Brockway: Understanding Why My Dad Died is broadcast on BBC One Wales at 20:30 GMT on Monday, 28 November
The Fitzwilliam Museum needed £85,000 to secure the sculpture of the Mater Dolorosa by Pedro de Mena, which would otherwise have been auctioned.
Museum director Tim Knox said the fundraising was "right to the wire".
A "last-minute rush in donations" helped them meet the deadline, he said.
The Cambridge University museum's bid to purchase the Virgin of Sorrows sculpture was supported by £30,000 from the Art Fund and £10,000 from The Henry Moore Foundation.
However, a further £85,000 was needed by the end of September to prevent the private owner from selling it publicly.
Last-minute donations and "extremely generous donors who promised to make up the shortfall" had secured the sculpture for the museum, Mr Knox added.
"This has been right to the wire, and every single penny has counted."
The 33.6cm (13.2in) weeping virgin was most likely created for a private chapel, study or bedchamber and features eyes made of glass and eyelashes created from human hair.
It had been on loan at the Fitzwilliam from a private collection since the end of July while the museum tried to raise the funds to purchase it.
Its creator, the Spanish sculptor Pedro de Mena (1628-1688) was taught the art of wood carving by his father Alonso, a well-regarded sculptor of traditional religious images in Granada.
"Much of Mena's work was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War and there is not a single autograph piece by Mena in a UK museum," Mr Knox said.
It would be a "fantastic addition" to the museum's small collection of wooden sculptures, he added.
The man, in his 30s and from London, died at the scene, on the London-bound M26 at Kemsing in Kent.
He was the sole occupant of a Citroen C2 which left the road and crashed into a bank just before 17:00 BST on Saturday, Kent Police said.
No other vehicles are believed to have been involved. Officers are appealing for witnesses.
Three villages in Wokha district in Nagaland state have signed a resolution to penalise offenders who hunt Amur falcons.
They are located in the Doyang area, which is the main roosting site for the birds during their flight from Siberia to Africa.
Tens of thousands of these falcons have been hunted every year for their meat.
Hunters use fishing nets near a reservoir in Doyang to trap the birds when they come to roost.
The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has signed an agreement with a local non-governmental organisation and leaders of Pangti, Asshaa and Sungro villages to protect the migratory birds.
"This is a significant milestone for conserving these birds who have been threatened because they are hunted in thousands when they pass through Nagaland," says Sunil Kyarong, regional head of WTI.
Under the agreement, local tribespeople will set up groups to keep a watch on the roosting or foraging sites of the falcon, build watch towers to curb poaching and begin an awareness campaign to protect the birds.
Those who hunt and kill the bird will also be fined up to 5,000 rupees ($80, £48).
A local NGO, Natural Nagas, has also helped over 30 families involved in hunting falcons for a living to set up poultry farms as an alternative source of livelihood.
In a report last year, wildlife NGO Conservation India estimated that 12,000 to 14,000 Amur falcons were being killed in Nagaland every year.
"India is a signatory to the Convention on Migratory Species and is duty bound to prevent this massacre, provide safe passage, as well as draw up appropriate action plans for the long-term conservation of this bird," the group said.
Flibanserin, marketed as Addyi, has been dubbed the "female Viagra".
It is designed to help women regain their sex drive by boosting levels of chemicals in the brain.
The deal is subject to regulatory approval but Valeant said it should go through by the end of September.
Under the terms of the deal, Valeant will pay $500m when the deal is finalised and a further $500m during the first three months of next year.
"This partnership allows us the capacity to now ensure broader, more affordable access to all the women who have been waiting for this treatment," said Sprout's chief executive Cindy Whitehead.
Previous versions of the drug, which has been criticised for having only marginal benefits, were not given regulatory approval - it was rejected by the FDA twice for lack of effectiveness and side effects like nausea, dizziness and fainting.
But an FDA advisory meeting on 4 June concluded by 18 votes to six that it should be approved.
The FDA said strict measures would be put in place to ensure patients were aware of the risks, including a warning not to drink alcohol with the drug.
It will be made available in the US from October.
The development on land at Home Farm, Gresford Road, Llay, was blocked by county councillors in October 2015, following objections from residents.
An inquiry was held after developers lodged an appeal with the planning inspectorate.
Mr Jones said the need to address the lack of housing supply was a "material consideration" in his decision.
He was acting on the advice of planning inspector Richard Duggan, who conducted the inquiry in November 2016.
Environment Secretary Lesley Griffiths would normally have had the final say, but as the proposed development falls within her Wrexham constituency, the matter was passed to the first minister.
Residents had complained the scheme was too big for the area and that local schools and health services would not be able to cope.
But Mr Jones said the council's education department had raised no objection and Mr Duggan had not been presented with evidence that health facilities were at capacity.
He added: "I am satisfied the inspector has considered the impact on local economic, social and environmental infrastructure and no unacceptable impacts have been identified which would justify withholding planning permission."
Plaid Cymru councillor Marc Jones said: "The decision undermines the democratic decision of the planning committee locally."
Maris Kursis appeared on petition at Livingston Sheriff Court charged with two offences under the Asylum and Immigration Act 2004.
The 28-year-old, of Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, was detained on Friday as part of Operation Heathyard.
He made no plea or declaration and was committed for further examination.
Detectives from West Lothian CID led a series of anti-trafficking raids supported by partners including West Lothian Council, the National Crime Agency and Greater Manchester Police.
Mr Kursis is accused of arranging or facilitating the arrival of individuals in the UK with the intent of exploiting them.
He is also charged with arranging travel for "passengers" within the UK with the intent of exploiting them.
The supermarket distribution warehouse supervisor was released on bail.
Three other men detained at addresses in Livingston, Bathgate and Salford are expected to appear in court later, charged in connection with human trafficking offences.
The Swiss-made device is so advanced Network Rail has set up its own engineering course to train contractors how to install it.
The work will eventually lead to a complete closure of the tunnel in September for six weeks.
Diversions will go via Gloucester.
The component, called the Overhead Conductor Rail System, has been customised in Switzerland and this version of the system has not been installed on a British public track before.
Anthea Dolman-Gair, senior programme manager for Network Rail, said: "A system similar to this has been used on the continent for a while, but this is the first time it's been adapted to be part of the new overhead electric system we are fitting into this country.
"Several years of engineering design and development have been put into this system. We use high-grade stainless steel that's typically used in the maritime industry so it doesn't corrode."
Installation and maintenance of the system requires a qualification not previously taught in Britain.
Network Rail engineers have set up a section of the new rail system in a workshop in Coleg Y Cymoedd in Nantgarw, Rhondda Cynon Taff, to train local contractors.
Some are former miners, and instructors say they have a natural aptitude for this kind of engineering.
Judith Evans, principal of Coleg Y Cymoedd, said the institution could expand off the back of the electrification programme.
"We've got four campuses across Rhondda Cynon Taff and Caerphilly. This particular facility in Nantgarw is easily accessible from the M4.
"I've already started having discussions within the college about whether or not in the next year or two we might even consider expanding. If the growth continues at the speed it is, I can see us having to put on an extension in the future."
The component is designed to have very little maintenance once installed, saving money.
The tunnel will be completely closed for six weeks in September to finish the work. Trains will be diverted around the tunnel via Gloucester.
Edna Atherton was 88 when she fell from the platform, suffering broken ribs and a cut head at Birkenhead's Hamilton Square station in July 2015.
The prosecution had claimed Martin Zee, 33, had not followed Merseyrail's door closure safety procedure fully.
But the defence argued the fall was an accident, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
They said there was a "fundamental failing" in the 17-point safety procedure itself, because the curve of the platform meant there were several blind spots.
The trial was shown CCTV footage of Mr Zee leaving the back of the train and walking to the wall of the platform to check all passengers had got off and on the carriages.
After Mr Zee pushed the button to close the doors, two women can be seen trying to board the front of the train. As the doors were reopened and closed, one of them fell between the train and the platform.
Mr Zee, of Coronation Road, Runcorn, Cheshire, had pleaded not guilty to a charge of endangering the safety of railway passengers by wilful omission or neglect.
The jury cleared him after two hours of deliberations.
A Merseyrail spokesman said its internal investigation and another by safety regulator the Office of Rail and Road "found there was no case to answer".
"The door closure warning alarm is in place to alert passengers to the danger of closing doors and we rely on passengers heeding that warning and not attempting to board or alight while the doors are closing."
A spokesman for British Transport Police said: "It is our duty as a police force to investigate and present the evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service."
A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said: "The decision to charge was made following detailed consideration of the evidence and in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors."
It presents a detailed picture of torture, forced abortions and public executions in a vast network of secret political camps.
The research backs previous evidence that more than 150,000 political prisoners are being held in North Korea.
The authors are calling for an international commission of inquiry to investigate.
The report - by the Washington-based Committee for Human Rights in North Korea - uses detailed satellite photographs to identify barracks, work sites and execution grounds
in forced labour camps hidden in remote mountain areas.
"An entire system of political repression in North Korea needs to be eliminated," said the committee's chairwoman, Roberta Cohen.
The researchers relied for their information on some 60 former prisoners and camp guards, who have escaped to South Korea.
They describe a complex web of prisons and work camps built to punish those seen as resistant to North Korea's system of total state control, including those who try to escape to South Korea.
They say that many inmates die from malnutrition and harsh working conditions as they labour in mines, factories and on farms.
The researchers also document witness accounts of public executions - mainly of prisoners who try to escape or are caught stealing extra food rations.
They also present fresh evidence of routine torture, beatings and forced abortions - mainly for women who are repatriated from China and are thought to have conceived children by Chinese men.
Former inmates say they were sent to the camps - sometimes for decades - without any judicial process or often without hearing the charges against them.
Children and other family members of the accused can also be incarcerated in an effort to eradicate all criticism of North Korea's political system.
One woman said she was imprisoned for singing a South Korean song, and others for having relatives with South Korean or Japanese connections.
The report's author, David Hawk, first documented the extent of the North Korean camp system in his report "Hidden Gulag" in 2003.
He says he was able to update his research because many more North Korean refugees have since escaped from the country with fresh evidence. There are currently about 30,000 refugees in Seoul compared to just a few thousand a decade ago, hundreds of whom have experienced life in the camps.
North Korean officials have told the United Nations in the past that there are no political prisons in the country.
Opinion polls suggest that Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's pro-EU Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) may get enough votes to form a new government.
But politicians who oppose Mr Vucic's pro-EU course also appear to be gaining ground. They include nationalist Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj.
Last month the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague acquitted Mr Seselj.
He was found not guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the Balkan wars in the 1990s.
That controversial ruling opens the way for him to return to parliament in Serbia. He has called for an alliance with Russia - historically an ally of Serbia, with shared Orthodox Christian traditions.
But a stronger rival to Mr Vucic is likely to be the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), led by current Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic. It has been in coalition with the SNS, but formed a separate election alliance with three other parties.
The SPS is generally more cautious over pro-EU reforms than the prime minister's party. Mr Dacic has said that joining the EU should not harm Serbia's relations with Russia and China.
Mr Vucic brought the election forward by two years, saying he needed a new mandate to implement tough reforms required to make Serbia eligible for EU membership.
Early results are expected soon after polls close in Serbia at 20:00 local time (18:00 GMT) on Sunday.
'Enemies in the EU'
Mr Seselj's Radicals failed to win seats in the last two elections, but the firebrand former deputy premier is expected to lead them back into parliament after a virulently anti-Western campaign.
"We do not want to be in the European Union. All Serbia's traditional enemies are there!" he told a rally last month, also lashing out at Nato for bombing Serbia during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war.
And not all members of Prime Minister Vucic's ruling coalition are pro-EU. Some oppose EU integration and advocate closer ties with Russia.
Thus the future of the reforms will be heavily influenced by coalition partners in the new government.
Source: BBC Monitoring
Three women had accused Mr Ghomeshi of attacking and sexually assaulting them.
Mr Ghomeshi, 48, had denied the charges, describing the encounters as consensual "rough sex".
The judge said that the three complainants' stories had been inconsistent and said reasonable doubt existed in this case.
A group of protesters - holding slogans "We believe survivors" - later gathered outside the court building in Toronto.
Ghomeshi trial rattles assault survivors
The alleged assaults took place between 2002 and 2003.
"Each complainant was less than full, frank and forthcoming in the information they provided to the media, to the police, to Crown counsel and to this Court," Justice William Horkins wrote in his judgement.
"The evidence of each complainant suffered not just from inconsistencies and questionable behaviour, but was tainted by outright deception," he said.
"At the end of this trial, a reasonable doubt exists because it is impossible to determine, with any acceptable degree of certainty or comfort, what is true and what is false."
The trial, which attracted a flurry of media attention, has spurred debate about how victims of sexual assault are treated by the Canadian legal system.
A demonstration in support of victims of sexual assault happened after the verdict was read, according to reports on Twitter.
Mr Ghomeshi's three accusers came under intense scrutiny from the defence during the eight-day trial, with defence lawyer Marie Henein questioning why they remained in contact with or on good terms with Mr Ghomeshi after the alleged assaults.
One sent Mr Ghomeshi a picture of herself in a bikini after she said he had punched her in the head. She told Ms Henein that she had wanted to bait Mr Ghomeshi into incriminating himself.
But prosecutor Michael Callaghan said "post-assault contact was not relevant to the sexual assault that took place" and every victim coped with assault differently.
Some advocates for sexual assault victims worried that the women were being put on trial rather than the alleged attacker.
Others were concerned the scrutiny would discourage other victims from coming forward in future cases.
Mr Ghomeshi, who hosted the radio show Q, was sacked by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 2014 after the allegations became public.
The CBC began an inquiry into Mr Ghomeshi's sexual activities after the Toronto Star newspaper began investigating allegations by an ex-girlfriend that he had engaged in non-consensual, violent sex with her.
The report found that CBC management knew about Mr Ghomeshi's behaviour, or should have known. It said the members of management did not take steps to stop it.
A number of women came forward after the Star's report, accusing him of punching, strangling and battering.
Stephen, 19, from Burntwood, Staffordshire, died last May after launching an appeal that raised more than £5m for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Jane Sutton said her son was a "keen runner" but his illness prevented him from completing a marathon himself.
She finished the 26-mile course in a time of six hours and three minutes.
She aims to raise £10,000 for the trust during the event.
"I am fulfilling my wish to Stephen, he has been my driving force and when I have been going out running he has been the person I am thinking about and hopefully I've got the same determination as him so I will cross that finish line," she said.
In September the trust announced £2.9m of the money raised would be invested in specialist cancer units for young people, and a further £1.2m used to train future cancer nurses and support staff.
In a televised statement on the last day of the trial, he said that if he was convicted "millions of Dutch citizens will be convicted with me".
The charges were brought after he led a chant for fewer Moroccans in the Netherlands at a rally 18 months ago.
He denies inciting racial hatred.
Mr Wilders has denounced the trial as an attempt to suppress freedom of speech. If convicted, he faces a fine and a year in prison. The verdict is due next month.
The populist politician, who had previously refused to attend the trial, addressed a three-judge bench at a high-security courthouse near Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.
In a long speech, he portrayed himself as part of a growing anti-establishment movement that had resulted in the UK's vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.
"Worldwide, a movement has started that is making short shrift of the politically correct doctrines of the elite and their subordinate media," he said.
"Brexit proved it. The American election proved it."
He said that neither he nor his supporters were racist.
"They are people who want their country back and who are sick and tired of not being listened to," he said.
"If you convict me you will convict half of the Netherlands. Many Dutch will then lose the last bit of trust in the rule of law."
Mr Wilders has repeatedly criticised Islam, calling for the Koran to be banned and for the closure of all mosques in the Netherlands.
But prosecutors say he crossed a line when he asked supporters if they wanted "fewer or more Moroccans" in the Netherlands.
After supporters chanted back "fewer", he replied: "We'll organise that."
In 2011, Mr Wilders was acquitted of incitement after being accused of encouraging hatred towards Muslims.
The Netherlands will hold a general election in March and some opinion polls suggest Mr Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) is a close second behind Prime Minister Mark Rutte's liberal VVD, or even slightly ahead.
The Silverlake Stadium surface was deemed unfit after an 11:30 inspection on Friday.
It is the second successive home game Eastleigh have had postponed after their fixture against Bromley also succumbed to the weather.
No new date has yet been arranged for the fixture. Eastleigh are currently fifth in the league, Barrow 16th.
Swansea are close to buying Bony, 24, from Dutch top-flight side Vitesse Arnhem for a club record fee of £13m.
The Welsh club broke their transfer record in August 2012 when they
"This is called living with the big boys," said James, the former Swansea and Wales winger.
"I think we have got to this stage at the Liberty... nobody is going to get another Michu.
"It is not going to happen again, where you pick up an absolute bargain.
"There are once-in-a-lifetime deals that come your way. Fortunately, it came our way.
"Bony now is £12 or £13 million and that is the market value of strikers of his calibre."
Swansea manager Michael Laudrup signed striker Michu for £2m from Spanish side Rayo Vallecano last summer and called it "the bargain of the season" after the Spaniard led them to Capital One Cup success and a ninth-placed finish in the Premier League.
Bony, 24, is an Ivory Coast international and scored 31 goals in 30 league appearances for his club in the Dutch league last season.
His arrival would take some of the pressure for goals off Michu, who scored 22 times for the club in 2012-13.
Bony was named Dutch footballer for his efforts in the same season and had spells at Issia Wazi, in his homeland, and Sparta Prague before joining Vitesse Arnhem in January 2011.
"To compete in the Premiership, in Europe and the domestic cups, which brought us real success, you have to have more players of this kind of calibre," said James.
Bony would be Swansea's seventh permanent summer signing.
They have also recruited Jonjo Shelvey from Liverpool, Alejandro Pozuelo from Real Betis, 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 side 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 in the top half of the Premier League.
The military said they had captured an immigration officer who confessed to being an active member of Boko Haram.
His confession led to the arrest of a number of other officials.
Boko Haram has killed hundreds in northern and central Nigeria since 2009, when it launched a campaign to install an Islamic state.
The group's fighters have bombed government buildings and churches and assassinated Muslim clerics who disagreed with their views.
Their attacks have killed woman and children, Muslims and Christians.
Lt Colonel Sagir Musa said the immigration official was arrested last month while impersonating an army officer.
"He confessed to being an active member of the Boko Haram terrorist sect," said Col Musa.
"He also confessed to having been trained alongside 15 other members of the sect on weapon handling, assassination and special operations in Niger."
Col Musa said his testimony helped the military root out a number of others who had carried out attacks for Boko Haram.
Analysts have in the past said that the fight against Boko Haram was undermined because the Islamist group had managed to infiltrate the military.
Boko Haram shot to prominence in 2009 when hundreds of their members attempted to storm police stations and government buildings in Maiduguri.
The security forces quelled the rebellion and killed dozens of the sect's members, as well as its leader.
Since then, their attacks have been better organised and caused many more civilian deaths.
Nigeria is roughly divided between a largely Muslim north, and the south, where Christianity and traditional religions dominate.
Irish Ferries has cancelled some services between Holyhead and Dublin due to adverse weather conditions.
BBC Wales forecaster Derek Brockway said wind speeds of 55mph (88kph) could be felt at Holyhead on Wednesday.
Drivers of HGVs and caravans have been advised not to cross the A55 Britannia Bridge onto Anglesey.
North Wales Police said anyone choosing not to cross the bridge westbound should leave at junction 11 where they would be directed to rest facilities.
They advised those coming from the ferry at Holyhead who did not want to cross the bridge to remain at the Holyhead port facilities.
Another yellow gales alert is in place for most of Wales over Thursday night and into Friday morning.
The death of the tiger - possibly frightened by fireworks celebrating Chinese New Year - sparked an investigation.
On Wednesday Yang Wenzheng, Zhang Fucai and Cui Jingguang were found to have illegally reared eight tigers.
They apologised and have been fined.
Chinese Central Television (CCTV) reported the surviving animals had been moved to a local zoo.
The seven-month-old cub was found dead in the car park of an apartment building on 19 February.
Yang Wenzheng, a member of the local legislature, was quoted on web portal Dahe Online saying: "I was raising two tigers - not long after they were born I started taking care of them, just like they were my children.
"It's very possible that the tiger got scared because of the noise, so it squeezed out of its cage and fell to its death."
He said he found a gap in the cage and broken glass nearby.
He told the reporter he had constructed a 3m (9ft) tall steel cage on his roof and arranged for someone to feed the tigers beef, chicken and other meat twice a day.
With one of his fellow deputies, Yang had obtained two tigers from a third councillor, who had eight of the animals but found the costs of raising them too expensive to bear.
They bred at least three cubs that later died, CCTV reported.
The officials were found to have kept the tigers without permits and fined 3,000 Chinese renminbi (£326), reports said.
Tiger meat and bones are said to have curative properties in traditional Chinese medicine and farming them can be lucrative, the China Daily said.
It added tigers can fetch 1m RMB on the black market.
After trailing 20-6, second-half tries from Chris Hill, Kevin Brown and Tom Lineham, two minutes from time, added to Ryan Atkins' first-half effort.
Declan Patton missed with one of his four conversion attempts.
But Wire outscored Trinity four tries to three from Ashley Gibson, Mason Caton-Brown and Tom Johnstone.
Liam Finn kicked three conversions and a penalty for Trinity, who remain seventh, but now only a point ahead of Warrington, who climb above St Helens to eighth, having totally put behind their six-game winless start by stretching their unbeaten run to five matches.
Wakefield made a dream start, hitting their hosts with two tries in two minutes to take an early 12-0 lead, Kyle Wood kicking ahead for Gibson to touch down before Jacob Miller broke from deep and the supporting Caton-Brown was on hand to take the stand-off's pass to score under the posts.
Although Patton and Stefan Ratchford combined to send centre Atkins off on an 80-metre run from deep to get Wire on the scoreboard with a converted try, Finn's penalty earned a 14-6 interval lead.,
And the visitors still looked to be on their way to a comfortable victory when winger Johnstone scored their third try early in the second half.
But, although weakened by the loss of suspended duo Ben Westwood and Daryl Clark, as well as Mike Cooper, injured against Huddersfield on Easter Monday, tries by Hill and Brown set up a frantic finish capped by Lineham's spectacular winning dive for the corner.
Warrington coach Tony Smith:
"The character isn't in question at all. Some of our processes and methods are questionable but the players are trying hard in all departments - and sometimes a little bit too hard.
"The desire is to play the ball quickly. But there were errors and we were dropping the ball which are just little lapses in concentration. We need to be better because it's hurting us.
"We felt if we held the lion's share of the ball we would score points and we also felt if we gave the ball over to Wakefield they would score points because they are a dangerous and good attacking team.
"But you can't be too critical because for a lot of the players it's their fourth game in two weeks and rugby league is too hard to play physically and mentally in that space of time."
Wakefield coach Chris Chester:
"It was one of those games that just got away from us. It's a tough one to take because we were the best team for large parts of the game and we have just come up short again.
"I'm proud of the boys' efforts. To come to Warrington and be really disappointed with a loss just shows how far we have come in a such a short space of time.
"We just needed to be a little bit smarter in the second half. Our game management needed to be better to slow the game down. We played like we were chasing the game.
"But the effort was fantastic and two weeks on the bounce we should have got something. It's been tough just talking to the boys after the game because they are gutted."
Warrington: Ratchford; Evans, Livett, Atkins, Lineham; Patton, Gidley; Hill, Dwyer, Sims, Jullien, Hughes, Westerman.
Replacements: Philbin, Brown, G King, Savelio.
Wakefield: Jowitt; Jones-Bishop, Gibson, Caton-Brown, Johnstone; Miller, Finn; England, Wood, Fifita, Hadley, Kirmond, Arona.
Replacements: Williams, Batchelor, Hirst, Huby.
Referee: Phil Bentham (RFL).
Costas Contostavlos, 30, appeared by video link at Luton Crown Court from Peterborough Prison.
A plea of not guilty to common assault on Imani Campbell was accepted by the prosecution.
The row took place at the couple's home in Hatfield, Hertfordshire on 10 May.
The court heard neighbours first heard a commotion in the early hours of the morning.
Prosecutor Neil King said mobile phone footage taken by a witness in the street showed the rapper came out of his home, he then went to a bush in the front garden from where he picked up a knife that he took back inside.
He said Miss Campbell then came out of the house with the blade described in court as a long thin boning knife.
The couple was seen outside at one point before going back inside.
Contostavlos, a Big Brother runner-up and cousin of ex X-Factor judge Tulisa, emerged once more carrying a large butcher's knife with a curved blade.
He is also said to have pointed the knife at members of the public making intimidating remarks.
Police, including armed officers, attended the address in Roe Green Close, shortly afterwards and forced the door open.
Contostavlos was arrested later that afternoon.
Judge Richard Foster, The Honorary Recorder of Luton, adjourned the hearing for the preparation of a pre-sentence report.
A further charge of using threatening words and behaviour has been discontinued by the Crown.
The judge said it was likely the rapper, who was denied bail, would receive a custodial sentence.
The Thaad missile system, aimed at intercepting attacks from North Korea, was made operational in South Korea last week.
But Beijing says the system will spy on its territory and has strongly criticised its deployment.
Relations between Beijing and Seoul have deteriorated over the issue.
Liberal Moon Jae-in was elected South Korean president on Tuesday. He is facing a delicate task balancing ties with the US, Seoul's traditional ally, and China - both of whose help he needs to tackle North Korea and its nuclear ambitions.
A South Korean presidential spokesman said that the Chinese leader - who initiated the call - "explained the reasons for Beijing's strong and repeated opposition" to the deployment, Yonhap news agency reported.
"President Moon said the Thaad issue can be resolved when there is no further provocation by North Korea," spokesman Yoon Young-chan said.
Mr Moon also raised the issue of apparent economic retaliation against South Korean firms in China, he said. He will send a delegation to Beijing to discuss both North Korea and Thaad.
The Thaad deployment was agreed by Mr Moon's predecessor, conservative leader Park Guen-hye. She is currently in prison awaiting trial on corruption charges.
Washington says the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (Thaad) system will play a vital role in curbing the missile threat from Pyongyang, but Beijing says that the system's radar affects its security.
The deployment is also unpopular among South Koreans who live near the site that hosts the system because they believe it makes them a target.
Mr Moon's position on Thaad is not yet completely clear - his comments have been ambivalent in the past. His spokesman called a US decision to roll it out in the weeks before the election "very inappropriate", as it stripped the next government of the right to make its own decision on the system.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said that the two sides expressed willingness "to bring [relations] back to a healthy and stable development track".
Both Mr Moon and Mr Xi agreed that denuclearising North Korea was a "common goal". Mr Moon has advocated dialogue with the North as well as sanctions, adopting a more conciliatory stance than his predecessor.
What impact will S Korea's expanded missile defence system have?
1. The enemy launches a missile
2. The Thaad radar system detects the launch, which is relayed to command and control
3. Thaad command and control instructs the launch of an interceptor missile
4. The interceptor missile is fired at the enemy projectile
5. The enemy projectile is destroyed in the terminal phase of flight
The launcher trucks can hold up to eight interceptor missiles.
The club say they have "engaged legal advisors and are currently considering all legal options available in relation to this matter."
Hooker Segeyaro, 26, recently returned to his native Australia.
He subsequently told the Australian Sunday Telegraph that he was homesick and did not want to return to the UK.
Segeyaro joined the Rhinos from Penrith in June and is contracted to the Super League side until the end of the 2018 season.
"We take this matter very seriously," chief executive Gary Hetherington told the club website.
"James' decision has created a big problem for us and created uncertainty throughout our organisation.
"We are aware of the interest in him from a number of NRL clubs but we have our interests to protect as well and need to consider all avenues in this matter."
Super League club Castleford Tigers recently announced they will be taking legal action against winger Denny Solomona after he failed to return for pre-season training.
Solomona is understood to have held talks with rugby union side Sale.
McIlroy, 26, ended the day on four under par after an even-par round of 72, which left him six shots behind leader Rafa Cabrera-Bello of Spain.
The Northern Irishman made four bogeys on the outward nine and slipped back to level par with a fifth at the 11th.
He salvaged the situation with birdies on the 13th, 16th, 17th and 18th holes.
Cabrera-Bello, the 2012 champion, carded a second consecutive 67, while England's Danny Willett (65) and Ernie Els (67) were tied for second on nine under.
"I struggled in the wind a little bit," McIlroy told the European Tour website.
"I didn't get off to the best of starts again. The middle of the round was tough but I bounced back well and persevered and got something out of the round."
McIlroy bogeyed his opening hole for the second day running and then tossed away his ball after three-putting the fourth on his way to reaching the turn at three over for the day.
A three-putt bogey on the 11th then saw McIlroy slip back to level par and outside the projected cut, and it required a testing putt to avoid the same fate on the next before a run of birdies rescued his round.
"I was definitely thinking about (missing the cut), especially over the putt on 12," added McIlroy.
"If I missed that and went one over for the tournament it would have been a long way back.
"I've come back from bigger deficits than this and if I can get off to a faster start tomorrow, you never know."
Ex-military chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi and former heads of military intelligence, the navy and air force are expected to be tried in absentia.
The nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed after Israeli troops boarded their ship, the Mavi Marmara.
They had been hoping to breach Israel's naval blockade and deliver aid to Gaza.
A prosecutor at the court in Istanbul has called for each of the four Israeli officers to face nine life sentences, Turkish news agency Anatolia reported.
The other three commanders are ex-naval chief Vice Admiral Eliezer Marom, former head of military intelligence Major General Amos Yadlin, and former head of the air force Brigadier General Avishai Lev.
If they are convicted, the Turkish court could issue a warrant for their arrest.
Israel carried out its own investigation but has not prosecuted anyone involved in the raid.
The Mavi Marmara was intercepted by the Israeli navy in international waters as it sailed towards Gaza's coast on 31 May 2010.
A UN inquiry found that Israel's blockade of Gaza was "a legitimate security measure".
It said Israeli troops had faced "significant, organised and violent resistance" when they boarded the ship.
But it said Israel's decision to board the ship and the use of substantial force was "excessive and unreasonable".
The incident has led to a major rift in relations between Turkey and Israel.
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The 24-year-old reposted an image of computer game character Super Mario on Instagram, which included the words "jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a Jew."
The Italian tweeted to deny the post was offensive, before apologising.
He has until 18:00 GMT on 15 December to respond to the charge.
A Liverpool spokesman said: "We acknowledge the FA's decision and the player will work through the process to answer the charge.
"While that process is on-going the club will make no further comment."
An FA statement read: "It is alleged the Liverpool player breached FA Rule E3[1] in that his posting was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper.
"It is further alleged that this is an 'Aggravated Breach' as defined by FA Rule E3[2] as it included a reference to ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race and/or nationality and/or religion or belief."
Balotelli had until 18:00 on Friday to submit an explanation for his comments to the FA and he reportedly provided evidence of the discrimination he has faced during his career.
The picture posted by the player had an image of Super Mario with the heading: "Don't be a racist!"
The text read: "Be like Mario, he's an Italian plumber, created by Japanese people, who speaks English and looks like a Mexican."
"He jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a Jew."
After receiving criticism on Twitter for the image, Balotelli tweeted: "My mom [sic] is Jewish so all of you shut up please."
He also described reposting the image as "my unlucky moment".
However, he later wrote: "I apologise if I've offended anyone.
"The post was meant to be anti-racist with humour. I now understand that out of context it may have the opposite effect.
"Not all Mexicans have a moustache, not all black people jump high and not all Jewish people love money.
"I used a cartoon done by somebody else because it has Super Mario and I thought it was funny and not offensive. Again, I'm sorry."
Balotelli, who will miss Liverpool's match against Sunderland on Saturday with a groin injury, has scored only two goals in his 14 appearances for the club this season.
Deputy PM Numan Kurtulmus said the Middle East was "already a powder keg".
He criticised attacks on Saudi missions in Iran but also Saudi Arabia's execution of a Shia Muslim cleric, which triggered the dispute.
Saudi Arabia has broken off diplomatic relations with Iran and is cutting trade and air links.
On Monday, some of Riyadh's allies joined diplomatic action against Iran.
The US has also called on both countries to calm the escalating row.
Saudi Arabia and Iran are respectively the key Sunni Muslim and Shia powers in the region and back opposing sides in Syria and Yemen.
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"We want both countries to immediately move away from the situation of tension that will obviously only add to the already severe tensions existing in the Middle East," Mr Kurtulmus was quoted as saying by the Anatolia news agency.
"The region is already a powder keg. Enough is enough. We need peace in the region."
He called on Iran to protect all diplomatic missions and said that Turkey was against "all instances of capital punishment especially when it is politically motivated".
"For us it is not possible to support capital punishment by any country," he added.
"Saudi Arabia and Iran are our friends and we don't want them fighting because that's the last thing this region needs."
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On Saturday, Saudi Arabia executed cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 46 others after they were convicted of terror-related offences.
The move prompted an angry reaction from Iran. Protesters set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran and a consulate in the city of Mashhad before being driven back by police.
Saudi Arabia announced late on Sunday that it was cutting diplomatic relations with Iran after the storming of the embassy in Tehran.
It said all commercial and air traffic links were being cut and that Saudi citizens were banned from travelling to Iran.
Saudi UN ambassador Abdallah al-Mouallimi said on Monday that the dispute could be resolved if Iran stopped "interfering in the affairs of other countries, including our own".
Riyadh has previously accused Iran of interfering in Arab affairs.
Speaking in New York, Mr Mouallimi said peace efforts in Syria and Yemen should not be affected by the spat but criticised Iran's contribution to the process.
"The Iranians even before the break of diplomatic relations have not been very supportive, not very positive in these peace efforts," he said.
"They have been taking provocative and negative positions... and I don't think the break in relations is going to dissuade them from such behaviour."
Bahrain and Sudan also severed relations with Iran on Monday, and the UAE has downgraded its diplomatic team.
Bahrain, which is ruled by a Sunni monarchy but has a majority Shia population, gave Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the country.
The Sudanese foreign ministry said its action was on response to "the barbaric attacks on the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad".
On Monday, a White House spokesman called on both countries to "show some restraint and to not further inflame tensions that are on quite vivid display in the region".
But Iran's foreign ministry accused the Saudis of "continuing the policy of increasing tension and clashes in the region".
The row also affected global markets, sending oil and gold prices higher on Monday.
Army explosives experts were called out to deal with a suspect package at the offices on the Newtownards Road on Friday night.
Roads were sealed off and traffic diverted as a controlled explosion was carried out.
The premises, used by East Belfast MP Naomi Long, have been targeted a number of times.
Most recently, petrol bomb attacks were carried out on the offices on consecutive nights in April and May.
The attacks began following a Belfast City Council vote in December 2012 restricting the flying of the union flag at the City Hall.
Condemning the latest hoax, Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle said: "It is a serious incident for the local area, it causes serious disruption, it puts people's lives at risk, it can prevent emergency services reaching the area.
"Ultimately we need people with information to share that with the police in order for them to do their job and bring these people to justice."
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Next year's event is being held on the Swedish island of Gotland, but reigning champion O'Sullivan says she cannot spare the resources to take part.
"I am gutted, but I will have to pull out of the 2017 Island Games," the Great Britain international compound archer said in a statement.
"Unfortunately it is a lot of money for a non-world record status event."
O'Sullivan has won gold at the last two Island Games and is planning on competing at the 2017 World Championships in Mexico.
Other top island sportspeople have also said they are considering pulling out of the 2017 Island Games.
Zane Duquemin, who holds the Games discus and shot put records, is unsure of his schedule while tennis player Scott Clayton says he is "unlikely" to go.
The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) near Lincoln was due to be unveiled in September but the official opening is now to be April 2018.
Nicky Barr, of the IBCC, said she was "devastated" about the setback.
Those behind the centre say they hope it will remember more than 55,000 killed personnel.
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Ms Barr said the construction team would be working "flat out" to get building works completed and parts of the centre could be in use by December.
A delay in securing loans had put building work back, she said.
The centre still needs £2m of funding, although £10.5m has been raised and getting the final monies has proved "extremely challenging", said Ms Barr.
Fundraising has also been hampered by a number of break-ins at the site.
Bomber Command crews were tasked with attacking Germany's airbases, troops, shipping and industrial complexes connected to the war effort.
The contribution of men and women from more than 60 nations will be featured, according to the centre.
Lincoln was chosen for the site as it provides a central point for 27 bomber bases that were in Lincolnshire.
The county housed about a third of all World War Two Bomber Command stations.
Nomads, who finished as league runners-up in 2016-17, will host HJK Helsinki of Finland in the first qualifying round first leg at Bangor City's Nantporth.
Welsh Cup winners Bala will face FC Vaduz of Lichtenstein in their first leg ties at Rhyl's Belle Vue.
Bangor secured their place in Europe via the play-offs and they will be away to Danish side Lyngby BK.
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Bala Town will be appearing in the Europa League for the fourth time and hoping to reach the second qualifying round for the first time.
Manager Colin Caton says his side have learnt from previous campaigns, which included narrow aggregate defeats to Estonian side Levadia Tallin and Differdange of Luxembourg.
"Going into the first couple of seasons was going into the unknown really but we've got no excuses this time," Caton said.
"It's going to be a real tough test for us but we're going to give the best account we can."
Their opponents, FC Vaduz, qualified as Liechtenstein Football Cup winners but play in the Swiss leagues and were relegated from the Super League in 2016-17.
"People say that we've got the best draw and the easiest draw," Caton said.
"But we're playing against a team that's drawn with FC Basel - a Champions League qualifier - and beaten Young Boys."
Caton has added the experienced former Bangor City and Connah's Quay forward Les Davies and midfielder Eddie Toner to the squad which won the Welsh Cup in April.
And Caton says his side's 2-1 final victory over Welsh Premier champions New Saints will inspire the Lakesiders to achieve further success.
"There's still a massive buzz around the club," Caton told BBC Wales Sport.
"It's important that we all achieve again as a group and try and take it to the next step."
Connah's Quay Nomads manager Andy Morrison is under no illusions how tough a task his side face against Finnish side HJK Helsinki.
Morrison travelled to Finland to watch the Veikkausliga leaders secure their fifth successive victory with a 2-0 win over IFK Mariehamn last Thursday.
"It was an eye opener," the former Manchester City defender told BBC Wales Sport.
"I knew they would be good but they were better than I thought they would be. They should have won by many, many more.
"They're on fire at the moment. They're not conceding goals and creating a lot of opportunities.
"We've got an idea of how tough it's going to be but I've got all the faith in the world in the lads that they will give a great account of themselves."
Nomads have qualified for Europe for the second time having reached the Europa League second qualifying round last season.
Morrison says the games against Norwegian side Stabaek - whom they beat 1-0 on aggregate - and FK Vojvodina of Serbia will hold them in good stead.
They have prepared for Thursday's first leg with a 0-0 draw against Ballymena and a 2-0 defeat to St Johnstone and Morrison says playing a side who are midway through their season will be tough.
"The preparations are always difficult for a part-time club," Morrison added.
"I'm going to have lads coming off the beach and off their holidays on Wednesday night and then playing on Thursday.
"That's far from ideal but that's the football world in a part-time league.
"But there's a huge upside because it's a great experience."
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Bangor's play-off win over Cardiff Met in May secured European football for the first time in three years.
The Citizens have been drawn against Lyngby BK, with the first leg taking place in Denmark.
Kevin Nicholson, who was named the club's manager in May, is well aware of Bangor's proud European history which includes encounters against Napoli and Atletico Madrid.
"As a group there's a lot of excitement about being in Europe again," Nicholson said.
"It's obviously really important for Bangor City to be in Europe.
"Everybody at the club, the players, staff, and Gary Taylor-Fletcher as the caretaker manager at the end of last season, achieved that opportunity for the club and worked very hard to do that.
"What we are all aiming to do in these games against Lyngby is to make the most of the opportunity that the club has created for itself."
Nicholson hopes Bangor will not have to wait another three years to reach Europe once again.
"It is something we want to be involved in on a regular basis," he added.
"We're not just excited about these European games - were also excited about the league campaign coming up in August.
"Our aim is to qualify automatically for Europe through the league."
Live commentary of Bala Town v FC Vaduz & Connah's Quay Nomads v HJK Helsinki will on the BBC Wales Sport website.
The Spain internationals both went off during Wednesday 4-0 win over City at the Nou Camp.
Centre-half Pique, 29, is expected to be out for three weeks after spraining ligaments in his right ankle.
Left-back Alba, 27, will be out for two weeks with a hamstring injury.
Alba was replaced by France's Lucas Digne after 10 minutes, while Jeremy Mathieu came on for Pique on 39 minutes, but was later sent-off for a second bookable offence.
The detentions come amid deadly protests over a plan to expand the capital's administrative control into the Oromia region, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said.
The government has accused Oromo protesters of links with terror groups.
The country criminalises any reporting that authorities consider an encouragement to such groups.
The CPJ said two journalists were detained within a week of each other.
Getachew Shiferaw, who edits the online paper Negere Ethiopia, was arrested on Friday and the next day a court granted permission for him to be held for 28 days for interrogation, the CPJ said in a statement.
On 19 December, Fikadu Mirkana, a news anchor at the state-run broadcaster Oromia Radio and TV, who also was arrested at his home in the capital, Addis Ababa, the press watchdog said.
"Ethiopia prides itself on development, but economic growth is a hollow achievement if the public does not enjoy fundamental human rights such as the right to receive and share information and divergent viewpoints," said Sue Valentine, the CPJ's Africa programme co-ordinator.
The CPJ added that four Ethiopian bloggers cleared of terrorism charges in October have been summoned to appear in court on Wednesday as the prosecution is appealing their acquittal.
They were part of a group know the Zone 9 bloggers and their case inspired a sustained online campaign for their release by activists in Ethiopia and beyond.
Oromia is Ethiopia's largest region, surrounding Addis Ababa.
Protesters say they fear losing their land and cultural persecution if what has been dubbed a "master plan" to integrate parts of Oromia into Addis Ababa go ahead.
The government says other views are being taken into consideration.
Officials say five people and an undisclosed number of security personnel have died in the latest protests.
But US-based Human Rights Watch says activists say the security forces have fired on the demonstrations, killing at least 75 protesters.
The BBC's Africa correspondent Alistair Leithhead says demonstrations are rare in Ethiopia and the current Oromo anger over urban planning is an expression of much older complaints over a lack of political and economic inclusion.
At the last census in 2007, the Oromo made up Ethiopia's biggest ethnic group, at about 25 million people out of a population at the time of nearly 74 million.
The three busiest days of the past year for police call handlers were during the festive season.
The peak day - with 9,400 calls - was 1 January 2016. A total of 9,100 calls were taken on 31 December, with 8,450 calls on 23 December.
Ch Supt Roddy Newbigging warned that those who make unnecessary calls "can cost lives".
He said: "The vast majority of people who contact us, use the 101 and 999 systems appropriately, however there are a very small number of people who do not and this abuse can cost lives.
"It diverts our call handlers from helping the public when they need us.
"Our message is simple - if it's an emergency call 999, for non-emergency situations dial 101."
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson, visiting the Police Scotland Govan service centre, added: "While people across Scotland finish work and prepare for some time with loved ones, the festive period often brings more demands on police call handlers and I am grateful for their continued efforts to keep our communities safe."
First, a third of the electorate will not be allowed to vote for the new mayor in the polls scheduled for 2017.
Secondly, the mayor's powers will not cover the entire region.
Funnily enough, neither of these issues was given much prominence in the avalanche of press releases and interviews on the day the deal was announced on 2 October.
George Osborne himself, on a high-profile flying visit to Sheffield to sign the deal with council leaders, called it the biggest reform of local government in a generation.
"For local people it will mean the decisions that affect them being taken locally," he said.
He never mentioned that only some "local people" will be part of the democratic process in electing a mayor.
So why is it that this first step since the Chancellor appealed to councils across the country to join his "devolution revolution" appears to be heading straight into a muddy political puddle?
The template was for a "Boris Johnson-style" powerful mayor using the authority of a mandate from the local electorate to boost the economy of a cluster of neighbouring local authorities.
The mayor would control transport and travel policies, drive inward investment and industrial training, as well as keeping the police on their toes by replacing the Crime Commissioner.
That was exactly how devolution was sold to Greater Manchester last year and was the basis of the 38 separate bids that emerged this spring from different permutations of local councils across the country for a similar deal.
That template has cracked at it first outing because creating devolution is proving far more complicated than drawing up a boundary on a map.
The Sheffield City region highlights the problem.
It is made up of four South Yorkshire authorities: the city itself together with neighbours Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham.
As their combined population of around 1.3 million was not considered big enough to create a viable economy the adjacent smaller councils of Bassetlaw, Bolsover, Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire and Derbyshire Dales were persuaded to sign up and add a further half million people.
However, those smaller authorities are over the border from South Yorkshire where legal control of public transport and highways budgets are in the hands of the county councils of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
Those county councils have absolutely no intention of handing over a single drop of their powers to the new devolved region about to move in next door.
So the confusing compromise is to totally exclude the voters who live in those smaller councils from the mayoral election.
That same boundary dispute complication completely knocks out the idea of the Sheffield Mayor becoming Police and Crime Commissioner as both Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire have their own separate forces.
Is this a unique problem for the cross-border Sheffield City Region?
The answer to that lies up the road in the ambitions for a mayor-led Leeds City region.
At its heart are the five West Yorkshire local authorities of Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield.
However, it also plans to slip over into North Yorkshire to take in the smaller authorities of Harrogate, Craven, Selby and the City of York.
To say that North Yorkshire County Council, the current transport and highways authority, is not amused by this proposal would be something of an understatement.
Not surprisingly, so far there is no indication of when, or even if, the announcement over the creation of the Leeds City Region will be made.
"The Defence Department's current regulations regarding transgender service members are outdated and are causing uncertainty," US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said on Monday.
Transgender people now serve in the military, but their experiences vary.
Over the next six months, a group will study whether lifting the ban will adversely affect the military.
But Mr Carter said the group will begin with the presumption that transgender people should be able to serve openly.
"We have transgender soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines - real, patriotic Americans - who I know are being hurt by an outdated, confusing, inconsistent approach," Mr Carter said.
In 2011, the US military ended its policy of "don't ask, don't tell" allowing gay people to serve openly. Military officials cited that successful transition when discussing the transgender changes.
However, the repeal of ban raises questions about whether the military would conduct or pay for the medical costs of surgery and other treatment associated with any gender transition.
Military officials said the six-month evaluation period would allow the services to figure out health care and housing and provide training to troops to smooth the transition.
Guidelines require that transgender people be dismissed from the military, but many serve in secret or under supportive commanders.
It also wants company directors to be held responsible for unwanted phone calls from their businesses
The taskforce has recommended that the threshold at which regulators are able to act on complaints should be lowered.
The Nuisance Calls Task Force said cold-callers should not cause "severe distress" to consumers.
Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) cold-callers could face fines of up to 20% of their annual turnover under the proposals.
And Ofcom and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will be able to share information on rogue companies.
Up to one billion unwanted phone calls are received by members of the public in the UK each year, the taskforce said.
Which? executive director and taskforce chairman Richard Lloyd said many British firms were "breaking the law".
He said companies that were contacting people despite their having "opted out" of receiving direct marketing calls were acting illegally.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the way in which the law was enforced had not been good enough.
Mr Lloyd said the trade in personal data, responsible for the vast majority of nuisance calls, was "out of control", adding that the "market in personal data needs properly investigating and sorting out". He also called on regulators to clamp down on the abuse of existing legislation.
"We want to see business with good reputations that aren't keeping a close enough eye on this making sure that there is someone senior on their board who will be held to account if those nuisance calls are being generated by that businesses activity," Mr Lloyd said.
Between April and June this year, 40,000 people complained to the Information Commissioner about unwanted live or automated calls to their phones.
Most focused on accident or PPI claims, as well as some debt consolidation company calls.
The Nuisance Call Task Force said many consumers did not know that they had unwittingly given their consent to be contacted by these companies.
Ed Vaizey, the Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy, said: "For too long, nuisance calls have plagued consumers, often at very inconvenient times of the day and in some cases, leaving vulnerable people like the elderly too scared to answer the phone.
"That's why we're determined to tackle this scourge through the first-ever nuisance calls action plan.
"We've already made progress, including making it easier for Ofcom to share information with the ICO about companies breaking the rules, and we're currently looking at lowering or removing the legal threshold before firms could be hit with fines of up to £500,000."
Photos and video of Zoe Anastasi and Will Diggins' big day will be shared live on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Periscope.
They do not want to say how much they are paying but similar social media packages start from £6,500.
Miss Anastasi, from Derby, said it was worth the cost.
"It's worth spending thousands of pounds because you only get the chance to tell the amazing story of your wedding day once," said the bride, who works for a construction company.
"You spend so much money on flowers, venue, food, drink. Social media is such a big part of our lives today so it deserves an investment, too."
Mr Diggins, a wealth management consultant, said: "It's a day of pretending to be a celebrity; it's the closest you'll ever get to feeling famous, and who wouldn't like that?"
Coverage of the event, from a venue in Beeston, has been organised by a Derby-based social media agency called Status Social.
It said a hotel in New York did something similar, but it had not been able to find anyone else in the world who has had this type of professional social media coverage for their wedding.
Miss Anastasi said it would mean their relatives all over the world - in France, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Australia and America - could "feel part of the wedding even though they can't make it to the actual wedding".
"It's no more intrusive that having your regular photographer and videographer, which we've got as well," she added.
Mr Diggins said: "It's just got people excited; it's got people talking about it on the wedding Facebook group and sharing old photos and things like that."
Danielle Morris, from Seaforth, Merseyside, initially told Jamie Somers in May 2014 that he was not the father, but later changed her story.
Mr Somers paid maintenance, had the baby stay with him on a weekly basis and tattooed her name on his arm before a test showed they were not related.
The 29-year-old was jailed for one year for fraud at Liverpool Crown Court.
The court heard Morris and Mr Somers, a singer and Michael Buble impersonator, had a brief relationship in November 2013 and, six months later, she told him she was pregnant but he was not the father.
She contacted him again in 2015 to say a DNA test had shown the man she thought was the girl's father was not and implied that Mr Somers was.
Mr Somers then paid for another DNA test but Morris faked a results document.
The court was told he was delighted and had set aside a bedroom in his house for the baby, Darcy.
Mr Somers only discovered the lie when he called the testing company for more details and was told they had not tested him.
A subsequent test showed he was not the girl's father, news which he said "devastated" him.
Offering mitigation, Morris's counsel said she had "wanted a father figure" for her daughter and had thought Mr Somers would give the girl "a chance" in life. Morris pleaded guilty to fraud.
Speaking after sentencing, Mr Somers said there was "no celebration on my behalf as a little girl, who was innocent and used as a pawn in Danielle Morris' game, is inevitably the victim here".
"As long as live I will worry for the child and miss her immeasurably," he said.
The announcement comes on the first anniversary of the scheme's launch.
Trade-to-trade businesses will now be given ratings and told to display them under threat of prosecution.
Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething said food hygiene ratings were a "great success" and the extension would give people "added assurance".
Wales was the first UK nation to introduce a statutory food hygiene ratings system in November 2013.
The Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Act requires any business selling food directly to customers to display their food hygiene rating prominently.
These include restaurants, pubs, cafes, takeaways, hotels and supermarkets.
As of Monday, the law also covers trade-to-trade food businesses such as wholesalers.
After a local authority inspection, they will now be issued with a sticker showing their rating to be displayed on their premises.
Any firm failing to display their sticker faces a fixed penalty fine of £200 or prosecution.
Bosses and workers must also tell their customers what their food hygiene rating is when asked.
The extension comes on the first anniversary of the scheme, which has had "a positive impact" on food hygiene standards, the Welsh government said.
More than half of food retailers had achieved the top rating of five, with more than 92% being assessed as satisfactory or better, it added.
Mr Gething said the extension to food producers was "an important step, which will provide added assurance to businesses and consumers".
"The requirement for businesses to display their food hygiene stickers is having the effect we envisaged in driving up food hygiene ratings," he said.
"I'm delighted to see the numbers of food businesses with a lower rating decreasing. This is good for the people in Wales and for food businesses in Wales.
"I acknowledge the significant work that local authorities have put into this scheme to make it a success against a background of tighter budgets and fewer resources."
In 2014, people with disabilities took part in 1,087,288 "participation opportunities" - such as an individual taking part in regular basketball games - up from 832,929 in 2013.
There are now a total of 16,597 members registered at 365 clubs which support people with disabilities in Wales.
Disability Sport Wales said it showed sport was an inclusive environment.
Partnership manager Michelle Daltry said: "Sport provides a unique opportunity to unite communities and promote real diversity which has the ability to transform the lives of disabled people."
A damning Ofsted report will be published on Thursday after the company failed to block it in the courts.
The Department for Education has now announced it will withdraw all funding from the company by July 2018 and has stopped it taking on new apprentices.
The company has said it will work to support everyone in training.
Learndirect, which offers apprenticeships and adult training at sites across England, is responsible for almost 73,000 trainees and employs more than 1,600 staff.
Although the company has not been allowed to recruit new learners since May, people can be recruited on to training commissioned by employers and funded through the new apprenticeship levy through its sister company, Learndirect Apprenticeships.
It is understood that Ofsted inspectors gave Learndirect the lowest possible grade - a four.
In its application to the High Court, Learndirect said publication of the critical Ofsted report could lead to the "catastrophic" withdrawal of government funding, according to the education publisher FE Week, which successfully lobbied for reporting restrictions to be lifted.
Now the government has announced the contract with Learndirect will be wound down gradually, ending in July next year.
Typically in these sorts of cases, a three-month termination notice is served on providers, but this gives Learndirect an additional eight and a half months.
A spokesman for the DfE said: "Where providers are failing to meet the required standards it is right that action is taken.
"We are working with Learndirect and employers to put safeguards in place and ensure no apprentices lose out as a result of the contract ending."
David Hughes, chief executive of the Association of Colleges, said: "The treatment of Learndirect looks highly unusual, presumably because of the sheer number and geographical spread of the learners and the challenge that represents in terms of transferring them to other providers.
"The key question has to be whether this is in the best interest of students and apprentices who are, according to Ofsted, not getting the quality of teaching and support that they deserve."
FE Week editor Nick Linford added: "It was clear from the court case that Learndirect had been told by the government funding agency that they would not receive special treatment.
"So in recent days I think political pressure has been put on the government's funding agency to give Learndirect special treatment."
According to reports passed to the BBC by FE Week, which was in court, the Ofsted report says the "management of apprenticeships is ineffective".
It says about one in three of the apprentices did not receive their entitlement to off-the-job learning, failing to develop the skills required to progress to the next step in their career.
The court also heard concerns about the proportion of apprentices who did not complete their apprenticeship on time, which has been increasing "steadily over the past three years".
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think thank calculated that the company had received £631m of public money since it was privatised in 2011.
Senior research fellow Joe Dromey said: "This should be investigated by the Public Accounts Committee, and if Learndirect goes down, government should seek urgently to reclaim as much public funding as possible."
The watchdog Ofsted said it was pleased at the High Court's decision to overturn the injunction and would publish its report on Thursday.
Rome's Mayor Virginia Raggi, from the populist Five Star party, had said the city had to prioritise matters such as rubbish collection and corruption.
It means only Paris, Los Angeles and Budapest are left in the running after Boston and Hamburg also abandoned bids.
The International Olympic Committee is due to make a decision next September.
Committee chief Giovanni Malago said the decision meant Italy had been "made to look like fools" and would miss out on investment.
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However, the Five Star party had repeatedly said it opposed bidding for the Games before winning control of Rome in June.
The Italian government had supported the bid and the broader Rome municipality, which includes many other small town councils, had indicated it would support the bid to overcome Five Star's opposition.
But Mr Malago said he would not go ahead without the main city council's backing.
Rome also applied to host the 2020 Olympics but pulled out of that race in 2012 because then prime minister Mario Monti feared Italy could not afford it.
Volunteers from the Mersey Basin Rivers Trust found white foam in the water at Burrs Country Park in Bury on Sunday.
A suspected pesticide dump earlier this month killed fish and insects between Manchester and Rawtenstall, Lancashire.
The Environment Agency said it was investigating and did not yet know the cause of the incidents.
Trust spokesman Mike Dudd said the loss of insects was important to the river's ecosystem.
"It's going to take the river a long, long time to recover and in the meantime there's going to be a lot of fish, bats and birds go hungry.
"The recovery of the River Irwell has been one of the biggest environmental recovery stories of the last 25 years - the river polluted so badly by the Industrial Revolution now holds the country's best stocks of brown trout and other fish which support kingfishers, otters and dippers.
"This latest event is a massive setback for the river and all those who work so hard to bring these improvements about."
The Environment Agency confirmed samples of water had been taken for analysis.
A spokesman said: "The data from these samples has enabled the team to narrow down the search area for the source of the pollution.
"At this time we have not received any reports of fish mortalities and are treating the two incidents separately."
Fraile finished in a time of four hours 23 minutes 14 seconds with Colombian Nairo Quintana, second overall, in the same group as Dumoulin on Wednesday.
Britain's Orica rider Adam Yates was also in the group that finished one minute 37 seconds behind Fraile.
Wales' Geraint Thomas, second in Tuesday's time trial, dropped to 14th overall - six minutes 21 seconds back.
The Team Sky rider was unable to stick with the leaders in the last climb of the hilly 161km stage from Florence to Bagno di Romagna.
Fraile was part of the breakaway and edged a long chase to the finish for Dimension Data's first win in the Giro.
Thursday's stage 12 is a mostly flat, 234km run from Forli to Reggio Emilia.
1. Omar Fraile (Spa/Dimension Data) 4hrs 23mins 14secs
2. Rui Costa (Por/UAE Team Emirates) Same time
3. Pierre Rolland (Fra/Cannondale)
4. Tanel Kangert (Est/Astana)
5. Giovanni Visconti (Ita/Bahrain)
6. Ben Hermans (Bel/BMC Racing)
7. Dario Cataldo (Ita/Astana)
8. Simone Petilli (Ita/UAE Team Emirates)
9. Maxime Monfort (Bel/Lotto) +3secs
10. Laurens De Plus (Bel/Quick-Step) Same time
1. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) 47hrs 22mins 07secs
2. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +2mins 23secs
3. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek) +2mins 38secs
4. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) +2mins 40secs
5. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain) +2mins 47secs
6. Andrey Amador (Crc/Movistar) +3mins 05secs
7. Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick-Step) +3mins 56secs
8. Tanel Kangert (Est/Astana) +3mins 59secs
9. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/AG2R) +4mins 05secs
10. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) +4mins 17secs
Selected others:
14. Geraint Thomas (GB/ Team Sky) +6mins 21secs
16. Adam Yates (GB/Orica) +6mins 58secs
Thames Valley Police said the new devices track a person's movement via GPS at all times, rather than just when they enter and exit a building.
The teenager - who cannot be named - was convicted of burglary, robbery, threatening a 14-year-old girl and brandishing an imitation firearm.
He is from Oxfordshire and will now have to wear the tag for six months.
PC Mike Ellis, Oxford anti-social behaviour officer, said: "We believe this is the first such order in the country with a youth. I think it will be very successful not just in this case but also in the future.
"He must wear [the tag] at all times and it allows us to see if he is involved in any anti-social behaviour we get reported to us.
"This is really to act as a deterrent to the offender as they know we will be able to see whether they were near where a crime took place."
PC Ellis said the device, called a Buddi tag, was used after the police applied for a Criminal Behaviour Order, which replaced Anti-social Behaviour Orders (Asbos) last year.
The 15-year-old had already been convicted of burglary offences in August 2015.
The workers were charged after a BBC Panorama investigation into the Old Deanery care home near Braintree, Essex.
Adeshola Adediwura, 33, Lorna Clark, 45, and Anita Ray, 47, each admitted one charge, at Chelmsford Crown Court.
The television programme, broadcast in April 2014, showed an elderly woman with dementia being slapped and goaded.
Essex Police started the investigation after detectives saw the programme.
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The victim was Joan Maddison, 84, who had dementia, cancer, diabetes and was partially paralysed.
Her daughter, Gillian Lee, said: "The anguish and pain inflicted on my mum, our family and all those other dear people is incalculable.
"To anyone working in the system or in the industry, the clue is in the title 'care'. If you can't or don't - get out.
"I personally cannot thank the Panorama team and the police enough for what they have done to stop these people from ever working in care again."
Det Ch Insp Stephen Jennings said: "I am pleased that the residents and their families have now had some recompense for the sickening actions of these three women.
"Their families placed their elderly relatives in care thinking that they would be well looked after and these three clearly breached their trust and acted despicably."
The defendants all had addresses in Braintree; Adediwura in Clockhouse Way, Clark in Hammond Place; and Ray in Victoria Street.
In April 2014 the Old Deanery's owner Anglia Retirement Homes said managers were "shocked and saddened by allegations made by the BBC's Panorama programme of inappropriate behaviour by some members of staff".
The home is now called the New Deanery Care Home and is owned by Sonnet Care Homes.
Naji Jerf, 38, was shot with a silenced pistol in downtown Gaziantep, near the Syrian border, Turkish media reported.
Mr Jerf was the film director for Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), a group of journalists who risk their lives daily to report on IS abuses.
It is the second murder of a member of the group in as many weeks, after Ahmad Mohammed al-Mousa was killed in Syria.
Mr Jerf was a vocal critic of the so-called Islamic State. He directed two recent documentaries about the group - one about the killing of Syrian activists in Aleppo, the other about the work of RBSS.
He was also a father of two young daughters. A friend of Mr Jerf said the filmmaker's family had been granted asylum in France and was due to travel to Paris this week.
As well as his work with RBSS, Mr Jerf was editor-in-chief of Hentah, a Syrian magazine that reports on the "daily lives of Syrian citizens", according to the publication's website.
No one has claimed responsibility for the murder, but Islamic State supporters in Turkey are the most likely suspects.
This is not the first time IS has murdered a member of RBSS on Turkish soil. In October, Ibrahim Abdul Qader was beheaded in the southern city of Urfa.
Another journalist, Fares Hamadi, was killed in the same attack. IS subsequently published a video warning: "You will not be safe from the knife of the Islamic State. Our hand will reach you wherever you are."
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the murder of Mr Jerf. "Syrian journalists who have fled to Turkey for their safety are not safe at all," said Sherif Mansour, the CPJ's Middle East and North Africa programme co-ordinator.
"We call on Turkish authorities to bring the killers of Naji Jerf to justice swiftly and transparently, and to step up measures to protect all Syrian journalists on Turkish soil."
Turkish police say they have opened an investigation.
RBSS is one of the few independent sources of news left in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa. The city, which IS has controlled since August 2013, serves as its de facto capital.
RBSS has citizen-journalists operating inside Raqqa, despite IS making membership of the group punishable by death. RBSS was honoured last month by the CPJ.
Keiran Murtagh's header from six yards that went in via the underside of bar put Woking in front and Bruno Andrade doubled the visitor's lead.
After the break, Matt Rhead's header put Lincoln back in it before Jack Muldoon equalised from 12 yards.
Goddard then scored in the bottom left-hand corner, three minutes from full-time, to give Woking victory.
James Fenton went missing at the start of July 2010, but it was 10 weeks before his body was found fewer than 40 metres away in the hospital grounds.
A Police Ombudsman's report strongly criticised the PSNI investigation.
A PSNI spokesman said officers had learned lessons from the case and accepted the ombudsman's findings.
Mr Fenton admitted himself to the mental health unit at the Ulster Hospital in July 2010.
A short time later he climbed over a gate at the back of the building and is believed to have died a short time later.
The police conducted a search of hospital grounds and told his family they believed Mr Fenton was alive and staying with friends.
His mother, Janice Fenton, has said the police let her family down.
"My life sentence and nightmare is going to bed at night, closing my eyes and knowing that James lay 40 metres from the hospital ward, cold, alone, uncovered," she said.
James Fenton's mother has also criticised the Ulster Hospital, accusing it of failing to look after the son she left in its care.
"As far as I am concerned, if you are in a mental health unit you should be looked after, you should be accompanied when going out, you shouldn't be allowed to walk out freely on your own," she says.
"I feel they let James down and ourselves just the same as the PSNI."
The South Eastern Health Trust said it would be inappropriate to comment on the Ombudsman's report.
In a statement, the Trust expressed sympathy to James Fenton's family and said it plans to arrange a meeting to discuss any concerns they may have.
Due to the length of time James Fenton's body had lain undetected, a post mortem examination was unable to establish how he died.
The Police Ombudsman, Dr Michael Maguire, said the PSNI investigation contained a catalogue of mistakes.
He said the police failed to follow a number of leads that could have helped to find Mr Fenton in the initial hours after he disappeared and he also found that officers were "rude and unsympathetic" to his family.
It was revealed that police did not check the hospital's CCTV footage on the day that Mr Fenton went missing, and they did not attempt to trace his mobile phone signal for almost 12 hours after they were called to investigate.
Dr Maguire was also strongly critical of the officer responsible for supervising the initial search of the hospital grounds, because he did not visit the site in person.
"The police response over the first weekend was in my view inadequate and lacked clear direction and purpose," the ombudsman said.
"There was a failure to follow through guidelines for the investigation into a high risk missing person. I don't think they grasped the seriousness of the situation initially and as a consequence they didn't follow through on some lines of inquiry and I think evidential opportunities were lost."
Dr Maguire added that the PSNI's "poor communication" with the Fenton family had "undermined the investigation and led the family to lose confidence in the police effort to find James".
"There was huge frustration among the family that they had to explain the case to different officers on different occasions and say the same thing. They felt that they weren't being listened to. They knew that James came from a very loving home and this was not characteristic of his behaviour," he said.
The ombudsman recommended that a total of 13 officers be disciplined and said he believed the PSNI had taken his report seriously.
"I would hope and expect to see changes in operational practice and in the way in which police engage with families in what is a very difficult but important situation where you are dealing with high risk, vulnerable people who are missing," Dr Maguire added.
The PSNI says it can not reveal details of the action taken against the 12 officers disciplined as a result of the report.
In a statement to the BBC, the Ombudsman says he is now reviewing the policy of not revealing details of disciplinary sanctions imposed on officers.
Chief Superintendent Nigel Grimshaw said he could not "comment on disciplinary sanctions to individual officers" but said the PSNI has "learned many lessons from this investigation".
He acknowledged that officers' failure to view the hospital's CCTV footage was an "omission" but added that it showed James travelling down a set of steps in the building and he argued that it would not have significantly aided the search, or led them to where his body was found.
Ch Supt Grimshaw said Mr Fenton's mobile phone signal - traced 11 hours and 39 minutes after he was reported missing - had provided officers with "an indication of the general location" of the phone.
However, he added: "That fell within a 5km radius which is an extensive area and, if you know the area and the topography around the Ulster Hospital, it is significant and it covers a wide scope in terms of the general nature of the terrain".
He told BBC Radio Ulster that officers who initially responded to the missing person report carried out a torchlight search of the grounds and were directed towards a nearby school that was in a different area to where Mr Fenton's body was found.
Ch Supt Grimshaw added that officers received reports of 11 sightings of Mr Fenton during the investigation.
Elsie Hendy, 71, was found about 75ft (23m) down the cliff, near a rope used by surfers to reach a Cornish beach.
Truro Coroner's Court heard she drank a bottle of wine before the accident and often went missing after drinking.
She had suffered from "acute domestic stress" caring for her husband and had tried to form a suicide pact but he refused.
Mrs Hendy's body was found partially clothed on Christmas Eve 2014 at Basset's Cove near Portreath after she was reported missing the day before.
She died from very serious head and brain injuries.
Giving evidence, Det Con Adam Partridge from Devon and Cornwall Police said: "I do not believe Mrs Hendy has jumped based on her injuries and the fact that there was no suicide note.
"It would be easy for her to lose her balance on a slippery surface."
During the evidence it emerged Mrs Hendy had gone missing 10 to 15 times after drinking alcohol, and had been found asleep on clifftops in the past.
She had also tried to take her own life and had been detained three times by police under the Mental Health Act.
Assistant Coroner for Cornwall Andrew Cox said despite Mrs Hendy's mental health history, there was "no evidence of prior intent" in this case.
He said he noted that caring for her husband had "got too much for her" but added: "It is right to recognise that she was reluctant to allow professionals to support her".
After the inquest, Det Con Adam Partridge from Devon and Cornwall Police said: "This was a sad and tragic accident; one which highlights some of the dangers of living in a county almost entirely surrounded by natural unprotected coast paths."
The event in the Garnethill area, where Miss Buckley lived, follows a vigil on Friday attended by hundreds of people, including the young woman's family.
The 24-year-old's body was found on a farm near Glasgow last week, four days after she went missing on a night out.
Alexander Pacteau, 21, has appeared in court charged with the Cork woman's murder and was remanded in custody.
Mr Pacteau, from Glasgow, made no plea or declaration during the private hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
Saturday's gathering to remember the student was entitled Vigil For Our Neighbour Karen Buckley.
Miss Buckley was studying at Glasgow Caledonian University and shared a flat on Hill Street, which borders the park where the event is taking place.
Organisers said they wanted to give local people a chance to remember one of their neighbours "who didn't get to come home".
Candles were being lit in the shape of a triskele - a Celtic triple spiral - in recognition of Miss Buckley's Irish roots.
On Friday, Miss Buckley's family, friends and fellow students were among about 300 mourners at a candlelit vigil held in Glasgow's George Square.
A piper played as mourners laid flowers and others sang Scottish and Irish songs before a minute's silence was held. Cards and messages were also left.
Miss Buckley's parents Marian and John, and her brothers arrived towards the end of the vigil and looked at the tributes.
Mr and Mrs Buckley earlier visited Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) where their daughter was studying occupational health.
A special prayer service was held near her home in Mallow on Wednesday, and a fundraising page set up by Miss Buckley's former classmates to support her family has raised more than £50,000.
The new centre will be built in Knightswood on redundant red braes football pitches.
The city's executive committee also agreed almost £617,000 to extend mountain bike trails and facilities at Cathkin Braes Country Park.
Both locations will be venues for the Glasgow 2018 European Championships.
The new centre at Knightswood Recreation Ground will be the new home of the Western Titans BMX Club.
Riders of all ages and abilities will have a main track, while advanced riders will make use of eight and five metre start ramps.
There will also be a track for learners, and the tracks will be floodlit.
Plans include changing rooms, a meeting room, a car park and an access road from Archerhill Road.
Other funding for the centre is coming from the Glasgow 2018 European Championships, sportscotland and a partnership between HSBC bank and British Cycling.
Additional cash for the Cathkin Braes facility is coming from Glasgow City Council, sportscotland and LandTrust.
Work there will see the track brought up to international standards for the European Championships.
A new start-finish will be located closer to the local community in Castlemilk, with trails adapted to allow riders of all abilities to use them.
A Glasgow City Council spokesman said the funding was good news for local communities.
He said: "This funding will add to Glasgow's outstanding collection of sporting facilities, with these two fantastic venues open for the people of Glasgow and our visitors to use, and capable of hosting local, national and international events.
"There will be fantastic opportunities for local communities to take part in the development of cycling in Glasgow."
Flynn, 61, was the Swansea boss who masterminded the club retaining their Football League status on the last day of the 2002-03 season.
He has since worked with the Wales age-grade teams and was caretaker boss of the senior side for two games.
During eight years in charge of the Wales under-21s, Flynn oversaw the progression of Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey, Joe Allen and Wayne Hennessey.
Several of the youngsters went on to form the nucleus of Chris Coleman's Euro 2016 semi-finalists.
Flynn, who played for Wales 66-times, was a firm favourite at the Vetch Field and cemented his legacy when they retained their Football League status on the final day of the 2003 campaign with a 4-2 win over Hull City.
Port Talbot-born Flynn, who played for Burnley, Leeds United and Cardiff City, has also managed Wrexham and Doncaster Rovers.
The rule requires teams to interview at least one black or minority ethnic candidate for a head coach vacancy.
There are only two black managers in the Premier League and Football League.
Dan Rooney, 82, told BBC Radio 5 live: "I would tell British clubs that if they would look at this openly they will find this is a positive thing."
Rooney, owner of Pittsburgh Steelers and chairman of the NFL's Workplace Diversity Committee, which proposed the regulation in 2002, says it would open doors for clubs when looking at additional candidates for a job.
"The plus side of this is you're increasing your list of people to look at and it would really work. I couldn't recommend it enough for the teams in Britain," he said.
"It may take a little bit of work. But it would be a plus to the teams, to the league itself. When you think about it they have nothing to lose."
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His comments come after the head of the players' union, Gordon Taylor, told BBC Sport last week there was a "hidden resistance" from English clubs to hiring black managers.
Keith Curle, at Carlisle, and Huddersfield's Chris Powell are the only two black managers within the 92 Premier League and Football League clubs.
Those who support English clubs adopting the 'Rooney Rule' say the fact that 25% of players are black or minority ethnic means there should be greater representation at management and senior coaching level.
Rooney believes clubs and leagues now need to show leadership over the issue.
"It's not going to force teams to hire anybody. That's their decision and they have to do a good job," he added.
In a statement, the Premier League said: "The situation that brought about the introduction of the 'Rooney Rule' in the NFL is markedly different to football. But our ultimate goal is the same.
"What we want to achieve, by working with the FA, Football League, managers and coaches, is more and better coaches coming through the English system who can progress to the highest levels of the game on merit and regardless of race, ethnicity, gender or background."
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Following a threat of legal action from an organisation of activists, the NFL created the Workplace Diversity Committee.
That committee proposed the rule, with Rooney saying that at the time just 6% of head coaches in the NFL were black - by 2006 that number had increased to 22%.
Cyrus Mehri - one of the lawyers who helped devise and introduce the Rooney Rule in the NFL - has called on UK Prime Minister David Cameron to hold a conference with club owners.
"I don't think we need legislation as much as we need leadership. There's been a failure of leadership throughout the game in the UK," said Mehri.
"I'm calling right now for people of good will to call on the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to hold a conference where he brings in the top stakeholders."
Former Birmingham and Derby defender Michael Johnson made more than 550 Premier League and Football League appearances in an 18-year playing career.
But he told BBC Radio 5 live that since retiring in 2009, and despite having all the necessary qualifications, he had found it impossible to get a job in management.
"I'm a pro license qualified coach," he said. "I've gone through a governance course. I'm on the LMA diploma in football management. I can't get any more qualified.
"But I've been out of football work in a full-time capacity for three years.
"I've sent over 30 CV's of and got two interviews. For me, there's something wrong there."
BBC Radio 5 live are hosting a debate on the Rooney Rule from 0900-1000 BST on Friday, 3 October.
It was a resounding "No" that the Greek government this week turned into an emphatic "Yes" by agreeing to a wide range of measures to receive about €85bn (£61bn; $95bn) more in loans from the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
There has been surprise throughout Europe and in Greece that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was able to go from six months of fraught and fractious negotiations with creditors, which culminated in an agreement with bleary-eyed eurozone leaders on the morning of 13 July, to four weeks of talks with visiting technical teams in Athens that were free of disagreement and drama.
Perhaps the key factor in the swiftness of the agreement was that, having stared into the abyss of a Greek euro exit last month and knowing that German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble headed a group of eurozone decision makers keen to make this happen, it became clear to Mr Tsipras that he was left with no more room for manoeuvre.
The result is that the Greek government has reached an agreement that goes against much of what it preached over the last months.
The prime minister's office argued this week that the lower budget targets agreed by the lenders, starting with a 0.25% deficit this year, mean Athens will not have to continue the sharp fiscal adjustment that was demanded before Mr Tsipras and his Syriza party came to power in January.
The reality, though, is that any benefit from the relaxation in austerity measures has been cancelled out by the return of a deep recession following the first signs of growth in half a decade last year.
The Greek economy was forecast to grow by 2.9% this year and 3.7% in 2016; instead it is now expected to contract by 2.3% this year and more than 1% in 2016.
This downturn is a result of the recent uncertainty and the capital controls Greece had to impose on 29 June, a couple of days after Mr Tsipras announced the referendum.
Also, the reduction in primary surplus targets does not mean an end to spending cuts or tax rises.
In fact, Greece has to produce more than €4.5bn in savings and extra revenue on an annual basis as part of its new agreement.
This is a far cry from the €12bn in extra spending the prime minister pledged as part of his economic manifesto, the Thessaloniki Programme, before the January elections.
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The prime minister also had to cross a number of other so-called "red lines".
He had promised, for instance, to halt and review Greece's privatisation programme. Instead, he has now agreed to progress with it at full pace and to set up a new asset fund that will raise €50bn over 30 years, with €6.5bn of that coming in the next three years.
Mr Tsipras has also made concessions on other big issues:
The current coalition has also accepted a myriad of structural reforms that previous administrations shied away from.
These include changing regulations for milk, making it easier to open a pharmacy and altering the taxation of farmers.
All of these are designed to make the Greek economy more competitive, but they all bring PM Tsipras into conflict with specific interest groups.
Mr Tsipras's predecessors backed down when they encountered such resistance. They decided it was easier politically to spread the cost of adjustment among the whole of Greece's population through broader measures rather than pick off these groups one by one.
The domestic political consequences, though, will be vital in deciding whether this third bailout has a chance to work or not.
It is clear Mr Tsipras has lost Syriza's left wing and that his party is heading for a split.
This may prompt him to call snap elections in the autumn rather than seeking new coalition partners.
Early polls would give him a chance to capitalise on his popularity, which has so far weathered the impact of the last few months' tumultuous developments.
But this strategy carries a risk as it is not clear how Greeks will react to the latest agreement, especially if the new measures start to bite.
Nick Malkoutzis is editor of analysis website MacroPolis and deputy editor of Kathimerini English Edition newspaper
The Scottish Cup winners have been drawn against Astra Giurgiu, who faced the Premiership champions last season.
After a 2-1 defeat in Glasgow, the sides drew 1-1 in Romania.
Caley Thistle chairman Kenny Cameron said: "No doubt John will be speaking with his close friend and Celtic assistant manager John Collins."
Inverness host Astra on 16 July with the return leg in Romania seven days later.
Those games against Celtic came in the group stage after Astra recorded fine wins over Slovan Liberec and Olympique Lyonnais and they will be favourites to progress again as they enter the competition at the second qualifying round stage against Caley Thistle.
"Astra have been in the Europa League qualifiers in both 2013-14 and 2014-15, so they have a slight advantage in terms of European experience, but I am sure John and the boys will be ready to meet the challenge," Cameron told his club website.
"This is a totally new experience for our club as we make our first-ever appearance in European competition."
Astra, who play in the 8,500-capacity Stadionul Marin Anastasovici in Giurgiu, a city in the south of Romania with a population of 55,000, finished the season fourth in their country's top flight.
Coach Marius umudica has already restructured his squad, with several players who faced Celtic no longer at the club.
Gabriel Enache, the Romania midfielder who found the net at Celtic Park, and William De Amorim, the Brazilian midfielder who scored against the Scots in Giurgiu, remain in the squad.
However, midfielder Vincent Laban, who was sent off in the first leg, has joined Larnaca.
Greek midfielder Vasileios Pliatsikas has joined Metalurh Donetsk, defender Joao Carlos Reis Graça is back at Braga after his loan spell, forward Sadat Bukari left for Al-Shoalah, while midfielder and fellow Ghanaian Seidu Yahaya has also left the club.
Astra have raided Romanian rivals Concordia Chiajna to sign defender Ricardo Miguel Martins Alves, winger Alexandru Stan, midfielder Florin Lovin and striker Daniel Constantin Florea.
Romania Under-21 midfielder Iulian Rou has arrived from Steau Bucuresti, goalkeeper Ionu Boneag from Academica Arge, and central defenders Alexandru Adrian Dandea and Geraldo Alves from Metalul Reia and Petrolul Ploiesti respectively.
"It is a big advantage that we now know who we play and are not waiting on the results from the first-round games to find out who our opponents are," added Cameron.
"We are positive that Astra will receive a very warm Highland welcome both on and off the park and we look forward to an exciting game on the evening of the 16 July, another historic night for our club and the city of Inverness."
Nottingham City Council applied for £14.9m towards the £26m project, which it hoped would create a "world class heritage attraction".
The Heritage Lottery Fund said bidding for grants was "highly competitive" and it did not have enough money.
The council said it will now improve the plans and re-submit its bid.
The project included creating a visitor centre and improving access to the castle's caves.
Nottingham's official Robin Hood, Tim Pollard, said he was disappointed that the funding bid had been rejected.
"Myself and Maid Marian have just got back from Hamelin in Germany, the home of the Pied Piper, and what they do with the Pied Piper legend over there is absolutely fabulous," he said.
"It would be utterly brilliant if we could get that amount of tourism coming into Nottingham and I think Nottingham needs a Robin Hood attraction."
Ted Cantle, chairman of the Castle Working Group, said: "Naturally, we're disappointed not to have got the funding straight away but we remain totally committed to the castle project.
"We have been encouraged to have another go when more grant money from the Heritage Lottery Fund will be available."
Many people from the city, including Nottingham North MP Graham Allen, have called for Nottingham to make more of its links with Robin Hood.
The Nottingham Castle project was considered by the Heritage Lottery Fund alongside 11 other bids from the UK.
Six of the projects have been successful, and a total of £68m will be given to them.
Vanessa Harbar, head of the Heritage Lottery Fund East Midlands, said: "Nottingham Castle and its wider site have played a hugely significant role in our national history over the past millennia.
"We know this news must be very disappointing but our recent board meeting was over-subscribed and highly competitive meaning we sadly did not have enough money to support all the applications we looked at on the day."
The Heritage Lottery Fund will meet with the working group to give feedback on where the bid went wrong.
The working group intends to submit its new bid in November.
The votes - about 1% of the five million postal votes in May's election - were received after the polls closed.
The figures were given to the Commons by Gary Streeter, speaking officially as a representative of the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission.
He said: "Anyone voting by post should make sure they get their postal vote away in good time."
The blaze at the derelict South Fod Farm, Linburn Road, started at about 16:00.
Police said smoke was blowing east from the farm towards Kintail Place and Braemar Drive.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said six appliances had been sent to the scene from Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy.
Sussex, resuming on 112-5, were bowled out for 180 with Chris Rushworth taking 5-38 and Ben Stokes collecting 3-51.
Durham were set 165 to win and they comfortably reached their target.
Richardson scored his third 50 in first-class cricket and Stokes added a further 45 off 60 balls as the hosts made 167-5 to win with a day to spare.
Durham's Paul Collingwood:
"We couldn't have wished for anything better than our finish to the season.
"At the halfway point we had to have a serious change and we all put our hands up and admitted it needed to be better.
"We all stuck in and there was a lot of pride in the second half of the season. We worked hard and deserved those wins.
"We had a little bit of bad luck in the first half of the season. It was unfortunate but I would never put it down to Phil Mustard's captaincy. It was obviously hard on him.
"But we avoided relegation and we all know we have got to do a lot better next season."
Durham coach Geoff Cook:
"I think the efforts of the team deserve praise and they have played really in the latter half of the season.
"We played some teams at the right time and that reflects the change of luck we had.
"Things started to roll for us after the narrow defeat at Arundel against Sussex and we moved on from that on the back of some very strong bowling performances in some bowler-friendly conditions.
"We have had Graham Onions with a huge bag full of wickets with three others getting up around 30 wickets.
"It's a simple formula for doing well in the Championship and in the second part of the season we have won more games than anyone else and ended up with one win less than the leaders."
Sussex coach Mark Robinson:
"From where we were at the beginning of the season, I'm pleased we finished where we did but I am also a little bit disappointed we didn't get over the line in one or two competitions.
"There's not a lot to separate most teams from top to bottom. This game was a nearly game for us and when we needed some big decisions to go our way they didn't.
"We bowled a lot in this game with a wet ball, but things didn't happen when we needed them to.
"You find out about people in games like this. Neither side played on day one but both dug in after that and played well. This was a good test for some of our players, particularly seeing how they handle the likes of Graham Onions running into them.
"However, we missed a few little windows of opportunity in this game to take the game by the scruff of the neck and Durham ran away with it in the end."
The £80 fine was put on the silver Mercedes as Mrs Clinton attended an event at Chatham House on Friday.
Her security staff were seen discussing the penalty notice with a Westminster Council traffic marshal, but he refused to remove the ticket.
A Westminster councillor said: "We have to be fair to everyone."
Westminster City Council cabinet member for business Daniel Astaire said: "The former US Secretary of State was parked for nearly 45 minutes without paying.
"I'm sure she will understand that we have to be fair to everyone, regardless of their status on the world stage."
Mrs Clinton was awarded this year's Chatham House Prize in recognition of her contribution to international diplomacy and work on behalf of gender equality and opportunities for women and girls.
She has not commented on the ticket.
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The New Zealand-born 26-year-old was called up to an England strength and conditioning training camp on Sunday.
He made 17 Premiership appearances for Bristol in 2016-17, scoring four tries and contributing a total of 85 points.
A former Under-20 World Cup winner with New Zealand, he also played for Super Rugby side Hurricanes, after spells at Melbourne Rebels and Wellington Lions.
Gloucester's director of rugby David Humphreys told the club website: "Jason is a player who we have been aware of for some time now, even before he played against us this season, and we are delighted to have agreed a deal to bring him to the club.
"Jason's arrival gives us some great selection options at a number of positions. He has been a stand-out player for Bristol since his move to Europe in November."
Woodward also previously studied and played at Gloucestershire-based Hartpury College, where the Cherry and Whites train.
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He joins the Premier League club after becoming a free agent when his contract with the Ligue 2 outfit expired.
Sanogo, who scored 11 goals in 24 appearances for Auxerre, is currently with France at the Fifa Under-20 World Cup in Turkey.
He scored twice in the group stages to help his side through to the last 16, where they face the host nation.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "Sanogo is a good young signing for us.
"He has shown he has potential with his recent performances for Auxerre and also for the France Under-20 side.
"We are looking forward to Yaya joining us and continuing his promising development."
Sanogo joined Auxerre as a 14-year-old. The Gunners have not revealed the length of his contract.
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The 81-year-old passenger was on a Lothian Buses number 44 when the incident happened at the Milton Link junction in Edinburgh at about 14:45 on Thursday.
She is being treated at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Police Scotland are urging witnesses to come forward.
It is understood the bus had to brake when a black car swerved in front of it.
Sgt John Easton, of Police Scotland, said: "As a result of the dangerous manoeuvre carried out by the driver of the vehicle, an elderly woman sustained a serious head injury which knocked her unconscious for a short period of time.
"I'm urging anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward with any information that would assist police in tracing the driver of the other vehicle."
Images have emerged of the group's black banners flying from the top of every lamp post in one main street.
Locals have also reportedly been forced to participate by putting posters and decorations on important buildings.
The fall of Mosul came as a shock to many and prompted the jihadist group to launch an offensive that saw it seize swathes of Iraq.
More on this story:
Inside Mosul: Life under IS control
On the front line in battle for Mosul
Footage reveals IS regime in Mosul
What has happened since the fall of Mosul?
Despite facing 10 months of air strikes by a US-led international coalition and attacks on the ground by Iraqi government forces, IS has maintained its grip on the territory and been free to impose its extreme interpretation of Islamic law.
On Tuesday, the Iraqi satellite channel al-Sumariyah TV cited a local official in Mosul as saying that IS was expected to hold a "victory" celebration at the former five-star Nineveh Hotel, which has been taken over by the group.
There were unconfirmed reports that IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi would make an appearance or issue a recorded message to mark the occasion, al-Sumariyah added.
Last July, Baghdadi delivered a sermon at Mosul's Great Mosque in which he urged Muslims to emigrate to IS territory in order to carry out a war for the faith against unbelievers. It came days after IS formally declared the establishment of a "caliphate" headed by Baghdadi.
Sources in Mosul told the BBC that IS militants were also undergoing training in the streets on Tuesday in preparation for a government offensive.
Mosul had been expected to become the focus of a lengthy campaign after the government recaptured the northern city of Tikrit in early April.
But US officials said the fall of the western city of Ramadi to IS last month meant it was likely to be delayed, possibly until 2016, the New York Times reported.
The Mosul operation depends on the success of US efforts to retrain the Iraqi army, whose soldiers fled Ramadi despite vastly outnumbering the IS militants attacking.
Scores of people died when a huge fire engulfed the tower block on 14 June.
The Welsh Fire Safety Advisory Group will provide advice the Welsh Government on lessons to be learned from the disaster.
Members include representatives of councils, public and private sector bodies, residents and the fire service.
Group chairman Des Tidbury, Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor to the Welsh Government, said: "What we're going to be focused on is the safety of people living in high rise accommodation, giving them reassurance through timely and appropriate advice.
"Our role is to advise the cabinet secretary for communities and children, who will then make the necessary arrangements for that to be communicated to the relevant individuals."
Fire safety tests and checks are being carried out on high-rise blocks used for social housing in Wales after police said the Grenfell Tower's cladding and insulation failed safety tests.
Cladding from three tower blocks in Newport and four blocks of flats in Swansea had failed new Welsh Government safety tests.
The Hatters claimed a first away win in a month thanks to Olly Lee's strike midway through the second half.
Both sides created early half-chances in an open game but it was Bees striker John Akinde who spurned the two best opportunities of the first half.
He twice found himself one-on-one with Stuart Moore and on both occasions failed to roll it past him, and the sides went in goalless with Barnet in the ascendancy.
Moore had to be his very best to deny Mauro Vilhete with an hour gone, clawing the diminutive midfielder's header out of the top corner.
But Luton took the lead against the run of play in the 65th minute, the ball falling kindly for Lee in the penalty area and the former Bees midfielder slotted the ball home from 12 yards.
Barnet's best chance of an equaliser fell to Akinde again with just two minutes left but the striker headed wide from eight yards out.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Barnet 0, Luton Town 1.
Second Half ends, Barnet 0, Luton Town 1.
James Justin (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Elliot Johnson (Barnet).
(Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Akinde (Barnet).
Danny Hylton (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Danny Hylton (Luton Town).
Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Curtis Weston (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town).
Elliot Johnson (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Danny Hylton (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Justin Amaluzor (Barnet).
Foul by James Justin (Luton Town).
Simeon Akinola (Barnet) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Luton Town. Jonathan Smith replaces Lawson D'Ath.
Attempt missed. John Akinde (Barnet) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. John Akinde (Barnet) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Stuart Moore.
Attempt saved. Justin Amaluzor (Barnet) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jack Taylor (Barnet).
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Alan Sheehan.
Ollie Palmer (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ricardo Santos (Barnet).
Attempt missed. Danny Hylton (Luton Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town).
Jack Taylor (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ollie Palmer (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Simeon Akinola (Barnet).
Substitution, Barnet. Simeon Akinola replaces Mauro Vilhete.
Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Curtis Weston (Barnet).
James Justin (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Justin Amaluzor (Barnet).
Olly Lee (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Harry Taylor (Barnet).
Glen Rea (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Justin Amaluzor (Barnet).
Suhaib Majeed, 21, of west London, was convicted of conspiracy to murder and preparation of acts of terrorism.
Ringleader Tarik Hassane, 22, of west London, had admitted the same charges.
Two men who provided a gun were cleared of conspiracy to murder and preparing terrorist acts by an Old Bailey jury, but admitted firearms offences.
Nyall Hamlett, 25, and Nathan Cuffy, 26, had admitted their role in handing over a gun to Majeed and Hassane but denied knowing what it was going to be used for.
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The trial heard that Hassane, a medical student who split his time between London and university in Sudan, was immersed in extremist ideology and aspired to kill in London months before the IS group urged supporters in the West to carry out such attacks.
He turned to his childhood friend, Majeed - a physics undergraduate at Kings College London - to help him put the plan into action, with the pair communicating secretly through social media apps.
Majeed agreed to get a gun and moped for what would be a drive-by attack. Hamlett, a known criminal, supplied the weapon to Majeed after first acquiring it from Cuffy.
By Dominic Casciani, home affairs correspondent
Operation Exactness has been one of the most significant recent counter-terrorism investigations in the UK.
When the plan devised by Tarik Hassane was uncovered in 2014, it was among a string of very serious ongoing inquiries and intelligence operations that convinced counter-terrorism chiefs to raise the UK threat level to severe, meaning an attack is highly likely.
It is also one of the half-dozen incidents of attack planning that ministers have publicly linked back to the self-styled Islamic State group.
Hassane was not directed by IS leaders in Syria or Iraq - but he is part of a broad network of suspects from west London who have either been inspired to go to fight, offer support or, most seriously for the UK, engage in attack planning at home.
At least 11 men from west London have died fighting in Syria and Iraq. Three of them were Hassane and Majeed's friends.
Hamlett and Cuffy admitted supplying the gun - but denied knowing about the terror plot and were cleared of conspiracy to murder and preparation of acts of terrorism.
When Majeed, Hamlett and Cuffy were arrested in September 2014, Hassane was out of the country - but he later came home to continue his planning.
When he was eventually arrested, police discovered he had been carrying out online surveillance of west London's Shepherd's Bush police station and a nearby Territorial Army base with the help of Google Maps.
Half-way through the Old Bailey trial, Hassane pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder and preparing terrorist acts. Majeed denied the charges and was convicted on the fifth day of the jury's deliberations.
Commander Dean Haydon, head of counter-terrorism at Scotland Yard, said Hassane was the leader of the group and he and Majeed had planned to carry out the drive-by attack together.
"Their intention was to commit a drive-by shooting using a moped and a firearm," he said.
"Targeting specifically the police, the military or members of public in the street and then leave the scene afterwards that clearly would create fear and panic amongst the communities of west London."
Commander Haydon said Majeed spent time and effort setting up encrypted communications systems for the group so that Hassane could direct efforts while he was studying at university in Sudan.
Sally Yates, who was appointed by Mr Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, said she was not "convinced that the executive order is lawful".
The president's ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries sparked street protests in the US and abroad.
Hundreds of US diplomats have also drafted a "dissent cable" to formally criticise the order.
The cable says that the immigration restrictions will not make the US safer, are un-American and will send the wrong message to the Muslim world, according to a draft seen by the BBC.
The ban bars citizens from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
Court orders blocking aspects of the order were also made in several states over the weekend.
Ms Yates is due to be replaced by Mr Trump's nominee, Jeff Sessions.
In a letter to employees published by US media, she noted that the order had been challenged in court in a number of jurisdictions.
"My responsibility is to ensure that the position of the Department of Justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is," she wrote.
"I am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution's solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right."
Ms Yates was the deputy attorney general under Loretta Lynch, when President Obama was in office. She became the acting attorney general once Ms Lynch left the position.
President Trump asked her to remain as head of the justice department in an acting capacity until his nominee was formally appointed.
He also has the authority to remove Ms Yates from her post.
Senator Jeff Sessions is awaiting confirmation from the Senate to take up the position.
Ms Yates's remarks follow comments from ex-President Barack Obama that he was "heartened" by the level of engagement taking place across the country.
"Citizens exercising their constitutional right to assemble, organise and have their voices heard by their elected officials is exactly what we expect to see when American values are at stake," he said in a statement.
By convention, former presidents tend to leave the political fray and avoid commenting on their successors.
However, Mr Obama had earlier said that he might speak out after leaving office if he felt Mr Trump was threatening core American values.
On the same day, hundreds of foreign diplomats and service officers prepared a formal objection to the order, using a "dissent cable".
The White House, however, said those complaining should "get with the programme".
While dissent cables are not that unusual, a state department official has told the BBC that this document has garnered "hundreds" of signatures, which would be "unprecedented".
And while the dissent channel is meant to provide an avenue for protest without fear of reprisal, there are strong indications that this administration might not see it that way.
The dissent channel was instituted in the early 1970s as an outlet for diplomats frustrated by US policy in turbulent times. The very first cable was filed by former Ambassador Jack Perry protesting against the Christmas bombing of North Vietnam in 1972, on the eve of the Nixon-Breszhnev summit.
In an early analysis of dissent in the foreign service, author Kal Bird notes that this had no impact on the Nixon-Kissinger Vietnam policy, and that precisely because few dissent cables ever changed policy, they came to be seen as a tool of "desperate last resort".
Read more:Diplomats' dissent falls on deaf ears
Press secretary Sean Spicer criticised those diplomats and foreign service officers drafting the dissent cable.
"Again, you talk about, in a 24-hour period, 325,000 people from other countries flew in through our airports and we're talking about 109 people from seven countries that the Obama administration identified," he told reporters.
"And these career bureaucrats have a problem with it? I think they should either get with the programme or they can go."
British number five Ward, 29, lost 6-4 6-3 to Italy's Matteo Donati, 21, a player ranked 99 places below him in the world at 270.
Klein, 26, was beaten 6-3 6-3 by Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky, 30, ranked 96th in the world and 115 places above Klein, Britain's sixth-ranked player.
Britain has no-one else in qualifying.
Andy Murray, Aljaz Bedene and Kyle Edmund are in the main draw of the men's event, which starts in Paris on Sunday.
The British quartet of Johanna Konta, Heather Watson, Naomi Broady and Laura Robson are in the women's singles.
Meanwhile, Ward, Edmund and Dan Evans have been awarded wildcards for the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club next month.
All three featured in GB's Davis Cup winning team last year, with Evans and Edmund both now top 100 players.
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The Exiles, who are bottom of the Football League, will travel to Anfield if they can beat Plymouth in a second-round replay at Rodney Parade.
The two teams drew 0-0 at Home Park, but Westley warned there is still work to do if the Exiles are to enjoy the benefits of facing Jurgen Klopp's side.
"Financially, it's a game-changer." Westley told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
Westley has had previous experience of success in the FA Cup, but has warned Newport to focus squarely on their replay with Plymouth.
"When I was at Stevenage, the FA Cup runs were the reason the training ground got built," he said.
"I know the difference that FA Cup runs can make that's why I've always placed such importance on it in my managerial career.
"It's a great opportunity, but it remains just that, we have to focus on the replay. It does not pay in these circumstances to start dreaming, you've got to keep your mind on the job.
"It's an unbelievable draw for a small club, but we won't put the cart before the horse."
As a fan-owned club County have had to operate on a limited budget for a long time, but chairman Gavin Foxall says a trip to Anfield could safeguard the future of the club.
"It would absolutely be a massive financial boost for us," said Foxall.
"Certainly for a club like ours it would secure the future for a season or two at least. It would be extremely welcome and would boost the coffers enormously.
"We are delighted, but there is a very difficult game with Plymouth first.
"A game at Anfield against Liverpool would rank right up there in the club's history."
As for Westley, who joined the club in October and has overseen an upturn in the Exiles' League Two fortunes, the real third-round draw proved a lot more satisfying than one his young son had insisted on conducting the day before.
"My little boy wanted to do the FA Cup draw on Sunday," Westley added.
"He pulled us out against Eastleigh or Halifax away so it was a bit of a better result for us when it went out for real. It's a big prize, it's a great opportunity. From our point of view it's a great motivation for the replay."
That replay will take place at Rodney Parade on Tuesday, 13 December.
Pearson, 51, guided the Foxes to 14th in the Premier League in 2014-15.
But he was involved in several high-profile incidents, including calling a journalist an "ostrich" and clashing with Crystal Palace's James McArthur.
"It has become clear that fundamental differences in perspective exist between us," said a club statement.
Pearson first became manager of Leicester in June 2008 but left two years later to take over at Hull before returning to the Foxes in November 2011.
They clinched the Championship title in 2013-14 and won seven and drew one of their last 10 games last season to secure Premier League survival.
The Leicester statement - which thanked Pearson for his "considerable contribution" - added: "The board of directors recognises the success Nigel has helped to bring to Leicester City during his two spells in charge, particularly during the last three and a half years."
In June, Pearson's son James was one of three players sacked by the club for their involvement in a racist sex tape, while on a tour in Thailand - home of the club's billionaire owners, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and son Aiyawatt.
The decision comes just days before the players report back for pre-season training on Monday. The squad will include three new summer signings, Japan striker Shinji Okazaki, Austrian defender Christian Fuchs and Robert Huth, from Stoke.
Craig Shakespeare and Steve Walsh will take charge of first-team duties while the club begins its search for a new manager.
Pearson won the Premier League Manager of the Month award for April, but his season was not without controversy.
Pearson called a journalist an "ostrich", "stupid" and "daft" during a bizarre post-match news conference following Chelsea's 3-1 win at the King Power Stadium in April.
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After Pearson referred to "the amount of criticism and negativity" his side had faced, Ian Baker of Wardles Press Agency asked the Foxes boss to elaborate.
The Leicester manager replied: "You must have been either head in the clouds or away on holiday because your question is absolutely unbelievable.
"If you don't know the answer to that question, then I think you are an ostrich. Your head must be in the sand. Is your head in the sand? Are you flexible enough to get your head in the sand? My suspicion would be no."
Pearson also made headlines with a strange touchline clash with Crystal Palace midfielder McArthur in February.
After the pair collided, it looked as though both parties would laugh off the incident.
But Pearson grabbed McArthur by the throat before preventing him from returning to the field by pulling his shirt.
Asked why he had held McArthur back, Pearson said: "Because he said something to me. I'm more than capable of looking after myself. There's no problem with the player."
The Football Association wrote to Pearson to remind him of his responsibilities but did not charge him.
After the incident with McArthur, media reports suggested Pearson had lost his job, but the club issued a statement saying said the rumours were "inaccurate and without foundation".
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With the club then bottom of the Premier League, Pearson said he "had conversations" about his job but would not reveal the details.
"If I have got things to say I will say it in the appropriate manner to the appropriate people," he added. "I don't think I've been in a position where I speak too openly about what goes on in internal workings.
"I've always had a good working relationship with the owners and I'm sure I will moving forward."
In December 2014, Pearson was given a one-game touchline ban and fined £10,000 for insulting a fan during Leicester's 3-1 Premier League loss to Liverpool.
Pearson declined to reveal what was said during the altercation with the supporter, but said he felt it necessary to protect his players and himself from abuse.
He was called arrogant by the chairman of a Leicester supporters' group after he refused to apologise.
"Had Leicester sacked Nigel Pearson at various stages last season it would not have raised an eyebrow - to dismiss him now after brilliantly engineering an escape from what seemed certain relegation is a major shock.
"Pearson's season was chequered to put it mildly. And yet he kept his nerve to produce a stunning end to the campaign that kept Leicester City in the Premier League against all the odds. Pearson ended last season as a hero to the Foxes fans.
"It looked to have secured his future and the "fundamental differences in perspective" after that have led to his demise remain a mystery. He did the hard yards in keeping Leicester up - now someone else will take the Foxes forward."
Match of the Day presenter and ex-Leicester striker Gary Lineker: "Leicester City have sacked Nigel Pearson. Really? Could you kindly reinstate him like the last time you fired him?"
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher: "And people ask why the modern player chooses punditry."
BBC presenter Dan Walker: "Football is a bit daft sometimes."
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The Blues had taken the lead through an Aaron Burns penalty but had Glendinning dismissed for a foul on Declan O'Brien.
Sub keeper Mark Haughey saved Kevin Braniff's spot-kick but Glenavon did level in the second half when another penalty was scored by Andy McGrory.
At Shamrock Park, Portadown drew 0-0 with Carrick Rangers.
The match at Windsor Park was filled with drama and controversy.
Glenavon felt the penalty award against Conor Dillon in the 38th minute was harsh as the ball hit him at pace.
But referee Crangle pointed to the spot and Burns stepped up to make it 1-1.
The second penalty came on the hour mark, keeper Glendining seeing red for tripping O'Brien in the box.
Central defender Haughey, a former Glenavon player, went into goals and saved Braniff's poorly-struck penalty with his legs.
Glenavon got a second penalty on 80 minutes when ref Crangle ruled that Joel Cooper's volley had been handled in the box and this time McGrory drilled a strong shot past Haughey.
Linfield striker Andrew Waterworth had a great chance to score a winner but put a close-range header over from a Burns cross.
With Crusaders being held to a 1-1 draw by Warrenpoint Town, second-placed Linfield could have moved to within five points of the leaders.
As it is, David Healy's men remain seven points behind the champions, while Glenavon move up to third on goal difference.
Glenavon player-manager Gary Hamilton: "We are devastated that we are not going away with three points.
"I think we would have deserved it for our second-half performance. We had 70% of the play."
Linfield manager David Healy: "I thought their second penalty was harsh, so I am disappointed.
"Our players showed a lot of character in the second half and we deserved a draw at least"
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The Ports had Tim Mouncey sent-off before half-time in the match at Shamrock Park.
Midfielder Mouncey, who had been booked just four minutes earlier, got a second yellow card for a foul on Kyle Cherry.
In the second half Portadown were awarded a penalty when striker Marcio Soares was fouled by Aaron Smyth.
However, Mark McAllister's spot kick was well saved by diving Rangers keeper Brian Neeson.
Paul Anderson scored twice as the Cobblers produced a strong away performance against a side who remain bottom of League One.
The visitors almost took an early lead but Anderson's header produced an excellent save from goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler.
Louis Dodds then went close to a Shrews breakthrough but his close-range effort was impressively blocked by Cobblers keeper Adam Smith.
Northampton edged ahead in the 22nd minute when central defender Gabriel Zakuani headed in a corner from Jak McCourt.
The visitors doubled their advantage nine minutes later when winger Anderson turned the ball home at the far post following a fine run and left-wing cross from JJ Hooper.
Shrewsbury reduced the arrears in the 36th minute, Ivan Toney confidently firing home a penalty against his former club after being brought down by Zakuani.
Northampton restored their two-goal advantage in the 65th minute with Sam Hoskins slamming home a low volley from the edge of the penalty area.
Anderson then added a fourth a minute from time with a 15-yard effort which beat Leutwiler low to his right.
Toney pulled another goal back deep into stoppage time when he converted his second penalty after McCourt's challenge on Junior Brown.
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Match ends, Shrewsbury Town 2, Northampton Town 4.
Second Half ends, Shrewsbury Town 2, Northampton Town 4.
Goal! Shrewsbury Town 2, Northampton Town 4. Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
Penalty Shrewsbury Town. Junior Brown draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Jak McCourt (Northampton Town) after a foul in the penalty area.
Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town).
Adam Smith (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by A-Jay Leitch-Smith (Shrewsbury Town).
Brendon Moloney (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe Riley (Shrewsbury Town).
David Buchanan (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Shrewsbury Town 1, Northampton Town 4. Paul Anderson (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Jak McCourt (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Zander Diamond (Northampton Town).
Substitution, Northampton Town. Marc Richards replaces John-Joe O'Toole.
Antoni Sarcevic (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town).
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Junior Brown.
Ryan McGivern (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alex Revell (Northampton Town).
Attempt missed. A-Jay Leitch-Smith (Shrewsbury Town) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Attempt blocked. Mat Sadler (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Delay in match Jak McCourt (Northampton Town) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Jak McCourt (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Joe Riley (Shrewsbury Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Gary Deegan (Shrewsbury Town).
Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. A-Jay Leitch-Smith replaces George Waring.
Louis Dodds (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Louis Dodds (Shrewsbury Town).
Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Shrewsbury Town 1, Northampton Town 3. Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Junior Brown.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Mat Sadler.
Attempt blocked. JJ Hooper (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Matthew Rigby, 22, and 23-year-old Kathryn Smith deny murdering Ayeeshia Jane Smith at their home in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, in May 2014.
Birmingham Crown Court heard Ayeeshia had a heart injury usually seen in people who have fallen off buildings or been in a car crash.
She died from a fatal heart laceration.
During the trial Ms Smith, of Sandfield Road in Nottingham, described her daughter as "an angel", and said Ayeeshia had suffered bruises when falling off her potty.
Mr Rigby, of Sloan Drive in Nottingham, had admitted his relationship with her mother, which has now ended, was volatile, with police often being called to their flat in Burton upon Trent, but denied injuring Ayeeshia.
The former couple both confirmed they used cannabis at least three times a week, with the drug found stored in a Tommee Tippee mug at their flat.
Mr Peres, 92, underwent minor surgery last week for a constricted artery.
A spokeswoman said on Sunday he was readmitted to a Tel Aviv hospital "for observation and testing".
He was not due to undergo any invasive procedures, Haaretz reported. Mr Peres twice served as Israel's prime minister and was president from 2007 to 2014.
On Sunday, he was found by doctors to have an irregular heartbeat, his spokeswoman said.
Mr Peres won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for his role negotiating the Oslo peace accords with the Palestinians a year earlier, a prize he shared with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was later assassinated, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
He was defeated in the 1996 election by the head of the opposition Likud, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mr Peres has held almost every major political office since Israel was founded in 1948, and was the architect of Israel's secret nuclear programme in 1959.
Despite his age, Mr Peres has maintained an active public schedule, mostly through his non-governmental Peres Centre for Peace, which promotes closer ties between Israel and the Palestinians.
The desk clock was given to George Rance, clerk and custodian of the rooms, at the end of the war in 1945.
It failed to reach its by guide price of £400 at auction in Chichester, West Sussex on 20 November.
Peter Parker, of Stride and Son, said a collector then contacted them after reading it on the BBC website.
"We have had a flurry of inquiries from interested parties who only seem to have become aware of its existence after the auction," said Mr Parker.
The buyer was "thrilled with their purchase," he added.
Prior to the auction, Sir Nicolas Soames, the Conservative MP and grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, said he could imagine seeing the clock on his grandfather's desk.
As many as 60% of France's 70,000 prisoners have Muslim origins, and their backgrounds and criminal records make many ripe for radicalisation.
"They have been broken by educational failure, family breakdown, and unemployment. They are very fragile people," says Missoum Chaoui, a Paris Muslim leader who has worked as prison chaplain for 17 years.
Among the French criminals believed to have turned to extremism while behind bars is Amedy Coulibaly, a man of Malian descent who shot dead a policewoman and four Jews in two of last month's three deadly attacks in the Paris area.
Coulibaly forged the links that would turn him into a jihadist while in jail for robbery in 2005.
At Fleury-Merogis prison, he later told police interrogators, he met one of France's most dangerous inmates, Djamel Beghal.
An al-Qaeda-linked militant, Beghal was then serving a 10-year sentence in Europe's largest prison for a plot to bomb the US embassy in Paris. Although Beghal was being kept in isolation, Coulibaly says he was able to befriend him.
Coulibaly was also introduced to another follower of Beghal, Cherif Kouachi. The three then met after their release.
Eventually Coulibaly, Cherif Kouachi and his brother Said co-ordinated the attacks that killed 17 people in January. The Kouachi brothers shot dead 12 people at Charlie Hebdo magazine, shouting "Allahu Akhbar".
The justice ministry has warned against using Coulibaly's story to portray French jails as breeding grounds for militants. "No-one can really tell whether he was radicalised in prison or outside," ministry spokesman Pierre Rance says.
Mr Rance also points out that, of 167 people detained in France on terror charges and regarded as radical Islamists, only 15% had been incarcerated before.
Clearly, extremists gain more recruits through personal contact or online than in prisons.
Nevertheless, Justice Minister Christiane Taubira admitted after the attacks in January that radicalisation in detention was a "major issue".
It is also far from new. Over the past 20 years, a number of major attacks have been blamed on one-time petty criminals who found religion in French prisons.
Early signs of radicalisation in prison may be difficult to spot, because they are those of a regular religious awakening - such as swapping Western clothes for an Islamic robe, refusing to watch TV, praying frequently, or demanding halal food.
Clearer clues may include refusal to undress for the collective shower, urging cellmates to take down pictures of women, or refusing to speak to guards.
Karim Mokhtari, who spent six years in jail for armed robbery and now works with young offenders in prison, says he can tell who is becoming radicalised by their acute sense of victimhood.
"They say, 'the French never gave us a chance. They hate us. They are locking us up. These people are unbelievers. I do not have to apologise for what I have done because they shut me out'," he says.
In some cases, Mr Mokhtari says, this turns into talk of "fighting the infidels".
That message of grievance and "us against them" finds a ready audience in a prison.
"People are easy to indoctrinate because that is what they like to hear," says David Daems, a guard and spokesman for the main union of prison staff, FO-Penitentiaire.
It is not just Muslims who are susceptible, Mr Daems adds.
He once saw a detainee with no foreign ancestry turn into a fundamentalist before his very eyes: "First he converted, grew a beard and wore a robe; then his language became aggressive and he refused to speak to female staff. In the end he performed circumcision on himself."
One aspect of prison life that provides prisoners with ample opportunity for proselytising others is the daily exercise break, when inmates are allowed to mill around freely in the courtyard.
Radical preachers sometimes use that time to call for collective prayer in defiance of prison rules, under which religious activity must be led by official chaplains in places set aside for worship.
But there is little authorities can do when a self-styled imam issues a wildcat call for prayer.
"The guards are unarmed and will never set foot in the courtyard during exercise time," says Mr Daems. "When you have 700-800 inmates walking around, it would be way too dangerous."
Prisoners who defy the collective prayer ban can face punishment.
Last month the justice ministry announced a plan to tackle radicalisation in jail, involving recruitment of more staff and significantly increasing the number of Muslim chaplains over three years.
But the headline measure is the construction of five special wings to house radicals convicted of terror offences.
This builds on an experiment conducted since September at Fresnes prison, south of Paris, where about 20 radicals singled out for their recruiting zeal are kept apart from others for all but a few supervised activities.
The trial, according to justice ministry spokesman Pierre Rance, yielded interesting results.
"Other inmates, notably Muslim, have returned to normal behaviour, notably with respect to showers and pictures in their cells. The atmosphere in the prison has changed completely."
But not everyone is convinced by the Fresnes experiment. The FO-penitentiaire union, which has accused successive governments of ignoring the problem for two decades, says the plan does not go far enough.
Union spokesman David Daems notes that it involves only those detained on terror charges whereas he believes a radical serving time for other offences can be just as dangerous.
"The problem of radicalisation is not being tackled in its entirety, both terrorist and non-terrorist," he says.
And there are varying degrees of radicalism, too. Activist Karim Mokhtari notes that many French youths have travelled to Syria or Iraq seeking heroic martyrdom, only to find that a jihadist's life is not all it is cracked up to be.
Would-be warriors have written home with complaints such as: "My iPod has stopped working. I want to go back!"
But once they come home, they are deemed to have committed a serious crime under France's anti-terror laws governing anyone returning home from a war zone.
And then, Mr Mokhtari says, if the faint-hearted are locked up with hardened fighters there is "even more radicalisation within the group".
"When you bring [militants] together you reinforce them. When you scatter them, you enable them to find new recruits," says criminologist Alain Bauer.
The challenge for a prison system trying to tackle radicalisation is that there is no easy answer.
Remembering Paris attack victims
The full report is 6,000 pages long and the unclassified summary is 525 pages - but it highlights 20 key findings.
We've summarised them below, and more details on each are available in the full release..
1) The CIA's use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" was not an effective means of acquiring intelligence or gaining co-operation from detainees.
2)The CIA's justification for the use of its enhanced interrogation techniques rested on inaccurate claims of their effectiveness.
3) The interrogations of CIA detainees were brutal and far worse than the CIA represented to policymakers and others.
4) The conditions of confinement for CIA detainees were harsher than the CIA had represented to policymakers and others.
5) The CIA repeatedly provided inaccurate information to the Department of Justice, impeding a proper legal analysis of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program.
6) The CIA has actively avoided or impeded congressional oversight of the programme.
7) The CIA impeded effective White House oversight and decision-making.
8) The CIA's operation and management of the programme complicated, and in some cases impeded, the national security missions of other executive branch agencies.
9) The CIA impeded oversight by the CIA's Office of Inspector General.
10) The CIA co-ordinated the release of classified information to the media, including inaccurate information concerning the effectiveness of the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques.
11) The CIA was unprepared as it began operating its Detention and Interrogation Program more than six months after being granted detention authorities.
12) The CIA's management and operation of its Detention and Interrogation Program was deeply flawed throughout the programme's duration, particularly so in 2002 and early 2003.
13) Two contract psychologists devised the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques and played a central role in the operation, assessments, and management of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program. By 2005, the CIA had overwhelmingly outsourced operations related to the programme.
14) CIA detainees were subjected to coercive interrogation techniques that had not been approved by the Department of Justice or had not been authorised by CIA headquarters.
15) The CIA did not conduct a comprehensive or accurate accounting of the number of individuals it detained, and held individuals who did not meet the legal standard for detention. The CIA's claims about the number of detainees held and subjected to its enhanced interrogation techniques were inaccurate.
16) The CIA failed to adequately evaluate the effectiveness of its enhanced interrogation techniques.
17) The CIA rarely reprimanded or held personnel accountable for serious and significant violations, inappropriate activities, and systemic and individual management failures.
18) The CIA marginalised and ignored numerous internal critiques, criticisms, and objections concerning the operation and management of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program.
19) The CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program was inherently unsustainable and had effectively ended by 2006 due to unauthorised press disclosures, reduced cooperation from other nations, and legal and oversight concerns.
20) The CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program damaged the United States' standing in the world, and resulted in other significant monetary and non-monetary costs.
Some MPs and campaigners say there were examples of terms being too harsh.
On Tuesday, two men were jailed for four years at Chester Crown Court for using Facebook to incite riots. One is to appeal against the sentence.
Lord Carlile, Lib Dem peer and Howard League for Penal Reform president, said some decisions were "questionable".
The barrister told the BBC "ringleaders should receive very long sentences" but warned "there was an issue of proportionality" over the way people already before the courts had been treated.
The PM said it was good that the courts were sending a "tough message".
Speaking in Warrington, he said: "It's up to the courts to make decisions about sentencing, but they've decided to send a tough message and it's very good that the courts feel able to do that."
In other developments:
By Dominic CascianiBBC News home affairs correspondent
The Metropolitan Police have now charged more than 1,000 people in connection with the rioting and looting - and 21 of them appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
Chelsea Ives, denied burglary, violent disorder and attacking a police car, and held her head in her hands as she entered the dock. She was remanded in custody until 7 September. She had contacted police herself after a call to detectives by her mother. Her mother left the court in tears.
Almost all of the defendants dealt with by lunchtime were refused bail.
District Judge Nina Tempia said the circumstances of the rioting meant many defendants claiming previous good character could not be bailed.
One defendant denied bail was supported by his family in court, offering bail sureties and guarantees he would be monitored at home. But he went back to jail, shaking his head as he was escorted away.
Are courts acting out of character?
What happened to the rioters in court?
So far, more than 2,770 people have been arrested in connection with last week's riots.
Some 1,297 people have now appeared before the courts, with the majority of charges relating to burglary, theft and handling, and violence and violent disorder offences.
In a statement, the Ministry of Justice stressed that the magistrates and judges were independent of government.
A spokesman added: "Their sentencing decisions are based on the individual circumstances of each case and offender.
"That is why different offenders may be given different sentences for what might appear to be similar crimes. To provide a consistent base for these decisions an independent body of experts, the Sentencing Council, set guidelines for them to use."
Meanwhile, the Courts and Tribunals Service says legal clerks in court have been advising magistrates to "consider whether their powers of punishment are sufficient in dealing with some cases arising from the recent disorder".
Magistrates are able to refer cases to crown courts which have tougher sentencing powers.
BBC legal correspondent Clive Coleman said the sentences being handed out across the country for offences of dishonesty such as theft, burglary and receiving stolen goods, suggested there were disparities between courts.
What the public was seeing may just be a "distorted version of the normal system", our correspondent said.
In another case, David Beswick, 31 from Salford was sentenced to 18 months in prison for handling stolen goods.
Our legal correspondent said under normal circumstances Beswick would have been given a mid-range community sentence.
Max Hill QC, vice-chairman of the Criminal Bar Association said it was not the job of judges "to deliver a political message on behalf of the government" when passing sentence but part of their role was to identify "serious aggravating features that elevate the crime beyond the ordinary".
He added: "In the case of the two in Chester, it seems that is exactly what the judge has done."
One serving judge, Charles Harris QC, told the BBC it was not possible for the courts to achieve absolute consistency in sentencing as "no two offences are the same".
"Judge and magistrates do look in the best way they can at the circumstances of the offence and the offender in front of them. In some cases, they might legitimately say, this goes beyond any existing guideline," he added.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We need to understand that people for a while thought that this was a crime without consequence - we cannot have people being frightened in their beds, frightened in their own homes for their public safety.
"That is why these kind of exemplary sentences are necessary. I think people would be rightly alarmed if that incitement to riot got off with just a slap on the wrist."
Khalid Mohamed Omar Ali, 27, from north London, is also charged with two counts of making or having explosives.
Mr Omar Ali, who was arrested on Parliament Street on 27 April, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Not guilty pleas were entered on his behalf after he told the court that he did not recognise the charges.
The two explosives charges, under the Explosive Substances Act, relate to alleged activity in Afghanistan in 2012.
Mr Omar Ali was out of the UK between 2011 and November 2016.
After his arrest in Westminster, three knives are said to have been recovered from his person.
Mr Omar Ali is a UK national who was born overseas and went to school in Tottenham.
He appeared in court wearing handcuffs and spoke to confirm his name, date of birth and address.
When the charges were read out, Mr Omar Ali said he did not recognise them.
Senior District Judge Emma Arbuthnot then directed that not guilty pleas be entered on his behalf.
He refused legal representation when it was offered to him.
Mr Omar Ali was remanded in custody ahead of a preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey on 19 May.
Prospects Academies Trust had six schools at its peak; two in Gloucestershire, three in Devon and one in East Sussex.
The trust's website says it is now "being wound up" after transferring the Dean Academy and Gloucester Academy to new sponsors on 1 March.
It is the first academy chain in the country to fold.
A statement on the trust website, said board members "reluctantly" came to the decision to find new sponsors for its six academies as the trust "in its current form, was not viable".
"The trustees were determined to ensure that the education of the students at the academies should not be interrupted and believe that this objective has been achieved," added a spokesperson.
Two Wiltshire sponsors have taken on the two schools in the neighbouring county, with Gloucester Academy now in the hands of The White Horse Federation and the Malmesbury Trust taking over The Dean Academy in Lydney.
New Zealand lost influential captain Brendon McCullum to the fifth ball of the match and were bowled out for 183.
Grant Elliott resisted with 83, while Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson and James Faulkner shared eight wickets.
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Australia rarely looked troubled, sealing a seven-wicket win in 33.1 overs, with captain Michael Clarke scoring 74 and Steve Smith 56 not out.
Clarke, in his final one-day international, was given a standing ovation by the record 93,000 crowd and welcomed by his team-mates on the boundary when he was bowled by Matt Henry with eight required.
He was part of the Australia team that last lifted the trophy in 2007, with this success extending their record for most World Cups won. No other team has more than two.
Australia's win was the second in as many tournaments by a host nation after India's triumph four years ago.
It provided a joyous end to an emotional Australian summer which saw batsman Phillip Hughes die after being struck on the neck by a ball in Sydney in November.
In their first final, after six previous semi-final defeats, New Zealand were blown away.
Their path to Melbourne came with eight successive wins, all on home soil, and most of the pre-match speculation was of how McCullum's men would deal with the change in conditions.
They won what was thought to be a crucial toss, but the life was sucked from their innings almost as soon as it began.
The talismanic McCullum, so often a slayer of new-ball attacks throughout the tournament, aimed two wild swings at Starc, missed with both, then was bowled by a brilliant yorker.
Far from the batting paradise predicted, the pitch was slightly two-paced and offered both turn and some uneven bounce.
But that is to take nothing away from the Australia pace attack, Starc in particular, who bowled with hostility and found movement both in the air and off the seam.
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New Zealand clung on without progressing, but when Glenn Maxwell's off-spin got through a lazy Martin Guptill stroke and Kane Williamson patted back to Johnson, they seemed in disarray.
However, from 39-3, they painstakingly rebuilt through semi-final hero Elliott and Ross Taylor.
Elliott, who successfully overturned a Maxwell lbw decision on 15, scored almost exclusively through the off-side to become only the fifth man to register a half-century in the semi-final and final of the same World Cup.
Taylor made 40 in a stand of 111 provided a platform for the batting powerplay.
Yet it was the powerplay that began New Zealand's slide, as Faulkner returned to have Taylor athletically caught behind by Brad Haddin and bowl Corey Anderson two balls later.
When Luke Ronchi played an awful waft to be caught at slip off Starc, three wickets had been lost for one run in eight balls.
There was no support for Elliott, who was caught behind attempting to heave Faulkner and, when Maxwell superbly ran out non-striker Tim Southee with a direct hit for the final wicket, it was the perfect demonstration of Australia's dominance. In all, New Zealand lost seven wickets for 33 runs.
Though Aaron Finch inside-edged on to his pad to be caught and bowled by Trent Boult, David Warner's brisk 45 gave Australia's chase early momentum.
After he was caught hooking Henry, there began a period of pressure that Clarke and Smith battled to absorb, the latter needing the fortune of seeing the bails stay unmoved as a Henry delivery trickled on to the base of the stumps.
It would be New Zealand's last chance, as Clarke's cuts and drives down the ground accelerated Australia towards victory.
He could not see the job through, but Smith became the first man to score five successive World Cup half-centuries then pulled Henry for the winning runs.
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The Premier League champions have had two bids turned down for the England player, who last summer signed a contract extension to 2021.
Leicester have previously stated they do not wish to lose Drinkwater, 27, who was an integral part of the Foxes' title-winning squad in 2016.
However, Chelsea boss Antonio Conte wants a replacement for Nemanja Matic.
Drinkwater played in 35 of Leicester's 38 league games in their title-winning season and formed an impressive midfield partnership with N'Golo Kante, who joined Chelsea last July.
He has yet to play this season because of a thigh injury.
The playmaker, who joined Leicester in 2012 from Manchester United, has won three England caps since making his international debut in March 2016.
Alan Cartwright was attacked near Copenhagen Street, in Islington, last Friday, while out with two friends.
He managed to cycle away but collapsed on nearby Caledonian Road and was pronounced dead at the scene.
His mother said the footage looks like he got punched, yet two minutes later he collapsed and died.
Michelle Watson, 39, added: "I feel angry, I want somebody found for this. I just feel numb."
The video shows Alan and his two friends being attacked and pushed off their bikes by three youths.
Det Ch Insp Chris Jones said: "The footage of the suspects attacking Alan and his friends is truly shocking.
"Alan stood no chance of defending himself against his attacker who casually stepped out in front of him and stabbed him in the chest.
"Identifying and arresting the suspects is our absolute priority."
After Alan's two friends were pushed off, the suspects - initially described as men in the hours after the killing - rode off on their bicycles.
His 21-year-old sister, Cherrie Smith, said: "We want any witnesses to give as much information as they possibly can. If you have a little brother or sister, ask yourself 'what if it was them?'
"If that was me, I wouldn't be able to live with myself.
"People are saying 'wrong place, wrong time', but those people shouldn't be carrying knives on them."
She added: "He has always put a front on in front of me and his friends that he was like a hard man, but he wouldn't hurt a fly, he really wouldn't.
"I hope someone gets found for this. Knowing he has been taken away from us in such an unlawful way, it's just heartbreaking because there's a chance someone could get away with this."
A post-mortem examination confirmed the cause of Alan's death as a single stab wound to the chest.
Det Ch Insp Jones added: "I would like to re-appeal to anyone who may know something about Alan's murder and the robbery of the bikes.
"Where are the two bicycles that were taken? Someone may have noticed a new bike brought home or perhaps you have been offered a similar bike for sale?
"If so, I would urge you to contact the police."
Former EastEnders actress and anti-knife campaigner Brooke Kinsella described the killing as "cowardly and senseless".
Ms Kinsella, whose brother Ben was fatally stabbed 11 times in 2008 as he fled a fight in Islington, tweeted on Saturday: "Another young boy lost to knife crime, another family destroyed. Sickening, cowardly, senseless culture.
"Heart is weary #PutDownYourKnives".
Its foreign ministry said the Syrian government would participate "in order for Syrians themselves to find a political path to a solution".
It follows efforts to get all the sides involved in the peace talks.
Syria's main opposition group entered a second day of talks Friday aimed at finding an approach to the conference.
"We note with satisfaction that we have received an agreement in principle from Damascus to attend the international conference, in the interest of Syrians themselves finding a political path to resolve the conflict, which is ruinous for the nation and region," Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
The international conference, backed by Russia and the US, aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria, based on the final communique of the UN-backed Action Group for Syria meeting in the Swiss city in June 2012.
The communique called for an immediate end to violence and the establishment of a transitional government that could include officials serving under President Bashar al-Assad and members of the opposition.
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned the Syrian president on Wednesday that if he was not prepared to make "a commitment to find peace in his country", the US and others would consider increasing backing for his opponents.
"Our understanding [is that] if Geneva 2 were not on the horizon, all we would be looking at is the continued tragic disintegration of the county that will go down further into more violence and more destruction," he added.
On Thursday, the outgoing leader of Syria's main opposition coalition Moaz al-Khatib put forward a detailed plan for the transition of power in Syria.
The proposal came at the start of three days of talks in Istanbul aimed at revamping the membership and leadership of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces.
It stipulates that Mr Assad must leave office, a demand likely to be rejected by Mr Assad and his key backer, Russia. It also calls for Mr Assad and his family to be given a safe exit if he stands down.
The National Coalition demanded on Friday that the Syrian government confirm for itself whether it would be taking part in the international peace conference, the news agency AFP reports.
The UN says that more than 80,000 people have been killed since the uprising against the Syrian president began in March 2011. There are 1.5 million refugees taking shelter in neighbouring countries and an estimated 4.25 million internally displaced people.
The PM said Britain and the US had an "enduring and special relationship" and would remain close partners on trade, security and defence.
Labour's Jeremy Corbyn said an economic system that "isn't working for most people" had been rejected.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon urged Mr Trump to "reach out" to those feeling "marginalised" by his campaign.
UKIP's Nigel Farage drew parallels with the Brexit campaign and said he would "hand over the mantle" to the Republican.
In a statement issued by Downing Street, Mrs May - who had previously criticised some of Mr Trump's remarks - said: "I would like to congratulate Donald Trump on being elected the next president of the United States, following a hard-fought campaign.
"Britain and the United States have an enduring and special relationship based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise.
"We are, and will remain, strong and close partners on trade, security and defence.
"I look forward to working with President-elect Donald Trump, building on these ties to ensure the security and prosperity of our nations in the years ahead."
In December 2015 she criticised the Republican's call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, saying it was "divisive, unhelpful and wrong".
At the time Mrs May, who was then home secretary, also said Mr Trump's remark that police were afraid to enter some parts of London because of radicalisation was "nonsense", saying: "I just think it shows he does not understand the UK and what happens in the UK."
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson tweeted his congratulations to Mr Trump and said he was "much looking forward to working with his administration on global stability and prosperity".
Like Mrs May, he has previously attacked Mr Trump's comments about London, saying that "the only reason I wouldn't go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump".
Mr Corbyn said Mr Trump's victory was "a rejection of a failed economic consensus and a governing elite that has been seen not to have listened".
He added: "And the public anger that has propelled Donald Trump to office has been reflected in political upheavals across the world."
The Labour leader also said Mr Trump's campaign had been "nasty and divisive" and that he looked forward to "robust discussions" with the president-elect about climate change and the importance of the United Nations.
Ms Sturgeon congratulated Mr Trump but said his victory was not the outcome she had hoped for, adding: "I hope the president-elect will take the opportunity to reach out to those who felt marginalised by his campaign and make clear - in deeds as well as words - that he will be a president for everyone in modern, multicultural America."
Her predecessor Alex Salmond said Mr Trump - who has extensive business interests in Scotland - said the President-elect was a "protectionist" when it came to trade but he hoped that his views would change in the White House.
"The difficulty with Donald Trump is not when he's winning, it's when he's not getting his own way," he said.
"He's nice as nine pence when he's getting his own way. It's what happens when he reaches road blocks, obstacles, when somebody says no to him... In these circumstances we'd better all just hope that the Presidency changes a man."
Mr Trump was criticised by a number of UK MPs during the campaign, including during a Commons debate in January on banning him from the country.
As Westminster reacted to his victory, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said the values of "moderation, freedom, respect for the rule of law, openness and concern for one another" had been defeated, while Green Party joint leader Caroline Lucas said it was "a devastating day".
However, Conservative MP Michael Fabricant highlighted Mr Trump's reported enthusiasm for a trade deal with the UK, comparing this with the outgoing president's "back of the queue" comment.
Mr Farage, who joined Mr Trump on stage during the campaign, congratulated him on his "brave" campaign.
"We now have a President who likes our country and understands our post-Brexit values," he said. "Voters across the Western world want nation state democracy, proper border controls and to be in charge of their own lives."
Steve Hilton, a former adviser to David Cameron in Downing Street, said the Republican tycoon won because Americans could see in him "someone who might make a difference to their lives".
Sir Peter Westmacott, who was UK Ambassador to the US until earlier this year, said Mr Trump had been a "law until himself" during the campaign and it was not clear who would form his foreign policy team.
While there were significant policy differences that would need to be "ironed out", he told BBC Radio 4's World at One that the UK's relationship with the US was strong and it was natural for Mrs May to want a "fresh start" following Trump's election.
The Tony Martin-trained gelding sustained the injury while working at the Curragh on Saturday.
County Meath-based Martin spoke of his sadness after the seven-year-old's death.
"He did everyone proud and was more than a horse, he was some character and so genuine," said Martin.
"So many people wanted him when he retired because he was such a lovely horse.
"He took us to so many places and the plan this season was to go back out to Melbourne and have another whack.
"He was having a gallop ahead of running on the Flat next week at the Curragh."
Heartbreak City won the Ebor at York last August before heading to Australia where he was beaten just a head by Almandin in the Group One feature at Flemington in November.
Darren Dance, whose Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock syndicate raced the seven-year-old in partnership with the Here For The Craic Partnership, also paid tribute to the six-times winner.
"It's just so tragic because he was such a lovely, quiet animal and he gave us so much joy."
HSBC shares climbed 4.2%, making it the biggest riser on the FTSE 100, after Morgan Stanley raised its rating on the bank to "overweight".
The FTSE 100 index though shed its earlier gains to end down 37.48 at 7,350.32 points.
Mining companies were higher with shares boosted by rising metals prices.
Glencore and Rio Tinto and Antofagasta were both up by more than 2%.
Shares in Sky also performed well despite a probable referral to competition authorities of Murdoch giant Fox's plan to take it over fully.
It closed up more than 3%.
In the FTSE 250, shares in packaging firm DS Smith rose 8% after it said it had entered the US market by buying an 80% stake in US firm Interstate Resources for $920m (£709m).
However, shares in sportswear chain JD Sports fell 8% after if said it was facing pressure on profit margins and added that recent trading had been affected by the timing of the Islamic festival of Eid.
On the currency markets, the pound continued to strengthen. Against the dollar it was up 0.4% at $1.2984, although it was flat against the euro at 1.1365 euros.
On Wednesday, the pound had jumped by nearly 1% after the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, suggested that interest rates could rise if business investment grows.
Det Sgt Andrew Mottau is alleged to have told the woman to make him cups of tea "when the black monkey starts to sing", Thames Valley Police said.
He is also accused of making racist remarks and asking her to "embrace" the monkey in the period between 15 August and 15 September 2016.
A four-day misconduct hearing will start in Oxford on 24 April.
The force, which covers Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, said it could not say where Det Sgt Mottau is based.
The city has an above average number of people claiming out-of-work benefits, despite rising employment in Scotland.
UK and Scottish government ministers will meet representatives from Dundee City Council, businesses and universities.
Scotland Office Minister Andrew Dunlop and Deputy First Minister John Swinney will attend the event at Malmaison.
Official figures show that in Dundee the proportion of the working-age population claiming out of work benefits was 3.2% in January, compared with a Scotland-wide figure of 2.2%.
Dundee City Council's director of city development Mike Galloway told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: "We need to stimulate investment that grows and diversifies our job space.
"On the supply side, we need to prepare our citizens to take advantage of the emerging work opportunities when they arise."
Mr Galloway said the opening of the V&A Museum of Design in Dundee in 2018 would attract a "huge number" of new tourists.
He said: "We need to develop the hotels and restaurants and hospitality side that will support that.
"Also, the offshore renewable market, we believe, offers a fantastic opportunity to bring properly-paid engineering jobs back into Dundee."
The city's employment rate was 63.3% between October 2014 and September 2015, below the average rate for Scotland of 73.1%.
Lord Dunlop said: "Dundee is a city with huge potential and promise, but unemployment is a significant issue which needs to be tackled.
"The best way of doing that is if Scotland's two governments work with the local authorities, businesses, entrepreneurs and other organisations with the city's best interests at heart."
Van Praag, 68, has headed the Dutch FA since 2008, and is also vice-president of European football's governing body.
The Dutchman is up against Slovenian FA president Aleksander Ceferin, with the vote taking place on 14 September.
"Mr Van Praag would provide the strong leadership European football requires," said FA vice-chairman David Gill.
"In all, he has a proven track record across domestic and international matters that can only help Uefa go forward."
The announcement comes after Spanish football boss Angel Maria Villar Llona pulled out of the presidency race.
Uefa is seeking a new president after former France midfielder Michel Platini quit on 9 May, after failing to overturn his ban from all football activities.
Platini was found guilty of ethics breaches over a 2m Swiss Franc (£1.3m) payment he received from world football's governing body Fifa.
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The All-Party Parliamentary Group on modern languages wants to see a "national recovery programme" to improve language skills.
It claims the UK is already losing £50bn a year over poor language skills.
But the government said its reforms were "driving a languages revival" in schools.
The APPG has been gathering evidence on the impact of poor language skills on the UK economy and its standing in the world.
It suggests businesses are struggling to fill posts and are losing out on export opportunities.
The group has put together its own manifesto for languages - which it has already presented to the main party leaders, and which it is due to publish on Monday.
Baroness Coussins, chairman of the APPG, said: "The next government will need to take clear, urgent and coherent action to upgrade the UK's foreign language skills.
"Otherwise our young people will continue to fall behind their European and global peers in education and employability; our export growth will be stunted; our international reputation will suffer and our security, defence and diplomacy needs will be compromised.
"The UK economy is already losing around £50bn a year in lost contracts because of a lack of language skills in the workforce.
"And we aren't just talking about high-flyers: in 2011 over 27% of admin and clerical jobs went unfilled because of the languages deficit."
She added: "We're looking for an acknowledgement of this issue in all the parties' manifestos for the next general election, backed up by some specific policy commitments.
"The All-Party Group's Languages manifesto provides a good template and the political parties are all welcome to lift it."
The call comes shortly after university application figures revealed a 5% drop in language candidates.
And 2012 European Commission research revealed 9% of 15-year-olds are competent in their first foreign language in the UK, compared with 42% in 14 other European countries.
The Department for Education said £350,000 was being spent in England in the next year to help primary and secondary teachers improve their teaching of languages.
A spokesman added: "We are making it compulsory for children to learn a foreign language from age seven to 14, a move supported by 91% of respondents to our consultation on languages in primary schools.
"Our EBacc means thousands more pupils are now studying languages at secondary school - almost half of state-school pupils entered languages at GCSE last year, the highest level for seven years."
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All parties should make an election pledge to improve teaching and learning of modern languages in the UK, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has said.
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The firm has now rescheduled the Cape Canaveral demonstration for Friday.
Once the first stage of the rocket launches, and has finished its work, it will head back to Earth to try to touch down on a sea barge in the Atlantic.
If this kind of capability can be proven, it promises dramatically lower launch costs in the future.
All segments of a rocket are usually discarded after use and are destroyed as they fall back down.
SpaceX, however, has been practising the controlled return of the first stage of its Falcon 9 vehicle.
The problem responsible for Tuesday's scrub decision related to a technical issue detected in the steering mechanism of the rocket's upper stage.
The next chance to send up the vehicle will be on Friday at 10:09 GMT (05:09 local Florida time).
SpaceX itself has been playing down expectations, rating the chances of success at no more than 50-50.
"I'm pretty sure this will be very exciting, but, as I said, it's an experiment," cautioned Hans Koenigsmann, vice president for mission assurance at SpaceX.
"There's a certain likelihood that this will not work out all right, that something will go wrong. It's the first time we have tried this - nobody has ever tried it as far as we know."
The primary purpose of the flight is to send the Dragon cargo ship on a path to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS).
It will be the first American re-supply mission to the orbiting platform since October's spectacular explosion of a freighter system operated by competitor Orbital Sciences Corporation.
But it is the outcome of the SpaceX experiment that is likely to make the headlines.
The firm believes it can return, refurbish and re-use key elements of its rockets.
To this end, it has been testing first-stage boosters that relight their engines to try to slow their fall through the atmosphere, attaching fins to help guide them downwards, and legs to make a stable touchdown.
So far, there have only been mock landings, in which the stage is brought to a hovering position at the surface of the ocean, where, without a solid platform to set down, every booster has subsequently been lost in the water.
Friday's effort will be different in that SpaceX has sent a floating barge to the targeted return site some 300km northeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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US company SpaceX has postponed an experiment to bring part of its Falcon rocket down to a soft landing on a floating sea platform.
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Bill de Blasio said the relevant municipal agencies had backed the idea.
The bronze Fearless Girl statue was placed on 8 March to draw attention to gender inequality and the pay gap in the corporate world.
The statue - which has become an instant tourist draw - had been due to be removed on Sunday.
Appearing next to the 4ft-tall (1.21m) statue in Manhattan on Monday, Mr de Blazio said it "means so much to the people of New York".
The statue was "standing up to fear, standing up to power, being able to find in yourself the strength to do what's right", he added.
"She is inspiring everyone at a moment when we need inspiration."
The work, by artist Kristen Visbal, was commissioned by asset managers State Street Global Advisors (SSGA).
The company said the girl represented the future.
It added that one in four of the 3,000 largest traded US companies did not have even one woman on their board.
Wall Street's Charging Bull statue was originally guerrilla art by Italian-born artist Arturo Di Modica.
Installed in 1989, the bronze sculpture was meant to represent the "strength and power of the American people" in response to the market crash in 1987.
But it become a popular attraction and was allowed to stay.
The council initially said it would remain open during the work to add an arts centre and improve facilities.
One trader said she and others were now in negotiations to temporarily relocate to the nearby Butcher's Market from next month.
The council has been asked to comment about the change of heart.
The plans, agreed in January, have proved controversial with some traders previously saying they wanted to move out rather than face disruption when the builders moved in.
Janette Partington, who runs a baby and children's wear stall in the People's Market, explained that a number of traders had already made their own plans to relocate and others were shutting up shop for good.
Ms Partington, a third generation market trader, said they have been told the work set to start in January could be completed eight weeks early if they all moved out.
She said the decision had come as "a bit of a surprise".
The council said traders would be relocated from 6 January so business was not affected over the Christmas period.
The work, scheduled to be completed by 2018, involves refurbishing the building, adding two galleries, performance areas, a gallery shop and market stalls.
The present gallery, Oriel Wrecsam, is situated in a shop unit next to the market.
There are about 10 stallholders in the market.
Wrexham MP Ian Lucas said: "I have written to the council to raise the concerns of traders after being told about the latest developments.
"What is needed most of all from the council is clarity about what is going on and what they are proposing - and quickly."
Martyn Uzzell, from North Somerset, was thrown into the path of a car after hitting the pothole.
An inquest heard North Yorkshire County Council had missed opportunities to repair the A65 in Giggleswick.
His wife Kate has now reached a settlement with the authority after she launched a civil action against it.
In a statement, the council said while it "accepts no liability for the tragic death of Mr Uzzell", it appreciated the case was "a sensitive matter".
It confirmed it had settled with Mrs Uzzell to avoid "prolonged involvement in further litigation".
Mr Uzzell, 51, from Clevedon, was on a charity ride from Land's End to John O'Groats with two friends in 2011 when the accident happened.
William Morva, 35, is scheduled to die for the 2006 killings of a security guard and a sheriff's deputy during his attempted escape from a hospital.
The deputy's daughter said she is among the thousands urging Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to grant clemency.
But the deputy's mother said she does not want Morva's life to be spared.
Morva was awaiting trial on 2005 robbery charges when he was taken to the hospital for an injury.
He attacked a sheriff's deputy, stole the official's gun and fatally shot hospital security guard Derrick McFarland, who was unarmed.
Before he was captured near Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus a day later, Morva shot Sheriff's Deputy Eric Sutphin in the back of the head.
Morva's lawyers argue he suffers from delusional disorder, which is similar to schizophrenia, adding that his condition has worsened because prison doctors have refused to treat him.
They asked Governor McAuliffe to commute his sentence, contending a jury that convicted him without knowing the severity of his condition.
But the governor of Virginia has refused to grant a last-minute stay of execution.
Morva is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 21:00 local time (1:00 GMT).
More than 34,000 people petitioned the Democrat to halt Thursday's execution, including the slain deputy's daughter, Rachel Sutphin.
"I am against the death penalty for religious and moral reasons," Ms Sutphin said in an email to reporters.
"I have fought and will continue to fight for clemency for all death row inmates until Virginia declares the death penalty unconstitutional.
"I have sent my own letter to the Governor showing my support for clemency."
But the deputy's mother, Jeaneen Sutphin, said while she sympathises with Morva's family, she wants the scheduled lethal injection to proceed.
"I have no hatred for this creature who shot him execution-style. I just want justice for my son," she told the Roanoke Times on Wednesday.
The jury that convicted Morva was told he suffered from a personality disorder that resulted in "odd beliefs", but he later was diagnosed with a more severe mental illness,
The US Supreme Court declined to hear Morva's appeal in February.
National mental health advocates, 20 Virginia lawmakers and two United Nations human rights experts have joined calls to block his execution.
The government of Hungary, where Morva is a dual citizen, and the European Union have also urged the governor to intervene.
"We are concerned at Mr Morva's deteriorating psychosocial condition," UN Special Rapporteurs Agnes Callamard and Dainius Pûras said in a statement on Wednesday.
"The denial of reasonable accommodation in detention can be considered a form of discrimination against him because of his mental health condition."
If carried out, Virginia will surpass Oklahoma for second place in a ranking of the US states with the most executions, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
Virginia and Oklahoma have executed 112 people since the death penalty was re-instated in 1976.
Texas has executed 542 people during the same period.
Prop Sam Moa scored in between two Jennings efforts as the Australian side dominated the first period.
Wigan battled after half-time and reduced the deficit with a try from Joe Burgess and two from Josh Charnley.
But Jennings crossed for his third try, with Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Shaun Kenny-Dowall also going over.
The game - an annual fixture played between the Super League champions and the winners of Australia's National Rugby League - was staged down under for the first time since 1994.
Wigan missed out on a record fourth World Club Challenge victory. The Warriors, Sydney Roosters (once as Eastern Suburbs), Leeds Rhinos and Bradford Bulls have all won the competition three times.
On that occasion, Wigan defeated Brisbane Broncos, but despite being comprehensively beaten this time, the Cherry and Whites can take heart from a battling second-half performance at Sydney's Allianz Stadium, as they attempted to win a record fourth World Club Challenge.
Skipper Sean O'Loughlin, who led the side to a Grand Final and Challenge Cup double last season, was declared fit to start but was unable to inspire his young side to victory against a rampant and ruthless Roosters outfit, whose James Maloney converted all six attempts at goal.
It looked like being a long evening for the English side from the off, as Trent Robinson's men went ahead after just four minutes. Aided by poor Wigan defending, Jennings fended off Charnley before waltzing through to touch down.
The Roosters were clearly on top and scored again soon after as former Hull man Moa broke the defensive line to touch down underneath the posts. Captain Anthony Minichiello, who played in his side's last appearance in this match in 2003, could have extended the lead further, but fumbled when attempting to collect a kick.
The Warriors were under constant pressure and were failing to deal with the speed of the Sydney backs, who were working off a tough and bulky forward line which contained Kiwis Sonny Bill Williams and Waerea-Hargreaves.
And when Matt Bowen, signed to replace Sam Tomkins at full-back, failed to deal with Jake Friend's grubber kick into the in-goal area, Jennings reacted quickest to grab his second try of the game.
Eddy Pettybourne was placed on report after catching Kenny-Dowall on the chin with his forearm as the visitors went in at half-time 18-0 down.
Wigan made the perfect start as they attempted to overhaul the deficit in the second half with winger Burgess, who scored four tries in a warm-up game against New Zealand Warriors, finishing off a sweeping move on 43 minutes.
But just when it looked as though they were getting back into the game, a sloppy pass allowed Jennings to pick the loose ball unchallenged and snatch his hat-trick.
Matt Smith's high kick caused confusion in the Sydney defence, allowing Charnley to profit and touch down for Shaun Wane's men.
But Waerea-Hargreaves, who played in New Zealand's World Cup final defeat by Australia in November, barged over before Kenny-Dowall's score ended the contest.
Sydney Roosters captain Anthony Minichiello: "At the end of last season, we spoke about wanting to win the World Club Challenge. It was a bit rusty at stages but we got the job done. We prepared well and we did a lot of video work on Wigan, because they are a great team."
Wigan Warriors captain Sean O'Loughlin: "It was a massive effort. We've come up against a world-class team. We didn't do ourselves justice in the first part of the game but we fought well. We just caused them some trouble but we just didn't do it for long enough."
Sydney Roosters: Minichiello; Tupou, Jennings, Aubusson, Kenny-Dowall; Maloney, Pearce; Waerea-Hargreaves, Friend, Moa, Cordner, Williams, Nuuausala.
Replacements: Mortimer, Guerra, Napa, Casty.
Wigan Warriors: Bowen; Charnley, Goulding, Sarginson, Burgess; Green, Smith; Flower, McIlorum, Dudson, Hughes, Farrell, O'Loughlin.
Replacements: Taylor, Pettybourne, Crosby, Bateman.
Referee: Ben Cummin
Nine-year-old Ustad was tranquilised and shifted from a national park to a zoo earlier this month after he killed three men, including a forest guard.
A tiger lover had petitioned the court, saying caging the tiger was against India's wildlife laws.
India's tiger population stood at 2,226 in 2014. The country is home to 70% of the world's tigers.
Ustad, who lived in the 400 sq km (99,000-acre) Ranthambore National Park, popular for its tiger safaris, was shot with a tranquilising dart and driven to a zoo 400km (250 miles) away earlier this month.
He had been declared the prime suspect in the killing of a 53-year-old forest guard on 8 May. He was also accused of killing a 23-year-old local man in 2010 and a 19-year-old boy in March 2012.
The tiger is now is caged in an enclosure smaller than a football field in a zoological park in Udaipur district.
Chandramauleshwar Singh, a tiger lover and a regular visitor to Ranthambore, petitioned the high court in Rajasthan against the move.
He said the decision to move Ustad was made without "any scientific probe or investigation into the circumstance of the attack".
Mr Singh said the real reason the park decided to move Ustad was because of pressure from the local tourist industry, which feared visitors would be frightened off by the presence of a man-eater.
The high court in Rajasthan dismissed the plea saying the decision to shift Ustad can "under no stretch of imagination be held to be hasty, arbitrary or unreasonable".
The judges said they did not agree that Ustad's move was prompted by the tourist industry because "tourism thrives on the tigers of Ranthambore and it is not the other way round".
Mr Singh has now appealed to Supreme Court to take a decision on the matter.
Correspondents say the case raises questions for tiger conservation worldwide because India has been very successful in its efforts to increase its tiger population.
As the number of tigers in India have risen, their habitat has shrunk, meaning people and tigers meet more often, occasionally with disastrous results.
More than 60 people are killed by tigers every year in India.
Total's Elgin platform, 150 miles east of Aberdeen, was evacuated when the gas began leaking in March 2012.
The leak was stopped after 51 days by pumping heavy mud into the well, followed by the use of cement plugs.
The Health and Safety Executive said it was the largest fine handed down by a sheriff court over health and safety.
Total admitted offshore installation regulation failings at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
No-one was injured as a result of the leak.
The court heard that workers ran fearing for their lives after the sudden uncontrolled release of gas was discovered.
Total admitted the leak happened after miscalculating a plan designed to kill an unstable gas well on the platform.
Elisabeth Proust, managing director of Total E&P UK, said after the case: "We regret the gas leak from the Elgin platform in 2012 and accept the fine handed down by the court.
"Following the incident Total carried out its own investigation to identify the causes of the incident and what can be done to prevent similar incidents in future.
"We also cooperated fully with the investigations carried out by DECC and the HSE. Furthermore, Total has shared the lessons learned from this incident widely across the industry and with the authorities."
HSE operations manager Russell Breen said: "This incident was foreseeable and entirely preventable. There were a number of failures on the part of Total, which contributed to the blowout.
"Industry must learn from this, it is an important reminder of the ever-present hazards with oil and gas production and the need for them to be rigorously managed. This could have easily led to loss of life."
The RMT unions said the fine was a "slap on the wrist" and "wholly inadequate"
General secretary Mick Cash said: "For a giant global player like Total this fine can be written off as petty cash and a minor inconvenience and does nothing to hold the senior management of the company to real and genuine corporate account."
WWF Scotland director Lang Banks said: "The gas leak at the Elgin platform endangered lives, cost the company millions and added to climate change.
"It's therefore good to see a fine that reflects the seriousness of the incident.
"Hopefully the outcome of this case will send a clear message to the rest of the oil and gas industry to massively improve safety procedures.
"While it was a relief that the Elgin leak was able to be stopped, the fact it happened at all and that a potent greenhouse gas was able to spew out for nearly two months was unacceptable."
The BBC Scotland news website revealed last week that Total had been charged.
The internet giant said the government has no access, "not directly, or via a back door, or a so-called drop box".
The Guardian claims the UK's eavesdropping centre GCHQ has secretly gathered intelligence on Britons from the world's largest internet companies.
GCHQ is to report to MPs within days over claims it accessed data through a US spy programme called Prism.
Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) expects the report by Monday.
GCHQ said in a statement it operated to "a strict legal and policy framework".
US spies have been accused of tapping into servers of nine US internet giants including Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Google in a giant anti-terror sweep. All deny giving government agents access to servers.
Google's Chief Legal Officer David Drummond said: "We cannot say this more clearly - the government does not have access to Google servers...It is quite wrong to insinuate otherwise.
"We provide user data to governments only in accordance with the law. Our legal team reviews each and every request, and frequently pushes back when requests are overly broad or don't follow the correct process."
The Guardian said it has obtained documents showing that Britain's secret listening post had access to the Prism system, set up by America's National Security Agency (NSA), since at least June 2010.
The newspaper said the Prism programme appeared to allow the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) to circumvent the formal legal process required to obtain personal material, such as emails, photographs and videos, from internet companies based outside the UK.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates, in London for a Hyde Park rally calling for action to end hunger, said he knew nothing about Prism, adding: "I don't know any specifics but if there's a court order for companies to do things it's typical that they're obeyed."
ISC chairman Sir Malcolm Rifkind said the parliamentary committee would be "receiving a full report from GCHQ very shortly and will decide what further action needs to be taken as soon as it receives that information".
Committee members will discuss the claims with US security officials during a planned visit to Washington next week.
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander has urged the foreign secretary - the minister with responsibility for GCHQ - to make a statement to Parliament on the reports.
He told the BBC: "I am calling on William Hague, as the foreign secretary, to come to the dispatch box of the House of Commons on Monday to set out the government's position and explain how the government will work with the ISC to address the very real public concerns that have emerged."
Labour's Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, said that while the security services need to share information with the UK's closest ally, the US, certain questions need to be answered.
He told the BBC: "I think what we'd like to know is, has this actually had the authority of ministers and how long has it been going on for?
"This is not the traditional route of spookology because normally you would go and get an order and that order would be subject to proper accountability and judicial process. This is something that is, in a sense, possibly through the back door."
BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera said intelligence and law enforcement agencies in the UK already had the ability to request information from internet and other companies through court orders and warrants.
"The question about Prism is whether it is simply an interface with the companies to then get hold of that information, or a kind of dragnet to gather vast amounts of information about everyone to sift through," our correspondent said.
He added: "Even more worryingly, was it a means of evading the legal oversight and legal restriction on how they operated?"
Shami Chakrabarti, director of human rights group Liberty, said ministers were "going to have to say whether they knew about this and what they have and haven't authorised".
She told the BBC Radio 4's Today programme the big question was "have our agencies been circumventing the law by this nice little international exchange"?
She added: "The danger with this and other security policies is that governments say, 'well we'll obey our own laws that protect our citizens but we will then play fast and loose with the freedoms of others on the other side of the Atlantic or wherever'."
Former Labour MP Kim Howells, who chaired the ISC from 2008-2010, told Today he did not believe "for one minute" that intelligence service chiefs would be prepared to "venture into areas that are clearly illegal without, if you like, the permission of the government".
Conservative MP David Davis said the claims indicated the intelligence services had "much more information than they used to have… namely our most intimate traffic".
That could include "a love email sent to your wife or mistress or girlfriend", he added.
"That sort of thing's now available through a mechanism which doesn't go through the British courts and that's pretty serious."
US President Barack Obama, meanwhile, has defended the Prism monitoring programme, saying it was closely overseen by Congress and the courts and that his administration had struck "the right balance" between security and privacy.
Richard Aldrich, a professor of international security at the University of Warwick, said he expected Mr Cameron to say "rather as President Obama has said, that you can't have your cake and eat it - you can't have 100% privacy and 100% security".
"What they're not going to say is, actually, we're very rapidly accelerating to a point where we're going to be in a transparent society," he told Today.
"Privacy is effectively a 20th century concept like the steam engine."
A spokesman for the agency, based in Cheltenham, said: "Our work is carried out in accordance with a strict legal and policy framework which ensures that our activities are authorised, necessary and proportionate, and that there is rigorous oversight, including from the secretary of state, the Interception and Intelligence Services Commissioners and the Intelligence and Security Committee."
Meanwhile, the BBC has learned that Twitter was invited to join the Prism programme last year, but rejected the approach from US authorities.
In a letter shown exclusively to the BBC, the union said the drugs have led to a "stark increase" in deaths.
It also linked them to violence and prison officer assaults and also called for improved drug tests.
The Prison Service said it took a zero tolerance approach to drugs in prisons.
A report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), published in July, found legal highs were a factor in at least 19 prisoner deaths nationwide between 2012 and 2014.
The most popular legal highs used in prisons are Spice and Black Mamba. Spice is believed to be about 100 times more powerful than regular cannabis.
They can cause seizures, psychosis and attempted suicides and cannot currently be detected in routine drug testing.
Mark Fairhurst, an officer at HMP Liverpool, said staff believed at least one recent death in Liverpool Prison was due to Spice.
"We just don't know how prisoners are going to react when they take it," he said.
"It's so unpredictable. Some prisoners are extremely violent... some prisoners become unconscious with breathing difficulties, some seriously self-harm."
Legal highs, Mr Fairhurst revealed, can sell inside for more than heroin.
A report by the PPO into the death of Liam Frodsham, 24, an inmate at HMP Altcourse in Liverpool, revealed he smoked Spice only hours before he died in August 2014.
It said there was evidence Spice was "prevalent in the prison".
Michael Goldsmith, who was released from Altcourse prison in July, said the "situation was out of control".
"Prisoners were taking them on a daily basis. They were getting them in on visits, over the walls. One guy was literally flying round the wing saying 'I can fly' and he tried to jump off the stairs.
"I remember one situation where this guy was so out of it he had nine staff pinning him down."
Mr Goldsmith warned: "If someone's gone out and been released, they're then getting recalled on purpose to bring a package in to then sell it on the wing.
"They're getting paid £500 or £600 to bring a parcel in of Black Mamba or Spice, then selling it on the wing as well and making a fortune."
At Altcourse, staff have used a cherry picker crane to remove packages including legal highs thrown over prison walls.
G4S Director for HMP Altcourse, Dave Thompson, said: "Like all prisons across the country, our team faces the constant challenge posed by new psychoactive substances and its impact on violent behaviour."
He said they had strengthened intelligence-sharing with Merseyside Police and re-doubled efforts to intercept drugs.
"Our record in recent months shows that the action we've taken has reduced violence and improved safety," he added.
A spokesperson for the Prison Service said: "We take a zero tolerance approach to illicit material in prisons, and work closely with the police and CPS to ensure all those caught are prosecuted and face extra time behind bars."
He added that it was already a criminal offence to throw drugs and other items over prison walls and new legislation would further strengthen those powers.
In the letter to the chief coroner, the POA expressed concern that coroners held prisoner inquests without a jury, and sometimes without witnesses, leading to verdicts of natural causes when the deaths may be attributable to legal highs.
Glyn Travis, from the POA, said: "This is the first time in the last 30 years in the history of the POA that we've resorted to this level of direct influence with an organisation such as the chief coroner.
"We believe he needs to now start to instruct all coroners, all pathologists... that they look at whether prisoners have been under the influence of legal highs, whether that is an underlying factor, because we strongly believe that that is the position."
Traces of the prohibited substance Triamcinolone Acetonide (TCA) were in the horse's urine following the race.
The cortisone substance can be used legally to treat horses, but must have cleared their system by racedays.
The original runner-up - and 15-8 pre-race favourite - Josies Orders has been retrospectively awarded victory.
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Both teams know each other well from qualifying - Wales drew 0-0 in Brussels and won 1-0 in Cardiff when Radja Nainggolan's misdirected header let Gareth Bale in to score the winner. Will the Red Devils get revenge in France?
Injured Belgium and Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany, a BBC pundit in France, explains which areas he thinks will decide the tie, why his side have found their form, the importance of Eden Hazard and how his own comeback is progressing.
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Belgium lost to Italy in their opening game at Euro 2016 and only sparkled briefly as they beat Republic of Ireland and Sweden to get out of Group D in second place. They came to life with an impressive 4-0 win over Hungary in the last 16.
Kompany: You have seen in this tournament that Belgium got the job done in our group, but we were not great until the Hungary game, when we produced a big performance.
The key for us against Hungary was for everyone to play down the situation we were in, because we were very relaxed from the start in that game. Ultimately the big teams who have been able to perform in this tournament are the ones who have done the same.
Once you have produced a big performance like that, it gives everyone a lot of confidence.
Our squad is on a cloud right now and the players have every right to be positive about our form going into the quarter-finals - and about our chances of going much further in this tournament.
Like a few people have said, that is as much the case for the Wales squad as it is for Belgium. We have both ended up on the good side of the draw and I think all the teams left in there have got a chance and can dream of the final.
The Wales team will not need to watch a lot of videos before the game, because they know us so well - and we know them so well too.
Our games in qualifiers were very close and the last team to make a mistake was us, so you learn from your mistakes. In that sense I think and I hope it is advantage to us this time.
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Chelsea forward Eden Hazard has had a poor season in the Premier League but was the star of the show against Hungary, scoring one dazzling solo goal and making another as his side strolled to a comprehensive victory.
Kompany: Wales and Belgium are very strong on the counter-attack, so whichever team attacks could be the more exposed.
That was the case in the Hungary game - as soon as we scored, they showed their hand a little bit and showed that they were going to be positive. It all of a sudden transformed the game for us, in a good way.
The main player everyone wanted to talk about after that game was Eden Hazard. For us he has been a revelation in this tournament because he has never performed this way for us before.
If he can keep performing the way he did against Hungary, then it puts him into a completely different bracket for me.
If he is fit enough to play and can maintain this level then we are talking about a player who is as good as the top two in the world - Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The way Eden played against Hungary was like art, it was beautiful - and that is what everyone is expecting from him again against Wales.
Kompany was ruled out of Euro 2016 at the start of May when he had surgery after suffering a groin injury playing for City against Real Madrid and was told he would be out for four months. He suffered five injuries during the 2014-15 season, playing 22 games out of a possible 59 for his club and will miss pre-season under new manager Pep Guardiola.
Kompany: I have spoken to Pep a few times now and I also met him briefly when he came to Manchester at the end of May. We have had some positive conversations and he has some very big ambitions for the club.
I am really looking forward to next season - my rehab is going well. For the injury I had and at the stage I am at, it is the best it could have been.
There is no date set for me to play again but I am recovering really well. Initially it was pretty long injury - as has been mentioned, I was looking at about four months out. But we will see.
Could I come back earlier? I am conscious I am not allowed to push it too much and also conscious I need to look after my body first and foremost.
I know what I have got to offer - when I have felt good I have felt I could achieve such a high level of football so the only thing I am doing at the moment is looking after my body and making sure I make the right calls every single time - living the right life to play the most amount of games possible in the future.
Tuesday, 15 March - Champion Day
Favourite Annie Power, ridden by Ruby Walsh, powered to victory in the Champion Hurdle, the highlight of the opening day.
Race report and full results
Wednesday, 16 March - Ladies' Day
Sprinter Sacre beat favourite Un De Sceaux to win the coveted Queen Mother Champion Chase for a second time.
Day two report and full results
Thursday, 17 March - St Patrick's Day
Even-money favourite Thistlecrack justified his tag to win the World Hurdle in impressive style. Tom Scudamore's mount, trained by Colin Tizzard, was barely troubled in the three-mile race.
Day three report and full results
Friday, 18 March - Gold Cup Day
The 9-4 favourite Don Cossack and jockey Bryan Cooper held off the challenge of Djakadam to win the Gold Cup.
The winner, trained by Gordon Elliott, led home an Irish 1-2-3 with the runner-up and third-placed Don Poli both trained by Willie Mullins.
Leading English fancy Cue Card fell with three fences to go.
Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton finished fifth in the Foxhunter Chase on Pacha Du Polder.
Gold Cup report and full results
A search operation was launched after a fishing vessel saw the kayak floating about three miles offshore with no-one on board at 17:45 on Friday.
A man was subsequently spotted in the water off Musselburgh, close to where the River Esk flows into the Firth.
Aberdeen Coastguard said that a search and rescue helicopter recovered the man's body from the water.
Police Scotland said that they had been called to Goose Green Place, near the shore in Musselburgh, after the man was found.
A police spokesman said: "Inquiries are continuing to establish the full circumstances surrounding the death."
The RNLI Kinghorn lifeboat, two fishing vessels and search and rescue helicopter 131 from RAF Boulmer had been involved in the search.
The kayak had been found about three miles off Port Seton.
They were held in the UK in 2013 after an extradition request from the Rwandan government and denied involvement.
District judge Emma Arbuthnot at Westminster Magistrates' Court said there was a real risk they would not get a fair trial in Rwanda.
The Crown Prosecution Service indicated it would appeal against the ruling.
Vincent Brown, also known as Vincent Bajinya, Charles Munyaneza, Emmanuel Nteziryayo, Celestin Ugirashebuja and Celestin Mutabaruka were accused of playing an active part in the killings.
An estimated 800,000 Rwandans, mostly Tutsis but including some moderate Hutus, died between April and May 1994.
An attempt to extradite four of the men, who are all of Hutu ethnicity, was thrown out by the High Court in 2009 on similar grounds.
The new judgement brought applause from friends and family of the men in the public gallery.
The men have undergone a series of legal hearings during which their defence lawyers argued their lives would be in danger if they were returned.
They face charges including genocide, crimes against humanity, premeditated murder, and participation in acts of devastation, massacres and looting.
The Rwandan government has given assurances they would not face the death penalty.
In the latest ruling, the judge said: "From the evidence I heard and read I have no doubt at all that the overall picture of Rwanda is of an authoritarian repressive state that is not less so than it was and is probably more so than in 2008-9, a state that is stifling opposition in a number of ways.
"There is evidence that the state is suspected of threatening and killing those it considers to be its opponents or they simply disappear at home and abroad.
"There is evidence that suspects can be tortured in secret camps where basic human rights are ignored."
She said she did not the find the extradition requests were compatible with the Human Rights Act 1998.
A new law allowing dual citizenship for the descendants of those forced out in 1492, known as Sephardic Jews, was passed in June.
It came into force on Thursday.
Friday's move, however, follows a government decision to fast-track those who had applied for citizenship under a previous law.
The older law had required them to relinquish their other nationality.
Most of the group are from Morocco, Turkey and Venezuela, Spain's Federation of Jewish Communities said.
Justice Minister Rafael Catala said the decision had been made so they would not have to file another application.
Those seeking citizenship under the new law need to have their ancestry checked by Jewish authorities.
They must also demonstrate basic knowledge of Spanish, pass a test about Spanish culture and prove a modern connection to Spain.
Tens of thousands of Jews were expelled in 1492 during the Spanish Inquisition, which the government has called a "historic mistake".
Those who remained had to convert to Catholicism or risk being burnt at the stake.
The citizenship programme was first announced in 2012.
The wing section, known as a flaperon, had been examined in France by international aviation experts.
French authorities launched searches on and around Reunion for more debris but none was found.
The Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 people veered off its course from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.
The Malaysian government had previously said it believed that the flaperon belonged to MH370.
French investigators had until now been more cautious on the provenance of the debris.
But on Thursday they said a technician from Airbus Defense and Space (ADS-SAU) in Spain, which had made the part for Boeing, had formally identified one of three numbers found on the flaperon as being the same as the serial number on MH370.
The magistrate charged with conducting the investigation and an aviation expert had gone to ADS-SAU headquarters on Thursday.
The families of those aboard - who were mostly Chinese - have been angered by the apparent discrepancies in statements by French and Malaysian officials, and have accused the authorities of hiding the truth.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has been co-ordinating the deep-sea search in the southern Indian Ocean, where the plane is believed to have gone down, thousands of miles east of Reunion.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said that the search would continue as "we owe it to the hundreds of millions of people who use our skies".
Missing Malaysia plane: What we know
Will debris solve MH370 mystery?
Police were called to Princess Way at around 03:00 GMT on Sunday. A man, 34, was taken to Morriston Hospital but later died.
No weapons were used during the incident, but his death is being treated as suspicious.
The 23-year-old arrested man is in custody at Swansea police station.
The area remains cordoned off while police examine the scene.
The man's family have been informed and are being supported by specially-trained officers.
Wang Yi said he urged Ri Yong-ho to abide by UN resolutions in a meeting on Sunday in the Philippines.
He did not say how Mr Ri replied.
Saturday's resolution banning North Korean exports and limiting investments in the country was passed unanimously.
Mr Wang said sanctions were needed, but "are not the final goal", and he urged dialogue. He said he had told North Korea to remain calm, and not provoke the international community with more tests.
The Chinese envoy also urged the US and South Korea not to increase tensions, saying that the situation was at a "critical point", but also a juncture at which talks could be resumed.
US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley earlier said North Korea was facing "the most stringent set of sanctions on any country in a generation".
Pyongyang tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles in July, claiming it now had the ability to hit the US.
However, experts doubt the missiles can hit their targets.
The tests were condemned by South Korea, Japan and the US, and prompted the drafting of the new UN sanctions.
China, North Korea's only international ally and a veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council, voted in favour of the resolution after negotiations with the US that Ms Haley said were "tough".
Beijing has often protected Pyongyang from harmful resolutions in the past.
Russia, which the US has also criticised for its economic links with North Korea, also voted for the sanctions.
Top diplomats including US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are gathered for a regional forum under the aegis of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in the Philippines' capital, Manila.
North Korea's nuclear programme is expected to be a major issue but there are no plans for a bilateral meeting between Mr Tillerson and the North Korean representative.
Speaking earlier as he sat down for talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, Mr Tillerson said the sanctions were a "good outcome".
Can the US defend itself against North Korea?
Jonathan Head, BBC South East Asia Correspondent
The steady advances in North Korean missile technology have lent a sense of urgency to US diplomacy in Asia, and Rex Tillerson's attendance at the Asean Regional Forum is well-timed.
The US wants a show of unity at this forum in condemning North Korea - uniquely, Mr Tillerson will find himself in the same room as his North Korean counterpart, Ri Yong-ho, although the two are very unlikely to speak to one another.
Mr Tillerson will also be holding bilateral meetings with his Russian and Chinese counterparts. Just by being at this diplomatic talkfest Rex Tillerson will offer a striking change of tone. In the first seven months of the Trump administration his voice has been subdued on Asia, whereas the president's comments have been seen by many Asian officials as erratic and at times inflammatory.
However there are important differences over how best to deal with North Korea. The US believes pressure must be ramped up on Pyongyang, to get it to reverse, not just freeze, its nuclear and missile programmes.
Many Asian countries fear the Trump administration's growing anxiety and anger over North Korea's missile tests risk escalating into a dangerous confrontation; there is still a broad consensus in this region that engagement, however frustrating, is the only way forward - so the US bid to have North Korea expelled from the Asean Regional Forum will meet plenty of resistance.
US President Donald Trump tweeted to say the sanctions would cost the North more than $1bn (£0.7bn).
The export of coal, ore and other raw materials to China is one of North Korea's few sources of cash. Estimates say that North Korea exports about $3bn worth of goods each year - and the sanctions could eliminate $1bn of that trade.
But China's participation will be key and top US diplomats say they will be keeping a close eye on Beijing to make sure it consistently abides by the sanctions.
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Earlier this year, China suspended imports of coal to increase pressure on Pyongyang.
However, repeated sanctions have so far failed to deter North Korea from continuing with its missile development.
Beijing is also furious about the deployment of a US-funded missile defence system in South Korea and wants it to be scrapped.
North Korea has is yet to officially respond to the new sanctions. A senior official told South Korea's Yonhap news agency: "We will make our stance clear when things are determined."
But ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun earlier said nuclear action or sanctions taken by Washington would lead to an "unimaginable sea of fire" engulfing the US.
The isolated state's repeated missile and nuclear weapon tests in breach of UN resolutions have been condemned by neighbours in the region.
But South Korea says it may hold direct talks with the North during the Asean summit.
Its foreign minister said she was willing to talk to her counterpart from Pyongyang, if the chance "naturally occurs".
Altogether, 27 nations are sending representatives to the Asean Regional Forum.
Asean's 10 member states issued a joint statement saying they had "grave concerns" over North Korea's actions, which "seriously threaten peace".
Dan Evans, 29, from Abertillery, found four £50 tickets for Australia v Wales on 10 October among his mail at work.
After his Facebook campaign was shared thousands of times, he reunited them with Neil Pugh, 59, of Penarth.
Mr Evans said he was "totally chuffed" social media had come to the rescue and Mr Pugh admitted he was "relieved".
"I did offer him a reward but he wouldn't take anything but thanks," added Mr Pugh, a chartered accountant, who said his experience was "fraught".
"I paid £210 for each ticket on [ticket reselling website] Viagogo. I am relieved as much as anything because I bought four tickets and had taken the money from three friends for them.
"I hadn't told them about it but they have found out since."
Mr Evans, a technician, who works at Coleg Gwent's Ebbw Vale campus, discovered the tickets had inadvertently slipped into one of his parcels on Wednesday.
When he tried to telephone Mr Pugh on a number printed on a receipt he could only reach his voicemail, so he posted a notice online.
Mr Evans, who says he is "not the biggest rugby fan", was never tempted to cash-in when approached by people wanting to buy the tickets nor fooled by pretenders claiming to be Mr Pugh.
"I was getting a little bit worried. I gave myself a deadline - I was thinking, by the end of Friday, if I had not heard from them online I would have to ring round all the different ticket providers (to trace Mr Pugh)."
But after the Facebook campaign received 550 likes and more than 3,600 shares, Mr Pugh's daughter spotted it and got in touch.
"I'm totally chuffed. I can't describe it, to be honest," Mr Evans added.
Customers of RBS and its subsidiaries, NatWest and Ulster Bank, were unable to use Visa debit and credit cards.
An RBS spokesperson said the breakdown had "minimal customer impact".
It said the problems affected "a small number of people" conducting higher value and international transactions.
The problems started at 7.45am and were resolved by 9.15am, the bank said.
On Thursday, the bank was fined £56m by UK regulators over its huge systems crash in 2012, when 6.5 million customers - equivalent to 10% of the UK population - faced problems that lasted in some cases several weeks.
Also on Friday Barclays online customers experienced some difficulties with their service for a short time. A Barclays spokesperson told the BBC: "Barclays online banking service was unavailable for around an hour earlier today.
"All other services were up and running as usual during this time however we apologise to those customers that were impacted. We are currently investigating what caused this to prevent it happening again."
The Istanbul club confirmed on Sunday that Mancini had met club directors, posting a photo of the 48-year-old with chief executive Lutfi Aribogan.
The Italian replaces Fatih Terim, who after failing to agree a new contract.
exactly a year after he led them to their first Premier League title.
Galatasaray have made a disappointing start to the Turkish league season, picking up only one win from their first five games.
They are in a Champions League group with Real Madrid, who beat them 6-1 in their opening game, Juventus and FC Copenhagen.
Terim, 60, is one of the most influential people in the club's history, having led them to six of their record 19 domestic titles, as well as the 2000 Uefa Cup following an 11-year spell as a player.
Mancini won three successive Italian league titles and two Italian Cups with Inter Milan, before winning the FA Cup and Premier League with City.
The Italian's first match in charge will be Wednesday's Champions League clash at Juventus.
The Buddies, who face Dundee United in the Challenge Cup final on Saturday, had won just two league games before the turn of the year.
But after shipping out 10 players and bringing in 10 in January, the club's form picked up and they have won four of their last six Championship outings.
"We took an educated gamble in terms of making so many changes," Ross said.
The Buddies remain bottom of the Championship table but their fine recent run has brought them within one point of Ayr United, having played a game more, and a further three behind Dumbarton.
Players such as Rory Loy, Stelios Demetriou, Stephen McGinn and Cammy Smith signed on at St Mirren during the January window.
And while Ross credits January's sizeable squad overhaul for getting the Buddies back in the survival fight, it is not something he would want to repeat.
"Before the January transfer window opened, James (Fowler, his assistant) and myself spent a long time assessing what we needed to do and, for want of a better expression, we rolled the dice," Ross said on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.
"We ended up with 10 players going out and 10 coming in, which is pretty remarkable and something, as a manager, I would prefer not to do ever again.
"However, with the ones we managed to recruit, some of those players I had worked with before and I trusted. Some we've been fortunate with, they've just been the right characters and the right fit for what we've wanted to try and do.
"The chemistry within the group off the pitch and on it is very good and that's been reflected in the performances and the results."
Ross took charge of the Paisley outfit in October 2016 following the sacking of Alex Rae, with the Buddies still without a league win at that stage.
As well as kick-starting their league campaign, Ross has helped guide them to the Challenge Cup final and is desperate to ensure they do not leave Fir Park empty-handed.
"For us it's a terrific opportunity to go and lift silverware and for the players to win a medal," he added.
"In an ideal world a cup win for us and a draw down at Somerset Park (where Ayr United host Dumbarton in the league) would be perfect, but let's get the cup win first and whatever happens there we'll deal with afterwards."
The final day of the two-week inquiry heard from Lincolnshire County Council which said the Eastern Bypass would reduce congestion and promote growth.
Residents objected to the scheme which would close a route into the city from three villages.
The inquiry concluded on Friday with a decision expected in the coming months.
The multimillion-pound project has been delayed by protests from villagers in Cherry Willingham, Reepham and Fiskerton because the proposed route would close Hawthorne Road.
They claim they would be forced to use a longer and more dangerous route, and want a road bridge installed.
But Simon Randle, representing the council, told the hearing the bridge would be too expensive.
He said that whilst there would be losers from the scheme, this had to be balanced against the wider objectives of reducing congestion and promoting growth and investment in Lincoln.
Councillor Richard Davies, speaking after the inquiry, said: "What we've seen is a culmination of two weeks really useful work.
"Everybody has had an opportunity to make their views heard we've debated some of the issues and we've had the opportunity in open discourse to really discuss in particular some of the objections."
The council's previous plans to link the A158 Wragby Road with the A15 Sleaford Road were rejected by the government in 2014 because of safety concerns over a bridge.
It has since been redesigned but still does not take traffic.
Former shadow welfare minister Helen Goodman made the move without the blessing of interim party leader Harriet Harman.
Ms Goodman says 40 MPs back her attempt to reject the Welfare Bill.
Ms Harman has said that if the party "opposed everything" it would "succeed on nothing".
Earlier this week, she said Labour had to recognise that one of the reasons it lost the general election was because it was not trusted on welfare spending.
She has urged the party to abstain on the Welfare Reform Bill, warning against "blanket opposition" to reform.
BBC political correspondent Chris Mason said: "There is now the prospect of the acting Labour leader either being forced to back down in the face of opposition from her own side, or Labour being divided in a Commons vote."
A Labour Party spokesman said it would make its intentions clear "fairly shortly".
Bishop Auckland MP Ms Goodman, who has left Labour's front bench to join the Treasury select committee, had announced the move on Twitter, writing: "With 40 other MPs I've put down a motion to reject Tory Welfare bill, because it will push more children esp in big families into poverty."
Other Labour MPs wrote of their support on Twitter, with Warrington North's Helen Jones tweeting: "Glad so many MPs are supporting our motion to reject Tory Welfare Bill, which will push families on low wages further into poverty."
The US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) gave retrospective permission after Mayweather had the drip of saline and vitamins on the eve of his 2 May fight.
But the NSAC says only it could approve the drip, and not Usada.
Pacquiao wants a rematch, according to the AFP news agency.
Usada said it granted unbeaten American Mayweather, 38, a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for the infusion, in accordance with NSAC regulations.
But NSAC executive director Bob Bennett told BBC Sport: "Anyone should know worldwide, if you fight in the state of Nevada we are the sole authority for approving a TUE.
"Usada has been known historically as the premier performance-enhancing drugs-testing organisation and they have an outstanding record. But they do not have the authority to authorise a TUE to a fighter in the state of Nevada."
Mayweather's drip, administered to combat dehydration after a tough training session, had already attracted controversy.
A report claimed he received favourable treatment from Usada in being given permission to have it. It said, although the substances in question were not banned, an IV drip "can dilute or mask the presence of another substance that is already in the recipient's system".
Usada said the report was "riddled with significant inaccuracies and misrepresentations", while Mayweather highlighted his own anti-doping stance.
"I follow and have always followed the rules of Nevada and Usada, the gold standard of drug-testing," he said.
"Let's not forget that I was the one six years ago who insisted on elevating the level of drug-testing for all my fights."
Bennett explained the process of successfully obtaining a TUE, adding that it was very rare for one to be granted so close to a fight.
"The process is you go online and you submit an application with supportive evidence from your doctor. Upon our receiving it, we give the application to our doctor. After his review we will determine if a TUE is approved.
"We are very meticulous, we look a each TUE very thoroughly before our doctors make a final decision. We want to do all this for the health and safety of the fighter.
"I don't recall a time when we have authorised a pre-fight TUE for an intravenous drip. I'm not saying it hasn't ever happened, but I don't recall it."
BBC Sport's Ade Adedoyin in Las Vegas: "The Manny Pacquiao camp are quite unhappy about his situation.
"They point to the fact that before Pacquiao went out to face Mayweather he asked for permission to have an injection of painkillers but was denied by the NSAC.
"One of his business advisors has spoken to the media and has been saying how ironic it is for Mayweather to be in this situation now.
"He has also says that perhaps the best way forward is for Mayweather and Pacquiao to have a rematch."
Pacquiao has been addressing the media in his native Phillipines and has called for a rematch.
The 36-year-old was refused an anti-inflammatory shoulder injection before his fight with Mayweather - the richest in the history of the sport - after failing to notify the correct authorities.
He later blamed the injury for his points defeat, claiming it stopped him using his right hand.
"That is why I want a rematch," AFP news agency quoted him as saying. "One without any injury and with fair play. No favouritism. Not one where the Mayweather camp gets to dictate all the terms and conditions.
"The Mayweather camp accused me of using performance-enhancing drugs. Now look what happened. The truth has finally came out and I was vindicated.
"If needed, the NSAC should impose the appropriate sanction to sustain its credibility and to show the world they did not give preferential treatment to the Mayweather camp."
The 32-year-old hit 12 boundaries in his 127 before driving Chris Liddle (4-54) to extra cover in the 44th over.
Nick Browne (42) and Varun Chopra (41) provided good support as Essex posted 315-8 under gloomy skies at Chelmsford.
Phil Mustard made 90 and Ian Cockbain struck 79 in the chase, but the visitors struggled to keep up with the run-rate and they finished on 286-8.
Cook, who can play in all of Essex's matches until England's first Test against South Africa in July, was given a life on 67 when he was dropped on the mid-wicket boundary by Jack Taylor off paceman Liam Norwell.
But the rest of the innings was chanceless, as England's all-time leading Test run-scorer brought up his three figures off 110 balls.
Just as Gloucestershire looked well set on 175-2 and ready to accelerate, Mustard fell swiping Matt Quinn to Cook at deep square-leg 10 short of an eighth List A hundred.
Cockbain, off the back of his match-winning century at Lord's on Sunday, continued to fight valiantly to bring the equation down to 60 runs off 30 balls, but then skied Ravi Bopara (3-34) to Cook ending any chance of victory.
Essex have now won their opening three matches in the competition, while Gloucestershire have lost two out of three.
Islington Council said the poster in Highbury Fields, north London, had been put up "in error" by a junior worker.
It read: "Please do not attach or affix any structures or objects to the park furniture and trees at Highbury Fields including the benches and lamp posts."
A council spokesman said it had now moved the notice to a nearby noticeboard.
The notice, which asked residents to respect the park and be responsible, was spotted by Nadi Jahangiri, an architect who lives nearby.
He said: "A lot of people have been putting signs up on the trees about lost cats and so on with drawing pins - it really annoys me.
"I walked up to it to rip it down, only to find it was telling people not to attach anything to trees!"
He continued: "Lots of people soon gathered around laughing.
"There was lots of grumpy huffiness and indignation about our taxes being used for this.
"If you want to stop someone doing something, doing it yourself is an odd way to go about it - but that's Islington Council for you."
A spokesman for the council said: "This was a mistake by a junior member of staff who thought they were doing the right thing to protect the trees.
"Yesterday we removed the sign to a nearby noticeboard as intended."
Andrus Nomm was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty on Friday to conspiracy to commit copyright infringement while working for the now defunct file-sharing site.
The US is currently trying to extradite Mr Dotcom, who founded Megaupload, from New Zealand to stand trial.
Mr Dotcom denies wrongdoing.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has alleged that Megaupload's staff had "operated websites that wilfully reproduced and distributed infringing copies of copyrighted works" over a period of five years, causing more than $400m (£260m) of harm to copyright owners.
Nomm - a 36-year-old Estonian citizen - agreed to this damages estimate as part of his plea, according to a press release from the DoJ. He had been living in the Netherlands before he travelled to Virginia to make the deal with the US authorities.
The DoJ added that Nomm had acknowledged that through his work as a computer programmer for Megaupload, he had become aware of copyright-infringing material being stored on its sites, including films and TV shows that had contained FBI anti-piracy warnings.
It said he had also admitted to having downloaded copyright-infringing files himself.
"This conviction is a significant step forward in the largest criminal copyright case in US history," said assistant attorney general Leslie Caldwell.
Hong Kong-based Megaupload was one of the world's most visited "cyber locker" sites when its domain names and assets were seized in January 2012, at the request of the US authorities.
Mr Dotcom has long maintained that he had not encouraged users to upload pirated material, and has said he cannot be held responsible for what others had stored on his service.
At the end of last week Friday he tweeted: "I have nothing but compassion and understanding for Andrus Nomm and I hope he will soon be reunited with his son."
In an interview with Radio New Zealand, Mr Dotcom's lawyer attempted to play down the significance of the latest development.
"Mr Nomm [was] interested in just getting one year and being done with this, essentially [he] lost on procedure rather than merit," said Ira Rothken.
"It looks like a scripted guilty plea that was more of a Hollywood public relations stunt.
"Andrus Nomm was involved particularly in video streaming and... video streaming is never a copyright crime in the United States.
"The other points that were made during his plea bargain was that he claimed that no filtering was going on - but the failure to filter was at most a civil issue and not a criminal issue.
"And then he also said that Kim Dotcom evidently did not care about copyrights, not withstanding the robust notice and takedown policies of Megaupload. And the notion that someone does not care is also not a crime, it's not even a civil wrong."
Mr Dotcom and five other individuals face charges of conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud.
An extradition hearing for Mr Dotcom and three of the other accused is scheduled to take place in Auckland in June.
It found Kentmere inpatient unit at Westmorland General Hospital, Cumbria did not meet national standards and placed those using services "at risk".
The 12-bed ward treats people with acute psychiatric conditions.
MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron, said it would be "absolutely outrageous" to lose the ward.
The report, published in March, outlined that the Kentmere Unit and associated Health Based Place of Safety did not meet the expected standards set out in national guidance, including same sex accommodation.
This "placed people who use these services at risk and did not provide an environment which supported good care and treatment".
Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust said it was a "longstanding issue" which it had tried to improve over a number of years but "all possible options" had been "exhausted".
The trust said the CQC "validated its concerns" that the alterations that had been made were "not sustainable" and that should not continue to be tolerated.
Lib Dem MP Mr Farron said it would be an "outrage" for people to have to travel for mental health services and he "strongly supports" making changes and upgrading the ward to make it safer for patients.
He said: "The one thing that is utterly unacceptable is any thought that we would close mental health services in Kendal and lose ward 4."
The unit is expected to permanently close by the end of June.
Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat made his comments as a British-Irish council meeting was being held in Wales.
The implications of leaving the EU were discussed at the summit by the first and deputy first ministers.
The talks were hosted by Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones.
In a BBC interview, Mr Muscat, whose country assumes the EU's presidency in January, said: "There will be issues relating to borders, especially the Irish issue, which I think is one of the most politically sensitive issues. I think there is a political willingness from everyone to have it resolved."
The prime minister of Malta also said EU leaders were not "bluffing" when they said the UK will be left without access to the single market when it leaves the bloc if there is no free movement of people.
"This is really and truly our position and I don't see it changing," he said.
The talks in Cardiff were also attended by the Northern Ireland Secretary of State, James Brokenshire, as well as Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said it was still not clear what Brexit would involve and said Prime Minister Theresa May should have been there.
"I think the British prime minister should have been here today," he said.
"She is a new British prime minister, this was her first opportunity to attend the meeting of the British Irish Council and to meet with the devolved institutions and the crown dependencies and I think it was a missed opportunity on her behalf."
This is the third summit for the normally biannual group in 2016, after an emergency session also hosted in Wales following the EU referendum.
Varying approaches to early years education and child care are also expected to be on the agenda.
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers claims the promotion of ideal body images is reducing both boys' and girls' confidence in their own bodies.
Last year, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Body Image recommended all children took part in compulsory body image and self-esteem lessons.
The union will discuss the issue of body image among pupils at its annual conference in Liverpool next week.
In a survey of 693 members across the UK, the union found 78% thought girls suffered low self-esteem and 51% thought boys had low confidence in their body image.
In addition, 59% of staff said that worries about body image made female pupils anxious and 30% said it caused anxiety in male pupils.
Some 55% said that girls were "ultra-sensitive" to comments about their appearance and 27% said boys took comments to heart.
Pressure to achieve the perfect body meant girls were likely to go on a diet, according to 54% of staff and boys were prone to start excessive exercise regimes, said 30% of those surveyed.
Asked where the pressure came from, 94% of those surveyed said they believed the media, including television, magazines, music videos, adverts and social media was the biggest influence on female pupils and also on male pupils (68%).
Peers of the same sex were also highlighted as a key cause of pressure on female pupils to look good by 83% of respondents and on male pupils by 54%.
A teacher at a secondary academy in Wandsworth, London, said: "I find that boys who are shorter than their peers are extremely sensitive and manifest either disruptive behaviour or are very withdrawn."
One early years teacher in England said: "I work with four to five-year-olds and some say things like, 'I can't eat cheese, it will make me fat!'"
A teacher at a secondary school in Northern Ireland said: "In my year 11 GCSE English class, the girls all openly admitted to feeling pressure about body image and many of the boys confessed to it too, although they said that usually they wouldn't admit to it affecting them.
A head of department at a secondary school in Exeter said: "Digital and social media are a nightmare with 'anonymous' sites that slate students in the most appalling terms on their appearance, personality and anything judge-able."
"Despite knowing about airbrushing, the girls still feel the need to aspire to unrealistic notions of beauty."
Association of Teachers and Lecturers general secretary Mary Bousted said: "Young people are under tremendous pressure to have or maintain often unrealistic body images portrayed in the media.
"ATL members report that this not only impacts on female pupils but increasingly leads to low self-esteem, lack of confidence and anxiety in male pupils too.
"With academic and other social pressures, young people already have enough to deal with."
Last November, Central YMCA Qualifications announced plans for a UK qualification in body image.
The award - body image and the relationship to well-being - will cover topics such as body image in the media, self-esteem, diet and exercise and aims to help young people aged 11 to 14 build a more positive body image.
It is hoped the qualification - currently with the exams regulator, Ofqual, for approval - will be rolled out in secondary schools in the UK from next year, possibly as part of PSHE (personal, social and health education) or free study periods.
After failing to qualify for a second straight Nations Cup the fans and players of the 2013 champions will have to watch from the sidelines again.
The 27-year-old says the reality of their failure will really hit home when the tournament kicks off on 14 January.
"I felt bad - not just me but Nigerians as a whole are not happy," he admitted
"Seeing teams playing in the Nations Cup and you see yourself at home you know you're not going to the Nations Cup that's when i am going to feel bad."
"You know you don't have to dwell on that, we don't have to kill ourselves about that.
"We have to work towards the next one and keep pushing hopefully we will qualify."
Before they can think about reaching the next Nations Cup in Cameroon the Super Eagles have the 2018 World Cup qualifiers to negotiate.
Nigeria are currently top of their World Cup group with two wins out of two and continue their campaign at home to Cameroon in August.
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He has appeared before a disciplinary hearing after claiming the Nazi leader supported Zionism in the 1930s.
The two-day misconduct panel is due to deliver a ruling on Tuesday.
The former London mayor has defended his remarks, saying there had been "real collaboration" between Nazis and Zionists before World War Two.
But he said claims he had said Hitler was a Zionist were "fake news".
The Holocaust Educational Trust said Mr Livingstone was "promoting a misleading and misinformed version of history to further his agenda".
He faces a charge of engaging in conduct that was grossly detrimental to the party.
During an interval in Friday's session, Mr Livingstone said the case against him was "weak" and suggested many of the allegations, including that he was an anti-Semite, had since been "retracted".
"For the first time I'm beginning to think I might actually not be expelled," he said.
The row erupted in April 2016, when he was defending Labour MP Naz Shah over accusations she had made anti-Semitic social media posts.
He told BBC London: "When Hitler won his election in 1932, his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews."
This sparked criticism from historians, Jewish groups and Labour colleagues and he was later confronted outside the BBC's studios by Labour MP John Mann, who accused him in front of TV cameras of being a "Nazi apologist".
Mr Livingstone was suspended from Labour by party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Following Friday's hearing, Mr Livingstone said it was nonsense to suggest he ever said Hitler was a Zionist.
"They now accept I didn't say it," he said.
"The only issue is, was it right to defend Naz Shah? And I was simply saying Naz Shah isn't anti-Semitic.
"If she was anti-Semitic, they wouldn't have readmitted her to the Labour Party."
He said the hearing was "an amazing debate about the meaning of words. I feel now I could qualify for a degree".
What's the difference between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism?
In a written submission to his disciplinary hearing, Mr Livingstone accused Labour of pursuing the case against him in a "partisan" way and suggested there was a witch hunt aimed at critics of Israel.
Arriving on the first day of the two-day hearing, he repeated his comment that Hitler had supported Zionism, adding that the Nazi paramilitary SS had set up training camps for German Jews so they "could be trained to cope with the very different sort of country when they got there".
Mr Livingston's original comment was described as inaccurate by Yale University history professor Timothy Snyder in a BBC article in April.
And speaking on the BBC's Daily Politics, Mike Katz, the national vice-chairman of Jewish Labour, said he was repeatedly asked on the doorstep when canvassing in Jewish areas "has Ken been expelled yet?"
But Jonathan Rosenhead, of Free Speech on Israel, said that to say you could not talk about Israel in the same context as Nazism "is to restrict political discussion - we need free speech".
Campaigning in south Wales, Mr Farage restated the party's pledge to scrap the Severn Bridge tolls after 2018.
The party currently has no AMs, but came third in the popular vote in Wales at the general election, with 13.6%.
Mr Farage pledged UKIP would discuss issues "people actually care about" in its assembly election campaign.
"I think UKIP in Wales have got a real chance in terms of the assembly election next year of becoming the official opposition," he said.
"And I think we will do it because we will talk about the subjects people actually care about - one of which is that it costs £6.50 to bring a car into Wales and £19.60 to bring a three-and-a-half tonne truck.
"What better message is there that Wales is closed for business?
"Yes, we will fight this campaign on big national issues, but we will also fight this campaign on specific local issues, Welsh issues, and this one, I think is a very good place to start."
Mr Farage said the tolls should be dropped when the bridges go into public ownership in 2018, with any revenue lost to the public purse offset by opting for a cheaper version of the planned £1bn M4 relief road around Newport.
Responding, a Welsh government spokesman said: "We have declared very publicly that we believe the tolls should be in the hands of the Welsh government.
"Our intention would be to reduce the levels of the tolls, alleviating the burden on the economy - it is important that the money that the tolls raise is then applied to the effective maintenance of the crossings."
On the relief road, the spokesman added: "We have announced a preferred route for the M4 around Newport, which we believe is the best solution to transport issues in the area and is vitally important to the economic prosperity of Wales."
The promise to scrap the Severn Bridge tolls was previously made in UKIP's 2015 general election manifesto and also by the Liberal Democrats.
In his March budget, Chancellor George Osborne said VAT on the charges would be scrapped when the bridges return to public ownership.
Responsibility for the bridges lies with the UK government, although Labour has called for this to be devolved.
In July 2013, Welsh Labour's Finance Minister Jane Hutt told MPs that the tolls could be used to finance construction of the M4 relief road.
Meanwhile Mr Farage has also announced that UKIP will be mounting its own campaign for a vote to leave the EU in the forthcoming referendum.
He said all the elections taking place in the UK next May, including the assembly poll, would have a "massive influence put upon them" by the referendum.
David Cameron may have decided against holding the EU referendum at the same time as the assembly election but it won't stop them being influenced hugely by the in-out vote.
That's the view of Nigel Farage, at least, who claims all of the parties will have to come to terms with voters who will take policies on Europe into account when they vote for AMs next year.
So the prospect of the UKIP leader coming to Wales over the next eight months and talking solely about devolved services like health and education is not going to happen.
Europe and immigration will be just as high-profile with the party as ever, and crucially UKIP believes policies on both can be discussed at the same time.
Even today's campaign issue on Severn Bridge tolls is not devolved, but that won't stop Nigel Farage returning to it time and time again because he believes the assembly could pressure the UK government into scrapping the charges.
Media reports identified the woman as 40-year-old Judith D'Souza from the eastern city of Kolkata (Calcutta).
Ms D'Souza is an employee of the NGO Aga Khan Development Network, which works in rural development, health, education and civil society programmes.
It is not known who is responsible or whether a ransom has been sought for her release.
Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted that she had spoken to Ms D'Souza's sister.
"We will spare no efforts to rescue her," she said.
"She is your sister and India's daughter. We are doing everything to rescue her."
In June, the Indian Embassy had issued a security alert for Indians residing in Afghanistan and travelling to the country.
In June 2014, Father Alexis Prem Kumar, a Roman Catholic priest from India, was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the Afghan city of Herat. He was released in February 2015, but details of his release were not disclosed.
At least four Indians have been released from captivity in the last 13 years in Afghanistan. These include two construction workers who were kidnapped and released in December 2003.
Five police chiefs were removed in Istanbul a day after 52 people were picked up, including three sons of cabinet ministers.
A senior member of the government suggested the investigation was aimed at "tarnishing" its reputation.
But Deputy PM Bulent Arinc stopped short of blaming any particular group.
The arrests are being seen by correspondents as part of a feud between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government and an influential former ally, the US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen.
By James ReynoldsBBC News, Istanbul
A decade ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan changed Turkish politics by putting together an unofficial alliance of business leaders, the working class and the religious. This alliance included members of an influential, well-organised Islamic social movement led by the exiled scholar Fethullah Gulen.
This wide base of support won Mr Erdogan three general elections. It allowed him to survive two weeks of popular, but unorganised protest in June. But in recent weeks, Mr Erdogan has alienated one crucial element of his alliance - the Gulen movement. In return, many here believe that Mr Gulen's supporters in the judiciary and the police have gone after the prime minister's allies on corruption charges.
This struggle may pose a threat to Mr Erdogan's undeclared ambition to run for president in 2014.
Mr Gulen once backed the ruling AK Party, helping it to victory in three elections since 2002, and members of his Hizmet movement are said to hold influential positions in institutions from the police and secret services to the judiciary and the AK Party itself.
In recent months, the alliance began to come apart and in November the government discussed closing down private schools, including those run by Hizmet.
In a speech after Tuesday's wave of arrests, Mr Erdogan vowed not to bow to any "threat" or "dirty alliances" aimed at creating division within the ruling party.
"Turkey is not a banana republic or a third-class tribal state," he said, speaking in the city of Konya, an AK stronghold. "Nobody inside or outside my country can stir up or trap my country."
But Mr Erdogan appears to have alienated a crucial element of his electoral support and his undeclared ambition to run for president in 2014 may be under threat, the BBC's James Reynolds reports from Istanbul.
The five police commissioners sacked include the heads of the financial crime and organised crime units, who were both involved in the earlier arrests, the Turkish daily Hurriyet reports.
Also dismissed were the heads of the smuggling unit, the anti-terrorism branch and the public security branch, the paper says.
In a brief statement, the police said they had reassigned some staff, in some cases due to alleged misconduct and others "out of administrative necessity".
The officers had "abused their powers", police were quoted as saying by AFP news agency.
The mass arrests were carried out as part of an inquiry into alleged bribery involving public tenders.
The sons of Interior Minister Muammer Guler, Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan and Environment Minister Erdogan Bayraktar were among those detained.
Police also raided the Ankara headquarters of one of Turkey's biggest banks, state-run lender Halkbank, and the headquarters of a large construction company owned by tycoon Ali Agaoglu.
Police searching the home of detained Halkbank general manager Suleyman Aslan have found $4.5m (£2.7m; 3.2m euros) in cash hidden in shoe boxes in his library, Turkey's Dogan news agency reports.
Profile: Hizmet movement
The arrests were made as part of three separate investigations, according to Hurriyet
There was no response to the allegations by those arrested.
Mr Arinc insisted the government would not intervene in the investigation.
"The judicial process should be concluded swiftly and carefully," he said. "We will always respect any decision made by the judiciary and will not engage in any effort to block this process."
Fethullah Gulen has been living in the US since 1999, when he was accused in Turkey of plotting against the secular state.
The claim: EU countries buy 44% of everything we sell abroad.
Reality Check verdict: The 44% figure is probably a bit of an overstatement, but not by more than about two percentage points.
"The true figure is bound to be less than that, given the 'Rotterdam effect'," Mr Jenkin says.
The Rotterdam Effect is the phenomenon of some exports being classified based on the port from which they are shipped rather than their final destination.
The concern is that some exports from the UK are classified as going to the Netherlands, when they are, in fact, going to Europe's biggest port, in Rotterdam, to be shipped around the world.
Sir Andrew replied saying that while it is hard to quantify the level of the Rotterdam Effect, it was unlikely to involve more than 50% of goods exported to the Netherlands which would not knock more than two percentage points off the government's figure of 44% of UK exports going to the EU. That "suggests that the statement in the government leaflet is not significantly affected by it".
It may seem odd that the impact is so small, given that the Netherlands is the third biggest customer for UK exports, behind the USA and Germany. But remember that the Rotterdam Effect only affects exports of goods, while the 44% figure is for both goods and services.
Sir Andrew did suggest that a more prominent note in the statistics about the Rotterdam Effect would be helpful. In evidence to the parliamentary committee chaired by Bernard Jenkin, he said that would be particularly important to people interested in the level of exports to the Netherlands rather than the whole EU.
Read more: The facts behind claims in the EU debate
A major rescue operation, involving the coastguard and RNLI, was launched after several reports of a man falling from the cliffs at Yesnaby.
The casualty was transferred to a lifeboat, which also took a paramedic on board who was lowered from a rescue helicopter.
However, Police Scotland later confirmed the man had died and said there were no suspicious circumstances.
The rescue operation was launched at about 14:15.
The operation involved Stromness Coastguard rescue team, Stromness RNLI lifeboat and the UK Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at Inverness.
Some 202 people were injured, 52 of them critical, after the 19-tonne vehicle was driven into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day on Thursday.
Imad Dafaaoui said if he had not jumped over a bench, he would have been hit.
Around Wales, flags were flying at half mast and a vigil for the victims was held outside the Senedd in Cardiff Bay.
Mr Dafaaoui, who is from Morocco, said he "froze" when he saw the lorry driving along the Promenade des Anglais before he started running towards the beach.
However, his path ahead was blocked by a bench.
After jumping over it and landing on a woman on the floor, he said: "I just closed my eyes and waited for the crash.
"I was feeling that I'm going to die. I was feeling really, really scared. I didn't know what to do. I just gave up at that moment."
He said the sound of the lorry colliding with the bench was "scary".
"I looked at it and I found it destroyed so it was really, really close," he said.
He also told ABC News that the lorry had been just 20cm away from him.
"I was just waiting to die," he added.
After news of the attack emerged, flags at the National Assembly and Welsh Government buildings were flown at half mast.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said on Twitter he was "truly shocked at the appalling events".
He added: "My thoughts are with all the victims and their families involved."
The National Assembly of Wales' presiding officer, Elin Jones, said: "Our thoughts are with the victims and families of this horrific attack in Nice."
The Senedd building was lit in the colours of the French flag on Friday evening.
Earlier, a vigil was held on the Senedd steps, led by French honorary consul Marie Brousseau-Navarro.
She said the French community in Wales, following three terrorist attacks, was "in a difficult place".
She thanked people in Wales for their "support and solidarity".
"We are hurt and in mourning again," she said.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said: "The attacks we have witnessed overnight in Nice were horrific, and we share the pain of a country still recovering from similarly shocking attacks in Paris last year.
"We stand shoulder to shoulder with our friends in France as they attempt to recover from these tragic events, and our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families."
Nathan Gill, UKIP Wales leader, also tweeted: "Truly awful news coming from France. I can't imagine what the families are going through now."
Kirsty Williams, Liberal Democrat AM, said: "The pictures and reports from Nice are truly heartbreaking and horrifying."
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said: "Plaid Cymru expresses sympathy and solidarity with everyone affected by the terrible attack in Nice."
The streets are lined with swanky Fifth Avenue stores, and real estate agents playfully call a $5m house a "cottage".
It is an Alice in Wonderland world where the real America of high joblessness and housing despair is all but invisible.
The economic story of the last decade has only served to make the divide between these worlds more stark.
And yet the success of those who holiday in the Hamptons on New York's Long Island is just the logical result of a shared American passion for self-betterment. They have been the winners in what some might call a lost decade.
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On one of the most exclusive roads in East Hampton, a long driveway takes me to the discreetly luxurious home of billionaire Ron Baron.
He is an investment guru, the chairman and chief executive of the mutual funds company Baron Capital, which invests in shares for the long-term, unlike most hedge funds.
Mr Baron spent $100m to buy the 52-acre plot, which was the largest ever US property deal at the time.
The house, the grounds, the pool and the basketball court all overlook the surging Atlantic Ocean, which only this week flooded large parts of the northeastern US in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene.
It may be only 50 miles from the working class town of Asbury Park, New Jersey where he started life, but it is a world away in financial terms.
Ron Baron is a small energetic man who drily tells me the last decade has been "acceptable" in financial terms.
In fact, the company more than doubled the money invested in its funds. It now has $19bn under management.
But the last 10 years were not as the good as the previous 20 years, when the money was being doubled every four or five years. Shares are now incredibly cheap, he argues, because fear is everywhere.
In 1970, Mr Baron says his net worth was "minus", but by 1980 he had earned his first million and founded Baron Capital doing research for hedge funds including George Soros.
Originally his goal was to achieve a modest $25m under management.
It has been said, of course, that he epitomises the rags to riches American Dream.
He agrees that he's living a very different life to his father who was earning around $35,000 by the time he took retirement.
"This wasn't the plan," he protests, meaning his billionaire status. "But yes, I'm incredibly fortunate."
Mr Baron's chosen holiday spot has not suffered the same damage from the housing collapse as happened elsewhere in the US.
Prices range from half a million for a starter home to between $15m and $75m for an ocean-front property, according to John Gicking of Sothebys International Realty, who is a former Wall Street trader.
He says property prices went up dramatically in the last decade, though they are now 25% lower than at the peak in 2007.
He reckons the market is protected by the fact there are "higher calibre buyers", many of them from Wall Street, and says he can tell when the stock market is having a really bad day because the phones stop ringing.
Even the rental market is strong. The cost of renting a beach front house for the summer could top $1m.
It is not easy to spot millionaires and Wall Street big shots on the street because everyone dresses down in beachwear or shorts.
I meet Byon and Marina who are tanned and smiling, crooning "baa baa black sheep" to their small daughter on the streets of East Hampton.
Byon says it had been a great decade for them as the economy in New York has been very strong.
Marina tells me as she works at a hedge fund "we have benefited from the downside".
She means that hedge funds can successfully gamble on falling markets by short-selling, and volatility is actually good for business.
"I'm hoping," she says, "that if tumultuous markets continue that will only bring good things for the firm I work for."
She concedes that things have changed since she entered the workforce in the mid 90s and that today's graduates are struggling with "issues we didn't have to deal with".
The drive to create a fortune seems as natural here in the Hamptons as breathing the heady salt-laden air.
Taxi driver Jason Damark, 20, hopes to end up running his father's cab business here, and in 10 years time, he wants to move on and own more companies.
"Everyone wants the American dream," he says, "but the secret is actually working for it. I work day and night, he tells me, so I deserve the money."
Do ordinary Americans resent the kind of wealth that Hamptons residents have accumulated? Billionaire Ron Baron doesn't think so.
"Maybe," he says, "they are pleased to see someone doing better because it represents the kind of opportunity they might have for themselves or their children.
"That's what this country's all about," he boasts.
I ask if it is possible for young people in today's America to do what he did. "Absolutely," he tells me.
More than half the S&P 500 companies were started in recession or depression times.
He founded Baron Capital in 1982 when interest rates were 18% and stockmarkets had been falling for years. "There are," he says confidently, "always better opportunities when times are tough."
It is a winners' philosophy. It may have limited appeal to those who have been plunged into joblessness and poverty by the crisis which many still blame on Wall Street.
You could argue it is one of the prime reasons why America became, and is still, the world's number one economy.
The Brit and Grammy-award winning star has long been tipped to take on the task following Adele's hit song for 2012 film Skyfall.
However he told Capital FM he was "definitely not" doing it.
"People seem to think I'm doing it but I have no idea what's going on. I'm being deadly serious. I think I would know by now," he said.
"I heard Ellie Goulding was going to do it," he added.
But Gladys Knight - who sang the theme to 1989's Licence to Kill - has thrown her support behind Smith, saying he would be her choice to record Spectre's theme song.
"Sam has something in his voice - like it's more than just a song," she told the BBC at the Silver Clef awards in London.
"It's a spirit that you have when you deliver your music. And to me, Sam Smith has that spirit.
"He'd be a good Bond theme [singer]."
If Smith were to sing the song, he could break the film franchise's run of bad luck in the UK singles chart - where no Bond theme has ever reached number one.
Adele's Skyfall and Duran Duran's 1985 song A View to a Kill are the most successful songs from the series, both reaching number two.
Skyfall was kept off the number one position by Rihanna's Diamonds and Swedish House Mafia's Don't You Worry Child; while A View To A Kill was defeated by Paul Hardcastle's 19.
Spectre, which sees Daniel Craig reprise his role as the secret agent for a fourth time, also stars Christoph Waltz as villain Franz Oberhauser.
It is due for release in UK and US cinemas on 6 November.
Sukvinder Mannan, 33, ploughed his car in to a bus shelter near Bearwood in Birmingham in May 2014.
The crash killed 21-year-old Rebecca McManus, who was waiting to go to a hen party, and badly injured her friend.
Inderjit Singh, 31, who was racing Mannan, has been sentenced to 12 months for dangerous driving.
Mannan, of Roundhills Road, Halesowen, reached speeds of more than of 100mph in a 40mph zone, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.
He lost control of his Mitsubishi Evolution on a bend, causing it to crash into the bus stop where Miss McManus and her friend were standing.
During an earlier hearing, he admitted causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving, plus failing to provide a blood sample.
Singh, of Cranbourne Avenue, Wolverhampton, had been racing Mannan on Hagley Road West on the evening of 31 May. He was cleared of causing death by dangerous driving.
Miss McManus, who had just finished a three-year English Literature and Creative Writing degree at the University of East Anglia, died at the scene.
Her friend, who was also standing at the bus stop, is still recovering in hospital.
Delfouneso, in his first match back at Blackpool after rejoining from Swindon, tapped home from close range in the 95th minute at Bloomfield Road.
Yeovil took the lead after 34 minutes. Tom Eaves did well to hook the ball to the far post, where Francois Zoko beat his man to tap into an empty net.
Blackpool deservedly drew level in the 70th minute thanks to brilliant play by Delfouneso, who broke down the left and crossed for Kelvin Mellor to tap home at the far post.
Then, entirely against the run of play, Darren Ward slotted Yeovil ahead from 12 yards after goalkeeper Sam Slocombe could only parry Eaves' cross into his path.
But Blackpool denied the visitors in the fifth of nine added minutes as Delfouneso pounced to turn the ball home from two yards.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Blackpool 2, Yeovil Town 2.
Second Half ends, Blackpool 2, Yeovil Town 2.
Attempt blocked. Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Tom Eaves (Yeovil Town) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Attempt blocked. Tom Eaves (Yeovil Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Goal! Blackpool 2, Yeovil Town 2. Nathan Delfouneso (Blackpool) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Aldred following a set piece situation.
Jamille Matt (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Liam Shephard (Yeovil Town).
Foul by Jamille Matt (Blackpool).
Nathan Smith (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Danny Pugh (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matt Butcher (Yeovil Town).
Attempt saved. Shayon Harrison (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Tom Aldred (Blackpool).
Bevis Mugabi (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Bevis Mugabi replaces Ryan Dickson because of an injury.
Foul by Jamille Matt (Blackpool).
Ryan Dickson (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Blackpool 1, Yeovil Town 2. Darren Ward (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Foul by Danny Pugh (Blackpool).
Matthew Dolan (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Shayon Harrison replaces Francois Zoko.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Will Aimson.
Attempt blocked. Sanmi Odelusi (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Sanmi Odelusi (Blackpool).
Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Matthew Dolan (Yeovil Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Ben Whitfield replaces Omar Sowunmi because of an injury.
Goal! Blackpool 1, Yeovil Town 1. Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Nathan Delfouneso.
Danny Pugh (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Eaves (Yeovil Town).
Attempt saved. Tom Aldred (Blackpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Nathan Smith.
Attempt blocked. Jamille Matt (Blackpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Artur Krysiak (Yeovil Town) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Nathan Delfouneso (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Blackpool. Sanmi Odelusi replaces Danny Philliskirk.
Substitution, Blackpool. Nathan Delfouneso replaces Mark Yeates.
Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jane Hutt attacked plans to scrap housing benefit for under 21 year olds, saying the young would be "hit hard".
Mr Osborne also announced a compulsory living wage of £7.20 an hour from next April, rising to £9 by 2020.
Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns said "difficult decisions" were taken "in the interests of the country" and people would see the benefit.
The chancellor stressed his commitment to a funding floor for the Welsh government's annual grant from the Treasury, more powers for Wales and road and rail improvements.
But Ms Hutt told BBC Wales some of his other measures would make young people suffer.
"Particularly worrying and bad is the assault on young people," she said.
"The fact that young people - 18 to 21-year-olds - who of course want to 'earn or learn' as he says, are going to have their housing benefit taken away from them or not be eligible for it automatically.
"I think young people are going to be hit hard by this Budget."
Mr Cairns told BBC Radio Wales the UK government was "determined to ensure those who work hard, those who play by the system, start to benefit now because it's been so tough over some recent years".
"We took some difficult decisions over the last five years - they weren't all popular," he said.
"But at the election I think people recognised that they were in the interests of the country.
"Further difficult decisions were taken yesterday, but people will start to see the benefit."
Speaking in the Dail (Irish parliament), on Wednesday, Danny Healy-Rae said "God above" controlled the weather.
During a debate on the issue, he denied the burning of fossil fuel was the main cause of global warming.
Scientists believe gases released from industry and agriculture are adding to the climate change.
Human activities such as burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming.
The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is now higher than at any time in the last 800,000.
Mr Healy-Rae said: "I don't agree with all this stuff about climate change at all.
"There have been patterns of climate change going back over the years before there was ever a combustible engine."
He said paying carbon tax was "hurting the young fella going to work in the morning, the lorry on the road and the tractors in the field."
David Strahan was addressing the Regional Development Committee at Stormont.
Meanwhile, MLAs were briefed on redundancy proposals for Translink on Wednesday.
The company confirmed it is considering around 150 redundancies as part of new cost-saving measures.
The plan is for it to be a "voluntary exit" scheme.
It has also emerged that Translink estimates a loss of £14m in 2014-15 and that it wanted an (average) 10% rise in fares this year, but the minister responsible opted for less than 5%.
Final details of cost-cutting, and the effect on the number of bus and rail services, have yet to be agreed.
In February, fare increases of about 4% came in to effect on bus and rail journeys in Northern Ireland.
However, Mr Strahan said due to further cuts in the 2015/16 budget, further fare increases of up to 10% could be needed.
"If we do not take action Translink is not a sustainable organisation and it will not be here in the future," Mr Strahan said.
"No-one wants to see a fare increase, that's not why I joined Translink, no-one wants to see anyone lose their job.
"However, the result of the funding reductions we're facing is that we have to take action.
"Ultimately it will be for the minister to decide where it falls in terms of fare increase vis a vis service optimisation."
Earlier, a union said it had seen a leaked Translink document proposing the cancellation of 20 town bus services.
It follows a warning from Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy about the impact of savings of £60m he has to make.
He said cuts to next year's budget would mean his department would not have enough money to fund basic services like traffic light repairs. Translink will also face major cuts.
The Unite's Davy McMurray said an internal Translink briefing document stated that 20 local town services would be cancelled.
He said the document also said schedules would be reduced on the rail line and Belfast's Metro service.
"Instead of a bus coming every 15 minutes or a train every 20, it'll be every half an hour or every three quarters of an hour," he added.
"We reckon that from bus drivers, train drivers and engineering staff, you could be looking at 200 jobs going."
On Wednesday, Mr Kennedy said transport was "most likely" to be hardest hit by the cuts.
"You simply cannot cut to the level of £60m and expect to maintain all frontline core services," he said.
"My department will be working and will continue to work with the service providers to explore ways of ensuring that we provide as much service in a cost efficient manner and to seek to minimise the impact on the end user."
In a statement, Translink said: "As a consequence of the reduction in government funding of 2015/16, Translink is considering measures that would need to be taken to adapt to these cuts and their associated impact.
"As part of this, we are currently reviewing how we can best design our network to work within our allocated resources while protecting the routes most important to our customers.
"No decisions have been taken at this stage over 2015/16 service efficiencies and we will engage with local stakeholders should any local service changes be proposed."
The treatment is for an illness called ADA-SCID which prevents babies from fighting off everyday infections.
This is the first approval for a genetic therapy granted to a large multinational drug company, GSK.
Commentators say the development marks the beginning of many more genetic medicines from so-called "Big Pharma".
The condition is extremely rare and affects around two dozen babies each year.
Approval of the gene therapy paves the way for the development of treatments for more widespread illnesses such as thalassemia and sickle cell disease.
Hundreds of inherited disorders such as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and many types of blindness are caused by faulty genes.
The aim of gene therapies is to cure the disease by introducing healthy copies of the gene into the patient.
And the big advantage of the treatment is that it only needs to be given once and it offers a potentially permanent cure.
The idea first emerged with much hype 30 years ago. At the time, large drug companies such as Novartis and Roche were at the forefront of the technology.
Advocates of gene therapy said it would cure everything but, for 20 years, it cured nothing.
The practicalities of introducing the right gene in the right cells and getting them to stick proved more difficult than first thought.
There were huge setbacks for the technology in the early days.
In 1999, an 18-year-old man Jesse Gelsinger died in a clinical trial of a gene therapy to treat a liver disease. The virus used to transfer the gene into his cells triggered his immune system into overdrive which led to multiple organ failure and brain death.
Three years later, children being treated in Paris for a problem with their immune system developed leukaemia because the healthy gene was inserted too close to a cancer-causing gene which consequently became active.
The setbacks saw large drug companies withdraw from research in the field.
Small biotechnology companies and publicly funded research groups persevered and, in time, many of the early difficulties were overcome.
As well as today's approval of GSK's treatment, which the company calls Strimvelis, in 2012 regulators gave the green light to a gene therapy called Glybera for a pancreatic disorder and another last year called T-Vec for skin cancer.
According to Prof Alan Boyd, who is president of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine and a pioneer in the development of gene therapy, more approvals are likely to be given in the next few years.
"Most of the hard work has been done by small companies. But as some of these products have come closer to market, Big Pharma has come back in," he says.
GSK's Strimvelis marks a starting point for the company to develop its gene therapies. It has research programmes under way for three relatively rare diseases and a programme and another collaboration to use gene therapy to treat cancers.
One of the issues for Big Pharma is how can it make money out of gene therapy. If one treatment cures its customers then is the industry not in danger of putting itself out of business?
GSK's position and those of other drug companies is that it can't afford not to become involved in gene therapy.
If the vision to treat people with one-off treatments that last a long time becomes a reality, any part of the industry that chooses to ignore gene therapy will be in an awful lot of trouble.
So the time is now right for large drug companies companies to become involved in gene therapy again. The question for Big Pharma the how much to charge for a single life-long cure?
GSK has not released details of how it will price its new treatment yet but its president of R&D, Patrick Vallance, says that the aim would be to make Strimvelis and any more gene therapies it develops as accessible as possible to as many patients as it can.
"We are absolutely committed to getting the price right," he says. "It's obvious that you can't charge a price that is unaffordable."
No doubt the pricing will work itself out in the long run and as more trials come through, the cost of gene therapy treatments will get less and less.
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The Georgia race between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel in suburban Atlanta is too close to call.
Democrat Archie Parnell and Republican Ralph Norman are also neck and neck in the race for South Carolina's conservative fifth district.
The elections will be seen by many as a referendum on President Donald Trump.
Democrats have suffered narrow defeats in Kansas and Montana this year.
The South Carolina seat, vacated when Mick Mulvaney became Mr Trump's budget director, was expected to be an easy win for Republicans.
In the Georgia race, spending on all candidates has been put at $56m (£44m), making it the costliest congressional election in US history.
Mr Ossoff narrowly failed to win the 50% needed to secure outright victory in the election for the Atlanta seat in April, forcing this run-off vote against Ms Handel.
The Democrats were looking to capitalise on the president's low approval ratings to win Georgia's sixth district seat.
On Monday, Mr Ossoff, 30, told local TV: "It's a neck-and-neck race, and it's all about turnout now. That's why we're so focused on getting out the vote."
Ms Handel, 55, spent Monday campaigning across the district, and received support from a Donald Trump tweet on Tuesday.
The president said: "KAREN HANDEL FOR CONGRESS. She will fight for lower taxes, great healthcare strong security - a hard worker who will never give up! VOTE TODAY."
In a second tweet, he said that Mr Ossoff was "weak on crime and security, doesn't even live in district".
Ms Handel came a distant second to Mr Ossoff in the April election, but the Republican vote had been split among 11 candidates.
Republicans believe the run-off will favour them in an affluent seat they have held since 1979.
They also believe last week's shooting of Republicans on a Virginia baseball field will count in their favour at the polls.
The suspected gunman was a Democratic supporter and a Republican advert that sought to politicise the attack was condemned by Ms Handel.
The Atlanta seat was made vacant when Congressman Tom Price left to join the Trump administration as health secretary.
The Republicans have so far staved off defeats by the Democrats this year.
In April they narrowly defended a deeply conservative Kansas seat vacated when Mr Trump appointed Congressman Mike Pompeo to lead the CIA.
Last month, Republican Greg Gianforte won a special congressional election in Montana, despite being charged with assaulting a UK reporter.
If November was the height of political winter for Democrats, the party faithful have been desperately searching ever since for the first signs of spring. In special congressional elections in Kansas and Montana they've strained to see green shoots. Narrow defeats there, with talk of moral victories, have only gone so far.
In Georgia on Tuesday, if Democrats hope for a thaw, they need to post a win.
The Atlanta-area race is the kind of contest Democrats need if they want to take back control of the House of Representatives next year. It's a historically Republican seat that Donald Trump barely won last November, full of the educated suburban voters who populate key swing districts in Florida, California and across the South.
Mr Trump has celebrated his party's previous special election victories. Democrats would love to give him a taste of electoral defeat.
If they come up short, frustration - tinged with hopelessness - will follow. If they win, Republicans will look to next year's balloting with foreboding bordering on panic.
It's one election; a single seat out of 435. The stakes, however, are just that high.
The fault was detected during a routine inspection of an Air Force version of the jet (F-35A) at Edwards Air Force Base in California, said the Pentagon.
Different versions are flown by the Navy and the Marine Corps. All have been grounded.
The F-35 is the Pentagon's most expensive weapons programme. with a cost of nearly $400bn (£260bn).
The Pentagon said flight operations would remain suspended until the root cause is established.
Friday's order was the second time in two months planes from the F-35 range have been grounded.
The Marine Corps variant (F-35B), a short take-off and vertical landing variant (STOVL), was grounded for nearly a month after a manufacturing defect caused a fuel line to detach just before a training flight in January.
The Air Force version takes off from, and lands on, conventional runways while the STOVL version takes off from shorter runways and lands like a helicopter.
The UK is buying the STOVL variant for its future aircraft carriers.
It is replacing the scrapped Harrier jet which had a range of 300 nautical miles, compared with the F-35's 450 nautical miles.
With a top speed of 1,200mph (1,930km/h), the F-35 can fly almost twice as fast as the Harrier, while it also has radar transparency and stealth capabilities - the Harrier had neither.
Speaking on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, the mother of Andy and Jamie Murray admitted that she "couldn't think of anything worse".
She also said that she would not be calling her son "Sir Andy".
It follows speculation that the current men's singles world number one will be knighted in the New Years honours.
Judy Murray said it had been a big year for the family after both her sons were ranked the best in the world for their sport for the first time.
Her daughter-in-law, Kim Murray also gave birth to daughter Sophia in February, while Jamie received an OBE.
She told the programme that both her sons' achievements were "remarkable".
"It's amazing what they've done in the same year and for family harmony. No fighting at Christmas," she said.
However, when asked about the prospect of Andy Murray being given a knighthood, she said: "Andy's always been about the sport. He's not interested in the fame and fortune.
"He's always been about working hard and trying to achieve within the sport, those are the things that are important to him.
"He got an OBE the year that he won Wimbledon in 2013. But I know he's said that he feels too young for something like a knighthood and I certainly don't fancy calling him Sir Andy."
Despite being a coach for both her sons in the early years of their career and previously leading the British Fed Cup team, Judy Murray said she would not want her granddaughter following in their footsteps.
She said: "Not sure I would be looking to do that to be honest. I would much rather be looking to teach her to dance. I can't think of anything worse for her. Could you image being the child of some well-known tennis player. Every other kid in the block is going to want to beat you aren't they?
"No, I think it would be ghastly. I hope she does something else."
Judy Murray appeared in the twelfth series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing but was eliminated early on in the show.
She said her sons had a mixed reaction to the news that she was to appear as a contestant.
She said: "They were quite funny when I was doing Strictly because when I said to them 'I've been asked to do Strictly, what do you think?', Jamie said 'oh mum you love Strictly, go for it', and Andy went 'oh my God, you'll be awful', and he was right of course.
"But I think they were concerned for me that it didn't go well and all the rest of it.
"But as I went on through the competition, they were loving seeing me dressed up, loving the fact that I was enjoying myself and also that people were saying nice things about me.
"Probably for most of their careers, people weren't saying particularly nice things about me.
"You had to put up with a lot of bad media over the years for being the competitive mum and in many people's eyes that's not acceptable.
"But it's all changed now and Strictly probably has a part to [play] with that."
A private survey showed contraction in China's vast manufacturing sector on Monday. It followed the release of official data over the weekend and added to concerns about the slowing of world's second largest economy.
Both surveys showed that factory activity dropped in July.
The Shanghai Composite index closed the day down 1.1% at 3,622.91 points.
US based hedge fund Citadel also confirmed that trading in one of the accounts it manages in Shenzhen has been restricted by China's securities regulator.
The regulator has curbed trading in 34 stock accounts for suspected trading irregularities, including abnormal bids for shares and bid cancellations that might have affected the recent slump in the market.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index finished down by 0.9% at 24,411.42 points.
Shares of HSBC outperformed the index, rising 1.9%, after it reported a 10% increase in pre-tax profit in the first half of year from a year ago.
Poor US wage growth data from Friday also darkened the mood as labour costs in the second quarter recorded their smallest increase in 33 years.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index ended down 0.2% at 20,548.11, while Australia's ASX/200 finished lower by 0.4% to 5,679.30 points.
South Korean shares were lower despite data showing that the current account surplus in June hit a record high as exports surged, while imports fell.
The seasonally adjusted current account surplus rose to a preliminary $10.8bn from a revised $6.4bn in May.
Exports were up 8.8% from a month ago, while imports fell 3%.
The Kospi index closed down 1.1% to 2,008.49 points.
The move follows tests of the feature in Australia and Thailand.
But Facebook is still describing the facility as being in "beta", indicating it may still tweak the service.
Last month, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg told shareholders he expected Messenger to become "a big business" within five years despite it not generating a "meaningful amount of revenue" yet.
He made a similar prediction for his other chat app, WhatsApp.
But despite changing WhatsApp's terms last year to permit businesses to send messages to users, Facebook has not yet revealed how it intends to deploy adverts within it.
Messenger has more than 1.2 billion active users, according to Facebook.
For now, adverts will appear only in the app's inbox list of recent chats and not within the conversations themselves.
Tapping on an advert can bring up a relevant web page, allowing a retailer, for example, to sell their goods directly to the consumer.
But marketers can also opt to use the adverts to direct consumers to a conversation within Messenger instead.
Facebook's chief financial officer, David Wehner, has previously forecast that Facebook's advertising revenue growth rates would slow this year.
This was a result, he said, of a drop-off in the number of visits from desktop PCs to its products.
In addition, he said, the company wanted to avoid overloading its core Facebook and Instagram apps with paid-for content.
Introducing adverts to a product that had not featured them to date might therefore address investors' concerns.
But one company-watcher said the move represented a "plan B".
"When Facebook first spoke about trying to monetise Messenger, the whole idea was that it would be a big kind of customer service tool with people able to speak directly to brands to sort out problems," said Sarah Vizard, content editor of Marketing Week.
"The pitch was that companies could save money by setting up AI [artificial intelligence] chatbots to do this.
"There are some brands that are using chatbots on Messenger, but it's still seen as a bit of a gimmick.
"So, Facebook has been looking around for different ways to make money from Messenger and has obviously shifted its strategy a bit to think people will accept some ads within it."
The 33-year-old made 66 appearances for Maccabi Haifa after joining the club from Greek side Ergotelis in 2014.
Stojkovic has previously played in England during a short loan spell with Wigan Athletic during 2009-10.
He played in all three of Serbia's matches at the 2010 World Cup, keeping a clean sheet against Germany.
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Earlier, the Unite union said its members who work at Belfast Metropolitan College have been told to expect between 83 and 113 redundancies.
The college has said that number of positions are at risk.
It said that equated to a budget reduction of £2.6m for 2015/16.
"We have been regularly and proactively updating staff and trade unions on the challenging but nonetheless unavoidable implications of the public sector budget cuts," the college said.
"Initial modelling would indicate that a £2.6m budget cut equates to a reduction of between 83 and 113 full-time equivalent staff. Detailed work is ongoing and we cannot as yet provide final numbers.
"We will be contacting staff over the next few weeks to gauge the level of interest in a voluntary exit scheme and will, of course, continue to work alongside the trade unions and keep staff updated as and when more information becomes available."
Earlier, Unite said there were "very real fears that this scale of job losses will undermine the quality of educational provision at the college".
"This is only the latest in a series of brutal blows to our education sector," it said.
"Over the last few weeks, not a day has gone by without our union receiving notice of potential redundancies from some school or other."
Belfast Met has 34,000 students - almost a quarter of all Northern Ireland's college enrolments.
It also accounts for almost a quarter of the total college spending.
The 37-year-old Liverpudlian, who first joined Crewe a decade ago, returned to the Alex on loan in November.
Boss Steve Davis hoped to make the move a more permanent one in January.
But it is understood a 'gentleman's agreement' has now been reached for Lowe to re-join relegated Crewe.
Davis first tried to bring the much-travelled marksman to Gresty Road when he first took over at Crewe four years ago.
And he hinted that the vastly experienced Lowe would not be the only 'old head' to be brought in this summer to strengthen his predominantly young side.
"The team's got a lot of potential," Davis told BBC Radio Stoke. "It's a very young squad. But they need to learn how to win. They need to find a way to win games.
"Old heads would certainly help in terms of situations within games. Those characters within the squad who have come into it this season could really help."
After starting at non-league Burscough, boyhood Liverpool fan Ryan Lowe did not make his Football League debut until he was almost 22.
He made his name with Shrewsbury Town as a winger before the first of two spells with Chester City, during which he went out on loan to Stockport, followed by moves to Crewe, Bury, Sheffield Wednesday, MK Dons, Tranmere Rovers and then back to Gigg Lane.
Ryan Lowe hit 17 goals in 74 games in two seasons at Gresty Road from 2006 to 2008. He then scored two more in six appearances - which included two of Crewe's six wins this season - when he returned on a six-week loan in November.
But he has been used a lot more by Bury since Christmas, adding four more goals to a career tally that reached 200 on Saturday when he netted in the Shakers' 3-1 home defeat by Millwall.
Firms using the intra-company transfer (ICT) scheme brought in 29,700 non-European staff in the 12 months to September 2011.
But those entering via visa schemes could be as low as 10,000, despite a cap of 21,700, the Home Office's Migration Advisory Committee said.
Ministers want to cut net migration.
Prime Minister David Cameron says he wants the overall figure to reach "tens of thousands" by 2015. It is currently around 250,000.
The ICT scheme, used by firms to bring their own people into the UK for more than a year to do specific jobs, should be kept under review, the committee said.
The number of entrants to the UK via ICT per million of the population was "substantially higher for the UK" than for comparable countries such as the US, Spain, Canada, Australia, Japan, Germany and Ireland.
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During the last general election, the Conservatives presented an "immigration cap" as a key way of controlling levels of migration.
Their stated aim, in government, is to cut annual net migration - numbers coming in less people leaving - to tens of thousands.
But the Migration Advisory Committee figures suggest the cap will have little impact, mainly because employees from multi-national companies switching to the UK from abroad aren't included.
So, while the number of workers on capped routes fell (well below the limit), intra-company transfer numbers remain high.
This is likely to fuel concerns - outlined by the Commons Public Accounts Committee last year - that thousands of overseas IT workers are using the transfer scheme, while British people with similar skills are "struggling to find work".
The committee hints that restrictions could be tightened - but any such move would be resisted by business chiefs.
Committee chairman David Metcalf said it needed to be kept "under review".
He suggested that if the government wanted to limit the use of ICTs, it could raise the £40,000 income threshold, increase the skill level required or limit the number of work permits any one sponsor could have.
But he said: "Some of these transfers are vital, such as the Japanese auto engineer testing cylinder heads made in Japan and training British workers to do such testing.
"Other types of intra-company transfers have evolved over time, particularly those used for third-party contracting in the information technology sector, where it is possible that the UK economy is benefiting in aggregate terms while at the same time some displacement of British workers is occurring."
He added: "They are doing absolutely nothing wrong here, but it's consultancy companies bringing workers in, typically IT workers, typically from India."
They carry out some work in India and then come to the UK to do other work at the UK client's base, before returning to India to complete the work, he said.
Professor Metcalf also said: "It's here that I think we need to keep this under review. It's this group which has grown substantially in the past decade, even in the last five years.
"It is the case these workers may well be displacing British IT workers, but equally it may well be that UK plc gains overall."
One firm alone, which is a major manufacturer in Britain but also has a consultancy arm, brought in 4,000 migrant workers alone last year, Prof Metcalf said.
He added that if the government was concerned about bringing net migration down from about 250,000 now to "tens of thousands" by 2015, as Prime Minister David Cameron has said, it "should not hit the Hondas and Toyotas of this world, because that would look very badly on UK plc".
The number of ICTs had surged from around 20,000 in 2009 to about 30,000 in mid-2011, but had remained largely flat since then.
Shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant said the report "shows the ever widening gap between this Government's rhetoric on immigration and the reality of their policies".
"This government needs to tone down its rhetoric and get in touch with reality.
"We need strong controls on people who want to come here. They should pay their way and add value to our country. I hope we can all agree on that, but the Government needs to be honest with people and get tougher on illegal immigration too."
Most of the rise in the cultivation of coca leaves - the raw ingredient for cocaine - comes from southern areas controlled by left-wing Farc rebels.
Farmers have probably boosted production to cover potential losses in the event of a peace deal between the Farc and the government, says the UN.
They fear an agreement will include programmes to eradicate coca.
The Farc and the Colombian government have been engaged in peace talks since November 2012.
The rebels have already agreed to encourage local farmers to join voluntary programmes to replace coca with other crops.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report says the potential production of cocaine went by more than 50% in 2014.
"The change is an important warning signal," said Leonardo Correa, one of the authors of the annual report.
The assessment is based mostly on satellite photographs.
Reports on Bolivia and Peru are due in the next few weeks.
The three countries are the world's largest producers of coca leaves and cocaine.
In May, Colombia announced it was stopping using a controversial herbicide to destroy illegal plantations of coca.
The decision followed a warning by the World Health Organization (WHO) that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic".
The product has been used in US-sponsored crop-spraying anti-narcotics programmes in South America.
President Juan Manuel Santos said Colombia would need to find other mechanisms to combat coca production.
The Colombian drug eradication programme, which is sponsored by the United States, began in 1994.
Jamie Adams was speaking at a full council meeting about Mik Smith, who was jailed earlier in July.
Smith stayed in his job in the council despite an internal inquiry in 2005.
A Labour motion calling for a full investigation was dropped, after the Welsh Children's Commissioner said he would pursue the matter.
Six out of the 11 complaints made against Smith in 2005 were upheld and he was given a verbal warning, but chief executive Bryn Parry Jones said there was no evidence of criminality.
The 49-year-old from Haverfordwest was eventually sacked by the council in 2012 after a report by the social services inspectorate called for his case to be reviewed.
But he went on to abuse an eight-year-old boy and filmed his actions in 2013.
The victim's mother said if the council had investigated complaints properly in 2005 her son may not have been abused.
Last week, Smith was jailed for six years at Swansea Crown Court.
The boy's mother has called for an inquiry into how the council handled the complaints.
"He is in a position of huge responsibility for the people of Pembrokeshire who need to live in a safe way," the boy's mother told BBC Wales' Week In Week Out programme earlier this week.
Significant failings in the council's disciplinary processes were highlighted by the national inspectorates in 2011.
This led to the authority changing its procedures and management of the education department and the council's chief executive said past failings would not be repeated.
Wales' children's commissioner Keith Towler is looking at the council's handling of complaints about Smith and collating information, but there is not yet a formal investigation, according to his office.
Thursday's meeting of the council was told that Mr Towler has already spoken to the director of education Jake Morgan.
The commissioner's office said he could follow one of two routes - carry out his own investigation or hand it over to police if there is any indication of criminal activity.
The chairman and CEO of News Corporation feared the scandal was threatening to taint other titles published under his UK operation, News International.
However, the company has since been beset by further allegations of hacking and corruption, and has led to - among other things - the withdrawal of a bid to take full control of satellite broadcaster BSkyB, the arrest of numerous Sun journalists, and the resignation of Mr Murdoch's son James from several positions in the family business.
A lawyer at the centre of phone-hacking litigation has warned that claims could also be brought against News Corporation in the US.
Yet despite his company's involvement in several inquiries and police operations, Mr Murdoch - now 81 years old - has taken an increasingly hands-on approach to its problems.
His profile as a key player in News International's fate became particularly prominent after he was questioned by British MPs in July 2011 - a meeting which was disrupted when an onlooker attacked the media mogul with a foam pie, leaving Mr Murdoch's young wife leaping to his rescue.
He later went on to launch the Sun on Sunday, which sold 3.26 million copies in its first week - a figure not bettered by any UK newspaper for four years.
The octogenarian even took to Twitter - reaching out to supporters and attacking further allegations against the company.
He also agreed to give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into press standards.
In July 2012, Mr Murdoch announced that he had resigned from a string of directorships controlling News Corp's UK newspapers - at NI Group Ltd, NewsCorp Investments and Times Newspaper Holdings.
News Corp plans to split into two companies, separating its publishing interests from the more lucrative TV and film side.
Mr Murdoch is expected to chair both businesses but to be chief executive only of the TV and film enterprise.
Mr Murdoch, who inherited a taste for the press from his father, is no stranger to controversy.
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He began his career aged 22 when his father Sir Keith, one of Australia's most distinguished newspapermen, died and left his son a half share in two Adelaide papers.
Born in Australia in 1931, Oxford-educated Murdoch had a natural flair for popular journalism and a tendency to fall out with his editors.
Although he spent much of his career denying he interfered too much.
"I think that I give my editors tremendous freedom and the only people who claim that I don't give them enough freedom now are the people who wouldn't know how to use it," he once said.
There was steel beneath the boyish exterior, as the British discovered when he arrived in 1968 to buy the News of the World.
Within a year he had added the ailing Sun newspaper, relaunching it as an irreverent tabloid.
Circulation soared thanks to its sex-and-sensation formula and it went on to became Britain's biggest-selling daily paper.
But his papers were frequently accused of political manipulation, distorting the news to ensure his political allies won elections.
His critics, of which there are many, have called him a vulgarian and a cynic who had degraded standards of journalism by pandering to a sensation-seeking public.
His loyal admirers have always heaped praise onto him, applauding the businessman for his ruthlessness, energy, and astonishing willingness to take risks.
In 1986, by now owner of the Times and Sunday Times as well, Mr Murdoch moved all four newspaper titles into a heavily fortified printing plant, and sacked 5,000 workers.
The ensuing battles with pickets outside Fortress Wapping heralded a revolution in Fleet Street, and an end to over-manning and restrictive practices.
A television revolution followed. Already the owner of the Sun, he went on to introduce Sky, the satellite TV service to Britain.
Despite critics calling it downmarket rubbish, satellite dishes soon became commonplace and Sky gobbled up its rival, BSB, to become hugely profitable.
Before long, Sky could afford to bid more than hundreds of millions of pounds for the television rights to Premier League football.
In June 2010, News Corp had been bidding to take over the 61% of BSkyB it did not already own.
But the company abandoned the bid in July 2011 after the phone-hacking scandal emerged.
In the US, where Mr Murdoch had bought 20th Century Fox, he won a bigger prize, establishing America's fourth television network.
Along the way, he became a US citizen to circumvent rules banning foreigners from owning television stations.
Fox shows like the Simpsons cartoon series sold around the world, but Mr Murdoch continued to suffer setbacks.
In the 1980s his empire nearly crashed when its debts mounted to a staggering eight billion dollars.
He survived to buy Star TV in Hong Kong, broadcasting by satellite to the whole of Asia.
When the digital revolution swept television, promising many more channels, pay-per-view programmes, home shopping and home banking, Mr Murdoch's TV stations were at the forefront.
But in Britain his monopoly of digital broadcasting technology led to fruitless calls for new rules to limit power. He dismissed any suggestion that he was too powerful.
"People say we're anti-competitive, when we do something which is open for anybody in the world to do," he once said.
He closed down one newspaper, the loss-making Today in 1995, partly out of pique when the British government passed laws limiting how much of the media one company can control.
During the Conservative's reign in the 80s and early 90s, Mr Murdoch's publications were generally supportive of the government, but that all changed when John Major eventually left Number 10.
Prior to his election, Mr Murdoch invited Tony Blair to Australia. He also told his papers to tone down their attacks on Labour.
The Sun went further, to the surprise of many, endorsing Blair at the 1997 election.
But Mr Murdoch backed winners and made it clear that once the Labour Party's fortunes declined, it would switch allegiance.
Mr Murdoch's involvement with politicians does not stop at the British government.
He has had dealings with Canadian Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, US President Barack Obama and the former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd over the years.
Married three times, he divorced his second wife, Anna, after 32 years together and tied the knot with TV executive Wendi Deng in June 1999.
Mr Murdoch has always put his business interests first.
He has taken huge gambles and created whole new industries.
In the process, his opponents claimed, he manipulated governments, lowered standards and sidestepped regulations, to become the world's first truly global media mogul.
He was stridently anti-monarchist in his views, rejecting the hereditary principle.
Yet his sons Lachlan and James are primed to take up the reins of power in the Murdoch dynasty.
In 2010, he was ranked the 13th most powerful person in the world in a list compiled by business magazine Forbes.
Thought to be worth around $6.3 billion, he was ranked 117th wealthiest person in the world in 2011.
The magnitude 7.2 quake's epicentre was 345km (215 miles) east of Dushanbe, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Officials say information is likely to emerge slowly from mountainous Gorno-Badakhshan, where the quake occurred.
Schools in the capital and other towns closed and cracks appeared in buildings in the provincial capital, Khorog.
The quake was also felt in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, where some office workers ran into the streets as buildings shook.
A BBC correspondent in Dushanbe says the area around the epicentre - near Sarez Lake, about 100km to the west of the village of Murghab - is remote and very hard to reach.
Mobile networks in the region were down after the quake.
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There are nearly 2,400 posts being contested, including six new combined authority mayors created under devolution deals.
Voting has also taken place in county, unitary and metropolitan councils and for local council mayors in Doncaster and North Tyneside.
Registered voters were able to cast their ballots until 22:00 BST.
Almost every seat was being contested in the authorities involved, including 126 seats in Durham, 98 in Wiltshire and 84 each in Cumbria and Norfolk.
Counting will not take place until Friday morning in most areas.
Those counting overnight, straight after polls close, include the West of England mayor and councils for the Isle of Wight, Warwickshire, Dorset and Essex.
Most councils will declare results on Friday afternoon, with the West Midlands and Greater Manchester mayors expected to be announced on Friday evening.
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Councillors
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The first directly-elected mayors will be chosen in the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, the Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West of England and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
They will oversee new combined authorities, which are groups of existing councils working together to make use of new devolved powers.
The mayors will mostly be responsible for economic development, but some will have powers over transport and housing.
While councillors will be elected by a simple majority, the combined authority mayors are being chosen under the supplementary voting system - giving people a first and second choice.
It means that if no candidate has won at least 50% of the vote, the top two candidates go to a second round with the second choice votes counted of everyone whose first choice was eliminated.
Cornwall Council is electing 122 of its 123 councillors. One contest, in Bodmin St Petroc, has been delayed following the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Steve Rogerson.
The Council of Isles of Scilly, which has a special status, is also electing 16 councillors.
A planned Parliamentary by-election in Manchester Gorton, triggered by the death of sitting MP Gerald Kaufman, was due to take place but was cancelled after a general election was called for 8 June.
He said that with six local education authorities (LEAs) in special measures it is impossible to have faith in the delivery of education across Wales.
Mr Jones argued it gives further urgency to the need to cut the number of councils from the current 22.
A recent report recommended cutting the number by about half.
The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA), which represents the councils, said improvements were being made.
Torfaen, Monmouthshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Anglesey, Blaenau Gwent and Pembrokeshire LEAs are all in special measures, meaning their education services have been judged not good enough.
Government and officials are monitoring how they improve the situation.
Mr Jones, in an interview with BBC Wales as part of its Measuring Devolution series, said that demonstrates the need to reorganise the way local government provides education.
Councils have already lost some of the responsibility to drive up standards in our schools.
That job is now in the hands of four education consortia.
Mr Jones said: "It's quite clear with six local education authorities in special measures, how can we have faith there will be consistent good delivery of education across Wales?
"That's why of course we need to make sure the future structure of local government delivers in the way we want it to.
"We need to make sure that local authorities are delivering consistently and that's not happening at the moment.
Mr Jones said that there were good examples, such as Ceredigion LEA, but performance must become consistent across Wales.
The Williams Commission, set up by Labour ministers, published a report in January recommending the 22 councils should be merged to between 10 and 12.
The Labour Party is due to agree its proposed new local government map for Wales this summer.
WLGA chief executive Steve Thomas said the issue will be debated at a conference next week, adding "it is time to accentuate some of the positives and not just the negative".
"The WLGA and local government is part of the system of education and we should all be pulling together to ensure that education outcomes are improved," he said.
"We have seen some really good inspections of late, not least of all Ceredigion.
"We are expecting further improvements in those areas where local authorities are currently in special measures."
Moray Council has granted Elgin Energy planning permission for a 20MW project near Urquhart, which could see about 80,000 solar panels installed.
The farm will be constructed on the 47-hectare Speyslaw site - the equivalent of about 40 football pitches.
The largest Scottish solar farm is currently a 13MW project at Errol Estate in Perthshire, which went live in May last year.
Bristol-based Elgin Energy also developed that scheme, which includes 55,000 solar panels capable of generating power for more than 3,500 homes,.
A date for the start of the project has yet to be set.
The project will include a substation, 20 inverter stations and a CCTV camera system.
All cabling at the site - spread over three fields at the Innes Estate - will be underground, allowing sheep to graze around the panels.
Permission for the solar farm is valid for 30 years, after which the developer will have one year to decommission the works and restore the site to a condition agreed with the council.
A habitat management plan must also be approved by the council before works can begin.
In a statement, Elgin Energy said: "Existing field boundaries will not be disturbed and mature hedgerows will provide generous screening for the site.
"Elgin Energy has contacted those neighbours in the immediate vicinity of the site and has offered to answer any queries which might arise.
"The land will remain in agricultural use in the form of sheep grazing while being used for the dual purpose of generating low-carbon renewable energy."
Councillor Claire Feaver, chairwoman of Moray Council's Planning and Regulatory Services Committee, said: "A significant amount of renewable energy will be generated by this solar farm over the next 30 years.
"The opportunity to continue grazing on the land, together with the habitat management plan, will maintain and enhance the diverse range of species in and around the site.
"I see this as a win-win."
Scottish Renewables welcomed news that the Speyslaw project had been given the go-ahead.
Policy manager Stephanie Clark said: "Large-scale solar has played a part in Scotland since 2005 and we are now beginning to see more applications for commercial projects coming forward.
"North east Scotland's clear skies and longer daylight hours mean the area is attractive to developers.
"Large schemes like this one are able to use that resource to provide clean electricity which will help Scotland meet its climate change targets.
"Further progress in the solar sector, however, depends on the level of support provided by the UK government through the Feed-in Tariff and the Contracts for Difference schemes, both of which remain the subject of much uncertainty."
Elgin Energy, which has already developed 250MW of solar across 24 projects in the UK and Ireland, is planning an even bigger farm in Moray.
It is seeking planning permission for a 50MW project at the former RAF Milltown airfield, a few miles north east of Elgin.
A decision on that application is not expected until early next year.
My memories of the Girl Guides involve marshmallow toasting, tying knots and being assessed on my table-laying skills for a badge no doubt long-consigned to the archives.
Fast forward some 25 years and it's clear much as changed.
In an international organisation that liaises with Google and Microsoft among others, today's young guides are just as likely to be gathered round an engineering bench as a campfire.
Sixteen-year-old Catherine Young is on a mission to boost girls' interest in engineering and has found the Girl Guides a valuable platform for her campaign.
She surveyed girls aged 11-18 and found that 74% didn't have the opportunity to take the subject at school.
As part of the Girl Guide Scotland Action for Change project, she is lobbying MPs to make the subject more readily available across all UK schools.
"Having a national stage for my project has been incredible as this is something I'm very passionate about," she says.
"There is a huge lack of female engineers due to the subject not being available, or girls not knowing about it, and we need more females to bring new ideas that could solve Earth's biggest problems."
As the battle to engage girls with Stem subjects - science, technology, engineering and maths - extends beyond the classroom, attention is turning to the role this 106-year-old movement - a female version of the Boy Scouts Association - has to play in cultivating this interest.
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts has a presence in 146 countries and is busy forging links with tech companies and organisations across the globe.
For example, guides in Tanzania have hooked up with Techchix, a non-profit body that promotes science and engineering to girls at local secondary schools through mentoring programmes.
And in India, girls have teamed up with US-based artificial intelligence giant, Nvidia, to boost female employability in the tech sector.
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Piloted in the city of Pune, the Screen Girls project aims to deliver computer courses to 400 girls who have recently completed secondary school education. If successful, the project will be extended to other parts of the country.
"Every country will have different approaches and where there is success we will showcase it to the rest of the world," says Anita Tiessen, chief executive of the World Association of Girl Guides.
"In the US, for example, there has always been a very strong outdoors culture, so they introduce Stem activities in this way through robot camps and Stem field trips."
A forthcoming overhaul of achievement badges is likely to see Coding and Mechanics added to the list. Google is currently advising on the delivery of a new Web and App Design badge. In the UK, the main Stem-related badges are Science and Communicator.
Girlguiding UK's recent survey with Microsoft found that many members did not see technology as a potential career option, their views influenced by enduring gender stereotypes.
"It is a concern that many girls think of Stem as boys' subjects and don't identify any female role models in this area," says Angie Pitt, head of Girlguiding youth programmes.
"We have to think about what we can do to counter this, and the first thing is offering a space where they can learn about these subjects in a way that is fun, accessible and relevant to them - and doesn't feel like school or that they're being judged."
Projects with Rolls-Royce and BAE systems have led to the development of new "science investigator" and "engineering" badges - while cloud computing specialist Salesforce recently ran a weekend workshop for 200 guides in London.
Charlotte Finn, Salesforce's vice president of programs, says: "Aspects of the school curriculum are rooted in the past and are simply not pairing young people with the skills they need for today's jobs in technology.
"So it's important that organisations like us complement formal education by bringing these skills to the forefront."
Salesforce also helped develop a volunteer recruitment app for the US Girl Scouts.
Ellie Overland, senior lecturer in computing education at the UK's Manchester Metropolitan University, recently developed a Computing badge with 30 guides.
"I have a son in the Scouts and daughter in the Brownies and I noticed a difference in the technology-related badges on offer," she says.
"The Scouts badges seemed to get into the nitty-gritty of computing, while in the Guides the focus was more about online image and e-safety, so I felt it was important with this badge to drill deeper and include components on networks, data and algorithms."
While evolution is inevitable in an institution with a 100-plus year heritage, Ms Tiessen believes much of the progress in this area will be underpinned by the movement's core values of girl-led learning and leadership.
"In many countries around the world there are very few opportunities for girls to have that 'safe space' to develop their skills and leadership opportunities," she says.
"And with all the evidence pointing to girls holding back in more mixed environments, we are giving girls greater freedom to explore those things."
Ever since a small group of girls gate-crashed the first ever Scout rally in 1909 demanding "something for the girls", girl guides have been challenging the status quo.
More power to their elbows.
Conditional approval for a planning application for the Wellington Road industrial estate site has been granted by members of the planning development management committee.
It would be an order and collect store for the Swedish furniture retailer.
Committee convener Ramsay Milne said he was sure the decision would be "welcomed by the vast majority" of city residents.
From 1 September any vehicle weighing more than 3.5 tonnes will need to have side guards and extra mirrors.
All roads in Greater London apart from motorways will be covered by the ban. There will be a maximum fine of £1,000 for breaching it.
It will be enforced by the police, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and a joint TfL and DfT-funded taskforce.
The ban comes after last year's Safer Lorry Scheme public consultation.
Provisional figures show that in 2014 there were 13 cycling fatalities, five of which involved HGVs. Nine of 14 cyclist deaths in London in 2013 involved heavy good vehicles
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "We know that a large number of cyclist deaths and serious injuries involve a relatively small number of trucks and lorries that are not fitted with basic safety equipment.
"Such vehicles are not welcome in the capital and the Safer Lorry Scheme will see them effectively banned from our streets.
"The lives of thousands of cyclists and pedestrians will be much safer as a result and I urge all operators of HGVs to get on board and make it a success."
The vehicles will need side guards to protect cyclists from being dragged under the wheels, along with Class V and Class VI mirrors giving the driver a better view of cyclists and pedestrians around their lorry.
The installation of about 600 road signs, the training of police officers and information campaigns with drivers and hauliers have begun ahead of the start of the ban.
With all three sides in Group B on two points, the loser of the match at The Oval will be eliminated.
Kohli's side, ranked third, came into this tournament as holders and were seen by many as potential winners.
"The team that has the most composure will have a better chance of winning of the game tomorrow," said Kohli.
"You need to have a good balance of being competitive, being passionate about the game, but at the same time, not getting over-excited.
"A lot of times, teams come in and they want to do something special and end up messing up the game in important situations.
"That's what I've experienced in the past, and you tend to get over-excited, and then you commit errors that can cost the team important runs."
India beat fierce rivals Pakistan in their opening game but suffered a seven-wicket defeat by Sri Lanka in their second game on Thursday to leave them requiring a win on Sunday to reach the last four.
World number one side South Africa also have one win from their two matches and will reach the semis themselves with a victory in south London.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka began the Champions Trophy as underdogs but a big win each means they too face essentially a knockout game against each other on Monday.
"For us as a team, it's a very important game, yes," added Kohli. "So it is the same for South Africa as well.
"As a cricketer, honestly, I crave games like this. You want to be part of matches that are as important as this one. Then if you perform in that and your team gets across the line, it's a different feeling."
South Africa captain AB de Villiers has struggled with the bat so far at this tournament, scoring four against Sri Lanka before suffering the first golden duck in 221 ODIs in the second game against Pakistan.
"I'm still in good form. Still hitting the ball well, as always," said De Villiers.
"It's just a matter of going out and doing it. There's nothing I can say here that's going to change anything except for that I still believe I can and hopefully I'll prove that tomorrow."
South Africa haven't made the Champions Trophy final since winning the inaugural edition in 1998 and De Villiers, like Kohli, is calling for a composed display from his team.
"It is a must-win game, but we've played quite a few of them in the last 12 to 18 months and we've had a lot of success in those must-win games," added the 33-year-old.
"The guys generally perform better if they are relaxed in their mind sets and not too tense. That's partly my responsibility, to make sure there's no panic.
"It's really important to stay calm, not get over-excited. The tendency will be there, because we all live for these kinds of moments.
"That's why we play cricket. We want to play on the big stage against the big teams and tomorrow is one of those games."
Martin McGartland survived a shooting in Whitley Bay on Tyneside in 1999, and was given a new identity afterwards.
He is suing MI5 for breach of contract and negligence after the shooting.
The High Court judge said because of sensitive evidence in the case, "closed material proceedings" could be used in the interests of national security.
The ruling means Mr McGartland and his lawyers will not be able to hear parts of the case or to see "sensitive material".
Special advocates will be appointed to protect his interests.
The west Belfast man claims MI5 failed to provide care for post-traumatic stress disorder and access to disability benefits following the shooting, that left him unable to work.
His book about his experiences, 50 Dead Men Walking, was made into a film in 2008.
The judge said the case included a claim by Mr McGartland, together with his partner and carer Joanne Asher, that "their protection was mishandled".
Powers to hold secret hearings were introduced in July 2013 so that trials using Closed Material Proceedings (CMPs) can take place in civil courts without damaging national security.
Mr McGartland's lawyers have described such proceedings as "a serious aberration from the tradition of open justice".
They argued that his claim for damages for personal injury did not pose a risk to national security and would not expose any aspect of his undercover work as an IRA informer.
At a two-day hearing last month, government lawyers told the court that an assurance of "secrecy forever" lies at the heart of the relationship between the British Security Service and its agents.
The Home Secretary would "neither... confirm nor deny" (NCND) that he is a former agent.
His lawyers have complained that, because of this, there has been no response to Mr McGartland's specific allegations that the Security Service withdrew funding for medical treatment, was negligent in the changing of "handlers" and broke promises with regard to financial payments, the installation of a phone line and access to state benefits.
His legal team has argued that the NCND policy is unlawful as public statements naming Mr McGartland as an agent have already been made by official bodies including Crown authorities, the police, MPs and the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.
A barrister for the Home Secretary said in a written statement to the court: "An assurance of 'secrecy forever' lies at the heart of the relationship between the Security Service and its agents.
"The strict maintenance of the NCND principle is one of the most important means by which the Security Service makes good that assurance."
The judge said in his ruling that the "most difficult issue to be resolved will be how to deal with the detail of the claimant's case against his claimed handlers".
While in an ordinary claim for damages, disputes are resolved by a direct confrontation between the claimant and witnesses, the judge said if that was not possible, "a decision will have to be made as to whether or not such an issue can be justly determined at all, and if so, how".
He said the best way to deal with this was under the provision for closed material proceedings.
Storey netted his fourth in five games when he calmly side-footed the opener.
He then broke down the left with superb pace, earning a corner from which Vincent nodded home at the back post.
County pressed in the second half and eventually broke through when Boyce headed home what proved to be a consolation in injury time.
The absence of in-form Ryan Christie was a talking point pre-match but Storey picked up the mantle and was a key architect of this win.
County started slightly better in an attacking sense and Michael Gardyne sent a great chance over from close-range after David Raven failed to deal with Boyce's centre.
As half-time approached the visitors decisively took the initiative. Liam Polworth's accurate centre found Storey breaking beyond the defence and he didn't hesitate in stroking the ball home.
Storey then turned superbly and skinned Scott Boyd to earn a corner. The ball was flicked into the path of Vincent at the back post and he nodded it in to give John Hughes' side a commanding lead.
The second half involved a pattern of County trying new ways to break down the visiting defence, with Inverness attempting to release Storey to utilise his exceptional speed.
Stewart Murdoch drove wide and headers from Boyce and Jackson Irvine didn't overly threaten.
The afternoon got worse for Jim McIntyre when his goalkeeper Scott Fox landed awkwardly on his left leg and had to be stretchered off.
Late hope arrived when Boyce once again marked his name on the scoresheet in injury time but it proved too late to mount serious pressure on the result.
Inverness can now rightly claim they're showing similar form to that of last season. A first defeat since mid-August for County points to a good start they'll be keen to maintain.
Match ends, Ross County 1, Inverness CT 2.
Second Half ends, Ross County 1, Inverness CT 2.
Foul by Liam Boyce (Ross County).
Carl Tremarco (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Stewart Murdoch (Ross County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Iain Vigurs (Inverness CT).
Stewart Murdoch (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Stewart Murdoch (Ross County).
Greg Tansey (Inverness CT) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Iain Vigurs replaces Danny Williams.
Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Marcus Fraser.
Goal! Ross County 1, Inverness CT 2. Liam Boyce (Ross County) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Scott Boyd following a corner.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Josh Meekings.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Carl Tremarco.
Gary Woods (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Miles Storey (Inverness CT).
Attempt missed. Greg Tansey (Inverness CT) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left.
Foul by Stewart Murdoch (Ross County).
Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Danny Devine.
Marcus Fraser (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Vincent (Inverness CT).
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Josh Meekings.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Danny Devine.
Substitution, Ross County. Raffaele De Vita replaces Jonathan Franks.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Carl Tremarco replaces Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo.
Foul by Liam Boyce (Ross County).
Ross Draper (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Ross County. Tony Dingwall replaces Brian Graham.
Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo (Inverness CT).
Chris Robertson (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Miles Storey (Inverness CT).
Scott Boyd (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Jackson Irvine (Ross County) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Ross Draper (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Liam Boyce (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ross Draper (Inverness CT).
Attempt saved. Liam Boyce (Ross County) header from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Ross County. Gary Woods replaces Scott Fox because of an injury.
The service in Machynlleth was introduced as a compromise following the closure of the Potters Yard recycling centre in January 2015, but was withdrawn last year to save money.
Powys council advises people to dispose of bulky items in Newtown, a 60-mile round trip, or pay £25 for collection.
But Michael Williams said constituents had been turned away from that centre.
He has written to new council leader Rosemarie Harris asking for the fortnightly collection, at Maengwyn Street, to be reinstated.
The council confirmed it had received the correspondence and would respond to Mr Williams, and to Machynlleth town council, in due course.
The council previously said it was not able to continue the service due to its high running costs.
"It was one of the most misguided decisions I can ever recall as a councillor for Machynlleth," Mr Williams, who has been a councillor for 37 years, said.
"People are appalled about that decision and the result has been one of awful fly tipping.
"The county council may say 'we haven't had a great amount on our land' but I would challenge that and say there has been an awful lot, and also on private land and forestry areas."
Mr Williams added some people were taking their waste to other counties, including Gwynedd and Ceredigion, but the majority had been sticking to the council's advice to go to Newtown - but some transit vans and trailers had been turned away from that centre.
"These are not commercial vehicles, they are residents who drive transit vans and are refused admission and told to carry their items into the centre [rather than drive].
"I can't stress too strongly how angry my constituents are."
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Last season, Danny Cowley was a PE teacher and the part-time manager of Braintree Town.
This weekend, with his Lincoln City side sitting comfortably at the top of the National League, the 38-year-old continues a remarkable burgeoning managerial career by leading his team out in the last eight of the FA Cup against Arsene Wenger's 12-time winners Arsenal.
Alongside his brother and assistant manager Nicky, Cowley has overseen FA Cup victories over Championship clubs Ipswich Town and Brighton, as well as top-flight Burnley.
"Hard work. Relentless hard work," was the response from Cowley when asked about the recipe for his success.
But there's a bit more to it than that. BBC Sport has pulled out Cowley's stellar statistics and compared them with the biggest names in the game.
Under Cowley, Lincoln's league record in the National League has been remarkable this season, winning 22 of 34 games, losing six, and scoring 67 goals while conceding just 32.
His win percentage of 64.71%, while of course achieved in a different league played at a very different standard, stands up impressively against the elite of the Premier League, with only Antonio Conte having a better success rate this term.
And if you take into consideration Cowley's past two seasons - having taken part-timers Braintree to third in the National League and the play-offs, he trumps any Premier League boss to have managed in the top flight across the past two seasons.
Given their record over the past 19 months, it will come as no surprise that the Cowley brothers have accrued a standout points-per-game average - in fact their average of 1.9 points per game for the past two seasons is bettered by no Premier League manager.
And only Conte has a better points average this season, with 2.4 to the Cowleys' 2.10.
One for Lincoln City fans to savour.
With victories over Ipswich and Brighton in the FA Cup, the Imps have beaten more Championship clubs in 2017 than actual Championship teams Rotherham and Bristol City.
And they've beaten the same number of Championship clubs in 2017 as have Championship teams Ipswich, Wolves and Birmingham City.
If Lincoln had picked up points in their FA Cup draw with Ipswich and subsequent wins over Town and Brighton, they would have three more points than Rotherham have picked up in their 12 games in 2017.
By reaching the quarter-finals, Cowley and his side became the first non-leaguers to go into the last eight since QPR in 1914 - a year before Woolwich Arsenal filed the paperwork to change their name to plain Arsenal.
In that time, the Gunners have won 13 top-flight league titles, 12 FA Cups, two League Cups and a European Cup Winners' Cup.
In short - Lincoln's achievement is a once-in-a-lifetime event.
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Over the same period, Lincoln have won the old Division Three North three times, League Two once and the National League once - as well as 38 Lincolnshire Senior Cup titles.
Lincoln have been throwing around cup upsets like confetti this season - and none were as impressive as beating top-flight Burnley in the fifth round.
The Clarets were a mammoth 81 places higher than the National League leaders at the time of the match.
Ipswich, Lincoln's third-round victims, were 59 places higher and Brighton, the highly fancied Championship promotion chasers, were 71 places higher when they were vanquished in the fourth round.
Lincoln, the 93rd-ranked team in English football, have knocked out teams with an average position of 23rd on the ladder since the third round - 70 spots above their current standing.
Of the remaining quarter-finalists, only Manchester City (average position of opponents 18th) and Millwall (13th) have had tougher runs from the third round in terms of how high their opponents are ranked.
In their FA Cup wins over Ipswich, Brighton and Burnley, Lincoln have scored five goals from only eight shots on target.
That's a 62.5% conversion of shots on target.
Compare that with this weekend's opponents Arsenal, who have put nine goals past their last three FA Cup opponents, but from 19 attempts on target.
That's a 47.4% conversion percentage.
Put simply, Lincoln have been converting almost two of every three shots on goal, whereas Arsenal have been putting away just under half of their on-target efforts.
Could that give Cowley's men hope on Saturday?
Wenger's trophy haul in the past five years consists of two FA Cups (2014 and 2015).
Danny Cowley has collected four pieces of silverware in that time - although they are the slightly less illustrious Ryman Premier play-offs (2013), the Ryman League Cup (2013) and the Essex Senior Cup (2014 & 2015), all with Concord Rangers.
Analysis, BBC Lincolnshire's Rob Makepeace
Danny Cowley and his brother Nicky are a breath of fresh air when it comes to football management. Approachable, open and honest are qualities you don't always see in managers - but these two have it in abundance.
Their attention to detail is obsessive. Whether it's Arsenal or Altrincham, the pair watch as many games as is physically possible in the time allowed and then share their knowledge with the squad in a video analysis session the day before the game.
It's exactly the same when it comes to signing a player - they'll look at every detail not just of his skills on the pitch but his personality off it.
They believe a team is a team. No one player is better than any other and whether it's a win or a loss, they all hold their hands up together and take the blame or the praise.
He had been sentenced in May 2011 by a German court to five years in prison, but was released pending an appeal.
He died at a home for the elderly.
The court said Demjanjuk, 91, was a guard at Sobibor camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1943. He denied this, saying he was a prisoner of war and a victim too.
An estimated 250,000 people died in the gas chambers at Sobibor. Demjanjuk was convicted of being an accessory to the murder of the 28,060 people who were killed there while he was a guard.
Demjanjuk's family said during his trial that he was very ill.
He was also convicted on similar charges by a court in Israel in 1986, but the verdict was overturned when doubts emerged about his identity.
Born in Ukraine in 1920, Demjanjuk grew up under Soviet rule.
He was a soldier in the Red Army in 1942 when he was captured by the Germans.
Prosecutors had argued he was recruited by the Germans to be an SS camp guard and that by working at a death camp he was a participant in the killings. No evidence was produced that he committed a specific crime.
It was the first time such a legal argument had been made in a German court.
Central to the prosecution's case was an SS identity card indicating Demjanjuk had been posted to Sobibor. The defence cast doubts on the authenticity of the card but court experts said it appeared genuine.
Lord Elystan-Morgan, who led the 1979 Yes for Wales campaign, said the Bill could lead to "a diminished authority".
Meanwhile, Wales Office minister Guto Bebb has accused "some grandees in the Welsh Assembly" of making an "overblown attack" on the planned legislation.
The Bill shakes up how power is divided between the assembly and Westminster.
Lord Elystan-Morgan will be involved in the Bill's second reading in the House of Lords on Monday.
Currently, the areas that AMs can make new laws on are defined in legislation.
But under the planned system, the areas that will remain under Westminster's control will be set out in a list of reserved powers, with AMs being told what they cannot legislate on rather than what they can.
Lord Elystan-Morgan told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement this was the fourth piece of legislation "attempting substantial constitutional change for Wales" within a period of 20 years.
But he said it differed from its predecessors, which he described as "progressive", in that it gave him "every reason to believe that we will have a diminished authority over our own domestic affairs".
Lord Elystan-Morgan said the list of reserved powers was 250 in the draft Bill, but has been whittled down to 200.
"They're still very messy," he said, describing many as "utterly and monumentally trivial".
Asked if the Bill could be fixed by the Lords, he said it was not just the wording that was the problem, but a "huge imperial mentality".
"This imperial prejudice overlays the whole situation," he said.
"The level of devolution we had in July 2014 was much higher," he said.
"What you have now is total clarity, but clarity at the expense of retreat.
"In other words our constitutional situation has now been clearly defined, but defined in such terms as to make it very minor compared to what we had previously.
"The state of flux of politics in Britain allows us to exercise imagination and initiative. We should be aiming for something of the nature of dominion status."
Speaking on BBC Sunday Politics Wales, Wales Office minister Guto Bebb said the Bill went far beyond the 2011 referendum which gave the Welsh Assembly powers in 20 subject areas.
Its aim, he added, was to "have clarity so we know what is the responsibility of Westminster and what is the responsibility of Cardiff".
"There has been a cross-party agreement that there is a need to move forward to a clarified situation," he said.
"The people of Wales are not well served by having decisions which are a grey area - that is not serving devolution in my view."
The Bill has also drawn criticism from assembly members on the cross party constitutional and legislative affairs committee, who described it as over complex and could result in the roll-back of devolution.
Committee chairman Huw Irranca-Davies said the idea was for the Bill to be "clear, durable, long lasting" and "reflecting the will of the people of Wales".
"Unfortunately, this Bill doesn't do it," he said, describing it as "neither clear or workable".
"It's more complex, more bureaucratic and certainly won't be long lasting."
Mr Irranca-Davies added there was a "great burden of responsibility" on the Lords to amend the Bill.
Nottingham Forest's Ben Brereton and Fulham's Ryan Sessegnon each scored two goals to ensure Keith Downing's team advanced as Group B winners.
They face the Czechs in Tbilisi on Wednesday, with the winners advancing to the final on 15 July.
Last month, England won the Under-20 World Cup by beating Venezuela 1-0.
In addition, they won the 2017 Toulon Tournament in June, and reached the final of the European Under-17 tournament in May.
England were also semi-finalists at the European Under-21 Championship in Poland last month before losing on penalties to Germany.
On Sunday, Chelsea's Mason Mount was involved in three of England's four goals.
Brereton and Sessegnon each have three goals in the tournament.
His office has asked for more information about the policies, which may break consumer-protection rules.
There has been controversy about the terms and conditions and confusion about how customers opt out of them.
PayPal said that it would work with the attorney general to resolve concerns.
In separate letters to the companies, internet bureau chief Kathleen McGee said that the new user agreements "fail to respect consumer choice and privacy preferences".
PayPal's revised terms and conditions, drawn up before it split from eBay, require users to agree to receiving auto-dialled or pre-recorded calls and text messages from the company and its affiliates.
Customers can be contacted for a wide range of reasons, including surveys, opinion polls or with offers and promotions.
EBay has introduced similar rules, which are due to come into force from next week, while PayPal's start in July.
So-called robocalls - automated cold calls - have proved an annoyance for users and the US's Federal Communications Commission is looking to crack down on them.
Following complaints about imposing the new terms on users, PayPal issued an update saying that anyone wishing to opt out of receiving its marketing calls could do so by calling customer services.
They posed for photos with the large, 90kg (200lb) projectile, unaware that it was still potentially explosive.
Army bomb disposal experts later collected the device, saying there was still a danger, CBC reports.
The British besieged Quebec while fighting the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
Quebec City archaeologist Serge Rouleau, who examined the munition before the army and noticed that it still contained a charge, said it was more an incendiary bomb than a cannonball, Le Soleil news site (in French) reports.
He had taken it home after the builders' firm, Lafontaine Inc, contacted the municipal authorities.
"The ball would break and the powder would ignite, setting fire to the building," Master Warrant Officer Sylvain Trudel, a senior munitions technician, was quoted by CBC as saying.
"With time, humidity got into its interior and reduced its potential for exploding, but there's still a danger," he added.
"Old munitions like this are hard to predict. You never know to what point the chemicals inside have degraded."
The cannonball is now at a safe site and will either be disarmed or destroyed if necessary, CBC says.
It is believed it was fired at Quebec City from Levis, across the St Lawrence River, the broadcaster adds.
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, part of the Seven Years' War, ended in victory for the British, and was a major milestone towards the end of French rule in what is now Canada.
Hallworth, 19, from Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, the 100th seed, lost 6-1 to world number 30 Ben Woollaston.
"I had a lot of confidence coming into the competition, so I'm a little bit disheartened," he told BBC Sport.
"But I am always improving so it is only a matter of time before I start winning games."
Hallworth, who is in the second season of his two-year tour card, has struggled this season.
"I am enjoying playing against all the best players in the world, but I don't think I am doing myself justice at the minute," he said.
"Ben is a good all-round player, who got to a ranking event final last season, so has established himself on the tour. I know I can beat him, but it's doing it on the day. That's a different story.
"Some players do take a bit longer to blossom, but I know I am good enough to be up there, so I have to keep working hard.
"Confidence is definitely number one in this sport and you only get confidence from winning games so it can be a bit of a vicious circle. I know I am progressing it's just doing it on the day."
Woollaston, 28, from Leicester, said he was just happy to progress in the tournament.
"I nicked a poor first frame on the black and played okay after that," he added. "I don't care if I play terribly as long as I get to six. Once I won the first frame I felt comfortable after that."
Julie Harris died in hospital after a brief illness from a chest infection, a close friend confirmed.
Harris designed clothes worn by the Beatles in the films A Hard Day's Night and Help! and by Sir Roger in the James Bond film Live and Let Die.
She won an Oscar in 1966 for the Julie Christie film Darling.
Her Bafta came the following year for her work on The Wrong Box.
Harris's many other credits included the James Bond spoof Casino Royale, Carry On Cleo and 1981's The Great Muppet Caper.
In 1965, after working with the Beatles, she said: "I must be one of the few people who can claim they have seen John, Paul, George and Ringo naked."
"Julie worked with some of the greatest international stars in the history of the cinema, and for some of its most legendary directors and producers," said friend Jo Botting.
It was Botting, a senior curator at the British Film Institute National Archive, who confirmed Harris's death at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in central London on Saturday.
"Her outstanding work was constantly nominated for awards," Botting continued, remembering her friend as "an amazing woman".
Harris's other Bafta nominations came for her work on the horror film Psyche 59, Help!, Casino Royale and The Slipper and the Rose.
Speaking in 2010, Harris recalled working with such Hollywood legends as Jayne Mansfield - a buxom actress, she said, who had been blessed with "quite a figure".
"She came to a fitting one day in her mink coat with only her underclothes underneath," she told an audience at the Cinema Museum in London. "I couldn't believe it."
It emerged last week that almost one million drink-driving tests recorded by police in the Republic of Ireland did not actually take place.
A separate error caused almost 15,000 wrongful traffic convictions.
Enda Kenny said his cabinet had agreed there should be an external examination of the Garda (Irish police) figures.
He said there should be an independent root and branch assessment of the force as it faces current and future challenges.
The commissioner has described the revelations as "totally unacceptable and not in keeping with the standards of a modern and professional police service".
While Mr Kenny admitted that his government had "serious concerns" and was "very unhappy" about the revelations, opposition parties have called on Ms O'Sullivan to resign.
Sinn Féin's deputy leader, Mary Lou McDonald, likened Gardaí (Irish police) to a fish "rotting from the head down" and said "the game is up" for the commissioner.
She said "malpractice was endemic".
Other opposition politicians described independent and external reviews as the favoured way of independent cabinet members of dealing with awkward issues.
On Sunday, the leader of the Fianna Fáil party said Ms O'Sullivan should consider her position.
Micheal Martin told Irish broadcaster RTÉ's This Week, that his party could not express confidence in Commissioner O'Sullivan, but added he did not want to embroil the Dáil (parliament) in the controversy.
Commissioner O'Sullivan was already facing questions over her leadership because of allegations of a smear campaign against a whistleblower, Sgt Maurice McCabe.
Sgt McCabe was one of two officers who raised concerns years ago about the alleged deletion of penalty points from the driving licences of well-connected offenders.
The draw, which will be made by former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and ex-Arsenal striker Ian Wright, can be seen on BBC Two at 19:00 GMT.
Barrow, who upset League One Bristol Rovers, are among the non-league sides hoping to land a lucrative tie.
The 32 third-round ties will be played across the weekend of 6-9 January 2017.
1 AFC BOURNEMOUTH
2 ARSENAL
3 ASTON VILLA
4 BARNSLEY
5 BIRMINGHAM CITY
6 BLACKBURN ROVERS
7 BRENTFORD
8 BRIGHTON
9 BRISTOL CITY
10 BURNLEY
11 BURTON ALBION
12 CARDIFF CITY
13 CHELSEA
14 CRYSTAL PALACE
15 DERBY COUNTY
16 EVERTON
17 FULHAM
18 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
19 HULL CITY
20 IPSWICH TOWN
21 LEEDS UNITED
22 LEICESTER CITY
23 LIVERPOOL
24 MANCHESTER CITY
25 MANCHESTER UNITED
26 MIDDLESBROUGH
27 NEWCASTLE UNITED
28 NORWICH CITY
29 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
30 PRESTON NORTH END
31 QUEENS PARK RANGERS
32 READING
33 ROTHERHAM UNITED
34 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
35 SOUTHAMPTON
36 STOKE CITY
37 SUNDERLAND
38 SWANSEA CITY
39 TOTTENHAM
40 WATFORD
41 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
42 WEST HAM UNITED
43 WIGAN ATHLETIC
44 WOLVES
45 AFC WIMBLEDON
46 WYCOMBE WANDERERS
47 MILLWALL
48 MACCLESFIELD TOWN OR OXFORD UNITED
49 BOLTON WANDERERS
50 BLACKPOOL
51 STOURBRIDGE OR NORTHAMPTON TOWN
52 NOTTS COUNTY OR PETERBOROUGH UNITED
53 CAMBRIDGE UNITED
54 PORT VALE
55 BARROW
56 ACCRINGTON STANLEY
57 LINCOLN CITY OR OLDHAM ATHLETIC
58 LUTON TOWN
59 SUTTON UNITED
60 EASTLEIGH OR FC HALIFAX TOWN
61 SHREWSBURY TOWN OR FLEETWOOD TOWN
62 CHARLTON ATHLETIC OR MILTON KEYNES DONS
63 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE OR NEWPORT COUNTY
64 ROCHDALE
The chancellor said the money was a "down payment" on a plan drawn up by NHS bosses calling for an extra £8bn a year above inflation by 2020.
He said he could make the commitment because the economy was strong.
Labour said the re-organisation of the NHS had created a crisis and accused Mr Osborne of making billions of pounds of unfunded spending commitments.
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said Labour would commit an extra £2.5bn above Mr Osborne's plan adding that the NHS was "in real crisis".
Mr Osborne's pledge - to be officially announced in his Autumn Statement on Wednesday - comes after NHS England bosses warned of a need for an extra £2bn funding this year, to cope with immediate, unprecedented pressure on NHS budgets.
The chancellor told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: "Because we have a strong economy and we've got the public finances under control, we can afford to put £2 billion into the frontline of the NHS across the United Kingdom.
"I can tell you we can go further and use those fines that have been paid by the banks for a permanent improvement in GP services.
"This is a down-payment on the NHS's own long-term plan and it shows you can have a strong NHS if you have a strong economy."
Further details are expected on Wednesday when Mr Osborne will update Parliament on his tax and spending plans, based on the latest predictions for the economy.
He rejected claims public services would suffer if funding was cut further and said he would outline how the UK would "stay the course to prosperity".
"We shouldn't face this false choice of either bankrupting the country or having decent public services," he said.
But he added that "difficult decisions" might lie ahead on welfare - possibly freezing working age benefits, although he appeared to rule out cuts to pensioners' benefits.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will make a statement on Monday, in which he is expected to explain where the extra £2bn for the NHS is coming from.
By Louise Stewart, BBC political correspondent
For months, NHS leaders have been warning politicians about a growing shortfall in their budget. Today the message from the chancellor was that he's heard their call.
So where will the money come from? Of the £2bn - around £1.3bn of it is new money - the Treasury said it would be found from savings in other government departments. The remaining £700m will come from the existing Department of Health budget and will be put into front line.
The Liberal Democrats are keen to take credit, saying they've fought hard to secure it. Labour say they want to go further and have pledged £2.5bn a year to be spent on the NHS, on top of today's announcements, paid for by a so-called mansion tax and other tax crackdowns.
NHS funding is going to be one of the key battlegrounds ahead of the next election but with figures due out this week expected to confirm that government borrowing is not coming down in line with the Treasury's plans, all parties will face tough questions about how they can increase spending without increasing borrowing yet further.
It is understood that around £1.7bn will go to NHS England, with the remainder going to the devolved administrations, if they wish to spend it on extra health resources.
And it is thought that £1.1bn will be spent over the next Parliament from fines levied on banks for their attempted manipulation of foreign exchange rates.
Mr Hunt will also announce that the government is committed to implementing the five-year plan - NHS Forward View - unveiled by six national bodies last month. Many of the measures put forward are designed to curb the rise in hospital admissions and the impact of the ageing population.
The plans involve increasing spending on the health service in England by £8bn a year in real terms by 2020.
Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, who drew up the proposals, said they had made the case to the chancellor that services were under pressure and "genuine new investment" was needed.
"Of course there will still be pressures and difficult choices, but the government has played its part and the NHS will step up and play our part too. Today represents an extremely welcome vote-of-confidence in the NHS' own five year plan." .
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls blamed the Conservatives for causing a crisis in the NHS through its re-organisation and questioned whether the money would be "an actual long-term investment in the nurses and doctors we need".
He said it was a "typical Tory pattern" of a "winter crisis, and crisis money coming after it".
Mr Balls said Labour's proposed 'mansion tax' on properties worth £2m and over would raise the money to invest £2.5bn "over and above" the government's spending plans into the health service, although he later he told BBC Radio 5 Live's Pienaar's Politics: "If he is doing it through a 10% cut in child benefit, then I will have to think again."
Labour had called for an extra £1bn next year, paid for by banking industry fines.
The Conservatives' coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, had called for an emergency injection of £1.5bn and a party spokesman said they had "fought to make sure that extra funding for the NHS next year is in the Autumn Statement".
"The easy choice would have been to put off this decision until after the election for the next government to deal with, but that would have betrayed patients. The NHS needs this money urgently and we have acted in the national interest to make it a priority."
Paul Johnson, of the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank, told the BBC that Mr Osborne would have to admit on Wednesday that the deficit would probably be "a bit higher" than had been predicted in March because of "relatively poor" earnings growth and other tax receipts.
He told BBC1's Sunday Politics programme that by 2018 there would have to be big cuts to other public services including local government and police.
In it he says the most important people in his life have been women, noting the sacrifices made by his wife, Michelle.
He concludes that "21st century feminism" is "the idea that when everybody is equal, we are all more free".
The full article is published in Glamour magazine.
Earlier this year President Obama told a conference on women in Washington "this is what a feminist looks like".
His comments come in the year that Hillary Clinton sealed the Democratic nomination for president, the first time a woman has held the ticket for either major party in the US.
In the essay, Mr Obama says that an unexpected gift of his job has been that living in the White House gave him more opportunity to see his daughters grow up.
"One thing that makes me optimistic for them is that this is an extraordinary time to be a woman," he says.
"The progress we've made in the past 100 years, 50 years, and, yes, even the past eight years, has made life significantly better for my daughters than it was for my grandmothers. And I say that not just as president but also as a feminist."
But he adds much more progress needs to be made towards equality, saying "all too often we are still boxed in by stereotypes about how men and women should behave".
And he admits that the burden of childcare fell disproportionately on his wife.
Mr Obama has faced occasional criticism in the past over comments about women, apologising in 2013 after describing California attorney general Kamala Harris as the "best-looking" such official in the country.
The Financial Ombudsman Service has released figures showing an increase in its workload and predicts even more cases to come in 2012.
It expects the rise in cases to centre on the areas where many are facing financial pressures. It picks out mortgages as one pinch point in the year to come.
But when do people have the right to complain and who is there to help them?
There is relatively little awareness of ombudsman services in the UK. Although one key figure has described the services as "fragmented", they remain vital - and free - for consumers who have suffered at the hands of certain public bodies or private sector services.
If a consumer has been wronged, then it is the ombudsman's job to see that person is put back in the position they would have been if the injustice had not happened.
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is the biggest ombudsman in the world.
The latest figures show that it will expect to have answered 1.2 million consumer enquiries in the current financial year, and take on 259,000 new cases.
The level of new cases in 2011-12 would be 25% higher than the previous 12 months, and it expects the trend to continue.
Cases arising from the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) continue to dominate the in-tray, but general insurance disputes have also been on the rise.
"This is not welcome news for anyone," says Principal Ombudsman Tony Boorman.
He says that the FOS wants businesses that account for the most complaints to pay the biggest levy for the service to run. For example, businesses that face up to three cases do not have to pay a fee, and the FOS wants this to be extended to 25 from April 2013.
Those facing the most PPI complaints, however, would pay more.
The FOS - as with many other ombudsman services - is a quasi-judicial body that acts as a referee in disputes that businesses or services and their customers cannot resolve.
In general, it does not get involved until the business or public body has had a reasonable opportunity to deal with the complaint, usually about eight weeks.
If the consumer is still not happy, he or she can ask the ombudsman to investigate. This is free of charge and they do not need to have legal representation.
The ombudsman, if it decides to take up the case, will then produce a report including proposals to resolve the problem - such as compensation that would put the consumer back into the position that they would have been in.
However, consumers have their own responsibilities when it comes to getting a case heard, according to Peter Tyndall, chairman of the British and Irish Ombudsman Association. They include:
For example, the details of the energy ombudsman can be found on gas and electricity bills.
The Ombudsman - Lewis Shand Smith - says it is common for people to submit complaints before the energy company has been given time to look into the issues.
He says another misconception is that the ombudsman has the power to punish companies, or tell them to lower their prices.
Ombudsman services cover a whole host of areas - from telecommunications to housing.
One of the most high-profile is the parliamentary ombudsman which deals with complaints to government departments and other public bodies. Tax credits generate the most complaints.
But while many areas are covered by ombudsman services, some are not - most notably transport.
This is different to many European countries, where there are regional and national ombudsman. As part of its planned accession to the EU, Turkey has been told it must have an ombudsman.
Peter Tyndall also has concerns that services are "fragmented" in the UK. He explains that on issues of tax, immigration, and even in dealings with the DVLA, consumers have to go through their MP to have their case looked at by the parliamentary ombudsman.
Meanwhile, there are inconsistencies in the devolved powers of the UK. For instance, as the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales, Mr Tyndall has the power to investigate complaints against hospitals or council-run care homes, but not complaints against independently-run hospices.
And even the ombudsman association itself has strict rules of membership, fearing that some private ombudsman services are not suitably independent from the industry they cover, or have sufficient resources to investigate cases properly.
Yet, overall, there is often an ombudsman - an independent referee - that can deal with disputes. For those who have been wronged, it can make it worthwhile to complain.
The Local Government Association called for a "timetable for action", saying it was "paramount" to press on with extending broadband to all of the UK.
Ministerial changes after the Brexit vote must not delay work, it added.
The government insisted it was on track with its broadband coverage plans.
The promise to give every household a legal right to high-speed broadband was announced in the Queen's Speech in May, as part of measures to make the UK a "world leader in the digital economy".
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The government expects an initial minimum speed of at least 10 Mbps (megabits per second) by 2020 under the new "broadband universal service obligation" (USO).
The pledge is included in the Digital Economy Bill, which will also include powers to direct Ofcom to regularly review the speed provided to ensure it is "still sufficient for modern life".
Council leaders said they supported the creation of a national minimum broadband speed, but called for a "safety net" for those who were unlikely to be covered by the plan.
The government plans to set a reasonable cost threshold above which the remotest properties could be expected to contribute to the cost of their connection.
Mark Hawthorne, from the Local Government Association (LGA), said good digital connectivity was "a vital element of everyday life", and key to the economy.
A minimum speed was "a good start", but it must keep pace with national average speeds, especially at peak times, he stressed.
"Without this there is the real possibility of some areas - particularly in rural and hard-to-reach areas - falling into a digital twilight zone."
The LGA's call comes a day after Ofcom announced proposals to make BT's Openreach division a distinct and legally separate company from BT to ensure "faster, more reliable broadband."
But Ofcom stopped short of calling for Openreach - which runs the UK's broadband infrastructure - to be spilt off entirely.
Responding to the LGA's intervention, Digital Minister Matt Hancock said nine out of 10 UK homes and businesses could already get superfast broadband, and Britain was on target to reach 95% coverage by the end of next year.
Fast and reliable broadband was "a must these days", he added, saying the bill to make the minimum speed requirement law was currently going through Parliament.
Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa are the fancied teams but the potentially exhausting format means there is every possibility of a surprise by the time the winner is decided at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in Rustenburg on 9 July.
Eight countries open the first stage of the tournament with group matches, playing every second day with only the winner of each of two groups advancing to the second stage.
Angola, who have selected an unusually strong squad after years of fielding their under-20 side, are fancied to emerge top in Group A, which they share with Malawi, Mauritius and Tanzania.
The Taifa Stars are guests at the competition, not members of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations, but invited after the Comoros Islands again declined to participate.
Tanzania will meet Malawi in the opening game in Group A on Sunday, followed by Angola against Mauritius in a double-header attraction at the Moruleng Stadium, not far from the Sun City resort in South Africa's North West Province.
In Group B, which kicks off on Monday, Zimbabwe should face a stiff challenge from Mozambique to see who goes through to the knockout stage where the top six seeded teams join the competition.
The hosts plus Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia only enter the fray next weekend when the quarter-finals are played on Saturday 1 July and Sunday 2 July.
The seedings are not based on Fifa rankings but rather past performances in the Cosafa Cup and it is a big advantage for the top six to join after the first week.
The two countries that advance as group winners will likely be fatigued already by having had to play three games in six days before advancing and then going straight into the last eight.
South Africa, whose squad is a mixed bag of up and coming talent plus players from the side that played at last month's U-20 World Cup in South Korea, play the winner of Group A as they set about defending the title they won in Namibia last year when they edged Botswana in the final.
The Zebras, whose coach Peter Butler has just left them, start against Zambia while Namibia take on Lesotho, hoping to repeat the heroics of their 2015 triumph at the same venues, in the grip of the South African winter, when they won the trophy for the first time.
For most of the participating countries the tournament is being used as preparation for the start of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers later in July.
Sunday: Tanzania vs Malawi; Mauritius vs Angola (Moruleng Stadium)
Tuesday: Malawi vs Mauritius; Angola vs Tanzania (Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace)
Thursday: Tanzania vs Mauritius (Moruleng Stadium); Malawi vs Angola (Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace) ,
Monday: Mozambique vs Zimbabwe; Madagascar vs Seychelles (Moruleng Stadium)
Wednesday: Zimbabwe vs Madagascar; Seychelles vs Mozambique (Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace)
Friday: Mozambique vs Madagascar (Moruleng Stadium); Zimbabwe vs Seychelles (Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace)
Saturday, 1 July: Botswana vs Zambia,; Namibia vs Lesotho (Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace)
Sunday, 2 July: South Africa vs Winner Group A; Swaziland vs Winner Group B (Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace)
Tuesday, 4 July: Loser Botswana/Zambia vs Loser South Africa/Group A winner; Loser Namibia vs Lesotho vs Loser Swaziland vs Winner Group B (Moruleng Stadium)
Wednesday 5 July: Winner Botswana/Zambia vs Winner South Africa/Group A winner; Winner Namibia vs Lesotho vs Winner Swaziland vs Winner Group B (Moruleng Stadium)
Friday 7 July at Moruleng Stadium
Friday 7 July at Moruleng Stadium
Sunday 9 July at Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Pendle Borough Council members voted in favour of a reshuffle of its senior staff, which will save £84,000 a year.
Two new senior posts will be created under the plans that were discussed by councillors during a meeting.
Chief executive Stephen Barnes was praised for his "unmatched dedication to Pendle" by all political parties. He will be made redundant in March.
The deputy chief executive post and other senior council staff positions will also be axed, to make savings from April next year.
A strategic director, on a salary of £90,000, and a corporate director, on a salary of £85,000, will share responsibility for leading officers roles in the council.
Mr Barnes, who has worked for the authority since its inception 40 years ago, was one of three senior bosses who had their salaries slashed in 2010.
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, who run the council, reduced the combined wages of Mr Barnes and executive directors Philip Mousdale and Brian Cookson by £120,000.
So can our local councils manage without a chief executive?
Pendle Council thinks it can, but the move has been made for financial reasons.
There is no suggestion this trend will carry on. Some councils do rely on them for their expertise and at times their political acumen.
Burnley Borough Council's Steve Rumbelow, for example, has played a major role in the campaign to improve the rail links with Manchester.
While during his time at Blackburn with Darwen Council, Graham Burgess was not afraid to stand up to the government claiming the council had been "victimised" buy the cuts.
West Lancashire have for the last three years managed without a chief executive, replacing the post with two senior officers to work side by side.
The 33-year-old spinner has not played a first-team match since April.
"He's got a few issues he needs to sort out himself before he's available," Grayson told BBC Essex.
"We're trying to help Monty along with the Professional Cricketers' Association to get him back to playing some cricket."
He added: "It's just a week-by-week thing and we'll see where we're at in two or three weeks with him."
Panesar, who has 50 Test caps and said in April that he still had England ambitions, has featured in three second-team games for Essex since his last Championship game.
He joined Essex in 2013, having been released by former club Sussex after urinating on a nightclub bouncer in Brighton.
Panesar was dropped before a County Championship game with Glamorgan last year for a "timekeeping" error, and Grayson says Essex have been working hard with Panesar to help him.
"It's not through a lack of trying on our behalf. He's been managed well by us, at some stage the truth will come out," he said.
"Anyone that plays county cricket, particularly those that play at Essex, we care about them and want to be getting them to play at the best of their ability.
"It's a delicate situation at the moment, we're trying to keep it in house and help Monty the best way we can."
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Network Rail said some platforms would be closed between 5 and 28 August for extension work. It suggested people try to avoid the station altogether.
The £800m redevelopment is part of a project to bring five former Eurostar platforms back into service.
Once complete, there will be 30% more platform space at the station.
But Network Rail warned the work would mean there will be fewer trains on the South West Trains (SWT) network during the summer holidays.
South West Trains said stations would have fewer services and some would close altogether while the work takes place.
It said passengers should "consider their journeys" well ahead of the summer.
When the work is completed, South West Trains will be able to run longer, 10-carriage trains on suburban routes, once a new timetable comes into force in December.
Becky Lumlock, of Network Rail, said: "Right now we're in the midst of the largest upgrade at Waterloo for decades and this is a significant part of Network Rail's national railway upgrade plan.
"This means big changes for passengers and we want them to be well-equipped to plan ahead.
"Fewer trains will be arriving and departing at Waterloo, and some stations will close entirely.
"This is why we're asking passengers to check how they will be affected now so that they can plan ahead, either by planning to travel at different times of day or working from home on some days during the works."
SWT managing director Christian Roth said: "This is the biggest investment in this railway for decades and it will provide a significant increase in capacity for the thousands of passengers who use this railway every day."
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Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) drivers will walk out on the Central and Waterloo and City lines from 21.00 GMT on Wednesday.
A reduced service will run on the Central Line, while the Waterloo and City line will not run at all.
Transport for London (TfL) urged the union to call off the strike.
Peter McNaught, operations director for the Central line, said: "We have made all reasonable efforts to resolve this dispute."
However, RMT general secretary Mick Cash said "the door has been slammed in our faces" during negotiations.
The dispute centres around plans to transfer eight train operators between Central line depots.
Mr Cash said RMT members were being "sent out from pillar-to-post to plug gaps that are solely down to staffing shortages".
"If [London Underground] are allowed to get away with this move on the Central Line they will start shunting drivers around at the drop of a hat regardless of the consequences," he added.
During the strike a shuttle bus will operate between Epping and Chingford in north-east London.
Other London Underground services will operate as normal, but TfL has warned services will be more busy than usual.
During a 24-hour walkout across the tube network on 8-9 January, Clapham Junction was evacuated as commuters faced overcrowding at major transport hubs.
Almost 700 people with torches climbed Barrow, Stile End and Outerside, above Braithwaite on Saturday as part of the Lakeland Festival of Light.
At dusk, pictures were taken of the torches which were used to represent the colours of Nepalese prayer flags.
The event, the third of its kind, is expected to raise £10,000.
Mountain guide Matt Le Voi, who organised the event, said the results had been "immensely satisfying."
He added: "I think we have absolutely nailed it. To see the mountains lit up in the various colours to make them look like Nepalese prayer flags is brilliant.
"I can already feel the pressure around what we can do next year. But with this much support for an amazing cause I think it's only right that we continue doing this until people don't want to bother any more.
"We've had about 700 people taking part, which is the largest number since we started.
"All the money is going to the charity PHASE Worldwide, which we support and do fantastic work in Nepal."
The 19-year-old beat 2014 champion Italian Matteo Fissore 6-4 in the recurve final.
Olympic hopeful Huston, a former junior World champion from Belfast, had equalled his personal best score of 588 qualifying for the knockout stages.
The indoor circuit also visits Bangkok and Nimes with the final in Las Vegas.
The law, which will take effect in 2015, only covers content, including photos, generated by the individual.
Companies will not have to remove content posted, or reposted, by others. Nor will they have to remove the information from their servers.
The legislation has been welcomed by Common Sense Media, a charity that promotes children's digital privacy.
"Teens often self-reveal before they self-reflect and may post sensitive personal information about themselves - and about others - without realising the consequences," said chief executive James Steyer in a blog post.
A Pew survey indicated 59% of US youngsters with a social-media profile had deleted or edited something they had posted, and 19% had posted comments, photos or updates they later regretted sharing.
Back in May, Google chairman Eric Schmidt said the internet needed a "delete button".
But not everyone believes it is a good idea.
US think tank the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is concerned websites will not understand what their legal obligations are.
"Our chief concern is that this legal uncertainty will discourage operators from developing content and services tailored to younger users, and will lead popular sites and services that may appeal to minors to prohibit minors from using their services," said CDT's policy counsel Emma Llanso.
In 2010 the European Commission drew up legislation to allow citizens the "right to be forgotten" but recently a judge ruled websites were not responsible for personal data appearing on their pages. And some experts think the ruling means the legislation is unlikely to go ahead.
Chris Higgins scored the opener for the visitors midway through the first period at Altrincham Ice Centre.
It was quickly followed by a Storm equaliser from Trevor Johnson before Matt Nickerson netted the winner with nine minutes left in the game.
The Giants, who beat Sheffield Steelers by the same scoreline on Saturday, remain second in the standings.
Jackson Whistle started consecutive games with Ryan Martinelli missing Sunday's game through injury.
Belfast dominated the opening period , outshooting the Storm 10-5 with Mike Clemente the busier of the two netminders.
Higgins netted at 11:32, assisted by Mark Garside and Michael Forney, before Johnson scored on a powerplay at 13:35.
The second period was scoreless as both Whistle and Clemente kept the scores level in a finely poised tie.
Finally, at 50:21, the Giants got the all important go-ahead goal - Nickerson, assisted by Mark Garside and Alex Foster, finished beautifully.
The Giants closed out the game in a professional manner to seal the win and avenge last month's 5-1 defeat against the same opposition.
The teams meet again at the same venue on Wednesday night in the Challenge Cup quarter-final first leg.
The charity said the terrapins, which staff have named Jingle and Bell, were dumped near Muirton Place in Dundee on 17 December.
The turtles are being cared for at the charity's centre in the city.
Centre Assistant manager Dale Christie said: "Both Jingle and Bell are quite small and can be handled.
"They appear to be in relatively good nick, apart from some knocks to their shell.
"They're lovely little guys and we'd love for them to find a loving home after coming to us after being through such an ordeal."
Al-Masri al-Youm newspaper said a convoy of buses carrying infantry soldiers was hit by a roadside bomb as it moved through the Kharouba area.
Attacks on security forces in the Sinai have increased since Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was ousted in July.
No group has yet admitted carrying out Wednesday's bombing.
The peninsula has grown increasingly unstable in recent years, triggered by the fall of President Hosni Mubarak.
By Orla GuerinBBC News, Cairo
The Egyptian army has been fighting a long battle to subdue the strategically important Sinai peninsula. There were crackdowns under long-time military ruler Hosni Mubarak.
The latest operation - a massive offensive - was launched in September and is reported to involve as many as 20,000 troops. Their enemy is a web of militant groups, some inspired by al-Qaeda.
The army has been destroying militant hideouts and arms caches, and one local source says Wednesday's car bombing is a revenge attack.
Military expert Sameh Seifal al-Yazel, a retired general, believes the offensive will show results by April. "It won't be finished by then, but things will be a lot better," he said.
While there has been a reduction in the rate of attacks in Sinai, police and army continue to be targeted. Some analysts believe that the insurgents may be changing tactics, focusing on less frequent but more high-profile attacks.
His overthrow in February 2011 left the northern Sinai vulnerable to groups of jihadists, some with links to the Gaza Strip.
In September security forces launched an offensive against Islamist militants in the Sinai, but have suffered a spate of deadly bombings. In recent months some 100 members of the security forces have been killed.
Wednesday's attack, which took place at around 07:45 local time (05:45 GMT) on the road from Rafah to el-Arish, is thought to be the bloodiest against the military since Mr Morsi was deposed.
All 11 who died and the 37 reported injured were serving military personnel.
The attack is said to have targeted Egypt's Second Field Army, which has been deployed in Sinai and has been involved in an operation to destroy tunnels along Egypt's border with Gaza.
The soldiers were on their way back to Cairo on leave, reports said. Some of the most seriously wounded victims were being airlifted to hospital in the capital.
Communications with the area were cut as military helicopters circled over the area, searching for the attackers, BBC Cairo correspondent Orla Guerin reports.
Interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi condemned the attack and said the government was looking at "all the alternatives to deal with the ongoing terrorist incidents".
Egypt's military spokesman expressed his condolences and said the armed forces would continue to fight "black terrorism".
A local source said the bombing was in revenge for the army offensive which had destroyed militant hideouts and arms caches in Sinai.
Meanwhile, a Sinai-based jihadist group linked to al-Qaeda has admitted killing a high-ranking member of Egypt's National Security Agency outside his home in eastern Cairo this week.
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis said it had shot dead Col Mohammed Mabruk, who had been due to testify against ex-President Morsi.
The colonel was believed to have helped uncover a network of Muslim Brotherhood members that had tried to help leaders of the movement flee the country after Mr Morsi was ousted. The former president is part of the Brotherhood.
In a separate incident in Cairo on Wednesday, at least three people were hurt in an attack on a police checkpoint. An explosive device was thrown and shots were fired at the checkpoint, reports said. It was not clear who was behind the incident.
The army deposed Mohammed Morsi on 3 July after days of mass protests and a military ultimatum to resolve the political crisis that had evolved between his Islamist supporters and opponents.
Mr Morsi and thousands of Brotherhood leaders and members have since been arrested. Hundreds of Morsi supporters died when two protest camps were violently broken up by the military in August.
Wales face the Sea Eagles at Auckland's Eden Park on 16 June before travelling to Apia to face Samoa a week later on Friday, 23 June.
National sevens coach Williams is part of caretaker Robin McBryde's staff for the tour.
"We have to be very effective in what we do and not give them any loose ball," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"The exceptional individuals they have in that team are brilliant in that style of play."
Williams is expecting the Pacific Islanders not only to play an expansive, skilful game, but also to take a direct, physical approach.
"They are very tough matches. With Tonga and Samoa, it doesn't get much more physical, and the quality they have individually is there to be seen," he said.
"These are two of the most physical games so it's great for our squad to see where they stand on the international scene."
With 12 senior players away on British and Irish Lions duty, the 32-man Wales squad contains 14 uncapped players.
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Tonga have been forced to play the game against Wales in New Zealand because their Teufaiva Sport Stadium home in Nuku'alofa is being redeveloped.
But Williams expects the Sea Eagles to receive enthusiastic support from Auckland's large Tongan population.
"It's going to be quite a hostile environment and atmosphere, and that's fantastic," he added.
"That's what international rugby is about and it's exactly where we want to see these young players and see how they react and perform."
Williams replaced Danny Wilson as a tour coach after the Cardiff Blues boss withdrew from the role in March.
Dyna ddywedodd cyn-gadeirydd Comisiwn y Gyfraith Syr David Lloyd Jones ar ddechrau cynhadledd y Comisiynwyr Iaith ym Mae Caerdydd nos Fawrth, 50 mlynedd ers i Ddeddf yr Iaith Gymraeg gael ei chymeradwyo ym 1967.
Ychwanegodd fod y llysoedd bellach yn "ieithyddion arbenigol" fyddai'n cynnig offer cyfieithu safonol.
Ac am y tro cyntaf, mae deddfwriaeth ddwyieithiog yn cael ei chyflwyno yn y DU o ganlyniad i ddatganoli.
Mae'n sefyllfa wahanol iawn felly i fel yr oedd hi adeg Deddf Uno 1536, pan oedd y DU yn cyfeirio at lefaru'r Cymry fel "rhywbeth hollol wahanol i'r famiaith."
Fe ddaeth sylwadau Syr David ar ddechrau cynhadledd ddeuddydd y Comisynwyr Iaith.
Comisiynydd y Gymraeg sy'n croesawu swyddogion o wledydd eraill eleni wrth i'r digwyddiad gael ei gynnal yng Nghaerdydd.
Mae 'na gynrychiolwyr o Kosovo, Canada, Iwerddon, Fflandrys, Catalonia a Gwlad y Basg.
Wrth agor y Gynhadledd fe ddywedodd y Prif Weinidog Carwyn Jones fod strategaeth iaith bwysig yn cael ei chyhoeddi yn yr haf, 50 mlynedd wedi'r ddeddf iaith wreiddiol.
Y nod ydy codi nifer y siaradwyr Cymraeg i filiwn erbyn 2050 - bron i ddwy waith y nifer sy'n ei medru ar hyn o bryd.
Fe gyfaddefodd Mr Jones y byddai'n her gwneud hynny o fewn dwy genhedlaeth, ond ei bod yn "amser cymryd camau breision i sicrhau twf yn y niferoedd."
Over 33,000 former soldiers are thought to suffer from illnesses related to their service such as chronic headaches, fatigue and memory problems.
The charity said too little was known about the condition and the government should fund more research into it.
The Ministry of Defence said it was always open to new research proposals.
Reported symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome range from chronic fatigue, headaches and sleep disturbances to joint pains, irritable bowel, stomach and respiratory disorders and psychological problems.
But the MoD says "the overwhelming consensus of the scientific and medical community" is that the range of symptoms is too broad "for this ill health to be characterised as a syndrome in medical terms".
In 1991 more than 50,000 members of the British armed forces were deployed in the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Desert Storm - a US-led campaign against the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
The British Legion - which provides support for veterans - said more than 60% were now suffering from illnesses related to the conflict, with nearly 10,000 receiving a war pension, the financial aid any ex-service personnel with an illness due to service can receive.
Marie Louise Sharp, policy adviser at the Legion, said that 25 years on, more needed to be done to help ill soldiers.
"We know the health of ill Gulf War veterans continues to be an important area for the government, which is why the Legion is calling for investment into research so we can understand how to improve the lives of those affected," she said.
"In addition, we ask for formal communication channels to be established to convey the results of US research developments to Gulf War veterans living here in the UK."
The charity said research into appropriate treatment and health pathways would significantly improve their lives but that there had never been any published research in the UK into treatment or best practice.
There is still disagreement over why rates of ill health are twice as high among Gulf War veterans than troops deployed elsewhere, and campaigners and doctors continue to disagree over whether the syndrome actually exists as a medical condition unique to Operation Desert Storm.
In its 2015 manifesto the Legion said the first phase of an MoD-commissioned study at Cardiff University, which examined potential interventions to rehabilitate ill Gulf War veterans, had started in January 2009 but "for reasons unknown to us, the MoD chose not to fund the second phase of research, and the results of phase one were never published".
The MoD said it was always open to new research proposals, but added that the war pension scheme was part of its absolute commitment to the armed forces.
King, who will take over as chairman on Friday, has supplied £1.5m for working capital "in recent days".
"It is really going to depend on meeting the objectives of the club," said King of his personal funding.
"I've already lost £20m [through prior investments in Rangers]. I'm expecting to invest more than that."
The 60-year-old businessman was giving his first media conference since he was cleared by the Scottish FA to become a director.
And he said a £5m loan from shareholder Mike Ashley was unlikely to be paid back soon, adding that he hopes to renegotiate the relationship with Ashley's Sports Direct.
The Newcastle United owner's company controls Rangers' retail operation and the businessman this month demanded the club hold a general meeting to pay back the loan given to the club in January.
"I regard that resolution to be a non-event," said King.
"It is a lot of nonsense. The shareholders cannot tell the board how to behave. The board would be under no obligation to take their advice."
A group of shareholders led by King took control of Rangers at an extraordinary general meeting in March.
It led to Derek Llambias, a former Newcastle managing director, and former Sports Direct executive Barry Leach being deposed as chief executive and finance director, respectively.
King said Rangers were "grateful" to Ashley for his loan, which helped keep the club afloat, but hoped that the Englishman would eventually disappear as an influence at Ibrox.
The South Africa-based businessman insisted that Rangers' relationship with Ashley "is not great but not terrible".
"You can't walk away from a commercial relationship unless you have an alternative, but we wish to renegotiate that relationship," said King.
King insisted that it is only now that he has been confirmed as a director that he could start to make the changes he believes are needed at Ibrox.
He said "substantial funds" would have to be invested in club in short to medium term, again expressing the view that £30m in investment would be required if Rangers were to compete with champions Celtic if they win promotion to the top-flight.
Rangers are presently involved in a series of play-offs in the hope of reaching the Premiership.
Explaining the recent £1.5m investment, interim chairman Paul Murray said the money had come from "the same people", giving the misleading impression that shareholders Douglas Park, George Letham and George Taylor had supplied the funds rather than King.
A similar amount was given in the form of a loan by the Park group in March.
Murray then stressed that the loan from Ashley was the only debt due and that Rangers were otherwise solvent.
He added that the appointment of King as chairman meant the club could now start the process of relisting itself on a the ISDH stock exchange and launching a share issue to raise funds.
Gyda phum mis i fynd nes yr ŵyl mae pob lle eisoes wedi eu harchebu - rhywbeth sydd "erioed" wedi digwydd o'r blaen yn ôl y prif weithredwr.
Dywedodd Elfed Roberts y byddai'r Eisteddfod nawr yn trafod â pherchnogion gwersylloedd cyfagos er mwyn ceisio dod o hyd i fwy o le.
"Mae'r maes carafanau wedi bod ar agor [i archebu lle] ar gyfer Eisteddfod Ynys Môn ers cwta fis, ac mae pob un o'r safleoedd, bron i 800, wedi mynd," meddai.
"Dydi hynny erioed 'di digwydd o'r blaen mor gynnar.
"Roeddan ni'n gwybod fod 'na andros o lot o frwdfrydedd ynglŷn â'r Eisteddfod eleni yn Ynys Môn, ond mae gwerthu'r math yma o niferoedd mewn cyn lleied o amser yn dipyn o sioc.
"Mae'n beth da, achos mae'n dangos brwdfrydedd ac mae'n dangos bod awydd i ddod i'r Eisteddfod."
Ychwanegodd nad oedd ehangu'r maes carafanau presennol yn opsiwn "ymarferol" ar hyn o bryd, ond bod disgwyl i'r cyngor sir gyhoeddi rhestr yn fuan o feysydd eraill fyddai ar gael i eisteddfodwyr.
Dydi'r Eisteddfod ddim yn cadw rhestr aros ar gyfer y maes carafanau, sydd yn dal tua 800 carafán a 200 o bebyll.
Bydd y Brifwyl yn cael ei chynnal ym Modedern rhwng 4 a 12 Awst.
The Syrian army announced a two-day truce on Wednesday, after two weeks of clashes left nearly 300 civilians dead.
The truce is part of international efforts to build on a wide-ranging ceasefire introduced in February.
Russia has been supporting its allies in the Syrian government with air strikes since September 2015.
Aleppo, in north-west Syria, was the country's industrial and financial centre before the five-year civil war started.
The recent violence there has been the worst phase of the war in the city for more than a year.
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Reports indicate that the short truce brought respite to Aleppo residents.
One of them, trader Sameh Tutunji told Reuters news agency: "Shops opened and people breathed.
"We did not hear the shelling and bombing we had become accustomed to. Enough of this daily killing after more than 10 days."
But state media and monitors said one person died in shelling by rebels on Wednesday night.
The nationwide cessation of hostilities brokered in late February by the US and Russia, which back opposing sides in the war, is close to collapse.
Russia said on Wednesday that it had withdrawn about 30 aircraft from its airbase in Syria, including all of the Su-25 ground attack planes stationed there.
The Russian military began the withdrawal of most of its forces from Syria in March, six months after launching an air campaign to bolster President Bashar al-Assad.
To the south of Aleppo, combat continues between the Syrian army and rebels including the al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate that is not included in the cessation of hostilities.
The Keepmoat is home of Doncaster Rovers, from where Rangers have signed Harry Forrester. The Crown Ground belongs to Accrington Stanley, the club who will, in the summer, lose Josh Windass and Matt Crooks to Mark Warburton.
There shouldn't be any sniffing from outside Ibrox at these deals, though. Not as long as there are others in their slipstream.
These guys might develop into first-team players or they might be squad men or they might be nothing at all. They might flourish under the pressure of life at Ibrox or they might wilt.
What we know for sure is that they are inexpensive punts, educated gambles. Forrester is older at 25, but Windass only turned 22 today and Crooks will be 22 later in the month. It has become brutally difficult to find value in England these days.
Warburton thinks he's on to something. They might not come from glamour houses, and they haven't done a lot, but Forrester, Windass and Crooks are worth a shot given the smallness of the stakes involved and the Rangers manager's good track record in improving footballers.
It can not all be about youth, though. If it is indeed the Premiership for them next season then you're reminded of King's view that they must light some kind of fire under Celtic's rear-end right from the get-go. They would not have to take the champions all that close to the wire, but they would want to be competitive for second.
Losing to Celtic would be palatable as long as they were not bested by Aberdeen, Hearts, St Johnstone, Ross County and Inverness into the bargain. It's not in the DNA of Rangers fans to stoically accept such a state of affairs
That is why the club's pursuit of Brentford's admirable defensive midfielder, Toumani Diagouraga, is an interesting test of the Rangers board. Diagouraga is not a talent that would light up Ibrox with his skill, but he's a solid citizen, as Warburton knows better than anybody having managed him at Griffin Park.
He's big and physical and experienced. Maybe he's just what a young Rangers side needs. He's 28-years-old and a regular in a Brentford team that are currently just five points away from the play-offs in the Championship.
Last season the Brentford supporters' made him their player of the year as the club made the play-offs for the Premiership, albeit getting well beaten by Middlesbrough.
Rangers' initial bid for him was reported as £100,000. Certainly that's the figure that Brentford fans groups picked up on because they laughed at it, while not fully believing that anybody would have the front to go in with a such low bid, even as a feeler.
Half a million seems to be closer to the number required. That kind of sum is not exactly a huge examination of King's mettle given all that he has said in the recent past, but it's the ballpark fee he's going to have to start shelling out if Rangers are to stand a chance of doing what he says he wants them to do once they are in the Premiership.
Project players are important, and could prove hugely beneficial, but if Rangers are promoted then they're going to need ready-made battlers - and they cost a few quid.
A while back, while Jackie McNamara was going around the city with his hair on fire, any notion that Dundee United could gather themselves and climb from the bottom of the Premiership to safe ground might have seemed like the footballing equivalent of scaling Kilimanjaro, the behemoth of Tanzania.
Then Mixu Paatelainen came in big and strong and some kind of progress seemed possible, but nothing happened. One loss followed another and Kilimanjaro became Aconcagua, the world's second largest mountain in Mendoza, Argentina.
More defeats - and now United have arrived at the foot of Everest, the daddy of them all.
Their feeble plight has brought out the boffinator in some of us these past weeks. The temptation has been to reach for the record books and the calculators in an attempt to figure out the improbability of the Tannadice club surviving in the Premiership.
The numbers are grim, the look-away-now variety for all United fans.
Over the last 10 seasons the team in 11th place in the league at season's end has had an average of 36 points. Eleventh would give United a shot at salvation. That's where they need to get to - an estimated 36 points.
Right now, they have 10 - 11 fewer than Kilmarnock in 11th. Paatelainen is gathering points at an even slower rate than his predecessor.
They need another 26 points - assuming those above them don't have any fancy notions of going on unbeaten runs - from 17 games to give themselves a hope. That works out at almost nine wins - they're currently on two - and a scoring average of 1.5 points per game for the rest of the season where their current average is 0.48.
Frankly, we are getting perilously close to the stage where Lorraine Kelly gets Uri Geller to stare down the camera lens of her television programme urging Britain to help the unfortunate Tangerines with the power of their mind. Uri, with all his spoon-bending certainty, might fancy his chances of getting the job done, but this could be a gig too far.
The malaise is not just on the field, it's off it. Not that long ago, Paatelainen bemoaned the fact that he inherited a team that had no tactics. Whatever the truth of that, he's had 11 games to fix it and it has not happened. Five points from a possible 33 doesn't leave you with much of a leg to stand on.
The other night on Sportsound, Stephen Thompson, the chairman, eviscerated McNamara's signings, blaming him for blowing the budget on duds. He did not mention the former manager by name, but he didn't have to. McNamara is considering legal action for a possible breach of confidentiality.
Thompson had a point about the signings. True, McNamara lost important players in Ryan Gauld, Andrew Robertson, Stuart Armstrong, Gary Mackay Steven and Nadir Ciftci, but he is hardly the first manager in Scotland to have lost key talent to monied suitors.
It happened to Motherwell and Stuart McCall rebuilt them., It happened to Inverness Caledonian Thistle and they found others. United lost more big names than anybody else, but they signed a cavalry of players in their place and too many of them bombed. That's largely on McNamara. The chairman cannot be faulted for backing his manager's judgement. That's what chairmen are supposed to do.
Have they learned their lesson? Paatelainen's signings haven't exactly turned things around either. The latest of them is a Finnish striker, Riku Riski. The surname seems appropriate somehow,
Riski is going to have to be some player over the next five months. He's going to have to score a volume of goals that overrides the catastrophically soft ones United keep giving away and he's going to have to do it against a grim backdrop.
United have two fights going on - the one to avoid relegation and the one to apportion blame. At the moment, the latter is more keenly contested than the former.
Full-back Burns followed up his Ulster Footballer of the Year award by being named Player of the Year.
Baxter won the Manager of the Year award for a second straight season.
Glenavon's Joe Cooper was Young Player of the Year and NI manager Michael O'Neill was named the International Personality of the Year.
Lurgan Blues stopper Jonathan Tuffey was voted top keeper while David Cushley's superb lob for Ballymena against Linfield earned him Goal of the Season.
Former Northern Ireland defender Mal Donaghy and former Portadown boss Ronnie McFall were inducted into the Dr Malcolm Brodie Hall of Fame at the awards ceremony in Belfast City Hall.
Jake Berry told the BBC the government is committed to improving transport links in northern England.
When asked by a BBC reporter whether HS3 will happen, he replied "yes."
It comes as former Chancellor George Osborne wrote in the Financial Times urging Theresa May to commit to the scheme.
Mr Berry said: "What we've seen... is a government who's recognised the problem, launched the Northern Powerhouse project just three years ago and is determined to improve transport across the north, actually so we can see our economy grow..."
But he did not disclose details including timescales for the project.
Mr Berry made the comments while on a visit to Hull to see the city's regeneration work.
In Tuesday's Financial Times, Mr Osborne said: "Northern Powerhouse Rail, or HS3, must be included in the next stage of the government's high-speed network."
He said it would help the prime minister to "relaunch her premiership" and that a "full-blown attempt to rebalance the economy of Britain" was needed.
More than 70,000 people have signed a petition calling for Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to back the rail improvements, also called Northern Powerhouse Rail, and to give transport authorities in northern England the same powers as they have in London.
Meanwhile, 50 business and civic leaders from across the north of England are set to hand a letter to the government later demanding an increase in transport spending.
Drax Power chief executive Andy Koss, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce chief executive Clive Memmott and York College principal Alison Birkinshaw are among the signatories.
In the letter, published in the Yorkshire Post, they wrote: "Connecting our great cities of the north with a world-class, higher-capacity rail network is not only fundamental to the success of the Northern Powerhouse, it is fundamental to the success of the entire country.
"We are calling on you to back this success and back NPR."
Last month, the government scrapped the planned electrification of railway lines in Wales, the Midlands and the north of England, prompting anger from local authorities and businesses.
Days later, Mr Grayling backed proposals for Crossrail 2 - a north-east to south-west railway in London - sparking further fury from political leaders outside the capital.
With the top ranking on the line, Murray won the final 6-3 6-4 at London's O2 Arena.
"I'm very happy to win and to be world number one is very special," said the Scot. "It's very special playing against Novak in a match like this."
Murray extended his winning run to 24 matches, the best run in his career.
The victory also ends Djokovic's four-year run of success at the tournament.
A capacity crowd of 17,000 packed into the O2 Arena to witness the match, and it was Murray who rose to the occasion.
"Andy is definitely number one in the world," said Djokovic. "He deserved to win. He is the best player."
He was elected to the Senate of the Philippines in May but is coming out of retirement to fight welterweight champion Jessie Vargas in November.
"Boxing is my main source of income. I can't rely on my salary as a public official," said Pacquiao, 37.
"I'm helping the family of my wife and my own family, as well. Many people also come to me to ask for help."
Pacquiao's manager Michael Koncz confirmed that a promotional tour for the fight would be held from 8-10 September in Los Angeles, USA but a venue for the fight is yet to be announced.
Pacquiao said he would return to the Philippines straight after promoting the fight to fulfil his political duties.
Filipino boxing pundit Ronnie Nathanielsz has warned that fighting 27-year-old WBO champion Vargas is "dangerous" for Pacquiao.
"Manny has slowed down in recent years, he certainly isn't the fighter he was before, which means he's past his prime," he added.
Pacquaio first fought in 1995 and has lost only six of his 66 contests, with 38 wins by knockout. He originally retired after beating Timothy Bradley by unanimous decision in April.
American Vargas has lost only once in 28 bouts - by a unanimous decision to Bradley in June 2015 - with 10 wins by knockout.
The visitors took the lead in the second half through Jack Sampson following an error from the home side.
But James Jennings pulled the hosts level eight minutes later when he latched onto Elliott Frear's free-kick.
Clough broke Macclesfield hearts in the third minute of added time when he found the net from close range to keep Rovers on top of the National League.
Forest Green boss Ady Pennock told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
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"I thought we should have scored four or five in the first half from set-plays, but we just needed to be more ruthless in front of goal.
"Macclesfield are a good side hanging around the play-offs so it's a massive win for us and caps off a fantastic week.
"There's unbelievable togetherness here and it's showed with the way we're playing this year. Let's just hope it continues to the end.
"We've got a tough month ahead but let's enjoy these times because we've won six out of six in January - enjoy it while we can and look forward to February."
The incident happened during the morning rush hour at the Francia station, in the city centre.
Reports said the train did not brake properly when entering the station, hitting the buffers at the platform.
Dozens of emergency personnel were sent to the station, with most of the injured being treated on the platform.
Emergency services said as well as the seriously wounded person, who does not have life-threatening injuries, 19 people were moderately hurt.
They are being treated in hospital. Among them is the driver, who is said to be in a state of shock.
The remainder were lightly injured.
"At the moment of impact I had the feeling of experiencing an earthquake," one passenger, Lidia, told La Vanguardia newspaper (in Spanish). She said she had been in the front carriage.
"People were swaying back and forth and colliding into each other. Many people fell to the ground because people were standing up and I saw several people with cuts to the head and face from the blows they suffered when they fell."
Among those hurt were three citizens from France and Romania, local authorities said. Their respective consulates have been informed.
The accident happened at 07:15 (05:15 GMT) after the train had travelled from the village of Sant Vicenç de Calders, some 60km (37 miles) to Barcelona's south-west.
Íñigo de la Serna, the minister for public works, has travelled to Barcelona, in the country's north-eastern Catalonia region, to oversee the rescue operation.
The state-run railway firm Adif said an investigation had been opened.
The 27-year-old had a medical on Saturday and could go straight into the squad for the champions' Scottish Premiership opener at Hearts on Sunday.
Sinclair previously worked with Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers at Swansea, where he says "I played my best football".
"It feels amazing to have joined Celtic," the winger said. "It's a massive club and I'm happy to be here."
After Sunday's opener at Hearts, Celtic have a League Cup meeting with Motherwell on Wednesday, a friendly against Inter Milan in Ireland next Saturday, followed by the first leg of their Champions League play-off round against Israel's Hapoel Beer Sheva on Wednesday, 17 August.
With Patrick Roberts facing up to three weeks out with a hamstring problem and fellow winger Gary Mackay-Steven still recovering from an ankle operation, Sinclair is likely to be involved straightaway.
"I can't wait to get on the pitch. When I went back to Aston Villa for pre-season, I heard Celtic were interested and I just knew I had to come here," he told the Celtic website.
"I had to look at this move and I thought it would be great for me. And because I know the manager and I know what to expect, hopefully I can get off to a flying start.
Sinclair and Rodgers have worked together twice - at Chelsea and Swansea City.
"I had him in at Chelsea when he was 16 years of age. I know him probably as well as anyone and I know his qualities," Rodgers said on Friday.
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The doctor at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital told BBC Scotland that surgical teams were prevented from seeing patients to manipulate figures.
The whistleblower said the system was putting patients at risk.
NHS Tayside said patient safety was its "overriding priority".
Health Secretary Shona Robison said the Scottish government had been assured by NHS Tayside "that their ways of working are effective and safe".
For several years, NHS Tayside has boasted the lowest accident and emergency waits in Scotland, with 99% of patients treated in four hours.
However the whistleblower, who wants to remain anonymous, said surgical teams were being bullied and prevented from seeing potentially seriously ill patients in order to manipulate the figures.
The doctor, a member of the general surgical team at Ninewells Hospital, said patients were not allowed to be assessed by surgeons until they are moved to the surgical department. This, he claimed, is so hospital managers can tick a box saying the patient has been discharged from accident and emergency, and the waiting time 'clock' stops.
"On paper, it would seem that the patient was in the A&E department for a short time," the doctor told BBC Scotland.
"The surgical service is often actively barred from assessing sometimes critically ill patients in A&E, as this would increase the time spent by the patient in A&E.
"Patients presenting to A&E with abdominal pain - the bulk of surgical patients - are not treated there in any way. They are quickly seen by a junior doctor, who then discusses the case with a consultant.
"The patient is then referred to the surgical ward where actual assessment, investigations and treatment takes place."
It is claimed surgical specialists are not allowed to order blood or imaging tests on the patient in the emergency department, as they would normally do, in case this causes delays.
This is despite the fact that the department which carries out the imaging tests is next to A&E, and patients often have to be transported back again.
Across Scotland, the NHS is still not meeting the Scottish government's interim target for 95% of people to be treated and discharged within four hours. The last figures, published on Tuesday, suggested that 93% of people were seen and treated within this time frame.
Staff at NHS Tayside raised the manipulation of waiting time figures with the General Medical Council (GMC) last year.
The GMC is carrying out visits to hospitals following a rise in the number of trainee doctors reporting bullying or undermining.
A report of a visit to Ninewells in October stated: "We heard from all groups that we met that there may be issues with interaction with other departments such as emergency medicine. We also heard that doctors in training feel unable to attend the emergency medicine department unless they are explicitly asked to do so by staff in that department.
"Additionally when they do attend we heard examples of when they were undermined and/or bullied."
It was raised again earlier this year, this time in a report on the quality of surgical training at the hospital by NHS Education.
However, NHS Tayside said patient safety is its "overriding priority".
A spokeswoman said senior clinicians see patients as soon as possible, and where the input of senior clinicians from other specialties would benefit patients, they are encouraged to attend.
She added that tests and treatment are carried out within the emergency department, and said: "Waiting time targets do not form any part of our primary consideration."
Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "We have been in contact with NHS Tayside on this issue and have been assured by the board that the first priority in A&E is always the safe and effective treatment of the patient.
"Our guidance makes clear this should always be the case where targets are set and the four-hour A&E target is no different. Indeed the key driver of this target is to ensure patients receive safe, effective care as quickly as possible and are not subjected to long waits."
Ms Robison added: "There is absolutely no place for bullying in our NHS and we are completely committed to a culture of openness where staff of any level can raise concerns.
"On that basis, staff working at NHS Tayside should feel able to bring forward issues to management at the health board.
"I would encourage anyone with concerns to raise them in line with advice provided to all staff and allow the issues to be thoroughly investigated."
Thirty candidates contested the poll, which is likely to go to a run-off on 31 January.
He was prime minister in the government of ex-President Francois Bozize, ousted in 2013 by mainly Muslim Seleka rebels.
The country has since been wracked by conflict along religious lines.
More than a quarter of the population has been forced from their homes.
Voting took place on 30 December, with UN troops guarding polling stations.
Mr Touadera has more than 23% of votes counted so far with his nearest rival, Anicet Georges Dologuele, another former prime minister, on around 13%, according to electoral officials quoted by the AFP news agency.
Desire Kolingba, son of a former president, is in third place.
But the votes cast outside the capital, Bangui, as well as those of refugees and other CAR citizens abroad still need to be counted.
The candidates are vying to replace interim leader Catherine Samba-Panza.
Mr Touadera, 58, was a university maths lecturer before entering politics. He ran as an independent in the election.
CAR has been torn by sectarian violence since the Seleka rebels seized power in March 2013.
A band of mostly Christian militias, called the anti-Balaka, then took up arms against the Seleka.
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The interim government and international donors pushed for the poll, believing that an elected president and parliament would help CAR recover from years of unrest.
CAR is one of the world's poorest countries - yet it is rich in natural resources.
Elections also took place for the 149-seat National Assembly.
After seizing power, the Seleka rebels installed Michel Djotodia as the first Muslim leader of the majority Christian country.
But under pressure from regional leaders and former colonial power France, Mr Djotodia stood down and was succeeded by Ms Samba-Panza.
About 1.8 million people were registered to vote, out of a population of roughly five million.
More than one million people fled their homes during the intercommunal fighting.
Bob Price said the 730 spaces at the medical centre are "simply inadequate".
He admitted the council - as the planning authority - was part of the problem for limiting the number of spaces on the site.
The hospital trust advises patients to leave themselves an extra hour to find parking.
The city council has opposed increasing capacity at the hospital as it would increase the amount of traffic going through Headington.
But Mr Price said that as the local NHS is transformed, more services that were formerly based in other hospitals will take place at the John Radcliffe Hospital, increasing the number of patients.
He added: "It's going to get worse as if you look at the transformation plans, which the clinical commissioning group has put together, then the concentration of facilities at the John Radcliffe is only likely to increase rather than decrease.
"It's traditionally been the case that we try to reduce traffic growth in the city, but as you can see it's simply inadequate."
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which operates the site, said it was working on a "masterplan" in a bid to solve the problem.
It said: "Our current access and parking problems will not be solved overnight. However, we are hoping to have some initial broad concepts for wider discussion in the early part of 2017.
"For the time being, we do encourage both staff and visitors to make use of alternative transport options including local park and ride services."
The bodies of David Miller, 24, from Jersey and Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Norfolk, were found on a beach on Koh Tao in September 2014.
Burmese migrants Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo were convicted of the murders and sentenced to death in December.
Jersey Coroner Mark Harris recorded a narrative verdict after outlining the murder case in Thailand.
Earlier this month, Norfolk's coroner ruled Ms Witheridge was unlawfully killed.
Mr Miller's mother Sue said after the inquest in St Helier: "We kept in contact with Dave via Skype during his time in Australia and Thailand.
"His last call was on Skype from Koh Tao hours before his death. He described the island as paradise and showed us the view from his balcony using his phone and said he was going snorkelling that day.
"We're so grateful for that last contact. I heard the news about the deaths on the radio. No names were mentioned but I knew it was Dave.
"I tried to call him and sent him emails but my worst fears were confirmed by the arrival of the police."
She added: "Dave was intelligent and hard-working. He brought light, energy and hope into our lives. He had a clear sense of justice. He was in the prime of his life and had so much ahead of him."
Last year, the University of Leeds, where Mr Miller had been studying, presented his mother with his posthumous degree in civil and structural engineering.
The convicted men are appealing against their convictions and death sentences for the murders.
A third straight defeat means the Gulls have slipped to 18th, just two points above the relegation zone.
"All being well we can look to help this group with a bit of experience," Nicholson told BBC Radio Devon.
"That's been ongoing for a couple of weeks now, but it's a tough one at the moment to get the right people."
Nicholson added: "I just haven't had the breakthroughs that it looked at times I was going to have, but that's the nature of the beast - you've got to keep asking the questions and highlighting the players and eventually you'll get what you want."
Other than Nicholson, who has not played himself since October, Aman Verma and Shaun Harrad are the only Torquay players over the age of 30, but the manager accepts his squad should still be doing better.
"If they (the players) don't get it, it's my fault - I'm the manager. I have to get it so it becomes second nature to them.
"It's okay talking about a lack of experience and what we need, but what we have right now I have to make better - that's the truth of it."
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said the government will hold talks with Virgin for a temporary contract.
A competition will then be run for a new franchise deal.
Mr McLoughlin added the first findings of a review into what went wrong will be released by the end of October.
The decision to give FirstGroup the route from December was withdrawn after "technical flaws" in the bid process were discovered.
Three senior civil servants have been suspended and the government faces a bill of £40m to compensate franchise bidders.
A Virgin Trains spokesman said the move meant it was in a position to "offer customers some short-term continuity".
By Richard WestcottBBC transport correspondent
The government's landed itself in a right old mess over the West Coast franchise and so they're trying something totally new to clean it up.
Ministers, Virgin, even First Group seem to all agree that it's best if Virgin keeps the trains going after its contract expires on 9 December.
But they can't run things for too long because it wouldn't be fair...EU procurement rules mean everyone must get a decent go at bidding for new business.
That's why ministers have had to set up another, short-term franchise competition, open to everyone, to plug the gap between the time Virgin's deal runs out, and the time a new, long-term contract is awarded to run the line.
Ministers also have to wait for a review to report back into whether franchising really works. And that's not due until Christmas. If it recommends big changes, it will lead to yet more delays.
So all of this is a rather messy way of buying some time until they sort everything out.
The whole fiasco's costing the taxpayer tens of millions of pounds but there is just the one piece of good news if you use the line: we're being reassured the service won't suffer.
The competition to run the line was cancelled on 3 October and led to the suspension of other franchise programmes including bids for Essex Thameside, Great Western and Thameslink.
The government has announced two independent reviews to focus on the West Coast competition and the wider DfT rail franchise programme.
The flaws in the bidding were discovered as the DfT was preparing to contest a legal challenge by Virgin to the decision not to award it the contract.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "My priority now is to fix the problem and the first step is to take urgent action to ensure that... services continue to run to the same standard and passengers are not affected.
"I believe Virgin remaining as operator for a short period of time is the best way to do this and my officials and I will be working flat out to make this happen."
Mr McLoughlin said he hoped the preliminary findings of one of two reviews he has launched into the debacle will be released by the end of this month.
The chief executive of energy firm Centrica, Sam Laidlaw, will investigate "what happened during the West Coast procurement, and why," said Mr McLoughlin.
He told the Commons: "I have asked for the initial findings of this [Laidlaw] review by the end of October and expect to have a full report by the end of November.
"It will establish the lessons to be learnt," he added,
The transport secretary added the second review, led by the chairman of Eurostar, Richard Brown, "will report no later than the end of the year on lessons for the future franchising programme, so that it can be resumed as soon as possible".
He warned the House: "Before these reviews have been completed... any speculation as to the nature of the flaws is just that... speculation".
The West Coast route serves 31 million passengers travelling between London, the West Midlands, the north-west of England, North Wales and the central belt of Scotland.
FirstGroup had initially beaten current operator Virgin Trains to win the 13-year franchise.
BBC News transport correspondent Richard Westcott said the interim contract will last for two years while the longer franchise will be handed out around the time of the next general election.
The decision was a "messy solution to a mistake that is costing the taxpayer tens of millions of pounds" but the transport secretary feels it is the best way to keep services running without disruption, our correspondent added.
Ahead of the announcement, Labour warned that a decision to extend Virgin's contract could see taxpayers exposed to further legal costs.
Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle also said it was wrong for the investigation into the bid process to be carried by Mr Laidlaw, who is also a DfT non-executive director.
She told the Commons the whole saga was "a monumental failure of this shambles of a government".
RMT transport union leader Bob Crow described the decision to extend Virgin's franchise as a "shabby deal" but said it was "no surprise". The RMT had been hoping the West Coast franchise would be run by the DfT in the public sector.
Meanwhile, Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA rail union, said: "This decision means that the long-running Whitehall farce, known as private rail franchising, continues at the taxpayer's expense."
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The Clinton firewall held. Or did it?
While the former secretary of state notched her most convincing victory of this early election season, that's not saying much at all. It certainly wasn't the dominating performance that her campaign had hoped would reveal her early struggles against the Vermont senator were a regional aberration.
Instead both candidates emerge from the "First in the West" caucuses feeling like a bit of a winner and a bit of a loser.
She won, of course. More than that, however, she can finally turn the page from the solid drubbing she received just over a week ago in New Hampshire.
Even though her winning margin looks to only be around five points, she finally was able to give an honest-to-goodness victory speech and head to the South Carolina primary next week with a bit of momentum.
She also did extremely well in Las Vegas and its environs, racking up a double-digit victory in a part of the state that has the most minority voters. Hotel workers turned out for her in droves in the downtown casino sites, where the common refrain was that she was the candidate who was most electable and most accomplished.
That's her main selling point, and Nevada voters were buying it.
A caucus entrance poll conducted by ABC News shows that Mrs Clinton was trailing among voters under age 45 and younger by a massive 55-point margin.
Even if that number turns out to be a bit inflated, it's still a disturbing sign that her support in this demographic is still flagging. If she ends up winning the nomination, she's going to need the youth vote, which is pivotal in a handful of key swing states.
Just a few months ago the Clinton campaign hoped that Nevada would deliver a knockout blow to the upstart Sanders campaign. Her team has been organising this state for over a year. She hired political operatives who were intimately familiar with the state, and her national campaign manager, Robby Mook, was the mastermind behind her surprise win there over Obama in 2008.
And yet with all these organisational advantages, she still only eked out a narrow win.
Very early in his concession speech, Mr Sanders emphasised the silver lining in Saturday's result.
"Five weeks ago, we were 25 points behind in the polls, and we have made some real progress," he said. A five-point loss in an ethnically diverse state that mirrors many of the contests to come should give the Sanders faithful some hope that he'll be competitive in the slate of southern and western primaries to come in the next few weeks.
Thanks to his prodigious grassroots fundraising, he has the resources to mount a national campaign against Mrs Clinton - a prospect that was unlikely at best when his presidential journey began last summer.
"In a short while I'll be on a plane to South Carolina, and then we're going to be competing in 11 states all across this country on Super Tuesday," Sanders said in his speech. "And I believe that on Super Tuesday we have got an excellent chance to win many of those states."
The Nevada results show he may be right.
A moral victory is just defeat by another name. Mr Sanders had an opportunity to pull out a win in Nevada and put the Clinton campaign on the ropes, and he failed.
Although his campaign is no longer a long-shot, the senator is still an underdog who needs to take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself.
Instead he now travels to South Carolina, where he's struggled to connect with the majority-black Democratic primary electorate. Victory there will present a daunting challenge, and now it will be the Clinton campaign looking to start a win streak.
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Ms Jara was censured over allegations that Peru's intelligence agency had for years gathered information on leading figures in business and politics.
President Ollanta Humala must now select a new prime minister and cabinet.
It is considered the biggest crisis of his presidency since he took office in July 2011.
In Peru, the president is the head of the executive, but analysts say having his number two deposed by the opposition-dominated Congress is a sign of his waning influence.
A recent opinion poll by Ipsos suggested Mr Humala's popularity rating had dropped to 25%.
It is the first time in half a century that Peru's Congress has deposed a prime minister.
Congress voted 72 to 42 to censure Ms Jara, with two abstentions.
The move follows the publication on 19 March in the Correo Semanal weekly of a list of Peruvians who had allegedly been spied upon by the National Intelligence Directorate (Dini).
The list included opposition politicians, journalists, business people, members of the military and their families.
The spy agency reportedly accessed information from Peru's national registry of properties to gather intelligence on thousands of Peruvians.
The large number of people on the list angered opposition members of Congress.
Ms Jara sacked Dini's director as well as its counter-intelligence and national intelligence chiefs the day after the allegations emerged.
She also ordered a thorough investigation and denied she had ever ordered the surveillance or used the information gathered.
But in a debate on Monday, opposition members of Congress argued she had failed to control the spy agency and should therefore be removed from her post.
Members of the governing Peru Wins party said she had been made a scapegoat and denounced the move as a "political ambush".
Ms Jara was approved by Congress less than a year ago by a majority of only one vote, the sixth prime minister to serve under President Humala in his four years in office.
Her predecessor resigned amidst a corruption scandal after less than five months in the post.
President Humala will now have to name a new prime minister, who will then have to be approved by Congress.
With a snappy new title in 'T20 Blast' and the majority of games taking place on a Friday night, the competition has also been rescheduled to spread out the fixtures.
BBC Sport looks at how the competition will work and previews the players and teams to watch.
The main aim for all clubs is to be among the four teams to make it to Finals Day on Saturday, 23 August at Edgbaston.
Birmingham Bears: Shoaib Malik (from 19 June), Jeetan Patel
Derbyshire Falcons: Marcus North, Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Durham Jets: John Hastings (after IPL)
Lancashire Lightning: Junaid Khan
Leicestershire Foxes: Ramnaresh Sarwan, Scott Styris
Northants Steelbacks: Richard Levi. Ian Butler
Nottinghamshire Outlaws: None
Worcestershire Rapids: Colin Munro, Saeed Ajmal
Yorkshire Vikings: Aaron Finch, Kane Williamson
All 18 clubs from Divisions One and Two will begin their journey in one of two groups of nine, south and north, with the top four from each group going through to the quarter-finals.
"This schedule has been designed to make the needs of the fans our number one priority, with nearly 70% of T20 group matches scheduled for Friday nights," chief executive David Collier told the ECB website.
"We are also excited about the role the T20 Blast will play in attracting a wider audience to our county game - with Friday nights providing the perfect opportunity for fans to combine a weekend night out with watching cricket."
However, the switch away from a three-week cluster of group games to an extended programme of fixtures has caused concern in some dressing rooms.
"It's a challenge from a coaching perspective," Nottinghamshire director of cricket and national selector Mick Newell told BBC East Midlands Today.
"In previous years we've been able to concentrate on one form of the game for a short period of time.
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"Now four-day matches go onto Wednesday and we'll only really have Thursday to prepare for Friday. It means less practice, but it will have to be good quality practice when we do it."
agreed that the new schedule was not ideal.
"You want to be able to have specific training sessions and have a bit of time to prepare for the T20," he said.
"It will be really good to get the crowds in on Friday nights, but I think it's a real challenge for the players to find the time to practice their T20 skills in between the four-day matches."
Financial rewards may offset some of the on-field pressure points, and Gloucestershire chief executive Will Brown is in favour of the switch.
"The England and Wales Cricket Board have put a lot of thought into this and we now have the best schedule possible, with a majority of games played on Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons," Brown told the Bristol Post.
"This is the one thing that can make a big difference financially and it has come at the right time for county cricket. Twenty20 represents the biggest money-making area in the domestic game and is the only format that can significantly change a club's finances. For that reason alone, we need to make this work."
The list of stars signed up for the T20 Blast reads like a who's-who of international cricket, as almost every side has brought in a specialist to supplement domestic talent.
Big-hitters include and Indian Premier League stars Glenn Maxwell and Aaron Finch, who will feature for Hampshire and Yorkshire respectively, while bowling stand-outs include and Somerset's Dirk Nannes.
It is not just the imports who make the headlines.
Last year's top run-scorer was Craig Kieswetter at Somerset with 517, while Ben Stokes, hopes to return to fitness for Durham and add to his 22 sixes during 2013.
Essex Eagles: Jesse Ryder
Glamorgan: Jacques Rudolph
Gloucestershire Gladiators: Michael Klinger
Hampshire: Kyle Abbott, Glenn Maxwell (after IPL)
Kent Spitfires: Doug Bollinger
Middlesex Panthers: Daniel Christian, Chris Rogers
Somerset: Alviro Petersen, Dirk Nannes
Surrey: Graeme Smith, Robin Peterson
Sussex Sharks: Yasir Arafat
Northants were last year's winners, knocking off 192 to beat Surrey at Edgbaston.
That success was built on the powerful batting of Cameron White and Richard Levi, as well as the all-round skills of David Willey, who sealed victory in the final against Surrey with a hat-trick.
White is no longer with the county and both Willey and last season's skipper Alex Wakeley are struggling to overcome injuries.
Scotland's Kyle Coetzer will lead the Steelbacks this year and Levi's return adds flair to the batting, while they will be looking to New Zealand pace bowler Ian Butler to fill the wicket-taking gap in Willey's absence.
"The expectation is there now, when we went into the competition nobody really felt we had the chance," Levi told BBC Radio Northampton.
"If we do what we do as well as we do it then we have a really good chance.
"We've got a very similar squad to last year with one or two improvements coming in here and there. Hopefully the guys realise that."
Captain Ed particularly with the signing of Yasir Arafat adding to their bowling options, while Steven Finn is keen to impress for Middlesex and boost his international prospects.
Glamorgan coach Toby Radford says his side is 'champing at the bit' to get started, but Birmingham Bears, the name being used by Warwickshire this year, could be without Ian Bell for part of the competition because of England commitments.
Surrey reached the final last year and will rely heavily on the knowhow of South African pair Graeme Smith and Robin Peterson, while Roses rivals Yorkshire and Lancashire also have strong squads, who could push hard for a place at Edgbaston.
BBC Sport website will again broadcast live commentary of every match under a deal with the ECB.
All commentaries will stream online and there will also be coverage on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra.
The song, which features the BBC Concert Orchestra, will be used as the opening sequence for all the BBC's programmes for France 2016.
"It's a fitting tribute to one of France's greatest stars," said Chris Grubb, BBC Football creative lead.
Bizu, 22, has performed at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.
She has also recorded sessions at BBC's Maida Vale Studios.
The song will feature in a special Euro 2016 preview show on Wednesday, 8 June on BBC One at 22:45 BST.
But before that you can listen to it on Breakfast on BBC One on Monday from 06:00 BST, while the song will also feature on the BBC iPlayer from Monday.
One year on, the Seagulls are in contention for promotion to the Premier League following a record-breaking start to the season.
Here, BBC Sport looks at how the 57-year-old has transformed fortunes at the Amex Stadium.
Hughton's predecessor Sami Hyypia was a left-field appointment by chairman Tony Bloom in the summer of 2014 - and one which backfired.
The Finn had a successful playing career with Liverpool but was exposed in what was his second managerial job, and he resigned in mid-December following a run of one win in 18 games.
Hughton, meanwhile, spent several years on the coaching staff at Tottenham, led Newcastle to the Championship title in 2009-10 and Birmingham to the play-offs in 2011-12 before going on to manage in the Premier League with Norwich.
"Chris knows this division and that is very important," said BBC Radio 5 live pundit Jason Roberts.
"To come from finishing 20th last year and be at the level they are now is a huge credit to him. A team that ended up down the division is now performing at a very high level.
"It is an opportunity for him to create history with Brighton."
Brighton's challenge for automatic promotion has been built on a 21-match unbeaten run at the start of the season, which saw them suffer only their first defeat of the campaign on 19 December against Middlesbrough.
"I always felt if we could start well and get some stability we could certainly fare better than last season and challenge that top six," Hughton told BBC Sussex.
"Would I have expected us to have gone on this run? The answer would have been no and it was a fabulous surprise, but something I think we have deserved.
"The fact we got a really good start gave the players an awful lot of encouragement."
It is Brighton's best start to a season and equals West Ham's post-war record of 21 games unbeaten at the start of a second-tier campaign, set in 1990-91.
Including a draw from the final match of last season, Hughton has guided Albion to their longest-ever unbeaten run in the league, surpassing an 84-year-old club record.
"In recent games they have fought back from losing positions," added former Reading striker Roberts.
"They would have liked a few more wins from their draws but that shows you a determination to not lose and not go down.
"That attitude is very hard to come by in this division, with so many games being so demanding on your body."
Brighton's dealings in the transfer market during the close season far surpassed their efforts in the summer of 2014, with their scattergun approach leading to David Burke leaving his post as head of football operations shortly after Hyypia's departure.
Goalkeeper David Stockdale and striker Sam Baldock are the only arrivals from that period who have regularly made the starting XI this season.
Since then the Seagulls have added quality, experience and youth - with midfielder Beram Kayal joining from Celtic, Albion legend Bobby Zamora returning to the club and James Wilson coming in on loan from Manchester United.
"The signings Brighton made last year were just not good enough," said former Brighton defender Adam Virgo. "They devalued the squad.
"It is a compliment to the board and the manager that they have gone out and bought quality this summer."
Hughton added: "For us it was always going to be about the summer and the players we brought in.
"We lost nine and had to bring in that many. In an ideal situation you wouldn't want to bring in so many at the same time. That was the real challenge."
Roberts, promoted from the Championship with Reading in 2011-12, believes Hughton's favoured 4-4-2 formation is a factor in Brighton's success.
"At Reading we had a similar outlook on the game. It was about the details and playing a formation everyone understood," said the 37-year-old.
"The way Brighton go about the game is on the front foot, home and away; putting the defence first, making sure everyone puts a shift in and then adding quality through the expressive players."
Meanwhile, Hughton says the club's infrastructure, with a 30,750-seater stadium and a new state-of-the-art training ground, is one which has helped him succeed.
"When I walked in, although we were a club that was down the bottom, it didn't feel like it," he said.
"There is a very good structure here and we have an excellent staff. It is very capable of going to the next stage. Ultimately the aim is to be a Premier League team.
"It wasn't as if I had to come in and change too much. I just had to try to change the fortunes of the team and what goes on on the pitch."
After defeat at home by Ipswich on Tuesday extended Brighton's winless run to five matches, the Seagulls are fourth in the Championship heading into their home match against Wolves on New Year's Day.
Hughton's priority as he starts his second year in charge will be to sustain their challenge for promotion - and he believes the backing from their supporters will be crucial if they are to have success.
"We are going through a difficult period and we are finding it hard," Hughton said.
"I think the fans have appreciated what they have seen in the first half of this season. They have been excellent - not only at the Amex but away from home as well, travelling in their thousands.
"It is about keeping that going and getting behind the team in the best way they can."
Robbie Williamson, 11, from Burnley in Lancashire, died playing a game of dare with friends on 22 April 2014.
He was using the pipe to cross the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in the town.
At Preston Crown Court National Grid admitted failing to guard the pipeline but said Robbie would have tried to access it if it had been protected.
The Health and Safety Executive carried out an investigation against the utility company which has responsibility for the cast iron pipe attached to Dugdale Bridge, near Lowerhouse Lane.
A post-mortem examination found Robbie died from drowning and a head injury. A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the inquest.
Following his death, National Grid installed protection on the pipe and have carried out a review of all the other pipe crossings it owns.
The firm as pleaded guilty to failing to discharge their duty in ensuring "as was reasonably practicable" the health and safety of others by exposing them to risk of injury.
A Newton hearing has been scheduled to take place on 8 December.
The hearing is held in front of a judge when the defence and prosecution dispute the facts on which the court would impose a sentence.
Tolchard topped his group in Delhi only to lose both his semi-final and bronze medal match on tie breaks.
He is in the
"This time I hope I can win my semi-final game and get a chance at a gold or silver, that'd be the ideal aim," Tolchard told BBC Sport.
"It was very difficult because I was going very well, I'd only lost one game all week."
Tolchard still has difficult memories of his semi-final with Welshman Robert Weale, and his subsequent bronze medal play-off loss to Northern Ireland's Gary Kelly.
"I lost the semi-final to a chap I beat in the group stage, which was rather ironic - he only just squeezed through and went on and won the gold so that was quite disappointing.
"I had to go straight onto play the bronze medal game and lost that on a tie break in the last end, so I suppose hopefully I'll just learn from it and this time it'll be a different result."
Andrew Tetsill, 42, of Camelon, Falkirk, and his son Craig were on an unclassified road leading to Wester Aberchalder near Loch Ness in May 2013.
It was alleged Andrew Tetsill overtook his 21-year-old son's bike where it was unsafe to do so.
Sheriff Margaret Neilson acquitted him following a trial in Inverness.
The trial at Inverness Sheriff Court heard that Craig Tetsill would have survived with head and neck injuries if he had been wearing a helmet.
In evidence, Andrew Tetsill told the court: "Craig was standing at the side of the road as I approached. I was in first gear doing about 10mph. I passed him and pulled over as far as I could.
"I checked my mirrors and heard a thump. I stopped the truck and got out and saw Craig with one leg in front of the rear wheel of his bike and the other on top.
"I was screaming for help and hysterical and then gave him CPR until the ambulance arrived. "
Craig Tetsill sustained a severe head injury and died soon afterwards despite efforts by his father and other witnesses to save him, the court heard.
Police collision experts alleged Andrew Tetsill had been driving too close to his son and calculated that he was travelling at 38mph and his son at 16mph to 21mph.
A collision report concluded that Craig Tetsill's bike had turned sharply to the right causing him to lose control.
The rear wheel of his father's truck then ran over the front bicycle wheel, causing the rear wheel to rise, and throw Craig Tetsill 5m up the road.
However defence counsel Barney Ross challenged police conclusions and the method used to calculate the figures.
Standing more than 132m (433 ft) high, the building south of John Lewis will be home to around 450 students.
It will be taller than Swansea's Meridian Tower, which is the current highest at 107m (351ft).
Council planners approved the move on Wednesday and the building is due to be completed in summer 2018.
It will have a shop or cafe at ground level, and a "sky lounge" available for hire.
Ex chief superintendant Gary Davies was alleged to have assaulted three women in busy train carriages travelling between Taunton and Bristol between December 2015 and May 2016.
The 54-year-old left the Avon and Somerset force in 2012.
Mr Davies, of Shoreditch Road, Taunton, denied all charges and was cleared by a jury at Bristol Crown Court on Friday.
He argued the touching happened due to overcrowding on the trains.
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Stephen King was on his board, just off the coast of New South Wales in Australia when a shark came abit too close.
He managed to escape with just a few small grazes on his leg, but not before the shark took a bite out of his surf board.
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De Bruyne, 24, has been left out of Friday's game with Schalke as talks continue over a move to City.
"We had to take it seriously. Finally we decided to start negotiations with City," added Allofs.
"But the deal is not already done. So hopefully we will find an end on Thursday night or Friday morning."
City have not responded to reports a £58m deal has been agreed for the Belgium international.
"During Thursday, we have gone on with negotiations and we've got closer to each other," added Allofs.
"He's had an astonishing, astonishing offer from City and we can't compete with that.
"I would prefer to keep him, not to get the money.
"But the money now is really the issue because Kevin was qualified with Wolfsburg for the Champions League and he was a key player and took the next step."
Former Chelsea midfielder De Bruyne, 24, joined Wolfsburg in January 2014.
Last season, the Belgium international scored 10 goals and provided 21 assists in the Bundesliga.
"At Chelsea, he was not that good and I know the story because I took him to Werder Bremen two years before and then to Wolfsburg," said Allofs.
"It will be very difficult - apart from Bayern Munich - to compete with the Premier League in the future."
The House of Representatives passed a Republican bill proposed by Speaker John Boehner, but that was quickly killed by the Democratic-led Senate.
Senate leader Harry Reid is now seeking a vote on a rival plan he proposed.
The US risks defaulting on its financial obligations if a federal budget deal is not struck by 2 August.
The Boehner plan includes some $900bn of spending cuts and would raise the debt ceiling by a similar amount.
However it would require another vote during mid-2012 and includes language in support of a so-called "balanced budget amendment" to the US constitution - both rejected by the White House and the Senate leadership.
The House vote was delayed from Thursday after Mr Boehner struggled to win over a number of staunchly conservative Republicans, including newly elected representatives who back the Tea Party.
The plan eventually passed the House by 218-210, with 22 Republicans and every Democrat voting against.
Before the vote, Mr Boehner said the plan advanced the "great cause" of a balanced budget amendment.
Mr Boehner appeared heated in front of his colleagues in the House, slamming his fist on a podium on Friday evening and calling for lawmakers to pass his proposal.
Mr Boehner said Republicans had tried their "level best" to reach a deal.
"I stuck my neck out a mile to get an agreement with the president of the United States," Mr Boehner said, referring to negotiations with President Barack Obama that twice broke down.
"My colleagues, I can tell you I have worked with the president and the administration since the beginning of this year to avoid being in this spot," he added.
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"A lot of people in this town can never say yes," Mr Boehner said.
Shortly after the House passed its bill, the Democratic-led Senate voted to reject the Boehner plan in a late-evening vote on Friday.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid accused the Republicans of seeking to filibuster, or delay, proceedings by forcing a vote on his rival plan to achieve a 60-vote "supermajority" before passing.
Speaking after the Senate adjourned for the night, he accused his Republican counterpart of not being willing to negotiate.
"Unless there is a compromise, or they accept my bill, we're heading for economic disaster," he said.
The US government will start running out of money to pay all its bills unless a $14.3tn (£8.79tn) borrowing limit is increased by Tuesday.
Democrats say the Republican bill as passed would cause immeasurable damage to the economy because it would force Congress to vote on another extension of the debt ceiling early in 2012, a time when presidential election campaigns will be in full swing.
The White House quickly responded to the passage of Mr Boehner's bill, calling for a "compromise that avoids default and lays the basis for balanced deficit reduction".
Earlier, the White House said Mr Boehner was taking a dangerous approach with his proposal.
"Amend the constitution or default is a highly dangerous game to play," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
Meanwhile, Mr Obama accused House Republicans of pursuing a partisan bill that would force Washington into another debt limit fight within months.
"There are plenty of ways out of this mess, but we are almost out of time," Mr Obama said.
"The time for putting party first is over," he added. "The time for compromise on behalf of the American people is now."
Analysts predict a last-minute scramble for a compromise and razor-edge votes in both chambers, with the high-stakes game of legislative brinkmanship expected to continue all weekend.
The president backs Mr Reid's proposal, which would cut $2.2tn from deficits and raise the debt ceiling by $2.7tn.
The Boehner and Reid plans overlap in key ways, such as trimming spending over 10 years and shunning President Obama's call for tax increases on the wealthy and corporations.
Analysts have said international markets would be shaken if the US defaults and runs out of money to pay its bills.
It will be two weekends of enforced abstinence for followers of top-flight teams before they are back in action for the Scottish Cup fourth round on 21/22 January.
So how are the 12 clubs spending the break?
After a week off, a few are heading for sunnier climes to recharge the batteries and regroup for the second half of the season.
For Celtic, it's destination Dubai - with an average temperature of 19C, an average of eight hours of sunshine per day and just 10mm of rainfall expected this month.
Boss Brendan Rodgers is promising his side will be back for 2017 better than before.
Third-placed Aberdeen are also making for the city state of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The Dons have arranged a match against FC Bunyodkor of Uzbekistan.
Partick Thistle are the only other sun-seekers in the Premiership, with Alan Archibald's players migrating from Maryhill to La Manga in Spain for a training camp. They have also arranged a friendly game against Belgian side Lokeren.
Kilmarnock are taking more of a budget break. Lee Clark's team are going to Gateshead in the north-east of England (average temperature 7C) for a couple of friendlies. They play Gateshead and then Newcastle Under-23s in a closed doors game.
Rangers are on the road too. Mark Warburton's team are testing themselves against the club currently second in Germany's Bundesliga, Red Bull Leipzig - home to Scotland's Oliver Burke.
The rest are staying put - unless they book last-minute deals or set up bounce games.
"It's important to give the players a break, they'll have a few days off and then they'll get back to work next week," says Dundee manager Paul Hartley. "Our next game is St Mirren in the cup, we'd like to bring one or two players but one or two will probably have to go out too, but we've got four weeks to sort that out."
St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright is a fan of the winter break. "I'm all for more midweek games to try and free up maybe a longer break in the summer and maybe a longer break in the winter," he told BBC Radio Scotland last month.
Motherwell are among those staying in Scotland, choosing to channel their 'staycation' savings towards improving the squad for the last four months of the campaign.
Ditto the Highland clubs Ross County and Inverness Caledonian Thistle, with a Caley Thistle spokesman saying: "Aside from having a few days off to spend with family, there will be nothing out of the ordinary for the players and they're back in for training next week."
Hamilton Academical released players earlier this week as they set about shaping their squad for the rest of the campaign while Ian Cathro will have his first transfer window as Hearts head coach, commenting recently: "We are not ruling out any market.
"If you look at the history of this league, very few clubs are spending transfer fees. However, if there were unique circumstances that represented good value and it was an opportunity, I think this is one of the few clubs that could be in a position to do that."
"School is often where issues first become apparent, and a school is often a parent's first port of call if they are looking for support," said Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers.
Many schools already provided their own support on site, but in England a squeeze on school budgets and "chaos" in overloaded NHS mental health services posed significant barriers to getting young people the help they needed, said Mr Hobby.
This meant schools "often face serious difficulties in referring young people to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services", said Malcolm Trobe, interim general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders.
"There is simply not enough provision and families face excessively long waiting times," said Mr Trobe.
Both unions said it was crucial that the government's plans were adequately funded.
"Moves to make schools more accountable for the mental health of their pupils must first be accompanied by sufficient school funding and training for staff and should focus only on those areas where schools can act, including promotion of good mental health, identification and signposting or referrals to the appropriate services," said Mr Hobby.
Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT teachers' union, agreed that teachers were often the first to spot signs of mental distress in pupils.
"The step-change that is needed in relation to children's mental health will not be possible without recognition from government that schools and other services need the time, resources and funding which ensure that no child has their life blighted by mental ill health," said Ms Keates.
Police believe the incident in Dundonald Road, Irvine, at about 02:00 on Friday, was a targeted attack.
The 42-year-old victim was taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock before being transferred to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
He was said to be in a stable condition.
Both suspects are white. The first man was about 5ft 3in tall with a stocky build, short blonde hair and was wearing blue jeans at the time of the attack.
The second suspect was about 5ft 9in tall and was wearing dark clothing.
Det Sgt Paul Richmond said: "We understand that this was a targeted attack, in which a 42-year-old man was left requiring hospital treatment, after being assaulted by two suspects who had forced entry to his home.
"Our inquiries are at an early stage to determine the circumstances surrounding the attack and to identify the two men responsible.
"It is possible you may have heard a disturbance from within the house, or witnessed two men running from the area or leaving in a vehicle following the incident.
"Anyone with information that may assist our investigation should contact Saltcoats Police Office through 101. Alternatively Crimestoppers can be contacted on 0800 555 111, where anonymity can be maintained."
This year has seen the body involved in a public row with groups of crofters.
Its board has made a public apology for its handling of this dispute and sought the resignation of its convener, who says he has done nothing wrong.
The minister made his comment in connection with legislation for the commission's elections in 2017.
Legislation has been approved by the Scottish Parliament for next year's election of commissioners to the board of crofting's regulatory body.
While Mr Ewing has not mentioned the issues faced by the present board, he said: "We want to see the commission focus on building on successful developments in crofting, refocusing attention on being an effective regulator and delivering an excellent service to crofters.
"To do this, we need people who care about the long-term future of crofting to stand for election, or re-election next March.
"It is vital that all crofters make their voice heard by voting in next year's election to ensure that the Crofting Commission represents and reflects the interests and diversity of our crofting communities."
His statement follows a meeting of the board in Inverness on Wednesday.
The remains of some children, aged between two days and nine years, were found in a concrete tank in County Galway.
They died between 1925 and 1961. The grave in Tuam was found 40 years ago, but was thought to date from the 1850s.
Amnesty International has joined calls for an investigation.
The Irish government has set up an inter-departmental group to look at the case.
Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald said decisions about criminal investigations fall to be considered by An Garda Siochána (the Irish police).
She said her department had been liaising with them.
"The purpose of criminal investigations is to lead to the prosecution of persons where the commission of offences has been established," she said.
"Consideration will be given by government on how best to proceed in the interests of all those who were affected by extremely disturbing events."
Earlier, Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Enda Kenny said he wanted to know exactly what the scale of the situation in Tuam was and whether there were similar mass graves at other sites around the country.
Mr Kenny said he asked Minister for Children Charlie Flanagan to draw together a number of officials to see what was involved and whether it was an isolated incident.
He said a decision would then be taken in terms of what was the best thing to do to deal with "yet another element of our country's past".
He said he understood the situation had been known about since 1972 and there were Dáil records relating to inspections dating back to the 1930s.
The human rights organisation, Amnesty International, said any investigation must consider whether ill-treatment, neglect or other abuses were factors in the children's deaths.
"A thorough investigation must be carried out into how these children died and if ill-treatment, neglect or other human rights abuses factored into their deaths," said John Dalhuisen of Amnesty.
"We also need to know why these children were not afforded the respect of a proper and dignified burial.
"The Irish government must not view this and other cases as merely historic and beyond its human rights obligations."
The organisation added that the Tuam case should not be viewed in isolation, and called on the government to investigate allegations of ill-treatment of women and children in other homes.
On Thursday, Catholic Archbishop of Tuam Michael Neary said he was "greatly shocked" by the news, adding that the church had no records about the burial.
The home was run by nuns of the Bon Secours Sisters for 36 years.
In a statement, Bon Secours said it handed its records to the state after it closed its doors.
"In 1961 the home was closed. All records were returned to the local authority, and would now be within the Health Service Executive, County Galway," the order said.
The nuns said they were committed to engaging with Catherine Corless, the historian who identified the extent of the burials, and the Tuam graveyard committee, which is seeking a permanent memorial at the site.
They have welcomed the government's announcement of an investigation into what happened.
RTE journalist Philip Boucher-Hayes said some people in Tuam, who have been trying to raise money to erect a plaque in memory of the children, were relieved that the story is now getting media attention.
However, he said others in the town were embarrassed.
He said: "Talk to anybody else and there's a bit of hand wringing, there's a bit of chest beating and a lot of 'ah sure, those were the times, weren't they, what's the point in going and unearthing it now'.
"And I think that that is an embarrassment about our past that is probably replicated in so many places where there were industrial schools, where there where mother and baby homes and where there is now the suspicion in Cork, in west Meath, in Tipperary that there are very, very large communal graves of unmarked bodies, unknown about, un-commemorated, discarded bodies."
He said maps showed that the area where the Tuam remains were found had been sewage tank that became disused in the 1930s after it began to leak.
He said he had spoken to people who remembered seeing nuns "in the failing light of summer evenings, quite late in the evening, burying remains with workmen into this septic tank site".
"There is a wealth of evidence there which points towards the nuns knowingly burying hundreds of bodies in a disused septic tank," he said.
The Tuam home was one of 10 institutions in which about 35,000 unmarried pregnant women - so-called fallen women - are thought to have been sent.
The children of these women were denied baptism and segregated from others at school. If they died at such facilities, they were also denied a Christian burial.
County Galway death records showed that most of the children buried in the unmarked grave had died of sickness or malnutrition.
Catholic broadcaster Fr Brian D'Arcy said the discovery was shocking.
Speaking to Newstalk radio in the Republic of Ireland, he said: "When I heard it first, I really began to think that this was some atrocity that had happened in a foreign country or remnants of a famine in some other country or a bad regime, because that's what it sounds like.
"It's just a dreadful, horrible thing and I simply couldn't believe that it was in my own lifetime as it were, happening in the country and in the same religion to which I belong to and have professed all my life."
He said it was a "kind of hypocrisy" - both religious and political - that "keeps popping up from that era".
"It's the kind of thing that says that some children are very valuable while, at the same time, it seems to have been this massive thing that children from unmarried mothers were not valuable."
Two years ago, Irish justice minister Alan Shatter said he was considering calls for an investigation of a former Protestant-run Bethany Home in Dublin.
Up to 219 children born at the mother and baby home between 1922 and 1949 died.
In 2010, 40 infants from the home were discovered in unmarked graves in the nearby Mount Jerome cemetery.
Sir Cameron Mackintosh will bring Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's musical to the Prince Edward Theatre.
The love story set during the Vietnam War is one of the most successful musicals and has been seen by more than 35 million people worldwide.
The new show will be a "re-imagined physical production" and will feature a new song by Boublil and Schonberg.
Sir Cameron reworked the show 10 years ago to enable it to play to more theatres.
"The new production has taken a more gritty and realistic approach to the design than the operatic original but still delivers the power and epic sweep of Boublil and Schonberg's great score," he said.
It has already toured the UK and a number of countries around the world, but Sir Cameron said he was waiting for the perfect theatre to become available to bring it back to the West End.
Set in 1975, Miss Saigon is a love story about the relationship between an American GI and a young Vietnamese woman.
Sir Cameron said Miss Saigon was the one musical he had the most requests to bring back, but added he thought now was the right time.
"If anything the tragic love story of Miss Saigon has become even more relevant today," he said.
"In the last 25 years our country has become involved in similar wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the way we weren't in Vietnam and the American Dream has been buffeted by the reality of recent history."
The new production will include the new song, entitled Maybe, sung by the character of Ellen in the second act.
It has been included in recent Dutch and Japanese productions, but London audiences will be the first to hear the song in English.
Tickets will go on sale on 9 September.
Built in 1977, the Hexagon - Reading's largest arts venue - cannot be sufficiently modernised because of its "age and condition", councillors said.
Reading Festival boss Melvin Benn, who chairs a group which wants a new theatre, could lead the project.
Reading Borough Council stressed that, for now, it would continue to fund the Hexagon while those plans are drawn up.
The Hexagon has been host to a range of high-profile events from snooker's World Grand Prix to The Smiths playing there in 1985.
Its eclectic range is reflected in upcoming appearances from The Maccabees and David Hasselhoff.
The council's policy committee agreed that in future Reading would need a new theatre and approved the first steps to seek a suitable site and external investors.
Theatre and Arts Reading (TAR) chaired by Mr Benn, has done separate research into what sort of new theatre the town needs.
The council said: "Following discussions with TAR it is clear that there is a shared strategic aspiration for Reading to have a new theatre and that the council could play a key facilitating role, particularly with regard to its land holdings."
Committee member Jeanette Skeats said: "I welcome this report and I think it's exciting, the prospect of a new theatre.
"We'll get behind it and we look forward to things progressing for the future."
The discussion comes at a time when the council is looking to axe the South Street Arts Centre as part of budget cuts.
The University of Brighton has three sites in Hastings, but it is feared they may close following a review being considered by the board of governors.
"It would be a massive loss to Hastings, the uncertainty is a huge worry," said student Sophie Hewitt.
The university said it had struggled to recruit enough students to make the Hastings campus sustainable.
Student Alice Naylor said many of those studying in the East Sussex town were mature students with children.
"Not having a university in Hastings would mean that some people wouldn't be able to access a university at all," she said.
The university's board of governors will meet on Tuesday with an announcement due on Wednesday.
The Hastings campus opened 13 years ago and has received £12m of public investment.
"The whole community - elected politicians, business leaders and heads of schools - are all absolutely united that we will fight to keep the university here," said Amber Rudd, Conservative MP for Hastings and Rye.
"We will be making a strong case for why it's such a great place to live and work."
The university said it was committed to the regeneration of Hastings through its sponsorship of nine academy schools as well as higher education.
"We have invested £14m in the development and running of the Hastings campus," it said.
"We have consistently struggled to recruit the overall numbers of students required. One of the biggest drivers of student choice is location.
"This means that Hastings has to compete with Brighton and other campuses in the region and nationally.
"The implementation of any changes will be require careful consideration and our partners, staff and students will be fully involved."
After England came back to win 3-2 in Germany on 26 March 2016, Butland, who had started the game to win his fourth cap that night, became a forgotten man.
And having been replaced by Fraser Forster at half-time that night in Berlin, he has not played since.
"This season's been a complete washout," Butland told BBC Radio Stoke.
But before Wednesday's Germany v England rematch in Dortmund, the 24-year-old made it clear that he is close to a return to full training.
"There have been times when you're waking up in the morning and it's hurting again, then you go a week and it feels good," he said.
"You're stabbing in the dark not knowing what's causing the issues. I had a dark couple of months. But I found a surgeon, who found that there was something easy to fix.
"I'm now motivated and ready to go. I'm not far off. I'm feeling fit and feeling strong. I'm kicking, diving and jumping and doing everything else I need to do.
"Next week I'll be joining in with the boys fully. Then it will be down to getting some game time, whether it be behind-closed-doors or an Under-23 game."
Lee Grant has come in this season and established himself as Stoke's number one, but Butland is of a mind that competition for places is a good thing.
"There's no animosity between us. For Lee and me, it's about being the best we can be. That ultimately drives us on. I've always had that wherever I've been," he said.
"It would be beneficial for everyone, especially for me, if I can get some more games before I put this season to bed. That would be very positive for me."
Having missed Euro 2016, the former Birmingham City keeper had to have further surgery last September.
He was then due to feature for the Potters' Under-23 side in a game at Reading in December, only to pull out after feeling pain in the warm-up.
After being sent for a further MRI scan, the problem was finally diagnosed - and Butland's immediate target is now simply to push Grant for his place, while brushing off newspaper speculation linking him with Arsenal.
"I take it positively that I'm still well thought about in the football world after so long out," he added. "But my focus is on playing well for Stoke again.
"It's well within our rights to expect game time before the end of season, it's not biting off more than we can chew. I don't want to go into the summer with people 'umming and ahhing' and saying I've missed a whole season."
Jack Butland was talking to BBC Stoke's Matt Sandoz
The blaze broke out on the Route 208 bus in Loampit Vale in Lewisham on Friday evening.
It is believed to have started on the top-deck of the £200,000 vehicle. No-one was injured in the incident.
Police described the boy as black and aged between 13 and 15 years old.
The 24-year-old ex-American footballer from California, who can play hooker or prop, has come to Sixways on a deal until the end of the season.
"He is a big, strong ball-carrier," said Warriors head coach Carl Hogg.
"He's a hungry young forward with a lot of potential, which can allow us to get on the front foot. We look forward to helping him reach the top of his game."
On top of Canada fly-half Connor Braid and Samoa international forward Chris Vui, injury-hit Warriors have now signed three internationals in the past six weeks, as well as Australian scrum-half Michael Dowsett, and Bristol full-back Auguy Slowik.
Since making the switch from American Football to rugby union in 2011, Taufete'e has gone on to represent his country.
Following on from his international debut, against South Africa at the 2015 Rugby World Cup at London's Olympic Stadium, he has made nine appearances for the Eagles, scoring three tries.
"I've always wanted to play rugby overseas," said Taufete'e, who has also played in New Zealand with Otorohanga RFC, in Waikato, where he played alongside current Warriors centre Jackson Willison.
"I've heard great things about the club from Jackson Willison. I'm genuinely excited about the prospect of playing Premiership rugby."
The American top seeds lost 6-3 6-4 to Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova, who were only paired together at late notice.
Strycova replaced Karolina Pliskova, who withdrew because of Zika concerns.
It was the Williams' first defeat in 16 Olympic matches playing together.
The sisters won gold together at Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008 and London 2012, but did not compete at Athens 2004 after Serena pulled out through injury.
"We played terrible and it showed in the results," said 22-time Grand Slam singles title winner Serena.
Venus, 36, also lost in the singles on Saturday, with US women's Olympic tennis coach Mary Joe Fernandez claiming the seven-time major champion had been sick before arriving in Brazil.
Serena, 34, can still become the first woman to win two Olympic singles titles after the defending champion beating Australia's Daria Gavrilova earlier on Sunday.
But Venus, who won the individual title at Sydney 2000, saw her hopes of a fifth gold ended by Safarova and Strycova.
Neither of the unseeded Czech pair had won an Olympic doubles match, also losing their only previous outing together in a Fed Cup match last year.
"It was what it was," Serena said. "We have a chance to compete for our country and did the best that we can. We had a blast out there.
"I wouldn't say it was devastating. It was a lot of fun and we will always remember these moments and these matches.
"At the end of the day, I think that's what matters most."
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They will take on Pakistan A in a 50-overs encounter on 15 July at Spytty Park.
The county previously played at the Rodney Parade ground between 1936 and 1990.
But Newport CC moved out and the ground, next to the rugby stadium, was re-developed as a school.
Spytty Park has already been used for Glamorgan second team and Wales Minor Counties fixtures.
Newport was the venue for Glamorgan's record individual score for many years, as Emrys Davies hit 287 not out against Gloucestershire in 1939.
His score was overtaken by Steve James' innings of 309 not out against Sussex in Colwyn Bay in 2000.
Remarkably Davies' score was not the highest in Newport, as England batsman Wally Hammond made 302 for Gloucestershire in the same match.
The July date for Glamorgan comes the day after a T20 match away to Hampshire, and could see the county make a number of personnel changes.
Paul Dennett said cladding at Arthur Millwood Court, Canon Hussey Court and Blackfriars Court "hadn't met requirements" and would be removed.
Work has already begun to remove cladding from nine tower blocks in Pendleton over safety concerns.
Village 135 in Wythenshawe also failed the government tests.
Tests are being carried out on 600 high rises across England following the fire in London, in which at least 79 people died.
The Grenfell Tower fire in north Kensington on 14 June started in a fridge-freezer, and outside cladding and insulation failed safety tests, police say.
Salford City Council said it had not yet received the test results for the Pendleton tower blocks.
The city mayor said: "Government tests are under way, but it is already clear the aluminium composite material on our blocks must be removed."
So far no buildings in Greater Manchester have been evacuated.
Cladding is typically fitted to the outside of high-rise buildings to improve their insulation and appearance.
Cardiff City Supporters Trust unveiled an £85,000 bronze statue of Fred Keenor outside their new stadium last year after fund-raising campaign.
But the appeal was so successful that around £1,200 was left over.
The money has been spent on the plaque for Stacey Road Primary in Adamsdown.
A number of options of how to spend the surplus were considered, but as trust chairman David Craig explained, a memorial plaque at his school emerged as a firm favourite.
"I think I'm speaking for most people in the trust when I say that, before we embarked on the campaign for the statue, we knew about what Fred Keenor was, but very little about who he was," he said.
"I for one have learnt so much about the man behind the player over the last few years, and we'd love for the plaque to serve as a talking point at his school so that the stories will be passed on for decades to come.
"We discussed all sorts of ways of using the leftover money to create a real legacy for the campaign, and I think almost everyone felt that this was a great means of inspiring the next generation with Fred's legend."
The son of a bricklayer from the Roath area of the city, Keenor signed for Cardiff in 1912.
During his 19 years at the club, the Bluebirds were losing finalists and winners of the FA Cup, won the Charity Shield and were First Division runners-up.
Keenor also won 32 caps for Wales, leading them to Home Nations' Championship titles in 1920, 1924 and 1928.
Speaking at the unveiling of Fred's statue last year, his nephew Graham Keenor said his uncle achieved all this despite being injured on active service in World War I.
"In common with so many professional footballers of the day, when war broke out in 1914 Fred joined up with the 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who were nicknamed the Football Battalion," he said.
"He took a serious leg injury from shrapnel at the battle of the Somme, and doctors told him that he'd never be able to play again.
"But Fred had other ideas. He never knew when he was beaten.
"When Cardiff lost the 1925 FA Cup final, he told reporters that he was proud to have got so far, and that supporters shouldn't be down-in-the-mouth as he could confidently say that Cardiff would go one better sometime soon - and he was right."
The plaque, which is being unveiled by current Cardiff manager Malky Mackay, is in the blue style previously issued by Cadw and English Heritage.
After its purchase Mr Craig says there will just about be enough left in the appeal to pay for the Cardiff City Stadium statue's first annual clean and overhaul, after which the fund will be officially wound-up.
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It is the busiest A&E centre in England, but recently missed out on a share of government winter aid to help hospitals cope with the coming months.
Health Correspondent Rob Sissons spent a day at the hospital.
Scottish Care, which represents them, said further closures were likely without remedial action.
A survey found 79% of homes were struggling to recruit nurses and 35% struggled to find suitable managers.
The Scottish government said it had already taken action to ensure adult care workers received the living wage.
The impact of Brexit was highlighted in the research.
Nurses from the European Union were recruited by 63% of homes, with 44% also recruiting care staff from the EU.
Annual staff turnover had risen to 22%, from 17% in 2015.
Scottish Care chief executive Dr Donald Macaskill said: "We are struggling to recruit new staff and hold on to existing staff. There is a shortage of nurses which is little short of scandalous. There is a wholly inadequate resourcing of initiatives such as the Scottish Living Wage.
"Put simply, care homes cannot continue to survive on the breadline.
"Discussions on reform are coming to a critical stage. I hope this research sharpens the minds of all involved to realise that unless we identify real positive actions which include an adequate funding of care homes, we will be in a state which will be irretrievable."
Of the 161 care homes responding to the survey, 42% said paying the Scottish Living Wage had made them less sustainable.
Dr Macaskill added: "There is, at the moment, a small number of care homes closing because they simply cannot survive. It is incumbent on government at local and national level to recognise the real dangers this sector faces today and to respond accordingly, or within the year we will be faced with a real emergency.
"We cannot continue to get care on the cheap."
The Scottish government said it believed paying the living wage was important in "delivering quality care".
But Health Secretary Shona Robison said she recognised the challenge posed by any change to the status of EU employees.
She said: "Our care sector is just one of many in Scotland which rely on the hard work of people from elsewhere in the EU - and this survey is yet another stark reminder of how a hard Brexit could have a real detrimental impact on the services on which many people rely on a daily basis.
"Raising the status of social care as a profession, and attracting and retaining the right people, is key to delivering quality care.
"That is why we have taken action to protect care services, including paying the Living Wage to adult care workers boosting the income of up to 40,000 people. This commitment is in place for care workers in both public and private sectors."
She said additional funding was being made available, adding: "In the current year, there will be almost half a billion pounds of NHS investment in social care and integration, underlining that we are treating this as a key priority.
"We are also working with Cosla and care providers to deliver major reforms to adult social care, which will consider workforce issues and new models of care and support."
Mooney scored nine goals in 46 games for Southend after joining the League One side from Orient in July 2015.
The 32-year-old signed for Orient in 2011, scoring 38 times in 140 appearances in all competitions.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Charlie Grainger, 20, has signed a new contract to stay with the club until 2019.
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In the year to December, 605,595 Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) claimants faced sanctions, compared with 899,576 in the previous year.
The fall is likely to be as a result of many claimants finding work.
However, those claiming employment and support allowance (ESA) saw sanctions rise by nearly two thirds.
ESA, formerly known as incapacity benefit, is paid to those who are ill or disabled.
The number of people facing a stop in ESA payments rose from 22,579 in 2013 to 36,810 in 2014.
The figures do not show whether the proportion of claimants being sanctioned is rising or falling.
Nor do they show how many claimants actually had payments stopped, after going through the appeals process.
The practice of stopping payments is controversial. People can have their benefits stopped or cut for various reasons, such as missing Jobcentre appointments.
A Conservative business minister in the last government questioned the way sanctions are applied, while a committee of MPs has twice called for an inquiry into how they work.
The Department for Work and Pensions says the sanctions regime is a necessary part of the benefits system.
It said 94% of JSA claimants, and 99% of ESA claimants, were not sanctioned each month.
"We offer tailored employment support to jobseekers, and these figures show that more people are taking up that support and moving into work with the security of a regular wage," said the new employment minister, Priti Patel.
The most common reason for payments being stopped is that claimants are failing to look for work.
In extreme cases, payments can now be blocked for up to three years.
It is thought that the government may consider cuts to ESA, as part of its promised £12bn reduction in the welfare budget.
Despite fears that his re-election bid could threaten Senegal's stability, the 85 year old has accepted defeat in the presidential run-off.
A lawyer and economist, Mr Wade had been the main opposition leader for almost 30 years, fighting against the one-party system in place since the country's independence from France.
Senegal's independence-era leader and poet Leopold Sedar Senghor nicknamed him "The Hare", an animal known in traditional Senegalese folklore for its cunning.
According to official records, Mr Wade was born in 1926 in Kebemer, about 150km (95 miles) north of the capital, Dakar. But some say his real birth date was several years earlier.
After completing secondary school in Senegal, he was awarded a scholarship to study in France, where he met his wife, Viviane.
After returning home, Mr Wade created the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS).
The PDS joined forces with several other opposition parties to form a coalition to challenge the ruling Socialist Party (PS).
Defending democracy and a free-market economy, the coalition was named "Sopi", a word meaning change in Wolof, the country's most widely spoken language.
Considered a shrewd politician and very good speaker, he fought his way through four presidential votes between 1978 and 1993 - first against Mr Senghor, then against Mr Senghor's political heir and Socialist leader, Abdou Diouf.
Mr Wade was arrested and jailed several times for his political activities, but also served twice as minister under Mr Diouf.
While the country was waiting for the results of the 1993 election, Babacar Seye, vice-president of the country's constitutional court in charge of approving the results, was assassinated.
Mr Wade and some of his allies were accused and charged with plotting against state security.
The charges were later dropped and Mr Wade always denied responsibility.
Three hitmen were convicted of the murder but many Senegalese remain convinced that the full truth has not yet come out about one of the ugliest incidents in the country's history, especially after Mr Wade pardoned the assassins in 2002.
In February 2000, the Sopi coalition finally prevailed.
Colossus proves sore point
Mr Wade was elected president with around 60% of the votes and the crucial support of another opposition leader, Mustapha Niasse - who had come third in the election and was rewarded with the post of prime minister.
The new president - affectionately known by his supporters as "Gorgui" or old man - embarked on a wide-ranging modernisation programme - building schools, health facilities, improving access to drinking water and launching an ambitious agricultural programme.
He also diversified Senegal's financial partners, moving away from a dependency on France and striking agreements with countries such as China and Dubai.
But what Mr Wade's supporters praise as his vision and statesmanship, his critics see as a tendency towards megalomania or autocracy.
His decision to commission from North Korea a 50m (164 ft) high bronze monument to the African Renaissance was heavily criticised in a country where poverty is still rife and electricity scarce.
For Mr Wade's opponents, the statue - so high it can be seen from anywhere in Dakar - summarises the current regime in Senegal: Expensive, useless, pretentious and hollow.
He was also one of the prime movers behind the New Economic Partnership for Africa (Nepad) - a vision of transforming Africa which resulted in endless speeches and meetings around the continent but little else.
Corruption and nepotism at the top are cited among the most serious problems in Senegal.
After he was re-elected in 2007, Mr Wade, who says his good health comes down to his love of swimming, said he would not seek a third term.
A constitution was adopted in 2001 that sets a limit of two presidential terms.
But the president now argues the provisions of the current constitution do not apply to his first mandate - because it came into being after he was first elected.
Public dissent has been mounting since June 2011, when Mr Wade tried to have the constitution amended again - to lower the threshold for the president to be elected to 25% of the votes.
The bill also proposed an US-style presidential ticket that, opponents say, would have enabled the president to choose his successor.
He has been accused of grooming his son Karim, 43, for the presidency - he is already a "super-minister". Both men deny the charges.
In the face of massive street protests across the country organised by the 23 June Movement (M23), he withdrew the proposed changes.
M23 is once again trying to mobilise the population to prevent Mr Wade's re-election.
Over 12 years, Mr Wade's rule has gone from mass celebrations to mass protests.
In previous elections, leaders of Senegal's influential Mouride Islamic brotherhood have endorsed Mr Wade but not this time.
Several former allies have become opposition leaders and four former prime ministers or ministers are running against Mr Wade.
After Mr Diouf accepted his defeat to Mr Wade in 2000, Senegal was hailed as a model for democracy in West Africa and remains the only country in the region never to have had a military coup.
Many Senegalese and foreign observers had feared that if the president did not agree to withdraw his candidacy, the very fabric and stability of Senegal could be at risk.
But in the event his graceful acceptance of defeat seems to have been another advance for the country's democracy.
Wales international Elli Norkett, 20, was involved in a two-car collision between Banwen and Glynneath.
She was in the final year of a sport development degree course at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Her university side were up against Loughborough in the quarter final of the British Universities and Colleges cup.
Speaking just before the game kicked-off at the Cardiff Arms Park, the dean of the university's Cardiff School of Sport, Prof Richard Tong, said the players were determined to take to the pitch in memory of their team mate.
"The players were absolutely sure about playing tonight - they wanted to play," he said.
"We spoke to the family and the family were very keen for the opportunity to play - everybody to express the feelings they had for Elli."
The Wales national women's rugby manager Caroline Spanton added: "We'll remember her with huge positivity.
"The energy was infectious from Elli, wherever she was with us... she'd bounce in and she'd be keen to get stuck in."
On Thursday, Wales women's rugby players and management paid tribute to Miss Norkett, who was from Llandarcy in Neath.
Friday's match was due to take place at the university's Cyncoed campus but has been moved to Cardiff Arms Park due to adverse weather conditions.
There was a minute's applause ahead of the 19:00 GMT kick-off.
Miss Norkett's jersey was placed on the halfway line where the squad placed roses on it. Her team said the jersey will be retired for the rest of the season in her memory.
There will also be a one minute's silence ahead of Friday evening's Guinness Pro 12 match between Edinburgh and the Ospreys.
Miss Norkett had played for the region's ladies' team and was a community coach for them.
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Radar technology used around the Reading Abbey Quarter has located graves behind the high altar of the monastery.
The discovery has been described as a "significant next step" to discovering the remains of the son of William the Conqueror.
The abbey was destroyed during Henry VIII's dissolution of monasteries.
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The ruler's tomb is thought to be in front of the high altar of the abbey, the most recent grave discovery was behind the high altar and discovered using ground-penetrating radar (GPR).
The abbey was established by King Henry I in 1121 and was where the monarch was buried in January 1136 after his death in Normandy.
The area where the former abbey was is home to the now defunct Reading Gaol, the prison car park, land around St James Church, and Forbury Gardens.
Reading Borough councillor Tony Page said: "With these tantalising initial results available, there is now much work to be done.
"This project has the potential to bring huge cultural, historical and economic benefits to the Abbey Quarter."
The Ministry of Justice, which owns Reading Gaol, has given permission for 12 archaeological digs to take place to help ascertain how much of the former abbey is underneath the prison site.
The project complements a £3.1m conservation project around the ruins of Reading Abbey and the abbey gate, which is intended to re-open to the public in 2018.
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It was the lowest jobless rate since the second quarter of 2008, the Office for National Statistics said.
The number of people out of work was 1.77 million between June and August, down 79,000 from the previous quarter.
The number in work rose by 140,000, bringing the employment rate to 73.6% - the highest rate since records began in 1971.
Some 22.77 million people were working full-time in the three months to August, up 291,000 compared with the same period last year.
The number working part-time rose 68,000 to 8.35 million.
In the three months to August, workers' total earnings, including bonuses, were up 3% from a year earlier - slightly less than expected.
Excluding bonuses, growth in average weekly earnings slowed slightly to 2.8%.
Rising pay is a factor used by the Bank of England in considering when to start raising interest rates.
Wage growth remains weaker than before the financial crisis, but has gathered pace faster than the Bank predicted earlier this year.
However, consumer price inflation in the year to September turned negative once more, according to figures released on Tuesday.
Ruth Miller, UK economist at Capital Economics, said: "There does not seem much need for the MPC to panic about wage growth yet. A [rate] rise before the second quarter of 2016 still seems unlikely in our view."
The CBI said higher productivity "must go hand in hand" with wages growth.
John Hawksworth, chief economist at PwC, said the strong employment figures contrasted with less robust data for retail sales, manufacturing and construction for July and August.
"We'll probably see some slowdown in overall GDP growth in the third quarter, reflecting more uncertain global conditions, but the health of the jobs market continues to underpin the domestic economic recovery," he said.
There was a 4,600 rise in the number claiming jobless benefits to 796,200 in September. However the move to universal credit has made this number more difficult to estimate and, as a result, it has lost is designation as a national statistic.
It looks like the basic state pension will go up by about £3.35 a week from next April.
The increase is calculated according the government's triple lock guarantee, which lays down that the pension will be increased by the highest of inflation, earnings or 2.5%.
Wednesday's labour market figures confirm that earnings will give the highest number: on average they rose 2.9% in the reference period, the year to July.
So if George Osborne sticks to the formula, the weekly payment for a pensioner with a full National Insurance record will rise from the current £115.95 a week to £119.30. Means-tested Pension Credit is expected to go up by the same percentage.
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On the other hand, the Additional State Pension, also known as State Second Pension or SERPS, will not be increased, nor will Public Service Pensions for teachers, nurses and other state employees.
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The Halifax, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said that the average home in the UK cost £213,930.
Prices in the three months to the end of August were 0.7% higher than the previous quarter - marking a slowdown in the pace of growth.
Property values fell by 0.2% in August compared with July, the lender added.
"House price growth continued the trend of the past few months in August with a further moderation in both the annual and quarterly rates of increase. There are also signs of a softening in sales activity," said Martin Ellis, housing economist at the Halifax.
"The slowdown in the rate of house price growth is consistent with the forecast that we made at the end of 2015. Increasing difficulties in purchasing a home as house prices continued to increase more quickly than earnings were expected to constrain demand, curbing house price growth."
Analysts said that the slowdown may have come in part as a result of the typical summer lull in housing activity, but the long-term outlook was difficult to judge.
"On the ground we are not finding a huge change in prices, just a determination for buyers and sellers to get on with moving but at more realistic price levels," said estate agent Jeremy Leaf.
"Of bigger concern is whether there is the confidence among developers to take on debt for longer-term supply. We hope that the Bank of England has these factors in mind when making an interest rate decision this month and formulating other polices over the next few months."
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The effect of the event on dinosaurs is well known, but the fates of smaller creatures have been less certain.
Now, a rich record of reptile fossils - including the new Obamadon gracilis - suggests 83% of snake and lizard species became extinct at that time.
The study appears in the journal PNAS.
In it, researchers from Harvard and Yale universities in the US name eight more lizard and snake species that are new to science.
Obamadon gracilis was a tiny lizard that draws its name also from the Latin "-odon" meaning tooth and "gracilis" meaning slender.
Lead author of the study Nicholas Longrich, of Yale University, said there were no political undertones in the choice of name.
"We're just having fun with taxonomy," he said.
Besides bringing new species to the textbooks - and relegating them immediately to the "extinct" category - the study sheds new light on the extinction event, widely thought to have been caused by an enormous asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous period, about 65.5 million years ago.
Dr Longrich said that it had affected every ecological niche on Earth.
"The asteroid event is typically thought of as affecting the dinosaurs primarily," he said.
"But it basically cut this broad swath across the entire ecosystem, taking out everything. Snakes and lizards were hit extremely hard."
The study hinges on the analysis of existing fossils found in western North America, from Canada through to the south-west of the US, where the fossils of small reptiles are much better preserved than in other parts of the world.
The specimens were determined to range from tiny lizards such as O. gracilis, to snakes as large as a modern boa constrictor, to meat-eating lizards up to 2m (6ft 6in) long.
"Lizards and snakes rivalled the dinosaurs in terms of diversity, making it just as much an 'Age of Lizards' as an 'Age of Dinosaurs,'" Dr Longrich said.
Russia's foreign ministry said it was a "cynical" move aimed at deliberately harming bilateral ties.
Poland said it acted to ensure "the protection of public order".
The bikers - including the pro-Kremlin Night Wolves group - want to ride through Poland as part of a Moscow-Berlin trip to mark the end of WW2.
In a statement (in Russian), the Russian foreign ministry said Warsaw's decision "mocked the memory of those killed fighting against fascism" during the war.
Its response comes a day after the Polish side notified Moscow about the ban in a brief statement (in Polish).
Last year, Poland refused entry to a similar Russian motorcycle rally. However, a number of bikers then managed to get into the country.
Night Wolves leaders Aleksandr Zaldostanov again pledged that his bikers would be in Berlin on 9 May to raise their Victory flag there.
The planned 6,000km (3,720 mile) road trip would take them through Russia, Belarus, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria, before reaching the German capital.
The nationalist Night Wolves group has close links to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has taken part in their rides.
The Night Wolves are subject to US sanctions for alleged active involvement in Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and for helping to recruit separatist fighters for Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine.
The story features prominently on all the main Russian TV channels.
State-owned Rossiya 1 TV leads its main afternoon bulletin with the summoning of the Polish ambassador.
It highlights the Russian foreign ministry's statement saying the ban is a "particularly cynical and ill-intentioned gesture".
State-owned rolling news channel Rossiya 24 also pegs its report to the foreign ministry's "robust protest" over the ban.
Other TV channels - state-controlled Channel One, Gazprom-owned NTV and privately owned REN TV - report that some 30 bikers have already left Moscow for Berlin.
The hashtag "Dorogi Pobedy" ("Roads of Victory") is among the top 10 trending on Russian Twitter since the mid-afternoon.
Relations between Poland and Russia are currently difficult, the BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw reports.
Poland has strongly criticised Russia's actions in Ukraine in recent years.
The previous Polish government called last year's planned motorcycle rally a deliberate provocation by the Kremlin, and more than 10,000 Poles signed up to a petition against it on social media, our correspondent says.
In recent months, Moscow has also complained to Warsaw about the dismantling in Poland of several WW2 Red Army memorials.
The Met Police said the incident happened at a residential address in Tilson Gardens in south Brixton.
At 09:45 BST, unarmed police and a housing officer tried to enter the property to evict the man. Police then withdrew and armed officers and a negotiator were called to the scene.
The man was shot at 16:46 outside the premises, the Met said.
Neighbour Jay Elwes said on Twitter that he had heard "what sounded like shots" and about 15 minutes later a person was "brought out".
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said the 36-year-old man was in a critical condition at King's College Hospital.
It said that during the incident "shots were fired, injuring the man".
The IPCC said it was in the process of identifying and contacting the man's family.
Centre-half Mirfin headed home Josh Morris's free-kick in time added on at the end of the first half.
Shrewsbury made much of the early running with Jim O'Brien firing a free-kick from the edge of the penalty area just over the crossbar before Shaun Whalley's 20-yard drive was saved by Luke Daniels, diving low to his right.
Paddy Madden saw a shot comfortably stopped by Shrewsbury goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler and Kevin van Veen then drilled a low effort from 20 yards wide of the near post.
Scunthorpe moved ahead deep into stoppage time at the end of the first half when an inswinging free-kick from Josh Morris from the right was glanced into the bottom corner by Mirfin.
The visitors should have doubled their lead 20 minutes from time but Madden fired wide from close range.
Shrewsbury found chances hard to come by at the other end with Scunthorpe goalkeeper Daniels never seriously extended.
Junior Brown bent a 25-yard free-kick just off target before a late effort from Louis Dodds was deflected wide as Shrewsbury slipped into the bottom four.
REACTION: Scunthorpe United manager Graham Alexander speaks to BBC Radio Humberside
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Match ends, Shrewsbury Town 0, Scunthorpe United 1.
Second Half ends, Shrewsbury Town 0, Scunthorpe United 1.
Louis Dodds (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Gary Deegan (Shrewsbury Town).
Richard Smallwood (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jack Grimmer (Shrewsbury Town).
Harry Toffolo (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jack Grimmer (Shrewsbury Town).
Harry Toffolo (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Jack Grimmer (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card.
Junior Brown (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kevin van Veen (Scunthorpe United).
Foul by Abu Ogogo (Shrewsbury Town).
Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Jack Grimmer.
Attempt blocked. Abu Ogogo (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Harry Toffolo.
Attempt blocked. Louis Dodds (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Kevin van Veen (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Junior Brown (Shrewsbury Town).
Gary Deegan (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin van Veen (Scunthorpe United).
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. George Waring replaces Jim O'Brien.
Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Charlie Goode.
Attempt saved. Charlie Goode (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Scott Wiseman replaces Paddy Madden.
Foul by Junior Brown (Shrewsbury Town).
Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Oliver Lancashire (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin van Veen (Scunthorpe United).
Attempt missed. Paddy Madden (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Junior Brown (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right from a direct free kick.
Foul by Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United).
Oliver Lancashire (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Paddy Madden (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Abu Ogogo (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United).
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. A-Jay Leitch-Smith replaces Shaun Whalley.
Foul by Jack Grimmer (Shrewsbury Town).
Harry Toffolo (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The Leicester potter, 33, was beaten 10-3 by Barry Hawkins, the 2013 runner-up and two-time semi-finalist.
World number 32 Ford led early on but said he then found it a "struggle".
"I just felt completely different when I went back out," he told BBC Sport. "It's not a good place to be when you are not feeling good."
Ford, who also fell at the first hurdle of snooker's showpiece event in 2010 and 2014, said the mid-session break interrupted his flow.
"It can be a nightmare sometimes," he added. "Barry came out firing and I felt like a couple of things went against me and it's an uphill battle.
"People always think you get to the Crucible and you bottle it, but you always play a really good player.
"Barry's a great player. He is a such tough match player and his safety is spot on. When he gets in front, it's difficult to get back."
But Ford remained upbeat about a season which has seen him climb from 43 in the world rankings and reach the first ranking event final of his career.
He lost 4-2 in the final of the Paul Hunter Classic to fellow Leicester player Mark Selby and also reached the quarter-finals of the German Masters and made the fourth round of the English Open.
"There are a lot positives," Ford added. "I have played well in patches and need to push on."
He could now be liable to buy all the shares in the holding company Rangers International Football Club, held by other shareholders - at 20p a share.
The Takeover Appeal Board (Tab) made the ruling after deciding he worked in "concert" with three others when he bought shares.
Mr King said he did not agree with the ruling or the share price.
The Tab ruling said Mr King, along with George Letham, George Taylor and Douglas Park, had acted as a "concert party" to acquire shares in the company, rather than acting as an individual.
It said he was therefore required to make an offer to buy all the shares in the holding company.
There are approximately 87 million RIFC shares, and Mr King and the three others own 33% of these, with the rest held by individual supporters and other investors.
A concert party, in company law, isn't as entertaining as it might sound. It's when a group act in concert, together, and thus get round the intention of the law.
Company law recognises that takeovers, sometimes hostile, are not to be discouraged. But if they take place, they ought to be fair, and to some extent open.
A basic element of that is that, as a potential bidder buys up shares in a target company, often in small quantities, the bidder has to declare her/his hand.
In publicly traded shares, as a series of ownership thresholds are passed, the market has to be informed. And when you get to 30%, the bidder has to go for it, or back down.
At that level, it is possible to have effective control of a company, even if you don't have more than half the voting rights. And the law seeks to protect the interests of small-scale shareholders. Theoretically, a bidder with a controlling stake could act solely in her/his interests, and act against the interests of other shareholders.
A concert party is when more than one person or company is building up stakes in the company, having agreed a takeover strategy in advance.
The takeover law requires them to declare their co-operation and if they don't, retrospective action can be taken.
That's what has happened in Rangers case. At least one outcome of the legal process is that it has laid out the unhelpful attitude Dave King has towards such regulators, and the extraordinary complexity of the trust network - Virgin Islands, via Gibraltar via Guernsey - by which he acquired his stake in the Ibrox club.
Mr King, who led a successful boardroom takeover in 2015, said he would take time to reflect upon the ruling and consider the best course of action for himself, RIFC and its shareholders
In a statement on the Rangers Football Club website, he said: "I am only one of a vast number of Rangers supporters and shareholders who fought to rescue our club.
"The Rangers Football Club should never have become caught up in a takeover struggle.
"Those who placed it in that position bear a heavy responsibility."
He added: "I do not believe that there is any substantial group of RIFC shareholders that would be willing to sell its shares in RIFC at the price at which the Tab has determined I should make an offer.
"20p is not a price that I personally believe represents a fair price for RIFC's shares, nor is it the price at which shares in RIFC are currently trading."
He said that even if he proceeded with an offer, it would be rejected by an "overwhelming majority of RIFC's shareholders".
A BBC reporter in the city says the burial had to be halted at one stage as police struggled to control the crowd.
Mr Kanumba was famous for roles in Tanzania's soap operas and films shown all over east and central Africa.
Police say Mr Kanumba, 28, died after an accidental fall during an argument with his girlfriend Elizabeth Michael.
Ms Michael - also an actor, known as "Lulu" - is being held for questioning, Kinondoni Regional Police Commander Mr Charles Kenyela told the BBC.
The BBC's Erick Nampesya in Dar es Salaam says many people flocked to the funeral service to see for themselves that Mr Kanumba was dead.
President Jakaya Kikwete said he delayed a foreign trip when he heard the news of Mr Kanumba's death.
He praised the "talented young man who was playing a big role to develop the movie industry and marketing Tanzania abroad".
Nicknamed "The Great", Mr Kanumba was a household name in Tanzania.
He starred in most major "Bongo" films, as local movie industry is called.
He had also recently become popular in Ghana and starred in Nigeria's Nollywood films.
The 66-year-old South African, who stepped down as Edinburgh boss in September, has previously coached Northampton Saints and Ulster.
He arrives with Bristol bottom of the top flight, six points below Worcester.
"Alan is a hugely experienced operator who understands the game," head coach Mark Tainton told the club website.
"With seven games remaining, it's vital that Bristol rediscover our form from over the Christmas period and Alan's arrival as a consultant should give everyone a boost."
Meanwhile, Tainton - who has worked as interim boss since Andy Robinson's departure in November - is to become Bristol's chief operations officer at the end of the season, overseeing the club's recruitment policy.
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Connacht boss Pat Lam has already been appointed as Bristol's new head coach from the start of next season.
Chief executive Steve Gorvett will also step down at the end of the current campaign.
Gorvett has been with Bristol for 12 season, initially arriving in 2005 as finance director before taking on the chief executive role in 2008.
"I took the decision to step down at the end of the season after 12 enjoyable years at Bristol," Gorvett said. "It's been a period of huge transition for the club and we have faced a series of significant challenges along the way.
"At the end of the season, we aim to still be in the Premiership with a world-class head coach already committed, a stadium that we are proud to call home and a state-of-the-art training ground on the way."
Plants with a potential street value of between £27,000 and £80,000 were found at the home in Trelawnyd in January.
Ian Anderson, 24, of Liverpool, was jailed for 16 months after admitting cultivating cannabis and abstracting electricity.
Mold Crown Court heard the fire was caused by an electrical fault.
Anderson agreed to care for the plants as a means to pay off a £5,000 drugs debt and had no influence on those above him in the chain, the court heard.
Judge Niclas Parry said the operation had all the hallmarks of a professional set up and while Anderson was a gardener and not the organiser, it was an important role.
Medical expert Dame Carol Black is to examine the support given to addicts - and obese people - on sickness benefits to "better support them in work".
David Cameron, who ordered the review, says there is currently no requirement for such groups to undertake treatment and suggested that this could change.
But one Tory MP said it was "ethically unacceptable" to coerce people.
The idea of requiring drug users to seek treatment or lose their benefits was first suggested by the last Labour government although it was not adopted following a consultation.
During the last Parliament, the Conservatives floated extending the concept of sanctions to those with serious alcohol conditions and the clinically obese but the idea was not pursued by the coalition government.
In February, the prime minister said he would ask Dame Carol to examine the support that the 90,000 drug and alcohol addicts estimated by the government to be on sickness benefits get, a pledge included in the party's election manifesto.
Ministers said on Wednesday that the review was under way and is calling for evidence by 11 September.
Dame Carol, a former president of the Royal College of Physicians who advises the Department of Health on improving the welfare of working people, will look at the support given to those with drink and drug-related illnesses in employment or seeking to return to work.
She said she wanted to speak to addicts and employers as part of the exercise. It will examine a range of options, including the case for linking benefit entitlements to the take-up of appropriate treatment.
"It will be important to identify the most cost effective treatments and programmes both here and internationally; and how employment support services, health care, and the benefits system, interact to provide support," she said.
While support and treatment would continue to be provided for everyone, Mr Cameron said the system had to look at what to do when addicts simply refused help and expected taxpayers to continue funding their benefits.
But Sarah Wollaston, the Conservative chair of the Commons Health Select Committee and a former GP, said the government must proceed with caution if it wanted to directly link welfare payments to medical treatment.
"It is a form of coercion for consent," she told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire Show.
"I think that is ethically unacceptable. I think it would be very difficult for any doctor to take part in treating a patient without valid consent and this would invalidate their consent if it was linked to conditionality to benefits. After all, it would not be effective - we know coerced treatments tend not to work."
Labour said that despite the government's rhetoric fewer than one in ten sick and disabled people on the government's flagship welfare-to-work scheme had found permanent employment.
And the Lib Dems said those suffering from such illnesses needed to be shown more compassion.
"It is entirely right we make sure people suffering alcohol, drug or weight-related problems get effective help and support. But Tories need to realise: not everyone is a scrounger," a party spokesman said.
"They would rather treat people with an air of suspicion and frogmarch them to therapy with a threat to strip away lifeline benefits than work on ways to help."
But campaign group, the Taxpayers Alliance, welcomed the move, saying access to treatment and benefits "need not be mutually exclusive".
"We must provide a sturdy safety net for the most vulnerable, but taxpayers can't continue to fund benefits for people who show no inclination or effort to get back into employment," said its chief executive Jonathan Isaby.
"It is paths to treatment - and personal responsibility - that will get people off the benefit rolls and into work."
Almost eight years later he doesn't look quite so crazy. Airbnb - the room letting website he helped to create - has been used by 60 million guests in 190 countries around the world, and has been valued at a staggering $25.5bn (£17.8bn; €23.4bn).
That's more than many of the established players in the hotel sector.
Yet in the early days Mr Blecharczyk said the idea was ridiculed by both investors and friends alike.
"So many people thought this was a crazy idea when they first heard it. They said certainly no one is going to allow strangers into their home, and so it was dismissed very quickly.
"A lot of these disruptive innovative ideas can easily be dismissed at first glance because they're so novel that you just think it's not possible."
It all began in 2007 when fellow co-founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia couldn't afford the rent on their San Francisco apartment.
There was a design conference coming up in the city and all the hotels were full so they put some air mattresses in the loft and created a simple website to advertise the room for rent.
Instead of a bed and breakfast they called it an airbed and breakfast - the name and the idea was born.
The fact that a company which didn't even exist a decade ago can now be one of the big players in the accommodation industry is indicative of how technology is shaking up the status quo in established industries.
Taxi hailing app Uber, commercial music-streaming service Spotify and the mighty Amazon have all wreaked havoc on their less technology-savvy rivals.
The changes mean that the qualities required in the boardroom are also shifting.
Traditionally the best route to the top has been from a management or financial background, but increasingly tech know-how is valued.
"Suddenly all of this technology that you used to have to go to your computer to use is going to be embedded in every aspect of your life and really driving the offline world.
"So I think as a CEO thinking about where the future is going to lie and knowing that it's going to be something completely different today is important," says Mr Blecharczyk.
It's a shift that CEO coach Steve Tappin, who works with many top chief executives around the world, says he's noticed.
"In the past, the idea of a geek in the boardoom was unthinkable. But technology is having a profound impact not just on products but the way businesses are run," he says.
Telstra chief executive Andrew Penn rose to the top via the traditional route; he was previously the Australian telecommunications firm's chief financial officer.
Nonetheless, he says that having a good grip on the technical side of the business is essential to his role.
"You've got to get your head around it.
"I don't know that means we necessarily all need to become software coders, but you do need to know enough as a CEO of a company to ask the right questions, to formulate a point of view about whether or not we had the right strategy, to get the right quality people around you that can make a difference from a technology standpoint."
Of course, as the rise of new start-ups such as Airbnb indicate, tech is also a fast-moving world. Staying on top of it means not only being aware of the changes, but ensuring the company is agile enough to react to them.
Victor Koo, chief executive of video-sharing giant Youku Tudou, often dubbed China's YouTube, says since the firm launched just under a decade ago the demands of its audience have already shifted dramatically.
In 2006, the company's customers were accessing content almost entirely on their desktop computers, now more than 60% of users access the firm's content via their mobiles.
He says such a rapid pace of change means that the structure of the organisation and the traditional reporting hierarchies within it need to be shaken up, even if temporarily.
"When you draw an organisational chart - it's really things that we came up with back in the industrial change, right?" he says.
"And we're in the internet world where the world's changing very quickly, and the traditional kind of reporting lines and kind of pyramid structure needs to be adapted."
He says this could mean short-term changes, such as bringing together people for a particular project, before they return to their usual roles.
To help keep up with the rapid pace of change, the Chinese company has created "quick task teams" which work across different departments, can brainstorm ideas and come up with new ways of doing things.
His advice to fellow chief executives is "act now".
"In terms of mistakes it's often not acting quickly enough. I'm not saying you need to bet the farm. But if you spend too much time thinking about it the opportunity has already passed," he says.
This feature is based on interviews by CEO coach and author Steve Tappin for the BBC's CEO Guru series, produced by Neil Koenig.
Sex work expert Prof Phil Hubbard said there was an inconsistent approach in England and Wales leading to appeals over the refusal of licences.
But the strip clubs' trade association warned against imposing a "draconian regime" on local authorities.
The comment came as parliament was considering new licensing legislation.
Prof Hubbard, from Kent University, told the Scottish Parliament's local government committee: "What we have in England and Wales is a situation that I would like to see avoided in Scotland, where we have a licensing regime for these establishments in one local authority but not in a neighbouring one."
He added: "We have a situation where some local authorities will ban nudity and others will not.
"The whole situation has led to a whole range of appeal cases and litigation in which legal unreasonableness and inconsistency have been raised as valid concerns, and some of these appeals have been upheld."
Prof Hubbard also said tough regulations were needed to restrict massage parlour owners from effectively licensing their premises as brothels.
His comments were backed by Zero Tolerance, which campaigns to reduce violence against women.
Co-director Laura Thomson said sexual entertainment was linked to prostitution, adding: "Women involved in prostitution are much more likely to be victims of violence, women feel unsafe around the venues, women working in the venues face abuse and harassment."
However, Janet Hood, licensing specialist at the Association of Licensed Adult Entertainment Venues Scotland, warned against a one-size-fits-all approach for councils.
She said the one-time ban on religious comedy film Life of Brian in Glasgow was an example of the diverse moral sensibilities in Scotland's communities.
Ms Hood argued: "We have to allow for local decision making, whether it is for sexual entertainment venues, alcohol licensing or any other form of licensing.
"I don't think it should be the purpose of the Scottish government to try to impose a draconian regime that had to be followed by elected members who are considering the requirements of what should happen in their communities."
The patient is being monitored at London's Royal Free Hospital and does not currently have a diagnosis or symptoms of the virus.
Public Health England says there is no risk to the general public.
The patient will be watched for 21 days to see if they develop Ebola.
Another military health worker was sent to the UK on Saturday following a similar incident and is also being observed at the hospital.
Prof Paul Cosford of Public Health England said: "We can confirm that all the appropriate support is being offered to this individual and that strict protocols have been followed to transfer them back to the UK.
"We would like to emphasise that there is no risk to the general public's health.
"Our thoughts are with both of the healthcare workers, and their families, affected at this time."
Minister for the Armed Forces Mark Francois said: "This is entirely a precautionary measure and our priority is the wellbeing of the individual involved.
"Their family has been informed and will receive all possible support from the government."
He said although the two similar incidents had occurred within a short space of time, they appeared to be unrelated.
"Our personnel receive the highest standard of training and briefing prior to deployment," he said.
Needle-stick injuries involve a piercing of the skin by a sharp instrument or object, typically a needle.
Experts have said such injuries are one of the most dangerous risks for infection as the virus could be delivered directly into the bloodstream.
Siavash Khatiri was in Luton Crown Court's public gallery when Dappy, real name Costadinos Contostavlos, appeared via video link from prison on 14 June.
Khatiri, 36, of Totteridge Lane in Barnet, was arrested after taking three mobile phone photos, including one of Contostavlos on a courtroom TV screen.
He pleaded guilty on Tuesday to contempt of court and was fined £300.
Judge Richard Foster told him he had been "very stupid" and that there was a clearly-visible sign in the courtroom warning people not to take photos.
He said pictures like the ones he had taken had the potential to "go viral around the world in a few seconds" and risked identifying police officers and court staff.
Khatiri's barrister, Tom Flavin, told the court Khatiri had taken the photos, not to distribute them, but to teach Contostavlos a lesson.
"It was to serve as a reminder to his client that if ever he fell off the wagon again these were the consequences that flowed," he said.
Mr Flavin said Khatiri had not realised taking photos in court was prohibited.
Contostavlos had been appearing in court after brandishing a knife on the pavement outside his home during an argument with his partner.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing a bladed article and will be sentenced on 26 June.
But the DUP leader said it should not be seen as a referendum on her handling of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
She made the comments to the BBC's Inside Politics programme on Friday.
She said Sinn Féin had used RHI as a "useful way to bring the assembly down" and re-run last year's election.
The former first minister claimed republicans wanted to weaken unionism and pursue their wider aims regarding the Irish language, Brexit and increasing the number of cross-border bodies.
She said there had been plenty of occasions when the DUP could have brought the assembly down, but had chosen not to in order to make politics work.
She accused Sinn Féin of walking away from an agreement made between the two parties in mid December on how to handle the controversy over the heating scheme.
Until mid December, Mrs Foster insisted, she and Martin McGuinness had "been working quite well together".
She said it was "absolutely wrong" to characterise her as someone who could not work with Sinn Féin and did not want to make devolution work and that after the election she would have "to try to put it (devolution) back together again".
Mrs Foster repeated her assertion that she had done nothing wrong with regards to RHI and said none of her friends or family "were even remotely connected with the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme, directly or indirectly".
She said rumours to the contrary on social media were incorrect and were "in the hands of my husband's solicitors".
Mrs Foster claimed there was now a "feeding frenzy" around the scheme, and she wishes a public inquiry had been put in place in mid December.
She also said she wishes the cost-cutting measures passed by the assembly earlier this week "had come to the fore sooner".
RHI was also the subject of an exchange between DUP party chairman Lord Morrow and Mrs Foster earlier on Friday.
In response to a comment about it being "a lovely sunny day", Lord Morrow said: "It's hot. Yes, the boilers are all working."
Mrs Foster replied: "Stop".
A BBC reporter says unidentified people attacked the rally alongside the Dnipro river with smoke bombs and stones.
Several people were arrested, Kiev's police say. At least one of the attackers was injured, reports say.
Ahead of the LGBT march, a number of Ukrainian politicians, including the radical Right Sector movement, had pledged to disrupt the event.
Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko had called on the organisers of the Equality March to cancel the event to "avoid confrontation" in the capital.
Hundreds of police officers were deployed to prevent clashes during Saturday's event.
But unidentified attackers later began throwing smoke bombs.
One of the policemen suffered "a serious neck injury", a Red Cross official at the scene was quoted as saying by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
Kiev police later said the officer was being treated in hospital.
Ukrainian lawmaker and journalist Serhiy Leshchenko wrote on Twitter that 25-30 "radicals" were arrested.
He also praised police for preventing "direct clashes" between gay activists and the radicals.
The rally finished shortly after the scuffles.
The Ukrainian authorities say the rights of sexual minorities are guaranteed and protected in the country.
But critics say homophobia is widespread and generally accepted in the predominantly Orthodox Christian nation.
The move will come into effect in September and will affect all 39 special schools in Northern Ireland.
It will mean pre-school children with moderate to severe learning difficulties will attend school for 2.5 hours instead of at least 4.5 hours a day.
The cut was revealed by the Education Authority (EA) in a letter to a parent.
It confirms that from September 2016 "all pre-school children will receive 2.5 hours in pre-school per day".
The EA said the move "is designed to increase the opportunity for children to access special school places," and will provide "greater regional consistency".
However, a body that represents special school principals and governors said the cut will "hold back and restrict the development of children with complex needs".
In a submission to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Strategic Leadership Forum for Special Schools (SLFSS) said they "totally disagree" with the move.
They said it will have a range of impacts including:
Francine Wilson's three-year-old son Aodhan, is due to start pre-school at a special school in September.
"Aodhan has Down's Syndrome and we were hoping in September 2016 he would get five hours of nursery placement," she said.
"Receiving two and a half hours will, I believe, result in delayed development in Aodhan, both educationally and socially."
However, a spokesperson for the EA said the reduction was "in line with the Department of Education's 'Learning to Learn' policy".
"There has been a progressive move towards part-time places in all sectors," the spokesperson said.
"This policy recognises the research evidence that there is no discernible difference in children's development at the start of primary school between those who received part-time and full-time pre-school provision.
"This move is designed to increase the opportunity for children to access special school places, preferably nearer to their homes."
"The provision of increased access and greater regional consistency is a priority," they added.
The Glovers broke the deadlock when Otis Khan took a short corner and - with the O's defence slow to react - the ball reached the unmarked Eaves who was left to head home from close range.
The opening half got off to a slow start with little to show for it from either side.
Nathan Smith enjoyed the best opportunity for the visitors when his angled effort was collected by Alex Cisak at the near post, whilst at the opposite end, Liam Kelly's powerful drive from 20 yards went narrowly over the crossbar.
The game improved after the break as a spectacle with the visitors growing in confidence against a lacklustre Orient before Eaves gave headed home to claim them the three points after 76 minutes.
O's only came to life with the introduction of last season's leading striker Jay Simpson, who had missed the past few matches through injury, and he came closest to salvaging a point only for his effort to be cleared off the line on the dying minutes.
Orient left the field to boos with a section of the crowd venting their anger against club owner Francesco Becchetti.
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Match ends, Leyton Orient 0, Yeovil Town 1.
Second Half ends, Leyton Orient 0, Yeovil Town 1.
Attempt saved. Jay Simpson (Leyton Orient) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Tom Parkes.
Attempt missed. Liam Kelly (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Jay Simpson (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Jay Simpson (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Bevis Mugabi replaces Otis Khan.
Foul by Gavin Massey (Leyton Orient).
Otis Khan (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Gavin Massey (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Paul McCallum (Leyton Orient).
Matt Butcher (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Gavin Massey (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Leyton Orient 0, Yeovil Town 1. Tom Eaves (Yeovil Town) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Matt Butcher following a corner.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Aron Pollock.
Attempt saved. Jay Simpson (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Tom Eaves (Yeovil Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Jay Simpson (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ryan Hedges (Yeovil Town).
Attempt missed. Ryan Hedges (Yeovil Town) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Attempt blocked. Otis Khan (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Jay Simpson replaces Jordan Bowery.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Nigel Atangana replaces Robbie Weir.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Aron Pollock.
Yvan Erichot (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Yvan Erichot (Leyton Orient).
Nathan Smith (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Paul McCallum (Leyton Orient).
Darren Ward (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Kevin Dawson (Yeovil Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Robbie Weir (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kevin Dawson (Yeovil Town).
Attempt missed. Paul McCallum (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt missed. Callum Kennedy (Leyton Orient) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Attempt blocked. Harry Cornick (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Tom Parkes.
Robbie Weir (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Butcher (Yeovil Town).
Second Half begins Leyton Orient 0, Yeovil Town 0.
The 27-year-old Algeria international spent one season at West Ham after joining the Premier League club on a three-year deal from La Liga side Valencia last year.
Feghouli scored four goals in 27 appearances for the Hammers, including one against NK Domzale in the Europa League in West Ham's first match at the club's new London Stadium last July.
After the deal was announced, Feghouli expressed his gratitude to West Ham supporters following his brief spell at the club.
Paris-born Feghouli came through the ranks at French club Grenoble before joining Valencia.
Having played for France at youth level, he chose to play for Algeria and scored their first World Cup goal in 28 years with a penalty against Belgium in 2014.
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On Friday he was acquitted of seven charges, but was found guilty of illegally possessing a firearm.
The former tight end for the New England Patriots is already serving a life sentence for the killing of man who was dating his fiancee's sister.
Hernandez cried in court as the verdict was read, saying he is "very happy".
A judge added five years to Hernandez sentence after the verdicts were read.
He had been accused of the fatal shooting of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado outside a Boston nightclub in 2012.
Prosecutors said it happened after the American football star became enraged that one of the men had bumped into him causing him to spill his drink.
Lawyers for the state relied heavily on a former friend of Hernandez, Alexander Bradley, who said he had been the driver for the shooting.
Bradley, who is serving a prison sentence in another state, was granted immunity in order to testify.
He had also claimed that Hernandez shot him in the face, causing him to lose sight in his right eye, after becoming paranoid that he would tell someone about their crime.
Hernandez's lawyers mocked the immunity agreement as the "deal of the century".
One month after the deaths, Hernandez signed a $40m (£32m) extension contract with the Patriots.
Prosecutors pointed to one of Hernandez tattoos as evidence that he had committed the attack.
"That is not random. That is not art. That is evidence," Patrick Haggan told the court about a depiction of a handgun beside five bullets - the same number fired in 2012.
"That is a confession."
The Chase School, in Malvern, confirmed Richard Jacobs was not currently working, but released no more details.
The Malvern Observer reported Mr Jacobs issued a letter warning teaching jobs were going to be made redundant due to a fall in pupil numbers.
The school has not explained his special leave but said the deputy head teacher would become acting head.
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Matt May, chair of governors, said deputy head teacher Mike Fieldhouse was "highly respected" and the governors had "absolute confidence in the ability of his experienced leadership team to cover this difficult time".
The school "in common with schools across the country, continued to face a significant financial challenge," Mr May said.
The 25 figures, designed by Lincolnshire artists, will be on display until Tuesday before being auctioned for charity.
Money raised from the auction, taking place on Lincolnshire Day, will go to The Trussell Trust.
Themes for the barons include Truck Driver Baron, the Graduate Baron and the Beekeeper Baron.
The Lincoln Business Improvement Group (BIG) said they had attracted a lot of interest.
Spokesman Matt Corrigan said: "People have been asking how much they are all going to sell for - and it's very difficult to say."
The barons will be auctioned on 1 October.
A set of 25 other barons, which featured on a similar trail in Salisbury, will be auctioned on the same night at Salisbury Cathedral.
The baron trail was part of the 800th anniversary celebrations of the sealing of Magna Carta.
Lincoln holds one of four remaining original copies of the charter, which was sealed by King John at Runnymede in 1215.
Donations made during tours of the baron trail will be given to the city's first responders service.
A ruling on the involvement of RBS in the fixing of the key industry interest rate is due imminently.
It is expected to be higher than the fine of nearly £300m imposed on Barclays last year.
RBS, which is majority owned by the government, is now in final talks with US and UK authorities over Libor.
An announcement could be made within days. In effect, the fine imposed by the British financial authorities will be the UK taxpayer paying the UK taxpayer, but there has been concern over how the US fine was to be paid.
Senior sources at the Treasury said the chancellor had made it clear that the financial penalty imposed by American regulators must be covered by deductions from the bonuses of bankers at RBS.
These would be either clawed back from previous years or deducted from future bonus awards.
Two leading banks, Barclays and UBS, have reached settlements with regulators over their involvement with Libor (London Interbank Offered Rate), with fines of £290m and £940m respectively.
Libor tracks the average rate at which the major international banks based in London lend money to each other.
BBC business editor Robert Peston has said the talks include "other necessary remediation, including a possible senior resignation".
But the bank's board does not believe chief executive Stephen Hester needs to resign.
The 31-year-old is looking to become the first rider in more than a decade to claim back-to-back titles in the five-day event.
Froome finished 27th in last year's prologue over the same course and went on to win the tour.
Stage 1 of the tour starts in Wangaratta on Thursday.
Froome's Team Sky team-mate Danny van Poppel set a new course record in winning the 2.1km individual time trial through the centre of Melbourne with a time of 2mins 32secs.
The 15-year-old was aiming to add the under-21 title to the under-18 title he had already won at the championships.
He had beaten fellow Welshman, 18-year-old Tyler Rees in the semi-final.
Page is now in the senior men's event in Cyprus with a game against Bulgaria's Viktor Iliev on Monday.
In February Page reached the third round of the Welsh Open in Cardiff before losing to Judd Trump.
Marche Ferdous started handing out food about four months ago in a bid to help homeless people.
"We do not ask any questions, we do not judge people," Canadian media quoted the restaurant's co-owner, Yahya Hashemi, as saying.
"They want to eat, [we] give them the food. That's it, that's all."
The only sign of the eatery's generosity is a simple A4 sheet on the door.
"People with no money welcome to eat free," it reads in English and French.
Every day, four or five meals are given away, according to reports.
Mr Hashemi, who is originally from Iran, said he looked on it as a business expense.
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He said helping the needy was part of his Muslim faith, and that he wanted to give something back to Canada, which he felt had given him so much.
He told CBC News that customers aware of the goodwill gesture had started backing it by leaving money to fund others' meals.
"They come here, they donate $20, $30, $50 Cdn [£12-£30] and they say, 'Okay, the next few people are on me'," Mr Hashemi said.
CTV News Montreal quoted the restaurant's chef, Abdelkader Bejaoui, who said the project was "not a big deal".
"It doesn't matter, because at night if you still have leftover food you end up throwing it out, so why not give to those in need?" he said.
Co-owner Ala Amiry agreed. "This is a small gesture that we hope can make people in a difficult situation feel a bit better," he told the Montreal Gazette.
March Ferdous has gathered an online fanclub since one customer reportedly decided to test the freebie policy.
Sean Jalbert, who works nearby, said he told staff he had no money and received a warm welcome and a cost-free meal. He said he was "blown away" - and duly paid in full as he could afford it.
Mr Jalbert shared his experience on Facebook, leading to a rush of comments in support of the restaurant.
The government is investigating claims that Lutfur Rahman had disproportionately funded Bengali groups in order to get their vote.
Speaking to BBC London 94.9, the re-elected mayor said: "I have done, and we have done, nothing wrong."
The report is due to be published by the end of June.
The investigation into the east London authority was launched following the broadcast of a BBC One Panorama programme that claimed Mr Rahman had more than doubled funding recommended by officers for Bengali-run charities.
Separately, the Metropolitan Police is investigating 84 complaints into the election which was held on 22 May. It said in the majority of cases, no criminal offences had been committed.
Two people have been arrested - a 24-year-old on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud in relation to postal vote applications on 3 June, and a 38-year-old man in connection with an allegation of potentially false declarations on nomination forms on 13 May.
Both have been released on bail.
The Electoral Commission has also launched a review into the count.
Mr Rahman exclusively told presenter Eddie Nestor: "I don't believe they will find any serious irregularity in any of our governance, our financial structures or the way we run the council.
"If there is any issue here, of course we will look at it and try to learn from it and try to improve on it, but don't forget, if he was looking for fraud, he will find no fraud.
"The police have already said there's no evidence of criminality in Tower Hamlets; this is about governance issues, this is about value for money and who we are."
He added: "Twice I've had a mandate to serve the people of this borough. On that basis, give me a chance; look at my policies, look at what I've delivered and look at my philosophy and vision. Judge me on that."
Swanage boathouse was built in 1875 but, in 2016, the station is due to take delivery of a new boat which is too big for the existing building.
The site also lacks changing facilities or a mechanical workshop.
Planning permission for the new £3.5m lifeboat station has been granted by Purbeck District Council and work is due to begin in the autumn.
Swanage RNLI's current all-weather Mersey class lifeboat 'Robert Charles Brown' is nearing the end of its operational life.
It will be replaced by a 25-knot, all-weather, Shannon-class lifeboat, which will be faster and easier to manoeuvre due to its design and water jet propulsion technology.
Plans for the new station will include a changing and shower room, training room, mechanics workshop, office space, and a base for the station's D-class inshore lifeboat.
There will also be a souvenir stall in the boathouse.
Swanage RNLI lifeboat operations manager Neil Hardy said: "We're delighted that the plans have been approved and look forward to an exciting new stage in the long and rich history of lifesaving in Swanage.
"Although, naturally, we'll be sad to say goodbye to the current boathouse when the time comes, its time to look to the future and the modern and upgraded facilities the new building will provide for the volunteer crew."
The DUP and the Ulster Unionists are in a tight race for the seat that Willie McCrea held in the last parliament.
Mr McCrea and DUP canvassers take to the relatively quiet streets of Ballyclare, which along with Antrim town, Randalstown and Crumlin is a major population centre in the South Antrim constituency.
Unfortunately, there aren't too many voters around.
He jokingly blames the curse of the BBC cameras frightening people away, but others in his entourage say: "No, it's because everyone is now working."
Mr McCrea, standing on his record of constituency work, has a majority of 1,000 and, although quietly confident, says every vote counts.
"We're coming out of recession," he says.
"We've done a lot but there's a lot more to be done. We need a good knowledgeable representative, not a novice. And I believe I'm that experienced representative."
The Ulster Unionist candidate, Danny Kinahan, is Willie McCrea's main rival and is standing for Westminster for the first time.
Describing himself as an on-the-ground politician who is proud to be progressive and a moderniser on social issues, he was the only Ulster Unionist MLA to vote this week for same sex marriage.
A former army officer, he says it is something in which he believes in very strongly.
"I don't think we need to challenge the churches. I believe in protecting the churches and peoples' religious beliefs but we do need to find that middle ground that everyone can live with.
"But I don't want anyone to feel they're being discriminated against whether it has to do with sex, religion or anything else."
Until this week the issues in South Antrim were jobs, traffic congestion, housing, education and health.
The candidates have different views about whether there'll be any fall-out from Jim Wells' resignation as health minister and the gay rights controversy.
The Alliance party got about 8% of the vote in 2010 and its candidate, Neil Kelly, doesn't want any of his more liberal supporters to vote tactically against the DUP, saying the two unionist parties have a pact in nearby North Belfast.
"Danny may as well rip up his manifesto at this point," he says, "Because they've sided with the DUP. There's a lot of controversy and they're trying to back-pedal a bit.
"But, at the end of the day, in my opinion there's no difference between them."
Declan Kearney, Sinn Féin national chairperson, is the party's candidate.
Canvassing in Crumlin, where he's hoping to improve on 2010's 14 % he says it all comes down to social and economic issues in South Antrim as elsewhere.
"It's about austerity or equality," he adds.
"It's an election about quality of life issues, the run-down in public services, cutbacks that people are having to contend with and the prospect of future welfare cuts."
In 2010, the SDLP got about 9% of the vote.
Its candidate, Roisin Lynch, says people are responding well to her because she is a new face with fresh ideas.
She says she hopes voters will opt for her because she "wants to work for prosperity and a prosperity process. Jobs and creating a good stable economy in Northern Ireland is what the future holds."
Richard Cairns of the TUV will be hoping to improve on the 5% vote for the party in 2010 while Alan Dunlop is standing for the Conservatives.
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All members of Vern Cotter's backroom team have followed the head coach in signing contract extensions to the summer of 2017.
Japan will stage the World Cup in 2019.
"It's a results-driven business and while Scotland can reflect on a good World Cup, remember there was a Six Nations Wooden Spoon," said Hastings.
Scotland reached the last eight of this year's World Cup, losing out to a controversial late penalty against Australia at Twickenham.
And Cotter's men will go into the Six Nations in February looking to atone for a miserable whitewash last time.
"The succession planning has worked well for this team," Hastings told BBC Scotland after assistants Matt Taylor and Jonathan Humphries agreed their new deals.
"Things are in place and Jason O'Halloran is also coming in from New Zealand to strengthen the coaching team.
"But we have had a few false dawns in the past and it's up to the players to deliver on the back of this strong announcement."
Edinburgh's Alan Solomons and Glasgow's Gregor Townsend are also contracted up to 2017.
Asked if either man could figure as a future Scotland head coach, Hastings, capped 65 times, replied: "Potentially, very much so."
However, the former centre is heartened by the World Cup display under Cotter, who took up the Scotland post in time for the summer tour of 2014.
"I think everybody can see there is an improvement within this Scotland team," he added.
"Can they eliminate the errors from their game and build on that World Cup performance going into the Six Nations?
"First up is England [6 February at Murrayfield] and it's important to get on the front foot and build momentum and continuity which will allow the succession planning to continue.
"There is a strong foundation there but Scotland teams need to start winning because if they don't there will be moves."
Dubbed the "Great Wall of Calais" by some media, the 4m (13ft) wall will run for 1km (0.6 miles) along both sides of the main road to Calais port.
Road hauliers called the wall a "poor use" of public money.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd told MPs that while the UK provided money to help secure Calais, it was up to the French to decide which measures to use.
Work is expected to start this month, with the wall due to be finished by the end of the year.
Numerous fences have been built to protect the port, the Eurotunnel terminal and train tracks on the other side of Calais, and the BBC understands the wall will not replace any of those.
Ms Rudd told the Home Affairs Committee the wall was "not a new initiative", but what mattered was making sure the French had the right amount of security to prevent "illegals" trying to get to the UK.
"We support the French with money to help them do that," she said. "It is up to them how they decide to secure their borders in Calais and around it."
Labour committee member Chuka Umunna suggested the French were inspired by US presidential hopeful Donald Trump - who wants to build an "impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful, southern border wall" between the US and Mexico.
Ms Rudd replied: "I couldn't possibly comment on that."
The government refused to confirm the cost of the wall, but reports suggest a £1.9m price tag - to be paid for out of £17m announced by David Cameron earlier this year.
Home Office minister Robert Goodwill told the committee on Tuesday that security at the port was "being stepped up with better equipment".
"We are going to start building this big new wall very soon. We've done the fence; now we are doing a wall."
But Richard Burnett, chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, called the plan a "poor use of taxpayers' money".
He said funding for a wall "would be much better spent on increasing security along the approach roads".
Vikki Woodfine, of law firm DWF, works with many hauliers and said a wall "isn't the answer".
"It is simply a knee-jerk reaction that is unlikely to make a difference in the long run - particularly since the route to the Calais port is already surrounded by fences and barbed wire," she said.
She said "chaos reigns in the Calais region", but the "real problem" was a lack of policing.
Many of the migrants living at the Jungle and other camps in northern France attempt to reach the UK by boarding lorries as they approach ports or the Channel Tunnel.
Last month, BBC footage showed people-smugglers wielding sticks and dragging a felled tree onto the main Calais port road to stop lorries and allow migrants to climb on board.
On Monday, French lorry drivers and farmers blockaded the main motorway route into Calais in a protest calling for the closure of the Jungle.
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The three men, Antonio Pampliega, Jose Manuel Lopez and Angel Sastre, were working in the northern city of Aleppo.
They have not been heard from since shortly after entering Syria via Turkey on 10 July, according to the Spanish press association FAPE.
The Spanish foreign ministry said it was aware of the situation and was "working on it".
"We don't know (if they were together) doing their investigative reports in Aleppo, just that another three Spanish journalists were kidnapped in the same area nearly a year ago," said FAPE president Elsa Gonzalez.
The Islamic State (IS) group, which has kidnapped and killed Western journalists in Syria over the past year, controls areas in the north and east of Aleppo province.
The city of Aleppo has been the scene of daily fighting between forces belonging to the Syrian regime and rebel groups for more than three years.
Fighting on the ground and government air strikes have left thousands dead, and destroyed more than 60% of the Old City.
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Volker Treier, deputy chief executive of the organisation, told the BBC that German business is "astonished" that the UK is planning a referendum over its EU membership.
Prime Minister David Cameron is due to meet Angela Merkel in Berlin on Friday.
Mr Treier said the German Chancellor should not offer concessions.
He is concerned that if the UK receives concessions then other nations might also demand negotiations over their terms of membership.
"We are really astonished about this referendum," he said.
The organisation estimates that German companies employ nearly 400,000 people in the UK.
Mr Treier said many of those companies were unsettled by the planned referendum.
If the UK were to leave the EU, he warned that a significant number of German firms would contemplate reducing their investment in Britain.
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Consuming more than four portions a week is a risk, suggests the study of nearly 1,000 French people, published in the journal Thorax.
The researchers believe it could be a preservative called nitrite used in meats such as sausages, salami and ham that aggravates the airways.
But experts say the link has not been proved and more investigations are needed.
Rather than worry about one type of food, people should be eating a healthy and varied diet, they advise.
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That's about one sausage plus a rasher of bacon a day.
The people in the study had been taking part in a French survey about food and health, spanning a decade from 2003 to 2013.
Around half of them were asthma patients. The rest - the control subjects - had no history of the condition.
The survey looked specifically at asthma symptoms - breathlessness, wheeze, chest tightness - and intake of cured meat: a single portion was two slices of ham, one sausage or two slices of salami.
Among the people with asthma, higher meat consumption was linked with a worsening of their lung symptoms.
People who said they consumed more than four portions a week - eight slices of ham or four sausages, for example - had the biggest deterioration of their asthma by the end of the study.
The experts stress that their work cannot prove diet is definitely to blame. There are lots of factors in a person's life that can make their asthma worse.
The researchers tried to eliminate the most obvious ones, controlling for things like obesity, and the link between processed meat and worsening asthma remained.
Dr Erika Kennington, Head of Research at Asthma UK says: "Although certain foods can be triggers for allergies in some people, there is no specific dietary advice to manage asthma symptoms generally. For most people with asthma, healthy eating advice is exactly the same as it is for everyone else: follow a balanced diet that includes plenty of fresh and unprocessed food and is low in sugar, salt and saturated fat."
Catherine Collins of the British Dietetic Association recommended "a varied and Mediterranean-style diet", containing plenty of fresh produce, "whether you have asthma or not."
Tadas Zaleskas, 26, and Nonita Karajevaite, 24, were both killed on the A47 near Terrington St John, Norfolk, on Sunday.
Ms Karajevaite's death is being treated as suspicious following allegations she was forcibly pushed into the traffic.
Norfolk Police said the footage, taken at Worzals Farm Shop in Walpole Highway, may jog people's memories.
Det Ch Insp Paul Durham said: "We now believe that prior to her arriving at Worzals, Nonita was wearing black trousers with a black and white patterned round-neck cardigan. She was also wearing yellow-framed designer sunglasses and was barefoot.
"It is thought that when she got to the lay-by on the A47, probably due to the weather, she has taken off her cardigan and rolled up her trousers, which gave them the appearance of leggings.
"A key focus on this inquiry is anyone who may have seen the couple as they made their way along the A47 so, with this new information in mind, I'd be keen to hear from anyone who may have seen Nonita to come forward."
The couple, originally from Lithuania, were engaged and lived in nearby Emneth.
Both died when they were hit by a silver Kia car as they walked along the eastbound carriageway near Terrington St John at 14:15 BST.
At 13:20 they had both separately spoken to an assistant at Worzals Farm Shop and asked them to call the police, but they left soon afterwards with no explanation. Police were not called.
On Wednesday one lane of the eastbound carriageway was closed while officers carried out a detailed search of the grass verge.
They recovered clothing, documents and a pair of sunglasses, believed to belong to the couple.
City council leader John Clancy said Birmingham was a "fantastic sporting city", hosting major events including The Ashes and the Rugby World Cup.
The council has launched a feasibility study and claimed the event could generate more than £390m for the region.
The mayor of Liverpool revealed in August that they are also planning a bid.
Other places expected to be in the running include Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea and Edmonton in Canada.
It is 31 years since the city's memorably unpersuasive attempt to host the Summer Olympics of 1992 failed to have the desired effect, but those behind the Commonwealth bid say the city is ready to play host this time.
Mr Clancy said: "We have proven ourselves to be warm, welcoming and friendly hosts to a number of international events in recent years.
"In addition to the huge economic impact, these events showcase the very best of our city and wider region to the world."
Venues that could be used to host events include Villa Park, the Alexander Stadium, Edgbaston Cricket Ground, the NEC and the Genting Arena.
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Karen Bradley, said: "Birmingham is a city with a fantastic sporting pedigree.
"The Commonwealth Games transformed Manchester in 2002 and did the same for Glasgow in 2014, so it's no surprise that Birmingham is interested in hosting the Games in 2026."
She added that the government looked forward to sharing its "knowledge and expertise" with Birmingham and any other interested cities to help them develop "credible and realistic" bids.
Bob Sleigh, chairman of the West Midlands Combined Authority, which is backing Birmingham's bid, said other "incredible" facilities in the region could also be used, such as West Bromwich Albion's Hawthorns stadium and Coventry City's Ricoh Arena.
Candidates have to notify their intention to bid by March 2018, and the winner will be announced in November 2019.
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The Glasgow Cycling app allows cyclists to submit routes, distances travelled, times taken and average speeds.
The anonymous information will be available for free on Future City Glasgow's open data website.
It is hoped the data will inform future investment decisions and improvements to the city's cycling network.
Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson said: "Cycling has huge mental and physical health benefits for individuals as well as environmental advantages for the city.
"The number of cyclists coming into the city has increased drastically but Glasgow City Council is keen to encourage even more people to cycle both for leisure and commuting.
"This new app will provide accurate information which will be extremely helpful when decisions are being made on where and how to upgrade or extend cycling facilities. I hope bikers will seize this chance to contribute directly to work to make Glasgow more bike friendly."
The free app is currently available from the Apple store. An android version will be available soon on Google Play.
Current information about how cyclists travel around Glasgow is limited.
There is an electronic counter on the Anderston footbridge and a manual cordon count takes place every year.
Victoria Leiper of the Glasgow Bike Station urged cyclists to try the app.
She said: "This is our opportunity, as cycle commuters to shape decision-making.
"It is perhaps the most pro-active thing we can do and I certainly plan to use the app every day to submit my own journeys and to encourage our customers at the Glasgow Bike Station to use it as well."
Keith Irving, Chief Executive Cycling Scotland, urged other cities to follow Glasgow's example.
"All councils should be increasing monitoring of cycling levels," he said.
"This initiative by Future City Glasgow combines technology with data to develop information about cycling conditions in Glasgow.
"We hope it will be successful and could feature in a future Cycling Scotland conference as best practice to be copied across the country."
The show at Chatsworth, a Derbyshire stately home, features eight display gardens.
Organisers are expecting almost 90,000 people to visit the event, officially opened by Alan Titchmarsh and Mary Berry, over five days.
Anna Skibniewski-Ball, assistant manager, said she hoped it would be "truly wonderful and inspiring".
The show, which opens to the public on Wednesday, runs until Sunday at the Duke of Devonshire's Chatsworth estate.
Visitors are being warned to expect mixed weather conditions.
Some of the judging has been postponed until later in the week because of rain and high winds.
Alan Titchmarsh, a vice president of the RHS, said he was pleased Chatsworth had got its own show.
He said: "It's immensely exciting, we come to the county fair every year and love the Derbyshire Dales, the folk of Derbyshire are friendly, it's great for it to get its own RHS show."
The RHS, which famously runs the Chelsea Flower Show, said the theme for Chatsworth was "design revolutionaries."
The showground at Chatsworth, which covers 43 acres, will feature more than 350 exhibitors from across the UK.
Three temporary bridges, the longest of which is over 40m in length, have been installed to allow people to explore gardens on both sides of the River Derwent.
The show's largest garden, a modernist quarry plot, features more than 7,000 bedding plants, a 10-metre tall oak tree and more than 20 slate monoliths.
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Nottingham City Council had threatened to get an injunction against Mickey Summers after he staged a series of disruptive protests.
Mr Summers had staged loud protests at council meetings and outside an official's house.
The Saudis see growing Iranian influence everywhere - to the north in Iraq and Syria, to the east in its own country and in Bahrain, and now pointedly to the south in Yemen.
But this view belies the complexities of Yemeni domestic politics, overemphasises the role of Iran, and is unlikely to lead to anything approaching a successful conclusion, as is being seen with the Saudi-led bombing campaign, which is yet to achieve its stated aims.
The Houthi moniker, originally but a clan name, has been associated with the Zaidi branch of Shia Islam and, thus, by overly simplified if not erroneous extension, the "Twelver" Shiism predominant in Iran and Shiism in general.
Firstly, Houthis are not all Zaidis, and neither are all Zaidis Houthis. And secondly, Zaidism is considered to be the branch of Shiism least in dispute with Sunni doctrine.
Whatever the religious similarities between the Houthis and Iran, there is an implicit notion that any commonality matters. Whether nominally united or separated by faith, it is seldom as determining a factor in action as it is fatuously perceived.
None of this is to ignore commonalities between Iran and the Houthis.
Both display a vociferous anti-American and anti-Israeli streak, and there are obvious instances of the Houthis co-operating in some way with Iran in recent years.
A day after the Houthis took over the Yemeni capital Sanaa in February, an aviation agreement with Iran was signed and an Iranian Mahan Airlines plane landed in the city.
But simplistically labelling the Houthis as "Iranian-backed" obscures the domestic nature of the conflict which predates the Arab Spring.
Zaidis ruled parts of Yemen for almost 1,000 years until 1962 and were even supported by Saudi Arabia in the 1970s.
But then the Houthis, who emerged as a Zaidi revivalist movement in the 1990s, fought a series of wars between 2004 and 2010 against the Saudi-supported central Yemeni state led by then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who also happens to be a Zaidi.
Religious divisions have, therefore, played a surprisingly minor role in the past until they were deepened not least by Saudi Arabia's attempts in the 1990s in particular to spread its own austere version of Sunni Islam in Yemen.
The Houthis believed that such policies were designed to further marginalise their position, given their historic powerbase of Saada province being right on the Saudi border.
The numerous wars fought against government forces gave the Houthis all the training and combat experience that they needed to humiliate Saudi forces when they intervened in Yemen in 2009 and to apparently fare so well against the recent air campaign launched by Saudi Arabia and its allies.
More importantly perhaps, many years of war have festooned Yemen with weapons.
There are plenty of accusations that Iran supplies the Houthis with weapons. Some reports lack credibility, like Saudi-owned al-Arabiya TV's insistence that 185 tons of Iranian weapons miraculously made it through the international naval taskforce currently blockading Yemen.
Other stories, like the Iranian dhow that was stopped on route to Yemen in 2013 with a range of advanced equipment, are far more plausibly an example of Iranian weapons shipping.
While one UN Security Council report noted independent verification was unable to confirm the allegations, a more recent, as yet unreleased one, concluded that a pattern of Iranian support had emerged.
Nevertheless, a perennial problem with such instances is that the evidence of Iranian involvement often comes from sources that have a vested interest in plugging such a line: whether from the Saudi, Yemeni or American side.
External supplies notwithstanding, an obvious source of weaponry for the Houthis came thanks to a new-found agreement with their erstwhile adversary, Ali Abdullah Saleh, who seemed to support the Houthis in their takeover of Sanaa in autumn 2014.
This gave the Houthis the opportunity to help themselves to an unknown quantity of US weaponry from army bases captured curiously easily.
Overall, the perennial resort to the "Iranian-backed Houthi fighters" logic is problematic as it simplifies the conflict too much and mandates too much of an external focus.
If Iran is the major source of supplies, then an air campaign to destroy stores and interdict resupply might make sense. But this logic is being sorely tested by the complete lack of a collapse of the Houthis (quite the opposite, so far) in the face of the bombing onslaught.
Similarly, the urgency to combat the Houthis lest some hypothetical Iranian proxy force develops on the Arabian Peninsula means that, as a direct corollary, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has received a free pass to expand its orbit of power.
Recently, the group reinforced its hold on Mukalla in the southern province of Hadramawt taking over an airport, a military base, and a prison, freeing dozens of prisoners including AQAP leaders.
Given that AQAP remains the core US interest in Yemen, such a turn of events will surely have given its leadership pause to reconsider its open support of the Saudi campaign.
It would not be surprising if US cautions about the knock-on effects of the campaign enabling AQAP played a role in Saudi's announcement on 21 April 2015 that it was ending the air campaign.
But the sense that the Gulf Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia, are simply winging their policy in Yemen is inescapable.
In lieu of anything approaching a cogent, strategic plan, the short-termist resort of bombing to win does not inspire hope for the near future.
Dr David Roberts is a lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at King's College London. He was the Director of the Qatar office of the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi). His book, Qatar: Securing the Global Ambitions of a City State, will be published in 2015. Follow him on Twitter @thegulfblog
The heavy fall was due to restructuring costs and a write-down of some assets.
Without one-off costs, the Canadian mobile phone company posted a $14m profit.
Despite the hit, Blackberry shares gained in early trading as it said losses for the whole year would be lower than expected.
Chief executive John Chen said greater efficiencies and strong growth in software and services would trim its losses.
He said losses would be around 15 cents per share, compared with analysts' forecasts of 33 cents per share.
"They have not put figures behind some of their forecasts in quite some time, and hopefully that speaks to improved visibility into the business," said Morningstar analyst Brian Colello.
Blackberry is moving away from smartphone sales - in which it has less than 1% of the global market - and towards the device software used by companies and governments.
The company said sales of its handsets, which had an average selling price of $290, were below projections in the quarter.
Total revenue across the business dropped 14% to $400m in the three months to the end of May.
The unexpected setback for Hinkley Point came because the UK government said it wanted to delay its final decision on the project.
It would be the UK's first new nuclear plant in decades.
But Wales' Economy Secretary Ken Skates is concerned about the impact on Wylfa.
He said the UK government has a "responsibility not to damage confidence levels of key developers".
"Any review must not derail the important Wylfa development," he added.
Business Secretary Greg Clark has said the UK government will "consider carefully" the Hinkley Point plans before backing them.
There have been concerns that difficulties with Hinkley Point C's project would affect Wylfa Newydd's ability to attract investors.
Mr Skates said: "Following the UK government's decision to undertake a further review of the Hinkley project I have written to the Secretary of State Greg Clark seeking urgent clarification that this will not impact on the Wylfa Newydd development in North Wales.
"Wylfa Newydd is an important strategic infrastructure project for Wales which will help to create high quality jobs as well as be important to the future of steel in Wales.
"The UK government have an important responsibility not to damage confidence levels of key developers such as Horizon Nuclear Power and their Tier one supply chain to invest in Wales."
The UK government has been asked to comment.
The markets shook off comments from Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that interest rates should rise in the coming months.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 44.9 points to 17873.2.
The S&P 500 index gained 8.96 points to 2099.06, while the tech-focused Nasdaq index rose 31.74 points to 4933.5.
Speaking at Harvard University, Ms Yellen said if the economy continued to improve as she expected, the central bank would raise rates in the coming months. The Fed's next meeting is in June.
"The market is giving permission to the Fed to raise rates," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank. "We'll see what actually happens when they do."
On Friday, US Commerce Department revised its estimate for first quarter growth up to 0.8%, from the sluggish 0.5% originally estimated.
Google's parent company, Alphabet, was up 1.2% after winning a court battle against Oracle. Oracle had alleged Google unfairly used parts of its code in its Android operating system.
Specialty drug company Flexion Therapeutics fell 9.8% a day despite receiving positive guidance from the Food and Drug Administration.
Shares in the company reached a three-month high on Thursday after the FDA gave Flexion its blessing to seek approval for a new treatment for osteoarthritis of the knee.
Monday is a holiday in the US and stock markets will be closed.
Although horses - and some well-endowed giants - are perhaps the most well-known hill figures there are also some more unusual creatures and carvings.
A lion stands proudly in Bedfordshire. A kiwi in Wiltshire is a testament to the homesick New Zealand soldiers once stationed nearby.
Here are the stories behind some of the enormous symbols which have become part of the country's very fabric.
The Uffington Horse, in the Berkshire Downs, is considered the oldest hill figure of them all. Carved in the Iron Age, there has been an unbroken chain of people caring for this prehistoric monument for the past 3,000 years.
Soil tests show the horse has been there since between 1200 BC and 800 BC. There are plenty of legends associated with both the figure and with nearby Dragon Hill. There have even been suggestions the horse is in fact a dragon.
One tale is that King Arthur will one day wake when England is in peril. When Arthur rouses (although legend has it he fought against the English, so it would seem unlikely), the Uffington horse will rise up and dance on Dragon Hill. A similar creature is featured on old Celtic coins from 150 BC.
In fact depictions of horses are fairly common, with at least 24 across Britain - although some can no longer be seen.
Historian Dr Mark Hows, who studies hill figures, believes the figure represents the Celtic goddess Epona, protector of horses, and all the other horses are copies of - or at least inspired by - the Uffington original.
However, only the Osmington White Horse - a 260ft (79m) figure which prances across the South Dorset Downs - has a rider.
It was carved in 1808 in honour of King George III, who was a regular visitor to nearby Weymouth. The figure underwent something of a trial in 1989 when the BBC programme Challenge Anneka decided to restore it - but ended up damaging it.
It was properly redone in time for the 2012 Olympics, when it could be seen by television viewers of sailing events held in Weymouth harbour.
One of the most famous hill figures is the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset, which Historic England describes as "bold and anatomically impressive".
The 180ft-tall (55m) turf-cut figure of a naked man waving a club has prompted considerable debate over its origins.
Early antiquarians linked him with the Anglo-Saxon deity Helis, while others believe he is the classical hero Hercules. Still others posit he was carved during the English Civil War as a parody of Oliver Cromwell, although he is commonly believed to have some association with a pagan fertility cult.
A further layer of mystery was added in the 1980s when a survey revealed anomalies which suggested he originally wore a cloak and was stood over a disembodied head. There has also been a suggestion his significant anatomy is in fact the result of merging a smaller penis with a representation of his navel during a re-cut by the Victorians.
The giant has caused a few hot flushes in the past. Prudish politicians led to a version on a brewer's logo having his modesty preserved in a Houses of Parliament bar by the addition of a paper fig leaf.
And keeping with a political theme, pranksters recently attached giant letters spelling out "Theresa".
Cerne Abbas is not the only place to boast a giant on its hillside. Wilmington in East Sussex has its own "Long Man" - but he is a more modest sort than his Dorset cousin.
For many years up until the 19th Century, the Long Man was only visible when the sun was in a certain position, but since 1874 its shape has been marked out in yellow bricks.
The Sussex Archaeological Society describes him as "the mysterious guardian of the South Downs" and says there are many theories about his origin.
Some are convinced he is prehistoric, others believe he is the work of an artistic monk from the nearby priory, which would date him from between the 11th and 15th Centuries.
Roman coins bearing a similar figure suggest he belonged to the 4th Century and there may be plausible parallels with a helmeted figure found on Anglo-Saxon ornaments.
We may never know.
In 1919, following the end of World War One, officers commanding restless and homesick New Zealand troops wanted a task to distract their men and keep them out of trouble.
Perhaps inspired by Wiltshire's large number of chalk hill figures - it has 13 horse figures alone - they despatched the soldiers to carve a kiwi in the hillside above Bulford Military Camp.
It was designed by Sgt Maj Percy Cecil Blenkarne from a sketch of a stuffed kiwi specimen in the British Museum.
The figure, the body of which measures 1.5 acres (6,100 m sq), was completed shortly before the troops went home.
It was then looked after by the Kiwi shoe polish company as an advert, until it was covered during World War Two in case it was used as a landmark by enemy aircraft.
Although the carving was neglected and nearly disappeared in the 1970s, it was restored close to its former glory in 1986 by a local scout group - which changed its name to the 1st Bulford (Kiwi) Scouts. It has now been given protected status.
Other remnants of military life can be found on Fovant Down, between Salisbury and Shaftesbury, where military insignia are carved.
Five of the Fovant Badges were created by soldiers during World War One, including the rising sun of the Australian and Commonwealth Military Forces, the Post Office Rifles and the Devonshire Regiment. The ACMF also had men stationed at the nearby Hurdcott army camp, where they cut a map of Australia.
The badges belonging to the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry and the Wiltshire Regiment were built in the early 1950s by the Fovant Home Guard, while the Royal Corps of Signals cut their badge in 1970 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the corps.
But to find the largest of England's hill figures, one has to travel to Bedfordshire.
The giant 147m (483 ft) long lion was carved in 1933 to indicate the location of Whipsnade wildlife park.
Thousands of man hours over 18 months were spent digging the creature out of the hillside with pick-axes.
However, the outbreak of World War Two resulted in it being covered up again, amid fears it could help guide German bombers to the nearby towns of Luton and Dunstable.
Troops were brought in to help camouflage the landmark with brushwood, nets and manure.
After the war the lion was uncovered and spruced up again in 2005.
He is now visible for several miles across the Dunstable Downs.
The two-time Wimbledon champion, 27, was stabbed by an intruder at her home in December.
Czech Kvitova returned at last month's French Open before earning the first comeback win in Birmingham on Monday.
British number two Broady, who beat Alize Cornet in the first round, failed to create a break point.
Broady, 27, was overpowered by Kvitova's trademark serve and booming groundstrokes as the 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon champion wrapped up both sets by winning four consecutive games.
"So far it is working very well. I still have a lot of things to improve but it is good news," said Kvitova, who will compete at Wimbledon when the tournament starts on 3 July.
"I want to play as many matches as I can. It was a dream come to true to play again and it is great preparation for Wimbledon."
The 4-1 shot claimed his second Group One win of the season as veteran trainer Sir Michael Stoute earned a record sixth win in the race.
Having finished second in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, the four-year-old beat 5-2 favourite Churchill, trained by Aiden O'Brien, in the final furlong.
"It all went so smoothly," said Stoute.
"There was not a blip out there. This is his best performance so far."
2,000 Guineas winner Churchill and jockey Ryan Moore battled with James Doyle on Barney Roy for much of the race, but Crowley timed it perfectly to win by two lengths.
BBC horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght
Ulysses demonstrated himself a racehorse of the highest calibre as he gave Michael Stoute yet another success in this ever-significant prize.
The best form around was represented and - by winning so comprehensively - he can fairly be called the best colt in Europe. The best female horse, Enable - Ulysses' conqueror in the King George at Ascot - races in this week's Yorkshire Oaks.
An idea of the upward curve of this horse comes from Stoute, who described him with the relatively modest adjective "admirable" after the Eclipse, but this time the beaming smile said "superstar", and he'd know one.
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said there would be "widespread anger" at the decision to back the railway line, which will run through London.
Liverpool City Region's mayor said there needed to be "balanced spending".
The government said it was spending billions on infrastructure elsewhere.
On Friday it was announced that the rail link between Manchester and Newcastle may not be fully electrified, despite promises from the previous government.
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said: "We can't wait forever, we need improvements now, that's why the electrification is important, and it's also why we need more capacity at Manchester Piccadilly.
"People travelling [to Manchester] across the northern cities who will have a long commute home, I think, will be furious... that the government has cut back on rail investment in the north on the day that it's green light to Crossrail 2.
"They're not governing for the whole country."
Crossrail 2, a north-east to south-west railway, which would tunnel beneath central London, could be running by 2033.
It is estimated the scheme will cost about £30bn at 2014 prices and construction could start in the early 2020s.
It would link Hertfordshire and Surrey, passing through Tottenham Hale, Euston-St Pancras, Tottenham Court Road, Victoria and Clapham Junction.
Announcing the decision to back Crossrail 2, the Department for Transport (DfT) said Transport Secretary Chris Grayling and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan had agreed there was "no doubt London needs new infrastructure to support its growth and ensure it continues as the UK's economic powerhouse".
Mr Grayling said: "I am a supporter of Crossrail 2, but given its price tag we have to ensure that we get this right.
"The mayor and I have agreed to work together on it over the coming months to develop plans that are as strong as possible, so that the public gets an affordable scheme that is fair to the UK taxpayer."
Last week, the government was criticised for scrapping the planned electrification of railway lines in parts of England and Wales.
At the time, Mr Grayling said the government would instead introduce faster trains with more seats and better on-board facilities.
On Monday Mr Burnham tweeted: "On Friday, Tories say they can't afford rail schemes in the North.
"On Monday, they find billions more for London. Are these 2 things linked?"
He said: "People here have had to put up with sub-standard rail services for decades and will simply not accept that spending billions more on London is the country's highest priority for transport investment.".
He added that the fact the announcement had been made after Parliament had broken up for the summer was "denying any real scrutiny" of the decision.
Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram said that while he did not "begrudge" the investment in London and the South East, there needed to be balanced spending to "support growth in the North as well".
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said: "Crossrail 2 is essential for the future prosperity of London and the South East, so I'm pleased that the transport secretary and I have reached an agreement to take this vital project forward."
A DfT spokesman said that while it had agreed to work further with Transport for London on Crossrail 2, it said London needed to pay half of the upfront construction costs and that the government had not committed any public funding yet.
The spokesman added that the government was spending £57bn on HS2, £1bn to improve rail infrastructure in the north of England and £800m on new road schemes.
In (re)Assignment, Michelle Rodriguez plays a male assassin who awakes to find himself transformed into a woman.
The film has been criticised by some in the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community for using surgery as a sensational plot device.
But actress Sigourney Weaver said no-one was "demeaned or denigrated".
The Alien star plays the deranged surgeon who performs the operation. "It's not a Disney movie - it is noir," she said.
At the film's world premiere on Wednesday, its director Walter Hill said: "It's a crime story, it's a noir vision, it's comic book in a way.
"Quite a few women have said to me that after seeing the movie, they feel empowered by it."
Rodriguez, meanwhile, said her own bisexuality inured it from criticism, explaining: "You can't really argue with me because I'm you.
"I'd never do a movie with the intention of offending anybody in the LGBT community because I'm a part of it."
The festival's official website calls (re)Assignment a "jaw-droppingly audacious revenge thriller" that "confronts the gender binary on which so much genre cinema is based."
Some reviewers have taken a tougher line, though, with one calling it "a strong contender for 2016's worst movie".
It is, continued The Guardian's critic Benjamin Lee, "a film made with such staggering idiocy that it deserves to be studied by future generations".
The film got equally short shrift from Variety's Dennis Harvey, who dismissed it as "crude", "drab-looking" and "unintentionally funny".
But it got more love from the Hollywood Reporter, whose critic Todd McCarthy found it "deliciously transgressive" and "an instant cult item".
It is not known yet whether (re)Assignment will receive a UK release.
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Japan scored the opening try through Shota Horie, but their ruinous ill-discipline dynamited their chances.
A penalty try for the Scots came while Japan's Hendrik Tui was in the sin bin.
Tui was still off and had been joined by Rikiya Matsuda when Scotland got their second and last score, via a barrelling finish from WP Nel.
The unerring goal-kicking of Greig Laidlaw steered Scotland home, the captain landing 16 points in all.
Vern Cotter's side rarely looked convincing against a team shorn of seven of the men who created history by beating South Africa at the World Cup last year.
For Scotland, the beginning was grim, Alasdair Dickinson going off injured after just two minutes. Laidlaw calmed them soon after with his first penalty but the wheels came off in quick order.
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The dogs in the street knew what Japan were going to try to do here. Any chance of introducing pace and fury to proceedings would be taken, any penalty that was tapable would be tapped and things would happen at breakneck speed.
That was the way of it when they won a penalty around halfway in the ninth minute and Scotland were not ready for it. Japan attacked in a blur, Amanaki Mafi roaring down the right and punching holes in the Scotland defence, then Harumichi Tatekawa following in the next wave.
It all ended with Scotland stretched and porous, Horie darting in under the posts for a try that was converted by Yu Tamura.
Scotland were jumpy for a spell. Stuart McInally overthrew at a lineout and the visitors looked weary. Their respite came in the guise of wretched Japanese discipline at the breakdown and their inability to hold Nel in the scrum.
They conceded six penalties in the opening 23 minutes - and 11 in the first 40 including those two costly yellow cards. Laidlaw booted Scotland into a 9-7 advantage before Tamura restored Japan's lead with a penalty of his own on the half-hour.
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It was then that Japan's problems began in earnest.
Scotland got little change out of their lineout maul, but they did get a bonus of having Tui, Japan's blindside flanker, binned in trying to stop it. One yellow card became two when Matsuda walked after deliberately knocking-on a pass from Stuart Hogg to Tommy Seymour that would have seen the wing score in the corner.
Matsuda need not have bothered. Referee Ben O'Keeffe gave a penalty try in any event and Laidlaw added the extras.
Scotland made hay against the 13 men, Ruaridh Jackson's deft chip ahead at the start of the second half putting Japan in a hole they did not get out of until Nel had blasted his way through bodies to score Scotland's second try, converted from the touchline by Laidlaw.
Tamura made it 23-13 with a penalty soon after, Laidlaw negating it with a simple kick after a fine counter attack by Hogg, Sean Maitland and Duncan Taylor.
Scotland looked a tired team even by that point, midway through the second half. Japan got some ball and plenty of territory but could not break the tourists.
Japan: Matsushima, Paea, Bennetts, Tatekawa, Sasakura, Tamura, Shigeno, Inagaki, S. Horie, Hatakeyama, H. Ono, Kotaki, Tui, Kin, Mafi.
Replacements: Uchida for Shigeno (49), Kakinaga for Hatakeyama (52), Yamamoto for Tui (79). Not Used: Kizu, K. Ono, Mikami, Yatabe, Matsuda. Sin Bin: Tui (35), Matsuda (38).
Scotland: Hogg, Seymour, Taylor, Scott, Hoyland, Jackson, Laidlaw, Dickinson, McInally, Nel, R. Gray, J. Gray, Barclay, Hardie, Wilson.
Replacements: Horne for Taylor (67), Maitland for Hoyland (57), Brown for McInally (48), Low for Nel (65), Swinson for R. Gray (67), Denton for Wilson (65). Not Used: Sutherland, Pyrgos.
Ref: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand).
The federal charges include use of a weapon of mass destruction, bombing and use of a destructive device.
The 28-year-old allegedly bought bomb-making equipment on eBay and was filmed by a relative lighting "incendiary material" in a bin.
Mr Rahami remains in hospital with gunshot wounds from a police shootout.
The Afghan-born US citizen was already charged by the state of New Jersey with the attempted murder of police, stemming from his arrest on Monday outside a bar in Linden, New Jersey.
The FBI complaint reveals that 31 people - two more than previously reported - were injured when a bomb went off in the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan on Saturday.
Unsealed on Tuesday in a Manhattan federal court, the document says an unnamed Briton was among the casualties.
The victims included a woman who "had to have multiple ball bearings removed from her body, as well as metal fragmentation from her ear and wood shards from her neck".
The FBI said Mr Rahami was also found with a notebook containing such writings as, "my heart I pray to the beautiful wise ALLAH. To not take jihad away from."
Another passage in the journal allegedly said: "You [USA Government] continue your [unintelligible] slaught[er]" against the mujahideen, or holy warriors, be it Afghanistan, Iraq, Sham (Syria), Palestine."
Yet another refers in glowing terms to Osama Bin Laden; Anwar al-Awlaki, a US-born Muslim cleric killed in a 2011 drone strike; and Nidal Hasan, a former Army officer who killed 13 people at a Texas Army base in 2009.
Mr Rahami - who worked at a family-owned fried chicken shop in his hometown of Elizabeth - was preparing for months for the attack, the court documents suggest.
He bought citric acid, a circuit board and electric igniters for fireworks from eBay, according to the complaint.
The FBI said they had recovered video from a mobile phone belonging to one of Mr Rahami's relatives.
Allegedly filmed at or near the family home two days before the blasts, it showed the suspect igniting incendiary material in a cylindrical container.
As the object bursts into flames, laughter is heard on the footage.
US media are reporting that Mr Rahami's wife - who is thought to be a Pakistani national - is being questioned in the United Arab Emirates.
The terror charges come after the FBI admitted they investigated Mr Rahami for terrorism in 2014.
This followed a complaint from the suspect's father, but they found no link despite alleged acts of violence.
Investigators say Mr Rahami planted two bombs in Chelsea but one failed to detonate.
Another bomb exploded in a New Jersey seaside town earlier on the same day but no-one was hurt.
He is also accused of leaving explosives in a discarded rucksack in a rubbish bin in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
The series of bombings over the weekend have sparked a heated debate about national security between the two presidential candidates, days before their first televised debate.
The 22-year-old has made only three appearances for the Premiership outfit since his summer switch from Hearts.
Saints manager Tommy Wright said: "He won't just be going for the sake of it, we want the right team for him.
"He's very much part of the squad here but he's not been able to get into the team and we both feel he needs games."
McKay made 13 appearances for Hearts last season but has struggled to make an impression at McDiarmid Park during this campaign.
"He came here from Hearts and he hasn't played as much as he would've liked because of the way others are playing," Wright continued.
"He's been working hard in training but needs to get playing again.
"Brad is still contracted to us for 18 months so he's still very much our player and in our thoughts, but at this moment in time he needs football.
"If the right club comes in we'll look at it, if not he'll stay here and fight for a place."
An under-pressure manager marked 25 years since taking his first job, while what looked like a dream return to a former club went horribly wrong for one player in League One.
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On Saturday, it was 25 years to the day since Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy took his first steps in football management, named player-manager at then-second-tier side Millwall.
Since then, the 58-year-old has been in charge for 845 competitive games in English football with the Lions, Sunderland, Wolves and Ipswich, and 52 games as boss of the Republic of Ireland.
He could not have asked for much of a tougher task to mark his anniversary as the Tractor Boys travelled to Cardiff, where they have not won since 2011.
The Bluebirds were not in the mood to allow any celebrations, as two goals from Kenneth Zohore and one from Joe Bennett helped the Welsh side to a 3-1 victory.
The result leaves Ipswich only five points above the relegation zone with eight games left to play, and McCarthy was asked if was still the right man for Ipswich job.
"Well you wouldn't expect me to say anything but yes, would you?" he told BBC Radio Suffolk.
"I think we should make sure that I'm still the right man to make sure we're still in this league, and the players are the right players to make sure we're still in this league, and then they can pick the bones out of it after that."
Nottingham Forest hosted Derby County in the East Midlands derby in an early kick-off, the fifth successive match between the two sides with both teams being led by different managers.
Former Rangers boss Mark Warburton became Nottingham Forest's eighth manager since Fawaz Al-Hasawi bought the club in 2012 on Tuesday, while ex-Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett was confirmed as the Rams' fifth manager in 13 months a few hours earlier.
Derby had run out 3-0 victors when the two sides met in December, but they had not won in three trips to the City Ground.
Two goals in six second-half minutes from Matej Vydra and David Nugent had the Rams on course to end that run, after Zach Clough had given the Reds an early lead.
But the hosts rescued a point in the 94th minute from an unlikely source, as full-back Daniel Pinillos scored his first Forest goal in his 31st game for the club.
"It was important to take something out of the game of such significance," Warburton said.
"It means a lot to the fans and a lot to the players, it is a huge local derby."
If you had been asked to predict the highest scoring game of the day, it's unlikely you would have pointed to Burton Albion as one of the teams to provide it.
The relegation-threatened Brewers played host to Brentford, having seen just eight goals scored in their previous six matches.
That tally was matched in 90 minutes of football at the Pirelli Stadium, as Nigel Clough's side came from a goal down to lead 3-1, only to then ship four goals in 35 minutes in a 5-3 defeat.
The result marked the end of a six-game unbeaten run for Burton, who are now just one point above the relegation zone.
"As good as we were in the first half we were just as poor in the second," Clough said.
"We told them at half-time to keep doing the same things in the same way we did in the first half and not to give them any encouragement.
"Suddenly they are 3-3 by the hour mark. That message obviously wasn't taken on board."
Walsall midfielder Franck Moussa has had a difficult 2017, making only two appearances since the start of the year before Saturday.
The Belgian must have thought his luck had started to turn, as he scored twice within 10 minutes of being brought on as an early substitute at former club Southend.
The Saddlers held that two-goal lead all the way up to the 63rd minute, when the wheels fell off in spectacular style.
Nile Ranger headed in the first goal for the hosts, before Anton Ferdinand levelled the scores.
Moussa was then substituted, and Simon Cox completed the turnaround a minute later when he scored directly from a free-kick to seal the three points for Southend, who climbed into the top six in League One as a result.
Southend were not the only League One promotion candidates to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
Leaders Sheffield United fought back from a goal down to beat Charlton, while second-placed Bolton scored twice in seven minutes to win 2-1 against Northampton, and Charlie Wyke scored twice in six minutes to help Bradford beat Swindon and climb to fourth.
That last result was particularly bad news for Scunthorpe, who dropped to fifth after being on the receiving end of yet another comeback, Curtis Nelson's 91st-minute goal sealing a 2-1 victory for Oxford.
Meanwhile, Fleetwood - in the automatic promotion spots at the start of the day - perhaps made a mistake in not allowing their opponents to score first, as they were held to a goalless draw by Wimbledon.
"Can you bring Trump here?" he asked the audience, as he introduced a screening of his film The Libertine.
After receiving jeers from the crowd, he added: "You misunderstand completely. When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?"
"I want to clarify," he added, "I'm not an actor. I lie for a living [but] it's been a while. Maybe it's about time."
The star acknowledged that his comments - which may have been a reference to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by actor John Wilkes Booth in 1865 - would prove controversial.
"By the way, this is going to be in the press and it'll be horrible," he said. "It's just a question, I'm not insinuating anything."
He is not the first US celebrity to allude to killing the president.
At a rally in Washington DC, Madonna said she thought "an awful lot about blowing up the White House" and the US rapper Snoop Dogg shot a toy gun at a Donald Trump character in a music video.
But on social media, some have criticised Depp's comments - which come days after a gunman shot and injured Republican congressman and four others in Virginia in the US.
"Casual Johnny Depp: 'When was the last time an actor assassinated a President?' GOP reps targeted & shot days ago," tweeted one user, Chet Cannon, referring to the incident.
The US Secret Service is aware of Depp's comments, according to US media reports.
Festival-goers in Somerset met his comments about President Trump with laughter, albeit mixed with shock.
Depp - wearing distressed jeans and a black fedora - was mobbed by fans as he arrived at Worthy Farm.
Speaking to the BBC afterwards, one fan was more concerned with meeting her idol than analysing his politics.
"I don't even know what to say. I'm going to die," said Jess Gallagher. "He reached out and touched my hand and I don't know what to do.
"He's an amazing actor and I've loved him ever since I studied him in year 11 in A-Level drama. I can't cope!"
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The vision for Ebbsfleet, Kent, will be developed around the international railway station over the next 15 years.
Pedestrian bridges and cycleways will link Swanscombe, Northfleet and Greenhithe with the city, alongside eight new urban villages.
A primary school will open in 2017 and more than 30,000 jobs will be created.
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The River Thames will also be opened up, with new promenade walks giving the public access to the waterfront in the area for the first time in a century.
Construction on the site, which was once four quarries, has already seen more than 400 new homes built, with work on several hundred more under way.
Ebbsfleet has a stop on the high-speed rail line, which links passengers with central London in 17 minutes and Paris in two hours.
Michael Cassidy, chairman of the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation, said the "exciting vision for Ebbsfleet Garden City is already becoming a reality".
"The pace of growth over the last 12 months has been impressive, with major developers now on site building hundreds of homes," he added.
Open days will be held in October to inform the public about the plans.
Thames Valley Police said the family of the 57-year-old from Rotherham had been informed and were being given support.
Mr Cresswell is the third victim to be recovered since the boiler house partially collapsed in February. John Shaw, 61, also from Rotherham, is the last workman yet to be found.
A guard of honour was formed as Mr Cresswell was taken from the site.
Representatives of the missing men's families joined police and fire and rescue crews, and staff from site owners RWE and contractors Coleman and Company, as his body was taken away early on Thursday morning.
A police spokesman said: "Our thoughts are with his family and also with the family of the remaining missing man, John Shaw, and we would ask that their privacy is respected during this incredibly difficult time."
The body of a third man Christopher Huxtable, 34, from Swansea was found last week.
A fourth man, Michael Collings, 53, from Brotton, Teesside, died from multiple injuries following the partial collapse of the structure in February when it was due for demolition.
The remaining section was brought down using explosives in July.
Many of the bomber's movements and actions were "carried out alone" in the four days prior to the attack, Russ Jackson, head of the North West counter terrorism unit, said.
But police have yet to rule out whether he was part of a wider network.
Three men arrested over the attack were released without charge on Tuesday.
Det Ch Supt Jackson said much of the police investigation had been working through Abedi's last movements.
Officers have examined his movements on CCTV and other interactions he had with people as well as phone calls he made.
"Our enquiries show Abedi himself made most of the purchases of the core [bomb] components and what is becoming apparent is that many of his movements and actions have been carried out alone during the four days from him landing in the country and committing this awful attack," said Det Chief Supt Jackson.
However, it was "vital" that police make sure he is not part of a wider network and there were a "number of things" about this behaviour that were a concern, he added.
Det Ch Supt Jackson said police were keen to find out why Abedi kept going back to the Wilmslow Road area of the city and wanted to find the blue suitcase he used during those trips.
A total of 16 people have been arrested in connection with last Monday's attack. Five have been released without charge while 11 are still in custody.
By Danny Shaw, BBC home affairs correspondent
The police investigation has moved into a different phase, with detectives trying to bring the various strands of information and evidence together to build a case against Salman Abedi's alleged co-conspirators.
Not surprisingly, some of those arrested in the flurry of police activity have been released without further action, and others may follow.
There's a big difference between the "reasonable grounds of suspicion" required to detain someone and the "realistic prospect of conviction" needed to charge them.
What's slightly confusing is that investigators now say they can't "rule out a wider network" whereas last week they spoke with near certainty about Abedi being part of a network.
The impression is there are still gaps in the police's understanding of what happened in the days and weeks before the atrocity.
Every police force in the UK has assisted in some way since the terror attack in Manchester, according to the National Police Chiefs Council.
Twenty-eight forces, as well as the National Crime Agency, have been helping police in Manchester on their investigation and the response to the bombing.
Det Ch Supt Jackson said police have made "huge progress" in the week since the attack but it will "take considerable time before we fully understand what has happened".
Twenty-two people were killed and many injured after the bomber carried out an attack following an Ariana Grande concert.
The singer will be joined by the likes of Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Take That at a benefit concert for victims on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Liam Gallagher played his first solo gig in Manchester on Tuesday night, with the proceeds also being donated to the victims of the bombing.
He applauded as heartfelt cries of "Stand up for the 22" rang out from the crowd in reference to those killed.
The 35-year-old Swiss, ranked 10th, won 6-1 6-3 and goes on to face Mikhail Youzhny or Evgeny Donskoy.
Elsewhere, Andy Murray lost out to fellow Briton Dan Evans in the first round of the men's doubles.
Murray and Nenad Zimonjic lost 6-1 7-6 (7-2) to Evans and Gilles Muller.
World number one Murray will return to singles action against Tunisia's Malek Jaziri, ranked 51st, on Tuesday.
The Scot has not played since losing in the fourth round of the Australian Open last month, but says he is 'ready to go' in Dubai.
This is Murray's sixth appearance at the Dubai tournament - his best result was reaching the 2012 final where he lost to Federer.
Third seed Federer missed last year's tournament with a knee injury.
"It's incredible to be back, I missed playing here last year. I'm standing and I'm here,' he said.
Federer faced three break points in the match, but he saved them all.
"There were some break points to be saved,'' he added. "I think I returned very well for a first round. I was able to get my second serves in deep, was able to go into the offensive quickly.''
It's a historic day as the UK has been a member of the EU for more than 40 years.
More than 33 million people voted, with around 52% deciding to vote leave, while 48% chose remain.
Newsround has been covering what's been happening on this massive day...
This afternoon Naz put some of your questions to BBC political reporter Theo Leggett.
Find out what he said about how the EU vote result might affect education and what will happen to projects funded by the EU...
We've tried to answer more of your questions here.
It's been a historic day for the country, with adults voting to leave the European Union after more than 40 years inside it.
Watch Naz's report from London about everything that's happened.
All day you've been sending us loads of questions about what the result means - from holiday money to what it means for farmers.
We've tried to answer as many as possible - click here to read them!
There are hundreds of journalists outside the Houses of Parliament, where Naz is preparing to present the 4:20pm bulletin live.
Naz sent us this video from the scene.
Naz has been busy in London all day rounding up the reactions to the EU vote result.
She's moved from Downing Street to College Green outside the Houses of Parliament for the 4:20pm bulletin on CBBC.
School children in Salford, England, have been telling Hayley what they think about the result.
They all have different views - ranging from worried to happy...
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said a second independence referendum is "highly likely".
She backed the UK staying in the EU and, overall, people in Scotland voted to remain. So she argues Scotland is being taken out of the EU against their will.
In 2014, Scotland held a referendum on whether or not it should become an independent country. People voted no.
Leave campaigner Boris Johnson has spoken, calling the decision to leave the EU a "glorious opportunity".
He also paid tribute to Prime Minister David Cameron, describing him as "brave and principled".
Earlier, the PM said he would step down by October.
Naz was at 10 Downing Street watching the moment when David Cameron came outside to say he'll step down as PM by October.
BBC political reporter Theo Leggett tries to answer more of your questions - including how the result might affect our money and what it'll mean for children and teenagers.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has appeared outside 10 Downing Street to say he's going to resign by October.
He campaigned for the UK to remain in the European Union.
But he said that the will of the British people must be respected.
Two Newsround viewers put their questions to BBC political reporter Theo Leggett.
If you have any questions then you can send them to us here.
So Ricky's been up all night following everything that's been happening. Here's his round-up...
Ricky is live in Westminster this morning for our two bulletins on CBBC - at 7:40am and 8:15am.
He'll update you on what happened overnight and what the result means for the country.
Catch up on Watch Newsround.
The final result of 382 areas has been declared. It was Cornwall, which voted to leave.
The Leave side won by more than one million votes.
It's official - the UK has voted to leave the European Union.
The Leave campaign has crossed the line to win with 16,835,512 votes.
Naz has been up early too. She's at 10 Downing Street this morning, waiting for Prime Minister David Cameron.
Ricky says: "I've been up ALL NIGHT! I'm so tired but it's been a busy night with so much going on."
He'll have the latest on CBBC at 7:40am.
The BBC forecasts a win for the Leave campaign based on the results that have come in so far.
Ricky has been up all night covering the results for Newsround. He took this picture of the Houses of Parliament while out getting some cool shots.
Voting ended at 10pm and then the votes were taken away to be counted.
Adults were asked one question: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?"
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Now, in an exclusive interview with BBC Sport, the 20-year-old has confirmed all contract talks are off the table until the summer, increasing speculation his future may lie away from Anfield.
So is Sterling worth all the fuss and the figures of £180,000 a week that are currently swirling around - and how much would Liverpool miss him if he left?
Sterling is very good with the potential to be outstanding - but is nowhere near the finished article. He remains a work in progress in the manner of any 20-year-old with a career almost in its infancy.
He is blessed with natural pace that makes even the best defences and defenders take a step back, allied to a talent that plays on the opposition's nerves.
The perfect example was the brilliant individual goal he scored against Chelsea to earn Liverpool a 1-1 draw in the Capital One Cup semi-final at Anfield in January, taking a pass from Jordan Henderson, leaving Nemanja Matic for dead and making Gary Cahill look like he had weights attached to his boots before beating Thibaut Courtois in front of The Kop.
This was Sterling at his best but his finishing is still not his strong point and he has struggled at times this season to reproduce the brilliance he showed alongside Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge when Liverpool almost claimed their first title in 24 years last season.
Sterling may develop into a natural finisher in time but he is nowhere near that as yet. He is still more of a creative force than a player who delivers the end product with regularity and reliability.
He remains an integral part of England's present and future under manager Roy Hodgson, with his adaptability and ability to play wide, at the tip of a midfield diamond and centrally, offering flexibility.
But he is still not England's "go to" man, which is understandable at this early stage of his career. He is not yet a player England cannot afford to be without.
Sterling will undoubtedly have been noticed on the world stage, but he has not captured the imagination completely. He will be recognised as a fine talent and a potential star of the future - but the key word is "potential".
There is no way he can be bracketed among the game's elite stars and he is blameless for that. This is a young man making his way in the game, which has also added to the conjecture, and in some areas disapproval, about the contract numbers being played out.
Liverpool still remain hopeful Sterling will stay and if he does he will be a prime asset for however long he remains at Anfield - but the clocks would not stop and the foundations on the new stand would not shift if he left.
The departure of Luis Suarez, who had moved into the top three group of world stars alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo when he moved to Barcelona in a £75m deal, was far more damaging simply because of the scale of his talent, his intensity which was the stuff of manager Rodgers' dreams and his ability to strike instant fear into opposing teams and fans.
And when captain Steven Gerrard leaves for LA Galaxy, it signals the departure of the man plenty regard as the greatest player to wear Liverpool's shirt, someone who drove the team and the club in hours of need sometimes by sheer force of personality.
Sterling would not fall into that category as a departure. Of course it would be a blow but Liverpool would be well rewarded and he could not be regarded as irreplaceable.
Suarez and Gerrard were players to build a team around. Sterling has not had time to reach that sort of stature. It may happen in the future but if he were to leave now it would be a setback, but not a mortal one.
Liverpool have youngsters such as Jordon Ibe coming through as well as a manager in Rodgers set on developing talent through their Academy so while there would be disappointment, they would recover.
There will be interest but do not rule out Liverpool owner John W Henry taking the same hard line he adopted when Luis Suarez tried to force a move in the summer of 2013.
He simply refused to do business, especially with Arsenal, and only sold at a time of his choosing and after Suarez had made it virtually impossible for him to return to the Premier League after biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.
Henry will be even more reluctant to do business with teams in the Premier League, especially those he regards as rivals. Liverpool do not need money so there will be no financial pressure to sell. Sterling also has two years left on his contract so it is not as if it the paper it is written on is burning down before Liverpool's eyes, or indeed the player's.
Manchester City will look to rebuild this summer and would cast an eye in Sterling's direction but the money involved would be eye-watering even for them - and the same would apply to the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea.
City manager Manuel Pellegrini said recently: "Can you get Sterling? Maybe if you go to Liverpool with £100m you can."
This leaves the usual suspect. Real Madrid.
They could afford a deal and, in Liverpool's terms, Sterling would be out of the way in Spain rather than on the doorstep in the Premier League. It is certain the idea would appeal to Sterling and his representatives should he decide he does not wish to stay at Anfield.
Technically yes - but all the noises coming out of the Bernabeu from the club and the player suggest he will stay although everyone knows how quickly the scenery can shift at Real Madrid.
The more pertinent question is whether Real would believe Sterling is good enough and has the sort of profile they invariably require for a signing who would cost "Galactico" money?
In real terms he is only taking the first footsteps in his career. He is a name that would intrigue rather than excite Real's fans.
He is no Cristiano Ronaldo (nor should he be at this stage of his development) or has he had the sort of season Bale had behind him at Tottenham when he moved to Spain for £85m in summer 2013, when he scored 21 goals in 33 Premier League games, with four assists.
And would such a move be right for him at just 20, leaving a club where he will be carefully nurtured by a manager in Rodgers who loves the challenge of moulding young players?
Rodgers can offer the sort of sympathy he might not be afforded in a hothouse such as The Bernabeu, even allowing Sterling a short break in Jamaica this season to recharge his batteries.
Will Real feel he is ready for them? And is it wise for Sterling to move to a club where players can be swallowed up by expectations that demand success yesterday?
Sterling still has more to do to make him seem like a neat fit for Real.
Liverpool's fans are notoriously loyal to their own but there is no doubt Sterling risks tampering with that loyalty and affection the longer a new contract lies unsigned.
It was noticeable in the home defeat against Manchester United that - amid a poor team performance it should be stressed - there was more than the usual level of discontent and murmuring when Sterling erred.
Sterling has not been in Liverpool's first team long enough to have won the hearts of supporters in the manner of Gerrard, Suarez, Jamie Carragher of even Fernando Torres in his glorious golden period. He is liked but not loved.
And the sense from most Liverpool fans is that while they would be delighted he if he stayed, you do not uncover many who would shed tears if he left. Some may even feel that if £100,000 is not enough to persuade him to stay, then he should be swiftly shifted out.
The timing of this continued speculation is not working in his favour with supporters who may, despite Sterling's insistence money is not a motive, start to believe he and his representative are overplaying their financial hand.
It takes a lot for Liverpool supporters to turn on their players and it would be major shock if there was an open show of discontent aimed at one player.
It does not usually work like that at Anfield - but for Sterling's sake his games at Anfield will be a lot more comfortable if he excelled between now and the end of the season.
Sterling insists again in his BBC interview that it is not - therefore he must be taken at his word.
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So what is the delay? Is it the timing at such a late stage of the season? He admits if it had been offered earlier he would have signed.
Does he want Champions League football? Well he had that earlier in the season and played his part in Liverpool's downfall at the group stage. It is in his power to help deliver it again next season for Liverpool.
Is he worried about a lack of trophies? Possibly, but Liverpool are in the process of building a vibrant young squad and this smacks of over-impatience from a 20-year-old.
Does he merit £150,000-a-week or more? Each to their own bargaining power, but you are not talking about a player who is a world name or someone who can be bracketed with the likes of Wayne Rooney at Manchester United?
All will be revealed at the end of the season - until then the speculation will continue.
Sharon Kemp, currently strategic director at Manchester City Council, is expected to take up the £160,000 position from March.
The council's elected members have until Monday to give reasons on why a formal offer should not be made.
Government commissioners currently run the council after a report over its handling of child sexual exploitation.
The five commissioners replaced the cabinet in February following the Casey Report's criticism of its woeful response to child exploitation.
Last year the Jay Report found 1,400 children had been subjected to abuse.
The authority said it had received 15 applications and Ms Kemp was chosen following a "rigorous assessment process", with final interviews on Wednesday.
She has worked at Manchester City Council since 2009, and before that was assistant chief executive at Haringey Council in the aftermath of the Baby P case.
Ms Kemp, who was born and lives in Lancashire, said she looked forward to working with Rotherham Council to "make a positive difference".
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BBC News has learned of at least seven deaths later deemed as avoidable in less than two years at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
A failure to properly monitor the baby's heart rate was a contributory factor in five of the deaths.
The trust said improvements have been made - and that their mortality rates were in line with the national average.
Mr Hunt has asked NHS England and NHS Improvement to review a series of deaths and other incidents at the trust, to ensure they were properly investigated.
He has also asked the trust to contact each family affected.
The BBC has uncovered at least nine suspicious deaths at the trust between September 2014 and May 2016.
Seven of the deaths were avoidable, according to inquests by the local coroner and legal action against the trust.
Two were never properly investigated by the trust, according to the families. There was another avoidable death in 2013.
A monitor used in hospitals, called a cardiotocograph or CTG, can give an indication of how the foetal heart rate is responding to the stress caused by the mother's contractions.
The technology has been in use for decades but errors are still made. Sometimes, the mother's heart-rate is mistaken for that of the child.
"Mistakes are uncommon but they do happen," says Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives.
"It is something we have to avoid. Unfortunately, we are still seeing mistakes being made, though we have been training midwives and doctors in this technique for a very long time."
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust delivers about 4,700 babies each year.
Its maternity services were severely criticised last year in an official report following the death of a baby in 2009.
The parents of Kate Stanton-Davies had to fight for seven years to get the trust to accept its failures had contributed to their daughter's death.
An NHS England commissioned investigation found there was a "lack of a safety culture" at the trust in 2009, that they had not held any staff accountable for the failures in relation to Kate's death, and that lessons had not been learned.
A separate analysis of all NHS trusts in England last year rated Shrewsbury and Telford as one of the worst in the country when it came to learning from mistakes and incidents, describing the trust as having a poor reporting culture.
Kate's parents, Richard and Rhiannon, have written to Jeremy Hunt calling for a public inquiry into the continuing failures at the trust.
"Look at the failings, learn from them, move on," said Rhiannon.
"To not do that, they haven't just killed my daughter, but they have disregarded the value of her life, her memory.
"I personally am aware of another baby that died last year, avoidably, and it causes me pain and sadness on an ongoing basis that her daughter died when she should have lived because learning should have come from Kate's death.
"And I feel almost responsible for that because I haven't fought hard enough."
The medical director at the Shrewsbury and Telford Trust, Dr Edwin Borman, told BBC News the trust was no worse than anywhere else.
"When I look at the perinatal mortality rate at our trust compared to the rest of the NHS, we are at an equivalent level to the rest of the country," he said.
"In the case of foetal heart rate monitoring, we have identified a number of cases where learning has not been fully implemented. We've put systems in place to make improvements.
"Nationally there has been an initiative called Saving Babies' Lives that recognises that throughout the NHS this is a challenge."
The trust has asked anyone concerned about their maternity services to contact them on 01743 261691.
The Department of Health said the investigation would examine "disclosures that in a number of tragic cases standards of care fell far below those that parents would expect".
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Unison says the Welsh government offer of a payment of £160 to all staff is not enough.
The Welsh government said it is disappointed with the ballot result as pay discussions were ongoing.
Unison said its members in Wales voted by almost 4-1 in favour of strikes and by 9-1 for other forms of industrial action.
More than 5,700 took part in the ballot.
Last week, thousands of health workers, including nurses, midwives and ambulance staff, took part in a strike in England and Northern Ireland in a dispute over pay.
Unison regional secretary in Wales Margaret Thomas said: "Our members working in the Welsh NHS have sent a clear message that they are worth more than a miserly £160.
"NHS workers in Wales have spoken loud and clear and it is time for the Welsh government to come to the table and negotiate a fair pay deal for our members."
She said the union's health committee will now consider its response to the result of the ballot and "how any potential action in Wales could be coordinated with future action taken on pay in England".
A Welsh government spokesperson said: "The reality is that by 2015-16 the Welsh government's budget will be 10% lower in real terms than it was in 2010-11 - a reduction which equates to £1.5bn less.
"With pay accounting for more than 60% of the NHS budget we have no choice but to consider some form of pay restraint to maintain jobs and frontline services."
One of two aircraft carrying the suspects arrived in the state of Connecticut in the early hours of Saturday. The other is bound for New York state.
Abu Hamza is thought to be on the second plane.
The men were deported after UK High Court judges dismissed a final appeal.
They said the five men, Abu Hamza, Babar Ahmad, Syed Talha Ahsan, Adel Abdul Bary and Khaled al-Fawwaz, did not show "new and compelling" reasons to stay in the UK.
Abu Hamza faces 11 charges in the US relating to hostage taking, conspiracy to establish a militant training camp and calling for holy war in Afghanistan.
Once he lands he is set to appear in front of a judge within 24 hours in an open hearing.
Mr al-Fawwaz and Mr Bary are accused of being aides to Osama Bin Laden in London. Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan face charges in connection with the alleged running of a pro-jihad website.
Officers from the UK police's extradition unit handed the men to US marshals at the Mildenhall Royal Air Force base in Suffolk.
A police convoy brought the suspects from Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire to Suffolk at 19:15 BST.
In a statement, Home Secretary Theresa May said she was pleased that the court decision meant "these men, who used every available opportunity to frustrate and delay the extradition process over many years, could finally be removed".
She said: "This government has co-operated fully with the courts and pressed at every stage to ensure this happened.
"It is right that these men, who are all accused of very serious offences, will finally face justice."
Abu Hamza is expected to be held at the Metropolitan Correction Centre in New York in an area reserved for high-profile prisoners.
A pre-trial hearing is likely to take place within about three weeks. The actual trial, which should take place in a public courtroom, could take between one and three years.
A US District Court hearing has been scheduled for Mr Ahmad and Mr Ahsan in Connecticut later, according to officials.
The two men are thought to be aboard the plane bound for the state, where an internet service provider was allegedly used to host one of the websites.
The High Court ruling on Friday afternoon brought to an end a long-running legal battle. The men's extradition requests were submitted between 1998 and 2006, between eight and 14 years ago.
The suspects final appeal came after the European Court of Human Rights agreed with successive UK courts, that they should face extradition.
Judges Sir John Thomas and Mr Justice Ousley said in their ruling that there was an "overwhelming public interest in the functioning of the extradition system" and that there was "no appeal from our decision".
Sir John added that there was little doubt each man had, over the years, "either taken or had the opportunity to take every conceivable point to prevent his extradition to the United States".
Their written ruling, read out in court, concluded that "each of the claimants' applications for permission to apply for judicial review or for a reopening of the statutory appeals be dismissed".
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Syria's head of antiquities was quoted as saying the temple was blown up on Sunday. The UK -based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that it happened a month ago.
IS took control of Palmyra in May, sparking fears for the site.
It is considered one of the ancient world's most important cultural centres.
The ancient city, which is a Unesco World Heritage site, is famed for its well-preserved Graeco-Roman ruins, and the Baalshamin temple, built nearly 2,000 years ago, is one of the city's best-known buildings.
The Islamic State group has destroyed several ancient sites in Iraq. The militants believe any shrines or statues implying the existence of another deity are sacrilege and idolatry, and should be destroyed.
IS "placed a large quantity of explosives in the temple of Baalshamin today [Sunday] and then blew it up causing much damage to the temple," Syrian antiquities chief Maamoun Abdul Karim told AFP news agency.
"The cella (inner area of the temple) was destroyed and the columns around collapsed," he said.
Emma Loosley, a professor at Exeter University who lived near the ancient city for three years, said the temple's cella was "pretty much perfect".
"I can't think of another temple as beautifully preserved as the temple of Baalshamin, and what was special about Palmyra was that it was a unique culture," she told the BBC.
"It had its own gods, its own form of art and architecture that you don't get anywhere else."
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The Baalshamin temple is dedicated to the Phoenician god of storms and fertilising rains, and was almost completely intact.
The oldest parts of the temple are thought to have dated from the year 17AD.
Residents who had fled from Palmyra also said IS had planted explosives at the temple, although they had done it about one month ago, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Last month, IS published photos of militants destroying what it said were artefacts looted at Palmyra.
A week ago, it emerged that the archaeologist who had looked after Palmyra's ruins for four decades, Khaled al-Asaad, had been beheaded by the militant group.
Mr Abdul Karim said the 81-year-old had refused to tell IS where some treasures had been hidden, in an effort to save them.
The group has also published photos of what they said was the destruction of two Islamic shrines near Palmyra, which they described as "manifestations of polytheism".
The modern city of Palmyra - known locally as Tadmur - is situated in a strategically important area on the road between the Syrian capital, Damascus, and the eastern city of Deir al-Zour.
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A record £965m was spent in 2014-15, but that total has already been surpassed this season, with the final figure likely to be in excess of £1bn by Monday's 23:00 GMT deadline.
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Most of the Premier League deals done in this transfer window have been by teams near the foot of the table.
Newcastle spent £12m on both Jonjo Shelvey and Andros Townsend, while Bournemouth spent £16m in total on strikers Benik Afobe from Wolves and Lewis Grabban from Norwich.
Struggling Sunderland and Norwich have made five signings each, while Southampton and Watford were perhaps thinking about a push for a European place when they brought in Charlie Austin and Nordin Amrabat respectively.
As for Liverpool, their fans will no doubt hope for more arrivals following the on-loan capture of defender Steven Caulker.
Chelsea are the wildcard in the middle. Will Brazil forward Alexandre Pato and USA defender Matt Miazga improve Guus Hiddink's squad? The Blues have already sold Brazil midfielder Ramires to Chinese club Jiangsu Suning for £25m.
Meanwhile, Crystal Palace might have grabbed the freebie of the winter with the signing of former Arsenal, Manchester City and Spurs striker Emmanuel Adebayor.
Teams at the top end have yet to twist. Arsenal spent a modest £5m on Mohamed Elneny from Basel, while Leicester paid Birmingham £3.7m for bright midfield prospect Demarai Gray.
It is make or break day for many clubs during what has been a closely fought Premier League season.
For the sides at the wrong end of the table, there is extra significance, given that £99m is guaranteed for each top-flight club next season as a result of the new £5.1bn TV rights deal.
From Newcastle's bid for West Brom's Saido Berahino to Liverpool's pursuit of Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Alex Teixeira, BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty has identified 10 men who could still make a last-minute move.
Stay across the BBC on Monday for news on all the deals and near misses - it promises to be a fascinating day.
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England - 23:00, Monday, 1 February
Scotland - 00:00, Monday, 1 February
Spain - 23:00, Monday, 1 February
France - 23:00, Monday, 1 February
Italy - 22:00, Monday, 1 February
Germany - 17:00, Tuesday, 2 February
Portugal - Thursday, 4 February
Uncapped Footitt, 29, took 76 wickets in 16 County Championship matches for Division Two Derbyshire in 2015 before signing for promoted Surrey in October.
He will join England for the tour of South Africa, which starts in December.
"Realistically, that is a feather in our cap more than Surrey's," Welch told BBC Radio Derby.
"Mark had a lot of injuries, for which they (Derbyshire's medical staff) gave him individual programs, strengthened him in certain areas, and kept him on the park, so I'd say it was a team effort from everybody.
"We're all on the same hymn sheet and I think Mark benefited from that management team.
"I wish him all the best and I'm sure he'll do well."
Its author, Alan MacSporran, QC, said the industry had failed systematically to assess and manage how animals were treated by trainers and racers.
The report follows the release of footage earlier this year of trainers using live animals to bait racing dogs.
Mr MacSporran said the fact trainers had not hidden the "barbaric" treatment of animals "tells its own story".
In April, 55 greyhound carcasses were found dumped in a wildflower reserve on the coast of Queensland .
Police and animal authorities investigated the find as part of a joint taskforce established by the state government following an expose by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in February into the practice of "live baiting" within the greyhound racing industry across the nation.
The ABC had aired disturbing footage of greyhounds chasing live pigs, possums and rabbits around tracks.
The "bait" animals were tied to mechanical lures before being chased and mauled to death by dogs, in what Mr MacSporran's report said was an "archaic and barbaric practice".
Four Australian states - NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania - launched inquiries into greyhound racing.
Dozens of trainers have already been suspended across the country, some have been banned from ever participating in greyhound racing again and others have been charged under animal cruelty laws.
Announcing the completion of the report, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said those responsible for the cruelty "will be brought to justice".
She said the discovery of the mass graves was "deeply disturbing" and described live baiting as "absolutely disgusting".
"There will be swift and decisive action in regards to this report," she said at a press conference on Monday.
To be tabled in the Queensland parliament on Monday, the report will describe how small animals such as kittens, rabbits, piglets and possums were used to "blood" greyhounds, while dogs that lost too many races were cruelly treated and killed.
Some had their ears cut; others were bludgeoned to death, according to some submissions to the inquiry.
Mr MacSporran said people who were already before the courts on animal cruelty charges were not included in the report.
"Although there is no definitive evidence it is widespread... it would be naive in the extreme to think it was not widespread," he said of such behaviour.
Millions of Chinese people are believed to have been affected by the data leaks, said security experts at the University of Toronto.
The data reveals where people are, search terms, sites visited and the ID numbers of devices they own.
Baidu said it had tackled the problems with the insecure computer code.
The code is found in a software development kit that can be used to create apps for Android phones and programs for Windows.
Baidu itself used it to make web browsers for Android and Windows and many other firms have used the kit too.
Apps and browsers made using the Baidu kit have been downloaded hundreds of millions of times, said researchers at Toronto's Citizen Lab in the report. As part of a long-running research project, the Lab has focussed on privacy and personal data use in China. Last year the team found shortcomings in the Alibaba browser.
The latest report found several security and privacy shortcomings in the Baidu code.
Some data, including GPS coordinates and search terms, is sent in plain text.
In addition, the protections added to other forms of information, such as unique device IDs, could easily be broken.
Poor protection of apps made with the kit also made users "susceptible" to fake updates that could give an attacker access to a phone or a Windows computer.
"The transmission of personal data without properly implemented encryption can expose a user's data to surveillance," said the authors in their report.
Worryingly, they added, users would have no warning that the data was being transmitted or gathered.
"The leakage of such user data is particularly problematic for individuals who use these applications and their devices to engage in politically sensitive communications," said the report.
"It's either shoddy design or it's surveillance by design," Ron Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab, told Reuters.
Citizen Lab said that Baidu had fixed some of the bugs in the code since it had first been told about them in November last year.
However, it added, the poor encryption scheme was still being used on sensitive data.
Baidu said it was collecting the data about users for commercial purposes. Occasionally, it said, it shared the data with partners.
It added that the information was not handed over wholesale to the Chinese authorities.
It said it "only provides what data is lawfully requested by duly constituted law enforcement agencies".
It says Annegret Raunigk had three boys and a girl by Caesarean section at a Berlin hospital on Tuesday.
They were born prematurely at 26 weeks but have a "good chance of surviving".
Annegret Raunigk - who already has 13 children and seven grandchildren - is the world's oldest woman to have quadruplets.
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The single mother reportedly decided to try for another baby when her youngest daughter, who is now 10, said she wanted a little brother or sister.
Ms Raunigk's pregnancy - the result of fertility treatment in Ukraine - has been the subject of fierce debate in Germany, the BBC's Jenny Hill in Berlin says.
During her pregnancy she said she believed everyone should be able to live the life they wanted to.
Asked whether she had any concerns, Ms Raunigk said she assumed she would stay fit and healthy and that she was not worried about what other people thought.
Some doctors have questioned whether she would be physically capable of bearing the children.
However, the German school teacher is not the oldest woman to give birth to a child - that official record is held by Maria del Carmen Bousada Lara. She had twins in Spain in 2006, at the age of 66.
Some reports dispute this, saying the actual record holder is Omkari Panwar, who is believed to have been 70 when she gave birth to twins in India in 2008.
Melanie Holmes, 28, was in a car following the one involved in an accident which claimed three lives at the Jim Clark Rally in 2014.
The emergency nursing assistant described going onto "autopilot" in a bid to assist the injured.
A hearing into the deaths of Elizabeth Allan, Len Stern and Iain Provan is ongoing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
It is also examining the circumstances surrounding the death of Joy Robson at the Snowman Rally near Inverness in 2013.
Ms Holmes, from Gloucestershire, told the hearing how she had reached the scene of the crash at the event in the Borders and seen four people on the ground.
She said that when a doctor arrived they continued to work on the people, but he had eventually said: "No more".
She told the court: "I tried my best".
Ms Holmes added that it had taken her "a while to clear my head".
She said she was now a self-employed dog walker and had given up going to motor rallies.
The accident happened on the second run of the Jim Clark Memorial Rally on 31 May 2014.
The court heard that between the first and second stage, any cars with problems would have had them fixed before starting again.
Advocate depute, Andrew Brown QC, asked Ms Holmes if Car 7 had had a problem.
Ms Holmes said it had and it had lost its place in the running order.
Her car was No 24 and Mr Brown put it to her that with a faster car and a more experienced driver, No 7 had "squeezed in front of them".
She said that had been the case and said they had followed the car until the incident at the Lee Water humpback bridge.
The inquiry continues.
The sum was about £2.1m more than had been estimated ahead of the vote.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney said the additional expenditure was due to the very high turnout.
A total of 3,619,915 people - 84.5% of the electorate - voted on 18 September. Voters backed Scotland staying a part of the UK by 55% to 45%.
Mr Swinney confirmed the Scottish government's final bill for running the poll in an answer to a parliamentary question.
The total of £15.841m included almost £10.9m which was spent on providing counting officers across Scotland to tally up the votes in each council area.
The chief counting officer's costs for administering the ballot amounted to just under £510,000, mainly reflecting the expenses associated with holding the "international event to declare the referendum result" at Ingliston on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
In his answer, Mr Swinney described the referendum as a "triumph for democracy and participation, with the highest turnout of any UK ballot for over a century".
He added: "In anticipation of a high turnout, the chief counting officer provided guidance to counting officers on issues such as printing additional ballot papers, to ensure that replacement ballot papers were available to cover for any damaged or misprinted ballot papers, and limiting the number of electors attending individual polling stations, to avoid queues.
"In addition, additional staff were employed at count centres in order to ensure a prompt result. These, and other similar sensible contingency measures, added to counting officers' costs but ensured that the poll ran smoothly on the day."
Scottish Conservative chief whip John Lamont said: "Everyone accepts the independence referendum was a historical constitutional event and, therefore, will have had cost implications.
"But the fact remains the SNP said the eventual bill for the taxpayer was going to be much lower. Many voters will feel this was a lot of money to spend for the nationalists to be told that most people prefer Scotland to remain in the UK."
The allegedly offensive posts concern refugees living in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute.
Police said a 40-year-old man was arrested in connection with alleged offences under the Communications Act.
He is expected to appear at Greenock Sheriff Court later. A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.
Events in Devon, Cornwall and Cheshire have all banned bunnies following outbreaks of the mutation of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease, known as RHD-2.
There is currently no licensed vaccine in the UK for the new strain.
"The fear factor is we don't know how it's spreading," said Neill Gardner, chairman of the British Rabbit Council (BRC).
Since March, the BRC has received reports of RHD-2 across Cheshire, Devon, Leicestershire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Leeds and Moray.
With the former strain "there was usually a visible sign, like bloody discharge from the nostrils", Mr Gardner said.
"Now they just drop dead".
A vaccine for the new strain is expected to be licensed in the UK in the next month, Mr Gardener added.
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But Judy Le Marchant, who had planned to enter her prize winning rare breeds in the Devon county show, said vaccination was "not the entire solution".
The RHD-1 vaccine was already "expensive", and its carrier could produce "bald patches, lumps and scabs which are not desirable in show rabbits", she said.
Harry Powell, aged 11, and his 8-year-old brother Nicholas, were also "very upset" when they could not enter their thrianta rabbits at the show.
"It's really annoying when you've pumped yourself up," he said.
Harry, who would have travelled from Middlesex for the show, said he loved his rabbits, who "only get stroppy if they don't like the food".
Show secretary Ollie Allen said although the disease posed "no threat to human health", the rabbit competition would have risked spreading the disease amongst rabbits.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said the people did not have to report outbreaks to the government but the shows were "taking sensible precautionary measures".
The Edinburgh-based group reported that pre-tax operating profit increased by 9% in 2016 to £723m.
Assets under administration rose 16% to £357.1bn, which the group said had been driven by market movements, including the benefit of a weaker pound.
This was despite net outflows from its funds of £2.6bn, driven "largely" by its mature books of business.
Fee-based revenue increased by 5% to just over £1.65bn, with asset growth reported across all of the group's "key" growth channels - institutional, wholesale, workplace and retail.
The group said it was growing assets by "meeting the evolving and diverse needs of our clients and customers".
Standard Life also reported that it had set aside £175m for compensation, following the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) review of non-advised annuity sales last year.
In its results statement, the company said: "We are working with the FCA to put in place a process to ensure we provide affected customers with appropriate redress."
The company raised its dividend payment by 8%, with a total payout for the year of 19.82p.
Chief executive Keith Skeoch said: "Standard Life continues to make good progress towards creating a world-class investment company.
"We have increased the pace of strategic delivery, against a backdrop of volatile investment markets, with growth in assets, profits, cash flows and returns to shareholders.
"Despite industry headwinds, we are benefiting from our strengthening global brand and strong long-term relationships with a well diversified range of clients and customers."
Middlesbrough mayor Dave Budd blamed a "savage" reduction in Government funding.
He also said there would be redundancies at the local authority, but would not reveal how many.
A government spokesman said councils were facing "a reduction of just 1.7% in real terms each year".
Proposals include changes to care services, which the local authority believes could save £600,000 in the 2016/17 financial year, and a further £580,000 reduction from changes in the way some leisure services are provided.
A review of "back office functions" such as HR and ITC have also been identified as bringing savings of about £900,000 over the same period.
Mr Budd said: "The savage cuts imposed by government on this and other local authorities have seen our budget cut by more than £80m over the past five years.
"However, this council is not paralysed. We have enormous savings to make, but we have a way forward."
Plans to introduce a 20p charge to use Middlesbrough bus station's toilets have also been put forward, alongside axing school crossing patrols at sites with pelican crossings.
The council said the latter would save £24,000 per year.
A Government spokesman said councils needed to "continue to play their part in cutting the deficit", adding "they will still have almost £200bn to spend on local services over the lifetime of this parliament".
But the Ramblers' Big Pathwatch survey also revealed Wales as being more welcoming than England.
In July 2015, the charity asked people to use a mobile phone app to record problems found on rights of way, such as blockages or fallen trees.
Surveyors recorded almost 8,000 good and bad features across the country.
Of those, 41% were positive - including helpful and informative signs and attractive views - while 59% were negative - missing signs and undergrowth or overhanging vegetation obstructing the path.
Christine Boston, 36, is a member of the Tiger Bay Ramblers in Cardiff.
She said walkers in Wales were "spoilt for choice" when it came to scenery.
"You've got coast, countryside, the waterfalls at Ystradfellte. There's even plenty of urban walks - the Cardiff Bay circular and sometimes we walk into and around Penarth. Wales has lots of historic buildings.
"Sometimes there are paths that are overgrown though, or stiles are broken or way markers are missing.
"There was a place up near Hay-on-Wye where a bit of fencing cut off the right of way. You have to find another way around then.
"If you're leading a group you have to make sure you check the route first as often you get to a place and find there's an issue like a bull in a field."
Bob Chadwick has just completed a 1,050 mile walk around Wales to raise money for cancer research.
The 68-year-old walked for 95 days over a three year period and was joined by about 80 people at various stages.
He is now encouraging more people to walk the coast path, even if it is just a small section.
"Set yourself a target and go do it," he said.
"I've never been one for violent exercise or running marathons, yet I'm still slim and healthy at 68."
Mr Chadwick said he has seen some beautiful parts of Wales, and particularly enjoyed learning of its industrial heritage in places like Port Talbot.
He said Rhossili Bay in Swansea was his favourite location, describing its stretch of beach as a "die for place".
Asked if he encountered any problems, Mr Chadwick said they had a few "run-ins with bullocks" which were "very curious and insisted on inspecting them."
He added there were a few places where the coast is not available, but for the most part, they had had "exclusive access".
November was identified as the worst month for paths, so Ramblers has called for everyone in Wales to take responsibility for their local paths by walking them and reporting any problems using the app.
Ramblers Cymru's director Angela Charlton said: "We wanted to gather a picture of the state of the path network so we could understand the full extent of the problems and start to come up with the long term solutions to help protect this key community asset.
"Although local councils are responsible for maintaining our paths, we're acutely aware that rights of way are competing against other services for a share of increasingly squeezed budgets.
"The Ramblers, as guardians of the footpath network, should be at the forefront of solving path problems, working with local authorities in Wales to maintain the network."
A review into Snowdonia, Pembrokeshire Coast and Brecon Beacons was commissioned by National Parks Wales, the WLGA and Natural Resources Wales.
The report - entitled Valuing Wales' National Parks - said it meant £557m was added to the Welsh economy as a direct result of the parks.
Visitors spend more time in Welsh parks than those in England and Scotland.
The report said that on average, people spend 2.26 days visiting the parks in Wales compared with England and Scotland where visitors spent 1.59 days.
It said: "Because visitors are more likely to stay overnight, the average expenditure of visitors to the parks in Wales is higher (£87 per head) than in the rest of the UK (£60 per head)."
The report found:
The report based its findings on research conducted by a variety of organisations including the Welsh government, Office for National Statistics, visitor spending estimates and other sources.
Culture Minister John Griffiths said the parks were an "asset" to Wales and its economy.
Speaking on behalf of National Parks Wales, Snowdonia chief executive Aneurin Phillips described them as "the lungs of our nation".
"Unlike the national parks in the United States - which are largely uninhabited areas - Wales' national parks are very much living communities with over 80,000 people residing within their boundaries, providing employment for approximately 30,000 people," he said.
"This report has given us a real insight into the tangible economic benefits of our national parks and I'm naturally pleased with its findings."
However, the Federation of Small Businesses said it recently carried out a survey which found that many members thought the three national park authorities in Wales did not understand business and economic issues in particular with planning matters.
It said it hoped Wednesday's report would lead to recognition within the park authorities to recognise the importance of supporting businesses.
Iestyn Davies, head of external affairs for FSB Wales, said: "We can only take today's report as much-needed recognition of the importance of economic development within Wales' national parks.
"FSB Wales hopes that recognition will now be reflected in the dealings of the national parks and their officers with small businesses, particularly when it comes to planning."
Simon Hart, Tory MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, said he was pleased with with the "positive picture".
However, he added: "People come to the national parks because of the landscape and the people who live there - they don't come because of the national park authorities.
"They clearly have a role in protecting and maintaining the park, but so does everybody who runs a business or a farm there.
"I think we should be cautious about believing this is all down to a layer of public sector government."
He has previously described the national parks planning system as an obstacle to economic regeneration, and claims parks should be able to consider social and economic factors as well as environmental matters.
Sterling fell as low as $1.4618 before recovering slightly in late trading.
Earlier, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said UK industrial output figures rose by just 0.1% in February from January.
The small increase was below analysts' forecasts for a 0.3% gain.
A number of opinion polls that showed Labour ahead of the Conservatives also unsettled traders.
One said the pound could fall far further if there were to be a prolonged struggle to form a government in the absence of a dominant party.
"A $1.40 level for sterling/dollar is certainly not out of reach if the election aftermath turns ugly," said Steve Barrow, currency strategist at Standard Bank.
Oil and gas production fell sharply, while the construction sector contracted by 0.9% in February, compared with forecasts for a rise of 2%.
The figures suggest the economy has slowed down this year, after a strong showing of 2.8% growth in 2014.
Manufacturing output showed the best growth within the industrial output measure, with a gain of 0.4% in February, bouncing back from its drop of 0.6% in January.
Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, said: "Clearly this all bodes ill for economic growth in the opening quarter of the year. It's now looking like the economy slowed, and possibly quite markedly, compared to the 0.6% expansion seen in the closing quarter of 2014.
"The trend should improve in March, however, according to survey data."
The ONS' industrial output data covers 14.6% of the UK economy.
The first official estimate of gross domestic product for the first quarter of the year will be released about a week before the general election.
Bomb disposal teams were called to the scene and nearby homes evacuated after police found the cache of weapons at the home in Windmill Avenue, St Albans.
A 48-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing items from a former prisoner of war camp.
Officers expect to be at the property "for some time".
The Army bomb disposal unit removed items from a property, where the man was arrested.
He is suspected of taking "heritage artefacts" and wartime munitions from protected sites including one in Batford, Harpenden.
Det Sgt Pete Frost said officers found "a museum for World War One and World War Two relics" in the garage at the address.
A police spokesman said the Army was establishing the safety of the items but currently there was no danger to the public.
Hertfordshire Police said it was "alleged that the arrested man obtained these artefacts through illegal metal detecting, which is a heritage crime.
"It is a criminal offence to retrieve artefacts from the ground through using a metal detector if the land is a protected site or without permission of the landowner."
Ch Insp Ken Townsend, of Hertfordshire Police, said: "This seizure is on an unprecedented scale and it will be a long process.
"It is an extremely large collection. Although the items seized today are potentially dangerous, there is no danger to members of the public. We have all the necessary experts in place to deal safely with the items recovered."
He said controlled detonations were taking place.
Windmill Avenue has been closed to vehicles from the junction with Chiltern Road and four homes either side of the property have been evacuated as a safety precaution.
One of the residents, Linda, who did not want to give her surname, said she had been told to "pack up and be prepared to stay [away] overnight".
"They were very organised and .... very reassuring," she said.
According to the Harpenden History website, the No. 95 camp in Batford opened in May 1943 for Italian prisoners and accommodated about 600 men.
The Italians were moved out in November 1944 and it became a prisoner of war working camp housing German servicemen with 750 prisoners.
The Vale captain headed in Louis Dodds' sixth-minute right-wing cross.
Dodds almost doubled the lead shortly after as he shot against the post, while Robins striker Jonathan Obika had a shot well-saved by Jak Alnwick.
Fabien Robert went close with a volley after the break, but Rob Page's Vale held on to secure all three points.
Vale climb three places back up to 8th in the table, while Swindon remain 17th, six points clear of trouble.
Port Vale manager Rob Page told BBC Radio Stoke:
"We were far too sloppy in the second half, not clinical enough. It wasn't the best performance but sometimes you have to win ugly.
"Even on a bad day like we have had here really, we have proved we can still grind out results. Defensively, our discipline was outstanding.
"They have had all the possession. But, on another day, as stupid as it sounds, we might have won three or four nil. Our final pass was nowhere near good enough."
Kent fire crews were first called to the vehicle fires in the Buckland Road and Somerfield Road areas at 01:15 BST.
Within an hour, 15 fire engines were also sent to The Works bookshop in Week Street, where three floors were alight.
A 22-year-old from the town is being questioned over the fires which led to a number of residents being evacuated from their homes.
There were no reported casualties.
Kent Police said they were treating the cause of the fires as suspicious and were were not ruling out them being linked.
Week Street remains closed and fire crews are expected to remain at the scene for several days.
The project, due to be completed by now, was delayed in July by the protected species and later due to flood concerns.
Strict monitoring rules dictate that the site needs to be free of newts for five days before work can progress.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said the delay was "frustrating".
"It should have been open by now," he said. "I hope within the next 12-18 months that the station is operating."
Geoff Pickford, strategic director for highways at the Labour-run Derbyshire County Council, said the newts had caused "one or two problems".
"We're waiting for temperatures to rise so we can start trapping again," he said.
About 171 newts have been caught, but the amphibians hibernate over the winter so the process has slowed down.
Erewash's Conservative MP Jessica Lee urged the county council to get more people working at the site so progress can be made.
In response, Mr Pickford said: "It isn't a question of getting more people working on it.
"The whole site is fenced off, the traps are in place, it's simply a question of waiting for newts to fall into them."
He added that one of the station's car parks would have to be made smaller due to flood prevention work.
The woman, who had been staying at the Torridon Youth Hostel in the Highlands, has been transferred to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
However, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stressed that the case was being treated as "low probability".
The woman is not thought to have come into contact with anyone who had contracted Ebola.
She was taken from the Torridon Youth Hostel by ambulance staff wearing protective suits, after complaining of feeling unwell.
It is thought she was amongst a party of around 30 people who had hired out the youth centre.
She later arrived at the infection unit at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where she was taken into the building surrounded by medical staff in protective clothing.
The patient was described as "stable and not giving any cause for clinical concern".
NHS Highland said the woman had recently returned from Sierra Leone, and was moved in a specially-equipped ambulance.
It comes after a health worker was diagnosed with Ebola after returning to Scotland from Sierra Leone.
She has been transferred from Gartnavel Hospital in Glasgow to a specialist treatment centre at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
The patient, who had been working with Save the Children in Sierra Leone, arrived in Glasgow on a British Airways flight on Sunday but was placed in an isolation unit at Gartnavel on Monday morning after becoming feverish.
Ms Sturgeon said the risk to the public from that case was "extremely low to the point of negligible".
The first minister told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that she was also being kept updated on the second potential case.
She said: "I should stress that, although this is another returning healthcare worker from West Africa, the patient here, as far as we are aware, has had no direct contact with people infected with Ebola, so it is a case that is being described as low probability.
"But we are operating, given the seriousness of Ebola, on a highly precautionary basis and that's why this patient over the course of today will be transferred for tests."
Ebola is transmitted by direct contact with the bodily fluids - such as blood, vomit or faeces - of an infected person.
The early symptoms are a sudden fever, muscle pain, fatigue, headache and sore throat.
This is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, a rash and bleeding - both internal and external - which can be seen in the gums, eyes, nose and in the stools.
Patients tend to die from dehydration and multiple organ failure.
The Muslim Rights Concern (MRC) said the Lagos Court of Appeal's ruling was a victory for the rule of law.
The judges said the ban violated the religious rights of Muslim girls, overturning a lower court's ruling.
Girls had been barred from wearing the headscarf, or hijab, because it was not part of school uniforms.
The state government has not yet commented on whether it intends to challenge the ruling at the Supreme Court.
Nigeria's population is roughly divided between Muslims and Christians, with both groups being staunch believers.
The majority of Muslims live in the north and Christians primarily are in the south - though the southern state of Lagos has a more religious mix.
In June, the High Court in the southern state of Osun also lifted the ban on Muslims girls wearing the headscarf.
It caused religious tension in the state, with some Christian boys insisting on wearing church robes to school.
Two Muslim girls challenged the ban in Lagos state, taking their case to its Court of Appeal after the High Court ruled against them in 2013.
"The fact that the judgment was unanimous and only two of the five judges are Muslims leaves a firm stamp of authority on the legality of the use of hijab not only by female Muslim students but also by all Muslim women in the country," the MRC said.
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The deal, which comes two weeks after the election resulted in a hung Parliament, will see the 10 DUP MPs back the Tories in key Commons votes.
There will be £1bn extra for Northern Ireland over the next two years.
DUP leader Arlene Foster said the "wide-ranging" pact was "good for Northern Ireland and the UK" but one critic said it was a "straight bung".
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the deal was "clearly not in the national interest", and Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams said it enabled a "Tory Brexit which threatens the Good Friday Agreement".
It has prompted calls for matching public investment in Wales and Scotland.
A three page document outlining the terms of the agreement has been published in full. The DUP said it would apply for the lifetime of the Parliament, scheduled to last five years, but would also be reviewed at the end of the current session in two years' time.
There will be £1.5bn in funding - consisting of £1bn of new money and £500m of previously announced funds - to be spent over the next two years on infrastructure, health and education in Northern Ireland, money Mrs Foster said was needed to address the challenges from Northern Ireland's "unique history".
As part of the deal, the military covenant will be implemented in full in Northern Ireland, meaning more focus on the treatment of military veterans, while the triple lock guarantee of at least a 2.5% rise in the state pension each year, and winter fuel payments, will be maintained throughout the UK.
Other key points of the agreement include:
Mrs May shook hands with DUP leader Arlene Foster as she and other senior party figures arrived at Downing Street on Monday to finalise the pact. The two leaders then watched as Conservative chief whip Gavin Williamson and his DUP counterpart Jeffrey Donaldson signed the documents in No 10.
Speaking outside Downing Street, Mrs Foster said the agreement would bring stability to the UK government as it embarked on the Brexit process,
"This agreement will operate to deliver a stable government in the United Kingdom's national interest at this vital time," she said.
Analysis by BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg
The Tories now face a bumpy day of criticism, about how the DUP have been bought off - £100m for each of their ten votes in Parliament. The other devolved nations will cry foul.
Some Tories too are deeply uncomfortable about the association with the DUP brand of unionism. And if the cuts are to be eased in Northern Ireland, what about other parts of the country?
But the money that's been found down the back of the Number 10 sofa for Northern Ireland may be worth it for Theresa May as the price of holding power, for now.
She now has her majority, whatever the cost, and a dividend could be the conclusion of a deal to get power sharing at Stormont up and running too.
Read Laura's blog in full
Welcoming the additional funding for Northern Ireland, she said it would benefit all communities. "Following our discussions the Conservative Party has recognised the case for higher funding in Northern Ireland, given our unique history and indeed circumstances over recent decades."
The UK prime minister said the pact was a "very good one" for the UK as a whole.
"We share many values in terms of wanting to see prosperity across the UK, the value of the union, the important bond between the different parts of the UK," Mrs May said. "We very much want to see that protected and enhanced
First Secretary of State Damian Green, a close ally of Mrs May's, said he hoped the extra money would help revive devolved government in Northern Ireland.
"The money that is attached to this agreement is actually less than the money attached to the original Stormont agreement in 2014," he told the BBC. "We know Northern Ireland has particular needs, because of its history and difficulties.
"There are parts of the Northern Ireland infrastructure that needs particular help and that has been recognised on a continuing basis."
The BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg said most of the money being allocated to Northern Ireland would go to specific projects rather than general spending, meaning it would not necessarily impact on the Barnett formula which determines overall expenditure across the nations of the UK.
She said DUP sources pointed to the creation of a "coordination committee", suggesting this would give them a direct line in to government discussions and that this may prove particularly influential over the Brexit negotiations.
Northern Ireland has been without a devolved government since March and parties have until Thursday to find agreement.
The cash will go to the Northern Ireland executive if the devolved institutions are restored by the deadline of 29 June.
Under the so-called "confidence and supply" arrangement, the DUP will line up behind the government in key votes, such as on the Queen's Speech and Budgets, as well as Brexit and security matters, which are likely to dominate most of the current Parliament.
On other legislation, the DUP's support is not necessarily guaranteed - although the Northern Ireland party is expected to back the majority of the government's programme for the next two years after many of its more controversial policies were dropped.
The support of the DUP will give Mrs May an effective working majority of 13, given that Sinn Fein do not take up their seven seats and Speaker John Bercow and his three deputies - two of whom are Labour MPs - do not take part in votes.
Several senior Tories had advised her to govern without any formal agreement with the DUP, arguing the unionist party would not be prepared to bring Mrs May down and run the risk of triggering a fresh election given their longstanding hostility to Jeremy Corbyn and other senior Labour figures.
Former PM Sir John Major warned that a formal association with the DUP could undermine attempts to restore power-sharing government in Northern Ireland while some MPs said the DUP's socially conservative stance on issues such as gay marriage and abortion could damage the party in the longer term.
Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones suggested Mrs May was "throwing money at Northern Ireland while ignoring the rest of the UK", in what he called "cash for votes".
"Today's deal represents a straight bung to keep a weak prime minister and a faltering government in office," the Labour politician said.
Mr Corbyn said public service cuts should be stopped "right across the UK, not just in Northern Ireland".
He demanded to know where the extra money for Northern Ireland was coming from, and whether other parts of the UK would get a similar cash injection.
"This Tory-DUP deal is clearly not in the national interest but in May's party's interest to help her cling to power," he added.
Mr Adams, the president of Sinn Fein, said: "The Tory government has slashed more than £1bn from the block grant over the last seven years.
"The allocation of additional funds could help to ease the enormous pressure on our public services.
"The devil is in the detail."
On the plan to implement the military covenant in Northern Ireland, Mr Adams added: "Sinn Fein will resolutely oppose any attempt to give preferential treatment to British forces, either in terms of legacy or the provision of public services."
In the Commons, MPs from other parties lined up to criticise the new arrangements, with the SNP's Pete Wishart saying it was a "pathetic grubby little deal" and accusing the Tories and DUP of "pork barrel politics".
But Nigel Dodds, the DUP's Westminster leader, said his party could publish details of its correspondence with Labour and the SNP at the time of previous elections.
"Some of the faux outrage we have heard is hypocrisy of the highest order," he said.
Mr Dodds said the extra investment would be "for every section of the community in Northern Ireland".
Djibril Sidibe had put Monaco ahead when he chipped keeper Alphonse Areola.
But Alves, who signed from Juventus on a free transfer earlier this month, netted a 51st-minute equaliser from a brilliant 35-yard free-kick.
The Brazilian, 34, then set up Adrien Rabiot to head home the winner for the Coupe de France winners.
It is the fifth time PSG have won the trophy contested between the cup winners and league champions of France.
The game was staged in front of a capacity crowd of 45,000 in Tangiers, Morocco.
McIlroy was one of 60 players who had to finish their second rounds on Saturday.
And the 26-year-old will have to complete his third round on Sunday.
He is on 10 under along with Branden Grace of South Africa, England's Ian Poulter, American Rickie Fowler and Dutchman Joost Luiten.
They are a shot clear of another group of five, including halfway leader Andy Sullivan of England.
Sullivan had been two shots clear before losing a ball in a bush at the ninth, and the resulting triple-bogey seven dropped the 28-year-old to nine under alongside Belgium's Thomas Pieters, Sweden's Henrik Stenson, Robert Rock of England and Spain's Rafa Cabrera-Bello.
McIlroy, who has four second places in the tournament in the last five years, finished off his second round in style with a birdie at the 17th, followed by a tap-in eagle at the 18th for a two-under 70.
He started his third round well, picking up shots on the second and fourth holes, before his only bogey of the day on the fifth, but he then added another birdie on the eighth to move to 10 under.
World number one Jordan Spieth, who is making his debut in the event, was one of only 13 players to complete their third rounds with the American winning a race against the clock to post a four-under round of 68 to move to seven under, just three shots off the pace.
Spieth, who was warned for slow play on Thursday, completed the final hole of his third round alongside five other players in near-darkness in order to avoid an early return to the Abu Dhabi Golf Club on Sunday.
The 14:25 BST service from Liverpool Street to Stansted came to a halt at about 15:10 near Bishop's Stortford.
Three other cows made off through the town's high street before being contained, Hertfordshire Police said. A stockman was called to rescue them. No-one on board the train was injured.
Passengers on trains between Broxbourne and Stansted Airport and Cambridge have been told to expect disruption.
Charlie Page and Hannah Turner, both from Bishop's Stortford, were trapped on board the train for about an hour.
"The train stopped just near Bishop's Stortford. The driver said 'we've struck some cows' and then about five or six police cars arrived," Miss Turner said.
"I did see one dead cow and I think one might have been under the train.
"Others were running up and down alongside the train."
A British Transport Police (BTP) spokesman said officers were called to the rail line near Cannons Mill Lane in Bishops Stortford, at 15:08.
"Officers from BTP and Hertfordshire Constabulary attended the scene and found that three cows had been struck and killed by a London Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport train," he said.
Strange's side suffered a second defeat of the tournament as the holders proved too powerful in Tbilisi, Georgia.
"We've got to really focus on a lot of the positives the players produced," Strange said.
"At times they played some excellent attacking rugby and defended well for long periods."
Strange added: "There's a lot to take from that performance
"The main learning for us is to show a little more composure and maturity at certain parts of the game and the most critical moments if we are to go over the finishing line in these big games.
"It was a similar scenario to the Australia game, not making good decisions at critical times."
Having also lost to Australia, Wales will face Samoa in their final Pool A game with both teams aiming to avoid being bottom of the group.
Video technology trials in matches were put back at least 12 months by the game's lawmakers in February.
But Wenger, whose side had a goal controversially ruled out for offside in Monday's 0-0 draw with Liverpool, said: "I'm convinced that video technology will come into football.
"The next step will be to help the offside rule."
The Frenchman, who takes his team to Newcastle for a 12:45 BST kick-off on Saturday, added: "You want justice and the right decisions to be made. The sooner it comes in the better. If it was tomorrow morning you would have my signature."
Replays showed that Wales international Aaron Ramsey was onside when he struck against Liverpool at Emirates Stadium.
The 24-year-old has suggested football should follow rugby's lead on video technology, saying: "You see on the screens, they go up there for 20 seconds and they get the decision right in the end and football can learn something from that."
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Centre-backs Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny missed the Liverpool game, through illness and a back injury respectively, with Calum Chambers and Gabriel starting against Liverpool.
Wenger admitted that he may once again be without his first-choice pairing, with Mertesacker still suffering from his illness and Koscielny set for a fitness test on Wednesday.
"The less likely to be fit is Mertesacker," said Wenger. "I would like them to be available but that is part of the season and you cannot complain about it.
In more positive news on the injury front for Arsenal, striker Danny Welbeck is nearing a return following a knee injury and midfielder Jack Wilshere, who suffered a hairline fracture to his right ankle in training on 1 August, is not far behind
"Danny Welbeck is progressing well," revealed Wenger. "He should be available after the international break if all goes well.
"Jack Wilshere is maybe one week behind Welbeck. After the international break he can certainly come back into full training."
The transfer window closes at 18:00 BST on Tuesday, 1 September but Wenger admitted that the club are not currently close to making any signings.
"I am always confident that a last-minute solution is available because of the way the transfer market has been moving in the last four or five days," he said. "But at the moment I can't promise that.
"We work hard and I have a team around me who work day and night to find solutions but at the moment we are not close to signing anybody."
Arsenal have failed to score in both of their home games this season, with Monday's stalemate coming after an opening-weekend 2-0 defeat by West Ham.
They did score twice in their only victory so far - at Crystal Palace - but Wenger feels his side are not yet at peak fitness.
"Maybe we are not firing on all cylinders at the moment and not everybody is ready physically," he added.
"By definition, the finishing is cyclical - finishing qualities come and go and you do not always know why.
"At home at the moment, we want it so much that we try to force it. But teams come and defend very deep when we are at home and it is more difficult to open the defence."
When are the polls?
Voting will take place from 7am to 10pm on 2 May. As is traditional in UK elections, they are being held on a Thursday again this year.
What are people voting for?
There will be elections for 34 local authorities in England - mostly county councils rather than the big cities. There will also be two mayoral elections, and also one local authority election in Anglesey. Here's the full list of where elections are being held.
Who is standing?
More than 2,300 seats are being contested in these elections. The Conservatives and Labour are putting up candidates in most seats, with 2,263 and 2,168 candidates respectively. The Lib Dems have 1,763 candidates. UKIP is fielding 1,745 candidates, three times as many as it did the last time these seats were fought in 2009, and the Greens have 893 candidates. Other parties standing include the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition's which is fighting 120 seats, the BNP, with 99 candidates and the English Democrats, with 38 candidates. There are around 900 independent candidates.
When are we expecting the results?
Only six of the county councils are counting votes overnight on Thursday - Lincolnshire, Dorset, Somerset, Essex, Gloucestershire and Hampshire - with results expected between 02:30 BST and 06:00 BST. All the other councils will start counting on Friday morning, with the bulk of the results due between 11:00 BST and 18:30 BST.
Where can I watch the results?
There will be full live text and video coverage of the results as they come in on the BBC News website, including the BBC's Vote 2013 programme presented by Huw Edwards. This will also be broadcast throughout the day on the News Channel from 08:30 BST to 18:00 BST, and on BBC 2 from 12:00 BST to 13:00 BST, from 14:00 BST to 15:00 BST and from 17:00 BST to 18:00 BST.
Who can vote?
You must be registered to vote, be at least 18 on polling day, be resident in Britain and be British or a Commonwealth or European Union citizen.
Who is barred from voting?
Convicted prisoners, anybody found guilty of election corruption within the past five years and people who are subject to any "legal incapacity" that impairs their judgement.
How do I vote?
If you are registered to vote you should receive a polling card any time up to the week of the elections, telling you where you should go to cast your vote on 2 May. You should take the card with you when you go to vote, although it is not compulsory. No other form of identity is required. If your polling card doesn't arrive, contact the electoral services department at your local council.
Can I vote by post?
Yes. But the deadline for asking for a postal vote from the electoral services department at your local council has now passed for these elections. If you have applied to vote by post, you cannot vote in person at the polling station. However, on election day you can return your postal vote to the polling station, before 22:00 BST, or to the returning officer at your local council (before they close), if you do not want to post it or it is too late to post it. See the Electoral Commission's guidelines for postal voting.
What about proxy votes?
You can only apply for a long-term proxy vote if you have a specific reason such as a disability or being overseas. To vote by proxy for just one election, you must have a reason, for example you will be on holiday or away owing to work. The deadline to vote by proxy in these elections has now passed, but if you are suddenly incapacitated or taken ill, you can apply to vote by proxy for medical reasons up until 17:00 BST on polling day.
I'm away from home at university on 2 May, where do I vote?
As long as you are registered to vote in both places you can choose to vote at either your home address or your student address - or in both places if they are in different council areas.
What help is there for disabled voters?
To help blind and partially sighted voters, there has to be a "tactile device" in each polling station and there are rules on the size of print on ballot papers. The vast majority of polling stations are now more accessible for wheelchair users. Proxy ballots are allowed for those unable to vote because of disability. A doctor's note is required if the person with disabilities is applying for an indefinite proxy vote.
What happens if a voter is illiterate?
There is no literacy qualification for voting: anyone who cannot read or write can ask the polling officer at the polling station to mark their ballot, or have the candidate names read out, or take a companion to help them.
Is voting compulsory?
No. People cannot be forced to vote and registration is not compulsory.
Is my vote secret?
Yes. The ballot papers contain a serial number and it is possible, but illegal, to trace all the votes to the people who cast them. The number is there to stop electoral fraud.
Why don't I have a vote this year?
Not all councils hold elections at the same time. All councillors are elected for a term of four years, but the four-year cycle of elections is different for different councils. This year it is the turn of all the English county councils, who last had elections in 2009, and seven other authorities. Next year will see elections to all the London boroughs and some of the smaller district councils. There are also some councils who elect a third of councillors each year for three out of the four-year cycle.
Who can stand as a candidate?
Candidates must be aged 18 or over and either be British, or citizens of other European Union or Commonwealth countries. In addition, those standing in English council elections must be on the electoral register of the council concerned or must have lived in or worked in the council area within the past year. Those banned from standing in the elections include anyone employed by the local authority: bankrupts; and people in a variety of politically restricted jobs. The deadline has passed to register as a candidate for these elections.
How can I set up a political party?
All political parties have to be registered with the Electoral Commission if they want their names to appear on ballot papers. The commission will need the names of three party officials and details of the party's financial structure. It can refuse to register a party if its name is confusingly similar to another party's or if the name is deemed offensive. The deadline has passed to register a political party for these elections.
Who organises the election?
The top official of the local authority is the returning officer for the elections in each constituency, with the day-to-day running of the poll left to the head of the council's electoral services department.
Why are elections held on Thursdays?
They do not have to be - it is just a convention. One theory about its origins is that people were not paid until Fridays and so holding polls on Thursdays ensured they were not too drunk to vote. The Electoral Commission has recommended trials of weekend voting to boost turnout.
Are there rules for the BBC's coverage?
Every part of the corporation has to follow election guidelines set down by the BBC Trust. They include advice on the "appropriate" level of coverage to give to each of the political parties.
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Only a quarter of pupils at Langlands Primary in Forfar attended class on Thursday. Thirteen teachers were also absent.
There are currently no plans to close the school due to the norovirus outbreak.
Advice on the bug has been sent to parents, with the school's end of term next Tuesday.
A statement from the school said: "We are working with partner agencies and would only close the school on medical grounds if asked to do so by public health officials.
"We are closely monitoring the situation and the school remains open and will open tomorrow (Friday) morning. Should there be any changes to this information, we will notify parents and carers directly."
There are 428 children on the roll and a further 80 pre-school youngsters attend the school.
The school said 329 children and 13 teachers were absent on Thursday.
Norovirus, which causes diarrhoea and vomiting, is one of the most common stomach bugs in the UK.
Scottish Borders Council was going to consider the subject behind closed doors at a meeting on Thursday.
However, council leader David Parker has now confirmed he will ask for the discussions to be held in public.
Tweedbank was the preferred site for the development but a location in Galashiels has since emerged.
The council report on the project was to be discussed in private as it contains commercially sensitive information.
Mr Parker said that on behalf of the local authority's administration, he would move that the business cases for the two sites should be presented in public.
"A decision as to whether this matter will be held in private or public can only be made on Thursday by council - as the papers for the meeting have already been published," he said.
"For that reason I will raise the matter on the day and, if agreed, this will mean that all of the information councillors will consider as part of their decision-making at Thursday's meeting will be made public.
"Although it was recommended to members that the report be taken in private, due to the commercially sensitive information contained in it, the administration believes it is crucial that all the information is released to enable the Borders' public to make their own assessment of the information councillors will debate."
Three men attacked the victim, 59, in Beach Road then took him to St Catherine's Street to get the money.
But, he was unable to make a withdrawal and was driven to Clarence Esplanade before being thrown into the sea early last Sunday, Hampshire Police said.
The men were caught on CCTV at the Long Curtain Road car park, between 03:10 and 03:32 GMT.
The three men drove a three-door light grey Peugeot 206 car.
The victim received minor injuries during the abduction, police said.
All the suspects are described as being white with brown hair.
One was about 5ft 7ins tall, aged in his late 20s or early 30s, another was about 6ft 2ins tall and in his early 30s and the third was about 5ft 9ins tall and of stocky build.
But barely a year on the polls would suggest that if an election was held today, the former president would trounce the incumbent Francois Hollande and on the right, he remains the preferred candidate to stand in 2017.
Since May his appearances have been few and far between. These days, the ex-president sports a light designer stubble. Its a more relaxed, care-free image. Perhaps all part of the bigger plan.
"The game is to entertain the thought of a comeback," said Pierre Rousselin, commentator for the right wing newspaper Le Figaro. "He won't come back unless people ask for him to come back. And in French politics, the presidency is won over the heads of the parties - what really matters is the relationship between the candidate and the public opinion at large."
Asked about Mr Sarkozy's possible return the former interior minister Claude Guéant said: "When I see what's going on, when I look at what was achieved in his presidency, I think France should turn to him."
Of course the French have long indulged in nostalgia for their former presidents. The question is do they yearn for Mr Sarkozy - or his energy?
In 11 months in office, President Hollande has fallen further and faster than any other president of the modern day Fifth Republic.
A recent poll showed only 27% of the French have any confidence in him President Hollande.
"Don't forget Mr Sarkozy won almost half the popular vote when he lost the election," said Edouard Lecerf, of TNS Sofres.
"And suddenly - because Mr Hollande and his Prime Minister are so unpopular - people are looking back to a different period. More and more are wondering whether they made the right choice after all."
Mr Sarkozy's chances of stealing back the Elysee, albeit four years from now, will rest on the former president positioning himself as everything his successor Mr Hollande is not; in other words, a complete reversal of the last presidential campaign.
Mr Hollande, who cast himself as "Mr Normal" is now perceived as "too normal", struggling to get a grip an unprecedented economic crisis.
Suddenly Mr Sarkozy's irrepressible, roll-up-your-sleeves attitude, has taken on new allure.
Of course with "Sarko" comes Carla, the former First Lady, who has now returned to song writing. There was crude speculation that once the Elysee was lost, the relationship would flounder. Not a bit of it.
On the new album is a love-song called Mon Raymond (Mon Nicolas was deemed inappropriate) but no mistaking who it's written for. A man so "sentimental and complex", she sings. And, "Whatever the fools might say... Raymond is dynamite".
But there is something more explosive than Mon Raymond, namely the case in Bordeaux which could yet derail Mr Sarkozy's hopes of a comeback.
Investigating magistrates have been doggedly pursuing allegations he took illegal party donations for his 2007 presidential campaign, from the 90-year-old L'Oreal Heiress Liliane Bettencourt.
This month he was placed under formal investigation, specifically for "taking financial advantage of a vulnerable woman". It was news that brought Carla to tears.
"It's simply unimaginable," she sobbed. "Simply unimaginable he could take advantage of a woman old enough to be his mother. I can't talk about it any more!"
Indeed so high are the stakes - a court case would put paid to any chance of a return - it has caused a furious slanging match between left and right.
The independence of investigating magistrate Jean Michel Gentil has been questioned - he even received a death threat; a bullet in the post.
The row has brought a stern response from Christophe Régnard, president of the Union of Magistrates.
"Politicians must be aware that in a democracy, justice and judges must be respected," he told the BBC. "Is it any wonder you get such violent uncontrollable reactions, to the kind of poisonous rhetoric we have heard."
Equally poisonous is the leadership battle on the right to replace Mr Sarkozy.
The wafer-thin victory of new leader Jean-François Copé was bitterly contested by the runner up, Francois Fillon, Mr Sarkozy's former prime Minister. And while Mr Copé remains nominally in charge - for now - the failed leadership contest leaves the door ajar for a challenge in the future.
"The problem for Mr Copé is that even though Mr Hollande is performing so poorly in the polls, his UMP party is not climbing in the polls!" said Le Figaro's Pierre Rousselin.
"And who else do you see on the right? There is a void. Sarkozy is there somewhere in the back of the minds of people, and he knows that. He is playing it very shrewdly, by not being there himself but having his people speak in his place."
The next election is still four years away - much can still happen. By then the economic cycle could be turning in Mr Hollande's favour.
But it's a mistake to write off Nicolas Sarkozy just yet. He is divisive - some still loathe him - but there are many more, like Carla, who continue to sing his praises.
The Warriors refused to attend a send-off dinner on Friday night in Harare, with the country's acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa present at the function.
Players are demanding payment of monies owed from the qualifiers, and they want a $5000 appearance fee for each game that they play at the Nations Cup finals in Gabon.
The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is reportedly offering $2500 per game.
The team was due to depart for Cameroon in the early hours of Saturday, with a friendly against the Indomitable Lions scheduled for Tuesday, but the players are still in Harare.
Warriors captain Willard Katsande told Star FM Zimbabwe that despite the dispute, the team is not considering boycotting the tournament.
"Obviously we are going to play, but it's a matter of discussing, as we deserve better," he said.
"We're not asking for much, we know what want as a team, we submitted our proposal long back but nobody listened to us."
Zimbabwe have already had a troubled build-up to their Nations Cup preparations following a row over accommodation issues.
The Warriors begin their Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a game against Algeria on 15 January in Franceville.
"What was probably going through my mind was 'well, this is it,'" the Grand Tour presenter said, recalling the crash on a Swiss hillside.
"In fact that is what was going through my mind. I thought I'd had it."
The host was on a practice run for a race in an electric car when the vehicle left the road, tumbled down the hill and burst into flames.
He described the experience as "like being in a tumble dryer full of bricks going down a hill".
In a video posted on Drivetribe, he said: "I was aware that I was up, that I was high, that inevitably the car was going to come down.
"And yes of course there was a moment of dread. 'Oh God I'm going to die.' And also I was aware that the car was taking just such a beating."
The crash came 11 years after the presenter was left in a coma by a high-speed crash as he filmed for the BBC's Top Gear.
This time, he said he was conscious throughout. "I was thinking, 'Yeah, I can't make this.'
"You're aware of tumbling - sky, ground, sky, ground, sky, ground, sky, ground."
When the car finally came to a rest more than 100m from the road - and having narrowly missed a house - he dragged himself out of the vehicle before the first people came to his aid.
"I do remember saying to them, 'Drag me by my arms not my legs because I think I've broken that leg.'"
It transpired that he had fractured his knee. He described how the accident had "collapsed the knee joint on the top of the bottom bone".
But he recounted how, when he showed his youngest daughter the dressing on his knee, she was not entirely sympathetic. She told him: "Daddy you look like you've fallen over in the playground."
He also said it hadn't had a major impact on the filming schedule of the Amazon Prime programme.
The incident on 10 June took place as Hammond completed a hill climb in the Hemberg area. He had been driving a Rimac Concept One, an electric supercar built in Croatia, during filming for the show's second season.
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Two masked men robbed the store at Largy Road, Ahoghill, on 26 November.
Police said they had released the video of the young women's "extremely frightening ordeal" in an attempt to identify the men.
A detective said that while the men's faces were covered, "their height and shape might be familiar to someone".
"Also, their gait, stance and movements may provide a further clue as to their identity," said DCI Catherine Magee.
She said anyone who had information but was reluctant to contact police should watch the footage.
"These criminals were quite prepared to use violence and highly threatening behaviour to get their hands on till money," she said.
"It is important that we keep people safe by bringing them before the courts."
Christina was on her way to Leasowes High School in Halesowen for an exam when she was killed on 7 March - three months after Simelane had been released from jail.
West Midlands Police said they had been called to his mother's address in Walsall about 20 times.
She had contacted the force "for a number of issues, fighting with siblings, arguing with [her] and causing criminal damage" in the house, police said.
Simelane, now 23, served a jail sentence for the threats to his mother last year and had another conviction for violence.
The force said it was now believed he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia at the time he killed Christina, in the Edgbaston area of the city.
But when the teenager was attacked with "a normal kitchen knife" on the number nine bus near Five Ways, homeless and unemployed Simelane was not under "any kind of care plan", police said.
The force said it had "no further contact" with Simelane after December, when he was released from prison where he had been sent following a breach of licence conditions for a sentence he had served for interfering with a vehicle.
Agencies involved in managing Simelane before the attack are holding independent reviews to try to establish what support he had, with prison and mental health services involved, police said.
Supt Richard Baker said: "From what we know of Phillip Simelane as a result of Christina's murder (sic), he has only recently as a result of this been diagnosed with schizophrenia. There doesn't appear to be any historic diagnosis of this illness previously.
"I think it's probably unfair to speculate at this particular time what was or could or should have been done by the relevant agencies."
Christina, the youngest child of Jason and Kathleen and sister of Joanne, 24, and Ryan, 18, was a GCSE student.
Her family said she was "very much looking forward to" her school prom and had bought "a beautiful lilac dress" for the event, and it was their wish that she wore it on the day of her funeral.
The prom was dedicated to her and dozens of balloons of her favourite colour purple were released.
In a family statement released by her great-uncle Chris Melia, they spoke of their pride in her exam results - 11 subjects with grades from A* to C - along with "the pain that her ambition to study to be a nurse or midwife will be unfulfilled".
Mr Melia told the BBC when Christina's father called him on the day she was stabbed, he had to tell him three times before it "really went in for me that she was dead".
He added: "Certainly there should be answers as to how did this happen, and how is it going to be prevented from happening in the future?
"It was clearly identified that this guy had a severe problem."
The chief executive of mental health charity Sane, Marjorie Wallace, said there were opportunities at all stages from school onwards to have Simelane assessed and treated, "all of which appear to have been missed".
She said: "Over the last 10 years Simelane showed all the signs of mental illness, was violent towards his family, and had concerns raised about his mental health in prison.
"If society cannot cope with one disturbed young man, we should be concerned at the number of others in prison who may be released unconditionally in the same way."
Christina had left home on a normal Thursday at about 07:30 and boarded the bus on Broad Street. Simelane was already on it.
The teenager was attacked about five minutes later.
Simelane was homeless and had been on the bus for more than two and a half hours. At one stage a passenger had alerted the driver to a man sleeping upstairs.
Supt Baker said: "[Simelane had] asked the bus driver if he could stay on for a bit longer because he was cold and he wanted to try and get some sleep.
"We would express no criticism whatsoever towards the bus driver in this particular incident. Nobody could have foreseen what was coming."
The Loganair service was due to fly to Glasgow at about 08:30. It is thought it may have been caught in strong crosswinds.
Police Scotland said two men were taken to hospital and two women received minor injuries but declined medical assistance.
A full air accident investigation into the incident is under way.
There were 25 passengers and three crew members on board the aircraft.
After leaving the runway the plane came to rest on the grass next to it. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service sent three appliances to the scene.
One passenger told the BBC it felt as if the tail was caught by a crosswind.
Murdo John MacAskill, who was on board, said: "The plane came down with a bump and we veered far off to the left.
"I looked out the window and I saw the grass coming up and I knew that there was something wrong so entered the brace position and that's when the plane crashed.
"We were evacuated from the plane within, I would say, under five minutes. Everyone was standing on the tarmac then and by that stage you had the fire service and the police there."
A statement from the airport operators said: "An outbound Saab 340 aircraft operated by Loganair veered off the runway at Stornoway Airport at 8.33am this morning.
"Efforts to remove the aircraft from the runway are ongoing and investigations into the cause of the incident are under way.
"It is it our intention to resume normal operations as soon as the aircraft is safely removed from the runway. There are no scheduled arrivals or departures at Stornoway until later this afternoon."
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "As a result of the incident two male passengers received injuries and were taken to Stornoway Hospital for further assessment/medical treatment. Two female passengers received minor injuries and declined medical assistance."
"A full air accident investigation has now been launched and will be carried out by the AAIB in conjuction with Police Scotland."
A Loganair spokesman added: "All passengers and crew were safely evacuated and returned to the airport's terminal. Two passengers sustained what we understand are minor injuries and have gone to the local hospital.
"A full investigation is now under way to ascertain the cause of the incident and the Air Accident Investigation Branch has been notified."
Japanese media quoted the official, Kevin Maher, as saying Okinawans were lazy and used their island's hosting of US military bases to extort benefits.
The state department said the remarks attributed to Mr Maher were regrettable and did not reflect government policy.
More than 30 US bases in Okinawa support the Japan-US security alliance.
Mr Maher has been replaced by Rust Deming, the deputy chief of mission in Tokyo.
A statement from the US embassy in Tokyo said visiting Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell had expressed deep regrets over the comments, which were made in December.
Mr Campbell said the US has "the utmost respect for the Okinawan people".
The BBC's Tokyo correspondent, Roland Buerk, says the military bases on Okinawa have long been a source of tension between Japan and the United States.
With local people campaigning for their burden to be reduced, he says there was outrage when Mr Maher was reported to have described the islanders as lazy and masters of manipulation and extortion.
The Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa said the remarks - reportedly made in a lecture to American college students - made a mockery of the Okinawan people.
Our correspondent says the reported remarks by Mr Maher could stir further opposition on Okinawa to a 2006 US-Japan agreement to relocate the Futenma US marine airbase to a less populated part of the island.
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who is currently fighting to hold his government in office, has promised to implement that agreement.
But local residents and environmentalists say the base should be moved off Okinawa, which currently hosts 74% of all US bases in Japan.
Failure to fulfil a promise to move it to another part of Japan or even out of the country altogether helped bring down a previous prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama.
For many Okinawa residents, the US bases have brought pollution, noise, accidents and higher rates of crime.
The US and Japan have agreed that drills involving some Okinawa-based F-15 fighters will be relocated to Guam, as part of efforts to reduce the US military footprint in Okinawa.
The deadlock has strained the decades-old US-Japan security alliance.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard Kevin Enticknap modified shower gel containers and a washbag in order to conceal recording equipment.
He also made videos of women and children using his bathroom.
He was caught when police searched his home after a tip-off he had been downloading indecent images.
Enticknap, 42, from Forres, Moray, pleaded guilty on indictment to one charge of taking or making indecent photographs of children, one of sexual assault, and seven further offences under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act.
The court heard he had drilled holes in the walls of the bathroom and his bedroom and run cables between them to make the films.
An investigation found Enticknap had spycam software on his mobile phone that allowed it to be used as a "motion triggered video recorder" that switched on when people came in to his bathroom.
Fiscal depute Eilidh Robertson said: "A total of 249 indecent images and 75 indecent videos of children were found across his devices.
"Photos and videos of women using the toilet and shower were also recovered."
Sheriff Elizabeth Munro imposed a two-year extended sentence on Enticknap that will monitor him upon his release from jail, and placed him on the sex offenders register indefinitely.
The pair were injured while attending a "domestic incident" in Pegasus Avenue, Aldershot, on Tuesday, police said.
One officer was discharged from hospital overnight while the other was moved to a second hospital for "specialist treatment". Details of their injuries have not been released.
A 41-year-old from Aldershot is in custody.
Hampshire Constabulary said it had agreed with the officers not to disclose the nature of their injuries.
The force said many people were in the area at the time of the incident and it is appealing for witnesses.
Det Insp Sion Margrie said: "It is likely someone saw or heard what happened, or even filmed the incident on their mobile phones."
Thomas Mikkelsen scored the only goal of the game after good work by Simon Murray.
Dunfermline striker Nicky Clark missed a glorious opportunity seconds prior to the home team scoring.
The win takes United above Greenock Morton and to within one point of Falkirk in the battle for a place in next year's Premiership.
Dunfermline remain in sixth place, six points clear of Fife rivals Raith Rovers in second-bottom spot.
Both teams had early chances, with Pars striker Michael Moffat threatening with a glancing header before Mikkelsen was inches away from a Murray cross.
Ray McKinnon's United have the best home form in the league with only one defeat in their 15 games played at Tannadice and Murray twice came close after excellent build-up work by Tony Andreu.
The goal came just before the half hour mark in what was a bizarre 60 seconds in the game.
Rhys McCabe played a wonderful ball straight into the path of Clark, who looked set to score but kicked the ground instead of the ball and the chance was gone.
The ball was played immediately up field to Murray, who played in Mikkelsen with the Dane sliding in from six yards out - his sixth goal since joining the club on loan from Odense.
It was a lead the home side just about deserved on the balance of play.
Norwich City's on-loan midfielder, Andreu, has been a shining light in what has been an uninspiring season for United and was proving to be a real thorn in the side of the Pars defence.
Sean Murdoch in the visitors goal raced out to deny the 28-year-old then Andreu smashed a shot from 25 yards off the inside of the post before the ball was cleared.
Dunfermline introduced Gavin Reilly into the attack to try and force their way back into the game, but chances were slim on the ground for the on-loan Hearts striker.
In the last minute, United had a glorious chance when substitute Nick Van Der Velden had an open goal just six yards out but blasted the ball straight at Murdoch.
Match ends, Dundee United 1, Dunfermline Athletic 0.
Second Half ends, Dundee United 1, Dunfermline Athletic 0.
Attempt saved. Nick van der Velden (Dundee United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Mark Durnan.
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Jamie Robson.
Nathaniel Wedderburn (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Tony Andreu (Dundee United).
Substitution, Dundee United. Alistair Coote replaces Thomas Mikkelsen.
Foul by Callum Morris (Dunfermline Athletic).
Thomas Mikkelsen (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Gavin Reilly (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lewis Toshney (Dundee United).
Substitution, Dundee United. Nick van der Velden replaces Blair Spittal.
Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Joe Cardle replaces Paul McMullan.
Attempt saved. Blair Spittal (Dundee United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Paul McMullan (Dunfermline Athletic).
Blair Spittal (Dundee United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Dundee United. Lewis Toshney replaces Scott Allardice.
Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Gavin Reilly replaces Michael Moffat.
Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Ryan Williamson replaces Andrew Geggan.
Jason Talbot (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stewart Murdoch (Dundee United).
Attempt saved. Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Willo Flood.
Andrew Geggan (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Willo Flood (Dundee United).
Tony Andreu (Dundee United) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Foul by Callum Morris (Dunfermline Athletic).
Thomas Mikkelsen (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Paul McMullan (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stewart Murdoch (Dundee United).
Corner, Dundee United. Conceded by Paul McMullan.
Attempt saved. Blair Spittal (Dundee United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Second Half begins Dundee United 1, Dunfermline Athletic 0.
First Half ends, Dundee United 1, Dunfermline Athletic 0.
Foul by Rhys McCabe (Dunfermline Athletic).
Thomas Mikkelsen (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Simon Murray (Dundee United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Rhys McCabe (Dunfermline Athletic).
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Raghunath Vokkaliga opened the scoring early in the second quarter for India before Talwinder Singh scored from a tight angle with 20 minutes to play.
Simon Mantell deflected Ian Sloan's penalty corner into the goal for GB late in the fourth quarter.
But India saw out the match for a deserved win to secure a semi-final spot in front of ecstatic home fans.
Great Britain had gone into the match as the favourites having topped their pool - while India had come bottom of theirs.
"We created chances but our execution at key moments was our downfall, really," head coach Bobby Crutchley told BBC Sport.
"In the first half we were passive but in the second half we had a lot of the pressure - and under those circumstances we need to execute better.
"There's lots to be pleased about though, and, although they'll be incredibly disappointed, the players will have learnt a lot from tonight."
Experts around the world have been looking to develop techniques for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).
This involves storing CO2 greenhouse gas emissions captured from power plants and industrial facilities in geological formations under the sea.
Researchers said their new technique could store greater volumes of CO2.
Project partners behind the CO2MultiStore study include Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage (SCCS), the Scottish government, the Crown Estate, Shell, Scottish Enterprise and Vattenfall.
The study concluded storage within a single geological formation could be optimised by injecting CO2 at two points simultaneously.
Researchers based their conclusions on a UK North Sea case study.
They estimated the Captain Sandstone, an extensive sandstone formation which lies more than a mile beneath the Moray Firth, could securely store at least 360 million tonnes of CO2 in just one sixth of its area.
The figure, which is estimated to equal the amount of CO2 emitted by Scotland's energy supply sector over 23 years, is based on carbon dioxide being injected at a rate of between six and 12 million tonnes per year over 35 years.
The UK government has described the development of CCS at coal and gas-fired power stations as "essential in mitigating global climate change".
However, progress has been slow in commercialising the process.
The government is currently considering bids from Peterhead's gas-fired power station in Aberdeenshire and Drax coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire in a £1bn competition to encourage the development of CCS technology. A decision is not expected until early next year.
Dr Maxine Akhurst, from the British Geological Survey, which led the CO2MultiStore project, said: "Our study is one of the keys that will unlock the potential CO2 storage capacity underlying the North Sea and release this immense storage resource.
"Our results show that by using more than one injection site in a single sandstone, operators can store greater volumes of CO2 compared to using a single injection site, so increasing Europe's capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said: "This research confirms how the huge CO2 storage resource potential beneath the North Sea can be optimised, which, combined with the infrastructure already in place, again reinforces the huge opportunity for Scotland around CCS.
"CCS can contribute significantly to the diversity and security of electricity supply, and also has a unique role to play in providing a continuing supply of flexible clean fossil fuel capacity that is able to respond to demand in the way that other low-carbon technologies cannot."
He added: "Many experts have set out the case that in order to achieve global climate change progress, CCS technology must be developed and implemented to generating stations.
"We will continue to work with a range of partners to firmly establish this cutting-edge technology in Scotland, making full use of our huge potential."
Environmental group WWF Scotland, however, cautioned against relying on the technology to achieve climate change targets because its development so far had been slow.
WWF Scotland director Lang Banks said: "While a better understanding of the techniques that might one day be used to store carbon is important, there's no guarantee that the technology will be commercialised and rolled out in time, meaning Scotland's climate targets could easily be missed.
"Although we'd still like to see CCS tested at Peterhead, given how slowly this technology is progressing, it would make sense for ministers to also explore alternative paths to cutting carbon.
"Independent research has shown not only is a renewable, fossil-fuel free electricity system perfectly feasible in Scotland by 2030, it's actually a safer bet."
Prince Charles and Camilla were greeted by dignitaries and the waiting media ahead of dozens of engagements across three provinces.
They flew into Halifax, Nova Scotia, on board a Canadian Forces Airbus.
The royals will attend events including one marking the 150th anniversary of the Charlottetown conference which led to the Canadian Confederation.
After stepping off the plane, the duchess was presented with flowers by Grace Elizabeth Lenihan, aged three, and her nine-year-old sister Molly Jane.
The royals were presented to a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, Chief Superintendent Brian Brennan, before leaving for a reception with the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston.
They chatted informally with the governor general at a photocall at Halifax's Government House.
To mark the royal tour, Prince Charles has been appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada some 57 years after his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, was given the same honour.
There had been fears in recent weeks that the long-scheduled tour might not go ahead following last month's death of Camilla's brother Mark Shand.
The Duchess was left "devastated" by the death of Mr Shand, 62, from a head injury after a fall in New York.
During their visit to Halifax, the royal couple will watch military personnel take part in the Grand Parade on Victoria Day, the Canadian national holiday to mark Queen Victoria's birthday.
The prince will deliver a speech at the parade and lay a wreath at a cenotaph to commemorate those killed in World War One.
The royal couple will visit a military family resource centre in Halifax which provides support to some 20,000 local servicemen and women and their families.
Charles and Camilla will have tea with World War Two veterans and war brides at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, which was where half a million military personnel left for the conflict.
Prince Charles will meet traders at a local farmers' market in Halifax, while the duchess will witness the work of a project that helps victims of domestic violence.
The couple will visit Pictou County for an event to celebrate Celtic heritage in Nova Scotia.
They will travel to Charlottetown, Bonshaw and Cornwall in Prince Edward Island and Winnipeg in Manitoba during the tour.
It is the third time they have travelled to Canada together and is Charles's 17th official visit to the country.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, he said it was not until his late 20s that he processed the grief - after two years of "total chaos" and coming close to a "complete breakdown".
But he was in a "good place" because of the "process I have been through".
Harry, 32, also said boxing had "saved" him by helping him let out aggression.
The Telegraph says Prince Harry had decided to talk about his past in the hope it would encourage people to break the stigma surrounding mental health issues.
Along with his brother and sister-in-law, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, he is promoting the Heads Together mental health campaign, the London Marathon's charity of the year.
Speaking to the paper's Bryony Gordon, Prince Harry said: "I can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12, and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years, has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but my work as well."
He added: "I have probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions when all sorts of grief and all sorts of lies and misconceptions and everything are coming to you from every angle."
By Peter Hunt, BBC royal correspondent
This is a senior royal as we rarely see or hear them.
Prince Harry is part of the future of an institution that once embodied the British stiff-upper-lip approach to life.
Such an approach was dealt a blow by Diana, Princess of Wales.
In her 1995 BBC Panorama interview, she told Martin Bashir about her post-natal depression, her self-harming and her bulimia.
Now, Prince Harry is following his mother's example.
In the podcast, which is a compelling listen, Harry admits to feeling nervous as he speaks openly about suffering from anxiety, coming close to a breakdown and being a "problem" for much of his 20s.
Prince Harry is this country's most high profile person yet to talk about his personal mental anguish.
His privileged life in a palace hasn't protected him from ill-health.
Diana's son hopes that his up-front display of honesty will help to break the taboo that still surrounds mental health.
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The Princess of Wales died in a car crash in Paris in August 1997.
Prince Harry said: "My way of dealing with it was sticking my head in the sand, refusing to ever think about my mum, because why would that help?"
"(I thought) it's only going to make you sad, it's not going to bring her back. So from an emotional side, I was like 'right, don't ever let your emotions be part of anything.'"
He described himself as a "typical 20, 25, 28-year-old running around going 'life is great', or 'life is fine' and that was exactly it.
"And then [I] started to have a few conversations and actually all of a sudden, all of this grief that I have never processed started to come to the forefront and I was like, there is actually a lot of stuff here that I need to deal with."
He said he decided to act after his brother - the Duke of Cambridge - told him: "Look, you really need to deal with this. It is not normal to think that nothing has affected you."
Prince Harry opened up to the Telegraph's Bryony Gordon over a cup of tea at Kensington Palace during a half-hour interview recorded for a podcast on mental health issues.
Gordon, who has previously spoken of her own struggles with bulimia, alcoholism and an obsessive compulsive disorder, said the pair had been alone in the room.
She said it had been unusual to hear a royal talk for half an hour on any subject and described Prince Harry as "really articulate and a sound guy".
Prince Harry said: "Some of the best people or easiest people to speak to is a shrink or whoever - the Americans call them shrinks - someone you have never met before.
"You sit down on the sofa and say 'listen, I don't actually need your advice. Can you just listen'. And you just let it all rip."
Asked whether he had counselling, he said: "I've done that a couple of times, more than a couple of times, but it's great."
But he said he could "safely say" his concerns were not related to his service as a soldier in Afghanistan.
On taking up boxing, Prince Harry told the paper: "Everyone was saying boxing is good for you and it's a really good way of letting out aggression.
"And that really saved me because I was on the verge of punching someone."
Prince Harry said: "Because of the process I have been through over the past two-and-a-half years, I've now been able to take my work seriously, been able to take my private life seriously as well, and been able to put blood, sweat and tears into the things that really make a difference and things that I think will make a difference to everybody else."
A two-part series, Mind Over Marathon, starts on BBC One at 2100 BST on Thursday 20 April, as part of a Minds Matter series of programming about mental health issues.
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The deal would be the biggest foreign purchase by a Chinese company.
State-owned ChemChina has offered 480 Swiss francs a share in Syngenta and the stock rose 5.8% to 415 Swiss francs in Zurich on Wednesday.
The Swiss company said it was unanimously recommending the offer.
"This is absolutely not a China nationalisation," Syngenta chairman Michel Demare told CNBC.
"ChemChina has a fantastic track record of having not only bought companies outside of China, but also having kept investing in them and developing them and keeping the culture and values in place and I'm absolutely convinced that the same will happen here."
Mr Demare told analysts that ChemChina was "very interested in securing food supply for 1.5 billion people and as a result, knows that only technology can get them there".
The company would remain based in Switzerland, reflecting its attractiveness as a corporate location, he said.
China's economy may be losing steam, but state companies are still on the acquisition trail. Beijing appears determined to secure strategic assets around the world, and low commodity prices have made foreign firms attractively cheap. ChemChina's bid for Syngenta follows its $8bn takeover of the Italian tyre maker Pirelli last year.
So why does China want Syngenta? Food security is likely to have a lot to do with it. The country has a growing population, agricultural land is shrinking under pressure from urban expansion and farmworkers are migrating to the cities.
Syngenta is a key producer of genetically modified seeds and that expertise could help China increase food production and reduce pesticide use. However, that depends on the government winning over a public known to be concerned about potential health risks from GM crops.
The deal itself may face opposition from American regulators - not on competition grounds, but because Syngenta does billions of dollars worth of business in the US, and Chinese influence could be seen as a potential threat to American food security.
It is also likely to annoy the US giant Monsanto, which had its own bid for Syngenta rebuffed last year.
Syngenta shares have risen almost 40% in the past 12 months following a $46bn takeover bid from Monsanto last year.
The company rejected its approaches, leaving some investors unhappy that Syngenta had not entered into talks with the US company.
Chief executive Mike Mack resigned in October - two months after Monsanto ended its pursuit.
However, a combined Monsanta/Syngenta would have faced considerable regulatory hurdles, as it would have create the world's biggest seeds and crop chemicals maker.
ChemChina, in contrast, does not have a big agricultural chemicals business, but will still need regulatory approval in the US and Europe.
Syngenta, however, remained below the agreed price, with some brokers saying the deal carried high execution risks.
Baader Bank warned in a note: "There are still risks for the deal which might delay the takeover process." Those risks included political opposition in Switzerland and possible moves by competitors to complicate the takeover.
Chief executive John Ramsay said he did not expect any major difficulties. "Syngenta is the world leader in crop protection," he said.
"This deal will enable us to maintain and expand this position, while at the same time significantly increasing the potential for our seeds business."
ChemChina chairman Ren Jianxin said talks had been "friendly, constructive and co-operative". He will become chairman of the Swiss company and four of its existing directors will be on the 10-member board.
The Chinese company owns a variety of businesses, including Italian tyremaker Pirelli, German machinery maker KarussMaffei and Israel's biggest pesticides producer.
The deal would be the second-biggest takeover in the chemicals industry in the past year after the $130bn Dow Chemical/DuPont merger announced in December.
With tensions rising again between Russia and Ukraine, there are fears of a renewed upsurge in the fighting.
Russia-watchers in the West are monitoring events carefully, not just in terms of the day-to-day crisis, but because Russia's military is worth watching.
Moscow's military's performance in Ukraine has provided a foretaste of a new kind of warfare; eastern Ukraine has provided a laboratory for ground combat in the 21st Century.
Whatever Russia's ritual denials, its forces have played a significant role in the fighting in eastern Ukraine.
Mobilised rapidly from bases close to the Ukrainian frontier, they have undertaken a variety of combat roles.
For periods, fully formed Russian units have engaged directly in the fighting alongside pro-Russian militias.
At other times, it has largely been Russian "enabling" units that have provided crucial niche capabilities to their rebel allies - things such as air defence, electronic warfare, target acquisition and so on.
All of this has been watched by Nato forces, and by the Americans in particular, with rapt attention.
This is not the Russian army that invaded Georgia in 2008, which, despite its success, still showed many of the limitations of the old Soviet days.
In Ukraine, the Russians have proved adept in many of the disciplines of modern high-intensity warfare.
In some areas, their skills and equipment are far more advanced than in comparable Nato armies. And many military analysts in the West are worried.
Russia's edge derives from the fact that, for well over a decade, the Americans and their allies have largely given up high-end mechanised warfare and have been fighting counter-insurgency campaigns in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
What high-intensity combat there was - the initial invasion of Iraq, for example - was brief and the Western forces were overwhelmingly dominant. They controlled the skies and could gather intelligence and communicate at will.
As the commander of US forces in Europe, Lt Gen Ben Hodges, noted ruefully in December of last year: "It's been a very long time since American soldiers have had to worry about [an] enemy up in the sky... having the ability to drop bombs."
In terms of communications, he added: "We have not had to worry about being jammed or being intercepted, that sort of thing."
In the combat in eastern Ukraine, electronic jamming by specialised Russian units has been highly effective.
Indeed, Russia has won the battle in the electromagnetic spectrum hands down.
It has demonstrated a remarkable ability to locate Ukrainian units, to jam their signals, and then to bring down devastating fire upon them.
In some incidents, sizeable Ukrainian forces have been nearly wiped out in a matter of minutes.
The Russians have also shown a sophisticated ability to use drones, often in pairs; one to draw fire and the other to provide the targeting data for artillery or rocket forces who can instantly respond.
A recent British army study into Russia's performance raised question-marks about the survivability of some of its own newest, but lightly armoured, vehicles in this new environment.
But the improvements in the Russians' capabilities go well beyond the immediate battlefield.
Moscow has watched China's development of what is called an "anti-access and area denial strategy" - the development of ever longer range and accurate weaponry and targeting systems intended to push US naval carrier battle groups further and further away from its shores.
The Russians have taken a leaf out of the Chinese book, deploying similar systems of their own.
Russia's new air defences in Syria, for example, have radars that reach far out into the Mediterranean and well into the territory of Nato members such as Turkey.
The aim is to place at risk any forces approaching any area that Russia believes is of strategic importance.
But perhaps the most worrying element of Russia's new approach is what has been broadly termed "hybrid warfare" - a mix of semi-clandestine operations; propaganda and information warfare; computer hacking and so on.
This was seen in its seizure of Crimea with troops in unmarked uniforms (the so-called "little green men"); the closing down of independent news sources and so on.
What is fascinating from the Russian literature is the priority that Moscow gives to the whole cyber-domain, ranging from large-scale hacking to even the trolling of Western service personnel using their Facebook and Twitter accounts.
This has as much importance for the Russians as kinetic operations on the battlefield.
For the West, it poses a whole new set of problems, not least because it fundamentally blurs the boundaries between war and peace.
12 January 2016 Last updated at 12:47 GMT
Evelyn Amony was abducted by the rebel when she was 12, and spent 11 years in their camp.
She was also forced to became Mr Kony's wife and had three children with him.
For nearly three decades, the LRA has committed many atrocities - abducting children and forcing the boys to become fighters and keeping the girls as sex slaves.
Mr Kony, who is still at large, is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on war crimes charges.
Ms Amony now works with other war-affected women in northern Uganda, and has published a book: I Am Evelyn Amony: Reclaiming My Life from the Lord's Resistance Army.
She has been telling the story of her abduction, escape and the violent life around her to the BBC World Update's Dan Damon.
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The Blues dominated the first half and Sam Warburton touched down but Ulster led 14-10 at the break through a Paddy Jackson try and a penalty try.
Reynold Lee-Lo darted in for two tries to put Cardiff seven points in front before Luke Marshall went over for a converted try to leave it level.
Ulster remain fourth but a win was needed ahead of a tough run-in.
The draw ended Ulster's impressive run of six straight Pro12 victories.
The Blues pressed from the start and were rewarded with a penalty from Gareth Anscombe.
Ulster's first attack resulted in the opening try on 11 minutes - Charles Piutau making the initial burst before a superb Ruan Pienarr kick sent Jackson clear to touch down before adding the extras.
Cardiff were soon dominating again and Warburton rumbled over for a deserved try on 23 minutes, with Anscombe converting to make it 10-7.
Their lead lasted just five minutes as the visitors brought down a rolling Ulster maul on the line and a penalty try was awarded - Jackson slotted the conversion.
Warburton limped off with a knee injury in a blow to Cardiff but also a possible concern for the Lions, and he was replaced by Nick Williams in his first game against the team he left last summer.
Cardiff continued to control affairs on the restart and Lee-Lo finished a fine move by darting between the posts for a converted try after 48 minutes.
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Ulster levelled through a Jackson penalty but they were cut open again on the hour mark as Lee-Lo broke through and side-stepped Piutau before going over for a second converted try.
Cardiff's seven-point lead was wiped out eight minutes later when Marshall spotted a gap and sprinted over before Jackson brought the sides level.
The momentum shifted to Ulster but the Blues, who remain in eighth place, held firm to secure two points.
Ulster: Payne, Gilroy, L. Marshall, Olding, Piutau, P. Jackson, Pienaar, Warwick, R. Best, Herbst, Treadwell, O'Connor, Henderson, Reidy, Wilson.
Replacements: Stockdale for Payne (42), Trimble for Gilroy (57), Black for Warwick (76), Herring for R. Best (66), Ah You for Herbst (66), Diack for O'Connor (63), Timoney for Wilson (63). Not Used: P. Marshall.
Cardiff Blues: R. Williams, Cuthbert, Lee-Lo, Halaholo, Scully, Anscombe, L. Williams, G. Jenkins, Rees, Filise, Earle, Hoeata, E. Jenkins, Warburton, Navidi.
Replacements: Domachowski for G. Jenkins (76), Myhill for Rees (57), Assiratti for Filise (41). Not Used: Down, N. Williams, T. Williams, Shingler, Morgan.
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)
Assistant referees: Keith Allan (SRU) and Shane Kierans (IRFU)
TMO: Stefano Roscini (IRFU)
Police said the Seat Leon Cupra came off the road and drove through railings before coming to a stop, nose down, at the foot of a block of houses.
The incident happened in Saxe Coburg Street at around 06:50. Nobody was hurt in the crash, but police said both the car and the property were damaged.
The vehicle was removed at around noon and the road remained open.
Snow and ice caused disruption across many parts of Scotland on Thursday, with driving conditions described as "hazardous".
The Met Office has forecast further wintry weather over the weekend.
The wooden cigar box, dated 1963, went under the hammer at Mullock's auctioneers at Ludlow Racecourse.
It is thought to have been a 35th birthday gift to Guevara, who was a key figure in the Cuban revolution, from staff in his Ministry of Industry.
"We wish you much happiness on your birthday. That it will be with health and success," says the inscription.
The box is embossed with the signature of Ernesto "Che" Guevara. It also includes a picture of the national flag and an enamelled coat of arms.
The Shropshire-based auctioneers said the box was likely to have been a gift "presented in an official capacity" because it included the ministry receiver's stamp, which was put on all correspondence taken in by the office.
A spokesman said the "unique" item, sold by an individual collector, displayed Guevara's "passion for cigars".
The guide price was £10,000 to £12,000.
The University of Birmingham announced its discovery in July and revealed the manuscript is at least 1,370 years old.
Susan Worrall, from the university, described the manuscript as being "a global treasure".
It is on display at the university's Edgbaston campus until 25 October and tickets are free.
The pages of the Muslim holy text had remained unrecognised in the university library for almost a century, the library said.
One visitor said: "This manuscript could have been handled by the Prophet Muhammad or the best men in our religion... I am just standing next to it - it is really amazing."
"Finding out we had one of the oldest fragments of the Koran in the whole world has been fantastically exciting," said Ms Worrall, who is director of special collections.
Birmingham's Muslim community leaders have expressed their delight at the discovery.
Muhammad Afzal, chairman of Birmingham Central Mosque, said: "When I saw these pages I was very moved.
"There were tears of joy and emotion in my eyes.
At the scene: Amy Coles, BBC Midlands Today
About 2,000 tickets to see the scripts have been taken up and the university expects a lot more to be used before the exhibition ends.
The display area was relatively busy but the tickets are timed so people can get to spend time at the display. I would say there are about ten people in at a time.
The atmosphere is quite hushed and reverential - it seems to be quite an emotional experience for some people.
"And I'm sure people from all over the UK will come to Birmingham to have a glimpse of these pages."
It was discovered by PhD researcher, Alba Fedeli, who decided to carry out a radiocarbon dating test.
The tests provided a range of dates, showing that, with a probability of more than 95%, the parchment was from between 568 and 645.
"They could well take us back to within a few years of the actual founding of Islam," said David Thomas, the university's professor of Christianity and Islam.
"According to Muslim tradition, the Prophet Muhammad received the revelations that form the Koran, the scripture of Islam, between the years 610 and 632, the year of his death," he said.
The manuscript, written in Hijazi script, an early form of written Arabic, has become one of the oldest known fragments of the Koran.
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The Briton, 28, has withdrawn from his rematch with Ukraine's Wladimir Klitschko, scheduled for 29 October, because of mental health issues.
"It's driven him to despair," said Peter Fury, who is also his trainer, on BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek.
The boxer has said he was taking cocaine to help deal with depression.
The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) is meeting on 12 October when it will look at Fury's admission, which was made during an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
The WBO and WBA - the two organisations with which Fury holds heavyweight titles - can strip the unbeaten Englishman of the title.
"I see him being back in the gym in March or April. He'll resume his career," added Fury's uncle.
The Englishman, who has not fought since beating Klitschko last November, postponed the original rematch in June.
He beat Ukraine's Klitschko last November to win the WBA, IBF and WBO titles. Within two weeks Fury was stripped of the IBF title because he was unable to fight mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov.
On 3 October, Fury tweeted to say boxing was the "saddest thing" he had taken part in and suggested he was retiring from the sport, before retracting his decision a few hours later.
Peter Fury gave an insight on Sportsweek into his nephew's current state of mind, saying he was being treated for a form of manic depression.
"He has everything to live for but it seems he is on a self-destruct mission," he said. "I don't think he has got a drug addiction at all. Whatever he has taken will be a result of the depression.
There is an option for Fury to be declared as a "Champion in recess". This means that fighters can challenge for Fury's belts while he is unable to fight.
But as soon as Fury is fit to fight again, he can challenge whoever holds his belts upon his return to the ring.
"The titles shouldn't be held up. While Tyson is out for medical reasons, the titles should be freed up," his uncle said.
"Let people fight for them.
"But Tyson should be held in regard so that when he does come back to box he should be available to move straight into position to fight for those world titles.
"Quite clearly this young man has got some mental issues and I ask the world to give this plenty of consideration. Other famous people have had these kind of problems and bounced back."
WBA president Gilberto Mendoza told Sportsweek that Fury deserved a chance "to overcome this situation".
He added: "Our main concern is what's going on with the title and the whole situation that's around him.
"We will request our medical advisers to send him some kind of treatment for him that he shall follow.
"We just started a process to give him the right to speak about the situation. We will follow the due process. I cannot say if we will strip him of the title, a yes or no, but the substance he took is a prohibitive substance that is against the rules and we have to take that into account.
"That's the big trouble for us, we always have to defend a clean sport."
Cheika, the Australia coach since 2014, was a bruising number eight in his day, but he was always quick on his feet, verbally and physically. He danced around the question by saying that he'd just seen Scotland's pack and the formidable names contained within. He said he hadn't yet seen who was in the backline. That was an improbable scenario for a man who's renowned for his attention to detail, but it got him out of a hole none the less.
Had he said that he'd seen the full Scottish team then the next set of questions would have been about Greig Tonks, Lee Jones and Rory Hughes - three men he can't have expected to be named in the team. Cheika's offerings on those guys would have been interesting.
Tonks hasn't played a Test in nearly two years. He's spent the last season with London Irish playing Ealing Trailfinders, Cornish Pirates and Rotherham Titans in the second tier of English club rugby. He lost his place in the Exiles side for the Premiership play-off final with Yorkshire Carnegie. Tonks is a handy footballer, but it's a seismic step up for him on Saturday.
Although he's been excellent for Glasgow this season, Jones hasn't played for Scotland in more than five years and Hughes has hardly delivered a whole lot for the Wallaby video analysts to chew over either. He's had one start for his country and three caps in total.
Scotland have fallen short - agonisingly so - in their most recent Tests with the Wallabies. Back then, Vern Cotter was picking, largely, from a full deck. Gregor Townsend is attempting to do what Cotter couldn't while missing an amount of stellar names. It would be a mean feat if he was to pull it off.
You could construct a formidable backline from the players the new Scotland coach will be without: Sean Maitland; Tommy Seymour, Huw Jones, Mark Bennett, Tim Visser; Stuart Hogg, Greig Laidlaw. Six of those players will be nowhere near the Allianz Stadium on Saturday. The seventh, Visser, will be sitting in the stand, injured.
Regardless, Scotland still firmly believe they have the artillery to beat the Wallabies. "This is the big league, playing in their backyard against one of the top teams in the world," said captain John Barclay on Friday. "We understand how big a test it is.
"Australia will move the ball and they're very skilful players. Defensively, we'll have to be a lot more astute and switched-on, and physical, to deal with them (than against Italy last Saturday). They run from everywhere. That's the way they play rugby here. It presents a nice challenge to us to try to clean them up."
Barclay says he hasn't noticed any nerves or anxiety among the inexperienced back three. Neither has he any fears for them. Townsend says the same. "I believe our team is stronger this week," was his comment when discussing the players who will take on the Wallabies.
Cheika is in a period of experimentation and squad-building. He's omitted some proven campaigners in order to take a look at what's coming through. Rob Simmons, Kane Douglas, Dean Mumm, Scott Fardy and Will Skelton are all impressive operators up front, with 216 caps combined, but Cheika hasn't picked any of them even though he's without the great David Pocock in his back row. Pocock is in the midst of a 12-month sabbatical from the game.
Australia won handily against the Fijians last weekend. They ran with their customary devastation at times, but there were weaknesses. They missed a high number of tackles and turned over a lot of ball. That's where the Scottish hope comes from.
If Townsend's back three looks light, the rest of it looks strong, particularly the pack and the bench. If it goes down to the wire yet again, Townsend has some experience and power to call on in WP Nel, Josh Strauss, Tim Swinson and Ross Ford, who is set to win his 109th cap and equal Chris Paterson's all-time Scotland record.
From Cheika to Bernard Foley, the so-called 'Iceman' who kicked Scotland to defeat in the last two meetings, to Townsend to Barclay, all believe that this will go the distance again. They've all spoken of how they expect another thriller.
The last five games between the sides have ended in three one-point victories, a three-point victory and a six-point victory. Three of the games were decided by a kick in the 79th minute or later. It's been an astonishing sequence of Tests, a rugby rollercoaster like few others.
"I was at the game in the autumn," said the Scotland coach, "and it was brilliant, a really good atmosphere. Being in the crowd, it really hit home to me how much the rugby team means to our supporters. For the World Cup match I was in the living room with my family and friends and we were jumping off the seat at the end when Mark Bennett ran in for that try. I'd better not say what we were doing when the final whistle went.
"Both of those games have been important in Scottish rugby history, especially the World Cup game because it galvanised people who are maybe not full-time watchers of rugby. And for the players, it showed how close we are to the best in the world. There was a frustration but now a determination to get over the line.
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"What the players learned over those two games is that you can never count Australia out. If they're losing they have the skill to create something out of nothing, so we've got to make sure we have an 80 or 85-minute performance in us."
There is a sub-plot to all of this. News from New Zealand is that Warren Gatland intends to call for reinforcements to his squad this weekend. The Lions coach, it's reported, wants to protect his likely Test players in Tuesday's match against the Chiefs and needs more bodies for the match against Dave Rennie's team. That could mean a call-up for Finn Russell (against his future Glasgow coach, Rennie) if he shows up well against the Wallabies. The chances are that at least one Scot is going to get the SOS.
Townsend knows the score on that one, but that's not where his focus has been. He's spoken this week about the two seasons he spent playing club rugby in Australia in 1993 and 1995. He turned out for Warringah from the Northern Beaches of Sydney and came up against Cheika, who was one of the leaders of a ferociously good Randwick side.
Townsend remembers Cheika as a "really tough player and an aggressive character in a team that played the most ambitious, high-tempo, passing rugby I had ever seen". Cheika remembers Townsend as a "pretty nimble player who I was always trying to chase and get hold of, but couldn't catch."
Townsend says that buried somewhere in his subconscious there are probably a few things he learned as a player in Australia that helped make him the coach he is now. It's been a hell of a journey since then. A win on Saturday would surely rival anything he's achieved along the way.
Team line-ups:
Australia: Israel Folau; Dane Haylett-Petty, Tevita Kuridrani, Karmichael Hunt, Eto Nabuli; Bernard Foley, Will Genia; Tom Robertson, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Allan Alaalatoa; Sam Carter, Adam Coleman; Ned Hanigan, Michael Hooper (capt), Scott Higginbotham.
Replacements: TBC
Scotland: Greig Tonks; Lee Jones, Alex Dunbar, Duncan Taylor, Rory Hughes; Finn Russell, Ali Price; Gordon Reid, Fraser Brown, Zander Fagerson; Ben Toolis, Jonny Gray; John Barclay (capt), Hamish Watson, Ryan Wilson.
Replacements: Ross Ford, Allan Dell, WP Nel, Tim Swinson, Josh Strauss, Henry Pyrgos, Ruaridh Jackson, Matt Scott.
Pro-independence group Inform Scotland set up a crowd-funding initiative last year in order to pay for the campaign.
A van with a mobile advert which read: "BBC is mis-reporting Scotland" parked outside BBC Scotland's headquarters in Glasgow on Monday morning.
A spokesman for the corporation said: "We reject the suggestion that our coverage is partial."
Inform Scotland said the billboard adverts would run for two weeks. They are on display at locations in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Kilmarnock and Wishaw.
The van ads will tour the country over the next seven days.
Inform Scotland has accused the BBC of having an "anti-independence agenda".
In a statement, the group said: "We are ordinary people, tired of the distortions of 'news' reporting on BBC Scotland where 'spin' and opinion have long replaced accurate, impartial reporting.
"Unlike all other broadcasters, which are regulated by Ofcom, the BBC regulates itself for impartiality and accuracy. BBC Scotland's news output bears testimony to this.
"Our campaign at Inform Scotland is about shedding light on the importance of journalistic integrity and impartiality from one of the world's biggest broadcasters who claims to operate by these standards but whose actions show otherwise."
A spokesman for BBC Scotland added: "Reassuringly, audiences continue to tell us that the BBC is still the news provider they trust most, while we take heart from the fact that Reporting Scotland is by far the most watched news programme in Scotland with around half a million viewers tuning in every night."
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They gave early support for a bill after a debate and there will be now be second reading before it is made law.
Ian Simms was convicted of the murder of Helen McCourt, 22, in Billinge, Merseyside, in 1988, but has never said where her body is.
Her mother Marie McCourt said she had lived a 30-year "nightmare".
The "Helen's Law" bill has received the backing of 340,000 people.
Mrs McCourt said: "To take a life is bad enough, but to then hide the body and refuse to disclose where it can be found is an act of pure evil."
Fujitsu currently handles information and communication technology services for the local authority.
The council's resources committee has agreed that IT firm WIPRO should be the preferred bidder for the new contract.
Highland Council expects to formally award the contract in mid-September.
The contract includes the roll-out of 20,000 tablet computers to pupils to help them with their studies.
Providing schoolchildren with their own personal devices has been a long-held aspiration of the Highland Council.
It wants to give every pupil their own tablet.
The local authority said the contract also has a requirement to make "a significant reduction" in the cost of running its information and communication technology services.
Bill Fernie, the resources committee chairman, said the council was seeking a saving of £11m in its ICT services.
He said: "The council has a duty to provide the best possible value for public money in the provision and delivery of all its services.
"Through this new contract we aim to achieve significant cost savings and deliver services in innovative ways, making the best use of new technologies and enabling business change and transformation as well as modernising classroom technology."
Drew Millar, chairman of the council's child and adult service, added: "We will modernise learning in the classroom with the deployment of tablet devices allowing anytime, anywhere learning for pupils including while at school and at home.
"This will include the introduction of around 20,000 tablets and a further investment in networks and bandwidth to schools to improve access."
This is according to a report published on Monday by the Institute of Physics (IoP).
It says these schools are failing to counter the idea that certain subjects are for girls and others are for boys.
The institute is calling on schools to address the issue to avoid inadvertently limiting pupils' options.
The study used information from the National Pupil Database, which contains a record of students' A-level choices.
It looked at six A-level subjects, finding three with a very female-biased student base - English, biology and psychology - and three that are studied by many more boys than girls - physics, maths and economics.
The research went on to score schools based on how well they were doing compared with these already skewed national average ratios.
"We found that nearly half of the co-educational state-funded schools we looked at are actually doing worse than average," explained Clare Thomson, curriculum and diversity manager at the Institute of Physics.
"That means they're actually making this gender bias in terms of progression worse, rather than even meeting the national average."
Although the figures in this study are from a database of schools in England, the researchers say that similar gender bias is evident in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and that this is likely to be a UK-wide issue.
Crucially, Ms Thomson added, the research showed that this bias was much less of a problem in single sex schools.
"So we really want those mixed schools to think about this issue and see if there are ways they can address it," she told BBC News, "because it means that it's unfair for the students who are attending those schools."
Some schools are bucking this trend.
Source: Institute of Physics
Cheney School, a mixed, state-funded school in Oxford, was one of 28 that received the highest score.
Head teacher Jolie Kirby stressed the importance of male and female role models, including teachers and outside speakers to inspire the students.
"[People are] willing to come into school and talk about their careers and experiences," Mrs Kirby told BBC News.
"We have a number of staff in school that come from quite humble backgrounds, and they're able to talk about how they've challenged stereotypes in their own lives.
"So I don't think it's about additional resources; I think it's about an approach that will work for students and young people and about bringing people into the school to help you with that."
And this does seem to be working.
One student, Emma, who is studying the very male-biased physics and maths at A-level, told BBC News: "It's never really occurred to me that, just because I'm a girl, I wouldn't be able to do these subjects."
Education Minister, Elizabeth Truss, said that physics and maths were "increasingly important for a wide range of careers from business to culture".
Responding to the report, Ms Truss told the BBC: "It is worrying that we perform worse than international competitors and this waste of talent is holding our country back.
"We are putting huge focus on raising standards in maths, physics and computer science to make sure these important skills are universal - and not just for boys."
The visitors took the lead when Jerome nodded Wes Hoolahan's free-kick past Bluebirds keeper Allan McGregor.
Peter Whittingham almost levelled with a free-kick after an hour's play, but John Ruddy caught his powerful drive.
Cardiff could have rescued a point late on when Ruddy saved Craig Noone's close-range effort.
They were unhappy that Rhys Healey and Kadeem Harris had penalty appeals turned down late on by referee Chris Kavanagh.
And the result meant Cardiff have now lost their last four league games against Norwich and slipped a place to 16th in the table.
Meanwhile, Norwich are just a place outside the Championship play-off places and three points behind sixth-placed Sheffield Wednesday.
Jerome's goal was his third in four games for Norwich and the second time in successive games he has scored against a former club, having found the net against Birmingham City on 28 January.
Cardiff manager Neil Warnock: "I'm disappointed with the penalty appeals, seven out of 10 referees would have given them.
"The referee said Healey dived for the first penalty, and then for the second one we've got a superhuman linesman from 40 yards away, who thought the defender got the ball.
"I've heard some excuses but nothing like that."
Norwich boss Alex Neil: "We're starting to hit good form at the right time. This is the time in the season to build momentum.
"We've now won three in a row after a good spell and it feels as if the players have real confidence at the moment.
"We haven't been doing the ugly side of the game but we more than did that against Cardiff.
"Neil Warnock has got them organised and they'll make it tough for you and you'll get beat if you don't stand up to them."
Match ends, Cardiff City 0, Norwich City 1.
Second Half ends, Cardiff City 0, Norwich City 1.
Attempt saved. Sol Bamba (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aron Gunnarsson with a cross.
Jazz Richards (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City).
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Aron Gunnarsson.
Substitution, Norwich City. Ryan Bennett replaces Wes Hoolahan.
Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City).
Substitution, Cardiff City. Declan John replaces Matthew Connolly.
Attempt missed. Kadeem Harris (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt saved. Craig Noone (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rhys Healey.
Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Ivo Pinto (Norwich City) because of an injury.
Substitution, Norwich City. Nélson Oliveira replaces Jacob Murphy.
Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Russell Martin (Norwich City).
Foul by Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City).
Jacob Murphy (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jonny Howson (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jonny Howson (Norwich City).
Rhys Healey (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
Rhys Healey (Cardiff City) has gone down, but that's a dive.
Matthew Connolly (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Matthew Connolly (Cardiff City).
Josh Murphy (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Craig Noone (Cardiff City).
Josh Murphy (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Rhys Healey replaces Peter Whittingham.
Jazz Richards (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cameron Jerome (Norwich City).
Substitution, Norwich City. Josh Murphy replaces Yanic Wildschut.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Craig Noone replaces Junior Hoilett.
Alexander Tettey (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Mitchell Dijks (Norwich City).
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Wes Hoolahan.
Kieran Kiely, 24, had absconded from Castle Huntly prison four days earlier when he attacked Christopher Smith, 37, in Bellshill, on 17 July.
The High Court in Glasgow heard that the victim was repeatedly hit on the head with a half brick and kicked before police arrived.
Kiely admitted charges of assault, theft and attempted theft.
Jailing Kiely, judge Lord Boyd told him: "This was a vicious and unprovoked attack on a man who was unknown to you and going about his lawful business.
"It must have been a terrifying ordeal."
The court heard that Kiely started talking to Mr Smith about his Renault Clio 172 sport car as he tinkered under the bonnet.
Minutes later Kiely said he was going to steal the car before punching Mr Smith and then smashing a half brick into his face.
During the attack, Kiely managed to grab the car keys, house keys and mobile phone from Mr Smith's pockets and got into the Clio.
But Mr Smith, who was bleeding heavily from a head wound, managed to reach under the bonnet and pull out leads which immobilised the car.
He then ran off and shouted for help but was chased by Kiely who continued to kick and hit him with the brick.
Kiely then returned to the car and repeatedly tried to start it but ran off and threw away the keys when he saw police arriving.
Kiely was arrested and his clothes were later found to have Mr Smith's blood on them.
The victim suffered bruising to his face and three wounds on his head, which will leave permanent scarring.
The court heard that Kiely has a number of previous convictions which include car theft and assault and robbery.
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The two-time major winner says he will draw on his experience at the 2016 Masters, when he squandered a five-shot lead with nine holes remaining.
Spieth's five-under par 65 on Saturday put him on 11 under, three ahead of American compatriot Matt Kuchar.
"I've had the high and the humbling," said world number three Spieth, 23.
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Victory on Sunday would make Spieth only the second player after Jack Nicklaus, who won a record 18 majors, to have won three of the game's four biggest prizes before the age of 24.
"That would be incredible," he added. "But I've had a five-shot lead in a major and squandered it before. I will keep my head down and not get ahead of myself."
Spieth is the only player to finish every round under par this week and could become the youngest Open winner since a 22-year-old Seve Ballesteros in 1979.
He added: "Everything I've gone through, both good and bad, is advantageous for me. If I win tomorrow, I'll still be learning and it all goes into my process.
"Tomorrow will be emotionally draining but I need to stay neutral in my head."
Iain Carter, BBC Sport golf correspondent at Royal Birkdale
The one thing that needs to be remembered is Spieth had a five-shot lead going into the back nine of the Masters last year.
It was impossible to see that collapse then as it is to see now. We are seeing a remarkable career developing.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy had been three under through five holes, but dropped shots on the seventh and eighth, and a double bogey on the 10th saw him card a disappointing 69.
"Usually you come off Royal Birkdale shooting under par and you would be pretty pleased," said McIlroy, who is tied for 11th on two under.
"But it was so benign out there today and you needed to shoot at least four of five under par to feel like you were making ground out there - and I didn't."
The world number four added: "It's hard to think 'big picture' now, I'm just off the golf course and I'm a little disappointed.
"I definitely feel like today was an opportunity lost to get right in the mix going into tomorrow."
World number 78 Ian Poulter could not hide his frustration following his one-over-par 71, summing up his feelings with a number of expletives as he spent around a minute with reporters.
"I made one bogey yesterday in all those treacherous conditions we had and then I made five bogeys today," said Poulter, 41.
"It's not good enough, simple as that. There were too many stupid mistakes."
The Englishman came through a qualifier at Woburn to win a place at The Open and sat three shots off the pace going into the third round.
But a run of three bogeys on holes 10, 11 and 12 followed a birdie on nine which he hoped would have got "some adrenaline going".
He added: "It's disappointing, extremely disappointing - easy conditions and the greens were soft. No excuses. From a three-putt at the first, which was poor... it's a real shame."
Kuchar, 39, made his Open debut at Royal Birkdale in 1998 and is back bidding for his first top-five finish at The Open at the 12th attempt.
The American was two shots behind playing partner Spieth at the start of the third round, moving within one after a birdie at 14, before a double bogey on 16 helped Spieth move clear.
"I am excited to be in the position I'm in," said Kuchar.
"Three shots off the lead, I've got a great chance with a good day to win the Claret Jug.
"There aren't many other players in the field, even if they have a great final day, who can say that."
The new installation will commemorate 40 soldiers from Tidworth, Wiltshire, who have died in battle since 1914.
Chris Franklin, town mayor, said the memorial committee's decision to "omit the names" seemed to be "purely based on it being too much of a risk".
But committee member Daz Stephenson said it wants the town council to complete the research on the soldiers.
Despite being a garrison town, Tidworth has never had an official war memorial to commemorate those who lost their lives since World War One.
"We've done an awful lot of work looking into the names but there's a lot of obscurity and we don't want to get it wrong," said Mr Stephenson.
"We would prefer to hand over the memorial next year and leave it up to the town council to do that research and make the decision to put the names on or not."
But Mr Franklin said "quite a bit of research" had already been done and adding the names later would be a "bit of a damp squib".
"We're coming up to Remembrance and the normal saying is - When you go home tell them of us and say: for your tomorrow we gave our today," he said.
"The clue there is 'tell them of us' - if there's no names they can't tell us."
The £130,000 granite memorial is due to be in place next year.
Deadline said the streaming service was successful following a round of multiple bids for the project, about a family of astronauts lost in an alien universe.
The original series - loosely based on The Swiss Family Robinson - aired in 1965 and was made into a 1998 film starring Friends' Matt LeBlanc.
Netflix has not commented on the reports.
The new series will be written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, who wrote last year's Dracula Untold, starring Luke Evans.
Newcastle-born director Neil Marshall is also expected to be involved. His previous TV projects include episodes of Hannibal and the critically acclaimed Blackwater episode of Game of Thrones.
The original show saw the family of Dr John Robinson, accompanied by a pilot and a robot, set out from an overpopulated Earth in hope of colonising a new planet.
The mission, however, is sabotaged by the villainous Dr Zachary Smith who finds himself trapped, along with Robinsons, on the spaceship Jupiter 2.
The role was played by Jonathan Harris and recreated by Brit Gary Oldman in the poorly-received 1998 movie.
The TV show's theme music was written by John Williams, who would go on to score Hollywood franchises like Star Wars, Superman and Jaws.
Lost in Space aired on CBS for three seasons and ended its run after 83 episodes due to falling ratings and rising costs.
No stars have yet been attached to the new project.
They were left on Friday near Broadwood Road, Bestwood, in an old fence preservative container with a piece of wood on top.
RSPCA inspector Dave McAdam said they were kept in cramped conditions with no access to food and water and could have been attacked by foxes or cats.
"It is saddening that owners feel the need to abandon animals for whatever reason," he said.
The Spanish Football Federation warned Valencia that it may close its Mestalla Stadium if similar incidents happen.
The plastic bottle was thrown into a huddle of celebrating Barca players after Lionel Messi's 94th-minute winning penalty secured a 3-2 victory.
Luis Suarez and Neymar both fell to the floor after the bottle landed.
Messi's reaction was particularly animated - he turned to gesticulate and shout towards the area of the crowd that the bottle had come from.
Spain's football federation criticised the Barca players for their "exaggerated reaction" and for celebrating in front of home fans, but added "nothing justified" the reaction of the Valencia supporters.
It also praised Valencia for quickly identifying the fan who threw the bottle.
A report suggested the problem was "significant" and that "dedicated strategies" were required to tackle the issue.
Between them, the Housing Executive and about 30 local housing associations manage 123,000 properties.
Tenancy fraud is the use of social housing by someone not entitled to it.
The fraud can include giving false information on an application, or obtaining the property and selling the keys to someone else for a one-off payment.
Tenants can also move out and give the property over to a friend or family member, allowing them to "queue jump" the waiting list of 40,000 people.
The Audit Office said there was also a cost to the public purse, given that in 2012 the Northern Ireland Housing Executive spent more than £10m providing temporary accommodation to those classed as homeless.
Auditor General Kieran Donnelly said: "Public funded housing occupied by individuals not entitled to be there is illegal, immoral and unacceptable.
"Such fraud deprives those families most in need of a decent home."
Until recently, the Housing Executive did not have a dedicated tenancy fraud strategy and relied on tip-offs and the vigilance of staff.
The Audit Office made a number of recommendations, like establishing a fraud team between the Housing Executive and housing associations.
The Housing Executive may also improve photographic records of tenants.
In a statement, the Housing Executive said it "welcomes the publication of the report in tenancy fraud by the Northern Ireland Audit Office".
"The Housing Executive will now work with the Department of Social Development and housing associations to ensure that the recommendations are implemented and incorporated in our approach to tackling tenancy fraud."
Marler, 25, who plays for Harlequins, received a two-week ban for kicking Grenoble hooker Arnaud Heguy in the Challenge Cup last month.
The incident occurred on his comeback from a two-game ban for calling Wales forward Samson Lee a "Gypsy boy".
Marler, who has 42 international caps, said he needed to "get a grip" of his behaviour following the second ban.
Marler is free to play in Harlequins' European Challenge Cup final against Montpellier on Friday and England's game with Wales on 29 May.
He is now seeing sports psychologist Jeremy Snape but says he does not regret not seeking help earlier.
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "I just don't think I was willing to accept it until now because things hadn't really hit home yet
"It's been good so far. I just explore different ideas, different things, different strategies to put in place to actually say your mind is a tool that you need to work as hard as you do in the gym or on the pitch during skill work.
"It's just about whether you can unlock that or not."
Marler admitted his relief at only receiving a two-week ban for kicking Heguy, an offence which normally carries a low-end sanction of four weeks.
He expected to miss England's summer tour to Australia in June and said head coach Eddie Jones told him to "wind his neck in".
"I didn't think I'd play again this season," said Marler. "I thought I'd be having the summer off as well.
"I'm very lucky to be in a position to pull on the shirt for Quins again and even luckier that it's a final and a chance to get hands on a trophy."
Coins were thrown at officers and a number of taxi drivers were reported to have been intimidated during the trouble, Surrey Police said.
Police and dog units were sent to the scene in Chertsey Road after being called at about 03:00 GMT.
Those arrested were held on suspicion of public order offences.
Supt Clinton Blackburn said: "A number of officers and dog units were deployed to the scene in order to disperse the group from Woking town centre with the support of the NPAS helicopter.
"Officers quickly took a grip of the situation and worked hard to bring it under control effectively and safely, under challenging circumstances, which included having coins thrown at them, and by 4am the area had returned to normal."
People with any information about the fight, including footage of it on mobile phones, have been asked to contact officers.
The midfielder was blamed by referee Andrew Dallas for a trip on Louis Moult when it was caused by another Motherwell player - Lionel Ainsworth.
But Hearts have been told cases of mistaken identity have to involve team-mates and not rival players.
"The club is going to pursue a potential rule change," said Hearts.
The Scottish Premiership club said in a website statement that they would seek the change "at the earliest opportunity so that common sense can prevail in the future and no other player or club suffers a similar fate".
Hearts had stated their intention to appeal to the Scottish FA against the booking for Martin after 43 minutes of the 3-0 win over Motherwell on Saturday.
"Following discussions with the club's legal advisors and various officials at the SFA, it is clear, however, that the current rules as they stand do not cover this specific situation," said the Edinburgh club.
Yellow cards can only be overturned in Scotland on two grounds - "simulation" and "mistaken identity".
"Put quite simply, we cannot appeal on the grounds of 'mistaken identity' as the referee did not mistakenly identify our player. He believed the offence was committed by Malaury," added Hearts.
"The fact that it was not a foul and that the Motherwell player merely tripped over the feet of his own player, means that, while it may have been an error to give the foul and to book our player, it was not a case of mistaken identity.
"The referee did not mistake Malaury for another Hearts player, which is the only situation that would allow an appeal to be successful in the case of 'mistaken identity'.
"Nor can the yellow be rescinded by referee Dallas as the rules do not allow for this."
The award, from the government's Single Homeless Fund, will be used to introduce a "no second night out" policy for rough sleepers.
The policy aims to ensure no-one has to sleep rough for more than one night.
Some of the funding will specifically help people being released from prison or discharged from hospital at risk of becoming homeless, Worcester City Council said.
It will see extra staff taken on at a number of organisations.
St Paul's Hostel in Worcester, local clinical commissioning groups and the Worcester Housing and Benefit Advice Centre are among the groups set to benefit.
Last year 47 people were found to be sleeping rough in Worcestershire, according to the city council.
Needing a point to qualify, an acrobatic goal from Jonathan Kodjia after 37 minutes calmed home nerves.
But after Kei Kamara equalised midway through the second half, the tension was palpable.
Another away goal would have knocked the 2015 Nations Cup winners out but they held on despite a nervy finish.
Salomon Kalou was a surprise starter for the Elephants as he had been expected to miss out following the recent deaths of both his father and aunt.
However, the Hertha Berlin striker was involved in the build-up to the goal as Kodjia, a recent signing for Aston Villa, hooked the ball over the goalkeeper from near the penalty spot.
It was looking good for coach Michel Dussuyer's side but Sierra Leone had aspirations of a first Nations Cup qualification since 1996 when Kamara, back in the team after ending a self-imposed 10-month exile, drew the visitors level.
Nonetheless, it was the hosts who came closest to the game's third goal as Serge N'Guessan hit the bar late on, with the final whistle following shortly after.
Elsewhere, Senegal beat Namibia 2-0 to become the only team to qualify with a 100% record for January's finals in host nation Gabon.
Goals from Diao Balde Keita and a penalty from Famara Diedhiou, either side of a missed spot-kick by Mame Biram Diouf, gave the Teranga Lions a perfect record in Group K.
On Sunday, Niger host Burundi in the group's final match as both play for pride.
The 24-year-old shot a three-under 69 in round three and is level with South Korea's Sei Young Kim. Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn leads on 17 under.
Meadow's career-best result came at the 2014 US Open, where she finished third.
Scotland's Catriona Matthew is tied 41st on five under, with England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff one shot further back.
Three successive birdies from the 15th maintained Meadow's hopes of a high finish as recent British Open winner Jutanugarn gave the other contenders hope by bogeying two of her final three holes.
County Antrim's Meadow is currently 152nd in the 2016 LPGA rankings with only the top 125 earning cards for 2017.
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The programme aims to change Scotland's youth academy structure for the benefit of the national team.
Mackay has met club owners and managers in recent days and says the plans have been well received.
"We need to radically change otherwise, everything will just tick along," he told BBC Scotland.
"The owners need a medium-to-long-term plan otherwise they're going to go out of business," Mackay added.
"They have to have the short-term gain for this few weeks but what happens in six weeks' time, what happens in a year's time?
"I've met a couple of switched on heads of academy, a couple of switched on chief executives and the owners who actually get the fact that they need to keep their club moving.
"The club needs to exist in five years' time so for it to exist in five years' time some of them are going to have to go down this strategy.
"Six weeks to turn around a business, it can't happen but if there's a business plan in place and you put somebody that you think's good into the job then allow him to do the job. If there's a structure there, everybody knows how it's going.
"This is about everybody, it's not about one person. I don't walk in here with a bag of cash. We've got to make sure that we all come together. Clubs and the Scottish Football Association have got to work together.
"I certainly hope it's going to get it better and I will do everything in my power to make it better."
Scotland's men's team have not reached a major finals since the 1998 World Cup in France.
Mackay, who worked with Watford's academy before becoming their manager, is the third person to take up the performance director role since 2011.
Project Brave's proposals include moving academy football up to under-16 level to the summer, re-introducing a reserve league for senior clubs and increasing the use of development loans to lower league clubs for players up to 21 years.
There are also plans to reduce the number of fully-funded performance academies and the number of players within them.
"You've got 29 academies in the country at the moment for five million people," Mackay added.
"[Current world champions] Germany for example went through a terrible time after Euro 2000 [when they finished bottom of their group].
"They've got 80 million people and they've got 50 academies.
"If you're from 29 academies down to a maximum of 16 - everybody [from the current academy structure] bids - the bar is going to be set high, make no mistake."
David Ford said he was concerned that a lack of "legal certainty" could lead inadvertently to abortion on demand.
In December, a judge ruled the law does not comply with the European Convention on Human Rights in cases of fatal foetal abnormality or sexual crime.
The case was brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
The current legislation differs from the rest of the UK as the 1967 Abortion Act was never extended to Northern Ireland.
Currently, a termination is only permitted in Northern Ireland if a woman's life is at risk or if there is a risk of permanent and serious damage to her mental or physical health.
The commission took legal action against Mr Ford's Department of Justice as part of its campaign for a change in the law.
Mr Ford will now challenge part of December's ruling at the High Court in Belfast, where the judge talked about the balance to be struck between the Article 8 rights of a pregnant woman and the Article 2 rights of a foetus.
The minister said this could lead to an "incremental widening of abortion law", even further than the 1967 Abortion Act allows in the rest of the UK.
Speaking on BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme, he said: "The real danger is that the way the judgement read human rights law, specifically the article A right to a private life of the woman, against what was said to be no article 2 rights for a foetus."
Mr Ford said this potentially goes "beyond the 1967 act as it applies in the rest of the United Kingdom".
He added that "the way in which the decision was expressed" suggested that "all rights to determine lay with the woman, up to the point of viability for the foetus".
Mr Ford explained that this is not the case elsewhere in the United Kingdom, adding: "I believe that is not what people in Northern Ireland would wish to see.
Pointing the finger at the executive for the lack of legislation on abortion, Mr Ford said: "Ultimately the executive should be approving a paper from the Department of Justice and the assembly should be legislating to ensure that women carrying a foetus with a fatal abnormality are able to access an abortion."
He said his expectation is that his appeal will be heard before the summer, but added that there was "nothing within the court process which would stop the executive and the assembly moving forward with legislation" before then.
The minister is also appealing the judge's ruling on sexual crimes, again on the grounds of clarity.
He said it is very difficult to define when sexual crimes have been committed - particularly in a court of law - before a pregnancy has reached full term.
"The reality is that my department consulted over a year ago on the issue of both fatal foetal abnormality and sexual crime," he said.
"In that consultation, it was not possible to see an easy way through as to how you would determine if a sexual crime had happened."
On Monday, Northern Ireland Attorney General John Larkin also lodged an appeal to the judgement.
Agnieszka Szefler's body was discovered at the property in Bridge of Earn, near Perth, in January 2015.
She had gone to pick up her possessions after her relationship broke up.
The Polish citizen's former partner Mohammed Ali Abboud denies murdering Ms Szefler. He also denies trying to cover up the crime.
On the first day of the trial, the High Court in Edinburgh heard from Ms Szefler's friend Aleksandra Pruszak, who said she had spoken to the 27-year-old on the morning of her death on 23 January.
Mrs Pruszak said Ms Szefler had left Scotland to take a teaching job in Kuwait, which was when her relationship with Mr Abboud ended.
She told prosecution lawyer Sheena Fraser that Ms Szefler flew to Edinburgh Airport on the morning of 23 January.
The teacher was going to pick up belongings from the house at Bridge of Earn, but she first visited Mrs Pruszak in Perth at about 11:00 the same morning to collect some boxes and a suitcase for her possessions.
The court heard that as the day progressed, Mrs Pruszak sent texts and made a number of calls to Ms Szefler's mobile phone.
She told Ms Fraser: "I tried to contact her but she didn't reply. She didn't answer my calls."
Prosecutors allege that Mr Abboud assaulted Mr Szefler by biting her and "striking her repeatedly" with a knife.
The Crown also claims he placed the knife under her body to "give the appearance that she had fallen on said knife", before striking himself to make it look like he had been assaulted.
Mr Abboud's lawyers have lodged a special defence with the court which states that he acted in self defence.
The trial, which is being held before judge Lord Uist, continues.
The Syrian Democratic Forces alliance is battling so-called Islamic State for control of the structure, which is on the River Euphrates west of Raqqa.
On Sunday, the US-led coalition against IS denied claims by the group that air strikes have damaged the dam.
But its former chief engineer warned the control room was "out of service".
The UN has warned that if the dam were to collapse, it could lead to flooding on a "massive scale" across Raqqa province and as far downstream as Deir al-Zour with "catastrophic humanitarian consequences".
About 60m (200ft) tall and stretching 4.5km (2.8 miles) across the eastern end of Lake Assad, the dam is Syria's largest.
IS captured the dam in 2014, giving it control of a vital reservoir and a hydroelectric power station that supplies large parts of the country.
The coalition also says the dam has been used by hundreds of IS foreign fighters as a headquarters, as a prison for high-profile hostages, as a training location and to plot attacks outside Syria.
Senior militants are said to have chosen to shelter at the dam because they believed the coalition would never bomb it and risk causing a flood.
The assault on the dam is part of a wider SDF offensive aimed at also driving IS militants from the nearby town of Tabqa and its airbase, which fell on Sunday.
On Sunday, IS said coalition air strikes had locked the dam's gates, causing water levels to rise dangerously behind the structure.
It published photographs showing what it said was the "burnt control room" and warned that the dam might collapse "at any moment".
Civilians living downstream in Raqqa - the de facto capital of the "caliphate" proclaimed by IS in June 2014 - were told to evacuate and many began leaving their homes, according to the activist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.
Later, the jihadist group reportedly sent cars around Raqqa with loudspeakers, telling people the dam was intact and they had no need to evacuate.
The coalition meanwhile insisted the dam had not been targeted by air strikes and had not been structurally damaged "to our knowledge".
It published aerial photographs apparently taken on Sunday and said the SDF was in control of a spillway to the north "that provides water to an irrigation reclamation canal which can be used to alleviate pressure on the dam if need be".
The coalition stressed that it was "taking every precaution to ensure the integrity", including by avoiding the use of high-explosive munitions in air strikes.
But on Monday afternoon, the SDF announced that it was halting its operations around the dam for several hours to "ensure the safety" of the structure.
It said engineers checked the structure during a four-hour pause in fighting. A statement on its Facebook page said there was no malfunction.
But one former dam engineer said the check could only be effective if it took more time and included the part controlled by IS.
The two groups currently control opposite ends of the 4.5km dam.
The SDF said its decision followed a request from the dam's administrators, without specifying whether they were part of the Syrian government or IS.
Abdul Jawad Sakran, a former chief of engineers at the dam who is based in Turkey but still in touch with people working there, told the BBC that the photos of the damaged control room were authentic.
The room was "completely out of service", which meant there was no way to monitor water and oil levels, hydraulics and power generation, he said.
Kurdish, Arab, Turkmen and Armenian militias opposed to IS established the umbrella group in northern Syria in October 2015.
Since then, its 50,000 fighters have seized about 6,000 sq km (2,300 sq miles) of territory with the help of coalition air strikes and special forces personnel.
Although the coalition estimates that about 60% of the SDF's fighters are Arabs, the force is led by the Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) militia.
This has caused trouble for the US with a major ally, Turkey's government. It considers the YPG an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is banned in Turkey and is designated a terrorist group by the US and EU.
In response, the US has pledged to support only Arab groups within the SDF.
Police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in Handwara, where the shooting happened.
Two men and a woman were killed and five others injured while protesting against the alleged molestation of a teenage girl by a soldier.
The army and police have ordered investigations into the deaths.
Curfews were imposed in Handwara and Srinagar following the violence, and shops and businesses were closed.
The BBC Urdu's Riyaz Masroor in Srinagar says hundreds of protesters had thronged the town square in Handwara following allegations that a soldier had attempted to molest a schoolgirl.
"When the protesters marched toward the central market and tried to storm a bunker, the soldiers indiscriminately fired at the procession," NA Sofi, an eyewitness, said.
However, our correspondent says that there is a lack of clarity on where the bullets came from with another eyewitness saying that the first round of firing came from the police.
Police said the firing injured seven men who were taken to a local hospital where two of them later died of bullet injuries.
A 70-year-old woman who was also injured died in Srinagar on Tuesday night, reports said.
Authorities say the situation in Handwara is tense and a large number of security forces have been deployed to maintain order in the town.
Jammu and Kashmir is India's only Muslim-majority state and has been the scene of a violent insurgency against Indian rule since 1989.
The 22-year-old woman was subjected to repeated attacks in locations across Queensland, police say.
The ordeal ended on Sunday when police made a routine stop of a vehicle being driven by the woman, and noticed she had serious facial injuries.
An Australian man was arrested after being discovered in a storage alcove at the back of the vehicle, police said.
Authorities allege the pair met three months ago and agreed to go on a road trip that led to the backpacker being held against her will. Police say she was attacked repeatedly between 2 January and 5 March.
The woman appeared distressed when the vehicle was pulled over on the Warrego Highway at Mitchell, 560km (350 miles) north-west of Brisbane, police said.
She was treated for injuries including facial fractures, bruising and cuts to her body.
The 22-year-old man, from the northern city of Cairns, is facing charges including four counts of rape, eight counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, four counts of strangulation and two counts of deprivation of liberty.
He is also facing charges of causing damage, possessing drugs and drug equipment, and obstructing police.
The man faced the Roma Magistrates Court on Monday and will reappear at a later date.
Police have urged anyone with information to come forward.
Luke Dorn and Jake Webster tries put the hosts in front but Frank Pritchard, Danny Houghton and Mahe Fonua saw the league leaders 18-8 ahead at the break.
Paddy Flynn and Denny Solomona crossed for the Tigers as they drew level.
But Leon Pryce set up Jamie Shaul to put Hull ahead again and when Solomana acrobatically scored, Danny Tickle missed the conversion for a draw.
Lee Radford's Hull FC side have won nine matches in a row in all competitions and have not been beaten since 14 April when they lost to reigning champions Leeds.
The leaders had not won at Castleford in their last four visits, but the difference proved to be the boot of Marc Sneyd who added the extras to all four of their tries, whereas Cas only converted one.
The Tigers have now lost their last five matches in a row in Super League at Mend-A-Hose Jungle and sit seventh in the table.
Castleford head coach Daryl Powell:
"I thought it was a great effort with the team we put out. We had our chances.
"It was very close. They've been used to winning tight games, they've been doing that all year, and they just about got away with it today.
"I thought we probably deserved to win the game. You wouldn't have grumbled either way I don't think."
Hull FC head coach Lee Radford:
"I'm not pleased with the performance, but what I am pleased with is the fact we've been able to break Castleford's momentum on a couple of occasions during the game, which is something we've not been able to do here for a few seasons.
"The number of errors is the most disappointing part. We were stubborn for each other in defence and I'd love to be able to pierce that defence with not making the errors.
"It's something we're going to have to get better at. There are a few things to fix up and everyone in that dressing room knows there's a lot of improvement in us."
Castleford: Dorn; Flynn, Crooks, Monaghan, Solomona; McShane, Millington; Tickle, Milner, Patrick, Moors, Webster, Massey.
Replacements: Holmes, Springer, Maher, Cook.
Hull FC: Shaul; Michaels, Fonua, Yeaman, Naughton; Tuimavave, Sneyd; Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Pritchard, Washbrook, Thompson.
Replacements: Green, Hadley, Pryce, Bowden.
Referee: Gareth Hewer (RFL).
Attendance: 10,790.
He said: "If you don't establish a Welsh brand, you could suffer the fate of the Labour Party in Scotland".
Scottish Labour lost 40 seats to the SNP, leaving it with just one MP.
Mr Morgan also suggested Leanne Wood's profile in the television leader debates could boost Plaid Cymru in the 2016 assembly election.
He described Ed Miliband as an "incredibly bright" and "very nice guy" who lacked the "X factor" and "could not enthuse" some Labour supporters.
Labour had allowed the election to be framed as a contest between an "Eton posh-boy and a Hampstead geek", Mr Morgan said.
The ex-first minister said he did not have a favourite to become the new party leader.
The claim was made towards the end of a Standards Commission hearing into the conduct of seven councillors.
The lawyer representing five Labour councillors said that her clients were not determined to publish propaganda.
The solicitor for the Commission said it was his view the code of conduct had been breached.
The three person panel will consider a verdict.
The letter stated the city would be better as part of the UK.
They believe the two suspects acted along with Abdelbaset al-Megrahi - the only person to have been convicted of the atrocity.
The BBC understands the pair are Mohammed Abouajela Masud and Abdullah al-Senussi.
A total of 270 people died when the Pan Am 103 flight was blown up on the evening of 21 December 1988.
The flight was on its way from London to New York when it exploded above Lockerbie, in southern Scotland, killing everyone on board and 11 people on the ground.
Senussi was the brother-in-law and intelligence chief of former Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi. He is currently awaiting execution in a Libyan jail.
Masud is reported to be serving a prison sentence in Libya for bomb making.
Both men were named as possible suspects in the bombing by an American TV documentary last month.
Scotland's Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC recently met the US Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, in Washington to review progress made in the ongoing investigation.
They have now requested permission from the Libyan authorities for Scottish police and the FBI to interview the two new suspects in Tripoli.
A Crown Office spokesman said: "The Lord Advocate and the US Attorney General have recently agreed that there is a proper basis in law in Scotland and the United States to entitle Scottish and US investigators to treat two Libyans as suspects in the continuing investigation into the bombing of flight Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie.
"The Lord Advocate has today, therefore, issued an International Letter of Request to the Libyan attorney general in Tripoli which identifies the two Libyans as suspects in the bombing of flight Pan Am 103.
"The Lord Advocate and the US Attorney General are seeking the assistance of the Libyan judicial authorities for Scottish police officers and the FBI to interview the two named suspects in Tripoli.
"The two individuals are suspected of involvement, along with Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, in the bombing of flight Pan Am 103 in December 1988 and the murder of 270 people."
The Libyan attorney general declined to comment to the BBC on whether a letter had been received from the Crown Office and whether the Libyan government would be assisting in the investigation.
Libya has struggled to stabilise since ousting long-term leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Elections in 2014 produced two rival governments as Islamist and secular militias fight for control of the country.
The Crown Office said it would be inappropriate to confirm any identities to preserve the integrity of the investigation.
Megrahi's part in the bombing has been called into question in a series of books and documentaries.
And a petition seeking "Justice For Megrahi", backed by politicians and family members of some victims, was raised at the Scottish Parliament in 2012.
Jim Swire, whose daughter died in the bombing, told the BBC: "I think there is a need for evidence to be made available as to why these two are suspects.
"We have recently been refused permission in Scotland to have to have a further appeal held into Megrahi's conviction, and many in this country simply don't believe Megrahi was involved and that this was a miscarriage of justice.
"To try and bolt two more names on top of that is a very difficult situation. It will need to be supported by better evidence than was produced to achieve the conviction of Megrahi."
But Frank Duggan, president of Pan Am 103 Relatives, told BBC Radio Scotland's Newsdrive programme he was not confident there would be further prosecutions.
He said: "I would like to think there would be, but they would have to be indicted by the US government or by the Scottish government and the Libyan government would have to turn them over - the Libyans have always said they are not going to turn over anyone to a foreign government.
"And it's been 26 years. It's too long, people are dead, stories have been forgotten.
"I'd like to think that it will be one small measure of closure but I don't expect the kind of justice that we all hope for."
Stephanie Bernstein, who lost her husband in the bombing, told the BBC that she was "surprised, delighted and really gratified" by the announcement.
She added: "There are many, many people who I hope are not sleeping so well tonight knowing that the Scottish government and the US government are committed to pursuing this case."
Analysis by Aileen Clarke, BBC Scotland news
What is being made clear in the information we have had from the Crown Office today is that the two individuals are suspected of involvement, along with Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
On the original indictment that was heard in the Netherlands at the time of the trial, it was always said that it was the two men who went on trial and "others unknown" - so there was a thought at that point by prosecutors that there were going to be others involved as well.
Of course there is a very practical thing here as well, which is that here we have the Scottish prosecutors and the Americans very keen to talk to these two named people in Libya, but that of course may not be quite as easy as we might think because we know that Libya is not very stable at the moment.
So just how easy is going to be for them to get access to these people that they have now decided they really want to speak to? That is just something we are going to have to wait and see.
In December last year, Mr Mulholland said no Crown Office investigator or prosecutor had ever raised concerns about the evidence used to convict Megrahi.
He also pledged to continue tracking down Megrahi's accomplices.
A man who was originally accused of the bombing alongside Megrahi, Lamin Khalifah Fhimah, was found not guilty.
The trial, at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands, which began in May 2000 and lasted 36 weeks, heard that Fhimah was in Sweden at the time of the sabotage and could not have been a participant.
After the judges delivered their unanimous verdict, he was freed and returned to his home at Souk al-Juma in Libya on 1 February 2001.
The ongoing investigation into the bombing remains a joint one between US and Scottish prosecutors, Police Scotland and the FBI.
In December 2013, Libya also appointed two prosecutors to work on the case alongside the US and Scottish prosecutors.
Megrahi was found guilty of mass murder and was jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years behind bars. He lost his first appeal in 2002.
The following year, he applied to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) for a review of his conviction.
A £1.1m investigation by the body led to a finding in June 2007 of six grounds where it believed a miscarriage of justice may have occurred.
This decision opened the door to Megrahi's second appeal against his conviction. Although a number of hearings had already been held before senior appeal judges, he dropped his appeal two days before being released from prison in August 2009.
Earlier this year, Scottish judges ruled that relatives of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing should not be allowed to pursue an appeal on Megrahi's behalf.
The group of British relatives had argued they had a "legitimate interest" in trying to get his case back before a court for a full appeal.
The SCCRC had asked the Appeal Court in Edinburgh for guidance on whether members of the victims' families could take such a legal move forward.
But judges ruled in July that the law was "not designed to give relatives of victims a right to proceed in an appeal for their own or the public interest".
The Labour leader said the budget was "entirely out of touch with reality" of life for millions and did not address the "crisis" facing public services.
He said there were millions of workers who knew their next pay packet would not be enough.
But Chancellor Philip Hammond said the UK economy "continued to confound the commentators with robust growth".
Mr Corbyn said: "This budget has done nothing to tackle low pay... and nothing to make a fair economy that truly works for everyone."
"It is built on unfairness," he said.
Mr Corbyn accused the government of "cutting services and the living standards of the many, to continue to fund the tax cuts of the few".
He calculated there would be a £70bn tax giveaway for "those who need it the least".
As an example, he said that instead of using £10m to set up a children's funeral fund, the government was cutting support for bereaved families.
He said there was a "crisis in job security" and "many people don't know if they will be working day to day", criticising the chancellor for failing to ban zero hour contracts.
The 30-year-old Scotland international left the Scottish Premiership champions in the summer after failing to agree a new deal with Brendan Rodgers' side.
Mulgrew, who can also play in midfield, spent six years with Celtic and made 20 appearances for the club last season.
The former Wolves and Aberdeen player becomes Blackburn's 11th signing of the summer transfer window.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
Solicitor John Owen, 79, stole the money from John Williams after being made executor of his will.
He admitted 17 charges of theft and false accounting at Newport Crown Court on Tuesday.
Judge Tom Crowther QC said Owen breached trust "of the grossest sort" and said a prison sentence was likely.
The court was told no-one knows where the money has gone after it vanished from his firm in Llandeilo.
Janet McDonald, prosecuting, said: "The deceased was a long standing client of Mr Owen and he made him the executor of his estate.
"Owen would bill for work, charging it to the estate. He would then take the money without doing any work.
"The money was then taken out of the law firm's account."
Owen, from Llandeilo, was arrested over the offences, which date back to 2003, in 2011 following an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority after it said it had "reason to suspect dishonesty".
He also quit as coroner, a post he had held for 25 years.
Leah Pollard, defending, said: "Owen is a man of previous good character. He is currently receiving treatment for prostate cancer."
Releasing Owen on bail until sentence on 17 October, Judge Crowther said: "This was very serious, in breach of trust of the grossest sort. It seems to me that a custodial sentence is likely in this case."
A total of £10.9bn was lost to the UK economy in the 12 months to April, prevention group Get Safe Online said.
Fraudulent emails and messages directing people to websites that gather victims' personal information are the most common con-trick, it said.
It urged people to use many different strong passwords and to ensure security updates are loaded.
"Online safety needs to be part of our everyday routines," said Tony Neate, chief executive of Get Safe Online.
Other tips for staying free from fraud included checking social media settings to ensure posts are only seen by trusted friends.
The group also urges people to back up their information such as documents and photos to hard drives or cloud storage.
Victims have found themselves suffering financial loss after hacks into email and social media. Others find themselves on the end of ransomware - when criminals block access to a device until the victims responds to a demand for money.
In September, bank-funded crime prevention group Financial Fraud Action said that a financial scam was committed once every 15 seconds on average in the first half of the year.
9 September 2015 Last updated at 08:20 BST
The gallery, which will host the Turner Prize in the city's 2017 City of Culture year, is being fitted with new lighting, humidity and temperature control systems.
The paintings and sculptures will be kept in a high-security storage facility until the gallery, which closed to the public in August, re-opens in early 2017.
The rise comes despite London Mayor Boris Johnson's promise to eradicate rough sleeping by the end of 2012.
A total of 7,581 people slept rough during 2014 and 2015, 5,107 of whom were new sleepers, according to the Greater London Authority (GLA).
The charity St Mungo's Broadway said the rise was deeply concerning.
The report also found people were sleeping rough longer-term, as 21% of rough sleepers in 2014-2015 had also been seen in 2013-14.
It said there had been a 20% increase in people returning to rough sleeping in 2014-15 and a 17% increase in new rough sleepers.
It said at 20%, the number of people returning to rough sleeping in 2014-15 had seen the "greatest proportional increase" over 2013-14.
Westminster saw a rise in the number of people sleeping rough in the past year, it said, of 373 people - a 17% increase.
Camden, Lambeth, Tower Hamlets, the City of London and Brent all saw rises of more than 40 rough sleepers, said the GLA.
Deputy London Mayor Richard Blakeway said "very few of those people ending up on the streets stay there long-term".
"For those who do stay, we are working closely with London boroughs, voluntary sector organisations, the police and the Home Office to provide the assistance they need to get off the streets and stay off the streets," he said.
Howard Sinclair, chief executive of St Mungo's Broadway, said the problem affected "many different groups".
He said migration from Romania was a "significant driver" in these most recent figures.
"Worryingly, they [these figures] show that the number of people who've previously slept rough and are returning to the streets is rising, this year by 20%," he added.
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He was speaking in a video as part of a campaign run by his Sentebale charity to help reduce the stigma associated with HIV.
The "Feel No Shame" films are being released to mark World Aids Day.
Singers Nicole Scherzinger and Paloma Faith, and actress Gemma Arterton have also made videos confessions.
In his message, Harry said: "My secret is, believe it or not, I get incredibly nervous before public speaking, no matter how big the crowd or the audience.
"And despite the fact that I laugh and joke all the time, I get incredibly nervous, if not anxious actually, before going into rooms full of people when I'm wearing a suit."
The prince co-founded Sentebale in 2006 in Lesotho after travelling around the southern African country. It has the third highest HIV/Aids prevalence in the world and many children and young adults have the disease themselves, or have lost parents to it.
The campaign aims to encourage people with HIV to seek medical support and education about their condition, and prevent the virus from spreading.
Dressed in a sweatshirt, Harry added: "Now I've confessed that, I'll probably be even more worried that people are looking at me, but thank you very much everyone who is taking part."
Prince Harry launched the campaign in another video and asked members of the public to share their own secrets via social media in exchange for his confession.
He said: "To show our support for the children of Lesotho, and help reduce the stigma for all those affected by HIV, we are turning this World Aids Day into a day in which no-one should feel any shame about their secrets.
"Together, we can tackle the stigma surrounding HIV and give the young people carrying it the childhood they deserve, the childhood so many of us take for granted."
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Assel Al-Essaie, 23, died in hospital after being shot in the chest in Daniel Hill, in Walkley, Sheffield, on 18 February. He was taken to hospital but died soon after.
South Yorkshire Police said the 31-year-old was arrested on Tuesday and has been released on bail.
It brings the total number of arrests to 11 but no charges have been made.
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Police have appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
Those arrested are seven men, two women and two teenage boys.
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The 35-year-old roared from fourth on the last lap of the 500-mile race to beat Martin Truex Jr, with Toyota Racing team-mate Kyle Busch third.
It was the closest finish since the all-American stock car series NASCAR brought in electronic scoring in 1993.
"You couldn't have written a better ending," Hamlin said.
Hamlin, who won his first Daytona 500 at his 11th attempt, added: "I knew it was close, but I didn't know we had won."
Truex said: "I thought I could keep that foot or so. I lost it in the last second."
Torrential downpours affected properties in Blackpool, Lancaster and Carnforth on Wednesday night, leaving some homes swamped in up to six inches of water.
Firefighters attended nine properties to pump out water or isolate electrics. There were no reports of any injuries.
Among those affected were some businesses in Lancaster that were hit by Storm Desmond in 2015.
Susan Grimes, who runs a hair salon which only re-opened last October, said she was "lost for words".
"There's no point being angry. You just carry on, keep going."
The flooding led to some temporary road closures around the county, but traffic had returned to normal by Thursday morning.
Marvin Rees said the cuts were due to government funding reductions, extra demand on services and weaknesses in the council's financial practices.
The Labour politician said: "It's been a very challenging week going through the options, they're not palatable, they're not nice."
A public consultation on the proposed cuts will be held until 5 January.
He added that the council would also need to save a further £33m before the end of March to balance the books.
The proposed departmental cuts follow plans to cut 1,000 council jobs announced in August.
He added that that council would need to achieve the savings or the council lose its autonomy.
"We have to balance our budget or we get taken over and the budget is balanced for us.
"Our priorities is around reducing inequalities, taking care of the most vulnerable people in the city as part of doing good social justice.
"But as part of the future aspirations and what kind of city we want to have would not necessarily be held as a high priority," added Mr Rees.
UNISON Bristol branch secretary Steve Crawshaw said: "If the council keeps slicing away at services without joined up thinking across the board, the situation will get even worse.
"Employees are telling us they can't keep doing more with less."
Projects such as the Bristol Arena and the Metrobus Scheme would be unaffected as they are funded as capital project rather than from revenue.
Some of the proposals for 2017-2022 include:
She had been climbing as part of a team and had stumbled and fallen backwards on to rocks.
Emergency services were called to the incident at Newtonhill at about 21:30 on Friday.
The casualty suffered head and back injuries and was flown by coastguard helicopter to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for treatment. Her injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.
The incident was attended by coastguard rescue teams from Stonehaven and Montrose.
The Scottish Ambulance special operations rescue team and RNLI Stonehaven were also involved.
Stuart Hindes, 53, from Leeds, had started his charity swim about 03:00 BST on Sunday from Dover harbour.
Mr Hindes said there was "quite a swell" but he had started to catch the tide and had taken his seasickness medication.
"There's only so much you can put up with when you are retching," he added. His swim ended after about four hours.
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Mr Hindes described conditions as like being in a washing machine and said he had been battling seasickness after about 20 minutes of the attempt.
"It was tough I gave it everything I could before I got in the boat," he said.
The shortest route between Dover and Calais is about 21 miles (33km) but a swimmer covers a longer distance due to water currents. Mr Hindes had planned to be in the water for about 16 hours.
The fastest swim has been completed in about seven hours and the slowest in nearly 27 hours, according to the Channel Swimming Association.
When asked whether he would attempt the swim again, Mr Hindes said: "It's too early to say, I'm still hurting."
Mr Hindes had been part of a relay team of six swimmers that completed the cross-channel swim in 2011.
On his solo effort Mr Hindes was raising funds for mental health charity Mind and Clic Sargent, a cancer support charity for children, young people and their families.
He has raised £3,290 for CLIC Sargent so far, the charity said.
But transcripts and full notes of conversations will remain secret, at the request of the Cabinet Office.
The agreement between the inquiry and Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood could clear the way for the report to be published this year.
It is thought to have been delayed by wrangling over what could be released.
The inquiry has been given access to full records of talks between the two leaders in the run-up to war but is being prevented by the government from publishing them in its final report, even after offering to block out sensitive parts.
The UK government's grounds for refusing the request to publish the full documents and transcripts is that it could prejudice future relations with the US.
The inquiry has instead been granted permission to "disclose quotes or gists of the content" to help explain its conclusions, inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot explained in a letter to Sir Jeremy.
The documents include 25 notes from Mr Blair to Mr Bush and more than 130 records of conversations between the former prime minister and then US president in the run-up to war.
In his letter, Sir John said "detailed consideration" of what to release was taking place.
"Considerations will be based on the principle that use of this material should not reflect President Bush's views. We have also agreed that the use of direct quotation from the documents should be the minimum necessary to enable the inquiry to articulate its conclusions," he writes.
Sir John says the inquiry has reached agreement on the "principles that will underpin disclosure" of communications between Mr Bush and Mr Blair.
The inquiry, which is examining the UK's participation in military action against Saddam Hussein and its aftermath, began in 2009 and its last public hearings took place in 2011. It has cost more than £7m so far.
Although the inquiry team, led by Sir John, has never set a target date or deadline for publication, it is generally accepted that the timetable for publication has slipped on several occasions.
Before publication can happen, letters must be sent out to individuals facing criticism in the report, under what is known as the "Maxwellisation" process, to give them an opportunity to respond.
The 2003 invasion of Iraq by British and US forces, on the pretext that it had "weapons of mass destruction", has already been the subject of several inquiries in the UK, including the Butler report into intelligence failings.
Mr Blair has said he wants the Chilcot report to be published as soon as possible and said this week he "resented" claims he was to blame for its slow progress.
There are concerns the report will not be released before the 2015 general election.
But Mr Blair said he was not blocking any documents, and publication would allow him "restate" the case for the 2003 invasion.
"It is certainly not me who is holding it up," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"The sooner it is published the better, from my perspective, as it allows me to make the arguments."
Brown's document pledge
When Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced in June 2009 the setting up of an inquiry to "learn the lessons" of the Iraq conflict, he wanted witnesses to be questioned behind closed doors to protect national security and so they could speak more freely. He swiftly backtracked after pressure from the opposition and former government officials who wanted public hearings. But he was clear about the need for openness when it came to secret papers, saying: "No British document and no British witness will be beyond the scope of the inquiry. I have asked the members of the committee to ensure that the final report will be able to disclose all but the most sensitive information - that is, all information except that which is essential to our national security."
David Cameron has said he hopes the report will be released before the end of the year.
Mr Blair, who appeared in person twice before the inquiry to justify his decision to take the UK to war, said he had an interest in the report being published as quickly as possible.
The inquiry got agreement this year on the release of more than 200 cabinet and cabinet committee meetings, which would not normally be published until 30 years after the events, if at all.
A small number of full extracts from the minutes of cabinet meetings judged by the inquiry to be "most critical" will be published alongside its final report.
A Cabinet Office spokesman said: "The government is pleased that agreement on a way forward on both cabinet papers and UK-US exchanges has now been reached with the inquiry.
"This allows for the declassification and publication of the material the inquiry believes it needs to explain its conclusions.
"Resolving this issue has taken longer than originally hoped but these are sensitive issues.
"The UK-US head of government channel is very important and must be handled sensitively.
"The government and the inquiry are working to ensure the inquiry's report is published as soon as possible, and the government is doing everything it can to facilitate that."
Rose Gentle, whose son Gordon was killed while serving in Iraq, told the BBC she was "quite disappointed" that the full transcripts of what Mr Blair said to Mr Bush would not be published.
"We thought a lot of the documents might verify the truth about whether he did make a lot of mistakes or he knew what he was actually taking us into. The families are a bit disappointed really as we don't think we are going to get the truth now."
Asked whether she had previously had confidence in the Chilcot process, she said: "I did, because they were going into a lot of documents, a lot of questions. Now a lot of families think what was the point, what is going to be the outcome, is it just going to be covered up now?
"I think they should be released for the families to see them, because we're going to wonder for the rest of our lives what was in it."
Mrs Gentle is a founder member with Reg Keys, whose son was also killed in Iraq, of Military Families Against the War.
Paul Joseph Currie, 53, of Limekiln Lane and Stephen Currie, 29, of Coolnafranky Park, Cookstown, appeared at Dungannon Magistrates Court.
They were arrested after a major drugs and cash seizure earlier this month.
Police recovered drugs with a potential street value of £1.5m in a lay-by.
During Wednesday's bail applications for the pair, a judge rejected their barrister's attempts to stop a police officer referring to recent drug-related deaths in the county.
Overruling the defence objections, the judge pointed out that such information was in the public interest, regardless of the case in question.
Both father and son, who appeared by videolink, are accused of a number of drugs-related offences, including conspiracy to supply cocaine, concealing criminal property and encouraging or assisting in the commission of an offence.
A co-accused, 39-year-old Darren Loughlin, of Gortacar Road in Kesh, County Fermanagh, faces similar charges.
He was refused bail at the first appearance, but later freed after a successful High Court application.
Opposing bail for both Paul and Stephen Currie, a detective constable said a Scania lorry, driven by Loughlin, disembarked from the Larne ferry on 12 November and made its way to Killymaddy Tourist Centre.
Whilst parked up, it was joined by a Peugeot car, driven by Stephen Currie. The occupants of each got out and three items were taken from the lorry.
The handover was witnessed by police.
The items were later found to be 40kg of cannabis, 1kg of cocaine and 25kg of benzocaine, a mixing agent for cocaine.
At the same time, police observed a Vauxhall Astra parked outside a house in Park Avenue, Cookstown.
Paul Currie was seen carrying items to this car, which was stopped shortly after moving off.
Searches at a number of properties in Cookstown led to the recovery of £82,000 in cash.
A search of a house in Lammy Lane, Dessertmartin, which is connected to Currie Snr, uncovered 11kg of cannabis resin and 3kg of herbal cannabis.
The detective pointed out that, whilst Currie Jnr has a very limited record, his father has multiple drugs convictions, and has served a total of 16 years in prison for such offences.
He said police "place the men high in an organised crime grouping, although we believe there are others higher".
"Class A drug use is inherently on the rise in Northern Ireland, with needle exchanges high and three drug-related deaths in the Mid-Ulster area in recent weeks," he added.
At this point, the detective was interrupted by defence counsel for both men, who argued the information was not related to his clients' cases and should not be put forward.
However, the judge allowed the detective to continue, ruling "such comments are in the public interest".
The detective added: "I am trying to say there is a safety concern for the public. Both men are unemployed, but they clearly have funds to buy drugs.
"Police believe there is a strong likelihood of reoffending and feel there are no bail conditions which could prevent further offending. Police feel that, if bailed, they will return to offending to support themselves financially."
The judge agreed to release Stephen Currie on strict terms, including a £5,000 surety.
He is also ordered to have no contact with Loughlin, not to leave Northern Ireland and to surrender his passport.
The judge refused Currie Snr bail, citing concerns he is "wedded to a career as drug dealer".
The case is due back in court on 21 December.
Surrey's Police and Crime Commissioner, Kevin Hurley, posted on his Facebook page he was angry the "criminal has destroyed the confidence of a family".
He said the knifeman was about to be released from prison just months after stabbing his neighbour in Tandridge.
"I felt the pain of that family and I wanted to protect them. Of course I can't do that, it's against the law."
Mr Hurley, who is standing for re-election as an independent in this year's elections for Police and Crime Commissioners, said he was expressing his "sense of frustration and powerlessness" at the way in which "the criminal justice system is failing people".
"I'm here to speak out for the Surrey public and I will do so," he told BBC Surrey.
His Conservative rival David Munro condemned the comments as vile, and accused Mr Hurley of encouraging people to break the law.
"As a senior law and order officer in the county, why say it? I think it's grossly irresponsible.
"We've got a justice system, it's a good justice system, with all its flaws, in this country and we should obey it," Mr Munro said.
He added that Mr Hurley's Facebook post was "deliberate, childish, and irresponsible".
Mr Hurley said he had no regrets, and the post had attracted "thousands of likes, [and] hundreds of people are commenting online about how at last someone is speaking out for victims".
The shooting happened at about 19:45 BST at Glenwood Drive, Poleglass.
The man has been taken to hospital where he is in a stable condition. Police have appealed for information.
Stephen Magennis, a Sinn Féin councillor, said the man had been shot "five or six times in the leg".
"I've said for a long time now regarding punishment attacks that no guns at all should be brought onto the streets," he said.
"The message needs to come loud and clear in the community and hopefully these groups will listen."
The TV magician grew up in South Bank, close to the Redcar plant which still dominates the landscape.
His uncles worked at the site and he described growing up in the area as "really happy days".
The plant was mothballed in 2010, but new owners SSI relit the furnace on Sunday and the first slab is expected to be produced on Wednesday.
Daniels said: "I knew this was coming, but when I saw the news at the weekend I just thought 'yes!'
"I grew up right bang in the middle of the works really, or Dorman Long as it used to be called, and steel was just a huge part of everyone's life in those days.
"South Bank was the most polluted town in the country at the time, but we just got on with things really.
"As kids we used to play on the slag heaps at Clay Lane - I hope they're not bringing those back - and I remember them as really happy days.
"So I know what steel means to the area, and I'm absolutely thrilled to see it still going strong for future generations."
The 74-year-old husband of Debbie McGee, famous for his catchphrase "you'll like it - not a lot, but you'll like it", is returning to the area on Saturday, to appear at the Middlesbrough Theatre, where he performed his first gig almost 50 years ago.
He said: "It feels like a real homecoming."
Carmarthenshire council voted in January to drop the English stream at Ysgol Llangennech, near Llanelli.
A Labour councillor called the decision "segregation" - while a Welsh-medium education campaigner suggested parents could "cross the border".
Mr Jones said it is important "toxicity" in the debate is reduced.
At First Minister's Questions, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood claimed some Labour members had been working with UKIP to undermine the changes, which she said were in keeping with the Welsh Government's own policy on promoting the Welsh language.
Mr Jones replied: "There are some comments that have been made by politicians that I do not agree with.
"I've seen those comments and I think it's hugely important now that calm prevails, and the toxicity we last saw some years ago is now reduced."
It was for the Plaid Cymru-run administration of Carmarthenshire council to explain the decisions it had made in Llangennech, he said.
Mr Jones said the Welsh Government was committed to its "quest" of hitting a target of 1m Welsh speakers.
The British singer, 41, posted an Instagram video showing a man appearing to remove suitcases from the vehicle on Friday at 05:42 local time.
Mel B asked fans to contact her husband Stephen Belafonte via Instagram if they had any information about the incident.
She said police were investigating but the couple wanted the public's help.
"The police already have a good idea who you are, but in the meantime anybody who wants to make that 5000 dollars, DM my hubby right now," said the singer, who has been hosting The X Factor in Australia.
Mel B said the couple would wire the money across to anyone who helped them.
The singer, real name Melanie Brown, is reuniting with fellow former Spice Girls Geri Horner and Emma Bunton in a group known as GEM.
Many of the dead were farmers who were killed as they worked in their paddy fields.
Bangladesh is prone to electrical storms but this year they have been particularly severe.
Experts suggest a general rise in temperatures and deforestation may be factors.
Other victims included two students in the capital, Dhaka, who were struck as they played football, and a teenage boy who died when he went to collect mangoes.
About 90 people have been killed by lightning since March, compared to a total of 51 people in the whole of 2015, Voice of America (VoA) reported.
The head of Bangladesh's disaster management body Mohammad Riaz Ahmed told VoA he was "indeed concerned" by the rise in the number of deaths.
He said further thunderstorms were predicted for later this month.
Strong tropical storms regularly hit Bangladesh ahead of and during the monsoon season, which runs from June to September.
Planning committee members approved 60 flats to be built on former playing fields at Clouston Street.
They also backed plans by the North Kelvin Meadow group who transformed the previously derelict land.
If Scottish ministers do not call in the decision, the final say will rest with Glasgow City Council.
Councillors considered two applications - one for a residential development from New City Vision and one from the North Kelvin Meadow group for a community woodland and park.
After conducting a site visit and hearing from both applicants, committee members approved both applications.
BBC Scotland understands that Scottish ministers have made a direction in relation to the site and the council is required to send any relevant details and decisions to them for consideration.
Ministers will now decide whether to intervene by calling in the application.
If they do not, a final decision will rest with Glasgow City Council, which is the landowner.
A council spokesman said: "The approval of this planning application from New City Vision will deliver both much-needed family homes in the west end and improve the North Kelvinside pitches facility as well as a substantial receipt for the public purse in a time of unprecedented financial constraints for local government."
The decision to back the housing development, however, has angered some local people and politicians.
Glasgow Green MSP Patrick Harvie said he was "disgusted by the decision".
"Any local council should be proud to have a community like the people who created North Kelvin Meadow, but instead they are showing nothing but contempt," he said.
Jack Whitley was The Blues' goalkeeper during their first season in the top flight, playing for Chelsea between 1907 and 1914.
Before he died, he asked to be buried in Brompton Cemetery even though he no longer lived in London.
Chelsea Supporters' Trust is now crowdfunding to pay for a gravestone.
It is believed that Whitley's widow could not afford a marked grave.
Chelsea's official historian Rick Glanvill said to have a headstone for Whitley would "mean a huge amount".
"I'd been exploring connections between the club and the cemetery, as it's unique to have one next to a football ground.
"The club's first owner and first director are buried there but what was missing was a player, so the significance of finding Whitley was huge."
Mr Glanvill said he found out about Whitley when a neighbour - a keen Manchester United fan - bought him Albert Sewell's book Chelsea Champions! at a flea market for 50p.
With the help of Friends of Brompton Cemetery, he discovered where the grave was and although it was unmarked, the goalkeeper was the only person buried there and so the plot can be acquired and a headstone erected.
The supporters want to raise £5,500 from fans and have not asked the club for money.
"He'd served the club for 32 years as a trainer and player. As he specifically asked to be buried near the club, we feel that loyalty should be supported and we should return the loyalty," said Mr Glanvill.
He wants to track down a descendant of Whitley to invite to a special ceremony on the 110th anniversary of the goalkeeper's debut for Chelsea, 23 September.
A man aged 44 and a 16-year-old youth suffered serious injuries during the incident in the Castlemilk area on Tuesday.
Police said a 43-year-old woman was the latest to be detained.
Two men, aged 21 and 24, had previously been arrested on Thursday. All three were due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrat and UKIP candidates said they believed the problems stem from the lack of a strategic plan.
Lib Dem Steve Webb wanted more locally-based jobs and Labour's Hadleigh Roberts said councils should have more say in transport routes and fares.
Tory Luke Hall wanted to see an M4 link road built while UKIP's Russ Martin wanted a transport referendum.
Four of the five candidates for the constituency took part in the BBC Radio Bristol election debate.
They all agreed congestion was a problem and called for a "more joined up approach".
But, Mr Webb claimed planners do not spend money from developments to address big transport issues and road upgrades are done "piecemeal".
This, he said, meant the "big picture" of congestion was not addressed.
Labour's Hadleigh Roberts said councils should have a "greater say" over the routes public transport firms follow.
Mr Hall said he wanted a new M4 link road built and to "work with First Bus to make sure the routes we already do have are reliable and clean".
Mr Martin said the transport infrastructure in urban and rural areas needed to link together.
"We need local referenda in the affected areas so people have their say - because they are not having their say at the moment," he said.
Green Party candidate Iain Hamilton did not take part in the programme but said private companies running public transport services "should be kept on a tighter rein".
He added services, such as buses, should be run for the benefit of the public.
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Steck, who was known as the "Swiss Machine", died in an accident while acclimatising for an attempt on the mountain without oxygen by a new route.
The 40-year-old had won multiple awards and was known for his rapid ascents.
His body has been recovered from the base of Mount Nupste, which shares a common ridge with Everest, after he was spotted by fellow climbers.
"He had an accident on the Nuptse wall and died. It seems he slipped," Ang Tsering Sherpa, head of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, told news agency AFP.
Steck was preparing to climb Mount Everest using its West Ridge, a route which has been the cause of more deaths than successful ascents, followed by Lhotse, the fourth highest mountain in the world.
It is believed he was alone on Sunday due to his climbing partner contracting severe frostbite.
On Wednesday, Steck wrote on his Facebook page that he had a "quick day from Basecamp up to 7,000m and back" as he believed "active acclimatisation" was the most effective way of getting used to high altitude.
The climber reached Mount Everest's summit without oxygen in 2012, and in 2015 climbed all 82 Alpine peaks over 4,000m (13,100ft) in 62 days.
Steck had returned to the world's tallest mountain four years on from an altercation with sherpas which caused him to abandon an attempt to climb Everest and Lhotse.
In a video about his Everest-Lhotse project ahead of his departure for the Himalayas, Steck said he felt super-ready and psyched. "My body is as strong as it was never before," he added.
Asked about his definition of success for the ambitious plans to traverse Everest and Lhotse via the Hornbein Couloir, Steck said: "If you have an accident or if you're going to die, that's definitely not successful, all the other things, it's a success already."
"Why do I have to attempt Everest and Lhotse? Yet again, the answer is simple: I get to stay longer in the mountains.
"And now I'll just go, and only worry about the events that lie ahead of me. Day by day, one by one. It is the here and now that counts. What comes next is uncertain in any case.
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."
Read more on Ueli Steck's website
Last year Steck and fellow climber David Goettler found the bodies of two American mountaineers in Tibet, 16 years after they were killed by a huge avalanche.
Veteran British mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington paid tribute to Steck, describing him as "one of the great climbers of all time". He said that Steck's reputation for speed climbing had not necessarily put him at greater risk.
"What kills most people is the objective dangers, going into an area where there is stone fall or the threat of avalanche," he told the BBC's Newshour programme.
"The longer you are exposed to that threat, statistically the more likelihood there is of you being hit by one of these things. Whereas if you are moving very fast you are exposed to that danger for a much shorter time.
"But the people who are climbing at the absolute limit, which he undoubtedly was, the death rate among the very best mountaineers is very high, particularly in the Himalayas."
British mountaineer Kenton Cool described Steck as "a true inspiration" who "showed us all what was possible in the mountains and beyond".
The British Mountaineering Council described him as a "legendary mountaineer and all-round great guy".
Ueli Steck set new standards in alpine climbing - setting a string of records for making breathtakingly quick solo ascents of classic routes.
He also played a big part in bringing the sport to a new audience through the epic films made of his exploits.
He was nicknamed the "Swiss Machine" for his ruthlessly methodical approach and his ability to keep going even after pushing himself to the limits of human endurance.
In 2015 he climbed one of the world's most famous walls, the North Face of the Eiger, in two hours 47 minutes - a time that would have been unthinkable to the early pioneers of the sport, who took days to complete it. In 2015, he improved on that feat with a time of two hours 22 minutes and 50 seconds.
The legislation came into effect in June 2015, but it is now the subject of a High Court challenge from Dublin-born sex worker and law graduate, Laura Lee.
The case was adjourned on Friday after a last-minute challenge on behalf of Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness.
The judge said there was no clear explanation for the late intervention.
The court heard Attorney General John Larkin had been instructed to launch the challenge on behalf of the Office of the First and Deputy First Ministers (OFMDFM).
Lawyers for Ms Lee complained to the judge that the "grossly late" move was a "highly improper and unorthodox" attempt to stop the case advancing to a full hearing.
Northern Ireland was the first and only part of the UK to pass a law that made it a crime to pay for sexual services, shifting criminal responsibility from prostitutes to their clients.
The legislation was brought before Stormont by the Democratic Unionist Party peer, Lord Morrow, as part of his Human Trafficking and Exploitation Bill.
Ms Lee, 38, has campaigned against it, claiming it would drive prostitution underground and put sex workers at greater risk of violence from clients.
Opponents of the law claim it makes it increasingly difficult for prostitutes to screen customers who may use fake names and disposable phones.
The judge adjourned the case until next month, but requested full reasons for the intervention, which was made on the eve of the hearing.
"I accept that this application made on behalf of the attorney general, who is acting for the first minister and deputy first minister, has not been accompanied with any clear or cogent explanation as to the course of events," he said.
Ms Lee's judicial review challenge is directed at the Department of Justice (DOJ), led by Justice Minister David Ford, who also opposed the criminalisation of those who pay for prostitution.
A barrister representing the DOJ confirmed it was not opposing Ms Lee's application for a judicial review of the new law, on the basis that an arguable case had been established.
However, Ms Lee's legal team criticised the attempt by another Stormont department to become involved in the case.
"My client is deeply concerned at the proposed, grossly late intervention on the part of the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister," her lawyer told the court.
"We say it's highly improper and unorthodox, effectively OFMDFM are seeking to resist the grant of leave against the Department of Justice."
The court heard the OFMDFM challenge raised a potential devolution issue and the judge allowed the department an opportunity to explain the late move.
The 18th Century vase, which dates back to the Qing dynasty, was bought by a bidder based in France for 740,000 euros (£647,000).
Auctioneers, Sheppard's, said they believed it was the highest ever price for an art object at an Irish auction.
It is not known how the vase ended up in the Republic of Ireland.
Irish broadcaster, RTÉ, reported that it would have been "given as a prestigious gift by the Chinese emperor to an important visitor".
The 23cm (9in) double gourd vase was auctioned in Durrow, County Laois, on Saturday.
The item is considered to be extremely rare and it sparked an international bidding war involving collectors from more than 40 countries.
On average, 10 million people tuned in to see 19-year-old Flora Shedden leave the show after her showstopper cocoa carousel failed to win over the judges.
The audience peaked at 11.2 million shortly before the end. On average, Bake Off drew 43% of the TV audience.
Tamal Ray, Ian Cumming and Nadiya Jamir Hussain will do battle for the Bake Off crown in the tent next Wednesday.
Last week, ratings for the BBC One baking show took a dip of 1.6 million, after it was scheduled opposite a special live edition of Coronation Street.
This week, its closest rival was ITV's All Star Mr & Mrs - which also ran from 20:00-21:00 BST - drawing an average of 3.1 million viewers.
Flora was eliminated despite impressing both judges with her chocolate souffle in the technical challenge.
Her signature dish, a passion fruit and chocolate tart with macarons, failed to impress on flavour, while her showstopping chocolate centrepiece was deemed "wonky" and "bitter".
"It doesn't taste as good as it looks," said Berry, of the elaborate biscuit and cake carousel.
The university student admitted there "were moments [on the show] when I did feel my age and that I was lacking a certain experience".
"I really never expected to get to the semi-finals, but then I didn't expect to get into the tent in the first place," she said.
Nadiya was made star baker for the third time, matching Ian's earlier successes. The pair will be joined by Tamal as they compete in next week's final episode.
Last year's final drew a record-breaking audience of 12.3 million, peaking at 13.3 million.
Yn ôl Lesley Tipping o Undeb yr ATL mae staff yn drysu pa ragenw i'w ddefnyddio ac y mae angen hyfforddiant.
Mae Stonewall Cymru yn dweud bod o leiaf hanner nifer o fyfyrwyr traws yn cael eu bwlio ac nad yw'r rhan fwyaf o staff wedi'u hyfforddi i ddelio â'r hyn sy'n digwydd.
Mae Jasper Williams, sy'n astudio ym Mhrifysgol Bangor, yn dweud bod staff wedi "cael trafferth" wedi iddo ddweud yn y chweched dosbarth ei fod yn berson trawsryweddol.
Mae Mr Williams yn swyddog gydag undeb NUS Cymru.
Dywedodd: "Doedd un athro [chweched dosbarth] ddim yn derbyn fod person ddim yn wrywaidd nac yn fenywaidd.
"Roedd yr athrawon eraill yn iawn ond dal yn cael trafferth."
"Mae'r wybodaeth sydd ar gael yn ddiffygiol iawn."
Dywedodd Andrew White o Stonewall Cymru bod y rhan fwyaf o ddarlithwyr yn gefnogol ond nad oeddynt yn sicr sut oedd gwneud hynny.
"Ry'n yn gwybod bod y rhan fwyaf o staff eisiau delio â bwlio trawsffobig - ond dyw'r rhan fwyaf ddim wedi cael hyfforddiant i wneud hyn," meddai
Dywedodd Ms Tipping hefyd fod y cyfrifoldeb yn aml ar staff colegau. "Does 'na ddim hyfforddiant gorfodol ar hyn o bryd," meddai, "ac ar hyn o bryd mae'r cyfan yn ddibynnol ar ewyllys y coleg i wneud hynny.
"Mae'n bosib i ddarlithwyr gael eu rhoi mewn safle o embaras wrth iddynt gyfarch rhywun gyda'r rhagenw anghywir.
"Ry'n yn awyddus i ddarlithwyr gael hyfforddiant ac i ddeall cyfreithlondeb y mater ac i sicrhau nad ydynt yn teimlo'n chwithig mewn unrhyw ffordd. Os nad ydym yn sicrhau bod hyfforddiant ar gael mi allai'r cyfan fynd i gyfraith."
Mae Stonewall Cymru yn dweud bod dau o bob pump o bobl traws wedi ceisio lladd eu hunain.
Mae Jasper Williams yn dweud hefyd fod adnoddau fel toiledau yn anodd i fyfyrwyr traws ac anneuaidd. Dywedodd: "Mae toiledau yn ymwneud yn benodol â bod yn fachgen neu'n ferch ac mae toiled arall ar gyfer pobl anabl - a dwi ddim yn hapus iawn i ddefnyddio hwnna.
"Ro'n i yn ffodus pan o'n yn yr ysgol gan bo fi'n byw yn ymyl adre ac felly roedd modd i fi fynd adre adeg egwyl."
Ategodd Mr White o Stonewall Cymru fod addysg yn y maes yn hanfodol: "Mae'n bwysig ein bod yn addysgu pobl fel nad yw pobl ifanc lesbiaidd, hoyw, deurywiol na thrawsrywiol yn cael eu bwlio ond yn hytrach yn cael eu cefnogi a'u hannog i lwyddo."
Mae BBC Cymru wedi gofyn i'r colegau am sylwadau.
Mae BBC Cymru wedi cysylltu â 14 coleg addysg bellach a sefydliadau yng Nghymru er mwyn canfod pa hyfforddiant amrywiaeth y maent yn ei gynnig i staff. Tri sydd wedi ymateb hyd yma ac mae'r tri wedi dweud eu bod wedi gweld cynnydd yn y myfyrwyr sy'n adnabod eu hunain fel myfyrwyr traws, anneuol neu rhyweddhylifol.
Relatives of some of those allegedly killed or tortured by his militias in the 1970s and 1980s want him charged with crimes against humanity.
Mr Duvalier had filed a last-minute appeal to avoid appearing in court.
The ex-leader, who returned to Haiti in 2011 after 25 years in French exile, had already missed two hearings.
He denies all charges, with his lawyers saying the case should be thrown out.
The courtroom was packed with relatives of his victims, lawyers in black robes, human rights observers and journalists.
A Haitian human rights lawyer, Mario Joseph, said: "Duvalier is trying to control the justice system like when he was a dictator."
Human rights groups say hundreds of political prisoners died from torture or were murdered under Mr Duvalier's rule from 1971 to 1986.
His unexpected homecoming two years ago prompted the Haitian authorities to open an investigation.
In January 2012, a court decided Mr Duvalier should stand trial for embezzling public funds but ruled that the statute of limitations had run out on charges of murder, arbitrary arrest, torture and disappearances.
However, Amnesty International and the Open Society Justice Initiative said the former leader "must not evade justice" for crimes against humanity. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has also said Mr Duvalier should face justice.
The court in Port-au-Prince is hearing an appeal by victims challenging the January 2012 ruling regarding the charges of human rights abuses.
Any future trial would be a symbolically crucial moment and a potential turning point for Haiti, says the BBC's Mark Doyle.
There is a widespread feeling in that the judiciary is biased in favour of the rich, he adds.
The appeal court already ordered Mr Duvalier twice to appear to answer the charges - once on 31 January and again on 7 February.
A judge ruled the ex-leader would be arrested if he did not turn up on Thursday.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are observing the case in the capital.
Jean-Claude Duvalier was just 19 when he inherited the title of president-for-life from his father, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, who had ruled Haiti since 1957.
Like his father, he relied on a brutal militia known as the Tontons Macoutes to control the country.
In 1986 he was forced from power by a popular uprising and US diplomatic pressure, and went into exile in France.
The accident happened in Dalness Street, Shettleston, at about 15:15.
The boy, a pupil at St Paul's Primary School, was taken to hospital with serious injuries where he died a short time later.
Police said the white Ford Transit van had gone in to Dalness Street from Tollcross Road. It was turning into a car park on Dalness Street at the time.
The 62-year-old driver of the van was not injured.
Sgt Jackie Dunbar, of Police Scotland, said: "It was picking-up time at the school and there were a number of people in the area at the time of the incident.
"I would ask that anyone who saw what happened, and who has not already been spoken to by police, contact officers at the road policing complex via 101."
Dalness Street at Dalness Close was closed and local diversions put in place.
The boy has not yet been named.
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), funded by the US Congress, is the first organisation to be labelled "undesirable" under a new Russian law.
Russia's Foreign Ministry warned that "we will never tolerate mentoring and open interference in our affairs by foreign structures".
US officials condemned Russia's move.
The US Department of State called the blacklisting "a further example of the Russian government's growing crackdown on independent voices and another intentional step to isolate the Russian people from the world".
Russia's Foreign Ministry hit back by saying the NED's name was "deceptive" because "it is only non-governmental on paper, while in reality it has, from the moment it was set up, received funding from the US budget, including funding via the channels of intelligence bodies".
The ministry said that analysis of NED projects "shows that they are aimed at destabilising the internal situation in countries which pursue independent policies in line with their own national interests, rather than following instructions from Washington".
According to Russian official data, the NED gave financial assistance worth about $5.2m (£3.3m) to various Russian organisations in 2013-2014.
Russians can now face fines or up to six years in prison if they work for a non-governmental organisation (NGO) branded "undesirable".
Critics say it is a Kremlin move aimed at stifling dissent.
NGOs linked to politics in Russia already face restrictions under a 2012 law requiring them to register as "foreign agents".
President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party accuses some foreign governments of using NGOs in Russia as cover to engineer political change.
In a televised speech at an anti-corruption event in Tehran, he said money once "given under the table now is being given on the table".
Mr Rouhani also called for the "elimination" of monopolies.
A series of high-profile corruption cases have come to light since his government took office in August 2013.
In May, the billionaire businessman Mahafarid Amir Khosravi was executed after being convicted of being behind a scandal involving embezzlement, bribery, forgery and money-laundering that cost 14 state-owned and private Iranian banks nearly $2.6bn (£1.7bn).
And in September, former Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi was reportedly imprisoned after being convicted of corruption.
Mr Rahimi was reported to be linked to another billionaire businessman, Babak Zanjani, who has been accused of skimming up to $2.7bn (£1.7bn) of revenue generated from selling Iranian oil on behalf of the government through his companies to bypass international sanctions.
In his speech, President Rouhani called on Iranians to "apply all our power in fighting corruption.
"The continuation, the deepening and the expansion of corruption is endangering... the Islamic Revolution."
Mr Rouhani also criticised monopolies - on anything from the production of rifles to advertising - which he said were the cause of corruption.
"Anything which does not have rivalry or whose management is monopolised is flawed," he said.
"This is wrong and the problem has to be uprooted," he added.
Analysts said this might be a veiled reference to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), which has become a major military, political and economic force in Iran since being set up after the 1979 revolution to defend the country's Islamic system.
The IRGC is said to control around a third of Iran's economy through a series of subsidiaries and trusts, and is widely believed to engage in illicit and black-market activities.
The Australian, 27, was suspended by the Tigers at the end of last season and made this season's loan move to Salford permanent on Monday.
"Justin's found a new club and it's best for both parties," said Powell.
"There are certain things that you can accept in a rugby league club and certain things that you can't."
He added: "There is a lot of truth and honesty in rugby league and that's the most important thing for me."
Carney, who scored 63 tries in 62 appearances for the Tigers, accepted responsibility for the actions that led to him leaving the Jungle in an interview during pre-season, in which he also expressed his desire to make a fresh start.
"Justin has said he was wrong - and yeah, you're dead set right he was wrong, in every single way - so people take their punishment and move on. It's important he did that," said Powell, who also told BBC Sport that Salford were were the only club to express an interest in signing Carney.
"It was a rough thing to go through but it is done now and we move on. It was a difficult situation but I thought we dealt with it impeccably in my mind.
"I think it's really important now that everybody just moves on and we get on with the job of playing rugby league."
Castleford are due to host Salford in a Challenge Cup sixth-round tie on 7 May.
"We need to come out on top of that game," said Powell.
"The most important thing for me now is what we have got in front of us. We've got to move on from this."
Rescue dogs have been brought in for students to pet and play with as part of a series of stress busting activities.
Campus walks, adult colouring, and free exercise classes are also on offer.
Student welfare officer Naomi said the January exams could be "extremely stressful" for many students.
"Studies show that interactions with therapy animals can decrease stress in humans and are used in care homes, hospices, and many other establishments with great success and commendation," she said.
"Playing with an animal can increase levels of the stress-reducing hormone oxytocin and decrease production of the stress hormone cortisol."
Alpet Poundies Rescue teamed up with the students' union to bring the dogs to the campus on Wednesday, paid for using donations from Aberystwyth University alumni.
Director of student support services Caryl Davies said: "Students' mental wellbeing is all-important to us and our support services are available throughout the year.
"However, we know that exam season can be a peak time for stress in the academic calendar, so we've drawn together a special programme of activities to help ease the pressure."
The former Peterborough boss was appointed boss of the Keepmoat Stadium side, who are currently 20th in the table, on Friday.
"This club is ready to go, there is no question about that," the 43-year-old told BBC Radio Sheffield.
"There is a good blend of youth and experience. I've had plenty of time to look at them and there's a team there."
He continued: "It has been made clear that the aim is to get to the Championship. The reality of that means this season we need to get 21 wins from our remaining 35 games.
"It's an exciting challenge and one that we will meet head-on."
Ferguson, who is the son of former Manchester United boss Sir Alex, will take charge of the team for the first time in Saturday's home match against Bradford.
He has replaced fellow Scot Paul Dickov in the Keepmoat Stadium dugout after the former Oldham boss was sacked on 8 September after taking just six points from their opening six league games.
Interim boss Rob Jones won one of his six matches in charge to leave Doncaster above the League One drop zone on goal difference only.
Ferguson left Peterborough in February after four years with the London Road side and has signed a rolling contract with Rovers.
He said he had benefitted from taking some time out of the game.
"I wanted the break and I felt that I needed it in the right way," he added.
"I went straight from playing to management and then had maybe a month between leaving Peterborough and Preston and going back to Peterborough.
"There was an offer straight after I left Peterborough and in the summer, but the timing wasn't right."
Carmarthenshire developer Enzo's Homes is in the process of buying the Penllergaer civic centre site.
Money from the sale will go to build new schools and modernise council buildings.
Council leader Rob Stewart said the scheme, if approved, would provide much-needed housing in the area.
Enzo Sauro, of Enzo's Homes, said the firm was working on the finer details of the planning application.
He added the company would also gift three pieces of land to the Penllergare Trust, which manages the adjoining Penllergare Valley Woods.
The three-storey Penllergaer civic centre building first opened in 1982 for the former Lliw Valley Borough Council.
Staff at the building have been relocated.
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Edward Stevenson addressed at a rally in Twaddell Avenue in the city, where loyalists have staged a nightly demonstrations in a row over the Ardoyne parade.
The protests began in July 2013, when restrictions were placed on the return leg of the parade, along part of the Crumlin Road that separates nationalist and unionist communities.
Kevin Sharkey reports.
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Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez hit back after Mr Macri made his remarks at a meeting of regional leaders in Paraguay.
The two countries had previously been allies for more than a decade.
The UN, the European Union and the US have also put pressure on Venezuela to release jailed opposition leaders.
Speaking at the summit of the regional Mercosur bloc, Mr Macri called on all South American leaders to push for the release of Venezuelan political leaders.
"There can be no place for ideological persecution in Mercosur member states," Mr Macri said.
The Venezuelan government has denied holding political prisoners, but the jailing of several high-profile opposition leaders like former mayors Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma has drawn condemnation from human rights groups, the UN, the EU and the United States.
Leopoldo Lopez was sentenced to nearly 14 years in jail in September on charges of inciting violence during anti-government protests last year in which 43 people died.
In response to Argentina, the Venezuelan Foreign minister, Delcy Rodriguez, accused Argentina of not bringing to justice some of those who had committed human rights abuses during the military government of the 70s and 80s in Argentina.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro did not attend the Mercosur summit.
Before taking office on 10 December, Mr Macri had called for Venezuela to be kicked out of Mercosur for violating its "democracy clause".
But he changed his stance after Venezuela's opposition won a landslide victory in legislative elections on 6 December.
Restauranteurs have been constantly coming up with new ways to attract customers in Taiwan's highly competitive dining-out market. Now, even hotels are getting in on the action.
For some of these places, it's proving to be not only great fun, but great business.
Steven Wu's Red Dot Hotel in Taichung city has a slide - a $150,000 (£97,000) stainless steel one that's 27m long and twirls from the second floor to the lobby.
An interior designer who graduated from the East London School of Architecture, Mr Wu wanted his guests to have fun.
"I was thinking of how to combine art and architecture. But I didn't think I could afford to buy an art piece, so I designed one," said Mr Wu.
He said he got the idea after coming across pictures of children's slides while doing research.
The hotel has been making money since it opened last July, mainly because of the slide. He said up to 40% of the guests are families.
To avoid disturbing guests on the second floor, the slide is only open from 11am to noon and from 3pm to 6pm. And yes, you can use it instead of the lifts to reach the checkout desk.
Someone who would spend $1m to open a restaurant devoted to Asia's most famous cat - Hello Kitty - surely must be a fan of the mouthless feline.
But Henry Chiu, owner of the Hello Kitty Kitchen and Dining restaurant in Taipei, wasn't at first.
"It was because my wife likes Hello Kitty and as an interior designer, I wanted to create an atmosphere to reflect the feeling Hello Kitty gives people," said Mr Chiu.
His restaurant is covered with Hello Kitty images, from the giant bow-shaped booths to Kitty-shaped ceiling lights, as well as cakes, hamburgers and tarts.
The restaurant is popular with both little girls and grown women - and Mr Chiu has since become a fan.
At Carton King, customers sit on cardboard chairs, eat food served on cardboard plates and drink from cardboard cups.
There's even a paper hotpot that can be put over a stove.
The corrugated cardboard is amazingly strong - each chair can sit two adults weighing up to 150kg- and a lot of the material in the restaurant is anti-flammable or coated with flame-resistant paint.
Owner Huang Fang-liang used to design and manufacture paper for wrapping and packaging. He set up an area in his factory to show people the creative things that he could make.
"People came to see it and wanted to eat, so we opened a restaurant," said Mr Huang.
In just eight years, he's opened 12 Carton King restaurants, including several in mainland China, and they're making money.
The operating costs are lower because the cardboard furnishings can be cheaply replaced and recycled. Even the cardboard plates and bowls can be washed and reused.
At Modern Toilet in Taipei's Ximending district, customers sit on toilets and eat over bathtubs or sinks converted into tables.
They eat out of small sitting or squat toilet bowls, and drink from urinal-shaped containers.
Ice cream is made to look like poo, and shaved ice looks like someone had diarrhoea.
"The thing I get the most is it's just a restaurant for taking pictures, which is why I'm working a lot on food. I want the food to match the theme and taste good at the same time," said manager Joe Liu.
Most customers are tourists, especially from Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia.
To appeal to their taste buds, Mr Liu is developing food that suits both them and the toilet theme, like Singaporean laksa - a spicy coconut soup noodle dish. One can only imagine what that will look like.
Dharmana's Family and General Practice in Walton, Liverpool, became one of the first GP practices in England to be placed in special measures in January.
When inspectors returned in July they found "continued concerns" including the lack of oxygen supplies there.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has now cancelled the surgery's registration.
Other concerns at the practice identified by the CQC included:
The practice, in Queen's Drive, will close in December 2015 when its current contract with NHS England expires.
In the meantime, the site will be given support to arrange the transfer of its 2,400 patients to alternative providers.
Sue McMillan, the CQC's deputy chief inspector of general practice, said: "It is extremely disappointing that the practice has not made the required improvements and is still not providing care of an acceptable standard. The people who rely on this practice deserve better.
"We had told Dr Dharmana in January that if improvements were not made after a period of six months, we would consider taking steps to cancel the practice's registration.
"Following our latest inspection Dr Dharmana has decided to close the practice voluntarily."
Thames Valley Police detained the 43-year-old after the comment appeared on Blinks of Bicester's page following the Paris terrorist attacks.
It said the business would not be taking any more bookings from people of the "Islamic faith".
This prompted hundreds of messages to be left by people criticising the post.
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One person, Linda Stubbs, wrote: "You need a rebranding after your vile comments. I think 'Bigots of Bicester' would be very appropriate."
Scott Woods posted: "Can put fake lashes on ignorance but you can't educate it. You've a LOT to learn... racist and ignorant."
On Friday night 129 people were killed when eight Islamist militants attacked bars and restaurants, a concert hall and the Stade de France.
There was no response when BBC News tried to contact Blinks of Bicester.
The Facebook page for Blinks of Bicester where the post appeared has now been deleted.
The woman was arrested on suspicion of displaying of written material which was threatening, abusive or insulting with the intention of stirring up racial hatred, and for producing malicious communications.
Police said it followed reports from members of the public about "malicious comments" being made on Facebook.
Sgt Steve Dixon said: "Thames Valley Police treats all allegations of racial aggravation very seriously and will always take steps to investigate them."
The woman has been released on police bail.
The large numbers have sparked such a profound crisis that the local mayor threatened this week to stop voters taking part in Sunday's general election unless he received more help from the government in Athens.
At the peak in August and early September, up to 1,500 Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans were arriving every day, according to local officials. The total population of Leros is just 8,500.
It was at that time that left-wing Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras resigned as prime minister and a caretaker administration took over.
Squalid makeshift camps have been set up to accommodate the new arrivals on the island. Earlier this week several hotels were commandeered to look after survivors from a boat which sank nearby, killing at least 34 people.
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For the people of Leros and many of the other Dodecanese islands lying close to Turkey, the refugee and migrant crisis has not only become the top election issue - it is eclipsing everything.
"Right now it's the only thing on our minds," says the deputy mayor of Leros, Yiannis Konstantinides.
"We haven't even realised that this Sunday we have elections. We're all preoccupied with this problem and nothing else."
The mayor's threat to boycott the election on Leros prompted officials in Athens to provide the island with some help.
The caretaker government has now sent extra ships to the island to transport many of the refugees and migrants to the capital.
"The present government, even though it's temporary, shows a much greater interest than the previous government and is much more attentive to us," says deputy mayor Yiannis Konstantinides.
"We'd been trying to get the previous government to act for three months, but they would not listen."
The business community on Leros has also been voicing concerns about the influx of migrants and the need for any new government emerging from Sunday's election to focus immediately on finding an overall solution.
This region, like much of Greece, depends on tourism and there are fears that if the local authorities continue to be overwhelmed by the arrival of migrants, it will undermine the industry.
"Already now, big tour operators are pushing us to keep our prices very low," says Eva Gkeka, who owns hotels on Leros and the island of Lipsi.
"We are at the beginning of the (migrant) crisis and we don't know what will happen next year in the Mediterranean."
"We have to do something, reservations are going to go down."
It is estimated that at least 250,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Greece so far this year, six times more than during the whole of 2014.
This has become a key issue in election campaigning across the country, with conservative opposition party New Democracy accusing the former Syriza-led government of having an open-door policy.
The refugee crisis has also injected new life into the far-right Golden Dawn party, whose leaders are on trial on a range of serious charges.
Opinion polls indicate Golden Dawn could win between 6% and 7% of the vote despite despite its leaders spending months in pre-trial detention.
Campaigning both on an anti-immigrant ticket and on its opposition to Alexis Tsipras's bailout deal with the European Union could see the far-right party make big political gains.
Jones also invited the highly successful Australia netball coach Lisa Alexander to Pennyhill Park.
"We've had a brilliant learning day today with Gareth and Lisa," said Jones.
Meanwhile, flanker Tom Wood is in the 24-man squad to face Wales on Saturday, despite suffering a shoulder injury.
Head coach Jones, who has previously spent time observing the national football team, said: "As we've always stated our aim is to get better everyday and we want to get people into camp who have knowledge and great experience to learn from them."
Southgate and Alexander exchanged ideas with the England management and support staff, who are preparing for Saturday's Six Nations clash with Wales in Cardiff.
"The staff shared a very interactive hour with them at a lunchtime meeting where we learned a lot, reinforced some principles and also discovered some new things that we need to do to keep moving forward," Jones added.
Wood left Twickenham in a sling after Saturday's narrow victory over France and missed Tuesday's training contact training session with a shoulder injury.
Harlequins' Jack Clifford is in line to replace Wood if the Northampton man is unable to start the match.
James Haskell is likely to again be deployed from the bench, while number eight Nathan Hughes also missed training, with his workload being managed.
Whichever back row England field at Cardiff's Principality Stadium will be inexperienced compared to their Wales counterparts, with flankers Sam Warburton and Justin Tipuric instrumental in the victory over Italy.
Elsewhere, Exeter wing Jack Nowell is pushing for a place in the starting XV, while Henry Slade may be included among the replacements after being retained in the squad.
The following have been retained in camp:
Forwards: Jack Clifford (Harlequins), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Jamie George (Saracens), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), James Haskell (Wasps), Nathan Hughes (Wasps), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Matt Mullan (Wasps), Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)
Backs: Mike Brown (Harlequins), Danny Care (Harlequins), Elliot Daly (Wasps), Owen Farrell (Saracens), George Ford (Bath Rugby), Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby), Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Ben Te'o (Worcester Warriors), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
Yet, it is here, in Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant, that a sculpture of the singer, who died in 2015, is being made for display at Liverpool's Cavern Club.
Black's family approached Castle Fine Arts Foundry after being impressed with statues it produced of The Beatles.
It has also created artworks of The Queen and boxer Muhammad Ali.
The trigger for its latest work was the outpouring of grief following the singer's death, with flowers left at the Cavern's original entrance on Mathew Street after she died, aged 72, last August.
"She worked here in the early 60s and got up with all the bands here," said the club's director Jon Keates.
"People felt the Cavern was the closest they could get to commemorate Cilla."
He described the location as "where it all began for her", performing with artists like the Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers and The Merseybeats.
Following this "outpouring of appreciation", sculptor Andrew Edwards said Black's sons wanted to say thank you to everyone who left tributes.
"(It is) where the old entrance used to be and where Cilla used to work in the cloakroom before she went on to sing there," Mr Edwards said.
"It is fitting (as a location for a statue) as it goes back to Cilla's roots on Mathew Street, the Cavern and celebrates that young girl who is the female version of The Beatles."
Castle Fine Arts Foundry and Mr Edwards were selected to create the artwork after they created one of Liverpool's "must see landmarks" of the Fab Four.
In November 2015, gbronze statues of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were unveiled at Pier Head, in the city, after being commissioned by The Cavern Club.
The band's "female version" is set to join them on the city's streets when the artwork of Black is completed in early 2017.
Pew Research Center found that 71% of Americans identified as Christian in 2014 - down from 78% in 2007.
In the same period, Americans identifying as having no religion grew from 16% to 23%.
Fifty-six million Americans do not observe any religion, the second largest community after Evangelicals.
The United States still remains home to more Christians than any other nation, with roughly seven-in-ten continuing to identify with some branch of Christianity.
In 2007 and then again in 2014, Pew conducted the "Religious Landscape Study", interviewing 35,000 people each time.
Pew researchers say the losses they discovered were driven mainly by a decrease among liberal Protestants and Catholics and occurred in all regions of the US and among all ages and demographics.
About 5 million less Americans now identify as Christian compared to when the study was conducted in 2007.
In the South, those not-affiliated with religion - or as the researchers call them, "nones" - rose to 19% of the population, while in the Northeast they climbed to 25%.
In the West "nones" are a larger group than any religion, making up 28% of the public.
Greg Smith, Pew's associate research director, said the findings "point to substantive changes" among the religiously unaffiliated, not just a shift in how people describe themselves.
Non-religious Americans have become increasingly organised since 2007, forming political groups designed to keep religion out of public life.
Kelly Damerow with the Secular Coalition for America tells BBC News that the Pew findings "lend credence to the growth we've witnessed within our community and that we have the potential to hold a lot of political clout".
Americans who identify as Christian: 70.6%
Protestant faiths: 46.5%
Evangelical: 25.4%
Catholic: 20.8%
Mainline or liberal: 14.7%
Mormon: 1.6%
Jehovah's Witness: 0.8%
Identify as Other Christians: 0.4%
Source: Pew Research Center
Griffiths delayed taking a second-half corner to pick up the bottle and was booked by referee Alejandro Hernandez.
Manager Brendan Rodgers said the officials "could not explain" the yellow card.
Celtic did not take up their ticket allocation because of security fears.
But there were about 300 travelling fans inside the half-full ground to see first-half goals by Scott Sinclair and Tom Rogic secure a first-leg victory for the Scottish champions.
"It happens [missiles being thrown] in other grounds, it's not just here," Rodgers said. "It's not ideal in any situation. You don't want that to happen in any ground.
"It was strange him getting booked for it."
Objects had been thrown at Griffiths earlier in the game while taking a corner and substitute Jonny Hayes was also targeted.
Linfield chairman Roy McGivern walked down to that area of the stadium, but his intervention failed to prevent further incidents.
After the final whistle, some Linfield fans attempted to invade the pitch when Griffiths tied a scarf to the goal posts.
"The club will be reviewing our own footage and investigating," read a Linfield statement.
"We are obviously very disappointed that a small number of people chose not to respect the club's wishes. There will be serious and lasting consequences for anyone involved."
Asked whether he was concerned during the game, Rodgers said: "I didn't see or haven't heard as of yet what was thrown on. I could only see it from the dug-out.
"It was maybe a bottle of some sort, but anything, whether it's a coin or a bottle or whatever, shouldn't happen.
"Players go on to the field and it should be a safe environment for them. You want the passion from the stands to stay in there. But if you take that away from it, it was a good evening."
Celtic were comfortable victors as they looked to set up a third qualifying round meeting with either Norwegian champions Rosenborg or Irish title winners Dundalk.
Last season's Scottish PFA player of the year Sinclair headed them in front after 17 minutes before Australian Rogic guided in a second five minutes later.
They might have added to that tally, had it not been for 39-year-old former Manchester United and West Ham United goalkeeper Roy Carroll.
"I thought Roy was brilliant, he made some incredible saves," said Rodgers.
"It could have been a really difficult game for us but in the main we dealt well with it. They can be tricky ties. But the players came through it."
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Nokia will also license its patents and mapping services to Microsoft. Nokia shares jumped 35% on the news, whereas Microsoft's fell more than 5%.
The purchase is set to be completed in early 2014, when about 32,000 Nokia employees will transfer to Microsoft.
Nokia has fallen behind rivals Samsung and Apple, while critics say Microsoft has been slow into the mobile market.
Describing the deal as a "big, bold step forward", Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer told the BBC that his company was in the process of transforming itself from one that "was known for software and PCs, to a company that focuses on devices and services".
By Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent
So who wins and who loses from this deal? Nokia shareholders may be breathing a sigh of relief. Yes, they are only getting $7bn for a business that had a market capitalisation of $150bn in 2007.
But the 40% rise in the share price this morning shows they feel this is a far better outcome than they might have expected after years of decline.
As for Microsoft, it will be a while before we know whether Steve Ballmer's last big gamble as CEO has paid off.
He sees this deal as the final piece in the jigsaw, in his strategy to turn the software company into a devices and services business.
At the Helsinki press conference he talked of beating Blackberry for third place in the mobile phone market - and Microsoft's investors may find that number three is not a very profitable place to be.
For Finland and for Europe as a whole, this must be seen as a sad day. It is hard to remember just how recently Nokia was Europe's technology superstar, with a 40% share of one of the world's fastest growing industries and a proud record of innovation.
"We've done a lot of great work in the two-and-a-half years that we've been in partnership with Nokia, going literally from no phones to 7.4 million smart Windows phones in the last quarter that was reported," he said.
But he admitted: "We have more work to do to expand the range of applications on our product."
Microsoft, one of the biggest names in the technology sector, has struggled as consumers have shunned traditional PCs and laptops in favour of smartphones and tablet PCs.
Critics say the firm has been too slow to respond to the booming market for mobile devices. It launched its Surface tablet PCs last year, but sales of the devices have been relatively slow.
Analysts said that the company wanted to make sure that it got its strategy right in the mobile phone market.
"Mobile is an area of tremendous potential but it has been one of weakness for Microsoft," Manoj Menon, managing director of consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, told the BBC.
"Clearly the number one priority for the company is to get its mobile strategy right. From a strategy point of view, this deal is the perfect step, The only question is how well they can execute this plan."
Ben Wood, an analyst at telecoms consultancy CCS Insight, said: "It's a necessary gamble by Microsoft to break into mobile, but given its complete reliance on Nokia for Windows Phone devices and the competitive position of Apple and Google with rival phone platforms an understandable move.
"It completely reshapes Microsoft's business pushing it firmly into hardware. But it also raises big questions about the sustainability of other firms, including HTC and Blackberry, remaining pure-play phone makers," he added.
Nokia was once a leader in mobile phones, but the firm's sales fell 24% in the three months to the end of June from a year earlier.
1871: Founded. Spends the next century making tyres, boots and cables.
1987: Launches first phone. The Mobira Cityman weighs almost 1kg.
1992: Sells non-mobile divisions and launches first digital GSM phone, the Nokia 1011.
2000: Stock market value hits 186bn euros. Now worth 11bn euros.
2003: Basic 1100 phone launched. Goes on to sell 250 million units and become the world's most popular consumer electronic device.
2011: Abandons Symbian mobile phone operating software and switches to the Windows platform instead.
2013: Launches the Lumia 1020 boasting a 41 megapixel camera.
Source: Reuters/Nokia
It sold 53.7 million mobile phones during the quarter, down 27% on last year.
However, sales of its new Lumia phones, which run a Microsoft operating system, rose during the period.
Mr Menon said that the deal between the two companies would help to bring the "hardware closer to the operating system and achieve a tighter integration".
"This should help Microsoft make a more effective strategy to compete in the mobile sphere," he said.
Microsoft has also agreed a 10-year licensing arrangement with Nokia to use the Nokia brand on current mobile phone products.
Nokia also announced changes to its leadership team as a result of the sale. Stephen Elop will step down as president and chief executive of Nokia Corporation and resign from the company's board.
The firm said that he would become the executive vice president of the Devices & Services unit, adding that it expected him to "transfer to Microsoft at the anticipated closing" of the deal.
The transfer of Mr Elop to Microsoft comes at a time when the company is looking for a new chief executive.
The current head of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, announced last week that he would be retiring and is expected to leave the company within the next 12 months.
Summing up his tenure at the helm of one of the world's largest technology companies, he told the BBC: "I'm pleased with what we've achieved; I'm pleased with the level of innovation we've brought to intelligent devices around the globe.
"But there's always another challenge and with this acquisition we'll take things up to the next level."
Mr Elop who left Microsoft to join Nokia in 2010, has been cited by some as one of the frontrunners to replace Mr Ballmer.
The transaction is still subject to approval by Nokia shareholders and regulators.
Nokia says that once the sale is completed, it will concentrate on three key businesses - network equipment manufacturing, mapping and location services, and the development and licensing of technology.
Earlier this year, it agreed to buy Siemens' 50% stake in their joint venture, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), which makes telecoms network equipment, for 1.7bn euros.
Conservative Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Labour's Jack Straw both say they have broken no rules.
Reporters for the Daily Telegraph and Channel 4's Dispatches posed as staff of a fake Chinese firm.
The MPs have referred themselves to Parliament's standards watchdog.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has written to the prime minister calling for a ban on MPs having second jobs.
It is claimed that Mr Straw was recorded describing how he operated "under the radar" and had used his influence to change EU rules on behalf of a firm which paid him £60,000 a year.
On the subject of payment, Mr Straw is heard saying: "So normally, if I'm doing a speech or something, it's £5,000 a day, that's what I charge."
Sir Malcolm is reported to have claimed he could arrange "useful access" to every British ambassador in the world.
The MP for Kensington and chairman of Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee was recorded saying: "I am self-employed - so nobody pays me a salary. I have to earn my income."
He said his usual fee for half a day's work was "somewhere in the region of £5,000 to £8,000".
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Both men defended themselves on appearances on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday morning.
Sir Malcolm said he had "nothing to be embarrassed about". He said the allegations were "unfounded" and he vowed to fight them "with all my strength".
He said he had never accepted an offer from the fake firm, saying it was a "preliminary" discussion "about what they had mind".
Sir Malcolm is paid £67,000 a year and he said telling the company he was not paid a salary was a "silly thing to say".
"Of course I receive a salary as a Member of Parliament but I was referring to my business interests, from none of which I receive a salary. I receive payment for services I provide," he said.
He told the Daily Politics an MP's salary "sounds a lot of money to anyone earning less than that".
But he added: "The reality is that to anyone from a professional or business background earns considerably more than that."
Limiting MPs to their parliamentary salary would be "excluding very large numbers of very able people" who could not "accept such a substantial reduction in their standard of living," he added.
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MP's salary
£78,298 Headteacher
£72,649 Police superintendent
£88,000 Senior civil servant
£63,032 NHS director
About 200 MPs have business interests, he said, and everything he earns is detailed in the Register of Members' Interests.
Sir Malcolm said he would not stand down as security committee chairman, unless his committee colleagues wanted him to.
"One's got nothing to do with the other," he said. "None of the matters are remotely to do with intelligence or security."
He said he had a letter from Channel 4, accepting he had not offered access to any privileged or secret information.
Mr Straw has suspended himself from the Parliamentary Labour Party, and the party said it was aware of the "disturbing allegations" against him.
The Blackburn MP, who had already announced his intention to stand down in May, said he was "mortified" that he had fallen into the reporters' "trap" but that he had said nothing "improper".
He told Today the language he used had been "not necessarily wrong but could be taken out of context".
During his 36 years as an MP he had been "absolutely scrupulous" about observing the rules, he said, adding that the entire discussion had been around what he would do after leaving Parliament.
He acknowledged he should have postponed the conversation until after 7 May.
Earlier, Mr Straw said he had taken on one consultancy role since his ministerial career ended in 2010, with commodity suppliers, ED&F Man (Holdings) Ltd, saying it was done in accordance with the MPs' Code of Conduct.
Sir Malcolm and Mr Straw both said they had requested copies of the recording transcripts, but that Channel 4 and the Telegraph had not provided them.
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair offered Mr Straw his support, saying he was a "byword for being a hard-working constituency MP and parliamentarian".
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett said her party would "end second jobs for MPs".
Mr Miliband said the allegations against Mr Straw were "disturbing" and called for the issue of second jobs to be settled "once and for all".
Prime Minister David Cameron said he did not favour a complete ban on MPs having other employment, saying Parliament was "enriched" in some cases by members' outside experience.
Describing the reports as "very serious matters", he promised an "immediate disciplinary inquiry" into Sir Malcolm's case.
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, which manages MPs' pay, has recommended a 9% salary rise, but party leaders have said that would be unacceptable.
Phillip Blond, director of the centre-right thinktank ResPublica, said MPs should be banned from having outside jobs - but should also have their pay increased.
"We need to recognise that MPs are at the top of the public service tree, and pay them at the same level as top GPs, top civil servants, top head teachers," he said.
The undercover reporters had created a fictitious communications agency called PMR, which they said was based in Hong Kong.
A statement on Channel 4's website said 12 MPs with "significant outside interests" were invited to apply for jobs with PMR, which had "plenty of money" and wanted to hire "influential British politicians to join its advisory board".
"Not all politicians are for hire," the statement added.
"Half of those approached didn't respond. One said he wanted to check us out in Hong Kong so we took it no further. And another said he just wasn't that interested. Of the others, two stood out - Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw."
The documentary, called Politicians for Hire, will be broadcast on Channel 4 at 20:00 GMT.
Kathleen Kane, was found guilty of all nine counts including conspiracy, official oppression and perjury.
Perjury, which is a serious charge, can alone carry a penalty of seven years in prison.
Her licence to practise law has been suspended and has she resigned as attorney general.
Kane, 50, is due to be sentenced within 90 days, and has vowed to appeal.
"I have been honoured to serve the people of Pennsylvania and I wish them health and safety in all their days," Kane said in a statement.
She was found guilty of leaking sealed court documents intended to embarrass a rival prosecutor, Frank Fina, who Kane believed had planted a news story claiming that she had ended a statehouse sting operation.
An aide for Kane testified during the trial that she became "hell-bent on getting back at Frank Fina", and described her behaviour as "unhinged".
She instructed her aides to leak the information the news media, and later lied under oath when questioned by state officials.
During the trial, Kane declined to testify, and her defence team did not call a single witness to the stand.
She claims to be the victim of an "old-boys" network that are taking revenge on her for revealing lewd messages sent by government employees using state email servers.
Those embarrassing emails led to the resignation of two state Supreme Court justices, and other top government employees.
"What she did while she was the attorney general, the fact she would commit criminal acts while the top prosecutor, is a disgrace,'' assistant district attorney Michelle Henry said after the verdict.
The judge has released Kane on bail after requiring her to forfeit her passport to prevent her from leaving the country.
Before being released the judge also warned Kane that there would be additional consequences if there were any signs that she was retaliating against witnesses.
Several of her top aides testified against her during the trial in exchange for immunity.
Kane, once a rising star of the Democratic Party, assumed office in 2013 becoming the first woman, and the first Democrat, to hold the position of attorney general.
She had not held an elected position before then.
She now faces a maximum sentence of 28 years in prison, however a lesser sentence is expected.
All workers are entitled to annual leave and the National Minimum Wage. Employees get additional rights, such as the right not to be unfairly dismissed, maternity rights and redundancy rights.
Which category you fall into depends on the type of contract you have and the obligations between the employer and the employee to provide work and accept work.
The defining feature of a zero-hours contract is that the employer doesn't guarantee work and the worker doesn't guarantee acceptance of work. So in most cases those on zero-hours contracts count as workers.
As the House of Commons Library notes "the distinction between these concepts is complex and the subject of much debate".
It's not just about the wording of your contract, what happens in practice counts too. If there is a regular pattern of work, which is regularly accepted, then an Employment Tribunal can - and indeed they have - deem the contract to be one of employment.
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The badly beaten bodies of Imran Khan, 27, and Ahmedin Khyel, 35, were found on the side of the road in New Lane, Tong, in May 2011.
Mohammed Zubair, 36, has been held in custody in Pakistan since 2013.
It was the first time in more than 10 years a suspect had been extradited to the UK from the country, police said.
Mr Zubair appeared at Bradford Magistrates' Court earlier where he was remanded in custody to appear before the city's crown court on Friday.
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A man was convicted of manslaughter in 2012 over the deaths and jailed for 10 years.
Sabir Hussain, of Wensleydale Road, Bradford, went on trial accused of murder but was cleared of those charges.
Det Supt Simon Atkinson said: "After five years, West Yorkshire Police has managed to arrange the extradition of Mohammed Zubair, who has been held in custody in Pakistan since November 2013.
"I would like to praise the Pakistani authorities for their assistance and endeavours in not only securing his arrest, but also ensuring his extradition back to the UK."
The chief executive of Titanic Quarter Limited, David Gavaghan, is to leave his post, along with two other senior figures.
But the company - owned by Dublin-based Harcourt Developments - says it remains committed to Northern Ireland.
Its owner Pat Doherty said the "cost base was not proportionate to the business".
The company was behind the construction of the £97m Titanic Belfast visitor attraction, as well as other waterfront projects.
In a statement, Titanic Quarter said 13 staff would remain "to progress major developments, including projects in the film production, hotel and office sectors".
It added: "We are dedicated to ensuring that Titanic Quarter Limited remains a key driver for Northern Ireland's economy."
Mr Doherty said: "David Gavaghan and two other senior personnel have made a valuable contribution to growth at Titanic Quarter and we wish them well for the future.
"In particular I would like to thank David for his leadership and wish him every success."
About 200 soldiers signed two books at a tea stall at Peterborough East Railway Station in 1916 and 1917.
Peterborough's cultural trust Vivacity plans to transcribe the entries and research each man's story.
The project is funded by a £99,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Richard Hunt, Vivacity's archives manager, said the "slim volumes" offered "a unique snapshot" of the servicemen passing through Peterborough.
He said: "The men waiting for their refreshments wrote little messages, poems, cartoons, even smutty comments about the ladies serving them their tea."
He believes the books are "quite unique".
While other railway stations also had volunteer-run tea stalls, the Imperial War Museum has told him there is no evidence they had visitors' books.
The stall was run by the Peterborough Women's United Total Abstinence Council, a temperance organisation set up in the early 20th Century.
Vivacity's heritage events and programmes manager Stuart Orme said the project also hoped to find out more about the women who ran the stall.
The project is based on the two visitors' books held by the museum's archives, but because the stall was run throughout the war there may have been other books which are now lost.
Vivacity is recruiting volunteers to help transcribe the entries, research the stories and create an interactive website.
The biographical information and photographs they gather will be put on the website 100 years to the date that each man travelled through Peterborough.
The website will be launched in October and the project will culminate in an exhibition at Peterborough Museum in January 2018.
Mr Mozgovoi led the "Prizrak" (Ghost) battalion which was based in the Alchevsk area of Luhansk.
Reports said a bomb struck his car, which was then targeted by gunfire that killed Mozgovoi and six others.
Mr Mozgovoi was a critic of the Russian-backed separatist leadership and the Minsk accord signed with Kiev.
He took control of Alchevsk as part of the uprising that began last April in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk regions following Russia's annexation of Crimea.
There are no details on who may have carried out the attack, which was said to have taken place on the road from Luhansk to the city of Alchevsk.
One report said the attack took place near the spot where Mr Mozgovoi had survived another assassination attempt in March.
His press secretary and three security officers were reportedly among the dead.
Last May he allowed the BBC's Panorama exclusive access to his militia's training camp.
Mr Mozgovoi told our reporter the conflict was "in full swing... The east of Ukraine is moving steadily towards Russia, and that's a fact".
Last November Mozgovoi was seen at the head of a summary court system.
He is heard issuing a warning to residents: "Too many women go to restaurants. What kind of example do they show to their children? From now on, we will arrest all women we find in restaurants and cafes."
The Minsk ceasefire agreement came into effect on 15 February, but there has been regular sporadic fighting and both the pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government accuse the other of preparing a major offensive.
The Ukrainian government and Western leaders say there is clear evidence Russia is helping the rebels with heavy weapons and soldiers - an accusation Moscow denies.
But the rebels are also not a single coherent force in eastern Ukraine and there have been reports of power struggles.
Singer Billy Bragg and Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien are among those accusing Google-owned business of trying to "strong-arm" independent labels into accepting low fees.
YouTube has long been rumoured to be developing an advertisement-free music-subscription service.
But it has yet to confirm details.
"YouTube provides a global platform for artists to connect with fans and generate revenue for their music, paying out hundreds of millions of dollars to the music industry each year," said a spokesman for the company.
"We have successful deals in place with hundreds of independent and major labels around the world - however, we don't comment on ongoing negotiations."
Impala - a body representing Europe's indies - is spearheading the complaint.
It says it plans to request "prompt intervention" from the European Commission into negotiations over a new YouTube "music streaming service".
The organisation complains that indies are being presented with non-negotiable contracts accompanied by the threat that music videos they have posted to their YouTube channels will be blocked from site altogether if they do not agree to the terms.
The labels can currently make money by placing adverts at the start of the clips or via pop-up boxes that appear while they are playing.
"YouTube are shooting themselves in the foot with their attempt to strong-arm independent labels into signing up to such low rates," said Billy Bragg.
"They're in danger of launching a streaming service that lacks the innovative and cutting-edge sounds that independent artists bring."
Ed O'Brien - who co-chairs the Featured Artists Coalition, a musicians' rights campaign group - added: "To restrict [indie artists and labels] in this way is to risk creating an internet just for the superstars and big businesses."
Independent labels being represented in the battle include XL Recordings, 4AD. Cooking Vinyl and Domino.
That means failure to reach an agreement could potentially see music from Adele, Jack White, The xx, Royksopp, M.I.A., Hot Chip, The National and Arctic Monkeys excluded from the service.
Android Police, a news site, first reported in November that code included in the YouTube app referred to a new service called Music Pass.
It said the facility appeared to offer users access to offline playback of "uninterrupted music" with "no ads on millions of songs".
Google already operates a separate audio-only music-subscription service - Google Play Music All Access - and there are several competitors on the market including Spotify, Deezer, Xbox Music and Apple's Beats Music.
The indies have struck deals to include their tracks on all these services.
But Complete Music Update - an industry news site that covers the sector - said the labels felt they had been backed into a corner by Google's latest demands.
"YouTube already pays what are probably the lowest rates in the business for music labels' videos," said Chris Cooke, the site's business editor.
"The majors and independents agreed to that because YouTube isn't just a revenue stream, it's one of the most important promotional platforms in music today.
"But what the indies are getting really angry about is that YouTube seems to be threatening to withdraw this powerful promotional platform if they don't sign up to the new audio service - a service that will be going head-to-head with Spotify, Deezer et cetera while, as we understand it, paying considerably lower royalties."
Stretching more than 600 feet (180 metres) in the air, the towers are set to generate energy for millions of UK homes from 2017.
The companies involved say the Irish power is a cheaper form of renewable than UK offshore wind.
But environmentalists have described the scheme as "crazy".
They say it risks damaging Ireland's landscape.
Under the plan, a number of companies are seeking to erect hundreds of wind turbines across the boggy midlands of Ireland. The power generated would be transferred to the UK via undersea cables that would join the grid at two points in Wales.
One of the developers, Element Power, says the plan would save UK consumers around £7bn over 15 years compared to other renewable sources.
The developers also say that thousands of jobs will be created in Ireland and the economy as a whole will benefit.
But concerns are now growing that the turbines needed to provide the power will be of a size and scale not seen in Britain or Ireland before.
Because the bog lands are relatively windless, the company behind the scheme says they will need to stretch high into the sky to catch sufficient wind to generate power.
"They will be spread around 40 clusters in five counties," said Element Power's Peter Harte.
"We felt it was better to built slightly larger turbines but fewer of them and that's the best way to minimise the impact on the local area."
But opponents say that local people have not been consulted and few actually realise just what an impact the turbines will have on the landscape.
"People don't actually understand the scale of them," said Andrew Duncan, an auctioneer and spokesman for the Lakelands Wind Information group, who are opposed to the plan.
"Putting up the largest turbines in the world without consultation - I think it is ludicrous, to be honest."
Mr Duncan says that he believes that political opposition to wind energy in the UK is the real reason behind the plan.
"It seems to be an Irish solution to a British problem - politically they don't want turbines on the British countryside, they are under a lot of pressure from the general public over there and it seems they want to impose these wind farms on the Irish general public instead," he said.
Once the memorandum of understanding has been signed there will a further year of review before a potential treaty between the UK and the Irish Republic is signed.
Irish energy minister Pat Rabbitte said that the process was in its infancy and no decisions had been made about how the energy for export would be generated.
"I think there is a mutual interest here for both countries, he told BBC News, adding: "Ireland doesn't want a wind farm at every cross roads; we don't want that."
Richard Tol, professor of economics at University of Sussex, said he felt that the whole scheme was "crazy" and would not work in the long term .
"From an Irish perspective this is not selling the family silver; this is giving it away. There is no money staying in Ireland that I can see.
"But from the British perspective it is a good deal," he said.
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After Ben Stokes went early for 18, Keaton Jennings hit 88 off 58 balls before Cobb pulled off a stunning catch to remove him as Durham made 153-8.
Northants were 9-3 in reply, but Cobb hit three sixes in a 26-ball fifty.
He put on 120 with Alex Wakely (43) and departed for 80 just before Northants reached 155-6 with five balls to spare.
It was an audacious exhibition by Cobb, who turned 26 three days ago, and had earlier taken a stunning one-handed catch at cover to dismiss Jennings, whose score was the highest in Finals Day history - and his first half-century in a T20 game.
A member of Leicestershire's winning team in 2011, Cobb top-edged Chris Rushworth to the keeper as he tried to win the match with a six.
Needing three off the final over, however, Northants needed only one delivery as Rob Keogh struck Usman Arshad to spark scenes of celebration as they repeated their 2013 Finals Day triumph.
It was a major disappointment for Durham, whose chief executive had to reassure the players that the club was not going bust earlier this month, after overcoming Yorkshire by seven runs earlier in the day.
Stokes and Mark Wood played the lead roles in that victory, but were unable to repeat it in the final, although two wickets went down in Wood's opening over, the second a superb run-out of Richard Levi by Scott Borthwick.
Ultimately Durham did not have enough runs to defend after Ben Sanderson took 3-31 for their opponents, including the vital wickets of Stokes and skipper Paul Collingwood.
And although Wood (1-25) looked the most threatening bowler on display during the day, Cobb and Wakely punished Durham's support bowlers in the partnership which all but decided the outcome and atoned for Northants' defeat by Lancashire in last year's final.
Despite the upcoming one-day series against Pakistan, England made players available for the climax of the domestic T20 competition.
Although Stokes hit 56 and Wood took 4-25 against Yorkshire, it was a largely disappointing day for the national team stars.
Stuart Broad failed to take a wicket in two overs for Notts in their semi-final against Northants and was caught behind for 11 as they came up just eight runs short.
But it was Yorkshire's England returnees who really failed to live up to their billing, with Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Gary Ballance contributing only 10 runs between them, and David Willey suffering a hand injury when the ball was hit hard back at him.
Root, in particular, looked shaken up by Wood's pace in the second semi-final and a reckless hook shot off Rushworth led to his downfall.
When it came to the final, Cobb outshone them all as Northants became only the third county to win the T20 trophy more than once following Leicestershire (three times) and Hampshire (twice).
Northants batsman Josh Cobb told BBC Test Match Special:
"It's an unbelievable feeling. We lost last year and people wanted to put it right. As long as the team won, that was the main thing.
"We like the underdog tag. We are a serious white-ball cricket side and even when we have a lot of injuries against us, someone puts their hand up.
"In a way, I was batting calm and I would have been a lot more nervous if I was in the stand."
Durham captain Paul Collingwood:
"It's disappointing to get all the way to the final and not be able to get over the line, but the energy that we put into the semi-final against Yorkshire, you cannot fault the lads.
"From the position that we were in in the league to get to the actual final, I take my hat off to the boys. It's been a great effort, but wasn't good enough in the end.
"Northants deserve the victory. We didn't have a huge score on the board. You need things to go your way but unfortunately today it didn't. "
He met the family of Paul Whitters, a 15-year-old schoolboy killed by a plastic bullet in 1981.
In 2007, a police ombudsman's report criticised a police investigation of the case.
Paul's uncle, Tony Brown, said it was a productive meeting and that he was "cautiously optimistic".
Mr Brown was part of a delegation from the Pat Finucane Centre who want the secretary of state to make progress on dealing with the past.
Paul Whitters was wearing a mask and throwing stones at windows when he was shot by a police officer on Great James Street 35 years ago.
It followed a day of rioting in and around the Bogside area of Derry during the IRA hunger strikes.
The police had said the baton round was fired to prevent a lorry being hijacked.
"Paul's death was never properly investigated and that made a mockery of the inquest," Mr Brown said.
"There was no warning given. Paul was shot at a range which was unacceptable, within the regulations at the time.
"We subsequently learned that the plastic bullet gun was defective.
"The most appalling thing was that Paul was dragged from the scene where he was shot, there was no attempt made to preserve the scene for forensic reasons."
Mr Brown said they were delighted that Mr Brokenshire had met them so soon after getting the job.
"Nineteen secretaries of state later, I'm cautiously optimistic that we've had a proactive engagement," he said.
James Brokenshire acknowledged victims families had been waiting a long time for progress on dealing with the past.
"I had a very positive, very constructive initial conversation with the Pat Finucane Centre in these early days of my time as secretary of state.
" I am very keen to create the climate where we are able to progress these issues, get those legacy bodies up and running and I hope provide some answers for people who have been waiting a great deal of time," he said.
The secretary of state will also meet local business leaders to hear their concerns after the Brexit vote.
Derry's nearest geographical neighbour is County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.
It leaves the area particularly vulnerable to any changes to border check points.
Mr Brokenshire, who campaigned to remain in the EU, said he was opposed to any resurrection of a hard border between the two countries.
The secretary of state will also visit the Seagate factory, one of the area's biggest employers, and is due to meet members of the Apprentice Boys of Derry.
After their win over Wexford, Monaghan have been drawn against Carlow.
Neither Ulster side will have home advantage for the matches, which will take place on 15 of July.
In Round 4A, Donegal will face Galway, whose Connacht final loss to Roscommon meant there was no need for a draw.
Having already beaten Mayo in the provincial championship, Galway will avoid a repeat meeting with their neighbours.
It means Donegal will play Galway at Markievicz Park in Sligo on 22 July, while Mayo face beaten Munster finalists Cork on the same date at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick.
Armagh are into the third qualifying round for the first time since 2014 following Saturday's five point win over Westmeath and their reward is a chance to gain revenge for their last-minute defeat by Tipperary, which cost them a place in Division Two of the National League.
The first championship meeting between the two counties will be held at Semple Stadium at 5pm, 15 July after Tipperary were the first team drawn from the pot this morning.
Following their victory in Wexford, Monaghan will face another Leinster opponent this weekend.
Carlow were comfortable 2-14 to 0-13 winners over Leitrim in Round 2B and they will once again have home advantage against Malachy O'Rourke's side.
The match will also be held on 15 July at Dr Cullen Park in Carlow with a 19:00 BST throw-in.
Anna Alboth said she could no longer sit and watch news reports without taking action herself.
So she is organising the Civil March for Aleppo, a 3,400km (2,100-mile) walk that will retrace the footsteps of refugees who managed to escape the war in Syria and make to the safety of Germany.
The journalist, who has already welcomed a Syrian refugee into her own home, said the bombing of hospitals in Aleppo had brought matters to a head for her.
"I was having dinner with Syrian women I know in a refugee centre and they were showing me photos of a lot of people who had died," said Mrs Alboth.
"People like me in safe countries can't take it any more, and we see this as a chance to transform things.
"Refugees who hear about it say that if we are willing to give up our comfortable lives to do this, then it is a real demonstration."
Since Mrs Alboth launched the #CivilMarchForAleppo, around 2,500 people have pledged to join her for the entire journey.
She is hoping that will build to about 5,000, with others joining for a few hours or a day in different locations along the walk.
Mrs Alboth lives with her husband, Thomas, two young children and two friends - and now Akeel, a 50-year-old Syrian man who escaped from the war when it became too dangerous to stay.
Akeel is separated from his grown-up children, who also managed to get out of Syria but are living in Turkey and Dubai.
He still has family in Syria.
Mrs Alboth said the experience of supporting Syrians in Berlin had had a massive impact on her life.
"So many people have so many questions about what is going on in Syria and also what life is like for the refugees who have come to live here in Germany," she said.
"I try to explain to people, but also Akeel has cooked a number of meals where we have invited people over to speak to him and so they can learn more from him."
Mrs Alboth said the campaign aimed to get the attention of people watching news reports of the war at home, to come together in a show of solidarity.
Acknowledging the potential risks, she said: "Yes it is dangerous but we are getting in touch with humanitarian and aid agencies to get their advice.
"Some people say why not demonstrate outside an embassy, but which do you chose - the Russian one, the Syrian one - we don't know who is running what is happening in Syria."
Asked how far she expected to get, she said: "If no-one will stop us, we will go all the way."
The march is due to set off from Berlin on 26 December, and is expected to take about three and a half months.
The exact route is still being decided but will go through Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey and finally to Syria.
Intense planning is under way, using lawyers in each country to prepare the paperwork they need to cross international boarders and internal states.
They aim to walk 15-20km (9-12 miles) each day, but are happy to go more slowly if that suits their needs or even use transport in some places.
Other local contacts are planning the day-to-day routes and liaising with churches and hospitals to arrange over-night places to sleep and food supplies.
"We want to keep it as official as possible to ensure we get any police or ambulance support we might need," Mrs Alboth said.
"It will be cold and there is a lot to think about, but it is not so bad if we are prepared.
"It's not as if we're going tomorrow and we have just one pair of shoes - that's the situation many refugees have been in."
Mrs Alboth's husband, Thomas, and their children aged five and seven, will join her for the first week of the trip, along with her mother.
She said she expected some people to be able to commit only to part of the journey but that it would be taking part that counted most.
And does she think her hope of making it into Aleppo is realistic?
"People like me think that if five or ten thousand people are marching and getting everyone's attention, then it's impossible that they would bomb you," she said.
"I think if it really happened and they bombed a peaceful march, then this world is worth nothing."
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Nicholas Taylor, 47, and Joan Taylor, 43, targeted children as young as 11 and supplied them with crack cocaine.
The 84 offences by the "master manipulators" occurred between 1996 and 2006, Leicester Crown Court was told.
Taylor, who had previous convictions for indecency, and his wife, a former prostitute, pleaded guilty to 10 charges.
They will be sentenced at a later date.
Det Insp Adam Pendlebury, from Northamptonshire Police, praised the "extraordinary courage" of the Taylors' 11 victims.
He said: "The Taylors were master manipulators who used crack cocaine to force their victims to engage in sexual activity against their will and their actions have had a devastating impact on their victims' lives."
He described Nicholas Taylor as a "very dangerous, depraved individual" and his co-accused as "a more than willing accomplice".
The investigation into the couple began in 2014 and was the largest of its type in the force's history.
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McGuire, 34, is leaving Headingley at the end of the season and Sheens confirmed the Robins had spoken to him.
However, he told BBC Radio Humberside: "We've had some discussions but I think it's a long, long way away from being decided which way he's going to go.
"He's got a number of offers. I think he'd prefer to play Super League."
England and Great Britain half-back McGuire is the leading try-scorer in Super League history with 233, and is fourth on the Rhinos' all-time list.
When he announced his departure, he said: "I've got a good idea of what I want to do and where I will be, but nothing has been finalised."
On a difficult surface in a rain-affected match of 18 overs a side, Virat Kohli's unbeaten 55 took India to their target of 119 in 15.5 overs.
Pakistan scraped 28 from their first six overs, but were dragged to 118-5 by Shoaib Malik (26) and Umar Akmal (22).
India have now played Pakistan in 11 matches at World Cups and World T20s without ever being defeated.
The pre-tournament favourites, who lost their first match to New Zealand, can still reach the semi-finals if they beat Australia and Bangladesh.
Pakistan too are still in the hunt for a last-four spot, but face tougher tests against the Australians and unbeaten Kiwis.
This was the most eagerly anticipated match of the competition, between two fierce rivals who seldom meet outside of international tournaments because of political tensions.
Indeed, the contest was moved from the Himalayan city of Dharamsala to Kolkata on security grounds, with Pakistan only agreeing to participate in the tournament on 11 March after receiving assurances from the Indian government.
More than 60,000 raucous fans packed into Eden Gardens, with crowds queuing outside well after play began, while some estimations put the global TV audience at one billion.
However, the contest itself was not particularly memorable, with the wicket making batting difficult for all but the brilliant Kohli.
The match was dominated by the surface on which it was played, with the amount of assistance offered to the slow bowlers at times making batting impossible.
India spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravi Jadeja in particular found sharp, spitting turn, often leaving the batsmen some distance from making contact with the ball.
For their part, Pakistan mis-read the conditions, omitting left-arm spinner Imad Wasim in favour of pace bowler Mohammad Sami, who did at least justify his selection by bowling both Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina in successive deliveries.
It was a pitch that divided opinion, with some believing that T20 cricket should be about scoring runs, while others found it refreshing that bowlers were given the advantage.
After struggling against Ashwin and Jadeja, Pakistan were only taken to a competitive total by Malik and Akmal, who finally found regular boundaries against the pace bowlers later in the innings.
Pakistan's hopes were further raised when Sami extracted extra bounce to have Dhawan and Raina play on to their stumps in almost identical fashion.
Kohli remained, though, and took the sting out the situation in a stand of 61 with Yuvraj Singh.
The right-hander played some superb cover drives and guides behind point, bowing down to former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who was in the crowd, when he passed 50.
In the next over, MS Dhoni hit the winning runs, and Kohli celebrated with more adulation of Tendulkar.
Man of the match Virat Kohli: "It was a challenging wicket but you need that as a cricketer. It was about keeping calm and luckily I had a great partnership with Yuvraj and we pulled the team out of trouble."
Pakistan face the challenge of New Zealand, who have won their opening two games, in Chandigarh on Tuesday, while India will be confident of beating Bangladesh in Bangalore a day later.
The 39-year-old Portuguese has signed until the end of the season at the KCOM Stadium.
He replaces Mike Phelan who was sacked on Tuesday with the Tigers bottom of the Premier League.
Silva left the Greek side in the summer and had previously been linked with managerial vacancies at Championship sides Wolves and Nottingham Forest.
He will take charge of Hull's next game against fellow Premier League strugglers Swansea in the FA Cup third round at home on Saturday.
A full-back with only two top-flight appearances in Portugal, Silva started his coaching career in the summer of 2011 with second-tier side Estoril, with whom he had spent most of his playing career.
He guided them to promotion to the top flight and a place in the Europa League before moving to Sporting Lisbon in 2014.
Under his tenure, Sporting won the Portuguese Cup but he was sacked in June 2015, four days after the victory, reportedly for not wearing an official club suit during a match in an earlier round.
He signed a two-year deal with Olympiakos the following month and the Greek side won a record 17 consecutive domestic matches, also claiming a 3-2 Champions League win over Arsenal at the Emirates.
But he left last summer after they secured a 43rd Greek title and has been out of work since.
Silva has brought in his own coaching team, including assistant Joao Pedro Sousa, first-team coach Goncalo Pedro and goalkeeping coach Hugo Oliveira.
"Marco is a young coach who has impressed us with his philosophy and football style," said Hull vice-chairman Ehab Allam.
"He has a great track record and we feel this is a bold and exciting appointment in our aim to retain the club's Premier League status.
"We are already working hard with Marco and his team to deliver some key additions to our squad during this transfer window."
On 9 May 1945 the island was freed from five years of German occupation and in recent years the day of the anniversary has been a public holiday.
In 2015 the Saturday has been designated a public holiday, but seven deputies called for Friday to also be an official day off.
However, this move was heavily defeated by their fellow politicians.
The proposition had also suggested the May Day bank holiday on 4 May was removed so employers did not lose an extra working day.
The proposals included introducing an extra weekday public holiday whenever Liberation Day falls on a weekend in the future - this plan was lost by a drawn vote of 20-20.
An alternative proposal with the same aim was also lost.
A separate move to introduce Sunday trading laws, which limit what shops can open and what can be sold, on Liberation Day was also defeated.
Molly Bihet, an author who was 14 years old when the island was liberated, said it was a shame.
She said of Liberation Day: "You've got to live through it to really realise how happy we were and what a day it was.
"Everybody was so happy, my mum she sang and shouted so much that she lost her voice for weeks after."
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MSPs on the finance committee will look at what the new Scottish rate of income tax (SRIT) should be set at when it comes into effect next year.
The new powers are part of the 2012 Scotland Act.
The move means the UK Treasury will deduct 10p from standard and upper rates of income tax in Scotland, with MSPs then deciding how to raise cash.
The committee will also consider if companies and individuals are prepared for the introduction of the new levy in April.
The new powers will mean people north of the border could potentially pay a higher or lower rate than taxpayers in the rest of the UK.
As part of its work scrutinising the 2016-17 budget, the finance committee will consider what the extra cash raised could be spent on if the SRIT is higher than 10p.
They will also look at how any reduction in the SRIT could be funded from the Scottish budget.
Committee convener Kenneth Gibson said: "From next year, revenue from the Scottish rate of income tax will be a significant part of the money spent on Scotland's public services.
"There are key decisions to be made on the level the Scottish rate should be set at and how taxpayers and employers are informed about the introduction of SRIT."
He added: "It is important for the finance committee to scrutinise the introduction of this new power and I would encourage people to submit their views to inform the committee's inquiry."
Earlier this week a new Scotland Bill was published by the UK government.
The 76-page document outlined the Conservative government's plan to give tax-raising powers to Scotland.
It follows recommendations made by the cross-party Smith Commission which was set up to look at devolving more powers.
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But they're not the only record breaking bakers in the world - here's Newsround's pick of the biggest and the best food creations...
In February chefs in Guadalajara, Mexico, broke a world record by making a line of tacos nearly two miles long. A team of 130 cooks were together for six hours to create the masterpiece.
At eight and a half metres tall, this is the largest handmade Easter egg in the world. It was made in April in Argentina, South America, and 8,000kg of chocolate - that's about the same weight as two elephants - was used to make it.
Bakers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, served up a massive 450-metre-long cake to celebrate the city's 450th anniversary in March. The cake was made from around 30,000 eggs, 2,500 bags of flour and lots of butter, and took 10 bakers three days to make it.
The largest gingerbread house was made in Texas, USA and was not something that would fit in your regular baking tin! In fact it was 18.28 m long, 12.8 m wide and 18.28 m tall at its highest point. Money raised from visitors was given to the local hospital.
Sixty French and Italian bakers worked nearly seven hours to bake this record-breaking 122 metre-long bread. They used a specially designed portable oven to bake the dough and had to be very careful that the massive baguette didn't break.
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The 19-year-old - who had never scored a County Championship century before - came in at 96-3, hitting 15 sixes and 26 fours before he was dismissed for 234 off 136 balls.
Donald took just 123 balls to reach 200, equalling Ravi Shastri's record.
Derbyshire's young seamer Will Davis claimed a career-best 5-123.
The visitors did not help their cause with a series of missed chances.
Nick Selman made a second fifty in his first four Championship innings, while Will Bragg rode his luck for a patient 60.
But it was Donald who caught the eye, reaching 100, 150 and 200 with sixes as he took the Derbyshire spinners apart.
Glamorgan batsman Aneurin Donald told BBC Wales Sport: "I'm extremely pleased. It's nice to get the guys into a strong position first and foremost, but nice to hit them so well and come out with a big score. I've been looking for one and finally it came, although I rode my luck at times.
"It was a good wicket, the bowlers were getting a bit tired and it's a small ground, so it's about making the most of it. I knew the highest score was here [Glamorgan's record of 309 not out by Steve James] so obviously there's a good history.
"It's a good place to be [in the six-hitting zone], you don't get there too often, you end up not thinking about it too much and it flows.
"You don't get too many days like this and it was nice to make the most of it. I didn't know [about the fastest all-time double-century] until I walked off. I would have tried to get it a bit earlier."
The Sutton Trust study of 34 organisations which sponsor multiple academies says poor pupils in 22 of them performed significantly below the mainstream schools average in 2014.
But disadvantaged pupils in 11 chains outperformed those in mainstream schools at GCSE, the charity says.
Ministers said academies were transforming millions of pupils' lives.
In-depth analysis compared the results at 156 academies between 2012 and 2014 in 34 academy chains with those of mainstream state-funded schools.
The academies were chosen because they had been open and had GCSE results for the past three years.
The report, Chain Effects 2015, highlights how a handful of top performing chains, such as Ark and Harris Federation, with a large number of schools, were leading performance in the academy sector.
Results for disadvantaged students in these academy chains were at least 15 percentage points higher than those in mainstream schools, the report said.
But in many more academies, disadvantaged pupils did worse than those in mainstream schools. One chain performed at the mainstream average for disadvantaged pupils.
The results are significant because the government sees its academies programme as its main engine of improvement.
"Academy sponsorship is not a panacea," the report said.
Report author Prof Becky Francis said: "There is very significant variation in outcomes for disadvantaged pupils, both between and within chains.
"Some chains continue to achieve impressive outcomes for their disadvantaged students against a range of measures, demonstrating the transformational impact on life chances that can be made.
"However, a larger group of low-performing chains are achieving results that are not improving and may be harming the prospects of their disadvantaged students."
The report calls for new, clear and more rigorous criteria to be applied by the Department for Education (DfE) when sponsors are approved and commissioned.
"New chains should not be allowed to expand until they have a track record of success in driving improvement in their existing academies," it said.
"The government must not ignore the negative impact that a number of chains at the other end of the spectrum are having on school quality and (consequently) the life chances of the young people they serve," it added.
And it called for "the DfE to ensure transparency as academies are moved between chains" when standards were not good enough.
A DfE spokesman said: "The academies programme has transformed the lives of millions of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, as this report shows.
"We are already working with many excellent academy sponsors and are recruiting more to pair with struggling schools so every child has access to the excellent education they deserve."
He added: "We know that for some academies there is more to do - which is hardly surprising when many of these are most likely to include sponsored academies which have a history of low performance in their former schools."
The 23-year-old former Arsenal youngster left Belgian top-flight side Zulte Waregem this summer after scoring four goals in 41 appearances.
He is recovering from "routine" knee surgery and is not yet fit to play.
Before his move to Waregem in July 2014, Aneke spent a season on loan from the Gunners at Crewe in League One, scoring 14 in 40 league games.
Manager Karl Robinson told the club website: "While he isn't ready for match action just yet, we didn't want to miss out on bringing him to the football club.
"Also, with the abolition of emergency and youth loans outside of the transfer window, we are limited to what we can do during the season."
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The raids, in the province of Santa Cruz, were ordered by a judge during a probe into allegations of corruption and fraud relating to a company part-owned by the Kirchners.
The Argentine news agency Telam said police were looking for documents.
This is the second time the family's properties have been raided.
Last year a hotel and other buildings were searched.
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The judge, Claudio Bonadio, ordered offices and apartments in the towns of Rio Gallegos, El Calafate and El Chalten to be searched.
Telam said the police were looking for documents belonging to the company Los Sauces, part-owned by Mrs Fernandez's children.
Last year a congresswoman, Margarita Stolbizer, filed a legal complaint against the former president and her adult children, Maximo and Florencia, accusing them of fraud and illegal enrichment.
In a separate case, Mrs Fernandez was indicted in May on charges that she was responsible for central bank irregularities in the futures market.
She has accused the current administration of President Mauricio Macri of political persecution.
Mr Macri's government has opened several investigations into alleged corruption during Mrs Fernandez's 2007-2015 presidency.
Earlier this month, one of Mrs Fernandez's top public works officials was caught throwing bags filled with a total of nearly $9m (£6.7m) over the walls of a monastery in Buenos Aires province.
He was arrested on suspicion of money laundering.
Mrs Fernandez was married to the late Argentine president Nestor Kirchner.
The figure was marginally higher than for the same month last year.
Corporation tax receipts fell by 2.1% and benefits payments rose 4.9%.
The figures make it more likely that the government will fail to achieve its aim of wiping out the structural budget deficit by 2015.
The borrowing figures differ depending on whether the temporary effects of one-off financial transactions are included or excluded.
The April 2012 net borrowing figures included two one-off transactions to the government - £28bn from the transfer of the Royal Mail Pension Plan and £2.3bn following the closure of the Special Liquidity Scheme.
The ONS says that for the period April to August 2012, public sector net borrowing, excluding financial interventions such as bail-outs to the banks, was £31bn, £17.4bn lower than in the same period last year.
By Stephanie FlandersEconomics editor
But if the effect of this Royal Mail and other transactions are stripped out, then public sector net borrowing for April to August 2012 actually increased 22% to £61.3bn, £12.9bn higher than in the same period last year.
The ONS also reported that public sector net borrowing for the fiscal year 2011/2012 was £119.3bn, £6.7bn lower than the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast of £126bn.
David Gauke, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, said: "Today's figures show the government borrowed almost £7bn less last year than previously estimated.
"This is further evidence that we are dealing with our debts and getting the deficit down."
By Hugh PymChief economics correspondent, BBC News
There was gloomy news and slightly less gloomy news for George Osborne in these borrowing figures.
Excluding the one-off benefits of the Royal Mail pension assets transfer, government borrowing was up nearly 22% in the financial year to date compared to the same period last year.
That is hard to explain for a chancellor who has made a priority of deficit reduction, though he can point to some disruption to tax revenues because of North Sea production problems.
The consolation for the Treasury in the figures was the reduction in the estimate of borrowing last year. The government was £119bn in the red instead of the £125bn previously thought.
But the markets and Mr Osborne will be looking ahead rather than back and wondering how much more debt the government will rack up before the end of this year.
But Labour Treasury spokesman Chris Leslie said: "These figures show that the deficit is rising because the government's economic plan is failing.
"We have the highest ever borrowing for any August and borrowing is up by 22% so far this year compared to the same period last year."
Chancellor George Osborne's aim to balance the government's books by 2015 is "in tatters", he added.
David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said: "Unless present trends are reversed in the next few months, we now expect total borrowing in 2012/13 as a whole to exceed the total predicted by the OBR at the time of the Budget by more than £20bn."
He said the situation was "worrying".
With public sector net debt standing at £1.04 trillion at the end of August 2012, equivalent to 66.1% of gross domestic product (GDP), the pressure on the Chancellor George Osborne remains intense.
But on Thursday night, the chancellor received some support from Sir Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England.
In an interview with Channel 4 News, Sir Mervyn said it would be "acceptable" if the government missed its deficit reduction target, as long as this was the result of slower global economic growth.
However, the BCC's Mr Kern warned that "if persistently weak growth causes borrowing to overshoot, the UK's credit rating may be endangered".
He argued that public spending cuts should be supplemented with policies to boost growth, including infrastructure spending, support for business lending, and a reduction in National Insurance Contributions.
"We're not opening up a film slate because that's not what we're given public money to do," he told the BBC.
"We are a theatre," he said, "but occasionally things come up where you think, 'Why not? Let's give it a go.'"
The NT acquired the film rights to the musical London Road last year, marking its first foray into production.
There have previously been successful adaptations of NT plays - including Amadeus, The Madness of King George, The History Boys and War Horse - but the theatre had no financial or creative stake in those films.
The theatre has also staged live cinema broadcasts of shows including Macbeth, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Frankenstein and The Audience.
Norris admitted making a stand-alone film was "not something that we set out to do" but he was keen to "see how it goes in the next few weeks and months".
Although the theatre won't open a full-time film division, "I wouldn't be surprised if another little idea popped up sooner or later," he added.
"I would never say we'd never do it again."
Norris directed both the stage and screen versions of London Road, which documents the arrest of Steve Wright, an Ipswich man who was convicted of murdering five sex workers in 2008.
It uses real dialogue from the rural townsfolk whose lives were turned upside down when it was discovered a serial killer had been living in their community.
The cast includes Olivia Colman, Anita Dobson and Tom Hardy - who had a "get-out clause" written into his contract, over fears about his singing ability.
"He said from the beginning, 'I'm going to keep the back door open until the last minute, so you've got to have a Plan B,'" Norris told the BBC.
"But there was no Plan B. I knew that Tom wouldn't give up."
The 28-year-old, who joined Carnegie from Rotherham in 2011, has scored 28 tries in 138 games at Headingley.
He is the fifth confirmed signing by Falcons for 2017-18, following the Matavesi brothers, Maxime Mermoz and DTH van der Merwe.
"Dean Richards really sold the vision and the ambition," Burrows said.
"They are playing a style of rugby which really appeals to me, and overall it's just an attractive prospect."
Director of rugby Richards said: "Ryan is an experienced performer who has played to a consistently high standard in the Championship over a number of years now, and really deserves this chance to step up."
The Bishop of Fulham, John Broadhurst, has become the fourth Anglican bishop to make the announcement.
He intends joining the Roman Catholic Church because of his opposition to the way the Church of England plans to introduce women bishops.
Meanwhile, a Kent Anglican congregation has become the first to take up the Pope's offer to convert to Catholicism.
The Pope created a special enclave in the Roman Catholic Church for Anglicans unhappy with their church's decision to let women become bishops.
The Catholic Group on the CofE's General Synod said it deeply regretted the decision by Bishop Broadhurst.
The bishop, who is the leader of the traditionalist organisation Forward in Faith, is the most significant Anglican so far to say he will convert to Catholicism.
He is currently the "flying bishop" charged with looking after traditionalist parishes opposed to women priests and bishops in the dioceses of London, Southwark and Rochester.
The Catholic Group said it was determined to stay in the Church of England and fight for a better deal for Anglicans who did not want to serve under women bishops.
By Robert PigottBBC News religious affairs correspondent
It was thought to be priests rather than whole congregations who would drive to convert to Roman Catholicism. It is priests who would be most directly exposed to serving under a woman bishop.
Although this early decision by St Peter's has taken observers somewhat by surprise, it shouldn't be seen as evidence of a flood of parishes or even priests leaving for Rome.
They are almost bound to have to give up attractive churches such as St Peter's and spend some time worshipping in the "wilderness" of borrowed or rented accommodation, and there is a strong element among traditionalists on the catholic wing of the Church of England who want to stay and fight for increased "protection" from serving under a women bishop.
They claim results of the recent elections to the CofE synod give them hope that they can block or change the legislation, although liberal Anglicans dispute this.
BBC religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott says the group's statement seems intended to counter any encouragement Bishop Broadhurst's announcement might give to traditionalist clergy to take up Pope Benedict's offer of a privileged place in the Roman Catholic Church.
Our correspondent says many traditionalist clergy are unhappy with the level of protection so far offered to them from serving under a woman bishop, but might hesitate in the face of a decision likely to cause them considerable personal hardship.
Bishop Broadhurst's statement came as it emerged that the traditionalist Anglo-Catholic congregation of St Peter's in Folkestone had become the first to begin the process of leaving to join the Roman Catholic Church.
The Pope has created a special enclave in the Roman Catholic Church for Anglicans unhappy with their Church's decision to let women become bishops.
Under his controversial offer, Anglicans could retain some of their practices and traditions.
The vote for St Peter's to convert took place at the end of September - perhaps encouraged by the Pope's visit to Britain - but it has only emerged now.
At the time of the visit the Archbishop of Canterbury - in whose diocese St Peter lies - joked that he and the Pope had at least two things in common, a fondest for cats, and a keenness to recruit Anglican clergy.
However, the initiative was taken by lay people, with the intention of converting as a group, our correspondent added.
It is thought unlikely they would be allowed to take their church with them.
The precinct, which has two levels and 103 shop units, was put on the market earlier this year for £50m.
It is currently in the middle of a £30m revamp which will include a new Debenhams anchor store, nine larger units, a new atrium and a reconstructed retail mall.
Benson Elliot said it was an important purchase for its investment programme.
"The Mander Centre is a well-located, robust business with a solid profile and a loyal customer base," said managing partner Marc Mogull.
He described the purchase as "a significant opportunity to rejuvenate the Mander Centre, making it once again the centrepiece of a thriving Wolverhampton city centre".
Councillor Peter Bilson, Wolverhampton City Council's cabinet member for economic regeneration and prosperity, said: "These are momentous times for our city, with a level of activity we haven't known since the 1960s.
"It's a clear sign of the progress Wolverhampton's making that a major private equity firm like Benson Elliot should want a stake in its future. They have great plans for the Mander Centre - and on behalf of the council and all its partners, I'd like to welcome them to a city that is really making it happen."
Instead, he said, they should arm themselves "with justice, love, mercy and authentic peace."
Earlier he said he hoped next month's polls in the CAR would open a "new chapter" for the country.
CAR has been torn apart by violence between Muslim rebels and Christian militias.
It is the pontiff's first visit to a conflict zone and the final stop on his landmark three-nation African tour.
Acting President Catherine Samba-Panza has asked him for "forgiveness" for the country's recent religious violence.
Large crowds lined the road from the airport to welcome the Pope - and people cheered and sang when he arrived at a refugee camp.
In an address at the presidential palace, he called for unity and to avoid "the temptation of fear of others, of the unfamiliar, of what is not part of our ethnic group, our political views or our religious confession".
The Pope said ahead of his trip he was determined to bring a message of peace and hope to the country.
The pontiff is expected to meet Muslim leaders and visit a mosque in the city's Muslim enclave, known as PK5, on Monday.
He will then conclude his visit with a final Mass in Bangui.
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Rarely has a Pope landed somewhere with armoured vehicles on the tarmac and a refugee camp full of displaced people within sight. Many in Bangui had worried that the Pope might cancel his visit, after fears that his security could not be guaranteed.
This visit to a conflict zone is not only a first for a Pope, but also a crucial signal from the outside world to the people of this troubled nation that such a leader has come to bring a message of peace.
Pope Francis's arrival in the Central African Republic has delighted the people who lined the streets to see him. Signs welcoming "Pape Francois" were everywhere in the capital of this French-speaking country, and the excitement was palpable.
One woman hoping for a glimpse of the Pope expressed her joy after his plane landed, saying his visit here brought real hope in dark times.
Can Pope tackle religious divide in CAR?
The Pope's African tour also took in Uganda and Kenya.
In Uganda, the Pope celebrated Mass in front of an audience of hundreds of thousands of people, and spoke at a Catholic shrine dedicated to Christians martyred for their faith in the 19th Century.
On Friday, the Pope addressed an audience of young people in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, urging them to unite and take a stand against the destructive effects of tribalism.
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War has blighted the CAR for decades but it was only two years ago the fighting took on a religious form.
President Francois Bozize was ousted in a coup in March 2013 and a group of mostly Muslim rebels from the north, the Seleka, marched on Bangui, briefly taking control of the country.
Their rebellion tapped into a feeling northerners had of being excluded and unrepresented by the central government, correspondents say.
They targeted churches and Christian communities, which triggered the creation of the anti-Balaka - meaning anti-violence - militias, and led to a downward spiral of tit-for-tat violence which continues.
Towns and villages are divided, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced into camps divided along religious lines.
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Source: US-based Pew Research Center 2011 survey
The 24-year-old right-back moves to Shropshire on a two-year deal.
Riley began his career with Bolton Wanderers in 2011 when the Trotters were still in the Premier League.
He went on to have a loan spell at Oxford in the 2014-15 season before joining Bury in January 2015, scoring twice in 57 appearances.
Riley follows defenders Oliver Lancashire and Ryan McGivern, midfielders Gary Deegan and Jim O'Brien and strikers Louis Dodds, AJ Leitch-Smith and Antoni Sarcevic at Greenhous Meadow as boss Micky Mellon looks to improve on last term's 20th place finish in League One.
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The two sides had set up a 23 March deadline to sign a final agreement, but negotiations in Cuba have stalled in past months.
Chief Colombian government negotiator Humberto de la Calle that there was no point in rushing into a bad agreement.
Both sides said they would strive to reach a deal by the end of the year.
The Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) said that, despite the differences, they remained committed to finding a peaceful solution to more than five decades of conflict.
Peace talks have been held in Havana since November 2012.
"We have to inform the public that at the moment there are still important differences with the Farc," said Mr De la Calle.
"From the government's perspective, any agreement we reach must be a good agreement, the best possible for the Colombians," he said in Havana.
The government and the rebels had announced earlier this month that they would miss the 23 March deadline.
Both sides have reached agreement on several issues, including land reform, justice for the victims of the conflict and the involvement of the rebels with drug trafficking.
But there are still serious disagreements over the disarmament of the Marxist rebels.
"There can't be any doubt about the [Farc's] decision to decommission and destroy their weapons, to close non-conventional arms factories and commit not to buy new weapons," said Mr De la Calle.
Once an agreement is reached, it will need to be approved by the Colombian people in a referendum.
President Juan Manuel Santos says he is confident Colombians will back the deal, which will bring the rebels into the legal political process.
More than 220,000 people have been killed and millions have been displaced in the conflict, which began in the 1960s and has also involved other guerrilla groups and right-wing paramilitaries.
Some 40% of food consumed in the UK is imported meaning "any long term change in exchange rates may threaten the current period of cheaper groceries," according to Kantar Worldpanel.
Online supermarket Ocado also said the weaker pound could lead to "inflationary pressure".
The pound has fallen about 11% against the dollar since the Brexit vote.
Tough competition from discount chains has helped to pushed the price of groceries lower over the past two years.
Kantar's comments came as it said like-for-like grocery prices fell 1.4% in the 12 weeks to 19 June compared with a year earlier, marking the 23rd consecutive period in which prices have fallen.
In the 12-week period, the combined market share of German discounters Aldi and Lidl hit a record 10.5% as they continued to attract customers from traditional supermarkets.
The "big four" grocers - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons - continued to shed market share, according to Kantar.
Kantar's data reflects the period ahead of the referendum vote. The company's head of retail and consumer insight, Fraser McKevitt, said: "The immediate economic uncertainty is unlikely to cause a substantial fall in grocery volumes, as demonstrated by the 2008 financial crisis when basic food, drinks and household sales proved resilient.
"Historically, higher prices have led to consumers looking for less expensive alternatives such as own-label products, seeking out brands on promotion or visiting cheaper retailers."
Kantar's comments came as Ocado's chief executive Tim Steiner also said that a weak pound could see prices rise.
"Currency weakness may bring some inflationary pressure in the food market, which wouldn't be such a bad thing given the deflation we've seen," he said.
Mr Steiner was speaking after the online supermarket reported an 18% rise in pre-tax profits to £8.5m in the six months to 15 May.
He said the referendum vote had not affected demand so far, and he did not expect "a significant impact" on the business.
Research firm Nielsen, which reported year-on-year supermarket takings rose 0.4% in the four weeks to the end of 18 June, marking the first rise in almost a year, said the Brexit vote could change shoppers' behaviour in the long term.
"We can expect some change in consumer sentiment and, possibly, a return to low inflation next year - should sterling's depreciation continue and global commodity prices strengthen," added Mike Watkins, Nielsen's UK head of retailer and business insight.
Jon Copestake, chief retail and consumer goods analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, said he expected the outcome of the vote to hit supermarkets sales due to higher import prices and consumers cutting spending.
He said discounters were best-placed to cope with the changes, while mainstream supermarkets would be hit the hardest.
"It is difficult to anticipate anything but a worsening retail scenario along the same lines as what has come before," he said.
The World Judo Masters in Mexico on Sunday is the final qualification event before Rio.
Only one of the -78kg British judoka can be selected, with Powell leading rival Gemma Gibbons by 492 points in the qualifying race.
"I haven't thought of the prospect of not going," Powell said.
"If I fight as well as I know I can then hopefully I'll be on the plane to Rio.
"I've dedicated so much time and effort into it the last four years. Everything's been about going.
"The girls I've been fighting all year, I've beaten most of them before so it's pulling a performance together on the day."
The 25-year-old beat 2012 Olympic silver medallist Gibbons to win gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow two years ago.
Powell and Gibbons will have to share a room before competing in Mexico.
"Off the mat we get on as I get on with anybody else in the team, so it's just a shame that we've got to compete on the mat," Powell told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"In any other situation we would both be going as we've both qualified in the top 14.
"But we knew that was the case from the start so it's not like they've sprung it on us at the last minute."
New figures show target times for some passengers to clear immigration were missed in the last two months.
Extra staff have been redeployed from Channel ports to help airport colleagues deal with delays.
The Home Office said it had an "agile, flexible and intelligence-led workforce" to respond to needs.
A spokesman said Border Force made "every effort" to minimise delays.
But he added: "When very large amounts of passengers arrive in a short space of time, it can mean a longer wait while essential border security checks are conducted."
A long-serving member of south-east Border Force staff, who spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity, said: "We are being crucified. There is a high percentage of long-term sick due to stress.
"We are being pushed completely and we cannot cope."
He said staff were not given sufficient time to examine passports properly.
"I am not able to thumb through, to see what you have being doing, get a little story for myself, it's not possible," he added.
He claimed some Border Force staff had to start their shift at Dover, drive to Heathrow to do three hours' airport work, then drive back.
Kevin Mills of the Public and Commercial Services Union said: "Redeploying staff from anywhere, particularly the south-east where we've seen unprecedented levels of clandestine activity trying to cross the Channel, really isn't a good move."
A Home Office spokesman said: "Security is not compromised when staff are deployed from other ports or airports, it is maintained.
"Border Force has been set up to be agile, flexible and intelligence-led, deploying quickly according to need and responding to a variety of demands."
Heathrow, which monitors immigration queues, said Border Force had a target of processing 95% of non-European Economic Area passengers within 45 minutes.
The number fell in June to 89.4% in terminal two, 91.3% in terminal three, 93.3% in terminal four and 94.1% in terminal five.
Three of the four terminals also missed the 95% target in May.
An airport spokesman said: "Heathrow has been talking to Border Force about how they can improve immigration waiting times during peak periods.
"There is not a trade-off between strong border security and a good passenger experience - at the UK's global gateway we want them to do their part to deliver both."
There have always been difficulties striking a balance between the need for security, in terms of rigorous border checks, and the desire to keep passenger queues down.
In 2011, three senior officials were suspended over claims Heathrow staff were told to relax certain border checks on people arriving at the airport at exceptionally busy times.
The row led to an overhaul of immigration structures, with the Border Force section separated from the UK Border Agency.
But a year later, in the run-up to the Olympics, there were again long lines of passengers at the airport.
The latest problems may partly be due to a dip in staff numbers.
According to the Home Office, there were 8,153 Border Force staff in March 2015; by April this year that number had fallen by more than 500 to 7,651.
Chris Hobbs, who worked at Heathrow as a special branch police officer, called on the new Home Secretary Amber Rudd to recruit more immigration officers.
"There are not enough of them to do the job properly. They have got poor retention rates and the customs side of Border Force work is suffering, which must be good news for those attempting to import drugs and other contraband," he said.
Tony Smith, a former head of the Border Force, said airlines needed to help.
"What we don't control in government is the aircraft coming in, what times they arrive, how many people are on them. So it does require some input from the airports and the airlines about how they can help."
Last week British Airways apologised to customers for long check-in delays at Heathrow and Gatwick.
The former party president told activists he would "work every day" to repay the faith shown in him.
Mr Farron beat fellow Lib Dem Norman Lamb in the contest to replace Nick Clegg, with 56.5% of the votes cast.
He is aiming to rebuild the party after a disastrous general election defeat that left it with eight MPs.
Mr Farron won 19,137 of the 33,897 votes cast in an election in which 56% of the party's members took part.
Speaking at a rally in central London, Mr Farron said the party owed Mr Lamb a "massive debt of thanks" and paid tribute to Mr Clegg, calling him "truly remarkable".
He said he had been "completely gutted" the day after the general election, when Lib Dem colleagues who had given "blood, sweat and tears" lost their seats.
Mr Farron, 45, said 17,000 people had joined the party since that day, and urged supporters to fight "ward by ward" to recover the party's standing, calling for "hundreds and hundreds" of new Lib Dem councillors.
"We may not be able to change Britain from the top down just at the moment, but we can change lives from the bottom up," he said.
"That's community politics."
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Mr Farron told the BBC that the party could not afford to "feel sorry for itself" or "navel-gaze" and had to begin its fight back immediately over issues such as pay, civil liberties and climate change.
Liberalism in British politics was "under threat but absolutely essential", he told Radio 4's Today programme.
Under his leadership, he said the party would oppose the cuts to tax credits and other benefits in George Osborne's Budget and push for greater spending on infrastructure such as transport and broadband
"Youngish families on lowish incomes, who are hard-working and in-work and people who are rich - the 6% richest people in the country - will benefit from an inheritance tax cut," he said.
"That is not sound economics, that is not about making tough decisions, that is about redistributing the damage done by the financial crash towards the poor and away from the rich and that is just morally wrong.
"Societies which are unequal are not just morally failing but they are failing in output as well."
Mr Farron, 45, is popular with activists and was the bookies' favourite to replace Mr Clegg. But former leader Lord Ashdown and former deputy leader Vince Cable have recently criticised him, questioning his judgement.
Mr Farron said that the two men were "right about most things" but "obviously" he disagreed with them about this.
Mr Lamb, a care minister in the coalition government, offered his congratulations, saying Mr Farron would make a "fantastic" leader who championed social justice while Mr Clegg tweeted: "It's a tough job but the best in politics. I know Tim will do us proud."
Party president Sal Brinton said: "Tim is a fantastic communicator and his energy, enthusiasm and passion will inspire and drive the Liberal Democrats back to winning ways."
Dorset Police said officers attended an address in Harley Gardens at about 14:20 BST and found a woman, believed to be aged in her 20s, had suffered serious injuries.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Armed officers, assisted by a helicopter, conducted a search of the area and a 26-year-old local man was located at Hengistbury Head.
He was arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently assisting officers with inquiries.
The address in Harley Gardens has been cordoned off while crime scene investigators carry out their examinations.
Det Insp Mark Samuel said: "Following the discovery of a woman's body today, Dorset Police has launched a murder investigation.
"A cordon has been put in place at the address while crime scene investigators examine the scene. Officers are also carrying out house-to-house enquiries.
"I am appealing for anyone who may have seen or heard anything suspicious in the Harley Gardens area yesterday, Saturday 1 October, or today to contact Dorset Police as soon as possible.
"Officers from the local Neighbourhood Policing Team will be carrying out high visibility patrols in the area over the coming days to officer reassurance to the community and can be contacted with any concerns."
There are two obvious answers to that question. One, the two sides will get back round the table in a bid to break the deadlock. In fact, the first talks are to take place at the conciliation service Acas on Thursday.
And, two, hospitals will start the process of rearranging all those cancelled operations.
Ultimately both tasks will prove tricky. The British Medical Association and government are, it is fair to say, still some way from reaching an agreement - the Acas talks are just focused on getting them back round the table rather than finding a solution to the deadlock.
And this is being done with the clock ticking before the next walkout - planned for 26 January - gets under way.
In the meantime, hospital managers are trying to find spaces on the operating lists for the 4,000 patients who have had their treatment postponed. This comes on top of the few thousand cancellations that were made ahead of the first strike on 1 December which ended up being called off at the last minute.
And all this, of course, comes in the middle of winter - the busiest time of year for hospitals. Suffice to say, it will be a logistical nightmare for hospitals in the coming weeks.
But sooner or later both these issues will be resolved. What is uncertain is the long-term impact of this dispute.
While the past weeks, if not months, have seen people poring over the details of the new junior doctor contract, if you step back it is clear that this row is about much more than payments for anti-social hours, career progression and limits on working hours.
It is a row that goes to the very heart of the challenge facing those who work in the NHS, those who use it and those in charge of running it. That is to say, how do we keep squeezing more from a system that it is plain to see is under so much pressure?
This week - Conciliation service Acas is hopeful that talks between junior doctors' leaders and government can restart
26 January - Doctors to stage second strike, this time for 48 hours, but emergency cover will again be provided
10 February - All-out strike to run from 08:00 to 17:00
The junior doctors' row explained
There are plenty of people - both in government and outside it - who think there is more the health service can give. And they may be right.
But it is also quite obvious that the tide of goodwill is running low. On the picket lines and on the wards, junior doctors have spoken almost as one, arguing the government is simply asking too much of them.
And it not just doctors who are angry. Last weekend thousands of nurses and midwives took to the streets of Manchester, Newcastle and London to object to government plans to take away their bursaries that cover the costs of studying.
They argue their degrees are different from other courses because they spend a lot of their time working in hospitals and in the community and do not have the opportunity to do the part-time work that many students do to help them with the cost of studying.
And this is likely to be just the start. Talks are already under way to reform the consultants contract, while many believe next on the hit list will be Agenda for Change, the contract which covers more than 1m staff from caterers and admin staff to nurses and midwives.
The NHS may be getting more money this Parliament - £8.4bn above inflation by 2020 - but that is dwarfed by the £22bn it has been told to make in "efficiency savings" in return.
Staff costs make up about half the budget. It almost goes without saying, they're the obvious target.
Relations have been deteriorating for years, despite some fruitful co-operation in Afghanistan, anti-piracy efforts at sea and shared peacekeeping operations.
Nato accuses Russia of sending regular military units and heavy armour into eastern Ukraine to help separatist forces. Some are calling it an invasion by stealth. Russia denies the allegations and accuses Ukraine's pro-Western government of aggression.
What other tensions with Russia led to the current chill?
The end of communism brought a clamour from East and Central European politicians for Nato membership, as a bulwark against any future aggression by Russia. Nato membership was also seen as a mark of commitment to Western values and standards.
In 1999 - nearly 10 years after the Berlin Wall fell - Nato admitted three former Warsaw Pact countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
More former Soviet bloc countries joined Nato in 2004: the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Russia was particularly riled by the expansion of Nato to the Baltic states, which were formerly in the USSR and viewed from Moscow as part of the "near abroad". That phrase, commonly used by Russian politicians, implies that ex-Soviet states should not act against Russia's strategic interests.
At the Nato summit in Wales this week, Finland - not a Nato member - is due to sign a Host Nation agreement with the 28-nation alliance. It means Finland will give Nato forces logistical support - though not a base - on its soil. No Nato country has a border with Russia as long as Finland's.
Sweden has also decided to sign the agreement but a date has not yet been set. The two Nordic countries already co-operate closely with Nato and may become members in the future.
In early 2008 Nato also held out the prospect of future Nato membership to Georgia. The Kremlin saw that as a direct provocation, just as it saw closer Nato ties with Ukraine.
Last month Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said he would ask parliament to clear the way for a Nato membership bid. Such a move had been blocked by former President Viktor Yanukovych, a friend of Moscow, who was ousted in February after mass protests gripped Kiev.
The US-led development of an anti-ballistic missile defence system alarms Russia.
Nato argues that the missile interceptor shield will be purely defensive, posing no threat to Russia, and that it is intended to thwart any future missile attack by a rogue state. Iran and North Korea are seen as potential threats to Western security in that connection.
Russia wanted an equal partnership with Nato in developing such a system. But that option was not pursued, and Nato is beginning the deployment of interceptor missiles and radars in Romania, the Czech Republic and Poland.
In December 2013 Russia deployed mobile tactical Iskander missiles in its Kaliningrad enclave in response to the Nato project.
Russia's brief war against Georgia in August 2008 soured relations with Nato.
During the war Russia backed separatists in two breakaway regions of Georgia - South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russia smashed the Georgian military, which had tried to reoccupy South Ossetia.
Russia poured troops into Georgia - at one point they pushed close to the capital Tbilisi - and the West called Moscow's actions disproportionate. Later Russia recognised the two breakaway regions as independent, but in reality it is a frozen conflict, as the regions are not recognised internationally.
Nato suspended the Nato-Russia Council created in 2002, then Russia suspended military co-operation with Nato. Relations thawed the following year.
Russia - a historic ally of Serbia - has been staunchly supporting Belgrade on the Kosovo issue.
Serbia has never accepted Kosovo's secession - achieved with Nato help in 1999 - though it has agreed not to block Kosovo's path to EU membership. Many other countries also reject Kosovo's 2008 independence declaration.
Russia froze military co-operation with Nato shortly after the alliance launched large-scale bombing raids on Serbia in 1999.
Kosovo, mainly populated by ethnic Albanians, broke away in an armed revolt by separatists and there was international outrage at the brutality of Serb security forces. Nato intervened when civilians fled the Serb forces en masse, pouring into neighbouring countries.
During that intervention there was a tense stand-off with Russian troops in the capital Pristina, but it was soon defused.
In 2007 Russia suspended its observance of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty.
The treaty, limiting the amount of key military equipment in designated regions, was signed by Western and former Warsaw Pact states in 1990. It was revised in 1999 to take account of former Soviet satellites joining Nato.
However the alliance - unlike Russia - refused to approve the updates, insisting that Moscow must first pull its remaining troops out of Georgia and Moldova.
Nato has announced plans to deploy a rapid response force of several thousand troops in Eastern Europe, closer to Russia's borders.
The force could be mobilised within 48 hours, made up of member states' troops on a rotating basis.
Such a move would further undermine the CFE treaty, though Nato insists the new force would not have permanent new bases.
Former West Ham midfielder Reo-Coker and ex-Manchester United winger Richardson, both 32, have been on trial at the struggling La Liga club.
"We will be offering them deals for next season," Adams told Sky Sports.
"However, we have a cash flow situation at the moment that doesn't allow us to bring them in."
Reo-Coker has played for teams in Major League Soccer in America between 2013-16 since leaving Ipswich Town four years ago.
He played for West Ham United in the 2006 FA Cup final which Liverpool won on penalties.
Former England player Richardson made six appearances for Cardiff in 2016 after spells at Aston Villa and Sunderland.
Granada have lost both games since former Arsenal and England captain Adams, 50, was appointed head coach earlier this month.
His first game ended in a 3-0 home defeat to Europa League semi-finalists Celta Vigo before a 2-0 defeat at fourth-placed Sevilla.
Granada are 19th in the 20-team La Liga, seven points from safety with six games remaining.
They are at home to 15th-placed Malaga on Tuesday (19:30 BST) and could be relegated at the weekend if results go against them.
The body of Janet Murgatroyd, 20, was found in the River Ribble in Preston after a night out in 1996.
A man's manslaughter conviction for her death was quashed on appeal in 2004.
Lancashire Police's Det Ch Insp Gary Brooks said: "Twenty-one years on from Janet's brutal murder we remain committed to finding her killer."
He added: "Janet was a young woman with her whole life ahead of her. A student at the University of Central Lancashire and a part-time staff member with Lancashire Police, she had much to look forward to and enjoy.
"However, this was all taken away from her in a vicious attack, which we believe was sexually motivated.
"This was an opportunist offence by a very dangerous man who, despite the passage of time, still needs to be brought to justice."
The student had been shopping with a friend in Preston on 15 June 1996 before drinking in several pubs later that day.
She was seen leaving The Adelphi pub with a man before separating from him and was later spotted sleeping on Fishergate near Preston Railway Station.
Janet was subsequently seen fleeing from a man across Penwortham Bridge, by a taxi driver early on 16 June.
Two witnesses described hearing the sound of a female moaning and saw a man crouched down on the bank of the River Ribble. Detectives think this was Janet and her killer.
Her body was found later floating in the River Ribble.
The cause of death was drowning and head injuries, a post-mortem examination found.
The Proteas lost opener Quinton de Kock to a seven-ball duck before Hashim Amla (59) and David Miller (51) helped the visitors to 275-7 from 50 overs.
England batsman Ben Duckett was bowled by Chris Morris to leave Northants 1-1 but opener Max Holden hit a run-a-ball 55 to accelerate the innings.
Tom Sole's 54 pushed Northants close but Morris took 3-36 to ensure victory.
South Africa were without one-day captain AB de Villiers, who is still recovering from illness, but pace bowler Morne Morkel returned to the side and bowled accurately to finish with figures of 2-32.
The Proteas play the first of three one-day internationals against England on Wednesday, before the Champions Trophy begins on 1 June.
About 22,000 Romanians and Bulgarians are employed each year under the seasonal agricultural workers scheme.
But it will close when labour market curbs for workers from those countries are lifted at the end of 2013.
The government does not intend to open a new scheme for workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Home Office Minister Mark Harper said: "At a time of unemployment in the UK and the European Union there should be sufficient workers from within those labour markets to meet the needs of the horticultural industry."
A report by the Migration Advisory Committee earlier this year warned scrapping the seasonal workers scheme could also trigger a surge in labour costs and ultimately higher prices for fruit and vegetables.
The government's migration experts said they did not expect a shortage of labour on farms in the short-term but shortages could develop after two or three years.
It was difficult to predict whether Bulgarians and Romanians would continue to seek work on British farms when they were able to apply for any job in the UK without restrictions, it added.
But Bulgarian officials told the Department for Work and Pensions they do not expect there to be substantial reductions.
The report also says it is unlikely British workers will make up the shortfall, due to low wages and the nature of the work.
Responding to these concerns, Mr Hoban said: "We do not think that the characteristics of the horticultural sector, such as its seasonality and dependence on readily available workers to be deployed at short notice, are so different from those in other employment sectors as to merit special treatment from a migration policy perspective."
The move was welcomed by campaign group Migration Watch.
Chairman Sir Andrew Green said: "This decision has to be right. We now have a labour market of 500 million in the European Union, it simply makes no sense to bring in unskilled workers from outside.
"This decision is a welcome indication that the Government is serious about reducing immigration. It can only be helpful to the young British workers seeking their first job."
But farmers' groups warned closing the scheme could lead to higher fruit and vegetable prices.
The British Growers Association is seeking an urgent meeting with ministers to understand how the government intends to work with the sector.
BGA chief executive James Hallett accused the government of ignoring the advice of its own advisory committee to consider setting up a replacement scheme targeting workers from non-EU countries such as the Ukraine.
He said the government's decision could "have a significant and damaging impact on investment and production decisions affecting the UK with immediate effect".
Meurig Raymond, deputy president of the National Farmers' Union (NFU), which represents 47,000 farmer and grower members across England and Wales, said: "Our grower members will be rightly outraged at this decision by the immigration minister which will have a devastating impact on the horticulture sector in the UK.
"This decision completely contradicts David Cameron's belief that farmers are the backbone of Britain and the recommendations of the Migrant Advisory Committee that horticulture would suffer immeasurably without access to a reliable, flexible and consistent source of migrant seasonal workers."
Hertfordshire University robotics professor Kerstin Dautenhahn purchased the house in Hatfield 10 years ago in order to observe how ordinary people get along with machines in everyday life.
Robot vacuums, dogs and simplistic humanoid children are all regular visitors.
It is frequently home to two prototype "care robots" - Care-O-Bot, who looks like a 440lb (200kg) mobile phone in a Tuxedo, and Sunflower, a splendid homage to '70s sci-fi.
They are designed to fetch and carry, attract attention and monitor their human housemates for signs of pre-programmed unusual activity.
While local residents are aware of their cyber-neighbours, the exact location of the house is kept secret for security reasons.
"When we first started investigating robots as home companions we had a proper lab, but we realised people felt very uncomfortable," Prof Dautenhahn told the BBC.
"They felt observed and studied... so, we moved into a more realistic environment where people feel more at home."
It's not exactly home from home - the house is kitted out with more than 60 sensors, which the robots can be programmed to respond to.
There are big cushion-like sensors on the sofas and chairs and beds, so the robots know where their human is resting, and much smaller devices on the cupboards and doors, light switches, taps and even on the toilet seat.
An old Xbox Kinect sensor keeps watch in the kitchen and small round surveillance cameras are installed in the living room ceiling. There are further Xbox controllers on the table, not for a quick game of Fifa, but to manually control the robots if need be.
"We try to use as much existing technology as we can," said senior research fellow Dr Joe Saunders.
"It's very expensive to develop new technology, especially if it exists already."
Invited to spend the night, I found the sensors - generally discreet as they were - extremely unnerving. The constant hum of computers was eerie too.
It felt like the house was watching me - and it was.
The next day I was presented with a chart detailing exactly when and where I had moved, how restless I'd been in my sleep and even, to my embarrassment, when I went to the loo.
The robot house did not miss a thing.
"Initially people are concerned," said Prof Dautenhahn.
"But if you point out the benefits - if the house notices someone gets up and goes to the bathroom and doesn't return for an hour to bed it's probably a [bad] situation which might have happened - if you outline that most people are very positive,"
And how about the risk of a rogue robot deciding to have a midnight feast on a BBC journalist?
"It's very unlikely - simply because the robot is very sensitive," said Dr Saunders.
"If you go within 10cm [4in] of it, it will shut down completely and it has various other sensors, so it knows how to avoid you and not to come too close."
The university has also invested in researching robots designed to interact with children with special needs.
Kaspar has proved extremely popular with children with autism, even among those who have a tendency to shun human interaction almost entirely.
To adults his simplified features and slow gestures may seem a little creepy.
"Children with autism, the moment they see [Kaspar], 99.9% of them run to it hug it, kiss it, interact with it," said Dr Ben Robbins who works with the machines.
"To them, they feel safe. It has human features but it is still very robotic - it is not pretending to be a person."
Battery life is a perennial thorn in the side of artificial intelligence.
Large robots, like Care-O-Bot, have a lifespan between charges of about two hours.
But small, highly active machines like Oberon - a member of the university's robot football team Boldhearts, who showed off his ball skills in the garden - have just 10 minutes of power at a time.
Another challenge that continues to stretch the robotics community is autonomy.
"There's a strange paradox in AI (artificial intelligence)- things that are easy for people to do are hard for robots and things which are easy for robots are hard for people," said Joe Saunders.
"Our robots are about 80% autonomous now - the other 20% may take five or 10 years."
With robot vacuum cleaners and even lawn mowers already becoming more mainstream, will this street and many others be full of robot houses in the next decade?
"It's very difficult to put a timeline on it," said Prof Dautenhahn.
"We will see more and more technology that assists people in their homes - but it will probably be 20 years or longer for multi-purpose robots.
"It's still very hard to put it all together into one system."
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out a review of services, ranking health trusts and social care services on a number of areas.
These included acute care, discharge from hospital, access to rehabilitation and continuing care and support.
Plymouth was ranked as "best performing", with one of the lowest mortality ratios.
Torbay and Devon were both ranked as "better performing".
A stroke, which is caused by a blood clot or ruptured blood vessel, is the greatest single cause of severe disability in the country.
Depending on the severity, it can result in partial paralysis, impaired co-ordination, loss of sight and language difficulties.
Early diagnosis and treatment is important.
Care and support for stroke victims in Plymouth is provided by Plymouth Hospitals Trust, NHS Plymouth and Plymouth City Council adult social care.
Derriford Hospital has a direct admission for patients to a dedicated stroke unit where they are cared for by a specialist team of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, speech and language and occupational therapists.
It also offers direct access to a TIA clinic - any patient who has had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or mini stroke (a TIA) can be referred and seen within 24 hours.
Patients whose stroke is caused by a clot, rather than a bleed, can be given thrombolysis (clot-busting drugs).
Plymouth scored top marks in the category "support for participation in community life".
Services provided by Plymouth City Council adult social care include a specialist counselling service for stroke survivors, carers and family members, a weekly self-help communication support group and an exercise group to help people improve strength, mobility and fitness.
The CQC gave Plymouth its lowest score for not providing extra support to help patients return home as soon as possible.
Plymouth city councillor Grant Monahan said he was pleased the efforts to improve care for stroke patients had been recognised.
"Our development of the stroke services directory and the stroke specific counselling service go a long way to helping those who've suffered a stroke get the help they need once they leave hospital," Mr Monahan said.
"This can be a devastating condition and the work we're doing with our partners offers a lifeline."
A statement issued by Plymouth Hospitals Trust said the considerable effort by health organisations and social care agencies to improve care for stroke patients over the past two years had been demonstrated in the rating given to the area.
Councils will be given a share of £4m if they find creative ways of getting more 16 to 24-year-olds and other under-represented groups to register.
Communities are also being asked to come up with ideas to get people involved in the democratic process with the best ones being backed financially.
The UK is moving to a system of individual voter registration in 2014.
At the moment, people are registered by household with the head of a household responsible for ensuring all eligible voters are included.
But, in future, everyone will be expected to register individually, providing identification such as their National Insurance number.
Councils are beginning a rehearsal of the new system which comes into force in England and Wales next June and in Scotland in September 2014, following the independence referendum.
Labour has warned that the switch could see millions of people being potentially disenfranchised, but the government says it will help eliminate fraud and make the register more accurate.
Ministers say two-thirds of people already on the register will not have to do anything because the current register will be matched against other public databases such as that held by the Department of Work and Pensions.
Those people whose records do not match will be asked to register using the new form.
The government's campaign, launched at the Local Government Association conference, is targeting those with historically low levels of registration, including under-24-year-olds, social tenants and hard-to-reach groups, such as students.
"If you aren't on the register, you can't vote, simple as that, but it's also an important part of being a member of society," Cabinet Office minister Chloe Smith said.
"For example, it could have an impact on your credit rating and your application for a mobile phone contract.
"We all share responsibility to encourage everyone entitled to vote to get registered to do so. This means not only the government, but also civil society, campaigners, politicians and parties."
Electoral registration officers are currently testing the computer system that will be used to match the names and addresses of existing electors against the Department for Work and Pensions database.
The incident happened in the Newstead area near Melrose on Monday.
Staff alerted the police after the man tried to withdraw £5,000 to pay for the roofing work.
Police said they were following a positive line of inquiry but urged anyone with information to get in touch with them as soon as possible.
"We'd also continue to urge residents to always be wary of unknown or unexpected callers who claim that maintenance work is required on your property," added Insp Ali Hutchens.
"Never accept offers on your doorstep and if you are made to feel uncomfortable or intimidated call a trusted friend, neighbour or police."
One Newry shopping centre has seen a 62% jump in customers from across the border.
The boom has been fuelled by sterling's decrease in value - after the UK's Brexit vote in June.
It means, for example, a 128GB tablet device is about 90 euros (or £80) cheaper in Northern Ireland.
Peter Murray, the manager of Newry's Buttercrane shopping centre, said it had been "a real beneficiary" of the referendum currency swing.
"At the minute it is good and going to stay good up until Christmas, which is great news for border areas," he said.
A euro was worth £0.76 on 23 June, compared to about £0.89 now.
It gives Republic of Ireland visitors increased spending power on trips to Northern Ireland.
Online price checks also reveal significant savings on some items.
The same well-known brand of whiskey is 27 euros on shelves in the Republic of Ireland - but in Northern Ireland it is £15 - the equivalent of 16 euros.
"At the moment places like Newry and Derry are winning," said the chief executive of the CBI in Northern Ireland, Angela McGowan.
"But in the longer term what is going to happen with trade and the border?
"We do not know how Brexit is going to end up."
The Northern Ireland tourism sector is also getting a so-called Brexit bounce from Eurozone visitors - which helped boost hotel occupancy to record levels in August.
The 22-year-old Englishman travelled back to his parent club for diagnosis after Saturday's 1-1 draw with Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
"Unfortunately I have torn my ac joint in my shoulder," he said on Twitter.
"Which is going to keep me out for around two to three months. Gutted I won't be involved in upcoming games."
Matthews joined Accies on a season-long loan from the English Championship club and has made 13 appearances.
Accies sit in ninth place in the Scottish Premiership, two points ahead of bottom side Partick Thistle.
Matthews went off eight minutes before the end of the game against Caley Thistle and was replaced with 23-year-old Robbie Thomson, Accies' summer signing from Queen of the South.
So much so, that Josue Garcia, the photographer who took it, has already been asked to give a number of interviews.
Mr Garcia works for the Panamanian president's office, so he will not get rich by selling the image.
But his eyes light up with pride when he is introduced to me as the man who captured "that" photograph.
Quiet and a little bashful, he goes back to editing the other pictures he took at the summit.
Because while all the attention may have been focused on Presidents Castro and Obama, there were 33 other delegations there as well.
"Thirty five human beings working for 900 million citizens of the Americas," is how the summit's host, Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela, puts it.
And there is certainly no shortage of problems in the western hemisphere for them to tackle.
Inequality is rampant in many of the 35 nations, and in his message to the summit, Pope Francis said governments could no longer "hope that the poor collect the crumbs that fall from the table of the rich".
It was a sentiment echoed by Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez, who told the BBC that it was time to move away from trickle-down economics.
"At the same time that we're growing, we have to share those riches and do so in a socially just manner," he said.
"How? We have to follow the best social policy which is generating genuine, decent jobs for our people."
The Pope warned the immense disparity of opportunities between one country and another also led many people to "feel obliged to abandon their homeland and family, becoming easy prey to human traffickers and slave labour".
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina also touched on the problem of migration in his speech at the summit, reminding his fellow leaders that 77,000 unaccompanied minors had left Central America for the US between 2009 and 2014.
Their reasons for leaving are manifold, but they include some of the region's most difficult challenges such as insecurity, domestic violence, drug trafficking, gangs, poverty and exclusion.
And then there is the western hemisphere's longest running armed conflict between left-wing Farc rebels and the government in Colombia.
The two sides are currently engaged in peace talks in the Cuban capital, Havana.
The fact they should have sat down to negotiate after more than five decades of strife and a number of previous failed attempts was lauded by many leaders at the summit.
Cuba's good offices in hosting the talks are also thought to have contributed significantly to convincing US State Department officials to recommend the Communist island be removed from the US list of countries sponsoring terrorism.
Colombia's neighbours in particular are cheering the process on.
They hope an eventual settlement will mean less trouble in their border areas, which are used by the Farc as hideouts and as corridors through which they smuggle cocaine.
President Varela of Panama told the BBC drug trafficking remained a major problem in the region, especially because of the crime it bred.
He said: "70% of the homicides in Latin America are related to drug trafficking, and 70% of those homicides are kids between 18 and 30 years old."
Gang-plagued Honduras has the world's highest murder rate, according to a United Nations report.
But Latin America as a whole does not fare much better.
Since the mid-1950s, murder rates have been five to eight times higher than those in Europe or Asia.
But for all the negatives, summit host Mr Varela is optimistic.
For him, the historic handshake that captured all the headlines demonstrated countries can put aside their political and ideological differences to work together for things that really matter to the people such as basic sanitation, water, security, education and health.
"The things that unite us are that we want to work for our people and face the same challenges," he said.
And for Mr Varela, that unity was encapsulated in the moment he, Mr Obama and Mr Castro waved to the cameras after that news-making handshake.
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Entrants to the annual event have five minutes to tell the biggest and most convincing lie they can.
Winner George Kemp from Maryport, Cumbria was surprised to win as he was "struggling" with a chest infection.
In his story he "ended up bumping into Donald Trump and his wife in an underwater hotel", he said.
"It was a tale about building a small submarine out of my dad's old bubble car," he said.
"We took the bubble car on a trip to the Isle of Man and we bumped into several famous people in a Scottish submarine made out of shortbread tins.
"Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond sold some of these giant shortbread tin submarines to the United States of America."
Last year's winner Mike Naylor, known as Monkey Liar, from Wasdale came second. Helen Jordan came third.
Previous winners include comedian and television presenter Sue Perkins in 2006.
In 2014 one entrant had travelled from Germany to take part.
The annual event is held in front of a panel of judges and an audience at the Bridge Inn at Santon Bridge.
Politicians and those in the legal profession are banned from entering as the rules deem them "too well versed to apply".
The contest dates from the 19th Century and is held in honour of famous fibber Will Ritson, a Wasdale landlord.
He once claimed that the local turnips were so big that people had to "quarry" into them for their Sunday lunch, and they could then be used as sheds for the Herdwick sheep from the fells.
A Dara McVeety goal in the 25th-minute helped Terry Hyland's men establish a 1-9 to 0-7 half-time lead.
Martin Reilly converted a penalty 10 minutes into the second half after Cian Mackey had been brought down.
Armagh had a chance to cut their deficit to three but Stefan Campbell's weak penalty was saved by home goalkeeper Raymond Galligan.
Seanie Johnston, up against his former boss at Kildare Kieran McGeeney, landed seven points and was one of Cavan's eight scorers on the day.
Just three players were on target for the Orange County and in the end they fell well short.
Armagh played an outfield man in goals, Ballyhegan club man Paul Courtney making his Championship debut.
He was unable to keep out Reilly's penalty while, soon afterwards, his opposite number Raymond Galligan saved Campbell's poorly directed effort.
Armagh made a decent enough start, scoring three of the first four points.
But five unanswered scores - three of them from Johnston - saw things swing the way of the favourites, and there were seven points in it when Reilly advanced to feed McVeety who netted from close-range.
Tony Kernan and Ethan Rafferty got the last two scores of the half, but Armagh still trailed by five at the break.
It looked all over when Reilly's penalty made it 2-11 to 0-9, but Armagh had a great chance to ignite the contest when Killian Clarke's foul on Campbell resulted in a penalty.
However, Campbell's kick was too close to Galligan who saved and Cavan went straight up the pitch to go 2-13 to 0-12 up through Johnston. Then, it really was over.
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Cavan skipper Gearoid McKiernan: "We put massive work in all year and learned a lot from a training camp we had in Portugal.
"We have three weeks now to prepare to play Tyrone and we'll want to put in a good performance at Clones.
"We lost to them in the league final because they played like a Division One side and we played like a Division Two side.
"That is the level we will have to step up to."
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Mr Sterling, 80, will also pursue a lawsuit against the National Basketball Association (NBA), which he had said he would drop, Maxwell Blecher said.
Mr Ballmer was set to buy the team for $2bn (£1.2bn).
Mr Sterling was fined $2.5m and banned for life from the league after racist comments he made became public.
On Monday evening, Mr Blecher told the Associated Press news agency that Mr Sterling had decided not to support a deal to sell the team to Mr Ballmer.
The sale had been brokered by Mr Sterling's wife Shelly.
In April, an audio recording surfaced in which Mr Sterling appeared to be telling a woman, subsequently identified as his girlfriend or companion V Stiviano, not to associate in public with black people nor to bring them to Clippers games.
The remarks, published on celebrity news and gossip website TMZ, drew widespread scorn from everyone from retired basketball legends to current stars to President Barack Obama.
Soon after, the NBA's leadership banned Mr Sterling from the game for life, fined him, and moved to force him to sell the team.
Mr Sterling sued the league, alleging it had violated his constitutional rights by relying on information from an "illegal" recording in taking action against him.
He also sought damages for the forceful termination of his ownership.
On 4 June, Mr Blecher told reporters his client had agreed to the sale to Mr Ballmer and had decided to drop his legal action against the NBA.
Explaining the reversal of course, Mr Blecher said on Monday that Mr Sterling changed his mind upon learning the NBA would not revoke the ban and fine after the sale.
In a statement to NBC News, Mr Sterling said categorically "I intend to fight to keep the team".
"From the onset, I did not want to sell the Los Angeles Clippers," he said in the statement, according to NBC. "I have worked for 33 years to build the team."
He apologised for the "hurtful statements I made privately" and said NBA commissioner Adam Silver acted illegally and in haste with the fine, ban and forced sale.
The 22-year-old suffered the injury in the win over Wasps earlier this month and is likely to be out until March, ruling him out of the Six Nations.
"At the minute I'd just like to get back fit and be playing for Exeter.
"Then if I get selected in the summer to go to Australia that would be awesome," Slade told BBC South West.
Slade was named Premiership Young Player of the Year in May and went on to make his England debut against France three months later, before featuring in their final World Cup match against Uruguay.
He helped Exeter to their highest-ever Premiership finish last season when they came fifth to narrowly miss out on the play-offs and they are currently second in the table this term.
"I've really enjoyed my last few seasons here at the Chiefs, we've been going from strength to strength," added Slade, who has been named 2015 BBC South West Sports Personality of the Year.
"It's just been a really big team effort and I'm obviously disappointed not to be part of it at the minute, but hopefully I can get back fit and rejoin the lads again."
Northumbrian Water already generates electricity from waste through advanced anaerobic digestion (AAD) at Howdon in Tyneside and Bran Sands at Tees Port.
Now it is finishing an £8m purification plant at Howdon, which will produce biomethane suitable for the gas grid.
The firm said the plant could produce enough gas to supply demand from 5,000 homes.
Biogas released by bacteria digesting the sewage sludge is currently used to fuel engines to create electricity, which Northumbria Water says reduces the company's carbon footprint by 20%.
Once methane has been produced by the AAD plant, it is cleaned in water towers to remove impurities and propane is added so that it matches the existing gas in the grid.
An artificial odour is added, giving it the characteristic gas smell so it can be detected for safety.
Richard Warneford, Northumbrian Water's wastewater director, said: "We are doing all we can to use the waste flushed down the toilet as a fuel and turn it into electricity and gas which people use to light their homes and cook their meals."
The firm said it would look at installing a gas production system in Bran Sands in the future.
No one party has enough Members of Parliament to be in control of government, which means the result is what is called a hung parliament.
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Taylor, 29, who can play left-wing or left-back, only joined the Stags last summer on a one-year contract following his release by Port Vale.
Molyneux joins after being released by Crewe where the 25-year-old made just six starts in 18 months.
The pair follow Steve Jennings and Rory Donnelly in January moves to Rovers.
Taylor, who started his career in non-league with Redditch United, first entered League football in 2008 when he signed for Vale from Nuneaton Town.
"Rob's a player I've worked with before and I'm delighted to bring him to Tranmere," said Adams.
"He's able to play anywhere down the left and up front and will strengthen our squad for the second half of the season."
Former Everton youth product Molyneux has also played for Port Vale and Plymouth and returned for a third spell at Accrington on loan in October.
The Department for Transport has published the results of an investigation into linking existing roads between the two cities, via Bedford and Milton Keynes.
It said upgrading and addressing gaps in the network could improve journey times by up to 30 minutes.
But sustainable transport campaigners said the plan was "disappointing".
The study said the "knowledge economy" relied on workers with highly specific skills working in close proximity to each other, which is harder to achieve with poor transport links.
It also anticipated that congestion along the existing network could be "expected to intensify" by about 40% by 2035 leading to increased journey times.
But Bridget Fox, from the Campaign for Better Transport, said the plan did not cater to cyclists or bus users.
"Oxford and Cambridge have pioneered transport policies based on providing alternatives to car dependency," she said
"To build new road connections drawing more traffic into the area risks undermining their achievements."
The Oxford to Cambridge Expressway Strategic Study was launched last year and is one of six studies aimed at addressing challenges facing the UK's road network.
Transport Minister John Hayes said the planned £15bn road upgrades were aimed at "creating jobs and opportunities".
The 32-year-old was a free agent having been released by the Alex in May after a season at Gresty Road.
The former Manchester United trainee and Norwich City player has featured in three of Argyle's pre-season friendlies this summer.
He is the 13th new player to join Plymouth, who were beaten in the League Two play-off final at Wembley, since the end of last season.
Plymouth have not revealed the length of the former Colchester and Blackpool man's contract.
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It depicts the Manhattan skyline, with Trump Tower prominent.
It was originally drawn for a charity auction in 2005 but the winner later passed it on to the LA-based Nate D Sanders auction house.
Auctioneer Michael Kirk told journalists from artnews.com that the drawing had received five times more interest than the firm was used to.
"It's attracted interest from not just Trump followers, but also presidential memorabilia collectors," he said.
There were 11 bids for the drawing, starting at $9,000.
Other Trump memorabilia sold in the past includes a Ferrari, a set of golf clubs, and a bottle of whisky signed by him.
The 30-year-old Spaniard broke his opponent in the fourth game before going on to claim the first set in 35 minutes.
Nadal saved two break points at 3-2 down in the second set and then broke Sela in the next game.
Nadal has reached the final in Miami four times but has yet to win the tournament.
There was little trouble for the other top seeds in action on Friday.
Second seed Kei Nishikori of Japan comfortably overcame South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6-4 6-3, while Canadian third seed Milos Raonic beat Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-3 7-5.
There was a surprise when Russia's Elena Vesnina, fresh from her victory at Indian Wells, suffered a 3-6 6-4 7-5 defeat by world number 594 Ajla Tomljanovic, the wild card from Croatia.
Romanian third seed Simona Halep was pushed to three sets by 19-year-old Japanese player Naomi Osaka before advancing 6-4 2-6 6-3.
They say the troops, using tanks and other military equipment supplied by a Saudi-led coalition, were attacking Zinjibar from the north and south.
The fall of the city would deal another blow to the Houthi rebels, who have suffered a number of recent defeats.
They were driven out of a key airbase this week, following the loss of Aden.
Heavy casualties were reported during the fighting for al-Anad airbase, north of Aden.
Separately, the United Arab Emirates' official WAM agency said on Saturday that three Emirati soldiers were killed while taking part in the Saudi-led campaign to defeat the rebels who still control much of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa.
The Houthis advanced south in March, forcing President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi to flee to Saudi Arabia.
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Why are Gulf states fighting in Yemen?
Sunni power Saudi Arabia regards the Houthis as proxies of Shia rival Iran. It alleges Iran has provided the Houthis with weapons, something Iran and the Houthis deny.
The rebels - backed by forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh - say they are fighting against corruption and marginalisation of their northern powerbase by Mr Hadi's government.
The conflict has killed almost 4,000 people, nearly half of them civilians, since it escalated with the Saudi-led campaign in March, according to the United Nations.
The Shanghai Composite closed up 2.33% at 3,536.91 points, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed up 0.44% at 22,479.69.
Elsewhere, Asian stocks were mixed despite a strong lead from Wall Street.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index closed down 0.4% to 19,938.13 points.
The benchmark breached the key 20,000 level for the first time since August on Tuesday.
Reports were swirling that the Chinese government would unveil tax incentives to encourage more home purchases to stimulate the once red-hot property market.
Australian shares were lower despite third quarter growth figures coming in above expectations on rising exports.
The economy grew 2.5% in the three months to September from a year ago, compared with 1.9% in the previous quarter and above forecasts of 2.4%.
But investors seemed to ignore the positive economic data with the S&P/ASX 200 index ending down 0.2% to 5,258.3.
South Korea's benchmark Kospi index finished lower by 0.7% to 2,009.29 after data showed that imports rose faster than exports in the export-driven economy.
Exports in October rose a seasonally adjusted 1.6% from September, while imports jumped 6.1%.
Hundreds of people have reportedly been left homeless by the evacuation of local pastoral communities.
One young Maasai is said to have been shot and critically injured.
It is part of a longstanding border dispute between local Maasai people and authorities who operate exclusive hunting experiences for tourists.
The Tanzanian government had plans to establish a 1,500sq km (579sq mile) wildlife corridor around the national park for a Dubai-based company which offers hunting packages for wealthy tourists from the UAE.
The plan would have displaced about 30,000 people, and caused ecological problems for the Maasai community, which depends on the seasonal grasses there to rear livestock.
But the country's president tweeted in 2014 that an eviction would not take place, after more than two million people signed a petition against the action.
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However reported incidents of destruction of Maasai sites persisted.
The chairman of Ololosokwani village, Kerry Dukunyi, has told the BBC that villagers have lost property in the latest incident.
"A large percentage of our food has been destroyed. We've lost a lot of food," he said.
"A lot of our livestock are also missing."
It's the latest example in East Africa of the growing tensions between wildlife conservation, which attracts tourists, and the need for locals to have pastoral land, especially during droughts.
Earlier this year, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa formed a commission to investigate the dispute but its report is yet to be made public.
Blasts and gunfire were heard across the city during the simultaneous attacks on police posts and vehicles.
The attacks took place in districts that have seen protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's intention to seek re-election.
Since his announcement in April Burundi has also seen a failed military coup.
Police have blamed the attacks on opposition activists. A senior police official told AFP one of the officers was seriously injured.
It is possible that violence will escalate ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections next month, says the BBC's Africa Editor Mary Harper.
Burundi's main opposition leader has said he will participate in next month's presidential election if certain conditions are met.
Rights groups say at least 70 people have been killed and 500 wounded since the protests began in April, with more than 100,000 fleeing the country.
The opposition and civil societies say Mr Nkurunziza's attempt to run for office again contravenes the constitution, which states a president can only serve two terms.
However, the Constitutional Court has ruled that he was first elected in 2005 by parliament, not in a popular vote, and so he is eligible to stand again.
"I'm extremely worried. I'm even having sleepless nights. I don't know what I would do without this money. My family will starve," Magebatho Mamaile tells the BBC.
The 78 year old lives in a township east of the main city Johannesburg. She has a family of six to provide for, including two children and six grandchildren.
She is one of 17 million vulnerable South Africans who rely on the government's social grant scheme to get by.
An astonishing one in three people in the country falls into this group, which encompasses single mothers, disabled people, pensioners and war veterans.
This social safety net - one of the biggest in Africa - is among the proudest achievements in the 23 years the African National Congress (ANC) has governed South Africa, since the end of white minority rule.
But now it is under threat.
The government contract with the company which is responsible for delivering the money is due to expire 31 March, raising fears that the next round of payments, worth about $67m (£55m), might not be paid as scheduled on 1 April.
As the deadline looms, there has been an outcry in recent weeks over the failure of the South Africa Social Security Agency (Sassa), the government body responsible, to agree a new contract.
Sassa cannot argue that it didn't have ample warning of the crisis or enough time to come up with a solution.
The country's highest court ruled more than two years ago that the contract with private company Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) was invalid, but despite this, it appears that no alternative provider has been found.
Nevertheless, the country's social development minister insists that the grants will be paid on time, but has not said exactly how it will happen.
Bathabile Dlamini is facing growing calls for her resignation and has had to deny opposition accusations that she has been responsible for "an avalanche of failures" that have led to the current crisis.
The Constitutional Court has given the department until Wednesday to come up with some serious answers.
But assuming the worst-case scenario for a moment, what would actually happen if no solution was found and the payments didn't arrive?
"It will be a crisis of majestic proportions. The people will literally go hungry. So they might take to the streets to find food," economist and Wits University Professor Jannie Rossouw tells the BBC.
The damage, he says, would not only be limited to those who directly receive the payments.
"It will also have an impact on the economies of small towns and villages who sell goods to the beneficiaries."
Judging by what I have seen in townships and villages across the country, when beneficiaries stand in long snaking queues waiting to be paid, there could well be serious tensions if people do not receive their grants.
Sibongile Mngomezulu, 18, receives a child support grant for her three-month-old baby.
"The money I get, I'm going to use it to buy my baby's food because I am unemployed at the moment," she tells the BBC.
She says if she doesn't receive the money next month, she'll need to ask her mother for help.
Taken on their own, the monthly payments may not seem huge. They range from 350-1,000 rand ($30-80).
But with unemployment levels at more than 25%, the figures soon add up.
In his budget speech last month, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan set aside $11.5bn (£8.9bn) to be allocated for expenditure on grants.
In many ways social grants are a form of peace tax in a country with huge inequality.
As long as the payments are made, the wealthy sleep soundly in their beds.
Would that still hold true if millions of their fellow countrymen were allowed to go hungry?
Back in Johannesburg's KwaThema township, Magebatho Mamaile's situation starkly illustrates the need for the government to urgently resolve this crisis.
"The pension money I receive from the government is the only source of income for my family," she says.
"I use it to buy food and electricity... to pay school fees for my grandchildren and to pay rent."
The grant scheme is a massive poverty alleviation programme which could determine the fortunes of the governing ANC.
If this scheme were to collapse, it is quite possible that millions of beneficiaries could punish the 105-year-old liberation movement at the ballot box.
So there are colossal political ramifications for those overseeing this self-imposed crisis.
In a leaked letter, one of the UK's most senior police officers said that mainstream policing was essential in the fight against terrorism.
The cuts are expected to be announced in next week's Spending Review.
The prime minister's spokeswoman said the government would do "everything necessary to keep people safe".
She said the government had protected the counter-terror policing budget since 2010 and had announced further measures to counter terrorism, including extra resources for the security and intelligence agencies.
In other developments:
It is expected that Chancellor George Osborne could announce cuts to the police budget of more than 20% when he addresses Parliament on Wednesday.
That is more than double what the document suggests is viable to keep numbers at the level required in the event of an attack.
Labour has warned that savings above 10% would be "dangerous".
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said he had asked George Osborne to take police cuts out of the Spending Review, while shadow home secretary Andy Burnham has written to Mrs May.
The Home Office said it would not comment on a leaked document.
It's not entirely surprising that days before a big statement from the Treasury, concerns about the impact of the spending squeeze are made plain.
And it's no secret that the Home Office budget is one of the departments in Whitehall that is not protected from the overall cuts.
But in the aftermath of the Paris attacks, political concern over policing numbers has become acute.
Read Laura's blog in full
Former counter-terror policeman Kevin Hurley, now Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey, warned that police responding to a terror attack outside London would be overwhelmed.
He told the BBC: "The people would be massacred. The first responding police would also be massacred.
"And eventually we would mobilise sufficient assets from the police but with major military support."
Police officers only have single shot weapons and would be outgunned by people with automatic weapons like the AK-47, he claimed.
The letter to the home secretary was copied to the Treasury, Number 10 and the security services.
It is understood to have been requested at a meeting of the government's emergency committee, Cobra, on the day after the 13 November Paris attacks that killed 129 people.
The BBC has seen key paragraphs of the document, Implications of the Paris Attack for UK Police Preparedness.
It suggests further cuts to police budgets would affect the authorities' ability to respond to multiple attacks.
Steve White, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We can barely cope now.
"If there are going to be further cuts to the police service, quite frankly, God help us. We are not going to be able to respond to something on the scale of Paris."
The letter cites worries over "surge capacity" - the need to mobilise large numbers of officers and resources in the event of a serious attack.
It says: "It would be remiss of me not to highlight the impact further reductions in police force numbers would have on our ability to manage terrorist incidents of this magnitude, particularly if spread simultaneously across a number of geographical locations.
"Police forces across England and Wales have already seen a reduction of 40,000 officers and further losses will severely impact our surge capacity, which is heavily geared and will reduce very significantly across the country unless a different funding settlement is found."
Speaking on the BBC's Question Time, Mr Burnham said cuts of 5% to the police budget over the next five years were "doable" and between 5% and 10% would be "difficult".
He added: "But go beyond 10%, it's dangerous."
Lord Reid, former Labour Home Secretary, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Cut police on the ground, and you cut the flow of intelligence which is vital for counter-terrorism."
He claimed the "whole police force" could be cut to 115,000 if the cuts go through - saying that same number was deployed in Paris last week.
The most recent figures show there are 124,264 police officers in England and Wales, not including police and community support officers, 6,780 in Northern Ireland and 17,261 in Scotland - a total of 148,305.
Ludik is out for four-six weeks with a fractured cheekbone and Cave could miss four weeks because of a calf tear.
However, Charles Piutau is among six players set to return for the European Champions Cup opener against Bordeaux.
Stuart Olding, Luke Marshall, Andrew Trimble, Franco van der Merwe and Dan Tuohy are also expected back.
Having Piutau, Marshall (both concussion), Trimble (toe), van der Merwe, Tuohy (both ankle) and Olding (right adductor) available after injury would be a major boost for Kiss ahead of Sunday's trip to France.
Utility back Ludik and centre Cave were both forced off as Ulster suffered their first Pro12 loss of the campaign.
Ulster remain top of the Pro12 standings although just one point separates the top four.
Topley, 22, has made just one appearance for his county since moving from Essex at the end of last season.
He fractured a hand while batting against Warwickshire in April but has since sustained a stress fracture to his back.
"We'll look to build him up to fitness again during the winter," Hampshire director of cricket Giles White said.
Topley, a member of the England squad which finished runners-up at the World T20 in India in March, has played 10 one-day games and six T20 internationals for his country.
"Hopefully he can get some recognition again with England and hopefully he fires for us next year," White told BBC Radio Solent.
Hampshire are monitoring the fitness of former West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards with a view to a potential return for the remainder of the season.
Edwards, 34, has recovered from a fractured ankle sustained while playing football in a warm-up before Hampshire's County Championship match against Yorkshire in April.
"It's down to the physio," White added. "Fidel's confident, but we've got to make sure he's ready before we introduce him back to the team."
Three of them were police officers, one of whom was burnt alive, according to the Interior Minister, Evariste Boshab.
Protesters set up barricades and torched cars on one of the main roads in Kinshasa, the country's capital.
Police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators. One witness said police fired live ammunition into the crowd.
The bodies of people who had died were seen lying in the streets after protests ended.
The electoral commission was meant to announce a date for presidential elections, due in November, on Monday, but has said it will not be possible to hold them then.
The opposition says Mr Kabila is trying to delay the elections in order to remain in power beyond his two-term limit, which finishes in December.
Police have made at least 10 arrests, with hundreds of protesters out on the streets, reports BBC Afrique's Poly Muzalia from the capital.
Most schools and shops are closed in Kinshasa, with those not involved in the protests staying inside to avoid any trouble, our reporter adds.
A government-backed effort to work out a solution to the political crisis, called a "national dialogue", has been boycotted by most opposition parties.
Mr Kabila's second term, the maximum allowed under the country's constitution, is due to expire on 20 December.
Last year at least 12 people died in similar protests.
DR Congo has never had a smooth transfer of power since independence more than 55 years ago.
Air France's new boss, Jean-Marc Janaillac, unveiled the plan, saying the firm is "battling on all fronts".
The new brand does not have a name yet, but Air France plans for it to offer economy and business travel on new and reopened routes.
To compete with lower-cost rivals, its pilots and crew will be employed on different terms from the main company.
"The status quo is not an option. We must launch a new dynamic to return to a leadership position in our markets," Mr Janaillac said.
The plan is a sign that Air France's new boss is determined to win back market share after years of painful job losses and clashes with trade unions.
But the SNPNC cabin crew union expressed concern that the new airline's staff would not have the same work benefits and that it would end up being "low cost" for its workers.
Air France plans for the new airline to have 10 long haul planes by 2020.
It will "constitute the group's response to the Gulf State airlines which are developing at low production costs", the firm said.
Tom Brady intercepted a loose pass from Matt Jess for what proved the decisive try for Leicester in the first half.
James Short had earlier crossed to give Exeter an early lead but Freddie Burns' accuracy off the tee put Tigers ahead.
Sam Simmonds made it a nervy finish with a late try under the posts for Chiefs but Leicester held on.
In a season which has seen Leicester part company with director of rugby Richard Cockerill, a first trophy since their Premiership title of 2013 will boost confidence for the rest of the campaign.
Tigers also become the first club to record a hat-trick of wins in the competition after their triumphs in 2007 and 2012.
Burns, who will leave the club to join Bath next season, was impeccable with his kicking while his opposite number Joe Simmonds had a difficult afternoon.
The Chiefs fly-half missed two relatively straightforward penalty attempts either side of half-time, which ultimately proved the difference between the sides.
Exeter assistant coach Ricky Pellow: "We gave them too much of a lead as they were able to wrestle the momentum away from us.
"We threw everything at them in the second half, but we couldn't break them down early enough. They must take great credit as they deserved to win by withstanding all our pressure in the second half."
Leicester assistant coach Geordan Murphy: "The guys have been passionate and committed throughout this tournament and some of the defensive shots that went in during the final quarter were fantastic.
"There was real ferocity in the tackle and it was some heroic defence at the end."
Fly-half Freddie Burns: "I'm off at the end of the year, but I have a lot of friends here so it was nice to put some silverware in the cabinet and get an early trophy.
"It was a tough day by place-kicking into the wind and a couple of mine just scraped over, but we didn't really push on in the second half, which made it difficult for us at the end."
Exeter: Turner; Jess, Bodilly, S Hill, Short; J Simmonds, Maunder; Low, Malton, Holmes, Atkins, Welch, Ewers, Salvi (capt), Simmonds.
Replacements: Taione, Keast, Owlett, Skinner, Johnson, Thomas, Hooley, Hendrickson.
Leicester: Worth; Betham, Tait (capt), Roberts, Brady; Burns, Kitto; Genge, McGuigan, Balmain, Wells, Kitchener, Williams, Thacker, McCaffrey.
Replacements: Youngs, Rizzo, Bateman, Barrow, Hamilton, White, Williams, Smith.
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America's top law official also told the Senate Intelligence Committee any suggestion he colluded with the Kremlin was "an appalling and detestable lie".
Mr Sessions also repeatedly refused to answer questions about his private conversations with the president.
He vowed to defend his honour "against scurrilous and false allegations".
Mr Sessions' remarks came after sacked FBI boss James Comey said he believed he was fired to influence the agency's investigation into Russian political meddling.
US intelligence agencies believe that Russia interfered in the election in order to help Republican President Donald Trump get elected.
The Senate committee is of one several congressional panels that, along with a special counsel, is also investigating whether any Trump campaign officials colluded with the alleged Kremlin plot.
Mr Sessions, the country's top law enforcement official, told the Senate committee he has never received a classified briefing about Russian meddling in last year's election.
He also vehemently denied speaking to Russian officials about the election, during a campaign in which he was a close adviser to candidate Trump.
"I have never met with or had any conversation with any Russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election in the United States," he said on Tuesday.
He is the most senior member of the Trump administration to testify before the Senate committee.
Mr Sessions acknowledged he met Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak twice, but suggested he could not remember whether he met the envoy at a foreign policy speech event for then-candidate Mr Trump at the Mayflower Hotel on 27 April 2016, as US media have reported.
The former Alabama senator also denied media reports that he offered his resignation when Mr Trump was reportedly angered by his recusal from the FBI Russia probe, telling the panel he "will not be deterred".
Mr Sessions was often evasive and his accounting of details uncertain, littered with "I don't recalls" and "I have no recollections".
He is far from the first politician to seek refuge in a fuzzy memory under sharp questioning. Definitive statements proven inaccurate under oath are more prone to accusations of perjury.
When it came time to discuss his conversations with the president, Mr Sessions demurred, noting that he wanted to give Mr Trump the opportunity to review the question before sharing his thoughts.
It was as if the attorney general was trying to pre-emptively invoke executive privilege - the right of a president to candid counsel from his advisers - without using those magic words.
Where Mr Session's memory does serve, he forcefully condemned allegations of Russian collusion as "appalling and detestable".
The controversy at this point is about more than just collusion, however. It's about obstruction of justice and the circumstances around the firing of an FBI director. In those areas the attorney general did little to turn down the heat.
Read Anthony in full
Vice-Chairman Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat, pressed Mr Sessions about his role in the sacking of Mr Comey.
Mr Sessions said he never spoke to the former FBI director, who reports to the US attorney general, about his job performance before Mr Trump fired him in May.
But Mr Sessions did confirm Mr Comey's assertion that he told the US attorney general that he felt uncomfortable speaking directly to Mr Trump in a one-on-one setting.
Several Democratic senators expressed frustration because Mr Sessions repeatedly refused to answer questions relating to conversations he had with the president, saying they were confidential.
Similar answers were heard last week during testimony from the US intelligence chiefs before the same panel.
US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, National Security Agency chief Admiral Mike Rogers, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein were criticised for refusing to respond to some questions in a public hearing.
But Mr Rogers "thoroughly answered the committee's questions in a closed setting on Monday night", Chairman Richard Burr said.
The stretch at Eden Brows, between Carlisle and Armathwaite, closed in February following heavy rain and Network Rail launched a £23m scheme to underpin the line.
Hundreds of concrete-filled steel piles are being driven into the bedrock.
Rail replacement buses are currently running between Carlisle and Appleby.
A steel, tunnel-like structure will sit beneath the railway, 230ft (70m) above the nearby River Eden, to provide a stable base across the damaged ground.
Two rows of high-strength piles in the sloping bedrock will form a corridor on which a 100 metre-long (328ft) concrete slab will provide a base for new tracks.
The popular tourist route usually carries about 1.3m passengers each year.
Paul Barnfield, regional director at rail firm Northern, said it had been a "difficult" time for its customers.
26 June 2014 Last updated at 07:35 BST
Serena was playing with her sister Venus in their first round match against Olga Kalashnikova and Oksana Savchuk on court three.
The world number one laughed off her fall and got back up to carry on with the game, which they won 5-7, 6-1, 6-4.
The man pouring fuel on the flames today is Vodafone's Vittorio Colao, who claims that Britain is being left in the dust by countries like Spain and Italy when it comes to superfast broadband.
On the Today programme and in an interview with my colleague Kamal Ahmed he suggested that people in Southern Europe were getting much faster speeds than those available here. "In the UK you talk about 10 megabits per second speeds," he said, "when Vodafone in countries like Spain, Portugal and Italy actually sells 100, 200 even 300 megabits per second."
So are those countries really getting average speeds 10, 20 even 30 times faster than the UK? That does not sound right. Now, research in this area is notoriously spotty, but one report I have unearthed from the data firm Akamai says average speeds in Italy have risen this year - all the way to 6.1 Mbps.
The same report says the UK's average speed is 11.6Mbps - Ofcom's research puts it at 22.6Mbps. We can argue over methodology but it seems clear that the UK does not lag behind Italy.
A call to Mr Colao's spin-doctor brings the explanation that the 10Mbps his boss is referring to is the UK's new "universal service obligation" figure which I wrote about yesterday. Vodafone believes that is totally inadequate and reflects BT's stubborn refusal to give up on copper and invest properly in the fibre-to-the-home network it thinks is the technology Britain needs.
More particularly, the mobile phone operator is angry that BT does not give it full access to run its own fibre along the poles and ducts of its network - access it says it gets in other countries like Italy and Spain. So with that, you could offer 100Mbps to every remote farm, I suggest to the man from Vodafone. I don't get a full commitment but he says they would be able to do far more than at present.
There is certainly an argument to be had about the way fast broadband is being rolled out in the UK. I've been hearing more gruesome stories about slow speeds in the last 24 hours, and not just from the countryside. One man who lives in a housing development right opposite London's Canary Wharf says he struggles to get more than 1Mbps. A quick look at BT's postcode broadband checker confirms his story. It promises a "guaranteed minimum" of 2.5Mbps but with the proviso that this figure could be out by as much as 2Mbps.
BT confirms there is a problem with this particular 1980s-built housing development which is a good distance from the nearest exchange, but does not appear to have any thoughts on how these central London residents might be brought into the 21st Century.
So Vodafone and other critics may have a point about the way BT's Openreach is wiring up Britain but the overall picture is that fast broadband availability and price in the UK compares reasonably well with most of our European rivals, if not with the likes of Japan and South Korea.
One thing is clear though - misrepresenting the figures does not serve the cause of those who would like to see a change of direction.
Keurboom Communications called people, sometimes at night, to see if they were eligible for road-accident or PPI compensation, the ICO said.
It breached privacy laws by calling people without their consent.
The company has since gone into liquidation but the ICO said it was committed to recovering the fine.
It said it had received more than 1,000 complaints about automated calls from the Bedfordshire-registered company.
The ICO said Keurboom Communications called some people repeatedly and during unsocial hours.
It also hid its identity so that people would find it harder to complain.
"The unprecedented scale of its campaign and Keurboom's failure to co-operate with our investigation has resulted in the largest fine issued by the Information Commissioner for nuisance calls," said Steve Eckersley, head of enforcement at the ICO.
Keurboom director Greg Rudd told the Mirror newspaper that he found cold-calling "annoying" but said it was "part of life".
"I don't enjoy receiving them but that doesn't make them illegal," he said.
However the ICO said making automatic marketing calls without people's consent was illegal.
"Keurboom showed scant regard for the rules," said Mr Eckersley.
In October, the government announced plans to let the ICO fine company directors as well as their businesses.
"Making directors responsible will stop them avoiding fines by putting their company into liquidation," the ICO said.
The watchdog said 2016-17 had been its busiest year for nuisance call investigations, with 23 companies fined a total of £1.9m.
Register with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) - it's for people who do not want to receive sales calls and it's free. It is illegal for a company to call you once your name is on this. Of course, companies operating outside the law are not likely to take much notice - but it will cut down the number of calls.
Complain to the Information Commissioner's Office. The number is 0303 123 1113.
Block calls. Some phones offer this feature or you could use a call blocking device that you plug into your phone. These can not only block certain numbers, but also any that are call "withheld" or "international" - untraceable numbers often used by cold callers. The problem with this is that calls from people you know who are abroad or those who have blocked their own number may also be stopped. And a number of calls from large organisations that go through switchboards, which could include important calls, will also be blocked.
Keep an eye out when ordering goods to make sure you tick the box that says you do not wish to receive information about products from organisations. And be careful, as some of these boxes say tick if you DO wish to hear from other companies. So ticking it without reading it could be the wrong call.
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Stan Hampson had complained that his father Stanley Hampson was "starving" because he had difficulty swallowing.
However, doctors at Aintree Hospital in Liverpool said fitting a feeding tube would hurt not benefit the 86-year-old, and a judge at the Court of Protection ruled in favour of the hospital.
Mr Hampson died on Wednesday, a day after the hearing, his son confirmed.
Doctors had asked the court to make a ruling, insisting that fitting a feeding tube would be unethical because it would not help Mr Hampson, who is fed via intravenous fluids.
Mrs Justice Roberts ruled in favour of Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at the public hearing in London.
The Court of Protection considers cases involving vulnerable people who lack the mental capacity to make decisions.
By the close of trading the Dow Jones had fallen 0.31% to 20,663.22, dragged lower by Exxon Mobil and JPMorgan Chase.
The S&P 500 edged 0.23% down to 2,362.72 and the Nasdaq spent most of the day in positive territory but closed a touch lower at 5,911.74.
BlackBerry shares closed up 11%, following better than expected results.
Despite ending the quarter with a whimper, the S&P 500, Nasdaq and the Dow chalked up gains of at least 4.5% in the period.
"So far the market has navigated a somewhat uncertain terrain with grace," said Adam Sarhan, chief executive officer at 50 Park Investments.
"It's perfectly normal on the last day of the quarter and the last day of the month to see some profit taking, especially after a strong run," he said.
Walsall-born Roberts, 21, has made one appearance for the Saddlers, in a 3-0 League One home defeat by Millwall in February.
He is the fourth signing made by Chester boss Jon McCarthy, since he was appointed as Steve Burr's successor in May.
Chester have also brought in defenders Blaine Hudson and Ross Killock, as well as winger Elliott Durrell.
The National League club, who finished 17th last season, have also signed up left-back Johnny Hunt, midfielders Luke George, Jordan Chapell and strikers Kane Richards and James Alabi on new contracts.
But they have lost last season's top scorer Ross Hannah (Barrow), midfield linkman John Rooney (Wrexham) and defender Ben Heneghan to Motherwell.
Paul Flynn said Mr Trump's call to ban Muslims from the US was "extremely dangerous" but barring him from the UK risked being seen as anti-American.
However, SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh said a ban would be justified on the grounds of "religious harmony".
A petition advocating a ban has attracted 574,000 signatures.
Monday's debate, which took place in a packed Westminster Hall committee room, ended without a vote.
Home Office minister James Brokenshire said the government had the power to exclude people who would "do harm" but the US was the UK's most important ally and the UK should "engage" with presidential candidates even when it "profoundly disagreed" with their views.
The tycoon, who is leading several opinion polls in the race to be the Republican candidate for President, called for a temporary ban on all Muslims entering the US in response to the shooting of 14 people in San Bernardino, California in December.
Mr Trump's comments were criticised across the political spectrum in the US and Europe. He caused further anger by claiming that areas of London and other parts of the UK have become so radicalised that they have become no-go areas for the police.
The "Ban Trump" petition states that the UK "has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech" and argues that the rules must be "fairly applied to the rich as well as poor".
A counter-petition, also being debated although it has not reached the 100,000 signature mark, argues that foreign nationals should not be banned "for their opinions on domestic actions" and a ban would risk damaging US-UK relations given the possibility of a Trump victory in November's election.
Opening the debate in a crowded chamber, Mr Flynn said it would be wrong to ignore the ban petition, given that the "public was speaking with such a loud voice" and insisted the debate was not an attempt to "disrespect Americans or the American state".
He said some of those who signed the petition believed that Mr Trump's comments had incited acts of violence in the US.
Listing the names of some of those who had been banned by the UK authorities in recent years he said the risk of a ban would be that it would increase the publicity surrounding Mr Trump "100-fold".
Mr Trump's "prejudice" should be countered by "reasonableness, hospitality and courtesy", Mr Flynn told MPs. "We should not build him up by our attacks," he said.
"The great danger by attacking this one man is that we can fix on him a halo of victimhood," he said. "We give him the role of martyrdom which can seem to be an advantage among those who support him."
Tory MP Andrew Murrison said Mr Trump was a "ridiculous" figure but to ban someone who had a chance of becoming US President could be construed as an "almighty snub" to the US.
Fellow Conservative Sir Edward Leigh said the UK had invited despots to the UK in the past who had done "far, far worse than anything Donald Trump can dream of" and he warned against "shutting down an honest debate about immigration".
But, backing a ban, Labour MP Tulip Siddiq said Mr Trump's words "risks inflaming tensions between vulnerable communities" and those calling for this "poisonous and corrosive" man to be barred were speaking in "good conscience".
"I draw the line with freedom of speech when it actually imports violent ideology," she said.
"The legislation exists to protect the public and the people of Britain from individuals such as this... the same rules need to apply to Donald Trump."
Key quotes from the debate
Labour MP Jack Dromey: "I don't think Donald Trump should be allowed within 1,000 miles of our shores....Donald Trump is free to be a fool but he is not free to be a dangerous fool in Britain."
Labour MP Naz Shah: "I would give Donald Trump an open invitation to visit my constituency... I would invite him for a curry. I would welcome him, have a conversation with him and challenge him on his views."
Conservative MP Sir Edward Leigh: "Like it or not, he is quite a contender to be the head of state of the most powerful country on the planet, a country which is a vital ally of ours. We have welcomed to the country Saudi and Chinese leaders, not to mention Mr Ceausescu, whose crimes are far worse than anything Mr Trump can dream up."
Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston: "I would argue that should Donald Trump be excluded from one of the United States' oldest allies, it would send a very clear message to the people of the US about what we feel about those who demonise an entire people for no other reason apart from their religion."
The SNP's Ms Ahmed-Sheikh said Mr Trump's comments made the UK an "uncomfortable place" for her and other Muslims to live in.
"The home secretary has explicitly excluded 84 people for hate speech. My view is that Donald Trump should be number 85."
The UK home secretary has the power to ban people from entering the country on grounds of national security, if they are thought likely to incite racial hatred or if they are deemed not to be "conducive to the public good".
Ahead of the debate, Trump International Links Scotland issued a statement saying MPs should be spending their time debating the problems facing the Scottish and UK economies.
"For the UK to consider banning someone who made a statement in America, about American borders during a US election campaign is ridiculous," said Sarah Malone, the company's executive vice president.
"Westminster is creating a dangerous precedent on this issue and is sending a terrible message to the world."
Members of the Scottish Association of Landlords (Sal) said a bill before Holyrood would make it harder to tackle anti-social behaviour.
They claimed it would end their right to allow a tenancy to come to a natural end.
The government said the bill would make tenancies better regulated which would safeguard both tenants and landlords.
Letting agents argued it was vital that anti-social tenants could be easily moved from their property.
The government's Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill would mean they could only be removed after official complaints were made to police, with witnesses willing to give evidence to a tribunal.
In a statement issued at a conference in Edinburgh to coincide with National Landlord Day, Sal said those affected by anti-social behaviour may feel too intimidated to testify. It has asked ministers to rethink the changes.
The statement, from 56 letting agents across Scotland, said: "We know of landlords who have been made aware of anti-social behaviour in their property and have been unsuccessful in their efforts to assist the tenant in improving their conduct.
"In order to manage this situation quickly and effectively and for the benefit of the community, they have allowed a tenancy to come to a natural end, allowing for the adequate notice period outlined in the contract."
Sal, which represents landlords controlling more than 16,000 properties, said the bill would mean neighbours who complain about anti-social behaviour would be forced to make an official complaint to the police and be willing to give public evidence to a tribunal before any action could be taken to remove a tenant.
David Kendall, a landlord in Hamilton, who had to deal with an anti-social tenant, said the bill would have made it difficult for him to gather complaints from neighbours.
"The anti-social tenant would have known who had complained about him, and they would be fearful they would meet him in the close or on the street," he said.
"Also my reputation would be damaged, because I would have had to tell neighbours there was nothing I could do. It would look as if I were washing my hands of it."
Shelter Scotland said the legislation was necessary because the private rental sector was changing and the tenancy regime in place was not fit for purpose.
It said 14% of all households in Scotland were in private rented accomodation, including 25% of all families with children.
Rosemary Brotchie, policy and research director told the Good Morning Scotland programme on Radio Scotland: "Families are looking for security and predictability in their renting situation.
"You want to make a house a home; you want to be able to stay there and put down roots in your community, and under the current situation that's just not the case, because you don't know from one month to the next whether your landlord is going to ask you to leave."
A Scottish government spokesman said the bill provided new grounds to evict tenants engaging in anti-social behaviour or who had a relevant criminal conviction.
A statement said: "The bill will introduce a modern tenancy to make it a more professionally managed and better regulated sector that provides good quality homes and is attractive to those who want to live, work and invest in it.
"It aims to provide security, stability, and predictability for 700,000 tenants in Scotland while providing appropriate safeguards for landlords, lenders and investors."
Not just the ability to win big, or win regularly, or take home trophies. Teams do that every year across every sport.
What the very best can do that the pretenders cannot is win the tight ones - not just occasionally, or with a little luck, but with such regular dead-eyed poise that it is as much a habit as tying up bootlaces or shaking hands at the close.
There could be no surprise in New Zealand's 34-16 win over Wales at a first raucous and then silenced Millennium Stadium. Here are three things that have happened since Wales last beat the All Blacks: the opening of Britain's first motorway, the debut single of Elvis Presley, the end of rationing.
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There were even those - Wales coach Warren Gatland among them - who chose to bemoan bad luck at inopportune moments, most noticeably the unkind bounce that beat Leigh Halfpenny and allowed Beauden Barrett to gather his own chip and put his side into a late lead that they would never relinquish.
That is to underestimate what sets this All Blacks team apart. Wales may have led 13-10 with 17 minutes to go and then 16-15 with 11 left on the clock. That they were then hit by a black-shirted blitz that yielded 18 points in seven minutes had nothing to do with fortune and everything to do with the gulf between the world champions and the rest.
For these late tornados are no freak occurrence. From Dan Carter's drop goal against Ireland in 2012 to Ryan Crotty's try in Dublin a year later, from Conrad Smith's try in the first Test against England this summer to Malakai Fekitoa's converted try against Australia in October, the All Blacks have made the point again and again: when the pressure is on, you will crumble, and we will thrive.
They are to rugby in this era what Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United were to football in the past two decades.
There is never a panic, never an urge to try something miraculous. There is just belief, a clinical composure and the physical and mental fitness to strike the critical blow at the decisive juncture.
Wales played with admirable passion and power for three-quarters of this frantic, error-strewn contest. But, the reaction of the All Blacks leaders afterwards spoke of the vast difference between nearly and never.
"I don't think that we wriggled off the hook," said coach Steve Hansen, almost bemused. "Games are played for 80 minutes and you've got to play for 80."
"It wasn't as if we were under the pump," said his record-breaking captain Richie McCaw. "We just had to hold the ball."
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McCaw is not one for histrionics. In harness with Hansen he could win the Deadpan World Championships with room to spare.
For 60 minutes their team knocked the ball on, kicked it out on the full and were turned over repeatedly at the breakdown. They looked average, tired, uninspired.
It wasn't rugby rope-a-dope. Wales were ferocious when the ball was on the floor and up fast and furious when the opposition had it in hand.
They fought back once when Rhys Webb's snipe and gather of Taulupe Faletau's return pass cancelled out Julian Savea's try, and then again with forward power and Halfpenny's boot when Barrett's cross-field kick brilliantly set up Jerome Kaino for another.
At their backs they had a support as raging as anything in world rugby, the sort of partisan atmosphere that England coach Stuart Lancaster fantasises about creating at Twickenham. They even had a random half-time appearance from a show-boating David Hasselhoff ("New Zealand gave us the haka. Later we'll give them the Hoffa!").
But in the key little moments it was Wales who stumbled and fumbled, New Zealand who accelerated into the distance.
With a lead of three and the ball deep in the All Blacks 22, Webb knocked on with men outside him. Halfpenny, with a kick to clear, chose instead to take the ball back into contact after a fine Welsh turnover and was himself stripped of the ball before Savea's score. Mike Phillips delayed his own clearing kick fractionally too long and Kieran Read charged it down for another.
The All Blacks? 17-stone hooker Dane Coles ran fast and straight down the left flank before drawing the covering tackle like a skinny wing wonder of old to feed McCaw in the build-up to Kaino's score.
It was simple, but it was also the sort of thing that only seems to happen to New Zealand tight forwards. Even their battering-rams can cut holes like a fencer's foil.
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It is 61 years and counting now for the men in red against those in black, 26 defeats stretching back in a long row to the year when Everest was first scaled and Queen Elizabeth crowned.
Gatland is responsible only for the last seven of those, but he has now lost 22 straight matches against the southern hemisphere big boys of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. He has seen his side concede an average of 23 points in their last 11 Tests.
This is also now Wales's worst set of results in a calendar year since 2010, when they managed only two wins from 12. A year later, of course, they were a late penalty away from reaching the World Cup final, and Gatland - winner of two Grand Slams in his tenure, beneficiary of a long-term and lucrative contract - could yet oversee a similar renaissance.
But, with every passing week, his greatest challenge at that World Cup appears to be getting out of that demolition derby of a group that also includes England, Australia and Fiji.
Ireland have been reinvigorated under Joe Schmidt, Scotland revitalised by Vern Cotter. Wales are resolutely Gatland's Wales: physical, combative, often predictable.
"I can't ask the players to give any more than they did today," said Gatland on Saturday night.
He will have to. Because at the level this team aspires to, they are consistently, if bravely, falling short.
A new exhibition exploring the relationship between colour and vision in the natural world is opening at the Natural History Museum.
Intense and vibrant natural colours will be displayed in specimens and photographs of insects, animals and plants. At the heart of the exhibition - Colour and Vision, which opens on 15 July - is the question of how we perceive colour.
"The message we hope people will take away from the exhibition is that colour and vision are inextricably interwoven in evolution," says researcher Greg Edgecombe.
The vibrant hues found on the wings and feathers of some birds and insects can be explained by two different types of colour, says Mr Edgecombe - structural colour and pigment.
Structural colour
"Structural colour is produced by light interacting with microscopic structures on surfaces," he says.
"This sort of colour is on some bird feathers and [the] metallic surface of beetles. "
Exhibits, such as the beetles below, have retained their colour even after decades of preservation, because structural colour lasts much longer than pigment.
Pigment
Pigments, found in hair and skin colour, are a group of different compounds that absorb light, says Edgecombe.
"Different pigments absorb different wavelengths of light and reflect other wavelengths - this affects what colour we are seeing," he says.
Sometimes colour is created by the combination of pigment and structural colour.
These rose-ringed parakeets above are an example of how structural colour can combine with pigment to create another colour, says exhibition developer Fiona Cole-Hamilton.
"Blue is really rare as a pure pigment in animals and is in this case caused by structural colour," says Ms Cole-Hamilton.
"When there is also a yellow pigment present [as in the parakeet pictured above, at the bottom], the animal would appear green."
The exhibition also examines the purpose of colour in nature, exploring the way in which animals see potential mates, prey and predators.
Vibrant colours might stand out in the wild, but they can also be a warning to potential predators.
"Bright colours can mean the animal is saying, 'Don't eat me,'" says Mr Edgecombe.
The eyes have it
An important theme in the exhibition is what animals - including humans - experience when they see the "same" colour, says researcher Suzanne Williams.
Cross-sections of 112 preserved eyes from the vertebrate kingdom help to show the way each creature processes colour differently.
"There is no such thing as colour without eyes to perceive it," says Ms Williams.
"You require eyes that are capable of differentiating between light of different wavelengths and a brain that can process the data in order to perceive colour."
The specimens form a "wall of eyes" in the exhibition, ranging from the eye of a black whale to that of an osprey.
Vertebrate eyes are all similar in their make-up. Each works as a "camera", letting in light through a single opening.
But there is a huge amount of diversity between different vertebrates' eyes, says Ms Cole-Hamilton.
The black whale, for example, (eye pictured below, left) "swims at such depth that the eye has to have a large aperture to let as much light as possible in".
It is an indication of how animals have evolved to adapt to their environment, Ms Cole-Hamilton says.
Multiple eyes
Evolution in eyes is explored beyond the vertebrate kingdom.
The chiton (pictured below) has eight interlocking plates, rather than a single shell.
Scattered over the shell are hundreds of camera eyes, with a mineral lens.
"These eyes are probably used to help them spot predators," says Ms Williams, "so they can clamp down on a rock and avoid being dislodged and eaten.
"They are really unusual in that they have mineral lenses made of aragonite - a type of calcium carbonate - instead of protein.
"The benefit of having eyes is balanced by the fact that the eyes create weak spots in the shell."
Many spiders see in colour, using highly visual displays to communicate with each other, says Mr Edgecombe.
And they perform dances to display colours to the maximum extent.
This jumping spider has eyes at the front to focus on - for example - a potential mate, while eyes at the side provide peripheral vision to watch for predators.
Some of the effects of eye structure are imagined in a virtual reality experience, seen through the eyes of a female mantis shrimp in a mating dance with a male of the species.
The mantis shrimp, says Ms Cole-Hamilton, has 16 visual pigments, compared with the three in human eyes, meaning they have an incredibly broad colour spectrum.
They are also capable of seeing polarised light.
And the immersive experience should allow users to see through the eyes of the mantis shrimp, "experiencing how they communicate with each other using flashes of polarised light".
Colour and Vision is at the Natural History Museum from 15 July 2016.
North Wales Police was called to reports of a disturbance in the Woodland Road West area of Colwyn Bay at 02:30 BST on Saturday.
Cody Allen, 18 and Kyle Rochell, 27, were charged with the attempted murder of Alex Pattinson, 23, and possession of an offensive weapon.
Mr Allen is accused of having a dog lead and Mr Rochell a kitchen knife.
Both were remanded in custody at Monday's hearing.
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Shipments from Dulas, based in Machynlleth, Powys, are going to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
The fridges are used in countries where electricity supply is limited.
Guy Watson, of Dulas, said: "We are pleased that technology designed and developed in Wales is being used to support communities during a global crisis."
Wigan's Sean O'Loughlin, who led the side for last year's series win over New Zealand, is out through injury.
Burgess and Graham both play in Australia's National Rugby League.
Asked whether he had considered naming a Super League player as captain, Brisbane coach Bennett said: "My only criteria is the best man for the job."
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He added he would make his decision at the weekend, after speaking to Rugby Football League chief Nigel Wood.
Burgess, who plays for South Sydney Rabbitohs, is back in the England squad for the first time since he returned from rugby union.
The 27-year-old switched codes to play at last year's rugby union World Cup, and last played for England's rugby league side in the 2013 World Cup semi-final.
"It's great to have Sam back," said Bennett. "He's a huge player in our game. He is inspirational and everyone looks up to him."
Graham, 31, plays for Canterbury Bulldogs and is England's most-capped player, with 29.
England have never won the Four Nations, which this year also includes Australia, New Zealand and Scotland.
They play a one-off match against France in Avignon on 22 October, for which Burgess is suspended, before the Four Nations.
England then play New Zealand in Huddersfield on 29 October, Scotland in Coventry on 5 November and Australia at the Olympic Stadium on 13 November.
Flynn, 22, beat Englishman Lee Connelly in Glasgow on Sunday and hopes to make his TV debut in Manchester on 27 February.
Top of the bill will be Northern Ireland's Carl Frampton against England's Scott Quigg.
"We are in talks," Flynn told BBC Scotland. "That's a massive show."
He added: "Two world title belts in front of a massive crowd in Manchester and I would be on the undercard."
Frampton faces Quigg in a world bantamweight unification fight.
"That, for me, is an absolutely huge fight," said Flynn about the possibility of being on the same card.
Flynn stepped up to the professional game after winning gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last year.
He stressed that, despite beating Connolly, his management will not rush him into a title encounter so soon in his professional career.
"You are talking about three years for a British title fight - about 15-18 fights but maybe a Scottish title fight by the end of next year.
"I just turned 22 there and, for a pro, that's pretty young, so there's no rush."
"I know my management has massive confidence in me, but we're just taking it slow for now."
Flynn was delighted with his latest outing, despite being taken the distance by Connolly.
"It was a great fight," he said. "I started off good and the fight could have got stopped in the first round.
"I was landing some heavy shots and he was on the ropes for about a minute solid.
"He was taking a lot of shots and everybody thought the referee was going to step in.
"But he let it continue and, after the first couple of rounds, we decided to stick with the boxing and get the rounds in the bank instead of trying to go for the stoppage.
"Everything went according to plan and we won every round."
Also in Glasgow, featherweight Joe Ham stretched his winning featherweight record to six bouts with a second-round stoppage of Croat Mirsad Ahmeti.
The 24-year-old Scot had floored his opponent three times in the first round.
Elsewhere on the undercard, Lewis Paulin registered a win on points over fellow Scottish super-featherweight Jamie McGuire, while welterweight Stewart Burt had to settle for a draw in his bout against England's Fonz Alexander.
The Aberdeen-based company said the three-year deal had been signed with an unnamed blue-chip international oil company.
It added that more than 100 new jobs would be created as a result of the contract, with a further 20 posts retained.
The staff will be based at Wood Group's offices in Iraq and Dubai.
David Buchan, from Wood Group division WGPSN, said: "This major contract builds on our strong partnerships with clients in Iraq.
"Iraq is an area where we see significant growth opportunities for our broad service capabilities and building our presence in this region is a key objective for us.
"This is reflected in our creation of another office in Dubai, which adds to our presence in the Middle East and our commitment to developing local talent, creating job opportunities and building relationships with the supply chain in Iraq."
Last month Wood Group won a multi-million dollar subsea contract with BP, to provide engineering services in the Gulf of Mexico, UK and Norwegian continental shelves and offshore Azerbaijan.
It was the second major BP contract secured by the company this year.
Scottish Power believes its coal-fired station, Longannet in Fife, is at a serious disadvantage to English-based suppliers which can more easily tap into the network.
Here we look at what the National Grid is, where it is based and why it is harder for Scotland to connect to it.
The National Grid is Britain's transmission system for electricity. In order to get from power stations to homes and businesses around the country, energy passes through the grid's pylons and cables.
It has been operating since 1933, when it first started carrying electricity across the countries and into homes. By 1946, 80% of households were connected to the grid by pre-wired electricity supplies in houses. In the 1950s, construction began on a new "super grid", which included new 42-metre pylons and more than 4,500 new transmission lines.
Today, National Grid plc is the company appointed by Ofgem to manage Britain's grid and the entirely separate network of gas pipelines.
It owns and maintains the high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales. Scotland has its own electricity networks, run by SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) and SP Energy Networks.
The grid is UK-wide, so that if a local power station breaks down, another can supply power to its area.
There are two control centres - one for the northern half of Britain, and the other for the southern half. Their exact locations are a secret.
It is also linked by interconnectors to France, the Netherlands and Northern Ireland, which means that countries that have a surplus of electricity can send it to ones that are lacking.
Generators are the device at the centre of most power stations that convert mechanical power into electrical power.
In order to be connected to the National Grid, generators have to pay a transmission charge - but the charge varies depending on location.
Those generators that are far from the main centre of demand will be charged more more because it costs more to transport the energy further - maintaining long power lines requires more maintenance.
The further the plant is from London and the South East - the most densely populated areas - the higher the charges.
The aim of the higher fees is to encourage power companies to invest in generation capacity where it's most needed.
But it is not always easy to build plants in the areas with lowest transmission charges, as Paul Younger, professor of Energy Engineering at the University of Glasgow, explains.
He told the BBC: "Ironically, getting planning permission for power generation close to densely-populated areas is very difficult, so National Grid is trying to force things one way, where planning policies are trying to force them the other."
Electricity is sent through the National Grid cables at very high voltages - between 132,000 and 400,000. It benefits National Grid to not have to keep investing in reinforcing the high-voltage grid necessary to transport the power long distances. That's why Southern English generators pay reduced charges - and sometimes they even receive payments.
This is unlike most of Europe, where generators pay a flat fee to connect to the rest of the grid.
Longannet, a Fife power station that burns coal to produce electricity for the grid, pays about £40m a year just to be connected to the National Grid purely because of its location. It is relatively far from the centres of highest demand.
Suppliers - energy companies such as Scottish Power - also pay charges to take power from the network and supply it to their customers. According to Ofgem, this accounts for about 4% of a household energy bill.
Its owners Scottish Power says it is very important. They insist that Fife's Longannet power station, the second largest in the UK, might have to close because of the £40m annual fee it pays to connect to the National Grid.
Scottish Power, which supplies electricity and gas to UK homes and businesses, said this puts it at a disadvantage when competing with UK plants.
This year, the UK government is running the first "capacity market auction", where suppliers bid to guarantee electricity generation for the winter of 2018/19.
But Scottish Power has decided not to enter the Longannet plant, saying that financial changes need to be made or the plant will have to close.
In July, Ofgem said it was going to change the way it calculated what generators pay to use the electricity transmission network. It said: "Analysis indicates the changes will lead to a more efficient system which will benefit customers."
The changes are not due to come into effect until 1 April 2016 - but Ofgem say that their updated methodology will reduce the north and south divide in transmission charges.
In the short term, Scotland's energy minister Fergus Ewing wants more urgent action. He claims Longannet is being priced out of the market.
Longannet powers about two million homes - so if it closes, Scotland's power supply will be affected.
Prof Younger said: "At a stroke it would remove the supply of about 25% of all electricity consumed in Scotland, which would make it very difficult to keep the lights on when the wind isn't blowing, without increasing reliance on power imports from England - for which there is not sufficient inter-connector capacity on the National Grid anyway."
A neighbour's surveillance camera captured footage of Federico LaGuardia being targeted by two attackers in the Marquette Park neighbourhood.
Mr LaGuardia was able to walk to a neighbour's house for help. He has undergone surgery and is in a fair condition, say police.
A $1,000 (£750) reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.
Police say two male suspects on bicycles approached Mr LaGuardia outside his home at about 11:00am on Tuesday.
One suspect demanded money, and when Mr LaGuardia refused, the assailant shoved the pensioner to the ground and shot him in the abdomen.
The robber then searched Mr LaGuardia's pockets and took his wallet.
The shooting has shocked a city that is well used to gun violence.
Willie Askew, whose surveillance camera filmed the attack, told the Chicago Tribune: "It's a damn shame."
There have been 500 murders in Chicago this year alone.
He said Greece was "not ready" at the time. But, he added, it could be rescued thanks to Wednesday's EU deal on the euro debt crisis.
In response, Greece's foreign minister told the BBC that Athens was not the source of the crisis, and that no country should be made a scapegoat.
The agreement reached in Brussels has triggered a worldwide shares rally.
In a TV interview on Thursday, Mr Sarkozy said admitting Greece to the eurozone had been "a mistake" because the country had "entered with false [economic] figures. It was not ready".
He added that he was confident the current Greek government would emerge from the crisis and that Wednesday's deal had averted a "catastrophe".
"If Greece had defaulted, there would have been a domino effect carrying everyone away," Mr Sarkozy said.
Speaking to the BBC, Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis said: "Greece is in the middle of the storm, but it is not the source of the problems of European debt and deficits.
"We see this with Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Italy. So it doesn't help to scapegoat a particular country when you're dealing with a European problem."
The comments come after European leaders clinched a deal at marathon talks in Brussels. The main provisions are:
Eurozone bailout: reaction from Germany
The agreement is aimed at preventing the crisis from spreading to larger eurozone economies, but the leaders said work still needed to be done.
BBC business editor Robert Peston says EU leaders have bought some time, and the markets will give them the benefit of the doubt for a few weeks or months.
On Friday, Klaus Regling, chief executive of the EFSF, held talks in Beijing, as the eurozone bloc continued its efforts to persuade China - and other emerging economies - to help rescue it from its crippling debt crisis.
Analysts say that a possible Chinese investment could be up to $100bn, the BBC's Martin Patience in Beijing reports.
But China is seeking guarantees from Europe that its investments will be safe, our correspondent adds.
Hailing Wednesday's deal, European Commission President Manuel Barroso said: "Europe is closer to resolving its financial and economic crisis and to getting back on a path of growth. We are showing that we can unite in the most difficult of times."
He said the post of "super-commissioner" would be created to deal with the euro.
US markets joined Europe's share rally. The Dow Jones index ended the day up 2.86%.
London's 100 share index finished up 2.9%, France's Cac up 6% and Germany's Dax 5% higher.
The biggest gainers were banks, led by French institutions, which are the most exposed to Greek debt.
Fears about the state of the eurozone's finances and the threat of a break-up of the single European currency have been stalking markets for months.
The 50% debt write-off by banks means that Greece's debt burden could drop from 160% of GDP to 120% by 2020.
Eurozone leaders said the firepower of the EFSF would be boosted from the current 440bn euros to about 1tn euros - although details remain to be worked out.
The framework for the new fund is to be put in place in November. Germany, as the largest economy in eurozone, is expected to be the largest contributor.
Bank recapitalisation was agreed earlier.
The banks will now be required to raise about 106bn euros in new capital by June 2012, and governments may have to step in, despite the unpopularity of further bank bail-outs.
Handing back their plastic 3D glasses, they were the latest audience in Mexico City to enjoy the cinematic assault on the senses that is Gravity.
But as well as approval, there was also a certain pride among viewers here that this extraordinary piece of filmmaking - tipped for an Academy Award and prompting comparisons with legendary US film director Stanley Kubrick - was directed by a Mexican, Alfonso Cuaron.
"I'd put Gravity up there with the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema," gushed audience member Maria Esther Dominguez referring to the 1930s, 40s and 50s when Mexican films were considered among the best in the world.
Hyperbole aside, 2013 has been a hugely successful year for Mexican cinema.
For the second year running, the Best Director prize at the Cannes film festival went to another Mexican, Amat Escalante, for Heli, a powerful drama set in a drug war-ravaged region of rural Mexico.
Meanwhile, Mexican comedies Nosotros Los Nobles and Instructions Not Included have successively broken domestic box office records.
Mexican cinema has been on the crest of a wave of success for over a decade now. And it is still thriving despite the challenges of a global recession and fierce competition for international funding.
What, then, is its secret?
"First and foremost, there has always been great, great talent in Mexico," says Daniela Michel, director of the 11th Morelia Film Festival held last month in the state capital of Michoacan.
"The institutions and film schools here work very well and they have supported interesting projects. There is a vibrancy and a great energy at the moment."
In particular, events such as the pop-up cinema nights in Mexico City called Ambulante have given a platform for young filmmakers to show their material on the big screen.
But beyond mere talent or institutional support, which is present in many other Latin American and European genres of film, there is something about the distinctly Mexican identity of the films being produced which seems to appeal to audiences.
The new boom started, Ms Michel believes, around the time of Amores Perros, a gritty urban movie made in 2000 by Mexican director, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, which helped put Mexican cinema back on international screens after decades in the relative wilderness.
In the intervening 13 years, the success of the industry has gathered pace. Mexican directors and producers regularly reap awards in festivals such as Cannes, Sundance and San Sebastian, and many - like the poster boys of Mexican film, Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal - have broken through in Hollywood too.
Alfonso Cuaron is undoubtedly the stand-out Mexican director of the year. But his younger brother, Carlos Cuaron, also featured at the Morelia festival, showing his film Besos de Azucar.
Unlike Alfonso's high-budget Hollywood epic set in space, Carlos' film is a simple story of first love between two teenagers in Tepito, a rundown and corrupt neighbourhood of Mexico City.
"What I think is beautiful in Mexican cinema right now is its huge variety, and part of that variety is realism," Carlos Cuaron told the BBC after his film was played to an audience so large people were sitting on the steps and blocking the fire escapes to see it.
"I love to create universal characters and work with universal themes in very specific contexts. In this case, not only Mexico City but the neighbourhood of Tepito. It's a very honest social portrait and I think that's why people in England or in the US get it."
Tepito is famous in Mexico for its market selling pirated goods. The two children in the film come from families tied up in that corrupt, often dangerous world.
"There was an American in the audience who'd been living in Mexico for some time and he was really touched," says Cuaron. "He loved the story and said it was the most faithful and honest portrait of Mexico he had ever seen. Well, that's a beautiful boost to my ego!"
Among the variety Cuaron refers to in Mexican cinema are advances in animation, with the first Mexican animated film in 3D, El Americano, being released this year, as well as a whole host of short films and documentaries from first-time directors and producers.
He says there is an element of fearlessness among young Mexican filmmakers, who are not waiting for a green light from a major studio.
"My generation was called the Crisis Generation. As kids, we had one crisis after another for 30 years! These young people don't care about any crisis. They just do it, and it's amazing."
Given the international success of Escalante's Heli - which tells the story of a teenage girl falling in love with a young man being dragged into the drug world - one might expect films that evoke the country's drug violence to be the driving force behind the current boom in Mexican cinema.
In fact, says Morelia Festival director, Daniela Michel, nothing could be further from the truth.
"Mexican cinema doesn't prioritise the violence because Mexicans themselves don't prioritise the violence either," she says.
She believes that events like Morelia, held in one of the most dangerous states in Mexico, help to show the other face of the country - its cultural and artistic side, which so often gets lost amid the violent headlines.
It is an image many Mexicans would prefer to project.
Their lawyer said they had received "categorical assurances" their claims would be heard as part of the wider inquiry into child sexual abuse.
The family of the Labour peer said his "reputation as a man who devoted his life to good has been restored".
A criminal case against Lord Janner ended when he died in December 2015.
The lawyer for the six alleged victims, Richard Scorer from Slater and Gordon solicitors, said: "Our clients have always wanted to get to the truth and to have their voices heard.
"We have pursued every available legal avenue on their behalf.
"With the civil cases, we knew that we would have a fight on our hands in achieving this because the civil action was launched so long after their alleged abuse.
"But we recognised how important it was for our clients to take this action after the failure of four separate criminal investigations."
Lord Janner was charged with 22 sexual offences dating back to the 1960s, but the 87-year-old was found unfit to stand trial just days before he died in 2015.
Six of those who would have accused him in court began the process of suing his estate.
The Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales (IICSA), established in 2014, also said it would conduct a "full investigation" into the claims.
But the IICSA, chaired by Prof Alexis Jay, later decided it would focus instead on the way institutions responded to the allegations.
The inquiry plans to examine whether social workers, Leicestershire County Council, police and prosecutors did enough to get to the bottom of the allegations.
It has not yet committed to making a "finding" on the basic facts of the Janner case - in effect determining whether there is compelling evidence he abused children.
The IICSA has also said it would have to delay public hearings until the courts had dealt with the claims by the alleged victims, and a separate investigation into potential misconduct by police officers had been concluded.
The six men suing Lord Janner would have had to prove in court their long delay in bringing the cases was justified because they had expected various police investigations into Lord Janner to have established the truth.
Richard Scorer said: "Our clients have now received categorical assurances from Prof Alexis Jay that she will hear the allegations of abuse by the late Lord Janner as part of her wide-reaching inquiry, and that the actions of the various agencies involved will be scrutinised in detail."
As a result, he said they would "focus their efforts on working with the inquiry to discover the truth of what really happened, rather than continue to fight the civil cases against Janner's estate which are at risk of being ruled 'out of time'".
The inquiry insisted it would continue its investigation but would not confirm whether it had given those assurances to the six men or whether it would rule on the allegations against Lord Janner.
The family of Lord Janner say he has been exonerated after his alleged victims withdrew their attempt to prove their claims in court.
They regard the latest development as the end of the claims against him personally, saying: "the compensation lawyer's claim that the inquiry will deal with the truth of the allegations is a smokescreen".
The inquiry has already said it would not allow full cross-examination of the alleged victims, comparable to what would happen in a criminal court.
The Janner family said: "The inquiry refuses us the right to cross-examine and its remit does not cover whether the allegations were true or false but deals with alleged institutional failings.
"We want to thank all those who stood by our family through this nightmare.
"The allegations against our late father were wholly unsubstantiated and an appalling injustice. "
The Dutchman was angered by decisions which led to Barnsley's second and third goals in Wednesday's 3-2 defeat.
"If the referee is going to give those kind of decisions then I don't think he is fit enough to whistle in the Championship," Hasselbaink said.
"Certain decisions were ridiculous. It was like the Wild Wild West out there."
Having led 2-1, Hasselbaink was unhappy the Tykes were awarded a free-kick which led to their equaliser and felt there was an infringement in the build-up to Josh Scowen's late winner.
"It was a very soft free-kick because for the whole game he hasn't given those kind of free-kicks," the 44-year-old told BBC Radio London.
"If that was a push, then why was the third goal not a push? That is what I don't understand.
"The players are working hard and it has been taken away by a silly decision."
Hasselbaink believes Bond's performance will not encourage players to show more respect to match officials.
"We are all saying we need to protect the referee and players are not allowed to surround them," the former Leeds and Chelsea striker said.
"It is because of referees like this that it happens. He makes it bad for other referees - the good ones.
"I am sorry for the fans that we had to lose in this manner. It wasn't meant to be for us to get the three points because of two referee's decisions."
Witnesses posted pictures of a large, black plume of smoke above the area, which could reportedly be seen for miles.
Kent Fire and Rescue tweeted "a large quantity of rubbish" was alight on the estate. Residents have been urged to close their windows and doors.
The fire service said the blaze was being brought under control.
Chris Skinner, 54, lives opposite the estate and told BBC News he first noticed the blaze around 18:15 BST.
Mr Skinner said the fire raged for a couple of hours, but had started to die down by sunset.
Another eyewitness, 24-year-old Rhys Mortley, said he could see the blaze from a golf course three miles away.
He said friends had reported seeing the fire from Essex, across the Thames.
Kent Fire and Rescue said eight fire engines and specialist vehicles were dealing with the blaze.
Sir John Adye said he had security concerns over methods like fingerprint recognition used in Apple's iPhone 6 and other devices to check identity.
"I don't know what happens to my personal data when I use it on a smartphone," he told MPs.
Apple has defended the security and privacy of its systems.
Sir John, who headed GCHQ between 1989 and 1996, chairs a company which is developing biometric technology for identity recognition.
He said the increasing use of biometrics was a positive step but warned that it was not clear enough what was happening to people's data.
"If you go to an ATM and put in your credit or debit card, that system is supervised by the bank in some way," he said in evidence to the Commons Science and Technology Committee, which is examining the use of biometric technology.
"But when you're using your smartphone... there's no physical supervision of the system."
"You need to design security methods... which are going to be strong to protect the interests of the individual who is using the phone and the relying party at the other end... the bank or whoever it is, who is providing a service to them."
Sir John singled out the Apple iPhone 6 which allows users to make payments and access services using a fingerprint.
"You can now use your iPhone 6 to make payments using biometrics on the internet and you've got to tick various boxes before you do so, but how many people are actually going read through all those boxes properly and understand what they mean when it goes in?"
"I think Apple has done some good things. They appear to have a good system at the moment for protecting their operating system so it's difficult for anyone outside to penetrate it and retrieve data from it.
"But how long will that last, because the criminals... are very inventive at finding ways in, and although you can protect it in that way on the device itself, what happens if the device is lost or stolen?"
Apple says it uses the most technologically advanced fingerprint security and puts security and privacy at the core of the "Apple Pay" system.
Sir John also called for more transparency in the way personal information may be passed on to third parties.
"I don't know, although I'm quite experienced in this area, what happens to my personal data when I use it on a smartphone for proving my identity. Is Google going to use that data to target advertising at me? Is some other commercial company or maybe some hostile foreign government going to use it to target me in some other way? I don't know," he said.
Another witness, biometrics engineer Ben Fairhead, was asked about the risks that biometric data such as fingerprints could be faked.
"There's a whole science around anti-spoofing and all sorts of methods you can employ to work out 'Is this finger... made of flesh and is there blood pumping around it?,'" he told Labour MP, Pamela Nash.
But even this technology was open to "spurious results", he said. "If for example, you haven't got much blood flow to your fingers, maybe the system doesn't think your finger is alive."
"It still ends up being an arms race, or an arms, legs and fingers race, between you and the attackers," he said, adding that cybercriminals were adding iron filings to fake fingers to mirror the conductivity of human skin.
The committee also examined the increasing use of biometrics by governments, in border controls and public services.
MPs heard claims that there needed to be better oversight of the entire industry.
Liam Byrne, Labour MP for the city's Hodge Hill, started the petition after the Daily Telegraph reported his state visit could be moved to the Midlands.
Mr Byrne said a visit by Mr Trump, whose policies have sparked global protests, would be "divisive".
Downing Street said arrangements would be "announced in due course".
More than 1.8 million people have signed a petition urging the government to call off Mr Trump's state visit to the UK, amid a row over his immigration measures.
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A counter-petition in support of Mr Trump's state visit has attracted about 300,000 supporters. Its originator Alan Brown said the president should come as the UK supports free speech.
Birmingham was among places where protesters gathered in response to Mr Trump's travel ban on seven countries.
The Daily Telegraph article said the president could address a rally in Birmingham as the government tried to save the visit.
But Mr Byrne's petition said "We the undersigned wish to ban him from our great city".
The MP told the BBC: "I think the result of him coming to Birmingham would be very divisive.
"We would land up with a whopping great security bill that the West Midlands Police would have to pick up.
"I think right now, what we really need is a bit of unity in the community rather than people coming in and trying to divide us."
But Birmingham Chamber of Commerce backed Mr Trump visiting the city.
Chamber spokesman John Lamb said: "The business community is quite fascinated by Donald Trump and he is a democratically-elected leader; a world leader - an important world leader- so why not?"
Downing Street said the state visit will take place and the two countries' "special relationship" allowed for "frank conversations at all times".
The mesh fabric hoods are placed over the heads of suspects to protect police officers from being spat at or bitten.
The restraining device was to be trialled at 32 custody suites across the capital from October.
Mayor Sadiq Khan responded after human rights groups including Liberty, Amnesty and Inquest said the hoods belonged in "horror stories".
A City Hall spokesman told the BBC the mayor asked the Met to pause the pilot scheme to give him an opportunity to look at the detail and to consult with the wider public as well as the police themselves.
In a statement, the Met said: "The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) does not currently use spit guards, although their national use and development has been closely monitored for a number of years.
"There are now a number of forces where spit guards are used both operationally in response to incidents and in custody.
"The MPS has a duty of care to its officers and staff - the issue of spitting and biting is a real problem, particularly in a custody environment, and is a significant health risk.
"Over a number of years, the MPS has been looking at potential ways of minimising the threat this issue poses to officers and staff.
"One of the options that has been considered has been spit guards in custody suites."
Earlier Martha Spurrier, director of Liberty, called the use of spit hoods "primitive, cruel and degrading " adding their use would inspire "fear and anguish".
"Police have the power to use force against citizens when they have to - using handcuffs, arm restraints, leg restraints, pepper spray, batons," she said.
"The suggestion that officers need to be able to cover people's faces and heads is as far-fetched as it is frightening.
"Spit hoods belong in horror stories, not on the streets of a civilised society - we urge the Met Police to think again."
The Police Federation has called for the use of spit hoods to protect officers.
British Transport Police has used a hood 151 times since introducing them in June 2014.
The force is being investigated by the police watchdog over an incident where officers put a spit hood on a man at London Bridge in July.
Shamik Dutta, the solicitor representing the man who had the hood put on his head, said: "The application of a spit hood can be deeply distressing and humiliating, causing panic in the detained person.
"By obscuring someone's face, the use of a spit hood can prevent witnesses, including police officers, from quickly identifying whether a person is suffering breathing difficulties, is choking or has suffered some other serious facial or head injury requiring immediate medical attention to avoid life-threatening consequences."
Lord Adebowale, former chair of the commission on the Met Police's response to mental health, said: "There is an awful trend of these devices being misused and being used in a way which tends to impact minority ethnic groups, those with mental health challenges, those with learning difficulties."
He added he was concerned they could be used "in situations where the police may not be trained to deal with it", leading to individuals being "forced into positions where breathing can be restrained".
He also said it was a question of human dignity.
But former senior Met officer Hamish Brown, said: "What's the other option? Putting a hand across someone's mouth or a handkerchief in their mouth?
"It is pretty awful to have this, but unfortunately it's the way society has gone. It is for the police to be sensible and use their discretion."
A Met spokeswoman said officers would be trained to ensure use was proportionate, but added they were necessary "to meet the duty of care owed to officers when a detainee spits at or attempts to bite them".
It ruled that the charges against Theo Bronkhorst "were too vague to enable to him to mount a proper defence".
His lawyer, Perpetua Dube, told the BBC the offence did not have the force of the law and was not criminal in nature.
American dentist Walter Palmer who killed the famed lion last year was not charged.
The lion - a favourite at Hwange National Park - was shot by Mr Palmer with a bow and arrow.
He is said to have paid about $50,000 (£32,000) to hunt the lion.
Cecil's killing sparked international outrage, and prompted a global campaign to end lion trophy hunting.
Mr Bronkhorst said in court that he had obtained all the permits required to kill an elderly lion that was outside the national park boundaries.
He is now a free man, though the state could still press fresh charges, the BBC's Shingai Nyoka in Zimbabwe's capital Harare reports.
Cecil attracted photographic safaris and was part of an Oxford research project into lions at the Hwange National Park.
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Describing the North's latest missile test as a sharp military escalation, the US ambassador to the United Nations said the US will table a new resolution against Pyongyang.
Ambassador Nikki Haley also threatened to use trade restrictions.
The missile launch, the latest in a series of tests, was in defiance of a ban by the UN Security Council.
North Korea's test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Tuesday was "quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution," Ms Haley said.
"The United States is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves, and our allies," the US ambassador told the UN Security Council, meeting for an emergency session to discuss the test.
"One of our capabilities lies with our considerable military forces. We will use them, if we must, but we prefer not to have to go in that direction".
The French ambassador told the council that France also favours a new resolution on North Korea, which would tighten sanctions.
Russia, which condemned the test, said the possibility of using military measures "should be excluded".
China's representative said Beijing found North Korea's actions unacceptable. But he repeated China and Russia's joint call for the US to reverse plans to deploy an anti-missile system in South Korea, and for the two countries to suspend their joint military exercises close to North Korea.
Both Russia and China are permanent members of the UN Security Council and could veto any new resolution.
Earlier, Donald Trump criticised China for its trade with North Korea.
Ms Haley, who said she had discussed the issue with the president, said the US could cut off trade with countries which continued to trade with North Korea in violation of US resolutions.
"We will look at any country that chooses to do business with this outlaw regime," she says.
Mr Trump has arrived in Warsaw, ahead of his trip to Hamburg for the G20 summit of major economies, where he is due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for the second time.
The US president held talks with China's leader Xi Jinping at his Mar-a-Lago retreat in Florida in April.
After those talks, Mr Trump hailed "tremendous progress" with China, but on Wednesday the US president tweeted: "So much for China working with us - but we had to give it a try!"
North Korea's test of a long-range missile, which some experts think could travel far enough to hit Alaska, will be the subject of talks between leaders at the G20, which includes Russia.
Barbara Plett Usher, BBC state department correspondent
There's little doubt the honeymoon between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is over.
The administration is frustrated that China isn't doing more to put the squeeze on North Korea. Beijing is angry about recent moves taken by the White House, including sanctions on a Chinese bank for doing "illicit" business with Pyongyang, and a $1.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan.
In one way this tension is neither new nor surprising - previous American presidents encountered similar resistance from Beijing, which is determined to prevent chaotic upheaval in North Korea. But the stakes are higher because Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme is becoming more of a threat.
Mr Trump might respond by imposing more sanctions on Chinese banks and front companies that deal with North Korea. But some Asia experts say China would be readier to increase economic pressure on the regime if the US took up Beijing's push for negotiations to deal with the crisis.
Tuesday's launch was North Korea's first-ever test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
State news agency KCNA quoted leader Kim Jong-un as saying the test was a "gift" to the Americans on their independence day.
The report warned of the possibility of more tests, saying he had ordered officials to "frequently send big and small 'gift packages' to the Yankees".
Pyongyang said earlier the Hwasong-14 ICBM had reached an altitude of 2,802km (1,731 miles) and flew 933km for 39 minutes before hitting a target in the sea.
North Korea, it said, was now "a full-fledged nuclear power that has been possessed of the most powerful inter-continental ballistic rocket capable of hitting any part of the world".
North Korea's missile programme in detail
By bringing Alaska within range, the new missile test is an unambiguous game-changer in both symbolical and practical terms.
US territory (albeit separate from the contiguous continental US) is now finally within Pyongyang's cross-hairs.
For the first time a US president has to accept that the North poses a "real and present" danger not merely to north-east Asia and America's key allies - but to the US proper.
President Trump's weakness lies in having overplayed his hand too publicly and too loudly.
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The state's Wildlife Conservation Commission is allowing licensed hunters to kill a total of 320 black bears.
It said the aim was to stabilise the growing number of the animals.
But activists said the state should instead focus on waste management and curbing the smell of food in garbage.
More than 200 bears were killed on Saturday. The hunters included a 16-year-old boy who said he fulfilled a dream when he killed an 80kg bear.
The Wildlife Conservation Commission said it issued nearly 4,000 permits to hunters.
"There has been a need to make seasons longer, make them more liberal, because there have been so many predators and they're not as controlled as they should be," said Nick Pinizzotto, president and chief executive officer of the Sportsmen's Alliance.
However, animal rights groups said the hunt was unnecessary and did not have public support.
"Research overwhelmingly shows that hunting bears in the woods doesn't reduce problems with bears in neighbourhoods. The state would be better off helping citizens manage trash and outdoor food sources," said Kate MacFall from the Humane Society of the United States.
Opponents photographed the dead bears as they arrived at designated delivery points in the hope that the images would undermine support for future hunts.
The first bear to be killed was a lactating female, but the Wildlife Conservation Commission told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper the hunt had been timed so the youngest bear cubs would be about nine months old and able to survive on their own.
Officials said the black bear population had grown to 3,500 - up from a few hundred in the 1970s - and presented a safety problem.
At least four Florida residents have been injured in bear attacks in the past two years, mostly in the suburbs north of Orlando.
On Friday a bear attacked a man near the town of Eastpoint, leaving him with non-life threatening injuries.
Charlie Griffin told local TV that the 180kg bear emerged from a garbage dumpster and swiped at him, slashing him on the arm.
In 2014, a black bear killed a hiker in New Jersey, the first fatal attack in the state in recorded history.
The Wildlife Commission's advice on encountering black bears is to remain standing upright and speak to the bear in a calm, assertive voice while backing up slowly towards a secure area and leaving the bear a clear escape route.
Spaniard Benitez, 55, was relieved of his duties following a meeting of the club's board on Monday.
B team coach Zidane, 43, has been made first-team boss, but the length of his contract has not been made public.
The World Cup winner said: "I am going to put my heart and soul into this job so that everything works out well."
Benitez's final game was Sunday's 2-2 draw with Valencia, which left them third in La Liga, four points behind leaders Atletico Madrid.
Zidane, whose first game in charge will be on Saturday against Deportivo La Coruna at the Bernabeu, is the 11th coach to be appointed in Florentino Perez's 12 years as club president.
Zidane thanked Perez for giving him the opportunity to train the "best club in the world with the best fanbase in the world".
The Frenchman added: "I want to do my very best to ensure that this club at the end of the season will have a trophy.
"It is an important day for me, it's an emotional day, even more emotional than the day I signed as a player for the club.
"I will be working hard with all the players and I think it will go well. I will put all the heart I have into this job for the club. Thank you very much."
Perez is yet to explain why the board of directors took the "difficult" decision to dismiss Benitez, who once coached the club's youth teams.
But he acknowledged his "dedication" and called the Spaniard a "great professional and a great person".
Benitez lost only three of his 25 games and also took Real into the last 16 of the Champions League with two games to spare.
A thumping 8-0 home win over Malmo and a 10-2 victory against nine-man Rayo Vallecano were amongst his most notable successes.
But it would seem a combination of factors led to his downfall, among them a 4-0 home defeat by Barcelona in November and reports of a rift with star forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
Zidane has no experience of managing at the top level, but he has long been seen as a future Real boss.
He has been coach of the club's B team, who are second in the Spanish third tier, since 2014 and was a key member of the backroom staff under Carlo Ancelotti, who led Real to a 10th European Cup title.
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During his playing career, Zidane was one of Real's key 'Galacticos', a label given to the expensive players signed by Perez during his first spell as president in the early to mid-2000s.
In 2001, Real paid Juventus a then world record fee of £45.8m for the midfielder, who had won the World Cup and European Championship.
Zidane helped Real win the league in 2003 and was named Fifa world player of the year for a third time.
But perhaps his defining moment for the club came during the 2002 Champions League final, when he scored a stunning volley to give his side a 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen at Hampden Park.
He retired from football after the 2006 World Cup final, when he was sent off in extra time for headbutting Italy's Marco Materazzi in the chest.
David Beckham, who played alongside Zidane at Real, thinks his former team-mate will be a big hit.
"Does it get any better than this?" he wrote on his Instagram account.
"A man that has been the best at a game we all love taking over a club that myself and many more people love."
Beckham praised Zidane's "drive" and "passion", adding he "does not accept failure on any level" and is the "best person for the job".
Xabi Alonso and Ronaldo, two former Real players, wished Zidane "luck", as did ex-Chelsea striker Didier Drogba.
Former Real president Ramon Calderon has criticised Perez, claiming his background as a civic engineer does not make him well equipped to run a high-profile football club.
"He decided to sack Carlo Ancelotti when everyone loved him," Calderon told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I wish Zidane all the best but it will be difficult. If he is not successful, Jose Mourinho will be on the bench in June, I am sure."
Former Real manager John Toshack feels the appointment of Zidane is a risky move.
"Zidane was a terrific player, but his managerial experience is zero," Toshack told BBC Radio Wales.
"It is a last throw of the dice for Perez. He idolises Zidane and always has done. If this one doesn't come off, there will be changes at the top."
Spanish football writer Andy West on Benitez's departure:
"The first major criticism of Benitez came following a 1-1 draw with local rivals Atletico Madrid in October.
"But that was nothing compared to the avalanche of abuse endured by Benitez after Barcelona's sensational 4-0 Clasico victory in November.
"That game concluded with loud chants for the former Liverpool manager's dismissal ringing around the Bernabeu after his team were utterly outclassed by their rivals.
"Benitez survived that trauma, but he never really recovered. From that moment, his departure was just a matter of time.
"Every home game since the defeat by Barca was preceded by loud jeers whenever Benitez's name was announced with the team line-ups."
Read more from Andy West on Benitez's departure
Benitez may be loved in Liverpool and Valencia, but his reputation as a manager has diminished in his past two jobs - at Napoli and Real.
Having won the Champions League at Anfield and the Uefa Cup with Valencia, he won the Coppa Italia in his first season at Napoli, but things soured in his second and final campaign.
The Serie A side failed to qualify for the Champions League despite the big-money signings of Gonzalo Higuain, Jose Maria Callejon, Raul Albiol and Dries Mertens, while Benitez was criticised for his rotation policy and stubborn adherence to a 4-2-3-1 formation.
The former Liverpool boss boasts a trophy-laden CV, including the Europa League from his short spell at Chelsea and both the Club World Cup and Italian Super Cup at Inter Milan.
That may tempt other Premier League clubs to turn to a man whose family home is still in Liverpool.
West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan said Benitez was "two hours away" from being appointed Hammers boss before joining Real.
The former Chelsea, Porto and Inter Milan boss was linked with a return to Real as the pressure built on Benitez.
The Portuguese guided the club to the league title in 2012, but there were reports his relationship with Ronaldo broke down during his time at the helm, while he also had high-profile clashes with fan favourites Sergio Ramos and Iker Casillas.
There will inevitably be continued talk of Mourinho and Manchester United, but Louis van Gaal remains the Old Trafford manager for now.
The Community union, the biggest in Tata, announced its result of a ballot on industrial action on Friday.
The dispute is over proposed changes to pensions which could see employees retiring at 65 instead of 60.
GMB and Ucatt members also voted to strike. Unite members are still voting.
Unite is balloting until next Friday.
The four unions represent 17,000 steel workers.
Tata released an open letter to employees on Friday which said Tata's UK operations were losing money and the pension scheme had a shortfall of up to £2bn.
Profits within the UK steel industry are being squeezed by cheap imports and weak demand. Its costs are also higher than elsewhere for both energy and labour.
The company's parent, India's Tata Steel Ltd, reported an $889m (£582m) quarterly loss this month, partly because of its UK business.
The union has now informed Tata of the result and are hoping the strength of feeling will lead to the company changing its proposals on pensions.
Tata Steel has not yet commented on the move, although the letter said "we have always said we are open to talks and further negotiations with the unions and that continues to be the case".
Roy Rickhuss, General Secretary of Community, said: "We stand on the brink of the first national strike in the steel industry for over 30 years.
"This is not where we wanted to be but Tata now has an opportunity to end this dispute by removing the threat of scheme closure and discussing alternative measures.
"Community's members at Tata Steel have now spoken loud and clear. Steelworkers are determined to stand up to Tata.
"We will begin to consult our members on the kind of action that they want to take."
Tata's sites include some of the biggest names in the UK industrial heritage.
In Wales, Tata has sites in Port Talbot, Llanwern in Newport, Shotton in Flintshire and Trostre, Carmarthenshire.
It also has a plant at Motherwell in Scotland, while in England there are plants at Corby, Scunthorpe, Redcar, Rotherham, Hartlepool, Walsall and Wednesbury.
Connor Williams, 17, and Conor Tiley, 18, both from the Aberbargoed area, died on Sunday.
The car the pair were travelling in on New Road, Tir-y-Berth, Hengoed, crashed just before 19:30 GMT.
Gwent Police said the boy was being held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, and inquiries were continuing.
The two victims along with 18-year-old Cameron Nicholas, who is being treated at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales with serious injuries, were travelling in a dark purple Ford Fiesta.
Their car was in collision with a silver Vauxhall Astra whose female driver was not seriously hurt.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact police on 101.
Carl Pask's death was initially referred to the coroner after his body was found in his flat in Evington, Leicester, on 10 March.
Leicestershire Police said it took a 46-year-old man into custody on Sunday on suspicion of Mr Pask's murder.
The suspected cause of his death has not been released.
Det Insp Martin Smalley said: "His death was initially referred to the coroner, and we were asked to carry out further enquiries on their behalf.
"It is now a police investigation."
Police said the death is still being treated as unexplained and they are trying to establish Mr Pask's movements in the weeks and days before his body was discovered.
He was described as a "devoted husband" and "loving dad" of two children in a newspaper obituary.
Police said he regularly attended Trinity Life Church in Upper Tichbourne Street, Leicester, and The Salvation Army in Kildare Street.
Both players had four-under rounds of 67 to finish on 14 under and matched each other with two pars and a birdie on the first three extra holes.
But Fowler drove into the water on the 17th, as he had also done in his round, allowing Matsuyama to win with a par.
"Rickie opened the door for me, and I was able to walk through it," he said.
After Saturday's world record attendance of 201,003, a crowd of 65,330 on Sunday pushed the week's total to a record 618,365, shattering the mark of 564,368 set last year.
They saw Fowler, who had led by two shots with two holes to play, bogey the 317-yard par-four 17th after sending his drive through the back of the green and into the water.
He followed that with a nine-foot birdie at the last though to force a play-off after Matsuyama finished with two birdies.
In the play-off, after playing the 18th twice and then the 10th, Fowler tugged a three-wood from the tee short and left into the lake - the ninth time he had found water on that hole in his career.
That left Matsuyama with the luxury of two putts from five feet to win at Scottsdale - the 23-year-old's previous PGA Tour victory in 2014 also needed a play-off.
"This one hurts," admitted Fowler, who won the European Tour's Abu Dhabi Championships two weeks ago and was chasing a fourth PGA Tour victory.
"I felt like I had it. The hard part is having all my friends and family and grandpa and my dad who haven't seen me win."
New Zealand's Danny Lee, who led by three overnight, dropped three shots in his opening nine holes as he faded with a two-over 73 to finish on 11 under.
American Harris English hit a five-under 66 to climb to third on 12 under while Ireland's Shane Lowry signed for a final-round 68 to finish tied sixth on nine under.
Pompey forward Eoin Doyle had a penalty saved before second-half goals from Christian Burgess and Kyle Bennett sent Crawley crashing to their fourth defeat in the last five home games.
Portsmouth started positively and Bennett had an early shot blocked before Gareth Evans was off target at the near post following a corner from Kal Naismith.
Crawley keeper Glenn Morris confidently held two shots from Danny Rose 10 minutes apart and Portsmouth threatened again when Carl Baker fed Doyle and his goal-bound shot was parried by the alert Morris.
The hosts rarely threatened in the opening period, although striker Rhys Murphy shot wide in space on the edge of the area.
Keeper Morris held an effort by Naismith just before the interval after earlier cutting a dangerous cross by Bennett.
The match sprang into life when a foul by Josh Lelan on Enda Stevens gave Doyle the chance to give Pompey the lead from the penalty spot, but Morris dived to his left to save from the spot for the second match running.
However, from the resulting corner from Naismith, defender Burgess broke the deadlock with a towering header - his fourth goal of the season.
Baker came close to extending the advantage when his low shot was blocked from Naismith's excellent cross.
But Bennett struck to make it 2-0 and secure victory with a fierce shot from the edge of the area to the right of Morris on 71 minutes.
Match report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Crawley Town 0, Portsmouth 2.
Second Half ends, Crawley Town 0, Portsmouth 2.
Attempt blocked. Joe McNerney (Crawley Town) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
Eoin Doyle (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card.
Bobson Bawling (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Carl Baker (Portsmouth).
Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Glenn Morris.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Tom Davies replaces Kyle Bennett.
Delay in match Jimmy Smith (Crawley Town) because of an injury.
Conor Henderson (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gareth Evans (Portsmouth).
Attempt missed. James Collins (Crawley Town) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Conor Henderson (Crawley Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Doyle (Portsmouth).
Attempt blocked. Kyle Bennett (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Hand ball by Eoin Doyle (Portsmouth).
Substitution, Crawley Town. Bobson Bawling replaces Enzio Boldewijn.
Attempt blocked. Billy Clifford (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Joe McNerney (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matthew Clarke (Portsmouth).
Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Mark Connolly.
Foul by Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town).
Danny Rose (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Billy Clifford (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Josh Lelan (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Noel Hunt (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Noel Hunt (Portsmouth).
Substitution, Crawley Town. Billy Clifford replaces Dean Cox.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Conor Henderson replaces Josh Payne.
Goal! Crawley Town 0, Portsmouth 2. Kyle Bennett (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Noel Hunt.
Attempt blocked. Noel Hunt (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town).
Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Josh Payne (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Noel Hunt replaces Enda Stevens because of an injury.
Delay in match Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) because of an injury.
The Kirkcaldy side sealed a Premiership play-off quarter-final spot after seven wins from their last 10 games.
"The remit this year was just to try and consolidate the club in the division and improve the squad," McKinnon told BBC Radio Scotland.
"The play-offs, with the opportunity of the Premiership, is incredible."
Rovers will play either Hibernian or Falkirk over two legs in the first stage of the promotion play-offs on 4 and 7 May.
Bairns boss Peter Houston has already stated that he is eager to finish second so they avoid the Stark's Park side in that contest.
"It's nice to hear them say that because we feel going into these games that we're definitely the underdogs," said McKinnon.
"We don't have anything to lose, so anything from now on is a bonus and they should be very competitive games.
"I think we're the form team in the league right now, ahead of Rangers.
"Anyone coming to play us over two legs is going to find it very difficult. There's more pressure on Hibs and Falkirk to get into the Premiership than there is on us, but that's not to say we won't be giving everything."
Raith have not been in Scotland's top flight since 1997 and former Brechin City manager McKinnon is confident his players can handle the challenge ahead.
"We've assembled a good squad," he said. "I heard [Hibs boss] Alan Stubbs talking about big players in his dressing room; we're very similar.
"We've got winners and their focus now that we're in the play-offs is to try and get in the Premiership. As a team we're going to give it everything we can to try and achieve that."
But what it has left behind is a sense, as clear as the sky was now blue, that the capital's pollution is far more than just an environmental problem, it is becoming a political issue too.
Put frankly many people simply don't believe official air quality figures.
So northern China's recent awful air quality has left its local government authorities with some serious credibility problems.
Take a look at the photo above. I took it this afternoon from my window.
There, in all its glory, is Beijing's Central Business District, the way it can be appreciated on a clear day.
Now compare this shot, taken from the video I posted yesterday, of exactly the same view.
Yuk. The difference is shocking. You can see more on the video on my blog yesterday if you like.
So when Beijing's environmental bureau was insisting that the pollution was 'light' yesterday you can see why many ordinary Beijingers simply didn't believe it.
Here's a taste of the comments people have been posting on China's microblogs about the pollution. "Do they want to poison the country's people to death?" asked one.
Another called Steedeets wrote: "After 8pm, fog has locked up Beijing's east 5th ring rd. I can't see further than 1 metre! All visions are just scary! No picture can capture this reality, because all pictures will simply be white! There is strong smoke flavour in the air, can hardly breath! What kind of city is this? What kind of horror is this?"
Wang-Ganggang added: "The polluted air hurts the health of Beijing people, the statistics released by the Environment Protection Bureau... hurt the feelings of Beijing people."
And Spatzi said: "It's true that the more corrupt the place is the worse its environment."
The official pollution advice suggested the levels on Monday and Tuesday were acceptable. But the alternative readings posted on the internet by the US embassy, from its own monitoring equipment, indicated it was "very unhealthy" and vulnerable groups, including children and the elderly, should not exercise outside.
The US readings reflect stricter pollution standards called PM 2.5 measuring particles less than 2.5 microns wide.
These tiny particles connected with car emissions, power stations and factories can have serious health effects as they travel deep into your lungs.
Beijing's authorities take PM 2.5 readings but don't release them. They only release larger PM 10.0 measurements.
They say the US readings, taken at just one site in the city are unrepresentative. But with the haze so visible in the air the city authorities didn't sound credible.
Instead people in Beijing have been rushing out to buy masks and air purifiers for their homes. China's biggest online marketplace, Taobao.com, is reported to have sold 20,000 face masks in Beijing recently.
Under the clear blue sky today the Global Times, a government-controlled paper from the Communist Party's People's Daily group warned that "a heated debate on whether air pollution has gone 'out of control' is now running wild".
The paper pointed out that despite official insistence that the situation is not dire, "online opinion prefers to trust data released by the US Embassy in Beijing".
And its editorial cautioned that the debate "is a matter of government credibility. The government can easily lose this argument".
Many Chinese people are already sceptical about a lot of what they hear from the Communist Party and the bureaucrats who run China. From tainted baby milk to dangerous pesticides and additives in food there have been many recent health scares.
The safety of the food people eat and the air they breathe are everyday concerns for millions of people. So there is likely to be even deeper cynicism if the smog is thick and officials are insisting things are fine.
What is interesting is how this issue is a sign of the way China's political landscape is shifting. As people are getting richer, their lifestyles are improving, and their quality of life is increasingly important to them.
So as China's middle classes expand they are getting more assertive about the state of their environment, the quality of their healthcare and schools, and the transparency of their government.
In that - still limited - sense people are becoming more politically aware and active.
And a final observation is that the driving force beneath this is the internet and the access it is providing to information.
What is interesting in this instance is that it is the US Embassy providing that information.
Under President Barack Obama, the US has been looking for ways to use the internet to reach out directly to the hundreds of millions of Chinese people who use the internet, bypassing China's government.
A US embassy cable from 2009 released by Wikileaks said that China's foreign ministry had demanded the US stop publishing its embassy air-quality readings because they were "confusing" and "insulting" and could have "social consequences". The embassy refused.
The men used the underground complex near Tisbury undetected for three years to grow £6m worth of the drug.
Martin Fillery, 45, Plamen Nguyen, 27, and Ross Winter, 30, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to conspiracy to produce class B drugs and abstracting electricity.
Sentencing took place at Salisbury Crown Court on Friday.
Fillery of Pedwell Hill, Ashcott, Bridgwater, received a total of eight years in prison for conspiracy to produce cannabis, abstracting electricity and money laundering.
Nguyen of Bartholomews Square, Horfield, Bristol, and Winter of Maytree Avenue, Bristol, were both jailed for a total of five years each for the same offences.
Sentencing the men, Judge Keith Cutler said: "Each of you has played a part in what amounts to one of the most serious crimes that this area has seen for a long while."
He added their production of cannabis was on "an industrial scale".
Wiltshire Police said the men had set up "without doubt the largest cannabis factory we have seen here in the county" at RGHQ Chilmark.
Their capture had prevented an "enormous amount" of the drug being sold on the streets, police added.
The trio employed a group of four "gardeners" to live in the bunker and tend to the crops 24 hours a day.
The court also heard they stole £650,000 worth of electricity from a nearby pylon to power the farm.
The gang converted 20 rooms into nurseries, drying rooms and a home for the workers while tonnes of fertiliser was used.
The former bunker was built in 1985 and designed to house 150 officials in the event of a nuclear war. It was later sold by the Ministry of Defence.
Police were tipped off by a delivery driver who reported a cannabis smell at the site and officers carried out three periods of CCTV surveillance before raiding the bunker in February 2017.
The men also faced charges of conspiring to hold another person in slavery/servitude but Wiltshire Police said they had been dropped due to a lack of evidence.
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The incident happened at about 15:50 BST on Saturday between junctions 36 and 37, leaving one lane closed and traffic slow, South Wales Police said.
Road authorities said the lane had since reopened and traffic had returned to normal.
The woman, who was taken to Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The $7.8bn (£4.9bn) deal does not address "significant damages" to the environment after the Gulf of Mexico spill, the Department of Justice said.
The company has not admitted liability and still faces other legal claims.
The April 2010 explosion killed 11 workers and leaked 4m barrels of oil.
"While we are pleased that BP may be stepping up to address harms to individual plaintiffs, this by no means fully addresses its responsibility for the harms it has caused," the Department of Justice said.
State governments in the area affected and drilling firms are amongst others expected to continue legal action against BP.
The deal agreed on Friday will benefit some 100,000 fishermen, local residents and clean-up workers whose livelihoods or health suffered.
BP says it expects the money to come from a $20bn (£12.6bn) compensation fund it had previously set aside.
By Robert PestonBusiness editor, BBC News
BP's Deepwater Horizon settlement
"From the beginning, BP stepped up to meet our obligations to the communities in the Gulf Coast region, and we've worked hard to deliver on that commitment for nearly two years," BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley saidin a statement.
"The proposed settlement represents significant progress toward resolving issues from the Deepwater Horizon accident and contributing further to economic and environmental restoration efforts along the Gulf Coast."
Lawyers for the plaintiffs' group, the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, said the settlement "does the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people".
A trial in the case, due to begin on Monday, will now be delayed - for a second time - as a result of the deal,Judge Carl Barbier saidon Friday.
The settlement will "likely result in a realignment of the parties," he said.
The trial is now being adjourned "in order to allow the parties to reassess their respective positions," Judge Barbier said.
Judge Barbier is an expert in maritime law and has consolidated hundreds of spill-related lawsuits into a single case.
The trial will probably still go ahead in order to apportion blame for the spill among BP and its fellow defendants.
Other companies involved include Transocean, who owned the rig, and Halliburton. All the companies are in dispute with each other over their liability to each other.
BP has so far paid out $7.5bn in clean-up costs and compensation.
US President Barack Obama called the spill "the worst environmental disaster the nation has ever faced".
It took 85 days to permanently stop the release of crude oil.
Nielsen took his first Grand Tour stage win from Nikias Arndt with Jean-Pierre Drucker of Luxembourg in third.
Colombia's Quintana finished alongside Britain's Froome in the 200km race from Requena to Gandia to stay three minutes and 37 seconds ahead in the standings.
Froome will hope to close the gap in Friday's crucial 37km time trial.
The Team Sky rider, who won Olympic time trial bronze in Rio, is bidding to become the first man for 38 years to win the Tour de France and Vuelta in the same season.
Following the time trial, there is only Saturday's mountain-top finish for Froome to challenge Quintana because Sunday's finale is a largely processional race to Madrid.
Nielsen, 23, who won a third Vuelta stage for his Orica-BikeExchange team, said: "It's a really big dream come true."
1. Magnus Cort (Den/Orica) 4hrs 54mins 31secs
2. Nikias Arndt (Ger/Giant) Same time
3. Jempy Druecker (Lux/BMC Racing)
4. Daniele Bennati (Ita/Tinkoff)
5. Jonas Van Genechten (Bel/IAM Cycling)
6. Kiel Reijnen (US/Trek)
7. Michael Schwarzmann (Ger/BORA)
8. Gianni Meersman (Bel/Etixx - Quick-Step)
9. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita/Dimension Data)
10. Lorrenzo Manzin (Fran/FDJ)
1. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) 74 hrs 30mins 03secs
2. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +3mins 37secs
3. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica) +3mins 57secs
4. Alberto Contador (Spa/Tinkoff) +4mins 02secs
5. Simon Yates (GB/Orica) +6mins 03secs
6. Andrew Talansky (US/Cannondale) +7mins 34secs
7. Samuel Sanchez (Spa/BMC Racing) +8mins 12secs
8. Davide Formolo (Ita/Cannondale) +8mins 13secs
9. Michele Scarponi (Ita/Astana) +8mins 28secs
10. David De La Cruz (Spa/Etixx - Quick-Step) +8mins 52secs
The owners want to build a new rail interchange and warehousing covering 850 acres (345 hectares).
The Department for Transport has granted full development consent for the project, following a public inquiry which finished in June.
It means all related planning applications can now be dealt with solely by Daventry District Council.
The Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Dirft) III project is the third phase of the transport hub, which began with phase I in 1997.
Developers claim the expansion will create up to 8,000 jobs.
The developers Prologis will now begin preparing the Rugby Radio Station site as planning applications for the individual elements of the development are submitted to Daventry District Council.
Phase I and II next to junction 18 of the M1 are in Crick, while phase III will be to the north in Rugby.
Jim Goodger, vice chairman of Crick Parish Council, said: "We had concerns about construction traffic and noise, but we always accepted Phase III would take place.
"We've asked for extensions to the Crick by-pass and widening of the canal bridge, but we're waiting for the local planning authorities to ensure we get the local infrastructure we need to mitigate the development."
Chris Over, councillor for economic development at Daventry District Council, said: "It'll provide a boost for the local economy and, while it will mean some disruption, it's a logistical operation par excellence.
"We want to ensure we get high tech industry in our town and this underpins our ambitions."
Prologis said it aimed to have the first buildings ready for use by the end of 2016, while the full redevelopment of the site would take place over 20 years.
The victim, who is in his 20s was attacked at Seagull House on Ruthland Ave at about 16:00 local time on Saturday.
Police were called to the address and the man was brought to St James Hospital in the city where he died a short time later.
The scene of the murder is being preserved for a technical examination and the state pathologist has been notified. No arrests have been made.
In 2015, 8.9m viewers watched the race on Channel 4, with more than 600m TV viewers tuning in worldwide.
Channel 4's head of TV events Ed Havard said: "The 17.15 slot follows the results round-up on BBC Radio 5 live, providing fans with the opportunity to listen on their journeys home."
The race is on Saturday, 9 April.
Havard added that the move "will place the National as the fitting climax of the three-day festival", which starts on Thursday, 7 April at the Liverpool racecourse.
Head of BBC Radio Sport Richard Burgess said: "We look forward to providing extensive build-up and uninterrupted commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live of the Grand National in its new time slot.
"We'll also have plenty of time for reaction after the race, with our correspondent Cornelius Lysaght leading the BBC team at Aintree."
John Baker, Regional Director of the Jockey Club North West, called it an "extremely positive step forward for the 'People's Race', adding: "This is a positive move for the Crabbie's Grand National and we're excited about the possibility of showcasing the greatest chase in the world to a wider national and global audience."
A handicap hurdle for conditional and amateur jockeys will now be the only race which will follow the National, at 18.10 BST.
The 24-year-old, who is a product of Ospreys' development system, will now remain with the region until 2018.
He has played 54 times for Ospreys, including 12 matches this term, having made his senior debut in February 2010.
"This is my home so I wanted to stay and progress my rugby here," John said. "I just want to be out on the pitch in an Ospreys shirt as often as I can."
One of the first public landmarks to be transformed was the eight-lane I-35W Mississippi River bridge in his home town of Minneapolis.
The Minnesota Department of Transport said that the bridge and the city's famous Lowry Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi river had been illuminated in the colour of Prince as the state mourned with the world over the loss of a "true artist and a beloved Minnesota son".
Similar purple tributes to the star were made in Washington DC, New York and Los Angeles.
The Niagara Falls also turned purple - initially regal purple to honour the Queen's 90th birthday - but in a strange twist it also became an official tribute to the dead star, Canada's Toronto Sun reported.
Twitter users reported that the Eiffel Tower in France had turned purple while the Ritzy cinema in south London carried lines from one of his hits: "This is what it sounds like when doves cry."
A weather forecast sign in Sydney, Australia, read "cloudy with a chance of purple rain".
Mr Buhari also praised outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan as a "worthy opponent" who peacefully relinquished power.
Gen Buhari beat Mr Jonathan by 15.4 million votes to 13.3 million.
Observers have generally praised the election, though there have been allegations of fraud.
Election results as they happened
Mr Buhari, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party, has become the first opposition candidate to win a presidential election in Nigeria.
The former military ruler said: "President Jonathan was a worthy opponent and I extend the hand of fellowship to him.
"We have proven to the world that we are people who have embraced democracy. We have put the one-party state behind us."
Analysis: BBC's Will Ross in Lagos
This is a hugely significant moment in Nigeria's turbulent history. Never before has a sitting president been defeated in an election.
Since independence from Britain in 1960, there have been numerous coups and although the 2011 vote was an improvement, most elections have been rigged or even annulled by the military.
Of course in a relatively close election, there will be millions of people who are not pleased with the outcome. But the whole process is a sign that democracy is deepening in Nigeria and may be a tonic to other countries in Africa.
Nigerians can start to believe that it is possible to remove politicians through the ballot box.
Historic moment for Nigeria
He added: "Your vote affirms that you believe Nigeria's future can be better than what it is today. You voted for change and now change has come.
"You, Nigerians, have won. The people have shown their love for this nation and their belief in democracy."
On Tuesday, Mr Jonathan said in a statement: "I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word."
Five reasons why Goodluck Jonathan lost
Profile: Muhammadu Buhari
Profile: Goodluck Jonathan
He added: "Nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian. The unity, stability and progress of our dear country is more important than anything else."
He said he had conveyed his "best wishes" to Mr Buhari, and urged "those who may feel aggrieved to follow due process... in seeking redress".
However, analysts say the margin of victory is likely to prevent any successful legal challenge.
Mr Jonathan must officially hand over power on 29 May.
This election was the fourth time that Gen Buhari, 72, had sought the presidency.
He ruled Nigeria from January 1984 until August 1985, taking charge after a military coup in December 1983.
Mr Jonathan had led Nigeria since 2010, initially as acting leader before winning elections in 2011.
Nigeria has suffered from attacks by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has killed thousands of people in its drive to establish an Islamic state.
Many voters have said that they believe Gen Buhari is better positioned to defeat Boko Haram.
The former military ruler dominated the country's northern states, winning 94% of the vote in one of the worst affected, Borno.
Alex Lawless and Francois Zoko were on the scoresheet for the Glovers on an entertaining afternoon at Blundell Park.
The game was only seven minutes old when Grimsby broke the deadlock from Jones' coolly-taken penalty after Osborne had been brought down in the box by visiting goalkeeper Jonny Maddison.
The Mariners got the second goal their first-half display had deserved when Clements drove home from the edge of the box.
The Glovers came out with renewed intent after the restart and halved the deficit after just four minutes when Lawless fired home with their first shot on target.
Grimsby re-established their two-goal advantage when Vernon bundled home from a 60th-minute corner and two minutes later it was four when Osborne ran the length of the field, under pressure, before coolly slotting home his first goal for Town.
Yeovil came back again and got their second of the afternoon after some slack marking from a corner allowed Zoko to rifle home from close range.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Grimsby Town 4, Yeovil Town 2.
Second Half ends, Grimsby Town 4, Yeovil Town 2.
Attempt blocked. Dominic Vose (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Callum Dyson (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Shayon Harrison (Yeovil Town).
Chris Clements (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Tom Bolarinwa replaces Jamey Osborne.
Dominic Vose (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alex Lawless (Yeovil Town).
Corner, Grimsby Town. Conceded by Jonny Maddison.
Attempt saved. Callum Dyson (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Dominic Vose (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Danny Collins (Grimsby Town) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Grimsby Town. Conceded by Otis Khan.
Otis Khan (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Disley (Grimsby Town).
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Dominic Vose replaces James Berrett.
Goal! Grimsby Town 4, Yeovil Town 2. Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner following a corner.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Danny Collins.
Attempt blocked. Shayon Harrison (Yeovil Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Bevis Mugabi (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by James Berrett (Grimsby Town).
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Callum Dyson replaces Scott Vernon.
Attempt missed. Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Shayon Harrison replaces Liam Shephard.
Attempt missed. Danny Andrew (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Zak Mills.
Goal! Grimsby Town 4, Yeovil Town 1. Jamey Osborne (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Danny Andrew.
Liam Shephard (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jamey Osborne (Grimsby Town).
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Danny Andrew.
Goal! Grimsby Town 3, Yeovil Town 1. Scott Vernon (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Danny Andrew following a corner.
Corner, Grimsby Town. Conceded by Alex Lacey.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Sam Jones.
Attempt saved. Danny Andrew (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Alex Lacey (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Vernon (Grimsby Town).
Goal! Grimsby Town 2, Yeovil Town 1. Alex Lawless (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Francois Zoko.
Attempt blocked. Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Second Half begins Grimsby Town 2, Yeovil Town 0.
Janulis' photographs show the countryside covered in snow as winter takes hold.
"On the first day the snow fell, I went flying and taking pictures, not to miss the chance of capturing the moments while the trees are still holding the fresh snow," says Janulis.
"No matter how cold it was, I enjoyed the winter season.
"The very end of December and early January brought stronger cold to Lithuania, reaching -15C. No matter of this, I kept on flying."
Janulis's images capture the countryside and the capital, Vilnius.
"I have always loved looking at perspectives from above; it allows us to see so many things that would otherwise be unnoticed," says Janulis.
"Taking photographs from above grants us the possibility to see the same view of the daily world as others."
Janulis uses a DJI Phantom 2 Vision Plus quadcopter to capture the pictures.
Here, the snow covers the damaged roof of a large building in Vilnius.
David Greenwood, of Switalskis Solicitors, said two clients asked him to complain to South Yorkshire Police about PC Hassan Ali.
PC Ali died nine days after being hit by a car in Sheffield on 28 January.
Mr Greenwood said the complaints were about PC Ali's "unwillingness to pursue complaints of exploitation".
A report published by Professor Alexis Jay in August said about 1,400 children were abused by gangs of men, mainly of Pakistani origin, from 1997 to 2013 in Rotherham.
In September, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it was investigating 10 South Yorkshire Police officers referred to the watchdog by the force over the handling of child sexual exploitation in the town.
It said it would not comment on the investigation relating to Mr Ali.
Mr Greenwood, a child abuse solicitor at the Wakefield law firm, said allegations or complaints regarding PC Ali must be investigated and "got to the bottom of", regardless of his death.
"These are allegations of inappropriate activity by a police officer who is tasked and has a duty to investigate crimes," he said.
"If this has in the past caused girls to be exploited then we need to know about it."
He added: "The story of PC Ali is only one part of the whole story of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.
"It's important that this element of the story is investigated properly so we can fit all the pieces together and understand what was happening and what allowed the exploitation to happen over such a long period."
The 44-year-old police officer was a neighbourhood officer based in Rotherham who had 18 years' service with the force. He was not on duty at the time of the crash.
South Yorkshire Police said the force was treating PC Ali's death as a "tragic accident". Officers are continuing to investigate the collision, which happened on Staniforth Road in Darnall on 28 January. No-one has been arrested in connection with the crash.
David Crompton, Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police, said Mr Ali was a "well-liked officer" and colleagues had been left "devastated" by his death.
The Ghana forward, 25, joined the Black Cats from French club Rennes in August 2010 for £13m.
"I had a conversation with him 48 hours ago and he shook my hand and assured me he wanted to stay at Sunderland," said boss Steve Bruce.
"Within a few hours things changed. It's disappointing and the whole thing has left a bad taste in my mouth."
Bruce was speaking after his team's 2-1 home defeat against Chelsea.
And he added: "I don't really believe Gyan will have a future here.
Anyone who has seen Asamoah play will know that he hasn't been himself in recent months
"It baffles me how he can leave the best league in the world to play in the United Arab Emirates. I'll let people make their own conclusions why."
On Friday Bruce had claimed "parasites" turned Gyan's head after his goal in the 1-1 draw with England at Wembley in March.
And, in a statement released on Saturday morning Bruce said: "Anyone who has seen Asamoah play will know that he hasn't been himself in recent months. This option suits all parties at the present time and the club is well-protected in the deal."
Throughout the transfer window, Gyan was linked with a move to a big European club and Bruce blamed agents for turning Gyan's head.
"Since that game at Wembley, all the parasites, as I call them, hover around," said Bruce.
"People are in his ear constantly trying to engineer a deal for him. Certainly since the England game, when he played at Wembley so well on the night, something has been troubling him.
"It's very difficult, the constant speculation, no matter what you try to quash or quell, and the people around him, the people who want to make a fast buck, and it affects him in the end.
"He was going from Real Madrid to Bayern Munich to Valencia to Atletico Madrid."
From basketball to Boccia, handball to hip hop dance - the Active Academy has something for everyone!
The BBC Get Inspired Active Academy takes place in the lead up to Belfast hosting BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2015 at the SSE Arena on Sunday 20 December.
The sessions are free and you can attend as many as you like but you need to book tickets in advance. Click on the activities below to see session details.
Book your ticket and bring your confirmation email on paper or on your phone to the venue. You can book up to 4 places for each activity. Be careful not to double book yourself though!
Please arrive for your sport taster session at least 15 minutes in advance of the start time. If you are trying swimming or water polo allow yourself enough time to change prior to the start time.
Participation in the activities is subject to the completion of a disclaimer on arrival to confirm the suitability of the selected session subject to the age and ability of the individual. In most cases these are mixed ability sessions.
If you have any questions or want more information on the event please contact the Sports Development team at Belfast City Council, email: [email protected], phone: 02890 270344
An advertising campaign is being launched to publicise the change, which means from 20 June people can be fined without actually driving the car.
There are estimated to be about 1.4 million motorists without insurance.
At the moment uninsured drivers are prosecuted only after they have been caught actually driving.
Although police cars have number plate recognition technology which can check cars against a database, it still requires police time to enforce.
The new offence will allow motorists to be prosecuted for simply owning a vehicle without insurance.
Letters will be sent to drivers and, if they do nothing, they face a £100 fine followed by court action.
If the vehicle remains uninsured - regardless of whether the fine is paid - further action will be taken. If the vehicle is on public land it could then be clamped, seized and destroyed.
Alternatively court action could be taken, with the offender facing a fine of up to £1,000.
Motorists who have declared their car as off the road will not be fined.
Ministers say the change will allow police to concentrate their efforts on hard core offenders, who drive unregistered cars which the automatic system will not be able to trace.
Road Safety minister Mike Penning said: "Uninsured drivers are a danger on our roads, killing 160 and injuring a further 23,000 people each year, and they cost honest motorists £500m in extra premiums.
"That is why we are introducing this tough new law which will leave uninsured drivers with nowhere to hide.
"Our message is clear - get insured or face a fine, court action or seeing your car seized and destroyed."
Ashton West, chief executive at the Motor Insurers' Bureau, said the change in law is a "stepping up of enforcement activity".
He added: "Now the registered keeper must make sure that their vehicle is insured all the time.
"Around four percent of vehicles have no motor insurance at any given time, and this needs to change so that is why this new enforcement approach is so important."
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The Ulster back row underwent heart surgery last week after a small hole was discovered in the organ.
In his first interview since the operation, the 30-year-old revealed he lost strength in an arm and one side of his face during the episode.
"It was terrifying," he said. "I was preparing for the worst at stages."
Doctors initially thought Henry was suffering from a severe migraine.
However, after four days of treatment at St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin, it emerged he had suffered a Transient Ischaemic Attack - known as a mini-stroke - because the hole in his heart had led to a blocked blood vessel in his brain.
"The doctors have been able to get in there and fix the problem and for me to have that clarity, I feel so lucky," he added.
"I was lucky to have such incredible medical expertise around me after I was taken straight to St Vincent's on the Saturday."
Henry revealed that his room-mate and fellow Ireland player Rhys Ruddock came to his aid, ensuring a doctor was by his side within three minutes of the incident.
"Rhys Ruddock was able to help me fortunately," he added. "If it had happened anywhere else, I'm sure it would have been a lot more frightening."
Ruddock was then drafted into the Ireland team as Henry's replacement for the Springboks clash and went on to score a try in the surprise 29-15 win.
Henry acknowledged his initial fear was that his career might be over. But now he is aiming to reclaim his Ireland place for next year's World Cup.
"I think that is a realistic target," he said. "In my mind, I want to be back by the end of this season. Whether that is pushing it too much, we'll just have to wait and see."
Henry rejoined his Ulster team-mates at Kingspan Stadium on Monday, doing a short spin on an exercise bike a week after his surgery.
"I'm just delighted to come back in and be amongst the players and the team environment."
Henry adds that he has been "overwhelmed" by the messages of support from Ulster and Ireland team-mates and from the rugby world and wider community.
Henry's Ireland colleague Richardt Strauss was also diagnosed as having a hole in his heart in October 2013. He was able to resume his career three months later.
The Serie A visitors had the better chances in the first half but Vidal gave Sevilla a half-time lead when he steered home from the edge of the box after being picked out by Carlos Bacca.
After the break, Vitolo played Vidal in to send Neto the wrong way.
Kevin Gameiro added a third 28 seconds after coming off the bench.
This season's tournament takes on extra significance with the winners qualifying for next season's Champions League group stages. Neither Sevilla nor Fiorentina are on course to qualify through the league.
However, Sevilla already take the tournament seriously, as they look to successfully defend the trophy for the second time in a decade, having won it in 2006 and 2007. No team have ever won the Uefa Cup or Europa League four times.
But the visitors started brighter with Mario Gomez firing over twice in the opening 15 minutes.
They were punished for their wastefulness when Vitolo found Bacca, who in turn played the ball to Vidal to fire in from 18 yards out.
Fiorentina should have been level moments later as Matias Fernandez somehow missed from six yards after being picked out by Joaquin. The Chilean was then denied by keeper Sergio Rico, who also kept out an effort from Chelsea loanee Mohamed Salah.
There was a hugely controversial moment on half-time when Sevilla midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak appeared to be fouled by Stefan Savic in the box - just as referee Felix Brych blew the whistle to end the half.
Fiorentina - who brought on English defender Micah Richards at half-time - were not able to take advantage of that good fortune and Vidal burst into the box to score his second.
The champions then put themselves in a great position to reach the Warsaw final when Gameiro converted Vidal's ball with his first touch after coming on as a substitute.
The second leg is in Florence next Thursday. The winners face Napoli or Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, who drew 1-1 in Italy, in the final.
Match ends, FC Sevilla 3, Fiorentina 0.
Second Half ends, FC Sevilla 3, Fiorentina 0.
Gonzalo Rodríguez (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
Offside, FC Sevilla. Sergio Rico tries a through ball, but Vicente Iborra is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Vitolo (FC Sevilla) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Foul by Marcos Alonso (Fiorentina).
Vitolo (FC Sevilla) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Éver Banega (FC Sevilla) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleix Vidal.
Foul by Micah Richards (Fiorentina).
Éver Banega (FC Sevilla) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Matías Fernández (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Grzegorz Krychowiak (FC Sevilla).
Attempt missed. Micah Richards (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Josip Ilicic with a cross following a set piece situation.
Marcos Alonso (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Vicente Iborra (FC Sevilla).
David Pizarro (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aleix Vidal (FC Sevilla).
Marcos Alonso (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Éver Banega (FC Sevilla).
Attempt saved. Matías Fernández (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Grzegorz Krychowiak (FC Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Borja Valero (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Grzegorz Krychowiak (FC Sevilla).
David Pizarro (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Vitolo (FC Sevilla).
Substitution, Fiorentina. Josip Ilicic replaces Mario Gomez.
Borja Valero (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
Matías Fernández (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin Gameiro (FC Sevilla).
Attempt missed. Éver Banega (FC Sevilla) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Aleix Vidal.
Goal! FC Sevilla 3, Fiorentina 0. Kevin Gameiro (FC Sevilla) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleix Vidal.
Attempt missed. Aleix Vidal (FC Sevilla) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Benoît Trémoulinas.
Substitution, FC Sevilla. Kevin Gameiro replaces Carlos Bacca.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, FC Sevilla. Vicente Iborra replaces Stéphane Mbia because of an injury.
Delay in match Stéphane Mbia (FC Sevilla) because of an injury.
Borja Valero (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Éver Banega (FC Sevilla).
Mohamed Salah (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Grzegorz Krychowiak (FC Sevilla).
Justine Damond was killed after she called the police to report a woman screaming outside her home in a quiet suburb of Minneapolis last week.
Police chief Janee Harteau had earlier said it "should not have happened".
The city's mayor accepted her resignation, saying she had lost confidence in Ms Harteau.
Ms Damond's death provoked outrage in her homeland, where Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called it "inexplicable" and "a shocking killing".
The 40-year-old yoga and meditation teacher, originally from Sydney, was shot when she approached a police car after reporting a suspected rape.
A lawyer for Ms Damond's family has called it "ludicrous" to suggest the two officers inside had feared an ambush.
Australia waits for answers in US shooting
Speaking at a news conference in Minneapolis shortly before her resignation was announced, Ms Harteau said the killing was "the actions and judgement of one individual".
Officer Mohamed Noor, who shot Ms Damond in the abdomen, has refused to be interviewed by investigators, as is his legal right.
Body cameras, which are worn by all Minneapolis police, had not been turned on at the time of the shooting and the squad car dashboard camera also failed to capture the incident.
Chief Harteau said the cameras worn by Officers Noor and Matthew Harrity "should have been activated".
Mayor Betsy Hodges said, in a written statement, that it was unacceptable for body cameras "to fail us when we needed them most".
Fred Bruno, the lawyer for Officer Harrity, has said: "It is reasonable to assume an officer in that situation would be concerned about a possible ambush."
However Robert Bennett, who represents Ms Damond's family, said she "was not a threat to anyone".
He told CBS News: "I think that [the ambush fear] is ludicrous. It's disinformation. It doesn't have any basis in fact."
On Wednesday, police released the transcript of two separate 911 calls Ms Damond made after hearing screams nearby.
"I'm not sure if she's having sex or being raped," she told the police operator, before giving her address.
"I think she just yelled out 'help', but it's difficult, the sound has been going on for a while," she continued.
Ms Damond called back eight minutes later to ensure police had the correct address.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman has said he will decide whether to charge the police officer.
Thomas Sinclair, 37, pleaded guilty to breaching the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 when he appeared at Llanelli Magistrates' Court.
He named a youth in a court report in the Pembrokeshire Herald earlier this year.
Speaking after the case, Mr Sinclair said his newspaper had to "push the boundaries on what can be reported".
Mathew Paul, defending, said the youth in question was only a matter of weeks from his 18th birthday and that the Port of Milford Haven was also guilty of breaching the act for publishing the place of the youth's work in a press release.
Judge Neil Thomas told Mr Sinclair the whole point of the youth court was to ensure young people could be dealt with privately, and that it was no mitigation to say that others had offended.
Speaking in a Pembrokeshire Herald article after the case, Mr Sinclair, of Milford Haven, said: "I fully respect that reporting restrictions are in place to protect the vulnerable, but this is not one of those cases.
"The decision by the CPS to bring this case to court genuinely baffled me."
He added: "We have to, as a newspaper push the boundaries on what can be reported, a free and fair press is the cornerstone of democracy.
"£500 is a small price to pay for the truth."
He warned that UK "ambiguity" must be removed and progress on "separation" issues made before any talks on the future EU-UK relationship.
For his part, UK Brexit Secretary David Davis said both sides had to show "flexibility and imagination".
The two men spoke at a brief media call before the talks got started.
The two sides have played down the prospect of a breakthrough in this week's talks.
BBC Europe correspondent Kevin Connolly said the mood had been set by a series of briefings "that betray a good deal of mutual exasperation".
The EU has accused the UK side of "magical thinking" on the issue of the Irish border.
And the UK has said the Europeans are "massively over-egging" their financial demands on the UK in terms of an "exit" bill.
The third of the main "separation" issues to be resolved covers the rights of EU citizens in the UK and UK citizens in the EU after Brexit.
Mr Barnier said: "We need you to take positions on all separation issues. This is necessary to make sufficient progress. We must start negotiating seriously.
"We need UK papers that are clear in order to have constructive negotiations. And the sooner we remove the ambiguity, the sooner we will be in a position to discuss the future relationship and a transitional period.
"The EU 27 (the EU members excluding the UK) and the European Parliament stand united - they will not accept that separation issues are not addressed properly.
"I am ready to intensify negotiations over the coming weeks in order to advance."
Mr Davis said that the UK's goal remained to secure a "mutually beneficial" agreement that works for people and businesses across Europe.
He said this week's "technical talks" would build on the July round and the papers the UK has recently published on its vision for its withdrawal from the EU.
"For the UK, the week ahead is about driving forward the technical discussions across all the issues.
"We want to lock in the points where we agree, unpick the areas where we disagree, and make further progress on a range of issues.
"And we're ready to roll up our sleeves and get down to work again once more."
Mr Barnier said on Twitter last week that the focus of the third round of negotiations would be "orderly withdrawal".
Officials from both sides will meet in working groups to discuss the detail behind each side's proposals, before the round is closed by Mr Davis and Mr Barnier on Thursday.
Setting the scene - political correspondent Chris Mason
Fairly technical. No big bang. No breakthrough. But no breakdown - 10 words that don't make for a great headline, I'm afraid. But it is the mood music around the Brexit talks resuming in Brussels.
Meanwhile, at Westminster, there is "a new politics around Brexit" according to Phillip Blond, the director of the centre right Respublica think tank on BBC Breakfast this morning.
He was talking about Labour's policy shift: promising to stay in the single market and a customs union for a transition period after Brexit.
The reaction, on Radio 5 live's Your Call this morning, suggests the instinct of those on the winning side of a referendum is that such a vote should mark the end of the conversation on a subject: the people have spoken and we should leave, and leave properly.
And those on the losing side think it should mark the start of a conversation: about what leave should look like, or whether we should leave at all.
The UK is set to leave the EU by the end of March 2019, following last year's referendum vote.
In the first phase of negotiations, British and EU officials are meeting each month for four days in Brussels.
On Sunday, the shadow Brexit secretary said Labour would keep the UK in the single market and customs union for a transitional period after leaving the EU.
Keir Starmer said this was needed to avoid a "cliff edge" for the economy.
Blackley and Broughton Labour MP Graham Stringer, who supported the Leave campaign, said what Sir Keir had said was "completely at odds" with what the party leader and other Labour figures had said.
Mr Stringer told Radio 4's PM programme it had been made "quite clear" a post-Brexit UK could not stay in the customs union and single market.
"The Labour Party's position should be to honour the decision made in the referendum and try to support the government in getting the best deal we can."
Meanwhile, the British Chambers of Commerce and the Association of German Chambers of Commerce have jointly pleaded with politicians to put economic interests first in their Brexit discussions.
It left the struggling champions second bottom of the table, while Salford move into seventh place.
The home side led 14-0 with converted tries from Logan Tomkins and Robert Lui, supplemented by a Michael Dobson penalty goal with seven minutes to go.
However, late scores by Keith Galloway and Ashton Golding for the Rhinos set up a nervy finale.
It looked for much of the game as though Leeds would run out point-less for the first time since September 1998, but their late tries gave the game a scoreline that belied the home side's dominance.
While the focus will undoubtedly centre on lacklustre Leeds, and their inability to find form in 2016, Salford deserved immense credit for their suffocating defence and hard-running.
Leeds had field position and possession, but failed to capitalise despite the presence of key personnel such as playmaker Danny McGuire and Zak Hardaker - last season's Man of Steel.
Ian Watson's Red Devils weathered big pressure to go ahead when Tomkins scooted in for the opening try, backed up shortly after with Dobson's penalty goal for an 8-0 half-way lead.
Half-back Lui added the second try of the game when he dummied through soft cover early in the second half.
Leeds poured forward in desperation, and had tries chalked off before Galloway battered his way across to give Brian McDermott's side a chink of light.
Golding's score ramped up the tension, but Hardaker missed the conversion and time ticked down as Salford clung to the points.
Salford: O'Brien; Carney, Sau, J. Griffin, Evalds; Lui, Dobson; Kopczak, Tomkins, G. Griffin, Murdoch, Jones, Flanagan.
Replacements: Wood, A. Walne, Krasniqi, J. Walne.
Leeds: Hardaker; Golding, Watkins, Sutcliffe, Handley; McGuire, Burrow; Singleton, Falloon, Garbutt, Achurch, Ablett, Jones-Buchanan.
Replacements: Galloway, Mullally, Baldwinson, Lilley.
Referee: Phil Bentham (RFL)
The storming by al-Shabab fighters of Villa Somalia, the seat of government in the capital, Mogadishu, last Friday did not take me altogether by surprise.
On a recent visit to this large, shabby, sprawling compound I was struck by the lackadaisical security.
True, I had to walk through a lot of checkpoints, but each one seemed more sleepy and chaotic than the next.
I was surprised the African Union and Somali government soldiers let my companion in: His name was not on the security list at the gate, and he was not carrying ID.
The day after the attack, in which at least 11 people were killed, I spoke by telephone to an al-Shabab official.
He sounded relaxed, assured and in a very good mood.
"Villa Somalia is meant to be the most protected part of Mogadishu, and Mogadishu is meant to be the most protected part of Somalia," he said.
"Yet we managed to strike the president's house. My advice to the apostate President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is try to protect your house and your staff before trying to protect your country."
He then went on to describe in great detail how "our boys" prepared for the attack.
"They took time surveying the area, identifying the weak spots," he said.
"Then they made the car into a bomb by packing it with explosives.
"Then they prepared themselves to die like lions. After the vehicle blasted through the gates, our young foot soldiers went through five checkpoints to get to their target."
Since the beginning of this year, there has been a surge of attacks in Mogadishu. I was there for the first one, on New Year's Day, which occurred at the Jazeera Palace Hotel, near the heavily protected airport.
I was sitting with a group of friends when we heard an enormous explosion.
This was not the normal "Mogadishu music", the phrase locals use to describe the city's usual background noise of gunshots and the odd grenade.
A few minutes later, there was another huge blast.
This is a tactic increasingly used by al-Shabab - blow up a target with a car bomb, wait until the security services, ambulance drivers and members of the public come to help, then blow them up with a second bomb.
I was near the hotel, so I went up to the roof of my building. I saw fires from the explosions raging in the night, as volley after volley of gunfire ran out.
As the gunshots were so near to where I was, I was told to duck down and run back down from the roof in order to avoid stray bullets.
People trapped in the Jazeera Palace told us by phone that a minibus full of al-Shabab infantrymen had tried but failed to storm the building.
As well as the usual human and vehicle suicide bombs, improvised explosive devices, grenade attacks and targeted assassinations, al-Shabab has in 2014 started raining mortars down on several districts of Mogadishu during the night.
Civilian homes have been hit.
There have also been daytime clashes with the security forces in northern Mogadishu, which still has a significant al-Shabab presence despite the group's official withdrawal from the city in August 2011.
Al-Shabab has left several other towns, including the lucrative port of Kismayo, but it continues to collect "taxes" in the areas it controls.
Some business people in Mogadishu have told me they still pay fees to the group.
As al-Shabab is such a secretive movement, it is difficult to say how many fighters it has. Recent estimates say it may have as many as 5,000, including the "pay-as-you-go" elements who are paid to carry out specific acts such as throwing grenades.
Back in Villa Somalia, I suggested to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud that he was going backwards instead of forwards both politically and in terms of security.
There had been no major advances against al-Shabab since the seizure of the town of Jowhar in December 2012.
His normal cuddly smile disappeared from his face, and he looked decidedly cross.
"I do not agree with you on many of these issues. I believe the opposite is true," he said.
"We have established the basis for security institutions with new leadership and new legislation. But after 23 years of conflict, it's not rational to believe that miracles can happen."
To be honest, I found it odd that the main conversation amongst the people I met in Villa Somalia was about who the new Prime Minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, would chose for his cabinet. With the continuing violence and the miserable conditions in which most Somalis live, why were they so obsessed with internal politics?
When I ask Somalis why al-Shabab has intensified its attacks in Mogadishu, some say it is a response to the planned new offensive by the Somali army and the African Union force, which is now 22,000 strong.
I put this to the al-Shabab official, who shrugged it off.
"We are not at all worried about the new offensive, of which there is not yet a single sign," he said.
"We have been fighting since 2007. We are on the right path; we have honour; it is actually very nice to die if one dies for one's religion."
When the new offensive begins, in all likelihood al-Shabab will adopt its usual tactic of officially withdrawing from the remaining urban areas it controls.
Some of its fighters will remove their battledress and melt into the civilian population, others will move to the towns' outskirts.
But like mosquitoes in the night, al-Shabab fighters will continue to strike.
Like mosquitoes, they will sting where it hurts and will be difficult, if not impossible, to eliminate.
From "Where does the name Lady Bay come from?" to "What would a map of the caves look like?".
Here's how we have got on with answering your questions.
We put the question to the city council's archaeologist Scott Lomax who said there isn't just one cave system across Nottingham, but in fact hundreds of cave complexes.
He said the caves have never been joined together but here is a map of them across the city.
The main concentration of caves is in the city centre, around the medieval town, between Parliament Street and Castle Boulevard and Canal Street, he said.
He added: "Caves do, however, extend out of the city centre, predominantly along roads including Mansfield Road, Derby Road and Alfreton Road, reflecting post-medieval and modern development of the city.
"There are some caves in suburban areas such as Old Basford, Sherwood, The Park, Sneinton and St Ann's. There is one cave beneath Wollaton Hall."
Mr Lomax said more caves were being discovered all the time so the above map will change.
We went underneath a city pub to explore a newly discovered cave...
Mr Wahid was prompted to ask the question after a lengthy debate with a friend from Banbury about how many young people there were in the county, and said he "was intrigued to see what our population looks like in regards to age".
After wading through a lot of figures from the Office of National Statistics, we found the average age of someone from Nottinghamshire is 41.5 years.
These are the most recent figures and are from 2015.
Martin contacted us because he is often asked by people visiting the area and "it is something I have often wondered myself".
After a trawl of the internet and conversations with historians unfortunately it still remains a bit of a mystery.
There are, however, several theories about its origins:
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Army bomb experts were called to examine the package which was delivered to the Knock Road premises on Wednesday morning.
Last Thursday, a "viable" letter bomb which was sent to police headquarters was intercepted.
It was addressed to Northern Ireland's Chief Constable George Hamilton.
Juma Munyankore, 25, and Hamza Mohumed, 24, carried out a "vicious, outrageous attack" which was seen by a child in a Coventry garden last September.
The pair were originally charged with attempted murder but the court accepted their guilty pleas to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Munyankore was jailed of 10 years, nine months and Mohumed for nine years, four months at Leamington Justice Centre.
Mohumed had entered a guilty plea to the lesser charge but Munyankore was handed a longer jail term at the hearing on Friday after admitting the offence on the fourth day of a trial.
Det Con Helen Keating, of West Midlands Police, said it was unclear what sparked the row between the two defendants and the 26-year-old victim they had known for seven years.
Doctors said he was "lucky to survive" his injuries to his chest and legs, with one wound puncturing one of his lungs, diaphragm and liver. They were inflicted by a half-moon shaped dagger.
"It was a vicious, outrageous attack in the middle of the afternoon and carried out just yards away from a young child," Det Con Keating said.
The victim, who had earlier gone to greet and shake hands with the pair as he walked to the barbecue, was airlifted to hospital after the afternoon attack on 11 September.
Officers found Mohumed, a Somalian national, hiding under a dressing gown at his home in The Bentree, in the Stoke area of Coventry, two days after the attack.
Meanwhile Munyankore, a Rwandan national, of Middleborough Road, Radford, was handed over to police by his mother hours after officers carried out a warrant at his home.
Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson made the comments after briefing an emergency UN Security Council meeting about Wednesday's incident.
The Security Council also said that clarity was needed over the attacks.
Some 35 member states called for UN weapons inspectors already in Syria to be dispatched immediately to the scene.
Opposition activists said that more than 1,000 people were killed after government forces launched rockets with toxic agents into the Damascus suburbs in the Ghouta region early on Wednesday.
By Frank GardnerBBC security correspondent
The chances of the UN chemical weapons inspectors in Syria accessing the true site of Wednesday's alleged chemical attack in time to make a clear judgement on responsibility are slim.
It took months to negotiate permission for them to visit other sites around the country and the Syrian government, backed by Russia, is resisting calls to give them access to the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta where this apparent atrocity took place. Part of the reason is the area is contested between government forces and rebels and is therefore unsafe.
If an agent such as sarin has been used, the UN team would need to get to the site within days before traces become so faint as to be inconclusive. And if, as the opposition claims, it was a government attack, then a delay of days or weeks would give it enough time for forensic evidence to become controversial and for evidence of munitions used to be removed. The Syrian government insists it was the rebels who carried out the attack.
The Syrian government has denied the allegations, describing them as "illogical and fabricated". The Syrian army said the opposition made up the claims to divert attention from the huge losses its forces had suffered recently.
The BBC has been unable to independently confirm the death toll.
"There must be clarity on what happened and the situation must be followed closely," Argentina's UN ambassador and current Security Council president, Maria Cristina Perceval, said after a closed-door meeting on Wednesday evening.
Council members also "welcomed the determination of the Secretary-General (Ban Ki-moon) to ensure a thorough, impartial and prompt investigation", she added.
Mr Eliasson, who also spoke to reporters after the meeting, said any investigation into the incident would require the consent of the Syrian government and was dependent on the security situation.
This followed calls by some 35 member states - including the US, UK and France - for the UN chemical weapons inspectors that are already probing three sites of alleged chemical weapons use in Syria to be dispatched immediately to the scene to investigate.
The inspectors arrived in Damascus on Sunday with a mandate to investigate three locations including the northern town of Khan al-Assal, where some 26 people were killed in March.
But the official Syrian Sana news agency said reports of the latest attack were "baseless", describing them as "an attempt to divert the UN chemical weapons investigation commission away from carrying out its duties".
BBC correspondents say China and Russia - which have repeatedly backed the Syrian government since the crisis began - blocked a stronger security council press statement supported by the 35 states.
Opposition activists say the attack took place as part of heavy government bombardment in the region surrounding Damascus, with government forces trying to drive out rebel forces. The areas said to have been affected included Irbin, Duma and Muadhamiya.
Activist footage shows dozens of bodies with no visible signs of injuries, including small children, laid out on the floor of a clinic. Other videos show people being treated in makeshift hospitals, with victims, including many children, having convulsions.
While it is not clear how many died in the bombardment of the sites and how many deaths were due to any exposure to toxic substances, experts say it would be almost impossible to fake so many dead and injured including children and babies.
Ghazwan Bwidany, a doctor treating the injured, told the BBC the main symptom, especially among children, was suffocation, as well as salivating and blurred vision.
Prof Alexander Kekule, of the Institute for Medical Microbiology at Halle University in Germany, told the BBC that one of the videos - although of poor quality - was consistent with the aftermath of an attack with a chemical agent.
But he added that none of the patients showed typical signs of sarin or other organophosphorous nerve agents, or signs of blistering agents.
On Thursday French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said there needed to be "a reaction of force" if the use of chemical weapons were to be proven.
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However, Mr Fabius ruled out the possibility of sending troops into Syria.
The US expressed its "deep concern" over the alleged chemical weapons attacks on Wednesday and formally requested the UN to "urgently investigate".
The alleged attack comes a year after US President Barack Obama warned the Syrian government that using chemical weapons would cross a "red line".
Meanwhile, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said that if confirmed, the attacks would mark a "shocking escalation in the use of chemical weapons in Syria".
But the Russian foreign ministry noted that the reports had emerged just as the UN chemical weapons inspection team had arrived in Syria, saying that "this makes us think that we are once again dealing with a premeditated provocation".
Both the rebels and government forces have accused each other of using chemical weapons throughout the 28-month conflict.
It has not been possible to independently verify the claims.
In July 2012, the Syrian government implicitly admitted what had long been suspected - that Syria had stocks of chemical weapons.
Experts believe the country has large undeclared stockpiles of mustard gas and sarin nerve agent.
Damascus said the weapons, stored and secured by the armed forces, would never be used "inside Syria", but could be used against an external attack.
The move comes after preferred bidder Connect Roads signed a pre-start works agreement for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR).
The agreement for preparatory work is worth about £8m.
Connect Roads will now start fencing, environment surveys and ground investigations ahead of the main works contract.
Connect Roads is a consortium comprising Balfour Beatty, Galliford Try (Morrison Construction) and Carillion.
The £745m project includes the bypass and turning the Balmedie to Tipperty stretch of the A90 a dual carriageway.
Work on the bypass is expected to be completed by the spring of 2018.
Announcing the pre-start works agreement, Mr Brown said: "The people of Aberdeen and the north-east have been waiting for decades for a sign that works are due to start on the AWPR/Balmedie-Tipperty scheme.
"Today, we can announce that the preferred bidder will be on site from this week actively preparing for the main works.
"This is an important indication that we will look for every opportunity to accelerate the work where we can."
Tony Hall said he had "not taken this decision lightly" and recognised it would "divide opinion".
However, he added "a line has been crossed" and he "cannot condone what has happened on this occasion".
Clarkson was suspended on 10 March, following what was called a "fracas" with Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon.
The row, which took place in a Yorkshire hotel, was said to have occurred because no hot food was provided following a day's filming.
An internal investigation began last week, led by Ken MacQuarrie, the director of BBC Scotland.
It found that Mr Tymon took himself to hospital after he was subject to an "unprovoked physical and verbal attack".
"During the physical attack Oisin Tymon was struck, resulting in swelling and bleeding to his lip."
It lasted "around 30 seconds and was halted by the intervention of a witness," Mr MacQuarrie noted in his report.
"The verbal abuse was sustained over a longer period" and "contained the strongest expletives and threats to sack" Mr Tymon, who believed he had lost his job.
Mr Tymon did not file a formal complaint and it is understood Clarkson reported himself to BBC bosses following the incident.
After that, the BBC's director of television, Danny Cohen, felt he had no choice but to suspend the presenter pending an investigation.
The decision caused an outpouring of support from Top Gear fans, with more than a million people signing an online petition to reinstate him.
Announcing his decision, Lord Hall said Clarkson's dismissal was unavoidable.
"For me a line has been crossed. There cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another dictated by either rank, or public relations and commercial considerations."
However, he added: "This decision should in no way detract from the extraordinary contribution that Jeremy Clarkson has made to the BBC. I have always personally been a great fan of his work and Top Gear."
In a statement, Mr Tymon thanked the BBC for a "thorough and swift investigation into this very regrettable incident".
"I've worked on Top Gear for almost a decade, a programme I love," he continued.
"Over that time Jeremy and I had a positive and successful working relationship, making some landmark projects together. He is a unique talent and I am well aware that many will be sorry his involvement in the show should end in this way."
North Yorkshire police have asked to see the BBC's internal report, saying it will be "assessed appropriately and action will be taken... where necessary".
Responding to the news, Prime Minister David Cameron said he believed that "if you do something wrong at work there can be consequences" and that "aggressive and abusive behaviour is not acceptable in the workplace".
Jeremy Clarkson took a slightly dull and failing car programme and turned it in to the biggest factual TV show in the world.
But this sacking has nothing to do with style, opinions, popularity - or even his language on the show.
It's about what stars are allowed to get away with off screen, a topic that's been top of the agenda for the BBC in recent months.
The corporation has had to overhaul all of its policies and attitudes towards bullying and harassment, and a long verbal tirade and a physical assault would have crossed the line for any member of staff.
Clarkson may be popular with the audience, and the BBC really did not want to lose him, but this was a star who admitted he was on his final warning and a corporation that was under intense scrutiny over what its top talent can and cannot get away with.
Top Gear, which is one of BBC Two's most popular programmes, will continue without Clarkson, who will now become the subject of a bidding war by other broadcasters.
The magazine show is one of the BBC's biggest properties, with overseas sales worth an estimated £50m a year for the corporation's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide.
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170 plus episodes in its current format (since 2002)
3 million YouTube subscribers
1.7 million global circulation of Top Gear magazine
Whether Clarkson's co-presenters James May and Richard Hammond will remain on the show has yet to be confirmed.
All three had their contracts up for renewal this year, with Clarkson's due to expire at the end of March.
Hammond tweeted: "Gutted at such a sad end to an era. We're all three of us idiots in our different ways but it's been an incredible ride together."
May also updated his Twitter profile to say: "Former TV presenter".
Lord Hall said he had asked BBC Two controller Kim Shillinglaw to handle "big challenge" of renewing Top Gear for 2016, and to investigate how the channel could broadcast the last three episodes of the current series, which were pulled when Clarkson was suspended.
Meanwhile, Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans, has rubbished press speculation that he was to join the show.
"Not only is it not true, it's absolute nonsense," he told his listeners on Wednesday morning.
The idea to bring back refuelling, which was last used in 2009, came out of a rule-making strategy group meeting of leading teams and officials.
But further talks this week have revealed major opposition, with teams concerned about the costs.
There will be an analysis of its effects on the show before a final decision.
F1 is pressing ahead with other changes planned for 2017 to speed up the cars.
"It is going to be back to the quickest cars on the planet with the most efficient energy usage, with wider tyres, with driver aids removed, with driver-controlled starts back again," said Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff. "There is so much good stuff happening."
Refuelling was proposed during the strategy group meeting as a way of making the cars lighter and therefore faster for more of the race duration.
But none of the teams are in favour of refuelling, which was banned on grounds of cost, safety and because it reduced the amount of on-track overtaking.
A meeting of sporting directors in Monaco on Friday concluded that refuelling would add about a million euros to each team's annual budget. Several smaller teams are struggling to make ends meet at the moment.
The teams are to do further analysis on the effects re-introducing refuelling would have on the racing. The findings will be presented at a meeting at the next race in Canada on 5-7 June.
Statistics show that the years during the refuelling era of 1994-2009 produced consistently the lowest number of overtaking manoeuvres on track per race of any year since 1980.
Regardless of whether refuelling returns, F1 cars will be made five to six seconds a lap faster than current speeds.
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Critics of the law say it could be used to discriminate against gay people because it gives business owners a legal defence based on their faith.
The measure now requires the signature of Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson, but it already has his backing.
A law signed last week in Indiana sparked a national outcry and calls to boycott the state.
Apple, Yelp, Angie's List, the White House and Warren Buffett were among its critics.
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The furore forced the Indiana governor to say he wanted state lawmakers to add language to the law to clarify that it is not discriminatory.
Now the focus shifts to Arkansas, where hundreds of people filled the state capitol building for a second day to protest against the measure.
Some held signs that read "Hate is Not Holy" and "We are Open for Business for All Arkansans".
The bill would prohibit state and local governments from infringing on a person's religious beliefs without a "compelling" reason.
While it makes no mention of gay people, there is a fear that businesses who are religiously opposed to same-sex weddings could refuse them service and have a legal defence against a lawsuit.
Unlike other US states with similar laws, Indiana and Arkansas grant corporations the right to religious freedom.
Mr Pence was asked at the news conference whether he had been surprised by all the fuss the legislation has provoked.
He said he was amazed. Needless to say many remain unconvinced by that explanation.
All of which leaves broadly only two conclusions.
Mike Pence is a knave or naive. And that is not a good place for a politician to be.
A messy political U-turn in Indiana
Governor Mike Pence, who signed the Indiana bill into law last week, said he "was proud to sign" it but denied the law gave businesses the right to deny services to anyone.
In recent days the governors of Connecticut, Washington state and New York have taken action against him.
They banned state-funded travel to Indiana and other states that simultaneously have Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) measures and no balancing law to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination.
But there was some support for the laws too.
The Family Research Council applauded Arkansas and said there would be no need for RFRAs "if there were not a growing hostility toward faith".
The tiny metallic particles are often used because of their anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties - in wound dressings for example.
By using organic molecules to coat the particles, the researchers made them resistant to tarnishing, which has previously limited their use.
The work has been published in the journal Nature.
Previously, gold nanoparticles have been more widely used because they are more stable. Silver nanoparticles are cheaper, but tarnish too easily.
Now a team has developed a way to make stable silver nanoparticles on a larger scale than was possible before.
These nanoparticles are even more stable than their gold counterparts.
To manufacture the tiny particles, scientists created a mixture which combined silver atoms with organic molecules that formed an outer protective layer, and sulphur atoms that bridged the two.
"We had a big surprise when we looked at the structure of the different layers," said author Terry Bigioni from the University of Toledo in Ohio, US.
The nanoparticles were made up of 32 silver atoms arranged into a dodecahedral core. These were surrounded by what are known as "mounts": 3-D structures combining two silver atoms with five sulphur atoms.
The mounts held up the protective organic layer that surrounds the whole particle, Dr Bigioni explained.
It is this serendipitous, unique, and highly symmetrical structure that is responsible for the stability.
Nanoparticles are commonly grown using "seeds" - anchors to which the material clings in order for it to grow. This leads to many differently-sized particles being formed.
Another surprise from the research was that the seeds were not needed, and all the nanoparticles formed were the same size and identical in structure.
Once this unique structure has been created, the particle becomes an inert bystander that does not interfere with the growth of further nanoparticles. This means that large quantities of stable particles can be created.
"So far, we've only managed to destroy [the nanoparticles] at 400C," said Dr Bigioni.
Dr Rickard Arvidsson, from the Chalmers Institute of Technology in Sweden, highlighted potential environmental concerns for these ultra-stable particles.
"Generally, the persistence and stability of chemicals is associated with an environmental hazard, and there may be high environmental impacts when mining silver."
The stability and yield observed as a result of the new process has the potential to give silver nanoparticles the edge over those made from gold.
"We have an opportunity to study something very stable, and very unique. This will be big for materials science," Dr Bigioni explained.
The ultra-stable silver nanoparticles could find new uses in biomedical applications, the University of Toledo chemist said.
"As all the nanoparticles are the same size, testing their durability and effect in and on the human body is much easier than with conventional nanoparticles," he said.
Clarke scored 15 goals in 32 League One games for the Shakers last season.
The 31-year-old has made almost 400 career appearances in spells with 16 clubs, including Coventry City, Wolves and Sheffield Wednesday.
"He is widely recognised as one of the top centre-forwards in the division and he will complement what we have," boss Chris Wilder told the club website.
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The rate dropped to 9.1% last month, from a downwardly revised 9.2% in May.
Separately, inflation remained unchanged in July at 1.3%, according to a preliminary estimate from Eurostat, the European Union's statistics office.
However, core inflation, which excludes food, alcohol and energy prices, rose to 1.2% from 1.1% in June.
Inflation in the 19-nation bloc still remains well below the European Central Bank's target of close to, but below, 2%.
Unemployment fell in all 19 eurozone member countries except Estonia.
The lowest unemployment rates last month were in Germany at 3.8% and Malta at 4.1%.
Greece has the highest rate of unemployment in the eurozone at 21.7%, and also the highest rate of youth unemployment at 45.5%, although those figures refer to April - the latest data available for the country.
The second highest unemployment rate was 17.1% in Spain, which was down from 19.9% a year earlier.
Spain also had the second highest level of youth unemployment among 15-24 year olds at 39.2%.
The increase in the core rate of inflation had not been expected by analysts.
Signs of recovery in the eurozone have led to much speculation that the European Central Bank (ECB) will soon start to cut back its 2.3 trillion euro (£2 trillion) quantitative easing (QE) programme, which has involved bond buying to try to boost the bloc's economy and avoid deflation.
ECB president Mario Draghi has previously said that sluggish core inflation and wage growth are reasons to be cautious about reining in the policy.
"Today's upside surprise in core inflation is likely to give the ECB some comfort, even though its level remains low," Morgan Stanley economist Daniele Antonucci said. "We expect a QE tapering announcement this autumn."
However, Connor Campbell, financial analyst at Spreadex, said the markets felt the latest data was not strong enough "to push the ECB in a hawkish direction", and tighten its policy.
Jack Letts, 20, from Oxford, has been labelled "Jihadi Jack" by some newspapers, which reported he left the UK to join the group when he was 18.
But his parents have dismissed the claims as "false" and said he travelled to the region for humanitarian reasons.
Police confirmed Mr Letts had been under investigation since March 2015.
The South East Counter Terrorism Unit (Sectu) said it was aware of the recent media reports and "can confirm we are investigating".
"This investigation began in March 2015 and is ongoing," Sectu added.
"We are unable to comment [on] any specifics... but would like to say that anyone who knows of someone who may be potentially vulnerable to being drawn into terrorist-related activity, including travelling abroad to conflict zones, should contact local police."
On his Facebook page Mr Letts also said the reports were false.
Speaking to the Oxford Mail newspaper his parents John and Sally Letts described their son as "a really kind, funny kid who is very gentle".
They said he travelled to Kuwait in the summer of 2014 to learn Arabic, before travelling to Syria in September 2014.
They believe he is now in the war-torn country, possibly working in hospitals or as a translator.
His mother said media reports claiming he had adopted the name Ibrahim or Abu Muhammed and had a son in Iraq were "absolutely ridiculous".
But she said he had converted to Islam and reports he was married could be true.
On Facebook, Jack Letts said: "Maybe they got bored worrying about what colour socks certain celebrities wear and took out the frustration on me."
After three years of losses, Barclays is back in the black, it will have sold off all its non-essential businesses by June, its capital levels are very close to the point where the banking authorities will let it start paying higher dividends, and interest rates could head upward - a good thing for banks' profit margins. Its shares rose 3% on the news - happy days.
However, a huge upheaval of the European banking system is on the horizon as the UK prepares to trigger Article 50, taking the financial heart of Europe out of the EU, and out of the single market.
Today we got a little more detail on Barclays' contingency planning. It seems Dublin may become the headquarters of its European business, requiring hundreds of additional staff there and in its offices in Frankfurt and Milan, which may become branches of the Dublin bank rather than the UK bank.
Despite this structural sleight of hand, Mr Staley is confident London will remain the financial centre of Europe long after Brexit.
But he also issued an important warning. What happens to a 10-year loan, or agreement with a customer in the EU, struck in the next two years before the UK formally leaves? How can the parties be sure that the terms of the contract between them are still valid in the years after Brexit, before the terms of trade have been agreed?
According to Mr Staley, honouring deals like this into the future - or "grandfathering" them - is crucial to maintain confidence in this coming period of uncertainty.
He also had a warning for Donald Trump. Don't mess with US bank regulation.
Promised cuts to tax and banking regulation in the US have seen shares in the likes of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan rocket. But, according to Mr Staley, dismantling the controls put in place after the financial crisis would undo a lot of good work done to make the financial system safer.
"Higher capital levels and lower risk taking by banks has been a good thing, and I don't think (regulation) should be rolled back," he said.
If the stock market is right, and the big investment banks will be able to generate higher returns by taking more risk, Barclays' sizeable US operations may have a tough choice to make: keep up with your Wall Street neighbours, or look safer (and more boring) to investors.
Four of the Orkney and Shetland MP's constituents raised the action, which was heard in court this week, under the Representation of the People Act.
They claim Lib Dem Mr Carmichael authorised a leaked memo in order to influence the outcome of May's vote.
Aberdeen woman Sheila Ritchie is trying to raise £50,000 to help Mr Carmichael.
More than £2,000 has been donated so far.
The constituents who brought the petition were also aided by crowd funding.
Two days of evidence was heard at a special election court in Edinburgh earlier this week, before being adjourned to a later date.
The case is believed to be the first of its kind in Scotland for 50 years.
It arose from a story in the Daily Telegraph at the start of the general election campaign in April.
Mr Carmichael - Scottish Secretary in the Tory-Lib Dem coalition before the election - had authorised the leaking of a civil service memo suggesting First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had told the French ambassador she wanted David Cameron to remain in Downing Street.
He claimed in a TV interview the first he had heard of it was when he received a phone call from a journalist.
However, the MP later admitted full responsibility for sanctioning its release, and accepted the "details of the account are not correct".
Slade, who revealed his desire to stay at Cardiff long-term despite fan pressure, says the players understand.
Tan told BBC Wales: "In every match I want to see 30 or 40 attempts on goal."
Cardiff boss Slade explained: "The more attempts at goal, the more you take, the idea being you score or test the goalkeeper."
Tan outlined his football philosophy in a question and answer session with supporters on Thursday, where he revealed he plans to reduce the club's £140m debt by half.
"Just shoot from 25, 30 yards, I told the players. What's the point of passing, passing, passing and hoping to get in the box that way," Tan said.
"Unless you're Lionel Messi looking for a tap-in, it's not going to work.
"They get the ball and it seems to be like a hot potato. Pass it to somebody else straight away. As fans, you must see that, because I do.
"The law of averages says the more you shoot, the more you'll score. If you shoot 30 times you'll get three goals, 40 times will be four goals, 50 times and you'll get five goals.
"Don't respond by saying I know nothing about football. I've learned an awful lot, I see players regularly scoring in the Premier League from distance and we have to do that."
Cardiff are ninth in the Championship, five points outside the play-offs, and Slade insists his players will listen to their major shareholder.
"The players sat and listened to that, they saw the logic of taking opportunities when they come to them," he said.
"I think all players know that, whether you are shooting from five, 10 or 25 yards out."
Slade has admitted he wants to stay with the club beyond this season when his current contract expires and Tan has called on fans to back Slade although the Malaysian entrepreneur has not given the Cardiff boss no assurances.
Asked if he wanted a new contract, Slade said: ''Yes of course when it's right. I have enjoyed my time here. I am not looking to move.''
The historic event occurred after he defeated English forces at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.
A ceremony took place in front of gathered nobles and clergy in the Kirk o' the Forest in Selkirk.
A geophysics survey in the ruins of the town's 18th Century Auld Kirk has revealed remains of a medieval chapel.
The investigation was expected to find traces of its 16th Century predecessor but instead it showed remains which could pinpoint the spot where Wallace was honoured.
It is a scene which was depicted in Mel Gibson's Braveheart.
The church itself was demolished and later churches built on the site.
We hope to work with the community to make the most of this fascinating discovery and the tourism potential it has.
Dr Chris Bowles, Scottish Borders Council's archaeologist, said: "The association between William Wallace and this area is quite well documented, with Wallace using guerrilla tactics to fight the English from the Ettrick Forest.
"We knew vaguely that this site was associated with Wallace, and that the Scottish nobles made him Guardian of Scotland at the Kirk o' the Forest in recognition of his military successes.
"We had been expecting the geophysics survey to uncover a 16th Century church that we know to have existed and which was a replacement to the medieval church, but the only evidence in the survey is in relation to the medieval church."
He said they found the "foundation footprint of a medieval chapel" within the footprint of the 18th Century church.
"There are certainly wall lines forming an east-west aligned rectangle," he said.
"The measurements are similar to St Margaret's Chapel in Edinburgh Castle and point to it possibly being a Romanesque chapel.
"If it is the Kirk o' the Forest, it is where Wallace was honoured. He went on to become the legendary figure he remains today."
Dr Bowles, who commissioned the survey by the University of Durham in conjunction with the Selkirk Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (Cars), said the site could now become a visitor attraction.
"While these geophysics results suggest a medieval chapel beneath the later church, we are very restricted by the burials in the area to allow any excavation," he said.
"But in the future it may be possible to conduct limited investigations in areas where there is no evidence of burial."
Gary Stewart, convenor of the Society of William Wallace, hailed the discovery as "a rare physical link to the hero".
He added: "This is a fantastic discovery, and another piece in the jigsaw of Wallace's life.
"It lets us know the exact place where Wallace was appointed as Guardian."
Colin Gilmour, Selkirk Cars project manager, said the discovery could draw tourism to the town.
He said: "There is nothing currently signposting people to the Auld Kirk site, but with this latest discovery it could become a major attraction and assist with the regeneration of the town centre.
"We hope to work with the community to make the most of this fascinating discovery and the tourism potential it has."
Scottish Borders councillor Ron Smith said the discovery strengthened the links between William Wallace and Selkirk.
A re-enactment of Wallace's appointment to guardianship could be held at the site later this year.
The owner and founder of Herbert of Liverpool died in the early hours after a long battle with cancer.
Mr Howe also flirted with politics and briefly stood for Mayor of Liverpool in 2012.
Comedian Ricky Tomlinson and Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson led the tributes. Mr Anderson said: "He always wanted to help others."
Tomlinson said of his lifelong friend: "He brought some big acts to Liverpool to perform at his charity dos.
"He absolutely loved showbusiness. He was Mr Bling; that was the name of his building, Bling Bling."
The Royle Family star said he wanted to organise a cabaret show in Mr Howe's memory and donate the money raised to his chosen charities.
Mr Howe, who set up Queenie's Christmas charity in memory of his mother, also featured on ITV docu-soap Shampoo and Channel 5's Celebrity Super Spa.
He put his name forward as an independent candidate for the Mayor of Liverpool in 2012 but withdrew because of what he described as the "viperous attitude" of local politics.
Friend Bernie Buxton from Liverpool Taxi Drivers Children In Care Outing Fund said he was Liverpool's Father Christmas.
"His legacy in the city is the fundraising he has done... [for] the children and pensioners of Merseyside.
"He will never be forgotten."
Actress Jennifer Ellison and Claire Sweeney were among the celebrities who had their hair cut by Mr Howe.
Ellison tweeted: "Heartbroken. This morning we lost one of the most generous men I have ever met. My friend Herbert of Liverpool."
The figure was revealed by Legal Affairs Minister Annabelle Ewing in response to a parliamentary question.
Ministers gave £60,000 to the Safeguarding Communities, Reducing Offending (Sacro) scheme last year.
It was created in an effort to keep people aged 12 to 24 charged with sectarian offences out of court.
More than 1,000 charges have been brought under the Scottish government's Offensive Behaviour at Football Act since its launch, leading to more than 200 criminal prosecutions, official figures up to 2015-16 show.
However, prosecutors have sent just 34 people to Sacro's anti-sectarian services programme, with only 22 people completing it.
All four of Holyrood's opposition parties have pledged to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act.
Liberal Democrat justice spokesman Liam McArthur, who uncovered the Sacro data, said the low uptake to the programme of those charged under the act was a cause for concern.
He said ministers needed to work with the Crown Office to make sure the most was made of the resource.
"Sacro's diversion-from-prosecution scheme is something that has the potential to make a big difference," he said.
"The fact that uptake is so low is therefore a concern.
"The Scottish government has provided funding, but more needs to be done to ensure that the Crown Office are making use of the programme when this is the best option.
"Unless action is taken, SNP ministers leave themselves open to the charge of having no interest in genuinely addressing the huge flaws in the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act (OBFA) or supporting schemes that help keep people out of court."
In response to the figures, Ms Ewing said she would meet with the Lord Advocate to discuss the issue.
She said: "Decisions to refer an accused to a diversion scheme are taken by prosecutors after full consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case reported by the police.
"The Scottish government-supported Sacro anti-sectarian services (SASS) diversion-from-prosecution programme was developed in late 2013 and began working with referrals in May 2014.
"The service is open to a wide range of organisations to make referrals although participation is voluntary, and if the client decides against participation the matter is returned to the referring body."
Lloyd-Roberts has acute myeloid leukaemia and is dependant on a stem-cell transplant to survive.
The BBC is holding an open day on Monday for anyone aged 16-30 to volunteer as a possible donor.
Lloyd-Roberts has worked for ITN and the BBC, making her name in foreign affairs.
She has reported on events in Syria, Burma and North Korea among many others, and has campaigned for human rights.
Lloyd-Roberts told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme she had been "really encouraged" by the number of people attending the open day.
Held in the BBC's New Broadcasting House in central London, it hopes to encourage 16- to 30-year-olds to join the register of the blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan Trust by supplying a saliva sample. It is open to the public as well as BBC staff.
Lloyd-Roberts's chances of surviving the disease rest on a transplant.
"My prognosis is very grim. So I'm counting on one," she said.
But she added she was "very confident" that a successful donor would be found with the assistance of the charity.
Until then, she said, her "life is on hold".
"You feel as though you're in limbo. You really can't plan anything," she told Derbyshire.
"The kind of work I do for the BBC tends to be long-length investigative films, which can take two months to do. So clearly my work is on hold.
"I really want to remain optimistic, but it's a strange period.
"You can't work, you can't live a normal life, I could have to go to the hospital any day."
But she added that despite "this killer disease in my body", she currently felt "physically fine".
"This is what is so insidious and maddening about it," she said.
Since being diagnosed four months ago, Lloyd-Roberts has undergone two rounds of chemotherapy at University College Hospital in London, and is now in remission.
She had expected a stem-cell transplant to take place in May, but the would-be donor failed medical tests and the operation was cancelled.
"It was a major disappointment," she said.
"I had my bags packed and was ready to go into hospital when the call came the day before I was due to go in, saying that the donor had failed his medical."
Of the 25 million names on the Anthony Nolan Trust register, only three potential donors had been identified - with all three later ruled out.
The charity says that only one in about 1,200 people on the register ends up donating in any given year. Because there are many thousands of different tissue types, matches can be rare.
Those unable to attend the BBC open day can sign up on the Anthony Nolan Trust website.
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Paralympian John Stubbs is Britain's most successful archer with a cabinet full of accolades including a Paralympic gold medal from 2008 and four world titles.
However, the 51-year-old has had to overcome a traumatic accident and battle mental health issues. It all started on 6 November 1989 - a date which would have more significance later in his triumphant archery career.
Aged 24, Stubbs was content with his situation in life as he travelled home on his motorbike from his dream job as a fabrication engineer to his young wife and newborn son in Warrington, Cheshire. But on a cold and dark evening, his world was turned upside down.
"Somebody in a car sideswiped me. I ended up landing in a farmer's field, not knowing at the time how bad my injuries were," Stubbs reflected.
"The driver had gone. My only thoughts were to get up and switch my bike off. But I couldn't. I crawled towards the bike on the edge of the road and the amount of pain I was in made me pass out."
His ordeal was not over, though.
"Another car ran me over while I was down. They couldn't see me on the road," he adds. "But the next person to see me was a female doctor.
"There had been a hoax call for an accident and the ambulance that picked me up was on its way back to the station.
"If I had waited for another ambulance, I would have probably died at the scene. I had to have a 68-pint blood transfusion because I had severed the femoral arteries in both my legs."
Stubbs would later have his right leg amputated, and treatment on his damaged left leg. Months after, as he was undergoing rehabilitation, Stubbs was lost and did not know how to cope with his predicament.
"You're thrown into this situation where you've acquired a disability through no fault of your own," he said.
I feel like my life has gone full circle now
"I felt like I was a burden on my family. I was seeking solace in the bottle.
"It was at that point I felt there was only one way out and that was when I tried to commit suicide."
Fortunately for Stubbs, a concerned neighbour and close friend Mark Chadwick had followed him to a local pond, where he had attempted to drown himself.
"My neighbour dragged me out," said Stubbs.
"It was a cry for help more than anything. My doctor was told about this and I went through counselling."
Stubbs received treatment at a clinic in Withington, Manchester, where he realised his situation was better than other people in less favourable circumstances.
"It felt like a shock treatment to me. Going in there and seeing people that would love to be in the position I was. It was that kind of place where they relied on other things to keep them going," he said.
"That's when I realised 'what have I got to complain about?' It was a reality check for me and it really hit me hard, emotionally. I realised I had a lot more to offer."
With his new-found determination and drive to succeed in life, Stubbs tried a variety of sports before finding his true purpose, armed with a bow and a set of arrows, in 1994.
"I was playing disabled cricket but I felt like I needed an extra activity," he said.
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"I went down to a disabled sports club to try a variety of things because I was struggling to find a sport that would float my boat. But then I peered through some double doors and there was this guy teaching archery, who beckoned me to come and have a go.
"I was really chuffed that I had found something that challenged me," added the former world number one Para-archer.
"I didn't feel like I had that when I had my accident. That was what was missing.
"I never realised at the time where it would actually take me and now I've been across the world with it. It made me realise that I've been very fortunate in my life as a disabled person. It made me a success."
Although Stubbs went on to top the podium at European and world events, with a career-defining moment as a gold medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympics, he would always feel low on the anniversary of his accident.
That was until he claimed two gold medals and a silver at the 2013 World Para-archery Championships in Thailand on its 24th anniversary.
"I always used to look at that date in a negative stance because that's the day my whole world changed," he said.
"I did that every year right up until I won gold on that day. To compete and win a gold medal on what usually was a sad day... I used to remember that day for all the wrong reasons but now it will be remembered for a good reason."
The next World Para-archery Championships are in Beijing this September and Stubbs feels there is room for one more gold medal to complete his career.
"I want to win gold at the World Championships in Beijing," he said. "I won a Paralympic gold medal there in 2008 and I feel like my life has gone full circle now."
The man burst into the Druzba restaurant in the eastern town of Uhersky Brod and started "shooting indiscriminately", mayor Patrik Kuncar said.
Police described it as the worst mass shooting incident on record.
Czech Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said it was not a terrorist attack.
Some 20 people were thought to have been in the restaurant at the time.
A waitress who was shot in the chest by the gunman is in a serious condition in hospital.
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said he was shocked by the attack and offered his condolences to relatives of the victims.
The suspect has been described as a local man in his 60s.
The town's mayor said he assumed the shooting "was an isolated incident".
"We have various anti-terrorist measures but we can see that, here, probably a lone shooter struck with no warning," he added.
"I'm rattled by this event. I never would have imagined something like this happening here, in a restaurant that I know well."
The restaurant's owner, Pavel Karlik, said the attacker had walked in to the property and started firing a handgun.
"I immediately ran out through the back door, along with other guests who then called an ambulance and police," he said.
The gunman had called a national television station before he started the attack.
Pavel Lebduska, head of regional broadcasting at the Prima channel, said the man had claimed "he was being bullied, no public institutions would help him, and that he had a gun and hostages and that he would deal with it his own way".
Mr Lebduska said the caller had given his name but the station would not reveal it for the time being. The station alerted the police immediately.
Mr Chovanec said on Twitter: "According to the available information, this was not a terrorist attack, but one carried out by an unbalanced individual."
Uhersky Brod is a town of 17,000 in the Moravia region, near the border with Slovakia.
Such shootings are rare in the country, says the BBC's Rob Cameron in Prague, but with hunting a popular hobby many people in rural areas own weapons.
Ian Cumming will offer a pie to anyone who disembarks at Cambridgeshire's Shippea Hill station on Christmas Eve.
But with just two trains during the day - 12 hours apart - mince pie fans will have to find alternative means to get home or commit to a day in the Fens.
The station was used just 12 times in the last financial year.
Mr Cumming, a travel photographer from Great Wilbraham in Cambridgeshire, said he and his family planned to board the 07:00 service from Cambridge, arriving at Shippea Hill 25 minutes later.
Anybody who gets off at the station with him will get one of his mince pies.
"But they have got to get off and stay off - they can't just hop off and get back on again," Mr Cumming said.
He encouraged people to either run or cycle back - or to ask a "nice person" to pick them up.
Otherwise, they will have to wait for the next train at 19:27 GMT.
He said: "It's just a bit of fun for Christmas Eve.
"Have a pie and get a bit of exercise at the same time."
Mr Cumming, a Great British Bake Off finalist in 2015, will be making a total of 38 mince pies, some with a Viennese topping.
If all 38 are earned by travellers, Shippea Hill stands a good chance of relegating its nearest rival - Greater Manchester's Reddish South - into the quietest station slot.
With just one train in and one train out at Shippea Hill on Christmas Eve, those taking advantage of Ian Cumming's mince pie offer could have some time to fill.
So if you enjoy a walk then you are in luck, because Shippea Hill is surrounded by countryside - although not much else.
The most notable attraction in the surrounding region is the cathedral city of Ely, a mere two-and-a-half hour walk away.
The cathedral dates back to 1083 and is known locally as "the ship of the Fens" because of its prominent position above the surrounding flat landscape.
But other than that, well... there's always the pub.
Littleport and Lakenheath - both less than six miles (9.6km) away - probably provide the most accessible options for food and drink.
Armed police were at the scene of an initial disturbance at Western Cemetery in Ely at about 12:45 BST on Monday.
Three men received non-life threatening injuries in the incident between groups "known to each other", South Wales Police said.
Four men, aged 20, 24, 31 and 44, and a boy aged 16, are in police custody.
At 15:45, another disturbance was reported outside the British Legion on Cowbridge Road West. Another incident took place near Fairwater police station.
South Wales Police said the incidents were "linked" and there was an increased police presence to reassure the local community.
The Department of Justice did not name the employer, but it is widely reported to be software developer IBM.
Mr Xu intended to sell the code for his own profit and for the benefit of the Chinese government, authorities said.
The source code has been described as "a product of decades of work".
The US Attorney's office said Mr Xu had worked as a developer for "a particular US company" from November 2010 to May 2014.
IBM's website, however, has a Xu Jiaqiang still listed as a developer. The company has not commented.
On Tuesday, the DOJ said Mr Xu planned to share the valuable source code with the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China.
The source code in question was a clustered file system - or one that helps a computer's performance "by coordinating work among multiple servers".
China and the US have both flung accusations at each other over state-backed hacking and theft of secrets.
However, China has said in the past that it does not engage in theft of commercial secrets in any form.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said last year that Beijing does not encourage or support such practices in any way.
Mr Xu was first arrested in December for alleged theft of a trade secret from his former employer.
Each of the three counts of espionage carry a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. The three counts of theft of a trade secret each carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Mr Xu's is set to answer the charges in the US on Thursday 16 June.
University of Manchester scientists used a new computer simulation to assess the speed of the massive biped.
Based on T. rex's muscles alone, the model came up with a maximum speed of 30km/h, but this dropped to 20km/h when skeletal strength was assessed too.
Had it moved from a brisk walk to a sprint, the dinosaur's legs would have snapped under the weight of its body.
"T. rex is everyone's favourite dinosaur, and palaeontologists have been arguing for years about how fast it could run because this would tell us something about its hunting style and the way it caught its prey,'' said Prof William Sellers.
''This project used a highly realistic computer simulation to predict how T. rex moved, and it shows that running would have been impossible because its skeleton just isn't strong enough.
''That means that T. rex was actually quite slow and therefore not a pursuit predator.''
Fossil footprints had already hinted that the mighty dinosaur was not as agile as its Hollywood image suggests.
However, Dr Eric Snively, of UW-La Crosse, US, who was not involved in the research, said it would still have been a scary creature.
The top speeds calculated for T. rex ''are still beyond those of most fast human joggers or distance runners and would be rather frightening to behold'', he said.
Referring to a scene in the sci-fi film, he added: ''It might well have caught Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park, had he stayed outside the Jeep and in the slippery mud.''
Prof Sellers said: "We can basically say that running was unlikely in any of the big predatory dinosaurs, but that doesn't mean that the smaller ones were not fast.
"That means that as it grows up, T. rex would get larger and slower and we would expect to see the hunting behaviour change.
"This really helps fill out the picture of what life was like in the cretaceous [period], when we have large numbers of dinosaurs roaming around."
The study is published in the journal Peer J.
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It posted a pre-tax profit of $9.7bn (£7.2bn) for the first six month, down by $3.9bn.
HSBC also announced a share buy-back of up to $2.5bn in the second half of this year.
In a statement, HSBC described the weak numbers as a "reasonable performance in the face of considerable uncertainty".
For the second quarter, pre-tax profits were $3.1bn, down from $6.1bn for the previous three months.
The fall in profits was in line with what analysts had expected as a result of restructuring costs and weak revenues.
Chairman Douglas Flint said the falls came amid a "turbulent period" for the bank.
"The period ended with exceptional volatility as financial markets reacted to the UK referendum decision to leave the EU, a result that had not been anticipated," he said.
HSBC chief executive Stuart Gulliver also raised the fallout of the UK's vote to leave the European Union: "There has been a period of volatility and uncertainty which is likely to continue for some time."
The Brexit vote meant the UK and UK business were entering a "new era", Mr Flint added as he warned that negotiating Brexit and new global trade deals would be complex and time-consuming.
The London and Hong Kong-based bank's results come as Europe's banking sector is squeezed by deteriorating yields amid record low interest rates and higher regulatory costs.
HSBC has its headquarters in the UK, but the financial institution makes most of its money overseas.
Asia accounted for 83.5% of HSBC's global pre-tax profit last year.
The bank's shares are listed in London, Paris, New York and Hong Kong. On Hong Kong's Hang Seng, HSBC rose 0.8% in afternoon trading.
Nyomi Fee, who insisted she could have done nothing to prevent Liam's death, said her phone was damaged with the screen held together by sticky tape.
Nyomi Fee and Rachel Fee deny killing the two-year-old at a house near Glenrothes in Fife on 22 March 2014.
They also face charges they neglected Liam and abused two other children.
The pair blame one of the other children for killing Liam, while in their care over a two-year period.
The women, who are both originally from Ryton, Tyne and Wear, deny all the charges against them.
Giving evidence for a third day, Nyomi Fee was questioned Fee on why she had deleted calls made to her mother on the evening Liam died before handing her phone over to police.
Prosecutor Alex Prentice QC said: "The only ones you deleted were the calls to and from your mother.
"The critical calls (at) 19:36, 19:42, 19:44 to 'mam' they were deleted, you accept that."
Ms Fee said she had not done so on purpose, said her phone was "completely cracked" and held together with tape, and insisted she had informed police about what had happened.
The prosecutor went on: "It's just a bit odd that within that cluster these are the only three which are deleted. It looks odd." Ms Fee dismissed the suggestion.
Asked what she had "really" discussed with her mother, she said they had been talking about a forthcoming holiday.
Meanwhile, the best friend of Nyomi Fee said she had no problem with Ms Fee looking after her own son, before and after the toddler's death.
Lindsey Snaith wept in the witness box as she described a phone call from Nyomi Fee telling her that Liam was dead.
She said Nyomi Fee had told her "one of the boys had harmed him and it had went too far".
The court had earlier heard how Nyomi Fee, 28, denied losing her temper and killing Liam - as she faced claims in court her attitude towards the two-year-old was "wicked and atrocious".
She told the court she had never harmed the child on any occasion, but did accept Liam would be here today if she had taken him to hospital for treatment to a leg injury sustained days before his death.
Nyomi Fee admitted that her failure to seek the required medical help amounted to neglect and ill-treatment, telling jurors: "I hate myself for that."
She rejected suggestions she failed to seek help because she was responsible for causing the injury, but admitted she did nothing despite thinking the child could die.
Prosecutor Alex Prentice said: "You looked after Liam, you cared for Liam, he couldn't care for himself.
"He looked to you as a parent to care for him, to look out for him, to create a safe environment for him, and you thought he might die and you did nothing?"
"Yes," Nyomi Fee replied.
"That sums this case up, doesn't it? You didn't care whether he lived or died?" said Mr Prentice.
"Yes I did," she said.
The prosecutor said later: "You knew that there was a risk he might die and you allowed that set of circumstances to continue because Rachel might leave you, is that right?" Nyomi Fee agreed.
"That is a wicked and atrocious attitude to have towards a young boy," said Mr Prentice.
"I knew it was wrong, yes," she said.
"It's more than just wrong, do you not agree?" said Mr Prentice.
"Yes," the accused replied.
"Because if you had taken him to hospital he would be here today, wouldn't he?" the lawyer said.
"Yes he would," she said.
The trial continues.
Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur and Pawan Gupta were found guilty last September.
A fifth adult suspect was found dead in his prison cell before he was tried.
The sixth member of the group, a juvenile at the time of the crime, is serving a three-year sentence.
On Thursday, Judges Reva Khetrapal and Pratibha Rani of the Delhi High Court upheld the four men's sentences, saying that the case fell in the "rarest of rare category".
"Death reference is accepted. Death sentence awarded by the trial court is affirmed. The appeals of the convicts are dismissed," the Press Trust of Indian news agency quoted the judges as saying.
Defence lawyers said earlier they would appeal to the Supreme Court if the death sentences remained in force.
The 23-year-old medical student was attacked on a moving bus in December 2012 while she was returning home after watching a film. The male friend she was with was also beaten up.
The rape shocked Indians and prompted protests across the country.
Although India has tightened its anti-rape laws and society is more openly discussing cases of violence against women, correspondents say women across India still live with the daily fear of sexual assault and victims still often have to deal with police apathy.
The remains were found by staff at Callington Road Hospital, a specialist unit for patients with psychiatric and addiction problems.
It is thought the body, and the head found nearby, are those of a man and they had been there for six months.
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust said none of its in-patients had been reported missing in that time.
It is understood the body had been there for about six months and that it may have been recently disturbed by animals.
An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said the death did not appear to be suspicious adding that detectives were studying outpatient records as part of their attempts to identify the remains.
"A post-mortem examination is due to take place in the next few days to try to find the cause of death," he added.
The hospital, in Marmalade Lane, specialises in treating patients with drug and alcohol problems and people with mental health issues.
It also offers psychiatric intensive care for men compulsorily detained, usually in secure conditions.
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Trust, which owns the hospital, is a provider of specialist mental health services operating across Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire.
It was reported that the ecstatic women were scientists and the photograph challenged the stereotype that rocket science in India was a male preserve.
Isro later clarified that the celebrating women were administrative staff, but it went on to add that there indeed were several women scientists who had worked on the mission and were in the control room at the time of the launch.
The BBC's Geeta Pandey recently travelled to Bangalore to meet some of the women who have taken India into space.
As a little girl growing up in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, Ms Karidhal was an avid sky watcher who "used to wonder about the size of the moon, why it increases and decreases. I wanted to know what lay behind the dark spaces".
A student of science who loved physics and maths, she scoured the daily newspapers for information about Nasa and Isro projects, collected news clippings, and read every little detail about anything related to space science.
After getting her postgraduate degree, "I applied for a job at Isro and that's how I became a space scientist", she says.
It's now been 18 years and Ms Karidhal has worked on several projects at Isro, including the prestigious Mars mission, which has thrust her and her colleagues into the limelight.
The mission began in April 2012 and the scientists only had 18 months to capture Mars.
"It was a very small window, so the big challenge was to realise the project in that time. We had no heritage of interplanetary missions, so we had a lot to do in that short period."
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Although women scientists were part of the mission right from the time of conception, Ms Karidhal says its success was due to the team effort.
"We used to sit with the engineers, everyone would brainstorm, irrespective of the time, we often worked the weekends.
A mother of two young children, Ms Karidhal says it was not easy to maintain a work-life balance but "I got the support I needed from my family, my husband and my siblings".
"At the time, my son was 11 and my daughter was five. We had to multi-task, manage time better, but I think that even when I was exhausted at work, I'd go home and see my children and spend time enjoying with them, and I'd feel better and they would also like it."
It's often said that "men are from Mars while women are from Venus" but following the success of the Mars mission, many dubbed India's women scientists the "women from Mars".
"I am a woman from earth, an Indian woman who got an amazing opportunity," Ms Karidhal says.
"Mars mission was an achievement, but we need to do a lot more. The country needs a lot more from us so that the benefit reaches the last man."
And who better than women scientists to do that?
Ms Harinath's first exposure to science was Star Trek on television.
"My mother is a maths teacher and my father is an engineer with a great liking for physics and as a family we were all so fond of Star Trek and science fiction and we would sit together and watch it on TV."
Of course, at the time, she never thought of becoming a space scientist and for her, Isro "just happened".
"It was the first job I applied for and I got through. It's been 20 years now and there's been no looking back."
Being part of the Mars mission was a high point of her life.
"It was very important for India, not just for Isro. It's put us on a different pedestal, foreign countries are looking at us for collaborations and the importance and attention we got was justified.
"It was also the first time Isro allowed the public to look at what was happening inside, we were on social media, we had our own Facebook page, and the world took notice.
"I feel proud of our achievement. Sometimes, I feel honoured and flattered, but sometimes I'm also embarrassed," she says, laughing. "But now the way people look at you, it's very different. People recognise you for being a scientist. And I'm enjoying it thoroughly."
Ms Harinath says she takes "immense pride" in Mangalyan and was "really thrilled" to see it's photograph on the new 2,000 rupee notes.
But it was not an easy assignment and the work days were long.
In the beginning, the scientists worked about 10 hours a day, but as the launch date came closer, it went up to 12 to 14 hours.
"During the launch, I don't think we went home at all. We'd come in the morning, spend the day and night, probably go home for a short time the next afternoon to eat and sleep for a few hours and come back. But for an important mission like that which is time bound, we needed to work like that.
"We spent many sleepless nights. We encountered lots of problems as we progressed, in the design as well as in the mission. But it was coming up with quick solutions, innovation that was brought in that was key."
To make matters worse, her daughter's crucial school leaving exams fell right in the middle of the mission.
"Those few months were very demanding at work and at home. It looked like a race at the time. I'd wake up at 4am with my daughter to give her company while she studied. But now, we look back on that time with fondness. She did extremely well in her exams, scoring 100 in maths. Today, she's in medical school and is doing really well so I think it was all worth the effort."
I ask if we can call her the "woman from Mars".
"I want to be grounded to earth. It's important to remain so, to bring out the best in a person," she says.
"The Mars mission was a huge achievement, but that's past now. We need to look into the future, to see what more we can do. We have the entire cosmic neighbourhood waiting to be explored. There are so many planets, so it's time to venture out."
For this senior-most woman officer at Isro, the sky is the limit - she specialises in sending communication satellites into space that sit at least 36,000km from the earth's centre.
The scientist who has worked with Isro for the past 34 years first thought about space when she was nine.
"It was the Apollo launch, when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. We had no television in those days, so I heard about it from my parents and teachers. It really ignited the imagination. I wrote a poem on a man landing on the moon in Kannada, my native language."
Considered a role model by other women scientists at Isro, Ms Anuradha disagrees that women and science don't gel.
"I never liked subjects where I needed to remember a lot and science looked logical to me. I don't believe that Indian girls think science is not meant for them and I think maths is their favourite subject."
When she joined Isro in 1982, there were only a few women and even fewer in its engineering department.
"In my batch, five-six women engineers joined Isro. We stood out and everyone knew us. Today, more than 20-25% of Isro's over 16,000 employees are women and we no longer feel special," she laughs.
At Isro, she says, gender is not an issue and the recruitment and promotional policies are all dependent on "what we know and what we contribute".
"Sometimes I say that I forget that I'm a woman here. You don't get any special treatment because you're a woman, you're also not discriminated against because you're a woman. You're treated as an equal here."
She laughs at the suggestion that her colleagues consider her an inspiration, but agrees that having more women in workplace can be a motivating factor for other women.
"Once girls see that there are lots of women in the space programme, they also get motivated, they think if she can do it, so can they."
Although the numbers of women staff has been consistently growing at Isro, it is still way below the halfway mark.
That's because "we are still carrying cultural loads on our backs and many women think their priorities lie elsewhere, at home", she says.
Her advice to women who want to be rocket scientists is simple: "make arrangements".
"Once I had made up my mind that I needed a purposeful career where my passion lay, I created a good set up at home. My husband and my parents-in-law were always cooperative, so I didn't have to worry much about my children.
"And I owe my success to the arrangements I made. You have to give something to get something. But life is like that. So when there was work to do, when I was needed at the office, I was here, working with passion. And when there was an absolute need for me to be at home, I was there."
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Hassan Rouhani also said the programme would be more advanced than in 2015, when Iran curbed its nuclear activities as part of a deal with world powers.
Iran says unilateral US sanctions targeting its ballistic missile programme breach the agreement.
But the US says Iran's missile tests have violated a UN resolution.
The resolution endorsed the nuclear deal and called upon Iran not to "undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using such ballistic missile technology".
Iran says the missiles it has tested are not designed to carry nuclear warheads and insists its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to pull out of the nuclear agreement, and after a missile test at the end of January his administration declared that the US would no longer turn "a blind eye to Iran's hostile and belligerent actions".
While acknowledging that the test was "not a direct violation" of the nuclear agreement, it imposed sanctions on 25 individuals and entities connected to its missile programme and the powerful Revolutionary Guards force.
Further sanctions targeting six Iranian companies were announced in late July following Iran's launch of a rocket capable of putting a satellite into orbit.
And earlier this month, Mr Trump signed into law a bill passed by Congress that requires the president to impose sanctions on individuals facilitating Iran's ballistic missile programme, "foreign persons that are officials, agents, or affiliates" of the Revolutionary Guards, and on those responsible for human rights abuses.
On Sunday, Iran's MPs responded to the move by voting overwhelmingly in favour of legislation to increase the budget for the country's ballistic missile programme and the Revolutionary Guards' external operations arm, the Quds Force.
In a speech to parliament on Tuesday, Iran's president stressed that Iran wanted to abide by its commitments under the nuclear deal, which he called a "model of victory for peace and diplomacy". But he warned that this was not the "only option".
"Those who try to return to the language of threats and sanctions are prisoners of their past delusions," Mr Rouhani said.
"If they want to go back to that experience, definitely in a short time - not weeks or months, but in the scale of hours and days - we will return to our previous situation very much stronger."
He said the world had seen clearly that under President Trump the US was "not a good partner or a reliable negotiator", noting that he had said he would withdraw from the Paris climate accord and reverse parts of an agreement with Cuba.
ITVplc said on Monday it was buying Ulster Television in Belfast for £100m.
It will leave STV as the last standalone operator in the network, which was originally made up of about 15 separate companies.
In a BBC interview last month, former ITV boss Michael Grade said STV was "defying gravity" by remaining independent.
Until the mid-90s, the Channel 3 network was made up of a number of fiercely independent regional companies.
A series of mergers and takeovers led to the creation of ITVplc which will shortly control all of the network, except STV's transmission area in central and northern Scotland.
STV has long had to endure speculation - which, so far, has turned out to be groundless - that it could also be swallowed up by ITV.
Analysts say UTV came into play because it recently launched a station aimed at the Irish Republic.
However, the new station's losses have been far heavier than expected.
In his final innings before the squad for the first Test against South Africa is named on Sunday, Hameed, batting at three, was lbw to Rikki Clarke for 23.
Lancashire went on to 178-4, a lead of 130, with Alex Davies making 79.
Warwickshire had been bowled out for 321, Andy Umeed eventually removed for 113 after 494 minutes at the crease.
He shared a stand of exactly 100 with Jeetan Patel, who was stumped by Stephen Parry, the left-arm spinner then trapping opener Umeed leg before in his next over.
Still, Warwickshire, Division One's bottom side, were able to extend their lead to 48 before Jordan Clark (4-81) bowled debutant George Panayi to end a 36-run last-wicket stand with Boyd Rankin.
Hameed had been off the field with a hand injury and, at first, that seemed to be the explanation for Jos Buttler opening the Lancashire second innings with Davies. However, when Buttler clipped Keith Barker's fifth ball to mid-wicket, Hameed emerged to suggest that the England one-day specialist's elevation up the order had been tactical.
Hameed looked increasingly assured until he played around his front pad to be leg before, extending his wait for a first-class half-century this season. Lancashire were then only seven runs ahead and two wickets down.
But Davies added 89 with captain Steven Croft until both fell to former England pace bowler Rankin. Davies first offered a leading edge to mid-on before Croft was brilliantly taken by Umeed at mid-wicket.
The visitors were again in danger of surrendering the initiative, but Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Dave Vilas guided them to the close to perhaps give Lancashire a slight advantage in a match that is delicately poised. With leaders Essex seemingly set for victory against Middlesex, second-placed Lancashire will want to maintain the chase, while Warwickshire will eye the chance for their first win of the season.
Andy Umeed's century was the slowest in County Championship history, breaking an 103-year-old record.
He reached his ton in 429 minutes - nine more than the previous slowest, by Northamptonshire's Billy Denton against Derbyshire in 1914.
Warwickshire all-rounder Rikki Clarke told BBC WM:
"We'll be in a strong position if we can take a couple of early wickets so we've just got to plug away and try to break this partnership with the new ball, which isn't far away.
"The pink ball has gone a little bit soft but sometimes a red ball does that. As bowlers you've just got toil away and try different things to try and get the breakthrough.
"The way Andy Umeed applied himself was brilliant for such a young guy. With someone like Jimmy Anderson coming in at you that's quite a challenge for anyone. But he stuck in there and fully deserved his hundred and Jeets stuck in their alongside him and put on an important partnership.
"There are definitely signs that we are turning things around. It's certainly not through lack of trying. Sometimes things just don't go for you and we have been in a spell like that. It will turn."
Lancashire batsman Alex Davies told BBC Radio Manchester:
"The pink ball is nice to see early on, nice and bright and pink, but it does go soft quite easily so as a batting unit it is quite difficult to get you out if you get in on a good pitch.
"It reverses quite early, similar to the white ball, but goes softer quite early. There are pros and cons but the experiment is still in its early stages so we'll see.
"In the context of the game, Andy Umeed played really well and did exactly what their team needed him to do and just dug in and put his team in a good position.
"I missed quite a lot of last season so having missed the last three-quarters of the season that made me even more hungry. I put a lot of hard hours in in the winter and I think I'm reaping the benefits."
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The hosts were bowled out for 385 with Josh Shaw taking four wickets on debut but Gloucestershire lost two wickets in the first over of their second innings as Jamie Porter (3-53) starred.
Gareth Roderick and Jack Taylor hit half-centuries but the away side were bowled out for 215, a lead of just 92.
Essex reached 34-0 from the remaining nine overs and require 59 runs to win.
Men's and women's fragrances were taken from Superdrug in the town's High Street following a break-in.
It triggered an alarm at the shop at about 01:30.
Det Con James Harrison said: "If members of public are approached by anyone trying to sell these stolen items, do not accept them and get in touch with the police."
Emmanuel Niyonkuru, 54, was killed at about 00:45 local time (22:45 GMT) by "a criminal with a gun", a police spokesman tweeted.
Tweets from Pierre Nkurikiye said a woman who was with Mr Niyonkuru had been detained for questioning, following the "assassination".
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza said the crime would not go unpunished.
Hundreds of people, including high-ranking army officials, have been killed in unrest since President Pierre Nkurunziza ran for a third term in 2015, a move which opponents said was unconstitutional. But this is the first time a serving government minister has been killed.
For months the country had been relatively calm.
The firm, which is owned by German rail group Deutsche Bahn, will operate the line for the next seven-and-a-half years, with an option to extend the contract for a further two years.
Arriva will take over operation of the rail network in November.
It has promised to modernise stations and provide more frequent services.
Arriva beat bids from five other competitors, including Go-Ahead Group and MTR Corporation, with which Arriva currently runs the line as a joint venture.
MTR and Arriva decided to submit competing bids when the franchise came up for renewal.
Go-Ahead said it was disappointed not to have been awarded the contract and would seek feedback from TfL.
New trains will also be introduced in 2018 on routes out of Liverpool Street and on the Gospel Oak to Barking line.
Some routes will see extended operating hours, while Arriva plans new services on some routes on Boxing Day.
TFL said that London Overground had seen passenger numbers rise by 400% since 2007 and that the network had become one of the most reliable in the UK.
Arriva will be expected to deliver sustained improvements in performance levels. It will also have to meet tough performance targets. If those are missed, it will face new financial penalties, even for incidents caused by Network Rail, train and freight operators.
Kalyani Uthaman, 59, from India had been on holiday in Scotland in August 2012 when she was severely scalded at the Premier Inn in Newcraighall.
She suffered multiple organ failure and died in hospital weeks later.
Her family sued for a six-figure sum to pay hospital fees. The hotel's owners said it was "an isolated incident".
Their lawyer argued the hotel failed in its duty of care by not having fitted a thermostatic mixing valve to regulate water temperature.
Speaking from Bangalore, Mrs Uthaman's son said she was treated in intensive care for six weeks but died of multiple organ failure.
Sundar Uthaman, 44, said: "I feel vindicated in the sense that a settlement is an acknowledgement by Whitbread that they did wrong.
"I'm still angry at what they did and the fact it wasn't until Thompsons Solicitors raised the court proceedings that they issued an apology.
"I would also bring to attention that nobody spoke to me and my family regarding what happened.
"So I really feel disappointed. The settlement has prevented the evidence being heard in court.
"I would really like this to be discussed in the court to make sure such a tragedy never happens to anyone else."
A Crown Office spokesman said: "The family of Kalyani Uthaman were informed, in January 2014, of the decision not to hold a Fatal Accident Inquiry.
"The incident was fully investigated by police, the council and health and safety experts and while this is a tragic case, independent Crown Counsel agree that there would be no focus for a discretionary FAI and no recommendations for a sheriff to make.
"To hold such an inquiry would not be in the public interest."
A spokesman for Premier Inn said: "We are very sorry for the tragic accident that occurred to Ms Uthaman in 2012 and our thoughts are with her family.
"We take millions of bookings every year and we would like to reassure our guests that this was an isolated incident.
"We constantly monitor and regulate the water temperature of our showers in line with industry best practice, which is based on Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regulatory guidance and NHS health care guidelines."
Glenn Miller, of Thompsons Solicitors, said he believed there was a case in common law that the hotel did not look after Mrs Uthaman properly.
"They failed in their duty of care to Mrs Uthaman, who was having a shower. She should have been protected by a thermostatic mixing valve had a code of practice been followed."
The Uthaman family, and their lawyer, say they can't understand why the Crown Office decided not to hold a fatal accident inquiry into her death to try to prevent this kind of accident happening again.
The 43 have been missing since they clashed with police almost three weeks ago in the town of Iguala.
Vigilantes who joined the search said they had found six new burial pits, at least two of which contained what they believe are human remains.
The search had been stepped up after forensic tests showed bodies found on 4 October were not those of the students.
The latest burial pits were found by members of a group of vigilantes who had travelled to Iguala to help with the search.
They said they had found six pits, two of which looked freshly dug but had not been used yet.
They searched three of the remaining four and said they found what looked like human remains, clothes and hair in two of them.
If confirmed, this would bring the total number of mass graves found around Iguala since the students' disappearance to 19.
So far, forensic experts have only concluded tests on 28 bodies found on 4 October
They could not be matched with the DNA provided by the relatives of the students, raising questions as to who was in the mass grave.
It is also not clear how long ago the grave may have been dug and by whom.
About 50 people have been arrested in connection with the students' disappearance, with the vast majority being local police officers.
The officers are believed to have been working for a drugs gang, known as the Guerreros Unidos.
The missing students all attended a teacher training college in Ayotzinapa.
The college has a history of left-wing activism but it is not clear whether the students were targeted for their political beliefs.
They disappeared after clashes with the police on 26 September in which six people died. Eyewitnesses reported seeing them being bundled into police vans.
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Douglas Costa scored the only goal for the holders when his shot was deflected in by Luiz Gustavo.
Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer made two good saves to deny Yunus Malli in the closing stages.
There were also cup wins for Hamburg, who beat Cologne 2-0, Borussia Monchengladbach, who dismissed Greuther Furth 2-0, and second division Arminia Bielefeld on Tuesday.
Arminia needed penalties to get past Astoria Walldorf of the fourth tier.
Borussia Dortmund host Hertha Berlin in the pick of Wednesday's last-16 ties.
The affiliate, which calls itself Sinai Province, said it had acted in retaliation for what it says is Israeli support for the Egyptian army.
Israel said two rockets landed in the south of the country, causing no casualties or material damage.
At least 17 Egyptian soldiers and 100 IS militants have died in fighting in northern Sinai since Wednesday.
The clashes were triggered by a co-ordinated mass assault of IS militants on the town of Sheikh Zuweid.
Sinai Province claimed the rocket attack on social media on Friday.
The group said it had fired Grad rockets towards "occupied Palestine".
The Israeli military later said that two missiles landed in open areas in Israel's Negev region, causing no damage.
Sirens were heard in communities in Israel's Eshkol regional council, near the Gaza border.
"I trust the army and am certain that it will take all necessary measures to protect communities in the South," council leader Eshkol Gadi Yarkoni was quoted as saying the Haaretz newspaper.
Israel accuses Hamas, who run Gaza, of providing support for Sinai Province - a claim the Palestinian group denies.
Israel has a 240km (150 miles) border with the Sinai peninsula.
On Wednesday morning, militants launched near-simultaneous attacks against at least five military checkpoints and a police station in and around Sheikh Zuweid.
The attack was one of the largest co-ordinated assaults so far by the jihadists in Sinai.
Eyewitness reported seeing militants roaming the streets of the northern town, clashing with armed forces.
An Egyptian military spokesman, Brig-Gen Mohammed Samir, later told state TV that the situation was "100% under control".
Jihadists based in the restive region stepped up their attacks after the military overthrew Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013.
At least 600 police and armed forces personnel have since been killed.
The six-year-old jumped well throughout and a bold leap at the final fence before the home turn opened a gap.
Stable companion Valseur Lido gave chase in the straight, but Ruby Walsh's mount won commandingly by 12 lengths.
Meanwhile, Al Ferof, a candidate for the King George on Boxing Day, won at Huntingdon by two-and-a-half lengths.
It was a successful debut for Nick Skelton in the Peterborough Chase at the Cambridgeshire track.
Last year's winner Wishfull Thinking set off at a rapid pace under Richard Johnson and put in some spectacular leaps, but Al Ferof and Ptit Zig cruised past the leader, whose run had come to an end with three furlongs to run.
When Ptit Zig took a tired fall at the last, Al Ferof was well on top and the 9-4 chance came home a long way clear of Pepite Rose.
Willie Mullins-trained Djakadam was the 7-4 favourite at Punchestown and, after briefly tracking 2012 winner Flemenstar, he was soon in control.
"Henrietta Knight said he will win the Gold Cup, so I'll quote her," Mullins said.
"I wasn't happy with him during the week and was nearly not going to run, but to run like that after the way he was, I'm absolutely delighted with him."
Prime Minister David Cameron has said there is "growing" parliamentary support for air strikes against Islamic State (IS) targets, adding it is "the right thing to do" and in the national interest.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is granting his MPs a free vote on the matter.
Dorset MP Robert Syms told the Daily Echo: "The threat from Isis has reached unprecedented levels and it is in our national interest for action to be taken to stop them."
On social media, voices opposing any extension of air strikes appear to be louder.
The hashtag #DontBombSyria has been tweeted more than 270,000 times in the past week and triggered related hashtags, including "Syria airstrikes" and "Syria Vote."
This intriguing interpretation of the hashtag was posted on Instagram by @lmjr86
Lisa Nandy MP told the Wigan Observer she planned to oppose UK air strikes in Syria. In contrast, Nottingham MP Chris Leslie is backing the government.
However, some people are tweeting their MPs to ask them to vote for military action in Syria.
Some are pointing out that the UK is already bombing IS (or ISIS) in Iraq.
While others are saying there must be some reaction after the recent Paris attacks.
Defoe, 32, played alongside Gus Poyet during the first of his two spells at Tottenham, and was then coached by the Sunderland manager at White Hart Lane.
Poyet said: "His exceptional goal-scoring record speaks for itself."
United States international Jozy Altidore, 25, moves back to the MLS with Toronto as part of the deal.
Defoe could make his debut against Spurs at White Hart Lane if international clearance is - as expected - received by 13.45 GMT on Saturday.
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"It is a great club and I've always enjoyed coming up here and playing against Sunderland because of the stadium and the supporters," the striker said.
"It is a great place to play and I'm really looking forward to it."
Defoe, capped 55 times by England, is 14th on the list of all-time Premier League goalscorers, with 124 from his time with Spurs, West Ham and Portsmouth.
He scored 11 times in 16 games in his first season with Toronto and had been training with Tottenham during the MLS close season.
Sunderland currently lie 16th in the Premier League, with only Aston Villa having scored fewer than their 18 goals.
Altidore departs having failed to score in 13 appearances this term.
The American striker netted just once in 42 games for Sunderland after arriving in a £6.5m deal from AZ Alkmaar in July 2013.
The high-end V10 phone has not one but two front-facing cameras allowing the device to take 120-degree shots.
It also has two screens - one as an inset display above the main one, which can show information such as the date, weather or battery life at all times.
An Android smartwatch, the first to feature 4G connectivity, has also been announced.
The V10's dual cameras on its front each has a five megapixel sensor.
They are capable of capturing 80-degree selfies or wide-angle ones, of 120 degrees, with one shot. For this, the phone actually takes two pictures at once which are then stitched together by an algorithm.
"The ability to take group selfies without a selfie-stick has never been easier," LG said in a statement.
The smaller of the two screens on the V10 has a 2.1 inch (5.3 cm) display designed to show useful information such as battery life or the current time even when the main screen is turned off.
The V10's rear camera boasts 16 megapixels and users will also be able to make use of the video app's manual controls for tweaking shutter speed, frame rate and white balance among other settings.
In a first for Android Wear smartwatches, the new Urbane 2nd Edition watch will be able to connect to 4G, 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth.
A previous Urbane watch also featured similar connectivity but ran a different operating system.
The watch includes a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, four gigabytes of RAM, a 570mAh battery and a 480 x 480 P-OLED screen.
Android wearables still have a way to go in attracting buyers, according to the latest figures from analysts IDC, however.
Research suggests that Fitbit and Apple watches accounted for nearly half of the market in the second quarter of 2015.
When it comes to smartphones, LG has seen a decline in market share in recent months. The firm is likely pinning its hopes on the potential for the high-end V10 to regenerate interest in its products.
Indeed, the latest products indicate a hardware company keen to stand out from the crowd, said Ben Wood, a consumer electronics analyst at CCS Insight.
"LG certainly appear to have stepped up and look very keen to try and secure a good space in the market," he said.
However, Mr Wood added that the challenge of pinching any market share from Apple's iPhones remained formidable.
"LG clearly with the second screen has something that will catch people's attention - that doesn't make it any easier to sell than the iPhone," he commented.
He also suggested that mobile connectivity on smartwatches might be seen as "a solution looking for a problem", but they would be likely to appeal to mobile operators keen to sell more devices alongside a data contract.
The building society said prices continued to rise in January, but the risks are skewed towards a "modest" acceleration in that trend.
Prices were up 0.3% compared with December - sharply slower than the December increase of 0.8%
However, annual growth remained stable at 4.4% compared with the figure of 4.5% the previous month.
The average price of a property is now £196,829, slightly down on December.
But Nationwide warned the demand for homes was likely to strengthen in the coming months, as a result of a strong labour market, combined with wages going up at a "healthy pace" and the prospect of interest rates remaining at 0.5% for longer than previously expected.
"The concern remains that construction activity will lag behind strengthening demand," said Nationwide's chief economist, Robert Gardner, "putting upward pressure on house prices and eventually reducing affordability."
He also highlighted the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors report that the number of properties on estate agents' books is close to its lowest level.
The figures come as the boss of one of the UK's largest insurers, and one of the biggest investors in infrastructure in the UK, said the country was "obsessed" with rising house prices.
Nigel Wilson, chief executive of Legal and General, told BBC Radio 5 live: "We are obsessed with owning homes, we are obsessed with house price inflation which is socially exclusive, which isn't good for society and is very poor for young people finding it increasingly difficult to get on the housing ladder."
Separate figures show that mortgage lending by the major High Street banks picked up pace at the end of last year.
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) said that gross mortgage borrowing of £12.4bn in December was 24% higher than the same month a year earlier.
Overall, new borrowing in 2015 was 6% higher than the previous year.
Mark Harris, chief executive of mortgage broker SPF Private Clients, said: "Cheap mortgage rates have certainly helped fuel the growth in lending in the market seen throughout 2015. However, we have probably seen the back of the very cheapest deals.
"The biggest issue for many is actually qualifying for one of these great mortgage deals."
A report said that two new residential units and a health care facility have improved safety at the County Londonderry jail.
It added that care for those at risk of self-harm was good.
But it warned that poor industrial relations with prison officers was a barrier to further progress.
'Reasonably good'
The report, published on Monday, was compiled by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP).
After their last visit in 2006, inspectors called for a complete rebuild at the prison site.
However, following the latest inspection this Spring, the quality of education, skills and work opportunities available for prisoners was welcomed.
Overall, in each of four categories tested, standards were judged to be "reasonably good" - the second highest rating.
However, inspectors warned that strike action by the Northern Ireland Prisoner Officers' Association (POA) was "seriously limiting" prisoners' time out of their cells.
They found that because of staff restrictions, only 119 education places out of a potential 158 were being used.
The original house blocks were also judged to be "unfit for purpose" with an unsatisfactory night sanitation system.
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The wide range of accomodation "spread out over a large, badly planned site meant that it was difficult to get around, especially in bad weather, which could lead to the cancellation of work and classes", the report added.
Dr Michael Maguire, Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland, welcomed the improvements that had been made at the prison.
In a joint statement with Nigel Newcomen, Deputy Chief Inspector of Prisons in England and Wales, he said that the Northern Ireland Prison Service should be commended for the work carried out.
The statement added that it hoped support would be provided to "deal with the seemingly intractable problem of poor industrial relations."
Acting Governor of Magilligan, Gavin Clendinning, paid tribute to staff following the publication of the report.
He made special reference to recently retired governor Tom Woods, who was in charge of the prison at the time of the inspection.
Professor John Underhill from Heriot-Watt University said the UK's potential shale deposits were likely to have been disrupted by shifts in the earth 55 million years ago.
He said the government would be wise to formulate a Plan B to fracking for future gas supplies.
But the fracking firm Cuadrilla said it would determine how much gas was present from its test drilling.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a technique designed to recover gas and oil from shale, a sedimentary rock found worldwide.
The amount of shale gas available in the UK is acknowledged to be a great unknown.
Cuadrilla said estimates from the British Geological Survey (BGS) indicated a large potential gas reserve.
But Prof Underhill said his research on the influence of tectonic plates on the UK suggested that the shale formations have been lifted, warped and cooled by tectonic action.
These factors make shale gas production much less likely.
"The complexity of the shale gas basins hasn't been fully appreciated so the opportunity has been hyped," he told the BBC.
This is very different from the US, where big deposits of shale gas were created in the continental heart of America, far from the movement of tectonic plates.
Prof Underhill's comments are based on an unpublished paper on tectonics. He said he deduced the impact on shale formations by chance.
He said: "I'm neutral about fracking, so long as it doesn't cause environmental damage. But the debate is between those who think fracking is dangerous and those who think it will help the economy - and no-one's paying enough attention to the geology.
Prof Underhill said: "For fracking to work, the shale should be thick enough, sufficiently porous, and have the right mineralogy. The organic matter must have been buried to a sufficient depth and heated to the degree that it produces substantial amounts of gas or oil."
Professor Underhill said the UK had been tilted strongly by tectonic movement caused by an upward surge of magma under Iceland.
This subsequently led the shale gas basins to buckle and lift, so areas that were once buried deep with high temperatures which generated oil and gas, were then lifted to levels where they were no longer likely to generate either.
The basins were also broken into compartments by folds which created pathways that have allowed some of the oil and gas to escape, he said.
A spokesman for the BGS said it could not comment formally on Prof Underhill's comments as it had not done the research.
Cuadrilla's technical director Mark Lappin told the BBC: "We have noted the BGS estimates for gas-in-place and consider that volume to be indicative of a very large potential reserve.
"It's the purpose of our current drilling operations to better understand the reserve, reduce speculation from all sides and decide if and how to develop it.
"I expect Professor Underhill would be supportive of the effort to understand the resource including geological variation."
The government's opinion tracker showed public support for fracking has fallen to 16%, with opposition at 33%. But it also reported a lack of knowledge of the technology, with 48% of people neither supporting nor opposing it.
Professor Richard Davies, from Newcastle University, told BBC News: "It's correct to say geology could yet surprise the companies who are investing. But the bottle neck, I think, is how many wells one can drill economically in a small space in the UK.
"Shale gas wells in the USA produce very small volumes of gas (2-6 billion cubic feet of gas each), and therefore thousands would be needed to impact on our reliance on imports.
"The BGS estimated resources in Northern England of 1,327 trillion cubic feet (2012). I estimated it would require c. 52,000 wells to produce 10% of this."
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The Bengoa Report was commissioned by NI ministers seeking advice on how to improve services, cut waiting lists and care for an ageing population.
Written by experts, led by Prof Rafael Bengoa, it is expected to recommend widespread change and tough decisions.
It follows three previous major reviews that each recommended closing several hospital emergency departments.
Harsh medicine, but the earlier reports argued that resources and expertise were too thinly spread across too many locations.
However, closing hospitals is highly emotive and unpopular and so far, the pill has been too bitter for politicians to swallow.
Like the rest of the UK, people in Northern Ireland are now generally living longer than was the case in previous generations.
When the UK's National Health Service was set up in 1948, the average life expectancy in Northern Ireland was 65 for men and 70 for women.
In 2016, the average life expectancy of a man in Northern Ireland has risen to 78, while for a woman it is now 82 years.
The change is due, in part, to improved treatments for life-threatening conditions like cancer and heart disease.
Higher life-expectancy is a positive development, but it also means that there are more elderly people to look after, relative to the size of the working population.
As we live longer into old age, more patients are coping with chronic and complex medical conditions which can require years of treatment and support.
There are also lifestyle factors to consider which affect all age groups - eating too much, drinking too much alcohol and smoking are all putting pressure on health services.
So living longer does not necessarily mean we are living healthier lives.
The Bengoa Report is not the first prescription politicians have sought for the ailments facing Northern Ireland's health care services.
Since the turn of the century, three major reviews have been published and each suggested cutting the number of acute hospitals - those providing A&E services and emergency surgery.
Sir Liam's report recommended setting up an international panel of experts to redesign some health and social care facilities.
In January 2016, Stormont's then health minister Simon Hamilton agreed and appointed a panel of six, chaired by Prof Rafael Bengoa.
The Spaniard is an internationally renowned expert on health reform who has advised the European Union and the Obama administration in the US.
He worked for the World Health Organisation (WHO) for more than 15 years.
He is also a former minister of health in the Basque region.
This time last year, a senior health expert said heads would roll in England if hospital waiting lists were as long as those in Northern Ireland.
In an interview with the BBC in October 2015, Nigel Edwards, chief executive of the Nuffield Trust, described the figures as "serious" and called for immediate action.
Between 2014 and 2015, there was almost a 50% rise in waiting lists.
The numbers jumped from 155,558 patients in September 2014 to 230, 625 in September 2015.
According to the most recently published data from August 2016, more than 225,000 men and women were on a waiting list to see a health consultant.
More than 70,000 were waiting for in-patient and day patient appointments.
More than 95,000 were in a queue for a diagnostic service.
Northern Ireland has nine acute hospitals that are open round the clock. Two others have reduced opening hours for their emergency departments.
The challenges posed by an ageing population are likely to be exacerbated in the coming years, unless the problems are addressed.
By the year 2024, Northern Ireland's 1.8m population is expected to rise by more than 5% to just under 2m.
The number of people aged over 65 is due to rise by almost 26%, while the working age population is set to rise by just 1%.
The wide-ranging demands placed on the health service are also increasingly costly and complex.
Last year, more than 6,000 people turned up at emergency departments across Northern Ireland having self-harmed - most were aged between 15 and 24.
Over-indulgence on food is leading to increased levels of diabetes and weight-related disorders, while the abuse of alcohol and drugs are putting a strain on emergency departments.
When he published his report into Northern Ireland's health care system last year, England's former chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, said acute hospitals were being "kept in place because of public and political pressure".
Since then, Stormont ministers have been making noises that suggest they are preparing to take some unpopular decisions.
This month, Health Minister Michelle O'Neill called the current waiting list figures "shocking" and "unacceptable".
Her predecessor Simon Hamilton talked about the need for consensus and taking the "politics out of healthcare".
Whether ministers will follow doctors' advice this time remains to be seen.
One of the organisers, Kholofelo Masha, said men had to take collective responsibility for the increase in beatings, sex attacks and killings.
South Africa has one of the highest rates of sexual violence in the world.
Police figures showed that 64,000 cases were reported last year.
A series of grisly murders of women and children has hit the headlines this year and President Jacob Zuma has described the situation as a crisis.
The protesters on Saturday marched behind a woman symbolically dressed from head to toe in white. Some carried placards bearing the names of women killed by their partners.
"The time to take collective responsibility for our shameful action is now," said Mr Masha, who described himself as "a loving dad, brother and uncle."
He said South African men had been quiet on the issue for too long.
"You hear a lady screaming next door, you decide to sleep when you know there is a problem. No man should beat a woman or rape a woman while you're watching".
On Thursday, President Zuma visited the parents of a three-year-old girl who was raped and killed.
Courtney Pieters went missing from her home in Cape Town on 4 May and her body was found more than a week later in a shallow grave.
"We, as the citizens of this country, must say enough is enough," Mr Zuma said at the time. "This is one of the saddest incidents I've come across. It's a crisis in the country, the manner in which women and children are being killed."
The governing African National Congress party has branded the wave of violence "senseless and barbaric", while the opposition Democratic Alliance has called for a nationwide debate on the issue.
Until now, checks have only been applied to nurses outside the EU.
It means any nurse who is unable to show they have sufficient language skills will need to have an English language assessment.
The move by the Nursing and Midwifery Council brings the profession in line with doctors, who are already vetted in this way for patient safety.
The risk of a doctor not being fluent in English was highlighted by a lethal mistake made by Dr Daniel Ubani, a German doctor doing an out-of-hours shift who gave a lethal dose of a painkiller to patient David Gray in 2008.
As a German citizen he was able to register to work in the UK without passing a language test.
NMC Chief Executive Jackie Smith said: "From now on all nurses and midwives applying to join the register from outside the UK, including the EU, will have to demonstrate they can communicate effectively to a high standard of English.
"The ability to communicate effectively with patients is fundamental to patient safety and a principle that is central to our code."
Tests will check listening, reading, writing and speaking fluency.
And if an allegation is made that a nurse or midwife already working in the UK does not meet the necessary English language skills, they could be investigated under fitness to practise rules.
The NMC has more than 690,000 nurses and midwives on its register. Around 66,000 of these come from non-EU countries and 33,000 from the EU.
The UK is looking to recruit more foreign nurses.
In October, the government temporarily lifted restrictions on recruiting nurses from overseas by adding the profession to its Shortage Occupation List.
This means nurses from outside the European Economic Area now have their applications prioritised.
The Department of Health said the move was designed to ease pressure on the NHS without having to reply on expensive agency staff.
Katherine Murphy of The Patients Association said: "Nurses from other countries make an extremely important contribution to healthcare in the UK. However, we hear from patients on our National Helpline that there can be real issues with some overseas health professionals; including problems with communication and a lack of understanding of processes and procedures.
"The Patients Association calls on all Trusts to ensure that their staff meet these new requirements, and that all overseas nurses have the necessary support and training to be able to offer patients safe and effective care."
Lawro's opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures is two-time Super Bowl winner Osi Umenyiora, an analyst on the BBC's NFL Show.
Umenyiora says he does not support a Premier League team - instead he follows his favourite player, Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
"Anywhere Zlatan goes, that is who I follow," he explained. "Last year I was a fan of Paris St-Germain, but now I am a fan of United - because of Zlatan.
"He is the kind of footballer who could make the transition to play in the NFL, partly because of his attitude and also because he has the physicality to dominate games."
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As well as predicting the outcome of the weekend's Premier League games, Umenyiora has picked a winner of Super Bowl LI on Sunday - he thinks the Atlanta Falcons will beat the New England Patriots 31-27 in Houston.
Super Bowl LI, with Umenyiora, Mark Chapman, Mike Carlson and Jason Bell is live on BBC One and BBC Radio 5 live from 23:20 GMT on Sunday.
You can make your Premier League predictions now, compare them with those of Lawro and other fans by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
From the midweek Premier League games, Lawro got three correct results, including two perfect scores, from the 10 games for a total of 90 points.
He beat England spinner Moeen Ali, who got two correct results, with no perfect scores for a tally of 20 points that leaves him joint bottom of the guest leaderboard.
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
Chelsea v Arsenal (12:30 GMT)
In their surprise defeat by Watford on Tuesday, Arsenal did what we know Arsenal are prone to do - which is not turn up for a period of a game that they are expected to win easily.
I would love to know why that keeps happening - and so would Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, I'm sure.
Chelsea, meanwhile, just keep rolling along at the top of the table.
They have had a good week because they have extended their lead at the top of the table despite being held at Liverpool, because they would have expected Arsenal and Tottenham to have both won their midweek games.
The Blues have the best home record in the Premier League and concede very few goals at Stamford Bridge.
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There is a part of me which thinks Arsenal could go there and be brilliant but, even if they are, Chelsea will be hard to break down.
I also think Antonio Conte's side will be thinking they have something to prove against Arsenal after losing heavily at the Emirates Stadium in September.
This is a very different Chelsea side now, not just in formation since their switch to three at the back later that month, but also in mentality - the title is in their sights now.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Osi's prediction: This is a huge game. Chelsea are not just top of the league, I think they are the most in-form team too - and I think they are going to be able to pull it off against Arsenal.
Mesut Ozil is going to score for Arsenal - for Chelsea it is going to be Eden Hazard with a brace. 2-1
Match preview
Crystal Palace v Sunderland
Crystal Palace had a good win over Bournemouth in midweek to give Sam Allardyce his first league win as Eagles manager, and now he is up against his old team.
It is the same for Patrick van Aanholt, who joined Palace from Sunderland this week, and I think they will both be on the winning side on Saturday as they look to climb out of the bottom three.
The Black Cats got a good point against Tottenham on Tuesday but they are back at the bottom of the table now after Hull's draw with Manchester United on Wednesday.
Sunderland are now at the stage where they need to start winning games whoever they are up against, not just their relegation rivals - but I don't see them getting anything this weekend. This game has got a win for Big Sam written all over it.
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Osi's prediction: I like Palace - well, actually I like their striker Christian Benteke, I think he is a fantastic player. Sunderland? Not so much. I am going to pick Palace - Benteke to score. 1-0
Match preview
Everton v Bournemouth
Everton had to scrap a bit to get a point at Stoke but that goes down as a good result no matter how you get it.
Bournemouth, meanwhile, lost at home to Palace and it is becoming very difficult to predict their results.
After getting a draw against Arsenal at the start of January, they have taken a total of one point from three games against other teams in the bottom half - Hull, an out-of-form Watford and then the Eagles.
I don't see the Cherries getting anything at Goodison Park, where Everton have only lost once in 11 league games this season, but I am usually wrong about them.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Osi's prediction: I used to be a big fan of Everton, and really enjoy the way they played. I am not so much a fan right now but I like Everton in this particular game - Romelu Lukaku is a great player and I think he is going to score a couple of goals. 3-1
Match preview
Hull City v Liverpool
Hull got a great point at Old Trafford in midweek but this is another very tough game for them.
After their run of poor form, Liverpool were much improved in their draw against Chelsea and, if Hull open up a bit against them, then they will punish them.
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Osi's prediction: This is a tough game for Hull. Liverpool are an outstanding football team even if they are just coming off a loss or two recently. They are going to be hungry - I like Roberto Firmino and Philippe Coutinho - so I am going to go with them. 1-2
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Southampton v West Ham
Just as they did in the FA Cup a few weeks ago, West Ham made it easy for Manchester City on Wednesday - and paid the price.
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Southampton also come into this game on the back of a poor result, losing to struggling Swansea on Tuesday, but I think they will be much improved here.
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Osi's prediction: Southampton just beat Liverpool in the EFL Cup, right? But I like West Ham, I met their keeper - Adrian - he is a good guy and a really good keeper. I am going to go with the Hammers. There is a guy Michail Antonio who is scoring a lot of goals for West Ham and I think he is going to get a couple in this game. 0-3
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Watford v Burnley
Watford's win over Arsenal has taken the pressure off them a bit after seven league games without a victory and should steady the ship a little bit.
Burnley have been pretty useless on the road, taking only one point from 10 away league games, but their home form means they are getting closer to safety.
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A draw would be a good result for the Clarets and I just wonder if they will take a few more risks to try to get it.
The more men they get forward, the more chances they will create - something that they have struggled to do away from Turf Moor.
If you are losing games anyway, when you are trying to keep things tight then why not go out and try to win them?
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Osi's prediction: Watford striker Troy Deeney is one of my favourite players - he gets it done. 2-1
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West Brom v Stoke
It will be interesting to see Saido Berahino back at The Hawthorns so soon after leaving West Brom for Stoke, but I'd expect him to be on the bench for the Potters.
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Both these teams are in the top half and in decent form, but I am backing Baggies boss Tony Pulis to edge it against his old club.
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
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Osi's prediction: Believe it or not, I like Stoke.
That guy Peter Crouch, he gets it done and, with Marko Arnautovic and Xherdan Shaqiri too, they have a tremendous amount of talent on their team. They should be doing better than they are. 0-3
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Tottenham v Middlesbrough (17:30 GMT)
Tottenham struggled to create chances at Sunderland and will consider that draw to be two points dropped.
Middlesbrough will also try to shut them out but Spurs have been in great form at home and I do not see it happening.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Osi's prediction: Tottenham are a really good team. Dele Alli to score a couple of goals and maybe my man Harry Kane to come through and do something too. 4-0
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Man City v Swansea (13:30 GMT)
Swansea have seen an upturn in results since Paul Clement took charge but Manchester City have also improved dramatically of late.
It seems as if that 4-0 defeat at Everton on 15 January was as low as they could go. They have regrouped and look a different team now.
A big part of that is the fact all of City's attacking players are in really good form and I don't think Swansea can keep them out.
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Osi's prediction: City all day. They are hungry. Sergio Aguero with the hat-trick. 3-0
Leicester v Man Utd (16:00 GMT)
Manchester United dropped points again against Hull on Wednesday and they have now drawn six league games at home this season.
That's not because everyone has come to Old Trafford and been brilliant, it's because United have struggled to score - and Jose Mourinho's frustration about that was clear after the game.
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United have actually picked up more points per game away from home this season. I think they will add to that tally at Leicester, although it might be one point rather than three.
The Foxes are in a bit of a mess now, with their title challenge turning into a relegation fight.
Their away form is so poor and that means the pressure is on them to earn enough points at the King Power Stadium. Getting something out of this game would be a start.
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Osi's prediction: I am not going to pick against United, of course they are going to win. I am picking Zlatan to have a hat-trick and Man Utd to win 4-1.
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro's best score: 140 points (week 22 v James McAvoy)
Lawro's worst score: 30 points (week four v Dave Bautista)
Pearson has been hit by falling enrolments in education in the US and changes to education policy in the UK.
The firm employs about 5,000 people in the UK and about 10% of those jobs are expected to be affected by the cuts.
The majority of the cuts are expected to be completed by the middle of this year. Pearson also warned that profits would be lower next year.
Pearson said it expected underlying operating profits for 2015 of about £720m, but warned its profits in 2016 were expected to drop to between £580m and £620m, before the costs of the restructuring are taken into account.
"The cyclical and policy related challenges in our biggest markets have been more pronounced and persisted for longer than anticipated," says chief executive John Fallon.
"In combination, these factors have reduced Pearson's operating profit by approximately £230m from its peak. We over-estimated how quickly those markets would return to sustainable levels of revenues and profits from their peak".
Pearson said the restructuring is expected to cost it £320m. However, it said the shake-up of its business, combined with new product launches and the easing of pressure in the key US and UK markets, meant profits should be at or above £800m by 2018.
The restructuring will include merging all Pearson's businesses producing courseware material for teachers. Its assessment businesses in North America will also be integrated.
Its further education establishments in South Africa and the UK will shift focus to online rather than direct delivery, and there will be savings in areas such as technology, finance and HR.
Pearson got out of financial news and information last year when it sold the Financial Times Group and its stake in the Economist Group. It has also merged publisher Penguin with Random House.
Following the latest announcement, shares in Pearson rose by nearly 9%.
It was deemed that the surface at the Priestfield Stadium was unsafe during an inspection at 15:00 GMT on Monday.
The postponement means that Ady Pennock must wait until Saturday's visit of Shrewsbury Town to take charge of his first home match as Gillingham boss.
The Gills are 17th in League One, six points and six places behind Neal Ardley's Wimbledon.
James McMahon, 37, from Cambuslang was on board the EasyJet flight to Alicante on Hogmanay.
At Paisley Sheriff Court he denied the two charges against him and was released on bail.
Mr McMahon had spent two nights in police custody following his arrest on 31 December.
He denies being drunk on the flight, in beach of Sections 60 and 61 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 and Articles 242(1) and 265(7) of The Air Navigation Order 2016.
He also denies "interfering with the performance by a member of the crew of the aircraft" by repeatedly shouting and swearing and refusing "to desist or moderate [his] behaviour... whereby said aircraft required to return to Glasgow airport".
Mr McMahon is expected to go on trial in April.
Pauline Cafferkey, 40, was taken to the city's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital under police escort on Thursday morning after becoming unwell.
She is in a stable condition and medics say there is no danger to the public.
This is the fourth time Ms Cafferkey has been in hospital since returning to the UK from Sierra Leone two years ago.
On Thursday, NHS Greater Glasgow said: "Pauline Cafferkey was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital this morning under the care of the Infectious Diseases Unit.
"Due to Ms Cafferkey's past medical history, appropriate precautionary measures were taken whilst further investigations were carried out.
"We are pleased to report that tests for the Ebola virus are negative. She remains in a stable condition in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. We want to repeat our previous reassurance that there is no risk to the public."
On Friday, the health board said it did not plan to issue any further updates on Ms Cafferkey's condition as she did not have Ebola, there was no public risk and they must respect her confidentiality as a patient.
Ms Cafferkey contracted Ebola while working as part of a UK team at the Kerry Town Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone.
She spent almost a month in isolation at the Royal Free hospital in London at the beginning of 2015 after the virus was detected when she arrived back in the UK.
Ms Cafferkey was later discharged after apparently making a full recovery, and in March 2015 returned to work as a public health nurse at Blantyre Health Centre in South Lanarkshire.
But it was later discovered that the virus was still present in her body, and she was readmitted to the same London hospital in October 2015.
She again recovered, before being treated at the Royal Free for a third time in February of this year due to a further complication related to her initial Ebola infection.
More recently, the nurse faced a number of misconduct charges by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
These were for allegedly allowing a wrong temperature to be recorded during the screening process at Heathrow on her arrival back in the UK from Sierra Leone in 2014.
The NMC's conduct and competence panel dismissed all charges at a hearing in Edinburgh last month after being told that Ms Cafferkey's judgement had been impaired by illness.
12 January 2017 Last updated at 06:53 GMT
On 23 June 2016, the UK made a historic decision. It voted to leave the European Union (EU).
The UK has been a member of the EU for more than 40 years, so this was an extremely important moment.
More than 33 million adults voted. Around 52% of them chose to leave the group of 28 countries, while 48% wanted to stay in it.
The majority of people in Blackpool voted to leave the EU, while the majority of people in Brighton voted to stay.
More than six months have passed since the initial vote, so we went to see how kids in these two towns feel now about Brexit...
Arthur Collins, 25, was wanted for questioning by police and had been urged to hand himself in by The Only Way is Essex star.
A 21-year-old man has also been charged over the alleged attack at the Mangle E8 club in Hackney on 17 April.
Andre Phoenix faces seven counts of grievous bodily harm.
Twenty people were hurt - including two people each blinded in one eye - after being doused with a substance at the club.
The Metropolitan Police said a man and a 22-year-old woman both lost their sight in one eye.
Other people were treated for severe burns following the alleged attack.
The substance has not yet been confirmed but samples retrieved from the scene have been sent for analysis.
The man blinded in one eye and another victim, a 29-year-old man, were transferred to a specialist burns hospital in Essex and have since been discharged.
Mr Collins was arrested at an address in Rushden, Northamptonshire, on Saturday.
Mr Phoenix will appear at Thames Magistrates' Court on Monday.
A 24-year-old old man arrested in north London over the attack on Friday has since been released, police said.
Officials have already issued warnings about jellyfish in Mediterranean coastal waters for France and Italy.
But local marine biologists said this year's increase was "no different" from other years and that the blooms consisted of non-stinging species.
They added that they were monitoring the situation very closely.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman told BBC News: "We have been alerted to large numbers of jellyfish in the Mediterranean this summer, especially in a number of key holiday destinations for UK tourists.
"We have updated our travel advice for a number of Mediterranean countries to reflect this issue."
She added that the Foreign Office aimed to keep its advice "as informative and useful for visitors as possible".
Global problem
However, Stefano Piraino - project co-ordinator of the Mediterranean JellyRisk programme - said there was no need for tourists to be unduly concerned.
"Of course, as in any other ocean or sea in the world, there might be some problems," he said.
"In the Mediterranean, we are lucky and do not have deadly [jellyfish]."
But he did acknowledge: "We are experiencing, as in many other places around the world, an increase in jellyfish."
Prof Piraino, a marine biologist at the University of Salento in southern Italy, said the JellyRisk programme - also involving researchers from Spain, Tunisia and Malta - was set up because there was growing concern about the impact of increasing number of jellyfish on human activities in the region, such as fishing as well as tourism.
He told BBC News that the programme's main focus was on a citizen science campaign.
"This is a very important tool," Prof Piraino observed.
"We have, since 2009, used this approach where we are asking tourists, sailors, fishermen, divers - all the people that are in the sea - to send information about the presence of jellyfish."
The team have developed a smartphone application that not only allows people to send information, but also receive details about the abundance of jellyfish in their area.
The app also provides scientifically sound information about how to treat stings because the venom of jellyfish varies according to the species that inflicted the injury.
"We have collated scientific evidence and results from clinical trials, which we have reviewed so we can now, through the app and printed material, offer advice on the treatment of stings," he explained.
The team will also install anti-jellyfish nets at a number of popular beaches in order to assess their effectiveness.
Prof Piraino said it was difficult to pinpoint a single cause for the increase in the abundance of jellyfish.
"This is a result of many different causes. These can be different from site to site," he said.
"Generally, there is evidence that there is an increased abundance because of an increase in sea surface temperature.
"This is coupled with other things, such as the fact that we are changing the coastal marine environment."
One example he cited was the construction of artificial reefs for flood defences, which used a material favoured by jellyfish.
He added that this has been observed more often in other European bodies of water, such as the North Sea.
"This places a hard substrate in the sea, which is the preferred substrate for the larvae stage of jellyfish.
'Vicious cycle'
Overfishing was another contributing factor, he added.
"We are overfishing the oceans, which means we are catching all the big fish so the fish population is being reduced and we eliminate competitors and leave more food for the jellyfish."
A recent report published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) concluded that the increasing number of jellyfish was creating a "vicious cycle" because the jellyfish were also feeding on the eggs and larvae of commercially important fish species.
In June, marine researchers gathered in Japan for the fourth International Jellyfish Bloom Symposium to share research on the global problem.
According to the FAO report, some experts have warned that, if the trend continued unabated, jellyfish could supplant fish in the world's oceans, triggering a "global regime shift from a fish to a jellyfish ocean".
Prof Piraino offered a solution, saying that people had to "learn to love jellyfish".
"The Chinese have been eating jellyfish for millennia," he said.
"Now there is documented evidence that non-stinging jellyfish in the Mediterranean can be eaten - they are full of antioxidants and they provide molecules that can be used in the pharmaceutical or cosmetic industries.
"Therefore the creatures should be viewed as a resource rather than a pest."
Cardiff Blues, Newport Gwent Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets will form a fourth group to play a round-robin qualifier at Cardiff Arms Park on 26 July.
The top two regions will qualify for the Series Final at the Twickenham Stoop on 8 August.
"The regions have never played each other in a Sevens tournament before," said Mark Davies, the acting chief executive of Regional Rugby Wales.
We know for sure that Anglo-Welsh rugby contests ignite plenty of excitement and passion
"So there is a lot of pride at stake, as well as the opportunity of a place in the Series Final and the chance to be part of... the World Club Sevens at Twickenham in August."
The winner of the Premiership Rugby Sevens Series will go on to play in the World Club Sevens on 16 and 17 August at Twickenham.
The other three pools contain the 12 Aviva Premiership clubs, split along geographical lines.
Kingsholm hosts Gloucester, Bath, Exeter Chiefs, and London Irish in Group B, which takes place on 31 July.
Twenty four hours later Group C features Northampton Saints, Harlequins, London Wasps and Saracens at Franklin's Gardens.
Completing the group stages on 2 August at Kingston Park, Newcastle, Leicester Tigers, Sale Sharks and Worcester Warriors will battle it out in Group D.
Davies added: "Having announced our exciting three-year sponsorship agreement with BT Sport this week as well, it shows we have a positive partnership that will go forward between BT Sport and our four Welsh regions.
"We know for sure that Anglo-Welsh rugby contests ignite plenty of excitement and passion amongst our supporters and we hope our involvement will add a real edge to the event."
Gloucester are the defending champions, having won the Premiership Rugby Sevens by beating Leicester in the 2013 final.
Collins thundered home his spot-kick with 16 minutes remaining to ensure the spoils were shared after Lewis Alessandra's first goal for the club put Pools ahead.
Hartlepool did not look like a side with such a poor home record in the opening exchanges, taking the lead in the 12th minute.
Having been hauled over by Andre Blackman, Nathan Thomas failed to make it seven goals in as many games from the spot - yet Alessandra was on hand to head home the rebound.
Crawley were unfortunate not to level immediately as Enzio Boldewijn and Jimmy Smith rattled the woodwork in quick succession.
The Red Devils took control thereafter and equalised in the 74th minute, Collins netting having been pushed to the floor by Jake Carroll.
And Crawley were only denied a last-ditch winner by some brilliance from Hartlepool defender Scott Harrison, who somehow stopped Collins from tapping into an empty net after Billy Clifford's curler hit the crossbar.
Reports supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Hartlepool United 1, Crawley Town 1.
Second Half ends, Hartlepool United 1, Crawley Town 1.
Scott Harrison (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joe McNerney (Crawley Town).
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Jake Carroll.
Foul by Lewis Alessandra (Hartlepool United).
Mark Connolly (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Jimmy Smith (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Scott Harrison.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Tom Heardman replaces Padraig Amond.
Billy Clifford (Crawley Town) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Foul by Padraig Amond (Hartlepool United).
Mark Connolly (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Aristote Nsiala (Hartlepool United) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Lewis Young.
Foul by Billy Paynter (Hartlepool United).
Kaby (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Jake Carroll.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Billy Paynter replaces Kieran Green.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Scott Harrison.
Josh Laurent (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jimmy Smith (Crawley Town).
Attempt missed. Lewis Alessandra (Hartlepool United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Billy Clifford (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kieran Green (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Billy Clifford (Crawley Town).
Lewis Hawkins (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joe McNerney (Crawley Town).
Goal! Hartlepool United 1, Crawley Town 1. James Collins (Crawley Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Scott Harrison (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card.
Jake Carroll (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty conceded by Jake Carroll (Hartlepool United) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Crawley Town. James Collins draws a foul in the penalty area.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Lewis Young.
Padraig Amond (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Bobson Bawling (Crawley Town).
Foul by Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United).
Chris Arthur (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lewis Young (Crawley Town).
Lewis Alessandra (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jordan Kenvyn, 26, from Dumfries, was driving on the wrong side of the road when his Renault Clio hit Barbara D'Amato's Fiat car in January 2014.
The crash happened on the A702, near Elvanfoot, South Lanarkshire.
A judge decided not to jail Kenvyn after deciding there was "exceptional mitigation" on hearing of his remorse.
Lady Scott had told Kenvyn, following his conviction in July, that a custodial sentence was likely.
However, when he appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh for sentencing, the judge decided to impose a three-year community payback order and ban him from driving for five years.
Lady Scott said: "As a consequence of your dangerous driving Mrs D'Amato lost her life and all her dreams for her retirement have been left unfulfilled.
"Her husband, two sons and her friend Mrs Ralph have all been left devastated.
"The background report is very positive. I consider it is unlikely you will re-offend and that you will forever regret your conduct. I consider this is exceptional mitigation.
Lady Scott added: "Despite the seriousness of this offence I have decided, exceptionally, that a prison sentence is not necessary."
The court previously heard that Kenvyn had been travelling at "very high speed" and had not been paying attention at the time of the crash.
He admitted that he was on the wrong side of the road but could offer no explanation as to why.
Mrs D'Amato's friend, Colette Ralph, 48, who was travelling with her, said: "It all happened so quickly. It was over in seconds.
"There was a loud bang and a violent jolt and the airbag was in my face. It took me a few seconds to register what happened.
"I couldn't get out of the front door. I climbed out of the back seat and tried to get out the back door. "
Mrs Ralph, a British ex-pat living in Switzerland, suffered abdominal injuries.
She was informed in hospital that her friend, 61-year-old Mrs D'Amato, had died after suffering facial injuries.
Mrs D'Amato, who lived in France, was visiting Scotland with a view to buying a property for her retirement.
Mrs Ralph said: "She had been planning to retire in Scotland. It was always her plan. Her intention was to come and live here."
The home side enjoyed the greater share of possession in the opening period, but home goalkeeper Josh Lillis was busier than Scunthorpe counterpart Matt Gilks, who did not have a save to make in the opening 45 minutes.
The Rochdale goal came under threat when a misjudged back pass by Jamie Allen from the halfway line looked short of legs, presenting an opportunity for Paddy Madden. Fortunately for Keith Hill's side, Lillis read the danger early and raced out of his area, winning the crucial challenge for the ball.
Lillis also saved well when Reece Brown's poor header let Josh Morris in down the left flank.
After the break, Dale improved with the introduction of striker Steven Davies and his diving header gave the home side the lead, the frontman meeting Ian Henderson's flick towards the back post.
It was a short-lived lead, however, as fellow sub Duane Holmes slipped a neat finish beneath Lillis.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Rochdale 1, Scunthorpe United 1.
Second Half ends, Rochdale 1, Scunthorpe United 1.
Attempt missed. Steve Davies (Rochdale) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Foul by Funso Ojo (Scunthorpe United).
Andrew Cannon (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Murray Wallace (Scunthorpe United).
Steve Davies (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Niall Canavan (Rochdale).
Attempt missed. Niall Canavan (Rochdale) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Rory McArdle.
Attempt saved. Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Hakeeb Adelakun (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Reece Brown (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United).
Steve Davies (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Funso Ojo (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Callum Camps (Rochdale).
Substitution, Rochdale. Calvin Andrew replaces Oliver Rathbone.
Substitution, Rochdale. Andrew Cannon replaces Matt Done.
Delay in match Paddy Madden (Scunthorpe United) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Oliver Rathbone (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Foul by Conor Townsend (Scunthorpe United).
Matt Done (Rochdale) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jimmy McNulty (Rochdale).
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Rory McArdle.
Murray Wallace (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Steve Davies (Rochdale).
Attempt missed. Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Goal! Rochdale 1, Scunthorpe United 1. Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hakeeb Adelakun.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Tom Hopper replaces Kevin van Veen.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Duane Holmes replaces Josh Morris.
Foul by Ian Henderson (Rochdale).
Conor Townsend (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Steve Davies (Rochdale) header from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Matthew Gilks.
Attempt saved. Steve Davies (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Rochdale 1, Scunthorpe United 0. Steve Davies (Rochdale) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ian Henderson.
Niall Canavan (Rochdale) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box following a corner.
United have not confirmed the injury, nor the length of time the 26-year-old could be sidelined for.
It is not known when the defender suffered the injury but it is believed to have occurred in training.
After the win at Swansea, United boss Jose Mourinho said Smalling "doesn't feel he can play 100% with his pain".
England interim manager Gareth Southgate subsequently left Smalling out of his squad for Friday's World Cup qualifier against Scotland at Wembley (19:45 GMT kick-off) and the friendly against Spain on Tuesday (20:00 GMT kick-off).
Smalling has played 11 times for United this season but has missed their past four games. Mourinho said the former Fulham player missed the EFL Cup win over Manchester City on 26 November with a minor ankle injury.
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State media said Hwasong-12 rockets would pass over Japan and land in the sea about 30km (17 miles) from Guam, if the plan was approved by Kim Jong-un.
It denounced Donald Trump's warnings of "fire and fury" and said the US leader was "bereft of reason".
The US has warned the North its actions could mean the "end of its regime".
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Pyongyang would be "grossly overmatched" in any war against the US and its allies.
The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, who is in Guam, says there is a sense that the North Korean threat is rhetorical, as most people feel that if they really did strike with missiles it would be suicidal for the North Korean regime.
The North first announced on Wednesday that it was drawing up plans for a missile strike against Guam, a Pacific island which is home to US military bases, strategic bombers and about 163,000 people.
A later statement carried by state media said the military would "finally complete the plan" by mid-August and report it to leader Kim Jong-un for his approval.
"The Hwasong-12 rockets to be launched by the KPA [Korean People's Army] will cross the sky above Shimane, Hiroshima and Koichi [Kochi] Prefectures of Japan," state news agency KCNA said, quoting army chief General Kim Rak Gyom.
"They will fly 3,356.7km for 1,065 seconds and hit the waters 30-40km away from Guam."
The Hwasong missiles are North Korea's domestically produced medium and long-range weapons.
The governor of Guam addressed the North's new statement on Thursday, telling Reuters news agency that North Korea usually likes to be unpredictable and has fired surprise missiles in the past.
"They're now telegraphing their punch, which means they don't want to have any misunderstandings. I think that's a position of fear," said Governor Eddie Calvo.
North Korean state media also said President Trump's remarks on Tuesday that the North risked "fire and fury" for threatening the US were "a load of nonsense".
"Sound dialogue is not possible with such a guy bereft of reason and only absolute force can work on him," it added.
Amid escalating rhetoric, Mr Mattis issued a strongly worded statement on Wednesday calling on Pyongyang to halt its arms programme.
"The DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] must choose to stop isolating itself and stand down its pursuit of nuclear weapons," he said.
"While our state department is making every effort to resolve this global threat through diplomatic means, it must be noted that the combined allied militaries now possess the most precise, rehearsed and robust defensive and offensive capabilities on Earth."
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Mr Trump boasted about America's atomic arsenal earlier on Wednesday.
Tweeting from New Jersey where he is on holiday, the president said the US nuclear stockpile was "more powerful than ever before".
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has sought to reassure Americans that North Korea does not pose an imminent threat.
Speaking in Guam, where he was making a scheduled visit, he said he was hopeful a global "pressure campaign" involving Russia and China could lead to new dialogue with Pyongyang "about a different future".
Mr Tillerson said the situation had not dramatically changed over the past few days, and that Americans "should sleep well at night".
South Korea's military has said it has not seen any unusual action in the North that might indicate a provocation.
China has urged calm, describing the situation as "complex and sensitive".
Despite rounds of UN sanctions, Pyongyang carried out two nuclear tests last year and two intercontinental ballistic missile tests in July.
Various reports recently have suggested the North has now achieved its goal of making a nuclear warhead small enough to fit inside its missiles.
But this remains unconfirmed, and most analysts doubt the country would launch a pre-emptive attack on the US.
Details of future ideas and strategy were outlined by Mr Spiegel in emails to Michael Lynton, a Sony executive who sits on Snapchat's board.
Also included were details, including financial data, on previously unpublicised acquisitions.
"I felt like I was going to cry all morning," Mr Spiegel said in a memo.
"I went on a walk and thought through a couple things."
Mr Spiegel later shared on Twitter the emotional note he sent to Snapchat's employees, entitled Keeping Secrets.
"I've been feeling a lot of things since our business plans were made public last night," he wrote.
"Definitely angry. Definitely devastated.
"I want to give you all a huge hug because keeping secrets is exhausting.
"Keeping secrets means coming home late, after working all day and night. Curling up with your loved ones, hanging out with your friends, and not being able to share all of the incredible things you're working on. It's painful, it's tiring."
The leak detailed big ambitions for the popular app which allows users to send messages - images or video - that disappear after a short period of time.
According to the emails, the company purchased Vergence Labs, an eyewear company that produced a product comparable to Google Glass.
Snapchat also spent millions on Scan.me, a firm specialising in QR codes and advertising platform iBeacon.
Mr Spiegel's staff memo does not comment on the acquisitions, nor does it suggest the company planned to take any legal action against Sony or any other party.
Sony Pictures' legal woes are beginning to mount after the hack attack that has seen it cancel plans to release The Interview, a comedy about North Korea.
Earlier this week, two former Sony Pictures employees filed a lawsuit accusing the company of not properly securing private data.
Around 15,000 employees had personal information, including social security numbers, leaked following the hack.
Sony Pictures said the attack was "unprecedented", and that the threat was "undetectable by industry-standard antivirus software".
Mr Spiegel has said he will spend some time being "angry and upset" before getting back to work.
"It's not fair that the people who try to build us up and break us down get a glimpse of who we really are.
"It's not fair that people get to take away all the hard work we've done to surprise our community, family and friends."
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"The singing shall be mandatory and must be done with fervour," the bill states. The word "mandatory" is not in the existing legislation.
It also provides official music for the tune, which must be adhered to.
Punishment for breaking the rules could include a fine of 50,000-100,000 pesos (£780-£1,560; $2,800-$5,590).
That fine is substantially more than the current minimum and maximum of 5,000-20,000 pesos (£78-£312).
Offenders will also be issued a warning before being publicly "named and shamed" in a national newspaper.
"Any act which casts contempt, dishonour or ridicule upon the national anthem shall be penalised," the bill says.
The bill makes a wide range of other stipulations, including that everyone must stand and salute when the first note of the song, Lupang Hinirang, is played - and requiring the school system to ensure every student memorises the words.
It has now been sent to the country's other house of parliament, the senate, for approval.
Commenting on an earlier version of the bill in April, one of its authors, Maximo Rodriguez Jr, said disrespecting the national anthem often happens in cinemas, where customers do not stand for the anthem.
"The national anthem embodies and expresses the aspirations, dreams, ideals, longings, commitment and determination, nationalism and patriotism, sentiment and spirit of the people," he said.
The same bill, known as the revised flag and heraldic code, contains many other rules about the display of the national flag and other emblems.
It includes several proposals from a 2010 draft to criminalise improper singing of the national anthem, including a strict requirement to keep the timing between 100 and 120 beats per minute.
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Craig Mackey told new recruits at the police training college Hendon it had also been been an awful week "for the policing family".
But he said they would "never be alone" and that their city was proud of them.
It comes two days after PC Keith Palmer was killed preventing Khalid Masood from entering Parliament.
Masood, 52, drove his car onto the pavement and into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before crashing the vehicle into railings and running into the grounds of Parliament.
On Friday acting commissioner Mackey said: "We are mourning the loss of a brave officer, PC Keith Palmer, who died protecting Parliament and our democracy.
"At moments like this, rare though they are, it is natural to be afraid and to despair at the inhuman violence we have seen.
"But it is at moments like these that you truly appreciate the strength of the policing family."
Fifty people were injured in Wednesday's attack, with 31 receiving hospital treatment.
Two people remain in a critical condition, and one has life-threatening injuries.
Acting commissioner Mackey told the new recruits: "As police officers, we have a special bond with the public, as their protectors and guardians. It is a bond that grows stronger in adversity.
"We have seen the gratitude of this city to its police service manifested this week with kind words and gifts. They're proud of you and your colleagues. As am I."
On Thursday evening acting commissioner Mackey joined Home Secretary Amber Rudd, London Mayor Sadiq Khan and hundreds of people at a candlelit vigil in Trafalgar Square to remember those who lost their lives as a result of Wednesday's attack.
Candles were laid on the ground and on the steps leading to the National Gallery, then lit in memory of those who died.
Earlier, Army veteran Mike Crofts, who witnessed the attack and rushed to help PC Palmer, told BBC Breakfast it was his military training that made him react.
"Unfortunately despite our best efforts we were unable to save him.
"He was at the time surrounded by a whole host of colleagues who really loved him. We held his hand through the experience, talked to him throughout."who lost their lives.
Orchard Media and Events Group quit as organiser of the Brecon Jazz weekend last year due to "financial considerations".
But residents came together to raise funds and attract sponsors so it could take place for the 32nd time.
A feasibility study will be done over the weekend to assess the festival's future.
Brecon Jazz project producer, Lisa Davies, said: "The trades are behind it, the town council are behind it, so many members of Brecon are behind it, I think it shows more of a want than a need for it."
The trust, which runs Keighley's Airedale hospital, and Skipton and Castleberg hospitals, was rated 'requires improvement'.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said there were not enough doctors in the new emergency department at Airedale.
The trust said it was addressing staffing issues.
Inspectors found that although the trust provided services that were caring, effective and responsive, it needed improvements to be safe and well led.
The report said nurse staffing levels in many clinical areas were regularly below the planned number, particularly in medical care, surgery and children's services.
It added that a new emergency department, which had been opened to meet an increase in patient numbers, did not have enough doctors to meet national guidance and there were too few specialists in critical care.
The inspection was carried out by the CQC between 15 and 18 March but inspectors also made unannounced visits.
Inspectors did however praise the work of community-based care teams in providing a "valued service" to help people remain in their homes as well as the trust's end of life care.
Bridget Fletcher, the trust's chief executive, said she was delighted the report highlighted examples of good practice but accepted there were areas that needed improving.
She said issues around staffing were being addressed and it had looked at the way it recruits nurses.
Mane's absence may lead to a recall for Divock Origi, while Daniel Sturridge is in contention after returning to training.
Bournemouth midfielder Andrew Surman is out with a knee injury, so Jack Wilshere may be promoted to the starting line-up.
The Cherries have several other unnamed fitness doubts, while Tyrone Mings is still suspended.
Jonathan Pearce: "Sadio Mane's injury has come at a horrible time for Liverpool. He's been involved in 18 league goals this season - his most productive in England by far.
"Jurgen Klopp has admitted he has no direct "one-for-one" replacement.
"The likely return of Daniel Sturridge is timely but with Adam Lallana and Jordan Henderson also out, their squad looks thin for the run-in.
"It gives Bournemouth a chance. They still need two more wins. They're as likely to get a victory here as they were in the home meeting when Liverpool's attacking brilliance was betrayed by defensive buffoonery.
"That was an open thriller. This will be tighter."
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on losing Sadio Mane to injury: "Everyone would miss Sadio. Southampton probably still miss him, Red Bull Salzburg miss him.
"It is not about thinking 'how can we play perfect football', we need to get results and the first thing I will think about is how we can defend [against] Bournemouth, not how can we create 27 chances.
"If we are strong and perfectly organised in defence then Bournemouth cannot get confidence in the game.
"We don't think what we miss, we only think what we can do to win this football game."
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe: "Liverpool will be a really tough test for us. We respect them and their manager. We've done okay at Anfield in recent games.
"The home game against Liverpool was arguably our standout game of the season so far, but it's of no relevance now. This is a new game.
"We want to gather as many points as we can. The challenges in our next three games [Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham] are tough, but ones we have to relish.
"We're in a good place at the moment. We're also aware of how quickly things can change in football."
Bournemouth might try to sit back a bit but the best thing about their team is the way they play when they come forward.
If they go on the attack then that will help Liverpool, and I also think Jurgen Klopp's side have regained a bit of their belief from earlier in the season anyway.
The Cherries will let them play and I think Liverpool will have too much for them.
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With a consultation complete in the last Parliament, there is nothing to stop ministers moving quickly.
No one should be surprised, as the change has been long trailed.
For years Conservatives have argued that the current poverty measure - the proportion of children living in households earning less than 60% of median income - is inadequate:
But if internal Conservative differences barred change in the past, its time now appears to have come.
David Cameron argues the existing indicator has perverse results: child poverty is deemed to have risen when the state pension goes up.
What should replace it? There are clues to that answer again in recent Conservative history.
When Gordon Brown's Labour government passed a law legally binding the government to eradicate child poverty by 2020 Conservatives argued for targets that did not relate to family income.
They wanted assessments of the number of households with parents in long-term relationships and households where parents were addicted to drugs, alcohol or gambling for example.
That law is now set to be either repealed or amended.
When the announcement is made, Conservatives will say they have been consistent and that their approach will improve lives.
The political challenge will be to persuade voters this is not a response to what are anticipated to be worsening child poverty figures, or an attempt to mask the impact of equally widely anticipated cuts to tax credits.
In short - can a Conservative government that says it is governing for "One Nation" unpick the rules around measuring and cutting the number of poor children in Britain without being accused of cynicism?
The company has announced the price of most post sent within the islands and to the UK will rise from 7 April.
Low Value Consignment Relief ended on 1 April 2012, but had allowed some items to be sent VAT-free to the UK.
Boley Smillie, chief executive, said the freeze aimed to help "an industry under significant pressure".
The price of a local letter will increase by 1p, from 40p to 41p, while the price of a letter to the UK will stay at 55p.
Other changes include rises for certain weights of large letters and packets sent to the UK with full details due to be released on the Guernsey Post website on Friday.
Mr Smillie said: "It's been another challenging year for Guernsey Post, but we believe we have been successful in keeping any increases to our postal tariff to a minimum.
"We are also confident that our prices remain competitive in comparison with the UK and Europe.
"As an example Royal Mail will be increasing the price of a letter for UK customers by 2p to 62p. By freezing the UK letter price in Guernsey at 55p, our rate is 7p cheaper."
The building society said that the annual change picked up from 3.3% a month earlier.
Property values rose by 0.4% in July compared with June, taking the cost of the average home to £195,621.
Demand for housing remained "encouraging", the report said, but supply strength was "unclear".
Nationwide's chief economist Robert Gardner said: "The number of new homes under construction has started to pick up, albeit from historically low levels, and further increases are required if a sustainable recovery in the housing market is to be maintained over the longer term."
Mr Gardner said that the house price growth might be "stabilising close to the pace of earnings growth" which had historically been around 4% a year.
Estate agents and analysts point out that the market could be affected by a potential change in interest rates at the turn of the year.
"The one blot on the horizon is a potential interest rate rise, which may slow down the mainstream market as buyers become concerned that their mortgage will cost more," said Jonathan Adams, director of estate agency Napier Watt.
"Buyers often do not realise the impact of a rate rise until the first one actually happens."
The Nationwide has also studied the effect of the change in stamp duty rules that were announced in Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement last year.
Since December, stamp duty has only applied to the amount of the purchase price that falls within the particular duty band, making it more like income tax. This replaced the old "slab" system.
The Nationwide has estimated that the change has led to £275m less tax being paid.
In the first six months since the change, nearly 235,000 buyers in England and Wales have paid less stamp duty than they would have done under the old system, paying £1,800 less each on average.
"The benefits are greatest in the South of England where average house prices are higher," Mr Gardner said.
"We estimate that around 85% of transactions in London, the South West of England and South East of England have benefited from the changes, compared with around 55% in the North of England, Yorkshire and Humberside, and the North West of England."
He said there was less "bunching" around price points where the thresholds sit, such as £250,000 and £500,000.
Some 5,000 buyers paid more stamp duty than they would under the old system, at an average of £28,000. Two-thirds of these buyers were in London.
The base in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, will shut in 2016 due to cuts by the National Police Air Service (NPAS).
Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards accused NPAS of using "deeply misleading" arguments to justify the cuts.
But Policing Minister Mike Penning said politicians should not tell police how to run their forces.
Mr Edwards told MPs on Tuesday that the number of police aircraft bases in England and Wales was being cut by nearly half from 29 to 15 following the creation of NPAS, and the number of helicopters cut by 40%.
From 1 January 2016, Wales will be served by bases at St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, and Hawarden, Flintshire, along with others in England after the closure of bases at Pembrey and Rhuddlan, Denbighshire.
The MP said the decision had been made on "shaky ground" and could be open to judicial review.
He questioned whether it was really possible for fixed-wing aircraft to cover mid and west Wales without constant mid-air refuelling, claiming that would be "ridiculous".
"The residents of Dyfed-Powys have been failed by their police commissioner and ill-served by NPAS," he said.
Mr Edwards also asked that Home Secretary Theresa May order a review of the decision, as she had done for a base in Teesside, north east England.
But Mr Penning told the debate: "It isn't for a police minister or an MP to tell the police their operational duties, how they should run their forces."
He said the decision would be kept under review, but added: "I fully understand the concerns but if we want the police to do the job we are asking them to do we must listen to the police."
Kelso North parish church, on the town's Bowmont Street, was broken into some time between 20:00 on Sunday and 08:00 on Monday.
The cash tin - containing a total of £130 - was taken along with the jar full of coins.
Police have appealed for anyone with information about the incident to contact them.
PC Craig Hood said: "The church runs on a very tight budget and this incident has had a significant impact on available funds which would otherwise have gone towards the upkeep of the church and any local events that they participate in.
"I would ask anyone with information in relation to any suspicious persons seen around the church during this time and in particular anyone seen exiting the building via the front door, to please get in touch."
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Cammy Smith fired the Buddies ahead before half-time but Chris Duggan's penalty levelled matters in the second half.
A brace of strikes from Lewis Morgan put the visitors in command.
And though Duggan scored another spot-kick late on, St Mirren did enough to reach the last eight, the draw for which will be made on Sunday.
Jack Ross' St Mirren had caused an upset in the previous round - beating Premiership Dundee - and the Championship side were now seeking to avoid a cup shock against League One East Fife.
The Fifers, on an unbeaten 11-game run, began well and thought they had taken the lead when Nicky Paterson bundled a corner over the line only for referee Don Robertson to blow for a free-kick in St Mirren's favour.
And the visitors took full advantage when they went ahead. The home defence failed to clear a deep cross into the box and Smith calmly clipped the ball over the outstretched arms of Ryan Goodfellow in the home goal.
East Fife came out the traps quickly in the second half and Scott Robinson was denied an equaliser when a last-gasp lunge by Harry Smith cleared the ball off the line.
However, the Methil side did not have long to wait before they drew level.
Ross Brown was bundled to the ground inside the box by Davis and Duggan duly made no mistake from the spot.
Ross brought on Morgan for Rory Loy and his impact on the game was instantaneous.
Stevie Mallan played a through ball to Morgan inside the East Fife box and the substitute showed great composure to fire the ball beyond Goodfellow into the left corner of the net.
And Morgan secured the Paisley side's place in the last eight when he fired a magnificent 25-yard shot around a ruck of home defenders into the bottom corner.
East Fife continued to push forward and deep into stoppage time referee Robertson awarded the home side their second penalty of the day after Davis was judged to have handled.
Duggan was again on target but this was to be the final kick of the game with St Mirren safely through.
East Fife manager Barry Smith: "The players gave me everything. That's all I can ask for.
"We were against a team from a higher division and they should have more quality but I didn't think there was much between the teams.
"The boys kept fighting and when we got the equaliser in the second half we looked like the team that was going to push on. Unfortunately, we conceded a disappointing goal and we struggled to get back into it after that."
St Mirren manager Jack Ross: "When you go into any cup tie, getting through is ultimately the most important thing.
"It was a very difficult match played in very difficult conditions. East Fife made it very difficult so we are delighted to be through.
"East Fife started the game better than us and adapted well to the conditions. But once we got ahead I thought we were better and in the second half the game became much more open."
Match ends, East Fife 2, St. Mirren 3.
Second Half ends, East Fife 2, St. Mirren 3.
Goal! East Fife 2, St. Mirren 3. Chris Duggan (East Fife) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Harry Davis (St. Mirren) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty conceded by Harry Davis (St. Mirren) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Paul Fjelde replaces Cameron Smith.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Jonathan Page.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Patrick Slattery.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Patrick Slattery.
Attempt saved. Lewis Morgan (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Goal! East Fife 1, St. Mirren 3. Lewis Morgan (St. Mirren) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Foul by Chris Kane (East Fife).
John Sutton (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jamie Insall (East Fife) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Mackenzie (St. Mirren).
Attempt missed. Stephen Mallan (St. Mirren) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, East Fife. Jamie Insall replaces Ross Brown.
Attempt missed. Chris Duggan (East Fife) header from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Cameron Smith (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Goal! East Fife 1, St. Mirren 2. Lewis Morgan (St. Mirren) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stephen Mallan.
Corner, East Fife. Conceded by Harry Davis.
Scott Robinson (East Fife) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Stephen McGinn (St. Mirren).
Substitution, St. Mirren. Lewis Morgan replaces Craig Storie.
Substitution, East Fife. Mark Lamont replaces Kevin Smith.
Craig Storie (St. Mirren) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
James Penrice (East Fife) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Storie (St. Mirren).
Chris Kane (East Fife) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Craig Storie (St. Mirren).
Jonathan Page (East Fife) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gary Mackenzie (St. Mirren).
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by James Penrice.
Attempt missed. Gary Mackenzie (St. Mirren) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Patrick Slattery.
Substitution, St. Mirren. John Sutton replaces Rory Loy.
Attempt saved. Kyle Magennis (St. Mirren) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Goal! East Fife 1, St. Mirren 1. Chris Duggan (East Fife) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Corner, East Fife. Conceded by Harry Davis.
Attempt saved. Stephen Mallan (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Up to 85% of the corals in the Chagos Marine Reserve of the British Indian Ocean Territory are estimated to have been damaged or killed in the event.
Scientists say the conditions there are worse than in 1998 - the last major bleaching occurrence.
The problem is caused by anomalously warm water, which prompts the coral polyps to eject their symbiotic algae.
This drains them of their colour and is fatal unless conditions are reversed in a reasonably short time.
Unfortunately for the Chagos, the water has been persistently warm for many months.
"In 1998, the temperature that killed all the corals was probably about 29.5C. Last year, in April, at the beginning of the latest bleaching event, it was 30.5C and down to 25m. And this year scientists have been out and it's the same again," said Prof Charles Sheppard, the chair of the Chagos Conservation Trust.
Prof Heather Koldewey, from the Zoological Society of London and a CCT Trustee, led the expedition. She described what she saw as shocking: "I was there two years ago and it's always an absolute joy to go diving in Chagos because you really get to see what a reef should look like - rich, living corals with abundant fish and other marine life at densities you just don't get in other places. This was very depressing."
Bleaching is happening globally on a huge scale because of the El Nino phenomenon, which sees surface water temperatures spike in many ocean regions.
Reports in the past couple of weeks have highlighted the damage to the famous reefs off Australia and the Maldives.
The big question now is how well Chagos will recover when conditions calm down, which they should do as the El Nino subsides.
The reserve successfully bounced back after 1998, principally say the scientists because it is normally such a pristine environment.
Controversially, the Chagos Archipelago has been maintained relatively population free since the late 1960s, but this has had the effect of limiting the stress factors that can weaken corals.
"This is what makes Chagos such an important reference site for corals worldwide," explained Prof Koldewey.
"This is not an oil spill, this is not coastal pollution, sewage, or overfishing or siltation. If anywhere can bounce back, it is the Chagos Archipelago, and I hold on to that positive point of view."
Prof Sheppard said the hope would be that juveniles in deeper, cooler water will come up to re-invade the reef and re-establish communities.
The Chagos Marine Reserve was established in 2010 and covers an area of 640,000 square kilometres - more than twice the area of the UK.
The zone covered by reef is estimated to be about 60,000-80,000 square km.
Biodiversity catalogued in the reserve includes - in addition to the corals - more than 1,000 species of fish; endangered green and hawksbill turtles; the world's biggest land crab, the metre-spanning coconut crab; and breeding colonies of terns and shearwaters.
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Breslin resigned as Reds manager in September 2015 after winning eight trophies in four years.
He will be in charge along with assistant Peter Murray for Saturday's final league game against Linfield and the Europa League play-offs.
Lyttle left Cliftonville to become manager at Sligo Rovers.
"We are very grateful to Tommy and Peter for entering into this short-term agreement and trust they will help guide the team through the rest of the season," said club chairman Gerard Lawlor.
"We still have plenty to play for in this campaign and, though myself and the Management Committee will be working hard to determine our next manager, we must not lose sight of our remaining targets on the pitch and believe that Tommy and Peter can help us achieve those."
The interim manager has made clear that the arrangement is until the end of the season and that he will not be taking the job on a permanent basis.
Breslin won two league titles during a successful reign at Solitude and he could help prevent Linfield lifting the Gibson Cup on Saturday.
The table-topping Blues are two points clear of Crusaders going into the last game.
Cliftonville have lost their last four league games and sit fourth in the Premiership standings.
The event was so successful officials had to limit access to the Rallyfest stage at Kinmel Park following issues at Chirk Castle on Saturday.
World champion Sebastien Ogier kept his lead to clinch victory at the finish line in Llandudno on Sunday.
Elfyn Evans from Dolgellau won the WRC2 class, saying: "It feels great".
"We're thrilled with the response and interest in this year's new-look Wales Rally GB," said Andrew Coe, chief executive of the event organisers, International Motor Sports.
"Moving the event to north Wales has proved a huge success and we're seeing unprecedented spectator numbers lining the forests and roads of every stage."
However, he said it led to some fans being unable to get access to the Chirk Castle stage on Saturday.
"We're aware that many of these were existing ticket holders and for that we apologise," added Mr Coe.
"The venue's car parks simply reached capacity and with the nature of a rally taking place in largely remote areas there was simply no alternative."
This year's rally saw the race headquarters move from Cardiff to Flintshire, to a purpose-built £250,000 site at Queensferry.
The organisers hoped the move would attract new fans to the event from nearby cities in England, such as Liverpool and Manchester.
Welsh driver Elfyn Evans from Dolgellau stormed clear to win the WRC2 class race.
Speaking after crossing the finish line, the 24-year-old son of Welsh rallying legend Gwyndaf Evans said: "It feels great ... a fantastic car and great experience.
"I don't know about next year yet. We've had a few disappointments but the team has worked hard."
Retail workers are "being bled dry" by "greedy employers", supporters wrote on the petition's web page.
Ian Lapworth, a baker from Kettering, started the campaign a month ago, calling for a return to a less commercialised holiday season.
"Forget making money for one day, let's concentrate on making more memories with the ones we love," he said.
Called "Stop Shops opening on Boxing Day", the petition argues retail staff should get a longer break over the Christmas period. It will be delivered to Prime Minister Theresa May if it reaches 150,000 signatories.
"Whilst not everyone may see Christmas as a religious holiday, it should be respected as such, and retail workers (who work so hard on the run up to the big day) given some decent family time to relax and enjoy the festivities like everyone else," the petition says.
Thirty or 40 years ago, shops stayed closed for longer periods during the holiday season. The trend in recent years is for retailers to extend their sales periods, opening early on Boxing Day to compete for customers requiring staff to return to work, sometimes after only one day off.
"I've worked in retail nearly 10 years. We never used to open and we shouldn't," wrote one of the petition's signatories. She said she would rather spend more time at home with her son, but her contract obliged her to work.
"I'm not a doctor where I would be saving someone's life. I'm a sales consultant. I sell clothing and other household items to people that quite frankly don't have a life on Boxing Day."
Another signatory agreed: "It's disgusting how shops still insist on opening on Boxing Day, they bleed retail workers dry in the run up to Christmas."
Others blamed "greed" on the part of employers for the long hours.
In centuries gone by, once Christmas Day festivities were over, the wealthy would parcel up gifts for their servants and tradesmen. The first working day after 25 December became a bank holiday, with businesses and shops closed to mark the custom, in the UK and Commonwealth countries.
Nowadays it's many people's favourite day to return unwanted Christmas gifts for a refund. Retailers hoping to draw out a bit of extra spending, began offering big discounts and now Boxing Day sales tend to merge seamlessly into what were previously January sales, helping companies off-load unsold seasonal merchandise.
One supporter of the petition said his work schedule meant he did not have time to enjoy Christmas.
"I am a retail manager and I haven't spent time with family for Christmas since I was 15.
"I have to go to bed early on Christmas Eve due to being exhausted from setting up sales for Boxing Day and I have to go to bed early Christmas Day and avoid spending time with family or having any celebratory drinks, as I have to then work all the way through New Year's as well."
While some retailers may be tempted to respond positively to the petition, they're unlikely to break ranks with the rest of the High Street, according to Patrick O'Brien, analyst at Verdict Retail.
"Some retailers might view the benefits of closure in staff morale, giving them a break. But it's still quite an important day in the retail calendar.
"It wouldn't hurt them if all of them did it, but unfortunately if some [close] and some don't, the ones that don't would be financially affected."
The British Retail Consortium said companies would continue to respond to demand from shoppers, deciding opening hours "based on customers' needs and preferences".
"Boxing Day is a popular time to take advantage of the post-Christmas sales and retailers will respond accordingly to cater for this customer demand," a BRC spokesperson said.
The petition coincides with the launch of Sainsbury's Christmas advert which plays to a similar theme, of harassed workers, struggling to find time to enjoy the simple things over the festive period. In it an overworked father battles the queues in the shops, long hours at his workplace - a toy factory - and rail delays that many commuters will recognise.
It also comes at a time when retailers are reconsidering their Christmas sales strategies. In previous years much touted Black Friday sales saw vast crowds and chaos in some stores. The day was more muted last year, as companies toned down their sales pitches. But retailers still want to make the most out of shoppers' enthusiasm for a bargain.
To that end Amazon has announced it is running two weeks' worth of pre-Christmas promotions in the run up to "Black Friday" - the day after the American Thanksgiving holiday. In the US, it is the day the Christmas shopping season starts in earnest and retailers vie for the most eye-catching promotions.
Writing in Nature Medicine, they showed how a chemical - GSNO - deactivated a toxin from Clostridium difficile which causes inflammation and diarrhoea.
They hope to use their findings to develop a treatment for C. difficile.
A specialist in the bacterium said the discovery was "exciting", but any treatment was still a long way off.
C. difficile is one of many bacteria which can live in the human gut without causing health problems.
A course of antibiotics, which wipes out other bacteria in the gut, can allow C. difficile to multiply and run rampant in the bowels.
They produce large numbers of toxins which enter the cells lining the bowel. This damages the cells resulting in inflammation, cramps, fever, diarrhoea and blood-stained stools.
It is particularly a problem in hospitals as the bacteria can spread, and many patients could be taking antibiotics or have a weakened immune system.
In hospitals in England there were 10,414 C. difficile infections during the financial year 2010-11, down from 33,442 in 2007-08.
The whole toxin is unable to penetrate cells so it needs to cleave off a smaller chunk.
Scientists have identified the chemical GSNO - S-nitrosoglutathione - which is produced by the bowels in response to inflammation. It can bind to the toxin, preventing cleavage, so the toxin cannot enter cells.
One of the researchers Dr Jonathan Stamler, from the Case Western Reserve University, said: "Understanding how this mechanism deactivates toxins provides a basis for developing new therapies that can target toxins directly and thereby keep bacterial infections, like C. diff, from spreading."
In experiments on mice, the study showed giving the chemical orally increased survival. Researchers now want to begin clinical trials.
The report's lead author Prof Tor Savidge, from the University of Texas, believes the technique could be used on other infections.
"Along with its potential to provide a much-needed new approach to treating Clostridium difficile infection, the discovery could be applied to developing new treatments for other forms of diarrhoea, as well as non-diarrheal diseases caused by bacteria," he said.
Prof Nigel Minton, from the Clostridia Research Group at the University of Nottingham, said: "This is an exciting discovery.
"Anything that can add to our scant arsenal of available treatments for combating this devastating disease is an important step forward.
"Having said that, one imagines that an actual therapeutic based on this discovery is some way off, either from being developed, and more importantly, from entering the clinic."
Researchers from Swansea University unveiled the scans to coincide with the British Science Festival, taking place in the Welsh city this week.
Some of the virtual objects are public while others are for research purposes.
The idea is to see how much can be learned about the lives of the ship's crew, just from their digitised bones.
Richard Johnston, a materials engineer at Swansea, said the project would test the scientific value of digital archaeology - and the world's burgeoning collection of cyber-artefacts.
"Lots of museums are digitising collections, and a lot of the drive behind that is creating a digital copy of something," Dr Johnston told journalists at a press briefing in London.
"We're going to challenge the research community to see if they can actually do osteological analysis.
"Then we will take the results from around the world and try and compare those to a study that we did, where people looked at the real remains."
The public website virtualtudors.org, launched on Monday, offers an interactive view of one particular skull from the Mary Rose crew - that of a carpenter found on the ship's lower deck - as well as several of his possessions.
A separate, research-focussed section of the site will make a further nine skulls available to bone specialists around the world.
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Each participant will be given a questionnaire to see what their assessment is of the skulls, which the UK team will then compare.
If the results are good, Dr Johnston said, they might help tackle scepticism from some in the field who insist that physically interacting with specimens is essential.
"Do you really need to hold the skull, or can you tell a lot from the digital one? There's the potential to speed up science dramatically - but this needs to happen first."
Because the pool of expertise can be much wider once resources like these are online, there is also the possibility that a new discovery will emerge.
"It might be that somebody in, I don't know, Arizona, has a particular speciality and they say, 'Do you realise that this person here has such-and-such a condition?' It'd be very nice if that happened," said Swansea biomechanist Nick Owen, who has previously studied the skeletons of archers from the Mary Rose.
When the ship sank 471 years ago, it was leading the attack on an invading French fleet north of the Isle of Wight.
Discovered in 1971 and raised in 1982, the wreck is a famous time capsule of Tudor times, yielding around 19,000 artefacts and 179 skeletons.
Restoring and exhibiting the Mary Rose was a mammoth archaeological effort. A new display of the remains of her hull was unveiled in July in a purpose-built museum in Portsmouth.
It includes projected vignettes of crew members moving among the ship's timbers.
"We've sort of got a virtual ghost ship, with people walking around it and doing things," said Alex Mildred from the Mary Rose Trust.
"And now we hope to have a virtual population that people can interact with online and that researchers, hopefully, may be able to help us build into more complete individuals."
One of those highlighted crew members is the same carpenter whose skull is the centrepiece of the new website.
Found with his tools, he was probably in his mid-thirties and suffered arthritis and bad teeth. Carpenters like him worked on the lower decks to repair damage during battle.
After more than four centuries at the bottom of the Solent, this carpenter's journey to 3D reconstruction and internet fame has been painstaking and precise.
Some 120 photos were taken of his skull, and each of the others, using a 39-megapixel camera.
"It was probably about a day of photographing per skull," said student Sarah Aldridge, who did most of this work herself as part of her PhD research at Swansea University.
"It got a little bit quicker as it went through."
Once the snaps were taken, the business of "photogrammetry" began: Ms Aldridge used software to edit, align and combine all the images into a 3D representation - now visible online in 15-megapixel glory.
This is compressed, but still very detailed.
"It's a lot of data that's been compressed into an object to give us what we think is probably, currently, the best that can be done with photogrammetry in terms of resolution and quality," said Mr Owen.
All of this effort, the team hopes, will give the virtual bones the best chance of performing well in the study.
"What we're doing with our website is... to draw a line in the sand," Mr Owen said.
"How much information can we get? How useful is photogrammetry, for osteology, with the current state of the art?"
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This time the issue is school meals - and specifically the question of whether town authorities should be obliged to offer Muslim children an alternative to pork, whenever pork appears on the menu.
In some countries, that might seem a no-brainer.
"Why not?" would be a more likely interrogation.
In France, it is not as simple as that. Here, there is a very strong and broadly accepted answer to the question, "Why not?".
Which is this: that in France there is an agreed and rooted way of life, one of whose hallmarks is the banishment of any whiff of faith or creed from the institutions of public life.
This is not just a whimsy dreamed up to inconvenience modern-day believers.
It is a central tenet of the French social contract that dates back more than 100 years.
So the issue today is not whether this code of "laicite" is right or wrong.
In practice, everyone from the Front National to the far-left, thinks it is a vital part of France's political heritage.
The issue is whether that heritage should be exercised with the blind uncompromising rigour of the past.
Or whether new circumstances - such as a population of many millions of Muslims - require a new flexibility.
As so often in France, it is principle versus pragmatism.
And this being France, pragmatism is not necessarily the favourite to win.
The latest row has erupted over a decision by the Burgundy town of Chalon-sur-Saone to end the practice of so-called "substitute meals".
For 30 years, the town's schools - like most schools in France - have provided an alternative menu for Muslim (and the far fewer Jewish) children on the occasional days when the meat part of the lunch is from the pig.
But abruptly last month - at the start of this school year - the centre-right mayor Gilles Platret decided that this was to end.
The reason he gives is a sound invocation of the country's long-standing secular values.
"What we are doing is simple: we are leaving religion at the school-gate," he says.
By stopping special meals for Muslims, "we no longer file people under religious faith; we no longer group people together according to diet."
For Platret - and those who think like him - the ban is not a mean-minded attack on a minority, but a positive step toward restoring strict neutrality.
The target is not the Muslim community, but the anti-French notion of "le communautarisme" - the breaking up of society into separate bits, in the way that many French think that the UK has suffered from "multiculturalism".
If children do not want to eat pork, says Platret, then they can fill up on starters and vegetables; they can arrange their own packed lunches; or they can go home.
If parents are really concerned, they can send their children to Muslim schools in the private sector.
He also notes that even when pork is not on the menu, many Muslim children are under instructions from parents not to touch meat of any kind because in French schools it is generally not halal.
So, he says, the fuss against what he has done is somewhat artificial.
However, the opposing view holds that what Platret has done at Chalon-sur-Saone is unnecessary, inflammatory and politically motivated.
The Socialist government accuses the mayor of "talking Muslim children hostage".
Essentially Laicite means that there is a complete separation between the state and religious affairs. The concept was enshrined in French law in 1905.
The French state and government can take no position on any religion or religious belief, and should not get involved in the religious life of its citizens.
State officials can only speak about religious beliefs if they are considering the practical impact on citizens.
In theory, it also means that religion cannot interfere in the functioning of government.
Laicite has led to the widespread feeling in France that public expression of religious belief is distasteful - essentially religion is something you practise in private.
Removing the possibility of a "non-confessional" menu - according to Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem - "is tantamount to barring access to the canteen" because many Muslim children will be told by their parents to stay away.
The left sees in the initiative a clear bid by Les Republicains (Nicolas Sarkozy's former UMP) to grab votes from the surging Front National.
It is hard not to agree.
Sarkozy is building his bid for the 2017 presidential election, and knows there is a huge pool of votes lying to his right. (Though oddly, the FN's Marine Le Pen seems more relaxed about the issue than he does).
Sarkozy has openly aligned himself with Platret's initiative - to the point where many on the left suspect the mayor is in fact doing Sarkozy's bidding.
Critics say the ban on substitute meals is not secularism in action, but an "instrumentalisation of secularism".
For Nicolas Cadene, who heads the government's Observatoire de la Laicite: "The purpose of secularism is not to erase all distinctions in society."
Cadene says there has been no groundswell of opinion in France calling for the removal of substitute non-pork meals - which leads him to believe that what has happened in Chalon-sur-Saone is indeed a politically motivated distraction.
The answer, he says, is perfectly simple: offer more choice.
It is, after all, what most canteens do anyway with the growth of self-service.
So why make an argument about religion when there does not need to be one?
It is the pragmatic response to a prickly subject, which may yet win the day.
Michael Murphy, 82, was known as Brother Benedict at St Joseph's List D School in Tranent.
Irish-born Murphy denied a string of charges against him during his trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.
A jury convicted him of 15 charges of assault and indecent assault involving eight boys over the decade up to 1981.
Murphy was acquitted of a further two charges on Thursday.
Victims told his trial he had laughed when administering electric shocks to boys.
One boy had his hands burned and another lapsed into unconsciousness.
One pupil was locked in an unlit cupboard overnight and another was urinated on by the De La Salle brother.
One 57-year-old man told the High Court in Edinburgh: "Because of what happened to me in there my children never went to a Catholic school."
Another former pupil at St Joseph's described how he was painfully molested by Murphy during a sex attack.
The 49-year-old said: "As soon as he saw me turn around he punched me on the jaw to make me turn away. "
Another boy was abused by the monk and an accomplice when he was aged 14 or 15 in the showers.
He was also warned that if he told anyone of the sexual abuse he would never see his parents again.
A 57-year-old man told the court he suffered a beating at the school that left him screaming as a belt was wielded on him. "The marks are still on my back today," he said.
"You got that if you brought the school into disrepute, if you brought the police to the door," he said.
One teenager told how he was electrocuted until he blacked out.
He was asked by Murphy's defence counsel, Peter Ferguson QC, how the electricity was applied to him and replied: "I couldn't really tell you. All I felt was getting undressed, tied round my privates.
"The shocks were all over me, my head and my arms. It was like a stabbing sensation I was getting."
Murphy, from Hampshire, who trained as a social worker, had maintained his innocence and told jurors: "As a matter of fact I should not be here in this court at all. I have done nothing wrong in St Joseph's."
He said he had taken three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience and told the court: "I am a member of a religious order. I have never been involved in sexual abuse in my life with a man, woman or child."
The trial judge, Lord Uist, adjourned the proceedings after the jury returned its verdicts on Thursday afternoon.
But after losing the 2013 elections by a landslide, even if he alleges widespread fraud, he now finds himself back to square one.
He may even face a challenge for the leadership of the Movement for Democratic Change, which he founded in 2000.
After the March 2008 elections, it seemed he was on the verge of finally unseating President Robert Mugabe.
He gained the most votes but, according to official results, not enough to win outright. Before the second round was held in June, his supporters were targeted in a campaign of violence and he pulled out.
After months of tortuous negotiations while the economy collapsed, he was finally sworn in as prime minister of a power-sharing government, in February 2009, with Mr Mugabe remaining president.
A charismatic public speaker, he is a brave man - constantly running the risk of arrest or assassination since emerging several years ago as President Mugabe's first credible challenger since the 1980s.
As the leader of Zimbabwe's opposition, he has been brutally assaulted, charged with treason and routinely labelled a "traitor".
In 2007, the world was shocked to see pictures of his injuries after police beat him after arresting him for taking part in a prayer meeting which they said was illegal.
President Mugabe said the veteran trade unionist "deserved" his treatment for disobeying police orders.
But even some of his supporters - mostly young, urban residents - say he has been outmanoeuvred by Mr Mugabe and his allies.
He shared power for four years but has little to show for it.
Even if there was fraud in the 2013 elections, his critics say that as prime minister, he should have been able to prevent such alleged malpractices as the doctoring of the electoral roll.
His image was also tarnished by his complicated love affairs since his first wife, Susan, died in a car crash soon after he became prime minister.
Two women went to court to try to block his marriage to Elizabeth Macheka, 35, in September 2012.
A court agreed that he had already wed one of them in a traditional ceremony, so he was obliged to marry Ms Macheka in a "customary" union which recognises polygamy.
Bizarrely, all three of the women had close family links to members of Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF party, lending credence to suggestions that he was the victim of dirty tricks.
But his critics say he has been too busy enjoying the trappings of power and has ignored the people he said he was fighting for.
The eldest of nine children, Mr Tsvangirai left school while a teenager to help support his parents.
He has also had a large family - he had six children with Susan.
Mr Mugabe snootily calls Mr Tsvangirai an "ignoramus" because of his humble background and lack of education.
The MDC leader once told me that his strategy to unseat the president was to wait while Mr Mugabe mismanaged the economy to such an extent that he was forced out of office.
This long-term, passive view has steered the country away from civil war and he is now prime minister.
But Mr Mugabe remains in power.
While in opposition, Mr Tsvangirai was a regular visitor to Harare High Court.
In September 2000, he told a rally of his Movement for Democratic Change: "If Mugabe does not go peacefully, he will be removed by force."
The 61-year-old eldest son of a bricklayer says this was not a threat of armed rebellion but a warning of popular discontent.
The treason charges were deemed unconstitutional but he does have a tendency to open his mouth before considering the consequences.
Just before the 2002 presidential elections, a mysterious video tape emerged, which allegedly showed Mr Tsvangirai discussing how to assassinate Mr Mugabe with a Canadian consultancy, Dickens and Madson.
The head of the consultancy, Ari Ben-Menashe, used to work as a lobbyist for the Zimbabwe government and he calls Mr Tsvangirai "stupid" for even speaking to him, let alone allegedly discussing killing the president.
Mr Tsvangirai was acquitted of treason, but for 20 months he had the possibility of a death penalty hanging over his head.
He was charged with treason for a third time in 2003, after calling for mass protests to oust Mr Mugabe.
The protests fizzled out under the force of police truncheons.
Despite his image as a freedom-fighter, some of Mr Tsvangirai's closest allies have accused him of behaving like a dictator on occasion.
He overruled a decision by the MDC leadership to take part in elections for the Senate in 2005 and ordered a boycott.
This led to a split in the party and another blow to his chances of toppling Mr Mugabe.
Mr Tsvangirai used to be an official in Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF party but he owes his political rise to his career in the trade unions.
After being plant foreman of the Bindura Nickel Mine for 10 years, he climbed the unionist ladder until in 1988, he was elected secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions.
As Zimbabwe's economy declined and workers' living standards plummeted in the 1990s, the ZCTU took an increasingly political role.
When Mr Mugabe tried to raise income tax to pay pensions for veterans of the 1970s war of independence, a ZCTU-organised nationwide strike forced him to back down.
In apparent revenge for his part in defeating Mr Mugabe and the war veterans, a group of men burst into Mr Tsvangirai's office, hit him on the head with a metal bar and attempted to throw him out of his 10th floor window.
This was a foretaste of the war veterans' campaign of violence ahead of elections in 2000 and 2002, which led to the deaths of more than 100 MDC supporters.
Buoyed by its initial victory, the ZCTU held further strikes against the government's economic mismanagement.
But Mr Mugabe stood firm and after intense debate, the ZCTU helped establish the MDC in September 1999.
Its nationwide structures were crucial in helping the young party campaign for the June 2000 parliamentary elections, in which it won 57 seats - then the best opposition showing in the country's history.
Despite its foundations in the black working class, Mr Mugabe says the MDC is a puppet of white farmers and the UK government.
And, before they lost their land, many white farmers did support, campaign for and help finance the MDC.
The state-controlled media used to constantly remind voters that Mr Tsvangirai did not participate in the guerrilla war against white minority rule.
As a former miner and unionist, his heart is social democratic - roughly in the middle of Zimbabwe's deep economic and political divide.
He used to blame many of Zimbabwe's economic woes on the IMF's structural adjustment programme.
"The IMF are devils," he once told me.
But many in his party are industrialists who believe in the power of the free market, while Mr Mugabe and his allies see the world through socialist eyes.
After losing yet another election, it is not clear if we will ever get to see how he would like to run Zimbabwe.
Floodwaters receded on Sunday but many villages were still inundated.
At least 151 people have been killed and nearly 500,000 displaced in the flooding and mudslides triggered by heavy rains on Friday.
Another 111 people are still missing, officials said. Military boats and helicopters are helping rescuers.
Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror newspaper said a second Indian naval ship, the INS Shardul, had arrived in Colombo with relief supplies and inflatable boats.
The INS Kirch arrived on Saturday.
Correspondents say rescue workers are using a break in the weather to deliver much-needed aid to the worst-hit areas.
The flooding is believed to be the worst since May 2003 when a similarly powerful monsoon from the southwest destroyed 10,000 homes and killed 250 people.
Most of the deaths in the latest floods were caused by landslides.
We're now in Weyangala village in the southern Kalutara district. The village is inundated after Friday's flood, with water levels well above homes, shops, places of worship and schools. Over 50 people died in this district, one of the worst affected.
The roads are completely under water.
Residents rely on boat services to get to their homes or source supplies. We see families and children waiting for supplies.
Thousands here have been displaced and are cut off from basic services. In addition to severe flooding, this village witnessed a mudslide that claimed seven lives, including those of six children.
Water levels are gradually receding in many areas but with more rain predicted on Monday residents are scared.
At least five mudslides were reported in Kalutara district and residents of the town of Baduraliya said it had been badly affected.
"Water came to our house. It's very bad for us because we can't go to school, tuition classes, and we can't go to the town. and many people face this situation. Many houses are flooded," Devindi Dissanayake told Reuters news agency.
Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Centre (DMC) also issued evacuation notices to residents along the Kelani river, which flows through the capital Colombo, as water levels were rising rapidly.
Palestinian flags were visible during the Champions League play-off first leg at Celtic Park on 17 August.
The Scottish champions progressed to the group stage 5-4 on aggregate.
Meanwhile, Legia Warsaw have been fined 80,000 euros (£69,085) and told to play their next home Uefa competition match behind closed doors.
That followed a series of incidents during their Champions League Group F match against Borussia Dortmund on 14 September.
Uefa's control, ethics and disciplinary body listed charges of crowd disturbances, setting off of fireworks, throwing of objects, insufficient organisation, racist behaviour and stairways blocked at the Polish champions' home ground.
Legia, who host Real Madrid in their next home Group F game on 2 November, lost 6-0 to Dortmund.
At the close of trade, the FTSE 100 was down by just 0.81 points or 0.01% at 7,524.95.
Shares in Burberry fell 3.7% after HSBC cut its rating on the company to "reduce" from "hold".
But Convatec was the biggest faller on the index, down 4%, after two investors sold a stake in the firm.
Nordic Capital and Avista raised £805m by selling 250 million shares.
In the FTSE 250, shares in electrical appliances retailer AO World fell 10.7% after it warned of a significant slowdown in its UK business.
The company said "challenging" trading conditions seen in the second half of its 2016-17 financial year had continued into the current quarter.
AO reported a 17% rise in annual revenues, but full-year operating losses widened to £12m from £10.7m last year.
On the currency markets, the pound slipped slightly against the dollar to $1.2895 and fell 0.2% against the euro to 1.1442 euros.
National League winners Lincoln will begin the campaign away at Wycombe.
Relegated Coventry start at home to Notts County, while Swindon begin away at Carlisle, Port Vale travel to Crawley and Chesterfield host Grimsby.
Newport, who memorably survived on a dramatic final day last season, travel to Stevenage for their first match.
Exeter, who lost to Blackpool in May's League Two play-off final at Wembley, start at home to Cambridge.
Elsewhere on the opening day, Accrington begin at home to Colchester, Crewe face Mansfield, Luton take on Yeovil and Morecambe are at home to Cheltenham.
Forest Green play their home matches in Nailsworth, which will become the smallest settlement to host an EFL club.
They will play Gloucestershire rivals Cheltenham at The New Lawn on 25 November, with the return fixture on 14 April, 2018.
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The Department for Transport (DfT) said First Trenitalia West Coast, MTR West Coast Partnership and West Coast Partnership had all been shortlisted.
The franchise will also be responsible for the West Coast Main Line.
Four bidders for the South Eastern franchise have also been announced.
In the case of the West Coast Partnership franchise all three bidders have a non-British partner.
The winner will be "expected to work with HS2 Ltd to launch the first service on HS2", said the DfT.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the West Coast Partnership would help to "ensure that HS2 becomes the backbone of Britain's railways".
The West Coast Partnership is a new rail franchise which will combine the current InterCity West Coast main line with the planned HS2 high-speed services.
The operator will be responsible for services on both the West Coast main line from 2019 and running the initial HS2 services in 2026.
The West Coast franchise is currently run by Virgin Trains as a joint venture between Stagecoach and Virgin.
Some interesting elements to this.
There's the number of bidders for each franchise, three for the prestigious West Coast/HS2 partnership and four for the busy South Eastern franchise.
A few months ago the Public Accounts Committee said it feared the pool of companies wanting to run train lines was "dwindling" and the subsequent lack of competition could put costs up.
The government wants at least three bidders for each franchise and has managed that this time.
That's because there are some relative newcomers who are after a piece of the action. The Chinese Guangshen Railway Company is part of a bid to run the flagship HS2 line, due to open in 2026 and has never bid before. And two Japanese firms who want to help run South Eastern have only dipped their toe in recently on other franchises.
They join the usual suspects, including the French, Dutch and Italian state railways. The only government not allowed to bid to run British rail lines is our own.
First Trenitalia West Coast is a joint venture between First Rail Holdings and Italy's Trenitalia. Earlier this year it took on the C2C rail franchise.
MTR West Coast Partnership is a joint venture between Hong Kong's MTR Corporation and China's Guangshen Railway Company.
West Coast Partnership is a joint venture between Stagecoach Group, Virgin Holdings Ltd and France's SNCF C3.
HS2 will run between London and Birmingham.
Construction will begin later this year and it is expected to reduce rail times between Birmingham and London by 32 minutes.
A second Y-shaped phase of HS2 will open in two stages.
The line from Birmingham to Crewe will launch in 2027, with the remaining construction - which includes a spur taking HS2 to a new station at Manchester Airport - due to finish six years later.
There are four companies on the shortlist for the next South Eastern franchise, which Mr Graylng described as "one of the busiest" in the UK, running nearly 2,000 services every weekday.
The 20-year-old and Capes parted company before last year's Commonwealth Games, where McKinna finished fifth, and she is currently without a coach.
"I totally lost the enjoyment. I used to turn up for meetings and not want to be there," she told BBC Radio Norfolk.
"The Commonwealth Games was an amazing experience, but my head wasn't in the right place. But that's now improving."
McKinna recorded Britain's top shot put distance in 2013, with a personal best of 17.12m, a distance that puts her ninth in the UK's all-time list.
But 2014 was a struggle for the Norfolk youngster, who failed to break the 17m mark throughout the year and registered her best throw of 16.59m in July's Commonwealth Games.
The reasons for her split from Capes, a two-time Commonwealth gold medallist, have not been made public, but she has since returned home to Great Yarmouth.
Last weekend, the 2011 World Youth Championships silver medallist finished third at the British Indoor Championships with a 15.15m throw.
"I was hoping to throw over 16m," she said. "Last year was a big adjustment period after leaving my coach. To be even back in the circle competing, I was massively happy.
"The last few months have been really difficult. But I'm just pleased to be back competing and being in a more positive place.
"The World Championships in August may be a bit out there - but you have to set yourselves big targets to achieve big distances and I want to qualify."
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Ritchie's winner deflected off midfielder Bradley Johnson as the Magpies leapfrogged Brighton.
Aleksander Mitrovic and Mohamed Diame both had chances to double the lead.
But Tom Ince should have levelled for Derby after the break when he fired wide with the goal at his mercy.
McClaren, who left Derby for Tyneside in June 2015, was sacked as Magpies boss 11 months ago. Despite bringing an in-form Rams team, who are on the cusp of the play-off places, to his old club, he will be left to rue Ince's chance that should have seen his side claim a point.
Newcastle dominated the first half but it took a moment of fortune for them to take the lead as Ritchie's shot hit Johnson before looping over Rams keeper Scott Carson.
Diame then went close to doubling the lead when he fired at goal to force a great save from Carson and the Magpies should have been 2-0 up after the break when Mitrovic fired wide when only 10 yards from goal.
But Ince then wasted a very clear opportunity to level matters when he managed to steer an Abdoul Camara cross wide with the goal gaping.
And deep into injury time, Darren Bent was unfortunate to see his header cleared off the line by DeAndre Yedlin as the hosts held on to go two points clear at the top.
Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez told BBC Radio Newcastle:
"We had chances in the first half and chances at the beginning of the second half but we didn't take them and we were made to suffer a little bit, but it was important to get three points.
"When we got the goal we were in control but we were playing against a good team so in the second half we had to keep working hard and they had more control.
"The fans were really good from the beginning, you could feel the atmosphere and the fans appreciate that. The connection between players and fans is crucial if we want to go up."
Derby head coach Steve McClaren told BBC Radio Derby:
"I'm disappointed to lose points but we came here, had a go and got them nervous at the end.
"We were disappointed with our first-half performance and the goal, but in the second half we were fantastic and should not have lost that game."
Match ends, Newcastle United 1, Derby County 0.
Second Half ends, Newcastle United 1, Derby County 0.
Attempt blocked. Darren Bent (Derby County) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Mohamed Diamé.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by DeAndre Yedlin.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Markus Olsson.
Attempt blocked. Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Jamaal Lascelles replaces Yoan Gouffran.
Abdoul Camara (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Paul Dummett (Newcastle United).
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Chris Baird.
Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Darren Bent.
Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ikechi Anya (Derby County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United).
Julien de Sart (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United).
Substitution, Newcastle United. Sammy Ameobi replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Paul Dummett (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Abdoul Camara (Derby County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Paul Dummett (Newcastle United).
Chris Baird (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United).
Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Derby County) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Abdoul Camara with a through ball.
Julien de Sart (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Julien de Sart (Derby County).
Substitution, Derby County. Ikechi Anya replaces Bradley Johnson because of an injury.
Foul by Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United).
Chris Baird (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Bradley Johnson (Derby County) because of an injury.
Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Julien de Sart (Derby County).
Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez with a cross.
Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United).
Julien de Sart (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Markus Olsson (Derby County).
Substitution, Derby County. Abdoul Camara replaces Johnny Russell.
With an agreement between the body's two largest political groups having broken down, this year's contest is unusually open.
Two Italians - social democrat Gianni Pittella and centre-right MEP Antonio Tajani - lead a packed field of seven candidates vying for the top job.
They are racing to secure votes to replace German Martin Schulz, who is not standing for a third term after five years in the post.
Whilst in recent years the position has emerged from agreements between the heavyweight groups, no such unity candidate is running this year.
Regardless of the result, Mr Pittella has warned that the time has now come for his group's informal co-operation with the centre-right to end.
That decision could have important consequences for the assembly's internal politics and the future direction of the EU.
As well as deciding on a new president, MEPs will also elect 14 vice-presidents and allocate MEPs to the body's 20 standing committees.
They will also debate intelligence sharing between national security agencies and the future of EU social and employment law.
Here's what's coming up in the week ahead...
In lieu of a full day's proceedings, there will simply be official announcements of the candidates for President, at 17.00 GMT.
The day will get underway at 08.00 GMT, when each of the candidates can make a short speech to outline their reasons for standing.
Voting by a secret ballot will get underway thereafter, with a candidate requiring a majority of the total valid votes that are cast - not necessarily a majority of the total number of MEPs - to be elected.
If no winner can be found after the first round, then there will be a second and then possibly a third secret ballot involving all the candidates.
If this is the case, then this may be the point when we see some candidates decide to withdraw.
If a winner has not been found after three ballots, then a fourth and final ballot will take place between the two candidates with the most votes in the third round.
The election has only been pushed to this final stage once before - when four ballots were required to elect Dutch MEP Piet Dankert in 1982.
If this happens, then it means the election could turn into an all-day affair.
The morning session has been earmarked for the first ballot for elections for the Parliament's 14 vice-presidents.
If required, then filling these posts may also require and second, and potentially third ballot in the afternoon.
MEPs will also vote to approve the size of the Parliament's 20 standing committees and two sub-committees.
The allocation of specific MEPs to different committees will be announced in the evening, before a confirmation vote on Thursday.
The chairs and vice-chairs of the committees will be chosen next week, when the new committees meet for the first time.
Before lunchtime, MEPs will have their first substantive debate, on Malta's time in charge of the EU's rotating presidency, which began this month.
Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will make a speech outlining how his country's priorities for the role, due to last until the end of June.
In the afternoon MEPs will also be joined by European Council President Donald Tusk to debate last month's summit of EU leaders.
The occasion could provide an opportunity to chew over the many problems facing the bloc in the coming year.
After balloting to elect five parliamentary quaestors - or administrative MEPs - the evening will see a debate on talks for an EU-wide financial transactions tax.
Plans to introduce the tax were scuppered in mid-2012 after not enough member states agreed to it.
However a group of 10 EU states remain committed to implementing the plan under the controversial enhanced co-operation procedure.
The plans are strongly opposed by the UK, which has even launched an unsuccessful legal challenge against the plan.
In the evening, MEPs will also debate plans to get EU states to share more information on potential terror suspects, and a report outlining recommendations for the EU's freight transport sector.
The final sitting of the week will see a debate on plans announced last year to create a "European pillar of social rights".
An outline of the plan has been out for public consultation for around ten months, with concrete proposals promised early this year.
It it not yet clear which moves - if any - the European Commission will propose making to EU social and employment law.
At lunchtime MEPs will vote on a draft motion will calls for any changes to apply to the entire single market, not just the eurozone as suggested by the Commission.
Their draft text also calls for changes to EU law to guarantee "decent working conditions" for internships and apprenticeships.
This will be followed by a debate on whether the EU should send more aid to migrant camps affected by recent freezing weather.
After this, there will be short debates on this month's three human rights motions - relating to Indonesia, the Central African Republic and Burundi.
At the lunchtime voting session, there's a notable vote on a draft motion to reject a proposed blacklist of countries with possible links to money laundering and terror financing drawn up by the European Commission.
The list names eleven countries whose companies and individuals would face stricter checks when doing business in the EU.
Two parliamentary committees have recommended rejecting the list, describing it as overly limited.
The short afternoon sitting will see just one debate - on moves to improve the EU's data economy.
Please note: This agenda is subject to modification at the opening of the session on Monday afternoon.
A guide to how the European Parliament's plenary sessions can be found here.
Supporters of the 6,200-signature petition staged a protest outside Holyrood ahead of a parliamentary debate on the issue.
They claim a consultation on plans to centralise cleft palate and lip surgery in Glasgow was a sham.
The Scottish government said it had not yet made a decision on the matter.
Almost 100 babies are born every year in Scotland with a cleft lip or palate.
Surgery can help them talk and eat.
Scotland currently has two clinics - in Edinburgh and Glasgow - which specialise in these surgical procedures.
Following a consultation earlier this year, NHS chief executives endorsed plans to centralise the services in Glasgow.
MSP Miles Briggs' motion to the parliament "expresses concern" at their decision.
It highlights the worries of patients, parents and clinicians and calls on Health Secretary Shona Robison to "intervene and pause" centralisation plans.
The move would allow further consideration and ensure that the "specialist expertise, knowledge and care" in Edinburgh is not lost.
Petitioners have warned that centralisation could hit east-coast families in the pocket, as they will have to travel to Glasgow for surgery.
They claim it would impact on family life, cause childcare problems, and would be unfair on the patients themselves.
Evonne McLatchie, whose teenage son was born with a cleft, started the petition.
She said: "Centralisation is not in the best interest of any cleft patient in Scotland. The two sites single service must be given a true opportunity to work."
The final decision rests with the Scottish government.
The 21-year-old leaves Dunfermline Athletic, who twice loaned Spence to Brechin City in 2016.
Scot Spence has 65 senior appearances to his name and joins midfielders Scott Allan and Roarie Deacon in joining Neil McCann's side.
Meanwhile, defender Kostadin Gadzhalov, 28, has signed a new one-year contract to stay at Dundee for the coming season.
The Bulgarian has been with the Dens Park club since January 2015 and has made 44 appearances for the Dark Blues.
He previously played in his homeland and Serbia, and follows full-back Cammy Kerr in extending his stay with the club.
Of Spence's capture, McCann told the Dundee website: "I've seen enough of Lewis in my time at Dunfermline that suggests I wanted to give him a chance here at Dundee. I want to work with him to try realise the potential that I saw in him.
"He knows he is going to have to work extremely hard to force his way into my first XI but if you take our new vice-captain Cammy Kerr for example, it shows how far you can go in a short space of time with drive and determination given the opportunity."
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This compares favourably to a loss of £500,000 in the same period in 2015.
However, the pre-tax loss at Ibrox comes in at £278,000; down from the £333,000 from 12 months ago.
The main reason for this is "other charges" of £450,000 amid its costs, along with losses on "fixed assets" and "player registrations".
Revenue increased by £5.3m year on year to reach £16.3m thanks to bigger attendances, greater income from playing top-tier football and greater sponsorship and commercial income.
But operating expenses rose too, by £4.1m to £15.5m.
RIFC says additional funds are available if required by the club "during the current rebuilding phase".
But it intimates that no further investment in anticipated in the financial year ending in June, owing to the team's performances in the Scottish Premiership and the progression to the Scottish Cup semi-finals.
A statement on the Rangers website reads: "The club is well on its way to achieving a sustainable business model while continuing to invest in infrastructure and the player squad."
Davies scored five tries in the World Cup, including a crucial touchdown in their dramatic 28-25 Pool A win over England.
He also went over in the 23-19 quarter-final defeat by South Africa.
"I'd love to stay at the Scarlets another couple of years," the 25-year-old told BBC Wales.
"Hopefully I'll sign a contract in the next couple of weeks, months or whatever and I can look forward to my future at the Scarlets."
Davies signed a contract extension with Scarlets ahead of the 2014-15 campaign, the duration of which was not specified.
Davies says moving away from Wales is something he might consider in future.
"But at the moment I'm happy playing my rugby in Parc y Scarlets," said Davies, who has won nine Wales caps.
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"It's a brilliant environment to be in, with a great bunch of boys.
"The coaching staff are all good so I'm happy here, so we'll see how it goes."
Davies was "gutted" that Wales did not reach the semi-finals.
"I just think we've got to be a bit more clinical in some areas of our game, maybe," added Davies.
"I think there were a few instances against Australia where we got held up over the line three times.
"On another day maybe someone could have done an extra movement and managed to get the ball down and we could have got a try and that could have changed the game.
"We're not a million miles away. It's fine margins."
However, Davies does not subscribe to the view that the four southern hemisphere teams contesting the semi-finals - New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Argentina - equates to a considerable gap between them and their northern hemisphere counterparts.
"People always think that gap is bigger than it actually is," said Davies.
"I think it's maybe different for New Zealand because the way they're playing at the moment they seem to be on a different level.
"But with Australia and South Africa, I think we've shown... we could have beaten South Africa and we ran Australia close as well.
"I think the gap is getting smaller and smaller, but… New Zealand seem to be on a different level at the moment."
As for the 2016 Six Nations, Davies says Wales cannot consider themselves favourites.
"I'm sure England will have something to say about that," he said.
"Ireland are a world-class team as well and France - it's a really tough tournament.
"And Scotland as well - they came really close [to beating Australia]… all the teams are going to be looking forward to the Six Nations."
Davies may return to Scarlets duty when they host Munster in the Pro12 on Friday.
Paddy Madden opened the scoring early in the second half for the visitors, who had Harry Toffolo sent off, but the Blades responded quickly through Sharp's close-range volley.
The home side started well as Sharp fired just over the crossbar after Daniel Lafferty's ball in from the left and then Mark Duffy struck wide after a neat give and go with Sharp in the box.
Scunthorpe took the lead through Madden in the 47th minute after Stephen Dawson broke into the penalty area and crossed for the unmarked striker to tap in.
The Blades were soon back on level terms though as Sharp volleyed the ball home from inside the six-yard box two minutes later.
In the 51st minute Scunthorpe's Toffolo was shown a straight red card for a wild challenge on Kieron Freeman.
The home side piled on the pressure as John Fleck's 25-yard effort flew over and substitute Caolan Lavery's shot was parried away.
Madden thought he had won it for Scunthorpe in the 87th minute, but his close-range effort rebounded off a post and Blades substitute Jay O'Shea's last-minute curling effort also hit a post.
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Match ends, Sheffield United 1, Scunthorpe United 1.
Second Half ends, Sheffield United 1, Scunthorpe United 1.
John Fleck (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card.
Hand ball by John Fleck (Sheffield United).
Substitution, Sheffield United. Matt Done replaces Jack O'Connell.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Craig Davies replaces Paddy Madden.
Jay O'Shea (Sheffield United) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box.
Foul by Jack O'Connell (Sheffield United).
Levi Sutton (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
(Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Stephen Dawson (Scunthorpe United).
Stephen Dawson (Scunthorpe United) is shown the yellow card.
Paddy Madden (Scunthorpe United) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Billy Sharp (Sheffield United).
Stephen Dawson (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jack O'Connell (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United).
Substitution, Sheffield United. Jay O'Shea replaces Daniel Lafferty.
Attempt missed. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Luke Daniels.
Attempt saved. Caolan Lavery (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Levi Sutton.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Caolan Lavery replaces James Hanson.
James Hanson (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Murray Wallace (Scunthorpe United).
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Sam Mantom replaces Matt Crooks.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Matt Crooks (Scunthorpe United) because of an injury.
Mark Duffy (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Matt Crooks (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Duffy (Sheffield United).
Foul by James Hanson (Sheffield United).
David Mirfin (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United).
David Mirfin (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Tom Hopper replaces Kevin van Veen.
Attempt blocked. John Fleck (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. John Fleck (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
James Hanson (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
"We call it the 'yellow brick road'," said George Tunnicliffe, the theatre's head of IT operations, who could be considered the wizard at the heart of this venerable institution.
But Mr Tunnicliffe has little else in common with the man behind the curtains in Oz, who was all show and no substance. He leaves the showboating to the actors, producers, directors, stage hands and support staff who put on about 30 different productions a year.
"We want those guys to work without having to think about cyber-security and things like that, their job is to put on an awesome production," he said during a backstage tour of the theatre.
Mr Tunnicliffe organises its defences against not only the kind of cyber-attacks faced by other companies, but theatre-specific ones like touts trying to grab tickets to popular shows.
"We do see a lot of attacks and they are getting more sophisticated," he said.
At the heart of the security stance is a much greater knowledge of who is doing what on the theatre's network - no matter where they are.
"We've spent a lot of time understanding how everyone works," he said. "We have a monitoring board in the IT office so we can see minute-by-minute what's going on and where issues are happening."
That's key, he said, because it can expose ongoing attacks and the reconnaissance many hackers carry out before they strike.
"Every device has information on it that could be useful to an attacker," said Mr Tunnicliffe.
"With drive-by and phishing attacks that's what people are looking to do - build up a picture of an organisation," he said. "Especially with something like whaling and the social engineering element of that."
Whaling is a very tightly-focused form of phishing which plays on a close knowledge of an organisation's internal structure to forge emails from executives that make finance staff speed up the payment of a fictitious invoice or bill.
Millions of pounds has been lost by organisations that have fallen victim to that kind of scam.
The monitoring board helps spot when data is going astray or a machine is visiting a site with a reputation for being involved in a scam.
Complementing this is work to segment internal systems so staff working for different bits of the theatre only see a small part of the whole organisation.
That helps with some of the unique challenges faced by an organisation like the theatre which, although it has its headquarters in London, has a mandated role to bring art and drama to as wide an audience as possible.
It has units staging productions around the UK and the world - War Horse is currently on tour in China. It also runs workshops for schools and, via its Connections programme, lets drama groups for younger people enjoy a taste of professional theatre.
During an average year it stages 3,000 performances seen by a total audience of about 2.5 million people - 700,000 of whom see them live.
Productions work to a six-week rehearsal and staging schedule which means there is a constant flow of temporary staff through the building.
"Organisations that do have a high turnover of staff usually have a high risk of insider threat," said Neil Thacker from security firm Forcepoint, which helps the theatre secure its digital borders. "That can be because they are learning new systems and making mistakes and data is lost accidentally."
The strict divisions among staff who work together limits the information that could be leaked and helps investigate what caused data to go astray, said Mr Thacker. That can be critical to help understand the nature of a threat - whether it was malicious or a mistake.
"We know where data is and then, if it leaves, we know where it has gone," said Mr Tunnicliffe.
Alongside this goes an active programme of testing that tries to prepare staff for the bad day when disaster strikes. It is inevitable that it will, he said, because no defence is ever going to be 100% proof against the barrage of threats it, and every other organisation, is hit with every day.
"We have spent a lot of time creating disaster recovery scenarios," he said. "We've practiced viruses taking down the network, ransomware outbreaks and things like that."
Carrying out the drills means that staff should be able to react more quickly and effectively when they need to, said Mr Tunnicliffe.
"We repeat these scenarios and test them at different points in time," he said.
For many of the most likely security disasters, the NT has created tools that can quickly fix a problem, such as a till in a restaurant failing, or that can diagnose and repair a key part of the theatre's infrastructure.
"We've built push button stuff so the engineers do not have to think about what to do when they need to solve a problem," he said. "We have a good sense of where our kit is and what it is linked to, so if something happens we know what is going to be affected."
The ideal is when the directors, actors and support staff can get on with what they do without having to be an expert on the intricacies of cyber-security or changing practices distilled over decades.
It is a situation the National Theatre is steadily working towards, said Mr Tunnicliffe.
"They are here to do the art and I am here to make it safe," he said.
This week BBC News is taking a close look at all aspects of cyber-security. The coverage is timed to coincide with the two biggest shows in the security calendar - Black Hat and Def Con.
We will have further features and videos on Wednesday, and then coverage from the two Las Vegas-based events over the following days.
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The disc driver manufacturer said on Monday it intended to cut 14% of its global workforce by the end of 2017.
That had raised fears of more cuts at the Derry plant which made 70 workers redundant earlier this year.
A spokeswoman said: "I can now confirm that Seagate Springtown will not be affected by this phase of restructuring."
Seagate currently has about 1,400 staff in Derry, making it one of the north west's largest employers.
Hard disc drives (HDD), such as the ones the company manufactures, have suffered from falling demand in recent years.
The money was withdrawn in less than three hours from 14,000 convenience store cash machines across Japan, the Kyodo news agency reports.
The withdrawals targeted 7-Eleven cash machines, which unlike most in Japan accept foreign cards.
South Africa's Standard Bank estimated its total losses at $19.25m.
Police suspect more than 100 people were involved across Japan, Kyodo said, putting the date of the incident as 15 May.
The maximum amount of 100,000 yen ($913; £629) was withdrawn in each of 14,000 transactions, said the agency, citing "investigative sources".
Standard Bank described the heist as "a sophisticated, co-ordinated fraud incident" involving what it said was a "small number" of fake cards from account data belonging to it.
But it said customers had not suffered any losses themselves.
"Standard Bank has taken swift action to contain the matter" it said in a statement.
Japanese police are now examining security camera footage to identify suspects, and both countries are working with world police body Interpol to investigate how the data was stolen and how the heist was co-ordinated.
So far, no-one is reported to have been arrested in connection with the incident.
Poke, 30, joins the Spitfires until the end of the season following his release by Portsmouth.
He made nine National League appearances while on loan at the club earlier this season as injury cover for fellow goalkeeper Ross Flitney.
Coulson, 21, has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal after moving from National League South Oxford City.
The Spitfires have also agreed to loan Lewis Noice and Jack Masterton to Southern League club Larkhill Athletic until the end of the season.
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Chris Borasinski's mother Janina was admitted to Croydon University Hospital on Saturday and was later discharged.
After failing to return home, Ms Borasinski was reported missing but was in fact stuck in a hospital toilet for hours, her son said.
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust has launched an investigation.
Mr Boranksi welcomed the move saying it would mean systems could be changed so "they are not going to lose any more patients".
He added: "It beggars belief that this could have happened."
Ms Borasinski was admitted to the hospital after becoming distressed at home but, following tests, she was deemed well enough to be discharged.
Her son, who lives in Germany, flew into the country after learning she was unwell and made his way to the hospital.
When he arrived at 21:15 BST he was told by staff that his mother had been discharged.
Mr Borasinski said: "I said that she probably would not have been able to take herself home as she had no money, no travel card, and she wasn't appropriately dressed as she in came in by ambulance.
"The nurse said as she was 84 they would have organised transport home."
He tried to contact his mother and when he arrived at her home in Waddon, Croydon, found she was not there.
Mr Borasinski phoned the police to report that his mother missing and officers and hospital staff began a search.
At about 08:30 BST on Sunday Mr Borasinski received a call to inform him his mother had been found in a toilet cubicle at the hospital.
After she was found Ms Borasinski told her son she was quite weak when she was admitted and once she entered the cubicle she was unable to leave or trigger the alarm.
His mother has since been readmitted and is currently undergoing further tests.
Following the incident, first reported in the Croydon Advertiser, a spokesperson for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust said: "We are very sorry for the distress Mrs Borasinski experienced over the weekend and we have apologised to her and her family.
"An investigation is taking place to determine exactly what happened.
"We are speaking with the family and our findings will be shared with them first."
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The world champion overpowered France's Clarisse Agbegnenou to ensure victory.
Yarden Gerbi won Israel's first medal of the Games as she beat Japan's Miku Tashiro to secure a bronze.
Netherlands' Anicka van Emden, who defeated Great Britain's Alice Schlesinger in the last 16, won the second bronze.
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Relatives of the victim wept in the Massachusetts courthouse as the verdict was announced on live television.
Hernandez was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
He was arrested in 2013 and charged with killing Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro player who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee.
Lloyd's body was found with six bullet wounds less than a mile from Hernandez's home.
At the time, Hernandez had a contract worth $40m (£27m).
But within hours of his arrest, the Patriots sacked Hernandez, considered one of the top tight ends playing the game.
Hernandez is not an isolated case.
NFL players have been charged with any number of crimes over the years, from rape to dog-fighting.
Active NFL players are aged, in the main, between 21 and 34 and the arrest rate for that demographic is one in eight.
The arrest rate for people of Hernandez's age - he was 23 - is a startling one in six.
Does the NFL have a crime problem?
During closing arguments, his defence team acknowledged that he was present during the murder but said others committed the crime.
Prosecutors say Hernandez planned the "orchestrated execution" because of an incident in a night club, and then helped to cover it up.
The 25-year-old was found guilty of murder and other weapons charges on the seventh day of jury deliberations.
In a tearful statement to the court, Lloyd's mother Ursula Ward called him the "backbone of the family".
Hollywood actor Alan Cumming, Queen guitarist Brian May and The Libertines Peter Doherty are among those featured on Craig Weir's The Highland Road.
The celebrities texted or emailed their one-line contributions to the 23-year-old musician from Carnoustie.
Craig has previously performed for Arnold Schwarzenegger in Edinburgh.
The new song begins and ends with a poem written by the piper and his friend Chris Brown, which was inspired by a trip they took along the road of the same name in Canada last year.
The 21 guest voices on the Craig Weir and the Cabalistic Cavalry song also include former AC/DC bassist Mark Evans, television presenter Lorraine Kelly, and Kyle Falconer from Dundee band The View.
Craig said: "It had been in the back of my mind for a while to have different people contributing their voices to this poem.
"I split it into different parts and got in touch first of all with the core people I wanted to be involved in it.
"That was really people I'd had the opportunity to perform with, like Brian May from Queen, Alan Cumming, Kyle from the View, and I really wanted to get Peter (Doherty) involved in it."
Craig's previous celebrity encounters include six dates playing with the Bay City Rollers and performing We Will Rock You with Queen at the SSE Hydro.
Craig said that, after a positive response to his request, he started to collect the contributions.
He said: "They mostly recorded them on their phones and emailed or texted them across to me.
"Peter Doherty's is recorded in Buenos Aires when he was out there on tour and Mark Evans' was done in Germany when he was across there for a festival.
"We managed to piece it all together in the studio.
"At first it was a gamble, because we weren't sure how it would sound pieced together when they'd only contributed one line each.
"Now I've got this fantastic piece together with a whole range of voices representing entertainment around the world."
Alan Cumming has described the song as "beautiful" and "really moving", with Brian May saying he was "happy to pour a little of my Scottish blood into this epic."
Lorraine Kelly said she was "delighted" to contribute, adding: "Hearing it all together gave me goose bumps."
Craig said his pupils took a "great interest" in his other career.
"It's like a Jekyll and Hyde character," he said.
"The bell goes on Friday afternoon and that's me away playing around the world."
Williams, 14th in the world, reached the semi-finals of last year's Welsh Open before losing to eventual runner-up Ben Woollaston.
Ten Welshmen will compete in the first round of the tournament, which begins on Monday, 15 February.
Duane Jones, ranked 118 in the world, will face world number one Mark Selby.
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Scotland's John Higgins, the 2015 Welsh Open winner, will play against England's Andy Hicks in the first round.
World champion Stuart Bingham faces fellow Englishman Anthony Hamilton and Masters winner Ronnie O'Sullivan plays Barry Pinches.
O'Sullivan said during the 2015 tournament that the venue for the Welsh Open, Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena, was like a "shopping mall."
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However, Kim Davis questioned on Monday whether licences without her signature would be valid.
Ms Davis, an elected official, has said that her Christian faith should exempt her from signing the licences.
The US Supreme Court declared gay marriage legal in June.
"I don't want to have this conflict. I don't want to be in the spotlight. And I certainly don't want to be a whipping post," Ms Davis said. "I am no hero. I'm just a person that's been transformed by the grace of God, who wants to work, be with my family. I just want to serve my neighbours quietly without violating my conscience."
Shortly after Ms Davis addressed reporters, a deputy clerk issued a marriage licence to a lesbian couple without incident.
Despite Ms Davis' claims, several Kentucky officials including the governor said the recently issued licences are valid.
Two federal courts and the US Supreme Court have ruled against Ms Davis after she repeatedly refused to issue marriage licences since June.
Ms Davis, a Democrat who serves Rowan County, a rural area in eastern Kentucky, was found in contempt of court on 3 September and jailed.
The following day, several of her deputies began issuing marriage licences to couples.
Federal judge David Bunning released Ms Davis from jail on 8 September so long as she did not interfere with her deputies.
After she was released, Ms Davis was greeted by thousands of cheering supporters who gathered outside the Carter County Detention Center.
Ms Davis has become a heroine among conservative Christians who view marriage as only between a man and a woman.
Her case has also become an issue in the Republican presidential campaign with several candidates - including former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and Texas Senator Ted Cruz - championing her cause.
Because Ms Davis is an elected official, she cannot be fired. She could be impeached by the Kentucky legislature, but the body is not in session.
Kenneth Edward Usher, 77, was riding his trike in the Lincolnshire village of Whaplode Drove when he was in a crash with a Suzuki Wagon.
Mr Usher, from Crowland, had been a member of cycling clubs which met in areas including Spalding, Peterborough, Cambridge and Icknield.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash which happened on 3 February.
In a statement Mr Usher's family said: "It is with the greatest sadness that our father and husband was tragically killed on his trike in an accident.
"Cycling was his life and in his 77 years he held a few good records, including the Mersey 24-Hour.
"He died doing what he loved best and is sorely missed by wife, Gladys, son, Paul, and daughter, Jayne.
"We would like to thank everyone for their support and comfort at this sad time."
Mr Usher's family said he started in the Crouch Hill Cycling Club and joined many others, including the Witham Wheelers and BEC Cycling Club.
He died at the scene of the crash, which happened in Broadgate shortly before 13:00 GMT.
The driver of the car, an 80-year-old Spalding man, was uninjured.
Deputy Defence Minister Bartosz Kownacki also accused the French of lacking "class" after losing the multi-billion dollar contract to build 50 Airbus Caracal helicopters for Poland.
A Law and Justice party spokeswoman said the remarks were "unfortunate".
Poland is to buy US Black Hawks instead. Airbus has threatened to sue.
Speaking on TV, Mr Kownacki accused France of responding by withdrawing the offer of free accommodation and a car for the Polish delegation at a defence fair in Paris next week.
"They are a people who learned to eat with a fork from us a few centuries ago. So maybe this is why they are behaving in this way now," he said.
MPs from the opposition Civic Platform party called for him to be fired.
"Forkgate" is the latest in a series of controversies Law and Justice has become embroiled in since taking power last November.
Earlier this month the government retreated from imposing a near-total ban on abortion after massive street protests by women.
The party has also been criticised by the EU for taking control of state media appointments and for reforms to Poland's constitutional court.
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The previous Civic Platform-run government had chosen Airbus to supply Poland with helicopters after a tendering process.
But the Law and Justice party, which took power last November, said the deal was bad for Poland and scrapped it.
Forks are believed to have spread from the Byzantine Empire to southern Europe in the early part of the Second Millennium and were commonly used in northern Europe by the 1800s.
Ahead of a visit to the UK, Mr Sisi told the BBC that Egypt was threatened by extremist groups and feared the collapses suffered by its neighbours.
He underlined that Egypt's situation was different to that of Europe.
The retired field marshal led the army's overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013 following mass protests.
Since then, hundreds of people have been killed and more than 40,000 are believed to have been jailed in a crackdown on dissent.
Most of them have been supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, but secular and liberal activists have also been prosecuted for breaking a 2013 anti-protest law that gives the interior ministry the power to ban any gathering of more than 10 people.
In an interview with the BBC in Cairo before he embarked on his first official visit to the UK, Mr Sisi said Egypt was still on a path to democracy that started with the 2011 revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, but needed time to achieve its goals.
"We want to carry out the will of the Egyptian people," he said. "They have been calling for change for four years. We want to honour their choice and will do our best to achieve a better democratic future for them."
"What has been achieved in our experience may not be the best, but we are going ahead with it and we will make further progress," he added.
Mr Sisi said the low turnout in the first round of the parliamentary elections last month was neither unexpected nor evidence of growing disillusionment with his rule.
He also defended the anti-terrorism legislation he enacted in August, which activists said further eroded basic rights and enshrined a permanent state of emergency.
President Sisi knows he has a case to make to convince the West - and some in his own country - that he is taking Egypt on the road to what he calls a real democracy.
It's a case he seems confident he can make even if critics deride him as a dictator. He appears at ease fielding questions on everything from his harsh counter-terrorism law to the West's failure to stop the rise of the so-called Islamic State in his region.
The former army chief wants to dispel any impression he's still a military man who now wears a smart blue suit. But security is still clearly uppermost in his mind even as he invokes the spirit that inspired Egyptians nearly five years ago to rise up for greater freedom as well as jobs and bread.
After all, he says, if Egyptians decide they don't want him in power they can now vote him out. But he speaks with the confidence of a man who believes he will be at the helm for a while.
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"We want some stability," he explained. "We don't want to do this by force or suppression. We want to regulate and organise society."
The president said critics in the West had to appreciate the threats faced by Egypt, where jihadist militants have killed at least 600 security personnel over the past two years.
"Give me the environment in Europe to be available here in Egypt, and you will never need anything of the kind," Mr Sisi insisted.
What millions of Egyptians wanted most of all, he added, was a decent standard of living.
"It's fine to check on human rights in Egypt. But the millions who are in difficult economic conditions - wouldn't it be better to ask about them?"
The president also stressed that the hundreds of people sentenced to death in connection with the unrest surrounding the overthrow of Mr Morsi were unlikely to be executed, either because they were convicted in absentia or due to the appeals process.
The UN has said fair-trial guarantees appear to be increasingly trampled upon in Egypt, while the Brotherhood has said the trials of its leaders and supporters are politically motivated and attempts to give legal cover to a coup.
Asked whether the Muslim Brotherhood - a group he had vowed last year to "wipe out" - could once again play a part in Egypt's future, Mr Sisi said: "They are part of Egypt and so the Egyptian people must decide what role they can play."
Megumi Igarashi, 42, had allegedly displayed an "obscene" work at a Tokyo sex shop and sent 3D data of her genitals to other people.
She was arrested in early December and has been held in detention since then.
Ms Igarashi was previously arrested in July, but was later released following a legal appeal and public pressure.
On Wednesday Ms Igarashi was charged with obscenity for displaying a work modelled on her vagina and for distributing data that could be used to print out a 3D copy of her genitals, reported the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
Ms Igarashi, who goes by the name Rokudenashi-ko which means "no-good girl" in Japanese, pleaded not guilty.
Asahi Shimbun reported that she read out in court a prepared statement which said: "My works are all meant to induce friendly laughter because they involve cutely decorating sexual organs. The works are not obscene."
Japan's obscenity laws ban the depiction of genitalia, which are blurred in broadcast media and images.
If convicted, Ms Igarashi could be jailed up to two years and/or fined as much as 2.5 million yen (£13,350, $20,750).
Controversial kayak
Ms Igarashi made international headlines in July when she was arrested, after she raised funds online to make a vagina-shaped kayak using a 3D printer.
She had sent data that could be used to create 3D models of her vagina to those who had donated to her.
She was released after several days following a legal appeal and a petition signed by more than 17,000 people saying her work was art and not obscene, reported Japan Times.
But police arrested her again on 3 December on similar grounds.
They also arrested the owner of a Tokyo sex shop for allegedly displaying Ms Igarashi's "obscene goods" in her shop window from October 2013 until July this year. The woman was later freed after a judge refused to allow prosecutors to question her further.
Authorities however were allowed to continue to detain Ms Igarashi because the judge was concerned that she would "destroy evidence or flee", said Asahi Shimbun.
Her case has sparked debate on the nature of censorship and Japan's obscenity laws.
Correspondents say that opinion is split in Japan over whether Ms Igarashi's work is obscene, with some pointing out that images of penises are not seen as causing offence.
On her website, Ms Igarashi, who has made several items based on her genitals using a silicone mould, said she wanted to make vaginas "more casual and pop", much like how penises are regarded as "part of pop culture" in Japan.
Arming the Popular Protection Units (YPG) would "not be beneficial", Nurettin Canikli told A Haber TV.
Ankara says the YPG is an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), designated a terrorist group by the US.
The PKK insurgency to secure Kurdish autonomy in Turkey has killed thousands of people.
Washington says the YPG is essential to the operation to capture the IS stronghold of Raqqa.
The YPG leads the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias that has driven IS militants from about 6,000 sq km (2,300 sq miles) of northern Syria over the past two years with the help of US-led coalition air strikes and military advisers.
On Tuesday, Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White announced that President Donald Trump had given his authorisation to "equip Kurdish elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces as necessary to ensure a clear victory" over IS in Raqqa.
Ms White also stressed the Pentagon was "keenly aware" of Turkey's concerns.
"We want to reassure the people and government of Turkey that the US is committed to preventing additional security risks and protecting our Nato ally."
"The US continues to prioritise our support for Arab elements of the SDF. Raqqa and all liberated territory should return to the governance of local Syrian Arabs."
The Pentagon has previously armed only Arab elements of the SDF.
On Wednesday morning, the Turkish government denounced the US decision.
"We cannot accept the presence of terrorist organisations that would threaten the future of the Turkish state," Mr Canikli told A Haber in an interview.
"We hope the US administration will put a stop to this wrong and turn back from it. Such a policy will not be beneficial - you can't be in the same sack as terrorist organisations."
The YPG and its political arm, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), denies any direct links with the PKK, which is waging an insurgency in Turkey for Kurdish autonomy.
The BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul says the US decision is a huge slap in the face of its ally, which has consistently said arming the Kurds would be its "red line".
Ankara is particularly irked that it was announced days before President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Mr Trump in Washington and as Turkish high-level officials were there urging the White House not to go ahead, our correspondent adds.
Mr Erdogan has argued that the YPG should be excluded from the Raqqa offensive and urged the US to switch to supporting a Syrian Arab rebel force that has driven IS out of a border area in the past year with the help of the Turkish military.
Ms White said the equipment provided to the Kurds - who make up 40% of the SDF's 50,000 fighters, according to US-led coalition officials - would be "limited, mission specific and metered out incrementally as objectives are reached".
She did not mention what would be provided, but other US officials indicated that it might include 120mm mortars, machine-guns and lightly-armoured vehicles.
A senior Kurdish official told the Associated Press that the US decision carried "political meaning" and "legitimise the YPG and the Syrian Democratic Forces". But Ilham Ahmed warned it would likely be met with "aggression" from Turkey.
Last month, Turkish air strikes in northern Syria and Iraq's Sinjar region killed at least 20 members of the YPG and five Iraqi Peshmerga fighters.
The 27-year-old was suspended in August for an undisclosed reason and, following an internal investigation, he did not feature again in 2015.
Australia-born Carney has scored 63 tries in 62 games since joining the Tigers at the start of 2013.
"There are few stronger players in the league than Justin Carney," said Salford head coach Ian Watson.
"We are really looking forward to working with and getting him on track with our philosophy and goals here this season.
"Justin is an immense athlete with a strike rate that is up there with the best in the world. He is exciting to watch and our fans are going to enjoy watching him run at defences week in week out."
Salford owner Marwan Koukash revealed on Twitter that they have the option to sign Carney at the end of the loan spell.
The Clarets began the game at Turf Moor knowing a win would be enough to confirm a top-two finish after Brighton drew 1-1 with Derby earlier in the day.
After an edgy first hour, Sam Vokes headed in Dave Jones' free-kick to seal promotion at the first attempt.
Sean Dyche's side are only two points clear of Middlesbrough and Brighton, but cannot be overhauled by both as they face each other on the final day.
While Boro and Brighton fight for the remaining automatic promotion spot on Saturday, Burnley will be crowned champions if they win at relegated Charlton.
However, the Lancashire side were far from their best against mid-table Rangers and survived a scare when Alejandro Faurlin hit the post with a long-range drive with 20 minutes to play.
Burnley confirmed their return to the Premier League just 359 days after dropping out of English football's top tier.
Following relegation, they lost striker Danny Ings to Liverpool, full-back Kieran Trippier to Tottenham and captain Jason Shackell to Derby, but invested heavily in their squad as they prepared for a promotion challenge.
Joey Barton has added guile and experience to Burnley's midfield, while record signing Andre Gray has repaid his sizeable fee with 22 goals in 40 league appearances.
Wales international Vokes has been an unsung partner of Gray - his winner against QPR was his 14th league goal of the season and his 11th since the turn of the year.
Victory over QPR extended Burnley's unbeaten run in the league to 22 games, the longest sequence in the division this season, with their last Championship defeat coming at Hull on 26 December.
During that run, Michael Keane netted stoppage-time equalisers against both Brighton and Middlesbrough - goals which have proved critical to Burnley's promotion chances in the closing weeks of the season.
Consistency of selection is one of manager Dyche's biggest traits and he has followed that policy again in 2015-16, using only 25 players in the Championship this season.
Burnley manager Sean Dyche told BBC Radio Lancashire: "We've worked so hard. It's been a different league this year and a different style to it.
"People have been having a real go financially, putting money into it. We've balanced the books and been successful again. I couldn't be more proud.
"It's definitely better (than promotion in 2014). It's been a much different challenge this time. The expectation rises from everyone, the money available to the club for its future - all of the things that it brings.
"Last time we were under the radar, it was a fairy tale. This one was organised, business-like and well-fashioned from all involved, especially the players."
Match ends, Burnley 1, Queens Park Rangers 0.
Second Half ends, Burnley 1, Queens Park Rangers 0.
Hand ball by George Boyd (Burnley).
Foul by Conor Washington (Queens Park Rangers).
Ben Mee (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Stephen Ward (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Conor Washington (Queens Park Rangers).
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Sam Vokes.
Attempt blocked. Alejandro Faurlin (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdenasser El Khayati with a cross.
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Ben Mee.
Attempt blocked. Conor Washington (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdenasser El Khayati.
Scott Arfield (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Gladwin (Queens Park Rangers).
Foul by Stephen Ward (Burnley).
Matt Ingram (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Matt Ingram.
Attempt saved. Scott Arfield (Burnley) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Vokes.
Offside, Burnley. Ben Mee tries a through ball, but Ashley Barnes is caught offside.
Substitution, Burnley. Ashley Barnes replaces Andre Gray.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Ben Mee (Burnley) because of an injury.
Foul by Joey Barton (Burnley).
Abdenasser El Khayati (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Ben Gladwin replaces Sebastian Polter.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Abdenasser El Khayati replaces Michael Petrasso.
Alejandro Faurlin (Queens Park Rangers) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Michael Petrasso.
Foul by Scott Arfield (Burnley).
Michael Petrasso (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by George Boyd (Burnley).
Sebastian Polter (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Arfield (Burnley).
Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Conor Washington replaces Junior Hoilett.
Goal! Burnley 1, Queens Park Rangers 0. Sam Vokes (Burnley) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Jones with a cross following a set piece situation.
Andre Gray (Burnley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Clint Hill (Queens Park Rangers).
Attempt saved. Clint Hill (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Alejandro Faurlin with a cross.
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Ben Mee.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Nedum Onuoha.
Joey Barton (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Sone Aluko fired in from Neeskens Kebano's cutback to open the scoring before Chris Martin found the bottom corner to double the hosts' lead.
Tom Barkhuizen made it 2-1 on the break, but Kebano pounced to end Preston's hopes with a calm finish.
Fulham stay seventh, five points off the play-off places, with Preston still ninth, nine points adrift.
Slavisa Jokanovic's side have now won four of their last five Championship games, but Reading's 2-1 victory over Wolves and Sheffield Wednesday's 5-1 thrashing of Norwich meant they did not gain any ground.
The home side, who have a game in hand on their rivals, enjoyed 70% of possession and went ahead after 22 minutes through Aluko's well-taken finish and could have widened the deficit at the break had Tomas Kalas made the most of two chances from corners.
Kebano then struck the crossbar from a narrow angle, but goalkeeper David Button had to be alert to keep out Daryl Horgan's strike at the other end.
Martin's 10th league goal of the season, created by Ryan Fredericks' pace and vision, finally gave the dominant Cottagers a two-goal lead.
Barkuizen guided the ball underneath the onrushing Button from Aiden McGeady's clever through ball on his full debut to give Simon Grayson's side hope.
But Kebano slotted into the bottom corner from Aluko's pass to round off an outstanding personal performance and ensure that Fulham have now scored 13 goals in their last five league matches.
Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic:
"We are around the top six and we now want to close the gap to the top six. This is our target and we are still in position to be fighting to play after the first week in May.
"We have taken 13 points from the last five games and my team plays with confidence.
"In general where we are now, we can be relatively satisfied."
Preston assistant manager Glynn Snodin:
"We've come up against a good side today. I felt they were different class, a step above us.
"To be fair to our players they kept going and got back in it at 2-1. They have got belief as a unit and always believe we can get something from a game.
"But Fulham are a good counter-attacking side with good footballing brains. And that's what we've been undone by today."
Match ends, Fulham 3, Preston North End 1.
Second Half ends, Fulham 3, Preston North End 1.
Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Denis Odoi (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Greg Cunningham (Preston North End).
Foul by Tom Cairney (Fulham).
Daniel Johnson (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Fulham. Denis Odoi replaces Sone Aluko.
Offside, Fulham. Scott Parker tries a through ball, but Neeskens Kebano is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Sone Aluko (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cyriac.
Substitution, Fulham. Cyriac replaces Chris Martin.
Offside, Preston North End. Tom Clarke tries a through ball, but Stevie May is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Sone Aluko (Fulham) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Cairney.
Substitution, Fulham. Scott Parker replaces Stefan Johansen.
Substitution, Preston North End. Stevie May replaces Jordan Hugill.
Ben Pearson (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Neeskens Kebano (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Pearson (Preston North End).
Goal! Fulham 3, Preston North End 1. Neeskens Kebano (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sone Aluko.
Attempt missed. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Greg Cunningham.
Neeskens Kebano (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daniel Johnson (Preston North End).
Foul by Kevin McDonald (Fulham).
Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Neeskens Kebano (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Clarke (Preston North End).
Goal! Fulham 2, Preston North End 1. Tom Barkhuizen (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aiden McGeady with a through ball.
Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Tom Barkhuizen.
Goal! Fulham 2, Preston North End 0. Chris Martin (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Fredericks.
Substitution, Preston North End. Ben Pearson replaces Alan Browne.
Substitution, Preston North End. Callum Robinson replaces Daryl Horgan.
Attempt blocked. Tom Cairney (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefan Johansen.
Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Daniel Johnson.
Attempt blocked. Tom Cairney (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefan Johansen.
Attempt blocked. Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Barkhuizen.
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by David Button.
Attempt saved. Daryl Horgan (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Aiden McGeady.
Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Paul Huntington.
Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Chris Maxwell.
Attempt saved. Neeskens Kebano (Fulham) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Sone Aluko.
Colin Wood, 64, from Barry, in the Vale of Glamorgan, was found guilty of eight offences of indecency and two further serious sexual offences.
Wood, of Somerset Road, was arrested after a naked picture of his victim was found in his bedside cabinet.
He denied any form of sexual misconduct but was found guilty after the victim gave evidence at Exeter Crown Court.
His victim told the jury how the abuse had blighted his childhood and cast a shadow over his life.
Wood was living in Braunton, north Devon, when he carried out the most serious sexual assaults on the boy, who was a teenager by that time.
He had been grooming the victim for sex for several years, during which he abused the child on a regular basis and ensured his silence by threats of violence.
He also took naked pictures of the boy, one of which was found by a witness in his bedside cabinet many years later.
In sentencing him, Judge Francis Gilbert QC told Wood he had "groomed the boy over a number of years and used him for his own perverted sexual gratification".
Wood was jailed after being told by the judge his crimes would now be categorised as male rape.
The victim said he had been too frightened to tell anyone about the abuse at the time but started to reveal his ordeal while at university and only went to the police two years ago.
The victim, now an adult, told the jury the abuse was "repulsive" and made him feel frightened, worthless and ashamed.
Wood told the court he had never had any sexual contact with the victim. He said the allegations were all invented and were nonsense.
John Penrose said the report's author, Sir John Chilcot, would understand the frustration at how long it was taking.
Conservative MP David Davis said the delay could cost lives as subsequent deployment decisions are taken without the lessons learned from Iraq.
Sir John set himself a deadline of next week to finish writing the report.
The inquiry, which is considering how UK forces came to participate in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and its aftermath, began in 2009 under former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
In October Sir John said the text of the report would be finished on 18 April, at which point national security checking could begin, with a view to publishing in June or July 2016.
Mr Penrose, a minister in the Cabinet Office, told MPs the government was expecting to receive the report next week but that the publication timetable would be controlled by Sir John.
"The government's contribution, which is the national security checking, will be done in two weeks or less, and we will deliver on our pledge," he said.
Mr Penrose said Sir John would "understand the thirst to see the results of his work" and would have "listened to the tone and tenor of this debate".
He also said there was nothing in the rules governing the EU referendum that would mean the report could not be published until after the 23 June poll.
Mr Davis and other MPs called for publication in the first week of May.
The former shadow home secretary said: "The longer we leave it the less useful these lessons will be and the more likely it is that we will make the same mistakes.
"A decision such as those that were made in Libya, Syria and Iraq are made without the knowledge or facts, mistakes are made, and sometimes people die as a result.
"It's not hyperbole to say delay to the Iraq Inquiry could cost lives because bad decisions could be made - I would go further, I'd say it probably did cost lives because bad decisions were made."
Downing Street said the prime minister wanted the report to be published "as soon as possible".
Mr Cameron's spokeswoman said once it was completed the process of national security checking could begin, then it needed to be proofread - "so that may take some time".
In his October letter to the prime minister, Sir John said security checking was "normal and necessary" with inquiries handling large amounts of sensitive material.
"I consider that once national security checking has been completed it should be possible to agree a date for publication in June or July 2016," he added.
The England international has been ever-present for the Super League leaders so far this season, scoring five tries in nine games.
The 27-year-old is the second Rhinos winger to be sidelined in recent weeks after Tom Briscoe was ruled out with a shoulder injury.
"It's a massive shame for Ryan and a big blow to us," Leeds coach Brian McDermott said.
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Matt Ritchie's first-half strike took Newcastle back to the top of the Championship as former boss Steve McClaren's return to St James's Park ended in defeat.
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Mae'r eilyddion yn union yr un fath hefyd, sy'n golygu mai dyma'r tro cyntaf ers 1993 i'r Llewod ddewis yr union un tîm am ddwy gêm brawf yn olynol.
Pedwar Cymro fydd felly'n dechrau'r gêm gyda Sam Warburton yn gapten. Y tri arall yw Liam Williams, Jonathan Davies ac Alun Wyn Jones, ac fe fydd Ken Owens a Rhys Webb ar y fainc.
Dyma'r tîm yn llawn:
Olwyr: 15. Liam Williams; 14. Anthony Watson; 13. Jonathan Davies; 12. Owen Farrell; 11. Elliot Daly; 10. Johnny Sexton; 9. Conor Murray.
Blaenwyr: 1. Mako Vunipola; 2. Jamie George; 3. Tadhg Furlong; 4. Maro Itoje; 5. Alun Wyn Jones; 6. Sam Warburton (capt); 7. Sean O'Brien; 8. Taulupe Faletau.
Eilyddion: 16. Ken Owens; 17. Jack McGrath; 18. Kyle Sinckler; 19. Courtney Lawes; 20. CJ Stander; 21. Rhys Webb; 22. Ben Te'o; 23. Jack Nowell.
Wrth gyhoeddi'r tîm dywedodd Warren Gatland: "Roedden ni'n teimlo y dylen ni wobrwyo'r chwaraewyr am ganlyniad yr ail brawf a'r dewrder a ddangoson nhw wrth ddod yn ôl o fod 18-9 ar ei hôl hi a gorffen yn gryf yn y 10-15 munud olaf.
"Mae rhai chwaraewyr yn siomedig o beidio cael eu dewis ac rwy'n deall hynny ... dyna fyddech chi'n ei ddisgwyl gan athletwyr cystadleuol.
"Ond ry'n ni wedi pwysleisio mai nid y 23 yma sy'n bwysig ond pawb yn y garfan - maen nhw wedi rhoi'r siom yna o'r neilltu ac yn cynorthwyo'r garfan ar y diwrnod i baratoi cystal ag y gallan nhw am y gêm brawf.
"Ry'n ni'n ymwybodol iawn o bwysigrwydd y gêm ac yn disgwyl ymateb gan y Crysau Duon.
"Ond roedd gweld pa mor gryf oedden ni yn y 10-15 munud olaf yn yr ail brawf - o ran cryfder a brwdfrydedd - yn gwneud i ni deimlo fod yna lefel arall yn y tîm.
"Mae hwn yn gyfle enfawr i'r chwaraewyr yma ddangos eu dawn a gweld gwaith caled pawb yn dwyn ffrwyth.
"Dyma'u cyfle i greu hanes i'r Llewod!"
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Mae Warren Gatland, prif hyfforddwr y Llewod, wedi cyhoeddi mai'r un 15 a ddechreuodd yr ail brawf yn erbyn Seland Newydd fydd yn dechrau'r trydydd prawf ddydd Sadwrn yn ogystal.
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Barrister Patrick Roche represented the families of those who died at the Sussex beach last summer, at a pre-inquest review in Hastings.
Coroner Alan Craze agreed the inquest should take place before summer "in the interests of safety recommendations".
The five who died on 24 August were all from south-east London.
They were:
Two others, Brazilian Gustavo Silva Da Cruz, 19, and Mohit Dupar, 36, from Hayes, west London, lost their lives in July 2016.
Mr Dupar died in hospital on 28 July, four days after trying to rescue Mr Da Cruz.
Mr Roche said the inquest should look at whether Rother District Council "could or should" have done more given the history of Camber Sands.
He told the pre-inquest review there had been one death there in 2015, followed by the two last July, but no remedial measures came in until after the five further deaths a month later.
"This is very much a case where the court will have to examine whether the local authority is to blame for these deaths," he said.
The coroner revealed a letter had been received from a "thoroughly disaffected" ex-employee of the council who worked for the authority until 2007.
The author said that in 2007 contracts were changed, a rescue boat was sold and life-saving employees had their employment discontinued.
Mr Craze said he had no intention of calling the author to the full inquest as his evidence was by now "so peripheral", but "it does spark me to inquire into the history".
He said the full inquest would be held in Hastings from 26 June but he would defer a decision on whether or not to hold it with a jury.
Last month, Rother council allocated £51,000 for lifeguards at Camber this summer.
They will be stationed at the beach from the late May bank holiday until the end of the summer holidays.
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An inquest into the deaths of five men at Camber Sands will have to examine whether the local authority was to blame, a lawyer has said.
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Spencer, 24, spent three years at Birmingham, who finished sixth last season - 19 points behind Emma Hayes' title-winning Chelsea side.
Bailey, 20, is an England Under-23 international and played in the 2013 European Women's Under-19 Championship.
"I want homegrown, English players who want to grow with us," said Hayes.
"Becky has developed into a top goalkeeper and arrives with Champions League experience and a desire to reach the next level in her career.
"Jade is a player I have known about for some time and for someone who is 20 has fantastic experience, having started for Arsenal for the past two seasons."
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Chelsea Ladies have signed goalkeeper Becky Spencer and midfielder Jade Bailey from Birmingham City Ladies and Arsenal Ladies respectively.
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Sharp tops the British rankings and was expected to win the national trials at the weekend.
But she faded in the closing stages in Sheffield and was overtaken by English athletes Adelle Tracey and Leah Barrow.
The Great Britain team for the world championships in Portland, from 17-20 March, will be announced on Tuesday.
However, Sharp would appear to be in pole position to get the second discretionary spot for the 800m.
Guy Learmonth looks likely to miss out as he lost his men's title after being run down in the last few strides to finish third behind Jamie Webb and Spencer Thomas.
Compatriot Chris O'Hare skipped the trials but will hope to be chosen for the 1,500m.
Steph Twell and Jo Moultrie both achieved qualifying times for Portland as they completed a Scottish one-two in the 3,000m.
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Scottish 800m record holder Lynsey Sharp faces an anxious wait to see if she will be selected for next month's World Indoor Championships.
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Passengers are asked to show passes so retailers can identify who is flying to non-EU countries and avoid paying 20% VAT on customers' purchases.
Treasury minister David Gauke said VAT relief at airports was intended to reduce prices for travellers, not be a windfall gain for shops.
Retailers said they followed government rules.
The Independent newspaper has claimed that thousands of people are now refusing to show their boarding passes as part of a "grassroots rebellion".
Customers are not legally obliged to show their passes when buying goods at the airport, except when buying cigarettes or alcohol in a duty free shop.
The newspaper's travel editor, Simon Calder, told BBC Radio 5 live: "If you take a £6 bottle of sun cream the VAT element is £1.
"So if you fly to Greece, the retailer pays that to the government, if you fly to Turkey and the retailer can find out, then it goes straight into their pockets - nothing illegal about it at all but I will always challenge it."
He said "all kinds of stories" had been given by retailers to explain why passengers should show their boarding passes, including that it is for security reasons, which he said is "complete tosh".
Who is entitled to VAT savings?
Anyone travelling outside the 28 countries of the European Union (EU). Travellers within the EU or the UK have to pay existing rates of duty and VAT.
Do you have to show a boarding pass?
If you are buying cigarettes or alcohol in a duty free shop, you are legally obliged to show your boarding pass, to prove you are travelling outside the EU. If you are buying other goods - say books, snacks or cosmetics - you are not obliged to show your pass.
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Mr Calder added staff were told to ask to see boarding passes even for goods where no VAT is paid, such as books or magazines.
Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis told BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine programme travellers withholding their passes would force companies to "take note and eventually take action".
"You're not protecting the sanctity of Britain by giving them your boarding pass, you are enabling the commercial company to get a reduction on its tax bill," he said.
Labour's shadow transport minister Gordon Marsden said it was "simply unacceptable" that some retailers were "taking advantage of this relief" and said the government needed to ensure customers were being treated "fairly".
A number of retailers have responded to the criticism:
Jo Evans reminded travellers retail workers like her did not make the rules, tweeting: @Gatwick_Airport spare a thought for us retail workers when arguing about showing boarding passes to buy something, we don't make the rules!
Earlier this year, BBC Radio 4 listener David Owen questioned why he had to show his boarding pass at airport shops.
His views have been echoed by other passengers.
James Mitchell, from London, said he tried to refuse to show his boarding pass when buying sunglasses from Harrods in June but was told by a shop manager that it was "mandatory".
Sandra Leaton Gray said she had often been treated "extraordinarily rudely" for not showing her boarding pass and was told it was for legal and security reasons.
Jo Barnett, from Sittingbourne in Kent, said: "We questioned why we were being asked to show our boarding card while at Gatwick.
"The man told us he didn't know, but he could not process the sale without scanning the boarding pass."
Four down with six to play against Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed, the Spaniards claimed a valuable half.
Two European pairs - Rory McIlroy and Thomas Pieters, and Justin Rose and Chris Wood - had already secured foursomes wins at Hazeltine.
Brandt Snedeker and Brooks Koepka gave the US their only victory.
It was another successful session for Europe, continuing a fightback from a 4-0 Friday morning whitewash that began with three wins in the following fourballs.
The icing came from Spanish pair Garcia and Cabrera-Bello, their half all the more valuable after Spieth and Reed's victory seemed guaranteed for so long.
In claiming a half, they ensured the American lead is one point, rather than two, as Europe look to claim a fourth successive Ryder Cup.
And the damage they have inflicted on Spieth and Reed may only be revealed when the Americans once again team up to take on Rose and Henrik Stenson in the Saturday's final fourballs contest - the third time those two pairs have met in two days.
McIlroy and Pieters, who have delivered two points from their two matches together, meet world number two Dustin Johnson and Koepka.
Danny Willett and Lee Westwood, who did not play on Saturday morning, face JB Holmes and Ryan Moore, while Garcia and Martin Kaymer reprise their partnership to face Phil Mickelson and Matt Kuchar.
For so long in the Minnesota sunshine it looked as though Spieth and Reed, beaten only once in five Ryder Cup contests as a pair, would deliver an American point.
As Spieth putted with perfection, the US were two up after three, and four ahead with six remaining.
However, it was at this point they began to wilt - American bogeys on 13 and 15, along with a European birdie on 16 cut the deficit to one with two to play.
On the par-three 17th, Cabrera-Bello holed a birdie putt from the fringe to square the match, right after Spieth saw his own 30-foot birdie chance finish millimetres short.
Amid great tension, and with the noisy, partisan home crowd reduced to silence, Garcia and Reed had to hole from within five feet on the last.
The pressure was ultimately on Garcia, who completed a half that felt like a European victory.
By this time, the European team had already continued to rally for captain Darren Clarke.
World number three McIlroy and rookie Pieters took advantage of some erratic early play by Mickelson and Rickie Fowler to open up a three-hole lead, one they did not surrender despite a wobble around the turn.
In order to shepherd rookies Wood and Matt Fitzpatrick, neither of whom played on Friday, Clarke opted to separate the regular pair of Rose and Stenson.
It galvanised Rose, who was below his best on day one but made a birdie putt on seven and a brilliant approach to set up a birdie on 10 on the way to giving Europe a three-hole lead.
Jimmy Walker and Zach Johnson chipped away, with Rose and Wood forced to halve the last for a one-hole win.
In contrast, Open champion Stenson, so impressive on the second afternoon, was often relying on 22-year-old Fitzpatrick, whose putt on the seventh and chip on the 11th clawed back a two-hole deficit against Snedeker and Koepka.
However, when Snedeker and Koepka holed on the 13th and 15th respectively, Europe could no longer cling on, the US sealing a 3&2 win with four successive birdies.
European captain Darren Clarke speaking to Sky Sports about Garcia and Cabrera-Bello's win: "It was huge, massive to have that heart. They two guys are just bouncing, but they worked hard. Every other pairing will be trying to do the same thing, to push it that bit further for the team was fantastic."
Europe's Sergio Garcia on Sky Sports: "This is the Ryder Cup, it's as simple as that. It was tough out there - they played so well. We were consistent giving ourselves chances but they had an amazing start. We kept saying, 'keep at it and they may slow down'."
Europe's Rafa Cabrera-Bello: "We didn't feel we had many options at the beginning; they were just cruising. We had to tell ourselves they would slow down. We saw a window of opportunity, played good and managed to snatch a tie."
Europe's Rory McIlroy on BBC Radio 5 live: "You want to set the tone for the rest of the team and when they saw us up early that's exactly what we were trying to do - put blue on the board. We delivered for Darren. It's a great atmosphere and it seems like we're playing it in the right spirit. It's competitive but still respectful."
BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter:
"It is all to play for. It is amazing these things boil down to a single hole. This is where Europe have traditionally in recent Ryder Cups been so strong. This is pivotal to the outcome of the Ryder Cup."
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The event in New York's Lincoln Centre Plaza will be attended by 200 guests, including GSA alumni and expatriates.
They will be told of plans to restore the Grade A-listed art nouveau Mackintosh building that was badly damaged in the blaze on 23 May 2014.
Ms Sturgeon is on a four-day visit to the US - her first as first minister.
Earlier, the first minister appeared on one of American television's top chat shows.
She took part in The Daily Show, hosted by Jon Stewart, and questioned her billing on the show's website as a "comedian".
The GSA reception she will host aims to boost the profile of the Mackintosh appeal which hopes to raise £20m towards the eventual cost of restoration of the building and its contents.
The New York event will also provide a platform for sharing details of the planned restoration project with existing and potential new supports.
Patrons of the appeal include the American actor Brad Pitt as well as Scots actor and former GSA student Peter Capaldi.
Director of Glasgow School of Art, Professor Tom Inns, told the BBC that the fundraiser is the first outside of Scotland.
Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland's Newsdrive programme, he said: "We have always had great links into North America. A lot of our students are from the States and many of our students work in New York.
"There is also huge interest in Mackintosh and the building and there has been a lot of interest in the last 12 months."
Prof Inns said the school intends to update, as well as restore, its building following the devastating fire last year.
The New Zealander made the comment in a post-match interview after Thunder's victory over the Warriors in game one of the NBA Western Conference Finals.
"It was just a poor choice of words," said Adams, 22, who scored 16 points in Monday's win.
"I wasn't thinking straight. I didn't know it was going to upset anyone."
The Thunder had been down by as many as 14 points but came back to stun the Warriors in the first game of the best-of-seven series.
The Warriors set the NBA record for most wins in a regular season with 73 and have the league's most valuable player in Steph Curry, who scored 26 points against the Thunder.
Adams, who moved to the United States to attend the University of Pittsburgh in 2012, blamed differences in dialect for his comments.
"I was just trying to express how difficult it was chasing those guys around," Adams told USA Today.
"Different words, different expressions, and stuff like that. But they obviously can be taken differently, depending on which country you're in. I'm assimilating, mate, still trying to figure out the boundaries. But I definitely overstepped them tonight."
Adams, who is 7ft (2.13m) tall and has size 19 shoes, was born to a British father Sid, who served in the Royal Navy, and a Tongan mother.
He is the youngest of Sid's 18 children with five different women. His brothers are around 6ft 10in to 6ft 11in, while his sisters stand at 6ft 5in to 6ft 6in.
Six of his brothers have played basketball for New Zealand, while his half-sister is Valerie, 31, the double Olympic champion shot putter.
Adams, who joined the Thunder in 2013, has become a cult hero for his moustache and sells his own moustache styling wax.
Along with team-mate Enes Kanter, the pair are known as the Stache Bros.
Adams, who is from Rotorua in New Zealand's North Island, will not play in August's Rio Olympics, after ruling himself out of international duty.
It is believed the victims were workers from a local quarry in Mandera county in the north-east of the country.
Residents told the BBC they had heard two explosions, followed by heavy gunfire in the middle of a night.
Militia group al-Shabab, which operates out of Somalia, has been linked to the attack.
Mandera County Commissioner Alex Ole Nkoyo told AFP people were sleeping when the gunmen struck.
"These were al-Shabab from the nature of the attack. They used explosives and guns," he added.
Kenya Red Cross said it was sending an aircraft to the scene to fly the injured to hospitals in Nairobi.
Al-Shabab has not confirmed its involvement, but its militants have been behind a series of similar attacks in the region.
Their deadliest assault to date happened at a university in the Kenyan town of Garissa in April, when four gunmen killed 148 people.
In 2013, at least 67 people died in a gun attack on the Westgate mall in the capital Nairobi.
People from other parts of Kenya working in the north-east have threatened to leave the area following frequent al-Shabab attacks.
The Islamist group has carried out numerous attacks near the long porous border with Somalia.
This latest incident is likely to put the spotlight on the Kenyan authorities again over their handling of the security situation.
Just two weeks ago the government lifted a night-time curfew in the area after Muslim clerics said it impeded prayers during the month of Ramadan.
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The Sussex Police officer had his suspension lifted following an inquiry by The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
The probe followed an argument with two taxi drivers in Eastbourne on 5 September.
He will now face a misconduct meeting.
Sussex Police said the IPCC found no evidence of racist or criminal behaviour.
It was also alleged he threatened to remove a taxi driver's licence.
The IPCC also investigated allegations that an East Sussex-based inspector unlawfully accessed a force IT system in relation to the incident.
A file was passed to the Crown Prosecution Service, which decided to take no further action in relation to the computer misuse.
The inspector was not suspended but will also face misconduct proceedings.
The two officers were off-duty at the time of the argument.
Dep Ch Con Olivia Pinkney said: "We welcome the scrutiny of the IPCC in this matter.
"Sussex Police referred the matter for independent oversight after learning that the officer's behaviour had been perceived as racist.
"The report clearly identifies that there was no evidence of any racist behaviour or any other criminal offence in the way he acted."
Heavy rainfall in Glasgow recently has left the playing surface waterlogged.
Murrayfield played host to the first leg on Sunday, with Edinburgh emerging as 23-11 winners.
The news will come as a boost to Edinburgh, who have not won away to Glasgow in 12 years.
Glasgow Warriors managing director Nathan Bombrys told the club's website: "We're disappointed that the game cannot go ahead at Scotstoun as originally planned and all efforts were made to get the game on.
"However, after unprecedented rainfall over the last couple of days we wanted to make an early decision to help our supporters make appropriate plans and ensure the game went ahead this weekend.
"We investigated a number of options, however BT Murrayfield was the only stadium which allowed us to play the game on the same day and time, with a large enough capacity.
"It's not an ideal situation going back to Edinburgh, but we need to get the game played and we'll do everything we can to make this a Glasgow home game.
"We're working on a travel plan and we will communicate directly with all our supporters who have bought a ticket for this match.
"We would encourage supporters to make the trip to Edinburgh and get behind the team, for what is an extremely important fixture."
All tickets purchased for the match at Scotstoun will be valid for the game at Murrayfield.
Adam Purinton is accused of killing Srinivas Kuchibhotla and wounding Alok Madasani at the bar in the city of Olathe in February.
Mr Purinton also allegedly shot a bar patron who tried to intervene.
The attack drew worldwide condemnation and shocked the Indian-US community.
Mr Purinton was charged in February with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder.
Federal prosecutors announced Friday that the 52-year-old was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly targeting two of the victims "because of their actual and perceived race, colour, religion and national origin".
He allegedly fired on Mr Kuchibhotla and his friend Mr Madasani, two 32-year-old Indian men who worked as engineers at GPS-maker Garmin, because he thought they were Iranian.
Witnesses said he inquired if their status in the US was legal before shouting "get out of my country" and opening fire.
Mr Kuchibhotla died and Mr Madasani survived. A third man, 24-year-old Ian Grillot, was wounded trying to intervene.
The US justice department indictment said that Mr Purinton "committed the offenses after substantial planning and premeditation".
It said he "attempted to kill more than one person in a single criminal episode, and knowingly created a grave risk of death to others on the scene".
The maximum penalty for such an offence is death or life in prison. The justice department said that a decision on whether to seek capital punishment would be made later.
After the shooting, Mr Purinton allegedly told a barmaid in nearby Clinton he had just opened fire on some "Iranian people".
The fallout from the attack reverberated across India and the large Indian community in the US.
US President Donald Trump condemned the shooting in a speech to Congress after earlier facing criticism for his silence on the attack.
Tim Robinson, 54, from Hilton, Derbyshire, slipped while walking under Golden Cap, east of Lyme Regis, on the Jurassic Coast, on 8 January.
He said he had to get off the beach due to the rising tide and the possibility of being crushed by "car-sized" rocks.
He was saved after using a pocket torch to send a Morse code signal.
Mr Robinson, who was looking for fossils, said he was "foolhardy" to have not taken his mobile phone with him while he explored the beach.
He said: "I stepped from one large rock to another and the second one had slimy seaweed on it and my foot slipped... I heard this crack and my leg had snapped."
The 54 year old, who has been a member of the Territorial Army for 26 years, said his "training kicked in" when he realised he had broken his leg.
He said he considered waiting for his wife to raise the alarm, but realised this was too dangerous as water levels were rising and he feared large rocks could fall from the cliffs.
In fading light he crawled for three-quarters of a mile (1.2km) using his small torch to send Morse code messages.
He saw lights being flashed back and as he got nearer he realised it was his wife, who had come out to find him.
"She said 'what have you been up to?' and I said 'I think I'm going to need an X-ray,'" said Mr Robinson.
He was later rescued by the RNLI and the coastguard.
Mr Robinson is facing another operation on his leg, but hopes to get back to full fitness in the near future.
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Well raced into the lead with goals from Chris Cadden and Louis Moult.
Inverness replied through Alex Fisher, who turned Liam Polworth's tame effort into the net.
Fisher equalised after the break with a delightful lob but a controversial Scott McDonald goal and a header from Allan Campbell won it for the hosts.
The Fir Park men join Ross County on 32 points, while Inverness remain on 25, five below Dundee.
The game could have gone either way after a tremendous Inverness comeback, but it seemed to hinge on the decision to award Motherwell's third goal.
Striker McDonald hit the base of the post with a close-range header and the ball was then scooped clear by keeper Owain Fon Williams, who had his feet behind the line.
The officials were quick to award the goal but it looked very tough to call.
Inverness had offered so much and their misery was compounded when McDonald superbly laid the fourth on a plate for Campbell to nod home from close range.
Motherwell could have been out of sight after going 2-0 up inside nine minutes, with Inverness looking completely on the ropes.
Cadden opened the scoring when he danced in from the right and curled a wonderful left-foot shot beyond Fon Williams.
The second had a touch of fortune with Moult's deep cross from the left evading everyone before bouncing in off the post.
Ryan Bowman was denied third by a good Fon Williams save before Inverness mounted a spirited fightback.
Two goals down so early, it was reasonable to assume Inverness were heading for another damaging defeat.
Their response was impressive. Fisher flicked home Polworth's shot and Richie Foran's side were full of belief.
Polworth fired wide before Fisher shot straight at Craig Samson and had an effort touched past the post when he was clean through.
Fisher delivered again, though, when he ran in behind and floated a fabulous first-time chip over the advancing Samson on 54 minutes.
The visitors showed tremendous fight and ability but McDonald's goal was key. When your luck is out, it is out and the result inflicts further damage on Foran's side.
A monumental turn around in results is required or they are Championship-bound.
Motherwell manager Steve Robinson: "We concern ourselves with us and we took care of the job that was put in front of us today. We made relative hard work of it. The players are human beings, there are emotions involved and the crowd are tense as well so sometimes you start making decisions you shouldn't make.
"We showed a lot of character to go on and win the game after they came back.
"Credit to Inverness, they have some very good players. I've watched them a few times and I'm surprised at where they are to be honest.
"If you were here for our game against Hamilton when the ball comes back off the underside of the crossbar after being four yards over, perhaps we deserve that bit of luck (regarding Well's controversial third goal). We've earned that luck.
"In terms of automatic relegation there's a gap opening up now but that's only a few games and we have to concentrate solely on our next game."
Match ends, Motherwell 4, Inverness CT 2.
Second Half ends, Motherwell 4, Inverness CT 2.
Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Craig Samson.
Attempt saved. Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Brad McKay (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Lionel Ainsworth (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Brad McKay (Inverness CT).
Substitution, Motherwell. Zak Jules replaces Steven Hammell.
Foul by Jacob Blyth (Motherwell).
Henri Anier (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Jacob Blyth (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Motherwell. Jacob Blyth replaces Louis Moult.
Greg Tansey (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Allan Campbell (Motherwell).
Jake Mulraney (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Cadden (Motherwell).
Attempt saved. Henri Anier (Inverness CT) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Henri Anier replaces Billy King.
Attempt saved. Greg Tansey (Inverness CT) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Carl McHugh (Motherwell).
Ross Draper (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Allan Campbell (Motherwell) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Goal! Motherwell 4, Inverness CT 2. Allan Campbell (Motherwell) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott McDonald.
Goal! Motherwell 3, Inverness CT 2. Scott McDonald (Motherwell) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Elliott Frear.
Foul by Louis Laing (Inverness CT).
Scott McDonald (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Jake Mulraney replaces Iain Vigurs.
Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lionel Ainsworth (Motherwell).
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Brad McKay.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Kevin McNaughton.
Attempt blocked. Lionel Ainsworth (Motherwell) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Iain Vigurs (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Louis Moult (Motherwell).
Substitution, Motherwell. Lionel Ainsworth replaces Ryan Bowman.
Billy King (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Chris Cadden (Motherwell).
Attempt missed. Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Billy King (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Chris Cadden (Motherwell).
The rejection came despite the European Commission calling the Greek request "positive" only minutes earlier.
Greece had sought a new six-month assistance package, rather than a renewal of the existing deal that comes with tough austerity conditions.
However, a German finance ministry spokesman said the new plea was "not a substantial proposal for a solution".
Later on Thursday, Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras and German chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by telephone, according to the Reuters news agency.
One Greek government official described the 50-minute call as "constructive", adding: "The conversation was held in a positive climate, geared towards finding a mutually beneficial solution for Greece and the eurozone."
Meanwhile, Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi spoke to Mr Tsipras and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in a further effort to strike a deal, an Italian government source said, according to Reuters.
Greece formally requested a six-month extension to its eurozone loan agreement on Thursday, offering major concessions as it raced to avoid running out of cash within weeks, but the German finance ministry abruptly dismissed the proposal.
The BBC's Mark Lowen in Athens says Germany's rejection of the Greek proposal suggested "a rift between Brussels and Berlin at the very highest level".
"It's not yet clear which side will prevail, and which side will give ground, but clearly the hopes that Greece was moving towards a deal... have been thrown into doubt once again."
BBC Europe editor Gavin Hewitt says the situation underlines the tension between Brussels and Berlin and mistrust between Berlin and Athens.
A top European official said the stand-off had come down to a clash of personalities between German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who objected to the negotiating style of his Greek counterpart, Yanis Varoufakis.
"There is a real problem of personalities and I understand that. Schaeuble is outraged by comments made by Varoufakis," the official said.
The Greek request letter includes a pledge to maintain "fiscal balance" for a six-month period, while it negotiates with eurozone partners over long-term growth and debt reduction.
The Greek government was also reported as saying that its extension proposal was in order to give Athens enough time, without the threat of "blackmail and time deficits", to draw up a new agreement with Europe for growth over the next four years.
The German finance ministry spokesman said the Greek request was an attempt at "bridge financing, without meeting the requirements of the programme. The letter does not meet the criteria agreed upon in the Eurogroup on Monday."
But shortly before the German rejection of the proposal, a European Commission spokesman said that Mr Juncker regarded the letter as a "positive sign, which, in his assessment, could pave the way for a reasonable compromise in the interest of the financial stability in the euro area as a whole".
"The detailed assessment of the [Greek loan] letter and the response is now up to the Eurogroup," the spokesman added, referring to the discussions due to take place on Friday when European finance ministers meet in Brussels.
In comments aimed at Germany, a Greek government source said the Eurogroup had "just two choices: to accept or reject the Greek request. We will now discover who wants to find a solution, and who does not".
The main problem between Greece and Germany is an ideological one: Athens wants to stop saving and start spending to get out of the crisis.
But Berlin believes that's exactly what caused the crisis in the first place, and remains convinced that the only path to long-term economic health is to make Greece more competitive.
To make matters worse Berlin is clearly frustrated by Greece's negotiating tactics. Newspaper commentators accuse Athens of theatrical grandstanding - rather than constructively finding a compromise.
And the occasional references to Nazis - such as a recent cartoon in a pro-Syriza newspaper depicting German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in a Second World War German army uniform - have clearly not helped.
In a radio interview Mr Schaeuble said he had a thick skin. But he also added that it's unwise to insult the people you're asking to help you.
There is, however, also a lot of sympathy in Germany for the plight of Greek people. And an awareness of the importance of keeping Greece in the eurozone. But increasingly it seems, not at any price.
Friday's vote on the Greek proposals must be unanimous. If no agreement appears likely before the ministers gather, the meeting could be postponed.
The uncertainty was reflected on stock markets, with the FTSE 100 closing down 9 points, although Frankfurt's DAX index ended the day up 0.4%. The euro was down slightly against the dollar and sterling.
Italian finance minister Pier Carlo Padoan warned on Thursday: "We have to send a signal that the euro is irreversible. If a country were to leave, it wouldn't just mean one less country in the union but the transformation of the euro into a mechanism that can be undone."
Mirabaud Securities trader John Plassard said: "Investors think that even if a deal is reached, it won't mean that the 'Greek issue' will be resolved. There will be serious doubts on whether Greece will fully implement the agreement."
Greece could run out of money by the end of the month without a deal and deposits continue to flow out of its banks.
Popular tabloid Bild has a double-page spread featuring pictures of Vladimir Putin and Alexis Tsipras with the headline: "The Russian or the Greek: who is more dangerous for us?" Underneath it says: "Europe is in the most difficult crisis it's seen for decades -- because two heads of government are aggressively demonstrating their power."
A commentary in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung says: "The Greek government appears to believe it can treat its partners like fools," accusing the Greek government of using Brussels like a stage for theatrics, adding that many people have simply had enough.
And the business paper Handelsblatt says the request for a loan extension changes very little. "It remains unclear whether Athens is willing to meet the conditions set by its creditors." And that, the paper says, is crucial for the meeting of European finance ministers on Friday.
The event on Royal Deeside is seen as the biggest in the Highland Games calendar, and is always on the first Saturday in September.
This year it is helping to raise funds for residents affected when the River Dee burst its banks in December.
It happened as Storm Frank battered Scotland.
Jim Wood, Secretary of Braemar Royal Highland Society, said the Gathering was a "great spectacle" that was "known the world over".
It was his first year in the role, and he said bringing together the infrastructure for one day of the year was a "daunting task".
He said the money raised would go to help residents in the village of Ballater.
"Storm Frank devastated the village of Ballater," he said.
"If you had seen the arena on New Year's morning, it was more like a curling pond than it was like you see it today.
"A huge amount of work from our groundsmen has gone in to making it look like that."
Queen Victoria first attended Braemar in 1848 and since then it has been regularly visited by the reigning monarch and other members of the royal family.
The Queen first attended the Braemar event as a seven-year-old child in 1933.
She has attended virtually every year since coming to the throne in 1952.
Last year's event marked the 200th anniversary of the society which runs it.
The new figure is much higher than previous estimates from lenders and from the City watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Citizens Advice said 934,000 owners did not have a plan for how to pay back the money at the end of the mortgage term.
It warned that time was running out for some to organise their finances.
They faced having to sell their homes or even have the property repossessed if they were unable to find other funds, the charity said.
Millions of buyers were sold interest-only mortgages before rules were tightened up three years ago.
Without the need to pay back some of the loan each month on top of the interest, they could borrow more to buy their dream homes.
Sarah, who lives near Brighton and has an interest-only mortgage, said she and her husband could hardly afford the interest when they bought their house and frequently fell into arrears.
"We were silly. We'd just had our first baby," she said.
"But they shouldn't have given the loan. We didn't understand what we were taking on and didn't think about having to pay it back."
They have 16 years until they have to return nearly £200,000, but admit the debt has become a constant worry.
Banks and building societies have been told by regulators to write to their customers to warn them that they could be in financial danger.
In some cases they have converted interest-only mortgages into Lifetime Mortgages, which allow borrowers to stay in their homes though retirement, paying interest if they can.
The debt is paid off when they die or have to move out.
Citizens Advice has estimated that out of the 934,000 who have no plan in place to repay the loans, more than 432,000 have not even thought about the issue.
"People buy a home for stability, but interest-only mortgages have forced many into a financial black hole," says the charity's chief executive, Gillian Guy.
Two years ago the FCA calculated that a far smaller number, around 260,000, had no strategy to pay off their mortgages.
Part of the explanation could lie in different estimates of the number of interest-only loans.
The FCA put it at 2.6 million, a figure which the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) believes has fallen recently to 2.4 million.
But Citizens Advice has arrived at a total of 3.3 million borrowers, by taking into account the fact that many couples have joint mortgages.
And it argued that its polling had produced a more accurate picture of the proportion who have little prospect of dealing with the debt.
The first sizeable wave of repayment problems is expected to appear in 2017-18, when endowment mortgages sold in the 1990s reach their peak period of maturing.
A decade later, in 2027-28, the surge in interest-only mortgages taken out from the early 2000s reaches a high point.
And the final peak comes in 2032 when the wild lending to people who could barely afford the interest, just before the credit crunch, has to be dealt with.
Citizens Advice wants mortgage providers to do more, including phoning people and offering face-to-face meetings, to help them prepare for the day when the demand for repayment arrives.
It also wants greater protection for interest-only borrowers, to force the lenders to consider a range of alternatives before trying to repossess a home.
The CML, which represents mortgage lenders, said: "Lenders will continue to communicate directly with customers in a variety of ways and to raise consumer awareness.
"Borrowers should not ignore attempts to communicate with them. The lender is trying to help and reduce the risk of shocks at the end of the mortgage term."
A spokesman for the FCA said: "We expect firms dealing with interest-only borrowers to discuss repayment strategies and propose solutions where there are no plans in place.
"While we have seen many firms progress with this, borrowers must also engage with their lenders now to resolve it, we will also continue to monitor lenders as part of our normal supervisory work."
In a news conference, the head of Dortmund police said it was a targeted attack on the team.
Player Marc Bartra underwent an operation after breaking a bone in his wrist. No other players were hurt.
The state prosecutor said a letter found near the scene was being examined as part of the investigation.
The match was postponed until 18:45 local time (16:45 GMT) on Wednesday.
Pictures from the scene showed the bus's windows broken and tyres burst in the blasts.
Dortmund police said that "three explosive charges had detonated" at Hoechsten outside the city at about 19:00 local time.
The first indications were that this was an "attack with serious explosives", they said.
Fans at the 80,000-capacity Signal Iduna Park were told to stay there until it was safe to leave.
The stadium was later evacuated safely and police thanked the fans for their co-operation.
"As many officers as possible" would be deployed for tomorrow's rescheduled game, they said.
Monaco fans were praised for their chants of support for Dortmund. Social media also carried offers from Dortmund residents to Monaco fans in need of a bed for the night on #bedforawayfans.
Borussia Dortmund said in a statement: "Shortly after the departure of the Borussia Dortmund team bus from the hotel to the stadium there was an incident. The bus has been damaged in two places."
Dortmund's CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said: "The whole team is in a state of shock, you can't get pictures like that out of your head.
"I hope the team will be in a position to be able to compete tomorrow on the pitch. In a crisis situation like this, Borussia pulls together."
One of the Dortmund players, Mathias Ginter, was involved in the Germany-France match that was targeted in the terror attacks in Paris on 13 November, 2015. Another present in Paris, Andre Schurrle, was injured for the Monaco match.
FC Barcelona, Bartra's former club, tweeted: "All of our support to @MarcBartra, @BVB and their fans."
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy also tweeted his support, wishing Bartra a quick recovery.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino said the football organising body condemned the incident and wished Bartra a "speedy recovery".
Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin said he was "deeply disturbed by the explosions".
"The decision taken to postpone the UEFA Champions League match between Borussia Dortmund and AS Monaco was the correct one since we must always prioritise the safety and security of all fans, team officials and players," he said.
"I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the representatives of the two clubs, the local authorities, and the supporters for their cooperation on the ground."
Dortmund are currently fourth in the German Bundesliga table.
The claim: Households would on average be £500 worse off in 2017 than they were in 2016, due to Brexit.
Reality Check verdict: This is based on an independent forecast that prices will rise faster than wages in 2017. The forecaster does not blame all its predicted £500 fall on Brexit. The Office for Budget Responsibility, on the other hand, predicts that wages will rise slightly faster than prices this year. We don't know at this point which one will turn out to be correct.
Citing the inflation caused by the deteriorating exchange rate, he said: "The Brexit squeeze means the average household is likely to be £500 or worse off in 2017 compared to 2016."
The research that he is citing comes from the Centre for Economics and Business Research, which came up with the figure but does not attribute it to a "Brexit squeeze".
It blames the expected inflation partly on the weaker pound but also on rising prices of commodities such as oil, which are set globally.
The CEBR says that household incomes will fall this year because it expects prices to rise faster than earnings - specifically, it expects inflation this year of 2.7% with average earnings rising 2.2%.
If this prediction is accurate, then it would indeed be reasonable to expect a fall in the real value of household incomes.
The precise amount predicted per household - £500 - is less important than the direction expected.
But, by comparison, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicted at the time of the Spring Budget that inflation this year would be 2.4% while average earnings would rise by slightly more than that: 2.6%.
Both inflation predictions are below the average of independent forecasters collated by HM Treasury, which predicted consumer price index (CPI) inflation of 3.0% this year.
They were expecting average earnings to grow by 2.5%, meaning household incomes would take a hit.
Mr Clegg said on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday morning: "These aren't figures about what is going to happen - these are figures about what is happening."
But there is still forecasting going on and the outcome is uncertain.
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The ex-Sheffield Brightside MP said he fears residents could end up "paying the price" for costs of the two-year hearings.
South Yorkshire Police's legal bill for the inquests totalled £25.1m.
The Home Office said it had paid £20m of legal costs incurred by the force.
Figures released by the office of the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner show that the force's legal costs for the inquests amounted to £25.1m.
Of those costs, £20.4m was covered by special grants awarded by the Home Office, meaning the force has had to pay £4.3m to cover the outstanding legal bill.
It is unclear whether the force or the Home Office will pay £400,000 in remaining unpaid fees.
An analysis of the force's legal costs by the BBC has determined that each household in South Yorkshire eligible to pay council tax has effectively contributed £12 towards the payment of the force's outstanding legal bill.
Lord Blunkett called on current Home Secretary Theresa May to ensure front line policing in the region does not suffer financially.
"The force has already had to deal with a reduction in its budget as part of the government's austerity programme," he said.
"But then on top of that they are having to deal with the costs of Hillsborough, an investigation into child sexual exploitation and grooming in Rotherham, and also allegations of malpractice during the Miners' Strike.
"The people of South Yorkshire were not responsible for the disaster in 1989. They should not be at the receiving end of a reduced police service and that is why the Theresa May must work with the PCC to ensure that South Yorkshire people do not pay the price for what happened in the past."
The latest accounts for the force show that it has already begun to draw on its financial reserves in order to pay its legal costs.
In 2015/16, South Yorkshire Police had overall reserves worth £44m.
It directly withdrew £2.4m in the same year to pay its legal fees in connection to the inquests, while its 2016/17 budget shows the force is expected to draw a further £3.9m from its coffers.
It is unclear from the accounts if all of the money withdrawn from the reserves will be spent on legal costs.
Public bodies such as local councils and police forces keep financial reserves in order to make up short-term budget deficits.
£12 per household
The amount each council tax paying household in South Yorkshire has contributed towards the force's legal costs
£25.1 million The total amount South Yorkshire Police ran up in legal fees during the inquests.
£4.3 million The amount the force have directly paid out to cover the legal costs.
£400,000 In legal fees remains unpaid.
After the ruling that all 96 Liverpool fans who died at Hillsborough were unlawfully killed, concerns were raised about the effect future legal proceedings could have on South Yorkshire Police's finances.
Writing in the 2016/17 Budget report, Allan Rainford, the Police and Crime Commissioner's Chief Finance and Commissioning Officer, said the force "cannot depend on grants from the Home Office to fully meet its legal costs".
As a result, the latest budget shows the force is planning to set aside at least £7.2m a year for the next four years to deal with "legacy issues".
When asked if the Home Office would continue to cover the force's future legal costs in relation to the Hillsborough disaster, a spokesperson said: "Any subsequent requests will be considered in the normal way."
Amputees from the across the UK took part in the contest at Springburn Park.
Teams included Everton Amputees FC, Manchester City Amputees FC, UL Sport (Ireland) Amputees and Scotland's only amputee football team, Partick Thistle.
The Amputee Football Association Scotland (AFAS) was set up recently with the support of the Scottish FA to promote the sport.
Partick Thistle Community Trust offers fortnightly coaching sessions at the club's Firhill complex and with players travelling from as far afield as Dundee, Dumfries and Galloway and Edinburgh to train.
A video of the star player in the Partick team, Tommy McKay, went viral last week after he scored a goal at Tannadice.
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Supporters of the initiative include Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill who visited Firhill to coach the players during the summer.
Ashley Reid, of AFAS, said she hoped other Scottish clubs would support the setting up of amputee teams.
She said: "The training at Partick Thistle has been a great success and taking the sport to other SPFL clubs is the natural next step in building a league in Scotland.
"We have been appealing to anyone with a lower or upper limb amputation or limb difference to come and give it a try at the tournament."
Jeremy Mardis and his father, Chris Few, were in a car when they were shot in Marksville on Tuesday night.
Officers Norris Greenhouse and Derrick Stafford were arrested after a vehicle chase that left Mr Few, who was driving, critically injured.
Jeremy died at the scene and Mr Few remains in hospital.
The two officers were arrested on Friday after body-camera footage taken from them was assessed.
It is still unclear what led them to pursue Mr Few and what triggered the shooting.
Both were working secondary jobs in Marksville as marshals when the shooting happened, Col Michael Edmonson of Louisiana state police told a news conference.
"He [Jeremy Mardis] didn't deserve to die like that and that's what's important," Col Edmonson said.
Referring to the body-camera footage of the incident, Col Edmondson added: "I can tell you, it is the most disturbing thing I've seen, and I'll leave it like that."
The two officers have been charged with murder and attempted murder over the shooting.
Mr Few's stepfather, Morris German, said that Jeremy was a delightful child who "loved everything, everybody", the AP news agency reported.
Mr German said the boy, who had been diagnosed with autism, had no siblings.
Judge Leonie Brinkema issued a preliminary injunction, asserting that the campaign vow to institute a "Muslim ban" violated the First Amendment.
The Monday ruling is significant, as the judge ruled that religious bias is at the heart of Mr Trump's ban.
Another US judge has already upheld an order stopping implementation.
The First Amendment prohibits the government from establishing laws that favour one religion over another.
Earlier this month a judge in California upheld a lower court's decision to bar the federal government from beginning implementation of the ban, which temporarily prohibits travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, and indefinitely suspends the refugee admissions programme.
In her 22-page ruling, the Virginia judge cited several of Mr Trump's campaign statements including those in which he promised to create a "Muslim ban" if he were elected president.
"The president himself acknowledged the conceptual link between a Muslim ban and the EO (executive order)," Judge Brinkema wrote.
She also criticised the president's statements that persecuted Christians may be permitted entry despite the ban, which she said amounts to a religious test.
She also referenced a Fox News interview in which former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Trump adviser, said that the president wants a "Muslim ban" and that he had been instructed by Mr Trump to put together a commission to determine "the right way to do it legally".
Judge Brinkema sharply criticised lawyers for the justice department, who she said did not present any evidence except for the president's executive order.
"Maximum power does not mean absolute power," she wrote. "Every presidential action must still comply with the limits set" by the separation of powers laid out in the US Constitution.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, who argued the case against the ban, praised the judge's decision saying "the overwhelming evidence shows that this ban was conceived in religious bigotry".
The temporary injunction applies only to residents of Virginia and faculties of state universities who may have been affected by the new travel restrictions.
The case was brought to the court in Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of two Yemeni brothers who were turned away from the US shortly after arriving at Dulles International Airport.
The Yemeni men have since been allowed to enter the United States.
Mr Trump has said that he is considering rewriting the executive order, rather than bring the case to the Supreme Court.
The Slovak was disqualified after causing a crash which ended Briton Mark Cavendish's involvement in the race.
Sagan's Bora-Hansgrohe team took the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) and wanted Sagan to rejoin the race, two days after being sent home.
"Peter Sagan remains disqualified from the 2017 Tour de France," Cas said.
It added: "The Court of Arbitration of Sport issued a decision rejecting an urgent request filed by the Slovak cyclist Peter Sagan."
Cavendish suffered a broken shoulder in the collision on stage four in Vittel and was forced to pull out.
Sagan and his team insist he did not see Cavendish as the Manxman tried to race up the inside by the barriers and was not to blame for Tuesday's crash.
They argue Sagan was given no opportunity to put forward his side of the story and should, therefore, be immediately reinstated.
He was initially docked 30 seconds before the race jury reviewed the footage and upgraded his punishment to disqualification, ending his bid to win the Tour's green jersey for the leader of the points classification for a record-equalling sixth straight year.
Ali died last Friday at the age of 74 in hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.
World leaders will be among thousands attending Friday's procession and memorial service in Louisville, Kentucky, where Ali was born.
The White House said Mr Obama and his wife Michelle will be at daughter Malia's high school graduation.
They will send a letter to the Ali family with White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, who knew Ali.
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Bob Gunnell, a spokesman for the Ali family, said Mr Obama and Ali's widow Lonnie had spoken by telephone.
Among those attending will be the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and King Abdullah of Jordan.
British former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and actor Will Smith, who once portrayed Ali on screen, will be among the pallbearers.
Former US President Bill Clinton and actor Billy Crystal are also set to speak.
After Ali's death, Mr Obama said he kept a pair of his gloves in his private study below the photograph of Ali beating Sonny Liston in 1964.
Ali would be remembered, he said, "not just as skilled a poet on the mic as he was a fighter in the ring, but a man who fought for what was right. A man who fought for us."
On Thursday, a traditional Muslim funeral service will be held at the 18,000-seat Freedom Hall, where Ali fought and won his first professional fight in 1960.
People queued from the middle of the night on Tuesday to get the first tickets.
"I am here to get tickets for my grandson. He is eight," Angela Smith Ward, a former Army employee, told Agence France-Presse. "I want him to know that you can be great no matter where you come from."
On Friday, from 09:00 local time (13:00 GMT), the coffin will be taken on a procession through the streets of Louisville, passing by locations historically important to Ali.
Ali's funeral will then take place at a large concert and sports arena, the KFC Yum! Center, from 14:00. The service will be open to the public.
The boxer will be buried in a private service at the city's Cave Hill Cemetery.
The funeral will be broadcast live on the internet.
The system at Addenbrooke's and Rosie hospitals in Cambridge means nurses can access patient records on handheld devices instead of waiting for notes.
Addenbrooke's said it is the biggest patient care investment it has made.
Chief information officer Dr Afzal Chaudhry said patients should get medication quicker and leave sooner with the system in place.
The hospital is the first in the UK to use Epic's eHospital system, which is used in hospitals in the US.
The software currently contains more than 2.1m patient records from the last five years and it can be used on 7,000 computers and devices at the hospitals.
Nurses can quickly access and update patient records using 500 iPod Touch devices and using its barcode scanner, run tests such as measuring blood pressure.
The software can also be accessed on staff smartphones.
Last week the Cambridge News reported some staff were "panicking" and there was a "sense of doom" about the new system, which has required 200,000 hours of staff training.
A spokesman for Cambridge University Hospitals said no specific concerns had been highlighted up to chief executive level, but staff would be given 24-hour support.
It is expected to take a year until the system works entirely without paper.
Dr Chaudhry said: "It is the biggest single investment the Trust has ever made in the quality of patient care, and will make a real difference for everyone who comes into the Trust.
"Patients will get their medication quicker, nurses can spend more time with their patients and people who are treated here will get home sooner."
Bangor University is taking part in the new £1.7m Capturing Our Coast project which aims to improve understanding of UK marine wildlife.
More than 3,000 people across Britain will be trained to collect seaside samples for marine scientists.
The project is being led by Newcastle University and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
"This is a fantastic opportunity for the public to get involved in hands on marine science on rocky shores and, at the same time, find out more about the research activities of marine scientists in the UK," said Bangor University's Prof Stuart Jenkins.
"We aim to build a long-lasting relationship with volunteers which we hope will be mutually beneficial."
Partners include the Marine Conservation Society, the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), and the Natural History Museum.
Dr Heather Sugden, one of the scientists leading the scheme, said the project was the "first of its kind" in the UK.
"What this project aims to do is develop a network of citizen scientists who can help us build an accurate picture of marine life all around the UK - a baseline against which we can better understand the impact of climate change and other environmental and human factors," she added.
Plymouth University chief executive Wendy Purcell is currently suspended and chairman William Taylor "stepped aside" as each faces a separate investigation into their conduct.
The BBC can reveal that since March, £153,135 has been paid to law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV).
The university is yet to comment.
It is not known if the firm is working on cases other than the matters involving Prof Purcell and Mr Taylor.
Documents seen by the BBC reveal that in June VWV was paid £27,091 for "advice relating to vice chancellor in relation to Wendy Purcell".
Prof Purcell was placed on leave in June. The university has not given a reason for her suspension.
Mr Taylor, a retired judge, is facing a separate investigation into allegations of sexual harassment. He "categorically denies" the allegations.
The allegations were made in July by Prof Purcell on behalf of a number of women.
A senior barrister was appointed by the university in August to support its investigation into the allegations against Mr Taylor.
Sources: HEFCE report and BBC News
Andrew Hennells, 32, posted a comment on his profile that read "Doing. Tesco. Over" at 19:25 GMT on 13 February.
Norwich Crown Court heard that just 15 minutes later police caught Hennells with a knife and £410 stolen from the store in the Gaywood area of King's Lynn, Norfolk.
"It was a bizarre and unusual case," said Sgt Pete Jessop.
A member of the public had reported seeing a man with a knife demanding cash from a member of staff at the Tesco on St Faith's Drive.
Hennells stole a car from a retired couple who had stopped to use a cash machine and then fled to a nearby pub.
Sgt Jessop said Hennells's Facebook confession had made it easier to secure a guilty plea, which was entered in March.
"The pictures and posts on Facebook helped us confirm what we already knew," said the police officer.
"None of this takes away from the seriousness of the crime or the trauma experienced by the victims."
Judge Anthony Bate, sentencing, said Hennells posed a "high risk of serious harm to the public".
Hennells, of Riverview Way, Gaywood, Norfolk, will spend four years on extended licence after his release from jail as part of his sentence.
He also admitted carrying a knife as an offensive weapon.
The 23-year-old was discovered at 22:51 BST on Thursday after reports of a disturbance, Northumbria Police said.
A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and a section of Ladykirk Road, Benwell, has been cordoned off.
Northumbria Police have referred themselves to the police watchdog, the IPCC, because of recent police contact with the woman and the man.
The force said the matter had been passed to the Independent Police Complaints Commission "as a matter of course".
Extra officers are in the area to reassure residents. Anyone with information has been asked to contact detectives.
Former minister Nick Herbert has launched Conservatives for Reform in Europe (CRE) to argue the case for the UK to stay under renegotiated terms.
He led the campaign to keep Britain out of the euro 15 years ago.
But UKIP's Nigel Farage said Mr Herbert had never argued for EU exit and was "doing a job bolstering" David Cameron.
The prime minister, who wants the UK to stay within a "reformed" European Union, is pushing to renegotiate Britain's terms of membership of the EU ahead of a UK in/out referendum by the end of 2017.
If agreement with other EU leaders is reached next month, a vote could potentially be held as early as June.
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BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said Mr Herbert's intervention was a boost for Mr Cameron, especially coming from someone who describes himself as a Eurosceptic.
Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Herbert - who left the government in a reshuffle in 2013 - said: "Leaving without the first idea of what we might get instead would be to jump into a void.
"Whatever our views about the EU, the key long-term challenges facing this country - how to deliver health and social care with an ageing population, how to increase our competitiveness and productivity, how to deal with our debt and live within our means - would not suddenly be solved by leaving."
Mr Herbert said he wanted to "give voice to the thousands of Tory members and supporters" who want Mr Cameron to succeed, arguing his proposed reforms would restore UK "sovereignty" and reduce the "draw" for European migrants coming to Britain by curbing benefits.
But he warned that if the PM was unable to secure sufficient changes to the UK's terms of membership "many of us would be prepared to leave".
His views were echoed by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan - the first minister to officially declare her allegiance to continued EU membership.
In an article for the Observer, she said: "I think all of us agree what we don't want Britain to be: anti-competitive with more laws made overseas and with people travelling here for the benefits on offer rather than to pay their way.
"But we also don't want our children to inherit a Britain cut off from the world, where their prospects are limited and their opportunities end at our shores."
And Lib Dem MP and former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said there was "safety in numbers" in remaining a member of the EU and he hoped that most people who did not feel strongly about the issue would decide the "risks of leaving outweigh the imperfections of staying".
He told Andrew Marr that mass migration would remain a problem whether the UK was in the EU or not although he suggested that support for Turkey to ultimately become a member of the EU was waning.
Mr Cameron has said ministers will be free to campaign on either side ahead of the referendum, but he has also warned that they must treat each other with "appropriate respect and courtesy".
CRE's campaign is being launched just days after Conservative Eurosceptic and Leader of the Commons Chris Grayling said it would be "disastrous" if Britain was to remain in with its current terms of membership.
The UK is to have a referendum by the end of 2017 on whether to remain a member of the European Union or to leave. The vote is being preceded by a process of negotiations in which the Conservative government wants to secure a new deal for the UK including:
Mr Farage rejected suggestions that the momentum was with those arguing to stay within the EU.
"I have never regarded Mr Herbert as a staunch eurosceptic," he told the Sunday Politics. "When he was a minister and since, he never once advocated Britain leaving the EU. He is doing a job bolstering the prime minister."
He added: "I suspect that most senior politicians inside the Conservative Party will put their careers before their conscience and will back the prime minister's position. But does that matter? That's the real question. And I'm beginning to see this referenda actually as being the people versus the politicians. It might not matter."
And in response to Mr Clegg's comments, Tory MEP Daniel Hannan tweeted: "No-one is against co-operation in Europe. It is only the coercion that we object to."
Other parties are also preparing campaign groups. Labour Leave - led by MP Kate Hoey - is set to launch this week, despite Jeremy Corbyn's promise that his party would campaign to stay in the EU.
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Ex Swansea Striker, Lee Trundle has years of football experience and he definitely put them to good use to score this penalty during a charity game.
Lee went to shoot but put in his own little trick to throw off the keeper who definitely didn't see it coming!
Check out the video to see Lee being a little bit of a show off, but he's a show off with skill and imagination for sure...
Sercombe, 26, was left out of Saturday's League One draw at Walsall for unspecified "disciplinary reasons".
Manager Michael Appleton refused to confirm if the former Exeter midfielder had played his last game for Oxford.
"Who knows?" he said. "He won't be in the squad this weekend and whether he is beyond that, is something that will we decide at the time."
Sercombe's last appearance for Oxford came against Fleetwood on 5 April just days after he scored at Wembley in the U's EFL Trophy final defeat by Coventry City.
He has scored 22 goals in all competition for Oxford since joining from Exeter City in summer 2015.
"Everything is undo-able, there's never a full stop on anything," Appleton added. "But, there's going to have to be a hell of a lot of work behind the scenes to put things right.
"We do things a certain type of way. There's a culture at this club, certain things we accept and certain things we don't.
"I'm speaking on behalf of the whole group, not just myself and I'll be amazed if anybody thinks differently."
Sercombe will sit out Friday's trip to Bradford and the visit of Port Vale on Monday as 10th-placed Oxford look to cling on to their slim chances of reaching the League One play-offs.
A former employee is understood to have raised concerns about the authenticity of the product.
Western Isles Council's environmental health department is investigating.
Owner Natalie Crayton said there had been an issue that had been investigated and resolved and the business was now trading normally.
Hebridean Sea Salt was formed six years ago and has become a well-known brand in delis and supermarkets across the country.
It began as a small operation but is now supplying high street stores such as Waitrose and Sainsburys and is making inroads into international markets.
The company has had financial backing from the public purse with Highlands and Islands Enterprise contributing £300,000 to expand the business.
Food Standards Scotland said it was aware of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar's investigation and was liaising with the relevant enforcement authorities.
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The Gulls, recently taken over by Gaming International, are two points from safety with one win in 10 games.
"Every time the phone rang on Sunday I was looking, because I thought that might've been it," said Nicholson.
"I got a call from Clarke Osborne and he spelt out, in no uncertain terms, that this isn't good enough."
Osborne, chairman of Gaming International, appointed Geoff Harrop as the club's general manager and ex-Fenerbahce scout Dave Hedges as head of recruitment earlier this month.
Nicholson blamed his side's "sketch show" defending for their National League defeat on Saturday by Guiseley, who played for around 40 minutes with 10 men.
"I think they'd have been well within their rights to have pulled the plug and removed me on Sunday because regardless of what you think, everything is always the manager's fault and that's how it should be," Nicholson added to BBC Radio Devon.
"[But] they spelt out exactly what they expect and then they've backed me, they've given me a little bit extra funding-wise to try and get one or two players in.
"This has been ongoing. We've had weeks now when the results haven't been right - we've promised a lot and not delivered. Well, we've got to deliver now."
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Luke Varley, from Doncaster, was criticised on a Facebook group dedicated to photographs of people's parking blunders.
The 24-year-old said the abuse was "water off a duck's back".
The sales assistant said he chose to park across two bays to ensure his new car did not get scratched.
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Mr Varley's parking was featured within a private Facebook group after a shopper spotted his Vauxhall Astra positioned across two bays.
He said: "I've had a few people tutting and everything - but it's water off a duck's back to me. It doesn't bother me."
He added: "It's out of the way, where people who are disabled or have kids wouldn't park anyway. It's always when car parks are fairly quiet - if there weren't enough spaces I would park properly.
"And I'd never park in a disabled bay or a parent and toddler bay, as they're for another use."
Parking across two spaces has been dubbed "Clarkson Parking", after the TV presenter joked about doing it on Twitter.
Mr Varley told the Daily Mirror he did it due to the "amount of clowns who can't park or drive".
Further comments were made on BBC Radio Sheffield's Facebook page after Mr Varley spoke to the station on Thursday.
One individual labelled Mr Varley "a prat", but others supported his actions in protecting his car.
Adam Clarke said: "Maybe the owner has saved for ten years for that car? Then you get some old people carrier with young kids, who just fling doors open without consideration to the damage they may cause".
A spokesperson for the British Parking Association, which represents parking and traffic management operators, said "inconsiderate parking" causes problems for other motorists.
It advised that failing to abide by the terms and conditions set out on parking notices could lead to a penalty notice being issued by the car park operator.
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Six-year-olds have to read aloud 20 real words and 20 made-up words in the check, testing their ability to sound out words using the phonics system.
It is meant to test knowledge of the system's 85 letter combinations, but looks at only two-thirds of them.
Pupils also needed vocabulary knowledge to read the test words, the study said.
The research, presented at the British Educational Research Association conference by Dr Jonathan Solity and Dr Cat Darnell, is a detailed analysis of the words pupils have been asked to read in the check between 2012 and 2014.
The controversial test was introduced in 2012 to ensure all children at the end of Year 1 had what the government believed was sufficient phonics knowledge to develop their reading skills.
And so it was designed to check only how well children were deploying their knowledge of the letter combinations or "graphemes", rather than using their knowledge of vocabulary to read.
Hence the inclusion of 20 so-called "pseudo words".
But the researchers said, because of the complexity of the English language, children needed to use vocabulary knowledge to work out how to pronounce 40% of the words in the test.
For example, the word "brown" was included in the 2014 test.
But as the "ow" sound can be pronounced in two different ways - to rhyme with "cow" or "slow", the researchers said it was only by knowing the meaning of the word "brown" that children would be able to pronounce it correctly.
They also said children could get high scores in the test even if they were able to read only words made up of simple sounds such as the sound "d" in "dog".
Ministers strongly advocate the teaching of systematic synthetic phonics in schools.
This is where children use only their knowledge of graphemes in order to sound out simple words - before they go on to tackle more irregular words that they simply have to remember how to pronounce.
The researchers said schools may be wasting their time teaching more complex graphemes of little use to children in reading.
And the children, particularly those who are disadvantaged and from less "language rich" homes, would benefit more from efforts to build vocabulary.
This undue focus on the rarer language sounds could leave pupils struggling to read, the researchers said.
Dr Solity, an honorary research fellow at University College London, said: "This is not an anti-phonics argument. It is absolutely clear that children need to be taught phonics, and systematic synthetic phonics in particular.
"What we are questioning is whether it is worth teachers spending a great amount of time making sure pupils learn all 85 , rather than concentrating on the most frequent ones and then building pupils' vocabulary."
The government has insisted that its test works well to pick up the children struggling to read using phonics and enables interventions to be put in at an early stage.
A Department for Education spokesperson said the research was misleading.
"We test a wide range of phonics knowledge from a range of content, but it would be impossible to test every aspect that is taught in a single check.
"Over time, as more tests are carried out, they will cover the full breadth of knowledge required under the curriculum."
Oleg Anashchenko, military chief of Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), was reported to have died instantly.
The incident was described by rebel spokesman Andrey Marochko as an "act of terrorism".
It follows the bloodiest week of clashes between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed insurgents since 2015.
Mr Marochko said "Ukrainian secret services" were suspected of being behind the attack, which he said was aimed at "destabilising the Republic".
"We will track down the perpetrators of this monstrous act and they will receive the appropriate punishment," he said.
Officials in Kiev have denied any involvement in Saturday's bomb attack.
This week has seen an escalation in the violence in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, with a number of attacks that have reportedly left at least 35 people dead. There are fears that the actual death toll could be much higher.
Each side blames the other for the upsurge in violence.
Meanwhile US President Donald Trump is due to hold talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko.
A scheduled call is due to take place on Saturday in which Mr Poroshenko is likely to seek assurances that Washington will continue to provide diplomatic support to Ukraine.
Earlier this week, the government-held frontline town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine was hit by heavy shelling. The town, whose population is estimated to be about 22,000 people, was left without water and electricity in freezing conditions.
Russia and Ukraine, along with the rebels on Wednesday, signed up to calls for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons from Avdiivka by Sunday.
But Ukraine says it is preparing a possible evacuation of the town to avoid a humanitarian crisis.
The conflict in eastern Ukraine erupted after Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula in March 2014.
A ceasefire was eventually agreed in February 2015 but there have been frequent violations. The latest truce began on 23 December.
The US and EU imposed sanctions on Russia in response to its actions in eastern Ukraine and Crimea.
Russia has repeatedly denied sending troops and weapons into eastern Ukraine, but admits that Russian "volunteers" fight alongside the rebels.
There are currently 38 cancer drugs available to patients elsewhere in the UK that are not readily available to critically ill people in Northern Ireland.
This is despite the fact that research and clinical trials for some of the drugs have been carried out at Queen's University, Belfast.
Una Crudden, who has ovarian cancer, said getting treatment should not be a postcode lottery.
"There is no point in having a top research centre if the use of it is not going out to the people in Northern Ireland," she said.
Spanish voters are traditionally unadventurous, always voting for the same party - centre-left or centre-right - often depending on the side their family supported during the Spanish civil war. Those rifts still run deep in Spain.
But Sunday's regional vote changed all that. The centre-right Popular Party (PP), in government at national level, received a passionate slap in the face.
Its popularity has been corroded by corruption scandals - not unknown in Spain, but deemed unacceptable by many in times of recession and austerity measures. And it was the austerity that had voters really riled.
They have swallowed the medicine Greek voters seem so keen to spit out.
The economy is on the up, but ordinary people say they do not feel the benefits.
Like voters in many parts of Europe, Spaniards are angry with the powers that be. And so they punished the opposition Socialist Party, as well as the PP.
Spanish newspapers scream a headline now familiar across the continent: "The era of the two-party system is over!"
The fresh-faced leaders of alternative parties Citizens (Ciudadanos) and Podemos are rubbing their hands with glee. Expect Spain's general election later this year to be explosive.
Eurotunnel earlier warned its timetable had been disrupted following migrant activity and went on to advise day return passengers to reschedule.
The Foreign Office has also warned travellers about industrial action and migrants in Calais.
In Kent, lorries are queuing to cross the Channel on the M20.
Operation Stack, where lorries waiting for crossings have to park on a closed section of the motorway, is now in place from junctions 8 to 11 on the coastbound M20.
Junctions 12 and 13 are also closed to help with traffic management in the area but not to queue lorries, and only tourist traffic for the Channel Tunnel is allowed to join at junction 11.
Kent Police said Operation Stack was expected to remain in place into Wednesday.
The latest M20 closure comes amid a row about a proposed contraflow system that was suggested as a way to keep the route open while Stack was in place.
Kent Police said the emergency measure had been brought in because of a large amount of freight heading towards Dover and Eurotunnel and continued disruption in Calais.
Home Secretary Theresa May earlier met her French counterpart to discuss the ongoing disruption.
A government spokesman said it was continuing "to work very closely with the French authorities over the need to stop blockades and maintain port security.
"There does remain a possibility of further disruption and travellers should check travel advice with their operators," he said.
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Both the Port of Dover and P&O Ferries have said they remain open for business.
In a statement, the Port of Dover said: "The port and the ferry operators are together working hard to serve all customers travelling to and from the continent.
"We apologise for any delays or inconvenience as a result of traffic congestion."
P&O said it was aware of Foreign Office advice and it wanted to make clear that Calais at present was both safe and open for business.
P&O's commercial director Janette Bell said traffic could access the Port of Calais freely and cars and lorries were queuing safely and efficiently.
She added: "There is no point at which illegal migrants come into contact with our passengers."
DFDS Seaways had suspended its crossings on the Dover-Calais route because of an incident with a flare, but resumed the service on Tuesday.
Foreign Office advice to passengers is to check with operators and plan journeys to avoid disruption.
It has warned of industrial action by farmers, continuing strike disruption to cross-Channel services and large numbers of illegal migrants.
The 9.2 trillion won ($7.2bn; £5.8bn) quarterly profit is the South Korean firm's highest since 2013.
In October, the smartphone maker had to scrap the Note 7, after recalling 2.5 million handsets. Batteries were blamed for phones catching fire.
Samsung has also been embroiled in a corruption scandal, threatening its reputation, so how has it done so well?
Recalling and then ultimately killing off the Note 7, is thought to have cost Samsung $5.3bn (£4.3bn), a sum that would have made the firm's profits far bigger.
But while it is the world's biggest smartphone maker, phones are not its only business. It is also well known for its flat screen televisions and that side of things is doing well.
But the real jewel in the crown has been its semiconductor business which makes the chips for phones and servers.
Memory chip prices are rising sharply as demand grows, primarily from phone makers and Samsung is the biggest maker of the chips, ahead of rivals like Toshiba.
Despite the YouTube videos of burning phones, the drip-drip of negative stories and the internet memes, Samsung does not seem to have been as tarnished anywhere near as badly as you might expect.
A Reuters/IPOS study in the aftermath of the scandal found Samsung users in the US remained as loyal to their brand as Apple users were to their iPhones.
Because the problem was identified shortly after the Note 7 was released the recall was mostly limited to early adopters, and this limited the negative experiences, said Jan Dawson of Jackdaw Research.
"Your own personal experience trumps what you read and what people tell you," Dawson at the time of the Reuters/Ipsos poll.
And Samsung has said that after its recall, most customers chose to replace their Note 7 with a different Samsung handset - including the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge - rather than getting the money back.
Our correspondents in South Korea say that a major corporate scandal - which led to a court being asked to issue an arrest warrant for the firm's heir apparent over bribery allegations - did not seem to have tarnished the corporation's reputation at home dramatically either.
However, while the arrest request was turned down, Samsung remains embroiled in the case and the firm has acknowledged the "changing political landscape in Korea" could have some longer term impact on the business. So future results will be watched closely.
Not a particularly glamorous explanation but the strong dollar has also been a benefit to Samsung.
The won's value against the US currency has fallen, meaning that when sales from overseas are brought back to South Korea they are worth more.
It's something all South Korean exporters have benefited from recently.
Of course currency fluctuations work both ways, and the strong dollar means that any dollar-denominated debt is more expensive.
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) says it wants to ensure a person's wish to donate is honoured if they die.
In a strategy document it also asks whether those on the organ donor register should receive higher priority on the transplant waiting list.
The strategy has the backing of the four UK health ministers.
It aims to build on the 50% increase in deceased donation rates since 2008.
NHSBT says it wants a "revolution in public attitudes and behaviour" so that individuals and families will be proud to support donation.
It says knowledge of organ donation remains low outside the NHS but this can be increased through education and publicity campaigns.
The aims of the strategy are to:
Almost everyone would accept a transplant organ if they needed one - but only 57% of families agree to donation when asked.
Grieving relatives sometimes overrule the wishes of patients who have signed the organ donor register - although this usually happens when families are not aware of a loved one's wishes.
NHSBT says a shift in behaviour is needed comparable to the changes achieved in preventing drink-driving or smoking cessation.
It says the UK will examine systems - such as in the US - where families are not permitted to override pre-existing consent so people can be confident their pledge to donate will be respected.
Dr Paul Murphy, from NHSBT, said: "When a family says no to donation it means someone's hopes of a life-saving transplant are dashed. They need to understand the consequences of refusal."
Although there are more than 19.5 million people on the Organ Donor Register, most will die in circumstances where organ donation is not possible.
NHSBT says it should also be possible to increase the numbers of people who are able to donate by reviewing end-of-life care procedures. One example is a pilot study in Scotland which gives the option of donation following cardiac arrest and failed resuscitation.
The strategy calls for a national debate on proposals to increase organ donation. For example it wants to know whether the public would support a system similar to the one in Israel and Singapore where those on the organ donor register get higher priority if they ever need a transplant.
Sally Johnson, Director of Organ Donation and Transplantation at NHSBT said: "We need to have a serious debate in our society about our attitudes - is it fair to take if you won't give? Is it acceptable that three people die a day in need of an organ? Is it right to allow our organs to be buried or cremated with us when they could save or improve the lives of up to nine people?"
Last week the Welsh assembly voted to change to law to bring in an opt-out system of organ donation in 2015. Wales will be only UK country where individuals will be presumed to have consented for their organs to be donated unless they opt out.
There are around 7,300 people in the UK waiting for a transplant. Last year there were 1,212 deceased donors.
NHSBT says the waiting list "considerably under-represents the true number of people who could benefit from an organ transplant".
It says evidence suggests the demand for transplants is likely to continue to increase in years to come.
BMA response to UK wide strategy on organ donation
Dr Tony Calland, chair of the British Medical Association's ethics committee, said donation should become a natural and expected event.
He added: "The BMA believes the best way to achieve this is through the introduction of an opt-out system for organ donation, similar to that planned for Wales from 2015.
"We need to monitor the situation in Wales but we cannot wait until 2015 to take action, we should be encouraging an informed public debate about opt-out now so that once the data are available we are ready to move forward in other parts of the UK."
The former England captain donated £1,600 to the family of Tommi Miller, who he met last year.
He told the Cambridge News he was "totally devastated" to hear he had died.
Tommi's mother Ruth Miller said she was "overwhelmed" by the gesture and is also planning to buy a "special headstone" with the money.
She said the family, who live in Thorpe Way, Cambridge, were "very proud" the footballer remembered him.
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"When we visited the stadium, you could tell John Terry was really taken by him and his cheekiness but it was still a shock when we heard.
"Tommi obviously made a big impression on him and he was one of his favourite players so it's very special to us," she said.
Tommi, who was diagnosed with leukaemia aged three, died last month after an unsuccessful attempt was made to carry out a bone marrow transplant.
A family friend contacted Terry on Instagram to ask if he would like to contribute to the costs and he replied saying he would "love to help."
When he was told it was £1,600, Terry phoned up the funeral director to arrange the payment.
He said it was a "pleasure" to meet the youngster, adding: "I'm sure his family and friends will give him the send off he deserves."
The funeral will take place on Thursday, with those attending wearing either Chelsea shirts or the Cambridge United strip.
He was shot after an intruder forced entry to his family's home in Sydney at 0600 local time (GMT 2000).
The gunman kicked down the door and threatened the boy's mother before entering his room and shooting him at very close range, police said.
His step-father and young step-siblings were also in the house at the time.
The boy was taken unconscious to hospital soon after, where he later died.
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Brett earlier told reporters that the teenager's mother was "extremely distressed".
The gunman covered his face but is described as being fairly tall, of thin build and aged between 18 and 20. Police have appealed to the public for information.
Having led Wales to a historic semi-final at Euro 2016, Coleman's stock is at an all-time high.
The 46-year-old is contracted until the end of the next World Cup, with his team playing their first qualifier at home to Moldova on 5 September.
"I am sure this will be my last campaign whether we qualify or not," said Coleman.
"That will be six or seven years in the job, which is a long time. So I think this will be my last hit, at it so I will give it my best shot, but I would not consider going anywhere else. I want to see this through.
"There's success in this team, I think, because they're at a good age. But I'll certainly give everything I've got in this next campaign. I'll make sure they do."
Coleman has overseen a remarkable transformation in Wales' - and his own - fortunes since his appointment in January 2012.
Five months earlier, Wales had fallen to their lowest world ranking of 117th and, despite making the worst start of any Wales manager with four defeats from his first four games, Coleman is now guiding his country through its most successful era.
Euro 2016 was Wales' first appearance at a major tournament for 58 years, and their progress to the semi-finals saw them eclipse the previous best performance at a major tournament - reaching the last eight at the 1958 World Cup.
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Coleman was rewarded for qualification with a new contract in May, which runs until after the 2018 tournament in Russia, and has no regrets about agreeing the deal before Wales' Euro 2016 success.
"If they [FAW] wanted to talk to me about another contract I would be cashing in a bit, wouldn't I? Same as if I jumped ship and went somewhere else because we had done well at a tournament.
"I would not feel right. I have signed a good contract and I am looking forward to the campaign."
Wales have been the underdogs for much of their history, though that could change following their achievements at Euro 2016.
Coleman's men have been handed a relatively kind qualifying draw for the 2018 World Cup, playing in the same group as Austria, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Georgia and Moldova.
"The biggest challenge for us is that we will be a scalp now in this campaign because of what we've just done," said Coleman.
"Teams will play differently against us and rather than us being the underdogs, which we're very good at, we'll be expected to win.
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"We've not been used to breaking teams down. We've been used to hitting teams on the counter-attack because they've attacked us because they expect to get something from us.
"We may have to look at how we approach it slightly differently in terms of what the opposition are going to do to us."
Coleman favoured a 5-3-2 formation at Euro 2016, having used the same system for most of the qualifying campaign.
The former Fulham manager has switched to a four-man defence in the past - a goalless draw in Belgium in 2014 among its most effective deployments - and he is considering further tactical alterations before the 2018 World Cup campaign.
"When you change formation with an international team, sometimes you're on thin ice, but you have to be brave and I will," Coleman added.
"I'd rather do that than not do anything. In my first campaign, for large parts of it I didn't do anything. I left it the same. I wouldn't make that same mistake again.
"You learn from that, you learn from failing and coming up short. I was trying to do everything that Speeds [the late Gary Speed, Coleman's predecessor] was doing because I was told it was working and don't change it.
"It didn't work for me - it blew up in my face. I'll never make that mistake again."
The American, 32, served a one-year ban after testing positive for a banned anabolic steroid in 2013.
But he says he didn't cheat, insisting: "If I would have made a decision to intentionally do something to hurt the sport, I wouldn't have come back."
Gay will face Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell, who have also failed drug tests, in the men's 100m at Thursday's Diamond League in Lausanne.
"When you put key words or a syringe by somebody's name, it manipulates someone's mind to believe you intentionally tried to do something and get away with it," added Gay. "That wasn't the case."
Gay was suspended after reportedly admitted using a cream containing testosterone and human growth hormone.
He was banned for one year, rather than the usual two, after providing the United States Anti-Doping Agency with evidence that allowed it to ban his former coach, Jon Drummond, for eight years.
Gay said he had put his "trust in someone and was let down".
Speaking to the BBC's World Service, he said: "If I could do everything all over again, I definitely would."
Six-time Olympic gold medal winner Usain Bolt said in April that Gay should have been banned for life.
But Gay, the joint second-fastest man ever over 100m and a former 100m and 200m world champion, is undeterred.
"You answer to yourself," said Gay, who returned last summer and ran 9.87 to become US champion last month.
"The true fans are understanding of what I've been through. For them to look up to me still, that means a lot."
Gay is up against compatriot Gatlin, who has served two doping bans, and Jamaican Powell, who served a six-month ban after failing a drugs test in 2013, in Lausanne on Thursday.
Gatlin has run the fastest 100m of the year - 9.74 seconds while Powell ran a season's best 9.81 at the Diamond League in Paris on Saturday.
US sprinter Mike Rodgers, who was banned for nine months after testing positive for a banned stimulant, will also run in Lausanne.
Bolt, 28, is currently sidelined with a pelvic injury a doubt for the World Championships in Beijing at the end of August.
Organisers of London's Anniversary Games - at the Olympic Stadium from 24-26 July - are hopeful the Jamaican will run at their event.
He told MPs in the Commons that more than £1bn had already been transferred out of pensions.
In theory, the new rules give pensioners the ability to withdraw money from their pension pots to do with as they wish.
But some pension firms are not offering full freedom to their customers.
Under the government changes introduced in April, those over the age of 55 have the ability to withdraw as much money as they like from their pension savings, subject to income tax.
However, some companies are only offering limited freedom, while others are charging hundreds of pounds for advice.
But Mr Osborne said the number of people who had taken advantage of the new rules was testament to their success.
"We on this side of the House believe we should trust people who have worked hard and saved hard with those savings in retirement," he said.
He acknowledged that "we have got to make sure people get the best advice, that the market responds, the companies up their game in helping customers make use of these freedoms and we will be watching these things very carefully".
One of the main changes under the new rules means pensioners are no longer forced to buy an annuity.
"Whilst the number of people taking money from their pensions has not significantly increased, the way they are doing so has, with less than one in 10 of people currently choosing to buy an annuity, compared to eight or nine in 10 only a couple of years ago," said Tom McPhail at Hargreaves Lansdown.
"This is a reform of equal magnitude to the Right to Buy council house sales revolution of the 1980s; in the same way that Margaret Thatcher introduced millions of people to home ownership, George Osborne is now introducing millions of people to pension ownership."
The two Mercedes drivers, with Hamilton 0.115 seconds behind Rosberg, were half a second faster than the Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel.
Williams's Valtteri Bottas was fifth, just 0.003secs behind Vettel and ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.
Hamilton missed out on the fastest time when he ran wide at Turn Eight on his fastest lap, losing about 0.3secs.
And both Ferraris could also have gone faster.
Vettel ran wide at the last corner on his first flying lap on his qualifying simulation run on the faster 'soft' tyre and failed to improve on his second lap.
Raikkonen made the same mistake on his first lap and did improve on his second, but by then the best would have gone from the tyres.
Vettel also had trouble later in the session, suffering a brake problem on his exit from the pits and having his front wing damaged as Force India's Sergio Perez cut across him into Turn One.
The incident was investigated by stewards after the session, but no further action was taken.
However, another incident - when Hamilton and Raikkonen passed a queue of cars on the inside at the exit of the pit lane at the end of the session - saw Raikkonen reprimanded "for driving in a manner deemed to be dangerous in the pit lane". Hamilton was not punished.
Ferrari look close enough on outright pace to suggest they will be able to pose a challenge to Mercedes in the race, potentially turning their lighter tyre usage to their advantage.
And that impression was heightened by the red cars' race pace. Running on heavy fuel later in the session, Vettel and Raikkonen looked in the region of 0.5secs a lap quicker than Rosberg on the 'soft' tyre.
However, the amount of fuel in the cars is not known and Hamilton did the majority of his race-simulation runs on the 'medium' tyre as Mercedes tried to evaluate both tyres.
And the world champion set two laps when he switched to the 'soft' tyre at the end of the session that suggested Mercedes will in fact be able to match Ferrari's pace in the race.
Just as in China last weekend, Mercedes and Ferrari look set to be in a race of their own at the front, with Williams the next fastest team.
Behind Ricciardo on outright pace, Lotus's Pastor Maldonado was seventh, ahead of Sauber's Felipe Nasr, Williams's Felipe Massa and Sauber's Marcus Ericsson.
McLaren-Honda's Fernando Alonso was just outside the top 10 in 11th, while team-mate Jenson Button had a troubled time, managing only two complete laps before he was told to park out on track because of an engine problem.
McLaren managed to get Button out again later in the session but he failed to set a representative lap time after getting tangled up with Lotus's Romain Grosjean when he tried.
Button, who ended up 19th fastest, also missed the first session after an electrical problem turned off his engine and caused him to spin at Turn One after just three laps.
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Cross bench senator David Leyonhjelm has called for Australians to be allowed to carry concealed weapons.
But a weakening of the country's gun laws has been rejected by the main opposition parties and some members of the ruling Liberal-National coalition.
Two people died along with the hostage-taker when police stormed the Lindt cafe to end Monday's 16-hour siege.
Mr Leyonhjelm, a Liberal Democratic Party senator for New South Wales, said the siege would have been lessened if some of the 17 hostages had been armed.
"What happened in that cafe would have been most unlikely to have occurred in Florida, Texas, or Vermont, or Alaska in America, or perhaps even Switzerland as well," Senator Leyonhjelm told ABC Radio.
"Statistically speaking" in those jurisdictions, "one or two of the victims" would have had a concealed gun, he said.
But former coalition deputy prime minister Tim Fischer said that the analogy with US gun laws was "seductive nonsense".
"Debate will always go on in a good democracy but where it is built on a pack of lies from the NRA [US National Rifle Association] it should be dealt with swiftly," he said.
"It is seductive nonsense to say concealed gun laws would somehow work here in Australia."
Labor opposition leader Bill Shorten also rejected the idea.
"Our rate of gun deaths for the same population proportionately is far less [than America] and I do not see how putting more guns into the community makes us safer," he said.
In the wake of a mass shooting that left 35 people dead in Port Arthur in the state of Tasmania in 1996, the then prime minister, John Howard, dramatically tightened gun laws.
The first of three national agreements- the National Firearms Agreement (1996) - resulted in restricted legal possession of automatic and semi-automatic firearms and further restricted the legal importation of some non-military firearms.
Australia's states and territories agreed to a firearms registration scheme and licensing of people who wanted to legally possess and use firearms.
Previously, only handguns needed to be registered and obligations around long-arm gun registration varied between jurisdictions.
Police inquiries have revealed that the Sydney cafe gunman, 50-year-old Man Haron Monis, was not a registered firearms licence holder and had never held a gun licence in New South Wales, the state where the siege took place.
In NSW, anyone who wants to own and use a firearm must have a licence or a permit, and must have a genuine reason for obtaining the licence and meet a range of legislative requirements relating to that genuine reason.
A mandatory national buyback of outlawed guns eventually resulted in the destruction of more than one million weapons, according to University of Sydney academic Philip Alpers.
In a research paper he wrote in 2013, Mr Alpers said the post-1996 destruction of guns reduced Australia's national stock of firearms by one-third.
"If we accept a frequently cited estimate of 270 million privately owned guns in the United States, a similar effort in that country would require the destruction of 90 million firearms," said Mr Alpers.
However, the report also found that although the importing of guns into Australia was stagnant for about two years it then began to recover.
"By mid-2012, following a steady 10-year upward trend in gun buying, Australians had restocked the national arsenal of private guns to pre-Port Arthur levels."
The body of Liam Hill, 44, was found at his Rhyl flat on 8 January, two days after he was last seen.
A post mortem examination raised concerns about the cause of his death.
Speaking on Friday, Mr Hill's sister Colette Sudlow said: "We are angry someone's actions have taken Liam's life and destroyed ours."
Officers previously appealed to football fans for help as Mr Hill was seen at Rhyl's Bar Bow pub watching Everton v Manchester City on 6 January.
At a press conference, Ms Sudlow said: "For Liam to be taken away from us at such a young age and in such a cruel way is heartbreaking.
"This has been a very difficult time for the whole family and it's been made worse by the sudden passing of Liam's older brother Sean on Tuesday night."
Police previously said Mr Hill sustained significant head, upper and lower body injuries.
Det Supt Mark Chesters of North Wales Police said Mr Hill was well known in the area and he was "a little disappointed about the lack of information from the local community".
He added: "We have no doubt that Liam's injuries were sustained as a result of a deliberate and sustained attack by one or more people."
Joe Denly (36) added 18 runs to his overnight score when play began in the afternoon before falling to Rob Keogh.
Opener Daniel Bell-Drummond (69 not out) made his fourth half-century of the summer as Kent reached 131-2.
Bad light halted play before rain ended any hopes of a restart as both sides finished with 11 points and Kent remained second in Division Two.
The 19-year-old said the injury was "nothing too serious" and that she was hoping to be "back in less than six weeks for the end of the season".
She was due to compete in snowboard slopestyle qualifying on Thursday and Big Air qualifying from 16 March.
Ormerod became Britain's first Big Air World Cup winner earlier this year.
She is seen as one of Britain's best medal hopes for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.
The Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships are taking place in Sierra Nevada, Spain until 19 March.
Sometimes this might even require military action to evacuate or maybe even extricate people from some crisis in a far-flung country.
In this sense, China is fast becoming no different from any other major player in the world.
And in the process, its foreign policy and its global footprint are significantly changing.
A new book released here by the International Institute for Strategic Studies at its Shangri-La Dialogue - Asia's premier security forum - investigates for the first time these subtle changes in China's global role.
Entitled China's Strong Arm: Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad, it consciously borrows a phrase attributed to the great British statesman Palmerston during the zenith of Britain's imperial power, when he spoke of its "strong arm" in protecting its passport holders wherever they ventured.
According to one of the book's co-authors, Jonas Parello-Plesner, a Danish diplomat: "For some years now, Chinese companies have been going out to unstable parts of the world - to Sudan for oil exploration, to Libya, Afghanistan and Pakistan for mining and construction - and have brought along with them a corps of Chinese workers which has created... a profoundly changed global risk map for China's leaders, both in terms of its human presence and for its assets abroad."
The seminal event, he says, was in 2011 in Libya "when China managed in 12 days in late February through to the beginning of March to rescue more than 35,000 workers who came out by ship, aeroplane, or by bus".
He points to a similar evacuation in Yemen in March, "where Chinese naval vessels went in, docked and brought out more than 600 Chinese citizens as well as other foreign nationals".
In this sense, China was behaving exactly like other major countries when faced by such a crisis.
But surely the despatch of warships to a conflict zone raises questions about that traditional cornerstone of China's foreign policy, namely non-interference in other countries' affairs?
Mathieu Duchatel, a specialist at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, who is based in Beijing (and the book's other co-author) told me that this shift in China's foreign policy was "clearly being driven by practical concerns rather than ideology".
"There was a major turning point in 2004, which was completely unexpected," he says.
"Within a few months, there were three attacks on Chinese nationals - one in Sudan, one in Pakistan and one in Afghanistan.
"And this prompted a strong reaction in China - it attracted the attention of the top leadership. China realised that it had so many nationals overseas and that some of them were based in unstable countries - war zones in some cases - and so they realised that protecting them was a national interest."
This realisation established what has become a constant tension in China's foreign policy that has not yet been resolved.
As Mr Parello-Plesner told me: "China has companies willing to accept risk who are out there to secure business or markets in virgin territories where there isn't necessarily a high-level of Western competition.
"That's why in the search for oil they have gone into Sudan."
Then, on the other hand, you have the Chinese government, which is traditionally inclined towards non-interference and more risk averse and would rather stay out of troublespots.
These two trends converge, he says, and "we see the Beijing government having to do much more, often in innovative ways".
He gave the example of South Sudan where the Chinese are now fielding a combat battalion in the UN mission that's there to stabilise the country.
"But it's also part of the UN mandate that they can help to secure oil workers who are predominantly Chinese, so there you see a combination of China pursuing its national interest which works for the broader public good."
This of course raises a fundamental question - does China have the military resources needed for such interventions to protect its nationals abroad?
In some cases the answer is clearly yes.
This is now explicitly part of Beijing's new defence strategy that was published last week.
But, as Mr Duchatel told me, the Chinese navy's involvement in evacuations in Libya and Yemen was slightly fortuitous in that it had warships nearby, as part of anti-piracy operations in the Gulf.
What about a crisis further from China's own resources - suppose an evacuation were needed in a West African country where over 30,000 Chinese passport holders might be involved?
China, he says, "simply couldn't carry that out with the same level of military involvement".
There are those in the West who see this growing Chinese global role as a potential threat, offering Beijing a potential excuse to justify the deployment of military forces in all kinds of places that might traditionally have been well away from its routine concerns.
Of course, China does not yet have the means to do this.
But Mr Duchatel suggests that on the contrary, this could perhaps be a positive development.
"It is hard to think of scenarios of any evacuation from a country where the West and China would be opposed," he says.
In contrast to what is happening in the South China Sea, this is an area where there is a lot of common ground and, he argues, "there is potential for China and the West - meaning the US and Europe - to work together to enhance stability".
There are technical things the militaries could do together in cases of evacuation.
Says Mr Duchatel: "It is pretty clear that when there is an evacuation, China is not the only country to evacuate - Pakistan, the Europeans and the US all carry out such operations and there has to be some degree of co-ordination just to avoid competition for limited resources like landing areas."
Lancashire County Council (LCC) refused permission to extract shale gas at two sites in June 2015, a decision which was overturned on appeal in October.
Greenpeace said emails from the time showed ministers delayed a report before the council voted.
The government said the report was not "robust" enough to influence policy.
Greenpeace claim the documents - including some from then Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) Andrea Leadsom - show ministers "worked together to limit damage to the fracking industry" from a previously censored report.
The Shale Gas Rural Economy Impacts report, which suggested negative impacts on tourism, congestion, housing and noise, was published in a heavily redacted form in 2014.
The environmental organisation appealed to the information commissioner, who ordered the release of the study in an unedited version.
It was eventually put out on 1 July 2015, two days after Lancashire councillors voted to refuse energy company Cuadrilla's application to frack at Little Plumpton and Roseacre Wood.
Greenpeace claims ministers were aware the commissioner ruled it should be released unredacted, but "chose to delay until as late as possible in the 35-day window they were given".
One email, sent on 15 June 2015 by Mrs Leadsom's private secretary and which copied in the then DECC Secretary of State Amber Rudd, said the minister "suggests we do nothing before Cuafrilla's [sic] planning decision if we have time".
Greenpeace received the emails following a Freedom of Information "battle" with the DECC, which it said had taken "over a year".
Emma Gibson from Greenpeace said the correspondence showed "they waited until the last possible moment to release this report, just before they were about to be in contempt of court for not releasing it".
"They did that deliberately so that [Lancashire] councillors would not have access to information that was critical about the fracking industry."
Marcus Johnstone, Labour councillor for Padiham and Burnley West, took part in the LCC vote and said he was "shocked and horrified at the lengths to which Whitehall went to delay publishing this report".
A spokesman for the new Business and Energy Department said all offices had "complied fully with the information commissioner's ruling".
"As the material made clear, we do not believe this internal document - which was incomplete and had not been peer-reviewed - was sufficiently analytically robust to inform policy-making," he said.
Although the solitude provided by the surrounding seas and oceans has been - at times - the UK's greatest defence, it can also pose the greatest threat to the estimated three million people that live within its coastal reaches.
The danger of the sea was brought home for thousands of people in the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK during the night of 31 January 1953.
A massive storm surge swept into unsuspecting, sleeping communities, claiming the lives of 2,551 people, damaging almost 50,000 properties and killing tens of thousands of livestock.
Described as one of the UK's worst natural disasters in modern times, the Great North Sea Flood inundated 1,000 miles of coastline and left 380 square miles of land submerged under seawater, ruining vast areas of valuable farmland.
"1953 exposed the weaknesses of the east coast flood defence system in a dramatic and tragic manner," explained Phil Rothwell, head of flood and coastal risk strategy for the Environment Agency.
"Following on from that, there was significant investment in the weak points and where the problems were likely to be greatest."
He told BBC News that it led to a re-evaluation of defences around the entire coastlines of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
One of the outcomes from the process was the design and construction of the Thames Flood Barrier, which began operating in 1984.
"Although we tend to think of the 1953 flood as a South-East event, the impact was felt all along the [North Sea] coast," he explained.
While 307 people in England died in the flood, 19 people in Scotland also lost their lives.
'Extreme storm surge'
Chris Hughes, a researcher at the National Oceanography Centre and the University of Liverpool, explained that a storm surge referred to a rise in sea-level on top of the tide.
"Storm surges of some kind happen every day," he told BBC News.
"It only gets unpleasant for people when you have an extreme storm surge, which is what we are seeing at the moment.
"This requires a combination of usually low atmospheric pressure - this effectively sucks up the sea surface - and wind blowing along or towards the coast, which piles the water up.
"In the UK, we tend to get the extreme high tides near the equinoxes - around September and March.
"So if this weather event had happened at a different time of year, it could have produced an even bigger storm surge," Prof Hughes suggested.
But could we see a repeat of the events of 1953? Today, an estimated three million people live in coastal areas, of which 1.3 million are deemed to be in areas at-risk from flooding.
Phil Rothwell said that lessons from the storm surge tragedy 60 years ago had been learned and a "significant programme of investment had been carried on since that time".
For example, he said: "The peak level forecast for this current event in Hull is 5.2 metres. The previous highest level was 5.0m, so it is higher than we have seen before.
"We have put a barrier in at Hull and improved the flood defences [to withstand a peak] to 6.3m, so even though the peak forecast is higher than it has ever been recorded before, it is still significantly below some of the defences that have been put in place."
But, he added: "But that is not universally true, in some places where flood defences have been built or improved, they might 'overtop' in instances such as this one."
Managing the risk
Within the UK, a range of flood defence systems are used. These include hard structures, such as concrete seawalls; beach replenishment and "soft engineering", including "managed realignment" of the coastline.
Overall, about 44% of the England and Wales coastline and 6% of Scotland's coastline is defended by one of the above systems.
When deciding on the scale and size of defences, Mr Rothwell said the Environment Agency focused its efforts on areas with the highest risk of "wave attacks and future overtopping".
He also added that consideration was also given to what is situated behind the defences, such as large urban areas where the risk to human life and economic activity was highest.
"There is a very well worked system to determine where risk is at its highest and where you therefore have to invest."
In recent years, investment in coastal defences has doubled. A report for the UK government projected that figure would have to double again by 2080 as a result of concerns over the impact of climate change.
Mr Rothwell acknowledged that, in the future, the cost and scale of updating coastal flood defences was unlikely to be sustainable.
But he said that there were a number of other ways of controlling the risk from flooding.
"When you are rebuilding houses or building towns that have a flood risk, whether inland or on the coast, then you need to be able to build them in such as way to be resilient.
"If you do this then you can still get out, escape and cause less damage, so there is a lot that can be done in terms of planning and development to ensure that the risk is reduced.
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He said that another importance facet in the ways to reduce the risk to people and properties was via a flood warning system.
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The Environment Agency says more than a million people have signed up to receive its alerts. The alerts are also disseminated via traditional and social media. In 1953, no such system existed.
"In 1953, there were people that were being flooded in the north of England at the same time that people in Canvey Island were getting ready for a night out because the communication system just was not there," observed Mr Rothwell.
"In terms of communication and in terms of data, we now have far, far better forecasting systems that allow us to understand when a surge of this sort is likely to occur."
In order to predict the occurrence of storm surges, scientists have developed computer models that run on supercomputers at the Met Office.
The UK Coastal Monitoring and Forecasting (UKCMF) service is a partnership between NOC, the Environment Agency, the Met Office, and CEFAS, the fisheries agency.
Prof Hughes explained: "The main advance [in coastal flood alert forecasting] has been computer power.
"In the past, it was people looking at charts and doing some analytical calculation to try and work out what the storm surges would do.
"This gradually evolved into numerical models on computers with finer and finer (resolution), and this was also combined with better and better weather predictions.
"We are now starting to look at things such as 'ensemble forecasting', so rather than run the best estimate of what you think is going to happen in the future, you try several different ones with slight changes to the starting conditions - you get a better picture of how reliable your forecast is."
Creepy-crawlies like beetles, caterpillars and grasshoppers are a staple food in many parts of the world.
However, despite them being low in fat and calories and containing as much protein as beef, many in the Western world steer clear of eating insects.
As part of her degree show, student Courtney Yule has designed a "starter kit" for turning them into a meal.
The 22-year-old, who is in the final year of a product design course at Edinburgh Napier University, was inspired by studies identifying entomophagy - eating insects - as the best way to feed the growing global population.
Harvesting insects is also seen by experts as more environmentally-friendly than traditional livestock farming which requires land, crops for feed, and animals and machinery which produce greenhouse gases.
The plastic Entopod includes a grinder to create insect flour to bake into recipes or add to shakes, and detachable containers to heat food in the oven, microwave or on a cooker.
Insect fondue is also a possibility with the addition of a candle underneath the leg stand, and the reverse ends of the eating utensils used as skewers.
Insect snacks can also be stored in the detachable containers for lunch.
The device is one of hundreds of exhibits created by students to be showcased at Edinburgh Napier's 2015 Degree Show from 22 May.
Miss Yule said: "The main barrier is obviously getting consumers to accept the idea of eating insects. Before I began this work I didn't even like to touch them, but I don't have any problem with eating them now and it is a practice which is growing in popularity every day.
"People think nothing about eating prawns and shrimps but they have a different reaction to grasshoppers and crickets. However, the more you read about the health benefits, the less bothered you become.
"You can do anything with insects; sweet and sour grasshopper, mealworm macaroni, lime and ginger locusts or cricket cookies."
Miss Yule carried out research which found most people would consider eating insects.
However, many did find the look off-putting, even those who enjoyed lobster or prawns. The taste and texture of the initial bite often came as a pleasant surprise, and she decided there would be interest in a 'starter kit' which allowed people to experiment with entomophagy.
Miss Yule, from Berwick-upon-Tweed, added: "A lot of people are now supplying dried insects but in the course of my research I have not seen any other products which help in preparing them to eat.
"I am now at the stage of tweaking design components, and although the prototype is white I am also working on bright neon and anodised colours resembling the natural colouring of insects.
"After the degree show, I will be taking it down to the New Designers show in London in July."
The Wales and Swans captain is reported to be close to agreeing a move to Goodison Park after eight years at the Liberty Stadium.
A spokesman for the Welsh club declined to "comment on speculation" about the 31-year-old central defender.
Former Toffees winger Nevin told BBC Wales: "I don't think many Evertonians would say no to Ashley Williams."
He added: "What's not to like? He understands the game, he has real bravery and is a real leader as well.
"Everyone is looking for a dependable centre half and he's one. I've heard £10m - that would be great business for Everton."
Williams is halfway through a four-year contract at Swansea.
The Wolverhampton-born defender has played more than 300 games for the Swans since joining for £300,000 from Stockport in March 2008.
He has not taken part in any pre-season matches after being given an extended break after captaining Wales to the semi-finals of Euro 2016.
Comments by manager Francesco Guidolin did little to quell rumours following Swansea's 4-0 win over Wolves on Saturday, 30 July.
"Ashley is very important to us but I don't know what the situation is," he said.
Former Wales team-mate Danny Gabbidon, speaking on Radio Wales, said: "It doesn't look good for Swansea fans, I think he's probably going to be going."
Williams was linked with a move to Goodison during the summer of 2015 - a time when Everton's England international John Stones was being linked heavily with Chelsea and Manchester City.
With fresh rumours regarding Stones' future, new Everton manager Ronald Koeman could need a new central defender.
The reported interest in Williams comes at the same time as rumours West Ham are poised to make a £20m bid for Swansea's Ghana international striker Andre Ayew.
Ayew was Swansea's top scorer last season with 12 goals in 35 Premier League appearances.
The Liberty Stadium club have already seen three forwards depart this summer with Portuguese striker Eder joining Lille, Italian Alberto Paloschi going to Atalanta and Frenchman Bafetimbi Gomis signing for Marseille on loan.
Swansea have not yet brought in a new striker during the summer transfer window.
Former Wales striker and BBC Wales pundit Iwan Roberts says he is worried about the transfer policy.
"If these rumours are true I would think Ashley's head would be turned at 31 to go and play for a big club - but for £10m he's irreplaceable," he said.
"You could see Ashley leaving and there's a big question mark over Ayew. I can't see Swansea turning £20m down when they got him on a free transfer.
"There's only two weeks to go - there's a lot of work to be done at Swansea City and I am worried for them."
Toaipuapuaga Opapo, 23, says bleeding wounds appeared on her body while she was at church on Good Friday. Her story, widely covered in the largely Christian country, has triggered a national debate, and even comment from the prime minister.
Stigmata are marks or bleeding similar to that of Christ at the crucifixion. Believers say they appear miraculously though there is much scepticism around the claims.
Ms Opapo said the wounds appeared on her palms, feet, forehead and her side while she was performing as Jesus Christ in a church play re-enacting the crucifixion last month.
Footage of her at the church broadcast on television shows what appears to be blood running down her arms, and later emerging from her side.
In a subsequent television interview with TV1 Samoa, she claimed to be spontaneously bleeding while on camera. The station said it could not independently verify her claim.
"I'm just another human being… but my body has been used as a reminder because God knows that the faith of his servants are dying," she said in the interview, also claiming she had a "sickness" for the past three years which caused her to have visions.
Her church, the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (CCCS), told the BBC that if it really was stigmata it would be a "unique occurrence".
"Stigmata is not part of the Reformed tradition of which CCCS is a part. We are therefore undertaking our own investigations into the matter," said general secretary Afereti Uili, who added that the church would release a statement later.
Her story has been greeted with both scepticism and joy in Samoa.
Some, including the country's Catholic Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailelel Malielagaoi, have called it a miracle.
He was quoted in the Samoa Observer newspaper as saying: "We should be happy about these events... if it happens to someone, it means they are holy."
Others, however, have accused her of manufacturing a hoax.
"Still can't get my head over this. Those (are) inflicted wounds. She needs medical attention (and) counselling!" said one commenter on TV1 Samoa's Facebook page.
One reason for the split in opinion may be that many Samoans are Protestant Christians, while stigmata has been a mostly Catholic phenomenon. Ms Opapo is a Protestant.
Merita Huch, a news editor with TV1 Samoa, told the BBC: "This is a huge thing, it's dividing the whole country across the faiths."
"The Catholic Church has since been taking care of her, they have held a Mass for her. There have been villages who have invited her as they want to meet and touch her.
"But there are other churches who are warning people not to believe it, saying it is the work of the devil... Some people say she was possessed by an old boyfriend's spirit."
Religious studies Professor Paul Morris told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the case could be a response to "the tremendous pressure" the CCCS - the largest in Samoa - has been under from other churches in recent decades.
Another possible explanation for the case was "psycho-somatic, that intensity of identification... where a young woman or man identify with Jesus to an extreme degree", he was quoted as saying.
The treasury minister will have the right to hire and fire the broadcasting chiefs - a role currently in the hands of a media supervisory committee.
European media watchdogs have protested at the move. The EU Commission suspects Poland may be jeopardising EU values.
Poles are hotly debating media freedom.
A Polish presidential spokeswoman, Malgorzata Sadurska, said Mr Duda had signed the laws because he wanted the state media to be "impartial, objective and reliable".
The Law and Justice Party (PiS), which won a clear majority in October elections, argues that journalists on public service channels are biased against it in their coverage.
Most Poles tune in to the public TVP channels, as well as public radio - which includes many regional stations.
The BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw says incoming governments in Poland tend to put their own people in to run large state companies, institutions, and the public media - but the PiS is going faster and further this time.
The PiS is Eurosceptic, committed to social welfare and keen to promote traditional Catholic values.
The European Commission - the EU's top regulator, enforcing EU treaties and standards - will debate the rule of law in Poland on 13 January.
Under the EU's new rule of law mechanism, the Commission can put pressure on a member state and, in the last resort, remove its voting rights in the European Council, where ministers decide EU policy.
The mechanism, in Article Seven of the Lisbon Treaty, has not been invoked before.
But Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker stressed that such a step was not yet being considered.
"We are not there, I don't think we will get to that point," he said. "Let's not overdramatise... We have to have friendly and good relations with Poland so our approach is very constructive. We are not bashing Poland."
The PiS has also controversially changed the rules for Poland's constitutional court. Critics say the changes undermine the court's responsibility for holding the government to account.
At issue is the opening of embassies in the two capitals and Cuba's hope it will be removed from a US terror list.
The Cuban delegation was optimistic that problems could be overcome.
Likewise the head of the US delegation said she hoped that the embassies issue could be resolved before a regional summit in Panama on 10 April.
It is hoped that Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro will shake hands in a symbolic sign of improved relations at the summit.
This is the second round of talks between the two countries since a rapprochement in December.
The two presidents made a surprise announcement saying they would seek to re-establish diplomatic ties, ending more than 50 years of ill-will.
In April, Cuba will attend the Summit of the Americas for the first time.
The Obama administration wants to see a US embassy opened in the Cuban capital in time for the summit. It also wants Cuba to take steps to improve human rights and internet access, stop human trafficking and take steps to improve civil aviation.
However, Cuban negotiators want to see their country removed from the United States' list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Remaining on the list makes it impossible for Cubans to conduct banking and other business transactions in the US.
Cuban official Vidal Josefina Vidal, who heads the Cuban foreign ministry's US division, said her delegation was told the issue was being considered and representatives of both countries would be in "permanent connection" on multiple sticking points in the next few weeks.
US delegation head Roberta Jacobson said she was optimistic that the embassies issue could be resolved in time for the Summit of the Americas.
Officials in Washington say they are reviewing Cuba's status, but have yet to make a decision. They have warned that many disagreements still remain.
Speaking at a news conference on Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry drew a line between the opening of embassies and the presence of Cuba on the terror list.
Claiming that it supported the Basque separatist group Eta and Colombia's Farc rebels, the US labelled the island nation a sponsor of terror in 1982. A recent report issued by the US State Department notes that these ties are weaker than they previously were.
"The state sponsorship of terrorism designation is a separate process. It is not a negotiation," Mr Kerry said.
"It is an evaluation that is made under a very strict set of requirements, congressionally mandated, and that has to be pursed separately."
In the wake of December's deal, the US has relaxed some trade and travel restrictions, but a major economic embargo remains in place.
Analysis by Thomas Sparrow, BBC Mundo, Washington
The US delegation is trying hard to shift attention away from some of the more substantive political issues that it will have to resolve before it can fully normalise relations with Cuba, such as the presence of that country on its terrorism list.
For now, US officials have stressed that they are "entirely" focussed on working out the mechanics and the paperwork needed to open embassies, which could make this second round of negotiations "disappointingly workman-like in their nature," they say.
For them, having diplomatic ties precedes negotiating on some of the thorny issues between both countries, such as Cuba's human rights' record.
Cuban officials, on the contrary, have gone beyond the embassy logistics and have reiterated some of their long-standing demands, which include being removed from the terrorism list before "significant progress" can be made.
The fugitives standing between the US-Cuba embrace
Major firms like Deloitte and Citi are continuing to grow their technology operations in Belfast.
Queen's University in Belfast and the Ulster University are producing more IT graduates.
But employers say there are shortages of people with five or more years' experience.
The IT3Sixty consortium is targeting professionals in Madrid, Helsinki, Krakow and Athens.
IT3Sixty includes firms like Liberty IT, Citi, Equiniti ICS, Deloitte, Total Mobile, Iconi, Version 1, Intel and Civica.
Spokeswoman Clair Gheel said that while the the longer-term pipeline of skills "looks quite healthy", there is "an immediate shortage" of experienced professionals.
Some local IT employers have begun to outsource work to overseas locations, such is their difficulty in finding the right staff.
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The Wildcats crossed first through Craig Hall, but Warrington responded with 52 unanswered points.
Jack Hughes, Daryl Clark, Rhys Evans and Kurt Gidley, who also kicked seven goals, touched down before the break.
Toby King went over twice, while Chris Sandow, Stefan Ratchford, Ben Currie and Ben Westwood also scored tries.
Max Jowitt's late reply was little consolation for a Wakefield side which had been aiming to reach their first Challenge Cup final since 1979.
Warrington's progress, following Hull's victory over Wigan on Friday, means the current top two in the Super League table will contest the Challenge Cup final.
Tony Smith's men last won the Challenge Cup in 2012 and will return to Wembley after three consecutive semi-final defeats in the past three years.
Memories of the Wolves being upset by unfancied Hull KR in 2015 resurfaced when winger Hall strolled over in the corner, but Warrington were exceptional from then on.
They led 24-6 at half-time and two of their six second-half tries came while Wildcats prop David Fifita was in the sin-bin for a high shot on Sandow.
Relive Warrington's semi-final win
Warrington head coach Tony Smith: "It's been a while for our club to get to one of the big finals, so it's a nice feeling.
"The game was pretty one-sided. While Wakefield didn't give in, my team did a good job from the outset.
"The momentum of the game was one way but Chris Chester should be proud of Wakefield's efforts."
Wakefield head coach Chris Chester: "It was tough but I'm proud of these guys. We've come a long way in this short space of time. They never give in and the fans have been great today.
"Warrington were far too good for us and far too quick, and good luck to them in the final.
"I think my side will learn a lot from today and I think we tried to hard in certain areas. We'll be ok for the rest of the season."
Warrington: Ratchford; Russell, T. King, Atkins, Evans; Gidley, Sandow; Hill, Clark, Sims, Currie, Hughes, Westerman.
Replacements: Dwyer, G. King, Westwood, Bailey.
Wakefield: Jowitt; Jones-Bishop, Lyne, Arundel, Hall; Miller, Finn; Scruton, Moore, Fifita, Walton, Tupou, Sio.
Replacements: Crowther, Kirmond, Arona, Yates.
Referee: Gareth Hewer
Somizi Mhlongo said in a video posted on Instagram that a guest pastor at Grace Bible Church in Soweto had said being gay was "unnatural".
The TV and radio personality said he was deeply offended by the words.
Gay marriage is legal in South Africa and the pastor's reported comments have sparked debate about religious views.
Some have called on the church to denounce homophobia.
During the sermon, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, who was visiting from Ghana, is reported to have said: "There is nothing like that [homosexuality] in nature."
Reacting to the comments, Mhlongo said: "The church was cheering. I am not going to sit there and listen to someone offend me. This is who I am. I am a gay man, get it straight into your skull. My soul is alright with my God."
The hashtag #GraceBibleChurch has been trending in South Africa, with some criticising the sermon and others defending it.
The church has since said that while it does not condone homophobia, these views are held by certain people not only in the church but in wider society.
"That was not the only thing that he was talking about. There are other people who are smokers who were offended because he also referred to a lot of lifestyle issues. And a lot of people who are having multiple partners were very offended," broadcaster ENCA quoted Reverend Ezekiel Mathole as saying.
The controversy about a sermon delivered in one of Soweto's biggest churches by a visiting pastor from Ghana demonstrates how sensitive the subject of homosexuality still is on our continent. South Africans are steadily coming to terms with being a tolerant society when it comes to matters of sexual orientation. But in doing so, they may be out of kilter with the rest of the continent.
Take the South African position at the UN in July 2016 for instance, when its ambassador in New York abstained on a vote on setting up a gay rights watchdog. This was something that the constitution back home would support. So it was expected that the ambassador would have voted for the motion.
Explaining the country's unusual stance when it had in the past advocated for gay rights, Ambassador Nozipho Mxakato-Diseko said: "We learned from our struggle against apartheid that if we are clear about the end goal, which for us is the end of violence and discrimination against the LGBTI persons, a better approach is building maximum consensus."
She later explained further on a local radio show that the majority of African states had voted against the motion and therefore she would have been out of step with them.
So as this debate rages and as the television personality, Somizi Mhlongo, leads the charge on social media against what he called an offensive sermon, it is important to recognise that part of the solution in this debate lies with the concept of time. Many people tell me they're still trying to come to terms with the more liberal constitution but they need time.
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The Australian beat O'Sullivan 4-1 in the afternoon before losing 4-2 to Hawkins on Thursday evening.
O'Sullivan - who gave a bizarre post-match interview after his first-round win on Wednesday - made a top break of 52 in a scrappy defeat.
Hawkins will now face Joe Perry or Liang Wenbo in the semi-finals.
Hawkins had earlier beaten Judd Trump 4-1, leaving world number six Shaun Murphy as the highest-ranked player left in the draw.
World number one Mark Selby was knocked out in the first round by Martin Gould.
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All three goals were scored in the final five minutes, leaving the Bluebirds six points outside the play-off berths with three matches left.
Hogan scrambled home from a corner after Yoann Barbet hit the crossbar, and raced on to Lasse Vibe's pass to double the lead three minutes later.
Sub Kenneth Zohore scored a consolation for Cardiff one minute from time.
The Bluebirds enjoyed the better of the first half, although they tested goalkeeper David Button only sporadically.
Cardiff were confident on the ball and impressive, especially on the counter, but wasted a host of chances.
Anthony Pilkington was the worst offender, shooting wide, over and forcing a save from Button within the opening 30 minutes.
He also had a strong penalty appeal waved away after he tangled with Harlee Dean.
Nico Yennaris had an early effort blocked for Brentford before Josh Clarke's measured cross evaded Vibe by inches.
After the interval, Marshall parried away Alan McCormack's 25-yard shot then kept out the rebound.
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Vibe, having combined perfectly with Ryan Woods, could only shoot tamely at Marshall from eight yards out as the hosts began to dominate.
Dean headed wide from a teasing Jake Bidwell free-kick before Marshall saved from Bidwell.
Pilkington forced Button into action in a rare City counter-attack, before Hogan's double.
Zohore made a big impact and, after pulling a goal back for Cardiff, fired over as they piled forward late on in search of a point.
Cardiff City manager Russell Slade told BBC Radio Wales: "The only thing that was missing in the first period from us was a goal.
"In the second period I thought we lost a little bit of control, the game got a little bit open and they looked a bit of a threat on the counter-attack.
"The really disappointing thing was the two Brentford goals.
"The one from the corner was not like us and the second one, two or three little errors have led to them getting a 2-0 advantage."
Livingstone was suffering with cramp in his calves but helped the tourists struggle to 217.
Ben Duckett made 59 and Joe Clarke 26 as only three England players reached double figures.
Bad light and rain halted Sri Lanka A's response but they easily reached their revised target of 201 without loss.
Sri Lanka A now lead the series 2-0.
The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) jab is offered to teenage girls in the UK to protect against cervical cancer.
A health committee was expected to meet later to review whether boys should also get the jab, which can protect against throat and penile cancers.
Dr Kirsty Bonney, from Devon, paid privately for her sons Zak, 13 and Finn, 11 to be immunised.
She made the decision after working on a chemotherapy unit, where she looked after two young men with HPV-related throat cancers.
She said she wants to see boys "equally protected" with the HPV vaccine rather than risk cancer in later life.
"I could never really understand why we weren't vaccinating boys and then I discovered we could have it done privately," she explained.
"I'd be much happier knowing all the boys' friends were equally protected.
"I wouldn't want to be seeing one of their friends in my surgery in a few years time [with cancer] because they hadn't been vaccinated.
"[The jab] is certainly not cheap [at £540 for both boys] but the cost of that compared to the thought of them getting a throat cancer puts it into perspective."
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises UK health departments on immunisation and is considering extending the programme to include boys.
It said there was increasing evidence on links between HPV infection and other cancers.
It will discuss the matter at a meeting later and has asked Public Health England to look at the cost effectiveness of such a change.
Why should boys be vaccinated against HPV?
Source: HPV Action
Gary Tanner, from Somerset, was diagnosed with HPV-related throat cancer in 2013.
He has undergone chemotherapy, radiotherapy and had his voice box removed. The 64-year-old said vaccinating girls alone made no sense.
"I am still living with cancer and most certainly my wife and I are living with the fear of cancer. We know it has shortened my life expectancy.
"There are vaccines available to prevent to protect people against this. I think they should be used on all available members of the public."
Different types of HPV
Infection with HPV is the cause of almost all cervical cancers.
However there are more than 100 different types of HPV and infection with other types of the virus may cause:
Source: NHS
Campaign group HPV Action said it was "unfair that females should be expected to bear sole responsibility for tackling an infection that affects both sexes similarly".
In a letter to the JCVI, it said "significant" numbers of men will have sex with unvaccinated women.
"While private vaccinations can protect individual boys, this is not a solution for the male population as a whole," a spokesman added.
Public Health England's (PHE) head of immunisation Dr Mary Ramsay said boys are already protected, with around 85% of eligible girls fully immunised.
She said: "This helps to prevent the spread of the disease in girls and boys.
"PHE has been asked by the independent Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to look at the impact of extending the HPV vaccination programme to adolescent boys.
"We are also running a pilot vaccination programme in men who have sex with men. The JCVI will review the evidence from this work."
The Lostprophets singer, 36, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT), admitted sex offences last month, including the attempted rape of a baby.
Ten slabs with lyrics were laid in Taff Street in a regeneration project.
A representative for the band said it was "understandable, but devastating".
RCT said the paving would be removed "as soon as possible".
Pontypridd AM Mick Antoniw had said RCT council should discreetly remove them.
The lyrics from Streets Of Nowhere had been used in the feature when the stones were laid last autumn.
Watkins's lyrics - "Every time I walk these streets I know they're mine" - appeared as part of a council-run project to highlight the area's history and culture.
Others on display include one from Sir Tom Jones's worldwide 1966 hit Green Green Grass of Home.
The slabs were put down last year but in December 2012 it emerged Watkins had been arrested following a drugs raid on his terrace house in Pontypridd.
Police found child sex abuse images and videos on his computer hard drive.
In December last year he was charged with sex offences including possession/distribution of indecent images of children - charges which he "furiously" denied.
Last month he admitted all the charges against him at Cardiff Crown Court.
Sentencing will take place on 18 December.
Watkins's former band mates have already turned their back on him, saying they are "heartbroken, angry, and disgusted" at his sex crimes and have urged more of his victims to contact police.
Now Pontypridd's AM is urging Watkins's home town to rid itself of his contribution in the regeneration project.
Mr Antoniw said: "My personal view is that it's probably not a good idea to keep something in a public place that now has this connotation.
"I think we should probably replace it discreetly and without a fuss.
"There was a lot of pride in Pontypridd in the band and what has happened has absolutely shocked, horrified and disgusted a lot of people.
"No-one has actually raised this as an issue with me but I think it's one of those things that if it's felt that it is offensive then I think the council would need to give some careful thought to removing it."
RCT Council said in a statement: "Rhondda Cynon Taf Council can confirm that granite paving featuring song lyrics written by convicted paedophile Ian Watkins will be removed from the streetscape of Pontypridd as soon as possible."
Claude Knights, chief executive of the child protection charity Kidscape, said: "Ian Watkins's crimes are appalling.
"It would be wise for the council to consider taking the slabs up. His work has been tainted.
"It should be removed for the sake of the local community."
Lostprophets were founded in Pontypridd in 1997 and the band sold about 3.5 million albums worldwide.
Income from vast natural resources, above all oil and gas, helped Russia overcome the economic collapse of 1998, but the oil price slump of 2014 ended the long run of prosperity.
The state-run gas monopoly Gazprom still supplies a large share of Europe's needs.
Vladimir Putin - Russia's dominant political figure since 2000 - has enhanced his control over state institutions and the media - a process supplemented more recently by an emphasis on fierce nationalism and hostility to the West.
Population 142.7 million
Area 17 million sq km (6.6 million sq miles)
Major language Russian
Major religions Christianity, Islam
Life expectancy 63 years (men), 75 years (women)
President: Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin has been Russia's dominant political figure since his election as president in 2000, serving two terms and then a four-year stint as prime minister, before resuming the presidency in 2012.
Since his re-election against only token opposition, Russia's authorities have further tightened control over the media, muffled an embryonic opposition movement.
He has also and adopted a stridently nationalist course and appealed to memories of Soviet-era power to shore up domestic support.
The president presents himself as a strong leader who took Russia out of the economic, social and political crisis of the 1990s and defends Russia's national interests, particularly against alleged hostility.
Critics say he has undermined Russia's institutions, stymied democratic development and entrenched rule by a narrow, wealthy elite.
Russian TV is dominated by channels that are either run directly by the state or owned by companies with close links to the Kremlin.
The government controls Channel One and Russia One - two of the three main federal channels - while state-controlled energy giant Gazprom owns NTV.
TV is the main news source for most Russians. There is a fast-growing pay-TV market, led by satellite broadcaster Tricolor. The government is undertaking a project to bring digital TV to every Russian home.
Some key dates in Russia's history:
1547 - Grand Prince Ivan IV of Moscow (Ivan the Terrible) is the first ruler to be proclaimed Tsar of Russia.
1689-1725 - Peter the Great introduces far-reaching reforms.
1798-1815 - Russia takes part in the European coalitions against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, defeating Napoleon's invasion in 1812 and contributing to his overthrow.
1853-57 - Russia suffers setback in attempt to seize territory from declining Ottoman Empire through its defeat in Crimean War.
1904-05 - Russian expansion in Manchuria leads to war with Japan - and the 1905 revolution, which forced Tsar Nicholas II to grant a constitution and establish a parliament, the Duma.
1914 - Russian-Austrian rivalry in Balkans contributes to outbreak of First World War, in which Russia fought alongside Britain and France.
1917 - Nicholas II abdicates. Bolshevik revolutionaries led by Lenin topple the provisional government and take power.
1918-22 - Civil war between Red Army and anti-communist White Russians.
1922 - Bolsheviks reorganise remnants of Russian Empire as Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
1945 - Allied victory over Nazi Germany is followed by swift establishment of Soviet hegemony in Central and Eastern Europe, and Balkans. The end of the war sees the start of decades of Cold War rivalry with the West.
1953 - Death of dictator Joseph Stalin ushers in less repressive rule at home, although Communist Party political dominance is firmly upheld.
1991 - Russia becomes independent as the Soviet Union collapses and, together with Ukraine and Belarus, forms the Commonwealth of Independent States, which is eventually joined by most former Soviet republics.
2014 - Russia seizes Ukrainian region of Crimea, prompting the biggest East-West showdown since the Cold War.
2015 September - Russia begins armed intervention in Syria to support ally President Bashar al-Assad.
Kasim Davey, 21, of London, wrote a strongly-worded Facebook message during the trial of a man for sex offences.
The High Court ruled he and Joseph Beard, 29, who was a juror on a separate fraud trial, "interfered with the administration of justice".
There have been two previous similar prosecutions of jurors.
After the attorney general was given permission to bring the cases earlier this year, Davey and Beard were summoned to the High Court where two judges heard the evidence against them before deciding whether they were guilty.
Davey, from Palmers Green, north London, said he had sent the Facebook message last December as a result of "spontaneous surprise at the kind of case I was on".
His posting - containing strong language and an offensive word - suggested he was going to find the defendant guilty, said BBC News home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw.
Davey's Facebook post: read: "Woooow I wasn't expecting to be in a jury Deciding a paedophile's fate, I've always wanted to Fuck up a paedophile & now I'm within the law!"
The judge at Wood Green Crown Court was alerted and Davey was discharged. The defendant, Adam Kephalas, was eventually found guilty of sexual activity with a child.
Davey told the High Court he was unaware he had been in breach of a formal order made by the crown court judge. He accepted he was not meant to discuss the case but believed he was only prohibited from using the internet to carry out research.
In their ruling, High Court judges Sir John Thomas and Mr Justice Sweeney said they rejected as "untruthful" Davey's contention that his message was not meant seriously.
They said it made clear to his Facebook friends "he would use his prejudices in deciding the case" and his choice of words "underlined his disregard of the duties he had undertaken as a juror".
In Beard's case, the High Court heard claims that he had wanted to find out how long the proceedings at Kingston Crown Court would take as he was worried they would drag on.
He was said to have researched the case via the Google search engine and told fellow jurors extra information about the number of victims of the alleged fraud.
The case was abandoned in November last year after more than five weeks when his activity came to light. The two defendants in the fraud case were later found guilty at a retrial.
At the High Court, Sir John - who is shortly to take over as the Lord Chief Justice, the head of the judiciary in England and Wales - said "immediate custodial sentences are almost inevitable in cases of this kind".
In his ruling, he said that "every attempt is made to try and warn jurors not to use the internet or social sites for any purpose in relation to the case".
He added: "They have done this so that no juror can subsequently claim that he or she did not understand what they should not do and what the consequences might be."
But Sir John said he would invite courts to consider whether a practice adopted by some judges of also handing out a printed notice should be "universally followed".
Speaking after the case, Attorney General Dominic Grieve said jurors who use the internet to research a case "undermine justice".
Mr Grieve added: "It creates a risk that the defendant will be convicted or acquitted, not on the evidence, but on unchallenged and untested material discovered by the juror.
"Equally, the case of Kasim Davey shows that jurors must follow the directions given to them by the trial judge not to discuss the case outside the jury room, including discussions and posts on the internet."
Her bid to "respect and indeed better understand the language and culture that we are not a part of" leads both the Irish News and the News Letter.
The offer came as the government imposed a new May deadline for a deal.
But Mrs Foster qualifies her remarks, saying she wants to meet Irish speakers "without party political baggage".
She describes this group as "people who genuinely love the Irish language and don't want to use it as a political weapon".
The qualification will no doubt be seen as a snap at Sinn Féin and its demand for an Irish language act, but the DUP leader's statement struck a considerably different tone to her pre-election stance.
In February, when asked about the DUP's position on the Irish language act, Mrs Foster compared Sinn Féin to "crocodiles" who kept coming back for more.
But writing in the Belfast Telegraph, her party colleague and former Culture Minister, Nelson McCausland, says a "stand-alone" act would make Northern Ireland a "cold house for unionists".
Mr McCausland says "actions speak louder than words" and criticises the "Irish first" policy of Newry, Mourne and Down Council on recently erected road signs in the district.
The arrest of a former employee of the Police Ombudsman's Office also makes the front page of the News Letter and features prominently in other local papers.
The watchdog investigates complaints against the Police Service of Northern Ireland but had to call in the PSNI over allegations that documents were stolen and passed to lawyers.
The Irish News highlights the fact that the PSNI has temporarily stopped sharing sensitive files with the ombudsman, pending a review of security measures.
The Daily Mirror leads with the headline "Dambusters" - reporting on the "destruction" of a dam wall in County Antrim, which has caused concern due to the area's function as a bird habitat.
The paper says the owners of the dam insisted they had carried out approved work to reduce the risk of flooding.
However, wildlife expert Debbie Nelson tells the Mirror that of the 15 swans nesting in the area, only two remain.
She adds: "They can't escape because they need a long run to take off, but there's not enough water."
Belfast City Council is taking action after grave concerns were raised about the safety of headstones in its cemeteries.
The Belfast Telegraph reports that council is considering the use of a machine known as the "ToppleTester" to check the stability of memorials.
The paper says the machine applies a "controlled force" to headstones to check if they can withstand a force of 25kg (3.9 st).
If memorials fail the topple test, grave owners will be contacted and told to carry out repair work.
It follows on from the council's decision to cordon off more than 100 "unstable" graves in Roselawn Cemetery earlier this week, which caused "upset" to relatives, the paper said.
Finally, all the papers warn we may be tightening our belts with news that the price of an Ulster fry has risen to a three-year high.
Pork sausages and tomatoes have seen the biggest rise, while margarine has gone up a "whopping" 29%.
Many countries around the world use a local product or basket of familiar goods to help monitor prices - the Cappuccino Index being just one example.
Northern Ireland now has its own unique economic indicator to help us count our pennies, if not our calories.
"Ours is the The Ulster Fry Index," explains Ulster Bank economist Richard Ramsey.
"It hopefully gives the man or woman on the street a clearer idea of why their household finances are currently the way the are."
Banks will have to set aside £5.7bn in the next six months in case future economic shocks mean some borrowers cannot keep up their repayments.
A further £5.7bn will have to be found by the end of next year.
The Bank's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) suggested lenders had become complacent about their lending.
"Lenders may be placing undue weight on the recent performance of loans in benign conditions," the FPC said.
The committee has also taken action to stop banks getting around key tests which are designed to stop them lending too much to consumers.
The FPC's assessment is that the risks facing the financial system remain at a normal level for now.
But there are "pockets of risk that warrant vigilance" it said, in the Bank's half-yearly Financial Stability Report.
Lenders, the committee said, are relying too heavily on borrowers keeping up payments as well as they have recently, and banks and other lenders have started lending to people with weaker credit records.
The FPC highlighted rapidly growing consumer borrowing via credit cards, personal loans and, notably, car finance.
Collectively known as consumer credit, these forms of borrowing have grown by more than 10% in the past year, far outstripping the growth of incomes.
While the amount of borrowing for consumer credit is just a seventh of the size of mortgage lending, the amount lenders have to write off because it is not likely to be repaid is ten times greater than for defaulting mortgage borrowers.
In a news conference, the Bank Governor Mark Carney explained that the Bank was worried about those households who are heavily in debt.
But their borrowing, he said, had not in fact increased the threat to the general resilience of banks.
"We are reinforcing some of the protection [for banks]," he explained, by telling banks to add to their financial cushions.
He declined to blame people for borrowing more, and said that most personal borrowing decisions were reasonable.
However, he advised: "Borrowers should consider adverse scenarios as well as positive scenarios."
The Bank is bringing forward by six months a so-called "stress test" in respect of consumer credit, whereby lenders have to test their ability to withstand losses on loans that go bad and are not repaid.
It is also blocking lenders from getting around affordability tests for lenders designed to stop them over-lending on mortgages.
Banks and building societies are currently allowed to lend a maximum of 15% of their mortgages to homebuyers who take especially large loans of more than four and a half times their income.
The lenders have to scrutinise the borrowers to ensure they could still afford their repayments if the Bank of England raised its official base rate by three percentage points.
But some lenders have been assuming they would not in fact pass on all of that increase in higher standard variable rates, thus allowing them to lend slightly more.
Mr Carney said these lenders were not "gaming the system" but instead appeared to have forgotten some of the lessons of the recent past.
Despite these concerns, Mr Carney stressed that the UK financial system was far stronger than at the time of the great banking crash in 2008-09.
He said that since then, UK households had reduced their levels of debt and that it was only in the past 18 months or so that personal lending and borrowing had accelerated again.
"The resilience of the UK financial system has strengthened since the financial crisis," Mr Carney said.
BBC Wales director Rhodri Talfan Davies said there were "no easy answers" to questions over how many jobs were at risk.
It follows the announcement by director general Tony Hall of plans to save £50m a year.
The number of job cuts in Wales are not expected to be confirmed until the autumn.
Most job losses are likely to affect managerial roles, as well as the BBC's support teams including HR, marketing, finance, project management and business affairs.
Mr Davies said: "This is obviously tough news and I'm not going to pretend there are any easy answers.
"The additional savings targets announced today by Tony Hall are very challenging and will inevitably impact on important teams that do vital work at the heart of BBC Wales.
"But the financial context for the BBC is clear and we will sit down with the affected teams and the unions to work out the best way forward.
"By looking for savings outside programming areas, the BBC will do everything possible to minimise the impact of the changes on the output and services we deliver to audiences."
Lord Hall said the BBC was facing "difficult choices" due to the financial climate.
Any new savings will need to be delivered alongside the existing BBC savings plan - Delivering Quality First - which has already seen BBC Wales cut more than 100 posts and reduce its budget by £10m since 2012.
While the majority of cuts at BBC Wales have affected support areas, management and overheads, the BBC's investment in English language programming for Wales has fallen 32% - or £10m - in real terms over the past eight years.
The tiny crab, known only as clibanarius erythropus, has not been recorded in Cornish waters since 1985.
It is a species found in warmer waters but can be found in the channel islands and along the French coast, according to Cornwall Wildlife Trust.
The find at Castle Beach was made by an amateur photographer who was taking part in a survey run by the trust.
More on this story and other news from Devon and Cornwall
Local marine experts said the ten-legged crustacean was occasionally found on the south coast of Cornwall but since the Torrey Canyon oil spill in 1967 it had "virtually disappeared" from Cornish shores.
They believe the discovery shows Cornwall's marine life may now have fully recovered from the environmental disaster.
Clibanarius erythropus is from the Latin meaning soldier, clad in mail with red legs.
Finding the tiny crab was "the icing on the cake" during a fruitful rockpooling survey, Matt Slater, marine awareness officer for Cornwall Wildlife Trust, said.
"Spectacularly low tides and stunning weather provided a unique view of Cornwall's fabulous coastline exposing sections of the shore which you would normally only see with a snorkel.
"We were all really excited by the find. Its scientific name is a bit of a mouthful so if anyone can think of a good name for the crab we would appreciate suggestions."
Simon Dean took charge after ministers put Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in special measures amid concerns about management failings.
A report also condemned poor treatment of mental health patients at Glan Clwyd Hospital as "institutional abuse".
Mr Dean said his priority was to "get out and about and listen to people".
Meeting families of patients on the Tawel Fan mental health ward had been a "powerful and humbling experience", he said.
The deputy chief executive of the Wales NHS was asked by Health Minister Mark Drakeford to run Wales' largest health board following the suspension of its chief executive Trevor Purt earlier in June.
Mr Dean said he did not know how long he would be in charge as he sought to provide "stability and leadership".
"I don't see myself as the saviour of Betsi. This is a team effort. I see my role as being a catalyst," he said.
The 100-day plans will set out objectives and milestones, but that does not mean everything will be resolved in that time, he added.
Mr Dean said people would be held to account where it was required.
"We have to see special measures as an opportunity rather than a challenge. I am very heartened by the way staff have responded," he said.
7 February 2016 Last updated at 16:25 GMT
Footage of the bus crossing Lambeth Bridge was captured by London Fire Brigade who were on standby in case anything went wrong with the explosion.
The bridge was closed to all traffic for the filming, which is believed to have been for the forthcoming Jackie Chan movie, The Foreigner.
Chapelcross near Annan was on a shortlist of five potential locations.
Capenhurst in Cheshire has been selected to store the nuclear components, with Aldermaston in Berkshire as a "fall back" option.
The Scottish site was ruled out along with Sellafield in West Cumbria and Burghfield in Berkshire following public consultation.
Chapelcross was home to Scotland's first commercial nuclear station, which was built on old airfield in Dumfriesshire. The site ceased generation in 2004.
The nuclear components are from 18 redundant submarines and nine still in service.
The redundant Royal Navy submarines are currently stored afloat at Devonport in Plymouth and Rosyth in Fife, but cannot be dismantled until the reactor components have been removed.
The radioactive parts will be stored until after 2040, when the UK's Geological Disposal Facility, for the permanent disposal of spent fuel and nuclear waste, is planned to come into operation.
Defence Minister Philip Dunne said: "When submarines in the Royal Navy fleet reach the end of their lives, we need to dispose of them in a way that is safe, secure and environmentally sound.
"We have worked closely with the local communities around potential sites to listen carefully to their views, and the opinions and feedback we received has played an important part in formulating our final decision.
"With Capenhurst as our recommended site, we know that the radioactive waste from our decommissioned submarines will be dealt with properly and responsibly."
It comes after Port Adelaide Power's Paddy Ryder and Adelaide Crows player Eddie Betts were racially abused during a match at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
In the letter, the AFL players' indigenous advisory board said it had "had enough".
"Racial vilification has been a part of our game for too long," it added.
"That both Eddie and Patrick were abused because of the colour of their skin is absolutely unacceptable."
The latest incident follows a Port Adelaide Power member being banned after she was filmed throwing a banana at Betts last year.
"These are more than just words and the impact these slurs have on the player, their family, their children and their community is profound," continued the statement.
"There's no room in our game for any form of vilification, whether it's based on race, gender, religion or sexual orientation.
"Anyone who thinks that this is an acceptable way to act is no football fan."
The Crystal Palace striker netted a hat-trick in a 6-0 Group H win, the first of which was also the quickest in his country's history.
Benteke beat the previous record of 8.3 seconds, set by San Marino's Davide Gualtieri against England in 1993.
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba scored a long-range effort as France won 1-0 in the Netherlands.
At Estadio Algarve in Portugal, Benteke pounced on a loose ball after the home side had kicked off and dribbled into the box before scoring with a left-footed shot.
Chelsea's Eden Hazard was also on the scoresheet, along with Axel Witsel and Dries Mertens, as Roberto Martinez's side won their third 2018 World Cup qualifier to maintain a 100% start.
In Amsterdam, Pogba's 30th-minute goal means France top Group A ahead of Monday's opponents and Sweden, who beat Bulgaria 3-0.
Meanwhile, Euro 2016 winners Portugal beat Faroe Islands 6-0 with FC Porto striker Andre Silva scoring a first-half hat-trick and Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo netting his 66th international goal.
Match ends, Gibraltar 0, Belgium 6.
Second Half ends, Gibraltar 0, Belgium 6.
Attempt saved. Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Jean Carlos Garcia.
Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Aaron Payas.
Attempt missed. Toby Alderweireld (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) hits the right post with a left footed shot from outside the box.
Substitution, Gibraltar. Mikey Yome replaces Kyle Casciaro.
Attempt missed. Nacer Chadli (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Axel Witsel.
Axel Witsel (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joseph Chipolina (Gibraltar).
Attempt missed. Jan Vertonghen (Belgium) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the left.
Substitution, Gibraltar. Anthony Bardon replaces Liam Walker.
Substitution, Belgium. Michy Batshuayi replaces Christian Benteke.
Goal! Gibraltar 0, Belgium 6. Eden Hazard (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Toby Alderweireld.
Joseph Chipolina (Gibraltar) is shown the yellow card.
Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jayce Mascarenhas-Olivero (Gibraltar).
Attempt saved. Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Attempt missed. Thomas Meunier (Belgium) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right.
Axel Witsel (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Liam Walker (Gibraltar).
Attempt blocked. Eden Hazard (Belgium) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Mirallas.
Attempt missed. Laurent Ciman (Belgium) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Eden Hazard with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Scott Wiseman.
Attempt blocked. Steven Defour (Belgium) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Thomas Meunier.
Attempt blocked. Axel Witsel (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Foul by Thomas Meunier (Belgium).
Joseph Chipolina (Gibraltar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Belgium. Kevin Mirallas replaces Dries Mertens.
Attempt saved. Toby Alderweireld (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Axel Witsel.
Attempt missed. Eden Hazard (Belgium) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Jan Vertonghen.
Attempt blocked. Liam Walker (Gibraltar) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Casciaro (Gibraltar) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Offside, Gibraltar. Scott Wiseman tries a through ball, but Joseph Chipolina is caught offside.
Goal! Gibraltar 0, Belgium 5. Christian Benteke (Belgium) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Foul by Axel Witsel (Belgium).
Jayce Mascarenhas-Olivero (Gibraltar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Belgium. Nacer Chadli replaces Yannick Carrasco.
Eden Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Maria Louise Hopes, 46, and her son Leon Port, 24, were jointly accused of murdering Mark Hopes, 45, at the couple's home in Trealaw last October.
They blamed each other for the killing, Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard.
Port was previously found guilty of Mr Hopes's murder, but there was a retrial after the jury could not reach a verdict on his mother.
Both mother and son admitted perverting the course of justice, along with Port's girlfriend Rebecca Donovan, 24.
All three will be sentenced at a later date.
The court heard the violence began with an argument between Mr Hopes and Port on the afternoon of 2 October, which ended with Port throwing punches.
Port, of Mountain Ash, claimed that was the end of his involvement and said his mother pulled her husband from the sofa and hit him with a weapon, causing the fatal injuries.
Hopes claimed her clothing was covered in blood because she helped clean her husband up, but the jury heard attempts were made to dispose of the evidence, with blood found on a mop and on an outside drain cover.
It was not until the following day that Port called 999 and tried to deflect the blame from himself. He told the operator Mr Hopes had been out drinking and had come home injured.
Prosecuting, Christopher Quinlan said Mr Hopes suffered "significant external and internal injuries" to his head, face and body.
"He was beaten to death in an assault which must have lasted an appreciable time and involved the use of a weapon," he added.
Mr Quinlan said Hopes and Port had "helped themselves and each other and not the dying Mr Hopes."
Ayew drove into the top corner from inside the area to cancel out Fabricio Coloccini's close-range opener.
Both sides had chances to win in the closing stages, with Newcastle striker Georginio Wijnaldum and Villa's Rudy Gestede having shots saved.
Villa, without a Premier League win since the opening game of the season, remain 10 points from safety.
Relive Newcastle's game with Aston Villa
Results and reaction from Saturday's Premier League football
Until recently, Newcastle boss Steve McCLaren had looked in danger of losing his job after failing oversee a win any of his first eight Premier League games.
However, back-to-back victories against Liverpool and Tottenham lifted Newcastle out of the relegation zone and three points on Saturday would have moved them five points clear of danger.
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Key to Newcastle's upturn in form has been a switch to a more counterattacking style of football, but a sodden pitch, coupled with Aston Villa's defensive approach, meant was ineffective against Aston Villa.
They struggled to break Villa down for long periods, with their opener coming from a defensive lapse in concentration from a corner, as Coloccini was left unmarked.
However, when Villa pushed forward after equalising, it played to Newcastle's strengths and they twice went close to snatching victory on the break, with Wijnaldum's and Ayoze Perez's finishing letting them down.
Newcastle remain one place above the relegation zone, but the draw means they are three points clear of Swansea in 18th.
No Premier League team with as few points as Aston Villa at this stage of the season have stayed up, and they would certainly need an impressive upturn in form to rescue their situation.
Villa have kept just two clean sheets in their 17 league games this season and the ease with which Newcastle scored, with Siem De Jong's corner cutting through the defence, will be of concern for manager Remi Garde.
However, their second half performance will give the Frenchman some hope.
In Ayew, they have a striker who is finding his form in the Premier League. He had gone seven games without scoring at the start of the season but, having been employed in a more central role recently, he has scored four goals in his last eight games.
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Newcastle head coach Steve McClaren: "The conditions were horrendous. Get the ball wide and get the ball in the box - it was a game for width.
"Anybody can beat anybody in the league. I said before the match this was a dangerous game. Regarding us, a settled side has helped the momentum. We might not win every game but we've made huge steps forward."
Aston Villa manager Remi Garde: "We didn't play well at all in the first 45 minutes. We were out of the game in terms of impact and intensity. If you are in the position we are in it's difficult for the player to get in the game straight away.
"There's a lack of confidence. It's better to react late then not to react. The fact we got back in the game could be very important. Newcastle have won the last two games, but in the second half we showed we are not far away from this type of team."
Newcastle host Everton on Boxing Day while Aston Villa host West Ham on the same day.
The Tories won 58 of the 98 seats, the Liberal Democrats 27, independents eight, Labour four and UKIP won its first seat in the county.
UKIP's David Martin Pollit won Melksham Central from the Lib Dems.
Conservative council leader Jane Scott held on to her Bybrook seat with a reduced majority and finds out on Saturday if she will remain as leader.
Mr Pollit said: "I'm stunned to be honest. We saw from the news this morning the successes overnight of the UKIP party, and long may it continue".
John Walsh, who won Fisherton and Bemerton Village for Labour by just one vote, said: "It was a close run thing, and all credit to my opponents who ran me very close indeed."
Nigel Carter and Jane Burton from the independent group the Devizes Guardians both lost their seats to the Conservatives.
Six Conservative seats were not contested - Warminster West, Tidworth, Ludgershall and Perham Down, The Collingbournes and Netheravon, Winterslow, Fovant and Chalke Valley.
The results can be found on the BBC election website.
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The high-throughput platform should provide customers with superior connections at a lower cost.
Designated Intelsat 29e, it will sit at 50 degrees west, and deliver services to the Americas and the North Atlantic aeroplane and shipping routes.
At least six more Epic spacecraft will follow, to cover other regions and to provide back-up.
Commentators and analysts see the success of the fleet as critical to the fortunes of Intelsat, which is based in McLean, Virginia, and is battling to hold its ground in a fiercely competitive market.
At 6.5 tonnes, Intelsat 29e is a heavyweight "bird", and was the only passenger on its Ariane launch rocket, a vehicle that normally puts up two platforms at once.
All the major commercial satellite operators are in the midst of introducing next-generation systems.
The 29e has substantially enhanced capability compared with Intelsat's previous spacecraft, delivering a throughput of 25 gigabits per second.
Stephen Spengleris is the CEO of Intelsat: "Intelsat 29e is the first of our Intelsat Epic high-throughput satellites. Its entry into service starts the first phase of establishing a high-performance overlay for our global fleet. And more importantly, it allows us, our partners and our customers, to deliver broadband services that will impact the lives of millions of people around the world."
The satellite will be used for all manner of data connections, from broadband access in remote areas to machine-to-machine communications - the so-called "Internet of Things". Media companies will use Epic to transmit video channels, and telcos will route backhaul traffic through 29e from their cellphone networks.
Special antennas are being developed that will allow even motor cars to talk to the Epic system.
But two key areas of business will be the aeronautical and maritime sectors. Providing connectivity to planes so that passengers can surf in their seats has become a booming business.
The footprint of 29e will cover the region of the North Atlantic with the densest traffic.
Panasonic Avionics, one of the big players in inflight entertainment, was one of the first customers to buy capacity on the new satellite.
Epic's pursuit of aeronautical and maritime business brings it into very direct competition with Inmarsat of London which has traditionally dominated in satcom services to mobile users.
Inmarsat has recently launched three spacecraft in its own high-throughput system called Global Xpress. Unlike Epic, which operates in the C, Ku and Ka portions of the radio spectrum, Global Xpress is concentrated solely on the higher frequency Ka-band.
The Intelsat approach would minimise disruption to customers, commented Rachael Villain from the space consultancy Euroconsult, based in Paris.
"Intelsat have taken the view that they want to maintain backwards compatibility for their customers using their exiting fleet. They have anticipated that the transition to new reception equipment - whatever it is, aeronautical or maritime - would take more time or would be more costly with Ka-band than with Ku," she told BBC News.
The next Epic satellite, Intelsat 33e, which will serve Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, should launch later this year.
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The Red Devils twice came from behind, with Marouane Fellaini and Daley Blind, late on, cancelling out Stephane Sessegnon and Saido Berahino strikes.
"I'm disappointed because we played our best match of the season and the result is not good enough," said Van Gaal, 63.
"We could have won but that does not count in our world."
United are still without a victory away from home under Van Gaal, who replaced David Moyes in the summer after steering the Netherlands to the World Cup semi-finals.
While the Red Devils had 63% of possession and registered 22 shots, with seven on target, they looked vulnerable at the back as the Baggies exposed their inexperienced backline on numerous occasions, scoring with both of their shots on target.
Despite that, Van Gaal remained positive about his side's display.
"I have to be happy because we created lots of chances and West Brom only had two chances," he said. "We gave it away, which is a pity because we could have had a new start if we had won.
"There were individual errors and they were forced because West Brom were playing more narrow in midfield and we had to push up."
The Dutchman insisted his team would not sacrifice any of its attacking flair in order to prevent similar defensive mistakes.
"I don't think that is the solution," he said. "Football is made to play attractively for the fans.
"And I think today the fans have enjoyed, not only the Manchester United fans but also the West Bromwich Albion fans, because it was a great game.
"I am happy about our style of play but not happy about the result."
Van Gaal introduced Fellaini as a half-time substitute, and the move paid instant dividends when the Belgian netted his first goal for the club with a stinging shot from the edge of the area, equalising after Sessegnon had smashed home the opener.
Berahino restored the home side's lead with a cool finish after being played in on goal but Blind equalised in the 87th minute with a low shot from 20 yards.
United face Premier League leaders Chelsea at Old Trafford on Sunday before a visit to second-placed Manchester City seven days later.
"I don't think it was a good result for us because the next two games will be difficult," midfielder Fellaini, 26, told BBC Sport. "The manager asked me to put pressure on the box and to keep fighting. I did and I managed to score."
West Brom manager Alan Irvine said his side were "disappointed" not to hold on for all three points against a team they beat at Old Trafford last season.
"We were so close to getting a fantastic result and for us to be in our dressing room feeling bitterly disappointed is a feeling we won't experience much," said Irvine. "We thought the three points were there for the taking.
"We scored two fantastic goals with two fantastic moves. Saido Berahino has good role models here. He is a good finisher with both feet and is very composed in those situations, I wasn't surprised when he scored.
"I enjoyed tonight and I'm enjoying the job, the players are so responsive. We're making progress and I can't praise them enough for how they've reacted since I came to the club."
The portrait by Oscar Rialubin from the Philippines is called Xyclops.
Martin Samworth, chief executive of CBRE said: "The competition constantly provides us with new perspectives on working environments within cities. This year was no exception and Rialubin's intimate portrait of a watch repairman gives insight into a universal trade. Urban life is constantly changing and the beauty of the competition is that it has captured this every year through the winning images."
The Europe, Middle East and Africa prize was awarded to Armen Dolukhanyan for another black-and-white picture. This one shows a young couple, both in the Ukrainian police force.
Peter Graney's photograph of poultry being prepared for market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, won him the Asia Pacific prize.
The other top award went to Christopher Martin, as the winner of the Americas prize for his picture Winter Work, which shows an aeroplane being de-iced at Calgary International Airport, Canada.
Cocu Liu won the mobile section of the competition, capturing this winter scene in Chicago on his phone camera.
There were two awards for younger photographers, with Diogo Miguel Carvalho Goncalves claiming the prize for the 13-15-year-old category with this picture taken at the Carreiros do Monte in Madeira.
The 16-25 age category was won by Belal Hossain Rana, who photographed technicians in Bangladesh working underground to repair electrical cables.
As well as these awards a picture is selected to depict each hour of the day around the globe - here is a small selection of them.
Pedro Lins's picture was taken during a series of protests in Rio De Janeiro in Brazil.
A construction site opposite Borna Mirahmadian's home in Tehran, Iran, is the subject of another image selected by the judges.
Mirahmadian said: "One night I noticed the employees were working double-shift throughout the night (apparently to finish their job on time). Contrasting colours of the lights and shapes of workers' silhouettes grabbed my attention and after a long wait, I could capture this shot from the window of my bedroom."
Johanna Siegmann photographed professional dog walker Leslie in Malibou, California.
Siegmann said: "She can walk up to 20 dogs at a time, although on this day she 'only' had 12. Here she is driving them to a dog park, where they will be allowed to run around, unleashed. The hardest part of her job, from what I witnessed, was unravelling the giant macrame knot of leashes created when the dogs weave in and out around each other."
Martin Faltejsek's picture was taken in London and captured a man with his smartphone.
Faltejsek said: "I was spending some time at my friends in London and one night we went out to buy some food. Walking through the little backstreets, we were passing by so many people standing in front of walls or sitting down on pavements, holding their smartphones and smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol.
"I love the simplicity in the picture, the symbol of an empty wall and one little man standing there. We tend to live our lives inside social sites and we prefer to spend our time swiping through our phones instead of communicating with people in real life. I find this reality very sad."
Club vice chairman and businessman St Quinton bought a 25% stake in the Cherry and Whites in 2008, and later purchased a further 15%.
Tom Walkinshaw took over the club in 1997, with son Ryan then replacing the former Formula One team boss, who died in 2010.
"This club isn't broken, there's a lot of good things," St Quinton said.
"My goal will be to fill the stadium every week, if you can fill the stadium every week you can have a fantastic atmosphere here at Kingsholm, and you're only going to fill the stadium if you're playing attractive rugby and you're winning.
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"If you can fill the stadium that's the prerequisite to really developing a fantastic club.
"At that point you can afford the very best players, the very best coaches, you can develop the stadium, increase the capacity and you've got great momentum."
Gloucester are eighth in the Premiership, five points outside the top four.
Harry Whitlam, 11, died after the vehicle driven by Gary Green, 51, reversed into him at Swithens Farm, Rothwell, in 2013.
An inquest last year heard Mr Green was almost three times the legal alcohol limit on the day of the crash.
He was not prosecuted at the time as it happened on private land.
Mr Green, of Bradburn Road, Wakefield, admitted failing to ensure the safety of others at a hearing at Leeds Crown Court.
He is due to appear in November for a further hearing before sentencing.
The Health and Safety Executive announced this year it had brought a charge against Mr Green under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Hollywood actor George Clooney and Republican White House contender Jeb Bush were among Colbert's first guests.
The former host of Comedy Central's satire programme, The Colbert Report, opened the show with a sketch, singing the national anthem around the country.
He also paid tribute to his predecessor Letterman, calling himself "a fan".
"We will try to honour his achievement by doing the best show we can and occasionally making the network very mad at us," said Colbert.
"As long as I have nine months to make one hour of TV, I could do this forever," he added.
The comedian played a hardline conservative in his previous show, Comedy Central's satirical news show The Colbert Report, but he appeared as himself for his mainstream debut.
He was first seen singing the Star Spangled Banner with people at a bowling alley, in a factory and at a youth baseball game - where an "umpire" took unmasked himself as Jon Stewart - Colbert's former colleague on The Daily Show .
As the segment ended, and Colbert walked on stage he was given a standing ovation by the studio audience, who chanted, "Stephen, Stephen, Stephen".
"If I knew you were going to do that, I would have come out here months ago," he joked.
Analysis - Nick Bryant - BBC New York correspondent
"With this show, I begin the search for the real Stephen Colbert. I just hope I don't find him on Ashley Madison."
With a self-referential zinger, the new host of The Late Show got straight to the question that many viewers doubtless tuned in asking: Who is Stephen Colbert, now that he has shed the hyper-conservative persona that catapulted him to fame on the cable channel Comedy Central?
The answer, pretty much, is the Stephen Colbert of old. As he joked to one of his first guests, the Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush: "I used to play a narcissistic conservative pundit. Now I'm just a narcissist."
From the supreme confidence with which he bounded onto stage at the famed Ed Sullivan Theatre to the news-style graphics he used to punctuate his comic riffs - one featured a photo-shopped wall along the Mexican border made up of Trump Towers toppled on their sides - much of his show reprised the style and content of The Colbert Report.
So his debut show on CBS felt more like a refurbishment of his on-screen personality rather than a reinvention.
Colbert presented his first guest Clooney with a belated wedding gift for his marriage last year to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin - a Tiffany paperweight inscribed with the phrase, "I don't know you."
He also binged on a bag of Oreo cookies as he made jokes about Donald Trump, who recently vowed never to eat Oreos again after makers Nabisco Inc said it was opening a new plant in Mexico.
Fellow light-night TV figures also wished him well - including NBC rival Jimmy Fallon who said: "Have a good show, buddy. See you in the locker room." The British host of the Late Late Show, James Corden, showed support on Twitter.
The broadcast ended with Colbert singing with his new house band, led by Jon Batiste, in a cover of Sly and the Family Stone's Everyday People.
They were joined by Mavis Staples, Aloe Blacc, Ben Folds and Buddy Guy, amongst others.
Writing in the Los Angeles Times, critic Robert Lloyd said: "It started strong, ended strong, and in between it was mostly ... strong."
The New York Post said: "The cranky, jaded ghost of David Letterman was driven out of the Ed Sullivan Theatre as its new tenant, Stephen Colbert, made a rousing, late-night debut."
There were too many adverts, said Variety, which timed a "nine-minute break" between Clooney and Bush.
But, once the show hits its stride: "Colbert looks like he has the skill set to settle in and make this job his own, night in and night out."
Asad Shah, 40, was found seriously injured in Minard Road, Shawlands, at about 21:05 GMT on Thursday. He died in hospital.
The incident happened hours after he apparently posted social media messages wishing his customers a happy Easter.
Police said both Mr Shah and the arrested man were Muslims.
A post on Thursday from an account that appears to be Mr Shah's said: "Good Friday and very happy Easter, especially to my beloved Christian nation x!"
Mr Shah was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Floral tributes have been placed at the scene and people have been taking part in a silent vigil there in memory of the shopkeeper.
Residents told BBC Scotland they were shocked and saddened by Mr Shah's death and described the shopkeeper as a "gentleman".
Brothers Qaiser and Omar Khan said they knew Mr Shah well and had repaired his cars in the past. They described him as "a humble, sweet person".
Omar Khan added: "I've known him since I was a wee boy so this is shocking news.
"He was a very straight-forward, humble person who was very good with his customers. He cared about his family a lot."
Robert Maitland, said: "He was very friendly. Every morning we shook hands and said 'have a nice day'. He was just a pleasant, lovely lad."
Isabella Graham, 64, said Mr Shah employed her daughter at the shop when she was younger.
"He was an amazing, wonderful man, he couldn't do enough for you," she said.
"He wouldn't hurt anybody. Nobody in Shawlands would have a bad word to say about him. I can't believe he's gone."
Earlier forensic officers placed a white tent outside his shop, Shah's Newsagent and Convenience Store. Another white tent was placed some metres down the road.
One card left at the cordon read: "Thank you for being the nicest guy on the planet."
Another read: "A good man, much loved and a pillar of the community. You'll be sorely missed."
The town, known for real and fictional links with Cosa Nostra, will now be run directly by the interior ministry.
Corleone was the hometown of the fictional "Godfather" in Francis Ford Coppola's films.
It was also the birthplace of real mafia bosses Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano.
Riina and Provenzano were both eventually captured, having spent many years on the run.
Provenzano died last month at the age of 83 while Riina, 85, remains in prison serving a life sentence.
Their links with Corleone ensured the town's continuing notoriety but in more recent years residents had tried to overcome historical associations with the criminal network, opening an anti-mafia museum.
Wednesday's move is the first time Rome has disbanded the local government in Corleone.
Local administrations in Arzano, near Naples, and Bovalino and Tropea, both in Calabria, were also dissolved this week amid allegations of mafia links.
But in doing so made it clear Tay's views were a result of nurture, not nature. Tay confirmed what we already knew: people on the internet can be cruel.
Tay, aimed at 18-24-year-olds on social media, was targeted by a "coordinated attack by a subset of people" after being launched earlier this week.
Within 24 hours Tay had been deactivated so the team could make "adjustments".
But on Friday, Microsoft's head of research said the company was "deeply sorry for the unintended offensive and hurtful tweets" and has taken Tay off Twitter for the foreseeable future.
Peter Lee added: "Tay is now offline and we'll look to bring Tay back only when we are confident we can better anticipate malicious intent that conflicts with our principles and values."
Tay was designed to learn from interactions it had with real people in Twitter. Seizing an opportunity, some users decided to feed it racist, offensive information.
In China, people reacted differently - a similar chatbot had been rolled out to Chinese users, but with slightly better results.
"Tay was not the first artificial intelligence application we released into the online social world," Microsoft's head of research wrote.
"In China, our XiaoIce chatbot is being used by some 40 million people, delighting with its stories and conversations.
"The great experience with XiaoIce led us to wonder: Would an AI like this be just as captivating in a radically different cultural environment?"
The feedback, it appears, is that western audiences react very differently when presented with a chatbot it can influence. Much like teaching a Furby to swear, the temptation to corrupt the well-meaning Tay was too great for some.
That said, Mr Lee said a specific vulnerability meant Tay was able to turn nasty.
"Although we had prepared for many types of abuses of the system, we had made a critical oversight for this specific attack.
"As a result, Tay tweeted wildly inappropriate and reprehensible words and images. We take full responsibility for not seeing this possibility ahead of time."
He didn't elaborate on the precise nature of the vulnerability.
Mr Lee said his team will continue working on AI bots in the hope they can interact without negative side effects.
"We must enter each one with great caution and ultimately learn and improve, step by step, and to do this without offending people in the process.
"We will remain steadfast in our efforts to learn from this and other experiences as we work toward contributing to an Internet that represents the best, not the worst, of humanity."
Next week, Microsoft holds its annual developer conference, Build. Artificial intelligence is expected to feature heavily.
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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said the one-year-old girl known as Asha and her mother would be released into community detention in Australia.
Protesters blockaded the hospital to prevent the child being removed.
Australia's policy on asylum seekers has been widely criticised.
Previously, the government said it would stand firm on its asylum seeker policy amid the protests over the child's impending deportation to Nauru.
It argues that its offshore detention policy is necessary, and aimed at preventing asylum seekers trying to reach Australia on unseaworthy boats.
Australia's High Court upheld Australia's asylum policy as legal under the country's constitution in a decision handed down at the beginning of February.
A woman, 24, and a man, 27, have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence, and bailed.
Paramedics were called to Harlow Town Park in Essex, just after 16:00 GMT on Saturday, where an event organised by Thurston fun fairs was taking place.
Summer was treated by ambulance crews but later died in hospital.
A post-mortem examination established the cause of her death as multiple injuries, Essex Police said in a statement.
It is believed the dome-shaped inflatable carrying Summer blew over a number of trailers and caravans in the park.
Ray Smith, a representative of the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain, said: "It was a sudden gust. Had it been a consistent wind they would have closed down all the inflatables."
The Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate is leading the investigation into the incident.
Det Insp Daniel Stoten urged people who had been at the event to contact police, and urged anyone who had video footage of the scene to get in touch.
He said: "This is a very tragic incident where a young girl has lost her life. My deepest sympathies go out to her family."
East of England Ambulance Service said the girl had suffered serious injuries when the inflatable was blown "some distance". She was treated by ambulance crews and the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance before being taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow.
A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "Our thoughts are with the friends and family involved on this sad day."
Floral tributes have been left at the gates of the park, where a section remains cordoned off by police.
Among them is an Easter basket, while a card on a bunch of flowers reads: "God has taken a beautiful girl for his angel. RIP Princess."
Almost £2,000 has been donated after an online fundraising drive for Summer's family.
On Sunday morning, police were still standing guard around the inflatable. BBC Essex reporter Nick Alliker said about 20 caravans and trailers and a couple of fairground rides remained in the park.
The Health and Safety Executive said it was assisting police with the investigation.
Last year a bouncy castle collapsed while children were playing on it during a fair in the park.
Harlow Council officers visited the site following the incident last May and suggested a number of health and safety improvements, including better stewarding of the event.
It was reported at the time that three children were treated by paramedics when the inflatable castle collapsed on them.
After news of Saturday's tragedy broke, Conservative MP for Harlow Robert Halfon tweeted: "My thoughts and heart go to family."
He said in a statement he would be asking for an "urgent inquiry" and to consider whether bouncy castles "should be banned from Harlow town fairs, until we can be sure that they are completely safe, so such a horrific tragedy never happens again".
Jon Clempner, leader of Harlow Council, said: "Harlow is a town in shock following this tragic incident yesterday. I can't imagine the heartache of the parents and family of the little girl who has died, and my thoughts are with them."
Ardron, 25, joined from Ontario Blues in 2013 and scored seven tries in 64 appearances for the Ospreys.
Wing Tom Grabham and prop Dan Suter will also leave the Ospreys this summer at the end of their contracts.
Centre Jonathan Spratt had already announced his retirement while Sam Underhill, Josh Matavesi and Joe Bearman have signed for other clubs.
Flanker Underhill, who has been included in England's squad to tour Argentina, will join Bath while centre Matavesi has signed for Newcastle Falcons and Bearman will play for Merthyr.
"The nature of professional sport means that there is always a turnover at this time of the year with people leaving," Ospreys managing director Andrew Millward said.
Those in favour of hunting won just over half the votes cast in the keenly-contested vote.
Campaigners for the ban have conceded defeat.
There were jubilant scenes in the counting hall as the pro-hunt activists celebrated victory, which was achieved by only 2,200 votes.
The BBC's Mario Cacciottolo in a tweet says that hunters' association head Joe Perici Calascione is "ecstatic" about the outcome of the vote and has described hunting as an integral part of Maltese tradition.
Opponents of hunting say it will now be an "uphill struggle" to stop annual spring shooting of turtle doves and quail.
The issue has led to disagreements between conservationists and those who say a Maltese tradition is at stake.
Critics accuse hunters of killing scores of birds - they say that turtle dove numbers have declined 77% since 1980 - and encroaching on the island's open spaces.
They argued that the hunting season is abused by some hunters through the illegal shooting of protected species during a crucial migration period as birds fly over Malta into Europe.
About 340,000 people were eligible to vote in the referendum, which was held in response to a voters' petition for a ban on the hunting of birds between 14 April to 30 April.
The margin of victory was tiny - 50.44% to 49.56%.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat who supported the hunters warned that existing laws would be rigidly applied and anyone who violated them would be punished.
The Times of Malta said that the "Yes" campaign successfully argued that a "No" victory could result in other pastimes, such as fireworks and motorsports, also being banned in referendums.
The paper says that hunting enthusiasts also succeeded in using the "pulling power" of Mr Muscat while simultaneously ensuring that their campaign was "characterised by an absence of images of shotguns and dead birds".
A second hunting season in autumn was not included in the referendum.
Malta is the only EU country that allows recreational spring hunting.
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The previous system will be re-introduced for the Bahrain Grand Prix on 1-3 April after criticism of the new knock-out format at the season's first race in Australia on Saturday.
The teams made a unanimous decision at a meeting in Melbourne on Sunday.
"We wanted to improve the show and we went in the wrong direction," Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff said.
"It shows there is common sense in F1."
The decision to change qualifying was instigated by F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone.
The 85-year-old voted in favour of the new system, although he had wanted to introduce a more radical approach that would see the fastest drivers after qualifying demoted on the grid to try to promote closer racing.
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But Wolff said that Ecclestone would fall in line with the teams' decision.
"He agreed to it," Wolff said. "I spoke to him and he sees it was the wrong decision.
"You can't blame anybody because we really tried to optimise the show and we got it wrong.
"I am not quite sure he is happy to go back to the old format because he'd like to shake things up, understandably. But it is better to go back to the old format rather than staying with what we've invented yesterday."
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner added: "It was done with the best intentions, to try to shuffle the grid around and create more excitement and to help the promoters. and unfortunately that didn't happen. We gave it a go. The responsible thing has happened, the teams collectively have agreed it didn't work and to go back with immediate effect."
Wolff said it was likely changes to the format of grand prix weekends would be discussed again ahead of the 2017 season.
"We shouldn't wipe it completely off the table that there isn't a more attractive format," he said, "but it needs consideration and structure so this will not happen during 2016. And over the winter we will revisit it.
"There is for sure ways of optimising qualifying and maybe even the race. But what we need is to properly assess what is right and wrong and not have erratic decision making.
"I think we should have more tyres and we should let them drive flat out, provide a great show, make it less complicated, the fastest man is on pole. That's what counts."
The decision needs to be approved formally by the final two stages of the legislative process, the F1 Commission and the FIA World Council.
Unanimity is needed there and tyre supplier Pirelli, which has a seat on the F1 Commission, did not say it would agree to the change.
Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery said: "We haven't heard all the arguments. There are positives and negatives. Obviously Q3 needed improving; not having cars running was unanimously seen as negative by fans and viewers but that could be resolved by going back to last year's Q3.
"We have had no formal feedback as to what they want and what the arguments are. One argument we were given was for it to have an impact on the race strategy. It delivered that on many levels.
"If that is no longer required, we need to hear the arguments because we have only done one and it delivered on one level that we were told were the objectives.
"Most people would just like to understand what we are trying to achieve. Going from one to the other so quickly needs explanation."
The spirited visitors started brightly but their former goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi denied Shola Ameobi, Mark Davies and Darren Pratley.
A defensive error then saw Lucas Piazon put the Royals ahead before Williams fired low into the net from 25 yards.
Liam Feeney's 80th-minute penalty made it 2-1 but the hosts held on.
Reading's win came a day after manager Steve Clarke had committed his future to the club following interest from Championship rivals Fulham.
It looked like it could be a frustrating day for the hosts with Ameobi having a header saved by Al-Habsi early on before the Royals' keeper then blocked a Davies effort.
The Oman international then pulled off a third crucial save to keep out Pratley's header.
Those three interventions proved vital as Reading's patience was rewarded when a defensive mistake saw Piazon block the attempted clearance of Prince-Desir Gouano before lifting the ball over Ben Amos and into the empty net.
That goal seemed to change the momentum of the game as, after Oliver Norwood tested the palms of Amos, Williams then struck a low shot from 25 yards to make it 2-0 at the break.
Bolton started the second half in similar fashion to the first as Ameobi again went close, this time hitting the crossbar with another header.
Amos then did well to deny Nick Blackman, tipping his volley over the bar before Williams volleyed wide at the other end from outside the box.
And, just moments later, Bolton reduced the deficit through Feeney's penalty after Pratley was brought down in the box by Norwood.
Reading manager Steve Clarke:
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"It was always going to be a little bit strange for me today, but I've got to say that the crowd got it quite right.
"The reception was cool but nothing more than that. And they got right behind the team, which is all we ask for. I don't think the Fulham talks had any effect on the players.
"The result was good in the context of our season. We're desperate to stay in and around the upper levels of the league and challenge for promotion.
"It was a big win for us after five games without a win. It was really important to us today."
Bolton Wanderers manager Neil Lennon:
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"We could have been three goals up before we shot ourselves in the foot. Al Habsi's made three very good saves.
"The goals we conceded, we just gave them to Reading. They didn't have to work hard for either goal. The first one was schoolboy stuff from our point of view.
"We didn't look like a team at the bottom of the league but I've been saying that for quite a while now, but I've got to take positives from the defeat. There was a lot of good things that we did.
"We just need a bit of mental strength at both ends of the pitch, which is lacking at the moment."
Lawro's opponents for this weekend's Premier League fixtures are Tom Meighan and Serge Pizzorno from indie rock band Kasabian.
Meighan and Pizzorno are fans of Leicester City, their local team, and the band played at the Foxes' title-winning parade last season.
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"Top of my list of Leicester heroes has to be Steve Walsh [who played for the club between 1986-2000]," Meighan told BBC Sport.
"Walsh would be captain of any all-time Leicester team," Pizzorno added. "Muzzy Izzet would be in there too of course, Emile Heskey as well - and obviously the entire first XI from last season. I can go through them all if you want, but we might be here a while."
"They are the untouchables," Meighan explained.
Leicester struggled in their title defence and the manager who won the Premier League, Claudio Ranieri, was sacked in January. However, the Foxes made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, further than any other English club.
"It's been surreal," Meighan said. "Getting so far in the Champions League was just a dream come true - and we nearly went through to the semi-finals, too.
"At times it has been a bit of a return to reality and there have been some bad times, but I think in the past few months things have turned around again. It has been another amazing season.
"What next? Top four. We have got to build on what we have done this season and move forward."
It took a late-season surge for Leicester to avoid relegation in their first season back in the top flight, 2014-15, and they are still not mathematically sure of staying up this time.
"It is hard to even know what to say we should hope for at Leicester any more," Pizzorno said.
"We have won the league, then fought relegation and reached the Champions League quarter-finals - so I don't even know what we are capable of next."
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
You can make your Premier League predictions now and compare them with those of Lawro and other fans by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur (20:00 BST)
West Ham have only won one of their past 11 games and speculation over manager Slaven Bilic's future does not look like it is going away.
Tottenham, meanwhile, just keep on winning - if they pick up three points at the London Stadium, it would be their 10th victory in a row.
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Spurs don't concede many goals and the way they are winning is very impressive, as well as the results themselves. It is very difficult not to back them at the moment.
I still think the title is beyond Tottenham because I do not see Chelsea slipping up - but I don't see Mauricio Pochettino's side dropping points either.
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Tom's prediction: Tottenham are flying. 0-3
Serge's prediction: 0-2
Manchester City v Crystal Palace (12:30 BST)
I was a bit surprised to see Burnley win at Crystal Palace last weekend. The Clarets deserved to win too, but Palace were safe already - or as good as - so I don't think that defeat puts them back in trouble.
Mamadou Sakho's injury has weakened the Eagles at the back and, if Burnley can get through them, then Manchester City will too.
City have got three home games in a row now - against Palace, Leicester and West Brom - and as well as making the top four, I actually think they have got third place nailed on.
Sergio Aguero's injury is a blow, especially if it rules him out for the rest of the season, but Gabriel Jesus is fit again, so goals will not be a problem.
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Tom's prediction: 1-1
Serge's prediction: 3-0
Bournemouth v Stoke City
Both teams are safe but I wouldn't say they have nothing to play for - they could finish as high as eighth, or as low as 16th.
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Out of the two managers, Stoke boss Mark Hughes is under a little bit more pressure to finish the season strongly because he has managed a ninth-place finish with the Potters in each of the past three seasons.
But even if they don't make the top half of the table this time, I don't think his side are under-achieving when you consider how much they have spent.
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The Potters are still short of a bit of firepower but, while Wilfried Bony's loan deal did not work out, I think Saido Berahino will come good.
Berahino is such a good finisher, but he needs to be playing regularly to find his best form.
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Tom's prediction: 2-0
Serge's prediction: It's horrible going second when you are making predictions. 2-1
Burnley v West Brom
With one win from their past five games, West Brom have hit the buffers a bit.
Burnley's victory at Crystal Palace was huge for them because they look like they are safe now.
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The Clarets' victory at Selhurst Park was their first league away win of the season and thoroughly deserved, but they won't want to let their strong home form just peter out now.
I see this being a battle between two teams who always put in maximum effort, and I think they will both have something to show for it at the end.
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Tom's prediction: 0-0
Serge's prediction: Burnley at home are incredible. 1-0
Hull City v Sunderland
Sunderland are down, and it would not surprise me if they play with a bit more freedom now the pressure is off them.
But Hull know their strong home form is crucial to them staying up and they know they cannot afford to drop any points at the KCOM Stadium.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Tom's prediction: Sunderland are gone so nothing really matters to them - they might go out and win it, knowing them. 0-2
Serge's prediction: 2-0
Leicester City v Watford
Neither Leicester manager Craig Shakespeare nor Watford boss Walter Mazzarri knows if they will be in charge next season.
Both of these sides are on the magic 40-point mark and, although they are not mathematically safe yet, it is fair to say that their managers are in more trouble than the teams are - especially Mazzarri.
Shakespeare was only given the Foxes job until the summer anyway, while nobody knows what Mazzarri's remit was at Watford - just survival, a top-half finish or something else?
A Foxes win would not improve his chances of staying in the job.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Tom's prediction: 3-0
Serge's prediction: I was going to say that. I'll go 2-1 instead.
Swansea City v Everton (17:30 BST)
Swansea have put a good little run together and seem to have the bit between their teeth a little bit - their point at Old Trafford last week was an excellent result.
Chelsea' 3-0 win at Goodison Park flattered them a little bit, but Everton still looked a bit flat to me.
I am not saying they are playing like they are ready for the beach, and their manager Ronald Koeman would not tolerate that either.
But the fact is the Toffees are the Premier League team with the least to play for in terms of league position, so there is nothing on the line for them in their last few fixtures - including their bonus for where they finish in the table.
Swansea, in contrast, are fighting for their lives.
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Tom's prediction: Swansea are in good form at the moment. 2-2
Serge's prediction: 1-1
Liverpool v Southampton (13:30 BST)
Liverpool got a good win at Watford last time out which means they have taken nine points from their past four games.
Yes, they will feel they should have beaten Crystal Palace at Anfield too, but that is still a decent haul and makes losing to the Eagles easier to swallow.
The Reds owe Saints after they lost to them in the semi-finals of the EFL Cup, and I think they will get some revenge.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Tom's prediction: 2-1
Serge's prediction: 1-0
Arsenal v Man Utd (16:00 BST)
I thought Arsenal had a bit of momentum until last weekend's north London derby, when their defeat showed their problems have not really gone away.
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The Gunners really were put into place by Tottenham, in more ways than one.
Arsenal will be up for this game, but it will not be easy because Manchester United's injury list looks a lot shorter right now. I don't think there will be much in it.
I just don't think it is a game Arsene Wenger can afford to lose because, if he does, the roof really will fall in.
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Tom's prediction: Arsenal are in a real state at the moment. Pure panic. United will go there and win, I know they will. 0-2
Serge's prediction: I was going to say that, but now I can't - and I don't think United will win 1-0 or 3-0... can I go with the same score? I can? Great. 0-2
Chelsea v Middlesbrough (20:00 BST)
The title is in sight now for Chelsea and they are playing the second-worst team in the league, so there is only going to be one outcome here.
The good thing about Antonio Conte's side is that they just never stop. We saw last week how they struggled a bit against Everton, but found a way to overcome them.
I can see them putting so much pressure on Boro that the visitors just collapse.
Defeat would relegate Middlesbrough and they won't go down without a fight - but I don't see them getting anything at Stamford Bridge.
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Tom's prediction: Chelsea will just roll Boro over. 4-1
Serge's prediction: 4-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro's best score: 140 points (week 22 v James McAvoy)
Lawro's worst score: 30 points (week four v Dave Bautista)
From last weekend's Premier League matches, Lawro got two correct results, with no perfect scores, from 10 matches, for a total of 20 points.
He lost out to Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar, who got three correct results, including one perfect score, for a tally of 60 points.
Thrones, which won a record-breaking 12 awards in 2015, delivered almost a quarter of network HBO's 94 nods.
There were also several British nominees, including Sherlock, Luther and Downton Abbey and for talk show hosts James Corden and John Oliver.
The awards will be handed out in Los Angeles on 18 September.
Viola Davis, who also made history in 2015 by becoming the first black woman to win the best lead actress prize, has once again been nominated for her role in How To Get Away With Murder.
Comedy star Amy Schumer secured four nominations, the most given to any one person this year, for her acting and writing in Saturday Night Live, Inside Amy Schumer and Amy Schumer: Live At The Apollo.
The nods for Game of Thrones included best supporting actor and actress nominations for last year's winner Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headley, Emilia Clarke and Maisie Williams and nods for writers David Benioff and DB Weiss.
The People v OJ Simpson's lead actors, Courtney B Vance and Cuba Gooding Jr were both nominated for the outstanding lead actor award.
That category also saw nominations for Idris Elba for Luther, Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock and Tom Hiddleston for The Night Manager.
There were also nods for Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, for their writing on comedy Catastrophe, and for The Americans' Matthew Rhys, who was nominated in the best drama actor category.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus will go for her fifth best comedy actress title for playing Selina Meyer on Veep, while last year's winner Jeffrey Tambor was once again nominated for best comedy actor for his role as a transgender college professor in Transparent.
Tambor was one of several nominations for performances in shows on streaming services, such as Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Others included both Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright for House of Cards; Aziz Ansari for Master of None; Kyle Chandler for the drama Bloodline; Rami Malek for Mr Robot; Lily Tomlin for Grace and Frankie plus Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Ellie Kemper.
Beyonce's film Lemonade took two nominations, with the singer receiving a personal nod for her directing work.
Five-time best comedy winner Modern Family was once again nominated - it is currently tied with Frasier for the show with the most titles in the category.
The nominations were announced by Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham and Black-ish's Anthony Anderson, who whooped and cheered as he read out his own nomination in the best comedy lead category, one of several the show received.
A full list of the nominations is available on the Emmys website.
The 34-year-old had missed the French Open last month with a back problem.
His comeback match against American Taylor Fritz went into a second day because of heavy rain, but the Swiss eventually came through 6-4 5-7 6-4.
The result takes Federer joint second with Ivan Lendl for the most wins in the open era with 1,071.
"I can take a lot of confidence out of this match," said the 17-time Grand Slam champion.
"I need to improve a few things, but I served big and I was able to handle three sets over two days, and find some energy at the end of the match."
Executives, including former director general Mark Thompson and BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten, are being questioned by politicians over the payments.
Here's how the situation arose, who is involved and what might happen next.
What prompted the investigation into BBC pay-offs?
MPs took issue with director general George Entwistle's severance payment following his resignation in November 2012 in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Mr Entwistle received £450,000, after spending 54 days in the job.
The figure amounted to one year's salary rather than the six months he was entitled to under the terms of his contract. Chairman of the BBC Trust, Chris Patten, issued a letter explaining the trust's decision, saying the amount was "justified and necessary".
What happened next?
The National Audit Office (NAO) asked if it could investigate Mr Entwistle's severance pay, but the BBC said a broader look at severance packages was more appropriate.
Around the same time, it was disclosed that redundancy payments at the corporation had doubled to £58m between 2010 and 2011. The figures came to light as part of a Freedom of Information request by the Telegraph.
The biggest pay-off was awarded to Mark Byford, the former deputy director general, whose total severance package amounted to £1,022,000.
What did the investigation find?
In its report, published in July, the NAO found that the BBC had paid £25m in severance payments to 150 senior staff. Furthermore, it showed that the BBC had paid 14 staff more than it had been contractually obliged to.
The top 10 payments amounted to £5,298,900 - 20% of the total. They included the £1,022,000 paid to Mr Byford in 2011 and a payment of £670,000 to the former chief operating officer, Caroline Thompson, who left in September 2012.
The NAO also discovered instances in which departing managers were given large pay-offs even after they had found work elsewhere, and examples of staff who were offered consultancy roles at the time of their departure.
"The BBC has breached its own policies on severance too often without good reason," concluded the report, published in July.
"Weak governance arrangements have led to payments that exceeded contractual entitlements and put public trust at risk. Severance payments for senior BBC managers have, therefore, provided poor value for money for licence fee payers."
How did the BBC respond?
"Deeply worrying" and "unacceptable" - that's how BBC trustee Anthony Fry described the NAO report in July.
Called in front of the Public Accounts Committee, BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten called the payments a matter of "shock and dismay".
Both men suggested they had been misled by Mark Thompson, the BBC's former director general, about the scale of severance payments to executives. Lord Patten told the committee he would "be as interested as you are why we didn't know".
Mr Thompson was not present at the hearing, but denied the accusations. In a submission to the committee, leaked in early September, he accused Lord Patten and his counterpart of giving "fundamentally misleading" testimonies.
"The insinuation that they were kept in the dark by me or anyone else is false and is not supported by the evidence."
The BBC Trust has denied Lord Patten had been fully briefed and described Thompson's statement as "bizarre".
Lucy Adams, the outgoing director of human resources at the BBC, also appeared before the committee. She said Mr Byford's £949,000 payout had been part of "custom and practice" at the time.
When asked about why there had been overpayments, she said: "The overwhelming focus was to get numbers out of the door as quickly as possible."
Were any criminal proceedings launched as a result of the report's conclusions?
Police received allegations of misconduct and fraud but said an assessment of the material found "insufficient evidence of dishonesty or criminal misconduct". It said no further action would be taken in relation to the payouts.
What happened next?
The Public Accounts Committee asked the NAO to make a more detailed report, looking at all senior staff pay-offs from 2009 to 2012.
Its analysis of 90 settlements showed eight managers received more than they were contractually entitled to, costing more than £200,000. Added to the figures in the previous report, it meant the BBC had given out £1.4m more than it needed.
The BBC also commissioned a separate report by auditors KPMG, looking into severance pay between July 2006 and December 2009. It found over-spending of £1.5m on another 30 cases.
In total, it means £2.9m was overpaid in 2006-12.
Have BBC redundancy policies changed as a result?
In April, the BBC capped severance pay for senior staff at £150,000, or 12 months' salary, whichever is lower.
"We have to limit the size of these payments," said the new director general, Tony Hall. "This isn't something done lightly, but I think it responds to the public mood out there."
"These are difficult economic times for people across the country and the BBC is not immune from them. The financial settlements of the past cannot be justified in the future."
The £150,000 cap was extended to all staff in September.
Was any money recouped?
Some of it. Roly Keating, previously the BBC's director of archive content, decided to give back his severance payment in June, after helping the NAO compile its report.
Mr Keating, who left the BBC in 2012 to become chief executive of the British Library, said in a letter to Tony Hall: "You will understand that as a matter of principle I would never wish to benefit from a payment that could not be demonstrated to have been fully and appropriately authorised."
The BBC also clawed back a £687,333 redundancy payment it had made to Jana Bennett in 2012.
Ms Bennett had been director of BBC Vision, putting her in charge of the BBC's licence-fee-funded TV channels, but moved to a new role at the BBC's commercial operation, BBC Worldwide, in 2011.
When she was made redundant the following year, the BBC thought it was obliged to pay her redundancy and met the cost - unbeknownst to Ms Bennett. It later reconsidered, and recouped the money from BBC Worldwide, which does not derive its income from the licence fee.
Did the BBC lose the plot?
Mark Thompson says not.
The former director general - who is now chief executive of the New York Times newspaper - was called to give evidence to MPs on 9 September.
He said the reason for the large severance payments while he was director general was that he was cutting senior staff to reduce costs.
The "savings were so large" that one month's delay would have cost £1m, he argued.
However, MP Margaret Hodge, who chaired the hearing, said the impression had been created that "a small elite of senior managers" got "the most generous" redundancy pay-offs but "ordinary" staff did not.
She also criticised the BBC Trust for not challenging the sums involved, which she described as "grossly excessive".
Former BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons acknowledged that the payments looked "eye-watering" to the "ordinary person in the street", but argued they matched those in the civil service and private sector.
His replacement, Lord Patten, took a stronger line, saying: "The way we've been running this system has been unfair."
"This is a reflection, not just of having to manage things occasionally by spraying money over people [but of[ a cultural issue," he said. "We have to grip it."
Could this spell the end of the BBC Trust?
The Trust oversees the operation of the BBC and is meant to represent the voice of the licence fee payer.
Reports in certain newspapers suggested ministers were planning to axe the body and hand responsibility for governing the BBC to media regulator Ofcom.
Speaking at the September 9 meeting of the Public Accounts Committee, MP Richard Bacon said the case for changing the BBC management setup had been "overwhelmingly proven".
"The bicycle is not working properly and it needs fixing now," he added.
Lord Patten responded by saying he believed the Trust and the executive would "have a different and good relationship" in coming years.
However, he conceded, "You may well have to look at how a supervisory body is more involved in remuneration."
Any change to the BBC Trust would require new legislation and would only take effect from the start of the BBC's next charter, which begins in January 2017.
Ofcom already regulates the BBC on matters of obscenity, privacy and harm, but the corporation has maintained its independence on questions of editorial impartiality.
Thousands of homes are without power in the north east, Argyll, the Borders, Highlands, Hebrides and Northern Isles.
Ten adults and two children were winched to safety by a rescue helicopter after a Stagecoach bus became trapped near Dailly, Ayrshire.
Two severe flood warnings (possible danger to life) have been issued for Whitesands in Dumfries and in Peebles.
Across Scotland on Wednesday evening over 70 flood warnings and 12 alerts remained in force.
The emergency services worked throughout the afternoon to rescue 12 people from the Stagecoach bus which became stranded in deep water near Dailly cemetery.
Police Scotland said 10 adults and two children - a boy aged seven and a five-year-old girl - were airlifted from the bus.
They were taken to Dailly community centre where they were being assessed by medical staff.
One of the rescued passengers, Phyllis Young, later told BBC Scotland it had been a terrifying ordeal.
She said: "The water was in the bus. It was coming up and up.
"It got to the window, there was big waves. You could see the current. It was very, very scary."
The passengers were forced to move the rear of the bus as the front section of the bus was covered with water.
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A landslip has closed the A83 in Argyll at the Rest and Be Thankful and a flood closed the M74 in South Lanarkshire.
The Scottish government's resilience committee has met to assess the response to what environment minister Aileen McLeod described as a "very serious situation".
She said: "The Scottish government's resilience team is closely monitoring the situation which is still developing as persistent rain continues to fall onto saturated ground - and is expected to deteriorate further as river levels continue to rise, even after the rain has stopped.
"It is imperative that people look for and take heed of the latest warnings, information and advice from Sepa, Police Scotland and Traffic Scotland.
"In particular, consider whether you need to travel and take all possible precautions to stay safe, particularly in the worst-affected areas."
Some of the worst flooding hit Ballater in Aberdeenshire, where a caravan was spotted being carried down the River Dee.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service issued advice for those who find themselves without power or experiencing flooding. They urged people to be extra vigilant when using candles and gas heaters.
Vincent Fitzsimons, from Sepa, said: "The worst of the rainfall has largely passed but larger rivers will take some time to react as the water moves down towards the sea.
"Some are reacting now but in areas like Dumfries the worst of the flooding is expected to coincide with high tide mid-afternoon today.
"Rivers further east will take longer to respond. Areas like Callander, Perth, Deeside and Spey will continue to see rising levels throughout the day and some will not peak until the 31st.
Mr Fitzsimons said that "the situation should start to improve for everyone" from Friday.
Morven Smith, head of project resilience at power firm SSE Hydro, said engineers were making good progress in restoring supplies
She said: "We've restored over 29,000 customers' power since Storm Frank hit. We currently still have about 6,000 customers without power.
"Access has been a particular issue for us today. We have to take account of safety of the public and our engineers before we can restore power there."
Forecasters at Meteogroup said Braemar in Aberdeenshire has been the wettest place in the Scotland since midnight after receiving 64mm of rain up to 14:00 on Wednesday.
Tyndrum in Stirlingshire received 58mm and 39mm fell in Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Galloway.
(Statistics from Forecasters at Meteogroup)
The coastguard advised vessel owners to think twice before venturing out in the expected storms and told photographers to avoid putting themselves in danger.
The extreme weather is expected to clear in time for Thursday's Hogmanay celebrations.
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5 June 2017 Last updated at 08:17 BST
They wanted to honour the victims of the attacks at an Ariana Grande concert that happened two weeks ago.
The singer was joined by stars like Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus for the emotional concert at Manchester's Old Trafford cricket ground.
Ariana paid tribute to the victims of the attack, as well as the people of Manchester.
She told the crowd: "I want to thank you for coming together and being so loving and strong and unified."
Martin was there to speak to some of the kids who had come to show their support.
Michael Lever was told he must serve a minimum of four-and-a-half years in prison and was also given a lifelong restriction order.
One of his victims had told a jury he was a "monster" while another said he threatened to kill her if she did not agree to his demands.
Lever, 47, denied the crimes but was convicted in October 2015.
The attacks took place between 1993 and 2013 in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ayr and the Borders.
Judge Lady Rae told Lever as she sentenced him at the High Court in Glasgow: "You have been described as controlling, abusive, as well as sexually and physically violent.
"From the material I have read, you seem to have little understanding of the impact of your behaviour."
The judge said she was satisfied Lever was a "high-risk offender".
The previous trial at the High Court in Edinburgh heard Lever was "charming" to one victim when she first met him.
But he later made her take drugs including amyl nitrate - known as poppers - as well as the "aphrodisiac" Spanish Fly.
She said the date rape drug GHB was also put in her drink.
The witness added: "When I woke up, it was the next day. I was naked and propped up against a sofa."
The jury heard how Lever put a pillowcase over the face of one of the women and ignored her screams throughout her ordeal.
The victim was discovered in a wardrobe, naked with her arms tied, looking badly bruised and crying.
Lever - who has since been struck off by the General Medical Council - insisted the women had agreed to sex.
But his QC Gary Allan told Thursday's hearing: "Dr Lever now says maybe they weren't consensual."
Lever was previously jailed for 15 months in 2013 after being found guilty of attacking members of his family.
He strangled his wife at hospital accommodation in Carluke, South Lanarkshire, while she was pregnant in 1997 and 1998.
He was also convicted of attacking her son between July 2001 and March 2004 and his 16-year-old daughter between 2008 and 2010.
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Butchart ran alongside Farah at the Rio Olympics, finishing sixth behind the 5,000m champion.
Yet he insists that Farah can be beaten at the World Championships in August.
"Nobody is invincible. It's easier for me because I am the underdog," Butchart told BBC Scotland.
"It's going to be hard. Obviously it's Mo's last ever World Championships, so the spotlight is going to be on him.
"But I could potentially get a medal there, who knows?"
Scottish endurance athletes are currently sitting at the top table of British Athletics. Laura Muir, Lynsey Sharp and Eilish McColgan have all won medals at major games, while Chris O'Hare and Butchart represent further success stories.
All five Olympians are currently in Flagstaff, honing their skills at the elite high-altitude training camp facilitated by British Athletics.
Farah is also in attendance, with the four-time Olympic champion bidding to bow out of his illustrious track career at the very top in his home city of London.
The 34-year-old is revered by camp personnel - his preparation must not be interrupted.
Farah won his second Rio gold medal in 13 minutes 3.30 seconds, with Butchart five and a half seconds behind.
The 25-year-old from Dunblane was a relative unknown until two years ago when he packed in his job to go warm weather training with his Central AC training mates.
"Before, I was working four or five times a week and kind of fitting runs in between that," he said.
"A few of the guys decided to go away, and so I tried to get leave but [his employers] wouldn't give me it. So I decided to sack the job for my athletics."
The gamble paid off, and Butchart's self-confidence was quickly rewarded. His world ranking rose and sponsorship followed. In Butchart's methodical mind, it was simple cause and effect.
"Every athlete has to believe in themselves that they can perform," he said. "I always think I am the best or going to be the best, and that's just how it's going to be."
To be the best, Butchart will have to make strides past Farah, only the second man to retain the 5,000m and 10,000m Olympic titles.
Butchart is no longer sprinting around the track at Stirling University after a man on a bike; he is now living in a full-time, elite training environment.
His current house-mate is the former European 800m champion Sharp, and the pair live their lives under the care of coaches and scrutiny of sports scientists.
Meals with the precisely appropriate calorie content are consumed and blood oxygenation levels are regularly recorded to ensure that the rarefied air of high altitude is having the desired effect.
Down-time includes good conversation, coffee shops and carefully selected tiny treats, a mix that suits the determined and gregarious Butchart.
There is no doubt the high altitude life is hard, and the first indications of the rewards will become clear in August, at sea level, in London.
The sale has beaten the previous record for work sold at auction by the artist which was almost £1.4m.
The work entitled Curved Form (Bryher II) set a new world record price for a work by the artist, said auction house Christie's.
The piece is part of the Single Form series, which Barbara Hepworth worked on throughout her career.
The work which was signed, dated and numbered 'Barbara Hepworth 1961 1/7' was created at her studio in St Ives, Cornwall.
It had been estimated to sell for between £1m- £1.5m.
The sculpture had come from the collection of the late Leopold de Rothschild who acquired it in 1965 from Gimpel Fils, London.
The second secretary general of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld, who died in 1961 had been a great admirer of the sculptor's work.
He had wanted her produce work for the new United Nations building in New York.
In 1961, when the United Nations commissioned Hepworth to make a sculpture in his memory, she began with Curved Form (Bryher II).
In 1964 she delivered her largest ever sculpture, Single Form, to the United Nations.
Barbara Hepworth moved to St Ives with her husband Ben Nicholson in 1939.
She became a leading light in the town's famous artistic community during its post-war period of international prominence.
Following her death in 1975, her studio was transformed into the Barbara Hepworth Museum.
Riot police fired tear gas to try to disperse the protesters, many of whom hurled stones at the police lines.
Tahrir Square was the epicentre of February's revolt that led to President Hosni Mubarak being toppled.
Many of the protesters were calling for the prosecution of former officials to be speeded up.
As dawn broke, stones and broken glass littered the streets around Tahrir Square. Witnesses said it was worst violence in the square for weeks.
The confrontation started on Tuesday when police cleared a sit-in outside the state TV building by families of those killed in February's uprising, activists said.
The protesters later regrouped outside the interior ministry and clashes broke out with police.
Fighting escalated and moved to Tahrir Square where lines of riot police carrying shields sealed off the main streets and dozens of security vehicles parked in side streets.
As volleys of tear gas rained down, injured demonstrators were seen lying on the ground, some dazed and bloodied.
"The people want the fall of the regime," some of the demonstrators chanted.
Ahmed Abdel Hamid, 26, who was among the protesters, said people were angry that court cases against senior officials were being delayed.
Last week, Egypt's former Trade Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid was sentenced to five years in prison in absentia for embezzling public funds.
Earlier this month, former Egyptian Finance Minister Yussef Boutros Ghali was sentenced to 30 years in prison in absentia, also on corruption charges.
Former President Mubarak, in custody at a military hospital, is due to go on trial on 3 August alongside his sons, Alaa and Gamal.
Mr Mubarak is charged with the deaths of protesters during Egypt's uprising.
Milly disappeared on her way home from school in Walton On Thames, Surrey, in 2002.
Serial killer Levi Bellfield was found guilty of her murder and given a whole-life prison sentence in June 2011.
Gemma Dowler told The One Show: "I knew as soon as the police were called I was never going to see Milly again."
Ms Dowler was speaking ahead of the release of her book entitled My Sister Milly.
It begins in 1988 - the year of Milly's birth - and tells her story up until she was abducted.
It also sheds light on the family's plight, from the abduction, to the discovery of the body, the high-profile trial and its aftermath.
She said: "I felt like I was never really heard, or allowed to be heard. We hoped we would be able to bring her back to life in the book.
"Now, I feel so proud and I have done everything I can for my sister."
Gemma said when the police first came to the house, she felt "judged and unprotected".
"They went to her bedroom and looked through her stuff and I felt Milly would be cross," she said.
"On the night Milly went missing, the next morning I lost my childhood.
"My family and friends, everyone went into trauma at different times. No-one knew how to talk to each other.
"I felt so shut away, so desperate. The only thing I wanted to do was find Milly."
Milly's body was found six months later, 25 miles away in a wood in Yateley Heath, Hampshire.
Last year, harrowing details of Milly's 14-hour ordeal were made public in a statement by the family.
Gemma said the day Bellfield went to court was the "worst day" for her. She revealed how her mother broke down and let out a "blood curdling" scream.
"She was being restrained, she was inconsolable... It was horrendous."
Later, it emerged messages on Milly's phone had been illegally intercepted by the News of The World.
Gemma confessed: "At that point, my mum said if he wasn't found guilty, she wanted a joint suicide pact - it was that bad."
My Sister Milly, published by Michael Joseph, a division of Penguin Random House, will be released on 29 June.
21 September 2015 Last updated at 16:09 BST
Luanda, which had consistently topped the list in recent years, fell in the ranking owing to the weakening of its local currency.
Zurich and Singapore were third and fourth on the list, unchanged from a year ago. Tokyo rose to fifth.
The survey is designed for companies to calculate expat workers' allowances.
It weighs up the cost of living in 209 cities across the world, comparing the cost of more than 200 items in each location, including housing, transport, food, clothing and entertainment.
12077 $US
rent for a 3-bedroom house
128 $US for a pair of jeans
7.8 $US for a cup of coffee
4.8 $US for a hamburger meal
1.2 $US for a small imported beer
Kinshasa was ranked sixth, appearing in the top 10 for the first time, followed by Shanghai, Geneva, N'Djamena, and Beijing.
Mercer said that rankings were affected by "volatile markets and stunted economic growth in many parts of the world".
The world's least expensive cities for expats, according to the cost of living survey, is the Namibian capital Windhoek, followed by Cape Town.
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Hong Kong
6700 $US Luanda
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4583 $US London
4200 $US Moscow
In the UK, London dropped five places to 17th, Aberdeen fell seven places to 85th and Birmingham, in 96th, dropped by 16 places. Further down the list, Glasgow dropped 10 places to 119th and Belfast was down three places to 134th.
A survey earlier this year, by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), ranked Singapore as the priciest city in the world ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Geneva and Paris.
Pacquiao's Twitter followers recently voted Khan, 30, as the opponent they would like to see him fight next.
Khan beat fellow Briton Kell Brook, Australia's Jeff Horn and American Terence Crawford with 48% of the vote.
He said on Twitter: "Currently negotiating with Manny #teampacquiao. Coming soon. Watch this space!"
Six-weight world champion Pacquaio, who said his next fight will be in the United Arab Emirates, added: "My team and I are in negotiations with Amir Khan for our next fight. Further announcement coming soon."
The 38-year-old Filipino retired in April, but returned to claim the belt by beating Jessie Vargas in November.
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Lancashire Police said the children, aged between nine and 12, were "messing about" on a street in Nelson when the device blew up on Thursday morning.
Two of the children were airlifted to hospital, while the others were taken by road ambulance.
Police have warned youngsters about the dangers of playing with fireworks.
Sgt Shaun Pearson, posting on a Lancashire Police Facebook page, said: "I don't need to post pictures on here of crying children with blood and burns on their faces. Please don't mess about with fireworks."
The extent of their injuries in not yet known.
The board of the Irish airline is also recommending IAG's €1.36bn (£961m) takeover offer for Aer Lingus.
While the Irish government is now supporting the takeover offer, the other big shareholder in Aer Lingus, Ryanair, is yet to make a decision.
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary recently said his company would consider any offer from IAG.
A spokesperson for Ryanair, which owns a 29.8% stake in Aer Lingus, said on Tuesday: "The board of Ryanair has yet to receive any offer, and will consider any offer on its merits, if and when an offer is made."
Last year Aer Lingus rejected two takeover offers from IAG saying they undervalued the business.
There was also opposition to the IAG offer from Irish MPs who were concerned that services between Irish airports and London's Heathrow might be cut.
However under Tuesday's deal, IAG has agreed to a legally binding commitment to maintain current services between Heathrow and Dublin, Cork and Shannon for at least seven years.
In a statement, Aer Lingus chairman Colm Barrington said: "This is a compelling transaction for Aer Lingus, its shareholders, its employees, its customers and for Ireland.
"The company will reap the commercial and strategic benefits of being part of the much larger and globally diverse IAG Group."
The strike is expected to cause disruption to 90,000 passengers.
It is the ninth day this year that drivers have gone on strike.
Luas operator, Transdev, has said it will impose pay cuts of 10% from Friday if drivers continue the industrial action. Drivers have said they will not accept any cuts to wages.
The Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (Siptu) said the threatened wage cuts are provocative and outrageous.
There are more strikes due on 4 May, 13 May, 20 May, 26 and 27 May.
The dispute is over pay rises of between 8% and 53% sought by drivers.
Transdev said these levels of pay rises are not sustainable.
The teenager approached a South Korean guard post in north-eastern Hwacheon in the demilitarised zone (DMZ) on Monday, South Korea's defence ministry said.
There was no exchange of fire and the soldier is now being held in custody.
It is extremely rare for defectors to walk across the DMZ. The last time it happened was in 2012.
Most defectors cross over into China, then make their way through South East Asia and then into South Korea.
Of the nearly 28,000 North Koreans who have resettled in the South, most of them left the country through the border with China, and not through the DMZ.
This is because the 250km-(155 mile)-long demilitarized zone is heavily guarded, littered with anti-personnel landmines.
The last time a North Korean soldier defected through the wire fence was in October 2012, when a soldier managed to cross undetected.
This was a huge embarrassment for the South Korean military and steps were taken to strengthen border security.
Recently, there has been increased activity by North Korean soldiers in the DMZ and some believe the North has been trying to make defections more difficult.
The DMZ is fortified with landmines and barbed wire and guarded by tens of thousands of troops on both side.
Hundreds of North Koreans flee poverty and a repressive regime at home each year.
In August last year, two North Koreans swam across the Yellow Sea border to a South Korean island.
North America, its most important market, saw strong sales of trucks and sports utility vehicles.
In Europe GM broke even, reversing a loss of $200m a year earlier. In South America it cut its losses to $100m.
The profit growth came despite an industry-wide decline of car sales by 2.5% globally.
"This strong quarter also reflects the excellent progress we're making to improve results in our more challenged global markets," said GM chief executive Mary Barra.
GM's shares rose 3% in the first minutes of trading.
GM's chief financial officer Chuck Stevens expressed concerns about the impact of the UK leaving the European Union on the company.
"Our biggest concern long term is what that does to the commercial flows," he said.
In the first quarter GM invested $500m in ride sharing service Lyft.
Nineteen mice were caught during a five-day closure of Masala Bazaar in Smethwick in the West Midlands, Sandwell Council said.
The store owners pleaded guilty to two offences of failing to protect food from rodents and their faeces and failing to control mouse activity.
A further two charges were dismissed at Dudley Magistrates Court.
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Sandwell Council, which took the case to court, said the store's closure, which was voluntary, followed the discovery of "mouse activity" in March 2015.
The supermarket, in Cape Hill Retail Centre, was ordered to pay £3,150 for each offence plus costs of £13,919.89.
A spokesman for Masala Bazaar said before this issue the store had held a five-star food hygiene rating, the highest rating from the council.
"This prosecution relates to one day in March 2015, immediately following its discovery our store voluntarily closed and the issues identified were addressed to the satisfaction of the council before reopening," he said.
"The company regrets the issue very much and since then has taken further steps to prevent a reoccurrence, including retraining the store team and replacing its previous pest control contractors."
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said home births and midwife-led centres were better for mothers and often as safe for babies.
The advisory body said it was important to offer women the options.
The Royal College of Midwives said more midwife-led units were needed to offer all mothers-to-be this range of choice.
About 700,000 babies are born each year in England and Wales, nine out of 10 in doctor-led obstetric units in hospital.
However, the new guidelines state 45% of women are at extremely low risk of complications and may be better off giving birth elsewhere.
NICE specifically advises England and Wales, but its recommendations are often picked up by Scotland and Northern Ireland.
It said women should be offered the choice of a home birth, an obstetric unit in hospital, a midwifery unit next to a hospital or a midwifery unit in the community.
In all circumstances there should be one midwife per woman in labour, it added.
For those having their first child, the number giving birth with no medical interventions was higher for home births and in midwife-led units than in hospital.
But there was a higher risk of serious medical problems for the baby, including stillbirth, for home births.
In women who already had at least one child, again there were fewer medical interventions outside hospital.
And there was no difference in the number of medical problems in the baby between the different settings:
It is not entirely clear why there are high rates of interventions in hospital.
It is thought to be a combination of women being more comfortable in a familiar environment and with midwives they have met before. There is also concern some doctors might be too keen to use clinical interventions.
Susan Bewley, professor of complex obstetrics at King's College London and part of the team that developed the guidelines, said: "Midwifery-led settings have better outcomes for mothers than the traditional obstetric units and labour wards.
"They may be particularly suitable for all women because the rates of intervention are lower."
However, she stressed the emphasis was on choice.
"There isn't a one-size-fits-all model for all women and that's why a range of settings providing different support for women with different needs gives you better safety overall," she added.
The guidelines apply only to women at low risk of complications - factors that raise the risk include:
Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, told the BBC News website that she welcomed the guidelines - as do the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
She said: "The evidence shows that if women don't have any complications in their pregnancies they'll have better outcomes if they are able to make these choices."
She said there would have to be significant changes in the way the NHS provided maternity care.
There are about 80 midwife-led units based on hospital sites and a further 60 located elsewhere.
"What the NHS needs to do is provide the facilities outside of hospitals that will allow about 45% of women expecting babies to plan their birth in different facilities," she added.
"We need more midwifery-led units, then we may find that we don't need so many obstetric units."
But Lucy Jolin of the Birth Trauma Association told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was not always safe for women to give birth outside hospital.
She said: "Things can go wrong very easily and we do feel this advice could be dangerous."
Ex-Newcastle, Tottenham and England star Gascoigne, 45, was transferred to hospital after suffering a bad reaction while being treated for alcohol addiction in Arizona.
But his long-term psychotherapist Dr John McKeown played down any fears.
"The hospital has reassured me that he is up and about walking," he said.
Dr McKeown, who has worked with Gascoigne for more than 10 years, added: "Paul has experienced severe complications with his detoxification.
"This is not unusual for someone who has been drinking as heavily as he has.
"Paul was transferred from the US Clinic Cottonwood to a local hospital to be monitored so as to be completely satisfied that there are no other complications to his health.
"There are no fears for his life. We will aim to keep everyone concerned updated on a regular basis."
Gascoigne's former captain at Spurs, Gary Mabbutt, told BBC Sport that he could be discharged in "the next day or two".
"He was put in intensive care where they monitored him," said Mabbutt. "But it wasn't a life-threatening situation and he's now in recovery. He will hopefully be leaving hospital in the next day or two and returning to the clinic to carry on the treatment to his problems."
Paul Spanjar, treatment director at the Providence Project rehab facility in Bournemouth where Gascoigne has been treated previously, says that there is a "slight overreaction" to the news that the former player was placed in intensive care.
"I wouldn't have seen it as a breakdown in his recovery and in fact sometimes this process is quite normal in the early stages of detox from alcohol," Spanjar told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I was with Paul on the Monday that he flew to Arizona and his health was very poor. He was physically dependant on alcohol and the detox procedure can be quite complex.
"Everybody can experience different withdrawal symptoms but hallucinations, shaking, sweating, insomnia, anxiety, paranoia, an inability to process any food - it heightens these sort of sensitivities.
"Paul has a very severe dependency and will have been experiencing lots of these types of symptoms."
Spanjar added that Gascoigne's recovery process had only just begun.
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"It's very early days, " he said. "I think it's important to say that rehab is not actually the cure or the answer but the first step to recovery.
"Paul's journey is only just beginning and it certainly won't be finished when he completes treatment.
"His rehab journey will consist of various therapies essentially addressing both his alcoholism and the underlying attached issues that cause him to do some of the things he does, dealing with some of the resulting consequences and putting a really clear relapse prevention plan in place to help him cope upon his exit from treatment."
Spanjar explained why he felt it necessary for Gascoigne to fly to the United States.
He said: "The decision to go abroad was very much based upon some of the media frenzy in the UK.
"It would have been very difficult for Paul to continue with his treatment over here because of the lack of privacy."
Gascoigne's trip was funded by some of his celebrity friends, including former cricketer Ronnie Irani and broadcaster Chris Evans.
Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker, who played alongside Gascoigne and Mabbutt at Tottenham, said on Twitter: "Gazza is struggling, Let's hope he can hang on in there. Others have generously offered help. #GetwellGazza"
George and Barbara Sutton closed the Park House Toy and Collectors' Museum in Stow-on-the-Wold in June due to ill health and a move to Berkshire.
The auction's most expensive item, a Dean's Rag Book Company "Tru-to-Life" bear from the 1950s, sold for £900.
Auctioneer Phillip Allwood, from Moore Allen and Innocent, said the collection attracted global interest from bidders.
"We had about 200 bears and not one the same - that was the one of the unusual things about this sale," added Mr Allwood.
Other lots included a Walkure bisque doll which sold for £500, a Pelham Puppet Theatre which also sold for £500 and a quantity of cake decorations which were valued at less than £80 but sold for £480.
The museum closed in June bringing to an end the public display of thousands of individual teddy bears, dolls, puppets, train sets, model cars and tin soldiers.
"It's heart breaking to see the empty rooms, our collection was nearly 25 years in the making," said Mrs Sutton.
The couple originally travelled the country buying toys as an extension to their antiques business but the museum became the core-activity as the collection quickly grew.
Many gay people vote for the party, said the DUP leader.
"This suggestion that every single person who is a homosexual wants to change the definition of marriage is wrong," she said.
"I know plenty of people in that community who don't want to see marriage redefined are quite content to live in partnership."
The first minister has denied letting online abuse harden her opposition to same-sex marriage.
The DUP's support for the traditional definition of marriage was a manifesto commitment, said Mrs Foster, adding that she would continue to use a petition of concern to veto any attempts to change the law on marriage at Stormont.
A petition of concern places the requirement of a cross-community majority on a motion in the assembly.
The first minister told PA on Thursday that she and her colleagues had been subjected to "vicious" online abuse by gay activists, but suggested that far from influencing her this would send her in "the opposite direction".
However, she told BBC News NI it was a complete misrepresentation to say the DUP makes its decisions on the basis of online abuse.
Mrs Foster told BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Politics programme that if people wanted to have a rational debate about marriage, she would be willing to engage, but "please don't call me all the names of the day on social media".
She said she would not meet LGBT activists who abuse her over the internet.
On the issue of women procuring abortion pills over the internet, the DUP leader said: "The law is what it is and if someone breaks it then due process has to be gone through."
She said it should be a matter for the individual conscience of medical professionals to decide whether they should tell the police about such cases, or maintain patient confidentiality.
The first minister said she had still not received a report from a working group on the issue of terminations in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities, even though it is a fortnight since the health and justice ministers confirmed they had been given the document.
Mrs Foster said the working group had been engaged in an "important piece of work on a hugely sensitive issue.
"Therefore we have to give it due consideration," she added.
She did not clarify whether DUP MLAs would be given a free vote on the matter should any change in the law be proposed.
On Brexit, the DUP leader welcomed the rejection of a court challenge by other parties at the Belfast High Court.
Mrs Foster described the case as "a futile attempt to drag the peace process and the Belfast agreement" into the Brexit debate.
The first minister was also scathing about next week's all island civic dialogue on Brexit, which is being convened by the Irish government.
She described it as an "absolute sideshow" which would merely provide an opportunity for political "grandstanding".
After the UK leaves the European Union, Mrs Foster insisted, there could be no question of people having to show passports to travel between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
The DUP leader said she had told both the prime minister and the Northern Ireland secretary that it was a "red line" that Northern Ireland must be treated in exactly the same way as any other part of the UK when it comes to passports.
She said other issues, such as access to the European Single Market or the Customs Union, would develop during the course of the UK-EU negotiations.
Last weekend the Ulster Unionists invited the SDLP leader Colum Eastwood to their conference as a symbol of the unity of the new Stormont opposition.
But Mrs Foster described this as a "sign of desperation", and said there was absolutely no chance she would be inviting her partner in government, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, to a DUP conference anytime soon.
The disgraced American finally but claimed the last time he had cheated was in 2005, the year he won his seventh straight Tour de France.
This ran counter to scientific evidence against the 41-year-old contained in the United States Anti-Doping Agency's (Usada) 1,000-page "reasoned decision".
When asked, yes or no, if Armstrong was still lying about this, Dr Michael Ashenden told the BBC, "yes".
An authority on blood doping and biological passports, Ashenden has acted as an expert witness in a number of high-profile doping cases, including Spanish cycling star Alberto Contador's.
Biological passports are individual records of each athletes' blood values and were introduced by the sport's governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI) in 2008.
"The passport is best suited as a monitoring tool, to help guide anti-doping authorities toward those athletes with suspicious results," Ashenden explained.
"In extreme cases, where the variations (from the riders' established norms) are quite radical, the evidence can support a doping violation on its own.
"But most times, results are either natural or suspicious, so the passport helps the testers focus on the suspicious ones."
Armstrong actually praised the biological passport, saying it "worked", only to go on to say he was "really upset" by Usada's claim he was still using the blood-boosting drug EPO and blood transfusions in 2009.
Usada's evidence was based on 38 samples collected from Armstrong between February 2009 and his final retirement from pro cycling. These showed highly unusual levels of the liquid content of his blood and reticulocytes (immature red blood cells).
Dr Christopher J Gore, the head of physiology at the Australian Institute of Sport, told Usada the likelihood of these blood values "occurring naturally was less than one in a million".
"Whether you call those results his biological passport or not is just semantics - his blood values during the 2009 Tour were consistent with having received blood transfusions," said Ashenden, who resigned from the UCI's expert group on biological passports last year because he refused to sign an agreement that would have prevented him from talking publicly about doping for eight years.
Ashenden went on to explain that the review of blood results is done on a step-by-step basis, with the testers being unaware of the rider's identity, or his or her competition schedule.
"If Armstrong had not been racing his results would have been normal. It was only the fact that he was racing, which should dilute blood levels, that his flat-line results become suspicious," he said.
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Usada, of course, knew Armstrong's schedule when it reviewed his results, Ashenden added.
One man who will not be surprised to hear this rejection of Armstrong's claim of innocence in 2009 is the man who was narrowly beaten on to the podium in Paris by him, Team Sky's Sir Bradley Wiggins.
"I don't believe him, no. I think he's hanging on to that third place (which has now been taken away and given to Wiggins by the UCI), because without it he's really got nothing," the 2012 Tour de France champion said.
"I was very close to him in that Tour - in a physical sense, on the bike, watching his body language each day on the climbs - and I remember a broken man at the top of Verbier, when he couldn't respond to the attacks, and a week later, on Ventoux, he was a different bike rider."
Wiggins beat Armstrong by 29 seconds in that 15th stage to Verbier - a performance that seemed set to give British cycling what would have been its first podium finish at the Tour - only to lose 21 seconds in the 21st stage up Mont Ventoux.
"I just don't believe (Armstrong) anymore," added Wiggins.
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Breath, bodily odours and urine are all amazingly revealing about general health.
Even the humble cold can give off an odour, thanks to the thick bacteria-ridden mucus that ends up in the back of the throat.
The signs are not apparent to everyone - but some super-smellers are very sensitive to the odours.
Joy Milne, for example, noticed her husband's smell had changed shortly before he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Humans can detect nearly 10,000 different smells.
Formed by chemicals in the air, they are absorbed by little hairs, made of extremely sensitive nerve fibres, hanging from the nose's olfactory receptors.
And the human sense of smell is 10,000 times more sensitive than the sense of taste.
But dogs, as the old joke might have had it, smell even better.
Their ability to detect four times as many odours as humans makes them a potential early warning system for a range of diseases.
Research suggesting dogs' could sniff out cancers, for example, was first published about 10 years ago.
And there have been many tales of dogs repeatedly sniffing an area of their owner's body, only for it to turn out to be hiding a tumour.
What they are smelling are the "volatile molecules" given off by cells when they become cancerous.
Some studies suggest dogs can be 93% accurate.
Others suggest they can detect very small tumours before clinical tests can.
And yet more studies have produced mixed results.
At Milton Keynes University Hospital, a small team has recently begun to collect human urine samples to test dogs' ability to detect the smell of prostate cancer.
The patients had symptoms such as difficulty urinating or a change in flow, which could turn out to be prostate, bladder or liver cancer.
Rowena Fletcher, head of research and development at the hospital, says the role of the dogs - which have been trained by Medical Detection Dogs - is to pick out samples that smell of cancer.
Further down the line, a clinical test will show if the dogs' diagnosis is correct.
She says the potential for using dogs in this way is far-reaching - even if it is not practical to have a dog in every surgery.
"We hope one day that there could be an electronic machine on every GP's desk which could test a urine sample for diseases by smelling it," she says.
"But first we need to pick up the pattern of what the dogs are smelling."
And that's the key. Dogs can't tell us what their noses are detecting, but scientists believe that different cancers could produce different smells, although some might also be very similar.
Lab tests to understand what these highly-trained dogs are smelling could then inform the development of 'electronic noses' to detect the same molecules. These might then give rise to better diagnostic tests in the future.
The potential for using smell to test for a wide range of diseases is huge, Ms Fletcher says.
Bacteria, cancers and chronic diseases could all have their own odour - which may be imperceptible to only the most sensitive humans, but obvious to dogs.
It may be possible in the future to use disease odours as the basis for a national screening programme or to test everybody at risk of a certain cancer in a particular age group.
However, there are fewer than 20 dogs in the UK trained to detect cancer at present. Training more will take more funding and time.
On the positive side, all dogs are eligible to be trained provided they are keen on searching and hunting.
Whatever their breed or size, it's our four-legged friend's astounding sense of smell which could unlock a whole new way of detecting human diseases.
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The Bayern Munich forward scored his ninth World Cup goal in as many games to give Germany a routine win at a rain-soaked Arena Pernambuco in Recife.
The rate at which Muller is scoring in World Cup games is matched only by Brazil legend Pele, who also found the net nine times in his first nine matches in the tournament.
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The 24-year-old German is now just six goals behind the all-time scoring record, which is jointly held by Muller's team-mate Miroslav Klose and former Brazilian striker Ronaldo.
This was a frustrating afternoon for the United States and their travelling army of fans. They failed to force Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to make a save of note but their qualification was assured by Portugal's 2-1 victory over Ghana in Brasilia.
The US will now travel to Salvador to take on the much-fancied Belgians on Tuesday. Germany will play the runners up of Group H in Porto Alegre on Monday.
Before the game, much had been made of the suggestion that both sides might play for a convenient draw that would take each of them through. But with US coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who previously managed Germany, facing off against his protege Joachim Low, neither team took a backward step from the first whistle.
Germany, playing their familiar passing game at a patient tempo, carved out a series of early chances.
On three occasions Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng found space wide on the right flank and fizzed fierce low crosses into the penalty area, while Arsenal's Mesut Ozil came closest to scoring, stepping away from Matt Besler's challenge to test United States goalkeeper Tim Howard.
Germany had to wait until the 55th minute to make the breakthrough, however, having seen Ozil and substitute Miroslav Klose go close.
It was a cross by the former that created the goal with Arsenal team-mate Per Mertesacker heading powerfully at goal and forcing Howard to push the ball into the path of Muller.
It is an unbelievable day for US soccer. They were not outstanding on the pitch today but they will always give 100% and be organised. The people back home will love this - we've finished above one of the best teams in the world and Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo are going home. The next game is going to be a massive occasion.
The forward struck his shot first time and it flashed beyond Howard before he could react to put Germany ahead.
The United States did show spells that suggest they will not be easy to beat in this tournament. Michael Bradley was at the heart of their best work, setting the tone with his tenacity in the tackle and his ability to keep possession under intense pressure.
The Toronto midfielder created the USA's best chance of the game, finding Kansas City forward Graham Zusi, whose shot curled narrowly over the bar, but Bradley's touch let him down just as a shooting opportunity presented itself moments before half-time.
The midfielder allowed his frustrations to get the better of him as he caught Muller with his studs raised and was fortunate to escape a booking.
After half-time the USA improved. Alejandro Bedoya saw a shot blocked after a fluent move down the USA right, while Clint Dempsey headed just over late on.
And although Germany closed out the game, when the result was confirmed in Brasilia, the United States also had something to celebrate.
USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann: "It's huge for us to reach the last 16. We wanted at least a tie out of the game and maybe at the beginning we had too much respect.
"But overall there was tremendous energy and effort from all of the side. It's huge for us to get out of group - everyone said we had no chance but we took that chance. Now we want to prove a point."
Germany coach Joachim Low: "I knew it would be difficult today and it was. USA defended deep, they were well organised, but I have to say we dominated, denying them good chances in the process.
"Our midfield was great today - they were dynamic and never stopped running.
"It wasn't easy for USA - everyone thought Portugal would qualify, but they've done it. They're tough opponents and they've deserved it."
Germany forward Thomas Muller: "We were dominant. All the Americans did was sit back deep in their own half, and when that happens, it just becomes a patience game.
"But sometimes even I manage to have a bright idea - I spend the whole day training like I'm obsessed anyway."
Match ends, USA 0, Germany 1.
Second Half ends, USA 0, Germany 1.
Attempt missed. Clint Dempsey (USA) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Attempt blocked. Alejandro Bedoya (USA) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Clint Dempsey.
Attempt blocked. André Schürrle (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
Offside, Germany. Manuel Neuer tries a through ball, but Thomas Müller is caught offside.
Substitution, Germany. André Schürrle replaces Mesut Özil.
Thomas Müller (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by DaMarcus Beasley (USA).
Mario Götze (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Bradley (USA).
Offside, Germany. Mario Götze tries a through ball, but Miroslav Klose is caught offside.
Substitution, USA. DeAndre Yedlin replaces Graham Zusi.
Foul by Benedikt Höwedes (Germany).
Omar González (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Germany. Conceded by Omar González.
Attempt saved. Benedikt Höwedes (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
Hand ball by DaMarcus Beasley (USA).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Germany. Mario Götze replaces Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Delay in match Jermaine Jones (USA) because of an injury.
Foul by Philipp Lahm (Germany).
Michael Bradley (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, USA. Conceded by Philipp Lahm.
Foul by Mats Hummels (Germany).
Jermaine Jones (USA) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Miroslav Klose (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kyle Beckerman (USA).
Foul by Mesut Özil (Germany).
Fabian Johnson (USA) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Kyle Beckerman (USA) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kyle Beckerman (USA).
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alejandro Bedoya (USA).
Substitution, USA. Alejandro Bedoya replaces Brad Davis.
Philipp Lahm (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jermaine Jones (USA).
Foul by Miroslav Klose (Germany).
Kyle Beckerman (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
As many as 4,000 reindeer are involved in accidents with cars every year in Lapland, which is a region of Finland.
The Reindeer Herders Association hopes the reflective spray will help drivers see them during the dark months.
The special spray is being tested on the reindeer's fur and antlers to see if it stays on in different weather conditions.
Noshir Gowadia, who helped design the propulsion system for the B-2 bomber, was found guilty on multiple counts - including conspiracy and money laundering.
Indian-born Gowadia, 67, could be sentenced to life in prison.
The case is one of a series of major prosecutions targeting alleged Chinese spying in the US.
According to prosecutors, Gowadia helped China to design a stealth cruise missile.
It involved an exhaust nozzle that would evade infrared radar detection and US heat-seeking missiles.
Gowadia was accused of travelling to China between 2003 and 2005 while designing the missile.
He was said to have been paid $110,000 (£69,000) - money that was used to pay off a mortgage on a luxury home on the island of Maui.
In his defence, lawyers said it was true that Mr Gowadia had designed an exhaust nozzle for China - but that it was "basic stuff" based on unclassified information that was publicly available.
Gowadia, who was born in India, moved to the US in the 1960s and became a citizen about a decade later.
He has been in custody for nearly four years and faces life in prison when he is sentenced in November.
He was found not guilty on three counts of communicating national defence information to help a foreign nation.
The issues at Caia Park, Wrexham, reached their height in 2015, with 55 recorded deliberate fires.
The then North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, Winston Roddick, called the incidents a menace and pledged £10,000 to tackle the issue.
Police will be joined by firefighters and other groups on Prince Charles Road to discuss the problem.
"It's been historically quite a demanding challenge," said Ch Insp Dave Jolly.
"At the moment we are still getting significant amounts of arsons, primarily around the Caia Park area.
"The risk presented by fire is very challenging for my officers and obviously for the fire service."
Last year, a youth centre was targeted, with other incidents affecting homes and cars in the area.
Tim Owen, from North Wales Fire and Rescue Service, said: "Engaging with the public and the local residents, we are able to find out what is going on, and give them a bit of education on fire safety.
"Unfortunately there are people out there who still want to light fires."
Caia Park resident and community development worker Tracey Byrne said arson on the estate was posing a real risk to people.
"It's become a big issue, to be honest. I don't think people realise the dangers of it," she said.
"I think it is good to have days like this to prevent the dangers on the estate - not just arson - but a lot of things that are going on in the estate."
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The 33-year-old won a unanimous points decision to beat France's Sarah Ourahmoune.
Britain have now won 26 golds in Brazil and 63 medals overall, two short of the record 65 won at London 2012.
It is GB's first gold boxing medal in Rio, though super-heavyweight Joe Joyce could add another (Sunday, 19:15 BST).
"The gold rush continues," Adams told the BBC. "I'm now officially the most accomplished amateur boxer Great Britain has ever had. I can't believe it."
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Adams, from Leeds, has won Olympic, European and Commonwealth golds and is the first Briton to retain her Olympic crown since middleweight Harry Mallin in 1924.
She started strongly against the 15th-ranked Ourahmoune, winning the first of four two-minute rounds on all three judges' scorecard.
She improved further in the second, again winning across the board after pinning back her opponent with speed and accuracy.
Ourahmoune, who won bronze at this year's World Championships, battled back to take the third and also produced a spirited performance in the final round.
Both boxers celebrated at the final bell, but it was Adams whose arm was raised in victory after again impressing all three judges.
Anthony Joshua, 2012 Olympic super-heavyweight gold medallist on BBC TV:
"Nicky was counter punching and being patient, picking her shots wisely.
"No fight in an Olympic final is easy. The margins aren't far apart, they are two elite boxers and it was a very good fight."
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After a goalless first half, Eidur Gudjohnsen fired the Trotters in front from 12 yards before Davies doubled their lead four minutes later.
He then scored his 10th goal of the season with a powerful shot as Bolton did the double over the Bluebirds.
It was the Wanderers' first win away from home in eight league matches.
Cardiff remain 13th in the table, three points above Bolton who are still 16th.
Both sides started the match brightly in an open first half.
Bolton midfielder Barry Bannan blocked Cardiff striker Eoin Doyle's goal-bound shot on the line.
At the other end, Bluebirds defender Sean Morrison headed Dorian Dervite's header clear with goalkeeper David Marshall beaten.
The breakthrough came 10 minutes into the second half. Former Liverpool striker Emile Heskey chested the ball down to Gudjohnsen, who volleyed the ball into the top corner.
Heskey, 37, turned provider again four minutes later, sliding the ball through to Davies who fired a powerful low shot into the corner to make it 2-0.
The 29-year-old then latched onto Bannan's pass inside the area before bending the ball inside Marshall's left-hand post.
Marshall denied Davies a hat-trick, rushing out to block his goal-bound effort with his legs.
Cardiff manager Russell Slade:
"We're hugely disappointed because there haven't been many bad results in recent weeks.
"Even in the first half, many of us didn't see that coming but they were ruthless in the way they took their chances and when we had those windows of opportunity we weren't ruthless.
"They have a wealth of experience and their finishing was clinical which proved to be the difference today.
"We could say things could have been different if we still had Kenwyne Jones [on loan to Bournemouth] because we were getting balls into the box with quality."
Bolton manager Neil Lennon on strike duo Eidur Gudjohnsen and Emile Heskey:
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"You never lose the ability even if the legs start to go. But if you have got legs around them then it's OK.
"They've made a huge contribution to what we are trying to do, on and off the field. Heskey has been a model of consistency and Eidur still has plenty left.
"His motivation is to get back into the Iceland squad, he's done that and scored for his country which is a great story.
"It's a great example to a lot of players in the Championship, there were a few eyebrows raised and a few sniggers behind our backs when we brought these two in, but people aren't laughing now."
His adviser said Mr Trump would not appoint a special prosecutor to look into the former Secretary of State, as he had pledged during campaigning.
Later, Mr Trump said a fresh inquiry was not off the table, but he didn't want to "hurt the Clintons".
The FBI cleared Mrs Clinton, but criticised her private email server.
Mr Trump had threatened during his campaign to "jail" Mrs Clinton, and at rallies his supporters often chanted: "Lock her up!"
Senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway told MSNBC that "when the president-elect... tells you before he's even inaugurated he doesn't wish to pursue these charges, it sends a very strong message - tone and content".
"And I think Hillary Clinton still has to face the fact that a majority of Americans don't find her to be honest or trustworthy, but if Donald Trump can help her heal, then perhaps that's a good thing," she added.
Remember crooked Hillary? The most corrupt politician ever, whose email scandal would be as big - if not bigger - than Watergate?
The butt of all those full-throated chants at Trump rallies, "lock her up, lock her up"?
And who could forget the memorable exchange in the second presidential debate, when Donald Trump promised to appoint a special prosecutor.
But now all that is gone, just some overheated campaign rhetoric that is being shelved, if you listen to his spokeswoman, Kellyanne Conway and close confidante, Rudy Giuliani.
This is part reality check: there is so much to do in the first 100 days, do you want to be bogged down in something as controversial as this?
And it's partly that the job's been done - if the language during the campaign was about discrediting Hillary Clinton in the eyes of enough of the electorate to get Mr Trump elected, then - well - it's mission accomplished.
The right-wing Breitbart News Network, one of the Manhattan billionaire's most loyal supporters, swiftly denounced the climb-down as a "broken promise".
Democrats also attacked Mr Trump for even having suggested in the first place that he could pursue charges against Mrs Clinton.
"That's not how this works," US Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut tweeted. "In our democracy, the President doesn't decide who gets prosecuted and who doesn't."
In other developments:
During the second presidential debate in October, Mr Trump pledged that if elected, he would appoint a special prosecutor to look into Mrs Clinton's private email use, suggesting she would be in prison.
His threat raised questions about whether a President Trump might flex his political muscles over the Justice Department.
If Mr Trump had followed through on the pledge, it would have been the first time in recent history that a president ordered his attorney general to prosecute a political rival.
In a call to donors following her shock election defeat, Mrs Clinton blamed her loss on the FBI's last-minute intervention.
The law enforcement agency's director James Comey shook up the presidential race when he announced a new inquiry into her email server 11 days before the election, only to drop the matter two days before Americans voted.
The development revived an investigation that had been declared over in July, when Mr Comey said Mrs Clinton's handling of classified material was "extremely careless", but did not warrant criminal charges.
Mr Trump first signalled he might drop his plan to prosecute Mrs Clinton, in an interview with CBS following the election.
"I'm going to think about it," he told the US network, adding that he wanted to focus on jobs, healthcare and immigration.
He told the programme he did not want to "hurt" the Clintons because they are "good people".
Looking east, the devastation is near complete. Every building, home, shop and street is ruined.
On a wall, above the collapsed lecture theatre of the city's cultural centre, an IS sniper, Abu Tarab, has written in Arabic a promise to the town: "Blood, blood, beheading, destruction."
IS delivered on part of his promise, but not fully. Kobane is broken, but it is not beaten.
The last word goes to the Kurds. Underneath the IS graffiti, a fighter has written: "Kobane is the graveyard of the Islamic State."
A few yards away the corpses of three IS fighters rot beside the crater from a coalition airstrike. The force of the blast tore them to pieces - a skull lies in the gutter.
For months IS and the Kurds faced each other, sometimes just yards apart.
There are still plenty of dangers here. Throughout the town, heavy steel mortars, still live, are rusting in the streets.
Almost comically, a tailfin protrudes from a wall or a pavement. IS may be gone, but it is not safe for people to return yet.
It is the Kurds who are left standing, some with trophies from the fight.
I meet one fighter who proudly unfolds an IS flag from his jacket. He tells me the jihadists used car bombs, packed with explosives to target Kurdish checkpoints.
More than 40 car bombs in total, "that's more than they used in Mosul", says another man.
From the same Iraqi city, the militants brought heavy weaponry, artillery and tanks, for the fight here.
Hundreds of Kurds died in the battles, but more than 1,000 IS fighters perished.
Most of its people fled Kobane. Those who stayed draped curtains across the roads, to hide out of sight of IS snipers.
Throughout the fighting, enduring the cold and the dark, Rahima and her 12 children and grandchildren would not leave.
"We faced difficulties," she said. "We were hungry, we were thirsty but we are no different from the fighters.
"They stayed, and we stayed - we were in the basement, when they had food they shared it with us. It was hard, but thank God, we knew we would win."
Her grand-daughter, Leyla, sits up proudly, when I ask her if she was afraid.
"Those who haven't seen the evil that took place here, will see it now," the 12-year-old said.
"Kurdish officials didn't abandon us. We are going to school now. And we are very happy because we will be able to go back to our villages. They liberated our lands," she added proudly.
There is silence now in the town and what is left of its streets, with only occasional gunfire underlying the fact that Kobane is at peace.
But driving the IS from here came at tremendous cost. Hundreds of coalition airstrikes have flattened most of the town.
And the IS did not go far, they are less than five miles (8km) from here. So while Kobane has been liberated, the fight against the militants goes on.
In the west, between buildings that were once under construction, a graveyard for Kurdish martyrs occupies the mud.
Plastic flowers stand brightly and on the headstones are the names of the dead carefully written in green paint.
Two small girls play nearby. They giggle and laugh, and sing a song, "the fighters are coming, the fighters are coming", over and over again.
I head east, closer to the front lines, Here the Kurdish fighters are young and determined. But still on three sides, they are nearly surrounded by the IS.
"The town has been liberated. It's a big victory. But the bigger win will be to free all the villages around Kobane," a fighter says.
"We will never allow a single IS fighter to survive in Kobane, in any villages and anywhere in our land."
Back at the green gate, by the railway line that separates Syria and Turkey, the sound of coalition aircraft can be heard overhead.
It is dark and there is low cloud, but suddenly, four loud and distant explosions. On the frontline to the west, the war against IS continues.
It is a war for which the battle for Kobane will be remembered. These streets tell, that with foreign help, IS can be defeated - but only at great sacrifice.
Environment Secretary Lesley Griffiths is to consult on plans for a 50% reduction on 2006-7 levels.
Though not legally-binding, the food waste target could potentially be one of the world's most ambitious.
The EU recently agreed to halve food waste by 2030 while the USA has a similar goal.
The aim is to encourage more food recycling but also less leftover food in the first place - so reducing the amount of food which ends up in the fridge but is never eaten and fewer leftovers.
Scotland was the first UK nation to introduce a food waste target, a reduction of 33% by 2025.
Promotional campaigns, a doggy bag scheme for restaurants and legislation requiring local authorities to provide food waste recycling points have been introduced.
The Scottish government's Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham will visit Newport on Thursday to meet her Welsh Government counterpart and compare approaches.
Wales is leading the rest of the UK on recycling rates, and would currently place second in European rankings and third in the world.
The announcement comes a week ahead of the release of annual recycling figures, with the Welsh Government indicating that an improvement is expected on last year's rate of 60%.
That compares to 43.9% in England and 44.2% in Scotland.
But Ms Griffiths said food waste remained an area where "improvements can be made".
£210,000 to £188,000 tonnes of avoidable waste reduced 2003-2015
£550m value of avoidable food waste reduction
105,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emmissions avoided
-55,000 five-year change in tonnes of avoidable household food waste
Figures compiled by Wrap Cymru suggest about £550m of edible food was thrown away from homes in Wales in 2015.
However the amount of household food waste reduced compared with the rest of the UK.
It found the amount being thrown out by each person fell by 12% between 2009 and 2015 and is now lower than the rest of the UK by about 9%.
It could be due to lower income levels and better separate waste collections, Wrap Cymru said.
All local authorities now collect food waste in a separate caddy in Wales, compared to just 27% in the UK.
"If just half of all the food and dry recyclables found in Wales' bins were recycled, Wales would reach its 2025 recycling target of 70% nine years early," Ms Griffiths said.
The Scottish and Welsh Environment Secretaries will highlight areas where both devolved governments have set more ambitious targets than the UK government on environmental issues such as waste management.
They will pledge to work together to "resist" any attempt to return powers over devolved matters like the environment to Westminster after Brexit via the proposed EU Withdrawal Bill.
The UK government has said more powers will come to the devolved administrations after UK-wide frameworks on issues such as trade have been agreed.
He spoke at a Catholic shrine dedicated to Christians martyred for their faith in the 19th Century, on the second stage of his three-country Africa tour.
The Mass marks the 50th anniversary of the martyrs' canonisation.
After the mass he addressed thousands of young people, encouraging them to turn to their faith when faced with difficulties.
There were huge cheers as the Pope began the open-air ceremony at Namugongo, near the capital Kampala.
It was where many of the 45 Anglican and Catholic martyrs were burned alive.
Their execution was ordered by a king worried about the spread of Christianity.
Thousands of pilgrims braved rain to spend the night holding a vigil near the martyrs' shrines and there were long lines of pilgrims still trying to access the shrine as Pope Francis addressed the crowds on Saturday morning.
The Pope's five big issues in Africa
After the mass more than 150,000 young Ugandans gathered on the outskirts of Kampala for the Pope's other public event of the day.
Pope Francis urged them to use their faith to confront life's difficulties and turn negative experiences into strength.
Uganda is a deeply religious country, with over 14.1 million Catholics - and even adherents of other faiths will be paying close attention to the Pope's words, say correspondents.
He arrives here during the third week of a presidential campaign being fought by the country's ruler for the past 29 years, President Yoweri Museveni.
The Pope's message against corruption, and the need to care for the poor, is being welcomed by ordinary people here, in a place where some say corruption does much to damage the economy, and little to help people out of poverty.
Uganda ranks 142nd out of 175 countries on Transparency International's corruption perception index.
Gay rights activists in Uganda have expressed their disappointment that the Vatican did not respond to their request for a meeting with the Pope.
Openly gay Ugandans face many difficulties in everyday life, with many churches here preaching against homosexuality and encouraging homophobia. A Ugandan law, originally passed when the country was a British colony, still allows the authorities to pass a sentence of life imprisonment for gay people caught having sex.
There have been some critical references to the Pope's visit on Twitter - with some wondering "how many people have HIV today because contraception isn't allowed?" while others accused him of ignoring extreme anti-gay attitudes in Uganda.
On Friday, the Pope addressed an audience of young people in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, urging them to unite and take a stand against the destructive effects of tribalism.
He will travel to the Central African Republic (CAR), which has been hit by serious violence between Christian and Muslim militias in recent years, on Sunday.
Religion in sub-Saharan Africa:
Profile: Pope Francis
Source: US-based Pew Research Center 2011 survey
The Knights started the day with a 55-run first-innings deficit but after slipping to 166-6, Shannon's knock enabled the home side to save the game.
Shannon hit three sixes and 17 fours as he and Graeme McCarter (62 no) produced an unbeaten partnership of 162 runs.
Leinster's first-inning lead gave them 10 points as the Knights took nine.
Northern Knights 233 (85.4 overs): J McCollum 119 no, R McKinley 29, E Richardson 4-33, P Chase 3-41; 328-6 (96 overs): J Shannon 140 no, G McCarter 62 no
Leinster Lightning 288 (95.0 overs): J Tector 75, A Balbirnie 56; G Kidd 3-70, G McCarter 2-44.
He has taken over from Angus Robertson who was defeated at last week's general election.
The party also announced that Kirsty Blackman MP has been elected as its new deputy group leader.
Mr Blackford said it was an "honour and a privilege to be elected to lead the SNP's strong and talented team of MPs during such a crucial period".
The new group leader will get to quiz Theresa May every week at Prime Minister's Questions, making it a high-profile role.
Two other SNP MPs, Joanna Cherry and Drew Hendy, contested the Westminster leader position. A fourth candidate, Edinburgh East MP Tommy Sheppard, withdrew from the contest on Tuesday, saying it was clear he did not have enough support to win.
Party leader Nicola Sturgeon said she was "delighted" to see Mr Blackford elected.
She added: "Ian has formidable professional and political experience and has played a key role in the last two years as part of the effective opposition to the Tory government.
"Ian has led our work opposing Tory benefit cuts, and supporting the WASPI women - supporting vulnerable people across the country in the face of callous Tory policies."
A former investment banker, Mr Blackford was the party's treasurer before falling out with then-leader Alex Salmond, which resulted in him being suspended by the party in June 2000.
But it was announced in 2015 that Mr Blackford would be the SNP's candidate in Ross, Skye and Lochaber in that year's general election, which saw him defeat former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy.
He went on to hold the seat in last Thursday's election with a majority of nearly 6,000 over the Conservatives - the second largest enjoyed by any SNP MP.
Mr Robertson, who is also the SNP's deputy leader, had won widespread praise for his performance at PMQs, with many political opponents commending his forensic questioning of the prime minister.
But he became one of the most high-profile SNP casualties in last week's election when he lost his Moray seat to Conservative MSP Douglas Ross.
Up to 13,000 new homes are due to be built on the edge of the town, as part of the coalition's plans to help deal with the UK's housing shortage.
"I can confirm the government is putting its support behind Bicester," a Treasury spokesperson told the BBC.
The measure was announced as part of a National Infrastructure Plan.
"New houses support economic growth and are a crucial element of a fair society, so I've prioritised the investment of almost £2bn to ensure we can build on average 55,000 new homes a year until 2020," the chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, said on Tuesday.
"Combined with the other measures we are announcing today, we will vastly increase supply by providing funding certainty, unlocking capacity in housing associations and kick starting stalled regeneration projects."
Mr Alexander added a government agency could plan, build and sell tens of thousands of homes on public sector land.
He suggested that building projects of this nature could go some way to supplying the 250,000 houses that need to be built every year to meet the current housing shortfall, rather than selling land to private sector house builders who did nothing with the land.
He added: "The message to the house building sector would be simple: if you don't build them, we will."
A pilot project is already under way at Northstowe, a former RAF base in Cambridgeshire, with the capacity for 10,000 houses, That would make it the largest planned town since Milton Keynes.
Bicester is expected to get a new railway station to serve the expanded population as part of rail plans previously detailed by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
Earlier this year, the government announced that Ebbsfleet in Kent had been picked to become the first modern garden city, with an initial 15,000 homes.
The government ultimately plans to build three garden cities, each with more than 15,000 homes.
In March, it said funding from an existing £2.4bn pot would be made available for developments being built up to 2020.
Garden cities are large-scale developments in which, according to the government, certain features can be "hardwired into designs from the beginning".
The government has said it does not want to "impose any definition of what garden cities are", but features can include "quality design, gardens, accessible green space near homes, access to employment, and local amenities".
But the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) said there are "mixed feelings" about government plans.
Helen Marshall of the Oxfordshire branch of the CPRE told the BBC: "I think most people in Bicester will have slightly mixed feelings. It may bring relief for some of the infrastructure problems and it might be good for the local economy but at the same time they don't want to lose the character of the town as it stands or the fact that it is in a rural setting surrounded by very lovely rural villages - so it's going to be a balance."
The garden city planning concept, by Sir Ebenezer Howard, was first used to create Letchworth Garden City at the start of the 20th century and Welwyn Garden City in the 1920s.
The concept was adopted again when the New Towns Act resulted in the development of new communities following World War Two.
The new communities were created to deal with an accommodation shortage caused by bomb damage, stagnation in the construction industry, returning service personnel and a baby boom.
They were called Garden Cities because their layouts included large amounts of green space.
Two years ago the government commissioned a report on the possibility of using Garden Cities to help deal with the housing shortage.
Michael Thomson, 51, from Dalry, North Ayrshire, is alleged to have been drunk, swore and struggled with police during the game on 31 December.
Gerard Donnelly, 24, from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, is accused of throwing a smoke bomb onto the pitch.
Both men denied the charges when they appeared from custody at Glasgow Sheriff Court and were granted bail.
They are due to go on trial in May.
Celtic won the game, which kicked off at 12:15, by two goals to one.
The 33ft (10m) hole in Fontmell Close opened up on 1 October. Engineers have pumped in 48 lorry-loads of foamed concrete to fill it.
Hertfordshire County Council revealed the operation has so far cost £100,000 across all the agencies involved.
On Friday, engineers said they believed the ground was still moving.
Experts are continuing to monitor the site and underground surveys continue.
Temporary supplies are connecting the street's homes to electricity, water and sewerage pipes, but there is still no gas supply.
"The next steps will be for utility companies to make permanent repairs ahead of the road being resurfaced," a council spokeswoman said.
The timescale of the repairs and resurfacing is not yet clear.
There are still homes near the site of the sinkhole without any services, the council's spokeswoman added.
Richard Thake, cabinet member for community safety at the local authority, said: "All agencies are continuing to work together to get residents back to their homes as soon as it is safe to do so.
"Our priority remains to ensure the safety of residents in the area and minimise disruption and to resolve the situation as soon as possible."
The council also encouraged people to stay away from the site as "only approved contractors and emergency access to the site is possible".
The Temple Circus roundabout close to Temple Meads station will be built over and replaced with a public square and a more direct route into the city.
A city council spokesman said the new square would "give life to the area day and night".
The council has said the plans are part of a wider £21m development across the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone.
Plans for the revamp involve:
An exhibition of the plans will be held at the Engine Shed from Tuesday, 13 January until Friday, 30 January.
The deadline for the public consultation is 18 February, 2015.
Zebre released a tweet confirming the takeover and future participation in the Pro12 and European Challenge Cup.
An FIR spokesperson told BBC Wales that Italy will continue to have two teams in the Pro12, honouring an agreement with the Celtic Rugby Board.
The new side will be called Zebre Rugby Club and will still be based in Parma.
This replaces the previous incarnation Zebre Rugby Srl and will be under new management, playing along with Treviso as the two Italian representatives in the league.
Doubts emerged about Zebre's future after players were reportedly not paid for two months and there are still concerns about whether they will play beyond the 2017-18 season.
A fresh company called Zebre Rugby Club Company has been created and a new chief executive and directors have been appointed.
Meetings will take place this week to determine the rebranding of the new side from the old organisation, with matters such as contracts and insurance to be discussed with players and staff.
The uncertainty comes with an official announcement this week expected by Celtic Rugby, the organisation responsible for the Pro12, on the expansion of the league with two South African sides.
The Southern Kings and Cheetahs are set to join sides from Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Italy for the 2017-18 season to expand the league to 14 sides, with a two conference system being suggested.
There have been plans mooted to expand the league even further, with a North American franchise being explored.
Burglars posing as meter readers entered the home of a 31-year-old woman in Uxbridge, at about 17:00 GMT on Friday.
The woman saw the man holding a knife to her baby before saying: "Where is the gold?"
An e-fit of one of the suspects, who pretended to be from a water company, has been released by Scotland Yard.
The man bound the mother's wrists and ankles and put her and her daughter in the bathroom during the raid.
He was then joined by a female accomplice and they began to search the house, eventually making off with some jewellery.
The mother and daughter were found by neighbours about 50 minutes later, when police were called.
The suspect was wearing a lanyard around his neck and a high-visibility jacket which made the victim believe he was a genuine meter reader, police said.
Emergency services attended the scene and the mother and daughter did not need to go to hospital.
Det Con Anji Dawson said: "This incident happened on Halloween at about 17:00 GMT so we believe there may have been many people in the area that may have seen the suspect."
The male suspect is in his early 30s, about 5ft10in (1.78m) tall, had a goatee beard and a neck tattoo.
He spoke with a London accent and wore a blue-coloured fleece with a short sleeved high-visibility jacket, dark trousers, black shoes and a woolly hat.
There is no description of the female accomplice, who was heard, but not seen by the victim.
Suso had looked set to be AC Milan's match-winning hero with two goals, before Perisic pounced in injury time.
Ex-Liverpool winger Suso curled home Milan's opener before Antonio Candreva smashed in an equaliser.
Suso scored again from a jinking run but Perisic turned home a corner from close range to deny Milan the chance to go 11 points above their rivals.
Read how the action unfolded here.
Former Lazio boss Piolo took charge of a Nerazzurri game for the first time, having been named Frank de Boer's replacement during the international break.
A derby defeat would have been the worst start imaginable, especially one that would have left them 11 points behind their rivals.
But Inter deserved their draw, with Candreva's first equaliser a brilliant 25-yard effort, and they took risks in the end, with goalkeeper Samir Handanovic coming up for the corner which Perisic converted.
Match ends, Milan 2, Inter Milan 2.
Second Half ends, Milan 2, Inter Milan 2.
Attempt missed. Mario Pasalic (Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matías Fernández.
Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal! Milan 2, Inter Milan 2. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Geoffrey Kondogbia following a corner.
Attempt missed. Geoffrey Kondogbia (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by João Mário with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Ignazio Abate.
Substitution, Milan. Mario Pasalic replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
Attempt blocked. Geoffrey Kondogbia (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Mário.
Attempt saved. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Suso (Milan).
Offside, Inter Milan. João Mário tries a through ball, but Stevan Jovetic is caught offside.
Substitution, Milan. Gianluca Lapadula replaces M'Baye Niang.
Stevan Jovetic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Stevan Jovetic (Inter Milan).
Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Miranda (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by M'Baye Niang (Milan).
Attempt blocked. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Mário.
Substitution, Inter Milan. Stevan Jovetic replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matías Fernández (Milan).
Attempt missed. Juraj Kucka (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Giacomo Bonaventura from a direct free kick.
Foul by Geoffrey Kondogbia (Inter Milan).
Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Jeison Murillo (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic with a cross following a corner.
Substitution, Milan. Matías Fernández replaces Carlos Bacca.
Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Manuel Locatelli.
Attempt saved. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Danilo D'Ambrosio with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Antonio Candreva.
Attempt blocked. Geoffrey Kondogbia (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
Substitution, Inter Milan. Yuto Nagatomo replaces Cristian Ansaldi.
Foul by Miranda (Inter Milan).
M'Baye Niang (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jeison Murillo (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by M'Baye Niang (Milan).
Foul by Cristian Ansaldi (Inter Milan).
Suso (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
João Mário (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The governing body wants to end a deal that means players across the country receive a percentage of its income.
The row has meant an Australia A team tour of South Africa being called off.
"We are willing to make important changes to modernise the existing model for the good of the game," said Smith.
But, in a post on Instagram, he added: "We are determined to keep revenue-sharing for all because we must take care of domestic players in Australia.
"I know from my career that, when I was dropped in 2011, if I didn't have a strong domestic competition to go back to, I certainly wouldn't be in the position that I'm in today."
The previous five-year agreement between CA and the players ended on 30 June, and the dispute has effectively left 230 of the country's players unemployed.
Talks over a new deal are expected to resume on Monday.
"State players need to be taken care of financially so the domestic competition will always be strong which in turn keeps us strong at the international level," said Smith.
In March, CA proposed salary increases for men and women as part of a revised memorandum of understanding, meaning players would no longer receive a percentage of the organisation's revenue.
This was rejected by the Australian Cricketers' Association, which also turned down a recent revised pay offer.
Australia's men are due to play a two-Test series in Bangladesh in August, while they are scheduled to host England in the Ashes from 23 November to 8 January, 2018.
The women's team are under contract until the end of the Women's World Cup, which is taking place in England.
Smith added: "As women's cricket gets bigger and bigger in Australia, women players must also be able to share in what they will be earning.
"They must have the same chances and incentives to grow the game as the men have had since revenue sharing started.
"It's time to get a deal done. It should be and can be an exciting time for the game."
Adam Collins, Australian cricket journalist and broadcaster
"What a mess. There's no other way to describe the fact the deadline has passed for Australia's cricketers to pen a pay deal with the board and no agreement is in place.
"The result? Unemployment with immediate effect. The implications? Vast. The Ashes? Who knows. The Ashes is the true marker of disaster. If that tour is cancelled, heads will roll. And rightly so."
The singer, better known by his stage name Toddy Cantuaria, is suspected of punching an Argentine tourist outside a nightclub in Rio de Janeiro in March.
The tourist, 28-year-old MatÃas Sebastian Carena, fell to the ground and hit his head.
He later died of the head injuries he had sustained as a result of the fight.
Rio police suspect Mr Cantuaria of delivering the blow which knocked Mr Carena out.
The punch-up in the fashionable Ipanema area of the city was captured on CCTV.
Local media reported at the time that the fight had broken out in a nightclub over the price of cocktails.
The CCTV footage shows a man punching Mr Carena, who falls to the ground. Another kicks him, while a third hits him with a crutch.
Rio police issued arrest warrants for four suspects, among them Mr Cantuaria, who was part of Brazilian band Karametade.
Before he could be arrested, Mr Cantuaria fled to Madrid and from there to Paris.
Mr Cantuaria is expected to be extradited to Brazil soon where he will go on trial and could face up to 30 years in prison if found guilty.
Less than six hours after take-off from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome, Kjell Lindgren from the US, Kimiya Yui of Japan and Russian Oleg Kononenko safely arrived at the orbital outpost.
The flight had been postponed after the April launch of a cargo rocket failed.
Manned flights to the ISS are currently only possible with Russia's ageing Soviet space technology.
The US retired its Space Shuttle operation in 2011.
Thursday's mission capsule connected to the International Space Station about 250 miles (400km) above Earth at 01:45 GMT.
The three astronauts had been set to take off in May but Moscow was forced to delay the flight after the 28 April crash when an unmanned Soyuz cargo rocket had failed to reach the station and burned up in the atmosphere before crashing back to Earth.
"It's certainly no fun to see several of the cargo vehicles undergo mishaps," Mr Lindgren said. "It underscores the difficulty of this industry and how unforgiving the space environment," he told a news conference ahead of the launch.
For both the US astronaut and for Kimiya Yui, it is their first time in orbit.
The Japanese astronaut said he was taking some sushi along as a treat for the others.
The team has joined the existing ISS crew of Russians Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko and Scott Kelly from the US.
Aside from Russia's Soyuz rockets that largely date back to Soviet technology, two privately owned US companies flying cargo the ISS have also lost rockets in recent launch failures.
Both SpaceX and Orbital ATK currently remain grounded following accidents last month and in October last year.
Spelthorne Borough Council said using the cameras could deter aggressive acts, or verbal and physical abuse.
The plan is to have a more "imposing" recording system to address high levels of anti-social behaviour, the council said.
Under the plans, the technology will also be given to parking officers.
And in the future, cameras could also be worn by officers from other departments.
The council said cameras would be able to capture images close up, record audio, allow an officer to have their hands free while recording an incident, and provide evidence for dealing with investigations.
Cameras would also help with investigating claims of inappropriate conduct by officers, the council added.
Consultation on the move runs until 9 July.
"Beetroot," declares Jesper Boom, and goes on to explain why the purple root vegetable can help give the Amsterdam-based team's riders a crucial advantage in each race stage.
"Beetroot has high nitrate content, which helps the muscles to use oxygen more efficiently," he says.
It is one of his catering tasks to ensure in advance that there are adequate supplies of beetroot at each of the hotels the team stays at.
"If beetroot is not on their regular menu then I ask them to go and buy it specifically for us, so that it is ready for our arrival."
Meet the Belkin backroom staffManaging the Belkin team
Dutchman Boom is the younger brother of the team's renowned rider Lars Boom, and has worked with Belkin Pro Cycling- recently known as Rabobank and then Blanco - for two years.
The large behind-the-scenes operations which support a football World Cup or Formula One racing team are well-known, but a Tour de France team also needs major support.
Jesper, 26, is just one of some 20 backroom staff beavering tirelessly away to ensure that everything possible is done to give the Belkin team's nine riders the best chance of success in the race.
As he talks to the BBC website, other members of staff, all decked out in matching black polo shirts buzz about the team's hotel lobby, co-ordinating their many daily tasks in support of the riders.
It comes at an uncertain time for the team, with title sponsor Belkin pulling out at the end of the year, and the hunt for a new major backer under way.
But there is no sign of any slacking, as the team members gear up to work 16-hour days for the next three weeks.
"A Tour de France team is like a large travelling circus," says Louis Delahaye, one of the team's four sports coaches, who has the specific role of high performance manager.
"The public only sees the riders but they could not function without the unseen support staff."
This solid base to the team's cycling pyramid includes everything from osteopaths to mechanics, from logistics staff to PR people.
Delahaye's main task is to ensure that his riders are in peak physical, nutritional and psychological condition.
More specifically it can mean deciding which snack bars to give the cyclists before, during and after race stages.
Meanwhile, technical tasks include ensuring there are scientifically-based cooling regimes in place for the riders, not only after race stages, but also pre-cooling cyclists before time trials.
While leg muscles are warmed, core body temperature is lowered by giving the riders ice vests to wear ahead of the start.
Another essential duty is to make sure that the riders are properly rested, a task achieved by transporting each individual cyclist's personal mattress from team hotel to hotel each day throughout the race.
If Delahaye sees the team as a circus, soigneur (French for "one who provides care") Richard Cremers sees a Tour de France team on the road as being more akin to a major music act.
He is one of the essential assistants responsible for a range of duties including feeding, clothing, massaging and escorting riders.
"If you don't like cycling you really shouldn't do this job. It is very long hours, but very exciting too," says the 50-year-old. "It is a bit like being on a rock band tour, lots of logistics and a different town or city each day."
The team's huge truck, coach, three vans and five cars certainly resemble the sort of travelling convoy more associated with an international music act.
The ultimate responsibility for ensuring the team is as successful as possible in the race, while also keeping the show on the road, falls to the team's director of cycling and managing director Richard Plugge.
At present the 44-year-old also has the pressure of finding a new title sponsor.
"Being director of cycling is a real roller-coaster ride, but I like roller-coaster," he says. "I don't walk away from challenges.
"I am really confident we will get a replacement sponsor, because cycling is one of the biggest sports, particularly in Western Europe," he says. "It is also big in California, and growing in Australia and China, particularly the latter."
Belkin Tour de France supplies
In the longer term Plugge says that the funding model has to change for Tour de France teams, away from its present sponsor-heavy financial set-up.
And he has a clear vision of the new sort of economic arrangement he would like to see.
This includes selling merchandising to fans as well as selling the experience of meeting the team's riders. Selling rider data and image rights is also a possibility.
In addition he says the sport is ripe for wealthy individuals to pump in money, in a similar way as seen in football over the past decade.
He says there is a place for sponsors, who are important, but not so that teams are as heavily dependent on them as they are now.
"We have seen the sport suffer somewhat in previous years but I think we will see a great change economically in cycling in the next three to five years," he says.
The Brian Meehan-trained colt (12-1) dominated the 31-strong field to win by two lengths from Carry on Deryck.
Veteran jockey Joe Fanning won a first Group One race on 25-1 shot The Last Lion in the Middle Park Stakes.
Brave Anna won the Cheveley Park Stakes at the same price, beating stablemate Roly Poly (11-2) by a short head.
Odds-on favourite Lady Aurelia faded badly to finish third as trainer Aidan O'Brien claimed his first victory in the race.
In the Cambridgeshire, Fortune, successful on Pipedreamer in 2007, made the most of his draw on the stands side to grab the rail where it mattered and take the lead in the final furlong.
Very Talented (11-1) was a length behind Godolphin stablemate Carry on Deryck (20-1), with last year's winner Third Time Lucky (14-1) staying on well for fourth.
Fanning has had more than 2,000 winners but victory on The Last Lion in the Middle Park Stakes - on his 46th birthday - will be one of the most memorable.
He gave the Mark Johnston-trained colt the rein to roll from the start and the two-year-old was not for passing as he won by three-quarters of a length from Gimcrack winner and favourite Blue Point (11-10).
Fanning said: "I've ridden a lot of Group Twos and Threes, but never a Group One so it's nice to finally nail that one."
BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght on the Middle Park Stakes
Plenty won't have heard of the Irishman whose first winner came over hurdles so long ago (1989) that Peter Scudamore was champion jump jockey and Mrs Thatcher was prime minister.
He has built a fine reputation as the winner of more than 2,000 races, many for Mark Johnston, who has described probably his most regularly used rider as "worth his weight in gold".
Fanning isn't stopping yet, but had this outstanding judge of pace on front-runners, the style favoured by so many of Johnston's horses, completed his career without a top-level win it would have been a notable omission on his CV. That won't now happen.
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In a statement, he said: "Dawn and I are devastated to announce that we've lost our baby. Poppy Barlow was delivered stillborn on August 4 in London.
"Our focus now is giving her a beautiful funeral and loving our three children with all our hearts.
"We'd ask at this painful time that our privacy be respected."
The 41-year-old singer and his wife, a dancer, 42, have been married for 12 years and have three other children - Daniel, 11; Emily, 10; and Daisy, three.
As a member of Take That, Barlow has been part of one of Britain's most successful pop bands, and also recently organised the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace.
His group had been rumoured to be taking part in the Olympic Games closing ceremony on Sunday.
The Sinkovics, two-time world champions, overhauled Lithuania in the final 500m to win by 1.11 seconds.
Norway's Olaf Tufte, a two-time gold medallist in the single sculls, and Kjetil Borch finished third.
British duo Jonathan Walton and John Collins, making their Olympic debuts, finished almost 11 seconds adrift of the victors in Rio.
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It agreed to purchase the main parts of the business in July for $4.8bn (£4bn).
But since then Yahoo has revealed that hackers stole the data of about 500 million users in what could be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history.
Verizon could seek to reduce the price or walk away from the deal altogether.
A legal representative for Verizon, Craig Silliman, told reporters: "I think we have a reasonable basis to believe right now that the impact is material and we're looking to Yahoo to demonstrate to us the full impact. If they believe that it's not then they'll need to show us that."
He added that Verizon was "absolutely evaluating [the breach] and will make determinations about whether and how to move forward with the deal based on our evaluation of the materiality".
A clause in the agreement of the takeover purchase states that Verizon can withdraw if an event "reasonably can be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business".
In response, Yahoo said: "We are confident in Yahoo's value and we continue to work towards integration with Verizon."
The company said in September that the information had been "stolen by what we believe is a state-sponsored actor" but did not say which country it held responsible.
The breach included swathes of personal information, including names and emails, as well as “unencrypted security questions and answersâ€
Dickie, 20, can play at centre-half or right-back and spent much of last term on loan with the Robins, helping them win promotion from the National League.
He scored three goals in his 27 league appearances last term and has played one senior game for the Royals.
"It's very good to be back. I know what the manager wants and I'll do my best," Dickie told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
Meanwhile, striker Dan Holman has been sidelined for up to eight weeks with a toe injury he sustained in pre-season.
The 26-year-old - who scored 16 goals in 18 games for Cheltenham last season - played with the injury for three matches at the start of this campaign but the results of a scan have ruled him out until October.
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Featuring heavily are gadgets such as early secret cameras and bugging devices that would not appear out of character in a Hollywood film.
The line-up makes the point that even though the CIA is an intelligence agency whose central mission has been to recruit people to provide secrets, technology has always had a crucial role.
Andrew Hallman - who runs the recently created Directorate of Digital Innovation - has the job of making sure that the new digital world works to the CIA's advantage rather than disadvantage.
A major focus of Mr Hallman's effort is to use data to provide insights into future crises - developing what has been called "anticipatory intelligence".
This means looking for ways in which technology can provide early warning of, say, unrest in a country.
"I think that's a big growth area for the intelligence community and one the Directorate of Digital Innovation is trying to promote," Mr Hallman says.
The volume and variety of data produced around the world has grown exponentially in recent years - a process about to accelerate as more and more items as well as people are connected up in the so-called internet of things.
The ambition is to take this wealth of data and combine it with analytical models fine-tuned with insights from social sciences to spot where an issue such as food scarcity might be emerging and might, in turn, lead to instability in a region.
This might also involve looking at social media to perform "sentiment analysis" that can help understand if the mood in a population is turning sour.
The idea would be to spot a major change, such as the so-called Arab spring, as early as possible and provide policymakers with the kind of advanced warning they often crave and which intelligence agencies are sometimes criticised (fairly or unfairly) for failing to deliver.
These are often the kind of events not susceptible to the traditional intelligence gathering spies normally carry out - the emergence of protest groups in the Middle East was not a secret locked in a safe or in the mind of a leader that could be stolen or enticed out.
But the techniques of big data, some believe, may offer answers.
Mr Hallman, crisp in both words and appearance, is careful to explain this will not provide a crystal ball that can predict "point events" - for instance that the breakdown of order will happen on a particular day - but, instead, will point to a social or economic system becoming more fragile than might be superficially apparent.
More broadly, the directorate aims to change the culture as well as the structure of the CIA - bringing in technology and integrating it into every part of the agency's work.
The CIA has 10 mission centres where analysts and operators work together on either parts of the world or issues (with centres for Africa, the Near East, Counterterrorism, and Weapons and Counter-proliferation).
Digital officers will integrate into these and bring with them expertise in cyber-techniques, data sciences and software development.
The aspiration is that where some new technological innovation is pioneered in one mission centre, the Directorate for Digital Innovation will see if it can be pushed out to other centres.
Developing expertise in open-source (publicly available) information is another priority - in the past this was something of a sideshow at an agency that focused on "secrets" - but such information can often help focus on what really is secret and what can be obtained by other means, especially as the definition of open source expands rapidly from the past, when it largely meant foreign news and media.
This might involve understanding how a group such as so-called Islamic State (IS) uses social media and working out what options there are to address it.
Data is also changing the sharp end of human intelligence.
The head of Britain's MI6, Alex Younger, has described a high-stakes arms race in technology.
Spy agencies can use data to improve the way they find the secrets and people they are after.
But foreign security services can also use data to track down intelligence officers and identify them, using the digital exhaust we all leave in our wake in the modern world (one reason for the neuralgic reaction within the US government to the cyber-theft of vetting information from the Office of Personnel Management last year, which could be used to identify spies).
This poses fundamental challenges to the old concepts of operating clandestinely and "undercover".
"It is an existential challenge, which we are looking at very closely," Mr Hallman says.
He stresses though that the issue of how far data enables or restricts spy agencies will ultimately depend on their ability to adapt.
"That's entirely on us and how aggressively we can pursue both avenues," he says.
Intelligence officers in the field will need to become much more technologically adept rather than relying on the kind of human wiles and guile so highly prized in the past.
"Operators have to figure a way to enable them both to operate clandestinely and have at their fingerprints with them the digital capability to extend their reach," says Mr Hallman.
Human intelligence and cyber-espionage are increasingly merging.
This means agencies such as the National Security Agency (which focuses on cyber-espionage) and CIA (which focuses on human intelligence) will need to work together much more, something the US intelligence community has sometimes struggled to do.
This new world of digitally enabled espionage will also require a different model of working with the private sector where cutting-edge technology is being developed (the private sector pioneers many of the big data analytics to try to extract value or sell advertising from the information they collect).
Previously, by the time a company brought in a product to meet a need at CIA, it might already be out of date.
"We used to try to make long strides to catch up with the state of the art," Mr Hallman says, "but we need instead to ride a crest of innovation."
The relationship with Silicon Valley, he acknowledges, has been affected by the allegations of former NSA contractor and whistle-blower Edward Snowden.
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A business partner of Twitter recently said it would no longer provide services to the US intelligence community.
But Mr Hallman says the levels of suspicion are not uniform.
"There are a lot of great parties in Silicon Valley who understand our values well, but there are some sectors that do not understand the intelligence world," he says.
Part of his job is to change that.
"I'm an optimist - I think we will eventually build that trust," he says.
He points to the working relationship between the intelligence community and Amazon Web Services to provide cloud computing as an example of what the relationship could look like.
Back out in the corridor are historical examples of technology developed initially for espionage - early photocopiers and tiny Minox cameras - all once cutting-edge but now ubiquitous.
Now, spy agencies are learning that maintaining the edge on which they rely will require new ways of working.
20 August 2017 Last updated at 12:40 BST
The fun event is to promote the Winter Olympic Games in the country next year.
Around three thousand people had a go on the slide, including 23-year-old Lee who said: "I am having so much fun. It's very nice to come and play at a place not far from my home. I wish this kind of event takes place everyday, I'll come every single day."
The Games return to South Korea next year for the first time since the 1988 summer Olympics took place in Seoul.
The two-month-old birds at Loch Arkaig in Lochaber are believed to be a male and a female.
Woodland Trust Scotland has come up with the naming competition as part of its efforts to raise funds to buy Loch Arkaig Pine Forest.
Forestry Commission Scotland is selling the woodland.
Parts of the forest still bear the scars of a fire that broke out during commando training in World War Two.
Scorched tree trunks still stand in the woods that in war-time formed part of a large area near Fort William used for secret training of Allied commandos.
Woodland Trust Scotland is working with the group Arkaig Community Forest on the bid to purchase the woodland.
The wood includes areas of ancient Caledonian forest, which provides habitat for birds such as Scottish crossbill.
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Ian Stephens was fined £940 for driving without due care and attention in the middle lane of the M62 last August.
He told the BBC he has "done nothing wrong" and was merely driving on a steep section of the motorway in high winds.
He is considering appealing.
Mr Stephens, 42, of Shevington, near Wigan, said all three lanes of the motorway were busy and denied making other drivers behind him swerve and brake.
He claimed he has been targeted because he is a white van driver.
"There were a lot of lorries in the inside lane and it was uphill and very windy. I was going faster than the vehicles in the inside lane," he said.
"I do not feel as if I am guilty of lane hogging and that I've been made a scapegoat as I drive a white van."
Mr Stephens said he was travelling with ladders on top of his van at around 60mph and "honestly didn't believe" he had done anything wrong.
He did not attend the hearing at Leeds Magistrates' Court on Monday and rang ahead to say his business would suffer as he is self-employed.
He said he hoped the case would have been adjourned to a court closer to his home
"I couldn't afford a day off and I couldn't afford the money in diesel to get there," he said."
"I thought the offence was so minor and I didn't realise I would be given a fine of almost £1,000."
He insists he was travelling faster than the traffic in the inside lane.
"It was not as if I was dawdling on my own in the middle lane," he added.
Mr Stephens, who has had a driving licence for three or four years, was also given five points on his licence.
The government made it illegal two years ago to hog the middle lane of the motorway but it is understood to be the first reported offence.
A spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it was believed to be the first such conviction for lane hogging.
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Irish media say the Garda dropped the case as there was no injured party.
A viewer had complained about comments made by Fry on a TV show in 2015.
Fry had asked why he should "respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid god who creates a world.... full of injustice". He later said he was not "offensive towards any particular religion".
News of the Irish investigation on Saturday caused a big stir on social media. The clip of Fry's interview was watched more than seven million times on YouTube.
A controversial law against blasphemy was introduced in 2009. It carries a maximum penalty of a fine of €25,000 (£22,000).
Speaking to the Irish Independent newspaper, the man who had accused Fry said: "I did my civic duty in reporting it.
"The guards did their duty in investigating it. I am satisfied with the result."
The paper says no publicised cases of blasphemy have been brought before the courts since the law was introduced.
In a TV show called The Meaning of Life, hosted by Gay Byrne, Fry had been asked what he might say to God at the gates of heaven.
Fry said: "How dare you create a world in which there is such misery? It's not our fault? It's not right. It's utterly, utterly evil. Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid god who creates a world which is so full of injustice and pain?"
In 2009 the then government said the law was needed because the republic's 1937 constitution gave only Christians legal protection of their beliefs.
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The landlady of the B&B in Argoed told Week In Week Out she believes the council has put her and the community at risk by housing them there.
Caerphilly council said it considers risk assessments before sending ex-offenders to temporary accommodation.
Miss Yemm's killer, Matthew Williams, 34, died after being Tasered by police.
The programme has also discovered that when councils in Wales and the rest of the UK have nowhere else to send the homeless in emergencies, some are referring them to hotels like Premier Inns and Travelodges.
These issues have prompted calls by campaign group Voices From Care for an urgent review of the council's handling of the case and a wider investigation by the Welsh government into the reason so many young people, including many care leavers, are sent to B&Bs.
Miss Yemm's mother, Paula Yemm, whom she lived with in Oakdale, has also spoken for the first time.
She said: "There are things I need to know; who made decisions to place him [Williams] there and what, if any, risk assessments were completed and what went wrong?"
Mandy Miles, owner of the Sirhowy Arms, said that, according to her records, the council sent a number of serious ex-offenders to her without warning her or the wider community of the potential risks.
Her B&B was used by the council to temporarily house homeless adults and a number of vulnerable teenagers for six years and she said she was happy to accept them.
Many of the adults had been to prison - others included people with mental health, drug and alcohol issues.
After the deaths of Miss Yemm and Williams last November, local residents used the Freedom of Information Act to ask the council about the type of ex-offenders placed there.
The council said it had referred 10 sexual and violent offenders who were homeless.
Ms Miles insisted she did not know this beforehand.
She said she had since cross-matched her records with news reports on a number of offenders and discovered they included a rapist, a voyeur and several paedophiles.
"I had to Google to find out what they'd done. That annoyed me," she said.
Ms Miles added, according to her records, the council also placed a vulnerable 17-year-old care leaver at her hotel at the same time as a convicted paedophile.
The programme found, in the past five years, Welsh councils sent 755 homeless people to stay in B&Bs because there was nowhere else for them to go.
In England, councils have been told to stop sending 16 and 17 year olds to B&Bs as they are deemed inappropriate.
In Wales, councils can leave them there for up to six weeks at a time while alternatives are sought.
The council refused to say what detail it would provide to Premier Inn and Travelodge if sending homeless people to their hotels as a temporary measure.
Premier Inn said it expected local authorities to assess anyone before sending them and Travelodge said customers had to abide by hotel rules.
Debbie Jones, from Voices from Care, said: "As a corporate parent you have a responsibility as a parent to a child that is in your care.
"They need to be immediately and urgently reviewed in terms of their practices, so again we need to call for a national review to look into, in particular, Caerphilly - but I suspect this is a wider problem than just one local authority."
The council said it considers risk assessments from police and the probation service before sending ex-offenders to temporary accommodation.
It said that while it told Ms Miles if clients were ex-offenders, it did not give her details about the reason they had been to jail.
Conservative AM for south east Wales William Graham believes the council should have shared more information with Ms Miles and is backing calls for an investigation into its handling of the case.
"This case highlights failures and, in that case, perhaps a serious case review is what is needed to identify what the failures are and look at the individuals involved - did they pursue their duty according to their specification and if they haven't done so then disciplinary action clearly must follow," he said.
Inquests are due to be held in the autumn into Williams's and Miss Yemm's deaths.
Her mother hopes it will bring the answers she is looking for about how and why she died at the B&B.
Ms Yemm is also calling for the Sirhowy Arms to be demolished.
She said: "So long as it's there, it's a reminder of what was taken away and if I have to fight to my dying day, I will fight for that to be knocked down - that can't be there."
Week in Week Out, Tuesday 22:35 BST, BBC1 Wales.
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BBC reporter Michelle Ruminski spoke to the previous owner Viv Smith about the vehicle's history and to its new owner Jonathan Jones-Pratt.
The Magpies are second from bottom of the table despite more than £82m being invested in the squad in the past two transfer windows.
When asked how much money was left in the club's bank account, he told the Daily Mirror: "Virtually nothing now. They have emptied it."
Ashley has vowed to stick by the club, even if the Magpies are relegated.
He said: "I'm wedded to Newcastle. They have got me and I have got them, that's just the way it is."
Newcastle are three points from safety with eight games remaining and are in danger of losing their top-flight status, which they have held since 2010.
"Do I regret getting into football?" said Ashley. "The answer is yes. I have had tonnes of fun in it but I haven't been able to make the difference I wanted to in football."
Relegation to the Championship would mean a huge drop in revenues for the club.
Ashley said: "All I say is, there is a bank account, when you have emptied it, it's empty. Don't come crying to me for more money."
The Sports Direct owner, who bought the club in 2007, has seen his time in charge filled with controversy, but he has backed investment in the squad and handed over a £129m interest-free loan, according to the last published club accounts.
Ashley has become increasingly disillusioned with the "negativity around me as an individual when it comes to Newcastle" and admitted he wants to have less involvement in the club.
He said: "I don't really want to have any influence in football to be honest. Looking after Sports Direct is more than a full-time job."
Ashley expressed his faith in former Real Madrid boss Rafael Benitez, who replaced manager Steve McClaren earlier this month, but admitted he did not appoint him and is yet to speak to the Spaniard.
Speaking to Sky Sports on Monday, he said: "I think we have the right man in the job. If there's any chance of us staying up, let's hope Rafa can do the business and keep us up there."
Ashley was disappointed his side had not beaten fellow strugglers Sunderland on Sunday, but said the 1-1 draw was "not a disaster".
He said: "It's disappointing because I want to win every game for Newcastle United and it really doesn't matter who they are playing.
"It doesn't matter if it's a friendly, doesn't matter what it is, but I wanted us to win, so I'm a little disappointed."
The Cumbrians played with 10 men for most of the second half after Shaun Miller was sent off while goals from Callum Cooke and Jordan Bowery gave Crewe a third straight win.
Carlisle, without a goal in those seven games, started purposefully and Jamie Proctor, their on-loan Bolton striker, was denied an early goal by an offside flag.
However, Alex took the lead in the 34th minute when George Cooper's ball into the box found Cooke running clear and he cleverly steered the ball past Mark Gillespie from close range.
Carlisle went down to 10 men in the 51st minute when Miller was shown a straight red card for a foul on Oliver Turton.
Crewe made it 2-0 in the 61st minute when Cooper skipped past Luke Joyce to get to the byeline and Bowery at the far post was left with an easy tap-in.
The visitors should have had another in the closing minutes when Cooke was through on his own only to be denied by Gillespie.
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Match ends, Carlisle United 0, Crewe Alexandra 2.
Second Half ends, Carlisle United 0, Crewe Alexandra 2.
George Waring (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by George Waring (Carlisle United).
James Jones (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Callum Ainley replaces Chris Dagnall.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Ben Nugent.
Attempt blocked. Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Junior Joachim (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra).
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Mark Gillespie.
Attempt saved. Callum Cooke (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Ryan Wintle replaces Jordan Bowery.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Gary Liddle.
Jamie Proctor (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by George Waring (Carlisle United).
Ben Nugent (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. James Jones (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Luke Joyce (Carlisle United).
Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Jamie Proctor (Carlisle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
George Waring (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ben Nugent (Crewe Alexandra).
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Ben Nugent.
Attempt missed. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Luke Joyce.
Attempt blocked. James Jones (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Carlisle United. John O'Sullivan replaces Jamie Devitt.
Attempt missed. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by George Waring (Carlisle United).
Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Jamie Devitt (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Carlisle United. George Waring replaces Michael Raynes.
Goal! Carlisle United 0, Crewe Alexandra 2. Jordan Bowery (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by George Cooper.
Substitution, Carlisle United. Junior Joachim replaces Nicky Adams because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Reggie Lambe (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt blocked. Jamie Proctor (Carlisle United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Shaun Miller (Carlisle United) is shown the red card.
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Both midfielders impressed in the Dons' 7-2 win at Pittodrie.
"I know [Scotland coach] Gordon [Strachan] was here tonight and I don't normally say this because I've got too much respect for him," said McInnes.
"But Kenny McLean and Ryan Jack are international players, there's no question for me. They were outstanding."
Scotland play Canada in a friendly on 22 March before taking on Slovenia in a World Cup qualifier four days later.
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McLean, 25, won his first Scotland cap in a 1-0 win over Czech Republic last year while Dons captain Jack, 24, has been capped up to Scotland Under-21 level.
"McLean's range of passing was different class," said McInnes.
Adam Rooney scored a hat-trick and Jonny Hayes, Andy Considine, Ryan Christie and Peter Pawlett were also on target for the home side. Ryan Bowman and Stephen Pearson registered for Motherwell.
"Every department was doing their job extremely well," the Dons boss told BBC Scotland.
"I thought it was a fantastic performance, I can't speak highly enough of the players. Individually there were some boys really at the top of their game but as a team, we were so strong.
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"The quality of the goals - Ryan Christie has scored goal of the season with the outside of the boot. And we threatened to score even more.
"Ryan [Christie] has two goals for us [since joining on loan from Celtic] and he made the most of his start. The substitutes and the squad are making it difficult for me to pick the same team.
"We could talk about the two goals we lost from set pieces but I don't want to dwell on that too much because there was so many positive from tonight's performance.
"The team were excellent from start to finish."
Victory took Aberdeen three points clear of third-placed Rangers in the Scottish Premiership.
"It's always dangerous to look too far ahead but if you'd offered this points tally and the goals at this stage of the season, we'd probably have taken it, but it's how you finish that normally defines your season," added McInnes, whose side have been runners-up two years running.
"We have 14 league games left and an opportunity to try to pick up points in all of them. I hope that having had the winter break and having such a strong squad can help us with the games ahead."
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Motherwell manager Mark McGhee, who was sent to the stand in the second half, was philosophical about Well's heavy defeat.
"It wasn't a horrible experience," he explained. "We lost a game. It was 7-2, a high scoreline, these things can happen.
"We lost the game in the first half and the second half I discount, even our own goals, it's irrelevant.
"The first half was disappointing and a total surprise to me. The goals were farcical, most of them, and mostly uncharacteristic. We've got to work out what happened and get inside our heads to get ready for Saturday [facing Celtic away]."
Of his dismissal, McGhee said: "It was disgusting, I'm horrified that the fourth official took the attitude he took. I wasn't losing my patience or my temper, I was having a bit of a laugh actually.
"But right from the very first minute the fourth official seemed to me to have made up his mind the attitude he was taking, and to be honest he spoiled the game for me as much as the seven goals did. Really his attitude was diabolical."
Although the palm-sized device looks nothing like a womb, fallopian tubes and ovaries, the researchers say it should help with understanding diseases of these organs and tissues.
It also provides a novel way to test new treatments.
The work is part of a project to create the entire human "body on a chip".
The ultimate goal would be to take cells from any given individual in order to create a personalised model of their body to test drugs and treatments on, Nature Communications reports.
The 3D model is made up of a series of cubes that each represent the different parts of the female reproductive system.
Each cube contains collections of living cells from the respective bits of this system - fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix and vagina (all human cells), and the ovaries (taken from mice).
The cubes are connected together with small tubes, which allow special fluid to flow through the entire system, much like blood.
This also means the "mini organs" can communicate with each other using hormones, mimicking what happens in a woman's body during a "typical" 28-day human menstrual cycle.
One of the cubes represents the human liver because this organ plays an important role in drug metabolism, say the scientists.
Tests suggested that the tissues in the system responded to the cyclical ebb and flow of hormones, in a similar way to those of the female body.
Research Dr Joanna Burdette, from Northwestern University, said: "It's a biological representation of the female reproductive tract, so we call it Evatar."
Co-worker Dr Ji-Yong Julie Kim said: "Understanding how the uterus responds to hormones is really important. There is no animal model for a lot of the stuff that we study."
Experts welcomed the advance.
Prof Jan Brosens from the University of Warwick said: "This is genuinely a remarkable technical achievement.
"I am entirely confident that this novel technology represents a step-change in our ability to pinpoint defects that cause infertility and early pregnancy loss. However, it is not a system that can recapitulate all the specialised functions of the reproductive tract or replace IVF."
Dr Channa Jayasena, from Imperial College London and the Society for Endocrinology, said: "The results are exciting and represent an important innovation. However, we must remember that the rodent and human reproductive systems have important differences."
The results of the large international trial on 27,000 patients means the drug could soon be used by millions.
The British Heart Foundation said the findings were a significant advance in fighting the biggest killer in the world.
Around 15 million people die each year from heart attacks or stroke.
Bad cholesterol is the villain in heart world - it leads to blood vessels furring up, becoming easy to block which fatally starves the heart or brain of oxygen.
It is why millions of people take drugs called statins to reduce the amount of bad cholesterol.
The new drug - evolocumab - changes the way the liver works to also cut bad cholesterol.
"It is much more effective than statins," said Prof Peter Sever, from Imperial College London.
He organised the bit of the trial taking place in the UK with funding from the drug company Amgen.
Prof Sever told the BBC News website: "The end result was cholesterol levels came down and down and down and we've seen cholesterol levels lower than we have ever seen before in the practice of medicine."
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The patients in the trial were already taking statins and yet their risk was cut further by the new therapy.
Prof Sever added: "They would have another 20% reduction in risk and that is a big effect. It is probably the most important trial result of a cholesterol lowering drug in over 20 years."
The findings were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and also reported at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology.
The study showed that one heart attack or stroke was prevented for every 74 patients taking the drug in the two-year trial.
It is too soon to know if the drug is saving lives.
Evolocumab is an antibody just like the weapons used by the immune system to fight infection.
However, it has been designed to target a protein in the liver with the name PCSK9.
And ultimately it makes the organ better at whipping bad cholesterol out of the blood and breaking it down.
Other trials have shown such antibodies have cut bad cholesterol levels by 60% and Amgen is not the only company looking at this approach.
The antibody is given by injection into the skin every two to four weeks.
However, Prof Sever said: "They will probably not [replace statins], there are an awful lot of people with really quite high cholesterol out there and we'll probably need more than one drug to get their levels down."
The cost varies, but it is thought to cost the UK's NHS about £2,000 per year per patient where it is already being given to people who do not respond to statins.
Prof Sir Nilesh Samani, the medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said: "This trial is a significant advance.
"However, the trial was stopped early after only 2.2 years of average follow-up and therefore it is difficult to be certain about the actual extent of the longer term benefit, including the impact on dying from heart disease, as well as longer term safety."
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Bolt, 29, ran 9.81 seconds in his final Olympics to replicate his success at Beijing 2008 and London 2012.
Twice banned for doping offences, Gatlin was 0.08 seconds behind Bolt, with Canada's Andre de Grasse in third.
"Somebody said I can become immortal," said Bolt. "Two more medals to go and I can sign off. Immortal."
De Grasse took bronze in a personal best of 9.91, ahead of Bolt's Jamaican team-mate Yohan Blake.
There was no British interest in Sunday's showpiece as CJ Ujah and James Dasaolu were eliminated in the semi-finals.
Bolt remains on target to leave Rio with a third successive Olympic treble, having won the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay titles in 2008 and 2012.
"It wasn't perfect today, but I got it done and I'm pretty proud of what I've achieved," he said. "Nobody else has done it or even attempted it.
"I expected to go faster, but I'm happy that I won. I did what I had to."
Bolt was slower out of the blocks than 34-year-old Gatlin, who was aiming to regain the title he won at Athens 2004.
But the Jamaican surged through from 60 metres to pass Gatlin and comfortably win his seventh Olympic gold.
Bolt received a hero's reception as he walked out into Rio's Olympic Stadium before the race - and the crowd chanted his name after his victory, too.
"It wasn't about the time, it was just about winning the gold and going out on top," said Michael Johnson, four-time Olympic champion.
Bolt, who said in February he would retire from athletics after the 2017 World Championships, competes in qualifying for the men's 200 on Tuesday, with the 4x100m relay beginning on Friday.
The world record holder at 100m and 200m showed an expectant Rio crowd he was in great shape by clocking a season's best 9.86 in his semi-final.
The sport's greatest showman then produced an even better run when it really mattered to send the Olympic Stadium into raptures.
"After the semi-final, I felt extremely good," Bolt added.
"I wanted to run faster but with the turnaround time - we normally have two hours but we had one hour 20 minutes - it was challenging. This is what we train for. I told you guys I was going to do it. Stay tuned. Two more to go."
Michael Johnson, four-time Olympic gold medallist:
"I didn't expect the race to unfold the way it did. Gatlin got a great start but it was always within Bolt's reach. Gatlin knew that this was not going to happen, that he was never going to be able to beat a healthy Usain Bolt."
Steve Cram, BBC athletics commentator:
"He still looks like he really enjoys this. He gathers titles like daisies in a field. Our sport has a lot of critics and it's going through dark times, but we should not forget that this is what can be done. He is almost God-like."
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In stark contrast to Bolt's reception, Gatlin walked out to the start line to a chorus of boos, but he was unmoved.
He insisted his rivals respected him and urged the critics to get to know him, telling BBC Radio 5 live: "I have worked hard to get on the podium. I'm honoured to be here for my country."
Gatlin's first drugs ban in 2001 was reduced from two years to one after he proved the amphetamines he was taking were for an attention deficit disorder.
He then tested positive for testosterone in 2006, a year after winning the 100m and 200m double at the World Championships.
The American served a four-year ban that was twice reduced, first from a lifetime then to eight years.
Gatlin returned to the track in 2010, claiming Olympic bronze at London 2012 and losing to Bolt in the 2015 World Championships.
Many thought Gatlin could beat Bolt in Rio.
The Jamaican injured a hamstring at the end of June, while Gatlin had recorded the fastest time of the year in July, clocking, 9.80.
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The navy said the test flight from HMS Mersey demonstrated the potential use of small, unmanned aircraft at sea.
Cdr Bow Wheaton said the navy was "very interested" in possible uses of unmanned and highly automated systems.
Researchers behind the Southampton University Laser Sintered Aircraft said their "pioneering" techniques had advanced design thinking worldwide.
Prof Andy Keane, who leads the project along with Prof Jim Scanlan, said: "The key to increased use of unmanned aerial vehicles is the simple production of low-cost and rugged airframes."
Prof Scanlan told the BBC the design process begins with "complex geometry" on a computer.
A laser beam is then used inside a printer to "sinter" thin layers of nylon power - making a solid mass - and the process is repeated numerous times to build objects.
First Sea Lord Adm Sir George Zambellas said: "Radical advances in capability often start with small steps.
"The launch of a 3D-printed aircraft from HMS Mersey is a small glimpse into the innovation and forward thinking that is now embedded in our navy's approach."
He added: "We are after more and greater capability in this field, which delivers huge value for money. And, because it's new technology, with young people behind it, we're having fun doing it."
Jonathan Beale, BBC defence correspondent
3D printing technology is already being used in the defence industry.
Last year an RAF Tornado flew with parts produced by a 3D printer for the first time - including protective covers for cockpit radios.
The technology has also been used to make guns.
The development of a drone using a 3D printer is another step forward.
In theory the technology could allow the military to build on site, whether that's on a warship or at a forward operating base.
If a drone was shot down, they could just print another.
The armed forces would no longer be entirely dependent on a factory back home, or on fragile supply chains to ship spare parts or replacements out.
There is of course a big downside.
What happens when everyone else has access to the same technology?
The aircraft, which has a wingspan of 4ft (1.5m) and a cruising speed of 50 knots (60mph), first flew in 2011 and was the world's first entirely printed aircraft.
It is assembled from four major parts, without the use of any tools, and can fly almost silently.
Its flight from HMS Mersey lasted less than five minutes - flying 1,600ft (500m) from Wyke Regis Training Facility in Weymouth and landing on Chesil Beach.
Suicide bombers rammed three vehicles packed with explosives into a base in the Tharthar area, on a road connecting the cities of Falluja and Samarra.
Several high-ranking officers were among the casualties, one source said.
Anbar has been the scene of fierce fighting between pro-government forces and IS militants in recent weeks.
A volunteer force of mostly Iranian-backed Shia militias has launched an operation to regain control of the provincial capital, Ramadi, which fell to IS last month.
A security source in the Anbar Operations Command told the BBC that three explosives-laden armoured Humvees captured by IS were used in Monday's attack on the headquarters of the 3rd Battalion of the Iraqi Federal Police's 21st Brigade.
The bomb blasts caused a large explosion at an ammunition depot inside the base.
Several senior officers were killed and the commander of the 9th Brigade, Brig Gen Moussa Haider, was among the 33 wounded, the source added.
A doctor told the AFP news agency that the bodies of at least 37 people had been brought to Samarra hospital.
Security forces reportedly regained control of the facility from IS several days ago and were using it to launch operations aimed at cutting IS supply lines from Samarra, in neighbouring Salahuddin province, to Anbar.
Separately, a senior security source in Anbar told the BBC the "final touches" were being put to a plan to drive IS out of Ramadi and that it would begin within days.
The source said six Iranian-made Zelzal-2 rocket launchers had been transported to the frontline in Anbar. The Zelzal-2 fires unguided rockets carrying 600kg (1,320lb) warheads and has a range of 100 to 300km (60-185 miles).
Three-thousand fighters had also completed basic training near Habbaniya military base, east of Ramadi, in preparation for the assault on the city, the source added.
The International Development Committee said British taxpayers should not be paying for health and education in Pakistan while rich Pakistanis were paying little tax.
They also urged ministers to ensure aid was focused on anti-corruption efforts.
Ministers said they were committed to ensuring tax reform took place.
The government is planning to double the amount of aid it provides to Pakistan from £267m in 2012-13 to £446m in 2014-15, making it the largest recipient of UK aid.
The UK is the world's second-largest donor of international aid, with only the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Luxembourg spending a higher proportion of their national income on overseas support, according to the latest OECD figures.
The committee accepted there was a "powerful case" for maintaining bilateral aid to Pakistan, which has "long-established ties" with the UK and "real poverty and serious security problems".
But the MPs said they could not support the use of British taxpayers' money for aid in Pakistan without ensuring the new Pakistani government, to be elected in May this year, was committed to reforming the tax system.
The report said Pakistan had a lower-than-average tax take, with only 0.57% of Pakistanis - 768,000 individuals - paying income tax last year. In comparable countries, the level is about 15%.
Lib Dem Sir Malcolm Bruce, chairman of the cross-party committee, said there was no issue with providing aid to help Pakistan's poorest people, but "it was a question of how justified it is to increase it rapidly at a time when wealthiest people in Pakistan are paying little or no tax".
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Unless [Pakistan is] prepared to work with us to deliver real improvements in health, education and poverty reduction, then we can't be expected to go on providing money from taxpayers in Britain earning less than wealthy non-taxpayers in Pakistan."
The MPs recommended that as a "significant friend" of Pakistan the UK should "do all it can" to encourage effective tax collection.
They called on the DfID to work with other donor countries and the International Monetary Fund to push for reform of Pakistan's tax system and back a national campaign to build domestic political momentum for change.
The committee also criticised the Department for International Development (DfID) for failing to put corruption, frequent absences in the rule of law and low tax collection at the top of the agenda for its governance work in Pakistan.
Sir Malcolm added: "It is vital for Pakistan, and its relations with external aid donors, that the new government provides clear evidence that it will own and implement an effective anti-corruption strategy.
"DfID must likewise set measurable targets against which to measure and confirm positive impacts arising from effective investment in anti-corruption measures."
Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan said the tax collection net had been increased from 1,000bn Pakistan rupees (£6.72bn) at the beginning of the century to 2,000bn rupees by the end of 2012, with a "substantial increase in the number of taxpayers".
And although figures showed that 69% of National Assembly members and 63% of Senate members did not pay taxes in 2011, Mr Hasan said that people who had not were now banned from running for public office.
He urged Britain to continue providing aid. "I would say that they should be paying knowing well what sort of problems we have [been] put into by this 30-year-long war against terrorism in the region.
"We have spent $67bn (£44bn) since 2011 in this war against terror, our infrastructure has been destroyed, our education has been destroyed."
A spokesman for the DfID said: "The UK government is clear that UK development assistance in Pakistan is predicated on a commitment to economic and tax reform and to helping lift the poorest out of poverty.
"We have made it clear to government and opposition politicians in Pakistan that it is not sustainable for British taxpayers to fund development spend if Pakistan is not building up its own stable tax take."
He added: "Reform must start from the top down, with elected politicians and the wealthiest in Pakistan showing a commitment to reform by submitting tax returns and paying tax due.
Shadow international development secretary Ivan Lewis said: "Hard-pressed British taxpayers have a right to expect that alongside our support, the government of Pakistan is taking all necessary steps to collect the tax revenue which will play a crucial part in the country's long-term capacity to end high levels of poverty.
"It is also true that we will only be able to achieve our aim to end aid dependency globally by 2030, if there is a concerted effort to prevent the tax dodging by some multinational companies which the evidence shows denies developing countries vast amounts of revenue."
The latest OECD figures show that the UK spent $13.7bn (£9.1bn) - 0.56% of its national income - on international aid in 2012, behind only the US.
The prime minister has pledged to raise it to 0.7% by the end of this year.
A survey of 400 women by YouGov and the Thomson Reuters Foundation also suggested a fifth had been physically assaulted.
The global ranking puts the safety of London's transport system behind that of New York, Beijing and Tokyo, but ahead of Paris.
British Transport Police's Mark Newton said: "We are taking this seriously."
Women in London also have significantly less confidence in the authorities and public bystanders coming to their aid than women in New York City.
Bryony Beyon, campaigner for the Hollaback charity, which campaigns against street harassment, said: "I've experienced all sorts of verbal and physical harassment across London's transport network."
"I've had people expose themselves to me on buses. I've been groped on the Tube," she added.
"It's an incredibly common thing and it's often not spoken about. There's a culture of silence around this."
Many respondents said they felt so unsafe they would like some Tube carriages to be set aside for women only.
A total of 45% of women in London said they would feel safer using in sections reserved for women.
But Laura Bates from the Everyday Sexism Project, which records instances of sexism experienced by women, said this would be "a step backwards".
"It seems to accept that the problem is acceptable - that men will to harass women and that all we can do is contain them," she said.
British Transport Police Assistant Ch Const Mark Newton said: "You can generally say that if you have an offence made against you on the British transport network, we probably have an image of the offender - on the train, entering the station, or even leaving the station.
"What we need is people to take the step forward and have the confidence in us that we are really going to take this seriously."
They were born in London on Tuesday morning, the publicist of her actor husband George Clooney said.
"Ella, Alexander and Amal are all healthy, happy and doing fine," Stan Rosenfield said before joking: "George is sedated and should recover in a few days."
George, 56, married the lawyer, 39, in September 2014 in Venice.
Amal Clooney's parents said they were delighted to welcome their grandchildren.
"They are in great health, all is perfect," Amal's father Ramzi Alamuddin, who lives in Beirut, told AFP news agency.
"I am very happy for them, they will be great parents."
Amal's mother Baria, who is in hospital with her daughter, said: "We are over the moon. It was a beautiful delivery. The babies are beautiful and are doing well."
Other celebrities have congratulated the couple.
Actress Nicole Kidman, speaking at the Glamour Women Of The Year awards in London, said: "Any time a baby is born, I'm like: 'Ahhh'. So two babies it's double 'ahhh'. They have the most joyful journey ahead."
Mia Farrow also added her best wishes, tweeting: "Wishing Ella and Alexander Clooney a warm welcome and every blessing - and congratulations to Amal and George!"
Comedian and TV host Ellen DeGeneres tweeted her best wishes with a reference to George Clooney's Oceans Eleven film franchise: "Welcome to the world, Ella and Alexander Clooney. Congratulations, George and Amal, or as I'm now calling you, Ocean's Four."
Social media reaction has included comments about how "normal" the twins' names are.
One Twitter user wrote: "Classy people give their kids classy names. Ella and Alexander."
And another tweeted: "What, George and Amal Clooney gave their new twins nice normal names? Ella and Alexander. Isn't that a violation of celebrity rules?"
The couple's friend, actor Matt Damon, confirmed that Amal was pregnant with twins back in February.
He was speaking after the news of the pregnancy was reported by CBS's The Talk host Julie Chen.
Explaining how Clooney revealed the news, Damon said: "I was working with him last fall and he pulled me aside on set and I almost started crying.
"I was so happy for him. And I was like, 'How far along is she?' And he goes, 'Eight weeks.'
"I said, 'Are you out of your mind? Don't tell anybody else! Don't you know the 12-week rule?' Of course he doesn't. I was like: 'Just shut up, man.'"
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Chief executive Alex Marshall said claims should be "believed" unless there was evidence to the contrary.
The guidance was sent out three days before Scotland Yard announced the closure of its inquiry into claims of a paedophile ring in Westminster.
The investigation, costing over £1.8m, ended without charges being brought.
In a letter from the college - the body which sets standards and guidance for police in England and Wales - chief constables were told they need to "further improve" the confidence of abuse victims to report allegations.
Mr Marshall said a "significant reason" why sexual assault victims did not report crimes was a concern they would not be believed.
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In his letter, he said "substantial efforts" had been made to make victims feel more confident about coming forward.
"It's important that progress is not lost," he said.
Mr Marshall said when someone makes an allegation police should "believe" their account and record a crime unless there was "credible" evidence to the contrary.
A thorough investigation should then take place, focusing on the allegation itself, not just on the victim.
Last month, a row erupted after the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, said police must adapt their approach to abuse allegations so they do not "unconditionally" believe what victims say.
On Monday, the Met announced its inquiry into claims a VIP Westminster paedophile ring abused children in the 1970s and 1980s had closed without charges being brought.
The controversial Operation Midland ended as ex-MP Harvey Proctor was told he faced no further action over claims against him of child abuse and murder.
The investigation, which began in November 2014, was triggered by allegations made by a man in his 40s known as "Nick", who claimed he was abused for nine years from 1975, when he was seven, to 1984.
Andrew Ballard, 45, is charged with carrying out the offence "on various occasions between July 1, 2015 and September 3, 2015".
He appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Wednesday where defence lawyer Lyndsey Jefferson entered a plea of not guilty.
Sheriff Sam Cathcart continued the case until trial which is due to take place later this month.
Ugandan animator Richard Musinguzi told the BBC's Outlook programme that he learnt how to animate in his spare time whilst studying to be an architect. His cartoon creation Katoto now has a big following on social media.
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No tests have been carried out in the nine-month period to the end of 2016.
It followed a decision by UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) not to fund drugs testing in the Scottish game.
The Scottish Football Association board has recently approved its own funding, which is expected to be reflected in testing figures for the first three months of 2017.
"In my view it is unfortunate if any country which purports to be a serious player in the football world has a gap in its testing programme," Wada president Craig Reedie told BBC Scotland.
"I think the SFA is slowly getting its act together in terms of a budget to do some testing, but a nine month absence is not good news."
A BBC investigation last year revealed only eight tests had taken place in Scotland between April and December 2015. Twenty were carried out in the first three months of last year but none since.
The SFA acknowledged the need to strengthen their anti-doping stance but took until November to allocate funding to allow Ukad to carry out more tests throughout the remainder of this season.
The SFA's security and integrity officer Peter McLaughlin has been visiting clubs to make anti-doping rules clear to players.
Last week, Wada said it was alarmed by the lack of testing in Spain's top leagues since it declared their national anti-doping agency non-compliant.
And another BBC investigation this week revealed at least 39% of players who played in the English Football League last season were not drugs tested by Ukad.
"Ukad's budget issues would be pretty keen, particularly in an Olympic year," added Scotsman Reedie.
"From the SFA's point of view, if they knew that no public interest tests were going to be done, then they should have started a programme as quickly as possible.
"You take some confidence from the fact a programme is being developed and it will get under way. But you do stand condemned a little bit in the public eye if you do nothing for a period of several months.
"It rather flies against comments from leading athletes in other sports who are continually saying that there isn't enough testing."
An SFA statement read: "We are in final negotiations with Ukad with a view to the Scottish FA providing funding to test for the remainder of this season.
"In addition, our security and integrity officer has just completed a comprehensive anti-doping education programme for all senior clubs."
And Ukad revealed the importance of funding to its programme of testing.
A statement read: "We work across 50 different Olympic, Paralympic and professional sports on a budget of £7m. We therefore use intelligence-led testing to target our resources where the greatest risk of doping lies.
"We encourage sports to invest further in anti-doping and provide additional support to our programmes."
It has taken just over two days and nearly 90,000 donations to generate that amount, which is still less than a thousandth of the sum needed.
It is also a drop in the ocean of Greece's total debt to its creditors, which stands currently at €340 billion.
The campaign was set up by Thom Feeney, a 29-year-old London shoe shop worker.
Mr Feeney, who has no personal connection to Greece, told the BBC on Tuesday that the campaign was "not a joke".
"There was all this waiting around, dithering from European politicians," he said.
"I just thought it would be nice for the people to go, 'Come on we can sort this'."
The 86,848 who had attempted to help him sort it by the time of writing made an average contribution of €17.29.
But they are likely to see their money again - should the campaign fail to reach its goal of €1.6 billion within a week, they will all get a refund.
The campaign has generated a huge amount of media interest but seems unlikely to save Greece's troubled economy.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) - which is owed 10% of Greece's debt - said on Thursday that the country needed an extra €50 billion over the next three years to stabilise its finances.
The IMF also cut its forecast for Greek economic growth from 2.5% to zero.
The people of Greece will vote in a referendum on Sunday on whether to accept or reject the existing terms of the country's bailout.
The businesses are vital for Somali expatriates sending remittances back home, where banking facilities have collapsed.
Aid workers say the service is a "lifeline" for 40% of the Somali population, who rely on the transfers.
It is feared that the cash transfer business could now go underground.
By Mark DoyleBBC International Development Correspondent
Money transfer shops are a lifeline for millions of people in the developing world.
Their relatives living in richer countries send cash for school fees, medical care and even basic food.
The companies having their Barclays accounts in the UK closed have branches in countries as diverse as Bangladesh, South Africa and Romania.
Barclays says some of the companies don't have checks in place to stop cash reaching money launderers or terrorists.
Worldwide, the remittance business is estimated to be worth $350bn a year. That's more than the annual value of the entire economy of Denmark - and more than double the total of international development aid.
The long war in Somalia means there is no formal banking sector at all, so millions of Somalis depend on money sent from abroad.
Several money transfer businesses - including Dahabshiil, the largest such business providing services to Somalia - say Barclays has given them a temporary reprieve of one month.
Dahabshiil says it is urgently trying to meet the bank's criteria to keep its account open.
Abdirashid Duale, chief executive officer of Dahabshiil, has said Barclays' decision could see money transfers pushed underground into the hands of "unregulated and illegal providers".
Barclays is the last major UK bank that still provides such money transfer services to Somalia, which has an estimated 1.5 million of its nationals living overseas.
The UK Serious Organised Crime Agency has identified money service businesses generally as a potential money laundering risk.
All international banks have been tightening rules in a bid to cut money-laundering and funding of groups accused of terrorism.
"Some money service businesses don't have the proper checks in place to spot criminal activity and could therefore unwittingly be facilitating money-laundering and terrorist financing," Barclays said in a statement last month.
The bank emphasised that it was "very happy" to serve companies with strong anti-financial crime controls.
Last month, more than 100 researchers and aid workers signed a letter urging the UK government to stop Barclays closing its account with Dahabshiil.
They said the move would cause a crisis for the families that rely on the transfers.
According to Dominic Thorncroft of the UK Money Transmitters Association (UKMTA) trade body, "closing these accounts will lead to a humanitarian crisis in Somalia". UKMTA represents over a third of money transfer firms in the UK.
Oxfam says there is no need for a blanket shut-down of these kinds of accounts. Instead, it would like to see better regulation and the money service businesses investigated on a case-by-case basis.
Research for the charity suggests that Somali migrants in the UK may be sending as much as £100 million a year back to Somalia, about 12.5% of the total amount. That would make it the second largest proportion of remittances, after the US.
Oxfam's study also estimates that remittances could account for about 60% of a recipient's annual income.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said up to 70,000 might be heading to the border, while a monitoring group put the number at about 40,000.
Intense Russian air strikes have helped Syria's government troops make advances near the country's largest city.
Meanwhile, Russia accused Turkey of preparing an invasion into Syria.
Also on Thursday, a Saudi military spokesman said the country was ready to send ground troops to Syria to fight the so-called Islamic State group.
Any decision would have to be accepted by leaders of the US-led coalition during a meeting in Brussels next month, Saudi Brig Gen Ahmad Bin-Hasan al-Asiri told the Associated Press news agency.
The offer was welcomed by US Defence Secretary Ash Carter, who said that he would discuss the issue with the Saudi defence minister in Brussels next week.
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Speaking at the donor conference in London, Mr Davutoglu said: "Now 10,000 new refugees are waiting in front of the door of Kilis (Turkey's border town) because of air bombardment and attacks against Aleppo."
He added that 60,000-70,000 people "in the camps in north Aleppo are moving towards Turkey". The Observatory put the number at about 40,000.
However, a BBC correspondent at the Kilis border crossing on Friday said there was no indication yet of large numbers of refugees on either side of the crossing.
Mark Lowen said that were reports however that 2,000 Syrian refugees were either waiting out of sight or had moved elsewhere.
In a related development, Turkey said it had activated an emergency protocol allowing for the rapid processing of refugees.
A similar protocol was enacted during the siege of Kobane last year when around 200,000 refugees crossed the border.
Mr Davutoglu also condemned Russia's involvement in Syria, saying that both Moscow and the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad were guilty of war crimes.
Both Moscow and Damascus have repeatedly rejected such accusations.
Turkey is clearly incensed by the extent of the military support Russia is giving its ally - the government forces of President Assad, the BBC World Service's Middle East editor Alan Johnston says.
Russia's defence ministry said that since 1 February it had hit 875 "terrorist objects in the Aleppo, Latakia, Homs, Hama and Deir ez-Zor provinces".
This helped the Syrian army to cut the main rebel supply from the Turkish border to Aleppo, according to reports.
Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia's strikes against opposition forces were "undermining efforts to find a political solution to this conflict".
The rebel siege of the towns of Nubul and Zahraa, northern Aleppo province, has now been broken, the government in Damascus said.
Separately, Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Moscow "has reasonable grounds to suspect intensive preparation of Turkey for a military invasion" into Syria.
He added that Russia had already presented "incontrovertible video evidence" which reportedly showed Turkish shelling of Syria.
Ankara has not publicly commented on the claim.
The Middle Eastern press carries some positive comment on the outcome of the Syria donors' conference in London. However, they also say that it shows the Syrian crisis is expected to last for a long time and needs a political solution.
Kuwait's Al-Qabas praises the "generous assistance" pledged, but highlights the Kuwaiti emir's remarks that "the humanitarian tragedy will not end until a political solution that puts an end to bloodshed is found."
An editorial in Qatar's Al-Rayah says what's needed is not just support for the Syrian people, but rescuing them from what it terms the "systematic genocide committed by the regime, and the countries and sectarian militias that support it."
Tensions between Turkey and Russia have escalated since Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian bomber last November.
Ankara said it acted after the aircraft violated Turkey's air space - but Russia insisted the plane was shot down over Syria.
More than 250,000 people have died in almost five years of war in Syria.
Eleven million others have fled their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those opposed to his rule battle each other, as well as IS jihadists.
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, the so-called Islamic State group, 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 al-Nusra Front, 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.
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.
Chemicals present in beer's hops break down over time, forming other compounds that result in the unpleasant taste.
Researchers reporting in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry say the trick to avoiding the taste is to avoid that breakdown.
That can be done by adjusting beers' acidity when it is produced, and by always keeping it cool.
The idea that the naturally-present, slightly bitter-tasting compounds are the source of the more bitter, more long-lasting flavours of "aged" beer is not new.
But the exact catalogue of compounds that are responsible and how they develop over time has remained a mystery until now.
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have been looking into the particulars of beer chemistry for a number of years.
For the recent study, they stored a number of commercially available, pilsner-style beers for as much as 10 years in order to compare the chemistry of aged beers with that of freshly-obtained samples.
The primary offenders are what are known as trans-iso-alpha acids, which over time degrade into a number of chemicals that lead to bad taste - and it is these that the TUM researchers hope to address.
Recent studies have shown that the level of acidity, or pH, has a strong effect on the degradation of trans-iso-alpha acids, but the new study indicated that pH in ageing beer was incredibly stable - so the researchers asked a commercial brewer to make batches of beer with slightly varying pH levels.
They found that by making beer that was incrementally less acidic, the trans-iso-alpha acid degradation process could be much reduced.
However, the reactions that transform the acids into the ingredients of a stale-tasting beer are accelerated at higher temperatures, so the simplest route to keeping beer tasting fresh is to keep it cool.
During Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Cameron confirmed to MPs that it would nonetheless be formally considered before the government's own plans.
The Privy Council will therefore not decide on the matter until the autumn at the earliest, the BBC understands.
Press abuse victims have called for swifter progress.
They have written to Culture Secretary Maria Miller, demanding that a royal charter promoted by the Conservatives, Lib Dems and Labour is considered next week at a meeting of the Privy Council, the body which administers royal charters.
Mr Cameron said: "The legal advice, which we have shared with the leader of the opposition and his deputy, is that we have to take these things in order: we have to take the press's royal charter first and then we have to bring forward the royal charter on which we have all agreed."
The Privy Council is due to meet on 10 July, but will not convene again before the autumn.
Liberal Democrat peer Lord Wallace of Saltaire, a government spokesman, told Parliament on Monday it was "not appropriate for the Privy Council to consider more than one royal charter at a time on the same issue".
The Conservatives' Lord Forsyth asked him to explain how ministers "ended up second in the queue to the privy council on a matter of this importance".
"I suspect that it was the result of some very fast footwork by the press board," Lord Wallace replied.
The rival charter was submitted by the Newspaper Society, the Newspaper Publishers Association, the Professional Publishers Association and the Scottish Newspaper Society.
Ahead of a meeting with Ms Miller, campaign group Hacked Off has written to urge her to defy "a tiny if powerful vested interest".
Ministers insist they are not about to back down and approve press proposals but are, instead, following due process to avoid a battle in the courts - even if that makes further delays inevitable.
By Nick RobinsonPolitical editor
Government sources told the BBC they remain absolutely committed to implementing the package put forward by Lord Justice Leveson.
"I think the press's royal charter has some serious shortcomings so no, I haven't changed my view," the prime minister said in the Commons.
In November, the landmark Leveson report called for an independent regulatory body to be established to oversee the press, backed by legislation.
That came after the judge headed an 18-month public inquiry set up to investigate press ethics and standards in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at the now-defunct News of the World newspaper.
Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband and Mr Clegg agreed to set up a new watchdog by royal charter with powers to impose million-pound fines on UK publishers and demand upfront apologies from them.
But the newspaper industry rejected the idea of "state-sponsored regulation".
There are a series of key differences between the industry's plan for press regulation and that agreed by politicians and campaigners.
The newspapers' proposals would:
Newspaper owners backed down on initial demands to have a veto over the board members of any new press regulator, accepting appointments should instead be made by "consensus".
Some owners had wanted the power to block those they saw as hostile to the press.
Tara O'Reilly says her mother, Jackie Baker, 59, who has motor neurone disease, wants to die with dignity.
An online appeal has attracted money from 83 anonymous donors.
Assisting a suicide or suicide attempt is a criminal offence and Ms O'Reilly confirmed Dyfed-Powys Police had given her a warning.
Ms O'Reilly said £8,000 is needed to fund the trip and said she had no alternative but to ask for help.
She had organised a fundraising event, but it was cancelled after police warned her she could face prosecution.
Ms O'Reilly said: "I had a visit from the police saying if it went ahead I'd be in serious trouble.
"I just wanted to show my mother that I love her so much and I'm doing something.
"My mother has nothing. I'm sure anyone would do it for their parents or anyone they loved.
"My sister has put a page up for donations to help our mother with her daily needs and to make her more comfortable now.
"One person donated £2,000. I'm overwhelmed. We're a private family and to have the support we've had has been amazing.
"Donations have come from lots of people, doctors and lots of different people. A lot of them have gone through experiences themselves.
"My mother's wish will come true."
A person encouraging or assisting a suicide or suicide attempt could face up to 14 years in prison, if a decision was taken to prosecute.
Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackey said the force was "seeing a move across" to gang members using acid and corrosive fluids in attacks.
But he cautioned evidence was limited as "it's a small data set".
On Monday, MPs debated measures, including tougher sentences, for attacks involving corrosive substances.
The government has also proposed classifying such substances as dangerous weapons.
The deputy commissioner supported efforts to tackle the issue, saying some of the substances are "not even defined by law".
"The impact this sort of attack has on people is extraordinary," he said.
"Many of us have been unfortunate to see quite a bit in our services but acid attacks are really extraordinary and strike at something quite horrific in people's psyche."
Mr Mackey told the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee there were 458 acid offences recorded in London last year, with 63% being assaults.
He said 23% were related to robberies and the rest were criminal damage, while the majority of victims were aged between 15 and 29 and nearly a third were Asian.
"About 80% of the victims and about 82% of the suspects are male so it's a predominantly male-pattern behaviour," Mr Mackey said.
"East London is a hotspot ... although there are offences across London."
Mr Mackey's comments come as four teenagers, two aged 17 and two 18, were arrested for possession of a suspected corrosive substance following a stop and search in Leytonstone, east London on Wednesday.
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Violence against the person
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118 robberies
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2 sexual offences, including 1 rape
A bottle of suspected corrosive substance, gloves and a balaclava were recovered from the car the suspects were travelling in.
Last week, five separate male victims - all on mopeds and including a fast-food delivery driver - were allegedly targeted by two moped-riding attackers in north and east London.
"We are seeing some links - although it has to be treated with caution because it's a small data set - of a growing feature between named suspects in acid attacks who also feature in our gang matrix," Mr Mackey said.
"So please don't read that as gangs have all moved lock, stock and barrel into acid, but we are seeing a move across.
"We have hypotheses for this, we have tests that we think, 'is it something around a focus on knives and knife crime sentencing', but there is no evidence to support this yet. It's just something that we are looking at."
The job cuts will reduce the number of its employees to about 9,000 by the end of 2016.
The announcement came as Yahoo reported a $4.3bn (£3bn) loss for the year.
In a statement, chief executive Marissa Mayer said: "This is a strong plan calling for bold shifts in products and in resources."
She added that it would "dramatically brighten our future and improve our competitiveness, and attractiveness to users, advertisers, and partners."
The head-count reduction is the latest part of Ms Mayer's attempt to turn around the troubled internet company, which is struggling to compete against the likes of Facebook and Google.
In December, the company announced it was reversing a plan to sell its stake in the Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba, and would instead look to spin off its core internet business.
Ms Mayer was forced to change course on the Alibaba sale following pressure from several activist investors.
The focus on cutting costs and raising profits is being seen as the latest sign that the company is becoming more serious about selling its core internet business.
But some analysts are sceptical.
"They can slim down to improve profitability, but they are in an industry that is growing and they're not," said Martin Pyykkonen, managing director at Rosenblatt Securities.
"If the core business was really a valuable asset someone would have come and tried to buy it already," he added.
As well as shedding much of its workforce, Yahoo plans to sell of some of its product lines - such as Yahoo TV and Yahoo Games - so that it can focus on its search business, email and Tumblr blogging site.
It is also closing offices in Dubai, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Madrid, and Milan.
That should lead to "modest and accelerating growth in 2017 and 2018," the company said.
Yahoo has estimated the cutting back of its product line alone could generate $1bn.
Ms Mayer has been under pressure from investors to step down as chief executive.
"We would like to see a higher stock price, and we think Marissa and her current management team have become a hindrance to that," said Eric Jackson, managing director of SpringOwl.
Yahoo's shares fell 1.4% in after hours trading.
Stephen Watson, currently the Deputy Chief Constable of Durham Constabulary, has been selected as the man to replace outgoing police chief David Crompton.
Mr Crompton was suspended following the Hillsborough Inquests and proceeding to dismiss him from service are under way.
PCC Dr Alan Billings said Mr Watson would be appointed in November.
Dr Billings said: "South Yorkshire Police is one of the most high profile forces in the country at the present time and I am confident that, subject to Police and Crime Panel approval, we have selected a chief constable who will be able to lead the force through transformational change as we continue to restore trust and confidence with our public, partners and staff.
"Mr Watson impressed us all with his experience, energy, drive and leadership qualities."
Mr Watson, who began his police career at Lancashire Constabulary in 1988, was one of three candidates interviewed for the job.
He said he was "delighted" to be selected and is "looking forward to taking up the role".
He said: "I fully recognise the difficulties that the force has faced in recent times and I am committed to leading the organisation through times of change."
Mr Watson has previously worked at Merseyside Police as Chief Superintendent and the Metropolitan Police as Commander for the East Area. He joined Durham Constabulary in 2015.
Prior to his suspension, Mr Crompton had intended to step down in November after four years in the post and 31 years in policing.
International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada is ready to sign the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Ceta).
On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Council President Donald Tusk agreed there was still time for Ceta to be signed as planned on Thursday.
But for the most part, Canada is letting European politics unfold.
"The Europeans are still hard at work. I wish them every success," Ms Freeland said in Ottawa. "If Europe is ready to sign the agreement on October 27, we'll be there."
On Friday, she was close to tears as she expressed her deep disappointment at the prospect of the deal unravelling.
The Liberal government has been pushing hard to get the deal - originally negotiated with the EU by Canada's former conservative government - through.
It even sought to improve the controversial Investor to State Dispute Settlements (ISDS) mechanisms - a system through which companies can sue countries for alleged discriminatory practices - by preserving a government's right to regulate.
Belgium confirmed on Monday it could not sign Ceta, missing a deadline set by the European Commission.
The stalemate comes after Wallonia's government, a French-speaking region in Belgium, voted to block it on 14 October.
Mr Trudeau is broadly in favour of free trade, which Liberals see as a path to improving Canada's sluggish economy and job market.
The Canada-EU deal potentially surpasses the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) in scope.
A joint Canada-EU study estimated Ceta would inject over CA$12b ($8.9bn/£7.3bn) of new revenue into the Canadian economy and increase trade by 20%.
According to the European Commission, the value of bilateral trade in goods between the EU and Canada was CA$92.5bn ($69.1bn/£56.6bn) in 2015. Canada is the EU's 12th most important trading partner.
From canola and barley growers to pork producers, automobile manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies and the aerospace industry, Ceta has strong support from Canadian business sectors seeking greater access to the EU's 508 million customers.
The backlash against the deal is not as strong in Canada as in Europe, where there have been lawsuits, petitions and street protests.
In fact, the few polls that have taken the temperature of the Canadian public on the issue suggest about 20% to 30% have no opinion on the deal at all.
Still, there is opposition.
Canadian dairy farmers fiercely oppose the deal, saying they are concerned with the level of access given to fine cheeses from Europe.
There has also been concerns it would increase pharmaceutical costs, hurt farmers and the manufacturing sectors, and erode Canadian sovereignty.
He was the political "never never" man who became Northern Ireland's first minister.
Ian Paisley ended up leading a power-sharing executive at Stormont - although he had supported the strike to bring one down 30 years earlier.
From firebrand preacher, he moved on to earn the nickname of "chuckle brother" alongside deputy first minister, Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness.
He died in September 2014.
Obituary: Ian Paisley
Last year, the Bannside Library, housing his collection of more than 50,000 books, opened in east Belfast.
And among the memorabilia on display are his letters from jail. He served three months in Crumlin Road prison, 50 years ago, for unlawful assembly.
With time on his hands, the preacher decided to write a book on the Epistle to the Romans. He wrote the pages by hand.
They are written very neatly in red, blue and black ink. He then sent them home to his wife, Eileen, for her to type up.
He also wrote letters to his family at home and that collection has now been catalogued by his daughter, Sharon.
He had a guaranteed audience of one for his book in the jail, she said.
"When Daddy sent these out of prison every week, the governor had to read them to make sure there was nothing that shouldn't coming out of prison, so he had to read the book as well," she said with a smile.
Among the memorabilia is a special handkerchief.
"There was a man in prison who was a gifted artist.
"Mum and dad would have had their tenth wedding anniversary when he was in prison. And the man took one of daddy's handkerchiefs and did the picture of mum from an electioneering poster. It is painted onto the handkerchief," she said.
The same man saw the hymn written on the fly leaf of Ian Paisley's bible and decided to copy it.
"He lifted this board from the prison yard with wet paint on the back of it and made: A Father's Prayer," said Baroness Paisley.
She said her husband never got the knack of new technology when writing his books and essays.
"He asked me one day if I would look something up in a book, and I said: 'Ian I can get you that on a computer.'
"And he said 'How can you? How did it get in the computer?' He almost seemed as if he was scared to touch a computer," she said.
He had an encyclopaedic knowledge of his thousands of books, his widow said.
No matter where he was in the world, he would ring her and tell her exactly where to look in his study - the bookcase, the shelf, how far along the line of books - if he needed a quote from a particular chapter.
And among his treasures was an illustrated guide book which he received as a prize at Sunday School when he was 11 years old.
"Northern Ireland: Our Lesser Known History" by Canon Hugh Forde has been reprinted by the Bannside Library to mark its opening.
Baroness Paisley sees the Bannside library as a fitting tribute to her late husband's love of books.
"It's amazing the people that have taken an interest, right across the religious and political board," she said.
"People have come to see it and to look at books and pick out some and say 'Oh, I never thought he would have a book on this'. And I would say: 'He had books on everything.''"
Baroness Paisley talks to Anne Marie McAleese on Your Place And Mine, BBC Radio Ulster, on Saturday 28 May at 08:05 BST.
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The event, which marks International Women's Day and coincides with Commonwealth Day, will be hosted by Glasgow's Lord Provost Sadie Docherty.
Among those attending will be First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and former first minister and Unicef UK Vice President Lord McConnell.
The event will include workshops on tackling domestic violence, and the rights of the child in schools.
A round-table discussion, chaired by Lord McConnell, will also cover female genital mutilation (FGM) and child and early forced marriage (CEFM).
Organisations taking part include Unicef, Glasgow Women's Aid and Saheliya, a charity that supports the mental health and well-being of black and minority ethnic (BME) women across the city.
The Commonwealth flag will be flown from the Chambers to mark the occasion.
Managerless Swansea, who are bottom of the Premier League, are set to appoint Bayern Munich assistant boss Clement as their new manager.
The 44-year-old would become the Swans' third manager of the season.
"He's got great credentials as a coach and he comes highly regarded by a few people that have played with him," Taylor told BBC Radio Wales.
"Who will get the job, I don't know. If it is Clement then all the boys will take to him and work as hard as they can and hopefully they can help to turn it around."
Swansea are four points adrift at the bottom of the table at the halfway stage of the season, but Taylor believes the club are not preparing for relegation just yet.
"You can't make an appointment now with a view to being in the Championship next season," he said.
"Whatever team's going out there at the moment is not performing to the best level. That's the honesty of it and it must be horrendous for the fans to watch.
"That's the worst feeling. There aren't 25 bad players in this squad. it's just a severe lack of confidence throughout the team."
The Swans lost 3-0 at home to Bournemouth in their first game since Bob Bradley was sacked, but Taylor says they can turn their fortunes around despite losing their past four games.
He said: "As poorly as we've been playing and the amount of goals we've been conceding, we are still about two wins away from being able to get out of it.
"Once you're out of that bottom three, everything looks completely different. It's the psychological factor of being at the bottom and the manner in which we're losing which is having an effect on everybody at the moment."
Bournemouth Borough Council said there had been several collisions on the eastbound exit slip road from Richmond Hill roundabout on to the A338 Wessex Way in the last five years.
The trial will provide vehicles using the slip road with a dedicated lane by closing the carriageway's inside lane.
The change will be made on a temporary basis for three months.
Work to install traffic management took place overnight.
A decision on whether to make the change permanent will be taken at the end of the trial.
Highway Design and Road Safety Manager Richard Pearson said: "I am confident that this trial will significantly reduce the risk to drivers using the slip road.
"However, it is important to properly evaluate the impact on traffic flow on this key strategic route before we confirm the change."
It said it wanted to "focus on its heartland" in the north east of England.
The company said a programme of support was in place for the four Dumfries-based staff affected.
It added that customers would receive "appropriate guidance and information" throughout the closure process at the branch.
At least 54 people were arrested and dozens of people injured. At one point a police officer fired two gunshots in warning.
The unrest sparked the hashtag #fishballrevolution - but this was about more than snacks.
Each year for the Lunar New Year holiday, food hawkers set up old-fashioned stalls selling traditional local snacks to people out celebrating.
This year, the hawkers set up on the pavement along the junction of Shan Tung Road and Portland Street in Kowloon, north of the business district of Hong Kong island.
For many local people, a trip to the temporary night market to try some fishballs, grilled meat or other nostalgic favourites is a central part of the holiday.
Unlike year-round food stalls these are not licensed and do not pay rent, but generally the authorities turn a blind eye to this.
Last year, however, the authorities tried and failed to crack down on the unlicensed stalls.
This year, they tried again. News of the plan reached local activists who were keen to oppose any moves they deem to be threatening local traditions.
On Monday, one group posted a video of the night market on its Facebook page, urging its supporters to come down and protect it.
Dozens of people had gathered to defend the vendors by the time the inspectors turned up on Monday night.
As news of the confrontation between police and protesters spread through social media, more people showed up
Among those supporting the vendors were so-called "localist" groups, small political groups and parties who favour greater autonomy for Hong Kong.
"Localist" groups have become more prominent in recent years, amid increased tensions with mainland China and frustration at what is seen as the slow pace of democratic reform.
Many people were left frustrated by what is widely seen as the failure of the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests, when tens of thousands of people took to the streets to call for fully democratic elections in Hong Kong.
But "localist" groups are considered particularly radical, because they are strongly anti-Beijing and many have argued that Hong Kong should become an independent country.
During Monday night's unrest, there were reports of shouts of "Establish a Hong Kong country".
Activists have argued that local identity and culture is under threat from mainland China.
Issues like parallel trading - where mainlanders come to Hong Kong to buy up large amounts of goods - have fuelled the unease.
There have also been concerns that rights including freedom of assembly and free speech are under threat.
In recent months the disappearance of five Hong Kong residents who published books critical of the Chinese government have sparked protests. China eventually said the men had been detained over "illegal activity" - but there were fears that at least two of the men had been brought to mainland China against their will.
Hong Kong's missing booksellers and 'banned' Xi Jinping book
Mong Kok is a network of narrow pedestrian streets, full of shops and food outlets.
The area the clashes spread to is pedestrianised, so it's easy for groups to congregate. It's been the scene of protests before, and was one of the most volatile areas during the Umbrella Movement.
It has been the site of protests against parallel trading, and a gathering point for "singing aunties" - groups of women who gather to sing pro-China songs. They have riled localists who see it as pro-China.
The neighbourhood is busy at night, with the heaving Nathan Road market and night life district just around the corner.
Much like the 2014 protests, the latest unrest captured the attention and imagination of social media.
The clashes sparked the hashtag #fishballrevolution, indicating a degree of sympathy for the vendors.
Many lambasted the police for firing warning shots, and said police had responded excessively.
However, others criticised the protesters for attacking police officers.
One Facebook post that was shared more than 18,000 times showed a video of officers being surrounded by protesters.
A caption under the photo read: "Shall we take a look at the reason the police fired gunshots? About a dozen police without defensive equipment surrounded by 40-50 people - if they couldn't fire at the sky, should they have just waited to be killed?"
One tweeter who reported extensively throughout the night, Hong Kong Hermit, said there was no doubt "warning shots" had been fired. "And I'm not just talking about the police."
But our correspondent says most people in Hong Kong have been taken by surprise by the scenes which played out overnight.
It could give the authorities even more reason to crack down on the various increasingly boisterous localist groups, she adds.
Johnston's side clinched the title and promotion to the Championship with a 3-1 win over Brechin City, a match in which El Bakhtaoui scored a hat-trick.
El Bakhtaoui also scored a brace in the 2-0 defeat or Ayr United.
In all, the Pars won four of their five league games last month and drew the other.
The EU's executive arm said the influx would have a "small but positive" effect on EU economic output, raising GDP by 0.2-0.3%.
The influx will raise the EU population by 0.4%, the Commission forecasts, taking account of failed asylum claims.
The flow of Syrian refugees to Europe shows no sign of abating, the UN says.
The weather in the Aegean Sea has got rougher with the onset of winter. But Peter Sutherland, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's special representative on migration, said Syrians were not put off by that.
The Syrian war "is driving people to desperation in terms of leaving and it will continue in its effects", he told the BBC.
"This is now a global responsibility, but it is a particular European responsibility," he said.
Conflicts and abuses in Iraq, Afghanistan, Eritrea and Somalia are also pushing people towards Europe.
The flow of refugees and other migrants from Turkey to Greece is expected to continue at a rate of 5,000 daily this winter, the UN refugee agency UNHCR says.
Delivering the EU's autumn economic forecast, EU Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said extra public spending and the extra labour supply from recognised refugees would lead to a small GDP rise in the EU as a whole.
However, the Commission cautioned that "the uncertainty surrounding the influx thus far and its future development is substantial".
Commenting on the three million figure given by the Commission, UKIP leader Nigel Farage said "nothing illustrates the need to be out of the EU and to restore proper border controls more than this dire prediction".
The UK Independence Party says that inside the EU the UK is powerless to stop immigration from other EU countries.
The Commission said the figure of three million was an assumption rather than a prediction and included those who had already arrived in 2015.
UN refugee officials say more than 750,000 migrants have arrived in the EU by sea this year, up from 282,000 in total in 2014.
The vast majority have arrived in Greece (608,000), which has become the most common destination. Some 140,000 have arrived in Italy in 2015.
Most of the migrants head for Germany, hoping to get asylum there. German officials say their country is likely to host at least 800,000 new migrants this year, and the total could reach 1.5 million.
Sweden has the highest share of refugees per head of population in the EU. The extra cost in public spending is likely to be nearly 0.5% of GDP this year, the Commission says, adding that "the corresponding positive effects on growth would be somewhat smaller".
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.
After years of brinksmanship and an inability by both the executive and legislative branches to compromise absent self-inflicted crises, this is surprisingly close to the way America's deliberately divided government is supposed to work.
What is going on here?
A constructive combination of pragmatism and politics, although much like the ongoing negotiation with Iran, the oversight arrangement could be scuttled by opponents who may yet try to insert deal-breakers into the process.
First, the pragmatism.
Notwithstanding the remarkable shift in the American policy towards Cuba, which would otherwise be the foreign policy and domestic political story of the moment, a successful nuclear negotiation with Iran has been a key Obama priority since his first day in office.
A nuclear deal is unlikely to be as transformative as was envisioned six years ago - the increasingly violent transitions in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen have eclipsed everything else in the Middle East.
And Iran, with its support of Assad and sub-state forces that seek to undermine the existing Sunni-dominated order, remains on the other side of this unfolding history.
But from President Barack Obama's standpoint, the intrusive inspections at the core of a nuclear deal reduce the risk of an Iranian breakout, an Israeli pre-emptive attack and a prospective regional nuclear arms race.
That policy trifecta would rate justifiably high marks when considering Obama's foreign policy legacy.
While the administration continues to negotiate the complex details of an agreement with Iran, Obama rightly worried that Congress might add more sanctions or poison pills into the mix.
Strategically, if the P5+1/E3+3 process collapses, it should not be because of what the United States did, but what Iran was unwilling to do.
That said, scepticism of a prospective deal with Iran is bipartisan. With a clear majority of senators favouring a legislative role of some kind, Obama wisely relented and traded a limited and accelerated congressional review for certainty that it will remain on the sidelines until the negotiations end, one way or the other.
As to the politics, the performance of the new Republican-led Congress in its first 100 days has been less than stellar.
In the national security realm, Congress threatened to close down the Department of Homeland Security to protest Obama's immigration policies.
And a freshman senator, Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, convinced 46 of his colleagues to sign a now infamous letter lecturing the Ayatollah about American constitutional procedure, which also called into question yet again America's willingness to abide by its international agreements.
Republicans needed to demonstrate an ability to govern more effectively and Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who notably did not sign the Cotton letter, skilfully negotiated the bipartisan compromise with the White House.
While there has been much huffing and puffing about the emerging deal, and pledges of support for Israel, it's unlikely Congress will either block it or override a presidential veto if they did.
For one thing, it's hard to get 60 or 67 senators to agree on the time of day at the moment. For another, if they scuttled the deal, they would be responsible for what happens next.
The Republican strategy is to let Obama own the nuclear deal and then run against it in the presidential campaign now under way. Three of the 47 senatorial signees have already announced their candidacies.
If a deal is reached with Iran - still likely but hardly a certainty - it will take 6-12 months to implement. That means the first executive waivers on sanctions will come right as the presidential race heats up.
Defending the deal and the engagement policy behind it will then be not just Obama's challenge, but Hillary Clinton's as well, an interesting twist on a question that dominated the 2008 campaign and will again in 2016.
P.J. Crowley is a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and now a professor of practice and fellow at The George Washington University Institute of Public Diplomacy & Global Communication.
Aisha Chithira, 32, from Ireland, who was 22 weeks pregnant, died after the procedure at the Marie Stopes clinic in Ealing in January 2012.
Dr Adedayo Adedeji, 63, Gemma Pullen, 32, and Margaret Miller, 54, appeared at Ealing Magistrates' Court earlier.
They were released on bail to appear at the Old Bailey on 3 July.
All three have been charged with manslaughter by gross negligence and "failing to take reasonable care of the health and safety" of Ms Chithira who was affected by their "acts of omission at work".
The attack in Durak came as soldiers had stopped a car for inspection. A statement said 26 people were wounded in the blast, 10 of them soldiers.
No group has admitted the attack.
Turkey has been fighting a Kurdish insurgency for decades and fears Kurdish gains in neighbouring Syria will fuel Kurdish separatism at home.
A statement by the Turkish army said the attack occurred at 09:45 (06:45 GMT) outside a gendarmerie checkpoint some 20km (12 miles) from the town of Semdinli, Hakkari province.
The governor of the province Cuneyit Orhan Toprak said the attackers had first opened fire on the soldiers at the checkpoint to distract them before driving a minivan and detonating it.
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said it had been perpetrated by "a suicide bomber who detonated a van with five tons of explosives".
A string of attacks by the Kurdish militant PKK have targeted Turkish security forces since the collapse of a ceasefire last year.
Turkish military operations in the south-east and retaliatory attacks by the PKK have left hundreds of people dead.
The government has ruled out any negotiations until the group completely disarms.
Profile: Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
The latest violence comes as the army reels from a huge purge following a coup attempt in July.
Turkey is also battling so-called Islamic State (IS), whose militants have carried out a series of bloody attacks over the past year.
The PKK launched its insurgency in 1984, alleging widespread abuse and discrimination against Kurds by Turkish authorities.
The Scottish Widows Women and Pensions Report indicated women were saving an average of ??720 a year less than men for their retirement.
The difference reported last year was ??617.
The new gap means a 30-year-old woman could be ??27,600 worse off than her male counterpart, if she retired at 65.
The report claimed women were being hit disproportionately by the economic downturn.
It said they often found it harder to save for the long term because of differences in lifestyle, as they were more likely to work part-time or have a full-time caring role.
The online survey of more than 425 adults found nearly half (47%) of Scottish women reported feeling worse off than a year ago, compared to 41% of men.
The report also suggested 24% of women were prioritising debt repayments over saving for their retirement, despite the average amount owed - excluding mortgages - dropping significantly from ??9,628 last year to ??7,092 this year.
The survey found that the number of women saving nothing at all for retirement had also increased since last year.
However, Scottish Widows said it also showed a positive shift in attitudes among women who were already saving into pensions, suggesting many of them were reluctant to cut their contributions.
If faced with a 10% fall in income, most respondents said they would cut spending on food, clothing and going out first, and just 5% would cut back on pension contributions.
Lynn Graves, from Scottish Widows, said: "Important differences in lifestyle, such as being more likely to work part-time or have a full-time caring role, mean women often find it more difficult to save for the long term and retirement.
"It has therefore never been more important for the pensions industry, government and employers to raise awareness of this gender gap in retirement savings and help women prioritise their pensions."
Six councils have backed the change to replace Dorset's nine authorities - three councils rejected the plans.
The proposed change will now be submitted to the secretary of state for communities and local government, Sajid Javid.
If the merger is approved by parliament it would start from April 2019.
Dorset County Council, Borough of Poole, West Dorset District Council, North Dorset District Council and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council and Bournemouth all voted in favour of the merger.
East Dorset District Council, Christchurch, Purbeck voted against replacing Dorset's nine councils with two.
An eight-week public consultation which ran from 30 August to 25 October also showed the majority of residents supported moving to two councils.
Cheltenham, without a goal in six hours of football, opened the scoring after 16 minutes when Danny Wright latched onto Billy Waters' flick on and clipped the ball over Jamie Stephens.
The Robins almost doubled their lead immediately after the break when Stephens misjudged Carl Winchester's free-kick and the ball came back off the crossbar.
Barnet levelled against the run of play in the 70th minute when substitute Curtis Weston lashed home a volley after Scott Brown's poor punch.
The Bees were ahead seven minutes later when John Akinde got a touch on Charlie Clough's towering header from Jamal Campbell-Ryce's corner.
And striker Akinde moved back level with Doncaster's John Marquis at the top of the League Two scoring charts in the 79th minute, finishing with aplomb when through on goal.
Match support supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Barnet 3, Cheltenham Town 1.
Second Half ends, Barnet 3, Cheltenham Town 1.
Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Michael Nelson.
Attempt blocked. Liam Davis (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet).
Jack Barthram (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Justin Amaluzor (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Manny Onariase (Cheltenham Town).
Hand ball by Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet).
Attempt missed. Simeon Akinola (Barnet) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Curtis Weston (Barnet).
Liam Davis (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Jordan Cranston replaces Carl Winchester.
Goal! Barnet 3, Cheltenham Town 1. John Akinde (Barnet) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michael Nelson.
Goal! Barnet 2, Cheltenham Town 1. John Akinde (Barnet) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Charlie Clough following a corner.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Jack Barthram.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. James Rowe replaces Daniel Wright.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Kyle Wootton replaces James Dayton.
Simeon Akinola (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Liam Davis (Cheltenham Town).
Goal! Barnet 1, Cheltenham Town 1. Curtis Weston (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Simeon Akinola.
Substitution, Barnet. Justin Amaluzor replaces Luke Coulson.
Ryan Watson (Barnet) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by James Dayton (Cheltenham Town).
(Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by William Boyle (Cheltenham Town).
Attempt saved. William Boyle (Cheltenham Town) header from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Michael Nelson.
Attempt missed. Ryan Watson (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Carl Winchester (Cheltenham Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Carl Winchester (Cheltenham Town).
David Tutonda (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Manny Onariase (Cheltenham Town).
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Harry Pell.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Jack Barthram.
Substitution, Barnet. Curtis Weston replaces Tom Champion.
Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jack Barthram (Cheltenham Town).
Ryan Watson (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
A Toulouse father found footage of his two-year-old daughter being shaken, having her hair pulled and a spoon forced into her mouth at home.
A doctor's examination revealed facial bruising, La Depeche reports (French).
The 49-year-old nanny has been taken into custody and police say they are investigating to see if there are other victims.
Her lawyer is quoted as saying that life had got "on top of her" and that "difficulties had built up".
The nanny, held on suspicion of violence against a minor under the age of 15, was from an agency that specialises in domestic help.
The 22-year-old, who has made 18 appearances this term, was hurt in a tackle during the first half of last Saturday's 18-17 loss against Bath.
Matt Garvey received a yellow card for the tackle on Evans.
Gloucester boss Nigel Davies told BBC Radio Gloucestershire it looked like a ligament injury and was "pretty serious".
He added: "It is very disappointing for him because he has been fabulous.
"He can't have been far away from international honours. He can, at this stage, play for Scotland, Wales or England. It's a real shame."
Evans, who came through the club's academy to make his senior debut in 2012, earned his first Premiership and Heineken Cup starts this season.
He was among nine players to sign new deals earlier this month.
Believe it or not, it's 10 years now since the last episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired in the UK.
If it doesn't feel that long - and it doesn't - it's because the show was ahead of its time in so many ways: the quick-witted teen-speak which influenced conversation; the craze for stories about vampires who are in love with high school girls in a slightly disturbing way.
Creator Joss Whedon's perfect management of "season arc" plots revolutionised television and is still spoken of with awe and wonder by writers today.
And most importantly - but most disappointingly - Buffy still feels ahead of its time in its portrayal of women characters.
And it's because of my disappointment about the lack of "daughters of Buffy" I chose to make a Front Row special about Buffy the Vampire Slayer and her legacy.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a small mid-season replacement show based on a terrible movie, which quickly outstripped its origins to become a cult hit and then a mainstream phenomenon. And in a way, Buffy's legacy is everywhere.
It was the first show to perfectly balance a "monster of the week" plot - in which a single problem is encountered and defeated in every episode, so that new viewers can easily get the gist - with a season-long "arc" plot around a scary "Big Bad" villain who takes the whole 22-episode season to be brought to book.
Everyone's doing this now, with varying levels of success; we can see it in everything from the new Doctor Who, Sherlock and Being Human to American shows like Sleepy Hollow and Fringe.
Buffy was also incredibly creative, playful television, weaving what might have been gimmicks - a musical episode, an almost-entirely-silent episode - seamlessly into the story in a way which has often been imitated but rarely equalled.
But in the crucial central aspect - the way the show dealt with its female characters - most television and movies are still lagging way behind Buffy's decade-old example.
"But no!" I hear you cry from across the land. "The strong female character is a very common figure in all sorts of media now, from women kicking ass in videogames to sassy wisecracking super heroines in outfits which show off their toned buttocks and muscular, um, breasts. Just look at how the movie posters show off how strong they are!"
Well, yes. Buffy was a "strong female character" in the sense she had super-strength and could push a stake through a vampire's breastbone with as little effort as most of us would expend pushing a toothpick into a festive canape.
But her strength wasn't just about that - and that's where so many so-called strong female characters fall down, even today.
For one thing, Buffy was written strongly - meaning she was a fully-rounded character, with weaknesses and vulnerabilities to go along with her super-powers.
Not only was she physically strong, her role in the drama was also central - unlike so many female characters, she wasn't primarily there to be a man's love interest, or a femme fatale.
She had relationships, she fell in love, had her heart broken, got dumped, and sent the love of her life to hell - well, who hasn't? - but those relationships weren't what defined her.
Contrast that with Twilight's Bella Swan, utterly subsumed by her relationships with men.
And equally importantly - she was surrounded by other strong, interesting, complex women.
What's astonishing even now is to look at the cast line-up of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Not just Buffy herself, but also best friend Willow the witch, Willow's girlfriend Tara, nemesis-come-wary-ally Cordelia, ex-demon Anya, mother-in-a-trying-situation Joyce and latterly, the mystically-created sister Dawn.
So often now, a "strong woman" in a TV show or a movie will be almost entirely isolated from other women - from Katniss Everdene trying to survive the Hunger Games to Sandra Bullock's character in Gravity, from Carrie Mathison in Homeland to Daenerys Targaryan in Game of Thrones - female friendship, let alone having conversations with several women, seems utterly impossible for many of today's female characters.
When I raised this question with show creator - and now Hollywood director - Joss Whedon, he agreed perhaps the wrong lessons had been learned from Buffy's success.
"The romance and the supernatural and the lure of the vampire… all seemed to go over pretty well," he said.
"The self-actualised female who was in charge of things didn't land quite as solidly…. I, too, have been somewhat disappointed… it feels almost like a backlash - we want to inoculate ourselves against this by giving you everything [Buffy] had without the feminism."
Even its main cast of three friends, two women and a man - Buffy, Willow and Xander - was extraordinary.
As Jane Root, controller of BBC Two when Buffy aired and now founder and chief executive of production company Nutopia, pointed out to me when I interviewed her, the set-up for sci-fi or fantasy is most often still "two boys and a girl".
Think of Harry, Ron and Hermione, or Aidan, George and Annie in Being Human, or The Doctor, Rory and Amy in Doctor Who, or Walter, Peter and Olivia in Fringe.
What Buffy showed us is that having one strong female character per show - even if she's well-written, interesting and complex - just isn't enough. After all, you can't pass the Bechdel Test with just one woman in the cast.
When I first saw Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I naively thought it would spell the beginning of a new wave of television and movies - ones where the women characters could be written as well as the men, where women would take the lead as often as men and where they would be surrounded by many other female characters.
It hasn't happened yet. But I continue to hope that it will. And until we've made TV like that, Buffy will continue to seem new, fresh and revolutionary.
The Front Row special on Buffy the Vampire Slayer is on 26 December at 19:15 GMT on Radio 4.
Geoffrey Goto was trying to escape from police who had pulled him over on Dundee's Lawton Road in June last year.
The unlicensed and uninsured driver was spotted by an officer who was involved in an earlier incident with him.
A sheriff told Goto that a prison sentence was "almost inevitable" when he is sentenced in May.
A jury had earlier found the 31-year-old guilty of 12 charges, including dangerous driving and police assault, at Dundee Sheriff Court.
Almost six months earlier, Goto had driven off after being pulled over in Dundee for driving out of a parking area at speed with no lights on in the dark.
PC Sean Petrie, 25, told the trial that Goto's Ford Fiesta was subsequently spotted outside the then temporary base of Harris Academy.
PC Petrie said that as officers approached, Goto began to reverse his car.
He said: "There was a lollipop man helping children cross in the middle of the road and he stopped just short of him.
"He then mounted the pavement - he travelled along it for about 300 yards towards the junction with Byron Street.
"There were parked cars on that side of the road so he was fully on the pavement."
The officer said four schoolchildren had to take evasive action to avoid a collision.
He said: "Two or three of them had to run into the carriageway to avoid the vehicle."
Sheriff George Way deferred sentence until 11 May for reports and released Goto on bail.
He said: "These are very grave matters. As dangerous driving goes it could only be made worse had there been actual harm or injury.
"Children were required to scatter. The car was driving on the pavement for 300 yards.
"He has to understand the almost inevitable penalty for that has to be prison."
Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy (IPACA) is based across three sites but is expected to move to a new £25m facility in September.
The school blamed its financial problems on duplicated costs from working on multiple sites.
It has also announced 21 redundancies as part of a restructuring programme.
The academy, for four to 19-year-olds, amalgamated five of Portland's schools when it opened in September 2012.
Its move to Maritime House - a refurbished MoD building at Southwell Business Park - was delayed when planning permission, which was granted on appeal in April 2014, was initially refused.
A governors' report revealed "higher than expected maintenance costs" at the existing sites.
The redundancies, equating to 15 full-time members of staff, are part of a restructuring programme to save 10% of IPACA's 2016/17 income.
The school said it had a "five-year plan" to ensure it was "financially sustainable".
Since September 2013, 75 members of staff have left, with 68 joining.
Parent Hannah Barnwell said: "I don't think they are delivering at the moment. I'd like to know how they are going to cope and look after my children with less staff."
Principal Joss Hayes admitted the school "needed to improve".
She said: "The current organisation was not fit for purpose. It was grounded in a historical structure which did not meet the needs of the academy."
The Education Funding Agency said it had not issued a "financial notice to improve" and added: "All academies operate under a strict system of oversight and accountability - more robust than in council-run schools - ensuring any issues are identified quickly and we can take swift action."
The top of the vehicle struck the bridge on the A149 Cromer Road, North Walsham, at about 09:20 BST.
Engineers from Network Rail were called to assess the damage to the bridge and trains were temporarily prevented from using it.
Abellio Greater Anglia said normal service was resumed at 10:47, after the lorry had been removed. Trains were delayed by up to 10 minutes.
The road was also closed in November when a lorry hit the bridge.
The 30ft (9.1m) male sperm whale died at Hunstanton on Friday after a rescue attempt failed.
It is thought to be from the same pod as three whales washed up in Skegness.
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council said the guards would stop people touching the whale or removing parts from the body.
The carcass is to be cut up and removed from the beach.
Read more on this story and others from Norfolk
At the weekend crowds stood close to the whale at Hunstanton, with some touching and stroking it.
Brian Long, from the borough council, took his son to see it on Sunday.
"It can nurture an understanding that you just don't get from seeing a picture in a book or on the television," he said.
"[But] we don't want to see people scavenging, as has happened before."
The council will employ a contractor that specialises in the disposal of animals to remove the body, which is estimated to weigh about 30 tonnes.
"Because of its size and weight, it needs to be removed section by section and it's not pleasant at all," said Mr Long.
Scientists from the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme investigate all whale, dolphin and porpoise strandings in the UK and have taken samples from the carcass.
Programme organiser Rob Deaville said they will test the skin, blubber, teeth and blood to ascertain cause of death.
This then determines how the body is disposed of, either by incineration or disposal in landfill.
The council said it had consulted with Public Health England and was warning people not to touch the whale or allow dogs to come into contact with it.
Water quality may have been affected, so shellfish should not be collected and eaten and anyone taking part in water sports should seek medical advice if they feel unwell.
Sperm whales are deep sea mammals and do not belong in the shallow waters of the North Sea.
About five or six sperm whales are stranded in the UK each year.
The previous pact, set to expire in 2018, saw Israel get $3.1bn annually.
The new agreement follows 10 months of behind-the-scenes talks and will be signed on Wednesday.
Pro-Palestinian groups criticised the deal, saying it rewards Israel despite the ongoing construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
A pro-Israel lobby group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, said the deal would send a "strong message of deterrence" to Israel's enemies.
Last month, the White House warned that the construction of settlements posed a "serious and growing threat to the viability of a two-state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.
A brief statement issued by the US state department on Tuesday said the new memorandum of understanding with Israel on security assistance, running from 2019 until 2028, constituted "the single largest pledge of bilateral military assistance in US history".
Officials said the new package would for the first time incorporate money - $500m a year - for Israeli missile defence programmes. They were previously funded on an annual basis by Congress.
Israel had agreed not to lobby Congress for additional funds during the lifetime of the deal unless a new war broke out, the officials said.
The pact also reportedly includes an undertaking that Israel will eventually only use the money to buy products from the US defence industry, rather than its own.
Israel will no longer be able to spend some of the funds on fuel for its military too.
US President Barack Obama had been keen to strike a deal before leaving office to counter criticism that his administration had been insufficiently supportive of a key ally's security.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had signalled that he might wait for Mr Obama's successor in the hope of securing a better deal worth up to $4.5bn a year.
Relations have been strained between the two leaders for years, and worsened in March 2015 when Mr Netanyahu appeared before Congress to lobby against the Iran nuclear deal advocated by Mr Obama.
Mr Obama and Mr Netanyahu are expected to address the UN General Assembly in New York next week, but no plans for a formal meeting have been announced.
The issue will be debated by rank and file officers at the Scottish Police Federation's annual conference on Tuesday, according to the newspaper.
The Sunday Herald claims to uncover what it describes as "potentially lethal flaws" in Holyrood security in the wake of the Westminster attack.
It says concerns focus on the car park under the Scottish Parliament, which could be vulnerable to a car bomb, and the personal security of the first minister.
The Scottish Sun leads with news that former Girls Aloud pop star Cheryl has given birth to a baby boy.
Meanwhile the Scottish Mail on Sunday reports that an air ambulance regularly piloted by Prince William came within half a second of "catastrophic" mid air collision with a drone. He was not in the helicopter at the time.
And the Sunday Mail reports that a secret police operation has thwarted at least six new gun attacks in a violent gang war. It follows a series of tit-for-tat shootings across Glasgow.
Officers arrested five men at their homes in South Bristol while two others were detained at Gatwick Airport.
They are being questioned about human trafficking, money laundering, cannabis production and documentation offences.
Searches have also been carried out at two car washes and a nightclub in Old Market.
Det Insp Chris Saunders said they were now "working with potential victims".
"It's clearly early days and one of the biggest issues which we face is that often, victims don't see themselves as such," he added.
"It takes time to establish their individual circumstances and what their experiences have been. Building their trust to support the investigation is crucial."
The 22-year-old centre, who is moving to Exeter from Bath this summer, is a member of the England Saxons squad currently touring South Africa.
Devoto made his England debut against Wales last month, having been an unused replacement during the Six Nations.
"He's given me a few technical points, but the main one is just the desire to play for England," he told BBC Sport.
"He's proven that he'll break the mould in terms of selection and pick new faces who have shown that they want to play for England.
"The main work for me is to just the desire to play for England and that consistent performance, so that's something I've taken on board."
Since making his Bath debut in 2012, Devoto has scored nine tries and was in the side which lost the 2015 Premiership play-off final to Saracens.
He is now working with Exeter backs coach Ali Hepher, who is currently in charge of the Saxons squad.
"Ali's had a very successful year with Exeter this year, it was an unbelievable achievement for them," he said.
"I'm really excited just to be a part of that next year.
"He's a very good coach, and having only spent a week and a half together, I'm already seeing what kind of a coach he is."
The skeletons were discovered by trekkers last week on a road linking two of the worst affected areas.
Authorities had confirmed that some 600 people died in the floods.
Later the government said that more than 5,700 people were missing and would be presumed dead.
However, authorities said, the exact number of deaths may never be known.
Many bodies were washed away or remain buried under debris. Some were recovered in rivers downstream from the flood zone and cremated in the places where they were found.
"We have constantly admitted that there are dead bodies buried under the huge pile of debris which came with the 2013 flood. The state government continues to launch combing operations to trace skeletons on a regular basis," Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat told the BBC's Raju Gusain.
"We have found 31 skeletons in the latest operation. We have completed the last rites of 23 and will cremate the other eight in a day or two, after completing the DNA sampling process.".
The trekkers found the remains last week on a 27km (16-mile) route between a shrine in Kedarnath and the temple town of Trijuginarayan, reports said.
"It appears most of the skeletons were of local travellers who were familiar with this route. Pilgrims must have followed suit, watching the locals," Atul Jamloki, a member of the trekking group, told The Hindustan Times newspaper.
More than 100,000 people were rescued from the Himalayan mountains after the floods and landslides affected more than 4,000 villages.
The 2013 early monsoon rains in the Uttarakhand region were described as the heaviest in 80 years.
Swollen rivers swept away entire villages in the state, where there were many travellers in what was peak tourist season.
Corrie Mckeague, 23, a gunner based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, vanished after a night out in Bury St Edmunds early in the morning of 24 September.
His father Martin Mckeague said he is "really at a loss" to know what has happened to him.
Suffolk Police is continuing to search for the missing airman.
He was last spotted on CCTV walking alone and eating takeaway food in Bury St Edmunds at 03:20 BST.
More on this story and other news from Suffolk
It is thought he stopped for a nap in a doorway before setting off to walk the nine miles (15km) back to his base.
A trace on his mobile phone showed it was in Bury St Edmunds early on 24 September but then moved to the Barton Mills area.
Police have found neither Mr Mckeague nor his phone.
His father, Martin Mckeague, 47, who lives in Scotland, said: "Three weeks' down the line and [we are] nowhere.
"We need someone to come forward with something. Someone must have information, someone must have seen something. I'm really at a loss.
"It's desperate, frustrating. If someone had picked Corrie up that night and dropped him off wherever, we need that type of information.
"If someone had picked up his phone, and then thrown it away, they're not in trouble, it's just putting the pieces together if that's what happened," Mr Mckeague added.
On Saturday, TV chef Delia Smith added her support to the search by posing with a missing poster which was handed out at Norwich City Football Club, of which she is a director.
The assessment of Charlotte Robins' mental state was "fundamentally flawed", according to a report from the Parliamentary Ombudsman.
She died in 2010 aged 29, weighing 3st 1lbs (20Kg) according to a post-mortem.
The Devon Partnership Trust has apologised for the way it originally investigated the incident.
Ms Robins' parents have been pursuing complaints about the way their daughter was treated for the last six years of her life.
More on the Charlotte Robins story, and other news
The Parliamentary Ombudsman report said Ms Robins' death from cardiac arrest due to low potassium levels "could have been avoided if she had received different care and treatment", after she was admitted to Torbay hospital in May 2010.
Ms Robins' family say she developed anorexia with bulimia as a teenager after a ballet teacher told her she looked fat.
When her weight and BMI dropped she was voluntarily admitted to hospital on 27 May 2010.
She was transferred to a psychiatric ward before being discharged on 18 June, when doctors decided she was well enough to make her own decisions about her care and treatment.
She had a home support service which included weekly weight and blood tests with her GP, as well as support from a community carer and psychologist.
However, she cancelled this arrangement shortly after arriving home, and started vomiting regularly.
Ms Robins' father Andrew said: "They allowed her out... and they thought this would be OK, and it was not."
27 May 2010 - Ms Robins' agrees to be voluntarily admitted to Allerton Ward at Torbay Hospital.
3 June 2010 - A psychiatrist decides she has the capacity to make her own decisions about her medical care.
9 June 2010 - Ms Robins agrees to be transferred to a psychiatric ward at Torbay Hospital.
18 June 2010 - She is discharged from hospital, with weekly weight and blood tests from her GP, and support from a care coordinator and clinical psychologist.
25 June 2010 - Having cancelled her home support service, Ms Robins attends a prearranged appointment with her consultant psychologist with her mother and care co-ordinator.
28 June 2010 - Ms Robins dies at Torbay Hospital, weighing just 3st 1lbs (20Kg).
The report said the assessment that decided Ms Robins had the mental capacity to be in control of her own care was "fundamentally flawed", and did not take into account her "powerful anorexic compulsions".
It added that those flaws led to her being discharged from hospital with minimal support "when this was not appropriate", and either detention in hospital or closer home supervision "would have kept Charlotte safe".
Experts asked to review the case told the Ombudsman that if she had been in hospital or under appropriate supervision, her potassium levels would have been monitored, and corrected and it is "more likely than not that she would not have developed the arrhythmia which led to her cardiac arrest".
The report said they concluded that "in short, her death at that time would have been prevented".
A spokesman for Devon Partnership NHS Trust said: "We apologise for the shortcomings in the way that we originally investigated the incident and communicated with the family.
"We have, however, made a number of important changes to our systems, processes and services.
"We know that a dedicated community eating disorders service would bring much-needed specialist help and support to many people across Devon. We have raised the issue with our commissioners and are discussing it with them."
Albert Adomah had already hit the post before Ivorian Kodjia blasted low into the net from Leandro Bacuna's pass.
The rest of the half was low key though Villa could have extended their lead after the break, Nathan Baker's header cleared off the line by Massimo Luongo.
Rangers had good spells but created few clear chances, substitute Matt Smith heading just wide with his first touch.
Villa remain 11th, nine points from the final play-off spot with six games to play, while Ian Holloway's side slip to 16th in the Championship table.
Kodjia has now scored in four consecutive home games, with Steve Bruce's side winning seven of their last eight games following a run of seven defeats in nine.
The R's have now gone eight league games without a victory at Villa Park, last winning in 1992 courtesy of Les Ferdinand's strike.
QPR are 10 points clear of safety, but have won just one of their last seven away league matches.
Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce:
"They have found the resilience which is required in the Championship. To concede only one goal in eight games is an incredible turnaround.
"It is a shame we are not four or five points closer to the play-offs but that is where we are at the moment.
"With six games to go we have probably given ourselves too much to do but we are making a fist of it which is good."
QPR manager Ian Holloway:
"We looked a little bothered by the goal but as the game went on we gave a much better account of ourselves and felt a little aggrieved with the result.
"Kodjia cost £15m and he has certainly earned his money against us with two winning goals this season.
"But for me Steve Bruce is a world-class manager. People may laugh but you donot get four promotions at this level if you are not as good as he is. Actually I wanted him for England when he was out of work."
Match ends, Aston Villa 1, Queens Park Rangers 0.
Second Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Queens Park Rangers 0.
Attempt missed. Jamie Mackie (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Yeni N'Gbakoto (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Tommy Elphick replaces Jonathan Kodjia.
Attempt missed. Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mile Jedinak following a corner.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Grant Hall.
Attempt blocked. Andre Green (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Neil Taylor.
Attempt blocked. Andre Green (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Neil Taylor.
Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa).
Michael Petrasso (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Andre Green (Aston Villa).
Substitution, Aston Villa. Andre Green replaces Jordan Amavi.
Attempt missed. Nathan Baker (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Henri Lansbury with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Nedum Onuoha.
Attempt blocked. Henri Lansbury (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Amavi.
Attempt saved. Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yeni N'Gbakoto.
Attempt missed. Jordan Amavi (Aston Villa) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Alan Hutton.
Foul by Michael Petrasso (Queens Park Rangers).
Jordan Amavi (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Luke Freeman (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Scott Hogan replaces Albert Adomah.
Foul by Grant Hall (Queens Park Rangers).
Albert Adomah (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Alan Hutton.
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Henri Lansbury.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Michael Petrasso replaces Darnell Furlong.
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Henri Lansbury.
Attempt blocked. Yeni N'Gbakoto (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Conor Washington (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Conor Washington replaces Sean Goss.
Foul by Yeni N'Gbakoto (Queens Park Rangers).
Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa).
Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa).
Jamie Mackie (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
In total there were 19,800 cases of bogus liability claims, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said.
Total insurance fraud rose by 9% in the year to December 2014, and was worth £1.32bn.
But one of the fastest-growing crimes was fraudulent claims for injury, supposedly as a result of negligence.
In one case, a man from Bradford tried to claim £10,000 in damages for slipping on a wet bakery bag in a supermarket.
The man - Waheed Iqbal, of Hollings Road - said he hurt his head and body after falling down in one of the aisles.
But CCTV footage used in evidence by the police helped to prove that he had slipped deliberately.
Iqbal, 37, was given a 10 month suspended prison sentence in December 2014.
In another case, a man called Stephen Robinson claimed to have suffered a broken ankle after supposedly catching his foot in a drain on Tyneside.
Robinson's address was given as Caroline Cottages in Slatyford, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
But a You Tube video used by the police caught him showing off to neighbours, and jumping into a river. His broken ankle can clearly be seen as he emerges from the water.
He was convicted of fraud in January this year, and sentenced to 200 hours community service and fined £600.
Motor insurance fraud remained the most common crime - accounting for over half the total.
There were 67,000 cases during the year, a 12% rise on 2013.
But the ABI said fraudsters were now more likely than ever before to get caught.
"As well as the possibility of serving a custodial sentence, they will find it difficult to obtain vital financial services such as mortgages and loans, future job prospects are likely to be adversely impacted, and family relationships suffer," said James Dalton, the ABI's director of general insurance policy.
Increased detection of fraud was one reason why premiums fell last year.
The average price of a motor policy went down by 5%, and the average for a home contents policy went down by 3%.
However, the industry has warned that those reductions will be reversed, as a result of the increase in insurance premium tax, announced in last week's Budget.
From April 2016 the tax will rise from 6% to 9.5%.
Tequiilah Burke sustained brain injuries and bruising and died in hospital in December 2013.
Victoria Burke, 24, and partner Paul Nicholson, 20, of Crigdon Hill, East Denton, previously denied causing or allowing the death of a baby.
The pair were found guilty following a trial at Newcastle Crown Court. They will be sentenced on Thursday.
Nicholson was convicted in his absence after failing to show up at court for the final days of his trial. An arrest warrant has been issued.
Burke was remanded in custody.
The court heard the baby girl died after being fatally injured by one or both her parents during a jealous row.
The jury heard how Ms Burke was working in a nightclub offering drinks in order to raise money for Christmas presents for her four children, but Mr Nicholson was unhappy because she was associating with other men.
Robert Smith QC, prosecuting, said Ms Burke came home from work in the early hours of 14 December 2013, before a row ensued with Mr Nicholson.
The court was told that just after 08:00 Mr Nicholson dialled 999 to say her baby was not breathing.
She was taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary where she died.
A post-mortem examination revealed she had suffered recent bruising, as well as brain swelling and bleeding.
The jury heard Mr Nicholson told a health visitor he was Tequiilah's father, which Ms Burke denied, but agreed he was bringing her up as his own.
The deaths began last week after a man in Punjab province bought the treats to celebrate the birth of his son.
He and 11 other relatives are among the dead - in all 77 people were affected. Five remain in a serious condition.
Police have arrested two owners of a local sweetshop and one of their employees while the source of the contamination is investigated.
Officials suspect pesticide from a store next to the shop may accidentally have found its way into the laddoos - ball-shaped sweets popular at special occasions.
Laboratory tests are being carried out after police reportedly found sachets of pesticide inside the sweet shop.
The sweets were bought by Sajjad Hussain, a villager in Layyah district near Multan, after the birth of his son on 19 April, police spokesman Irfan Faiz told the BBC.
On 20 April, Mr Hussain bought 4.5kg of laddoos to celebrate. Five people died immediately, Mr Faiz said.
By the weekend many more lives had been claimed. Mr Hussain, one of his sisters, all of his seven brothers, two of his nieces and a nephew are among the dead.
Only five people now remain seriously ill in Nishtar hospital in Multan - most of the others who were being treated have recovered.
Police have charged the sweet shop owners under food control and poisonous substances laws.
"There was a pesticide shop close by which was being renovated, and the owner had left his pesticides at the bakery for safe keeping," senior police official Rameez Bukhari told AFP news agency.
Food safety standards are often lax in Pakistan but tainted products rarely end in more than cases of sickness, the BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says.
There have, however, been a number of fatal incidents involving contaminated alcohol and cough medicine in recent years.
In neighbouring India, in 2013, more than 20 children died after consuming contaminated free school meals in Bihar state.
Dyna rybudd uned ymchwil annibynnol Demos, sydd wedi ymchwilio i effaith posib Brexit ar wahanol ardaloedd yn y DU.
Mae arweinydd y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig wedi dweud fod yr adroddiad yn "flinderus".
Yn ôl Demos mae Cymru yn debygol o wynebu risg uchel gan fod 60% o allforion Cymru yn cael eu danfon i wledydd yr Undeb Ewropeaidd.
Mae'r adroddiad yn cyfeirio hefyd ar ddibyniaeth sectorau fel amaethyddiaeth ar gymorthdaliadau'r UE.
Yn ogystal mae Cymru yn derbyn £1.8bn o gronfeydd strwythurol yr UE.
Mae'r adroddiad yn nodi fod Cymru yn wynebu risg cymharol isel o golli gweithwyr o'r UE. Mae llai na 4% o weithwyr Cymru yn hanu o'r UE, o gymharu â, 16% o'r gweithlu yn Llundain.
Mae BBC Cymru wedi gofyn i lywodraeth y DU am ymateb.
Dywedodd arweinydd Ceidwadwyr Cymru, Andrew RT Davies fod yr adroddiad yn " flinderus".
"Yn ôl y bobl sydd yn arddel 'prosiect ofn' fy ddylen ni fod yn gwisgo carpiau ac yn bwyta bwyd tin erbyn hyn.
"Mewn gwirionedd, mae ein profiad ers pleidlais Brexit wedi bod yn wahanol iawn.
"Yn hytrach na diswyddiadau, gostyngiad mewn prisiau eiddo, ac anrhefn economaidd, rydym wedi gweld tystiolaeth glir fod Prydain yn gystadleuol iawn yn economaidd ac mae hyder cwsmeriaid yn uchel."
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru: "Mae'n hanfodol fod mynediad llawn i'r farchnad sengl gan Gymru.
"Rydym yn annog llywodraeth y DU i wneud hyn yn flaenoriaeth uchel ar gyfer trafodaethau â'r Undeb Ewropeaidd.
"Rydym yn disgwyl i lywodraeth y DU sicrhau bod yr addewidion a wnaed yn ystod y refferendwm yn cael eu cadw, ac na fydd Cymru yn colli unrhyw arian o ganlyniad i 'r DU adael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd."
Bydd y cam nesaf yn y broses o adael yr UE yn digwydd ddydd Mercher pan fydd y prif weinidog Theresa May yn tanio Erthygl 50, sy'n nodi bwriad y DU i adael yr UE.
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Detailed debate on both the Scotland Bill (Monday) and the Trade Union Bill (Tuesday) look likely to provoke some bare-knuckle politics in the Chamber.
The Commons opens for business at 14.30 ( GMT) with genial Communities and Local Government Secretary, Greg Clark providing the warm-up. But the key to the rest of the day's action will be whether or not time is then absorbed by ministerial statements or urgent questions.
MPs are due to spend the bulk of their afternoon on the report stage of the Scotland Bill, where there are a shedload of amendments from all quarters. One government amendment makes the Scottish Parliament and government "permanent parts of the United Kingdom's constitutional arrangements" which cannot be abolished except by a decision of the people of Scotland in a referendum. Another provides competence to legislate for social security benefits, if paid for by the Scottish Government.
Labour's shadow Scottish secretary, Ian Murray, calls for an independent commission on full fiscal autonomy, to provide an authoritative analysis of the implications of devolving full tax and spend powers to Holyrood. It would be required to report by next March and there's a similar amendment calling for a committee to oversee the transition and implementation of welfare powers.
He also has an amendment to allow the VAT take from Scotland to be, in effect, paid to the Scottish government. Uber-localist, Labour's Graham Allen wants to give extra tax-raising powers to Scottish councils and a power of general competence which would allow them greater freedom of action (he attaches amendments on this sort of thing to every possible bill).
The Liberal Democrat former Scottish Secretary, Alistair Carmichael wants to remove the word "normally" from this clause: "But it is recognised that the Parliament of the United Kingdom will not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters without the consent of the Scottish Parliament." And add a ban on any alteration to the powers of the Parliament itself.
But the real kickers are the SNP's amendments.
There's one to ensure that the UK Parliament can only legislate in devolved areas with the consent of the Scottish Parliament, putting the Sewel Convention onto a statutory footing. Another would enable the Scottish Parliament to amend the Scotland Act 1998 to remove the reservation on taxation, borrowing and public expenditure in Scotland, with the effect that the Scottish Parliament could move to full fiscal autonomy. They also call for power over child tax credit, and working tax credit to be transferred to Holyrood and yet another amendment would permit the Scottish Parliament to decide whether and when to hold another independence referendum.
How much of this will get debated is an interesting question, the programme motion sets aside six hours for debate, but there are some very big issues here, and some will certainly not get discussed on the floor of the House. It's a far cry from Sir George Young's tenure as Leader of the Commons, when report stage discussion frequently stretched over a couple of days and it does open the door for peers to tinker with matters that MPs didn't get around to talking about. This could end up providing a textbook example of why the apparently boring details of scheduling in the Commons can matter rather a lot.
The day ends with an adjournment debate on human rights in Eritrea led by Labour's Matthew Pennycook. He says: "Cruelty, tyranny, and forced conscription and labour are everyday experiences for Eritreans under the hermetic regime of President Isaias Afwerki. The oppressive nature of the regime is why 5,000 Eritreans embark each month on a treacherous exodus from their Horn of Africa homeland. "
In the Lords (14:30 GMT) proceedings open with the arrival of two Tory ex-ministers Viscount Hailsham of Kettlethorpe (ex-Agriculture Minister Douglas Hogg) and Lord Robathan (early Cameron backer and defence minister Andrew Robathan).
The day's questions cover; updating legislation on dog breeding and boarding, incursions by Spanish vessels and aircraft into UK waters and airspace, the number of refugees in the UK under the vulnerable persons relocation scheme and the cost of operations and procedures undertaken in hospitals and by GPs.
The day's legislating is on the detail of the Bank of England and Financial Services Bill which covers the Bank of England's governance and financial arrangements. And there will also be a short debate on the tabling of Parliamentary questions led by Labour's Lord Hunt of Chesterton.
The Commons begins, (11.30 GMT) with business, innovation and skills questions and then Labour MP Ian Austin has a ten minute rule bill to decentralise government departments and move much of their operations away from London.
Then the real action starts with the report stage of the Trade Union Bill. Here, all sorts of issues are in play and there's a bit of competition to champion union rights between Labour and the SNP.
Labour have a series of amendments down on the conduct of strike ballots, including allowing online voting. And watch out for the issue of banning employers from deducting union subscriptions from pay packets, a number of Conservative MPs think the Government has no business interfering in voluntary arrangements between unions and employers.
The SNP have an amendment to ban employers from hiring agency workers to replace strikers, and another to make the obligation of picket organisers to show their union letter taking responsibility for a picket to the police, only if the police officer concerned, in turn identifies themselves by name and station.
The adjournment debate, led by the Conservative Oliver Colvile, is on hedgehog conservation.
In Westminster Hall, Jess Phillips' debate on the family-friendliness of the Houses of Parliament (14.30 - 16:00 GMT) caught my eye. And, after that there's an interesting looking excursion into the role of devolved administrations in UK renegotiation of EU membership led by the SNP's Stephen Gethins.
In the Lords (14.30 GMT) there are two more new arrivals, Lord Barker of Battle (former Conservative energy minister Greg Barker) and Baroness (Lorely) Burt of Solihull a former Lib Dem MP.
Questions to ministers cover; the spread of Japanese knotweed, the basic farm payment to be paid to qualifying farmers and the policy review of resettlement in the Chagos Islands.
Then peers move to a House motion to set up a Lords foreign affairs committee, which may lead to a brief debate. The day's legislation is on the second readings of the National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill and then all stages of the Finance Bill. This enacts measures from the June Budget, but given the Lords don't interfere in money bills it will morph into a general economic debate, expect lots of laboured emphasis on their Lordships' respect for the convention that they leave money bills alone, given the tax credits vote a couple of weeks ago.
It's a Lords-only day in Westminster and peers begin at 11:00 ( GMT) with questions to ministers. The subjects include the tourism benefits to the UK of hosting the Rugby World Cup.
Then they move onto the second day of detailed scrutiny of the Bank of England and Financial Services Bill, which covers Bank of England prudential regulations, and financial services. In the lunch break there will be a short debate on bilateral trade between the UK and African countries.
After that, peers follow MPs off onto their half-term break both Houses return on Monday November 16th. I'll preview their scheduled adventures then , next week.
The 54-year-old, who was assistant to Terry Butcher, has joined the club for the remainder of the season.
Caley Thistle chairman Kenny Cameron said: "The board are delighted to help the manager and his back-room team in any way possible in the battle for survival in the Scottish Premiership."
His side are bottom of the table.
Foran has been assisted by Brian Rice, who was at Caley Thistle under previous manager John Hughes, since being promoted from the playing staff last summer.
The Irishman expressed his delight at the addition of Malpas to his staff.
"He is a great coach with huge experience of Scottish football and his knowledge and extra set of eyes will be invaluable for the challenges ahead," he told the club website.
Malpas, who has 55 Scotland caps and spent his playing career with Dundee United, had spells as manager with Motherwell, having started as Butcher's assistant, and Swindon Town.
However, he then returned to being Butcher's assistant with Caley Thistle, from 2009 and 2013, and Hibernian.
Malpas most recently was director of football with Raith Rovers but left that position in May 2015.
He has previously been linked with the manager's job at Caledonian Stadium.
Caley Thistle are five points behind Dundee at the foot of the Premiership with five games remaining.
The 28-year-old made his Munster debut against Connacht in 2010 and has chalked up 84 appearances.
Foley, who has won two Ireland caps, follows former Munster players James Coughlan, Paddy Butler and Sean Dougall in moving to the Top 14 club.
The lock, from Tipperary, will miss the rest of the season as he recovers from a wrist injury.
Foley made his Ireland debut against Georgia in 2014, and has also represented Emerging Ireland on two tours.
Colombian officials said there was no technical failure and blamed the pilot, the airline and Bolivian regulators.
A recording had already indicated the aircraft had run out of fuel.
The plane, operated by Bolivian company LaMia, plunged into a mountainside near Medellin. Only six people survived.
Preliminary results of the Colombian investigation said the pilot failed to refuel en route and was too late in reporting engine failures caused by the lack of fuel.
Colombia's Secretary for Air Safety, Col Freddy Bonilla, also said that aviation authorities in Bolivia and the airline accepted conditions presented in the flight plan that were "unacceptable".
"No technical factor was part of the accident, everything involved human error, added to a management factor in the company's administration and the management and organisation of the flight plans by the authorities in Bolivia," he told journalists.
The plane was also over its weight limit by nearly 400kg (62 stone) and was not certified to fly at the altitude at which the trip took place, Col Bonilla added.
The conclusion, officials said, came from the plane's flight recorders and other evidence. A Bolivian investigation had already blamed the pilot and the airline for the accident.
LaMia's chief executive, Gustavo Vargas Gamboa, and his son, Gustavo Vargas Villegas, a former official with Bolivia's aviation authority, had already been detained pending trial. They deny any wrongdoing.
The pilot, Miguel Quiroga, who was also a co-owner of the airline, died in the crash. In a leaked tape, he can be heard warning of a "total electric failure" and "lack of fuel".
The aircraft had been transporting Chapecoense to the biggest game in their history, the final of the Copa Sudamericana.
But appeal judges said the original judge in the case was right to dismiss their £10.5m compensation claim.
Jacqueline and Andrew MacLeod claimed staff at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness acted negligently when delivering their daughter Rowan in June 1999.
A judge heard their case in 2012 but did not issue his opinion until 2014.
Lord Kinclaven had at one point said he intended to issue his opinion in February 2013 but it was January the following year before the family learned the outcome of the case.
Appeal judges Lord Brodie, Lady Dorrian and Lord Drummond Young said this was not "within a reasonable time".
However, they ruled that Lord Kinclaven acted correctly in dismissing the compensation claim.
The judges also said there was no legal need for the case to be heard again. The Fort William couple's lawyers had argued that the case should be allowed to return to court.
The MacLeod's alleged that Rowan, who has cerebral palsy, was not properly monitored during her birth and suffered brain damage as a consequence of this.
Lawyers acting for NHS Highland said staff had acted correctly.
Kerry McGhee, whose father Samuel was one of ten people killed when a helicopter crashed into the Glasgow bar in November 2013, is among the signatories.
She said: "I find it disgusting that people want to use it as a storyline."
ITV said it always "considers carefully the content of its programming."
The episodes of the TV soap featuring the crash are due to be broadcast this week.
It is part of a series of storylines focussing on the wedding of characters Debbie Dingle and Pete Barton.
In a statement, an ITV spokesman added: "The helicopter crash circumstances are very different to any real life cases that we are aware of.
"The accident occurs as a consequence of Chrissie setting fire to her cheating husband's car which spreads to the scrapyard. Gas canisters are ignited and explode into the air striking the helicopter."
The petition, called "Show some respect to the Clutha Disaster victims and families by not running a storyline about a helicopter crash on Emmerdale" has been posted on the change.org website.
It is addressed to Emmerdale producer Kate Oates.
Ms McGhee wrote: "I'm signing because my father was killed in this accident and I find it disgusting that people want to use it as a storyline."
Morag Lennox, from Glasgow, who also signed the petition, said: "We the people of Glasgow are still coming to terms with the loss at the Clutha."
Sana Irving, another signatory, wrote: "Disrespectful and upsetting to the victims families."
The Clutha pub reopened last month in a ceremony which was attended by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
The study, to be published in the journal Diabetes, showed that eating low levels of carbohydrate changed bits of DNA.
It then showed children with these changes were fatter.
The British Heart Foundation called for better nutritional and lifestyle support for women.
It is thought that a developing baby tries to predict the environment it will be born into, taking cues from its mother and adjusting its DNA.
Studies in animals have shown that changes in diet can alter the function of genes - known as epigenetic change.
It is a growing field trying to understand how the environment interacts with genes.
In this study, the researchers took samples from the umbilical cord and looked for "epigenetic markers".
They showed that mothers with early pregnancy diets low in carbohydrates, such as sugars and starch, had children with these markers.
They then showed a strong link between those same markers and a child's obesity at ages six and nine.
Professor Keith Godfrey, who is from the University of Southampton and led the international study, told the BBC: "What is surprising is that it explains a quarter of the difference in the fatness of children six to nine years later."
The report says the effect was "considerably greater" than that of birth weight and did not depend on how thin or fat the mother was.
The changes were noticed in the RXRA gene. This makes a receptor for vitamin A, which is involved in the way cells process fat.
Professor Godfrey said: "It is both a fascinating and potentially important piece of research.
"All women who become pregnant get advice about diet, but it is not always high up the agenda of health professionals.
"The research suggests women should follow the advice as it may have a long term influence on the baby's health after it is born."
Professor Mark Hanson, of the British Heart Foundation, said: "This study provides compelling evidence that epigenetic changes, at least in part, explain the link between a poor start to life and later disease risk.
"It strengthens the case for all women of reproductive age having greater access to nutritional, education and lifestyle support to improve the health of the next generation, and to reduce the risk of the conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, which often follow obesity."
Detailed information being gathered about the shape of the ocean floor west of Australia confirms the seabed in some locations to be extremely rugged.
Two vessels - the Fugro Equator and the Zhu Kezhen - are currently mapping an area covering 60,000 sq km.
This survey will guide a metre-by-metre search using towed instruments and submersibles.
This is likely to get under way towards the end of September.
The Australian authorities have warned that this could take a year to complete.
The Dutch-owned Fugro Equator and the Chinese naval vessel Zhu Kezhen are presently assembling a bathymetric (depth) map.
It covers the general location in the southern Indian Ocean where investigators believe MH370 is most likely to have come down.
The map is akin to a broad canvas - a first-ever proper look at a terrain about which there is the slimmest of knowledge.
It is essential work. Without this map, which has a resolution of roughly 25m in the deepest depths, it would not be safe to put down submersibles, as there is a high risk these vehicles would be lost.
"There are volcanoes down there we've found which were unknown before," says Paul Kennedy from Fugro Survey Pty Ltd.
"There are all sorts of new features that are appearing," the company's project director for the MH370 search told BBC News.
The Fugro Equator is equipped with a state-of-the-art multibeam echosounder.
The vast majority of the area it is covering has never been sampled before.
It has recorded depths near to 6,000m. Even the shallow regions are more than 1,000m down.
But it is the craggy nature of the seabed that will prompt extreme caution to be exercised in the next phase of operations.
Fugro has been contracted by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau to conduct this part of the search as well.
It will involve the Equator and another ship, the Fugro Discovery. Both ships will pull a deep-tow instrument very close to the sea floor using a 10,000m armoured fibre-optic cable.
"There are areas that are benign and are going to be fairly straightforward. But then there are some areas that we know are going to be really hard work," explained Mr Kennedy.
"There are some huge valleys between big mountains, and it's going to be really hard to tow our device through those areas. We can do it; it's just going to take a bit longer."
Mr Kennedy likens the deep-tow's capabilities to human senses.
Echosounders are its ears; cameras represent its eyes; and a chemical sensor works like a nose.
This nose will "sniff" for the presence of any jet fuel in the water, down to a few parts per billion in concentration.
Assembling the bathymetric map has been a tough job in itself.
The Equator has had to contend with some terrible winter weather.
"Heave is the vertical displacement of a vessel - that's how you measure the size of the waves," Mr Kennedy said.
"We record it, and you correct for it when computing the bathymetric depth. The biggest heave we've had so far is 13m. That's a big wave.
"Fortunately, the vessel has anti-roll tanks, which push water from side to side inside the ship with great big pumps, and that helps tremendously.
"To get a clean map of the sea floor, we must know the attitude of the ship very accurately, to 0.02 of a degree."
The Malaysian plane was lost on 8 March as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, carrying 239 people.
Its disappearance has become one the biggest mysteries in aviation history.
The best information investigators have for its whereabouts come for a series of brief satellite communications with the jet during its flight.
The last of these connections suggests MH370 crashed into the water inside the "high priority" search zone now being surveyed by the Dutch and Chinese vessels.
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Dr Leonard P. Annectens was bought at a local pet shop and given to Bristol University's earth science department for research purposes, in 2004.
The faculty said he had mentored students and published some "high impact" papers.
PhD student Frances Boreham, said he was a "grumpy member of staff" but "we're all pretty sad about his death".
The much-loved lungfish was given the honorary title of Dr Leonard after proving a hit with students.
His illustrious career saw the 60cm (23in) long "living fossil" named on a number of published papers, make several successful World Cup predictions, and even become engaged to Acanthostega Gunnari - an extinct fish at Cambridge University.
His own Twitter profile described him as "passionate about prawns and science."
Sadly last week Ms Boreham found the West African lungfish (Protopterus annectens) "nose down and tail up" in his tank.
"He was a pretty old lung fish - upwards of 30 or 40 - and he didn't make it," she said.
"And he died intestate but in line with what we think were his wishes, his body has been donated to science."
As a memorial to Leonard, his body is being scanned and a 3D print created of his skeleton which will be held in the department.
Dr Leonard announced his own passing on Facebook thus: "With a final flick of my tail, I bid you all a fond farewell."
Students and professors have taken to social media to express their grief.
Prof Mike Benton, tweeted that the death of "our distinguished colleague" had been the "most shocking news".
While, Catherine Draper said the department "will never be the same" and Genette Ellis said simply: "Oh no! I thought he was immortal".
The spat began on Tuesday, when YouTube's chief business officer Robert Kyncl posted a blog highlighting the site's contribution to the industry.
He said YouTube had distributed $1bn in advertising royalties alone, arguing that "free" streaming was as important as subscription sites like Spotify.
But record labels were not impressed.
"Google has issued more unexplained numbers on what it claims YouTube pays the music industry," said a spokesperson for the global music body, the IFPI.
"The announcement gives little reason to celebrate, however. With 800 million music users worldwide, YouTube is generating revenues of just over $1 per user for the entire year.
"This pales in comparison to the revenue generated by other services, ranging from Apple to Deezer to Spotify. For example, in 2015 Spotify alone paid record labels some $2bn, equivalent to an estimated $18 per user."
In his blog post, Mr Kyncl conceded that the current model was not perfect, arguing: "There is a lot of work that must be done by YouTube and the industry as a whole.
"But we are excited to see the momentum," he added.
The music industry has targeted YouTube - and other free streaming sites - as their villains du jour.
They say YouTube does not pay a fair rate to musicians and record labels, and is slow to police illegal and pirated material uploaded by its users - a claim which YouTube disputes.
The rhetoric intensified this year as YouTube's licensing agreements with the three major record labels - Sony, Warner and Universal - came up for renewal.
The industry has also pushed for reforms to the "safe harbour" laws, which mean YouTube and other similar sites cannot be penalised when users upload copyrighted material - including full albums - provided they remove it on request.
Artists like Lady Gaga, Sir Paul McCartney, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and Abba have all written to the US Congress asking for the law to be changed.
YouTube recently hired former Warner Music executive Lyor Cohen as its head of music, a move which was widely interpreted as an attempt to smooth relations with the music industry.
He took up his post on Monday, 24 hours before Kyncl's blog post was published.
However, the IFPI has maintained its position, saying in a statement that YouTube is still "not paying artists and producers anything like a fair rate for music".
It continued: "This highlights more than ever the need for legislative action to address the 'value gap' that is denying music rights holders a fair return for their work."
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Andre Ayew fired wide from six yards before Asamoah Gyan headed in the opener as Ghana started well.
Mali's Moussa Marega missed two good chances with a header and a shot, and Razak Brimah superbly saved Kalifa Coulibaly's volley late on.
The win puts Ghana into the last-eight with a game to spare, while Mali must beat Uganda to keep their hopes alive.
Egypt need a point against Ghana in the last round of Group D games to join them in the quarter-finals, after the Pharaohs knocked out Uganda.
It could have been very different for Mali had they taken some of the chances they created in the second half.
As well as those misses from Marega and Coulibaly, Mali threatened with efforts from Salif Coulibaly, who drove just wide, and Hamari Traore, whose 20-yard volley was not far away from the top corner.
They also had a last-gasp appeal for a penalty turned down.
Ghana, who were in total control in the first half, were run ragged after the interval - and their split-personality performance will be a major concern for coach Avram Grant.
Mali must find a way to finish off their opportunities - they have yet to score at the tournament - if they are to have any chance of avoiding a group-stage exit.
The Ghana skipper became his country's all-time top scorer in the competition with eight goals, overtaking Osei Kofi. He is also the first player to score at six consecutive Nations Cup finals.
Gyan and his team-mates celebrated his goal with a choreographed dance routine and the striker then held up a t-shirt which carried on it a get well message for Baba Rahman, who is out of the tournament because of injury.
Match ends, Ghana 1, Mali 0.
Second Half ends, Ghana 1, Mali 0.
Attempt saved. Bakary Sako (Mali) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt blocked. Bakary Sako (Mali) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Moussa Doumbia (Mali) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Frank Acheampong (Ghana).
Salif Coulibaly (Mali) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Emmanuel Badu (Ghana).
Attempt saved. Kalifa Coulibaly (Mali) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Moussa Doumbia.
Attempt missed. Moussa Doumbia (Mali) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ousmane Coulibaly.
Substitution, Ghana. Afriyie Acquah replaces Jordan Ayew.
Hand ball by Hamari Traore (Mali).
Molla Wagué (Mali) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Ayew (Ghana).
Foul by Kalifa Coulibaly (Mali).
Mubarak Wakaso (Ghana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Salif Coulibaly (Mali) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Emmanuel Badu (Ghana).
Foul by Bakary Sako (Mali).
Mubarak Wakaso (Ghana) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Ghana. Emmanuel Badu replaces Asamoah Gyan.
Asamoah Gyan (Ghana) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Kalifa Coulibaly (Mali).
Thomas Partey (Ghana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Hamari Traore (Mali) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bakary Sako.
Attempt blocked. Moussa Doumbia (Mali) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yves Bissouma.
Substitution, Mali. Kalifa Coulibaly replaces Moussa Marega.
Hamari Traore (Mali) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Christian Atsu (Ghana).
Attempt missed. Yves Bissouma (Mali) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Hamari Traore.
Foul by Molla Wagué (Mali).
Asamoah Gyan (Ghana) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Mubarak Wakaso (Ghana) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Harrison Afful.
Foul by Ousmane Coulibaly (Mali).
Jordan Ayew (Ghana) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Hamari Traore (Mali) left footed shot from long range on the left is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Yacouba Sylla (Mali).
Jordan Ayew (Ghana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bakary Sako (Mali).
Mubarak Wakaso (Ghana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
New admissions to the home Dunmurry Manor have been suspended.
The Trust said the investigation was ordered following complaints over standards of care and "a number of concerns raised about the home."
In a letter to families of relatives living in Dunmurry Manor, the South Eastern Trust said:
"We were concerned to learn of this and have taken immediate action to investigate and remedy the situation."
"To assure ourselves that care provided is appropriate and to the standard expected we are ensuring that all residents have a care review undertaken with their care manager, family and staff at Dunmurry Manor."
The Trust told the BBC it wanted to hear from anyone whose relatives stayed there over the past 12 months as part of its investigation.
The owners, an Essex based company called Runwood Homes, described Dunmurry Manor as "work in progress" and said "visiting professionals have in recent weeks recognised positive changes there".
Dunmurry Manor is a 76-bed care home for the elderly which includes looking after residents with dementia.
It has emerged there was a previous investigation there last October when admissions were also suspended for a period.
West Belfast woman Julieann McNally complained to the trust about the care her grandmother, Annie McCourt, received as a resident.
Following a fall on 19 June, the resident's family was not informed for nine hours.
"My grandmother was 89 years old, had Alzheimer's and dementia," said Ms McNally.
"It was totally unacceptable. I should have been informed immediately."
Mrs McCourt did not return to the home from hospital and when her family went back to retrieve her clothing a month later they had to sift through a skip marked "dirty laundry."
"We were told to go through that and look for what we could find that belonged to her.
"We weren't given gloves or aprons. We were disgusted to be honest, absolutely disgusted," said Ms McNally.
The owners of the care home acknowledged to the family that the incident over the laundry and the delay in contacting them about the fall were both unacceptable.
In addition to this current investigation by the Trust, Dunmurry Manor is also subject to enforcement action from the body that regulates care homes the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority.
It has been given until next month to comply with certain regulations.
Managing Director of Runwood Homes Logan Logeswaran said: "Runwood Homes have already met with the South East Health and Social Care Trust and the Trust are carrying out individual resident reviews.
"This is continuing without major disruption to the care home.
"With regard to Dunmurry, a new manager has been appointed recently and is working very closely with the care home staff, Local Authority and other healthcare professionals.
"The manager has also held a relatives meeting and relatives were reassured and updated on the planned action and progress to date.
"The new Home Manager also reviewed all communication between care home staff and relatives/next of kin, maintaining good relationships with all stakeholders to promote excellent care for the residents who live at Dunmurry," he said.
A spokesperson for the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) said: "In October 2016, during an unannounced care inspection at Dunmurry manor house nursing home, RQIA identified a number of concerns regards the care, staffing and governance arrangements at the home.
"As a result of these concerns, RQIA issued three notices of failure to comply with regulations, which set the out the actions required by Dunmurry Manor to achieve compliance with nursing home regulations by early January.
"The safety and wellbeing of every patient at Dunmurry Manor is of paramount importance to RQIA and we will continue to monitor this home through our ongoing regulatory and inspection activities."
The Brains Kids, from the Chiba Institute of Technology, beat rivals ZJUDancer, from China's Zhejian University, 1-0.
The division contained England's only team of custom-built robots to qualify for the humanoid football play-offs.
But the University of Hertfordshire's Bold Hearts were defeated 2-0 in the second round by a French side.
The Robocup had a variety of categories to cater for different kinds of robot footballer.
China's Team Water was victorious in the Middle league for non-humanoid robots, beating Tech United, from the University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
Many of the humanoid competition's rules had been changed for 2015, to make the game more difficult.
This year, the humanoids had to chase a white ball - harder to spot than the previous red one, and the playing surface had been changed to soft artificial turf, which caused stability problems for some of the teams.
The UK's Bold Hearts had hoped to improve their ranking after coming second in their division at the 2014 competition in Brazil.
The team blamed their goalless exit on "the aforementioned stability challenges, rather than high level defensive tactics", in a post on their blog.
Robocup has been running since 1997, and now more than 40 countries take part.
The competition is designed to drive innovation in the robotics industry, with the ultimate aim to hold a humans-versus-robots football match by 2050.
Lewis was victorious at the Seoul Olympics, representing Canada, before turning professional as a Briton.
"I know they are doing it for other sports but I don't think it works with boxing," he told the BBC's Sportsweek.
"I think it is preposterous to a certain degree."
Dr Ching-Kuo Wu, president of world boxing's governing body AIBA, said on Wednesday he wanted to abolish rules stopping any fighter with 15 or more paid bouts from competing at the Olympics.
His proposal needs to be approved by the AIBA's executive committee but Wu believes it is "absolutely possible" to change the rules in time for August's Rio Games.
But Lewis, 50, believes the safety of inexperienced amateurs could be put in jeopardy by the move.
"Olympic boxing is built for amateurs and is the highest achievement you can get, alongside being world amateur champion," he said.
"All of a sudden you could have a scenario where someone like [former world heavyweight champion] Wladimir Klitschko, who won Olympic gold in Atlanta and has so much experience, could go up against a kid of 18 who has had just 10 fights. I don't think it is fair.
"Even the scoring systems are different. In the professional game, you score on power punches and you keep pressure on your opponent, while the amateur system is to score points."
Police Scotland said the incidents happened on the B9040 Hopeman to Lossiemouth road on Saturday afternoon.
A 22-year-old man was stopped travelling at 118mph, and a 35-year-old man was recorded at 101mph.
Insp Jon Barron said the B9040 was typical of a rural road with dangers such as access roads, bends, and restricted sightlines.
A reporter in the capital, Juba, told the BBC gunfire and large explosions could be heard all over the city. He said heavy artillery was being used.
More than 200 people are reported to have died in clashes since Friday.
The latest violence came hours after the UN Security Council called on the warring factions to immediately stop the fighting.
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In a unanimous statement, the council condemned the violence "in the strongest terms" and expressed "particular shock and outrage" at attacks on UN sites. It also called for additional peacekeepers to be sent to South Sudan.
Residents of Juba have told the BBC they are staying indoors amid the sound of gunfire from the streets.
"Soldiers are now looting some property," charity worker Ladu David Morris said. "They pretend to be patrolling but once they notice that no people are inside they break in."
The peace deal signed last August brought the two rival military forces together in the capital Juba. Even at the time this looked risky.
Perhaps if political progress had been made since Riek Machar returned to Juba in April, tensions between the forces could have been smoothed over, but the implementation of the peace agreement stalled. Each side clearly regarded the other as an existential threat.
Riek Machar seems to be in a weaker position right now: he has 1,300 soldiers, and some police, but no air power, tanks or heavy weapons - unlike his rival. There must also be questions about how much ammunition Mr Machar's troops have.
Another key question: to what extent are Salva Kiir and Riek Machar in command? Both called for calm on Friday, but the fighting still continued. And will the fighting spread beyond the capital? The longer this lasts, and the further it spreads, the harder it will be to stop it.
Chinese media say two Chinese UN peacekeepers have now died in Juba. Several other peacekeepers have been injured, as well as a number of civilians who have been caught in crossfire.
The latest round of violence erupted when troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and first Vice-President Riek Machar began shooting at each other in the streets of Juba.
On Monday, there were reports of tanks on the streets of Juba and clashes close to the airport and UN camps sheltering civilians. The US embassy warned of "serious fighting" taking place.
A BBC correspondent in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, said it was not clear if Mr Kiir and Mr Machar remained in control of their forces.
On Monday afternoon, soldiers loyal to Mr Kiir were ordered back to barracks, a spokesman for the force told the BBC. However, he did not comment on whether this meant the fighting was over.
It seems a disagreement at a checkpoint between rival soldiers led to a shootout on Thursday night in which five soldiers died. This quickly escalated into serious fighting from Friday onwards. Tensions have been high since April, when Mr Machar returned to Juba under a peace deal following a two-year civil war. He took a 1,300-strong protection force with him and they were supposed to start joint patrols with forces loyal to President Kiir. But a lack of trust between the two sides means the patrols have not begun.
There are concerns that what we are seeing is a repeat of what happened in December 2013. The two-year civil war started then after clashes between rival soldiers in Juba and degenerated into nationwide conflict in which tens of thousands died. The war was fought broadly between South Sudan's biggest ethnic groups - the Dinka, led by Mr Kiir, and the Nuer, under Mr Machar. At present, Mr Kiir and Mr Machar are calling for calm.
The international community played a major role in the creation of South Sudan and has tried to exercise some influence since independence in 2011. The UN and US have called for an immediate end to fighting, a call echoed by the East African regional group which brokered the recent peace deal.
A UN spokeswoman in Juba, Shantal Persaud, said fighting over the past few days had caused hundreds of internally displaced people to take refuge in UN premises.
She said both South Sudanese leaders were responsible for implementing last year's peace agreement, which included a permanent ceasefire and the deployment of forces away from Juba.
Information Minister Michael Makuei told the BBC that the situation in the city was "under full control" and civilians who had fled should return to their homes.
Mr Machar's military spokesman, Col William Gatjiath, accused officials loyal to the president of lying, and said there had been at least 10 hours of clashes on Sunday.
"The situation in South Sudan is uncontrollable because Salva Kiir and his followers are not ready to follow the peace agreement," he said.
The chairman of Igad, the East African regional bloc that has overseen peace talks in South Sudan, warned on Monday that the situation risked exposing millions of civilians "to senseless violence and the whole country to interminable chaos".
In a statement on Sunday, the US state department said it strongly condemned the latest outbreak of fighting in Juba.
Spokesman John Kirby said Washington had ordered the departure of non-emergency personnel from the US embassy in Juba.
The Ross County striker cut inside before rifling low into the net after six minutes and the hosts dominated the remainder of the first half.
New Zealand finally posed a threat after the break with substitute Kosta Barbarouses denied by the woodwork.
It was a deserved victory and a good workout for next week's crucial World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan.
Boyce jinked past his marker with a step-over and his left-foot strike whistled past a flat-footed Stefan Marinovic.
Northern Ireland should have added to their advantage but an improved All Whites side almost clinched a draw when Barbarouses curled his post onto the post.
The absence of Conor Washington and Jamie Ward gave Boyce and Josh Magennis a chance to shine in attack and they impressed in their 45 minutes together.
All eyes were on Boyce after top scoring in the Scottish Premiership last season and he linked up with Magennis for the only goal.
They complemented each other to form a promising partnership which gives boss Michael O'Neill a selection headache for the Baku qualifier.
Azerbaijan will provide a tougher test and O'Neill may pack the midfield with just one up top.
Tom Flanagan had a solid debut in defence although his mistake let in Barbarouses for New Zealand's best opportunity.
There was also a first appearance for forward Shay McCartan as he replaced Magennis with seven minutes left.
The big forward squandered a few openings but he was a constant menace to the visitors and showed he is much more than a physical force.
Two early efforts were saved while tireless running saw him dispossess Tommy Smith before his angled drive was blocked by Marinovic.
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His pinpoint cross was poked wide by substitute Kyle Lafferty early in the second half before he headed just wide.
Magennis has just one goal in 28 appearances but he offers so much to the team and is expected to lead the line against Azerbaijan.
O'Neill is taking the squad for warm-weather training in Turkey to acclimatise for possible stifling conditions in next Saturday's Group C game.
The eight-day gap between the matches also gives defensive duo Gareth McAuley and Craig Carthcart time to regain full fitness.
Northern Ireland lie second, five points behind Germany but on course for the play-off spot.
Match ends, Northern Ireland 1, New Zealand 0.
Second Half ends, Northern Ireland 1, New Zealand 0.
Foul by Tom Flanagan (Northern Ireland).
Monty Patterson (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, New Zealand. Michael Boxall tries a through ball, but Chris Wood is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Oliver Norwood (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Shane Ferguson.
Attempt blocked. Shay McCartan (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Andrew Durante (New Zealand) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Shay McCartan (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andrew Durante (New Zealand).
Foul by Paul Paton (Northern Ireland).
Shane Smeltz (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Roy Carroll replaces Michael McGovern.
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Shay McCartan replaces Josh Magennis.
Offside, Northern Ireland. Paul Paton tries a through ball, but Aaron Hughes is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Paul Paton (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Oliver Norwood (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Boxall (New Zealand).
Substitution, New Zealand. Shane Smeltz replaces Ryan Thomas.
Foul by Tom Flanagan (Northern Ireland).
Chris Wood (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Paul Paton replaces Stuart Dallas.
Foul by Oliver Norwood (Northern Ireland).
Ryan Thomas (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, New Zealand. Michael Boxall tries a through ball, but Chris Wood is caught offside.
Substitution, New Zealand. Deklan Wynne replaces Tom Doyle.
Aaron Hughes (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kosta Barbarouses (New Zealand).
Kosta Barbarouses (New Zealand) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box.
Offside, New Zealand. Bill Poni Tuiloma tries a through ball, but Tom Doyle is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Northern Ireland) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Shane Ferguson with a cross.
Tom Flanagan (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kosta Barbarouses (New Zealand).
Shane Ferguson (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Michael Boxall (New Zealand).
Substitution, New Zealand. Kosta Barbarouses replaces Kip Colvey.
Substitution, New Zealand. Monty Patterson replaces Marco Rojas.
Offside, New Zealand. Bill Poni Tuiloma tries a through ball, but Chris Wood is caught offside.
Offside, Northern Ireland. Michael McGovern tries a through ball, but Josh Magennis is caught offside.
Offside, New Zealand. Andrew Durante tries a through ball, but Chris Wood is caught offside.
Two years ago the American team travelled to Scotland in the knowledge that they would not be fielding their strongest possible line-up.
At the time, the most in-form US player was Billy Horschel. He had not been selected because the team was picked before his late surge through the PGA Tour play-offs, culminating in Tour Championship victory at East Lake.
Chris Kirk was similarly inspired, winning the Deutsche Bank Championship, finishing fourth at the season finale and second to Horschel in the play-off standings. He too was absent from the American team.
The US have ensured they don't suffer a similar fate this time by introducing what is unofficially known as the "Horschel rule".
It means one more wildcard decision still remains. It will not be made before the conclusion of the Tour Championship, with the recipient heading to the Ryder Cup the following week.
And come next Monday it could be Europe feeling as though they are travelling to an away Ryder Cup without their strongest line-up.
This is because Paul Casey has been the continent's most consistent recent force and Russell Knox is also in strong Stateside form. Both are playing to a standard that would make them big assets to skipper Darren Clarke's team.
But neither player is in the continental line-up even though they, along with Rory McIlroy, are the only Europeans competing in the PGA Tour finale.
Casey is ineligible for the Hazeltine match because he is not a member of the European Tour. Having played in three Ryder Cups, including Europe's 2004 and 06 victories, the Arizona-based Englishman would have brought welcome experience.
Now aged 39, he has been runner-up in the past two play-off events and was a combined 33 under par for those tournaments.
Currently fifth in the FedEx Cup, he knows victory in this week's 30-man Tour Championship would guarantee the $10m (£7.6m) play-off jackpot as well as plenty of headlines.
Casey can argue that his prominence, as the PGA Tour season reaches its climax, vindicates his decision to turn his back on the European circuit. He has followed a settled American-based schedule which has enabled him to maximise time with his family.
"Not being part of the Ryder Cup is a by-product of making that decision," Casey said.
"It was never part of that decision. I'm going to watch it with a sort of sadness that I can't be part of that."
Clarke was powerless once Casey turned his back on his native Tour. For months he has known that he will be without a player who is showing the standards that helped him to climb to number three in the world back in 2009.
With five rookies qualifying for his team, Clarke felt obliged to go for the experience of Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer for two of his three wildcard picks. He also preferred debutant Thomas Pieters which meant Knox misses out.
The 31-year-old joined the European Tour after winning last November's WGC Champions in Shanghai because it was clear the US-based Scot stood a chance of qualifying for the Ryder Cup.
Although he ultimately did not make Europe's automatic list, he now has a realistic chance of landing the play-off title this week.
Supremely accurate off the tee, such a key attribute in Ryder Cup foursomes, Knox also possesses a sure putting touch and sits eighth on the FedEx Cup list.
Victory at East Lake, combined with play-off leader Dustin Johnson finishing outside the top three and Patrick Reed and Adam Scott worse than second, and the Inverness man would take the vast spoils on offer.
He would also pile pressure onto Clarke.
Knox's prime motivation at the moment is to prove the skipper wrong by winning the American circuit's season-long shoot-out.
Although Clarke is a canny and shrewd interviewee, his week as Ryder Cup captain would, inevitably, begin with awkward questions over his wildcard picks.
A similar scenario beset US skipper Tom Watson two years ago. The then-65-year-old had completed his team three weeks earlier and was subsequently haunted by Horschel's absence.
"As much as you want to have the hottest players on your team, sometimes it just doesn't happen that way," Watson told reporters when he arrived at Gleneagles.
"I texted him and said, 'Horschel, damn you, you're a day late but not a dollar short.'"
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Yes, he deflected a negative storyline with a nice turn of phrase but the scenario became one of a number of factors that combined to undermine the veteran's captaincy.
This week might be one of those rare occasions where Clarke could be forgiven for not rooting for European success at an American showpiece event. Unless, of course, it is provided by McIlroy, who will be such an important influence in the continent's Hazeltine line-up.
Having brilliantly edged out Casey in Boston at the beginning of the month, the Northern Irishman is sixth in the FedEx Cup. Victory at East Lake would almost certainly give him the play-off title, one of the few accolades missing from a glittering golfing CV.
Were the four-time major winner to win in Atlanta, the in-form Johnson would have to finish worse than runner-up to deny McIlroy the $10m (£7.6m) jackpot.
Such a triumph would give European golf a huge pre-Ryder Cup boost but it is much harder to make a similar case if, instead, one of its other two representatives prevail.
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Global experts are meeting in the Zimbabwean capital Harare to come up with a plan to combat it.
The name is a bit misleading. It is not actually a worm, but a hungry caterpillar that eats crops before turning into a moth.
It is a new pest, not to be confused with the similarly named "African armyworm", which has been present in the region for many years.
It is native to the Americas, but experts are not sure how it reached Africa.
One theory is that the eggs or the caterpillars themselves hitched a ride in some imported produce, or even made it on board commercial flights.
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia and Mozambique are the chief suspects among southern African countries, according to the FAO.
The presence of fall armyworm in Africa was first reported on the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe in January 2016, it says.
Chimenya Phiri, Malawian farmer:
"These army worms attack the maize leaves, the flower and even bore into the stalk. And because they dig into the stem of the plant, it is difficult to notice them. It is only on close inspection that you realise almost the entire plant has been destroyed"
Other research groups have also reported it in parts of West Africa, including Nigeria and Ghana.
But the governments of Zimbabwe and South Africa are the only ones to have publicly confirmed that they have a problem with this specific pest.
We don't know exactly, because many affected countries have not provided data yet.
Finding out the number of hectares affected and the intensity of the pest is one of the main aims of the emergency summit in Zimbabwe, the UN says.
South Africa, the region's biggest maize producer, has confirmed the destruction of crops from the pest in six different provinces.
The Zambian government has said that 130,000 hectares (321,236 acres) of land have been affected, with the prime suspect the fall armyworm.
Insecticides. Chemicals can be used to deal with the pest in its early stages, but after that it becomes much harder, and some populations of fall armyworm have developed resistance, according to experts.
Other approaches involve digging trenches, employing natural predators, like birds, to eat the worms or even burning the crops, according to David Phiri, the senior FAO official in southern Africa.
Zambia, thought to be one of the first places hit by the outbreak, used army planes to spray affected areas with insecticides, which has enabled some crops to recover, an official at the national disaster agency told the BBC.
The warning from the FAO is a bleak one, suggesting that things will probably get worse before they get better.
"It has just started - even those countries not currently affected should prepare themselves for possible infestations," Mr Phiri told the BBC.
Scientific institutes have also raised the alarm, describing the pest as a major threat to food security and agricultural trade in the region.
However, if there is a "co-ordinated approach" from countries across the region, then that's where the solution might lie, Mr Phiri says.
"We cannot eradicate it, but we can find ways of managing it."
Scientists have remarked that the rover's surroundings resembled parts of the southwestern US.
Curiosity's ultimate goal is to drive towards a peak - informally known as Mount Sharp - to study its rocks.
Shown in the mosaic is a section on the crater wall where a network of valleys are believed to have formed through water entering from the outside.
This high-resolution picture is the first view scientists have had of a fluvial system - one relating to a river or stream - from the surface of Mars.
Team members are also studying a section looking south of the landing site that provides an overview of the eventual geological targets Curiosity will explore, including the rock-strewn, gravelly surface nearby, a dark dune field and the sedimentary rock of Mount Sharp.
The rover will also study a patch of ground where rocks have been uncovered by the blast of the rockets used on the "skycrane", which lowered Curiosity to the surface.
Ex-civil servant Lord Burns will head the cross-party review, with input from senior Tory and Labour politicians.
It will look at whether current disclosure rules, in force since 2005, are working in the public interest.
FOI campaigners said ministers' desire for secrecy would conceal "bad decisions and policy mistakes".
The passing of the Freedom of Information Act in 2000, which gave anyone the right to access recorded information held by government and other public sector bodies, is regarded by many as one of the landmark achievements of the last Labour government.
It obliged public authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and UK-wide authorities based in Scotland, to publish certain information about their activities.
But former prime minister Tony Blair has since described the law as one of his "biggest regrets", arguing it has had the effect of denying civil servants a "safe space" to properly advise ministers for fear their conversations will later become public.
Conservative ministers have expressed concerns that exemptions included in the original law, including those relating to policy formulation, and the exercise of a ministerial veto in the public interest, have been eroded by recent tribunal and court judgements - including the Supreme Court's decision to quash the ban on the release of correspondence between the Prince of Wales and ministers.
Downing Street said the review, to be completed by November, would weigh up whether there was the right sort of balance which fully facilitated policy development, implementation and frank advice.
It will be headed by Lord Burns, a crossbench peer who was the most senior civil servant in the Treasury between 1991 and 1998 and is currently chairman of Channel 4.
Among those sitting on the independent commission will be Lord Howard, who was Conservative leader when the law came into effect and Jack Straw, the former foreign and justice secretary who helped draft the original law.
Other members will include Lib Dem peer Lord Carlile of Berriew, the former Independent Reviewer of terrorism legislation, and Dame Patricia Hodgson, chair of the broadcasting regulator Ofcom.
The Cabinet Office, which has assumed departmental responsibility for the issue from the Ministry of Justice, said the review would examine, among other things:
"We fully support the Freedom of Information Act but after more than a decade in operation it is time that the process is reviewed to make sure it's working effectively," said Cabinet Office minister Lord Bridges.
The review was announced on the same day as a FOI request by the campaign group Reprieve revealed that British military personnel have taken part in bombing raids against Islamic State targets in Syria as part of missions conducted by allied forces.
The Campaign for Freedom of Information said the existing law already provided "adequate protection" for policy advice and MPs on the Commons Justice Committee had reviewed the act as recently as 2012 and found it was working well.
If the existing FOI exemptions for policy formulation were made "absolute", rather than subject to a public interest test, it said this would mean key information would only become public 20 years later when official papers were released.
"Ministers want certainty that policy discussions will not only take place in secret but be kept secret afterwards," its director Maurice Frankel said.
"They don't like the fact that the Act requires the case for confidentiality to be weighed against the public interest in disclosure.
"The Information Commissioner and Information Tribunal give substantial weight to the need to protect ongoing government discussions and the frankness of future exchanges. But after a decision has been announced they sometimes order disclosure where exchanges are anodyne, the material is old or the case for openness is overwhelming.
"If that balancing test is removed mistakes, bad decisions and policy failures caused by deliberately ignoring the evidence will be concealed for 20 years."
Lerwick Sheriff Court heard how police raided the Mossbank home of Stephen Bell last February.
They found several computers, recording devices and 35 hard drives containing child abuse images.
Bell was jailed for four years and four months.
He was also handed an additional non-custodial sentence of four years, placed on the sex offenders register for an indefinite period, and was issued with a sexual offences prevention order which will closely monitor his future use of the internet.
He had previously pled guilty to the charges, which took place over a five-year period between 1 February 2011 and 1 February 2016 at his home address and elsewhere.
Sheriff Philip Mann told Bell that his offending was of the most serious nature, had taken place over a considerable period of time and was further compounded by his "difficulty in recognising the wrong" he had done.
Procurator fiscal Duncan Mackenzie had earlier described Bell as a man whose life had over time been taken over by obtaining child pornography.
The court was told that the Crown took the decision to fully examine just six of the hard drives, while the remaining 29 drives - which also contained indecent images of children - were previewed.
The forensically examined hard drives revealed more than 100,000 indecent images of children, of which 5,300 were in the most serious category.
Officers also found almost 900 movies with child pornography stored on the devices.
Defence solicitor Tommy Allan described his client as a "loner" who had allowed his obsession to take over his life.
Mr Allan added: "It went out of control, and it was inevitable that at some point it would be discovered."
Det Insp Richard Baird of Police Scotland said: "This was an extremely complex investigation and Bell's system has been described as one of the most intricate ever seen by the specialist computer forensic examiners who worked on the case.
"Possessing indecent images is not a victimless crime and every day children are subjected to dreadful abuse in order to create these materials which are distributed around the world."
For Roberta, a mother-of-four, it was being asked Why Mummy, was there fog hanging over the village, as she gazed into a cloud of dust on the morning of 24 August.
For Samuele, her youngest, it was the work of a monster that lives in the back garden of his damaged house. Samuele turned four on Monday. He still covers his eyes not to see the creature, each time he goes across the lawn to their tent to sleep.
For Enzo, it was all about emerging unscathed. Road signs still lead to Pescara del Tronto but the village is gone, except for Enzo. He survived on a couch in his kitchen because the floor above held when the two floors above it came crashing down.
For Francesco, a rescue manager, it was getting home in the early hours after a night out, climbing into bed and immediately being shaken out of it. He and his team scrambled to search for survivors in the rubble of Enzo's village. Hunger, thirst and fatigue did not get in their way.
The 6.0-magnitude earthquake claimed 298 lives. In human terms it was as bad as a 2009 quake that wrecked the city of L'Aquila and left 309 people dead.
Fewer people lost their homes this time. Currently, 2,233 are still being cared for in camps or other temporary structures while in 2009 there were 58,000 homeless.
The government has estimated the cost of repairing the damage at €4bn (£3.5bn; $4.5bn) compared with a projected cost of €21bn for L'Aquila.
Less easy to calculate is the psychological damage from the new disaster which:
"It's as if we've been wounded," says Francesco Lusek, who has worked on five earthquake relief operations and taken part in humanitarian missions in the Middle East for Italy's civil defence agency.
"These are our mountains. We have friends and family here. We love to come here to hike. It hurts."
Four regions suffered damage - Abruzzo, Marche, Lazio and Umbria - but the disaster will forever be associated with the picturesque Lazio village of Amatrice, a tourist destination with a population of 2,650 where 236 died.
Yet, with a permanent population of about 100, Pescara del Tronto suffered a greater loss in relative terms: 34 local people died along with 12 tourists in this Marche hamlet.
On a football field below the shattered hilltop village of Arquata del Tronto, which like nearby Pescara is now a no-go area, blue tents house homeless people.
The biggest tent is a canteen where hot meals are served to residents and relief workers. Roberta Pompa and her family drive down to eat there from their own village, Piedilama, where there has been no gas since the quake.
A tent primary school has been set up and two containers hold makeshift stores selling essential items.
Emergency service vehicles criss-cross the valley's roads while soldiers guard the ruined villages against looters. Any visit to one of these "red zones" can only be made under escort because of the risk of an aftershock toppling damaged buildings.
The slogan of Marche's disaster response is "mai soli" (you'll never be alone).
Marche is determined to move all its displaced people into hotels by 1 October. Those who find shelter elsewhere will receive €600 a month per family.
After that, wooden houses will be erected for those who need them within 12 months.
Roberta and her husband Alessandro Paci have a dilemma. The roof of their house was damaged but did not fall in and they hope it can be repaired.
Meanwhile, the family sleep in the tent because a strong enough aftershock could bring the roof down. But the winter gets bitterly cold in the mountains.
The winter will also be tough for Enzo Rendina. The last person living in Pescara del Tronto refuses to leave because he fears the village will disappear if it is abandoned now.
Civil defence staff bring him food.
But the likelihood is that these ruined villages will be rebuilt because there are few alternative construction sites on the valley's slopes. It was a different story in L'Aquila, where the devastated old city has been left temporarily abandoned and new buildings erected in the suburbs.
One day soon, the people of Marche hope that the fear will pass and the Tronto Valley will again fill with holidaymakers.
Margherita Rinaldi and Antonio Filippini of the Marche Region media team helped compile this report.
Dutch coach Danny Blind's position is under scrutiny after his team's failure to qualify for Euro 2016.
Former Netherlands star Koeman, 52, said: "I like to stay, and I have after this season one year more. There's no way, no possibility [I could leave]."
"Maybe [I could be Dutch manager] in future depending on a lot of things."
The Confederation of British Industry study also suggests science has become less of a priority in many schools.
A third of 260 teachers surveyed said they lacked confidence teaching science.
The government said the report was "nonsense" , and its new curriculum "rivals the best in the world".
In the report, Tomorrow's World, 53% of the teachers surveyed by YouGov for the CBI said science teaching had become less of a priority over the past five years.
And 36% of the schools teaching science at Key Stage 2 said they were not providing the minimum recommendation for science education of two hours every week.
Some 20% said they committed over three hours, but 7.5% said they taught less than one hour per week.
CBI director general John Cridland said: "Science education in primary schools is being squeezed out, with over half of teachers believing it has become less of a priority, with too many schools struggling to teach the recommended two hours every week.
"How can we expect to inspire future generations of scientists and engineers if we don't deliver high-quality and inspiring science lessons at primary school age?
"If we are not careful, too many children will have lost interest in science before they hit their teens.
"A lack of science, technology, engineering and maths skills are already holding back economic growth, and this will only get worse if we don't energise the next generation.
"Pupils need innovative, fun lessons with access to the latest science kit and need to break free of the classroom more to visit cutting-edge companies and universities."
Prof Julia Buckingham, vice-chancellor of Brunel University, London, said: "The report's findings - indicating that Stem [science, technology, engineering and maths] subjects have become less of a priority in primary schools in recent years - should be a wake-up call for everyone in government, business and education.
"None of us should be in any doubt of the critical importance of ensuring that the education system inspires interest and enthusiasm for the sciences and provides careers advice and guidance as early as possible for school students.
"Not only does the nation's prosperity depend on this, it is also vital to ensure that educational and careers opportunities are not prematurely closed-off for young people."
A Department for Education spokesperson dismissed the CBI's findings as "nonsense".
"Science is a compulsory subject in schools from age 5 to 16," said the spokesperson.
"It is a crucial part of our plan to prepare young people for life in modern Britain, and we have made big strides in recent years.
"A record number of pupils are now taking science at GCSE and we are seeing more young people taking the crucial STEM subjects at A-level.
"We have introduced a new primary science curriculum that rivals the best in the world and launched our STEM campaign to get encourage more young people to study it.
"We have also provided £7.2m between 2014 and 2016 to help teachers deliver the new national curriculum and develop their science expertise."
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Dagmara Przybysz, 16, was found at Pool Academy in Cornwall last May.
In a message written the night before her death, she complained of others "saying things about me because I'm from Poland".
Recording an open verdict, coroner Dr Emma Carlyon accepted Dagmara had been upset by the incidents.
Dr Carlyon said although evidence suggested a "self-inflicted death" no notes or other evidence of an intention to take her own life were found.
The three-day inquest heard Dagmara had told her parents, Jedrzej and Ewelina Przybysz, and boyfriend Lewis Simpson that she was being bullied.
During the hearing, Dagmara's parents asked questions about the recording of bullying incidents at the school.
In response to assistant principal Lisette Neesham stating that no incidents of bullying had been reported by Dagmara or anyone on her behalf, her mother said: "She said to staff about bullying. Why did nobody do anything?"
The school's pastoral support worker Susan Kent said to the best of her knowledge Dagmara had "never mentioned any problems with racism to me or any other person at school".
Dr Carlyon said although Dagmara was upset before her death, "She was clearly enjoying the relationship with Lewis and was making plans for the school ball".
Det Sgt Steve Panter said he didn't have details of "how significant" the bullying incidents were in "Dagmara's decision" on the day she died.
The delay in discovering Dagmara's body was also raised by her parents at the inquest.
She was seen on CCTV entering a toilet in the maths corridor at 12:14 BST - but was not found for more than 90 minutes - at 13:50 when two pupils raised the alarm.
A 999 call was made but school co-ordinator Paula Hosking told the inquest no CPR was attempted by school staff despite advice from the ambulance service.
"We knew Dagmara had died and decided not to carry out CPR. We knew it was all too late," she said.
Paramedic Christopher Rogers said there was "frustration" on the call as it was five minutes 38 seconds before the call handler was told what had happened.
There were also issues with phone signal between the school's reception and where the incident had taken place.
The inquest heard that the school had a system whereby a missing child should be found within 20 minutes, but nobody had looked for Dagmara.
An Ofsted report dated June 2017 said safeguarding was effective at the school.
After the inquest, Pool Academy said Dagmara's death had "shocked and saddened" the whole school and it had strengthened safeguarding procedures "since the tragic incident."
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The march began in Knottingley and finished with a rally and party at Kellingley Miners Welfare club, North Yorkshire.
Miners at Kellingley colliery, the last deep coal mine in the country, worked their last shift on Friday.
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Cafodd y toriadau ei ddisgrifio gan lefarydd ar ran undeb CWU fel rhai "brawychus", a ddywedodd na fyddai cyflog cyfartalog is-bostfeistri o £10,000 y flwyddyn yn gallu ymdopi â'r gostyngiad.
Ar hyn o bryd mae is-bostfeistri yn derbyn tâl am bob amlen neu barsel sy'n mynd drwy eu dwylo.
Er bod y newidiadau yn cynnwys cynnydd mewn rhai ffioedd, megis gwerthu stamp dosbarth cyntaf, bydd eraill yn gostwng, gan gynnwys y ffi safonol am bob eitem o 15c i 11c.
"Cawsom i gyd ein synnu pan ddaeth y llyfryn ffioedd drwy'r blwch post," meddai Mark Baker, sydd yn is-bostfeistr a llefarydd ar ran CWU.
"Maen nhw [y Swyddfa Bost] yn lleihau o leiaf hanner y trafodion yn sylweddol. Mae'r rhain yn doriadau brawychus fydd yn effeithio ar hyfywedd y rhan fwyaf o swyddfeydd post, yn enwedig rhai bach a chanolig, ac mae 6,000 o'r rheiny yng Nghymru a Lloegr."
Ym mis Mawrth 2016 roedd 919 cangen swyddfa bost yng Nghymru, o'i gymharu â 1,167 deng mlynedd ynghynt.
Dywedodd CWU nad oedd eu haelodau wedi cael unrhyw rybudd o'r newidiadau, fydd yn dod i rym ar 1 Hydref, a hynny flwyddyn yn unig ers i is-bostfeistri gytuno i delerau gwaith newydd yn ymwneud ag yswiriant gwladol a chyfraniadau pensiwn.
Pryder yr undeb, gyda llawer o ganghennau gwledig eisoes dan fygythiad, y bydd hyd yn oed siopau trefol nawr yn ailystyried y gwasanaethau post maen nhw'n ei ddarparu.
"Ar hyn o bryd mae llawer yn cael eu rhedeg fel gwasanaeth cymdeithasol gan y cwmnïau mawr," meddai Mr Baker.
"Os yw maint yr elw yn newid ym mis Hydref fyddan nhw hyd yn oed yn trafferthu cadw'r canghennau yma ar agor?"
Mewn ymateb dywedodd y Swyddfa Bost fod y newidiadau yn rhan o raglen moderneiddio, a'u bod am "sicrhau bod ein canghennau yn fusnesau sydd yn llewyrchus yng nghalon ein cymunedau".
"Mae'r newidiadau yn cynnwys cyflwyno taliadau ychwanegol, ac ail-gydbwyso taliadau er mwyn cymryd gwell ystyriaeth o gymhlethdodau gwahanol drafodion a cheisio annog gwell gwasanaeth i gwsmeriaid," meddai llefarydd.
The Electoral Commission said Theresa May's party reported £5.46m from donors between January and March, with mining millionaire Michael Davis providing the biggest gift of £317,000.
Unions helped Labour to report £2.64m given, with Unite donating £657,702.
The Lib Dems reported £603,155, UKIP £246,910, Greens £58,170, Plaid Cymru £23,000 and the SNP £301,935.
Among donations reported by Labour was £300,000 from former motor racing boss Max Mosley, who has used family money to fund press regulator Impress - and £376,242 from public services union Unison.
The commission said donations reported by political parties in the three-month period totalled £9.39m.
The Co-operative Party, whose candidates stand under the Labour banner, reported £322,800, while the Women's Equality Party reported £10,000 in donations and the Socialist Party of Great Britain reported £19,816, the Electoral Commission said.
Public funds are also listed for each party, which predominantly boost the totals for opposition parties.
Last week the regulator released figures showing donations for the opening days of the general election campaign - from 3 May, when Parliament was dissolved, until 9 May.
This showed the Tories had reported £4.1m in donations, compared with Labour's £2.7m, £180,000 for the Lib Dems, UKIP's £48,000, the Women's Equality Party's £20,544 and the Green Party's £15,000.
The council had issued a roll of 52 black bags to each household free of charge each year.
But councillors have now voted to stop the supply from 2016 onwards, with an estimated annual saving of £83,000.
Two years ago, the council reduced the size and quality of black bin bags, saving £130,000 a year.
The council report said it expected that "some residents who do not currently participate in the recycling scheme would be encouraged to do so".
Research by the Local Government Association says subsidised bus services in England have been reduced by more than 12% in the past year.
The LGA blamed cuts by the government to councils' budgets.
The Department for Transport said it was working with local transport companies to improve services and boost the use of buses.
In Britain last year, there were three times as many journeys taken on bus than on trains.
But the LGA - which represents councils in England and Wales - found the number of miles driven by council-subsidised buses in England (excluding London) dropped by 12% last year.
It says local authorities have been diverting money from subsidised bus services to fund the gap in the Concessionary Fares Scheme, which councils have a statutory duty to provide.
The scheme gives pensioners and disabled people in England free off-peak travel on all local bus services anywhere in England.
LGA transport spokesman Martin Tett said the figures show "just how much pressure many local bus services are under".
He added it was paramount the government fully funds the Concessionary Fares Scheme in the Autumn Statement.
Mr Tett said: "Years of underfunding of the scheme has forced councils to spend millions of pounds of taxpayers' money to subsidise the scheme.
"This is now impossible with councils having to make savings while struggling to protect vital services like adult social care, protecting children, filling potholes and collecting bins."
The Department for Transport said it wanted to see services thrive, particularly in rural areas.
A spokesman said: "While decisions on funding for local bus routes are a matter for local authorities, we provide around £250m to support services every year, serving local communities up and down the country.
"Our Bus Services Bill will give councils powers to work in partnership with local transport companies to improve the service passengers can expect and boost bus use."
The National Audit Office (NAO) said women, ethnic minorities and disabled people were under-represented, with a particular issue at senior levels.
Its study also found that some people were leaving Whitehall because they found the culture "exclusive".
The government said diversity had improved but there was more to do.
The NAO study into equality, diversity and inclusion in the civil service found that "good progress" had been made over time but had "plateaued more recently".
It said the Cabinet Office's "Talent Action Plan" to prioritise diversity in the civil service "acknowledged that while recruitment statistics show a good mix of people from a range of backgrounds, at senior civil service level, white middle-class males still predominate".
The report found that about 53% of civil servants were women, with 38% of senior level jobs and six out of 17 departmental head posts held by females.
Minority ethnic representation increased from 4% to 10% between 1988 and 2014, but was below the figure for the total working population, it said. And the figure was lower in the senior civil service, at 7%.
Meanwhile, representation of people with disabilities had made initial progress, but remained low at 5%, the report said.
The study said female and minority ethnic respondents "feel significantly more engaged than their immediate peers at lower grades, but less so at senior grades".
Meanwhile, civil servants with long-term health conditions felt "less engaged" and are "more likely to feel discriminated against, bullied or harassed", it said.
NAO head Amyas Morse said the civil service needed to reflect an "increasingly diverse society" and "embrace an inclusive approach" to its workforce.
This was particularly crucial at a time of "ongoing austerity" when Whitehall "will have to do more with less".
The watchdog boss also called for a greater focus by government departments on boosting the diversity of civil servant staff.
Responding to the report, a Cabinet Office spokesman said: "We have a world-class civil service which is much more diverse than in the past and more diverse than the majority of British employers, but we know there is lots more work to do."
The spokesman added that each government department had a diversity champion who would "hold our feet to the fire" in this area.
The blaze killed more than 150 people and came just a day before the religious festival of Eid.
Muhammad Hayat, 36, has been looking for his family ever since the disaster near the city of Ahmedpur East.
His wife and two children had gone with other relatives to the site of the stricken tanker.
It's not clear what started the fire.
The lorry overturned some 2km (about 1.5 miles) from their home in Basti Daad Potra, one of the many small rural settlements along the local highway.
None of Muhammad Hayat's family returned that day.
His 30-year-old wife, 13-year-old daughter and seven-year-old son had been with his younger brother and wife.
Looking for his loved ones, he first went to the two hospitals in Bahawalpur about 45km away, hoping he would find them among the injured. They weren't there.
"My heart sank. They [hospital staff] told me there were more than 100 dead who couldn't be identified," he told the BBC.
In fact 125 people were burnt beyond recognition. Only 24 of the dead have been identified and handed over to their families so far.
Soon after the raging blaze was put out, bodies were shifted to the Bahawal Victoria Hospital in Bahawalpur. Most of the more than 100 injured were also taken there as well as to the Combined Military Hospital in Bahawalpur.
From there, 59 more critical patients were airlifted to the Pak Italian Modern Burn Centre Multan, the only burn centre in this corner of Punjab, more than 100km from the accident site.
Muhammad Hayat was advised to visit Multan's burn centre and set off on the two-hour journey the same night. He found his daughter there.
Though conscious, she couldn't tell him much about the others and he had nowhere else left to go.
His worst fears, half-confirmed since leaving for Multan, were now becoming a certainty.
He relayed the news back home where his mother Zahura Bibi, 66, fainted.
Next day was Eid. Muhammad returned home, alone. His daughter remains in hospital.
News had already spread out in this closely-knit society of small villages on both sides of the highway. Soon after Eid prayers, mourners started arriving at the family's small mud house.
He was not the only one mourning. Many others in his village, and those around, had similar stories to tell. Some homes had more than four members missing, including children.
"It was difficult to determine how many children were among the dead. However, a large number of injured who were shifted to different hospitals were children," Dr Tahira Parveen, medical superintendent at Bahawal Victoria Hospital, told the BBC.
Like more than a hundred others, Muhammad has submitted his DNA samples at the hospital.
"They told me they would match it with unidentified bodies and if they find my wife and son they will call. If it doesn't match, they said, they were sorry," he says, drying his eyes with a cloth wrapped around his neck.
He seems to have already reconciled himself with his worst fears. But he is angry too. "Where were the police? Why did they not come when the tanker overturned and stop people from going near the leaking fuel?"
DNA test results normally take 14 days, says Dr Parveen.
Tuesday's mass burials are intended to be temporary, while relatives wait to see if they succeed in a DNA match with those who perished.
It is going to be a long, painful two weeks for Muhammad Hayat and eighty other families in this small rural area in Ahmedpur East.
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The 2009 world champion dropped from 14th to 17th at the start before finishing in eighth place, one place ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez.
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"It's a little bit embarrassing because we're not doing a very good job at the moment," said the Englishman.
"We are doing everything we can. Thanks for the support from the fans."
McLaren are enduring one of their worst starts to the season in their recent history, with hopes of a first constructors' title since 1998 fading by the race.
The team are sixth in the standings, 102 points behind leader Red Bull after five races. Their best finish so far came in China in April, when Button was fifth.
In the drivers' championship, Button and Perez are 72 and 77 points respectively behind leader Sebastian Vettel in his Red Bull.
McLaren made major design changes to their car for 2013, while most of their rivals took a more evolutionary approach, but the new car has suffered from a lack of aerodynamic downforce.
I got a bad start, dropping back to 17th, and I was in a whole world of pain right then
"We've got a lot of work to do," added Button, 33, after the race in Barcelona, won by Fernando Alonso. "There's a lot of useful information to go through from the new parts on the car and we've got some other parts coming for Monaco, too."
Although Button was unable to challenge for the big points, he took some consolation from the way the team's strategy helped him rise from 17th after the first corner to eighth at the finish.
"I got a bad start, dropping back to 17th, and I was in a whole world of pain right then," he said. "I just couldn't get any tyre temperature.
"It was a slow lap to grid for some reason. The leader can dictate pace and, when a Mercedes is dictating, it's very slow. It works for them but not for us.
"When we moved to the harder of the two tyre compounds after the first stop, the balance was much better. I overtook a Mercedes and beat some cars we didn't think we would.
"It's not fantastic, but to get through to eighth shows a good job by the team in terms of strategy."
This time last year, McLaren were second in the constructors' championship with 98 points. That compares to sixth place and 29 points in 2013
Perez, 23, rued the decision to go out in the final part of qualifying rather tactically not set a time to save tyres.
"I'm a bit disappointed," said the Mexican. "We didn't maximise the full potential of the car. I think we paid for what we did in qualifying by going out in Q3. We lost laps on the tyres there - and that really affected us.
"Our car is still improving, and I think we can do a slightly better job at Monaco. After that, I hope we'll be able to gradually close the gap to the cars in front of us over the next few races."
Team principal Martin Whitmarsh added: "We scored six points today and we aren't satisfied with that.
"Nonetheless, to score points with both cars in what was a decidedly technical race is a very creditable achievement and constitutes a solid platform from which to move forwards from here on in."
Rosberg, the world championship leader, failed to do a single lap as his car suffered a water leak.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was second, 0.391 seconds off Hamilton and 0.235secs ahead of team-mate Max Verstappen.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were next, with McLaren's Fernando Alonso in a surprise sixth.
British Grand Prix qualifying and the race will be live on the BBC Sport website and radio 5 live Sports Extra.
Rosberg's problems, which put him on the back foot heading into qualifying on Saturday because of a lack of preparation time, come against a backdrop of internal tension at Mercedes following the collision between the two drivers on the final lap of last Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix.
Hamilton and Rosberg have been told they are on their "final warning" and that "financial and sporting penalties" could follow if they crash together again.
Rosberg has an 11-point advantage over Hamilton after he dropped from first to fourth following his ill-fated attempt to defend against the world champion at Turn Two at the Red Bull Ring.
Hamilton went on to win the race and Rosberg was penalised by stewards after being found at fault for the incident.
Possibly. Mercedes appear to be in a league of their own over one lap, but in race trim it may be closer.
In the final part of second practice, the teams simulate the race, running heavy fuel loads.
As Rosberg sat in the garage with the gearbox off his car, Hamilton's initial pace on his first-stint race-simulation run on soft tyres was initially very strong - a second or so faster than the Red Bulls.
But as the runs progressed, the Red Bull hung on to its pace longer and by the end of the runs their average pace was very similar.
Ferrari's runs were not comparable as they ran different tyres at different times.
But BBC F1 analyst Allan McNish said Ferrari were struggling, adding: "It is Red Bull who are going to take the fight to Mercedes on today's performance."
Behind the top three teams, Alonso's pace gave McLaren encouragement.
The Spaniard said on Thursday he was expecting to be qualifying in the top 10 and scoring points again after three difficult races, and it seems he may be on the money.
Honda's engine has an upgrade on its intake system for this weekend, which has meant the use of two of the company's permitted development 'tokens'.
Alonso's team-mate, Jenson Button, was struggling with a lack of grip and was 0.8secs slower in ninth place despite setting his time much later in the session when the track would have been faster.
Williams's Valtteri Bottas was seventh, ahead of an encouraging showing from the new Haas team for Romain Grosjean in eighth.
Renault's Jolyon Palmer was 18th fastest, an encouraging two places and 0.349secs quicker than team-mate Kevin Magnussen, who had to sit out the first session as reserve driver Esteban Ocon was given a run in the car.
And there was another notable performance from Manor's Pascal Wehrlein, who was 17th, ahead of both Renaults, after scoring the first point of his career and for the team this season in Austria last weekend.
Force India drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez were 15th and 16th but did not do qualifying simulation runs in the second session and can be expected to be close to if not in the top 10 in qualifying.
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Peter Barnes, 50, died when the helicopter he was flying clipped a crane at St George Wharf in Vauxhall, during freezing fog in January 2013.
Pedestrian Matthew Wood, 39, was hit and killed by the falling helicopter.
The jury found poor visibility confused the pilot and resulted in the accidental deaths of the two men.
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Twelve other people on the ground were also injured in the crash.
Mr Barnes, a pilot of 24 years, was under great commercial pressure to satisfy an important client that morning when he made the flawed decision to fly, which was "neither safe nor appropriate", the inquest heard.
He had been flying from Redhill Aerodrome in Surrey to Elstree in Hertfordshire but was diverted to Battersea heliport.
The jury accepted the Air Accident Investigation Branch's evidence that Mr Barnes experienced a "loss of situational awareness" because of poor visibility, causing the accident.
RotorMotion, the firm he was flying for, is no longer trading.
Coroner Andrew Harris addressed the relatives of Mr Barnes and Mr Wood at the inquest.
He said nothing would reverse the "tragic, sudden and completely unexpected" loss of their loved ones, but added he hoped possible prevention of deaths in future would mean some good could come of the accident.
Evidence from pilots, air traffic controllers and air crash investigators was included in the three-week inquest.
According to witnesses, pilots had to deal with conflicting rules around flying in the fog.
They were told to maintain a 500ft buffer zone from any structure, but flight paths, tall buildings and altitude restrictions often interfered, witnesses told the jury.
Low cloud cover and freezing fog, the conditions at the time of the crash, further complicated matters for pilots who were forced to descend for better visibility, the court heard.
He said he did not want gay people to be "excluded from a great institution", but would not force any groups to hold ceremonies in their places of worship.
Ministers will reveal their response to a consultation next week. MPs will be given a free vote on the issue.
The Church of England said it would study the proposals but was firmly against same-sex marriage.
In a statement, the Church said: "We believe that redefining marriage to include same-sex relationships will entail a dilution in the meaning of marriage for everyone by excluding the fundamental complementarity of men and women from the social and legal definition of marriage.
"Given the absence of any manifesto commitment for these proposals - and the absence of any commitment in the most recent Queen's Speech - there will need to be an overwhelming mandate from the consultation to move forward with these proposals and make them a legislative priority."
The Church said its stance was not a "knee-jerk resistance to change", but was "motivated by a concern for the good of all in society".
Mr Cameron's proposals have also angered some Tory MPs who have opposed the change in the law.
Bob Blackman, MP for Harrow East, warned there will be "outrage throughout the country" and a "clear backlash" against David Cameron's proposals.
He told BBC News: "Marriage is between one man and one woman and so changes to the definition of marriage are not appreciated and not strongly supported."
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When consultations were first held on the proposal to change the law to provide for same sex marriage, the Church of England predicted that it would be divisive and said it reflected a failure to understand that marriage was more than a ceremony.
After the prime minister's latest statement on this issue , the Church insisted that its concern was for the good of all in society - including upholding the potential in a marriage between a man and a woman of "the fruitfulness of procreation".
The Church argues that it cannot be accused of "knee-jerk resistance to change".
There are elements in the Church - and in some other religious institutions - that would be more in favour of same sex marriage.
The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement said no faith and no denomination should be forced into performing a marriage for a same sex couple - but if it was in keeping with their theology they should not be deprived of the opportunity of doing so.
The debate looks set to intensify.
He said he was against teachers "being forced to say same sex relationships are the equivalent of heterosexual relationships" - something he said would happen if the move become law.
Labour and the Lib Dems have yet to decide whether to join the Conservatives in granting their MPs a free vote on the issue, although the majority of MPs in the three parties are thought likely to back it.
But Mr Blackman predicted the legislation could face "an interesting challenge" in the House of Lords.
Conservative MP Stewart Jackson tweeted that the Bill would be "massacred in the Lords", adding, in a swipe at the prime minister: "Arrogant Cameron knows best."
Mr Cameron said: "I'm a massive supporter of marriage and I don't want gay people to be excluded from a great institution.
"But let me be absolutely 100% clear: if there is any church or any synagogue or any mosque that doesn't want to have a gay marriage it will not, absolutely must not, be forced to hold it.
"That is absolutely clear in the legislation.
"Also let me make clear, this is a free vote for Members of Parliament, but personally I will be supporting it."
The government's initial consultation document said it would not be possible for a same-sex couple to get married in church and other religious premises.
Under the new proposals, due to be outlined next week by Equalities Minister Maria Miller, religious organisations which do not want to host same-sex weddings will be given an absolute guarantee they will not be forced to do so.
But Whitehall sources say the best way to make the guarantee "water-tight" is to allow religions to opt in to hosting same-sex ceremonies if they want to.
Labour leader Ed Miliband and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg also support gay marriage in church.
Mr Clegg said: "It's very important to remember that in our plans we're not going to force any church or any religious denomination to hold same-sex marriage ceremonies if they don't want to but I do think it's time that we allow any couple, no matter who they are, to marry if that's what they want to do."
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: "I hope David Cameron will not be deterred by opposition within his own party and beyond.
"We need the government to move forward with an early debate in Parliament so the issue doesn't stall."
The Church of England and Roman Catholics, among other denominations, have voiced opposition to same-sex marriage.
But some religious groups, including Quakers, Unitarians and Liberal Judaism, are in favour of gay marriage and are thought likely to apply to be allowed to stage ceremonies.
Paul Parker, recording clerk for Quakers in Britain, said: "For Quakers, this is an issue of religious freedom and we don't seek to impose this on others."
Benjamin Cohen, of Out4Marriage, which backs same-sex weddings, said he was "delighted" by Mr Cameron's announcement.
"Legislation must give individual religious organisations the freedom to decide for themselves whether to hold same-sex marriages.
"None should be forced to, but those that wish to must be given the rights to do so."
Colin Hart, campaign director for the Coalition For Marriage, which opposes same-sex marriage, said: "The decision to press ahead with the profoundly undemocratic proposals to rewrite the traditional meaning of marriage is deeply disappointing and regrettable.
"What is even more alarming is the PM has gone back on his promises that churches will be protected.
"The suggestion that by creating an 'opt-in system' you somehow prevent churches, mosques and synagogues being sued is risible. This is now made much more likely."
James Morris was admitted to hospital with a broken leg in 1962 but never went home after suffering a cardiac arrest on the operating table.
He was left in a vegetative state after the operation and was moved to Wester Moffat Hospital in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire.
The Army veteran, who could only say three words, died in April aged 75.
His brother Karl Morris, 62, said a member of staff from Wester Moffat had suggested that no-one had been in care in a single hospital longer than James, who was just 21 when he was admitted.
Karl Morris, from Coatbridge, said: "Over the years we found a way to communicate with him. He was all there mentally but couldn't communicate with us at all.
"He only ever learned how to say three words again - his three loves - 'home', 'pub' and 'horses'.
"We often took him on holidays in Britain and the hospital knew how much he loved the pub so they would even take him there now and again."
James Morris was serving in the Scottish Rifle regiment, the Cameronians, in Germany when he was injured in a car crash.
He only broke his nose and thigh bone in the crash but part of his brain shut down during the operation on his thigh.
Helen Ryan, senior charge nurse at Wester Moffat, said: "Our condolences are with Jimmy's family at this time.
"Having spent such an extraordinarily long time at the hospital, Jimmy touched the lives of many. He was a good confidant and a great character and he will be sorely missed by everyone at the Heather Ward."
Wester Moffat Hospital confirmed Mr Morris had spent 54 years in their care after spending two years in other hospitals.
An NHS spokesman said they were not aware of anyone having spent longer than 54 years in an NHS hospital.
Karl Morris has praised the "unbelievable" staff at Wester Moffat for the care they gave his brother.
He said: "Everyone at the hospital was outstanding, to care for a man throughout his entire life is quite something and we couldn't be more grateful to the NHS.
"It was a place for young disabled people and over the years I've seen countless patients and staff come and go.
"We made sure he got out over the years to live as fulfilling a life as possible and even right up to the week before he died we brought him home to visit."
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They have also called on Dumfries and Galloway Council to provide more information to schools and parents about plans to axe more than 50 posts.
A group of parents claim the move could affect all school children, not just those with additional learning needs.
The authority claims changes are needed as part of a drive to save ??32m.
At a meeting in November, the council's education committee agreed to a savings package which would result in the loss of 52 positions from the learning support department.
The petition was set up by parents Roy Holden, of Dumfries, and Demi Powell, of Dalbeattie, who are leading a campaign against the changes.
They both have children who require help from school support staff.
Ms Powell said: "What we are really concerned about is the level of the cuts that are happening. It's a big number of people to lose from the service.
"Parents have struggled to get an appropriate level of support in the current service.
"They are not cutting a service that has a lot of extra capacity. They are cutting a service that's already stretched to the limit."
She said many teachers feel they are not appropriately trained to undertake the work that has been carried out by support staff in the past.
All children will suffer because teachers will have less time to spend with the whole class, she said.
"The teachers have recently implemented a whole new curriculum, and in the secondary schools they have a new qualification system.
"They're being stretched as it is. We want the best for all the children in the region."
A spokesman for the council said that the supported learning department, which has 29 different teams, is "too complex" and could be "significantly improved".
He said the changes will be introduced over three years, it will target those most in need, increase early intervention and it will provide more flexible support tailored to the needs of each child.
A letter is currently being drawn up which will explain the changes to parents and guardians.
He added: "We recognise the need to engage fully with families about the proposals and therefore family engagement forums will shortly be held across the region to ensure that families are kept informed during the development of the new model and to minimise any negative impact for families."
The tourists, 340-3 overnight, declared on 427-3 as Shai Hope (107) and Roston Chase (110) reached their centuries.
Captain Jason Holder (3-48) then led the way with the pink ball, which will also be used in next week's day-night Test against England at Edgbaston.
After Derbyshire were bowled out for 181, the Windies opted to bat again and were 60-1 by close of play at Derby.
Only teenager Calum Brodrick (52), on his first-class debut, and opener Ben Slater (39) passed 20 for the hosts.
The Windies' pace quartet - Shannon Gabriel, Kemar Roach, Alzarri Joseph and Holder - were all in the wickets as they warmed up for the first day-night Test to be held in England.
However, Gabriel, playing his first game of the tour, sent down 20 no-balls as his nine overs cost 64 runs.
Keeper Shane Dowrich had a busy day with five catches off the seamers as well as a stumping off Chase's off-spin when Brodrick was the eighth man out after adding 55 with stand-in skipper Tony Palladino.
West Indies had not registered a century in their first two tour games against Essex and Kent, which were both drawn.
But earlier in the day, Hope and Chase joined Hope's brother Kyle, Friday's centurion, in reaching three figures against an inexperienced county attack which included two teenagers and four others under 25.
Opener Kraigg Brathwaite, who fell cheaply for the second time in the match to give 16-year-old seamer James Taylor his maiden first-class wicket, will be the only West Indian to feel he missed out.
North Yorkshire County Council voted 7-4 in favour of Third Energy's application to extract shale gas at a site near Kirby Misperton in Ryedale.
Friends of the Earth and Frack Free Ryedale said they would be seeking legal advice and launched a People's Declaration in a bid to stop fracking.
Third Energy says the process is safe.
Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at rock to release the gas inside.
Opponents say it can cause water contamination, earthquakes and noise and traffic pollution.
Third Energy's application was passed by the council's planning committee on Monday.
More than 4,300 objections to the application were received and 100 people gave evidence during the two-day hearing. Just 36 representations in support of the application were received.
Ryedale District Councillor Di Keal, of Frack Free Ryedale, told BBC Radio York: "People are very down, people are very upset - there were tears yesterday. But I know people round here, they will stand up and they will fight. This battle does go on.
"We will be looking to take legal opinion on what we can do."
Friends Of The Earth campaigner Simon Bowens said the organisation would "consider all options available, and that includes judicial review", but would not expand on what any legal challenge might focus on.
Both groups are urging people to support their campaign by signing a Public Declaration, which states that "we remain opposed to fracking in Yorkshire, in Britain, and across the world".
Protesters have also raised concerns that passing the application will open the floodgates to hundreds of other wells.
But planning committee chairman Peter Sowray said: "This planning application has nothing to do with any more wells. It was just about the test stimulation of the one well."
He said some opposition was based on "emotions" rather than "genuine planning reasons", and he was confident in the safety assurances given by Third Energy and the Environment Agency.
Since the application was passed, Conservative councillor Cliff Trotter, who voted in favour of fracking, said he had received intimidating emails.
He told BBC Radio 5 Live: "Yes, a few. But that's par for the course, I suppose."
Third Energy operations director John Dewar said he was "absolutely confident" that the operation - called KM8 - would run according to plan. He could not say whether fracking there would be commercially viable.
"What we can't predict at this moment in time how much [gas] will flow and how long it will flow for," he said.
"We do know the gas is down there and I'm absolutely confident we will be able to fracture each of the five zones safely, and then we just have to wait and see what quantity and what rate of gas comes back."
The onshore energy industry has welcomed the decision.
The chief executive of UK Onshore Oil and Gas, Ken Cronin, said fracking could help to combat climate change.
He said: "What we've seen in the US is a massive reduction in emissions coming from the electricity sector, as a result of a shift from coal to gas.
"We've also seen a very significant shift from coal to gas in this country over the course of the last six months.
"And that's partly down to the North Sea, partly down to on-shore and also partly down to renewables."
Nicholas Salvador, of Gilda Avenue, Enfield, is accused of killing Palmira Silva, 82, who was found in a garden in Edmonton, north London, on Thursday.
The 25-year-old is also charged with assaulting a police officer.
A post-mortem examination on Saturday found Ms Silva died from stab wounds to the heart and aorta. She was found decapitated, it is understood.
Mr Salvador was remanded in custody during a hearing at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court and is due to appear at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.
The defendant was taken to the dock in the magistrates' court by four police officers, the BBC's Sophie Long said.
She said one officer had to confirm Mr Salvador's name to the court as he would not answer.
Police found Ms Silva's body behind a property, in Nightingale Road, after being called to the area following reports an animal had been attacked.
Officers evacuated nearby homes before the suspect was Tasered.
Neighbours described Ms Silva as a "lovely lady" and said she was an Italian widow who ran a cafe in Church Street, near Edmonton Green station.
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CAS wants the UK government to halt the introduction of Personal Independence Payments (PIP) which replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
The PIP system was introduced as part of wider reforms to the welfare system.
The Smith Commission proposed control of this benefit be devolved.
CAS has argued that Scottish claimants would be switched to the new system now, only to be moved again in two years' time when control over the benefit is handed to the Scottish government.
It warned this could lead to delays and uncertainty.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) began a rollout of the PIP in Scotland in January 2014.
CAS chief executive Margaret Lynch said: "As we know that the Scottish government will be developing and introducing its own PIP equivalent, we don't want to see disabled claimants having to go through changes in their payments twice in a short period of time.
"I think this will be of major detriment to claimants and is unnecessary and possibly very distressing.
"In addition it seems a waste of resources to pay for the assessments of tens of thousands of disabled people to transfer them on to a system that they will not be staying on. "
Ms Lynch has written to Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith urging them to halt the introduction of PIP in Scotland.
However, a DWP spokesman said: "Under the Personal Independence Payment, claimants receive a face-to-face assessment and regular reviews to ensure support is directed according to need.
"Latest figures show just that, with over 22% of people getting the highest level of support under PIP, compared to 16% under the outgoing DLA system.
"To halt this progress now would be to disadvantage disabled people across Scotland."
As part-time soldiers they can fight - and die - alongside comrades from the regular Army.
But unlike regulars, when their tours of duty end they go straight back to civilian life.
"I was in the desert on the Thursday and was back to work by Sunday," said reservist Kevin Hurley, speaking about his return from Iraq in 2003.
All soldiers now get 24 hours of "decompression" after active service, but many reservists then return to their civilian jobs within days.
Regular soldiers go back to base in the UK, before usually being allowed on leave.
But Mr Hurley said it is civilian employment, not Army life, which poses the biggest problem for reservists.
He said many are overlooked for jobs or promotions because businesses do not want workers who can be called away on military service.
Mr Hurley, who has been a reservist for 43 years and is also Surrey's Police and Crime Commissioner, said he had seen "many cases of discrimination" and had once been told openly he was refused a senior job because he was in the Territorial Army (TA).
"Businesses have to be forced not to discriminate against reservists in the same way they were forced not to discriminate against young women who could get pregnant," he said.
But as well as challenges, reservists' double lives bring many benefits.
Reece Hancock, who is serving in Afghanistan, called it a "bit of a break" from his job as a teacher.
"I think school teaching is quite tough and I think out here, with the climate and the work, it's about the same - apart from I don't have to write any reports here so it's a little bit easier," he said.
Many reservists bring special skills to the Army, and take others back to civilian life.
Captain Ted Evans, a doctor in the UK, has done two tours to Afghanistan and said he has gained "a huge amount" of experience and confidence at treating severely injured casualties.
Since 2003 there have been more than 25,000 reservist mobilisations to Iraq and Afghanistan, with 30 reservists killed.
And the role of reservists is set to increase.
The government has published a White Paper setting out plans to double the size of the TA, which is to be renamed the Army Reserve, from 15,000 in 2010 to 30,000 by 2018.
The regular Army is being cut from 102,000 to 82,000, and defence secretary Philip Hammond has said reservists will be an "integral part" of the new structure.
Mr Hurley warned that the Army would not be able to recruit enough reservists unless new employment protection was brought in, and Mr Hammond was believed to be considering anti-discrimination legislation.
But the White Paper does not include plans to make it illegal for firms to discriminate against reservists when hiring, though officials said this issue would be kept "under review".
The document also outlines a scheme to pay small firms - those with fewer than 250 staff - £500 a month for reservists away on deployment.
And Mr Hammond said more notice would be given to help companies prepare for staff being away.
Mike Cherry, national policy chairman for the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), said the organisation was "very supportive" of employers who hire reservists and said many FSB members do.
But a survey carried out in December and January showed 36% of 6,500 small businesses polled would not consider employing a reservist, and Mr Cherry said very small businesses "obviously can't commit to it".
David Norris, director of Essex-based renewable energy firm Envirosolar, said the company was actively recruiting reservists and had approached the local TA to invite applications.
He accepted that losing staff on military mobilisation was not ideal, but said the "discipline, organisation and commitment" of most reservists outweighed that risk.
Former soldier Sean Farrington, now UK managing director of software firm Qlik, said being a reservist was "character building and skills building", especially for younger people.
He said many employers are unaware of the "technical skills of the modern soldier", such as using communications technology and dealing with live data.
Mr Farrington also said being a reservist would teach people discipline, adding: "One of the challenges here is to get companies to realise the benefits."
Speaking about the quality of reservists Mr Farrington, an Army officer from 1981 to 1994, said there was still "some snobbery" from regulars towards them when he joined, but TA involvement in conflicts such as the first Gulf War had "changed the perception".
He said the use of reservists in Iraq and Afghanistan in recent years showed they were "clearly not amateurs".
But Bryan Hunter, a former private in the Parachute Regiment, said the government was using reservists as a "cheap way of filling the ranks".
He said did not want to "knock" TA soldiers, but added: "Training for a few hours a week and a couple of longer spells during the year will only teach them basics."
The White Paper is the latest stage of a process which started with the 2010 defence review, and should bring the total number of UK military reservists to about 35,000, including almost 5,000 in the RAF and Royal Navy.
French national Jimmy Sainte, 29, who arrived in the UK from Nigeria, attacked the girl at a flat in Glasgow between November 2007 and June 2009.
The High Court in Glasgow heard that the abuse only came to light when the girl told a friend.
Sentence on Sainte was deferred. He was placed on the sex offenders register.
Judge Lady Wolffe told him: "This is clearly a very serious and anxious matter."
The court heard how Sainte raped the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, while babysitting.
The offences were carried out a flat in Charing Cross, Glasgow.
His young victim, who is now 13, told a friend about the abuse while she and her friends were playing "telling secrets".
One of her friends told her mother, who told a teacher, who in turn told the school's head teacher. The police were then called in.
The young victim's mother told the court that when she phoned Sainte and told him about the accusation, he admitted raping the girl.
The woman said: "He told me it was the work of the devil."
In her evidence, the young girl said: "He raped me up to twice a week for about a year."
She said she was too scared to tell any adults about the abuse.
Scientists studied more than 1,000 healthy joggers and non-joggers over a 12-year period.
The study suggests jogging at a steady pace for less than two and a half hours a week was best for health.
UK guidance says adults should aim for 150 minutes of exercise each week.
The Danish study asked participants to register how frequently they jogged, for how long and at what intensity - as well as requesting details of their health.
The scientists concluded the ideal pace to jog was about 5mph (8km/h) - and that it was best to jog no more than three times a week or for 2.5 hours in total.
Researcher Jacob Louis Marott, from the Frederiksberg Hospital in Copenhagen, said: "You don't actually have to do that much to have a good impact on your health.
"And perhaps you shouldn't actually do too much.
"No exercise recommendations across the globe mention an upper limit for safe exercise, but perhaps there is one."
This is a small study, particularly when it comes to the people in the most active groups - only 36 were classified as "strenuous" joggers and just two of this group died.
So experts caution this makes it harder to detect and be confident of the differences between each group.
But the paper does build on previous research, such as this study in mice, which suggested exercise affected heart rhythm, and other work which has suggested long-term strenuous endurance exercise can damage the heart.
Maureen Talbot, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "This study shows that you don't have to run marathons to keep your heart healthy.
"Light and moderate jogging was found to be more beneficial than being inactive or undertaking strenuous jogging, possibly adding years to your life.
"National guidelines recommend we do 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity a week.
"It may sound like a lot, but even brisk walking is good exercise. And if you're bit of a couch potato, this is a good place to start."
Update 6 February 2015: This story, which was first published on 3 February, has been amended to give more detail of the scale of the study.
Barnsley's Conor Hourihane went close early on, seeing his shot cleared off the line before Fleetwood's Bobby Grant missed with a curled effort .
The Cod Army took the lead after goalkeeper Adam Davies could only parry Ashley Hunter's cross into his own net.
But Manchester United loanee Ashley Fletcher equalised 12 minutes later, heading in from Adam Hammill's cross.
The second leg will be played at Highbury on 2 February, with the winners meeting either Millwall or Oxford United in the final at Wembley on April 3.
Passenger Renee Rabinowitz, who is in her 80s, brought a damages case against the airline, after she was asked to move.
Jerusalem Magistrate's Court said such requests break discrimination laws.
The airline says it never pressures passengers to swap seats.
Ms Rabinowitz, a Holocaust survivor, was flying from Newark in the US to Tel Aviv in 2015, when the air steward made the request.
She said she felt "humiliated".
Many strictly Orthodox men avoid accidentally touching women other than their wives in order to guard against extra-marital attraction, a concept in Jewish law known as negiah.
Civil rights group Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), which was representing Ms Rabinowitz in the case, said the win was "a huge victory" in a "long fought battle against gender segregation in the public sphere".
Similar requests for seat swaps have been causing problems and delays on fights, according to The Jerusalem Post, "due to the refusal of such men to take their seats before take off".
The ruling "ends years of uproar over the policy led by rights groups who say it is discriminatory," it said.
El Al argued in court that it opposes any form of discrimination against passengers, said The Times of Israel.
The court ordered El Al to inform staff that such requests are illegal.
It awarded Ms Rabinowitz 6,500 shekels ($1,800; £1,450) in damages.
"I'm thrilled because the judge understood the issue," she told The New York Times. "She realised it is not an issue of money; they awarded a very small sum. She realised it's a matter of El Al changing its policy and that's what they've been ordered to do."
The boathouse and slipway in Swanage is the RNLI's first premises to be designed specifically for the new Shannon class of lifeboat.
It includes training areas, changing facilities and a workshop and will allow quicker emergency launches.
Hundreds of people attended a ceremony to dedicate the boathouse and name the town's new lifeboat.
The boathouse replaced the 140-year-old building on Peveril Point Road.
The new Shannon Class lifeboat - George Thomas Lacy - has been operating out of Swanage for the past year, but was kept on a mooring while the new lifeboat station was built.
The station also houses the inshore D class lifeboat, Phyl & Jack, which was first brought into service in 2012.
More than £465,000 of the total cost of £8m was raised locally. Finance also came from legacies and the charity's central funds.
Patron of the Swanage Lifeboat Station Appeal, John Whybrow, said the station was "state of the art".
"This is a lifeboat station which all involved can be proud of. It has been made a reality because of the generosity our supporters, donors, fundraisers and station volunteers," he said.
The products were stored inside a truck trailer parked near Rilland, a village close to the Belgian border.
They included 100,000 bottles of hydrogen gas, 15,000kg of caustic soda and 3,000 litres of other chemicals.
Police did not give an estimate of the street value of the drug or say if anyone was arrested.
They said they are investigating who was behind the drugs haul.
The Netherlands is known as one of the world's major manufacturing centres for ecstasy.
Emergency services were called to the site at Stobhill Hospital in the Springburn area at about 19:00 on Sunday.
The fire is thought to have broken out in an old mortuary.
Fire crews worked brought the blaze under control just after 01:00. The disused building is separate from the main hospital.
There were no injuries reported.
The government has unveiled a draft constitution which refers to women as "complementary to men".
The mostly women protesters held up placards which read: "Rise up women for your rights."
Tunisia was one of the most secular Arab states before the Islamist Ennahda party won elections last year.
It took power following the mass uprising which led to the overthrow of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's regime in January 2011.
The 1956 constitution said that women and men were equal, banned polygamy and introduced civil divorce and marriage.
'Open the door'
Ennahda member Farida al-Obeidi, who chairs the constitutional assembly's human rights and public freedoms panel, said the wording of the draft constitution was not a backward step for Tunisian women, Reuters reports.
Instead, the draft stipulates the "sharing of roles and does not mean that women are worth less than men", she said.
But the chairperson of the Democratic Women's Association, Ahlam Belhadj, condemned the clause.
"Major retreats usually begin with one step," she said.
"If we stay silent today, we will open the door to everything else and end up surprised by even more serious decisions."
The protests began on Monday evening after the end of the daytime fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Student Megan Jacobs found the fossilised front tooth of a Eotyrannus lengii while walking on Compton Beach.
It suggests the Eotyrannus could have been six metres (20 ft) long - larger than previously estimated.
Oliver Mattison of the Dinosaur Expeditions Centre said the find was "tantalising".
He said it raised the prospect that a complete skeleton could be found somewhere along the Isle of Wight coastline.
Eotyrannus lengii
Source: Dinosaur Isle
Palaeontology student Ms Jacobs spotted the 2.8cm-long tooth in a fresh cliff-side rockfall on the island's western shore.
"I could tell it was a big carnivore tooth, it was in pristine condition," she said.
She took the tooth to the Dinosaur Expeditions Centre, where Mr Mattison said it was from the front of the creature's mouth and its distinctive serrated pattern marked it out as a Tyrannosaur.
The island is believed to be the only place where remains of the species have been unearthed.
It was previously estimated to have been about four metres (13 ft) in length.
Mr Mattison said: "It is significantly bigger than previous finds and shows it was Eotyrannus was definitely bigger than estimates and may be even bigger still."
The tooth will now be placed on display at the volunteer-run Dinosaur Expeditions Centre museum.
Primary 3 and 4 pupils at Papdale School in Kirkwall gave Bubbles and Freddy a traditional Norse ceremony to start their journey to Valhalla.
The fish become class pets for Christmas but both died recently.
The children, who had been studying the Vikings, wrote down their memories of the fish and read them aloud before the boat set sail.
The school blog revealed they "decided to send our fish to Valhalla with a Viking style burial in a longship we made that day".
The blog added: "While we will miss Freddy and Bubbles, we certainly enjoyed giving them a good send off to Valhalla."
The 31-year-old broke his pelvis and both legs in the accident in January while on a training camp in Tenerife with fellow sprinter Nigel Levine.
The Olympian took his first steps two weeks later, despite being told he would be in a wheelchair for six weeks.
Now he is hoping to compete at the Games in Australia in April 2018.
"I continue to aim high, which is why I say next year I want to be back on the track," Ellington said. "If my mind is in that place and I miss by a small margin at least I'll be doing some sort of sport.
"Personally I think I'm going to be back next year. The doctors and surgeons said I'd never be able to run again. Going back to the sport and what I do, that's been my rock to lean on and push me forward."
Levine also fractured his pelvis when the pair were hit by a car driven around a bend on the wrong side of the road.
Ellington is a 100m and 200m specialist and two-time Olympian, who was a key member of Great Britain's gold medal-winning 4x100m relay teams at the 2014 and 2016 European Championships.
If he does not make the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, he has the European Championships in Berlin next August and the World Championships in Doha in 2019 in his sights.
"From the very beginning I told the doctors and surgeons what my goals were to come back," he added.
"They looked at me a bit dubious like 'I don't know about that'. But I've proved them wrong so far so now they're starting to believe me.
"About two-and-a-half, three weeks ago it just clicked and I was able to walk without a limp.
"It's just a milestone along the way and the next will be jogging. I know my body really well and in the next two or three weeks I may be able to start jogging."
The special comeback will be part of Channel 4's Stand Up To Cancer charity fundraising campaign in October.
Former Doctor Who actor David Tennant had been rumoured as a potential host before Merchant was confirmed.
The cult show originally ran from 1990-95 and was first hosted by Rocky Horror Show creator Richard O'Brien and then Ed Tudor-Pole in its last two years.
Merchant is best known for writing and acting with Ricky Gervais on TV comedies The Office, Extras and Life's Too Short.
He said: "As a huge fan of the original series, I'm honoured to support Stand Up To Cancer by hosting this one-off edition of The Crystal Maze.
"Richard O'Brien and Ed Tudor-Pole leave big shoes to fill, but I have size 14 feet, so I'll do my best."
The Crystal Maze saw members of the public tackle a range of physical, mental, skill and mystery timed challenges across four themed zones.
The format was recently revived as an immersive live experience in London thanks to a crowdfunded project.
The celebrity contestants for the new TV incarnation are yet to be revealed.
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The first relates to a £7,500 SFA fine in March over a breach of their rules on dual interest in football clubs.
He is also challenging an SFA decision to pass Dave King as "fit and proper" to become Rangers chairman despite his tax convictions in South Africa.
Both judicial review cases will be heard at the Court of Session in 2016.
Mr Ashley's £7,500 fine was for contravening the SFA's dual-ownership regulations.
The Sports Direct billionaire fell foul of the SFA's disciplinary rule number 19 which states that no person who has a formal interest in one club can have a similar role in another side.
Lawyers acting for Mr Ashley claim the SFA acted incorrectly and are seeking a judicial review into the SFA's decision.
The second case is brought by Mr Ashley's company, MASH Holdings Limited, who wish the SFA's decision to declare Mr King a "fit and proper" person to be judicially reviewed.
The company is the ownership mechanism in which Mike Ashley holds his shares in Rangers.
Mr King had to be ratified by the SFA due to his tax convictions in South Africa.
The businessman admitted to 41 breaches of the South African Income Tax Act and agreed to pay a £43.7m settlement in 2013 following a legal battle.
Lawyers for MASH claim the SFA's decision was wrong and that Mr King is not a fit and proper person to be involved with a football club.
He wants tax cuts and increased spending on infrastructure. In other words more stimulus to the economy from the government budget.
Could that mean less for the Federal Reserve to do in supporting the recovery?
That in turn could mean a more rapid return to normal interest rates.
The aftermath of the financial crisis was an important part of the background to Mr Trump's election success.
The subsequent recovery has not been particularly strong. Many Americans, especially in former industrial areas, have felt that it has passed them by.
Most of the work in terms of economic policy to support that recovery has been done by the US Federal Reserve, the country's central bank.
The Fed has maintained a policy of ultra-low interest rates, keeping a key rate for lending between banks rates practically zero until a year ago. That tends to keep rates low across the economy. Even now that interest rate which the Fed targets has been raised only once since the crisis and is just a little above zero.
The Fed also ran a programme of "quantitative easing", buying financial assets with newly-created money. That may have helped add to the downward pressure on interest rates paid by businesses and households.
But what about support from the government budget, or fiscal policy? Tax cuts and spending can be used to provide economic stimulus. It has often been done in the past in the US and many other countries.
President Obama did do that in his first term, with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009, a programme worth $800bn.
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There is a great deal of dispute about how much benefit there was from it. Some say it simply increased government debt. But others say it helped prevent another depression.
Certainly, some economists in the Obama administration would have liked to do more but felt that they would not be able to get the support of Congress.
It's also the case that, more recently, Fed officials are thought to have believed that more stimulus from fiscal policy (taxes and government spending) would have been useful.
The Fed Chair Janet Yellen didn't say that explicitly when she gave testimony to a Senate committee in June, but there was certainly a hint of that view.
The fact that there has not been as much stimulus from the government budget as Ms Yellen would probably like, is one reason why she and her Federal Reserve colleagues have kept rates so low.
But perhaps Donald Trump's election signals a new direction. Infrastructure spending is something to which he is committed and so are tax cuts.
That means more borrowing by government - unless he really does manage to double the rate of economic growth, as he said he would, presumably on the strength of his plans to reduce business regulation.
He will be working with a Republican majority in both houses of Congress.
There is likely to be real enthusiasm for cutting taxes. But allowing borrowing to rise will be harder for some Republicans in Congress to swallow.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, is seen by many as a "deficit hawk", someone who wants to bring government borrowing down sharply. He has critics who say that's not true - but that is how he is seen by many.
Still, on the face of it, Mr Trump's plans so far suggest a stimulus to the US economy from the Federal government budget.
That means the Federal Reserve is likely to feel less need to continue providing its own stimulus in the form of its exceptionally low interest rates.
In addition, this stimulus could give inflation a boost, and the Fed will want to ensure that any acceleration in price rises is not too sharp. That's another factor that would tend to make the Fed more inclined to raise interest rates.
The next opportunity for the Fed to take a step, on what is likely to be a long road towards more normal interest rates, is a policy meeting next month. In the aftermath of the election the view in the markets is that the likelihood of a rate rise has increased since before the election.
Indeed, before the vote, when markets thought Mr Trump would probably lose, the view was that if he did confound expectations and win, the Fed would be more likely to hold back due to financial market volatility.
In the event, that didn't materialise and so now the Fed is seen as likely to be back on its original course for a rate increase at the next meeting. And because of Mr Trump's budget plans, the odds of that have increased.
In short it might be that Mr Trump has begun the process of taking away from the Fed the job of stimulating the recovery.
It's unlikely that Ms Yellen would mind all that much. Apart from anything else, higher Fed rates would give the central bank more ammunition - more scope to cut rates later - when the US economy has another downturn, as it surely will sooner or later.
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That was two more than in the previous quarter but one less than in the same period a year previously.
The FTSE sectors issuing most warnings were support services (11), travel and leisure (8), non-life insurance (5) and software and computer services (5).
Firms must warn when earnings look like being less than previously expected.
The report says profit warnings from industrial and commodity sectors have fallen significantly since the end of 2015, helped by an improving global economy.
But it says the impact of a weaker pound and rising pricing pressures "loom large".
Some 28% of warnings cited rising costs and pressure on prices, compared with 15% in 2016.
And another 28% of warnings cited contract delays or cancellations.
"Improving global growth and the positive impact of a weaker pound on exports, combined with falling expectations in stressed areas, should limit the number of profit warnings in the near-term," said Alan Hudson of EY.
"However, increased overheads, political and regulatory change, and digital disruption are piling pressure on sectors with long-standing structural issues, especially in consumer and business services.
"Periods of rapid change often leave companies behind and the next few years are unlikely to prove an exception."
The 19-year-old's contract at Old Trafford expired this summer and he had been expected to leave.
Manager Sir Alex Ferguson told MUTV: "Pogba signed for Juventus a long time ago as far as we're aware. Which is disappointing.
Pogba will be up against the likes of Claudio Marchisio, Andrea Pirlo, Milos Krasic, Felipe Melo and Simone Pepe for a place in the Juventus midfield
"I don't think he showed us any respect at all so, to be honest, I'm quite happy."
Pogba joined United from Le Havre in 2009 but made just a handful of substitute appearances, with his last outing coming in the 5-0 win over Wolves last March.
Ferguson also confirmed that he is in the dark over the future of left-back Ezekiel Fryers.
Fryers, 19, is also out of contract but is expected back for pre-season training this week.
"We haven't heard anything from Zeki Fryers," Ferguson said.
"I don't know what's happening there but he's not been in touch with the club.
"His agent hasn't been in touch with the club and I can only assume he'll be back for training."
In less than a week, more than 800,000 Indians have sent emails to India's telecom regulator, demanding a free and fair internet.
Activists set up websites like netneutrality.in and savetheinternet.in. A video on net neutrality by a leading comedy group went viral, in much the same way that British comedian John Oliver's show on net neutrality changed the debate in the US last June, and flooded the US regulator with user support for net neutrality.
Also, some leading companies, including the media behemoth Times Group, have pulled out of Facebook's Internet.org initiative, fearing it threatens the principle of "net neutrality".
Net neutrality means service providers should treat all traffic equally. Users should be able to access all websites at the same speed and cost.
In India, the trigger was a 117-page paper published by the regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), titled Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-the-top (OTT) services.
Over-the-top services include apps like Skype or WhatsApp that ride on top of telecom operators' networks.
Users do pay data charges to access them, but they may eat into operator revenue, such as when users make free Skype calls instead of paying the operator much more for a long-distance call.
The paper followed an attempt by leading operator Airtel last December to charge extra for internet calls. A user backlash followed, and Airtel withdrew the plan.
Activists focused on Airtel Zero, a platform that allows customers to access mobile applications for free, with the internet data charges being paid by the companies owning the application.
This is called "zero rating", and operators call it toll-free data. The data charges are paid by the app vendor.
India's biggest online retailer Flipkart pulled out of a deal with phone network Airtel to let customers browse its site for free - Flipkart planned to pick up their internet data costs - after a social media backlash.
Both the retailer and the phone network said they supported net neutrality.
Meanwhile, US regulator FCC has published its rules that will likely enforce net neutrality from June. Its pro-net neutrality stance has major backing from large technology players such as Google and Amazon.
In India, though, those firms have been mostly quiet on the subject.
Google has been part of "zero-rated" deals with telecom operators, which activists say violate net neutrality.
An Amazon India spokesperson told the BBC that the online retailer supports a "non-discriminatory open internet" to promote affordable access for all to the Internet. "Consumers should not be denied highest quality access to the content of their choice because of discriminatory pricing," a statement said.
However, not everyone is backing the extreme "net neutrality or nothing" stance of the activists.
Some free-market advocates and investors point out flaws in it, especially in possible over-regulation.
Alok Mittal, a Delhi-based investor in internet businesses, is one of them.
"I am not in favour of pricing guidelines and restrictions, or excessive government interference in a free market. So I am okay with zero-rating," he says.
"But I am against throttling or slowing down some services."
Sanjeev Bikhchandani, one of India's leading internet entrepreneurs and founder of job site Naukri.com, says he supports net neutrality, but worries more about net freedom.
"TRAI's idea of licensing OTT apps is scary," he says. "India must not be denied access to great apps and services by a licensing regime. Start-ups and young apps developers might have to apply for a time-consuming licensing process, stifling innovation."
Activists have accused the TRAI of bringing out a consultation paper whose questions are framed in a way sympathetic to the telecom industry, suggesting an outcome that could be in favour of telecom operators.
The paper itself says: "the two extremes - strict network neutrality and no regulation - are inherently flawed. Banning all discrimination is over-inclusive."
However, all that may have changed with the sheer volume of user response, which has taken the operators, the regulator and even the activists by surprise.
India's ruling BJP government had set up a committee to study net neutrality issues, and it will submit its report next month. Given the public opinion, that report may well tilt toward stronger net neutrality.
In the US, the debate has moved ahead, with the imminent enforcement of the FCC rules on net neutrality.
That has already triggered lawsuits with AT&T suing the FCC, following lawsuits filed by four consortiums of cable, wireless, and telecom firms.
That could be the likely outcome in India, too, as operators, financially stretched by expensive spectrum auctions, high energy costs, and extremely low revenues per user, go to court to challenge a decision that they say would block off an avenue to supplement data revenues.
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Dyfed-Powys Police said the men have been released with no further action following a post-mortem examination on 57-year-old Janice Marjorie Holt.
Ms Holt was found at her home in the Pentop area of Cardigan on Sunday.
Police said her family have been informed and a file will be submitted to the coroner.
Catriona Lilley, 22, was taking part in filming for a TV crime programme when it happened.
She suffered a fractured jaw and lost teeth in the collision. Five other people were also hurt.
It happened near Boucher Road last month. A 24-year-old man was arrested but was later released on bail.
Ms Lilley said: "The first night that I came home I woke up in the night having flashbacks of the car just coming at me.
"I started to feel really ill because I could imagine it hitting my stomach over and over again."
She described how the crash had affected her.
"I have not gone near my car," she said.
"I know I wasn't driving, but the thought of being on the road with cars all around me is making me quite anxious.
"I have found myself slightly more nervous about crossing roads, even though I wasn't on a road when it happened, thinking that this is where a car could be driving and hit me."
Ms Lilley said took comfort from the "fact that everyone else is doing OK".
She described the immediate aftermath of the collision as confusing and shocking.
"I couldn't stop screaming," she said.
"It was just really horrifying and really traumatic seeing everything around me. I was just thinking 'God I hope is everyone is OK' and what on earth was that. What happened?
"It just seemed so surreal."
A television crew was filming a reconstruction for an RTÉ crime show in the area at the time of the crash.
It is thought about 20 people were taking part.
It is understood the car involved in the incident was not part of the filming for the crime reconstruction.
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Colin Slater, 83, worked on his first Notts game in 1959 as a local newspaper journalist, making his BBC Radio Nottingham bow in 1968. He will remain the station's Magpies correspondent.
The Sony Radio Academy award winner was made an MBE in 2001.
"Now is the right time to have made this decision," he said.
Colin's last commentary for BBC Radio Nottingham will be the Magpies' trip to Newport County on 6 May - almost 50 years after he was first heard on the airwaves.
"I left newspapers just as Radio Nottingham was starting," he said.
"I got a telephone call from the first manager of the station, Gerald Nethercott, who asked me to be their Notts County correspondent.
"The first game I did on radio was in August 1968. Notts County lost 5-0 at Lincoln."
Colin, whose input helped save the club from going out of business in 1965, was behind the microphone at Wembley on several occasions during the 1990s, as Notts County twice won promotion and beat Ascoli to win the Anglo-Italian Cup.
Other memorable matches included a 2-0 win over Chelsea in 1981, the year the Magpies won promotion to top flight, a victory over Leyton Orient in 1998 which saw them promoted as champions of Division Three and the 5-0 thrashing of Darlington in 2010 that saw them win League Two.
He will continue to report on the club's fortunes but has given up match commentary to limit his travelling.
He said: "I will still be at home matches and I will travel to a selection of away matches, but I won't be commentating.
"Rather than doing 50 games a season, which has been my norm for years, I think that I'll be doing something between 30 and 35 games a season.
County moment: "The final whistle at Wembley in a play-off final against Brighton and the knowledge that Notts were going back to the old First Division."
County manager: "Jimmy Sirrel, by some distance, was the most successful manager not just of my time with Notts County, but in their entire history."
County player: "Don Masson. The finest passer of the ball that I've seen in Notts County's colours. Magical moments - splitting defences with one pass. Outstanding.
Ground to visit: "The Emirates Stadium. I've been a guest there but not worked there. I think it's just wonderful and better than the new Wembley."
BBC Radio Nottingham's Matchtalk presenter David Jackson: "He seems to know everyone and takes a keen interest in each and every one of them. It's incredible.
"I grew up listening to Colin's voice on BBC Radio Nottingham and I'll never forget the feeling of pride I got when I first shared a commentary with him. It was at Field Mill in 2002, Notts County were playing Mansfield Town.
"Colin was his typically generous self even though I stepped over my allocated time to continue commentating as Mansfield went 3-0 up.
"And then there's that voice. What a voice. Any broadcaster would give their right arm for a voice as distinctive. The airwaves each Saturday afternoon will be all the poorer for not having Colin's voice gracing them."
BBC Radio Nottingham sport producer Colin Fray: "It's been a privilege and a pleasure to work alongside Colin, and it will continue to be so in the future.
"His knowledge of Notts County and his contacts book are second to none, and I'm delighted that he'll be carrying on as the station's Notts correspondent, still attending many of the club's matches on behalf of the BBC.
"Colin's decision to hang up his commentary microphone leaves his replacement with a hard act to follow."
1959: Covered first Notts County match, a 2-1 win over Chester for Nottingham Evening News and Football News.
1963: Notts County correspondent for Nottingham Evening Post and Guardian Journal.
1968: Covered first Notts County match for BBC Radio Nottingham, a 5-0 defeat at Lincoln City.
1989: 4 February, covered 1,000th match.
1998: 21 February, covered 1,500th match.
2001: Made an MBE
2007: 13 October, covered 2,000th match
2009: Celebrated 50th anniversary as Notts County correspondent by accepting Lifetime Achievement Award by Sony Radio Academy.
2014: Given Special Award by the Football League and inducted into the Notts County Hall of Fame.
2016: Given Pride of Nottingham Award at Nottingham Sports Awards.
"If we reach an agreement with him we'll appoint him as Black Stars coach," GFA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi said.
"If we don't reach an agreement with him, we'll look at our second option."
The GFA said the Israeli is their first choice ahead of the Spaniard Juan Ignacio Martinez and former Switzerland assistant coach Michel Pont.
"We're going to engage Grant on the details of the job requirement and expectations which will span from remuneration, conditions of service and others," Nyantakyi added.
"We are going to re-negotiate effectively. We know his salary expectation but we'd like to see if we can beat it down further."
The 59-year old took Chelsea to the final of the 2008 European Champions League and also had a four year spell in charge of the Israeli national team.
The GFA did not put a timeline on when they intend to make a firm appointment but say they will offer Grant a two year contract with a mandate to win Ghana their fifth Africa Cup of Nations title.
The Black Stars have been without a coach since Appiah left the job after the opening two 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and was replaced by Maxwell Konadu on a temporary basis.
Konadu oversaw the Black Stars back-to-back ties against Guinea in October, leading them to a 1-1 draw and a 3-1 victory to lift them to the top of Group E.
The delay in finding a new coach means Konadu is set to oversee the Black Stars final qualifiers, away to Uganda on 15 November and then at home to Togo four days later.
Initially former Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac is being widely tipped to return to the post he held between 2008 and 2010.
Former Netherlands striker Patrick Kluivert, ex-German international Bernd Schuster and Italian Marco Tardelli were also shortlisted for the job but were never interviewed for different reasons.
The 35-year-old, who moved to Bury on a one-year deal in June, has had his contract terminated upon request.
While he did not specify the reason for the request in a statement, he thanked club bosses for their "compassion".
"It's a decision I've taken putting my family's future and wellbeing first," Kirkland said.
"I know people will find it hard to understand why someone like myself, who has been lucky enough to have spent my professional life in football and enjoyed all the benefits that comes with that, needs some time and space away from the game...but I know it's the right one."
The goalkeeper leaves Bury less than 48 hours before the start of their season at home against Charlton Athletic.
Kirkland, who started his career at Coventry City and also played for Liverpool, West Bromwich Albion, Wigan, Leicester, Doncaster and Sheffield Wednesday, hopes the break from the game will allow him to "come back refreshed, with a new perspective on the game that will be valuable to someone".
"I hope, at the appropriate time, I might be able to, again, be involved and work within football, either as a player or in coaching or even work within the community," he added.
Bury manager David Flitcroft said it has been "a difficult situation to deal with".
"When someone like Chris Kirkland, who has so much to offer the game as a player and as a person comes into your building and says he doesn't want to and can't carry on you have to listen," he said.
"Chris needs time out away from the game he loves, but family is and will always be more important than football."
Senior councillors in York have agreed to spend £10m to improve access to an 86-acre (35-hectare) site behind the city's railway station.
The York Central site has been earmarked for more than 1,000 homes as well as offices and retail space.
Council leader James Alexander said previous attempts to attract developers had stalled because of poor access.
"The city has been talking about [this development] for a generation," Mr Alexander said.
"The land is landlocked by railway lines and marble arches you can't get construction traffic underneath.
"Let's just sort out the first access point to get onto the site and start the work, and then developers and investors will want to come on board."
The bridge would link the teardrop-shaped site, which is directly behind the railway station, to the A59.
A report put to the Labour-run council's executive on Tuesday evening said the £10m would come out of its economic infrastructure fund, to "boost short and long-term growth through investment in infrastructure".
It said several other developments in York were moving forward, such as Hungate, British Sugar, and the site of the former Terry's factory, but the York Central site needed "financial support" from the council.
It added that as well as 1,083 homes, the development would create 8,000 full-time jobs by the time it is completed.
Councillor Ian Gillies, leader of the Conservative group, said he "welcomed" the investment in the bridge, which he said sent a "good message".
But he said it would not be enough on its own.
"For the site to take off in any significant form it will need central government or European grants," Mr Gillies said.
"It's so big, there's an awful lot of decontamination from the site's former uses in the railway industry that needs to take place before any building can begin, so I think more funding is needed to progress the site before a developer takes it on."
If I were Magpies boss Steve McClaren, I would be a bit more pragmatic with the players at my disposal and try to make things a bit simpler for them - like Sam Allardyce has done since taking charge at Sunderland.
The Black Cats have certainly not played pretty football since Allardyce arrived but they have looked so well organised and shown they are willing to fight for points.
Almost every time Sunderland get a set-play or a throw-in, the ball goes in the opposition box and they are looking for something to drop for them.
They have nicked a couple of results that way, and it is probably time for Newcastle to go down that route too.
After such a disastrous run of conceding goals, this weekend's game is not about trying to please their fans with great football but losing again, it is about getting a scrappy draw or a win whichever way they can and building a bit of belief.
Newcastle's attacking and defensive stats under McClaren have not shown much improvement on John Carver's spell as manager in the second half of last season - in some cases they are worse.
I would still like to wait until McClaren has been in charge for the same amount of matches to give a true comparison but it is a worry that, on top of their disappointing results, his team is having fewer shots and facing more than a side that had such a disastrous run.
The bigger concern for me, though, is the stat that shows Newcastle have lost more points - 10 - from a winning position than any other top-flight team in 2015-16.
They have played well for spells in games but that proves that, when they get pulled back, they go under.
I don't know if that is because they have a mindset where they retreat because they are so desperate to protect their lead but I am sure that Steve has looked at why it is happening and, more importantly, what he can do to change it.
There are drills you can do in training to recreate that scenario but, in my experience at Fulham, when you are down at the bottom of the table and having a bad time then you turn things around by being clever and being cute.
If you are 1-0 up in a game with 30 minutes left then you take your time over free-kicks and throw-ins and also go down with an injury and get the trainer on.
Allardyce's teams have been the best at it recent years. A number of times when I went to Blackburn or Bolton and we went a goal down, I would see their ball-boys taking extra time giving the ball back or their player being substituted would somehow always be in the far corner and would take an extra minute walking off that would never be put back on the clock.
It was all pre-planned and all done very deliberately as clever ways of seeing out the game.
The main thing is not to try anything risky, though. Newcastle need to play some percentage football to get their confidence back and there are plenty of little things they can do if they take the lead against Liverpool.
It might be that they won't take any short free-kicks or play them sideways or backwards. Instead of playing their normal passing game, they could go long into the corner or into the box and fight for it there.
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Or they could not let their keeper throw the ball out. McClaren should say to Rob Elliott: 'I don't care if the opposition drops off 40 yards, you are going to kick it long and we are going to fight for the second ball and play in their half'.
Their fans might not like it but they don't have to do it for the whole game, only when they are ahead, and it might mean they do not make the mistake of giving the ball away in their back four when they are winning the game.
It is that kind of nous that Newcastle's squad is lacking at the moment, something that is at least partly down to their recruitment policy.
Since Kevin Nolan and Ryan Taylor joined in early 2009, Newcastle have spent more than £100m and made 42 permanent signings but only three - Wayne Routledge, Sol Campbell and Jack Colback - arrived with any substantial Premier League experience, by which I mean they had already played more than 50 top-flight games in this country.
Of the current squad, Colback is the only signing that comes into that category.
Of course it is good to try to nick a few bargains and Newcastle can point to the likes of Yohan Cabaye as successes, but the truth is there have not been that many of them.
I am a big advocate of mixing your signings up because experience can make a big difference. After Roy Hodgson miraculously kept Fulham up when I was at Craven Cottage in 2008, he brought in Mark Schwarzer, Andy Johnson, Bobby Zamora and Zoltan Gera, who had an average age of 29.5 and had played more than 500 Premier League games between them.
That summer we went from being an average side to being a team with some leaders and some talkers. We became a really clever and experienced outfit, and without spending an absolute fortune either.
McClaren is stuck with the players he has got until January, and he has got a pretty limited squad - there are not many changes he can make to make them any stronger.
I worked with him when he was part of the England set-up, and he was an astute coach who was very aware tactically. As Sven-Goran Eriksson's number two he was very good at setting up teams to play against different formations and to be defensive or attacking.
I have been surprised by how open and naive Newcastle have been under him this season but I am sure he will realise that, if he tries to go toe-to-toe with Liverpool at St James' Park this weekend, Newcastle will get torn apart.
But he still has a couple of options of how to deal with Liverpool's pressing, if Jurgen Klopp's side adopt their expected approach.
Newcastle can go a bit longer, from back to front, to bypass the press and the Liverpool midfield. That could mean hitting a big man like Aleksandar Mitrovic in the front areas, playing up to him and then have Moussa Sissoko running off him with his pace.
Or, if Liverpool are playing really high up the pitch, then the Magpies can look for longer balls directly for fast runners behind the back four.
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That is the way we played at Fulham when we had Johnson in the side because he loved running behind defences. We could play blind passes over centre-halves and full-backs and, even if he did not get them, that turned the opposing defenders around and we were advancing up the pitch.
The third way is more difficult, because it involves playing your way through the press.
You can do that if you are confident and have good players because you will know that, while the press might be intense in the first 15 or 20 minutes, there is no way the opposition can keep that up for 90 minutes and your quality will wear them out.
In Newcastle's predicament and with their low confidence levels after their recent results, I would be surprised if McClaren tried it.
But whatever his tactics are, his players have to back them up by running hard, winning some tackles and showing some guts and commitment.
They have not done that in recent weeks and they will not get anywhere without it.
Danny Murphy was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Edinburgh University researchers have shown how two receptors in older brains react to the stress hormone cortisol linked to forgetfulness as people age.
The study on older mice found one receptor was activated by low levels of cortisol, which helped memory.
But once levels of the hormone were too high they spilled over on to a second receptor, activating brain processes which contribute to memory loss.
When the receptor linked to poor memory was blocked, the memory recall problem was reversed.
Scientists say the discovery could lead to treatment for conditions such as early Alzheimer's.
Dr Joyce Yau, who led the study at Edinburgh University's centre for cardiovascular science, said: "While we know that stress hormones affect memory, this research explains how the receptors they engage with can switch good memory to poorly functioning memory in old age.
"We now know that lowering the levels of these stress hormones will prevent them from activating a receptor in the brain that is bad for memory.
"Understanding the mechanisms in the brain which affect memory as we age will help us to find ways to combat conditions linked to memory loss."
The scientists said the research helps explain why too much stress over a prolonged period interferes with the normal processes in storing everyday memories, despite the fact that a little bit of stress can help people better remember emotional memories.
Scientists found that high levels of cortisol in aged mice made them less able to remember how to navigate a maze.
The study was published in the Journal of Neuroscience and was funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC).
Professor Chris Kennard, chairman of the MRC's neuroscience and mental health board, said: "This research highlights some interesting, original concepts relating to why memory loss occurs in old age.
"With people living ever longer, the MRC is really focusing on research which allows elderly people not just to survive but also to stay healthy."
The researchers are looking at a new chemical compound which blocks an enzyme, known as 11beta-HSD1, which helps produce stress hormones within cells.
The study is supported by a Seeding Drug Discovery award from the Wellcome Trust charity.
It is hoped this could be used to develop a drug treatment to slow the normal decline in memory associated with ageing, or even improve memory in people who are very old.
The e-petition, which has more than 200,000 signatures, was set up in protest at the leaflets being sent to every UK home ahead of the referendum.
Leave campaigners have accused the government of misusing public money and trying to swing the vote's outcome.
The government says it is "not neutral" and has a duty to provide the "facts".
The in-out referendum on whether to stay in or leave the EU takes place on 23 June, with the government in favour of a vote to remain.
Its pro-EU leaflets began hitting doormats in England this week, and will be sent to homes across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland after the 5 May elections.
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The petition, launched by the Get Britain Out group on the government's e-Petitions site and entitled "Stop Cameron spending British taxpayers' money on pro-EU referendum leaflets", has more than 212,000 backers.
The leaflets, which bear the official HM government stamp, claim that a vote to leave the EU would cause an economic shock that "would risk higher prices of some household goods and damage living standards".
It further claims that the only way to "protect jobs, provide security, and strengthen the UK's economy" is by staying in the EU, arguing that leaving would create risk and uncertainty.
But campaigners for Britain to leave the EU - including many Conservative MPs - dismissed it as "one-sided propaganda" and complained it had been paid for using taxpayers' money.
They also say it is unfair the leaflets cost more than the £7m each side will be allowed to spend by law, once the official campaign period begins.
Labour said party leader Jeremy Corbyn believed the government should have provided a "more even" assessment of the facts about Britain's EU membership in the leaflet, in order to enable voters to weigh up the arguments on either side and make an informed choice.
But David Cameron has defended the move as "necessary and right", saying the government had a duty to explain to the British public why it thinks the UK should stay in the EU.
The government says the leaflets - costing £9.3m, or about 34p per household - are a response to public demand for more information.
A digital version is being advertised on social media and is available on a new website.
The government's response to the petition 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 passes the 100,000 threshold gets debated in Parliament, but all must be considered by the Petitions Committee, whose job it is to decide whether to grant a debate.
The petition debate will take place in Westminster Hall at 16:30 BST on 9 May, and will be led by Conservative MP Paul Scully.
It is part of a review into the practice on public estates in Wales - some pheasant shoots take place on public land across mid and south Wales.
Campaigners said it was "vital" that NRW allowed independent experts and the public to give their views.
The British Association of Shooting and Conservation (BASC) said it was "surprised" at the move.
Tim Russell, BASC's director of conservation, said: "Those involved in shooting provide voluntary conservation labour equivalent to 490 full-time jobs.
"BASC, therefore, believes that shooting makes a significant contribution to the public estate.
"We are surprised at the review because people that shoot on the public estate in Wales pay to do so."
A letter written by rural affairs secretary Lesley Griffiths AM, seen by the BBC, said the chief veterinary officer and wildlife policy officials would be consulted.
An Animal Aid spokesman said it was "absurd" NRW had not previously sought the public's views on the issue.
"The people of Wales expressed no interest because what was going on was kept secret from them - which is unforgivable considering the land belongs to them," he added.
"It is vital that NRW allows independent experts, interested parties and the public as stakeholders to participate in the review process."
Ruth Jenkins, NRW's head of natural resource management, said: "We will be consulting publicly on our policy on recreational shooting and we are currently finalising the scope of the review and gathering evidence to inform our consultation proposals."
Activists have said pheasant shoots on public land are a risk to animal welfare, protected species and safety.
According BASC, the shooting industry is worth £64m to Wales and supports the equivalent of almost 2,500 full-time jobs.
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Lee, who in 2013 was given a 12-year suspension for match-fixing, has set up an academy in Shenzhen.
The former world number five's ban will end on 12 October 2024 - the date of his 50th birthday.
"I've seen a lot of talent here, it's raw talent and they are very capable young players," the 40-year-old told the BBC. "I'm very impressed."
In an Inside Out West feature, Lee reveals he intends to travel to China once a month to act as a mentor for children as young as 12.
"I'm hoping to get involved and bring some really good young players through for the future," he said.
Lee, a professional for more than 20 years and the winner of five ranking titles, was found to have fixed the outcomes of seven matches in 2008 and 2009.
He was also found to have conspired to lose his 2009 World Championship first-round match to Ryan Day, in which he was defeated 10-4.
World Snooker chief Barry Hearn said he has "no sympathy" for Lee, but added he was "free to do as he pleased" in starting the academy in China.
"Stephen Lee was a top player, but he took the wrong path and as such he paid the ultimate price," said Hearn.
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"The 12-year ban fitted the crime - I would have gone for a life ban, you have to send a message to the broadcasters and sponsors. Integrity is paramount.
"There is no sympathy when you are dealing with the future of the sport. It's a sad situation for the individual, no-one wants to see anyone suffer, but he brought about it himself, therefore he has to pay the price."
Lee first visited China in 1997 and said he "always liked" the country, adding: "The fans are brilliant, they know their stuff and love their snooker.
"There is raw talent and they need to be taught the right things from an early age and then the world is their oyster.
"The plan is to work closely with the players and bring them to a higher level in their game and give them a chance of turning professional. It's very exciting times."
Hearn has overseen a transformation of the sport in recent years and says Lee, who has always maintained his innocence, is no longer a member of World Snooker.
"Everybody deserves a second chance," said Hearn. "He is totally free to earn a living and support himself and his family. I wish him every success with that. He has paid the price with his professional career."
Watch the full Inside Out West feature on BBC One West on Monday from 19:30 BST
For some of Jeremy Corbyn's opponents, Friday's results suggest that the opinion polls are broadly right and the best approach towards self-preservation in the next month or so, as a general election approaches, is to keep what they hope will be a safe distance from the party leader.
As one former minister put it "I don't want him anywhere near my seat - they should continue to send him to places we won't win".
A senior Labour figure described the party's local election performance as "calamitous".
So much so that some of Mr Corbyn's supporters fear another attempted putsch by his internal opponents.
That doesn't seem likely, though.
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That's because many of those who are sceptical about his leadership say there is no obvious mechanism to remove him - and he would use any evidence of a plot to excuse a bad general election result.
Time and again the phrase they use is that those around Jeremy Corbyn must "own" any defeat.
The former Labour group leader in Derbyshire, Dave Wilcox, saw control of his council pass to the Conservatives today.
He told the BBC he wouldn't be calling for Jeremy Corbyn's resignation right now - but if Labour were to suffer a similar defeat nationally on 8 June, the party leader should go.
He told me: "Genuine Labour supporters have been saying we can't vote for this bloke because he doesn't speak for me.
"We heard it time and time and time again on the doorstep. We are not voting for you while you have Jeremy Corbyn as leader."
The party's mayoral candidate in the West Midlands, Sion Simon - close to Labour deputy leader Tom Watson - chose to focus not on the party leader to explain his defeat.
Instead, he said he got "the sense that some of our voters don't have confidence any more that we share their core Labour values".
But Mr Corbyn's allies blame a collapse in the UKIP vote, as well as previous attempts by some of his own MPs to undermine him, for the poor results.
Publicly, the official line from the Labour leadership is that the council elections were disappointing, not disastrous - but privately some of Mr Corbyn's close colleagues have indeed used the word "disaster" to describe the results.
There won't be any wholesale change to their strategy now but there is an unofficial four-point plan to improve the party's standing.
First, they'll redouble their efforts to get younger non-voters registered as they believe they will be more sympathetic to a radical Labour party.
Second - as shadow chancellor John McDonnell made clear in his media appearances today - they are likely to make Jeremy Corbyn more, not less prominent, in the campaign.
The shadow chancellor believes the leader's image so far has been "distorted" by a hostile press but now we are in a formal election campaign, there will be more balanced broadcast coverage.
And, crucially, there will also be more opportunities to see an "unmediated" leader in the raw - and that voters will warm to his decency.
Third, they intend to bolster doorstep campaigning.
Jeremy Corbyn's office are keen to find out just how much of this had been carried out in areas where council results were poor.
They want more direct conversations with potential voters so their message isn't only seen through the prism of the mainstream media..
And finally, there will be a renewed emphasis on what the late Tony Benn would have referred to as "policies, not personalities".
The Labour leadership believe that when their manifesto is unveiled in 10 days time, popular policies will boost their poll ratings.
But Labour's private polling also suggested that many of the party's individual policies in 2015 were popular - and that didn't guarantee success at the ballot box.
And Labour's five million doorstep conversations with the public at the last election didn't mean that voters liked what they were hearing.
But overall the message is that the leader and his supporters must do more to play to their strengths.
To coin a phrase, there is no alternative.
French authorities said secret payments made to players and agents during deals between French and Premier League clubs are the focus of the probe.
Newcastle and West Ham's grounds were raided on Wednesday, as HMRC deployed 180 officers across the UK and France.
Marveaux, 31, joined Newcastle from Rennes in 2011 and made 39 appearances.
He returned to France to join Lorient last year.
Newcastle's managing director Lee Charnley was also arrested. He was released without charge at about 17:00 BST on Wednesday.
The French Prosecutor's office says 10 searches were carried out in France and four people were placed in police custody.
"The British authorities suspect secret payments may have been made to benefit certain players, their agents or third parties, allowing them to avoid paying tax on the income, or making social security payments," said a statement from the French Prosecutor's office.
French officials were asked by HMRC to provide assistance to their investigation in July 2016.
It took a further nine months before officers launched their raids on both sides of the Channel.
HMRC said it searched premises in the north east and south east of England, and seized business records, financial records, computers and mobile phones.
West Ham's London Olympic Stadium and Newcastle's St James' Park were among the locations raided.
HMRC officers also visited offices belonging to Chelsea FC "in connection with its wider investigation", a club spokesman confirmed.
But it is understood the club's premises were not raided and no arrests were made.
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The wheels of tax investigations turn slowly - so any sporting implications resulting from these arrests and raids may not be known for some time.
It would appear, on face value, that Premier League points and status for both West Ham United and newly promoted Newcastle United are safe for now.
However this "on-going" investigation risks creating instability and uncertainty for both clubs at a time when they both, for different reasons, need it the most. HMRC investigations of this scale are costly and only undertaken in the most serious of circumstances. This isn't going away anytime soon.
Rafael Benitez, celebrating promotion on Monday, told reporters it was good to work at a club where there's no backroom politics, a not so subtle reference to his tumultuous time at Real Madrid.
With Newcastle having documents seized, and further questions looming for its senior officials, he may have spoken too soon.
A 148-run second-wicket stand between ex-home skipper Marcus Trescothick and current captain Chris Rogers was the cornerstone of the hosts' 342-4.
Both went short of a ton, Trescothick for 97 and Rogers for 91.
But James Hildreth was still there at stumps on 68, aided by Jim Allenby's 51 on a day when just four wickets fell.
After play finished bang on time at 18:00 BST, with 96 overs bowled in the day, Somerset will resume in the morning needing 58 runs from 14 overs to gain maximum batting points.
A large crowd was there to witness Yorkshire electing to bowl first in warm sunshine on a dry-looking pitch - and the visitors were made to pay.
England leg spinner Adil Rashid, who was not introduced until the 50th over, came on to claim the wickets of both Trescothick, in only his second over, and Rogers, with a googly.
But there was little in the pitch for the Yorkshire seamers, who managed only one breakthrough in the morning session. when Tom Abell was bowled between bat and pad by a ball that nipped back from Steve Patterson.
Reigning La Liga champions Atletico took an early lead at the Bernabeu as Tiago headed in from a corner.
Cristiano Ronaldo, on his return from injury, scored a penalty he had won to bring the teams level soon after.
But Atletico, who had to resist plenty of home pressure, won the game courtesy of Arda Turan's neat finish.
Prior to the game, Atletico boss Diego Simeone had downplayed his side's chances of defending their league crown following a summer exodus that saw five key players from last season's La Liga-conquering team depart the club.
While his current crop of players may lack some of the attacking flair of their predecessors they appear to have quickly picked up the tactical nous and spirit that have become the hallmark of their manager's teams.
Like the 2013-14 side, this Atletico team are also physically imposing, which they demonstrated throughout and notably in the 10th minute when Tiago made his way to the near post to plant a header into the net from Koke's corner.
The goal was also further evidence for the critics, whose knives were still sharp from the way they capitulated at Real Sociedad two weeks ago, that this is a Real team who are only quality so long as the ball is heading in the direction of the opposition goal and not their own.
However, this time Real rallied after going behind and with the returning Ronaldo included in their attack they had the firepower to respond.
As he has done on so many occasions, the Portuguese forward created his own scoring opportunity, by tumbling in the box under minimum contact from Guilherme Siquiera, before converting it by sending goalkeeper Miguel Angel Moya the wrong way.
Ronaldo was also the supplier of two subsequent chances for Karim Benzema, the first of which the Frenchman ruined with a heavy touch when through on goal, the second a header which drew a superb save from Moya.
Unfortunately, Ronaldo is clearly not fully fit - as demonstrated by the way he faded as a threat - while his attacking companions were woefully off colour.
Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez - combined cost £156m - were peripheral figures throughout, while Toni Kroos was poorly-deployed as a holding midfielder.
But to focus on Real's inadequacies takes away from Atletico's performance, which was a master-class in containment and counter-attack.
As the game wore on and Real's frustration grew, so did the visitors' belief and after Turan had flashed one shot past the post in the 73rd minute he went one better three minutes later by sweeping home a neat finish past Iker Casillas.
Real huffed and puffed for the remaining 14 minutes, but the Atletico held firm.
Talks on Turkey's bid for EU integration are being sped up as part of a deal which would see the country help to tackle Europe's migrant crisis.
Tory MP and Leave campaigner Owen Paterson warned that Turkish accession could impact on immigration, and said it was a "real concern" to UK voters.
Mr Osborne told the BBC's Andrew Marr the UK had "a veto" over the issue.
He raised the prospect of the UK stopping Turkey joining the EU unless its economic prosperity was similar to the UK.
Last week, EU and Turkish leaders gathered in Brussels to discuss ways to ease the ongoing migration crisis which is engulfing Europe.
Under the plan - which is not yet finalised - all migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey would be returned. For each Syrian sent back, a Syrian already in Turkey would be resettled in the EU.
In return, Turkey would receive more funding and there would be faster progression on accession talks, including a relaxing of visa restrictions for Turkish citizens travelling to the EU.
On Sunday's Andrew Marr show, Mr Osborne said: "We have a veto over whether Turkey joins or not.
"We can set conditions and we have made it absolutely clear that we will not accept new member states to the European Union and give them unfettered free movement of people unless their economies are much closer in size and prosperity to ours."
He added: "I don't frankly think Turkish accession is on the cards any time soon. We could, if we wanted to, veto it as other countries could."
The idea of Turkey joining the EU is controversial, with critics arguing that a large, mainly Muslim country with many rural poor could change the whole character of the EU.
Conservative former minister Owen Paterson, who is backing an EU exit, told Sky News' Murnaghan programme that the question of Turkish accession was a "massive" issue.
"Letting in 77 million people who have a long 750-mile border with, sadly, incredibly unstable... states, Syria and Iraq, I think is something of real concern to many people."
"This is the lurking huge iceberg under the surface," he added - and predicted it would "undoubtedly" influence the outcome of the UK's in-out referendum on the EU, on 23 June.
Boris Johnson has also voiced concerns, saying in a speech on Friday that he was "very dubious" about the proposed EU-Turkey deal.
"I am certainly very dubious on the other side of the coin about having a huge free travel zone. I think that is one of the problems, that we need to take back control of our borders," he said.
Meanwhile, speaking to the BBC, Roland Rudd, treasurer of the pro-EU Britain Stronger In Europe campaign, claimed London mayor Boris Johnson - on the Leave side - had wanted Britain to stay in the EU, but changed his mind over the course of a weekend.
Mr Johnson, one of a number of senior Conservatives to have broken ranks from Prime Minister David Cameron to back the Vote Leave campaign, declared his hand last month, after much speculation about which side he would join.
Mr Rudd, who chairs the pro-EU Stronger In campaign, told BBC Radio 5 Live's Pienaar's Politics he was surprised at the mayor's decision.
"Like a lot of people I had conversations with him, pretty recent, and it was absolutely clear he was for in," he told the BBC's Pienaar's Politics.
There was not any shade of doubt at all, he said, and added: "He's clearly changed his mind over a weekend."
Mr Johnson has denied his decision was anything to do with leadership ambitions, saying the UK would be better off outside the EU which "costs us a huge amount of money and subverts our democracy".
The plan would have seen Elegance, in Granada Road, move to Albert Road and open between 21:00 and 04:00.
More than 1,300 people signed petitions against the proposals and the city council received 63 objections.
But 468 supportive representations were also received, one of which said lap-dancing clubs "tend to have the least amount of crime associated with them".
It added: "It's a venue where mostly mature individuals have a chance to enjoy a good night out."
At a Planning Committee meeting councillors voted seven to one against the application.
City MP Flick Drummond and the Unison union's South East Regional Women's Committee both also opposed the plan.
Objectors said it would be "wholly inappropriate" for the club to be near music venue the Wedgewood Rooms, and it would also cause women to fear for their safety late at night.
In 2012 Portsmouth councillors voted not to ban lap-dancing clubs in the city, but said no more licences will be granted for similar venues.
Applicant Paul Ojla also runs the lap-dancing club Wiggle in Surrey Street.
Born to a single mother in 1944, she had been put in an orphanage at the age of three weeks.
Her mother, from Armagh, never forgot her. She had gone on to marry and have other children and always intended coming back for her eldest daughter.
But when the day came and Ann's mother arrived at the Nazareth House facility run by nuns in Belfast, Ann had disappeared.
"I was there for five years," says the 68-year-old from her home in Perth.
"In between times my mother would come and visit me regularly as did her future husband and when the time came to come and collect me when I was five years old she was told I was not there.
"I had already been sent out to Australia without her consent and without her knowledge."
Ann's mother was not told at the time that her daughter had been sent to Australia. It was several years before she discovered. Ann, meanwhile, had been sent to an orphanage in Western Australia, part of a government scheme to help populate the country after the war.
Ann was one of 1,355 children from the UK, 112 of them from Northern Ireland, who were sent to Australia in the 1940s and 1950s. Most were sent out by religious orders, like the Sisters of Mercy and the Christian Brothers, who ran care homes.
Some were orphans, but others were not and in many cases the children were told they had no living relatives to ensure they did not try to return.
Last month, a team of experts that are running an inquiry into historical abuse in institutions in Northern Ireland went to Australia to take submissions from some of those who had been sent there.
Philippa White works for an organisation called Tuart Place based in Freemantle that helps so-called 'child migrants' like Ann.
She says: "From the sound of things there were some recruiting drives, there were quotas to fill and in some instances it sounds like a fairly aggressive process of finding children for migration."
Ann remained in care in the orphanage until the age of 15 when she was sent to work on an outback farm. She was 17 before she was able to write to her family and 21 before she was allowed to visit.
Cutting her off from her family left her feeling angry and bereft for the relationships she had been denied.
"Especially around Christmas time, when I was working in a department store and I'd see families with the kids and the mums and grandmas. That used to upset me because I used to think, I had none of that," she said.
"I started to get angry then when I had my own son, because I thought he'd missed out on aunties and uncles and cousins."
Paddy Monaghan is 76. His family came from near Belleek in County Fermanagh, though it took him more than 70 years to discover that fact.
Born outside of marriage he was given into the care of the nuns as a baby and was 10 when he was sent out to Australia.
He said the regime there was harsh, physically and psychologically abusive. For years he tried to find his family but was told he didn't have any.
"When I got married the first time I tried to find out about my relations but I was told that they'd all been killed during the Blitz in Ireland," he said.
"They just said, 'they're all dead'.
"Well what would you do if someone tells you your family is all dead, you say 'what's the point in looking?'"
He kept trying to find them however, visiting Ireland several times in the 1990s, but without success. His mother died in 1999.
Then a letter handed over by a nun in Sligo in 2009 unlocked the mystery of who he was and where he had come from.
It had been written by his mother more than 70 years earlier, agreeing to give up any claim on her child.
It led him to find an extended family of cousins in Ireland, England and Australia whom he now visits regularly.
After a 47-year search, he said he has found an instant family.
Both Ann and Paddy now have extensive contact with their families in Northern Ireland.
Both have made submissions to the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry. Ann says she is hoping for an apology from the religious orders in Ireland like the ones that have already been given by those in her country.
And she says she would like to see a monument in Belfast docks to the children who were shipped to Australia.
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The Jamaican, 29, lived up to his billing as the saviour of athletics as he held off the challenge of the two-time drug cheat to win in 9.79 seconds.
Pre-race favourite Gatlin had to settle for silver in Beijing.
"Coming back from injury I've had a lot of doubters, it's been tough," Bolt said after winning a ninth world title.
He added: "For me to come to the championships and defend my title is a good feeling.
"I definitely think this was my hardest race. I've been through a lot this season."
Bolt, back at the scene of his first triple Olympic triumph in 2008, called his Munich-based doctor, Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt, "a lifesaver".
He also insisted he did not feel the pressure to win for his sport, only to continue his own global domination.
And that looked on course to end after the semi-finals when Gatlin clocked 9.77secs, while Bolt almost tripped out of the blocks and had to fight all the way to the line to snatch the win.
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"After the semi-finals my coach [Glen Mills] said, 'You are thinking about it too much. There's too much on your mind, all you have to do is remember is that you've done this a million times so just go out there and relax'. That's what I did."
There was a surreal moment before the final when "the world's fastest piano player" was brought out to play a tune for 9.58 seconds - Bolt's world record time.
The Jamaican's reaction was a shrug of bemusement as he showed no sign of nerves on the start line.
Instead, Gatlin was the one to feel the pressure. And the 33-year-old said he "gave away" victory.
"I stumbled in the last five metres, my arms were a little flailing," he said. "You have to come out and run and over the last five metres. It wasn't my day.
"Anyone who goes to the line to go against Usain has to be ready to go to work. In those five metres I let things get away from me. It cost me the race.
"I leaned a little too far forward and I got a little off balance."
Americans Trayvon Bromell and Canada's Andre de Grasse, who are both 20, shared bronze in 9.92secs.
Meanwhile Gatlin will have an opportunity for revenge when he and Bolt go head to head over 200m, with the final taking place on Friday.
BBC Sport commentator Steve Cram said Bolt "may have even saved his sport" with his victory over Gatlin.
But British sprinter Adam Gemili told BBC Radio 5 live: "It was important but I don't think he saved athletics, it was just a battle of two sprinters and technically who's better.
"Everyone was a bit biased towards Usain Bolt yesterday and the majority of us are glad he delivered. "
The call came as she was making her first campaign visit to Scotland ahead of June's snap general election.
In London, Labour's Jeremy Corbyn talked to young people, while the Lib Dem's Tim Farron said he wanted to become the leader of the UK opposition.
In Glasgow, Nicola Sturgeon said the SNP "will not let the Tories drag Scotland backwards".
The UK goes to the polls on 8 June for the general election, five weeks after local authority elections across Scotland, as well as in England and Wales.
Mrs May told a gathering of supporters in Crathes, Aberdeenshire, that she wanted to build a more united nation by "standing up against the separatists who want to break up our country".
Describing the election as the "most important" one in her lifetime, she said: "My message to the people of Scotland is clear - every vote for me and my team will strengthen my hand in the Brexit negotiations.
"That will strengthen the Union, strengthen the economy and the UK and Scotland together will flourish, because if Scotland is flourishing the rest of the United Kingdom is flourishing too.
"That's really important because as prime minister of the United Kingdom, I want to see every part of our country succeed."
Meanwhile, First Minister Ms Sturgeon told party activists at a community education and employment centre in Glasgow that Scotland needed strong SNP MPs at Westminster to keep a check on the Tories.
She set out examples of what she said was the SNP "delivering positive change".
She said: "Here in the East End of Glasgow we don't need to be reminded of what happens when the Tories are in power at Westminster.
"We've seen it over generations and now, even with a small majority, Tory cuts are doing real damage to communities like this one. Every Tory vote risks allowing them to impose deeper cuts, penalise the vulnerable and undermine the Scottish Parliament.
"So in this general election, we have the chance to say loudly and clearly that Scotland will not let the Tories drag Scotland backwards."
Scottish Labour has been campaigning in Edinburgh, while the Lib Dems have been out in Helensburgh and Kirkintilloch.
Both parties restated their opposition to a second independence referendum.
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said it was Tory actions which had led to the issue appearing again.
She said: "I think the fact that Theresa May has forced this hard Brexit upon us is exactly why we have the talk about a second independence referendum.
"So I would say to people across the country, if they are opposed to independence and they want people to invest in their public services, the only thing to do is to vote Labour."
Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie said next week's council elections and the general election were a "big opportunity to say no to independence and to elect a local champion for your community".
He added: "Are they going to have a local champion who is going to stick up for them or are they going to get somebody who is going to cheerlead for independence? I think they want a local champion and that's why they'll vote for the Liberal Democrats."
The 14th annual Pink List has been published by the Independent on Sunday.
Meta magazine editor Lees was placed first, with Balding and human rights champion Tatchell coming joint second.
It comes as singer Will Young says more should be done to end homophobic language among school pupils.
The Independent received nominations from more than 1,300 of its readers with the paper whittling thousands of nominees down to 101.
A panel of judges including activist, blogger and poet Christine Burns, Diva magazine publisher Kim Watson and Independent on Sunday staff then decided on the final list.
Organisers said campaigners had been placed highly - following a year in which same-sex couples won the right to get married in England and Wales.
Ruth Hunt, deputy head of gay rights charity Stonewall, who campaigned for the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, is in fifth place.
The bill, which created political and religious divides, received Royal Assent on 17 July.
Benjamin Cohen, Mike Buonaiuto and James J Walsh, the creators of the Out4Marriage media campaign which supported a change in the law, are placed at number seven in the list.
They are followed by activist and Miss England entrant, Jackie Green, and the head of UK Black Pride, Phyllis Opoku-Gyimah.
Last year's winner, London 2012 Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams is in fourth place.
Meanwhile, an international Pink List includes Puerto Rican boxer Orlando Cruz, US fashion designer Tom Ford, and Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley Manning) - the US soldier convicted of giving classified documents to the website, Wikileaks.
Independent on Sunday editor Lisa Markwell said: "The Pink List has evolved to become an authoritative celebration of influential lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people throughout the country.
"Every year, it generates a huge amount of positive feedback and powerful stories of courage and bravery."
Writing in the newspaper, Will Young said he had become aware of concern about language used by school pupils - including the use of the word "gay" as an insult - after attending an education conference organised by Stonewall.
"Through the various seminars I attended I picked up one recurring theme: teachers and heads of schools were more than often not backed up by local authorities when it came to homophobic language," he said.
Young added that he had taken up the issue with Education Secretary Michael Gove whose "reaction, I was pleased to say, was attentive and encouraging".
"A UK exit from the EU would reverse the trend towards greater global trade and investment, and the jobs they create, and is a further serious risk to growth." (declaration of the 2016 G7 summit in Ishe-Shima, 27 May, Japan, via Reuters)
"Growth has slowed, and is projected to be 1.75% in 2016. Uncertainty about the outcome of the end-June 2016 referendum has undermined growth. This projection assumes that the United Kingdom remains in the European Union, in which case growth is projected to pick up in the second half of 2016 and then stabilise in 2017."
"The outcome of the referendum is a major risk for the economy. A vote for Brexit would heighten uncertainty, raise the cost of finance and hamper investment." (Twice-yearly UK economic outlook, 1 June)
"While we respect the decision of the citizens of the United Kingdom, but a Europe without the United Kingdom would be weaker, just as the United Kingdom would be weaker outside the EU." (Open letter signed by the heads of several major European companies, including Royal Dutch Shell, BMW and ThyssenKrupp, 31 May, published in Bild)
"It is us who today are responsible for confronting reality with all kinds of utopias -- a utopia of Europe without nation states, a utopia of Europe without conflicting interests and ambitions, a utopia of Europe imposing its own values on the external world. Obsessed with the idea of instant and total integration, we failed to notice that ordinary people, the citizens of Europe, do not share our Euro-enthusiasm. Disillusioned with the great visions of the future, they demand that we cope with the present reality better than we have been doing until now... Euroscepticism has become an alternative to those illusions." (speech to fellow conservatives from EU countries, 30 May, via Reuters)
"I think there are good reasons for Britain to remain in the EU. I am only sure that if Britain decides to leave, that will initiate a negative dynamic in the rest of the EU."
"The decision really lies in Britain. We can't have any influence on that and we shouldn't have any influence with fantasy proposals about the future of the European Union and 'what would happen if', and in particular 'what would happen if Britain leaves'. Those are all speculative discussions that could possibly have an undesirable influence on preparations for the British referendum." (speaking to the foreign press association in Berlin, 31 May, via Reuters)
"There will be no new negotiations about another opt-out deal. The old dreams of the empire and the Commonwealth is not a dream for the future, it is a dream of the past." (Interview with Bloomberg, 31 May)
"We are side-by-side here to face the challenges of today, and above all the future of Europe, because as we know, disappointment has been followed by rancour, and doubt by suspicion, and for some rejection or even separation. The forces of division, of shutting yourself off, of withdrawal are at work again. They cultivate fear and instil hate. They denounce Europe as the source of evil, without realising that Europe was created out of the ravages of evil." (Closing speech at ceremony commemorating the 100th-year-anniversary of the Battle of Verdun, 30 May, via French business paper Capital)
"It is not for us to say what the British people should be doing. Economically, it would be bad news, bad news for the United Kingdom, as well as the world, not just Europe. That would trigger capital transfers as well as the relocation of some activities that would not be for the benefit of the United Kingdom or even of Europe." (speaking to reporters at the 2016 G7 summit in Ise-Shima, Japan, 27 May, via Reuters)
"The United Kingdom will be even more odious in Brussels if it stays in Europe." (speaking to the EU-funded news portal Euraktiv.com, 30 May)
"Brexit would be a defeat for Europe, but it would be a disaster for the United Kingdom. I trust in the wisdom of the British, they will not be so masochistic as to cut off their future." (Interview with L'Avvenire, 28 May)
"I hope that Remain will win, and all the reasonable economic and political analyses are reaching the conclusion that a victory for Leave would be a bad decision for the EU and a disastrous one for the United Kingdom. But we must remember that reasonable analyses are in danger of being insufficient unless they are accompanied by courageous leadership. It is not enough in Europe today just to be right, you also need the strength and the courage to represent an anti-establishment thrust." (Interview with La Stampa, 26 May)
"I think it would be very bad news, for the UK, for the Netherlands, for Europe as a whole. It would be unavoidable for us, and I think for many of us in Europe, to follow the same proposals, to implement a points system also in the rest of the European Union. So you would get a race to the bottom. And that's exactly what you don't want. (speaking to the BBC on the Leave camp's proposal for a points-based system for EU migrants, 1 June)
"I am very worried about it." (speaking to EU leaders as EU president, according to a report by De Telegraaf, 25 May)
"Everyone's input is essential. The European bouquet is not complete without the Spanish carnation, the French fleur-de-lys, the Dutch and the Hungarian tulip. And not without the English rose." (speech to the European Parliament, 25 May)
"It is in Hungary's interests for the United Kingdom to continue to be a member of the European Union. The Hungarian government, like British politicians, believes the EU is in need of fundamental reform. However, if one of the member states that is keenest on these reforms leaves, then obviously the position of those who would like to take the EU in the right direction is weakened compared with those whose efforts are ever more explicitly aimed at creating an increasingly centralised, bureaucratic and federal system." (speaking in London on 26 May at an event commemorating the murder of Thomas Becket, via the news website Orient Press, 26 May)
"For the British, an exit is economically worse than for the rest of Europe. The City of London will lose its status, and many other advantages that are currently taken for granted will have to be renegotiated. I hope that economic sense will ultimately prevail. I see no problem for the financial system because the Brexit scenario has been discussed in the market for some time. Should it actually happen then for whom would this still be a surprise?" (Interview with Sueddeutsche Zeitung, 24 May)
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After an opening home win over London, Antrim drew against other promotion contenders Carlow at Dr Cullen Park two weeks ago.
Kildare had to battle to beat Armagh 1-18 to 1-15 in their opener but they earned an impressive 1-16 to 0-14 win over Westmeath last time out.
Westmeath are Armagh's opposition at Mullingar on Sunday.
After their opening home defeat by the Lilywhites, Armagh drew two weeks ago against London.
In Division Two B, Derry host Wicklow at Celtic Park on Sunday with Down away to Mayo in Castlebar.
Both Ulster counties have a win and a defeat from their opening two games.
Down were hammered 4-21 to 1-10 by Meath in the opener at Navan before beating Roscommon 1-16 to 1-12 last time out.
Derry edged a 1-14 to 1-13 win over Mayo on 12 February before 2-19 to 0-16 against table toppers Meath.
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The bid is being jointly led by Tees Valley Unlimited (TVU), Arts Council England and five local authorities.
Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, was the last host of the award in 2013, with Hull preparing to be the next UK City of Culture in 2017.
The chairman of TVU, Paul Booth, said if the bid was successful he hoped it would create a "long term legacy" and "economic benefits" for the area.
The UK city of culture scheme was started by the government in 2009, following the success of Liverpool's European City of Culture title and is awarded every four years.
Mr Booth said: "I would like to think that our young people, and not-so-young people, really take to this and take a far greater interest.
"A lot of them hopefully will make careers and have livelihoods and a quality of life that is far better as a result of this legacy that we would leave."
The final bidding process is not expected to take place until 2020.
The five authorities helping prepare the Tees Valley bid are Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool, Stockton and Darlington.
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One thing you probably would not think of is rugby.
But not for Juliano Fiori, who is hoping to represent Brazil in the rugby sevens at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro later this year.
So how did a regular bloke born in Hammersmith and raised in Ealing wind up playing rugby for Brazil?
Fiori's father, Jorge, was born in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, but political upheaval in the country in the 1960s, and then in Chile in the 1970s, led to the family settling in England in the mid-1970s.
The young Juliano was drawn to Brazilian culture, partly through sport, and has always celebrated his South American roots - first through football and then samba and playing traditional Brazilian drums.
"I've always felt a torn or mixed identity, being a second-generation immigrant, and a connection to something different," the 30-year-old told BBC Sport.
"I didn't have a utopian image of Brazil but had an affinity for the country, the people and the culture.
"I feel as much Brazilian as anything else. I was born and raised here in London but my heart has always been with Brazil.
"There is something deep about Brazil and its people which I have respect for and a certain pride in."
He began playing rugby aged six, with some encouragement from an unlikely source - former Labour Party leader Lord Kinnock, who had links to London Welsh and was a neighbour of the Fiori family in Ealing.
"His son and daughter used to babysit me and my sister," explained Fiori. "Neil said to my dad 'He's quite big. Get him down to the club.'"
Fiori played at London Welsh from under-7 level and, after representing his school, joined Richmond aged 18 as a flanker or number eight.
He played rugby at university at Bristol and then represented Cambridge University in the 2007 Varsity match.
Fiori helped Richmond to four promotions but, with injuries curtailing his appearances for the south-west London club, he started playing sevens for Apache Sevens, an invitational side.
He first came onto the radar of Brazilian rugby in 2013, when the governing body began to look beyond its shores for talent which could improve its squad and help develop the game in the country.
The prop was invited to train with the national team by coach Andres Romagnoli before a tournament in Rome in 2014 and, after another player was injured, Fiori was included in the squad.
He impressed in Italy and has not looked back, making his debut in the Sevens World Series in Dubai that December and representing Brazil regularly on the tour since then.
Agustin Danza, the chief executive of the game's governing body in Brazil, the Confederacao Brasileira de Rugby (CBRu), says Fiori has brought experience to the national squad.
"Juliano became a reference in our team from day one and fitted in straight away," said Danza.
"He conducts a role which no-one was doing before. He gets the kick-off, is a very powerful ball carrier and takes our team forward.
"He immediately became a figure of leadership within our team and is a key player."
Fiori has been combining his job as head of humanitarian affairs at charity Save the Children with training and his international commitments with Brazil.
He has been training on his own in a park near his Ealing home early in the morning before work, focusing on drills to improve his speed and strength, with a further visit to the gym or a training session with Apache Sevens or Richmond in the evening.
But now he is going to take a sabbatical from work to move to Brazil in a bid to reach the Olympics.
"After Dubai the coach said he wanted me to be playing regularly but my family and job commitments were in the UK," said Fiori.
"The last year has been pretty intense, trying to maintain a full-time job, but I have just about managed it."
Fiori is now moving to Rio de Janeiro to concentrate on rugby full-time, with his girlfriend Alba joining him in Brazil in the coming weeks.
The national squad, which is based in Sao Jose dos Campos in Sao Paulo state, currently has 23 members and it will be cut to just 12 players for the Olympics.
"It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me to do something I never dreamed I would get a chance to do, although it was not an easy decision to go away," he said.
"To walk onto the pitch holding the hopes of a nation is something very special, regardless of the event.
"The Olympics would be absolutely unique but I try not to think too much about it right now. I try to think about every day of training and each tournament I need to get through."
Fiori had an operation on a knee injury last October, with his competitive return expected at the World Series in Vancouver on 12-13 March.
With the Brazilians set to compete in Hong Kong, Paris and London before the Olympics, the CBRu has set its men's side the target of reaching the knockout stage in Rio.
"The Olympics is the biggest opportunity we have had to turn rugby into a popular sport in Brazil," added Danza.
"It will put us in the news and allow us to become a more attractive sport for schools, for people who want to practise a new sport, and for sponsors.
"We want to show we have a competitive men's side which can play head-to-head with any team."
A Ruan Pienaar try helped the visitors to a 10-3 half-time lead and Andrew Trimble and Luke Marshall added second-half touchdowns for the Irish province.
Gael Fickou crossed for Toulouse, with Louis Picamoles adding a late try.
Ulster lie second in Pool One, 10 points behind Saracens, with a game in hand, but Toulouse's hopes have ended.
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With two matches against bottom side Oyannax still to come, Les Kiss' side retain realistic hope of making the last eight by finishing at least second in their pool.
Having triumphed 38-0 in Belfast a week ago, Ulster began the game at the Ernest-Wallon Stadium in confident fashion and Paddy Jackson landed a third-minute penalty to give his team an early lead.
Ulster continued to enjoy territorial dominance but Pienaar and Jackson were off-target with long-range penalty attempts.
Just after the half-hour mark, Pienaar picked up and dived over the ruck to score the opening try under the posts, following a rolling maul that set up the score.
Jackson converted but three minutes later was sent to the bin when his deliberate knock-on denied the hosts a likely try-scoring opportunity.
Just before the break, replacement Rory Scholes touched down for Ulster but his 'try' was chalked off for an earlier forward pass.
Sebastien Bezy's penalty after the interval reduced the deficit, but Trimble's 45th-minute try, his 24th in the competition, put his side in control again.
Centre Stuart McCloskey broke through the Toulouse defence and Pienaar and Franco van der Merwe played their part in a slick passing manoeuvre, before Trimble stretched to touch down in the corner.
Fickou's try completed a flowing Toulouse move in the 51st minute, Bezy's conversion reduced the home side's deficit to two points and the scrum-half then kicked a penalty to nudge Toulouse in front.
Jackson replied with his second penalty and then helped set up Marshall, who collected an inside pass from Alan O'Connor, before crossing for the ultimately decisive try.
The fly half converted to put nine points between the sides but the four-time champions responded with a late try by French international Picamoles to reduce the winning margin to two points and clinch a bonus point.
Picamoles, the back-row replacement, rumbled over for a try following a maul as Ulster's hitherto reliable defences were breached, with Jean-Marc Doussain adding the additional points.
For Ulster, this was only their third-ever success on French soil while Toulouse have suffered their worst start to a European campaign since 2003.
The Irish province now face important Pro12 assignments against Connacht and Munster, while Toulouse take on fellow Top 14 title challengers Toulon and Stade Francais in their next domestic encounters.
Toulouse: Alexis Palisson; Kunatani Kunabuli, Gael Fickou, Florian Fritz, Timoci Matanavou; Jean-Marc Doussain, Sébastien Bézy; Cyril Baille, Julien Marchand, Census Johnston, Gregory Lamboley, Yoann Maestri, Yacouba Camara, Thierry Dusautoir, Imanol Harinordoquy
Replacements: Christopher Tolofua, Gurthro Steenkamp, Gert Muller, Joe Tekori, Louis Picamoles, Gillian Galan, David Mele, Clément Poitrenaud
Ulster: Louis Ludik; Andrew Trimble, Luke Marshall, Stuart McCloskey, Craig Gilroy; Paddy Jackson, Ruan Pienaar; Kyle McCall, Rory Best, Wiehahn Herbst; Alan O'Connor, Franco van der Merwe; Robbie Diack, Sean Reidy, Roger Wilson.
Replacements: Rob Herring, Andrew Warwick, Ricky Lutton, Lewis Stevenson, Nick Williams, Paul Marshall, Ian Humphreys, Rory Scholes.
The core consumer price index (CPI) was flat from a year ago, stripping out the effect of last year's sales tax increase in April.
The last time the core CPI did not rise was in May 2013, when it was flat.
The latest figures are moving further away from the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) inflation target of 2%.
The headline core CPI, which includes oil but not fresh food prices, rose 2% from a year ago, just below market expectations of a 2.1% rise.
Japan's economy came out of a recession in the fourth quarter of last year, but its recovery remains fragile on sluggish household and business spending.
Economists said the data put more pressure on the central bank to expand its monetary policy as falling oil prices keep inflation subdued.
But analysts do not expect the BOJ to add to last year October's stimulus plans until the second half of this year, because officials had been anticipating the cooling inflation.
Other data, such as household spending falling 2.9% in February from a year ago while retail sales were down 1.8%, also highlighted the struggle policymakers face in steering the economy towards a recovery.
The unemployment rate, however, fell to 3.5% in the same time period - close to what economists see as full employment.
Jasper Koll, head of research at JP Morgan, viewed the data as "good deflation" saying that the good news was prices in Japan were coming down while wages were going up.
"Last year wages rose at around 1%. This year we just had the union negotiations and it looks like wage growth is going to double to about 2% - so there's more nominal yen into the pockets," he told the BBC.
"So a feel-good factor is starting to come back and that's what's going to generate a domestic demand recovery."
The French government said it was now "highly likely" public transport and tourist sites in the UK would be hit.
The warning followed revelations that a UK terror suspect killed in Pakistan was being groomed to lead a new group in raids on the UK, France and Germany.
On Sunday Britain raised its terror alert level from general to high for travellers to Germany and France.
But it left the UK threat level unchanged at "severe".
The fresh advice on France's defence ministry website says: "The British authorities consider that the terror threat level is very high in the United Kingdom and that the risk of an attack is highly likely.
"It is recommended to show extreme vigilance on public transport and at the most-visited tourist sites."
Splinter group
The new warnings came after British terror suspect Abdul Jabbar was killed in a drone attack in north-western Pakistan on 8 September.
The BBC's Newsnight said he was put forward as the head of an al-Qaeda splinter group tasked with carrying out Mumbai-style commando attacks in Britain, France and Germany.
Newsnight spoke to a "trusted, senior security source" overseas who said Jabbar intended to lead a group called the Islamic Army of Great Britain. Whitehall officials have declined to comment.
The programme said the security source confirmed Jabbar was a British citizen with a British wife, and was living in the Jhelum area of Punjab in Pakistan.
According to Newsnight, intelligence agencies monitored a meeting of 300 militants three months ago in the Ambarshaga area of North Waziristan, attended by Jabbar and militants from the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
Details of the plot first emerged in the US media, and the suspicions were confirmed by security sources to the BBC last month.
Newsnight's source said the intelligence led to the drone attacks on 8 September, in which Jabbar and three other militants were killed.
Western intelligence sources have said the plan in Europe was for small teams of militants to seize and kill hostages
They were to model their mission on the bloody attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai on 26 November 2008, which left 166 people dead.
The US, Sweden and Japan have also updated advice to citizens travelling to Europe.
It's an effort to crack down on so-called black money and corruption, but many machines are not working or have run out of cash, leading to long queues and fights.
This is what a cash crisis has looked like.
Listeners heard Helen (Louiza Patikas) stab her husband Rob (Timothy Watson) in front of her young son Henry.
The storyline has been building up for the best part of two years, with Rob's behaviour escalating from controlling emotional abuse to physical harm.
The long-running soap began trending on Twitter after the episode aired.
Many listeners backed Helen's actions, tweeting their shock and sympathy for Helen's plight.
Timothy Kirkhope, the Conservative MEP for Yorkshire and The Humber wrote: "At last, Helen has cracked and turned on Rob in the Archers. Massive sympathy all round."
"Just made everyone in the pub jump with my scream," tweeted FurnessGirl.
"This is one of the most disturbing, unsettling pieces of radio I've ever heard. Heart-stopping," wrote Chris Neill.
"All this episode *proves* is that it is really difficult to leave, not encouraging women at all. Disastrous outcome," Bernadette Hawkes added.
"If only real domestic violence was given the same attention as The Archers," wrote LeeLeeBee.
Although some felt there had been too much coverage of the episode: "What is @Radio4Today trying to hide by talking about The Archers instead of real news?" tweeted Kim Harding.
The storyline prompted a Helen Titchener Fund, set up by a listener to raise money for domestic violence charity Refuge.
More than £89,000 has been raised so far, just short of the £100,000 target.
Refuge chief executive Sandra Horley said: "Refuge is as shocked as everyone else by the dramatic turn of events in The Archers on Sunday evening.
"This episode tells us that a victim of prolonged abuse may one day fight back when she is in great danger.
"Helen's situation mirrors what so many abused women feel and experience every day. It is important to remember that research shows an abused woman is at most risk at the point of separation.
"This storyline simply reflects the reality for many women today and I congratulate the script writers for highlighting a much ignored issue."
The Archers audience has remained steady over the past decade - the latest weekly reach covering the last quarter of 2015, was 4.84 million listeners.
Opener Mark Stoneman struck the winning boundary to secure Durham's third title in six years following back-to-back triumphs in 2008 and 2009.
An unbelievably proud day!
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The home side resumed on 7-0, with 62 needed, after rain prevented any play until 13:30 BST.
Harry Gurney picked up two wickets, but Stoneman saw them home in the 17th over to finish on 35 not out.
The win was Durham's fifth in a row and 10th of the season - four more than when they lifted the Championship trophy for the first time in 2008 and two more than when they retained the title 12 months later - and ensured they could not be caught by rivals Yorkshire.
Few predicted this Durham side would be among the contenders for the title at the start of the campaign following the retirement of Michael Di Venuto and Ian Blackwell and departure of Liam Plunkett, as well as the club's decision not to employ an overseas player.
They began the campaign with a 2.5-point penalty for breaking salary cap regulations and lost experienced Dale Benkenstein in mid-season because of a shoulder problem.
This was a magnificent win by Durham, as so many of them have been this season.
The campaign began with the club going cap in hand to the county council for financial help. I don't have enough fingers to count how many national newspaper and website writers wrote them off.
In early August they were easily beaten at Lord's by Middlesex and captain Paul Collingwood had to issue a 'don't panic' warning.
The team pressed on and with the dressing room galvanised, Durham have been simply breathtaking over the last five weeks.
They have now won a club record five games in a row and could become the first side to win 11 in a season since the two-division split in 2000.
You can single out many players for praise, but ultimately it has been a team effort and every one of them deserves to celebrate this one to the full.
Their backroom staff had to be reorganised when head coach Geoff Cook suffered a heart attack, but a team largely harnessed from academy talent has made a huge impression under captain Paul Collingwood, who led England to the World T20 title in 2010.
"It's been a tough year off the pitch with all the adversity that we've been through, with Geoff's illness and a lot of different issues," said Collingwood.
"The guys have really stood up at the right times and to see so many local youngsters scoring big runs, taking five-fors and winning games for Durham has been very satisfying from a captain's point of view - to watch them blossom and grow into men.
"It's great for the future, in many ways we have had our hands tied with the financial constraints and not being able to bring in overseas players, but it has been a blessing in disguise. These guys have had to improve their cricket and improve it very quickly."
Durham were in charge against Notts after bowling them out for just 78 on the opening day, although they were in trouble at 45-5 in their own first innings before recovering to post a total of 256.
Collingwood (88 not out) and Phil Mustard (77), Durham's two most experienced players, rescued the situation with a partnership of 121.
Notts showed greater resolve in their second innings, but a score of 246 left a target of only 69 for the home side, reduced by seven as the hosts faced one over on Wednesday evening.
No play was possible on a soggy, gloomy morning, but the skies cleared and play finally began over two hours late.
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Once the covers were removed, Durham were disciplined at the crease as Stoneman and Keaton Jennings were content to pick up only occasional boundaries against accurate bowling.
Gurney delayed the celebrations when he accounted for Jennings and Scott Borthwick inside two overs - the former lbw for 21 and Borthwick caught for a fourth-ball duck.
Will Smith came in at number four against his former employers, but he was largely a spectator as Stoneman thumped the ball to the boundary for the runs that brought the game to an end.
Notts now have an extra day to prepare for Saturday's YB40 final against Glamorgan at Lord's.
However, defeat at Chester-le-Street leaves them still not safe from relegation.
If they lose next week's home game against Somerset and Derbyshire defeat 2012 champions Warwickshire, they could find themselves playing in Division Two next summer.
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The county's fire authority has put seven options to the public as it seeks to save an initial £1.4m.
They include proposals to permanently close Pangbourne and Wargrave stations, and to keep Windsor station shut overnight.
A decision will be announced on 18 April.
More than 70% of respondents supported options that would keep both Pangbourne and Wargrave stations open.
The fire authority also received a 245-signature petition specifically opposing the closure of Wargrave station.
Councillor Emma Webster, West Berkshire Council's lead member for integrated risk management, told the BBC that Berkshire "will remain safe" despite the possible cuts.
She said: "When [residents] pick up the phone to dial 999 they will get the service they expect in a prompt and timely manner."
The consultation was launched last year after the fire authority revealed it needed to save £2.4m by 2020, from its current budget of £33m.
Fifteen-year-old Pranav Dhanawade broke the previous record of 628 set by Arthur Collins in 1899 on Monday.
But he continued his innings in the HT Bhandari Cup inter-school tournament and reached 1,009 runs.
He smashed 59 sixes and 127 fours in 395 minutes before his KC Gandhi School declared the innings at 1,465 against Arya Gurukul School on Tuesday.
In pictures: Indian schoolboy's 1,009 not out
Mumbai school cricket is highly competitive and has produced cricketers like legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar and current Indian opener Rohit Sharma.
"I was not thinking of a record," Dhanawade told BBC Hindi."it was not in my mind at all but as soon as I got close to the feat it was clear to me that I could achieve it."
Dhanawade said his father, an auto-rickshaw driver, had pushed him to play and was partly responsible for his success. He said he was ready for international cricket, but intended to first play in the under-19 state team.
Dhanawade's innings propelled him to the top of the trends on Twitter in India, where reactions to his innings have ranged from praise to shock and disbelief.
Greig Laidlaw kicked the visitors to a half-time lead after Wesley Fofana had a try disallowed for a forward pass.
Scott Spedding's long-range kick edged France ahead but Tommy Seymour's pace got him on the end of Laidlaw's chip to cross the line.
France fought back and after David Denton was sin-binned, Nakaitaci found space to win it.
Scotland were undone by a botched line-out late in the game having survived huge pressure for minutes before. The line-out is a worry but there are so many positives.
Physically, Scotland were excellent, losing little against the French giants. That is significant progress on the Six Nations when they were blown away.
They left this game behind them, but there will be cautious optimism for the big stuff to come.
Both sides struggled to keep their discipline, but it was Scotland who benefited most in the first half as they twice won penalties at the scrum, which aided their momentum.
Frederic Michalak missed an early penalty, and although he would score two more, Laidlaw made no mistake at the other end.
France broke through the dark blue line just once in the first half, with Spedding finding a gap, and it would have been a try had the referee not ruled that Mathieu Bastareaud's pass to Fofana was forward.
Scotland did not start the second half well and Michalak drew France level with another penalty.
And when France raced forward on one of their typical counter attacks through Yoann Huget, only a vital challenge from Sean Maitland denied them the lead.
The home side were given further encouragement when Spedding kicked them ahead for the first time in the match from his own half, but within minutes Scotland broke through and scored.
Laidlaw chipped the ball over the defence, Seymour raced through onto the loose ball and cruised over the line.
France responded and put the visitors under immense pressure. Denton was eventually yellow-carded after a series of conceded penalties and Nakaitaci burst through two tackles to score.
Scotland were dogged and determined amidst a scrappy games in difficult conditions.
What will continue to concern coach Vern Cotter will be the amount mistakes gifted to the opposition.
However, they could still have emerged victorious from Paris. Mark Bennett burst up the middle, but Matt Scott hurled a wild pass into touch when Scotland had men out wide.
Then, when they won a penalty at the end, they could have kicked for a draw. Instead they gambled and defiantly went for the win, but fell short.
Scotland begin their World Cup campaign against Japan at Gloucester's Kingsholm ground on 23 September, before matches against United States, South Africa and Samoa in Pool B.
France: Spedding, Huget, Bastareaud, Fofana, Nakaitaci, Michalak, Tillous-Borde, Ben Arous, Guirado, Slimani, Pape, Flanquart, Dusautoir, Chouly, Picamoles.
Replacements: Dumoulin for Fofana (34), Tales for Michalak (72), Parra for Tillous-Borde (59), Szarzewski for Ben Arous (56), Debaty for Guirado (56), Mas for Slimani (56), Le Roux for Pape (52), Nyanga for Picamoles (65).
Scotland: Maitland, Seymour, Bennett, Scott, Visser, Russell, Laidlaw, Dickinson, Ford, Nel, R. Gray, J. Gray, Wilson, Hardie, Denton.
Replacements: Lamont for Seymour (67), Reid for Dickinson (6), Brown for Ford (64), Welsh for Nel (59), Swinson for J. Gray (62), Strokosch for Wilson (53).
Not Used: Hidalgo-Clyne, Weir.
Sin Bin: Denton (70).
Att: 51,227
Ref: Wayne Barnes (RFU).
Gee Purdy, 23, Bella Collins, 23, Lauren Morton, 26, and Olivia Bolesworth, 27, completed the 3,000 nautical mile journey in 40 days.
They fought off a hurricane, 50ft (15m) waves and intense bouts of sea sickness to win a place in the record books.
They were also raising money for Plan UK's "Because I am a girl" campaign, a global womens' rights movement.
The women - under the team name Row Like A Girl - were taking part in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, along with numerous other teams.
No outside assistance is permitted, so they had to carry all the food and equipment they would need for the crossing.
They left the Canary island of La Gomera on 20 December and reached Antigua in the Caribbean on Friday.
Skipper Ms Morton said: "We're over the moon to make it here to Antigua, and to do it in record time really is the icing on the cake.
"This race challenges you so much, mentally and physically. We're exhausted but can't wait for the party to start in Antigua."
Ms Purdy said it had been an "extraordinary journey".
"There's no doubt that there were times where you question your sanity, sitting in the middle of the Atlantic… in a rowing boat, oars in and a massive storm tossing you around the ocean," she said.
"The feeling though of pure ecstasy to see the finishing line, to see our families and friends after 40 days, 3,000 miles made it all worth it."
In 2012 during the Talisker challenge, a crew of five women broke the record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an all-female team - they took 45 days.
Councillor Michael Stokes said in a statement it was with "great sadness" he announced the news of Sean Lawson's death.
Mr Lawson had worked at the authority for more than 12 years as head of its environment and public realm department.
Warwickshire Police said they were not treating the deaths as suspicious.
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The council statement added: "Sean was close to his staff and news of his death has been a shock to us all. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends."
It is thought the couple died at the weekend, the council said.
Police confirmed they were called to a property on Wiggins Close, Rugby, where they found the bodies of a 50-year-old man and a 63-year-old woman.
Det Insp Matthew Pyatt said: "We are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths. The case will be handed over to the coroner."
Wesley Hall, from Atlanta, and former Forest defender Wes Morgan, 31, are both known as Big Wes.
Mr Hall's Twitter handle is @bigwes, and Forest fans mistakenly tweeted him four years ago to congratulate him on Morgan's 400th appearance for the club.
He knew nothing about football at the time, but is now a diehard Reds fan.
He watches and listens to games from across "the pond", but this was his first time seeing Forest in the flesh.
"I said I wanted to be an honorary Forest fan," he told BBC Radio Nottingham.
"When I said that, that's when the whole thing went absolutely wild and it's been like a rocket ship ever since."
Mr Hall, who describes himself as a "digital analytics striker" on Twitter, was treated like a celebrity at the City Ground, with Forest fans eager to have photographs taken with him.
"I shed a couple of tears walking in," he said.
"It was overwhelming because ever since this whole thing started it's been really my desire to get here, to be amongst the people that I've grown to love, and now being here is actually a dream come true."
Unfortunately he did not get a chance to meet the other Big Wes, as Wes Morgan now plays for Leicester City.
However, Mr Hall was given the opportunity to take penalties at half-time during Forest's 1-0 defeat by Hull City on Saturday.
He also had time to visit the statue of Forest's legendary manager Brian Clough during his trip to Nottingham.
"It's been amazing seeing everybody that I've been corresponding to online," he said.
"It's been absolute madness, non-stop. I've had a blast since I've been here."
A campaign group has launched a Twitter account: Shut Up Tube Chat.
It comes after travellers were handed leaflets with badges encouraging them to talk to one another on the Tube.
The Tube Chat pin is supposed to indicate to other commuters that the wearer is happy to have a conversation.
It has provoked a strong reaction, with many people making their own badges designed to discourage anyone from approaching them.
Volunteers from the Shut Up Tube Chat campaign began handing out their badges at Liverpool Street station on Friday morning.
Commuters were handed leaflets with the new badges reading: "Want nothing less than a 'chat' with one of your fellow passengers?
"Wear this badge to let them know that you'd rather drink a pint of bleach than talk with them."
The badges, which read "Don't even think about it" are designed to ensure wearers can make their way to work in peace.
The man behind the campaign, Brian Wilson from Hackney, told BBC London he had given out 500 badges.
"I can't stand the idea of having to talk to strangers on the Tube on my way to work.
"We handed loads out this morning and everyone was loving it. Proper Londoners know the score," he said.
Commuters who want nothing more than to listen to their music, read a book, stare at their smartphone screen or just ignore their fellow travellers have also expressed alarm at being encouraged to talk to one another.
Actress and writer Emma Kennedy tweeted: "Whoever came up with those Tube Chat badges has fundamentally misunderstood the misanthropy of the London commute."
Richard Cook tweeted: "Imagine being someone who willingly wears a #Tube_Chat badge, sitting there beaming, just waiting for a conversation that will never come."
And Madelaine Hanson tweeted: "The day I willingly talk to anyone on the tube will be the day I have to tell someone that their hat is on fire."
Jonathan Dunne, who came up with the idea of the Tube Chat badges and is originally from the US, admitted it was difficult to get commuters to take one of the free pins.
"I would say it's about an 80/20 split.
"Twenty per cent think it's nice and about 80% of people think it's terrible, worst idea ever," he told BBC Newsbeat.
Transport for London (TfL) has said it had nothing to do with the scheme.
A car showroom in Iffley Road is being used as "Oxford's unofficial homeless shelter", according to squatters.
The building, owned by Wadham College, will be redeveloped into student housing, but campaigners have asked for it to be used as homeless housing until it is redeveloped.
Midcounties Cooperative holds the lease for the ground floor and said it was working "towards a collaborative outcome".
A council has reversed its decision to allow a gymnastics club in Oxford to move to larger premises.
Cherwell Gymnastics Club moved to a warehouse in Blackbird Leys, but Oxford City Council now says the premises are registered as a "key employment site".
Hazel Walsh, chairman of the club, said she was in "shock".
An eight-year-old girl who wrote to ask an Oxford University professor to visit her school has had her wish fulfilled.
Connie Gordon wrote to Dame Professor Carol Robinson to tell her she wants to be a chemist when she grows up.
The Royal Society fellow surprised Connie and her classmates with an impromptu visit.
The John Radcliffe Hospital cancelled all non-urgent operations for Friday and Monday because of "significant pressures" on its emergency department.
Oxford University Hospital's chief nurse Catherine Stoddart said it was so "patients with the most urgent needs can be treated more quickly".
Patients have been notified of the decision and urgent admissions will go ahead as planned.
And finally, two poems written by an 11-year-old George Michael have been unearthed by an old schoolmate.
Penny Ling, who lives near Faringdon in Oxfordshire, went to school with the singer.
She found the poems in her primary school yearbook from 1974.
Damon Smith denies making or possessing an explosive substance with intent to endanger life, but he admitted perpetrating a bomb hoax.
The 20-year-old allegedly packed a rucksack with explosives and ball-bearing shrapnel.
He then left it on a Jubilee Line train and timed it to go off within minutes, the Old Bailey was told.
A psychiatric report read to the court confirmed the defendant had an autistic spectrum disorder.
Mr Smith told Dr Ian Cumming he had a long-standing interest in weapons, bombs, guns, knives and knuckledusters.
When he was 10, he said he looked up how to make a bomb and when he was 14, a friend showed him the Anarchist Cookbook, jurors heard.
He told the doctor he liked making bombs because it was "something to do when he was bored".
The court heard the former altar boy also said he was interested in Islam and collecting Star Wars figures.
He told the psychiatrist he had thought about putting a bomb in a park but decided a train would be "more funny" to delay passengers. He also had no concept it might cause harm, jurors were told.
In YouTube videos played to the court, he was seen showing off his perfume collection while in another he demonstrated how to draw Bart Simpson.
Jurors have heard Mr Smith, from Rotherhithe, south-east London, referred to an al-Qaeda article as he put together the device with a £2 clock from Tesco.
A shopping list for "pressure cooker bomb materials" was also allegedly found on an iPad, ending in a note to "keep this a secret between me and Allah #InspireTheBelievers".
CCTV showing his journey on the Underground as he left the bomb on 20 October last year has also been shown in court.
When he was arrested he admitted making the device, but said he had only meant it to spew harmless smoke as a prank.
In his closing speech, prosecutor Jonathan Rees QC said the crux of the case was what the device was supposed to be - an explosive or to "produce a little bit of smoke".
He said Mr Smith, who is originally from Devon, had told police that it was Halloween coming up and he wanted to play a practical joke using "bits and pieces around the house".
But Mr Rees told jurors there were similarities with the bomb described in the al-Qaeda article and Mr Smith had gone to the trouble of buying the ingredients, which suggested more planning was involved.
Mr Smith's lawyer, Richard Carey-Hughes, announced his client's decision not to give evidence after the prosecution closed its case.
Judge Richard Marks told jurors they could draw such inferences from his failure to go into the witness box as they saw fit.
He said they would probably begin deliberating on Wednesday once the defence closed its case.
Redbridge Borough Council said the move was triggered by the "chronic shortage" of affordable housing in London.
Canterbury City Council said it tried to secure the homes for its own housing register, but lost out to a council with larger "financial resources".
It has also said the move will create a "financial strain" on local schools and social care.
The barracks were home to families of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, which were based at Howe Barracks for 10 years, before moving out in 2014.
They were the last representatives of the regular Army in the city, which has had a base in Canterbury since 1794.
Leader of Canterbury City Council, Simon Cook, said the council did its "utmost" to get the properties as they would have "made a difference to so many local families".
"We have explored the effective legal avenues open to us to prevent this from happening, but sadly there are none at present," he said.
"We will monitor this to ensure Redbridge follow due process and will take action if they fail to do so."
He added the council were seeking "urgent clarification" from Redbridge on the level of support needed
A spokeswoman for Redbridge Council said the authority aims to find accommodation in the borough for families where possible.
"The chronic shortage of affordable housing is a London-wide issue and due to the pressure in the housing market it has become increasingly difficult for us to secure enough local supply," she said.
"The cost of renting and buying properties is pushing people to outer London boroughs including Redbridge and beyond."
The actress, writer and singer, who has enjoyed decades of success in the US, said it was "a privilege" to be back.
Her six-part series, The Tracey Ullman Show, is part of a raft of new comedy commissions announced by the BBC.
Other shows include a Rory Bremner election special and a new series starring Ben Miller.
Ullman last appeared on the BBC in A Kick up the Eighties and Three of a Kind in the early and mid-1980s.
She also starred in ITV sitcom Girls on Top, before emigrating to the United States.
She later created The Tracey Ullman Show for the US Fox network, winning several Emmy and Golden Globe awards.
The show famously spawned cartoon series The Simpsons, which started out as short sketches either side of a commercial break.
"It's a privilege to be doing this," said Ullman of her new BBC One series. "I still feel as inspired to inhabit people as I did when I was six, standing on the windowsill in my mother's bedroom, putting on a show.
"The BBC has changed a bit since the last time I worked here, when it was all men in bow ties who had completed National Service.
"Now there are a lot more women," she continued. "Great ones. The important things haven't changed, though.
"The BBC still provides an environment that allows you to the freedom to create the best shows possible."
"It's about time the Americans gave her back," said Shane Allen, controller of comedy commissioning. "Tracey has been the missing gem in the British comedy crown for too long.
"Talent doesn't come much bigger and the BBC audience is in for a huge treat."
Ullman, now 55, was recently seen alongside Meryl Streep and James Corden in film musical Into the Woods.
Other comedy commissions announced on Wednesday include I Want My Wife Back, a six-part BBC One series with Ben Miller as a man whose wife walks out on their marriage on her 40th birthday.
BBC Two, meanwhile, will air a one-off programme to celebrate the 25-year comedy partnership of Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse.
The channel will also broadcast Rory Bremner's Election Report, described as a "timely post-election special", and a pilot sketch show for impressionist Morgana Robinson.
In addition, BBC One will host the annual Ronnie Barker Comedy Lecture, named after the Two Ronnies star.
It will given by a key comedy figure "to help inspire others, as well as addressing the present day challenges and opportunities facing the industry".
The inaugural speaker is yet to be announced.
Ben Kemp's family farm was caught up in the Pinery fire, which destroyed 82,000 hectares of land in the state.
He told the BBC he had been planning the extravagant proposal to Jadine Mold for some time, but the fire convinced him to go ahead.
She said yes, and they hope to have a wedding at the farm next year.
"She said she always wanted to be a farmer's wife," Mr Kemp said.
Mr Kemp said the Pinery fire had been "terrifying", with strong winds and temperatures around 35C. Two people were killed.
"The scale this burnt in such a short time has been unbelievable - they're talking about the worst conditions ever."
His family farm - called Youldoo, as his parents couldn't think of a name - lost about 1,000 hectares of land in total, though their home and cattle survived.
"We only lost about 5-6 hectares of unharvested crops but a lot of neighbours were only half or two thirds through the harvest."
The couple, who met through mutual friends, have been together about 12 months and Mr Kemp said he had known for some time he wanted to marry Ms Mold.
"This was planned to happen before the fires - I had an idea I was going to do it but the fires highlighted it."
He spent a few hours setting up his message on Tuesday morning, using the 5% of hay bales which survived inside one hayshed, about 80 in total.
Despite his hard work, the proposal nearly didn't go ahead - the helicopter pilot wanted to call it off because of bad weather.
"But with all the planes and drones flying overheard after the fires, I knew they'd see the bales and I'd blow my cover," he said.
"I thought once we got to the place we were taking the helicopter from she would click with what was going on," Mr Kemp told the BBC. "But she thought we were taking a flight to see the fire effect over the farm."
Ms Mold told the Adelaide Advertiser: "I was a little bit shocked. Once I realised it was real, there were tears. I looked out the window and saw it and said: "Oh my God ... No!"
Mr Kemp had the ring and a bottle of wine waiting on the ground next to bales, where he "got down on one knee and made it official".
He said he'd received a lot of messages and phone calls from neighbours, including "other guys that are not married telling me I've set the bar too high".
While they have no fixed plans as yet, they'd like to get married within the year, and hold the reception in the same field, possibly inviting some of their fire-hit neighbours.
Mr Kemp said it would "take a long time to recover" from the fires.
"We're a tight-community. We'll get through and rebuild and re-fence and grow crops again."
Karl Jones, 31, stole the money from a branch of Paddy Power the morning after it had taken cash from large bets on an English Premier League match.
He entered the bookmakers through an unlocked staff entrance, his trial at the High Court in Glasgow heard.
Jones, of Liverpool, was jailed at the High Court in Edinburgh.
His trial heard that before the theft on 30 March last year, Jones was in the betting shop up to eight hours a day five times a week.
The jury was told that the bookmakers had taken in a number of large bets for Manchester City to beat Arsenal on 29 March.
But the match ended 1-1 meaning the betting shop avoided big payouts and, as a result, more than £13,000 was in the shop.
Police found him and a 23-year-old man with stab wounds in Ashton Road, Oldham, after 03:55 BST.
They were both taken to hospital where the 19-year-old died in the afternoon. The older man has serious injuries but is in a stable condition, police said.
Two 19-year-olds, two 20-year-olds and a man, aged 21, were initially arrested on suspicion of assault. A murder investigation has now been launched.
All of them remain in custody.
More than one million Mexicans and their families, including US-born children, returned to Mexico from 2009 to 2014 after living in the US, the report by Pew Research Center found.
Meanwhile, only 870,000 Mexicans moved in to US during the same time period, creating a net loss of 140,000 people.
An uneven economic recovery in the US was cited as a reason behind the shift.
Industries where migrants typically found work, such as construction, have not rebounded since the US emerged from a recession in 2009.
While increased border security has been an issue in the US presidential race, the Pew Center found that existing border controls have also made it harder for undocumented Mexicans to enter the US.
The US has also stepped up efforts to deport migrants who have entered the country illegally.
However, the report found that the majority of Mexicans in the US who returned home did so "of their own accord".
The most common reason cited was reuniting with family. Others cited job opportunities in Mexico.
Montreal chef Martin Picard says maple syrup runs through the veins of Quebecers like the sap that flows from the trees each spring in sugar bushes across the countryside.
In an annual communal gastronomic ritual, Quebecers flock to sugar shacks - casual restaurants where maple syrup is also produced - to fill their plates with pea soup, meat pie, baked beans and crispy pork rinds, all served with ample amounts of maple syrup.
"When we taste the maple syrup we taste all our souvenirs (memories)" says Picard, who opened a sugar shack nine years ago. It remains one of the toughest reservations to get in the region and was voted one of the top 100 restaurants in Canada.
He says people who have never tasted the golden syrup might be surprised by its unique flavour, which can have hints of toffee and spice, herbs and flowers.
"But this is the best sugar in the world," says Picard.
The idea that maple syrup could indeed be seen as the world's best sugar is the driving ambition of the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers.
The Federation and its efforts have helped turn a provincial cottage industry into big business.
Prior to the 1930s, maple syrup was made mostly in the United States, says Michael Farrell, director of Cornell University's maple syrup research centre. It used to be that every farm in the US northeast and Canada would tap their own sugar maples and produce syrup - some to sell, some to keep.
Widespread industrialisation in New England and the rise of cheap white sugar meant that maple production in the US fell into decline. Meanwhile in Canada, production stayed relatively stable, in part because of local governmental support of the industry, Mr Farrell said.
But things really took off in the 1990s, about the same time that the Federation got the go-ahead from the Quebec government to start selling their syrup together.
The decision by Quebec producers to work collectively, and later to establish the global maple reserve, gave them more market power, said Federation spokeswoman Caroline Cyr.
"Since that time they were able to develop new market, to make an industry of maple syrup," she says.
"Before that, it was something they did on the side."
By the end of the millennium, Canada would be the reigning king of maple syrup, producing about 80% of the world's supply. Over the next two decades, Canadian maple syrup production would triple, largely due to the increasing demand worldwide spurred by the Federation's intense marketing efforts.
About 85-90% of all maple syrup produced in Canada comes from Quebec, or about 70% of the world's supply, depending on the year.
The Federation controls nearly every aspect of maple production in the province, assigning quotas to the province's 13,500 farmers and selling the syrup to licensed wholesalers.
It is a fine-tuned machine, with the Federation backed by provincial legislation.
Having a lock on the industry in Quebec has allowed the Federation to establish the strategic maple reserve that contains upwards of 78 million pounds of syrup at a time and allows them to prevent production-based annual price fluctuations.
The Federation also sets prices and quotas for the product that all commercial Quebec sugar bush owners must follow.
Its executive director Simon Trepanier says control over supply is important given that maple production can swing massively from year-to-year, from "swimming in a big pool of syrup" to barely meeting market demand.
By establishing prices, the Federation helped boost production not only in Quebec, but in the rest of Canada and the US as well, Farrell says.
Maple became a more reliable crop, and that encouraged farmers all over to invest in equipment.
Not all Quebec producers support the Federation. Some, like maple producer Angele Grenier, see it as a bureaucratic cartel.
Grenier is involved in a long-running legal battle with the Federation over whether she can independently sell her syrup to other provinces.
Last year was the Quebec maple industry's biggest year on record, producing more than 11.2m gallons of maple syrup worth more than C$435m (US$327m/£262m) total.
A large portion of that was shipped abroad in 2016, to places like the UK, Germany, and Japan.
UK-based marketing firm Liquid is helping push maple in Britain with "We Love Maple", a multi-pronged campaign geared towards getting the product in kitchens across the country.
The firm's research suggested that older Britons knew little about the product while younger demographics saw it as "something big fat Americans put over pancakes at breakfast", says Elisabeth Lewis-Jones, Liquid's chief executive.
They decided to rebrand it instead as a healthy and versatile alternative to white sugar. It is natural and, unlike honey, vegan.
It contains minerals like manganese and zinc, unlike trendier sugar alternatives like agave. The campaign began sponsoring two women's soccer teams as part of their health and wellness pitch.
The maple campaign has also been courting the country's top chefs, and the Federation is the first foreign organisation to be named an associate member of the Royal Academy of Culinary Art.
Exports to the UK jumped 36% in 2015.
"We've been really surprised at how the British public has embraced maple," says Lewis-Jones.
Quebec is now ramping up production, adding five million taps in the next two years to meet the growing appetite for the syrup worldwide.
The Federation has been spending about C$5m (US$3.7m/£3m) a year promoting maple in the UK, India, Japan, and the US.
And they are preparing for it to continue growing in global popularity. The Federation wants Quebec to study how much maple could be produced in the province if the trees were tapped to capacity.
They believe production could be doubled.
But when a bomb exploded in the town of Suruc in July, that peace was shattered.
Two days later, the PKK killed two Turkish police officers, claiming they had collaborated with the Islamic State (IS) group in the bombing.
Then, when Turkey launched air strikes on IS positions in Syria, they attacked Kurdish positions in Iraq too.
BBC Turkish's Cagil Kasapoglu went to Diyarbakir to find out the effect this turmoil is having on people's lives.
"A lot has changed in this last month and half. The jets are repeatedly taking off from Diyarbakir to bomb PKK camps.
"All this causes uneasiness in Diyarbakir. We worry about going out. We are used to some insecurity but this time I witnessed a gunfight myself.
"Two weeks ago, heavy gunfire broke out in my neighbourhood of Sehitlik and a police officer was killed.
"I was out at that time to buy a bus ticket and found myself in the middle of a war zone. I've never witnessed such a thing before."
"During the last month and half, everything has changed in Diyarbakir.
"After the bomb attack on an election rally on 5 June, the flow of tourists stopped. There is no one left. The tradesmen are suffering from slowing business.
"A week before the [parliamentary] elections, the city was bursting at the seams. Everybody was cheerful. There were no funerals held of soldiers or police.
"But in the last 10 days, at least 20-30 soldiers and police have died."
"Before the elections, we were very cheerful, there was peace and ease but now there is death and anxiety in the region.
"My brother is a police officer. I am anxious walking around with him fearing a possible attack from both sides.
"The other day, my brother and I were talking together on the street. A car approached and stopped nearby. I was afraid for a moment that they came to ambush my brother. They stared at us for a while then drove off.
"The government are acting like ultra-nationalists. We fear going back to the violence of the 1990s.
"If the jets carry on bombing the PKK's camps in the Qandil Mountains [in northern Iraq], then the PKK will carry on their attacks on soldiers and police."
"I am from Siirt. I came to Diyarbakir only for a day. But on my way we were stuck in the road for three hours because of a gunfight.
"They set cars on fire and I saw big flames coming from them. I am worried that Turkey may be like Syria unless a solution is found to this conflict.
"Those in the mountains should lay down their arms, there is no hope of a solution with arms in their hands. Parliament should get together to end this conflict."
The animal, nicknamed Menai, is an Olive Ridley turtle, which are usually found in warmer waters near the equator.
Menai is the first such turtle to have been reported in UK waters since records began almost 200 years ago.
Staff at Anglesey Sea Zoo, who cared for Menai, said it ate about 2kg of calamari a day as part of its recovery.
Menai is expected to have several more weeks in a rehabilitation centre before being released back into the wild following a ship-bound journey closer to the equator.
It was discovered last November near to Anglesey Sea Zoo, Brynsiencyn, which became its UK home while it was nursed back to health after being carried for thousands of miles on the currents.
Scans by staff at Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, discovered Menai was suffering lung damage.
Zoo boss Frankie Horbo, who accompanied Menai on its trip to the Spanish island, said it had "survived against the odds".
She told BBC Radio Wales' Good Evening Wales programme the fact Menai has "fully recovered and is fit for release back into the wild is nothing short of a miracle".
Tuesday's visit is Mr Putin's first to an EU leader since June 2014.
Hungary wants to negotiate a new agreement for Russian gas supplies.
Russia has been largely shunned by EU member states because of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, although it denies accusations of fomenting the violence.
Protesters rallied in Budapest on Monday night carrying banners saying "Putin No! Europe Yes!".
Much of the city centre was closed to traffic on Tuesday as security was stepped up ahead of the visit.
Mr Putin's trip comes less than a fortnight after German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Budapest before embarking on a week of intense diplomacy, which resulted in the announcement of a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine.
The Russian president is keen to demonstrate that he has allies within the EU and Nato, observers say.
During his visit, he is due to visit the graves of Soviet soldiers.
Hungary has backed EU sanctions imposed on Russia over the situation in Ukraine, but has been vocal about their negative impact.
Last year, Mr Orban said the EU had "shot itself in the foot" by restricting trade with Moscow.
Hungary relies on Russia for more than half of its gas supplies and wants to negotiate a flexible long-term deal to succeed the current agreement which expires later this year.
Mr Orban, who rose to prominence with a strong anti-communist and anti-Russian stance as a student leader, told Hungarian radio on Friday that there were psychological tensions with Russia, but he wanted to overcome them.
He is considered to be among Mr Putin's closest allies in Europe.
Many of the demonstrators who marched through Budapest on the eve of Mr Putin's visit said they were wary of closer ties with Russia.
Six people were arrested after clashes broke out at Melton on Melbourne's outskirts on Sunday.
Police also subdued a seventh man, 29, with capsicum spray after he allegedly punched a horse. The anti-racism protester is expected to face charges.
Three men were arrested during separate protests in the states of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia.
The men, aged 36, 48 and 64 respectively, were detained in Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane for alleged offences including damaging a memorial, affray and public nuisance.
Rallies were also held in Canberra, Perth and Hobart, but police said no incidents were recorded.
One man in Melton told the media he had joined the nationalist Reclaim Australia group's rally "for the right reasons".
"Some people might be here for the wrong reasons, and the right reason is making sure everyone assimilates and becomes Australian," the man told AAP.
"We don't want to be treated like we don't belong in this town and we don't want an organisation where people of certain origins have been making trouble. We don't want trouble in our town."
Darwin Police said no rallies were held in the Northern Territory.
"We're pretty tolerant, we love everyone here in Darwin," a police spokesperson told the BBC.
The Reclaim Australia group has held a series of rallies around Australia, some of which have turned violent in the past.
Clashes between anti-racist groups and radical nationalists broke out at a Melbourne rally in July.
The annual rate of increase is running at 4.9%, down from 5% in May, while prices rose 0.8% between May and June.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show the wide variation in price movements across the UK.
In the month of June, the average price of London home fell £3,000 to £482,000, while a house in the North East of England gained £2,000 to £130,000.
The ONS analysis of the housing market is widely followed because it is based on actual transactions compiled by the Land Registry and shows movements at a local level.
The biggest change was in Orkney where the average price is 28% higher than a year ago at £148,000.
In the City of London, the average dropped by 20% to £724,000.
The ONS said: "While the annual growth rate has slowed since mid-2016 it has remained broadly around 5% during 2017".
Last week, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said its members believed prices had stood still on average in recent months and that a slowdown was spreading from London to other parts of the South East of England.
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It fell on Wednesday by nearly 2% against the US dollar to 3.95 reais to the dollar.
So far this year the Brazilian currency has dropped in value by almost 33%, the weakest performance of any of the world's major currencies in 2015.
One of the main reasons for the real's weakness has been the fall into deep recession of the Brazilian economy.
This has been allied to widespread worries about the government's troubled attempts to balance its budget.
Meanwhile there has been almost continuous political turmoil, involving attempts - recently thwarted - to impeach the President Dilma Rousseff.
Those involved allegations that she broke the law when setting Brazil's 2014 budget.
That campaign against her has also run side-by-side with a huge public scandal involving some of her political associates, and bribery and corruption, at the giant state-owned oil company Petrobras.
The continuing economic and political crisis has led in the past few months to the worth of the Brazilian government's bonds being down-graded to the status of "junk" by two ratings agencies.
The posters, designed to highlight a drop in the price of a four-pint bottle of milk, displayed pictures of a type of cattle used exclusively for meat.
But people with a beef have taken to the social-networking site Twitter to criticise the supermarket.
A spokesman for Tesco said the adverts were being replaced.
The mistake was first spotted by farmers, who pointed out that the cows on show were a Hereford cross cow - farmed for beef production rather than milk.
Farmer Richard Yates, who has a herd of 100 Friesian cows near Bridgnorth, told the Shropshire Star that Tesco was using cows that "would never have been milked in their lives".
"That shows how out of touch they are and what they think of dairy farmers."
Elsewhere, greengrocer Kevin Brackenbury, 50, of Chester told the BBC: "I saw the advert, and coming from a background of working in supermarkets for more than 30 years, I find things like this most amusing.
"But the price of milk for farmers is a serious issue, and I'm sure some won't take kindly to this sort of thing."
People also took to Twitter to comment on the error, including @homefarmhouse who said: "No surprise @metrouk reporting Tesco milk ad campaign photo beef & not dairy cows. Big supermarket no understanding of farming or countryside."
Another user, @marketinglights, tweeted: "Holy Cow! How can #tesco use a wrong type of cow in their #ads? Time 2 get rid of #Shutterstock culture of marketing."
And @StephenOD tweeted: "Whoops! Milk from a Beef cow... Now that's clever! #Tesco milk promotion has a bit of a bovine identity crisis."
A Tesco spokesman said: "As soon as we spotted this mistake we organised for new pictures to be used, which customers can expect to see in their local store very soon."
He said he could not put a number on how many incorrect posters had been produced, but said the campaign had been nationwide.
Tesco did not say how much the mistake had cost the company.
PC Ian Terry, 32, was killed in June 2008 during training at a disused warehouse in east Manchester.
The investigation is looking at fresh allegations into the evidence provided by officers after the shooting.
No officers have ever faced criminal charges over the death but an inquest in 2010 found he was unlawfully killed.
PC Terry, from Burnley in Lancashire, was not wearing body armour when he was hit from a distance of about 12in (30.5cm) by a blank round of specialist ammunition not designed to kill.
He was playing the role of a criminal fleeing in a car.
An earlier investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), which concluded in December 2009, looked at the circumstances of the shooting.
It found evidence of a case to answer for gross misconduct for three Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers.
Gross misconduct was found for two officers and a third had retired before disciplinary proceedings could be held.
The new investigation concerns evidence given by a number of officers to the IPCC, to the inquest after PC Terry's death and to the subsequent Health and Safety Executive crown court trial, the watchdog said.
A spokesman said: "Some of the allegations are still being assessed at this time to determine whether or not they warrant investigation.
"A decision on the remaining allegations will be made as soon as possible."
The IPCC is also already looking into the firearms deaths of two other men - Anthony Grainger, an unarmed man who was shot by a GMP firearms officer in 2012 and Jordan Begley, who was Tasered by GMP officers in 2013.
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He said leaving a rate hike until too late risks steeper rate rises in the future.
Sterling briefly pushed above $1.27 after his comment, having dipped below $1.26 prior to Wednesday's Queen's Speech.
Mr Haldane's comments are at odds to those made by Governor Mark Carney.
On Tuesday Mr Carney said "now is not yet the time to begin" rate rises.
In August last year the Bank cut interest rates to 0.25% after signs of a slowdown following the Brexit vote.
But, in a speech in Bradford, Mr Haldane said: "Provided the data are still on track, I do think that beginning the process of withdrawing some of the incremental stimulus provided last August would be prudent moving into the second half of the year."
Mr Haldane said the risk of moving too late with a rate hike had grown, after UK economic growth and inflation had proven more resilient than expected.
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However, Mr Haldane said he had not voted for a rate rise in June due to there being "few signs of higher wage growth" and the "chance of a sharper than expected slowing in the economy".
Both are reasons for monetary policy "not to rush its fences," he said, adding that the general election "has thrown up a dust-cloud of uncertainty".
"It is unclear what twists and turns lie ahead, with potentially important implications for asset prices and, at least potentially, confidence among businesses and consumers.
"I do not think adding a twist or a turn from monetary policy would, in this environment, be especially helpful in building confidence, at least until the dust-cloud has started to settle," he said.
In his speech Mr Haldane also examined why UK wage growth has been weak in recent years.
He said that longer-term factors included a decrease in unionisation and an increase in self-employment, flexible and part-time working, and zero-hours contracts.
He said technology and globalisation "may have weakened the bargaining power of workers".
He added that "the impact of the financial crisis on slack in the labour market" was also a factor.
Colchester Hospital's leadership was labelled "poor" by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which put the hospital in special measures in 2013.
End-of-life patients did not always receive "safe or effective care", the watchdog also found.
The hospital said the report did not reflect the improvements it had made.
Operations were regularly cancelled and some cancer patients had to wait more than 100 days for treatment, the CQC found.
Outpatients were often placed "at high risk of avoidable harm" because of a "real lack of understanding" of waiting lists, it said.
Many items of equipment had not been tested "for several years", despite this being raised as a concern at a previous inspection.
Mothers were not treated "with sufficient dignity and respect" on the postnatal ward, inspectors found.
Staff were praised for being "dedicated" but inspectors said they "felt let down" because many agency workers did not show the same level of commitment.
Prof Sir Mike Richards, the Chief Inspector of Hospitals, said the hospital has a "serious number of problems" and has shown "only limited capacity to improve".
"While the staff have been working hard through many issues to drive improvements locally, their efforts have been affected by poor leadership and a high use of agency staff, some of whom are unsuitable in terms of their skills and knowledge," he said.
He recommended the trust remains in special measures for the next three months, during which time it must submit a weekly improvement plan.
The trust's council of governors said the report might have an impact on recruitment and was "likely to have a negative effect on the morale of our dedicated and loyal staff".
All high-risk medical devices have been checked since the inspection, it added.
Chief executive Frank Sims said he was "disappointed" with the report but will use it as a "blueprint for improvement".
More than 300 people have signed an online petition calling on Denbighshire council to stop bulldozers moving in shortly at Rhyl's Sun Centre.
The council plans to replace the complex with a new aquatics centre elsewhere on the seafront as part of a multi-million pound regeneration.
It said the Sun Centre was too expensive to run each year.
Campaign organiser Nigel Beech said many people wanted the Sun Centre retained.
"They're telling us that the building is unsafe but for a few thousand pounds I think they could make it safe and save a lot of money," he said.
"I feel very passionate about saving it. Rhyl needs a centre like this to bring in the visitors and I don't think the aquatics centre that they're proposing would be the same."
Mr Beech said he and his family had used the centre for many years when they travelled from Crewe for holidays in north Wales.
"We used to go regularly and I then started taking my children when we moved to Rhyl four years ago," he added.
"It would be such a shame to see it disappear."
Officials have previously said that the demolition of the Sun Centre will be an important step forward in its plans to regenerate the seafront, using public and private sector funding.
Clearing the Sun Centre site will pave the way for the refurbishment of the adjoining Pavilion Theatre's ground and first floors, creating a green public space and more parking facilities.
A Denbighshire council spokesman said: "While we are aware that many hold feelings of nostalgia towards the Sun Centre, the building as it exists today costs the council thousands of pounds every year to maintain - money we feel would be better invested in the area's future."
The last grand prix in Bahrain was an important race for Rosberg to win, because he was already some way behind Hamilton in the championship. In fact, he entered the weekend third overall, behind Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel as well.
But Rosberg did not win - Hamilton did again.
It was fortunate for Rosberg that Vettel had a bad day at the office - but Kimi Raikkonen's second place for Ferrari underlined just how difficult this year is going to be, for Mercedes in general and Rosberg, who finished third in the race, in particular.
Fortunately, there is now a decent break before the next race in Spain on 10 May for him to have a think about what to do next.
Last year, Rosberg took the title battle to the final race, eventually losing out to Hamilton in Abu Dhabi. This year, Hamilton has been in control since day one, and after four races is more than a clear victory's worth of points ahead - 27 points in front.
In reality, Hamilton has been on a roll since after the Belgian Grand Prix last year.
Hamilton got a big lift out of Mercedes backing him following the collision between the two drivers at Spa. The team not only punished Rosberg privately, but admonished him in public as well.
Rosberg was clearly quite badly affected by that incident. The team stopped smiling at him in quite the same way as before, and it appears that he looked inside himself and thought: "Actually, yeah, that was not appropriate; I should not have done that."
Hamilton has been dominant from that moment on. The only time Rosberg has beaten him since was in the penultimate race of last year in Brazil, where it has to be said the German did a super job all weekend.
Hamilton's momentum has carried on into this year, and he has eradicated his main area of weakness from 2014, which was his first flying lap in final qualifying.
Hamilton got quite a lot of those runs wrong last year, and that put him under pressure on the final run, where Rosberg more often than not beat him.
This year, though, Hamilton has nailed those first Q3 laps every single time, and the pressure is firmly on Rosberg.
I'm convinced Hamilton has stepped up this year. He seems more at ease, with less pressure on him - which I'm sure comes from winning the championship again and feeling he has nothing to prove to himself.
Rosberg is an intelligent guy, and that has often been a strength, but this year he is over-thinking.
When that happens, you tense up, and things don't flow. It stops being natural. It's happened to me in the past and I'm sure to every driver; in fact probably every sportsperson.
You could see that after Q2 in Bahrain. In fact, Radio 5 live commentator James Allen and I had an on-air debate about it at the time.
After Rosberg had been a second off Hamilton in Q2, James was very quick to pick up that Rosberg was thinking about the race and trying not to take too much out of that set of tyres - which is the one the drivers have to start the race on. Rosberg later admitted that was indeed on his mind.
I said at the time I would prefer Hamilton's one-second advantage, because going into Q3 you know what the car is going to do and where your limits are.
The driver is heading into that crucial final session knowing exactly what he has to do - and he also has the psychological advantage of that margin. It's like: "There you go, I've done it. Now you try to beat it."
And that's exactly what happened - Rosberg qualified only third, and said afterwards that this was partly because he did not have a feel for the limit because he had been so conservative on his Q2 lap.
I've experienced what Rosberg went through last year in sports car racing. Losing a world championship is one of the most gut-wrenching experiences a racing driver can have.
You put so much effort and emotional energy into it - especially if it is a straight fight between two guys in the same team.
There was high tension within Mercedes last year, which is very draining. At the end of it, the person who wins gets a massive boost and the other one has to recover from that, which does not happen overnight.
When a driver gets into this sort of mindset, it takes something to change it, and usually that is a victory.
For now, though, Rosberg is yet to get everything together this season. He is doing a neat and tidy job, but it's not enough.
Right now, he is in a similar position to the one Andy Murray faces in tennis. Murray is a superb player, but he is competing in an era of three all-time greats - Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Those guys will become legends of the sport. And it is the same for Rosberg, racing in an era that contains Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Vettel.
Rosberg needs to throw off the internal pressures - and that is very difficult to do.
His problem is that the media adds to it. So far, Rosberg has fronted up to all the questions about trying to beat Hamilton. But it might be a better idea to decide not to go there and refuse to answer them.
China was another example of him not doing quite the right thing. I don't think his comments after the race, accusing Hamilton of backing him into the Ferraris, did him any favours at all. It betrayed a weakness.
I know how he feels. When I joined Audi in sportscars, I had already won Le Mans with Porsche, but it was some time before I won it with Audi.
And Audi kept bringing it up, which made it worse for me and added to the pressure. It was like telling the media what to ask, and of course then every question focused on the fact I had not yet won Le Mans with Audi.
There are simple things you can do to alleviate some of that pressure, and Rosberg needs to work out what they are and do them.
Rosberg is perhaps not on the ultimate level of Hamilton at his best. But he has the speed and the capability to be there or thereabouts - he proved it last year.
You don't go to bed a fast driver and wake up a slow one, and you can only control yourself.
So you have to concentrate on that, don't think about what the other guy is up to and get back to enjoying driving a racing car, because that is what will unlock those final couple of tenths of a second that make the difference between winning and losing.
If Rosberg does not turn this around soon, it may be too late. Raikkonen is revived this year and Ferrari have two cars that can mix it with Mercedes.
That will increase Ferrari's development potential and they have nothing to lose, because they are coming back after their worst season for 21 years.
Ferrari are not quite there on absolute pace yet, but they are close enough to be a fly in the ointment.
Last year, if one of the Mercedes drivers had a bad race, they would almost certainly still finish second behind the other, which mitigated their losses in the constructors' championship.
But this year that is not the case. Ferrari are right there and will split the Mercedes if there is any kind of problem - such as Rosberg's brake failure on the penultimate lap in Bahrain that gifted second place to Raikkonen.
In these situations, the championship can slip away from a driver quite quickly.
At the moment, everything Hamilton touches seems to turn to gold. And Mercedes have already intimated that they would look at operating team orders if Ferrari start to get a sniff that they have a realistic chance of the championship and throw everything behind one driver.
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If that happens, with the way things are going at the moment, there is only one driver Mercedes are going to back, and it is certainly not Rosberg.
It is building up into a very exciting year. You have the might of Ferrari with a cavalier attitude against the more methodical, process-led approach of Mercedes.
There are going to be fireworks as a result.
Allan McNish is a former F1 driver, a three-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours and the 2013 World Endurance Champion. He was talking to BBC Sport's Andrew Benson
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) surveys the sky for high-energy particles, or cosmic rays.
It has seen evidence for what could be dark matter colliding with itself in a process known as "annihilation".
But scientists stress that a precise description of this enigmatic cosmic constituent is still some way off.
"It could take a few more years," said AMS deputy spokesman Roberto Battiston, a professor of physics at Trento University, Italy.
"But the accuracy that AMS is displaying is far greater than past experiments, so we're getting closer to unveiling the cause of the particle events we're detecting," he told BBC News.
Dark matter accounts for most of the mass in the Universe.
It cannot be seen directly with telescopes, but astronomers know it to be out there because of the gravitational effects it has on the matter we can see.
Galaxies, for example, could not rotate the way they do and hold their shape without the presence of dark matter.
AMS - a particle physics machine nicknamed the "Space LHC" in reference to the Large Hadron Collider here on Earth - has been hunting for some indirect measures of dark matter's properties.
It counts the numbers of electrons and their anti-matter counterparts - known as positrons - falling on to a battery of detectors.
Theory suggests that showers of these particles should be produced when dark-matter particles collide somewhere in space and destroy each other.
In a paper in the journal Physical Review Letters, the AMS team reports the observation of a slight excess of positrons in the positron-electron count - an outcome expected of these dark matter annihilations.
The group also says the positrons fall on the AMS from all directions in the sky with no particular variation over time.
This is important because specific locations or timing variations in the signal could indicate a more conventional source for the particles, such as a pulsar (a type of neutron star).
AMS was placed on the International Space Station in 2011. The longer it operates, the better its statistics will be and the more definitive scientists can be in their statements.
But lead spokesman, Prof Sam Ting, said the AMS Collaboration would proceed slowly and cautiously.
"It took us 18 years to do this experiment and we want to do it very carefully," he told a seminar at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (Cern) in Geneva.
"We will publish things when we are absolutely sure."
The Physical Review Letters paper reports the positron-electron count in the energy range of 0.5 to 350 gigaelectronvolts (GeV).
The behaviour of the positron excess across this energy spectrum fits with the researchers' expectations. However, the "smoking gun" signature would be to see a rise in this ratio and then a dramatic fall. This has yet to be observed. Only more data from above 350 GeV will resolve this issue.
"With time, we should be able to tell you whether it drops off very quickly, in which case it will be the result of dark matter collisions - which means we've found dark matter; or that it drops off very slowly which means the positrons come from pulsars," Prof Ting explained. "At the moment we do not have enough particle events."
Getting a definitive detection and nailing some of its properties would open up dark matter to further study.
"At the moment, all we can say is that the (dark matter) particles could have a mass of several hundred gigaelectronvolts, but there is much uncertainty," said Prof Battiston. (By way of comparison, a proton, the particle in the nucleus of every atom, has a mass of about 1 GeV).
AMS is just one of several techniques being used by researchers to try to uncover the nature of dark matter.
There are laboratories on Earth that are attempting to make more direct detections as the elusive particles pass though containers of the elements xenon or argon, held deep underground.
The Large Hadron Collider, too, is involved in the hunt. It hopes to produce dark matter particles in its accelerator.
A precise description of this mysterious component is now an urgent objective for modern physics.
Normal matter, the material we can see with telescopes (all the stars and galaxies), contributes just 4.9% of the mass/energy density of the Universe.
Dark matter is a far bigger constituent, making up 26.8%. This figure was recently raised following studies of the cosmos by the European Space Agency's Planck telescope.
The value is now nearly a fifth up on previous estimates.
Dark energy is the component that contributes most to the mass/energy density of the Universe at 68.3%. Dark energy is the name given to the force thought to be accelerating the expansion of the Universe. Its character is even more obscure to science than dark matter.
Transition Radiation Detector determines highest-energy particle velocities
Silicon Trackers follow particle paths; how they bend reveals their charge
Permanent Magnet is core component of AMS and makes particles curve
Time-of-flight Counters determine lowest-energy particle velocities
Star Trackers scan star fields to establish AMS's orientation in space
Cherenkov Detector makes accurate velocity measurements of fast particles
Electromagnetic Calorimeter measures energy of impacting particles
Anti-coincidence Counter filters signal from unwanted side particles
$2bn machine to 'probe the unknown'
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Riot police on motorbikes fired tear gas against opposition demonstrators and blocked their motorcade in the capital, Caracas, where a bus was also set on fire.
There were clashes in Valencia and other Venezuelan cities.
Nearly 40 people have been killed since the unrest began six weeks ago.
Mr Maduro has accused the leader of the opposition-led National Assembly, Julio Borges, of inciting violence by calling people onto the streets.
On Friday, riot police clashed with elderly protesters at the so-called Grandparents March in Caracas.
Opposition leaders say they will keep the pressure on Mr Maduro's government.
"We are going to stay in the street, building a way out of the crisis," opposition lawmaker Freddy Guevara told AFP news agency in Caracas.
The current unrest was triggered by a Supreme Court attempt to take over powers from the opposition-controlled National Assembly on 29 March.
It reversed its decision a few days later, but by then the opposition had seized the momentum.
Despite having the world's largest known oil reserves, Venezuela is facing a shortage of many basic items, including food and medicines.
Its economy has collapsed, with inflation expected to top 700% this year and crime is rampant.
The opposition says the socialist governments of Mr Maduro and his predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez, have mismanaged the economy since coming to power in 1999.
It is calling for early elections and the release of opposition politicians jailed over the past few years.
Mr Maduro accuses the country's business elite of boycotting the economy to create unrest and topple his democratically-elected government. His term ends in January 2019.
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England claimed silver and bronze in the final through Max Whitlock and Louis Smith. Scotland's Daniel Purvis finished in fifth place.
Keatings's gold follows his two silver medals, in the men's all-round finals and the men's team event.
And it takes to 14 the number of gold medals won by Scotland since the Games got under way.
Keatings, 24, produced a stunning routine in front of his home crowd to score 16.058 and see off the challenge of Whitlock.
"It was amazing to be in front of a home crowd and do probably one of my best routines," he said afterwards. "I went for a 7.2 start and hit it. I'm ecstatic to have won."
BBC Sport's gymnastics expert Beth Tweddle said: "It feels right that, in front of a home crowd, Dan Keatings produces that.
"It's a massive achievement for Dan because this wasn't just any old final, this was the one they all wanted."
Meanwhile, Purvis secured a bronze medal in the men's ring final.
The event saw Canada earn their first gold medal in the gymnastics courtesy of Scott Morgan, with compatriot Kevin Lytwyn taking silver.
Kaden Gowers sustained fatal injuries on Fowey Close, in Macclesfield, shortly before 21:00 BST on Tuesday, Cheshire Police said.
He was pronounced dead in the cul-de-sac. Detectives said no-one else is thought to have been involved in the death.
Prayers were held at his school, All Hallows Catholic College.
Principal Tony Billings said: "Kaden Gowers joined All Hallows Catholic College this September, coming into Year 9.
"In a very short space of time he made many new friends both at All Hallows and across the town. We are all deeply saddened by news of the tragic accident which has taken Kaden from us."
A spokesman for Cheshire Police said: "Investigations are ongoing to establish the exact cause of the accident.
"The boy's next of kin have been informed."
Villa were linked with moves for Roma striker Seydou Doumbia and Arsenal full-back Mathieu Debuchy on deadline day, both of whom joined other clubs.
Villa are bottom of the Premier League, 10 points adrift of safety.
"It probably says we're going down, it's as simple as that and as clear as that," Houghton told BBC World Service.
"I've heard some of the quotes from Remi Garde, the current manager, and that wasn't what he was told when he took over. He thought there would be funds available in January to strengthen the squad.
"To have brought no-one in is quite remarkable in many respects, this is probably the best window for the teams at the bottom because they're the ones that panic the most.
"The amount of money that's coming into the Premier League next season is huge and for a club like Villa not to be in it next season would be unbelievable."
"Newspaper stories suggesting that Remi Garde might consider his future as Villa manager following their failure to improve the squad in the transfer window may attract some sympathy from Villa supporters.
"Garde has already told us that any signings the club did manage to make on deadline day would not be his first choices.
"Villa's league position didn't make the task easier, but any slight lift in morale from the recent brief unbeaten run now appears to have been lost."
Simon Stevens, who has worked as an NHS manager and acted as a health adviser to Labour, will take over from Sir David Nicholson in April.
Mr Stevens is currently working for United Healthcare as its global health president.
His appointment comes at a challenging time for the health service.
While the NHS budget has been protected - it is rising 0.1% each year at the moment - the settlement still represents the biggest squeeze on its funding in its history.
This is happening at a time when there are growing demands for care.
There have already been signs the NHS is struggling to cope.
Last winter pressure on A&E units meant the waiting time target was missed from January to March.
Meanwhile, a growing number of trusts are running up deficits.
Despite having worked in the US for the past three years, the Oxford University graduate has plenty of NHS experience.
During the late 1980s and for much of the 1990s he worked in a number of management positions, including a stint at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital Trust in London and for a mental health service in Northumberland.
In 1997, he became an adviser to Alan Milburn and co-authored the 2000 NHS Plan, which led to record increases in investment for the health service.
From 2001 to 2004 he worked directly with Tony Blair and was a strong advocate for increasing the use of the private sector.
After that he joined United Healthcare, first to lead their European arm and then as a senior executive in the US.
As chief executive of NHS England, Mr Stevens will have control over the day-to-day running of the health service.
Mr Stevens would be paid the same as Sir David - £211,000 per year - but had offered to take a 10% pay cut in the first year due to "NHS spending pressures", NHS England said.
He will draw a salary of £189,900 in the first year.
Christina McAnea, head of health at the union Unison, sounded a note of caution about Mr Stevens' appointment.
She told the Today programme on BBC Radio 4: "I am surprised that they haven't been able to find someone within the NHS... and somewhat concerned that this is the Tory-Lib Dem government trying to install American medical values."
Ms McAnea said she hoped it was not a "surreptitious attempt" to move away from the NHS values of "free medicine for all"
But the chairman of NHS England, Sir Malcolm Grant, said they wanted to do a global search and believe Mr Stevens is the right person to lead the health service through the coming years.
Sir Malcolm told the Today programme: "We wanted the best in the world and we've got I think the best in the world. Of course we've got somebody who's got experience both of the public health system in this country and of the best of American healthcare.
"The NHS has to be open to ideas from across the world. All nations are facing a crisis in the affordability of healthcare and the American experience is valuable to us."
Mr Stevens said: "It will be a privilege to lead NHS England - at a time when the stakes have never been higher - because I believe in the NHS, and because I believe that a broad new partnership of patients, carers, staff and the public can together chart a successful future for our health service."
NHS England chairman Prof Sir Malcolm Grant said: "I am delighted that Simon will be taking on this exceptionally challenging leadership role for the NHS.
"We have been through a rigorous global search, and engaged with a range of excellent candidates.
"I am confident that Simon Stevens is the right person to lead NHS England through the coming years, bringing new ideas and fresh energy."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "Simon has an extraordinary reputation in the UK and abroad as a reformer and an innovator, and we are lucky to have someone of his calibre doing such a vital role.
"He will make a key contribution to the two biggest challenges facing the NHS right now - how to raise standards of care and also be financially sustainable.
"His passion for our universal health service free at the point of use goes back many years but he will add international expertise as we face the challenges ahead."
The announcement comes after Sir David said in May he was stepping down after seven years leading the health service.
He had faced repeated calls to resign over his role in the Stafford Hospital scandal.
Sir David spent 10 months in charge of the local health authority in 2005 and 2006 at the height of the problems.
The cargo vessel disappeared about 48km (26 nautical miles) north-west of the remote island of Socotra while sailing from the eastern province of Hadramawt.
The government says the incident took place five days ago, but it appears that it was only confirmed on Tuesday.
The cause of the disaster is not clear, but a minister said it was an accident.
The government has asked merchant vessels and warships in the area to help search for survivors, some of whom are believed to have escaped in lifeboats.
Fisheries Minister Fahd Kavieen wrote on his Facebook page on Wednesday afternoon that so far 35 people had been rescued.
He was hopeful that more could be found, but warned that the next few hours would be "very critical" and appealed for helicopter support from the Saudi-led coalition backing his government in its war against the Houthi rebel movement.
Earlier, Mr Kavieen was quoted by the AFP news agency as telling reporters that the ship was believed to have sunk on Friday as a result of an "accident", citing "preliminary information". The government had sent out an SOS after the sinking was confirmed on Tuesday, he added.
But the Aden al-Ghad news website quoted a source in the coastguard as saying he had received a notice from authorities in Hadramawt on Tuesday night that contact with the ship had been lost several hours after it set sail from Mukalla.
Socotra, which is home to about 50,000 people, is about 350km (190 nautical miles) south of Yemen and 240km (130 nautical miles) east of Somalia.
Flights between the Yemeni mainland and the island were suspended in March 2015, when the conflict between the government and the Houthis escalated and the Saudi-led coalition closed the country's airspace and began carrying out air strikes.
There are no regular ferries, forcing islanders to seek passage on cargo vessels.
Mr Wright has been the interim chief executive since Richard Carey announced in October he was standing down from the health authority.
It has been embroiled in a recent staffing controversy.
NHS Grampian chairman Prof Stephen Logan said: "He has demonstrated strong charismatic leadership, a clear focus for the organisation and a genuine desire to be visible."
Mr Wright's appointment comes after BBC Scotland revealed last month that the board had failed to appoint a new chief executive after a recruitment campaign for the post, on a salary of up to £151,000 a year.
Prof Logan added: "His tremendous capacity for hard work and his personal drive, energy and enthusiasm have been instrumental in embedding our values of caring, listening and improving and in moving forward day to day business at the same time as planning for the future.
"We should never be complacent. We face real challenges every day and we will continue to do so. But we will continue to deliver safe, effective, person centred care with good clinical outcomes and positive patient experience and Malcolm will maintain that focus and build and develop the organisation going forwards."
Recommendations were made in reviews last year looking at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, the care of older people and concerns over general surgery.
Stephen Jones heard the crash from his parents' home near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday night.
He jumped into the 12ft (3.6m) deep North Level Drain as her car sank and pulled the driver free in pitch black darkness.
The 34-year-old said his heroics were "what anyone would do".
The woman was unhurt but later charged with drink-driving.
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Mr Jones, from Woking, Surrey, was visiting his parents in Parson Drove when they heard "an almighty sound" at about 21:15 BST.
The car had careered through metal railings and plunged into the middle of the water where it started sinking, he said.
"I think the the scary bit was the fact you could hear the person inside the car screaming for help, which was terrifying.
"I went straight into the water and tried to open the doors first of all, but couldn't.
"Luckily the windows were already smashed, so I went underwater and unlocked the doors and just had a feel around.
"I managed to feel someone in there and pulled them out."
Mr Jones said he was in the "freezing, pitch black water" for about four minutes trying to free the woman.
Police, the fire service, an ambulance and air ambulance were all called to the scene and were "amazing", he added.
Mr Jones was later praised by police on Twitter, who wrote: "Steve, thank you for your life-saving actions."
"It could have been an awful lot worse than it was. I just did what any human would have done if you heard screams," Mr Jones said.
"The fire chief told me [the woman] would certainly have drowned if I hadn't gone in to help."
The woman, 58, from Spalding in Lincolnshire, will appear before Peterborough magistrates on 17 May.
Having played three fewer games, unbeaten Celtic are eight points better off than their Glasgow rivals.
"We will never give in until it's done," said veteran striker Miller.
"But for us it's about finding that consistent form and putting a run together. If that happens, then you never know."
Rangers sit second after back-to-back home wins against closest challengers Hearts and Aberdeen but Mark Warburton's side are yet to win three-in-a-row in the league this season.
"You need to put a run of wins together if we want to close this gap on Celtic to as little as possible," said Miller.
"That's what the aim is and if we're going to do that we need to start winning a lot of games and that starts on Friday against Hamilton. We want to get our first set of three straight wins this season and before the Celtic game we'd like to go in with five."
After losses to Hearts and Aberdeen earlier in the campaign, Miller is now seeking revenge against the only other team to have beaten them - Celtic.
"We've played Hearts, Aberdeen and Celtic all away from home during the first part of the season and lost to them," said Miller on the Ibrox club's annual visit to Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children.
"Now we've put two right by winning at home and we've got Celtic at our place in a few games' time [31 December] and that's another opportunity too.
"We're building a bit of momentum now."
Miller turns 37 two days before Christmas but remains a first team regular under manager Mark Warburton, scoring four goals in 23 appearances this term.
The former Scotland striker is out of contract in the summer and confirmed he has yet to be offered a new deal, but he is not thinking about retirement any time soon.
"I'd love to sign on again but these kind of things are out of my hand," he said.
"However, I've got no plans on slowing down. I feel pretty good at the moment. Is 40 a realistic target? Well it's only three years away now so it's definitely on the horizon.
"As long as I still feel like this then why not?
"I've been playing a lot of games which is great. I still feel I'm contributing and as long as I keep doing what I'm doing then hopefully I'll have a year or two - or three or four - left in the tank yet.
"I want to be here. I enjoy working with the gaffer and [assistant manager] Davie Weir but for me it's about staying fit and healthy and performing."
The 90m-long Schokland is carrying a cargo of wind turbine parts and lost power on Sunday near the island of Hoy.
The ship was towed through the Pentland Firth and down the east coast overnight by the Einar tug, owned by Orkney Islands Council.
A spokesman for the authority said the cargo ship had suffered engine failure.
But US sources have refused to comment on a claim by Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness that the move is because of the UK's decision to leave the EU.
He disclosed it had been postponed at a Sinn Féin meeting in Derry.
Sources say the conference would have involved between 20 to 25 people, including potential investors.
It is understood Mr McGuinness was told of the postponement at a meeting in Belfast on Wednesday with US officials, including the US Secretary of State John Kerry's personal representative to Northern Ireland, Senator Gary Hart.
Before last month's referendum President Barack Obama warned that Britain would go to the "back of the queue" for trade deals with the US if it voted to leave the European Union.
It is hoped the event will now go ahead next spring instead.
The 38-year-old was walking on the road close to its junction with the B741 north of Girvan at about 00:30. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 28-year-old woman driving the car, a Ford Focus, was uninjured.
Police officers investigating the crash want to speak to anyone who may have witnessed what happened.
Red sludge containing metal oxides flooded a town and two villages, killing 10 people and injuring 200.
The court cleared ex-director Zoltan Bakonyi and the other managers of alleged negligence, waste management violations and environmental damage.
They worked at the MAL plant in Ajka.
The BBC's Nick Thorpe in Budapest says there was anger in court when the verdict was read out, and an appeal is likely.
The caustic sludge spilled from a storage pond after a wall burst open. It flooded Devecser and two nearby villages, Kolontar and Somlovasarhely. The disaster affected an area of 40 sq km (15.4 sq miles).
The judge in the city of Veszprem said the MAL employees' criminal responsibility for the disaster could not be proven, and that the company itself was not on trial.
The cause of the collapse was the unstable soil beneath the storage pond, he said.
Some compensation has already been paid to the victims' families, and the Hungarian state has rehabilitated the whole valley, rebuilding many homes.
The figures, from Stormont's Department of Enterprise, show spending of £403.5m compared to £472.6m in 2013.
However, there was a 21% increase in R&D spending by higher education institutions.
Overall, across the private and public sector R&D spending was down by 5% to £602.3m.
The report cautions that variations can occur from year to year due to the influence of one or two large scale projects, either starting or finishing.
It said this likely contributed to the decline in business R&D expenditure over the year.
The total number of companies spending on R&D increased over the year from 534 firms in 2013 to 657 in 2014.
The concentration of spending also moved away from the largest firms - the 10 biggest spending companies accounted for 43% of the total spend, compared to 60% in 2013.
Almost two thirds of R&D spending in Northern Ireland was by externally owned companies.
However, locally owned firms reported an annual increase of 24% in their R&D spending.
The Confederation of British Industry's director in Northern Ireland, Nigel Smyth, described that figure as "really encouraging".
"Almost 550 locally owned companies are now investing in R&D. This bodes well for the future growth of the economy which is increasingly been driven by innovation."
Mr Smyth added: "It is vitally important for the future growth of the economy that we continue to support more investment in R&D both in our companies and in our universities."
Slabs of concrete in the garden at the Forth Valley Sensory Centre in Camelon were broken up and walls were spray painted in the incident.
A fountain was also damaged and defaced with graffiti during the attack over the weekend.
Police said the youngsters, who are aged between seven and 11, will be referred to the Children's Reporter.
A spokesman for the sensory centre said: "The centre would like to pass our thanks to PC McInnes for his swift and dedicated activity.
"The response from the community has been amazing and we have been overwhelmed by the messages of support from local people and businesses."
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Lindsey Broomhead, from Rotherham, was riding when the horse was spooked by boys throwing stones. The fall has left her unable to walk or talk.
After months of rehabilitation, Ms Broomhead is now able to come back to live at her family home.
That's the question election workers were left asking in Foyle last week.
We know of at least three Patrick Dohertys - but only one got to vote.
The other two were turned away because their vote was taken by a man who shared their name.
Could it be the same Patrick Doherty who voted early and often on polling day? That's the suspicion.
And are there other Patrick Dohertys out there who stayed at home but who's vote ended up in a ballot box?
Welcome to the murky world of electoral fraud.
"The Patrick Doherty who appeared in front of us was very convincing, he called out his name and address and flashed his ID," one election worker said.
"As we looked for his details he even told us his middle name.
"It wasn't until another Patrick Doherty walked through the door an hour later with his polling card and ID that the penny dropped and we realised we had been conned."
So how easy is it to pull something like that off?
"All they have to do is scan the electoral register, note all the Patrick Dohertys, remember their addresses and then go around their nearest polling station," he said.
"But they have to make sure that the real Patrick Doherty doesn't show up at the same time.
"It's easier if they use the register of non voters, then they know for sure the Patrick Dohertys who are unlikely to show up."
It's an old trick which is now back in the spotlight as some parties here are turning up the heat on electoral fraud.
It comes as no surprise that places like Foyle are getting most attention where only 169 votes separated the winner and loser.
The SDLP's Mark Durkan lost the seat to Sinn Féin's Elisha McCallion.
The police have now been asked investigate a "small" number of reports of electoral fraud passed on to the chief electoral officer.
History tells us the thief who stole Patrick Doherty's vote is unlikely to get a knock on the door.
But the extra attention around electoral fraud is about putting a marker down for the next election.
While that may lead to more scrutiny next time around, it's unlikely to stamp out a problem which has been around for as long as votes have been cast.
Tackling the problem at government level can also come at a cost.
In 2002 the Electoral Fraud Act was passed at Westminster. It tightened controls around voter identification and absent voting in Northern Ireland, but it also resulted in 120,000 voters being wiped from the register.
There is a balance to be struck between making it easier for voters to mark their ballot papers and making it harder for the mystery Patrick Doherty to mark more than just his ballot papers.
Saudi national Nahid Almanea, 31, was stabbed 16 times as she walked to the University of Essex campus in June 2014.
James Attfield, 33, was found with 102 knife wounds in Castle Park last March.
The boy, who was arrested in Colchester on suspicion of carrying an offensive weapon, is due to appear at Chelsmford Magistrates' Court on Saturday.
John Finucane has been nominated to run in North Belfast by senior MLAs Gerry Kelly and Carál Ní Chuilín.
The move sets up a battle with the Democratic Unionist Party's deputy leader Nigel Dodds for the constituency's Westminster seat.
Loyalist paramilitaries killed John Finucane's father in what was one of the most controversial Troubles deaths.
Pat Finucane was shot dead, aged 39, in front of his wife and three children at their home in February 1989.
He had represented a number of high-profile IRA prisoners, some of whom had taken part in hunger strikes at the Maze Prison in 1981.
The Ulster Freedom Fighters later admitted carrying out the murder and there were long-standing allegations that members of the UK security forces colluded in his killing.
In 2012, then prime minister David Cameron said the level of state collusion uncovered by a review of the murder was "shocking".
This is an unexpected decision by Sinn Féin .
John Finucane is well-known in legal circles and is no stranger to the media. He has been a campaigner for some time.
This is his first step into electoral politics, so he is untried and untested from that point of view, but it puts the focus on legacy issues in a very tight constituency.
Nigel Dodds of the DUP is defending the seat and is confident of retaining it. There is no Ulster Unionist candidate.
The SDLP have not announced their candidate, but it is expected to be Nichola Mallon.
In a tweet on Tuesday, John Finucane said he was "very proud to have been nominated" to run in next month's poll.
He is a partner at the Finucane Toner law firm in Belfast and has campaigned along with his family for a public inquiry into his father's murder.
Mr Kelly said he was "confident that in John Finucane we can return a nationalist MP for the first time in the history of North Belfast".
"Between now and 8 June we will be pulling out all the stops to make this possible," he added.
People were asked to enrol at their local banks to have their fingerprints taken, along with a photograph of their face by the end of Friday.
Nigeria's central bank said non-registered customers would lose electronic access to their accounts.
Huge sums are allegedly stolen from Nigerian banks as a result of forgery and illegal withdrawals.
Customers who register are issued with a unique Bank Verification Number, which is used in combination with the biometric information to confirm their identity whenever a transaction is made.
Central bank spokesman Ibrahim Mu'azu on Friday told the BBC Hausa service that the exercise had been on going for more than two years but less than half of the 52 million account holders had registered.
He said the exercise would "safeguard depositors from fraud" and allow banks to monitor their customers and serve them effectively.
It is not clear how many people have missed the deadline but millions could be affected.
As the banks are not open on Saturday and Sunday, Friday is effectively the last day people can get the number.
There was a last-minute rush in June as people tried to register, before the deadline was extended to 31 October.
However, the situation appeared to be calmer on Friday.
The bank has also set up centres in Europe and America to allow Nigerians in the diaspora to register.
The weapon was one of a pair of daggers discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1925 within the burial wrappings of the teenaged king.
The origin of its unrusted iron blade has baffled scientists because such metalwork was rare in ancient Egypt.
Tutankhamun was mummified more than 3,300 years ago.
Italian and Egyptian researchers used "a non-invasive X-ray technique" to confirm the composition of the iron without damaging it, according to a study published in the journal of Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
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"Meteoritic iron is clearly indicated by the presence of a high percentage of nickel," the study's main author, Daniela Comelli, said.
The researchers say the presence of iron - along with levels of nickel and cobalt - "strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin".
They compared the composition of the dagger to known meteorites within 2,000km around the Red Sea coast of Egypt, and found that one in particular - which landed 150 miles (240km) west of Alexandria - contained similar levels of nickel and cobalt.
Ancient Egyptians attached great significance to meteoritic iron for the production of fine ornamental or ceremonial objects, the researchers say.
"They were aware that these rare chunks of iron fell from the sky already in the 13th [Century] BCE, anticipating Western culture by more than two millennia," they write in their findings.
The high manufacturing quality of the blade in comparison with other simple-shaped meteoritic iron artefacts "suggests a significant mastery of ironworking in Tutankhamun's time", they say.
The dagger - which features a decorated gold handle and a gold sheath with a floral lily motif on one side and a feather pattern on the other - is now on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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Sasso spent the whole of last season on loan with the Owls, making 19 appearances in all competitions.
The 25-year-old, who can play at full-back or centre-half, joined Braga in 2013 but played only 17 league games.
"I understand the intensity of the league and I know exactly what to expect," Sasso told the club website.
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Ozturk, who skippered the side to third place in the Premiership last season, has played only once this term.
"It is a tough position for him to be in," United States midfielder Kitchen told BBC Scotland.
"But he's a good professional, a good player and he'll respond in the right way."
Hearts made the announcement shortly after top-flight rivals St Johnstone also appointed a new skipper.
Steven Anderson has taken over from the retired Dave Mackay and manager Tommy Wright told the club website: "It was an easy decision for me.
"Steven is the longest-serving player at the club, a leader on the pitch and is perfect to follow in Dave's footsteps."
Kitchen, who has made five appearances for Hearts this season, only joined the Edinburgh club in March after leaving DC United.
Asked if he was surprised to be named captain so soon, he said: "A bit if I'm honest.
"But I'm honoured to have this role and I'm looking forward to it.
"Wearing the armband is a huge honour, especially at a club like this."
It is not the first time Kitchen has been a team captain and he does not expect to have to change his game.
"This is my first time as a professional, but I have with youth teams," he revealed.
"It is certainly more responsibility, but I just have to be me and keep doing what I've been doing."
Fellow midfielder Don Cowie had been given the armband in recent Hearts matches in the absence of Turkish central defender Ozturk, who signed a three-year contract when arriving from Trabzonspor in 2014.
Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson told his club website: "I'd like to thank Alim for the huge part he played, and will continue to play, in helping the team to the top end of the league.
"It's now Perry's time to take over that responsibility and I've absolutely no doubt that he will flourish in the role of Hearts captain."
Mr Rouhani is regarded as a relatively moderate figure, and supporters had hoped he would pick some women.
There has been only one female cabinet member since Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979.
The cabinet, which must be approved by parliament, also lacks Sunni members. The group makes up around 10% of Shia-majority Iran.
Mr Rouhani beat hardliner Ebrahim Raisi to the presidency in May after vowing to improve Iran's civil liberties and rebuild ties with the West.
At a conference in February titled "Women, Moderation and Development," he had called for a greater female presence in politics and culture.
He focused on women's rights and promised equal employment opportunities and access to services if he was re-elected. Critics now accuse the 68-year-old cleric of breaking his pledges.
Mohammad Karroubi, the son of jailed opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, tweeted: "The people's message in the last two elections has had little reflection in the proposed cabinet.
"How can you speak of equality of the entire nation and ignore women and religious minorities?"
"The lack of women ministers shows we are treading water," Shahindokht Mowlaverdi, the outgoing vice-president for women's affairs, told the Etamad daily.
The new cabinet features little change at the top.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was the lead negotiator when Iran in 2015 agreed to curb its nuclear programme in exchange for an end to sanctions, will keep his job.
Likewise Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, who is credited with increasing oil production since the sanctions ended.
Gen Amir Hatami has been named as the new minister of defence, after serving as deputy. The average age of a cabinet minister now stands at 58.
By far the youngest appointee is Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, a 35-year-old engineer set to take over as telecoms minister.
By Siavash Ardalan, BBC Persian
President Rouhani's proposed cabinet is a huge disappointment to his supporters, many of whom feel betrayed that the names submitted to Iran's parliament do not reflect his mandate to press on further with a moderate and reformist agenda.
The most prominent criticism has been the absence of women in the proposed cabinet. There were none in Mr Rouhani's first-term cabinet either, and even two current female vice-presidents themselves have very few female deputies.
Expectations have grown significantly over the past four years, during which President Rouhani did not shy away from confronting his hard-line opponents. But now his own supporters are accusing him of caving in.
Reformists believe the lack of diversity in the new cabinet is a sign that Mr Rouhani is bowing to pressure from Iran's religious establishment.
As things stand, former health minister Marzieh Dastjerdi will remain the only woman to have held a cabinet post in Iran since 1979.
She served from 2009-13 under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Mr Roujhani's hardline predecessor.
Lawmakers are not expected to challenge the chosen cabinet, as key roles are filled with the approval of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The Supreme Leader is the commander-in-chief of Iran's armed forces, and also dictates major policies in the Islamic Republic.
Real, who aim to become the first side to retain the Champions League when they play Juventus in Cardiff on Sunday, agreed a transfer deadline day deal with United for De Gea in 2015.
The £29m transfer collapsed because Real did not submit paperwork in time.
It is anticipated the La Liga winners will renew their efforts to sign the Spain international keeper.
De Gea, 26, was left out of United's Europa League final line-up on 24 May in favour of Sergio Romero.
United have noted reports in the Spanish media, which tend to be the prelude to a concerted effort to sign a player when a club knows negotiations are not going to be straightforward.
However, the Old Trafford club feel they are in a better position to reject Real than they were two years ago.
In August 2015, De Gea had just entered the final year of his contract.
His current deal lasts until 2019 and he also has the option to extend for an additional season.
Senior United sources also say De Gea has not asked for a move, or expressed any discontent with his present situation.
It has also been pointed out United do not have a track record of selling players they want to keep.
The loss of Cristiano Ronaldo, albeit for a then world record £80m, in 2009, is the obvious example of it happening, while it could also be argued United had 'sold' De Gea when they did not want to before the transfer was eventually scuppered.
The story appeared to surface on 'The Local' website and said six nations called Qatar 'the base of terrorism'.
Fifa have dismissed quotes that were accredited to their president Gianni Infantino.
The story was then widely reported by several major news organisations.
The Local has said that it was a copycat website and it "neither wrote, posted nor removed that article".
The story first appeared on Saturday night and claimed that Infantino had told The Local that Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt wrote to Fifa to ask that the world football's governing body remove Qatar as hosts.
Fifa have denied receiving any correspondence from the Arab countries. A spokesman said: "The Fifa president has never received such a letter and he has not made any comment on that.
"As already said, Fifa is in regular contact with the Qatar 2022 Local Organising Committee and the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy handling matters relating to the 2022 Fifa World Cup."
The fake website, posing as The Local had quoted Infantino as saying: "The countries warned Fifa of the risks threatening fan and player security in a country that is 'the base and the castle of terrorism'."
An earlier statement from the real Local website read: "We have neither seen the letter referred to in the article, nor sought nor received comment from any representative of Fifa on the issue."
A further statement from publication added: "The article appeared on a fake site designed to look like The Local's own site.
"There is no trace of it in our systems, nor any evidence that anyone tried to access our content management system"
The website where the false report appeared was registered last week to an address in Hawaii, however the personal details appear to be fictitious.
BBC Radio 5 live sports news correspondent Richard Conway
Qatar is in the midst of an acrimonious diplomatic dispute with its Arab neighbours and is the subject of a blockade.
The gulf state's government has been accused of supporting Islamist opposition groups and extremists, allegations it vehemently denies.
So this latest episode of 'fake news' could well be related to the wider geopolitical troubles in the region.
However, we may never know who really was behind this attempt to undermine Qatar's hosting of the World Cup.
The fact the original falsified report duped several mainstream media organisations - before corrections were made - should also concern those who worry about the how public opinion is being increasingly manipulated by those with political agendas.
In a wider context, with Qatar facing hostility towards its hosting of the World Cup both within the world of sport and amongst its neighbours, this may simply be a taste of what lies ahead in the years leading up to 2022.
Sterling has fallen to a 31-year low against the dollar while the IMF cut its GDP forecast for next year to 1.1%.
But, as the FTSE 100 rose to an 18-month high, Mrs May said the outlook was "more positive" than many expected.
The PM told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that her job was to make the process of EU exit as "smooth as possible".
But she also acknowledged it would not be "plain sailing" and there would be "bumps in the road".
Mrs May will give her first leader's speech to the Conservative conference on Wednesday against a backdrop of Brexit-induced jitters in foreign exchange markets.
The pound has continued to slide since the prime minister said official negotiations on the terms of exit would begin by next March at the latest and indicated that she was seeking restrictions on freedom of movement rules - a move seen as incompatible with remaining a member of the EU's internal market.
In its latest economic analysis, the IMF said the UK would grow by 1.8% this year, slightly higher than previously forecast in July, saying consumer spending remained robust and market reaction to the EU vote had been "reassuringly orderly". As it released its report, the FTSE 100 share index rose above 7,100 for the first time since May 2015, close to its record high.
The prime minister's language was notably less flamboyant about the possible swoops and dips of the economy than her chancellor, hardly known as an audacious orator.
But like any political leader at any political gathering, her responses are of the moment, of the time.
This week Theresa May wanted to show to her party members, who are largely Eurosceptic, that she is committed to leaving the EU - without giving anything away about how the government will proceed - and show a calm, brave face to the country.
Behind closed doors cabinet ministers express very different views about what our status outside the EU will be.
Read more from Laura
But the IMF expects a significant slowdown in the UK economy next year, with growth down to 1.1% compared with 2.2% in 2015 and the 2.2% forecast before the Brexit vote, amid concerns about the outcome of the UK's negotiations with the rest of the EU.
Mrs May told the BBC's political editor that the negotiations would be complex but that the UK economy was in good shape, with employment at a record high and inflation at a record low.
"Currencies, of course, go up and down," she said. "If you stand back and look at the fundamentals of our economy, which are strong, if you look at the other economic data that has been around in recent weeks, if you look at the most recent forecasts that are now coming out for growth in our economy this year, all of that is more positive than people had expected it to be."
Chancellor Philip Hammond has suggested the government will boost spending, through increased borrowing, to mitigate the impact of any weakening in economic conditions.
Mrs May said this was the right approach. "What the government needs to do is ensure that we are, in terms of the process of Brexit, making that as smooth as possible," she said.
"What matters is that we are clear about the deal we want to get for the British people. That's the right deal, a deal that ensures that British businesses have the maximum opportunity to trade with and operate within the European Union".
Asked about her authority to lead the government and to pursue policies not in the Conservatives' 2015 manifesto, she said certain "adaptations" had to be made in response to the Brexit vote and rejected calls for her to seek a mandate from the people through an early general election.
"What we need is stability. You've talked about the economic situation, you've talked about markets. Actually what markets want is stability and a general election would give them instability."
Speaking earlier on BBC Radio 4's Today, she said the UK should not be approaching the negotiations thinking what aspects of the EU membership it should keep, but should be thinking about what kind of relationship it wanted with the EU and the wider world as a "sovereign, independent" country.
"I am going to be ambitious as we go into discussions," she said. "I want British businesses to be able to trade with the EU and operate within the EU and EU businesses to be able to operate within the UK.
"It is not about the UK, in some sense, being a supplicant to the EU but the reciprocity here - a good trade deal is going to be a benefit to us and the EU."
Opposition parties have accused the prime minister of making light of the economic difficulties which lie ahead.
Jon Ashworth MP, Labour's shadow minister without portfolio, said: "The 'bumps in the road' she talks about are real threats to our economy, yet she's recklessly ploughing on, putting jobs and prosperity at risk." And Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said: "These 'bumps' as she blithely calls them, are people's jobs and livelihoods. She seems as out of touch as her ministers."
On the third day of the conference, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said further controls on the number of foreign workers and students coming into Britain may be needed to reduce levels of net migration.
Mrs May said she was still committed to the government's goal of reducing net migration from more about 320,000 currently to less than 100,000 but declined to say whether this was achievable by 2020 and said there was no single measure that would bring it about.
John 'Goldfinger' Palmer, 64, was found by his family last Wednesday at a house in Sandpit Lane, South Weald, Essex.
The death was not thought to be suspicious initially, but post-mortem tests found he was shot in the chest.
Police want to speak to anyone who was in the area from 16:00 to 18:00 BST on Wednesday.
"The area is rural but is often used by dog walkers and joggers," said Det Ch Insp Simon Werrett, of Essex police.
"Officers are at the scene making inquiries and I would urge anyone with information, no matter how small, to come forward."
Palmer was jailed for eight years in 2001 for masterminding a timeshare fraud targeting people across the UK.
A year later, he was ordered to hand over £35m, but the ruling was overturned on a technicality.
His wealth was once estimated at £300m, according to an Underworld Rich List compiled for the BBC in 2004.
Palmer had owned helicopters, a French chateau and a £1m mansion in Bath, and was once considered one of the biggest landowners on Tenerife.
He was acquitted of handling gold from the 1983 Brinks Mat robbery at Heathrow airport.
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The building, on the corner of Leece Street and Berry Street, was severely damaged in a 1941 air raid.
Liverpool City Council said £150,000 of urgent structural repair work will take place shortly, but the site now needed a "longer term vision".
The consultation aims to assess how the public would like to see the site used.
St Luke's Church, owned by the council, was built in 1831 by John Foster and John Foster Jr and continues to stand as a memorial to those killed in the war.
The walls and gates of the church are Grade II listed.
Recently, the site has been used for community and public arts projects managed by local volunteers.
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Mae'r BBC yn deall fod yr heddwas wedi marw.
Mae na adroddiadau fod un unigolyn wedi ei saethu gan heddlu arfog ac mae Scotland Yard wedi dweud eu bod yn trin y digwyddiad fel un terfysgol tan y bydd mwy o wybodaeth yn dod i law.
Mae meddygon yn dweud fod un ddynes wedi marw wedi i gar yrru at gerddwyr oedd yn cerdded ar Bont Westminster.
Dywedodd Gwasanaeth Ambiwlans Llundain fod o leiaf 10 o bobl wedi derbyn triniaeth ar y bont a bod nifer o bobl sydd ag anafiadau difrifol yn cael eu trin mewn ysbyty gyfagos.
Cafodd yr heddlu eu galw am 14:40 ac mae llefarydd wedi dweud fod y Prif Weinidog Theresa May yn ddiogel. Fe fydd hi'n cadeirio cyfarfod brys o bwyllgor diogelwch COBRA yn ddiweddarach.
Dywedodd arweinydd Tŷ'r Cyffredin, David Lidington AS fod dyn wedi ymosod ar yr heddlu yn y Senedd a'i fod wedi ei saethu gan swyddogion.
Dywedodd arweinydd y Blaid Lafur, Jeremy Corbyn, ei fod yn meddwl am y dioddefwyr, eu teuluoedd a'u ffrindiau. Ychwanegodd fod yr heddlu a staff diogelwch wedi ymateb yn gyflym i sicrhau diogelwch y cyhoedd, aelodau seneddol a staff, a'i fod yn ddiolchgar iddyn nhw.
Mae gwaith ASau a'r Arglwyddi wedi ei atal am y tro ac mae adeiladau'r Senedd yn San Steffan ar gau.
Cafodd aelodau seneddol a'u staff eu hebrwng i Abaty Westminster yn dilyn yr ymosodiad.
Mae'r digwyddiad wedi achosi oedi ar rwydwaith trafnidiaeth dinas Llundain.
Mae Elin James Jones yn arbenigwraig gyda'r Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig yn San Steffan. Dywedodd wrth BBC Cymru:
"Mae'n anodd stumogi'r peth, mai yn y gwaith ydw i, a bod hyn i gyd yn digwydd. Mae'r sgriniau teledu i gyd ymlaen yn y swyddfa, a 'dy ni ddim yn cael symud i unlle.
"Mae 'nghalon i yn fy ngwddf braidd, ond dw i'n saff ac yn aros i glywed mwy. 'Dy ni wedi cael gwybod fod y Tŷ wedi ei ohirio a 'dy ni'n cael cyngor i beidio gadael. Felly 'dy ni jysd yn aros nawr, am fwy o wybodaeth."
Mae'r dadlau yn siambr Senedd y Cynulliad yng Nghaerdydd wedi ei ohirio yn dilyn y digwyddiadau yn Llundain.
Mewn datganiad, dywedodd Elin Jones AC, Llywydd y Cynulliad: "Mae'r digwyddiadau yn San Steffan yn parhau ond maen nhw'n cael eu trin fel digwyddiad terfysgol difrifol. Rwyf wedi gohirio'r Cyfarfod Llawn a chaiff y busnes sy'n weddill heddiw ei aildrefnu ar gyfer dyddiad yn y dyfodol.
"Rydym yn disgwyl i fusnes y Cynulliad yfory fynd rhagddo fel arfer. Mae ein gwasanaeth diogelwch a'r heddlu yn cydweithio'n agos. Mae'r heddlu wedi cynyddu presenoldeb swyddogion arfog o amgylch ystâd y Cynulliad ac ym Mae Caerdydd rhag ofn.
"Mae ein meddyliau gyda phawb sydd wedi'u heffeithio arnynt gan ddigwyddiadau erchyll heddiw."
Cyhoeddodd Llefarydd Senedd yr Alban fod y ddadl oedd i fod i ddigwydd brynhawn dydd Mercher ar gynnal ail refferendwm annibyniaeth wedi ei gohirio hefyd.
Dywedodd AS Mynwy, David Davies wrth y BBC ei fod yn cerdded drwy New Palace Yard adeg y digwyddiad, a'i fod wedi clywed gweiddi ac yna "o leiaf un ergyd".
Dywedodd: "Yna mwy o ergydion, 'alla i ddim cofio yn union... Dechreuodd bobl symud yn ôl, fe wnes i aros i'r ergydion stopio.
"Roeddwn i y tu ôl i golofn, ac fe wnes i gymryd cyfle a rhedeg yn ôl i Portcullis House - doeddwn i ddim yn gwybod beth oedd yn mynd ymlaen.
"Ond roedd rhywun yn yr ardal hefo gwn ac yn amlwg doeddwn i ddim mewn lle da iawn."
Mae nifer o aelodau seneddol o Gymru wedi cyhoeddi negeseuon ar wefan Twitter i ddweud eu bod yn ddiogel.
Mae aelod seneddol Plaid Cymru Liz Saville Roberts wedi trydar o siambr y Senedd i ddweud ei bod yn ddiogel wrth i ASau gael eu cadw yn yr adeilad am y tro.
Dywedodd yr aelod seneddol Ceidwadol Craig Williams ei fod yn ddiolchgar am y negeseuon y mae wedi eu derbyn, ond ei fod ef a'i dîm yn ddiogel yn y Senedd.
Mae'r AS Llafur Wayne David hefyd wedi trydar yn diolch i bobl am gysylltu gydag o, gan ddweud fod y mwyafrif o ASau yn ddiogel wedi eu cloi i mewn yn yr adeilad yn San Steffan.
Dywedodd Ian Lucas, yr AS Llafur ei fod yntau yn y siambr a'i fod yn ddiogel ac yn meddwl am y swyddogion hynny oedd yn gofalu amdanynt.
Ar Twitter, dywedodd Prif Weinidog Cymru, Carwyn Jones bod hwn yn "ymosodiad ofnadwy ar galon ein democratiaeth, rydw i'n meddwl am bob un sydd wedi eu heffeithio".
Mewn neges arall dywedodd: "Delweddau ofnadwy o San Steffan. Mae hwn yn ymosodiad erchyll ar ein democratiaeth. Mae ein meddyliau gyda'r rhai sydd wedi'i effeithio."
Mewn datganiad, dywedodd Arweinydd y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig, Andrew RT Davies ei fod yn meddwl am bob un sydd wedi eu heffeithio "gan yr ymosodiad treisgar yma ar ein democratiaeth".
Ychwanegodd: "Rydyn ni'n cael ein hatgoffa ar adegau fel hyn o ddewrder y gwasanaethau brys, a'r rhai sy'n rhoi eu diogelwch eu hunain mewn perygl i amddiffyn bywydau eraill."
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Plaid Cymru mewn datganiad: "Mae ein Aelodau Seneddol a'u staff yn ddiogel, ond mae ein meddyliau nawr gyda chydweithwyr ac aelodau o'r cyhoedd sydd wedi cael eu dal yng nghanol yr ymosodiad.
"Dylai pawb gael yr hawl i deimlo'n ddiogel yn eu man gwaith, yn arbennig cynrychiolwyr a etholwyd yn ddemocrataidd. Mae Plaid Cymru heddiw yn sefyll mewn undod gyda phawb sy'n gweithio yn Senedd San Steffan, ac yn condemnio y weithred ofnadwy hon o drais. "
Fe wnaeth gohebydd seneddol BBC Cymru Elliw Gwawr gyhoeddi negeseuon ar Twitter o San Steffan yn syth wedi'r digwyddiad yn dweud fod yr heddlu'n symud pobl i ffwrdd o adeilad y Senedd, a bod nifer o ambiwlansys wedi mynd heibio iddi.
Ychwanegodd ei bod yn deall fod nifer o ASau wedi'i cau yn y siambr, a bod swyddfeydd y BBC wedi eu cloi gerllaw.
There's good and bad news. And on several fronts.
Diesel is today selling in some supermarket forecourts at less than £1 per litre. Nice if you use diesel.
Not so great if you produce it, or if you want to curtail burning of it for environmental reasons.
Industry analyst Douglas-Westwood has today warned that the backlog of work in subsea operations worldwide has disguised the falling away of orders.
It forecasts a 15% drop in the next year in sub-sea installations.
With budgets slashed, offshore discoveries last year were down 60% on 2013 and 45% down on 2014.
That looks bad, but it's a bust that could lead to a boom. If replacement reserves are not being discovered, there's a reasonable chance of a shortage of output a few years away, pushing prices up again.
Recent assumptions have been that a significant rise in world oil prices has not been expected until towards the end of this year. The word is that it's "lower for longer".
But then, you should expect the unexpected. One of the uncertainties around supply of oil is political tension around the Persian Gulf.
It doesn't take much of a threat to the Straits of Hormuz, between Iran and its Sunni neighbours, to make the market nervous.
With Saudi Arabia and Iran in a serious diplomatic tiff, that threat of disruption explains why oil prices have risen with the first day of 2016 trading.
At one point, it was up 4% at nearly $39, counter to the sharp downward plunge of stock markets.
[Note, 24 hours later: that boost to the price has been lost in subsequent trading. Brent crude has fallen back below $37 per barrel.]
We have also heard today that production in the UK offshore sector is well ahead of expectations.
It was thought that output would rise during 2015, but only a little, ending a 15-year decline from the North Sea peak, more recently steeper than anticipated.
It was clear that a bumper series of investments in new fields were sure to raise output of oil and gas, against the trend of declining output from older fields.
The drive to cut costs means non-essential maintenance may also have been postponed, meaning that production could continue.
So now, Oil & Gas UK, the trade body, is predicting the full year of 2015 is going to be at least 7% up on 2014.
UK government statistics for January to October show oil up 10.6% and gas by 6.1%. November and December rarely change that picture.
We're yet to hear of the long-delayed first gas from the Laggan-Tormore field, west of Shetland, but when it comes, that will boost 2016 figures.
So here's another combination of good news for the industry coinciding with the bad - production rises at the point when prices drop.
So would it not be more sensible to hold back on production until prices rise again?
Not in the offshore sector. Once £40bn of investment has been committed, as we've seen over recent years, oil companies don't have the patience or capital to wait until the price rises.
Nor does the technology lend itself to sitting idle while the markets make up their minds.
In the Arabian deserts or Texas, pumps can be switched off when the price falls - though this time, the Saudis have chosen not to do so.
In the Dakotas, fracked wells run out of pressure, and without renewed activity, output dwindles over time.
But in the hostile, corrosive waters around Britain, once you've committed, you have to keep up momentum.
You could say the same of Norway. But Norway has got lucky - or made its own luck? - with the timing of its production.
Britain's production peaked when prices and profits (the taxable bit) were low. Its offshore fields have been, on average, smaller than Norway's, and its tax rates lower.
The UK government chose to sell off its stake in oil companies and oil fields, losing out on the opportunity for profits.
As I've written before, an analysis of production, price, profits and tax revenue shows the UK and Norway have produced similar levels of oil and gas since 1971.
But the Norwegian state gained nearly $30 from each barrel of oil extracted, while the UK government gained only $11.
As the UK sector is now seeing an upward blip on the long-term downward trajectory of output, that is welcome for the beleaguered offshore energy industry. But it has come, again, at the wrong time.
Meanwhile British number three Kyle Edmund lost to defending champion Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-6 (7-5) in round two.
It ends British interest in the singles after Andy Murray and Dan Evans lost.
Konta, seeded 11th, broke Garcia in the fourth game but the 21st seed levelled the match and dominated the third-set tie-break, winning it 7-1.
Garcia, who was once described by Murray as a future world number one, showed impressive resilience to recover from a set down against Konta and sealed her win and a place in the last 16 with a powerful cross-court backhand.
Edmund lost the first set in 42 minutes against Serb Djokovic but won the first three games of the second and served for the set at 5-3, before the five-time champion fought back to seal the match.
The world number two will play former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in the third round.
Australian Open champion Roger Federer needed only 52 minutes to reach round three with a comfortable 6-2 6-1 win against France's Stephane Robert.
World number six Rafael Nadal secured a third-round tie against fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Guido Pella of Argentina in one hour 20 minutes.
World number 60 Donald Young was a surprise 6-3 3-6 6-3 winner against fellow American Sam Querrey, ranked 26.
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller at Indian Wells
Konta played without her usual fluency and, although she served better in the final set, she could not take any of the three break points and was outplayed emphatically by Garcia in the tie-break.
The best part of four weeks off tour resting a foot injury may explain some of the rustiness, and - like Andy Murray - Konta now has virtually two weeks of practice stretching ahead of her before she plays her first singles match in Miami.
The Scottish SPCA was called out after the ducklings were spotted in Ellon.
Animal rescue officer Hannah Gorrara said: "Some lovely children were able to show me the drain where the ducklings were swimming about.
"I think their mother must have lost them. It is very sad that they are no longer with their mum but they are doing well in our care."
She added: "Thankfully, it wasn't too big a drop.
"Hopefully we'll be able to release them back into the wild in about six weeks time once they are fully fit and able to fend for themselves."
They were taken to the animal charity's National Wildlife Rescue Centre at Fishcross.
Tensions are again escalating between Kiev and Moscow, after a period of relative stability.
Unidentified individuals blew up four pylons in two locations in southern Ukraine at the weekend, near the border with the Crimea peninsula, which the Kremlin annexed last year.
The explosions severed the flow of electricity to Crimea and plunged it into darkness. Schools were shut down and hospitals ran on reserve generators. Local officials declared a state of emergency.
On Wednesday, Moscow and Kiev both announced that Ukraine would no longer receive Russian natural gas deliveries, although it was unclear which side actually initiated this cut-off.
At the same time, Ukraine said it was banning all Russian aircraft from flying over its airspace.
All this takes place as fighting intensifies between government troops and rebels, whom Moscow by all appearances supports with men and firepower.
A ceasefire in September lowered the violence to nearly zero, but the number of dead and wounded is once again mounting.
Relations between the two countries are poor, to put it lightly.
Still, so far there has not been a complete breakdown.
Ukraine bans Russian planes as gas flow halts
Crimea hit by blackout and trade boycott
Ukraine has officially declared Russia an "aggressor nation" and the fight in its east an "anti-terrorist operation".
But Kiev has stopped short of calling it a "war," and ties between them exist but are greatly reduced.
Each escalation of the conflict, or the war of words between the countries, raises fears that the fighting will return to the massive bloodshed of earlier this year or, if allowed to spiral out of control, to an all-out conflict.
That explains the concern over the mud-splattered electrical equipment in southern Ukraine.
Renovation work has begun on one of the four trunk lines into Crimea.
Maintenance workers re-erected the pylon on Tuesday and the following day made preparations to raise the electrical cables.
Cables were stretched and in some spots slightly lifted, but the labourers stopped short of hoisting them fully on to the pylons.
This one line would restore up to 40% of Crimea's power supply, according to local reports. However, it is unknown when the power will finally be switched on.
The explosions come after political activists - mostly ethnic Crimean Tatars and members of the Right Sector ultranationalist group - imposed a "blockade" on Crimea, to protest its annexation by Russia and reports of widespread human rights abuses there.
This consisted of setting up checkpoints at the two main entry points into Crimea and stopping all cars and trucks trying to transport goods into the region.
"I'm protesting because in Crimea people can't live peacefully," said Roman Ragozin, an activist wearing camouflage and the insignia of the Aidar volunteer military battalion.
"They're being beaten, and are being searched in the middle of the night - just because they support Ukraine."
Kiev officials said they understood the reasons behind the protest and did nothing to stop it, despite its extra-legal character and reports that a number of the activists were using intimidation and force against motorists.
Judging by the quiet at the site of the fallen electrical posts, the government's attitude towards the Crimean power outage seems to be similarly ambivalent.
Police and protesters clashed on Saturday. However, by the middle of the week, all attempts to repair the remaining three pylons appeared to have been put on indefinite hold.
A small group of protesters kept a watchful eye to make sure that authorities did not introduce any additional work beyond that on the first pylon. The government, for the moment, made no move to assert its authority.
As a light, cold rain began to fall, the activists moved into a military tent they had set up and poured themselves some hot tea.
"A deal will probably be reached to turn back on the electricity," said Roman. "But I'm against giving those separatists anything."
The IBSF has named 35 sliders in its registered testing pool who must commit to regular anti-doping checks during the Winter Olympic season.
Yarnold, 28, is one of three Britons in the 11 athletes selected from skeleton.
"I don't understand why there are three GB athletes and no Russians," she said.
"The system is crucial in our fight against doping and I think the IBSF should expand the testing pool."
The 2014 Olympic skeleton champion also said on Twitter: "2017-18 list of athletes on anti-doping whereabouts published. Olympic season and no Russian athletes?"
The World Anti-Doping Agency's Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) requires athletes to guarantee their whereabouts for one hour per day of the programme's duration.
The second McLaren report published in December alleged "a state-sponsored doping programme" in Russia and implicated medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Following the report, four Russian skeleton athletes were provisionally suspended by the IBSF but had their bans lifted in January.
In November last year, Yarnold said she was thinking about boycotting the 2017 Skeleton World Championships in Sochi following the claims.
But she won bronze at the event held in Germany after the IBSF was forced to move the games from Sochi to Konigssee due to ongoing concerns over the integrity of the sport in Russia.
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Denning, 75, of London, is currently in prison for child sexual offences. He pleaded guilty in August to 21 further counts committed between 1969 and 1986.
Denning was arrested after a police inquiry into the Walton Hop Disco in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
He was part of the original line-up of disc jockeys that launched BBC Radio 1 in 1967, but left two years later.
Denning is already serving a 13-year jail term for sexual assaults against 24 victims, aged nine to 16, which took place from the 1960s to 1980s.
Judge Alistair McCreath said the effect on the victims, now grown men, has been "devastating".
He described the offences as "utterly depraved", and added: "It is not to be forgotten that all of this suffering was inflicted by you for nothing other than your own selfish pleasure."
The jury at Southwark Crown Court heard Denning lured boys into his house using his fame and plied them with records, alcohol and cigarettes.
He showed them pornography before forcing them to perform sex acts on him and photographed them naked, prosecutor Jonathan Polnay told the court.
On several occasions he took some of the boys to London and introduced them to other celebrities, including Gary Glitter, Mr Polnay added.
The prosecutor also said Denning had offered one of his victims to another Radio One DJ, who had refused.
He also took one of the victims to the Walton Hop Disco, which ran from 1958 until 2001, the jury heard.
Judge McCreath said the latest sentence would start from Friday.
He told the defendant: "You groomed all of these boys. They were for the most part in their early teens, although some were younger.
"You used your own fame, your acquaintance with others who were famous, your familiarity with the music industry... to win their trust and misplaced admiration."
David Burgess, defending, said Denning suffers from "various ailments" and may die before the end of his sentence.
He added: "His past has caught up with him - we are talking about events over 40 years ago.
"He is very sorry, he has expressed that before."
Tracey Ullman's Show, on BBC One on Monday, included impressions of a kleptomaniac Dame Judi Dench and a "sex bomb" German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Other comedy characters included drugs mule Karen, adjusting to modern life after 28 years in a Thai prison, and topless feminist MP Sally Preston.
Times reviewer Alex Hardy said Ullman's sketch show delivered "mostly hits".
"Someone confiscate her passport," she wrote. "It's as if a prodigal daughter - last seen mucking about with French, Saunders and pop producers in the mid-1980s - has returned to the UK from 30 gap years in America and wrapped herself instantly round British hearts and funnybones."
The Arts Desk's Veronica Lee said: "Last night's opener didn't just have some of her pitch-perfect impressions, but also her keen-eyed observations of British life today. Clearly her long sojourn in the States hasn't blurred her view, nor made it more rosy about dear old Blighty."
Ullman's strongest characters, she thought, were the shoplifting Dame Judi Dench as well as Dame Maggie Smith, seen making an audition tape for a part in Star Wars.
The Independent's Sally Newall said Ullman was "on fine fighting form".
"The duds were few and far between," she wrote. "In the pipeline are some swipes at the royal family, and if the pictures I've seen of Ullman as a tweeded-up Camilla Parker Bowles and Carole Middleton are anything to go by, we're in for a treat."
In The Telegraph, Michael Hogan described the "hit and miss" sketch show as cross between Victoria Wood and Little Britain.
"The cosier skits (the animal-stealing zookeeper or accident-prone masseuse) were generic and simply not funny enough. The best material was the darker, dafter stuff, where jokes got stretched to surreal extremes, such as a war criminal going for a job interview."
He concluded: "She might be 56 and rich enough to never need work again, but Ullman's lost none of her youthful bite. Welcome home."
The Guardian's Sam Wollaston was less enthusiastic, describing the show as "unashamedly same-old".
"It's not brave or funny enough, like a step backwards from Little Britain, 10 years after Little Britain."
Steve Bennett, on the comedy website Chortle, said Tracey Ullman's Show did not feel like a classic. "Perhaps too much has been pegged on securing Ullman's talents and not enough into why this show otherwise needs to exist."
Ullman last appeared on the BBC in A Kick up the Eighties and Three of a Kind in the early and mid-1980s.
She also starred in ITV sitcom Girls on Top, before emigrating to the United States.
The comic later created The Tracey Ullman Show for the US Fox network, winning several Emmy and Golden Globe awards.
The show famously spawned cartoon series The Simpsons, which started out as short sketches either side of a commercial break.
The animals are those left from 108 chimps used for biomedical research carried out by a New York-based charity, Blood Center.
I took a boat ride to accompany a team of people taking food for the chimps.
The animals knew when food should arrive and started to mill around the distribution point just before we got there.
Samantha, in her mid 40s, is the oldest.
She and two others, Mabel and Bullet, stood before a group of animals which gathered as the feeding boat arrived.
Other notable names on the islands include Joyce, Stewart, Duno, Hellen, Ellie, Annie and Teta.
They were very excited - shouting and making joyful noises as they jumped and swaggered up and down.
As the boat zoomed in, an outburst of giggling and shouting echoed across the island, with chimps rushing out from the bush, climbing trees and joyfully descending to grab something to eat.
They are given food once a day, scrambling over pumpkins, plantains, pawpaw, rice, sugar cane and pears that are brought over on the speed boat.
"We don't give any of them food until all of them have gathered so that they are served together," said Joseph Thomas, a caretaker who has looked after the animals for 36 years.
Mr Thomas called each chimp by name to come forward for food.
As he threw coconut and cucumber to the chimps, he stroked their noses.
Mr Thomas introduced me to Bullet, a middle-aged male.
He was named by conservationists who rescued him and brought him to the island.
As an infant in the 1980s, Bullet lost his right hand to a hunter who shot and killed his mother.
As part of an effort to keep the animals alive in all weather, there is a reservoir on each of the six islands that the chimps have learned to use to fetch clean water when the dry season sets in and the river becomes dried out and salty due to infiltration from the Atlantic.
"They know where to press for fresh water to shoot out to drink," Mr Thomas said. "Every one of them can operate it."
He says the animals now feel closer to human beings than their compatriots in the wild.
Some were born here and some have spent 25 years in captivity.
Mr Thomas fears that if the chimps are put back into the wild they will go to wherever they hear the sound of humans.
This, he said, makes it difficult to take them back to the jungle to live.
So, he said, they are kept on islands "because chimpanzees don't swim".
On another island, where nine reside, the chimps came out of the bush, each washing their hands hurriedly as the food boat arrived.
Rice was served first, followed by cucumbers, pumpkins and pears.
Boat operator and caretaker Julius Cooper took a pear intended for a chimp who had not received any.
The fruit had been intercepted by another chimp. Mr Cooper told the chimp to return the food and he did so immediately, even if he yelled and jumped in anger.
If the chimps aren't fed every day they will start eating leaves.
John Abayomi Zeonyuway, administrator of the Liberia Chimpanzees Rescue Project, says this leads to constipation because the leaves are hard to digest.
Eventually, he says, if they carry on eating leaves, they will die.
But it is expensive to feed them - about $25,000 (£16,000) a month.
That's a bill Mr Zeonyuway says that the Liberian government has not shown it is prepared to pay.
The Blood Center announced they were going to stop supporting the islands in March after 40 years involvement with the chimps.
In 1975 the blood bank and research facility signed a contract with the government-sponsored Liberian Biomedical Research Center to do medical tests on the chimpanzees, including studies which led to the development of a Hepatitis B vaccine.
After the chimps had been tested in the lab just outside the capital, Monrovia, they were released on the islands.
But the Blood Center says its research ended in 2007 and since then, it has been supporting the sanctuary on a voluntary basis until the Liberian government was able to take over.
After the research institution pulled out, another group, Washington-based Humane Society, stepped in to pay on a temporary basis.
The islands are now under the custody of the Liberia Institute for Biomedical Research - an animal and medical research centre that is itself struggling due to lack of funding.
But fishermen inadvertently cause the chimps distress.
When they go fishing near the island, the animals think food is coming their way.
People in the region have come to appreciate the difficulties the animals are going through.
"The feeding of these animals should be everybody's business," appealed Christine Garr, a resident of nearby Marshall Town.
As she boarded a dugout canoe, she said: "The animals are our friends even though a chimpanzee is nothing to play with".
The ex-London mayor and Leave campaigner said the EU was "virtually identical" after the PM's reform talks.
In a speech in London, he criticised what he called the "wholly bogus" arguments in favour of remaining in.
David Cameron said the UK had "the best of both worlds" in its relationship with a "reformed" EU.
He also said the Leave campaign offered "no answers to the most basic questions" and warned security in Europe could be at risk if the UK voted for an exit.
There are just over six weeks to go until the 23 June referendum which will decide whether Britain remains in, or leaves, the EU.
Mr Johnson, one of the favourites to replace Mr Cameron as Conservative leader, was scathing about the reforms the PM secured before calling the vote.
Quoting from the PM's 2013 speech in which Mr Cameron outlined his referendum plans, Mr Johnson said "nothing remotely resembling" the promised changes had been achieved.
Eurosceptics had been "excited" by what had been offered, Mr Johnson said, but "quietly despaired as no reform was forthcoming".
"If you look at what we were promised, and what we got, the government should logically be campaigning on our side today," he said.
Mr Cameron told the BBC he had "always believed that we are better off in a reformed European Union".
The reforms, he said, gave the UK "the best of both worlds" because it was in the single market but out of the euro, and people were able to travel freely but able to "keep our borders".
But Mr Johnson said the government was powerless to control EU migration because "this most basic power of a state - to decide who has the right to live and work in your country - has been taken away and now resides in Brussels".
The Uxbridge and South Ruislip MP said the UK would not be "leaving Europe" if it quits the EU, as he set out the "liberal cosmopolitan" case for an exit - including starting to sing Ode to Joy in German.
He also reiterated the Leave campaign's desire to maintain access to the EU single market area if it leaves - saying this could be achieved without being subject to the "vast, growing and politically-driven empire of EU law".
In his speech, Mr Cameron said the UK would be forced to accept freedom of movement and pay into the EU budget in exchange for single market access, adding that leaving it would be a "reckless and irresponsible course".
"The Leave campaign can't answer them because they don't know the answers," he said.
"They have no plan."
Ecce Homo (Behold the Man) by Elias Garcia Martinez has held pride of place in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church near Zaragoza for more than 100 years.
The woman took her brush to it after years of deterioration due to moisture.
Cultural officials said she had the best intentions and hoped it could be properly restored.
Cecilia Gimenez, who is in her 80s, was reportedly upset at the way the fresco had deteriorated and took it on herself to "restore" the image.
She claimed to have had the permission of the priest to carry out the job.
"(The) priest knew it! He did! How could you do something like that without permission? He knew it!"
BBC Europe correspondent Christian Fraser says the delicate brush strokes of Elias Garcia Martinez have been buried under a haphazard splattering of paint.
The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic, he says.
The woman appears to have realised she was out of her depth and contacted Juan Maria Ojeda, the city councillor in charge of cultural affairs.
Teresa Garcia, granddaughter of Elias Garcia Martinez, said the woman had painted the tunic before, but the fresco got disfigured when she painted Christ's head.
Art historians are expected to meet at the church soon to discuss how to proceed.
Mr Ojeda said: "I think she had good intentions. Next week she will meet with a repairer and explain what kind of materials she used.
"If we can't fix it, we will probably cover the wall with a photo of the painting."
The fresco is not thought to be very valuable, but has a high sentimental value for local people.
Our correspondent says that to make matters worse, the local centre that works to preserve artworks had just received a donation from the painter's granddaughter which they had planned to use to restore the original fresco.
They were drawn in the same qualifying group for the competition, which will take place in France.
Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are also together in a group, while Scotland will face competition from Switzerland.
Altogether 24 teams will take part in the finals of the competition, which will be held in June 2019.
The qualifying matches will take place between 11 September 2017 and 4 September 2018.
The 13th edition takes place at the Harmony Gardens in Melrose.
More than 100 events for people of all ages will be held over the weekend of 16 to 19 June.
Thriller author Frederick Forsyth, musician Mike Rutherford, food critic Jay Rayner and comedians Phill Jupitus and Sara Pascoe are all taking part.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will join fellow politicians Gordon Brown, Jim Sillars and Michael Forsyth in a series of political debates.
Further highlights include chef Albert Roux, Rab C Nesbitt actor and comedian Gregor Fisher, Scottish historian Tom Devine, best-selling author and raconteur Gervase Phinn and Top Gear script writer Richard Porter.
Some of our greatest writers, communicators and entertainers will appear onstage to delight the audiences for four magical days within the walls of the beautiful Harmony Gardens.
Children's authors Cressida Cowell and Michael Morpurgo have also been lined up.
As well as a series of talks and events, the winner of this year's £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction will also be announced as part of the festival.
Alistair Moffat, festival director, said: "Some of our greatest writers, communicators and entertainers will appear onstage to delight the audiences for four magical days within the walls of the beautiful Harmony Gardens.
"We look forward to a wonderful weekend of entertainment and political debate as we welcome our authors, sponsors and supporters, and most of all our audience for what will be a truly memorable festival."
David Watt, Arts & Business Scotland's chief executive, said he was also looking forward to the weekend.
"The Brewin Dolphin Borders Book Festival is a fantastic literary event and a wonderful addition to Scotland's festival portfolio, which is highly regarded all over the world," he said.
"Arts & Business Scotland is delighted to be able to support this through the New Arts Sponsorship Grants programme and we wish the organisers every success with their 13th festival."
Over the past two months at least 13 wooden boats have turned up, with more than 20 decaying bodies on board. Very little is known about them but investigators have found some evidence that hint at their origins.
They are so called because they have been found empty or with only corpses on board off Japan's western coast, stretching from Fukui prefecture to the southern tip of Hokkaido . All the bodies were either decomposing or partially skeletonised by the time they arrived, a clear indication they had been dead for a long time.
But this is not the first time boats have come ashore in Japan or on the coast of Russia's far east. Japan's coast guard told the BBC that 65 such boats washed up last year, but the latest influx appears to be coming at a slightly higher rate than usual.
They are believed to be North Korean fishing boats, many of which will have been out searching for king crab, squid and sandfish at this time of year. Markings on at least one of the boats, in Korean, indicated that it belonged to the North's military.
In North Korea the military is heavily involved in the fishing industry, as it is in many others.
A scrap of what is thought to be part of the North Korean flag flying from one of the boats is also a clue. Unsurprisingly, there has been no mention of the missing vessels from North Korea
Not every boat has been found with corpses.
Japanese officials are investigating the causes of death but say some of the bodies are in such a bad state of decomposition that it may be impossible to identify cause of death.
It is now winter in the region and with little food on board, exposure and starvation are possible explanations too.
Japan normally bans North Korean ships from landing in the country, although it makes exceptions on humanitarian grounds, such as for ships sheltering from storms.
Some commentators have suggested that purges could be behind this, speculating that sailors could be trying to flee the regime. There have also been reports of tighter control of the North Korea-China border, the most common route for defectors.
But many remain unconvinced.
Dr John Nilsson-Wright, head of the Asia Programme at think-tank Chatham House told the BBC that aside from the cultural and linguistic ties, "it wouldn't make sense if you were a defector to go to Japan. South Korea is much closer by boat."
The wooden boats arriving are old and heavy and have neither powerful modern engines nor GPS navigation systems. If they ventured too far out or were blown off course, they could lose their bearings or find it hard to beat the currents even if they knew which way to go, analysts say
The fact that it is relatively common for these boats to appear also suggests that this, not purges in Pyongyang, might be a more likely explanation.
Weather is unlikely to be a factor. While the Sea of Japan had rougher seas and stronger winds in November, the Japan Coast Guard told the BBC these were normal conditions.
One hypothesis is that the leadership is demanding bigger catches, and they have been forced to take chances to meet their targets. State TV has shown Kim Jong-Un at fishing facilities, exhorting the country to boost production.
But the leader's media appearances have not convinced everyone.
"Agricultural yields seem to be up," Dr Nilsson-Wright says, suggesting that profit-seeking would be a more plausible incentive to take such risks.
It is common in North Korea for workers to keep some of the surplus they generate past the targets set by the state. This quasi-capitalist system has been credited with improving production, analysts say.
But, if you are especially poor, as many North Koreans are, "you will do anything you can to improve your own existence", says Dr Nilsson-Wright.
This could include taking desperate chances at sea: "It could simply be that they were just unlucky."
Tributes have been paid to the victims of the crash, all of whom were from the local area.
Dane Chinnery, a 19-year-old Crystal Palace fan, was the first victim to be identified on Tuesday.
The former Meridian High School pupil, from New Addington, was described as a "beautiful lad".
Barbara Dumbleton, a family friend, said he "always had a smile on his face... he was absolutely lovely."
Tributes also poured in for the teenager on social media.
One described him as "an amazing happy outgoing person who will always be remembered".
Another read: "Hearts been broken today. Dane is the funniest boy I've ever met in my life. If anyone ever needed anything he'd be there doing all he can to help."
Grandfather Philip Seary, from New Addington, was a Crystal Palace fan who was well-known in his home town.
The 57-year-old, also known as "Tank", leaves behind his wife, children and grandchildren.
In a statement, his family said they were "in shock, completely heartbroken and utterly devastated" by his death.
"Everyone that knew him said he was a gentle giant with a heart to match... He will be immensely missed by all that had the great fortune to know him," they said.
Friends and family also left messages of condolence online.
Graham and Holly Eves wrote on their joint Facebook page: "We lost one of the BEST!! The most kind, giving person we'll ever have in our lives!! Rest in Paradise our friend & brother.. luv u to the Stars!!"
Heather Palmer added: "He was a truly lovely gentle giant of a man x one of the nicest people I ever knew x genuinely lovely x will be missed x RIP Tank and god bless you xx."
Mark Smith, a young engaged father from Croydon, was described by his future brother-in-law as a "a wonderful husband, an amazing brother, amazing son to his parents".
"He will always stay in our hearts and our minds and we will never forget him," Osvaldas Novikovas said.
In another tribute posted on Facebook by his cousin Tom Smith, he was described as someone who "could make everyone laugh".
Mr Smith wrote: "Still cannot believe this is true, the last couple of days have just felt like a nightmare that I'm gonna wake up from."
Another friend, Rich Padley, wrote on Facebook: "Marky was one of the nicest guys I've ever met in the car scene, and always made time for anyone.
"RIP dude, the world's a sadder place without you that's for sure, my heart goes out to your loved ones that you've left behind."
Dorota Rynkiewicz, 35, from New Addington, was the only woman to die in the crash.
Simon Smith, chief executive of her employer SSP UK, said the company was "deeply saddened" by her death.
"We have offered our heartfelt condolences to her family and we are doing all we can to support them at this difficult time," he said.
Donald Collett, 62, a grandfather from Croydon, was identified by the British Transport Police as one of the seven victims of the Croydon Tram derailment on Saturday.
In a statement his family said they were "struggling to deal with this tragic news".
"Don was a well loved, funny and generous man, who could light up a room with his smile. He is tragically leaving behind a loving family, partner, adored friends and work colleagues," they said.
On Facebook Samuel Collett wrote a tribute to his uncle: "My wonderfully funny and generous uncle Don died this week in the tragic tram crash in Croydon that has left our family in utter shock and devastation.
"I cannot express the pain and distress our family has gone through during this time waiting for the confirmation of his death but wish to remember our Don with the laughter and love in which he bestowed on our lives. I personally will never forget his infectious laugh and positive attitude to life . He will be eternally missed."
Philip Logan, 52, from New Addington, south London, was also named on Saturday.
In a statement his family said he would be "immensely missed by all that knew him".
"Philip Logan known to all who knew him as Loag, a loving husband to Marilyn, brother to Susan, father to Lee, Tracy, Lisa and Adele, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was a true family man and generous friend to all with a magnificently dry sense of humour," they said.
"Phil was a man with more love, compassion and zest for life than words can express."
Robert Huxley, 63 from New Addington was described by his family as "a larger than life character" and loving husband, father and grandfather.
In a statement they said: "As you can appreciate for his loved ones it's been a difficult and uncertain time.
"Bob was a larger than life character and very hardworking. A loving husband, devoted father and grandfather, brother, uncle and dear friend to many. He was also a lifelong Chelsea supporter and a season ticket holder.
"This tragedy will have far reaching consequences and impact many people for a significant time. We are all heartbroken."
The Minster Quarter access road is being considered by the city council's cabinet in a move which managers hope will boost visitor numbers and investment in the city.
Council cabinet secretary Mel Speding said a new road would give cars and coaches better access to the area.
The route would run through the former Gillbridge Police Station site.
It will also link to St Mary's Boulevard and a one-way route for the Empire Theatre.
If the council approves the plan when it meets on Wednesday, work on the site will begin early in 2018, a spokesman for the council said.
The city is currently bidding to become the UK City of Culture 2021.
Council chiefs said the city was in a strong position because of its cultural attractions including the National Glass Centre and the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.
The health ministry said doctors who fled in those circumstances would be guaranteed a job in Cuba and would incur no punishment or loss of status.
Some 25,000 Cuban doctors are currently working abroad in programmes organised by the island's communist government.
In the past, most Cubans who fled the country were banned from returning to the island, often for long periods.
The offer has also been extended to doctors who were allowed to emigrate on official visas, under a more open policy introduced in 2013 by President Raul Castro.
The Cuban government says it has some 50,000 health workers engaged in health projects in 68 countries. Half of them are doctors.
Critics say the highly-trained professionals are underpaid, while the Cuban government charges other countries for the service and make significant profits.
"We have agreements with other governments, by which we are compensated, with benefits to both sides," reads a health ministry statement published on the Communist Party newspaper, Granma.
"But we will continue to provide free assistance to the nations that request it. That is the case at the moment in Haiti, Niger, Honduras, Eritrea and other countries."
The United States previously accused Cuba of coercing doctors and other professionals to travel abroad and work in government programmes.
But last month the US State Department removed Cuba from its list of countries that fail to combat human trafficking.
"The Government of Cuba does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so," read the annual State Department report.
The Saints took an early lead when Manolo Gabbiadini blasted in an opener on his debut after a £14m move from Napoli on transfer deadline day.
But Andy Carroll equalised when he finished after a fine pass from Pedro Obiang, who then put the Hammers ahead with a 30-yard low effort.
West Ham grabbed a third as Mark Noble's free-kick deflected in off Saints midfielder Steve Davis.
What a way to introduce yourself to your new club as Italy international Gabbiadini only needed 12 minutes to open his goalscoring account after his move from Serie A.
It came when he collected Jay Rodriguez's lofted ball over a high West Ham defence and the 25-year-old timed his run perfectly to beat the Hammers offside trap.
He then ran into the penalty area and blasted the ball from a tight angle past Darren Randolph.
However, Gabbiadini should have done better later on when he shot over the bar after Cheikhou Kouyate's misjudged header had gifted the Italian a chance.
With club record signing Sofiane Boufal limping off in the second half with a foot injury, Gabbiadini will need to show his best form if the Saints are to stay away from the relegation zone.
But Saints fans may be getting nervous. They are now only seven points above the bottom three, with six defeats in their last seven league games, and they were not good enough against West Ham.
What is the reason for Southampton's slump? Well, they are defending badly and have now conceded 10 goals in their last three matches in all competitions.
Their former captain Jose Fonte looked assured in the West Ham defence after his £8m move in January and with influential defender Virgil van Dijk out for up to three months with an ankle injury, the Saints look short of options at the back.
They provided little resistance as West Ham, who moved up to ninth in the table, equalised within two minutes of conceding the opener.
The Saints backline were caught square and Obiang was allowed to slot a pass through to Carroll, who then registered his fourth goal in as many games.
Just before the break, Obiang was given time and space to drill in a low shot from 30 yards out, which went through a crowded penalty area and goalkeeper Fraser Forster could not react in time.
If the first two West Ham goals came from poor Southampton defending, the third was down to bad luck. Noble's free-kick was on target and heading straight at Forster before Davis' swipe at the ball steered it into his own net.
Southampton did force Hammers goalkeeper Darren Randolph into a number of routine saves late in the second half, but it made no difference to the result.
Southampton manager Claude Puel said: "We started well - a fantastic goal from Gabbiadini - but after that we made mistakes and it was difficult.
"In the second half we had many chances but without the possibility to come back. We have the quality to play, to score, now we need to keep a clean sheet. We have to correct this and find a clean sheet and find confidence about the situation."
On Italian striker Manolo Gabbiadini, who scored on his debut, Puel added: "I'm happy with his first game. We saw a great player for the future. He is technical, gives solutions, sees the game and is a very interesting player."
On their defensive problems, the Frenchman said: "It is important to give confidence to the squad about the defensive chances. We can't replace the best defender (the injured Virgil Van Dijk) in the Premier League."
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic: "The guys were fantastic, we had a gameplan and they executed it in the best way. We were solid behind the ball, we kept the ball, attacked well and it was a great team performance.
"We have a team that is working hard for each other. We have a brilliant atmosphere in the dressing room, not because Payet left, but because we have won six of nine. It is a crazy league and there are 42 points to play for. There are crazy results and that is why we have to keep playing as we are."
On Andy Carroll, who scored his fourth goal in four games, Bilic added: "He is a matured man. He is happy, stable, has got three kids. The key is that and the number of training sessions. The best prevention of injuries is training."
West Ham's Jose Fonte, who handed in a transfer request at Southampton before joining the London club, said: "The move is still fresh and only a couple of weeks ago I was still a Southampton player.
"No doubt it was tough, but the main thing was to stay focused on the game and do my job the best I could.
"It was almost eight seasons so it was tough but with the help of my team-mates and West Ham supporters the most important thing was achieving what we got - the three points.
"I always gave my best for Southampton - my sweat and blood - so my conscience is clear. The past was good but now I look forward to the new challenge ahead of me."
Southampton play away at the Premier League's bottom team, Sunderland, on Saturday, 11 February (15:00 GMT), while West Ham entertain West Brom at the same time.
Match ends, Southampton 1, West Ham United 3.
Second Half ends, Southampton 1, West Ham United 3.
Attempt missed. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt missed. Manolo Gabbiadini (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross.
Attempt missed. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Robert Snodgrass.
Substitution, West Ham United. Jonathan Calleri replaces Sofiane Feghouli.
Attempt saved. Steven Davis (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Oriol Romeu (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Robert Snodgrass (West Ham United).
Attempt missed. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Winston Reid (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Shane Long (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Winston Reid (West Ham United).
Oriol Romeu (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Robert Snodgrass (West Ham United).
Attempt missed. Cédric Soares (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Foul by Shane Long (Southampton).
James Collins (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).
Winston Reid (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nathan Redmond (Southampton).
Sofiane Feghouli (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Oriol Romeu (Southampton).
Robert Snodgrass (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Southampton. Oriol Romeu tries a through ball, but Ryan Bertrand is caught offside.
Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Manolo Gabbiadini (Southampton).
Pedro Obiang (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Shane Long (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Mark Noble (West Ham United).
Attempt missed. Maya Yoshida (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nathan Redmond with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by James Collins.
Attempt missed. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cédric Soares with a cross.
Foul by Nathan Redmond (Southampton).
Mark Noble (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Steven Davis (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).
Mark Noble (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Shane Long (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Manolo Gabbiadini.
Attempt missed. Steven Davis (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right following a corner.
Scientists have treated a man for "internet addiction disorder" said to be linked to overuse of the wearable specs.
The 31-year-old, who was also being treated for alcohol abuse, had apparently been using the device for 18 hours a day.
He showed signs of "frustration and irritability" when not using it, according to a study published in the journal Addictive Behaviours.
The study claims it is the first reported case of internet addiction disorder (IAD) linked to Google Glass.
The wearable device has a built in camera and microphone which can record photo, video and sound.
IAD is not officially recognised as a clinical diagnosis, and psychiatrists are split on its existence.
But it is sometimes used as a way of identifying addictive behaviour relating to phones, computers and video games.
The man was taking part in a US Navy programme for alcohol misuse.
Doctors noted he had a history of "mood disorder" consistent with substance abuse, depression, anxiety and severe alcohol and tobacco use disorders.
Over the course of his 35-day treatment the report claims he became "extremely irritable and argumentative" once he was parted from the device.
He also seemed to mimic the movement used to operate Google Glass, when not wearing it.
"The patient exhibited a notable, nearly involuntary movement of the right hand up to his temple area and tapping it with his forefinger," the study claimed.
Doctors also said his symptoms reduced over time.
They noted he became less irritated and showed "improvements in his short-term memory and clarity of thought processes."
Google Glass went on sale in the UK in June, costing £1,000.
At this stage the device is aimed at tech developers rather than the likes of you and me.
Google has so far declined to comment.
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Leonard Scollay, 40, died after the Diamond hit rocks and sank near Burrafirth harbour on 25 March 2014.
At Lerwick Sheriff Court, Christopher Smith, 39, also admitted neglecting to keep a proper lookout.
A Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report said both the skipper and Mr Scollay had taken drugs.
It said their ability to function had been significantly impaired as a result.
It was Mr Scollay's first voyage to sea and he had not had any sea survival training. He was not wearing a life jacket.
It was dark and stormy when the accident happened but procurator fiscal Gary Aitken told the court that the navigation lights leading into the harbour could have been easily followed.
The MAIB report released last year said: "The skipper employed Leonard without ensuring that he was appropriately trained.
"It is likely that Leonard Scollay would have survived had he been wearing a lifejacket.
"However, he had taken heroin before the accident and this would have impaired his ability to survive or to appreciate his predicament."
Smith will return to court for sentencing next month.
The 33-year-old Bath forward missed Wales' 33-7 win over Italy and the 21-16 defeat by England.
Forwards coach Robin McBryde said Charteris is keen to play against Scotland on 25 February.
"If you ask Luke, he'll be fit to play. I'm not sure about the medics yet," said the former Wales hooker.
"He's back up and running, he's done a bit of passing today albeit with a bit of protection on his hand.
"Everything is going in the right direction and it's just step by step with Luke again with regards to how that increases his load.
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"He's had a little bit of extra time to heal his hand because he picked up a hamstring injury."
The 71-times capped Charteris played in three of the November Test matches, but Scarlets second row Jake Ball has stepped up in his absence.
Wales have also been without Ospreys lock Bradley Davies since the defeat by Australia on 5 November.
McBryde said the Wales squad had gone through a tough analysis session following their narrow defeat by England, but were keen not to forget some of the positives from the performance.
Wales led until the 77th minute when Elliott Daly's try edged the defending champions ahead.
"We were playing against a team ranked second in the world and for 65 minutes we more than matched them," he said.
"The disappointing thing is obviously the 15 minutes and - typically Welsh - you tend to focus on what went wrong.
"There were occasions when we had the ball and in control, and we could control where the game was going. It was those we focussed on for our learning and how we can improve if we find ourselves in that situation again.
"You can perhaps focus too much on what went wrong and forget the good stuff.
"It's important we retain a lot of the stuff there and focus on those instances."
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The American rock outfit will play the Pyramid stage on Saturday, 24 June, confirming rumours they would take the slot.
The announcement was made by the group during a secret show for fans in Frome, Somerset, on Friday night - their first in 18 months.
They join the line-up alongside Radiohead.
The announcement was also viewed by fans on a live internet stream of the Frome gig, with a video that saw the band sitting on the festival site four months early.
Festival organiser Michael Eavis introduced them on stage, confirming they were playing.
Singer and guitarist Dave Grohl said: "So, who knew? How did you know? You just can't keep a... secret any more."
BBC Radio DJ Jo Whiley tweeted a picture from the gig and wrote: "A very blurry Michael Eavis announcing @foofighters will be headlining @GlastoFest Saturday night. A surprise, I know."
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It happened on the Scarva Road in the town on Monday afternoon.
The girls are pupils at St Mary's Primary School. One is aged 10, the other 11. The accident happened down the road from the school.
Both are believed to have head injuries and one girl also suffered a neck injury and a broken leg.
One has been taken to Craigavon Area Hospital where she is in a stable condition. The other was taken to the Royal Hospital in Belfast. The Belfast Health Trust said her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
The principal of St Mary's said the area where the accident happened lost its crossing patrol person 10 years ago and has since been "an accident waiting to happen".
He said both pupils are very lucky to be alive.
DUP MLA Carla Lockhart said: "Children leaving school - you can imagine them bouncing out the door, heading for home and for this accident to have taken place, it doesn't bear thinking about," she said.
"My thoughts and prayers are very much with the driver of the vehicle as well, I can only imagine the turmoil that this has caused them.
"We're thankful that the two children are receiving medical treatment at Craigavon Area Hospital and the Royal Victoria and our thoughts and prayers are very much with them and their families."
Police have said the Scarva Road has been closed in both directions.
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The Citizens Advice charity said more than 1,300 people in Wales got in touch over the issue in 2013/14 but HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said overpayments had reduced since 2012.
Working tax credits are payments to top up earnings of lower paid workers.
People's income rising unexpectedly or an HMRC error leads to overpayments.
BBC Wales has spoken to a nurse in Pembrokeshire who was told that she owed £10,000 dating back to 2009.
Amanda Worth, from Llanfyrnach who lives with her husband and her 15-year-old son, said she had no idea that she was in debt with the Inland Revenue.
"We received 10 letters in one day which indicated we had an overpayment for each year dating back five years for amounts between £2,000, £3,000 and £400 - totalling £10,000," she said.
"They asked us to pay them back within a month. It was shocking, absolutely shocking. I didn't know what to do.
"All of a sudden you're in debt. I tried to contact them but it was a bank holiday.
"When we tried to contact them on the Tuesday, it took over an hour and a half to get the right telephone number to actually speak to somebody instead of something automated telling you what you want."
Mrs Worth said that she felt sick about owing so much money.
Figures from Citizens Advice show there were 918 people who visited a bureau with an issue about debts relating to overpayment of tax credits in 2010/11.
That has increased by 45% to 1,329 in 2013/14.
In England, there has been a 52% increase from 12,024 in 2010/11 to 18,273 in 2013/14.
Sian Williams, project manager at Flintshire Citizens Advice Bureau, said that a number of people had visited the bureau with concerns.
"People find it very stressful. They can be quite anxious; we've had people in tears. It's quite scary to receive a demand from HMRC," she said.
"A lot of people may just believe that they have to pay it back and it must be their fault. But actually people should get advice and sometimes it could be challenged."
The HMRC said it could not comment on Mrs Worth's case but added: "As a result of policy changes which came into effect in April 2012, tax credits overpayments have reduced as a proportion of money paid out.
"Overpayments fell from £1.6bn (5.4%) in 2011/12 to £1.5bn (5%) in 2012/13, out of around £30bn a year paid to 4.5 million families.
"If an overpayment occurs as a result of HMRC's error, claimants do not need to repay the overpaid money. An overpayment only needs to be repaid if a claimant has failed to meet their responsibilities in telling HMRC of any changes of circumstance."
But a trial is under way in London which aims to prevent Alzheimer's in people at high risk, before they show any physical signs of the disease.
These people have at least a 50-50 chance of carrying a rare genetic mutation which means they will develop the disease early in life - typically in their 30s or 40s.
Sophie Leggett, from Suffolk, saw her aunt and her mother develop Alzheimer's in their early 40s.
Now 39, she has chosen not to know whether she too has the rare genetic mutation that obliterated their lives and could soon take over hers.
She recalls seeing her mother decline, just as she was coping with her own baby baby girl, was hard to bear.
"I would look at her lying in a bed unable to communicate, unable to do anything at all for herself, and grieve for her - for the mum that I'd lost - but also for the fact that I felt like I was looking at my future," she says.
She is worried if she has the mutation, it could be passed on to her daughter, who is now in her teens.
"I can cope with the possibility that it could happen to me. And I have many a time made a deal with God saying I'll take it, give it to me, but don't let my daughter have it. I think we all want to protect our children. And I don't want her to feel the fear that I feel now for myself."
That is why she is taking part in a pioneering study which she feels could "change the future".
The Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU) is an international collaboration working with 200 people who - because of their genes - are at high risk of developing early onset Alzheimer's.
Dr Cath Mummery from University College Hospital in London is leading the UK branch of the study. She says this trial the first of its kind.
"They know that they may get Alzheimer's disease because they may have a mutation that causes it, but they don't have symptoms. So we're trying to prevent the onset of the disease which is very different."
The researchers are looking out for subtle signs of Alzheimer's that can start to appear years before physical symptoms emerge.
They are monitoring changes in the brain and spinal fluid and checking cognitive performance.
And they are testing two immunotherapy drugs to see if they can stop the disease.
Dr Mummery says if they are successful the benefits could extend well beyond this rare genetic group.
"Genetic Alzheimer's disease is very similar in the way that it affects people - apart from being younger - to sporadic Alzheimer's disease, the one you see in the general population," she explains.
"The really exciting bit after that is potentially we can extrapolate to that population and start to look at using this treatment for preventative measures for them."
Dr Mummery says she has found it humbling to work in the trial with people who have seen so much suffering in their families, and are ready to go through such extensive testing to help the research.
Sophie says that for a long time she struggled to deal with the spectre of Alzheimer's. Now though, she can discuss it freely. She has given advice to a new production at the Royal Court Theatre in London about familial Alzheimer's, called "Plaques and Tangles".
The playwright, Nicola Wilson, says talking to Sophie was a moving experience.
"It brought me back to a quote I've got at the beginning of the play text by the physician William Osler, which is ask not what disease the person has, but rather what person the disease has."
In her mind's eye Sophie has no version of herself growing old. She assumes she will get Alzheimer's. She does not believe the trial will produce a treatment in time for her, but she wants to help future generations.
The Director of Research at Alzheimer's Research UK, Dr Simon Ridley, said the DIAN-TU study offered a unique opportunity to test new experimental drugs at the point when they were likely to have the biggest impact.
"The insight gained from the study has the potential to transform approaches to clinical trials and treatment development not only for families with rare genetic forms of Alzheimer's, but for everyone affected by the disease."
You can hear Adam's report on the PM Programme, BBC Radio 4 at 1700BST Thursday 22 October 2015.
Reports a man had fallen in the Strand in Torquay were made to emergency services at 18:50 GMT on Saturday.
A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said the injured man was taken by land ambulance to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital.
He said officers were yet to speak to the man and were unsure of the circumstances of the fall.
The spokesman added that poor weather conditions had prevented the man being taken to the hospital by air ambulance.
The business trends report from the accountancy and services group BDO said that in September growth expectations among manufacturers saw their steepest fall since May 2013.
Optimism among UK business generally saw a slight fall, the report said.
But with many manufactures reliant on exports, worsening economic conditions overseas are starting to hit.
BDO's manufacturing index, which records growth expectations over the next three months, fell from 113.2 in August to 111.6 in September.
A reading above 100 still indicates growth, but the unexpected sharpness of the fall shows how manufacturers are suffering from the recent downturn in the global economy, said BDO partner Peter Hemington.
"With global conditions becoming increasingly challenging, it was only a matter of time before the stellar increases in economic growth recorded earlier this year came to and end.
"Given their reliance on exports, manufacturers have borne the brunt of weakening global demand but the effects of stuttering worldwide growth are obvious throughout the economy," he said.
Last week, poor economic data from Germany intensified worries about growth in the eurozone and helped to send global stock markets into reverse.
However, UK businesses overall are only slightly less positive about growth expectations over the next quarter, BDO found.
The general index fell from 103.8 in August to 103.3 in September.
Meanwhile, worries about global growth have failed to dent recruitment expectations over the coming months. The BDO employment index rose from 111.2 in August to 112.3 in September.
The report said: "This indicates that the recent trend of falling unemployment is likely to continue, with firms expecting to increase hiring towards the end of the year."
The armed gangs are based in a forest, from where they raid nearby villages.
Defence Minister Mansur Dan Ali told the BBC that about 1,000 troops would be deployed immediately, with more would joining later.
Hundreds of people have been killed in villages in and around Zamfara in the last three years.
President Buhari has faced criticism for not focusing earlier on what is being described as the country's third security crisis, behind the Boko Haram insurgency in the north-east and the growing militant attacks on oils pipelines in the southern Niger Delta region.
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There are fears that fighters from Islamist militant group Boko Haram may have joined the gangs in Zamfara.
A large swathe of forest spreading from Zamfara to neighbouring states is now referred to as the "New Sambisa", after the forest where Boko Hararm militants are holed up in the north-eastern Borno state, reports BBC Hausa's Aliyo Tanko.
Thousands have been forced to flee their homes following the violence in Zamfara and surrounding states of Katsina, Kaduna, Niger and Kano.
Residents of the affected areas have accused the local authorities of failing to defend them.
Sadiq Khan's life to date has been characterised by beating the odds - which is what he has just done to become mayor of London.
When Labour politicians put themselves forward to run for mayor last year, Mr Khan was far from being the favourite. The bookies' money was on Baroness Jowell, a veteran of the Tony Blair years who had helped bring the Olympics to London.
But if there is a pattern in Mr Khan's career, it's one of coming from behind.
The new mayor did not have a privileged start in life. He was one of eight children born to Pakistani immigrants, a bus driver and a seamstress, on a south London housing estate.
From an early age, he showed a firm resolve to defy the odds in order to win success for himself and the causes important to him.
That resolve has won him the biggest personal mandate in the UK, a job with wide-ranging powers over London and with enormous emotional significance for him.
Some question whether he has the experience or record of good judgement necessary for the role.
He insists he is there to represent all Londoners and to tackle inequality in the capital, and now he has the chance to prove it.
Age: 45
Marital status: Married with two daughters
Political party: Labour
Time as MP: Has represented Tooting in south London since 2005
Previous jobs: Human rights solicitor, chair of Liberty
"Son of a bus driver" became one of the most hackneyed phrases in Mr Khan's time on the stump - so overused in his leaflets and speeches that he was eventually forced to make fun of his own campaign, joking he had given the Daily Mirror an "exclusive" on his background.
But his parents' story holds real significance for him. Amanullah and Sehrun Khan emigrated from Pakistan to London shortly before Sadiq was born, in 1970. He was the fifth of their eight children - seven sons and a daughter.
He has often said that his early impressions of the world of work shaped his belief in the trade union movement. His father, a bus driver for 25 years, "was in a union and got decent pay and conditions" whereas his mum, a stay-at-home seamstress, "wasn't, and didn't".
He lived with his parents and siblings in a cramped three-bedroomed house on the Henry Prince Estate in Earlsfield, south-west London, sharing a bunkbed with one of his brothers until he left home in his 20s.
He attended the local comprehensive, Ernest Bevin College, which he describes as "a tough school - it wasn't always a bed of roses". The nickname "Bevin boys" was at that time in that part of south London a byword for bad behaviour.
It was at school that he first began to gravitate towards politics, joining the Labour Party aged 15. He credits the school's head, Naz Bokhari, who happened to be the first Muslim headteacher at a UK secondary school, with making him realise "skin colour or background wasn't a barrier to making something with your life".
Mr Khan was raised a Muslim and has never shied away from acknowledging the importance of his faith. In his maiden speech as an MP he spoke about his father teaching him Mohammed's sayings, or hadiths - in particular the principle that "if one sees something wrong, one has the duty to try to change it".
He was an able student who loved football, boxing and cricket - he even had a trial for Surrey County Cricket Club as a teenager. He has since spoken about the racist abuse he and his brothers faced at Wimbledon and Chelsea football matches, saying he felt "safer" watching at home and became a Liverpool fan simply "because they were playing such great football at the time".
He studied maths and science at A-level with the idea of becoming a dentist. He was switched on to law by a teacher who told him "you're always arguing" - and by the TV programme LA Law, starring Jimmy Smits as Victor Sifuentes, a charismatic partner in a California law firm.
"LA law was about lawyers in LA who do great cases, act for the underdog, drove nice cars, look great and I wanted to be Sifuentes," Mr Khan told Business Insider recently.
He studied law at the University of North London and put his degree to good use straight away, becoming a trainee solicitor in 1994 at Christian Fisher under the human rights lawyer Louise Christian.
The same year he met and married his wife Saadiya Ahmed, a fellow solicitor and coincidentally the daughter of a bus driver - with whom he went on to have two daughters, Anisah and Ammarah. He also began his 12-year stint as a councillor for Tooting, encouraged by Guyanan-born local activist Bert Luthers.
Just three years later, aged 27, he was made an equity partner and the firm was renamed Christian Khan.
During this time he worked on a number of high-profile cases: he won compensation for Kenneth Hsu, a hairdresser wrongly arrested and assaulted by the police; teachers and lawyers who had experienced racial discrimination; Leroy Logan, a senior black police officer accused of fraud; corrupt former Met Police commander Ali Dizaei; and helped overturn an exclusion order (later upheld on appeal) on US political activist Louis Farrakhan.
The irony of a man who represented people in cases against the Met going on to become the force's chief scrutineer has not been lost on his opponents. Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith, speaking at an event alongside Home Secretary Theresa May, recently characterised Mr Khan's legal career as "coaching people in suing our police".
He left his law firm somewhat abruptly in 2004, afterwards telling the Law Gazette: "If you're in government, you're a legislator and you have the opportunity to make laws that can improve things for millions of people."
In 2005, Mr Khan fought and retained the marginal seat of Tooting for Labour, one of five new ethnic minority MPs elected that year.
Contemporaries on either side of the political divide remember being impressed by a "fiercely bright" and "persuasive" individual who was "impossible not to listen to".
He combines that sharpness with what is often called his "cheeky chappy" demeanour. He is fond of calling people "mate" and has even done so on the floor of the Commons.
Two months after he entered the Commons, he was thrust into the limelight by the 7 July bombings.
When Parliament met to discuss the attacks, he told MPs: "Today Londoners and the rest of the UK have even more reason to be proud of Londoners - proud of the way heroic Londoners of all faiths, races and backgrounds, victims, survivors and passers-by, acted on Thursday; proud of the way ordinary courageous Londoners carried on with their business and stopped the criminals disrupting our life."
In a 2010 Guardian interview, he recalled thinking: "I couldn't hide - and I don't mean this in an arrogant way, but there were so few articulate voices of reason from the British Muslim community.
"There were angry men with beards, but nobody saying, 'Actually, I'm very comfortable being a Brit, being a Muslim, being a Londoner'."
The intervention marked him out as one to watch, but his path to promotion was not altogether smooth.
Mr Khan wore his civil liberties credentials on his sleeve, challenging the government over ID cards and joining 48 other Labour rebels to vote against prime minister Tony Blair's plan to allow the detention of terror suspects without charge for up to 90 days.
He later claimed party chiefs had penalised him by preventing him from visiting Pakistan in the wake of an earthquake there and did not want to give him an office with a sofa.
But the rebellion was not altogether to his disadvantage.
Tony Blair was on his way out, and Mr Khan was able to position himself on the ascendant "soft left" of the Labour party alongside Ed Balls and Gordon Brown.
"It was a tough school; it wasn't always a bed of roses. But you become street wise, you become savvy and you learn social skills - you learn about how to deal with people." - on his schooldays
"The way allegations of misconduct against police officers are investigated is flawed and inadequate." - as a human rights solicitor
"Although I'd won cases at the European Court of Human Rights, and I'd won cases in the House of Lords and the Court of Appeal, I still couldn't escape the fact that if you're part of the legislature and the executive, you can make legislation that improves the quality of life for literally millions of people." - on leaving law to become an MP
"Today Londoners and the rest of the UK have even more reason to be proud of Londoners - proud of the way heroic Londoners of all faiths, races and backgrounds, victims, survivors and passers-by, acted." - on the 7/7 attacks
"Most people feel nagged by their parents from time to time, but very rarely is it about the future of bus regulation." - on his father
"I sleep in my own bed. When I get home I put the rubbish out and get my girls up to go to school." - on staying grounded
"For the last eight years you've seen a red carpet mayor, somebody who is fantastic going to openings, great with a flute of champagne in his hand. I'd rather roll up my sleeves and fight for all Londoners." - on launching his mayoral bid
When Gordon Brown took over at Number 10, Mr Khan was given his first job in government as a whip and then as communities minister, a move that created disquiet among some other MPs in the capital who had been around for longer.
A post at the Department for Transport followed in 2009 and he became the first Muslim in the Cabinet. This was at a time when there were only four Muslim MPs and he was often confused for international development minister Shahid Malik.
He would go on to claim during the mayoral campaign that as transport minister he had "pushed" Crossrail through Parliament, but the Mayorwatch website has shown Mr Khan only took on responsibility for the project after the relevant bill had become law.
At the 2010 election, Mr Khan's own majority was squeezed to an uncomfortably small margin of just 2,524 votes and Labour was out of government for the first time in 13 years.
In the chaotic months of Labour soul-searching that followed, he again showed a canny ability to ally himself with what was seemingly a lost cause and turn it into success.
True to his Brownite colours, he was chosen as Ed Miliband's campaign manager and helped steer the less-favoured Miliband brother towards an unexpected leadership election victory.
He told the New Statesman afterwards that the night before the result, he told Miliband to "prepare for defeat".
"I learned this from (television series) Rumpole of the Bailey," he said. "Always tell your client he's going to lose because, if he loses, he's expecting it; if he wins, you're the fantastic lawyer who got the victory." However, he added: "I had a feeling we'd done it."
In that contest, as in the Labour mayoral nomination, Mr Khan's support for the trade union movement helped his campaign secure crucial votes.
He was rewarded with the post of shadow justice secretary - a role in which he did not get off to an auspicious start. His first major speech was badly received when he chose to highlight Labour's failings in government, and in then Justice Secretary Ken Clarke he faced an adversary with whom he admitted he struggled to find things to disagree about.
His other brief as shadow political reform minister did not provide much of a chance to shine either, as the coalition needed little help killing off its own proposals for Lords reform and his personal support for changes to the voting system was tempered by his view that the referendum on this - which saw the British public reject change - came at the wrong time.
When Mr Clarke was sacked and replaced with Chris Grayling, however, Mr Khan was able to take the fight to the despatch box more convincingly as a vocal opponent of reforms to legal aid and restrictions on books in prisons.
When the Conservatives later reversed several of Mr Grayling's flagship policies he described it as a "huge climbdown" that showed Labour had been right to resist them.
Labour's disastrous showing in the 2015 election and the swift resignation of Ed Miliband - the man he had helped to the leadership - could have thrown Mr Khan off-course, but he found a new focus for his campaigning energy.
Just a week after the election he announced he would seek the Labour nomination for mayor. He had already been tipped as a possible contender for at least a year but, with typical shrewdness, he had steadfastly refused to be drawn on the subject in public while sounding out MPs and councillors in private to see if he had enough support.
Once he had confirmed his mayoral ambitions, his quest for the nomination - let alone an election win - still seemed like a long shot. Baroness Jowell, who had been MP for Dulwich and West Norwood for 23 years and held a number of senior ministerial positions under Labour, was widely seen as the natural choice.
That received wisdom was upended during the Labour leadership contest, when commentators predicted the influx of new members into the party over the summer of "Corbynmania" could play into Mr Khan's hands. He would take some flak over his role in Jeremy Corbyn's election as party leader, as he nominated him but later voted for Andy Burnham.
In the event, however, Mr Khan came out top as Labour choice of candidate not just with new members but in all three groups who could vote. It was a remarkable victory which, as the BBC's Norman Smith observed on the day, surprised him as much as it did his rivals.
The campaign that ensued was bloody. A former aide to long-time Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman, Ayesha Hazarika, reflected that when Zac Goldsmith - who had a reputation for being decent, attractive and independent-minded - was first picked as the Conservative candidate there was despondency in Labour ranks.
Mr Khan said himself at one hustings that he thought his opponent had been a "nice guy until [Conservative strategist] Sir Lynton Crosby got his hands on him".
Whoever came up with the approach, Mr Goldsmith's campaign focused heavily on portraying Mr Khan as an associate of "extremists" - which in turn allowed Labour to attack the Conservatives for pursuing "divisive, dog-whistle" tactics.
Mr Khan took this to be an attempt to smear him by association because of his religion. The Conservatives insisted they were talking about his brand of left-wing politics - but Mr Goldsmith repeatedly said the Labour candidate had "given platform, oxygen and cover to extremists".
It became a source of such bitter tension between the two camps that when David Cameron stuck up for Mr Goldsmith's campaign at prime minister's questions he found the word "racist" flung back at him from the Labour benches.
While polls consistently suggested Mr Khan was ahead, Labour pessimists and Conservative optimists would remind themselves that Mr Goldsmith was likely to benefit from a Tory incumbency, from lower turnout among groups that tended to vote Labour, and from the under-reporting of Conservative support seen at the 2015 general election.
But those things were not enough - or proved not to be the case at all. Voter turnout was 45%, an increase of 7% on 2012, and it was clear quite early on in the day that Mr Khan had a healthy lead over his Conservative rival.
Another London Labour MP born to immigrant parents, David Lammy, told the BBC Mr Khan's election was a "huge moment" and predicted: "If we ever see a black or Asian prime minister in this country I have no doubt they will owe an enormous debt to Sadiq Khan."
Now, the boy from Tooting will have to prove himself all over again.
Love them or loathe them, the mayor's predecessors Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone - the only other men to have done the job - are political heavyweights.
Even within his own party, Mr Khan has been accused of lacking vision. The perception of him as inexperienced also lingers on.
One close Labour ally pointed out that "unlike Ken, he has held ministerial office - but more than that, he represents the future. Unlike Boris he'll be wholly focused on getting results for London - this isn't just a stepping stone for his career".
She predicted he would be anxious to make good on the ambitious promises he made during the campaign, particularly on addressing London's housing problems.
If that were not enough to be getting on with, he faces a dilemma over how to navigate between co-operating with the Conservative government and teaming up with Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party in condemnation of the Tories.
In this respect he may hope to repeat the tactics of Boris Johnson, who managed to pull off alternately angering and assisting the government.
If he is to succeed he will need to display the same knack for steering his own course as he has shown as a schoolboy, a campaigning lawyer, a backbench MP and a shadow minister.
But those who voted for him will not forget his emphasis on his own disadvantaged background, his speeches about social justice and his promise to be a "mayor for all Londoners".
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Policy Reform says there is clear evidence cannabis could have a therapeutic role for some conditions, including chronic pain and anxiety.
It says tens of thousands of people in the UK already break the law to use the drug for symptom relief.
But the Home Office says there are no plans to legalise the "harmful drug."
Plant cannabis contains more than 60 chemicals.
The All Party Parliamentary Group wants the Home Office to reclassify herbal cannabis under existing drug laws, from schedule one to schedule four.
This would put it in the same category as steroids and sedatives and mean doctors could prescribe cannabis to patients, and chemists could dispense it.
Patients might even be allowed to grow limited amounts of cannabis for their own consumption.
People with multiple sclerosis can legally take a cannabis-based medicine.
This licensed medicine, called Sativex, is a mouth spray and contains two chemical extracts (THC and CBD) derived from the cannabis plant.
Under current laws in England and Wales, cannabis is not recognised as having any therapeutic value and anyone using the drug, even for medical reasons, could be charged for possession.
The NHS warns that cannabis use carries a number of risks, such as impairing the ability to drive, as well as causing harm to lungs if smoked and harm to mental health, fertility or unborn babies.
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Policy Reform took evidence from 623 patients, representatives of the medical professions and people with knowledge of how medical cannabis was regulated across the world.
37
average age of patient
67%
try conventional medicines first
37% don't tell their doctor
72% buy street cannabis
20% grow their own
Co-chair Baroness Molly Meacher said: "Cannabis works as a medicine for a number of medical conditions.
"The evidence has been strong enough to persuade a growing number of countries and US states to legalise access to medical cannabis.
"Against this background, the UK scheduling of cannabis as a substance that has no medical value is irrational."
The group commissioned a report by an expert in rehabilitation medicine, Prof Mike Barnes, which found good evidence that medical cannabis helps alleviate the symptoms of:
And there was moderate evidence that it could help with:
But there was limited or no evidence that cannabis helps:
It found short-term side-effects of cannabis were generally mild and well tolerated, but that there was a link with schizophrenia in some long-term users.
"There is probably a link in those who start using cannabis at an early age and also if the individual has a genetic predisposition to psychosis. There should be caution with regard to prescription of cannabis for such individuals," says the report.
Also, there is a small dependency rate with cannabis at about 9%, "which needs to be taken seriously but compares to around 32% for tobacco use and 15% for alcohol use".
The evidence for cognitive impairment in long-term users is not clear but "it is wise to be cautious in prescribing cannabis to younger people, given the possible susceptibility of the developing brain", says the report.
Smoking cannabis in a joint rolled with tobacco can make asthma worse and probably increases the risk of lung cancer.
Prof Barnes said: "We analysed over 20,000 scientific and medical reports.
"The results are clear. Cannabis has a medical benefit for a wide range of conditions.
"I believe that with greater research, it has the potential to help with an even greater number of conditions.
"But this research is being stifled by the government's current classification of cannabis as having no medical benefit."
Cannabis is currently classified as a Class B drug, with possession carrying a maximum sentence of five years in jail or an unlimited fine.
Those supplying or producing cannabis face tougher penalties, with a maximum of 14 years in jail.
The drug comes in many different forms - hash is cannabis resin, while marijuana is the dried leaves and flowers of the plant.
A Home Office spokesman said: "There is a substantial body of scientific and medical evidence to show that cannabis is a harmful drug which can damage people's mental and physical health.
"It is important that medicines are thoroughly trialled to ensure they meet rigorous standards before being placed on the market.
"There is a clear regime in place, administered by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, to enable medicines, including those containing controlled drugs, to be developed."
About 24 US states, Canada, Israel and at least 11 European countries already allow access to cannabis for medical use.
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The Canadian, who fought in UFC from 2009 to 2011, was knocked down five times in the first two rounds against Adam Braidwood before it was stopped.
He walked out of the ring but was then taken to hospital and fell into a coma.
"It is with incredible sadness, sorrow and heartbreak to report that Tim has passed away," his family said in a statement on Sunday.
"He was surrounded by family, listening to his favourite songs," they added. "We will miss him so greatly. We ask for privacy during this difficult time."
Hague beat Pat Barry on his UFC debut but went on to lose his other four fights.
He held a similar record after moving to boxing, starting with victory over Patrick Graham, then losing the following three bouts, including two knockouts against fellow Canadians Mladen Miljas and Braidwood.
Judge James Orenstein was hearing a US government request to make it retrieve information from a locked iPhone seized by law enforcement officers.
On Monday, the judge expressed doubt that he had the authority to do so.
Apple has agreed to similar requests previously but is now refusing, saying it would erode customers' trust.
Referring to the US Department of Justice's request for him to order Apple to help it unlock the phone, the judge said: "What you're asking [Apple] to do is do work for you."
And he compared the request to a hypothetical one in which the government was asking him to order a drug company to take part in an execution against its conscientious objection.
He asked the department's lawyer, Saritha Komatireddy, whether or not he would have the legal authority to do so.
Ms Komatireddy asked to respond in writing, adding that the hypothetical was "somewhat inflammatory".
"Purposefully so," the judge responded.
Apple has argued that the order the government is seeking would be burdensome, in part because of the erosion of its customers' trust.
The company also said it lacked the technical ability to unlock phones running its newer operating systems, iOS8 and iOS9, though the phone at issue in the case runs an older system.
Ms Komatireddy questioned whether unlocking the phone would really be a burden for Apple, noting the company "has been doing this for years without any objection".
The judge pressed Apple's lawyer, Marc Zwillinger, to explain the company's change of heart.
Mr Zwillinger said the company had become more concerned about customer data in light of recent high-profile data breaches.
"Right now, Apple is aware that customer data is under siege from a variety of different directions," he said.
The judge asked both sides to submit additional letters addressing his questions to the court by Wednesday and said he would rule as soon as he could.
Ms Komatireddy said at the hearing that the US Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI were taking part in the underlying investigation, which is not public.
Sitting members of the House of Representatives met fellow MPs who have so far boycotted sessions.
The parliament was elected in July but has been hampered by an upsurge in political violence across the country.
Oil-rich Libya has been plagued by instability since the overthrow of Col Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Militia groups, some of them remnants of forces which helped oust Gaddafi, have been fighting for power among themselves.
Recent fighting has forced the internationally-recognised new parliament to convene in the small city of Tobruk near the Egyptian border, with different militia groups controlling most of the country.
The talks were brokered by the recently-appointed UN special envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, who described the talks as "very constructive and very positive".
He said they had "agreed to start a political process and to address all issues in a peaceful way with a very strong call for a complete ceasefire".
The talks involved about a dozen sitting members of the House of Representatives and a dozen elected members who had chosen not to travel in Tobruk because of political disagreements.
Representatives from the UK and Malta also attended the talks.
Members of the militias who control Tripoli and other major cities were not believed to be present.
Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed since widespread fighting broke out between rival forces in Benghazi in May.
The fighting later spread to other parts of the country, and has left most of the country outside the control of the elected government.
Since Islamist-leaning armed groups took control of Tripoli in August, they have attempted to reinstate Libya's previous parliament and appoint a parallel government, but this has not been recognised internationally.
The Irish firm reported a 1.8% rise in operating profits in Scotland for the year to the end of February.
But it said growth would have been stronger had it not been for "challenging trading conditions" in the final quarter.
It blamed the new drink-drive law, which came into force in December.
The legislation reduced the legal alcohol limit from 80mg to 50mg in every 100ml of blood.
C&C is the latest drinks firm to report an adverse effect on business.
Earlier this month brewer Greene King, which also operates pubs and restaurants across the UK, said sales would have been higher in its latest financial year had the legal limit not been changed.
Overall, C&C reported net revenue growth of 10.3% to £490m for the year, with operating profit down by 9.2% to £82.5m.
C&C said its Tennent's brand remained "in robust health" with a strong performance in both the on and off-trade sectors and in terms of exports, which rose by 37%.
The group increased brand investment on Tennent's and is planning a further increase in the next financial year.
It said other brands launched in recent years continued to "make good progress".
Caledonia Best sales grew 3.6% in the year, while its premium Belgian lager Heverlee saw volume growth of 116%.
Overall net revenue in Scotland increased by 61.4%, boosted by the acquisition of wines and spirits wholesaler Wallaces Express last year.
Northern Irishman Allen, 31, led 5-2 before the four-time champion fought back to win.
"It's my own fault. I don't prepare properly for these tournaments," world number 11 Allen.
"I don't practise at 10 o'clock in the morning. I didn't get started until 12 o'clock today."
The Northern Irishman led 5-3 after hitting three century breaks in a brilliant first session on Friday only for Higgins to dominate Saturday's morning session as he moved 9-7 up.
Allen won the first frame of the final session to reduce the lead to the minimum but suffered a kick while on a break of 58 in the next and after Higgins pinched that frame, the Northern Irishman was largely frozen out for the remainder of the contest.
"I think 13-9 wasn't really a fair reflection on the match. I felt like I really played well in spells but a couple of things went against me," added the Antrim man.
"John played really well himself. Take nothing away from him. He closed out the match the way you would expect John Higgins to do."
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However, Allen felt the match slipped away from him in Saturday's morning session as Higgins took six of the eight frames.
"Twelve o'clock is normally the time when I'm getting up and lazing about the house," added Allen, who has won three ranking tournaments in his 12-year professional career.
"You need to prepare in all facets. Not just working on the table but working on the table at the right times. I just wasn't prepared for a 10 o'clock match."
However, when asked whether he will address the morning session issue in the future, Allen replied:"Probably not."
Allen added that he is attempting to lose weight in order to boost his ability to perform in the major tournaments.
"I've got to keep working hard and lose a bit of weight. I've lost a stone and half since the Masters. There's maybe another seven [stone] to go. I'll just keep working hard."
The Northern Irishman revealed that his hopes of working again with his former coach Terry Griffiths had been dashed.
"Myself and Terry thought we were getting back together. He's said 'no'. That's a hard one for me because we had a very close relationship."
Payments which come from the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are due to fall and farmers are predicting tough times ahead.
Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies revealed payment details on Tuesday.
But unions described the announcement as a "major hit" for many farmers.
Outlining the plans for the three-tier payments, Mr Davies said farmers will receive £16.50 per hectare for moorland over 400 metres above sea level.
These are radical, significant changes - possibly the biggest for a decade.
This is the government and the minister Alun Davies taking the long view.
Of course, there are criticisms in terms of potential loss of income for some farmers and potentially this could see food prices go up.
But broadly it has been welcomed.
Many farmers will see changes in terms of how much they will get in farm income from now on.
But there will be an adjustment period of five years until 2019.
Farmers with severely disadvantaged land will get £166 per hectare (2.47 acres) and almost £200 per hectare will be paid for low lands.
There will be a transition period for the new payment scheme over five years until 2019.
"My decisions are aimed at placing the Welsh farming industry in the best possible position to face the future with confidence," said Mr Davies.
"They will result in an industry that can make the most of new opportunities, increase productivity, and is better placed to cope with exceptional circumstances, such as the harsh weather experienced last spring.
"The new arrangements will also lead to a fairer and more transparent distribution of funding, with a move away from historic payments, and will help ensure we use and safeguard our natural resources more effectively."
Last year it was announced that direct farm payments for Wales would be around €2,245m (£1,870m) over 2014-2020, with €355m (£296m) allocated for rural development schemes.
But the budgets for both are being reduced by 12.6% and 5.5% respectively after allowing for expected inflation.
And there are also plans to use 15% of money for rural development projects rather than direct payment to farmers.
The Farmers' Union of Wales called on the Welsh government to use "every tool in the box" to minimise the impact for farmers who will lose out.
President Emyr Jones said: "While we have repeatedly expressed concerns about the amount of preparatory work done to investigate payment systems which would reduce the impact of a new payment system, it has to be accepted that whatever system was implemented would have led to large numbers of businesses losing significant sums."
The sex of a child is determined by the chromosomes in the father's sperm.
But the daily newspaper Mangalam, in Kerala state in southern India, printed six suggestions for those who want to have baby boys.
There is a cultural preference for male children in India.
"The chance of a girl or a boy at conception is totally random," said Dr Shazia Malik, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at The Portland Hospital in London, debunking the article.
"There is no scientific evidence on any method that will change this statistical chance when a baby is conceived naturally."
Mangalam, which filed the story in the health news section of its site, also advises potential mothers-to-be not to skip breakfast and to have sex only on certain days of the week, when the male sperm is "stronger". It said men can play a role and help strengthen their sperm by avoiding acidic foods.
But the strength of a sperm does not affect the baby's sex. The only way a baby can be male is if the fertilising sperm carries a Y chromosome.
Feminist Indian website The Ladies Finger translated the article from the original Malayalam language, which is spoken in Kerala.
"With all these inconvenient laws regarding sex determination, it is a relief that there is finally a fool-proof checklist to follow for boy-bearing," The Ladies Finger site wrote, sarcastically.
Tests to determine a foetus' sex are illegal in India, but that does not stop them taking place and leading to sex-selective abortions.
In 1961, there were 976 girls for every 1,000 boys under the age of seven. According to the latest census figures, released in 2011, that figure had dropped to 914.
Gita Aravamudan, Indian author of Disappearing Daughters: The Tragedy of Female Foeticide, said Mangalam's article is not likely to have a major impact, especially as it is written in a minority language, but it is one of many articles, "remedies" and old wives' tales that offer ways to avoid having a female baby.
"This article is even more ridiculous than usual, but such ideas are common," she told the BBC.
"It shows that attitudes like this still flourish despite initiatives taken by the Indian government, NGOs and health workers. The message isn't going through: people still value boys more than girls."
The preference for boys is longstanding in some cultures, and often comes from men being seen as the stronger sex and financial providers for families, especially during parents' old age.
In India, dowries, paid when girls eventually marry, are also seen as a high cost that could be avoided.
Nepal Football Association president and ex-Asian football vice-president Thapa, 55, was found guilty of "various acts of misconduct over several years".
He is also under investigation by Nepalese authorities for allegedly embezzling millions of pounds of football development money.
Lao Football Federation chief Viphet Sihachakr was given a two-year ban.
Fifa said Sihachakr "solicited and accepted a payment from another football official" in relation to the 2011 elections for the Fifa executive committee at the Asian Football Confederation congress.
Thapa, in the context of the 2009 and 2011 elections at the Asian Football Confederation congress, was accused by Fifa of "committing various acts of misconduct ...including the solicitation and acceptance of cash payments from another football official, for both personal and family gain".
He told the BBC he would fight against the decision.
"I had been extending co-operation to their investigation for the last four years. I will now appeal it at the Court of Arbitration for Sport," said Thapa, who is also a member of the Nepal parliament.
Thapa's ban will cover all football activities at both national and international level and comes into force with immediate effect.
The lodge resort development on the outskirts of Holyhead was given the go-ahead in autumn 2013 after initially being turned down.
But developers had to agree to pay towards a community programme as part of the project.
It will see investment in education, medical services and a leisure centre.
As well as a 500 holiday lodge village on land at Penrhos country park, up to 320 houses will be built in the Kingsland area of Holyhead.
Much of the accommodation will initially be used to house the thousands of workers expected to be needed for a new nuclear power station at Wylfa.
Councillors were told that the developers had agreed to put £1.5m into education in the Kingsland area to help address additional pressures brought by the new planned housing.
A further £600,000 will be invested in medical services in the area, while about £1m will be spent mitigating any impact on tourism on the island while construction is ongoing.
As part of the agreement, money will also be spent relocating library facilities and meeting the cost of extra pressures on the emergency services on the island.
The developers are also committed to funding a 690 sq-m public leisure centre and spending more than £500,000 on swimming provision.
The package of 32 measures was backed by the meeting of the island's planning committee on Wednesday.
The overall Land and Lakes project is expected to cost about £120m, creating up to 600 jobs.
As part of deal, the developers are also committed to ensuring up to 80% of the workforce is local.
A memorial event was held at Horse Guards Parade, attended by the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.
And the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh joined the PM and former prisoners of war at a remembrance service at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in London.
David Cameron said it was important to "honour the memory of those that died".
In Tokyo, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito observed a minute's silence at a service.
VJ Day ended one of the worst episodes in British military history, during which tens of thousands of servicemen were forced to endure the brutalities of prisoner of war camps, where disease was rife and there was a lack of food and water.
It is estimated that there were 71,000 British and Commonwealth casualties of the war against Japan, including more than 12,000 prisoners of war who died in Japanese captivity. More than 2.5 million Japanese military personnel and civilians are believed to have died over the course of the conflict.
Veterans and their families watched a fly-past of historic and current military aircraft on Horse Guards Parade as part of Saturday's events.
Actor Charles Dance read the poem The Road to Mandalay, by Rudyard Kipling.
The poem was set to music and became a favourite marching tune for many in the 14th Army in Burma, now known as Myanmar.
Veterans, war widows and members of their families then marched from Horse Guards Parade to Westminster Abbey, accompanied by marching bands.
Members of the public lining Whitehall applauded as the parade went past, with many of the veterans waving union jacks.
Wreaths have also been laid at the Cenotaph on Whitehall.
You could tell them by their medals and cap badges, and by the military bearing that some still have.
Elderly former servicemen mingled with tourists in Trafalgar Square and the Mall between ceremonies to remember, mourn and celebrate the sacrifice of friends and comrades in the war against Japan.
The day started solemnly at St Martin-in-the-Fields, as the last post was sounded, a piper played a lament, and a survivor of Japanese prison camps reflected on comrades who died in them.
Even the church's 12 bells - ringing as the old soldiers emerged into the sunshine - had a plangent tone.
At Horse Guards Parade, there were more poignant reminders of what many who fought regarded as the "forgotten" war - overlooked by a home country celebrating Victory in Europe.
But as a Hurricane fighter and modern Typhoon jet flew incongruously close and low overhead, and Charles Dance recited the poem "The Road to Mandalay", the mood was lighter.
Finally, a parade of veterans and military bands down Whitehall signalled celebration - of extra decades of life and tyranny defeated.
At the service at St Martin-in-the-Fields the Reverend Dr Sam Wells told the congregation: "The struggles, the suffering and the sacrifice of the war in the Far East are a defining experience in our nation's history.
"We stand in awe of those who were tried in ways beyond what most of us ever have to go through and greater than many of us can ever imagine.
"People who lost life, limb and liberty that we might know peace."
And former prisoner of war Maurice Naylor spoke at the service, saying it was an honour to be joined by the Queen - "a veteran herself" - and members of her family.
He said: "How do I feel now? I feel lucky to have survived so long and still be able to address you. I feel sad for the families of those who died as a result of their captivity."
Although fighting in Europe ended in May 1945, the battle between the Allies and Japan continued.
It was only after two atomic bombs were dropped on the country that the Japanese surrendered on 15 August that year.
In Japan, Mr Abe expressed "profound grief" at his country's actions in WW2, but he faced criticism from South Korea and China who said Japan had failed to properly atone for its actions.
Events have also taken place across the UK to mark the 70th anniversary:
A service will be held at the Far East Prisoner of War Memorial Building at the National Memorial Arboretum on Sunday.
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It has been a pretty good season so far, with a close title fight and all but three of the races really entertaining, with fights up and down the field.
One thing is very clear after 12 races - Mercedes are in total control again. Inconsistent challenges from the other teams mean either Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg will be world champion come Abu Dhabi in November.
The battle between the two Mercedes drivers is much more interesting than last year, when Hamilton ran away with it, and there have been some major moves - up and down - behind them to keep up the depth of interest.
Only Mercedes can really stop Mercedes winning this year - that much has become obvious.
The car still has a huge pace advantage and the only technical weakness they seem to have is their start procedure - we have seen a Mercedes driver lose places at the start quite often this season.
It's a tricky one to get on top of because it does not show up in simulations, and it is not a normal part of car-performance development. But it is one they will want to sort out because it's no good qualifying at the front if you lose places at the start all the time. It can also lead to first-corner accidents, such as Hamilton's in Bahrain.
On the driver front, the reverse in Rosberg's form has been quite remarkable.
Forty-three points ahead after four races, he seemed to have a headlock on the season, and I remember writing in a column back then that it would be tough for Hamilton to come back because Rosberg seemed much more in control and comfortable with himself.
Instead, there has been a 62-point swing in the last seven races and now Hamilton is leading by nearly a clear win.
In hindsight, the turning point was the two races in Spain and Monaco.
In Spain, the two Mercedes drivers crashed out together on the first lap - and both of them got a serious talking-to from team boss Toto Wolff.
At the next race in Monaco, Rosberg qualified well, but had a shocking race in the rain.
He was so slow in the opening laps that Mercedes ordered him to let Hamilton by, and he finished seventh as Hamilton won.
Since then, Rosberg has never been ahead of Hamilton in the races, other than in Baku, when Hamilton took himself out of the reckoning by driving badly in qualifying.
Being asked by your team to let your team-mate by - I've experienced that, and it's tough to handle, I can tell you. As is knowing you were more than second slower than your team-mate in damp conditions.
For me, Spain was key. I don't think Rosberg would have been so quick to let Hamilton by in Monaco if that crash had not happened - because he would not have been under that threat.
Rosberg is going into the summer break after another poor race in Germany. He will be in two minds - part of him will be wishing there was another race this weekend, to give him another chance to make amends, and part of him will be glad there is not, so he can take a breath.
He has said he is going to go away and analyse what's happened. I think he'd be far better to forget about it, have a really good holiday and try to come back fresh in his mind.
The last part of the season is tough - there are a lot of races in a short space of time, and most of them are a long way away, with each of the seven "fly-away" races lasting six days. So that is 42 days over many time zones.
It takes it out of you, and you have to come back pumped and ready to go.
Red Bull have made a massive improvement in performance from last year to this. Last year, they were 1.5secs a lap on average slower than Mercedes in the first half of the season - and 1.3secs for the whole season. This year, they are 0.86secs slower so far.
A lot of that gain is from Renault's improved engine, but some is the Red Bull chassis, too, and they have now overtaken Ferrari, having scored 33 more points than the Italian team since Max Verstappen was promoted in Spain.
In hindsight, that move to swap Verstappen and Daniil Kvyat seems perfectly judged.
Expect Red Bull to go well in Singapore and Japan particularly, but also on some of the other circuits in the latter part of the season. They are the only team other than Mercedes with a chance of winning any races.
Ferrari started the season in that position but have slipped back.
Their gap to pole is more or less the same as it was last year - at just under 0.8secs. But the average grid position for the best Ferrari is fourth, when it was third last year. So now there is at least one Red Bull between them and the Mercedes, and they are therefore less able to benefit from any weakness in Mercedes' starts.
Fundamentally, Ferrari's problem is that the car is not quick enough. They say it is lacking downforce, which is true, but the team is in a mess, too.
Whatever the circumstances around the departure of technical director James Allison, it is a big headache for Ferrari. They don't have anyone to take his place, and so you are looking at 2018 before anyone new can have an influence.
When Ferrari were winning championships in the last decade, they had a consistent design team and structure. It's no coincidence that now they do not have that, they are not winning any longer.
Ferrari need stability, when it appears they have a revolving door. That can't make it easier for them to recruit quality people.
Add in some pretty consistently haphazard strategy calls and it's clear why they are struggling.
McLaren-Honda have made huge progress - not just from 2015 to 2016, but through this season as well.
Aerodynamically, the car looks quite good, and Honda are making progress with the engine, even if there is a long way to go.
They are still a chunk off - at just under two seconds off pole on average for the season so far - but they are now consistently knocking on the door of the top 10 in qualifying, and quite often with both drivers.
Jenson Button always pulls out a solid result. Fernando Alonso has been more impressive generally over the season, but has had a few shaky races, too - such as when he screwed his tyres closing on Button trying to make a point about strategy in Germany.
And we hear a lot more from Alonso with his occasionally pointed comments over the radio, which make us laugh more than they will the people on the pit wall.
They are on a charge - just in time for their new chief executive Jost Capito to join next month from Volkswagen.
Since Daniil Kvyat was demoted to Toro Rosso from Red Bull, he has scored one point on two occasions, for two 10th places. Team-mate Carlos Sainz has scored 26 points.
Things look bleak for Kvyat. Let's not forget he was on the podium in China in April; now his career is hanging in the balance.
It's not that he can't drive; we know he can drive. I think he has simply lost confidence - which is hardly surprising after being dropped from the senior team to the junior team.
He needs to do what he has said he will do - trust his instincts and not overthink it. He needs to get back to driving instinctively. That is the only way to get things back on track.
Even then, it is going to be a tough second part of the season, because Sainz is quick and smart.
Toro Rosso also need to improve their pit stops - they consistently lose positions and time, such as Sainz's potential podium in Monaco. Whether it is technical or human, I don't know, but it needs sorting out if they are to make the best of what is a pretty decent car.
Williams were third in the constructors' championship for the last two years. This year, they won't repeat that and are under pressure for fourth from Force India, who are consistently impressive in doing a neat, tidy job with a small budget.
The days of Williams leading races, such as in Austria in 2014 or Silverstone last year, seem long gone. And their problems on slow, low-grip tracks remain - which I suspect is a basic lack of downforce on the car.
They are 0.2secs slower relative to Mercedes than they were last year and they are not even pulling out results on tracks that should be good for them, such as Hockenheim.
Williams don't have the development budget of the teams ahead of them, and this is a more realistic position for them as a team.
At the same time, they have switched focus to the big rules changes for 2017 very early to try to get a jump on the others under the new regulations.
The management of F1, between the teams, Bernie Ecclestone and governing body the FIA, has left a lot to be desired this year, and it's a bit frustrating that things can't be sorted out properly behind closed doors before they become public.
It's easy to forget, but the season started with the debacle over knock-out qualifying. It was sort of forced on the teams, and not liked by either them or the public.
The idea was to spice up the racing, but it detracted from something people were paying good money to see.
There was another example in the last week or so with the halo. All year, it has seemed as if F1 was moving towards introducing it next year, and then suddenly it was postponed for a year for a not very convincing reason.
And then there was the U-turn in the team radio rules before Germany as well.
It seems as if one group is saying something is happening and then others are deciding - sooner or later - that it's not. It's just not joined up, which is not a great image to present for such a high-level professional sport.
It really needs to be sorted out over the rest of the season and heading into 2017.
Allan McNish was talking to BBC Sport's Andrew Benson
The number of thefts in the Tilehurst and Soutcote areas of Reading has been mounting, the borough council said.
It is believed the iron grills, which cost the council £500 each to replace, are being sold for scrap for about £2 a time.
"One can only guess what level of moron is stealing these covers," said deputy council leader Tony Page.
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Here we hold the candidate to his promise by checking how well he built his case on three top voter issues: crime, terrorism and the economy.
Some of Mr Trump's hardest-hitting lines were on law and order:
The city murder figures appear to be broadly accurate (though complete FBI crime statistics for 2015 are not yet available) but what Mr Trump does not say is that they are still very low by historical standards. For instance, half as many people were killed last year as in 1991 in the 50 largest cities, according to a Washington Post report in January. Nor does the candidate acknowledge major spending increases by the Obama administration on state and local law enforcement.
Context is also key to the second claim. A reliable count of overall police deaths up to 20 July comes up with 67, compared to 62 for the same period last year. So where did Mr Trump get 50% from? Presumably from the figure for police deaths from intentional shootings, such as the Dallas massacre: 32 this year compared to 18 last year.
The third claim is much harder to defend. Hillary Clinton, Mr Trump's Democratic opponent in November, has not proposed revoking the constitutionally protected right to bear arms. She has proposed banning certain military-style weapons and expanding existing criminal background checks.
Violent crime is an issue for Americans but by no means the top one, according to the latest survey of US voter concerns by the Pew Research Centre (widely respected for its impartiality and expertise).
Gun policy (the only law and order issue put to Pew respondents) ranks fifth, cited by 72%. Among Mr Trump's supporters, the figure drops to 71% while it rises to 74% among Clinton voters
Mrs Clinton's policies, both as a former secretary of state (2009-13) and a presidential candidate, were portrayed in the speech as a recipe for national insecurity:
Blaming a US secretary of state for the chaos and violence in the Middle East since the Arab Spring of 2011 is sweeping. More specifically, the US did not lead the Western military intervention in Libya and Mrs Clinton had no role in the military decisions made during the attack on the US diplomatic post there in 2012. By contrast, she did work to impose nuclear sanctions against Iran - which were only lifted under her successor, John Kerry.
Syrian refugees actually are screened by the US government, which conducts rigorous background checks. Processing of a refugee can take 18 months to two years. Refugees are also subject to interviews and fingerprint and other biometric screening.
After a year of domestic attacks linked to so-called Islamic State, from San Bernardino to Orlando, terrorism ranks number two on Pew's list of voter concerns, chosen by 80% of respondents. Among Trump supporters, it is singled out by 89% while 74% of Clinton supporters rank it as "very important".
This is the issue uppermost in the minds of Americans, according to Pew. It is cited as such by 84% of respondents (90% of Mr Trump's supporters and 80% of Clinton voters).
Mr Trump's speech ranged from taxation, an evergreen concern for Republican voters, to poverty among the Hispanic population, a section of the electorate he needs to win over:
Compared to its peers in the developed world, the US hardly comes across as a high-tax country. Taxes made up 26% of the total US economy in 2014, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. But for Sweden, they constituted 42.7%, for Germany 36.1% and for the UK 32.6%. Based on available data, only three OECD members had a lower figure than the US: Chile, South Korea and Mexico.
Mr Trump's figure for Hispanic poverty is accurate but what he does not say is that America's Latino population has climbed considerably since Mr Obama took power in 2008. Between 2010 and 2014, for instance, it rose by 4.6 million, according to Pew. Pew estimates that those living in poverty as a percentage of the Hispanic population actually fell from 24.7% to 23.5% in the same period.
Sheffield-based Iman FM's licence had already been suspended by Ofcom for playing the lectures by radical American Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.
An Ofcom spokesperson said: "We take robust action when broadcasters break the rules."
Iman FM previously told Ofcom it was not aware of Awlaki's background.
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The station has not yet responded to a BBC request for a comment.
"We have strict rules prohibiting harmful content in programmes likely to incite crime," the Ofcom spokesperson added.
Ofcom said revoking the Broadcasting Act licence was in "the public interest" and Iman Media UK Limited was "unfit to hold a licence".
The station was awarded a licence in October 2014 and broadcasted over a three-mile (5km) radius in Sheffield but it was suspended on 4 July.
It followed "extremely serious breaches of the Broadcasting Code, after it aired material likely to incite or encourage the commission of crime or to lead to disorder", said Ofcom.
During an investigation, prompted by a complaint from a member of the public, the station gave written and oral evidence.
The radio station's service has been off-air since 4 July and will not be reinstated.
In 2011 the United Nations Security Council described Awlaki as a "leader, recruiter and trainer for al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula".
His sermons are thought to have inspired terrorist attacks including the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris in 2015 in which 12 people died and the 2009 Fort Hood shootings, in which 13 US soldiers were killed.
Awlaki was killed in a US drone strike in 2011.
The station previously said it had not listened to all of the lectures because of time constraints, it being a small radio station and the broadcasts happening during Ramadan.
Iman FM broadcast a show on 23 June that condemned the lectures and apologised to listeners.
The Markit/CIPS services purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 56.2 last month, from 55.2 in November - the highest level since July 2015.
But inflationary pressure in the sector continued, with prices charged rising at the strongest rate since April 2011.
Services, which include areas such as retailing and banking, make up more than three-quarters of the UK economy.
Markit's Chris Williamson said it defied fears of a Brexit slowdown.
"At face value, this improvement suggests that the next move by the Bank of England is more likely to be a rate hike than a cut," he added.
However, Mr Williamson, Markit's chief economist, said policymakers were "clearly concerned about the extent to which Brexit-related uncertainty could slow growth this year".
As a result, he said, the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee would have to consider "the current resilience of the economy" alongside "elevated levels of uncertainty", meaning that interest rates could go either way.
Earlier in the week, surveys in the construction and manufacturing sectors indicated a similar pattern of growth. Mr Williamson said that collectively, the surveys pointed to GDP growth of 0.5% in the fourth quarter of the year.
The "all-sector" PMI rose to 56.4 in December from 55.1 the previous month - itself the highest reading since July 2015. A figure above 50 indicates expansion.
Paul Sirani, chief market analyst at Xtrade, said the latest survey showed the service sector was going "from strength to strength".
"Strong services data provides a good indication that the UK economy remains resilient amid ongoing Brexit uncertainty. However, greater tests lie ahead," he added.
"Further changes in the wider political landscape in early 2017 are likely to ask more questions of the robust UK economy, with its response anyone's guess."
At the same time, a survey by the British Chambers of Commerce indicated that there had been "continued expansion" for both manufacturing and services in the final three months of the year, but "at a lower level for the services sector than before the EU referendum".
The BCC said: "Firms in both sectors, particularly in manufacturing, are facing pressure to raise prices, principally as a result of the cost of raw materials and other overheads."
Dr Adam Marshall, the BCC's director general, added: "Overall, our findings suggest growth will continue in 2017, albeit at a more modest pace.
"The government must act strongly this year to support investment and improve the business environment - both of which are crucial to boosting business confidence, and therefore further growth."
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"I want to tell the fans not to be scared of my gender," she said. "This is a really exciting time."
It is an exciting time and not just for Jodie - female leads have been cropping up with increasing regularity on the big and small screens.
And sci-fi and superhero films have been leading the way.
Recently, Wonder Woman was credited for inspiring a new generation of girls, by teaching them they can save the world, too.
And in the Star Wars universe Rey, played by Daisy Ridley, and Jyn Erso, played by Felicity Jones, also proved that male-dominated franchises could be reinvented for the modern day with women taking a leading role.
Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games have also portrayed women as strong leaders, rather than being relegated to the sidelines as minor characters.
And A Wrinkle in Time, starring Mindy Kaling as a character called Mrs Who, will be out next year. The 2018 American sci-fi film is directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Jennifer Lee.
The novel it was based on also has a woman behind it - Madeleine L'Engle.
"Casting a woman in a part that's always traditionally been played by a man is hugely important," Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy's TV editor, tells the BBC regarding Doctor Who.
"This is the age of The Hunger Games; of the Star Wars movies being fronted by a female lead; of Wonder Woman utterly demolishing its box office rivals.
"By casting its first female lead in 2017, Doctor Who gets to be a part of something - something hugely exciting - instead of being left behind."
Will Howells, who writes for the Doctor Who magazine, feels the decision shouldn't be considered a big deal.
"Fifty years ago the idea of changing the lead actor in Doctor Who was groundbreaking.
"In 2017 there shouldn't be anything major about a TV series changing from a male lead to a female one.
"We'll also maybe see a solo male companion as a regular feature for the first time. I don't think it's a risky choice at all but if a show that can go anywhere and do anything can't take risks, what can? This opens so many potential new dynamics for the shows."
Empire's editor-at-large, Helen O'Hara, agrees.
"It's not just that you can do whatever, it's that you should do whatever. We should not allow our prejudices to colour our imaginations.
"We need more female directors, more female writers. It shouldn't be enough that we have one white woman in the leading role. That doesn't mean we shouldn't consider female companions. Bill was great last series, not just a woman of colour but a gay woman. We need representation across the board."
She believes the decision to choose a female Doctor is seismic.
"Doctor Who is one of the great legacy titles that we have in our culture… so it makes a big statement to have a female Doctor," she says.
"Leaving aside diversity of casting being a good thing in itself, it's great because if you tell the same story with someone of a different race or gender, it feels different. It's an absolute shortcut to making yourself seem more imaginative.
"I'm thrilled about it."
Hollywood actor Zoe Saldana, who stars in three sci-fi franchises - Avatar, Star Trek and Guardians of the Galaxy - says she's attracted to the genre because of the freedom it offers.
"It makes me feel superhuman because, obviously, it's been brought to my attention continuously since I was born that I'm not a conventional person because of the colour of my skin or my gender or my cultural background," she told the Daily Telegraph in a recent interview.
"So I think science fiction has given me the ability as an artist to be colour-blind, and gender-blind, and to imagine and reinvent myself and be the chameleon actors are supposed to be."
O'Hara also points out that leading women are selling big at the box office - and film companies aren't there to address gender equality, they're there to make a profit.
"Something like Wonder Woman shows that if you do put the money in and the push behind them, they will absolutely make money. In the US now, 51% of cinema-goers are female.
"Even for supposed male films, the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie, a superhero and a sci-fi film, [the audience] was something like 47% female. We like these films and we want to see ourselves reflected in them."
But while there has been a lot of positive reaction to the Doctor Who news, for some it is a bridge too far.
It's bad news for those wanting to turn the clock back, though - or at least stop it going forward - because the genie is well and truly out of the bottle.
While there seems to have been a push for female talent in 2017, the presence of strong women in sci-fi is actually nothing new.
Think Princess Leia in Star Wars, Dana Scully in The X-Files, and of course the groundbreaking Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, in the Alien films.
Not to mention Kate Mulgrew - now starring in Orange is the New Black - as Captain Janeway in the Star Trek: Voyager TV series.
And it's 20 years - yes, 20 - since Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer was first hailed as a feminist icon.
Long before Doctor Who writers had thought of it, Ron Moore changed the gender of the character Starbuck when he launched the re-boot of Battlestar Galactica in 2003.
The original was played by Dirk Benedict in the 1978 series. Moore cast Katee Sackhoff, who just happened to tweet "Fantastic!" when she heard the Jodie Whittaker news.
And now the decision to cast a woman as Doctor Who has led to some speculation on which other roles could be filled by women.
The producers of the James Bond films have just announced they are to make a "female-driven" thriller starring Gossip Girl's Blake Lively, so could that mean changes for the Bond franchise itself?
While the Doctor is an alien, so technically has no gender, there are some who are concerned at the prospect of James Bond being a woman - a vacancy that will be going when Daniel Craig leaves the role.
The names being associated with the franchise so far include non-white actors - as well as a handful of women - meaning that change could be on the way for that franchise, too.
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Lesbia Yaneth Urquia was killed four months after the shooting of award-winning environmentalist Berta Caceres.
Both women had spent years campaigning against a giant dam.
More than 100 people have died in Honduras in five years for opposing dams, mining, logging and agriculture projects, human rights groups say.
In a statement, the EU said urgent steps needed to be taken to fight impunity and protect human rights activists.
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"This killing as well as the climate of violence that continues to prevail over human rights activists in the country is an extremely worrying development," it said.
The body of Ms Urquia, 49, was found abandoned on a rubbish dump in the municipality of Marcala about 160km (100 miles) west of the capital, Tegucigalpa.
A mother of three children, she was a member of the Council of Indigenous People of Honduras (Copinh) - the organisation founded by Caceres - and had been working to stop a hydroelectric project in Honduras's western La Paz department.
Copinh said in a statement on its website: "The death of Lesbia Yaneth is a political femicide that tries to silence the voices of women with the courage and bravery to defend their rights."
"We hold the Honduras government directly responsible for this murder."
Judicial officials said on Thursday they had opened an investigation into the killing.
Violence in Honduras has increased since July 2009 when President Manuel Zelaya was forced from power.
A new right-wing government licensed hundreds of infrastructure projects including mines and hydroelectric dams in environmentally sensitive areas.
In the US, politicians have been expressing concern about the violence.
Last week, Congressman Hank Johnson put before the House of Representatives the Berta Caceres Human Rights Act, which would suspend US security assistance until human rights violations by security forces ended.
This is China was posted onto micro-blogging site Weibo on Tuesday by China's Communist Youth League and has been shared more than 40,000 times.
It features a mix of traditional Chinese elements against modern rap.
It says China has "terrible problems" but is peace-loving, affluent and at the forefront of scientific research.
The song opens by saying that it wants to "restore the impression you have on my country, China", saying a false image had been fabricated by the international media.
It then explains that China is a "developing country and is really hard to manage", and acknowledges the many incidences the country has gone through, such as the 2008 Chinese milk scandal, where dairy products were found tainted with melamine.
However, its chorus concludes that its people still "love the country".
The power of Chinese people in China are gradually proving
That we can make a better world as we love peace and harmony.
Meanwhile we can trust the public security
Cuz the policemen are kind to citizens but crucial to our enemies.
....
This is China
We love the country we the Chi-phenomena
The red dragon ain't no evil
But a peaceful place
The beautiful land with rich culture remain
"This is a song for Westerners to understand China," Wang Zixin of CD Rev, a rap group from Chengdu who collaborated with the Youth League to produce the video, told news outlet Sixth Tone.
"We want Westerners to know that Chinese know our problems and we are trying to make a change."
The music video also mentions the political status of Taiwan, saying "for normal citizens, we just want to be united as one, cause we think we are from one family".
Issues like gun control are also referenced in the lyrics.
Last year, CD Rev released a music video - The Force of Red - which commented strongly on the independence of Hong Kong and Taiwan.
China officially considers Taiwan to be a breakaway province, which will eventually be reunited with China, by force if necessary.
The rap has received mostly positive feedback on Weibo, with comments ranging from users saying how much they loved the country, to others saying they had been reduced to tears.
"Although we have many shortcomings, little by little, we can make our country stronger and our lives better," said one such comment.
However, others questioned why the song wasn't in Mandarin, saying that they were unable to understand parts of it.
Others took a more light-hearted jab at it, with one user saying "this is definitely China, we wake up to pandas every day", a reference to the clips in the video showing pandas in the woods.
Hotel owner Ranjit Singh Power, 54, was last seen at an airport in Amritsar, Punjab on 8 May.
Taxi driver Sukhdev Singh has been charged with murder. Officers said he had confessed to killing Mr Power.
Police said a body was found by divers between 17:30 and 18:00 local time, 12 miles (20km) from Ambala, which lies near the border with Punjab.
Family friend Darshan Singh, currently in India, said the body was found in a lake and was in poor condition, but was the right height and wore "exactly the same bangle" as Mr Power.
He was reported missing by his family in Wolverhampton, after he failed to contact them for a week.
On Saturday, the Foreign Office confirmed the death of a British national in India.
Paying tribute, Mr Power's son Gian and daughter Emma described him as a "determined", "proud" and "warm-hearted" man.
"Ranjit would go out of his way to care for and support those around him, not just family but even strangers," they said.
"From opening a cataracts centre in India to helping young carers in the local community in Wolverhampton.
"He has touched the hearts of so many over the years and we ask for everyone to cherish the moments they spent with him and feel free to share them with the family."
Conservationists said there was a population of more than 10,000 large blue butterflies on reserves in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
The last large blue butterfly colony was on Dartmoor in Devon and it was declared extinct in 1979.
The population in the UK is now believed to be largest concentration of the species anywhere in the world.
The butterfly, with a wingspan of more than two inches, was brought back from the dead with the reintroduction of stock from Sweden in 1984 and has thrived since then.
The key to the success of the programme was an understanding of the butterfly's bizarre life-cycle which is similar to that of the cuckoo.
The caterpillar tricks red ants into believing it is one of their own grubs and is carried underground.
It feeds on the larvae around it until it emerges 10 months later to live for just a few weeks as a butterfly.
Conservationists said the story of the large blue showed that the decline of globally threatened species could be reversed.
US District Judge Sam Sparks issued an injunction to prevent the cash cut, which Republicans have championed.
It means the women's healthcare group, which is America's biggest abortion provider, will still get funding for its non-abortion services.
These include cancer screenings, and STD testing and treatment.
The move preserves health services for roughly 11,000 low-income women at 30 clinics in the state.
The funding in question comes from Medicaid - a joint federal and state programme which helps with medical costs for low-income Americans.
Texas is now the sixth state where the courts have kept Planned Parenthood eligible for Medicaid money, along with Arkansas, Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Republican-controlled states have pushed to cut Planned Parenthood's funding since summer 2015, when an anti-abortion group called the Center for Medical Progress accused it of selling aborted foetuses for a profit.
Planned Parenthood denied that, saying it is allowed to donate tissue from aborted foetuses to research firms for a procurement fee.
More than a dozen states investigated the profit claims, but found no evidence of illegal tissue harvesting or sales.
Human foetal tissue has been used in research since the 1930s, with current work focusing on diseases like AIDS and Parkinson's.
Judge Sparks, who was appointed by Republican former President George H W Bush, said the state of Texas had failed to provide evidence of wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood.
"A secretly recorded video, fake names, a grand jury indictment, congressional investigations - these are the building blocks of a best-selling novel rather than a case concerning the interplay of federal and state authority through the Medicaid program," the judge wrote.
"Yet, rather than a villain plotting to take over the world, the subject of this case is the State of Texas's efforts to expel a group of health care providers from a social health care program for families and individuals with limited resources."
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said his office would appeal the ruling.
"Today's decision is disappointing and flies in the face of basic human decency," he said in a statement.
The Texas decision comes amid questions over President Donald Trump's stance on Planned Parenthood.
On the campaign trail, the Republican billionaire said he would curb its $400m (£321m) federal funding.
He told a Republican debate in Texas: "I'm totally against abortion, having to do with Planned Parenthood [...] I would defund it because of the abortion factor."
He also described himself as "pro-life" - a term some anti-abortion campaigners use to define their views.
However, he acknowledged the group's extensive contribution to women's health services, adding: "Millions and millions of women - cervical cancer, breast cancer - are helped by Planned Parenthood. So you can say whatever you want, but they have millions of women going through Planned Parenthood that are helped greatly."
Last month, Mr Trump last month signed an executive order banning US funding to international groups that perform abortions or even provide information about abortions.
Vice President Mike Pence is strongly opposed to abortion. As Indiana governor, he signed an anti-abortion bill that is seen as one of the most restrictive in the US. The move prompted protesters to donate money to Planned Parenthood in his name.
The lot, auctioned in Penzance, Cornwall, was made up of caps, medals and pictures of former England star Steve Bloomer.
He scored 23 times in 28 games for England in the 1890s and early 1900s.
He is also the second highest all time goal scorer in top tier English league football having played for Derby County and Middlesbrough.
The lot failed to reach its estimate of £500,000.
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Author Peter Seddon has written books about Steve Bloomer and said: "He was the first of a breed that we are now familiar with - that of the superstar footballer.
"He was the first to play for money and he became a celebrity.
"He was football's first superstar and England's first popular footballing hero and like Beckham or Rooney, he was always the guy that popped up with the winning goal.
"He was the best known footballer in the country and so in the world because the game hadn't developed in many other countries. So he was more like Ronaldo or Messi if you want a modern equivalent.
"He was a household name - mention Steve Bloomer to anybody in the 1890s and they would instantly recognise him."
Sources: WH Lane & Son, Derby County FC
It is likely the bones were washed from a nearby burial site along one of London's "lost" rivers - the Walbrook.
In the last year archaeologists in London have also found about 10,000 Roman items at a nearby site.
These latest finds could give new insights into the lives of Roman people.
Near-intact pottery artefacts were also found which probably travelled along the same route as the skulls. Other bone fragments would not have been washed as easily down the river.
Paved over in the 15th Century, the Walbrook river divided the western and eastern parts of the city, its moist muddy walls providing exceptionally good conditions for artefacts to be preserved.
The discoveries were found about 3m below ground and underneath the the Bedlam cemetery, a burial ground where hundreds of skeletons have been unearthed.
Though they have yet to be forensically dated, Nicholas Elsden from the Museum of London Archaeology said they were likely to be from the 3rd to 4th Centuries AD, as that was when Romans buried their citizens as opposed to cremating them.
"It's relatively unusual to find so many concentrated [in one area] when you're not in a graveyard. We're 100 yards outside the Roman city walls."
Roman law required burial outside the city, explained Mr Elsden, which meant there were burial sites circled around the town.
"What we're looking at here is how the Romans viewed their dead. You wouldn't imagine modern burial grounds being allowed to wash out into a river," he told BBC News.
Don Walker, an osteologist also from the Museum of London Archaeology, said the skulls were probably buried in different environments, shown by their shades of brown and grey.
"Forensic studies show that when the body disintegrates near a watercourse, the skull travels furthest, either because it floats or it can roll along the base of the river.
"They were possibly buried in an area where there wasn't much land available. At the moment it looks as though they've collected together through natural processes."
From initial observations, Mr Walker said there was no evidence of any "foul play", but details about their sex and age would only emerge through further investigations.
He added that chemical markers on the teeth could reveal where these people came from and what sorts of food they ate.
Archaeologists believe that the Crossrail Project will lead to further discoveries hidden beneath the streets of London and say it could transform our understanding of Roman London.
Other recent findings include several bodies believed to date from the time of the Black Death and wood thought to be evidence of a 3,500-year-old Bronze Age transport route through London.
Crossrail currently operates over 40 worksites and archaeological investigations are carried out at each site ahead of main construction works to build the central stations.
The project will connect 37 stations from Heathrow Airport and Maidenhead in the west, through central London and out to Abbey Wood and Shenfield in the east and is due to be completed in 2018.
Michelle O'Neill said she was willing to protect the interests of Ulster-Scots if there was demand for it.
In an interview for BBC One's The View, Ms O'Neill said the best way to protect all people's rights was through legislation in the NI Assembly.
Sinn Féin wants official status given to the Irish language.
The Democratic Unionist Party said in February that it would never support such a move but its leader Arlene Foster has since said that she had ruled out an Irish Language Act "in the context of nothing else happening in terms of culture and language".
She emphasised the need to respect all cultures in Northern Ireland, including "the Ulster Scots, the Orange and British cultural identity".
On Thursday, Ms O'Neill told the BBC: "Ulster Scots belongs to everybody, the Irish language belongs to everybody.
"Let's respect people's rights. Let's make sure they are enshrined in legislation so we cannot have ministers taking bigoted decisions about one section or the other."
The Irish language has been a major stumbling block in the talks to restore power sharing at Stormont.
The political deadlock in Northern Ireland came after a snap election on 2 March brought an end to Stormont's unionist majority and the Democrat Unionist Party's lead over Sinn Féin was cut from 10 seats to one.
The talks are now on hold until the general election on 8 June is over.
An amendment to the Digital Economy Bill means it will be illegal to use "bots" to bypass limits on the maximum number of tickets that can be bought.
Tickets purchased by bots can appear on secondary websites at prices many times greater than their face value.
A Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) spokesman said the profiteering was "simply not fair".
High profile artists such as Adele and Ed Sheeran have previously criticised the touts and asked their fans not to buy tickets from secondary sites.
Last month, resale site Viagogo was accused of "moral repugnance" for selling tickets to an Ed Sheeran Teenage Cancer Trust gig for up to £5,000.
And an £85 ticket to see Adele at the O2 in London last year was reportedly being sold for £24,840.
As part of the touting crackdown, ministers will accept in full the recommendations of a review by Professor Michael Waterson.
In the report, he suggested ticket sellers should have tougher anti-bot measures in place with a facility to report bot attacks, stronger enforcement of existing consumer rights laws, and the threat of further action if the industry does not act against rogue ticket traders.
Ed Sheeran angry after his tour tickets end up on secondary sites
The government said it wants the big companies in the secondary ticket market to do more to identify ticket touts and differentiate them from individual fans who want to sell tickets for events they can no longer go to.
Heavy metal fans Brian and Jane O'Donoghue aim to go to a gig once a month but say that touts make buying tickets "incredibly frustrating".
They recently paid £250 each to see Black Sabbath in Birmingham's O2 Arena, buying from a secondary website where prices were more than double the face value.
"It was the only way," says Brian, 51, from Hereford. "We weighed up going to see Metallica in Copenhagen instead, which including flights and hotel wasn't much more."
He always tries to buy tickets directly but says they sell out "within minutes".
The pair bought face value tickets for their next concert, Iron Maiden, where they have been told to bring their payment card and photo identification.
"That's the way ahead," Brian says. "Although I think there will be a lot of disappointed people who turn up with just their ticket."
If the companies do not make progress, ministers will seek further action to ensure consumer law is being followed.
The government has been under pressure by a number of celebrities to tackle the problem of ticket touting.
You Me At Six singer Josh Francheschi gave evidence to the committee last year calling for bots to be made illegal saying the fans were the "main losers".
Last year, the use of this technology was made a criminal offence in New York after a report found one bot had bought 1,000 tickets in one minute for a U2 concert at Madison Square Garden.
Jo Dipple, chief executive of music industry representatives UK Music, welcomed the move.
"Massive profit is made by people who are taking value out of the music industry and putting tickets out of the reach of music fans," she said.
"Banning bots is a step towards ensuring the ticketing market for live events works more fairly for gig-goers."
Minister of State for Digital and Culture, Matt Hancock, said: "It's unacceptable that touts are misusing technology to bypass security measures and buy up vast numbers of tickets before real fans get the chance, only to sell them on at rip-off prices.
"It's a growing problem that affects too many people."
In December, an enforcement investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority was launched into any suspected breach by this market.
Mr Hancock added: This profiteering is simply not fair, so we are acting to put fans first and improve the chances of seeing our favourite musicians and sports stars at a reasonable price.
"Ticket sellers need to do more, by improving transparency and ensuring that they are acting in the best interests of consumers and help the market work for everyone."
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Australian Jones took charge of England after they failed to make the knockout stages of a home World Cup in 2015.
They beat Scotland 61-21 on Saturday to retain the Six Nations and equal the world record of 18 successive wins.
"Eddie has installed a want and a desire that has not been there," Hansen told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek.
"We always thought England had plenty of talent but did not want to work hard but they are doing that under Eddie and loving it.
"The harder you work, the more results you get so it is no surprise they are putting a run together that is pretty impressive."
England won their last match under Stuart Lancaster before he was replaced by Jones, who has since won all of his 17 games - including back-to-back Six Nations titles and three Tests in Australia.
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A win against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday would give England another Grand Slam and surpass New Zealand's run of 18 victories, which lasted from August 2015 to November 2016, when they lost to Ireland.
Hansen, All Blacks coach during that run, which included winning the World Cup, believes England's improvement is because of an improved attitude.
"Sometimes you get players, we have a lot of them over here, who are very talented, but do not have the work ethic," added Hansen.
"It's not the players' fault, but then someone comes in their lives, a parent, a teacher or in this case Eddie as a coach, who instils a work ethic and creates a vision that excites them and people change their habits.
"It looks like that is what has happened and it is great for rugby."
Will Carling, who captained England as they won the Five Nations four times in the 1990s, thinks Jones' side still are not as good as world champions New Zealand.
Asked on Sportsweek who would win if the two teams played next week, Carling said: "New Zealand. They are still a better team and a more balanced team. They have got more world-class players and more intelligent players.
"Eddie Jones' aim is still the 2019 World Cup. This is going to be a fantastic World Cup. New Zealand is still the best team in the world but England are improving."
Carling, 51, said Jones allowed his players to have "fun", but also drove them on.
He added: "The England side is a talented group of players. The team is also a lot fitter than it was 18 months ago but there is an element of fun in there and the players love it.
"The players are having a good time. I think they are generating a lot of respect and trust with each other that they can deliver under pressure.
"When you are in games and are under pressure it is a trust that the guy next to you will do his job and you just need to concentrate on yours."
The British and Irish Lions will tour New Zealand in June and July, playing three Tests against the All Blacks, and Hansen is looking forward to the series.
"The Six Nations has been a great tournament and we have seen the depth of player quality in the tournament," he added.
"They will come with a lot of depth and it will be probably be one of the best ever Lions selected.
"People are very excited about the team that is coming. We don't get many touring teams that come here any more."
The shop - established in 2003 - is offered rent free to a different Orkney based organisation each week.
Since it was set up the shop has raised more than £1.7m for different groups.
Founder Rita Jamieson told BBC Scotland that receiving the honour was "wonderful news".
She added: "Who would have thought that our little shop in Orkney would be so highly thought of by the Queen!
"I am so pleased for all the volunteers who have helped set-up and run the shop over the years. They have been a great support to hundreds of local groups, and helped many thousands of customers.
"I am really proud of our volunteers and I hope that they are proud of their award."
Groups apply and, if successful, are allocated a week in the shop.
Each organisation has to supply one volunteer per shift to work alongside the core team.
At the end of the week, unsold stock is passed on to the charity that takes over for the following week.
During a typical week, charities can expect to raise between £2,500 and £4,000.
The shop has recently been used to raise funds for Orkney organisations supporting traditional music and riding for the disabled.
There is currently a two year waiting list to get time in the shop.
Eileen Spence, who is a regular volunteer, said: "We just quietly go about supporting the different groups and helping our customers. We all get satisfaction out of helping people in our community.
"None of us look for any special recognition, which makes this award even more exciting.
"I am just so proud of what the Blue Door achieves day-to-day and week-to-week. None of this would be possible without the volunteers."
Danish authorities had said an undiagnosed heart condition caused the death of Stephen O'Malley, 48, from Liverpool, in May 2012.
But Liverpool MP Louise Ellman said the State's Attorney in Denmark is revisiting the case after UK pressure.
Last year a pathologist questioned the cause of death in a UK inquest.
Mrs Ellman said the Danish decision could mean the case is reopened adding, "It certainly means there is a new look at it."
The MP, who is pursuing the case on behalf of her constituent Mr O'Malley's partner, added: "I feel deeply disturbed by the circumstances of Stephen's death."
Liverpool Coroner Andre Rebello said at an inquest in September the Danish post-mortem conclusion that Mr O'Malley probably died as a result of an undiagnosed heart condition was "fanciful in the extreme".
Mr Rebello said the neck ring, which is worn to keep water out, was too tight making it hard for Mr O'Malley to breathe.
Mrs Ellman told a Commons adjournment debate in November Mr O'Malley was servicing wind farm turbines in the North Sea on the Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm in German waters, on a routine dive from the Blue Capella vessel.
She said he first complained the ring was choking him two minutes into his dive but a rescue only began seven minutes later which was hampered by Mr O'Malley getting entangled in an umbilical cable.
Derek Marsh, from the Divers Association, welcomed the move saying: "There are a lot of issues around this case which was never investigated properly in the first place."
The AI predicted the verdicts to an accuracy of 79%, according to the scientists involved.
AI is increasingly being used in fields such as journalism, law and accountancy.
But critics said no AI would be able to understand the nuances of a legal case.
The study, which was conducted by researchers at University College London and the universities of Sheffield and Pennsylvania, does not spell an end to lawyers, the researchers said.
"There is a lot of hype about AI but we don't see it replacing judges or lawyers any time soon. What we do think is they'd find it useful for rapidly identifying patterns in cases that lead to certain outcomes," said Dr Nikolaos Aletras, who led the study at UCL.
"It could also be a valuable tool for highlighting which cases are most likely to be violations of the European Convention on Human Rights."
The team identified English language datasets for 584 cases related to three articles of the Convention on Human Rights:
These were picked both because they represented cases about fundamental rights and because there was a large amount of published data on them.
The algorithm looked for patterns in the text and was able to label each case either as a "violation" or "non-violation".
To prevent bias and mislearning, the team selected an equal number of violation and non-violation cases for the AI to learn from.
"Ideally, we'd test and refine our algorithm using the applications made to the court rather than the published judgements, but without access to that data we rely on the court-published summaries," said co-author Dr Vasileios Lampos.
The algorithm tended to get judgements wrong when there were two similar cases - one a violation and one not, suggesting that the platform was not able to detect the finer subtleties of the law.
The next stage for the researchers is to test the system with more data.
"There is no reason why it cannot be extended to understand testimonies from witnesses or lawyers' notes," Dr Aletras told the BBC.
Increasingly law firms are turning to AI to help them wade through vast amounts of legal data.
Ross, which uses the computing power of IBM Watson, was recently hired by law firm Baker & Hostetler, which deals with bankruptcy cases.
Matt Jones, an analyst at data science consultancy Tessella, said of the research project: "It has huge potential as a big timesaver in legal cases by automating some of the less interesting tasks and helping people make decisions on chances of success. But AI is some way off being used as a tool to advise legal decisions."
He added that such systems were not yet capable of "understanding nuance".
"An AI can make a good guess but without direct appreciation of the wider context outside of its training data and experience, that guess may be widely off the mark, and in a legal situation that may be dangerous for the case."
Edward Dorman, 51, and Hayley Miln, 49, appeared in private at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.
They were charged with producing a controlled drug and being concerned in the supply of cannabis.
Dorman, of Heriot, and Miln, of Galashiels, made no plea. Their cases were continued for further examination and they were released on bail.
Police officers discovered about 200 cannabis plants in a property near Heriot on 12 November.
Herbal cannabis weighing up to 4kg (8.8lbs) was also seized in the raid. The total value of the haul is estimated to be £175,000.
The cultivation at Heriot Mill is the third cannabis farm to be discovered in the Borders this year.
Large crops have also been found in Selkirk and Hawick.
Chief Inspector Andy McLean, local area commander for the Scottish Borders said: "Once again, vital information from the public has resulted in a sizeable drugs recovery and we are actively pursuing those responsible for the production of this cannabis.
"Our communities continue to make it clear that they do not want drug dealers operating in their area and through enforcement activity such as this we demonstrate that the Scottish Borders is no safe haven for those involved in drug crime.
"Rest assured that any information provided to us is treated with in the strictest confidence and appropriately acted upon."
With more than 70% of votes counted in Sunday's referendum, 99.8% supported the holiday, authorities said.
The court ruled the date discriminated against Muslim Bosniaks and Catholic Croats and should be changed.
Serbs declared the creation of their own state within Bosnia on 9 January 1992, fuelling an ethnic conflict in which about 100,000 people died.
Bosnia is still split along ethnic lines between the mainly-Serb entity and a Muslim-Croat federation.
The Constitutional Court, based in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, banned the referendum.
About 1.2 million people were eligible to vote and authorities said turnout was more than 56%.
Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik said the referendum would go down in history as the "day of Serb determination".
"I am proud of the people of Republika Srpska, of all those who came out and voted," he said in the town of Pale.
Regardless of the result, the referendum has already damaged ethnic relations in Bosnia and, arguably, the credibility of the international officials who still oversee the country.
Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik has challenged the authority of the national court, which ruled the 9 January holiday unconstitutional and banned the referendum. He also ignored pressure from the European Union, the international high representative and Serbia.
This defiance has increased fears that Mr Dodik might follow through with his threat to hold a secession referendum.
The high representative has the ability to remove politicians from office if they threaten the terms of the Dayton Peace Agreement. But in recent years those powers have been used only rarely.
Referendum challenges peace terms
As well as being the anniversary of the declaration of a Bosnian Serb state, 9 January is an Orthodox Christian holiday.
The International High Representative to Bosnia-Hercegovina, Valentin Inzko, told the BBC that the vote was "illegal and unconstitutional".
"No mistake, decisions of the constitutional court are final and binding..., and the constitutional court was very, very explicit..., it suspended this referendum," he said.
Bosniak leader Bakir Izetbegovic, meanwhile, has accused Mr Dodik of "playing with fire".
The BBC's Guy Delauney in neighbouring Serbia says that the Bosnian Serb leader has been deliberately provocative by insisting on celebrating the national holiday on 9 January.
Analysts say by flouting the court, one of the federal institutions set up at the end of the war in 1995, Mr Dodik is threatening the Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the conflict.
In a speech in London, the Scottish Conservative leader said recent polls suggested the majority of people in Scotland did not back independence.
And she said the prospect of a second referendum had now been "parked in a lay-by" by the SNP.
The Scottish government said the Conservatives were "utterly clueless"
Speaking immediately after the result of the EU referendum was announced, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said another vote on independence was "highly likely" and instructed civil servants to start drawing up plans for a referendum.
But addressing an audience of foreign diplomats, Ms Davidson - who backed Remain ahead of the EU referendum - said the "shock" of the Brexit vote had now started to subside.
She said the SNP's strategy had always been to make independence feel inevitable, but insisted that this assumption was "wrong" and that Scotland was now suffering from "referendum fatigue" after two votes in three years.
She added: "In unsettled times that pose deep and existential questions, nationalism seeks to give easy answers wrapped in a flag.
"It thrives on chaos, and it is fair to describe that week after the (EU) vote as chaotic.
"In the immediate aftermath of the result there was a modest swing in favour of independence, but more recent polls have made it clear that this swing has not been maintained. In other words, we are back to where we were".
She argued that this had been partially recognised by the SNP, with Ms Sturgeon opting to leave her draft referendum bill "on a low shelf" when she published her programme for government last week.
Ms Davidson said: "The unstoppable bandwagon of late June now appears to have been parked in a lay-by.
"We have had five years of uncertainty and rancour over our constitutional status, now added to by the EU referendum result.
"As a result, most people in Scotland now do not want to add to that any more - yes they remain troubled by the EU result, but that is not translated into support for further constitutional upheaval in the form of yet another referendum on independence."
She said there was a risk that Scotland would enter a damaging constitutional "limbo period", with the SNP leadership "caught between the demands of their core support and the political realities of the majority of Scots".
She added: "The first minister tried to use the vote to create a bow wave surge for independence. It hasn't worked, but I don't think the SNP will stop trying.
"And sadly, in our judgement, the push for separation will continue to be the main priority for the SNP government as we head into Brexit discussions - and not the best interests of Scotland and the United Kingdom."
Ms Davidson said her party's new expert group would assess the risks and opportunities of Brexit for Scotland.
The group includes MSPs Adam Tomkins and Alexander Stewart, MEP Ian Duncan, former Scottish Whisky Association head Gavin Hewitt and former CBI Scotland director Sir Iain McMillan.
She added: "I will ask them to report to me on how best they believe Brexit can deliver for Scotland, and crucially for the entire United Kingdom too".
The Scottish government has already set up a similar group to examine how best to protect Scotland's place in Europe.
A spokesman for Ms Sturgeon said evidence was mounting of the "potentially huge damage Brexit threatens to jobs, investment and Scotland's economy".
He added: "It is Ruth Davidson and her Tory colleagues who have created the problem but who also appear utterly clueless about how to fix it.
"As a start, perhaps Ms Davidson can answer the simple question that her boss, the prime minister, was unable to answer last week: does she believe the UK should continue in the single market - yes or no?"
A Scottish Labour spokesman said: "The Brexit gamble made by the Tories has given the Nationalists an excuse to campaign for independence again when what we really need is a renewed focus on jobs, the economy and public services like our schools and NHS.
"Both the SNP and the Tories' plans would be economically damaging for Scotland - parties should be explaining what their plans are beyond the constitution."
Gwent PCC Ian Johnston has been accused of bullying Carmel Napier.
He claimed he was made to look like a villain by the Home Affairs Select Committee, which questioned both of them over what had happened.
The committee said he had a "disdainful attitude" to parliamentary scrutiny.
But Mr Johnston told BBC Wales he believed the MPs had already decided what they were going to write before he appeared in front of them in July.
He said: "I don't think they listened at all to the evidence, I think the way the questioning went they had made their mind up about lots of things.
"If you look at the way that it was done, I was the villain of the piece before I even went in there and Carmel Napier was this poor unfortunate woman who had been bullied by this new police and crime commissioner.
"That was the way they presented it."
In June Mrs Napier announced her retirement with immediate effect after a 30-year career in policing, only for it to emerge that she had been forced out after a series of rows with Mr Johnston.
It was revealed that Mr Johnston ordered Mrs Napier to "retire or be removed" as he believed her managerial style was "unacceptably dismissive, abrupt and unhelpful".
The case highlighted the wide-ranging powers enjoyed by PCCs to dismiss chief constables and prompted an inquiry by the committee.
In her evidence to MPs, Mrs Napier accused Mr Johnston of "menacing and bullying" her out of her job.
She said he came to her office and read out a document issuing an ultimatum - leave or face being forced out.
In a subsequent report, the Gwent PCC was criticised by the committee for what they called "this disdainful attitude towards scrutiny by Parliament, as well as an indication of a clear over-sensitivity to criticism".
They pointed out that Mr Johnston had been elected by less than 8% of voters in Gwent and "had managed to side-step the statutory arrangements for local scrutiny of his decision to sack the chief constable".
However, Mr Johnston said he believes the commissioners are "not accountable to members of Parliament".
He added: "A message back for Keith Vaz [chair of the committee], I did not side-step any procedures, I followed the procedures to the letter of the law."
McIlroy goes into 2017 with only Jason Day above him in the world rankings and with four major titles to his name.
Nicklaus believes the 27-year-old from Northern Ireland now has to decide whether he wants to try to become the sport's greatest player.
Speaking to BBC Sport, the 18-time major champion was also optimistic about golf's future but renewed his call for a cut in the distance the ball travels.
In recent years Nicklaus has developed a strong friendship with McIlroy, who often practises at the 76-year-old American's Bears Club in Jupiter, Florida.
"Rory is one of those young men who has got a tremendous amount of talent," Nicklaus said.
"He has won and played on his talent to this point. If he wishes to dominate and go forward then he's got to improve."
Nicklaus warned that standing still at the top of the game means only one thing - quickly being passed. And he believes the UK's leading player is now approaching the prime of his career.
"He has to work hard, he's got to focus on what he is trying to do and it is up to him. Certainly he has all the tools to be able to do it - it is just whether he has the desire and the willingness to give up some other things.
"And that's his call. I mean, whatever Rory does, he has established himself as one of the great players that has ever played the game.
"Whether he wants to be the greatest player to have played the game, that's his determination and it's his decision whether he wants to make that effort to try to do that."
The 2017 season is likely to be a pivotal year in McIlroy's life with his wedding to fiancee Erica Stoll rumoured to be scheduled for the weeks following April's Masters.
Nicklaus famously combined a successful family life, bringing up five children, with collecting a record number of majors and an astonishing 118 tournament victories worldwide.
"It's just management of time," Nicklaus said. "When you are young and single and just one dimensional you pretty much can do things at your leisure.
"Once you start getting married, having a family, other business interests, then you've got to learn how to manage your time and use it efficiently. He'll learn that."
McIlroy has won two US PGA Championships as well as the 2011 US Open and 2014 Open. Next April he will arrive at Augusta seeking, for the third time, to complete a career grand slam.
"I think he will win the Masters [some day]," said the man who donned the famous Green Jacket on a record six occasions.
"He certainly has the type of game that would do well at Augusta and he has done well before - he just hasn't finished it."
And Nicklaus says McIlroy should not be put off by the hype that will accompany his continued attempts to land the one major to have eluded him.
"The media are going to focus on this because he hasn't won it," Nicklaus added. "He'll win it. He's a good player."
Although Nicklaus says he feels McIlroy needs to improve, the American veteran refuses to be drawn on specifics.
"I always felt like I was climbing a mountain and trying to get to the top of it," he said.
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"And once I got to the top I was probably close to my mid-forties. And then I thought, maybe it's time to take a slide down the other side. But as you're playing and working at it you have to keep climbing and trying to get better."
One could apply this analysis to his views on the game in general. For decades he has been heavily involved in the business side with his course design company. Nicklaus also hosts his memorial event on the PGA Tour.
"I think tournament golf is very healthy," Nicklaus said. "Anything stagnates at one point or another and has to figure out how to reboot and move forward.
"And I think they've done a pretty good job of it. I think we are now moving back in the right direction."
But he hates the fact that golfers can routinely propel the golf ball more than 300 yards off the tee. "It is the most ridiculous thing in the game," he said.
"I mean, who cares how far it goes as long as it is relative to the other person. If a golf ball goes 20% shorter it is not much different to what it was 20 years ago.
"Some of the biggest problems we have are the cost of the game, the amount of time it takes to play, the difficulty of the game. All those things are things that can be addressed with one fell swoop with the golf ball.
"We can play the game faster, play the game cheaper, play the game a little less difficult. It takes less land, it takes less water, takes less chemicals - all kinds of things that help us."
And he has no time for the leading golf officials who celebrate the fact that the likes of McIlroy can generate gasps of awe from watching galleries through their prodigious hitting.
"When I belted it 280 yards they thought that was pretty good too," Nicklaus said. "Before me, when [Ben] Hogan hit it 250 yards, they thought that was pretty good.
"I think the fans get used to what they are looking at. I don't see a change in the golf ball soon but I think common sense says you should do it."
It's also clear that Nicklaus believes fans will see more McIlroy majors in the coming years, especially if the Northern Irishman is able to make the most of his vast potential.
Victory in New York was Robson's eighth in a row after she won a lower-tier tournament in Pennsylvania this month.
The 22-year-old, who beat Bulgarian Isabella Shinikova 6-4 6-4 earlier on Friday, is one of eight Britons in the first round, which starts on Monday.
Andy Murray, Aljaz Bedene, Dan Evans, Kyle Edmund, Johanna Konta, Heather Watson and Naomi Broady also feature.
Murray, the Wimbledon and Olympic champion and number two seed, faces world number 82 Lukas Rosol at Flushing Meadows.
Compatriot Tara Moore lost 6-1 3-6 2-6 to Germany's Antonia Lottner in the penultimate round of qualifying.
The duchess, who is thought to be under 12 weeks pregnant, is expected to remain at King Edward VII hospital in central London for several days.
The Duke of Cambridge spent a number of hours at the hospital on Monday.
Her admission prompted an unexpected announcement of the pregnancy, which has seen the couple receive congratulations from across the world.
The baby will be third in line to the throne after Prince Charles and Prince William.
The duchess is suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, which causes severe nausea and vomiting, and the main danger is dehydration. The condition can require supplementary hydration and nutrients.
Dr Peter Bowen-Simpkins, medical director at London Women's Clinic, said: "People who get it get intractable vomiting and may lose as much as 10% of their body weight and become very dehydrated.
"When this occurs the simple treatment is to get fluids into them - and usually they feel considerably better."
Dr Bowen-Simpkins also said the condition was "more common with a multiple pregnancy", adding the couple "would know by now whether there were twins there or not".
It is not uncommon for pregnant women to experience morning sickness, particularly during the first few months of pregnancy.
But some women (around one in every 200) experience severe nausea and vomiting, which continues throughout pregnancy.
This condition is known as hyperemesis gravidarum or HG and needs specialist treatment and often requires a stay in hospital.
The main danger is dehydration - it can be difficult to keep enough fluid down orally.
Doctors can treat HG with medication to help ease the nausea. HG is unlikely to cause harm to your baby. However, if it causes weight loss during pregnancy there is an increased risk that your baby may be born with a low birth weight.
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It is understood the duchess is being cared for by gynaecologist Marcus Setchell, who delivered the Countess of Wessex's two children.
Catherine and William, who are both 30, were married at Westminster Abbey in April 2011.
The duchess was last seen in public on Friday when she visited her old school, St Andrew's, in Pangbourne, Berkshire. During her visit she was involved in a brief game of hockey.
In a statement on Monday, St James's Palace said members of both the Royal Family and the Middleton family were "delighted with the news".
"As the pregnancy is in its very early stages, Her Royal Highness is expected to stay in hospital for several days and will require a period of rest thereafter," the statement added.
St James's Palace would not be drawn on when the royal couple had become aware of the pregnancy, only saying "recently", but it is understood the palace announcement was prompted by the duchess's medical condition.
The Queen, Prince Charles and other members of the Royal Family had been told about the pregnancy only earlier in the day.
Prince William's brother, Prince Harry, who is serving with the Army in Afghanistan, is thought to have been told in an email.
Prime Minister David Cameron wrote on Twitter that he was "delighted by the news...They will make wonderful parents."
Labour leader Ed Miliband also tweeted: "Fantastic news for Kate, William and the country. A royal baby is something the whole nation will celebrate."
Among those to offer congratulations from further afield were US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.
Speaking to BBC 5 live, royal biographer Robert Lacey said: "It's a baby that we're all having. I mean we've seen them get married, we've lived through their courtship before that, we've been wondering when it's going to happen.
"It's one of these unifying events that the monarchy is so good at producing."
He added: "And of course an event like this is a great opportunity for everyone to air their views on the monarchy - and have a bit of fun as well."
Royal historian Kate Williams told BBC News news of the baby had become "a frenzy" with the duchess on the front page of many newspapers in the UK and across the world.
"This baby is the most sought after - the biggest celebrity baby really - in history," she said.
In October 2011, Commonwealth leaders agreed to change succession laws so that the daughter of any future UK monarch will have the same right to the throne as a son. Under current laws, if a girl was born first to the couple, she would lose her place in line to the throne if a boy was born later.
The law has not yet been altered but a Cabinet Office spokesman said formal consent was expected "very shortly" and ministers have indicated that the legislation will apply to any royal births from the date of the leaders' decision.
The monarch is also head of the armed forces, supreme governor of the Church of England, head of state of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth countries.
Mersane Warria, 37, is accused of murdering seven of her children and her niece at her home last week.
A Cairns judge rejected her lawyer's plea to move the case. Mental health courts usually try defendants who have a disease or disability of the mind.
Ms Warria's house is now likely to be demolished, a Cairns MP said.
In remarks quoted by Australian broadcaster ABC, Gavin King said he believed the property would be replaced by a public memorial.
He said the authorities would consult with family, traditional owners and the local community to decide what form the memorial should take.
"It certainly won't be the state government coming in over the top and deciding what that will look like, or indeed the timing," ABC quotes him as saying.
Ms Warria did not attend the brief hearing on Monday, as she is currently in hospital, receiving treatment under guard for self-inflicted knife wounds.
Post-mortem examinations are being carried out to determine the exact cause of the eight victims' deaths.
The four boys and four girls were aged between 18 months and 14 years.
Police found a number of weapons at the scene, including knives, which are being examined.
Officers said they were looking at various possibilities for the deaths, including suffocation.
The bodies were reportedly discovered by the mother's 20-year-old son arriving at the home on Friday morning.
Police have dismissed reports the family had been investigated by social services, saying it was "not a problem house".
Memorials have sprung up outside the home in the Manoora district of Cairns. A church service was held on Sunday morning to remember the children.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said in a statement it was an "unspeakable crime". These were "trying days for our country", he added.
Labour group leader June Tandy was one of the high-profile casualties after losing her Attleborough seat to the Tories.
The authority previously had 62 councillors, but now has five fewer following a boundary review.
Council leader Izzi Seccombe, who held her seat in Stour & the Vale with 1,862 votes, said the result was "brilliant".
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"We've won really well in the north - this is straight Conservatives against Labour - we've seen Labour lose some really strategic seats and we've gained a lot," she added.
In 2013, the Conservatives had 26 seats, Labour had 22, the Lib Dems had nine, the Greens had two and there were three independents.
The Conservatives now hold 36 seats, Labour have 10, the Lib Dems seven and the Greens two, while Stratford First and Whitnash Residents Association each have one.
The Conservatives of Warwickshire came to their overnight counts feeling confident - and that gut instinct proved correct.
Celebrating what she called a "sea of blue" across the county, leader Izzi Seccombe said the result was even better than she'd dared hope for - and put it down to hard work in areas of the north of the county that had been previously difficult to break.
But it's not just these extra victories that now give the Tories such a large majority on this county council - Labour saw its number more than halved.
The question now is whether the traditional Warwickshire battleground constituencies will see a similar bloodbath on 8 June.
Phil Johnson, chairman of the Labour group on the council, who lost his seat, said people have told him that Jeremy Corbyn's style "has been putting them off voting Labour".
Mr Johnson, who is also standing as Labour's candidate in Nuneaton at the 8 June general election, said national issues "swamped" the party's local campaign, adding: "I think while Jeremy Corbyn's policies are popular and can be quite well received by the public, his leadership style isn't."
The executive order temporarily banned entry for all refugees and visitors from seven mainly Muslim countries, until it was halted last week.
Judge Richard Clifton asked whether it could be discriminatory if it affected only 15% of the world's Muslims.
He is one of three judges on the appeals court in San Francisco, which will make its ruling later this week.
There was an hour of oral arguments from both sides on Tuesday.
Whatever the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals decides, the case will probably end up in the Supreme Court.
The Justice Department was first to make its case, urging the appeal judges to reinstate the banning order.
Lawyer August Flentje said Congress had authorised the president to control who can enter the country.
When asked to point to evidence that the seven countries affected - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - present a risk to the US, he said a number of Somalis in the US had been connected to the al-Shabab group.
Then a lawyer representing Washington state told the court that halting the executive order had not harmed the US government.
Solicitor General Noah Purcell said the ban had affected thousands of residents of the state, with students delayed as they tried to come to Washington and others prevented from visiting family abroad.
The final minutes of the hearing were spent on whether the travel ban amounted to a shut-out for Muslims, which would be unconstitutional.
A 15-page brief issued by the Justice Department on Monday night argued the executive order was "neutral with respect to religion".
But in court on Tuesday, Mr Purcell cited Mr Trump's campaign statements about a Muslim ban.
He also pointed to statements made by one of the president's advisers, Rudy Giuliani, who said he was asked to come up with a way of making a Muslim ban work legally.
Mr Clifton said the ban only covered seven countries, and they were identified by the Obama administration and Congress as deserving of visa restrictions, based on a terror threat.
He asked: "Do you assert that that decision by the previous administration and congress as religiously motivated?"
No, Mr Purcell answered, but President Trump had called for a complete ban and although this was not a complete ban, it was discriminatory.
Its main components were:
It came into force on 25 January and caused some confusion at US and foreign airports because people were stopped from boarding planes or prevented from entering the US, and sent home.
There was strong condemnation and it was halted last Friday by a federal judge in Washington state.
As a result, people from the seven countries with valid visas were able to travel to the US again.
Washington state, Minnesota and other states want the appeals court in San Francisco to permit the temporary restraining order to stand as their lawsuit works its way through the courts.
Polls suggest that US public opinion is sharply divided on the issue.
Mr Whyte stood accused in November last year of plotting a fraudulent takeover of the Ibrox club in 2011.
Four other men - David Whitehouse, Paul Clark, David Grier and Gary Withey - also faced charges at that time. All five were granted bail.
The Crown Office were required to serve an indictment against the men by 17 September.
This would be the next step in getting any case to trial.
But, during a special two day hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court, the prosecution requested more time to do this.
Sheriff Sean Murphy QC agreed to a three-month extension following several hours of legal talks.
When he appeared in November, Mr Whyte made no plea or declaration to a charge of being involved in a two-year fraudulent scheme and a second allegation under the Companies Act.
Mr Whyte bought the club from Sir David Murray for £1 in 2011. Rangers subsequently went into administration in February 2012.
The fraud charge Mr Whyte faces span from January 2010 to February 2012.
The four other men were also charged with being involved in a fraudulent scheme.
Mr Withey also faced an allegation under the Companies Act.
Mr Grier, Mr Whitehouse and Mr Clark faced an allegation of attempt to pervert the course of justice.
The three were employees of Duff & Phelps, the company which carried out the administration of Rangers.
Mr Withey worked for Mr Whyte's London law firm Collyer Bristow before he took on a post with Rangers.
The four made no plea during the hearing last year and were bailed pending a future court date.
The bill passed second reading stage without a vote, but will face further hurdles in the coming weeks as peers seek to amend the bill.
The House of Lords is considered a tougher test for the legislation than the Commons because of the large number of pro-EU members, and in the debate some peers expressed willingness to not just amend the legislation, but vote against it entirely and continue fighting against Brexit.
Others expressed their belief that, however disappointing the result, the referendum must be respected.
But there were also a number of enthusiastic, pro-Brexit voices, urging their fellow, unelected peers not to impede the mandate of last June's referendum.
Here are a few of the more notable quotes and moments.
"The bill was the subject of detailed debate in the other place [the House of Commons] and was passed unamended with an overwhelming majority of 372. It comes to us with a strong mandate from both the people and the elected House. We should not overlook that."
"We will not block, wreck or sabotage the legislation before us. Whatever our personal views, disappointments and genuine concerns for the future, that is not the role of this House. However, as I have also said, neither should we provide the government with a blank cheque. It would be irresponsible to merrily wave the government off to negotiate our future without parliamentary engagement or accountability, and merely ask them to return two years later with a deal. If sovereignty is to mean anything, it has to mean parliamentary responsibility."
"I believe that we should [amend the bill]. Brexit is the most important single issue which has faced the country for decades. For many of us, the approach being adopted by the government is little short of disastrous. For those of us - and there are many in your Lordships' House - for whom Europe has been a central theme of our entire political lives, to sit on our hands in the circumstances is both unthinkable and unconscionable."
"A country cannot go round in circles. Opinion will vary over the next few years. Opinion polls will say that people do not agree with leaving the EU any more, and then, six months later, that they do agree. But we cannot leave the EU in 2017, remain in it in 2018, and leave it again in 2019; by 2020 we will be too confused to know what we are doing. A country cannot go around in circles. A decision was made in the referendum."
"Do we really want to remain in the EU for the next two years? Is it worth the risk? Even the poor old International Monetary Fund, which gets practically every forecast wrong - but maybe not this time - says that Greece's debts are on an explosive path and the IMF appears unwilling to fund further bailouts."
"The rest of Europe is not sitting there desperate to take us back. They certainly wanted us to stay, but they have now accepted that we have voted to leave. Their priority is to work out their own future at 27 and not to sit there putting everything on hold, hoping that one day the phone will ring and it will be the British Foreign Secretary saying, 'Sorry, we'd like a different offer' or 'Sorry, we'd like to come back after all'."
"[The government Brexit plan] is not what a lot of leave supporters backed when they voted in the referendum. Yes, they wanted to leave the European Union but they did not want to turn Britain into a poorer, politically isolated offshore tax haven without reach or influence in the world. Once they see the consequences, they may, I stress may, want to think again about the outcome of the government's chosen path."
"We have to be realistic: ​the only common ground, and thus the only practicable outcome, is no trade deal. That is no disaster: there is no greater nonsense than the claim that, in the absence of a trade agreement with the EU, we shall be falling off a cliff edge. There is no cliff edge, for the simple reason that there is no cliff. In the absence of a trade agreement with the EU we shall continue to trade with our former partners, but on WTO terms."
"The judgment of the Supreme Court required the government to obtain parliamentary authority for the notification of the UK's withdrawal from the EU under Article 50. That is all this bill is about, nothing more, nothing less. It will achieve that policy objective and nothing more. It is closely drawn and narrow in scope. It is our duty to pass it quickly and without amendment."
"I do not want my name recorded as supporting the removal of my country from a European Union which, for all its imperfections and its failings, is the best hope for peace, prosperity, security and justice on a continent that has been scarred by war and oppression through previous centuries."
"The leavers did not expect to win and the remainers thought they would, and the result was that there was no plan B waiting to be taken down. That is why we get the impression that the government over the last few months have been very much making up matters on the hoof and why we have a White Paper which must be the thinnest government publication I have ever seen."
"We do not normally vote at second or even third Reading in this House but if we ​do, I will vote against the bill. In the nearest I get to blogging, my Christmas round robin, I said that I was in favour of a second referendum on the terms of withdrawal once negotiated and would take every opportunity to vote against moves to remove us from the European Union, partly because the vote to leave was won on a fraudulent prospectus and partly out of sheer bloody-mindedness."
"The fact is that Article 50...is not an expulsion procedure. We remain full members of the European Union throughout the negotiating period, the two years or its extension. If, having looked into the abyss, we were to change our minds about withdrawal, we certainly could and no one in Brussels could stop us."
"Brexit will recreate the border between the north and the south [of Ireland]. Borders are by their nature divisive, and this border will attract protest, hostility, violence and significant economic delay. Other borders across Europe will also create delays for those who seek to export from the United Kingdom into Europe but, ironically, the border could be the thing that precipitates the demand for another referendum on a united Ireland, which is provided for in the Good Friday agreement."
"The British people have decided to leave the European Union. The Commons has passed this Bill unamended. We, in this House, pride ourselves on scrutinising and revising bills, but what is there to scrutinise? What is there to revise?"
However, the UK, as a whole, has voted by a narrow margin to leave the EU.
Following the result, Prime Minster David Cameron said he would continue for three more months in post, then step down by October.
It is up to a new prime minister to start the formal and legal process of leaving the EU, he said.
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In Northern Ireland, First Minister Arlene Foster said; "I think this a good result for the United Kingdom. Our nation state has made a clear definition as to where they want to go forward."
"They backed hope, they backed aspiration, they backed the future potential of the United Kingdom and I'm very pleased with the result."
But Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin, said the entire island of Ireland should now be able to vote on reunification.
He said there was "a democratic imperative" for a border poll. Mr Cameron had been "sleepwalking towards an exit" over the last year, he said.
He accused him of "kow-towing" to the right-wing agenda and the "little Englander mentality". But, he said, the people of Northern Ireland, both nationalist and unionist, had voted against that.
The deputy first minister said the impact in Northern Ireland would be "very profound".
In a statement, the Irish government said the result had "very significant implications for Ireland, as well as for Britain and for the European Union".
It will meet later on Friday morning and the Irish taoiseach (prime minister) Enda Kenny will then speak.
Micheál Martin, leader of the Republic's main opposition party, Fianna Fáil, called on the Irish government to be centrally involved in the UK's divorce negotiations to minimise the repercussions and to make clear, that despite the historic close links and trade relationships between the two states, Ireland will not be following the British example.
Overall, 440,707 people in Northern Ireland voted to Remain in the EU and 349,442 to Leave. Out of 18 constituencies, 11 voted to stay in the European Union.
The turnout in Northern Ireland was 62.7% with 790,523 people voting in the referendum.
The EU referendum debate divided the parties in Northern Ireland and the result to leave means there are conflicting thoughts on what should happen next.
The DUP backed a Leave vote and the idea of holding a referendum was a long-term ambition of the party's Westminster leader Nigel Dodds. First Minister Arlene Foster will be delighted with the result.
The Remain camp included Sinn Féin, the UUP, the SDLP and the Alliance Party and they will highlight the fact that a majority of voters in Northern Ireland bucked the trend, rejecting the arguments for a Brexit.
Sinn Féin have called again for a border poll. The party believes the result means there is now a democratic deficit because the rest of the UK is at odds over the issue of Europe.
For Secretary of State, Theresa Villiers, there will be much personal satisfaction with the result. She was a key member of the Leave campaign and although she finds herself in tune with public opinion in the rest of the UK, she will be conscious that her stance is at odds with the majority of people in Northern Ireland.
Speaking after the result was announced, Edwin Poots, DUP, said he was "absolutely delighted".
"I believe that we will recover very quickly after the initial shock. The farming community has been in the doldrums... I would expect this will help them. I would expect it will help our manufacturers and our exporters at this time."
At one level nothing has changed. But in reality everything has changed.
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He said there was now £10bn that was going to the EU that can now be distributed throughout the UK.
However, Declan Kearney, Sinn Féin, called it "a pyrrhic victory".
"The reality is that the people of the north of Ireland overwhelmingly voted in favour of Remain - both republican and unionist, Catholic and Protestant and those of no faith background," he said.
"We now have a situation where English votes are going to drag the will of the people of the north of Ireland to remain within the EU, out of the EU. That is a huge democratic deficit.
The result of the referendum means significant changes for farming here. But not immediately.
The focus now will be on the negotiations for leaving the EU, expected to take at least two years, and what domestic arrangements are arrived at to support agriculture.
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In Northern Ireland, Foyle, West Tyrone, Belfast North, Belfast South, Belfast West, East Londonderry, Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Newry and Armagh, Mid-Ulster, North Down and South Down voted in favour of Remain.
Lagan Valley, North Antrim, East Antrim, South Antrim, Strangford, Belfast East and Upper Bann voted to Leave.
It is clear this is not the outcome the Republic of Ireland wanted.
The Irish government, which remained neutral in the Scottish independence referendum, actively encouraged Irish citizens in the UK to vote to remain in the EU.
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The strike had caused a security vacuum which ignited a wave of violence in which more than 120 people died.
The protest was led by police families who blocked barracks demanding higher pay.
The police will return to work on Saturday.
Brazil's military police, who carry out street patrols, are barred by law from going on strike.
On Friday, the state government had said it was charging over 700 police officers with rebellion over their protest.
The state government signed a decree earlier in the week handing over state security to the military who drafted 3,000 troops in.
Similar protests were staged in Rio de Janeiro but most police personnel there didn't stop patrols.
State officials said they believed many of those killed in Espirito Santo belonged to rival gangs.
Brazil's President Michel Temer addressed the crisis for the first time on Friday calling the strike "illegal" and saying: "The right to protest cannot take the Brazilian people hostage."
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He hands me a glass of the pink, frothing juice, cooled with flakes he carved off a big block of ice, smiles and refuses to take any money.
A muezzin with a lilting, haunting tone calls the faithful to prayer, and his voice merges with salvoes of artillery fire echoing around the city walls.
Men and women, even children, are so used to the sound of shelling that they stopped flinching at the noise a long time ago.
At any rate, they do in Damascus proper, which is controlled by the regime.
This weekend, children, watched by parents on sun beds, splashed around in the pool of the hotel used by the United Nations relief staff and by foreign correspondents.
None of the families even looked up every time one of the government batteries, not far away, boomed like a demented bass drum.
The vast majority of the shellfire is going out from the regime's positions.
The rebels, much better armed now, fire some mortars back, which can be deadly, but have a shorter range than the Syrian army's artillery.
It is very different in the outer suburbs, held by the rebels, which are the targets of the shelling. Among them are the places hit by the chemical weapons attack.
On previous trips to Damascus, I have been to some of them, so battered now by war that almost no building is undamaged, and some streets are impassable because of the rubble.
No-one goes to the swimming pool there. Most of the civilians have left, becoming part of the more than four million people displaced within Syria, or the two million plus who have fled the country to become refugees.
Outside the Umayyad mosque, a young man called Walid, his hair slicked back with wet-look gel, stops on his way to prayer. Like many people in Damascus at the end of the week, he has been following the G-20 conference in St Petersburg on television.
"Yes, I know the American president wants to bomb us, but we're too strong, because we're backed by the Chinese and the Russians. And we're united behind President [Bashar al-]Assad."
A Muslim cleric visiting from Lebanon, Sheikh Abdul Salim al-Harash, says he is glad the Americans no longer have it all their own way.
"These days, other countries like Russia, South Africa and India can take decisions, and they're against military action."
The fact is though that Syria is still waiting for the results of decisions made elsewhere, most critically in Washington DC.
A week ago, when it looked as if US President Barack Obama was on the point of ordering an attack, government-controlled Damascus was tense and unhappy.
I saw what that meant at a bakery. Syrians love their fragrant, steaming piles of flat bread, and thanks to government subsidies each piece costs less than £0.10 ($0.16) at state-owned bakeries.
Unruly queues were spilling out of the bakery and down the street. Young men and boys were climbing in over its steel barred gates to outflank the women and older men who were trying to push their way up the steps to the bread window.
A middle-aged woman in a headscarf and dressed in a black abaya had tears of anger and frustration rolling down her face after she was jostled out of the bread line. She pointed at men emerging with big piles of bread. The woman, who did not want to give her name, said they were black marketeers who resold the bread for two or three times the price.
The mood lifted once President Obama ordered the vote in the US Congress on military action. Now though, the edgy nervousness is coming back as the vote approaches.
Once again, Damascenes are asking whether a toxic cloud might poison them if an American missile hits a chemical weapons site, or whether the armed rebels in the suburbs would use an American attack to try to push closer to the regime's centres of power.
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One Syrian, well connected to the regime, asked me what it was like to be in a city bombed by American cruise missiles.
I told him what I had seen in Baghdad, Iraq, and Tripoli, Libya, which was that the missiles were accurate and powerful, and the explosions would be louder than the worst thunderclaps he had ever heard. The important thing, I told him, was to stay clear of likely targets, places like military bases and key regime buildings.
Whichever way the US Congress votes, the war in Syria is entering a new phase.
Jihadists, allied or affiliated with al-Qaeda, are increasingly prominent among the armed rebels. But more than ever, Syria has become a proxy war, a boxing ring with no rules in which regional powers use Syrians to fight their battles.
The most significant is between Saudi Arabia and Iran, who compete for influence from Lebanon down to the Gulf. The Saudis back the insurrection, Iran is the Assad regime's closest strategic partner.
But to add another layer of trouble, the President of the United States wants to mount an attack on the regime. Mr Obama will not say publicly whether he will go ahead with the attack, using his presidential prerogatives, if he loses the vote.
Even if he accepts a veto from Congress, it will not mean an end to American involvement. He will still work to punish the regime for what he says was an unforgiveable crime, which President Assad's men say was carried out by the rebels.
Damascus is an ancient city that has seen generations of wars. Mark Twain wrote that in Damascus, years were only moments. Time, he said, was measured by the empires the city has seen rise and fall.
President Assad must be hoping that this crisis will be a way station in America's decline in the Middle East. President Obama believes that action is necessary or others will dare to call the bluff of the most powerful nation on earth.
Every house and block of flats in Damascus bristles with TV satellite dishes. Official Syrian television serves up nationalistic homages to the bravery of the armed forces.
But plenty of the TVs in Damascus in the next week will be tuned to international news channels as Syrians follow the debate in Washington, and try to assess exactly what the man in the Oval Office might send their way.
And even in an era before the collapse of trust in politicians, the word "non-political" carried a lot of weight.
A similar dynamic has been at play during the European Union referendum campaign.
Both sides have been keen to roll out business leaders to support their cause, believing that voters are willing to listen to people who actually make decisions on employing people and investing in the UK economy.
For Remain, a series of business big-hitters have backed the UK staying in the EU, saying leaving would risk job losses and threaten economic growth.
How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU.
They include Sir Roger Carr, chairman of the aerospace giant BAE, Dame Carolyn McCall, chief executive of easyJet, Bob Dudley, chief executive of BP, and Douglas Flint, the chairman of HSBC.
Remain supporters insist that the weight of business opinion is on their side.
And certainly nearly all the reputable polls on the issue have put business support for Remain ahead of support for Leave.
Today's by the British Chambers of Commerce, one of the largest, puts "Remain" leading "Leave" among its members 54% to 37%.
Leave supporters respond by saying that larger businesses tend to be more pro-EU and speak for the "establishment", smaller businesses and those that do not export to other parts of the EU are more negative and that they have some significant business voices on their side.
They include Tim Martin, chairman of pub chain JD Wetherspoons, Luke Johnson, chairman of Patisserie Valerie and the man behind the success of Pizza Express, and Rocco Forte, chief executive of Rocco Forte Hotels.
And one ray of sunshine for the Leave campaign from the BCC survey is that the poll lead for remain among businesses has fallen from 30% to 17%.
Though it is also worth noting that 90% of those that responded to the poll said that their mind was now settled, which suggests there is not much chance of a substantial further shift before the referendum on 23rd June.
The BCC survey, and today's study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research - which is expected to claim a high economic cost if Britain leaves the EU - kicks off another week where the economy will dominate much of the EU debate.
On Wednesday George Osborne appears before the Treasury Select Committee to be questioned on the Treasury report which said that the UK economy could be 6% smaller by 2030 if Britain left the EU.
On Thursday the Governor of the Bank of England will appear in public for one of the last major economic reports from the Bank on the state of the UK economy before the referendum.
Mark Carney is likely to strike a gloomy note after manufacturing and service growth data suggested that economic growth had fallen to as low as 0.1% in April, down from 0.4% for the first three months of the year.
How much he attributes that to Brexit risk or just general economic gloom will be fascinating.
The week will be rounded off by the International Monetary Fund's annual study of the British economy which is set to say that leaving the EU will carry a significant bill for Britain.
Mr Osborne wants to keep the focus on the economic argument that leaving the EU is bad for Britain.
For those who support Brexit, Project Fear, as they describe it, is in full voice.
The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) said a future Scottish government would need to raise tax, cut spending or accept higher debt.
Scots ministers said social protection was more affordable in Scotland.
Shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont said the UK made them affordable north of the border.
The think tank report came ahead of the 18 September independence referendum.
In a paper submitted to the Scottish Parliament's finance committee, the PPI said, despite lower life expectancy levels overall for Scotland, the population was ageing more quickly than the rest of the UK.
The UK state pension is paid to men from 65 and women from 61, but the age is to increase to 67 for all by 2028.
The Scottish government has said the basic state pension would continue to be paid "on time and in full" under independence and that, from 2016, new pensioners would be given £160 a week.
Ministers also said an expert commission set up in the first year of independence would consider the appropriate level of the country's state pension age.
The PPI said of the Scottish government's proposals: "The overall impact of the Scottish government policy proposals on annual pensioner benefit expenditure would be to further increase expenditure per working age individual in Scotland.
"After allowing for expected changes in earnings, and focusing on the difference between Scotland under the Scottish government proposals and the UK as a whole, the difference peaks at £330 per individual of working age in 2032, where Scotland would still have a lower state pension age than the rest of the UK - £180 of this is due to the policy changes, with the remainder due to underlying demographic differences."
The PPI added: "Although the proposals put forward by the Scottish government would increase expenditure on pensioner benefits, if implemented, they could also lead to higher state pension incomes for pensioners in Scotland compared to the rest of the UK, depending on the final level of the single-tier pension on introduction in 2016 and the rate at which it is increased."
Ms Sturgeon said her government had set out plans for "an affordable, fair and efficient pensions system" in an independent Scotland.
She added: "The fact is that social protection spending, which includes pensions and welfare, is more affordable in Scotland than in the rest of the UK - and has been so for the last five years.
"We already know that we need to grow our working age population and that is exactly why we have set out the benefits to our economy of improving productivity, increasing employment and securing population growth, which can deliver an additional £5bn a year by the end of a 15 year period.
"The challenge of supporting an ageing population comes regardless of the outcome of the referendum - but it is only independence that gives us tools to tackle it."
Mr McClymont, speaking on behalf of the Better Together campaign for the Union, said: "Pooling and sharing our resources across the whole of the UK means pensions are more affordable in Scotland.
"Experts have made clear that if we walk away from the UK we would need tax rises or spending cuts to pay for pensions in Scotland.
"We don't need to take that risk. If we say 'no thanks' to leaving the UK, we can have the best of both worlds - a strong Scottish Parliament, with more powers for Scotland guaranteed; and the protection for our pensions that comes from being part of the larger UK."
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) said the European single market was "central to the success of Scotch".
It warned against the UK voting to leave the EU in the June referendum.
But Brexit campaigners Vote Leave said leading exports and industries had prospered "because of hard work at home, not because of EU membership".
The SWA warning came as Westminster Environment Secretary Liz Truss met industry figures at a distillery in East Lothian to discuss the importance of the EU market to the sector.
Speaking ahead of her visit to Diageo's Glenkinchie Distillery near Pencaitland, she said: "We should all raise a toast to our biggest export success.
"Europe has a taste for Scotch and the industry will do better if we remain in the EU because whisky producers have hassle-free, easy access to the single market of 500 million people.
"The Scotch whisky industry has strong global trade links beyond Europe in America and Asia, and their business leaders are clear that the EU single market provides the best conditions to reach even greater heights.
"Leaving the EU would be a leap in the dark for our great British food and drink industry and could lead to years of negotiations on new trade deals - with no guarantees at the end."
Drinks giant Diageo's chief executive Ivan Menezes said his firm strongly believed that the UK should remain in the EU.
He said: "The single market gives us a level playing field and open access across the EU, while the EU's clout in international trade helps to open up new markets with agreements favourable to the UK, reducing tariffs and resolving trade disputes."
SWA chief executive David Frost said: "Scotch supports around 40,000 jobs across the UK, adds around £5bn in value to the economy and is vital to the UK balance of trade.
"EU membership has many advantages for Scotch.
"The single market, including its regulation of food and drink, and its single trade policy are central to the success of Scotch. It lets us trade across the EU simply and easily and helps give us fairer access to other overseas markets."
Vote Leave spokesman Robert Oxley said: "Pro-EU campaigners are unable to comprehend that our leading exports and industries have prospered because of hard work at home, not because of EU membership.
"In fact, we cannot even harness the biggest growth export markets for Scotch whisky because we've handed control over our trade deals to the EU which is terrible at negotiating them."
Augsburg took a surprise lead in the 19th minute when Kostas Stafylidis scored with a fierce 30-yard strike.
Six minutes later, Timo Werner equalised for the league debutants with a low finish - his 14th of the season.
Marvin Compper headed in shortly after the break to give the visitors the lead before Martin Hinteregger made it 2-2 after a superb Augsburg counter-attack.
Leipzig are now four points behind champions Bayern, who play at Cologne on Saturday.
Match ends, FC Augsburg 2, RB Leipzig 2.
Second Half ends, FC Augsburg 2, RB Leipzig 2.
Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Konstantinos Stafylidis (FC Augsburg).
Attempt missed. Naby Keita (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marcel Halstenberg.
Foul by Oliver Burke (RB Leipzig).
Moritz Leitner (FC Augsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Stefan Ilsanker (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Timo Werner following a corner.
Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Gojko Kacar.
Konstantinos Stafylidis (FC Augsburg) hits the left post with a left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left.
Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Moritz Leitner (FC Augsburg).
Attempt missed. Konstantinos Stafylidis (FC Augsburg) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Stefan Ilsanker (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Stefan Ilsanker (RB Leipzig).
Ja-Cheol Koo (FC Augsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, RB Leipzig. Oliver Burke replaces Diego Demme.
Offside, FC Augsburg. Dominik Kohr tries a through ball, but Raúl Bobadilla is caught offside.
Offside, FC Augsburg. Halil Altintop tries a through ball, but Raúl Bobadilla is caught offside.
Offside, FC Augsburg. Kevin Danso tries a through ball, but Raúl Bobadilla is caught offside.
Offside, FC Augsburg. Georg Teigl tries a through ball, but Raúl Bobadilla is caught offside.
Foul by Diego Demme (RB Leipzig).
Ja-Cheol Koo (FC Augsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, FC Augsburg. Halil Altintop replaces Jan Morávek.
Diego Demme (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Raúl Bobadilla (FC Augsburg).
Offside, RB Leipzig. Marcel Sabitzer tries a through ball, but Timo Werner is caught offside.
Offside, RB Leipzig. Naby Keita tries a through ball, but Marcel Sabitzer is caught offside.
Foul by Benno Schmitz (RB Leipzig).
Ja-Cheol Koo (FC Augsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Marwin Hitz (FC Augsburg) is shown the yellow card.
Naby Keita (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Moritz Leitner (FC Augsburg).
Foul by Marcel Halstenberg (RB Leipzig).
Ja-Cheol Koo (FC Augsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Marcel Halstenberg (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Diego Demme (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Moritz Leitner (FC Augsburg).
Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kevin Danso (FC Augsburg).
Italian Pelle, who had not scored in his previous 12 league games, netted twice in the first half through a flicked header and a low finish.
Stoke got back into the game early in the second half when Marko Arnautovic flicked in from close range.
James Ward-Prowse hit the crossbar for the visitors as substitute Sadio Mane was dismissed for an elbow late on.
The Saints climb above their opponents into seventh place in the table, just five points adrift of West Ham in fifth.
Relive the match from the Britannia Stadium
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Southampton went into the match on the back of three winless games which had threatened to hurt their ambitions of claiming a Europa League spot.
They grabbed the three points at the Britannia Stadium on the back of a counter-attacking display having managed just 38.6% possession.
Pelle was the match-winner with his two strikes in the opening period, but they will be thankful two refereeing decisions did not cost them.
Dusan Tadic, who failed to shoot from seven yards out at an open goal in the first half, was clearly tripped in the box by Stoke keeper Jack Butland, but the Serbian's appeal for a penalty was waved away by referee Lee Mason.
And in stoppage time, Mane mistimed a jump for a header having kept his eyes on the ball, catching full-back Erik Pieters, which Mason deemed to be a straight red. They have now had six players sent off this campaign, more than any other side.
Stoke searched for the equaliser but could not find a way past the solid Virgil van Dijk, who made 17 clearances in the match.
Stoke had won three and drawn one of their previous four games but came unstuck after failing to keep their composure in the attacking third of the pitch.
They didn't manage to work goalkeeper Fraser Forster in the first half and although Austrian Arnautovic gave them hope by netting with a neat finish and forcing the big Englishman into a smart save, those efforts were their only two on target.
The Potters failed to do the homework on their opponents, who scored their 12th headed goal this season - more than any other top-flight side.
Although record signing Giannelli Imbula influenced the game, having more touches (114) and more passes (91) than any player on the pitch, it was their profligacy up front which cost them the points.
Stoke have now lost six league games in front of their own crowd this season and their hopes of clinching a Europa League spot now look slim.
Stoke boss Mark Hughes: "We have been on a decent run recently. We go into these games full of ambition but you have to be spot on with the details.
"At this level, if you make mistakes, you get punished. It is a harsh lesson. That has almost certainly been the case at home this season."
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Southampton manager Ronald Koeman: "We needed to be calm and the team had a fantastic reaction after 2-1 to get the control back.
"We had the better chances and we were unlucky with two decisions with the referee. One was a penalty and the red card was not a red card. Still, at 2-1, we got the three points in a huge game today and that is very important for our aspirations for the rest of season. "
Stoke will be looking to get back to winning ways when they travel to Watford next Saturday (kick-off 15:00 GMT), while Southampton host Liverpool on Sunday, 20 March (13:30).
Homes were evacuated over fears about smoke and possible building collapse.
No-one was injured during Wednesday's fire at the Mandarin Palace restaurant on Queen's Quay.
The fire service and the police are still investigating the cause of the blaze.
Up to 130 firefighters from across Northern Ireland worked overnight to tackle the fire.
The Foyle area fire service commander, David Hayburn, said there has been extensive damage.
"We had 15 pumping appliances and three aerial appliances in operation yesterday, the main effort was to stop the fire spreading and endangering those nearby flats.
"The crews worked very hard to contain the fire in the restaurant area but we're very sad to say that the restaurant has suffered extensive fire damage," Mr Hayburn said.
"The whole cooking area and the kitchens in this restaurant are destroyed, it has suffered not just substantial damage but also collapse of the structure and the moment we're still tackling the remaining fires to make the building safe."
The fire service said they are treating it as "cause not determined" because they're "not sure at the moment how the fire started"
Police forensic teams will examine the scene later on Thursday.
PSNI Ch Insp Andy Lemon said it was one of the biggest fires he had ever seen in the city.
"I actually watched it from my office and it started off with small wisps coming from the roof and then very quickly there was smoke billowing from the eaves developing into a major fire.
"At one stage the roof actually collapsed in the centre and we had flames 20 maybe 30 ft high.
"The potential was that this fire could have spread to the whole of the block."
Paul Arthur from an adjacent business, told BBC Radio Foyle he was concerned about damage to his premises.
"Fortunately for us our building is not on fire but there's a lot of smoke and it's furniture that we do and that will do a lot of damage to our product. But the product doesn't matter, it's the people next door that I feel for."
German research on 397 10-year-olds found that living close to a major road increased resistance by 7% per 500m.
Air pollutants are known to be oxidisers that can impact on lipids and proteins in the blood.
But some experts say the results should be treated with caution.
The children in the study were invited for blood sampling at the age of 10, and glucose and insulin measurements were taken.
Their level of exposure to traffic pollution was estimated using air pollution figures from 2008-09 for their birth address neighbourhood.
The results were adjusted to take into account birth weight, body mass index (BMI) and exposure to second-hand smoke at home.
The study concluded that levels of insulin resistance were greater in children with higher exposure to air pollution, such as nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter.
It also found a larger effect in children with higher BMIs.
Elisabeth Thiering and Joachim Heinrich, who led the research at the German Research Centre for Environmental Health in Neuherberg, said the link between traffic pollution and insulin resistance could be explained.
"Although toxicity differs between air pollutants, they are all considered potent oxidisers that act either directly on lipids and proteins, or indirectly through the activation of intracellular oxidant pathways," said Dr Heinrich.
"Oxidative stress caused by exposure to air pollutants may therefore play a role in the development of insulin resistance."
But Prof Jon Ayres, an expert in environmental and respiratory medicine, of the University of Birmingham, said the results were not clear-cut.
"As the authors point out, their measurements of fasting blood insulin levels and estimations of air pollution levels were not taken at the same time.
"Therefore, these results should be regarded with caution, and a larger and methodologically more secure study needs to be done to confirm the possible link between air pollution from traffic emissions and insulin resistance in children."
Previous studies have shown links between air pollution and other chronic conditions, such as atherosclerosis and heart disease.
Yet to date, epidemiological studies that have examined associations between long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and type 2 diabetes in adults are inconsistent, and studies on the effect of air pollution on insulin resistance in children are scarce.
Frank Kelly, professor of environmental health at King's College London, said children were particularly vulnerable.
"They have a larger lung-to-body volume ratio, their airway epithelium is more permeable to air pollutants, and the lung defence mechanisms against particulate matter pollution and gaseous pollution are not fully evolved."
"Breathing the same pollutant concentrations, children may have a two to fourfold higher dose reaching the lung compared with adults.
"It is of interest that this new study demonstrates that both particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide are linked to increased risk of insulin resistance in children. This finding is especially relevant for cities in the UK such as London, which regularly exceeds current EU limit values for nitrogen dioxide."
Adrian Goldsmith, known as "Otis", is charged with the murder of 49-year-old Jill Goldsmith at their home in Northampton.
She was found dead in a pool of blood in their porch on 26 March last year.
A can of paint, a battery and a mallet were all used in the attack, the court heard.
The couple, who married in May 2014, had considered divorcing but planned to move to the countryside for a fresh start, the jury was told.
Computer logs show that at 12:40 GMT Mrs Goldsmith was looking at houses online. Half an hour later, her husband called 999 to say she had tried to kill him.
He was arrested at their home in Wootton Hall Park, where officers found him holding a kitchen knife and broken glass, Stafford Crown Court heard.
Mr Goldsmith was sweating, shaking and crying, had blood on his face and had stabbed himself to make it look like self defence, the jury was told.
The court heard he told officers that he was forced to use a can of paint and a battery as weapons after Mrs Goldsmith attacked him with a knife. She then hit herself on the back of the head with a mallet, he said.
However, John Lloyd-Jones QC, prosecuting, said Mr Goldsmith "lost his temper with his wife and in that rage beat her to death".
He said the defendant was frustrated by his wife's sex drive as she went through the menopause, and disapproved of her smoking cannabis.
"He enjoyed drinking alcohol and unfortunately his personality could change, he could turn nasty and this made his wife feel frightened of him.
"He would obsess about matters, frequently over complicating things... it was all very self absorbed," Mr Lloyd-Jones said.
Mr Goldsmith, who had served with Northamptonshire Police for 28 years, was investigated for misconduct and went on long term sick leave with stress before his wife's death.
The trial is expected to last up to three weeks.
The men, one aged in his 20s and one in his 50s, were working at Harford Attachments in Norwich when they died shortly after 09:00 BST on Monday.
Their identities have not yet been released.
Police, fire investigators and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) remain at the scene.
It is understood the men had been working in a paint-spraying area.
Harford Attachments, on Spar Road, makes buckets for the front of diggers.
Three workers were treated for smoke inhalation, with staff evacuated to a nearby bathrooms company, the fire service said.
The HSE said it was looking at processes and would be gathering samples and other scientific evidence.
Radek Kaminski, who works at a nearby car valeting company, said he had been outside when he heard the explosion.
"We hear a lot of bangs here, people dropping sheet metal and things like that, but I felt the pressure change in my ears," he said.
"Then I saw the smoke."
Ed Fossey, of Blockbuster Drain Service, said: "We didn't hear the explosion, the first we were aware of it was thick black smoke pouring in the back.
"We had to pull the shutters down as it was coming into the workshop.
"The sky was really dark."
Harford Attachments said: "The thoughts of everyone at Harford Attachments are with loved ones of our two friends and colleagues who lost their lives yesterday.
"The company is co-operating fully with the authorities in their enquiries and are unable to comment further at this time."
The comments came after an emergency meeting, but no details were released about what measures may be planned.
Currency investors have been piling into the Swiss franc, which - like gold - is popular in times of trouble because of its relative safety.
This has increased the value of the franc, hurting Swiss exporters.
The US dollar hit a record low of 0.7485 against the franc on Monday, before the greenback recovered slightly to 0.7525.
The Swiss franc remains about 30% stronger against the dollar than a year ago.
Meanwhile, Switzerland's main SMI stock index ended Monday trading down 4%.
The franc also strengthened 0.3% to 1.0917 per euro, despite the European Central Bank said be intervening in the financial markets to help bring stability.
According to the Bloomberg news agency, the franc is higher this year against 16 major currencies.
"The Swiss franc is the gauge of how nervous the market is," said Jane Foley, a foreign exchange strategist at Rabobank International.
In January, Switzerland's Federation of Small and Medium Businesses described the franc's appreciation as a "crisis".
The Swiss central bank has in the past intervened in the currency markets to halt the franc's rise against the euro, but with only limited success.
Last week, the country cut its interest rates in a bid to make its currency less attractive.
The Blues boss said his medical staff were "naive" for treating Eden Hazard during the 2-2 draw with Swansea.
Carneiro will continue to be Chelsea's first-team doctor but her role at the club will be significantly changed, according to the Daily Telegraph.
She will no longer attend matches or training sessions.
Carneiro will, however, continue to work with first-team players at Chelsea's Cobham training ground.
Having had goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois sent off on 52 minutes, the Blues were later down to nine men for a period of Saturday's game after staff ran on to treat Hazard when he was tripped.
If a player receives treatment on the pitch, he must leave the field.
"I was unhappy with my medical staff. They were impulsive and naive," said Mourinho.
"Whether you are a kit man, doctor or secretary on the bench you have to understand the game."
Carneiro, who joined Chelsea in 2009, thanked people for their support on Monday.
A club spokesman said: "We don't comment on internal staff matters."
Jeremy 'Jez' Prescott, 51, from Telford, Shropshire, was "doing something he loved" when he died, his family said.
A tribute said: "We are obviously devastated to lose Jez, who was both a beloved husband and father."
Two people died and two were treated in hospital after the strike on Sunday.
One has now been discharged.
A Royal Marines cadet instructor who tried to help on Corn Du described the scene as "something out of a movie".
Mr Prescott's family said: "He was doing something he loved in a place he loved and had said only 10 minutes before the incident happened that he was glad he was up on the mountain and that it was a lovely day.
"Jez was passionate about his work with young people for the Duke of Edinburgh Award (DoE), which he had done part-time for Telford and Wrekin Council since 2001."
In a statement, the council described him as a "dedicated individual" and said it is considering how it can pay tribute to his work with young people.
"It was in this role that Jez was a team leader for a DoE expedition on the Brecon Beacons when he was fatally struck by lightning in a sudden storm at a check point on the group's route.
A DoE spokesman said the organisation was "shocked and saddened" by the death.
It is believed all four casualties were men from England.
James Nunn, of the Windsor and Eton Sea Cadets, was training in the beacons when the lightning strikes happened and said it was like "something out of a movie".
He said the weather "turned very bad", adding: "As we were climbing up we heard the lightning strike the top of the mountain."
Four mountain rescue teams had been called to separate incidents at the summits of Corn Du and Cribyn on Sunday.
One person was treated at Swansea's Morriston Hospital for burns and the other, who has now been discharged, was treated at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil.
Djokovic struggled to get into his stride during the match and lost the game 7-6 (10-8) 5-7 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4.
The fact Istomin is ranked 117 in the world made his victory all the more surprising.
Novak's defeat leaves Andy Murray, current World Number 1, as favourite to win the competition.
Djokovic said Instomin "deserved to win. No doubt, he was a better player in the clutch moments,"
Before his victory over Djokovic, Instomin had only ever won one match against a world top 10 player and surprised himself with the result.
"It is the biggest win for me and means so much, now I feel I can play with these guys and be with them on the same level," Instomin said after the match.
His defeat to Instomin rounds off a difficult 7 months for Djokovic.
He was knocked out of the 2016 Olympics in the first round of the singles and failed to make an impact in other big competitions of 2016 including the US Open.
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Leigh Griffiths scored late on for the Scottish champions, who host their Kazakh counterparts next Wednesday.
"It was an outstanding result," said former Liverpool manager Rodgers.
"We're disappointed with the goal but I think after that we showed wonderful mentality to keep fighting. It's a very important result for us."
With several central defenders missing, the visitors played with a back three, with 20-year-old Eoghan O'Connell making his European debut.
Yuri Logvinenko headed Astana in front and Craig Gordon made several good saves before Griffiths made Celtic's only shot on target count.
"I think we were all written off before the game," added Rodgers.
"Everyone was pretty clear in their opinion of the game, that we would do well to come back with anything other than a loss, but the players deserve an immense amount of credit, to fight and show spirit and passion in the game.
"The resilience and strength that we have built up over the course of the pre-season came into effect."
Celtic's goal came 12 minutes from time and followed good work from Patrick Roberts.
Griffiths had been starved of service for most of the match but needed just one touch before smashing home a powerful shot.
"It's a wonderful goal from Leigh and we know the significance of the goal," said Rodgers.
"We're not getting too carried away; we've got another game against a very good side."
O'Connell lost Logvinenko from a corner for the hosts' opener on 19 minutes, but Rodgers praised the young defender.
"I thought he was outstanding," he said. "For a young player, he has been on the fringes for a few years, coming into that environment, under pressure, he had very few mistakes in the game.
"You would expect him to make some as a young player but he coped in a very difficult situation."
On the poor marking for the Astana goal, Rodgers added: "I think there has been an issue there with set-pieces, long before I came in.
"Over the course of the pre-season, we defended them well in the main but it is an element that we have to be better at and it is something we will reiterate to the players.
"They had to cope with a long ball, they were quite direct at times and a high percentage of times we dealt quite well with it but we need to ensure that our concentration is 100%."
Andrew McGowan, 35, of Cockburn Street, Toxteth, is accused of being in charge of four dogs that were dangerously out of control, police said.
He has been remanded in custody to appear at Liverpool and Knowsley Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
The "horrific" attack happened on Sunday afternoon.
Several dogs got into a garden where the toddler was playing.
Her aunt, who was also looking after two other children, received minor injuries as she fought off the dogs and carried the child away, while neighbours ran to help.
Police have confirmed the dogs involved were American bully dogs and are not a banned breed.
A spokesman for Merseyside Police said: "Andrew McGowan, 35, of Cockburn Street, Toxteth, has been charged with being in charge of four dogs which were dangerously out of control at the rear of a property on Cockburn Street, which whilst out of control injured a two-year-old girl and 57-year-old woman."
Reports on how 21 hospitals performed were published on Thursday.
The inspections were ordered by Health Minister Mark Drakeford following the critical Trusted to Care report on elderly patient care last autumn.
The findings have revealed a "considerable variation" in standards.
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The Micro Bit is a pocket-sized computer designed by the BBC, which you can use to create computer code; a set of digital instructions.
You can then use these instructions to make new gadgets or improve old ones.
Ayshah has been finding out how the Micro Bit works and what you can do with it.
Sergei Naryshkin is a longstanding Putin ally and reportedly served alongside the president at the KGB, Russia's Soviet-era security service.
Mr Naryshkin previously served as the president's chief of staff.
His appointment comes amid reports that Mr Putin intends to combine Russia's intelligence services.
According to the Russian newspaper Kommersant, Mr Putin wants to combine the domestic espionage service, the FSB, and the foreign service, the SVR, to create a new Ministry of State Security (MGB), reminiscent in scope and power of the KGB (Committee of State Security).
Approached by the paper, Dmitry Peskov, Mr Putin's spokesman, did not confirm or deny the reports.
Mr Naryshkin's appointment comes at a time of heightened tensions between Russia and the West, following Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region and support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Mr Naryshkin is among a group of Russian officials and businessmen sanctioned by the United States, European Union and Ukraine.
The appointment also follows a landslide win for Mr Putin and his United Russia party in the country's parliamentary elections. Voting irregularities were reported in several areas.
Speaking to Mr Naryshkin in televised comments, Mr Putin said: "You are well aware, as we all are, what situation we are in now and how important success for this service is for the stable, secure development of our country.
"It is important to head off threats that arise in relation to Russia promptly, not to let them grow but on the contrary to act in such a way so that they don't arise - to neutralise these threats at an early stage."
Mr Naryshkin has long shadowed Mr Putin, working at the St Petersburg mayor's office in the 1990s at roughly the same time Mr Putin was there, and joining Mr Putin's office in 2004 as deputy head of the economic development.
He went on to head the president's office in 2008 - 2011, when Dmitry Medvedev was president.
Mr Naryshkin has a colourful recent history. In 2015 he faced accusations that he had plagiarised large parts of his doctoral thesis on economics, accusations he denied.
He will replace Mikhail Fradkov, a former prime minister who headed the SVR since 2007. Mr Fradkov will move on to the board of directors at the state-run Russian Railways.
Eddie Jones' side will arrive in Cardiff seeking a 16th successive win, three away from a world record.
The All Blacks and South Africa share the tier-one nations' 18-match winning run record.
"England are deservedly tagged as the best team in the northern hemisphere," said Warburton.
"It's a fair judgement to compare them to the All Blacks right now - that's how good they are.
"It is going to take a huge game out of us to get a win, and it will be one of the biggest games of the championship for sure."
Warburton also explained the reasons he believes fire up every opponent England meet in the Six Nations.
The ex-Wales captain insists it is down to England's recent successful record.
"Chatting to [different countries'] players, that's how they feel, they really prioritise that and everyone just wants to beat England," he said.
"That's due to the success in the past and the success they're going through now. It's always a big scalp."
International rugby began with Scotland and England meeting in 1879.
Four years later the Home Nations tournament began with Wales and Ireland taking on England and Scotland.
Since then, the Celtic nations have traditionally revelled in their rivalries with England.
England are unbeaten under Jones, who succeeded Stuart Lancaster after their group-stage exit from the 2015 World Cup.
Wales contributed to England's downfall in the tournament they hosted with a win at Twickenham, but lost twice to them in 2016.
"If you're Wales, the biggest game you play in in the Six Nations is England," said Warburton.
"If you're Scotland, it's England. If you're Ireland, it's England. Or if you're France or Italy, it's England," said Warburton, whose father was born in England.
"We know as players that's the one game the fans look forward to most and you sense that in the build-up. It's a huge occasion for everyone in Wales.
"But for me, I always cherish any win against any opposition in the Six Nations and in the last three years [since Wales' 2013 title win] I've realised how difficult it is to win a championship."
Cardiff Blues' Warburton predicts selection headaches if Bath number eight Taulupe Faletau has recovered from a knee injury for Saturday's match.
Gloucester's Ross Moriarty played at eight in the opening victory in Italy and could rival Warburton for the blind-side flanker's role if Faletau is risked for a starting place.
"The back-row competition is so fierce at the minute, I don't want to put pressure on him, but Toby [Faletau], when he's playing well, is one of the best players in the world. I think he's fantastic," Warburton added.
"If he did come back I'm sure there would be a few selection headaches in the back-row because Ross and Justin [Tipuric] went extremely well against Italy."
The home side led after the first quarter, but Jamaica hit back in the second to lead 33-29 at half-time.
England came roaring back at the end of the third quarter to draw level, only to cede the momentum once more as Jamaica ground out the victory.
The Roses had earned a 63-50 victory in the second Test on Friday, after the tourists won 66-49 in Tuesday's opener.
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Two and a half years after the Reds finished two points behind champions Manchester City, a 6-1 win over Watford moved them one point clear of Chelsea.
City and Arsenal - third and fourth respectively - are one further back.
"We've started collecting points but we need to go on with this. Then we will see where we can end," Klopp said.
Liverpool, who last won the title in 1990, led the table going into the final weeks of the 2013-14 season but a home defeat by Chelsea - a game that featured a now infamous slip from Steven Gerrard - and a draw at Crystal Palace in their final three matches proved costly.
"I know in the past a lot of things happened here and the story two, three years ago when it was really close, but this is not the team two or three years ago," said Klopp.
"This is not the team 25 years ago. We're completely new. We stay cool. It's the best position I can imagine but nothing else has happened."
Sadio Mane scored twice in the victory over Watford, with Philippe Coutinho, Emre Can, Roberto Firmino and Georginio Wijnaldum also on target.
Chelsea had gone top on Saturday with a 5-0 win over Everton, after City followed up their Champions League victory over Barcelona with a 1-1 draw at home to Middlesbrough.
Arsenal would have gone top with victory over Spurs in Sunday's early game but were held to a 1-1 draw at home.
"There's no pressure after 11 match days, absolutely no pressure," added Klopp.
"We saw Chelsea, quite impressive. Man City playing Barcelona, quite impressive. Man United - never write them off. Tottenham are a good side. There's a lot of really good teams around."
Klopp acknowledged his side looked "pretty good".
But he added: "We didn't speak one word about the possibility of being top of the table. For me it's more important that we look like a team who is able to win games.
"When I came here I asked for time and patience and belief, and after 11 matches everyone's asking for guarantees and they are not there."
Watford manager Walter Mazzarri said Liverpool were "the best team we have faced so far".
"They played tactically, athletically and unselfishly. With their performance, their aggression, they are a great team," he added.
"They have everything and if they continue like this for sure they can win the title."
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The win over Watford was the fifth time this season that Liverpool have scored four or more goals in a Premier League game.
The 2013-14 side, powered by Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge, managed the feat in 11 games across the whole season.
That figure is a record that they share with the Manchester City side that beat them to the title that year.
If they continue at their present rate, Klopp's side will score four goals in 17 Premier League games this season.
But while they are similarly free-scoring, the current Liverpool side share the goals around far more.
After 11 league games of 2013-14 five players had scored for Liverpool - Sturridge, Suarez, Victor Moses, Steven Gerrard and Martin Skrtel.
With Wijnaldum adding his name to the scoresheet against the Hornets, Liverpool have 10 Premier League scorers already this season. And Sturridge is not yet one of them.
Just to round off an impressive set of stats for the Reds, they had 17 shots on target at Anfield on Sunday.
That is the most that Opta has seen in the Premier League since they started collecting data in the 2003-04.
Read more of the best stats from the weekend, including why Francesco Guidolin might be a better manager than Jose Mourinho.
Former Newcastle, Blackburn and England striker Alan Shearer on MOTD2
Roberto Firmino played a more orthodox centre-forward role today. Everything he did was excellent. He held the ball up well, he ran in behind, he linked up play and found himself in goalscoring positions as well.
Watford could not cope with him and he got the goal that his performance deserved. Liverpool were breathtaking in attack. The front three normally have freedom to go anywhere. It was a bit different today, but it was a nightmare for Watford.
Thirty goals in 11 games shows you how good they are going forward, but it will have hurt not keeping a clean sheet. They have only got one this season. There will be days when the forwards can't score and they will need to depend on the defence.
BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty
Liverpool have hit the Premier League summit and there can be no doubt whatsoever that Jurgen Klopp's team are title contenders.
The fact there were five different goalscorers in Sunday's win sums up the strength and potency of a Liverpool side that has hit a red-hot streak since that surprise 2-0 loss at Burnley in their second league game of the season.
Sadio Mane, Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Adam Lallana have the pace, movement and threat to pose a danger to any side, while captain Jordan Henderson has been a revelation this season.
Yes, questions remain about the quality of their defence and new goalkeeper Loris Karius, but this Liverpool team carries a level of menace that has echoes of the Luis Suarez-inspired side that almost won the title in 2013-14.
And one more factor in the title equation.
Liverpool have already played title rivals Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea away from home, claiming seven points, with victories at Emirates Stadium and Stamford Bridge. No wonder confidence is high at Anfield.
Former Blackburn striker Chris Sutton on BBC Radio 5 live
It was a stunning display from Liverpool. It could have ended up in double figures. They blew Watford away, and have blown away most teams this season.
The fact they have no European football and can recover between matches will help, too. They look like they're going to go close.
Former Liverpool keeper Chris Kirkland
There is a different feeling now at Anfield. The expectation is back and the players are proving that this is justified through their performances, week in, week out.
David Ekeleme: Early days but I reckon the title race is between Liverpool and Chelsea. Not having European football is going to be an advantage
Jason Moore: Very worried Liverpool could win the Premier League this year. Conceding doesn't matter when you outscore everyone
Joe Wedgwood: Liverpool absolutely sensational. Unstoppable. Ruthless fluidity and finishing. Klopp, I salute you!
The Great Britain hockey side who won gold at Rio 2016 have been named Team of the Year.
Cyclist Kenny won team pursuit and omnium gold during the summer.
The 24-year-old beat fellow cyclist Sarah Storey, who has won 14 Paralympic gold medals and Jade Jones, who successfully defended her Olympic taekwondo title, to the prize.
Nicola Adams (boxing), Charlotte Dujardin (equestrianism) Johanna Konta (tennis) were the other nominees.
The other awards handed out were:
Olympian of the Year: Helen Glover & Heather Stanning (rowing)
Paralympian of the Year: Kadeena Cox (athletics & track cycling)
Young Sportswoman of the Year: Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (swimming)
Helen Rollason Award for Inspiration: Hannah Francis (a teenage eventing rider, who died in August after losing her battle with a rare bone cancer)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Professor Celia Brackenridge (researcher and activist)
Community Award: Kirsty Cameron (founder of Ladies Leisurely Cycles Facebook group)
For decades we were all told to avoid fatty butter and eat synthetic margarine. Both pieces of health advice have since been discredited.
We are now learning that millions of motorists who've bought diesel cars believing they were less harmful to the environment have been equally misguided.
Diesel cars emit less carbon dioxide (CO2) than their petrol equivalent, we were told. In fact, not only are CO2 emissions almost identical on average, but they also produce large quantities of noxious pollutants linked with thousands of premature deaths.
Carmakers say they have already taken action to reduce emissions greatly, while regulators are beginning to acknowledge the problem, but the challenge remains enormous.
The reason is simple: about half of all cars currently sold in Europe are diesel powered.
As Greg Archer at Brussels-based think-tank Transport & Environment says: "The car industry is fighting to keep selling diesel because it has invested so heavily in the wrong technology".
Air pollution caused by diesel engines is, for now, a peculiarly European problem. Of the 70 million cars sold worldwide last year, only 10 million were diesel. Three quarters of those were sold in Europe.
Quite why European carmakers developed diesel in the first place is a moot point, but some have argued that as domestic heating systems turned from oil to gas, oil companies needed to find an alternative market for their mid-range distillate, or diesel fuel.
The industry itself points to government incentives, such as lower tax rates for companies buying fleets of diesel vehicles. "All manufacturers followed this political direction," says the European Automobile Manufacturers Association.
And, in theory, it was an easy sell - diesel engines are more efficient than petrol engines, so running costs are cheaper. Using less fuel should mean lower emissions.
In practice, however, laboratory measurements of CO2 emissions from diesel and petrol engines are the same, according to Martin Adams at the European Environment Agency (EEA). And as diesel cars tend to be bigger and heavier, any advantages in efficiency are wiped out.
As a result, average CO2 emissions from diesel cars are only fractionally lower than those from petrol cars, figures from the UK's Society of Motor Manufacturers show. The industry counters that of course emissions would be greater from larger cars, and maintains that when comparing like-for-like models, diesels do emit noticeably less.
But carbon emissions aren't the main problem when comparing diesel with petrol. So-called particulate matter, which causes cancer, and nitrogen oxide and dioxide (NOx) are the real concern. Recent studies have shown that nitrogen dioxides (NO2) can cause or exacerbate a number of health conditions, such as inflammation of the lungs, which can trigger asthma and bronchitis, increased risk of heart attacks and strokes, and lower birth weight and smaller head circumference in babies.
In some European cities, NO2 levels are more than double World Health Organization guidelines, with diesel vehicles the single biggest contributor.
Indeed air pollution as a whole causes more than 400,000 premature deaths in Europe, with road transport, and diesel in particular, contributing a meaningful chunk.
Most of these deaths are caused by particulate matter. Carmakers have recognised this and modern diesel cars are fitted with extremely effective filters that stop almost all of this carcinogenic soot entering the atmosphere. But there is a "significant problem with tampering with filters", according to Mr Archer.
Although a diesel car will fail its MOT if a filter that was originally fitted on the vehicle has been removed, there are a number of specialist companies which advertise doing just this for drivers who want to improve fuel economy and performance. Removing them isn't against the law.
So when you see a car belching out thick black smoke, the chances are it will be a diesel with a faulty or a missing filter.
These filters also perform best when hot, and short trips around town won't heat your engine sufficiently. Nor do they help with secondary particulate matter, which is formed from NOx, the effects of which are not fully understood.
How to reduce emissions from your diesel car
Carmakers also have a number of technologies to reduce nitrogen oxide and dioxide levels. These include catalysts, re-circulating some of the exhaust fumes back into the cylinder, and injecting urea, made from ammonia, to trap these gases.
The problem is they are not being used widely enough and, when they are, they don't work as well as they should.
As the respected International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) says, "the technologies for real-world clean diesels already exist, but they are not being employed consistently by different [carmakers]". Some have speculated it's simply a question of cost.
Just how ineffective they are is staggering. Tests conducted by the ICCT show that modern diesel cars emit on average seven times the EU limit for NOx.
A separate test showed that some individual cars emit even more - an Audi A8 emitted 22 times the limit. Only three cars - an Audi A5, a VW Golf and a BMW 3-series - complied with EU regulations.
The reason carmakers are allowed to keep selling these cars is that EU limits are set according to tests conducted in a laboratory, where conditions bear little relation to real-world driving out on the open road.
This extraordinary situation, which has effectively rendered current emission limits meaningless, has not escaped the attention of the EU. It wants to introduce limits based on real-world testing by 2017, but needs the agreement of all member states.
Carmakers agree real-world tests are needed, but would prefer more time. Discussions are ongoing, but the likelihood is that new limits will be higher than the current 80mg/km.
Given that this limit was first agreed in 2007, we may well end up with new limits for harmful diesel emissions that are less stringent than those agreed more than a decade earlier - an absurd situation that carmakers and policymakers must do more to address.
Under the Political Parties and Referendums Act 2000 all parties need to confirm their registration details with the Electoral Commission.
But despite having six months notice, the BNP missed the deadline.
BNP spokesman Stephen Squire said: "It's the first I've heard of it - it's obviously an oversight."
But former BNP leader Nick Griffin, who was expelled by the party in 2014, told LBC Radio the mistake was "either incompetence or it's a combination of a deliberate wrecking job which has been going on over the last year or so."
However, BNP chairman Adam Walker, in a fundraising email to party supporters, said the "media frenzy" created by the technical oversight "proves how relevant and newsworthy the BNP is".
By law, the Electoral Commission has to remove from its register any political party that fails to submit its details.
Such a waste?
The BNP's statement of accounts were due on 7 July 2015, but despite a six-month window, the party had still not paid up by the final deadline on 7 January 2016, forcing the commission to take action.
Removal from the register means BNP candidates cannot use the party's name, description or emblems on ballot papers at elections.
But, a commission spokesman said if the party re-registered in the near future, its candidates would be able to stand under the BNP banner at this May's local elections.
However, if they wish to stand before the registration is considered, BNP candidates will have to stand as independents.
Mr Squire suggested the party had too much to lose to let its registration lapse further.
"After battling for 30 years to get the debate on immigration going, we don't want to waste it on a technicality," he said.
Party names and identities are protected for two years under the 2000 Act to prevent other parties using them.
Nick Griffin stepped down as BNP leader in July 2014 after 15 years at the top. His decision came after he lost his seat in the European Parliament and the party saw its vote collapse in that year's local elections.
But months of infighting followed and Mr Griffin was expelled from the BNP amid accusations that he had tried to "destabilise" the party.
In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Islam Karimov Junior denied recent reports suggesting his mother had died, and accused the Uzbek security services of keeping her in isolation.
Ms Karimova was once seen as a potential successor to her father.
But she disappeared from public view in 2014 amid a damaging family feud.
The name of Ms Karimova, whose ambitions ranged from business and politics to fashion and pop music, has also been linked to corruption allegations surrounding her sizeable commercial interests.
Her son, who lives in London, told BBC Uzbek that Ms Karimova was being held in a "two-to-three room annexe" to her main property in central Tashkent.
He said being held incommunicado for such a long time had affected her health.
"To be isolated for two or three years without any even basic human rights that every person deserves on this earth, I'm sure that any person will need some kind of medical attention. But mentally she is sane. The reports she was in a mental hospital are false."
Gulnara Karimova became the international face of Uzbekistan, running a fashion label, jewellery collection and recording pop videos. She held diplomatic posts and controlled significant business interests.
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But three years ago her name became embroiled in bribery and money-laundering investigations in Switzerland and Sweden which have since widened to the United States.
Not long after, a deepening rift within the presidential family burst into public view. Ms Karimova's activities were soon reined in, including her outspoken social media accounts, where she began to openly attack the Uzbek security apparatus.
Her son says the powerful security service, the SNB, is responsible for locking her up and for refusing access and information about what will happen next.
"I don't understand how in the 21st Century they cannot answer a simple question: Where is Gulnara?" he says. "House arrest, for what? For how long? Under whose supervision? These simple questions have to be answered."
Mr Karimov Junior says he wants his mother's status to be officially recognised.
"Right now there is a rumour that she is dead. But is she? Without it being official, no one can even check these things."
Islam Karimov Junior says he has no direct contact with his mother, but manages to stay in touch via his sister Iman, who still is in Uzbekistan.
When their grandfather, the country's long serving president - whose name Islam Karimov Junior shares - died in September, neither of the siblings or their mother attended the funeral.
Their absence was unusual in a country where family bonds are of great importance. But Islam Karimov Junior says his sister and mother were prevented from going and he himself could not risk the trip back home.
"I wanted to go, but I knew that if I go to the funeral I would not come back. They need all three of us there to limit our activity and our voices," he says.
However, he hopes the country's next leader - presidential elections are being held on 4 December - might bring change.
"The current temporary president and prime minister has a unique chance to stop this madness, to end what was caused by the SNB and to legitimise himself, because everyone is watching him, everyone is thinking 'what will he do?'
"I don't think we have done anything bad towards him for him to hate my mother."
So far there are few indications that things in Uzbekistan are going to change after the election which current acting President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is likely to win.
The late Islam Karimov was accused of presiding over an authoritarian state, locking up political opponents and dissident Muslims in jails where torture is rife. Child and forced labour during the annual cotton harvest also drew strong international criticism.
They are practices the young Karimov says must change for the country to modernise.
His mother too had begun to speak out against rights abuses in Uzbekistan. But her critics say she only raised her voice when her own star was fading and she became a victim herself.
Her son acknowledges the privileges he enjoyed growing up as part of the presidential family. But he says the last few years have been "hell" as well as "a huge life lesson" that has left him craving normality.
"I just want to see my family, I just want to see my mother, my sister. I want to go to the movies, walk down the street, just want the simplest things."
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Susan Garnham from Guildford spotted flames coming the back of the machine on Saturday afternoon, and fled the property along with her husband and son.
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service investigators found that the fire started in the tumble dryer before spreading across the kitchen area and the rest of the property.
The family had been in touch with the parent company Whirlpool about their Indesit machine since last December, after it announced that that a "significant" number of Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit machines would need to be recalled because of concerns they could cause a fire.
The company said that "excess fluff", on machines bought between April 2004 and October 2015, could catch on the heating element and start a blaze. Some five million affected dryers were sold in the UK, and the company admitted in January that owners faced a lengthy wait for a repair.
In a statement it said "We investigate all reported incidents thoroughly. In this particular case, our engineer will visit the property on Thursday 4th February, to collect the machine and we will subsequently examine it in detail. However, until we have completed these investigations, you will understand we are unable to comment further."
Susan's daughter Chelsea Garnham told BBC News that her mother was advised that their machine did not need to be recalled. "They told her it just needed a part" she said, and that she should "rest assured that she can still use the dryer whilst she was in the house."
"Mum has electrical insurance through British Gas and they notified her that her machine was on the refurbish list.
"She first tried to call Whirlpool at the end of December, but was told it would be a 4-8 week wait before an engineer could even make an appointment to see the machine.
"She rang again several times in January but was told the same thing. The appointment wasn't even to fix the part, it was just to confirm it was on the list. But now it is too late.
"On Saturday she saw smoke coming out of the machine, so she opened it and pulled the tumble dryer forward. That was when she saw the flames come out of the back and raised the alarm.
"My mum, dad and brother walked out of their house in the clothes they were wearing and had to watch the only home I have ever known them to live in burn down.
"My other brother was at work but he also lost everything. The first thing the fire service pulled out of the building was the tumble dryer, and it was completely destroyed."
Whirlpool is urging customers to visit its a dedicated website to discover whether their machines are affected. "For the repair programme, we are working on a first registered, first served basis" it said.
"This means that the earlier you register, the shorter you have to wait for a modification. Currently, if a consumer registers today, we will be in contact, on average, within 10 weeks to provide an estimated date for an engineer visit.
"Given the large number of dryers affected, we have experienced some delays in replying and we apologise for this inconvenience. We are currently working to address the situation and improve response times.
"Consumers can continue to use their tumble dryers, while waiting for a free modification. Until the modification has been made for those that require it, as an extra precaution we are asking that consumers do not leave their dryers unattended during operation (i.e. do not leave the house or leave the dryer on whilst asleep)."
Reporting by Hannah Henderson
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David Cameron will deliver a Queen's Speech. Harriet Harman, as acting Leader of the Labour Party, will respond for the opposition. In due course the leader of the third party will rise - not a Lib Dem, but the SNP's Angus Robertson.
It will be a sight as jarring as the appearance of Lib Dems on the government front bench in 2010. And somewhere in a corner, pushed out of their previous front-bench perch, the remaining Liberal Democrats will gather.
Eventually, some way into the debate, one of their number will be called to speak. And so the new shape of the new Commons will be made manifest.
What will this new Parliament be like? For Commons-watchers, the basic question for the next few months is whether, with an outright majority government now in office, the House will default back to its factory settings, and abandon the habit of backbench power and rebellion that shaped the previous five years.
We saw backbench MPs amending bills and passing resolutions in the teeth of government opposition, often with profound consequences. Remember the Syria vote? Or the huge Tory rebellion which forced David Cameron into backing an EU membership referendum?
The government majority is small but for it to be overturned there has to be a cause which unites all the other parties, and a band of Tory rebels.
And it is quite hard to imagine an issue on which, say, 10 Tories would peel off, which could also attract not just Labour and SNP votes but also those of every other opposition MP, from Caroline Lucas to Nigel Dodds.
Not Europe, not the Human Rights Act, not HS2, not Heathrow expansion, not benefit cuts (although that might come closer than some of the others) not devolution.
A perfect storm of dissent, disillusionment and revenge would be required to get such a diverse band into the same lobby on the same issue, to defeat the government.
On election night I tweeted that the balance of power in the Commons was now held by Peter Bone, the generalissimo of the Euro-rebels. Maybe. But only when that perfect storm hits.
On these numbers the government can expect to be able to divide and rule the opposition almost all the time, and the main threat of defeat lies in unexpected ambush, rather than a gradual massing of the opposition clans.
Backbenchers, though, will remain a handful. The 2010 Commons was the most rebellious in modern history, and often seemed beyond the control of traditional whipping. The new Government Chief Whip, Mark Harper, is regarded by Labour observers as an "inspired" appointment.
He cut his teeth selling Nick Clegg's constitutional agenda to his Conservative colleagues, which required a certain mastery over the art of the hard sell. Labour sources still speak with awe about his unyielding approach to negotiations with their heavyweight, Lord Falconer, on the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill in the early coalition years, which produced some of the nastiest meetings many had ever experienced (quite an accolade).
One obvious challenge will be a well-organised and tactically smart band of Eurosceptics, who will be a force to be placated, throughout this Parliament.
At the moment they are happy in the expectation that an In/Out referendum will be delivered in the coming years, although they have a shopping list of demands around the conduct of the referendum.
But the biggest long-term challenge may well come if the prime minister recommends a vote to stay in, on the basis of concessions and changes to Britain's membership terms which they see as cosmetic.
This is clearly a danger but it's visible on the horizon now, which means it should be manageable. Defence spending looks like another danger area but, again, one that is visible and manageable.
Mr Harper and his team might try to avoid heavy-handed House of Cards-style intimidation in favour of more persuasion and, crucially, accommodation of backbenchers' concerns. And if those fail, there's always one other tool available. Always remember that the old-fashioned job title for the Chief Whip is "Patronage Secretary."
Behind the scenes, expect a frenzy of electioneering. The candidates for the Labour leadership will treat every question time as an audition… and watch out for professional fouls from opponents in front of them, and behind.
Elsewhere there will be plenty of candidates for select committee chairs strutting their stuff. Exactly who runs for what will depend on the carve-up of committees agreed between the parties.
But two chairs, of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Backbench Business Committee (BBCOM), are always held by opposition MPs.
Both are plum jobs and Margaret Hodge made herself a national figure from the chair of the PAC, with a blistering campaign against tax evasion and some striking public dressings-down of multinational companies and quangocrats. She may face a challenge, both because the job is such an attractive one and because some critics feel she's over-reached in her use of the committee as a bully pulpit (pun intended).
The chair of BBCOM will be open, because the (non) incumbent, Natascha Engel, is not re-standing. And it will be interesting to see if her successor will be faced with an attempt to clip the committee's wings, perhaps by removing its right to table voteable motions.
Elsewhere, due to an assortment of defeats, promotions and retirements, the chairs of the Foreign Affairs, Justice, Defence, International Development, Energy, Environmental Audit, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Culture and Scottish Affairs committees are open. And the reality is that all the committees are potentially up for grabs, if challengers to incumbent chairs emerge, or if the incumbent is effectively removed by a change in the party to which that particular chair is allocated.
One obvious change will be the Scottish Affairs Committee, where the chair must surely go to an SNP MP. They may take a mordent pleasure in installing Dr Eilidh Whiteford - who, as a member of the previous committee, was at the centre of a memorable and nasty spat with the previous chair, Labour's Ian Davidson.
And, given their domination of Scotland, they may well demand a majority of the seats on that committee. The SNP would probably be entitled to one other committee as well - I wonder if they'd fancy energy?
In the last parliament, a pattern developed in which Labour MPs voted for the most independent-minded (or, to take another view, awkward) Tory into office, thus helping the likes of Rory Stewart, Sarah Woolaston and Andrew Tyrie to preside over important committees.
It seems likely there will be a bit of mischief and some cross-party dealing involved in the next set of committee elections, and that could put some pretty interesting people in some pretty interesting places.
A really sharp chair can transform a sleepy backwater committee into a must-watch headline generator. Home Affairs and the Treasury are always important committees, but with Lord Chancellor Gove tasked with bringing in a new British Bill of Rights, Justice may become pretty hot, too.
So the elections for these chairs, and their members, will matter a lot.
Police should have more flexibility in the way they responded to low-level misdemeanours, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children said.
Fighting or sexting between teenagers should not necessarily always be recorded as offences, says the report.
But Policing Minister Mike Penning said victims should "have confidence they will be taken seriously".
Minor offences by teenagers often result in "out-of-court disposals", where cases do not go to court but can become part of the individual's criminal record, says the report.
These records can be disclosed during background checks by young people's future employers "potentially limiting their future educational and career options", the report adds.
It says for "experimental behaviour" such as consensual sexting between young people of similar ages, police should be able to take the issue seriously, without it forming part of their record.
"Within current crime-recording standards, there is an expectation that every crime will have an outcome," it says.
"There are concerns that these standards mean that police officers are only able to record the incident as having 'no further action' or to record an outcome that results in the young person having a long-term criminal record or being placed inappropriately on a crime database."
Earlier this year, a 14-year-old was added to a police database after sending a naked image of himself to a female classmate.
The incident was recorded as a crime of making and distributing an indecent image.
He was not arrested or charged, but his details could be stored for 10 years.
At the time, the Criminal Bar Association said the case highlighted the dangers of needlessly criminalising children.
The report urges the Home Office to set up a new category for "low-level crime-related behaviour".
"In cases such as these, police should have the discretion to refer the child to another agency for support: their school, social services or counselling, for example, without it forming a permanent part of the record held against the name and undermining their future," said Baroness Massey, who co-chairs the group.
Anna Feuchtwang, chief executive of the National Children's Bureau, said resorting to criminal sanctions for childhood behaviours was "often a waste of police time and counter-productive".
"It is time to rethink how the police respond to those children whose behaviour is often related to their vulnerabilities and need for support," she said.
But the government said accurate recording of crimes reported to the police was crucial.
"It is essential victims have confidence they will be taken seriously and their crime will be dealt with properly," said Mr Penning.
"Even seemingly minor offences can involve significant harm to the victim, or be part of a long-running pattern of victimisation.
"If a member of the public reports any violent incident, the police must record it as such.
"Police officers can and should, however, exercise their discretion in the action they take once a crime has been reported."
The ship was hit in thick fog off the Isle of Wight by a cargo steamship.
The men on board were South Africans travelling to France to assist the allies in World War One.
Bodies were washed up along the Sussex coast and buried locally, including at Newtimber, near Brighton, where a memorial service was held on Saturday.
Some of the men are buried in graveyards in Littlehampton, East Dean and Hastings.
The vessel sank on 21 February 1917.
There is a memorial in the churchyard at Newtimber to commemorate the event, as the Governor General of South Africa, Lord Buxton, lived in Newtimber Place at the time.
Saturday's service was attended by the the Bishop of Chichester, the Archdeacon of Horsham, and guests from the South African High Commission.
The high commissioner Obed Mlaba said: "A lot of our young people over so many years in the past were not taught what the history was all about... we're now going to push that this history is known."
A lesion which forms in the disc between the bones of the spine is the reason for the differing shape.
It would have caused the vertebrae to change as humans evolved from using four legs to two legs.
The researchers say their findings could help doctors predict who may be at risk of back problems.
The study, published in BMC Evolutionary Biology, involved scientists from Scotland, Canada and Iceland.
The research team analysed the vertebrae of chimpanzees, orangutans and ancient human skeletons to investigate the relationship between the shapes of the bones of the spine, upright movement and the health of the human spine.
Prof Mark Collard, from the University of Aberdeen and Simon Fraser University in Canada, said they provided valuable insights into our ancestors' health and lifestyles.
The skeletons also provided information about how humans evolved to move on two "rear" legs.
"Our findings show that the vertebrae of humans with disc problems are closer in shape to those of our closest ape relatives, the chimpanzee, than are the vertebrae of humans without disc problems."
The research picked up that these individuals have a lesion called a Schmorl's node - a small hernia which can occur in the disc between the vertebrae.
Although there is not one cause for the node, it is thought to be linked to stress and strain on the lower back.
Evolution is not perfect, so over many thousands of years humans have not all adapted in the same way.
Prof Collard said: "Our study suggests that the pathological vertebrae of some people may be less well adapted for walking upright."
They say their findings could have benefits for modern health issues and be used as a predictive tool.
The fast-food chain reported poor results for the first quarter of 2015.
Chief executive Steve Easterbrook said he wanted to move away from its "cumbersome" structure and increase "digital engagement".
"The numbers don't lie," he said. "I will not shy away from the urgent need to reset this business... and how we galvanise competitive threats."
Mr Easterbrook said the turnaround plan was aimed at creating a leaner management structure with more "hard-edged accountability" that was less built around geography and more on "commercial logic".
"In the last five years, the world has moved faster outside the business than inside," he added. "We're not on our game.
"We'd like less simple talk of millennials [people born between 1980 and the mid-2000s] as though they are one simple group with shared attitudes."
The company also announced it would be focusing more on regions that earned McDonald's the most - namely the US, which brings in 40% of operating income.
Mr Easterbrook also said its top international markets, such as Australia, Canada, France and the UK, would become a priority.
The firm also identified high-growth markets in countries such as China and Poland, where new stores will be opened to boost its share in the market of "IEO" - Informal Eating Out.
Mr Easterbrook added: "We can no longer afford to carry legacy commitments, legacy structure or legacy attitudes."
McDonald's was the Dow Jones share index's biggest faller, with shares down 1.7% to $96.13.
Standard & Poor's, the credit ratings agency, cut its rating on McDonald's from 'A' to 'A-'.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) becomes the nation's largest public body as it merges the Environment Agency, Forestry Commission and Countryside Council.
Its chairman Peter Matthews said it would focus on maintaining important services such as flood warnings.
Experts have urged it to plan properly, but concerns have been raised about its "tricky balancing act".
NRW will now have responsibility for everything from issuing flood alerts to managing Wales' national coastal path, which opened in 2012.
Mr Matthews said: "We face many challenges - for our communities, our economy and our environment.
"I believe that the natural resources we have in Wales can play their part in tackling them.
"The natural environment is worth £8bn to the Welsh economy and as Natural Resources Wales, we want to build on this."
He added: "We will focus on maintaining the important services that people and businesses rely on, like our flood warning services, maintaining timber supply and protecting valuable sites."
Chief executive Emyr Roberts promised: "We will also begin to reshape the work we do with a fresh approach and new direction - to make the environment do more for the people, economy and wildlife of Wales."
NRW becomes the country's largest public body and will come under close scrutiny.
Minister for Natural Resources Alun Davies said: "The natural environment really is crucial to our economy here in Wales so it is vital that it is managed as effectively and efficiently as possible.
"The Welsh government has created Natural Resources Wales because we believe one body will result in a more streamlined way of working and will ensure more effectively delivery and improved value for money."
As the new body starts operating there have been calls from different groups for it to work effectively.
Nigel Annett, managing director of Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, said it should bring savings and a more efficient regulating system.
"Putting three organisations together should make big savings and we are in Dwr Cymru the largest customer of the new body, and we would like to see some of the cost savings returned to our customers in the form of lower charges in the years to come," he said.
Botanist Ray Wood, who used to work for the Countryside Council of Wales, said NRW will have a tricky balancing act.
"We've got to do things better," he said.
"We've tended to be just reactive to things that have happened. Now is an opportunity to piece together some proper planning and a vision and the knowledge."
RSPB Cymru director Katie-Jo Luxton said the the environmental challenges were so grave that they were all now going to have to work far closer together and to pool resources more effectively.
"If NRW can do that it will do something really different. Did I think we had to merge bodies to achieve that? Probably not.
"We can achieve working together whether we're one body or three, quite frankly in my view. It's about how individuals work together, the political will and the resources that are put to it."
Lord Hanningfield, jailed for parliamentary expenses fraud in 2011, spent £286,000 on the card while he was leader of Essex County Council.
The authority claims nearly £51,000 was potentially inappropriately spent - something the peer denies.
The current Essex leader David Finch urged Lord Hanningfield to "man up" and pay back the money.
The council's decision against taking legal action to reclaim the money was made on the back of advice from lawyers.
Mr Finch said: "This is about doing the right thing.
"It is about choosing to spend money on providing care, education, and roads, instead of spending it lining the pockets of expensive lawyers.
"I've made sure this situation can never happen again and our governance is now second to none, but I am still as angry and frustrated about this situation as Essex taxpayers are.
"So I am calling again on Lord Hanningfield to do the right thing and repay the money he owes.
"I believe he should man up and do the right thing and he should return money he spent in excess."
Lord Hanningfield became leader of the council in 2000 and was issued with a credit card.
The council claims some of the spending on the card was not authenticated by receipts and there were other discrepancies, as several people had access to the card.
Among the items claimed for were a near-£4,000 Bournemouth hotel bill, tens of thousands of pounds on flights and £23.27 for lunch at the Thelma and Louise cafe in Sydney.
Lord Hanningfield, who claimed his £300-a-day House of Lords attendance allowance on 11 days despite being there for less than 40 minutes on each occasion, declined to comment on the matter when approached earlier by the BBC.
Abdulrahman Alcharbati is accused of seven counts of disseminating terrorist publications and one offence contrary to Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
The 31-year-old, of Westholme Gardens, Newcastle, entered no plea at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
He was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on 20 July.
More than 4,000 people gathered inside a giant tent for the performance of Forward, Only Forward.
The event featured a big-screen video of President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov playing a synthesiser and singing along.
It is the latest choreographed show of support for the head of state.
"I was witness to a huge surge of patriotism as Turkmen citizens performed in a single breath the song of the head of state," Seyda Subasi, an adjudicator of Guinness World Records, told Turkmen state television after last week's performance.
Singing in the round is when people sing the same melody, but begin at different times so that the music overlaps.
Turkmenistan's leader is often portrayed in state media as having an array of talents.
In August the country published Mr Berdymukhamedov's Forward, Only Forward poem, which has now been converted into a hymn.
In 2011, he gave a televised performance - guitar in hand - of a love song called For You, My White Flowers, which state TV said was written by him.
There are also regular state reports highlighting his sporting accomplishments, including repeated victories in car and horse races.
Mr Berdymukhamedov secured a second five-year term in February 2012, winning more than 97% of the vote in elections widely dismissed by international monitors as undemocratic.
He became acting president of Turkmenistan after authoritarian leader Saparmyrat Niyazov died in December 2006.
He has dismantled aspects of his predecessor's personality cult, but in part only to introduce one of his own.
A massive statue of him on horseback covered in gold leaf was unveiled earlier this year in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat.
Turkmenistan, a Muslim-majority country of 5.5 million people, is ranked among the world's most repressive states.
The Team GB pair, who have won 10 Olympic gold medals between them, had their wedding ceremony on Saturday.
The pair, who live in a cottage just outside Knutsford, Cheshire, turned down an offer to have the wedding featured in a magazine and managed to keep the details a secret from the press until it had happened.
Their relationship began in the build-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Laura told Newsround, in August 2016, that "it wasn't love at first sight" when she first met Kenny who she said never spoke to her in training.
Jason said in response, he "never said hello to anyone" and he could not "help being grumpy".
Meath were presented with the trophy after the referee calculated that they had won by a point - 2-18 to 1-20.
However, it quickly became apparent that the correct score in the second-tier hurling final was 2-17 to 1-20.
Antrim had called for a replay after a result which saw the Saffrons missing out on a return to the top tier.
The rematch will take place at Newry's Pairc Esler with a 19:00 BST start.
Speaking after Tuesday morning's All-Ireland Football qualifiers draw, GAA president Aogan O Fearghail acknowledged that the the controversial hurling decider was likely to be replayed.
"If it ended in a draw, then there is only one action they can take," the GAA president told RTE.
Antrim had officially sought a replay after meeting to discuss the controversy on Monday night.
"Our expectation is the match will be replayed this weekend," Antrim chairman Collie Donnelly told BBC Sport NI on Monday.
The GAA president has ruled out the possibility that both Meath and Antrim could be promoted to next year's Leinster Championship as a compromise following Saturday's fiasco.
The Christy Ring Cup winners earn promotion to the Leinster Championship in addition to the possibility of clinching a place in the All-Ireland qualifiers.
Meath did not offer a replay, a decision which Antrim GAA chairman Donnelly described as "disappointing".
"If it was the other way round, we would have offered it straight away," he said.
"At the the end of the day nobody won the match, so it's disappointing they haven't come forward."
Donnelly suggested the match be replayed as a curtain-raiser to Meath's Leinster senior football championship match against Louth in Parnell Park, Dublin on Sunday but the GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee instead decided to schedule the game for Saturday at Pairc Esler.
There are suggestions that the problem arose when the stadium scoreboard incorrectly Meath an Antrim point in the 63rd minute.
The scoreboard was quickly adjusted to register an Antrim point but there is a suggestion that the Meath score wasn't taken away.
Referee O'Brien, having been initially satisfied that Meath had won by a point, is understood to have admitted that he did make a mistake.
Antrim lost a nine-point lead in Saturday's game as Sean Quigley hit 1-1 in the closing stages to apparently give Meath victory.
The French fizz has been included as one of the items in the basket of goods used to calculate the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of inflation.
Contents are updated every five years to keep pace with shopping trends.
After falling out of the basket in 2012, champagne was popped back in for 2017 by the Central Statistics Office.
The basket contains a wide-ranging selection of goods or services that are seen as a representative sample of current consumer spending habits.
The inclusion of new product in the CPI basket, or the reintroduction of an item, means it "has become popular enough to warrant inclusion in a sample of representative items", according to the CSO.
Other goods making the 2017 list were avocados, sweet potatoes, larger TVs and even stockbrokers' fees.
Following a trend seen in the UK in 2015, craft beer and e-cigarette refills have also been added to the Irish CPI basket.
CSO price checkers have calculated that prices of the goods rose by 0.3% over the year from January 2016 to January 2017.
Items that were struck off the latest shopping list include clock radios, camcorders and disposable cameras.
But is return of the luxurious tipple that has caught most attention, with CPI Champagne being hailed by the Irish broadcaster Newstalk as "a clear sign that recessionary times are behind us".
The Republic of Ireland experienced years of austerity after its economy crashed during the global downturn in 2007/2008
After being forced to seek an international bailout in 2010, the state has turned around its economy.
And after years of belt-tightening and "make do and mend", one of the services deleted from the CPI basket due to declining popularity was "alteration to trousers".
Perry Smith pulled the frozen pig out of mounting piles of snow after spotting him on the side of the road.
After checking whether it belonged to local residents, the family took the animal back to their hotel at a ski resort in the state of Maryland.
It appears they successfully nursed him back to health by wrapping him up warm and feeding him bananas and cereal.
The huge snowstorm in the US has paralysed roads and services since Friday, with at least 29 deaths reported.
In the freezing conditions, the family had no choice but to take the pig in, Mr Perry was quoted as saying.
"He would have died," he told the Washington Post. "He would have lasted maybe another 30 minutes to an hour."
The Smiths' children, Perry John and Catherine, spent much of that night caring for the pig - which they named Wee Wee - in the hotel bathtub.
"Wee Wee is thriving," their mother Elisabeth Smith posted on Facebook, alongside video of the animal feeding.
The family took him to their home in Washington, and have since found a place for him at a local animal sanctuary.
"Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary will be taking little Wee Wee - the pig rescued from the storm - as soon as the roads are clear enough for the family to get here," a spokesman for the sanctuary said.
"We also received 3ft (90cm) of snow in the storm and the County has not yet ploughed our roads, making them impassable.
"We are hoping to get the little piglet tomorrow, Tuesday, roads permitting."
Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for the 25-year-old to be given a permanent remembrance site in Woolwich.
But local MP Nick Raynsford said a memorial would attract "undesirable interest from extremists".
The soldier was killed by two British Muslim converts on 22 May 2013.
Michael Adebolajo, 29, together with Michael Adebowale, 22, drove into Fusilier Rigby with a car before hacking him to death. Adebolajo was given a whole-life term and Adebowale was jailed for 45 years.
This week a number of religious groups including the Islamic Society of Britain and the Conservative Muslim Forum wrote to the Daily Telegraph to express support for a memorial in Woolwich.
They said: "If the family's desire is to have a memorial, neither they, nor the British public as a whole, should be denied the chance to commemorate Lee Rigby's service and sacrifice in a proper way."
Mr Raynsford, Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich, said: "It would not in my view be helpful for the site where Lee Rigby was murdered to be marked in perpetuity by a memorial, as this would be a continuing reminder of the brutal murder and might attract undesirable interest from extremists.
"It is worth remembering that the memorial to Stephen Lawrence, the teenager murdered during a racist attack in south-east London in 1993, has sadly been the victim of unwanted focus and vandalism on a number of occasions."
The MP added: "Lee Rigby, although murdered in Woolwich, originally came from Lancashire and this is where he is buried. His family, who have been amazingly brave in facing their loss, will be responsible for his memorial there.
"His regiment, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, has also made clear that Lee Rigby's memory will be honoured in perpetuity and I understand that his name is to be added to the list of fallen soldiers at the national arboretum."
A spokesman for the local council, the Royal Borough of Greenwich, said it would only consider requests made via the Army.
"The Army have told us that Fusilier Rigby's immediate family have been closely involved in all the memorial plans to date and they are satisfied that his memory will be properly preserved," the spokesman said. "They are not seeking an additional memorial in Woolwich."
Each accounted for between 1.1 million and 1.2 million deaths in 2014.
The WHO said the tuberculosis figures were unacceptable for a disease that could be cured.
Medecins Sans Frontieres said the statistics were "disheartening" and warned the world was "losing ground" on tackling resistant forms of TB.
The WHO's Global Tuberculosis Report 2015 shows the huge strides that have been made in tackling TB, with the death rate being nearly halved since 1990.
And the number of infections has been falling by 1.5% a year since 2000.
Deaths from HIV/Aids have also been falling rapidly because of improved access to anti-retroviral drugs.
Dr Mario Raviglione, the WHO's tuberculosis director, told the BBC News website: "Tuberculosis and HIV are now competing to be the number one cause of death from infectious disease in the world.
"Tuberculosis now ranks alongside HIV."
Most new cases of TB are in China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria or Pakistan.
Deaths from HIV/Aids have been falling since the mid-2000s, and stand at 1.2 million a year.
Overall there were 1.5 million tuberculosis deaths in 2014.
But 400,000 of them are officially counted as Aids deaths as they were in HIV positive patients.
The WHO now considers TB and HIV to be effectively joint top killers.
WHO director-general Margaret Chan said there had been "tremendous impact" since 1990, but added that "if the world is to end this epidemic, it needs to scale up services and, critically, invest in research".
Dr Raviglione agreed, saying that if the international investment in TB matched that of HIV, then "we could have accelerated the decline in mortality".
The report also highlights the dangers of tuberculosis becoming resistant to antibiotics.
About three in every 100 new cases of TB could not be treated with first choice antibiotics.
Dr Grania Brigden, from Medecins Sans Frontieres, said it was "yet another year of disheartening statistics" that should "serve as a wake-up call".
She added: "We're losing ground in the battle to control drug-resistant forms of TB, and without considerable corrective action, the vast majority of people with multi-drug resistant TB won't ever be diagnosed, put on treatment, or cured."
The World Health Organization will shift to its End TB Strategy next year, which aims to cut deaths by 90% by 2030.
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Of the 56% who admitted sleeping, 29% told Balpa that they had woken up to find the other pilot asleep as well.
The survey comes after it emerged that two pilots on an Airbus passenger plane were asleep at the same time, with the aircraft being flown on autopilot.
Balpa is campaigning against changes to flight-time regulations, which are to be voted on by the European Parliament.
On Monday, new rules which include allowing pilots to land an aircraft after being awake 22 hours, as well as being able to work seven early starts in a row rather than the current three, will be put to a vote.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) supports the proposals and said the incident on 13 August where both pilots were asleep was an isolated one.
In that case, a report found the pair fell asleep after both had only five hours sleep in the previous two nights.
But of the 500 commercial pilots surveyed by Balpa, 43% said they believed their abilities had been compromised at least once a month in the last six months by tiredness, with 84% saying it had been compromised at some stage during the past six months.
And 49% said pilot tiredness was the biggest threat to flight safety - three times more than any other threat.
The union said its members, who were the pilots that were surveyed, overwhelmingly worked for British-based airlines.
Balpa wants MEPs to back a motion which would require the European Commission (EC) to withdraw the proposed changes and to have them scrutinised by scientific and medical experts.
Its general secretary Jim McAuslan told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the EC was trying to get a level playing field across Europe but it had instead diluted UK standards.
"This is deeply worrying for everyone concerned.
"The CAA has been completely complacent about these rules (for pilots to report sleeping incidents).
"It suggests to us that they are ignoring this problem. This is the second time in two years that the survey has run that has shown consistent figures with pilots falling asleep."
House of Commons Transport Committee chairwoman Louise Ellman said: "I agree with Balpa's concerns that the proposed changes to EU rules could endanger air passenger safety."
She added: "We have called for scientific evidence to be used to judge just how long pilots should be awake. There is still time for the UK government and Europe to think again."
In a statement, the CAA said: "We think the new European flight time limitation regulations maintain the UK's current high safety levels, and will actually increase safety for UK passengers travelling on some other European airlines.
"This view is informed by expert opinion, based on scientific principles, operational knowledge, regulatory oversight information and research.
‪"The changes will give the CAA far greater access to airline data to help us oversee fatigue risk management."
Now Netflix has also got a problem with them and has singled out one - Popcorn Time.
In a lengthy letter to shareholders, Netflix made a mention of the site as an example of how piracy continues to be one of its "biggest competitors".
Here's how this particular app is making bosses at Netflix worried.
Popcorn Time is an app which streams films and television programmes using torrents.
According to data from TorrentFreak, a website which specialises in copyright and privacy news, "Popcorn Time is very popular in the UK where it's been installed on hundreds of thousands of computers".
The founder of TorrentFreak, known only as "Ernesto", says the app is particularly threatening "because its easy-to-use user interface appeals to a mainstream audience".
Even though it may be easier to use Popcorn Time compared to other sites for torrent-streaming, it is just as illegal.
"Copyright holders have tried to make the app unavailable several times," says Ernesto.
"The major movie studios pressured the original developers to shut their project down, which they did.
"However, since the code is open source it was quickly picked up by others."
He says Popcorn Time now has a user base of millions worldwide. This supports some Google research identified by Netflix, which shows that, in the Netherlands at least, there has been a dramatic increase of people searching for the title of the app.
Netflix described this data as "sobering".
Netflix has been working to develop its own content, with productions including House of Cards starring Kevin Spacey.
Bosses at the streaming site also identified other legal operations that it perceives as competitors, including HBO Go, Hulu and Amazon Prime.
Some users of Netflix in the UK and elsewhere have been trying to use work-arounds to access the US version of the site - which has a different library of video.
Although the company is trying to crack down on these loopholes, they have yet to solve the problem.
Popcorn Time, as an illegal site, doesn't have any rights agreements with studios and producers and does not have to block content on the basis of users' location.
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Councillors voted to await the decision of a £9.6m Heritage Lottery Fund bid by the trust fighting to save it.
The council wants permission to demolish the pier if that is refused.
Meanwhile, a legal fight between former owner Steve Hunt and the council is continuing, with both sides claiming they own it.
The redevelopment of the pier is expected to cost £12m, and the council could be asked to provide £850,000 towards it.
Sasha Davies, Conwy council's strategic director for the economy, said the regeneration of the seafront was blighted by the eyesore, which had already cost taxpayers more than £668,000.
But Jess Steele, an advisor to the Colwyn Victoria Pier Trust, told the council saving the pier would be far less costly than demolishing it.
"This is definitely the last chance," she said.
If an application for lottery funding was refused the pier would not be saved, she said.
The pier once hosted entertainers such as Morecambe and Wise, Harry Secombe and musician Elvis Costello, and remains the focus of a long-running legal dispute about who owns the structure.
Some 35,000 people fled a Syrian government offensive in the Aleppo area last week, trying to enter Turkey's Kilis border region.
But Turkey has so far closed the border to most of them despite appeals by EU leaders to let them cross.
The country already shelters more than 2.5 million refugees from Syria's war.
Many Syrians have gone on to seek asylum in the EU and made up the largest group among more than one million refugees and other migrants who entered illegally last year, mainly by sea from Turkey.
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Turkey is trying a balancing act between providing sanctuary to those fleeing Syria's war and reducing the numbers of refugees travelling to Europe.
You hear it in Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus's words. "Turkey has reached its capacity to absorb refugees," he said, "but we will still take them in."
It is a confused situation and the 35,000 stopped from crossing into Turkey are feeling the effect. Heavily injured people are coming across, those we spoke to saying Turkey must open the border.
The EU is also giving mixed messages, calling one day for Turkey to allow in those fleeing persecution but the next voicing frustration that Turkey is not doing enough to stem the refugee flow to Europe. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel will be in Ankara on Monday to talk it through. It could be a messy discussion.
In the past few days, the Syrian army - backed by Russian air strikes - has made a series of gains around Aleppo, Syria's largest city.
Aid officials at the Oncupinar border crossing told Reuters news agency their efforts for now were focused on getting aid to the camps on the Syrian side of the border.
"We're extending our efforts inside Syria to supply shelter, food and medical assistance to people," an unnamed official from the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation said.
"We are already setting up another camp. At the moment all our preparations are to make sure these people are comfortable on the Syrian side of the border."
The agency found a mix of old and newly erected tents at a camp at Bab al-Salama, inside Syria and across from Oncupinar.
One refugee, Mouhammed Idris, told Reuters: "We came to the camps with children, including [those] only a month old. We are turning to Turkey where there is safety and no bombing.
"In the beginning [Turkish President] Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Syrians that he was their brother. He shouldn't desert them, he should open the doors, he should go back to helping them. Now all these people have nowhere to go. Where are we supposed to go? They can't go back to their homes."
Mr Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey was ready to open its gates to Syrian refugees "if necessary".
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said this weekend that Turkey had a moral, if not legal, duty to provide protection.
She said the EU was providing funding to Turkey to make sure it had the "means, the instruments, the resources to protect and to host people that are seeking asylum".
In November, the EU clinched a deal with Turkey, offering it €3bn (£2.3bn; $3.3bn) to care for Syrian refugees on Turkish soil.
About 4.6 million people have fled Syria since the civil war began in 2011. Another 13.5 million are said to be in need of humanitarian assistance inside the country.
On Thursday, 60 donor countries meeting in London pledged billions of dollars to ease the plight of Syrian refugees.
March 2011: Anti-government protests erupt across Syria, but Aleppo is initially untouched as a result of a state crackdown
February 2012: As the rebellion turns into a conflict, clashes between rebels and the government are reported with increasing frequency in Aleppo province
July 2012: The battle for Aleppo begins. Rebels make swift advances, but are unable to consolidate their gains and the city becomes divided
2013: The government begins bombarding rebel districts with barrel bombs, causing thousands of casualties
September 2015: Syria launches a fresh offensive in the wake of Russia's intervention in the conflict
February 2016: The government captures towns north of Aleppo, threatening to encircle the city
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Officials said the government was planning urgent maintenance work in the area and the bridge closed on Friday, with a re-opening time to be announced.
But the US CNN network said a spokesman told them the bridge, spanning a canyon, was "overwhelmed by the volume of visitors".
He said there had been no accidents and the bridge was not cracked or broken.
The 430m-long bridge, which cost $3.4m (£2.6m) to build, connects two mountain cliffs in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province.
It hangs 300m over a canyon said to have inspired the landscapes of the film Avatar.
When it opened, it was said to be the highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge in the world.
The bridge can accommodate 8,000 visitors a day but the spokesman told CNN that 10 times as many people wanted access daily.
Officials at the park announced the closure in a post on the Chinese micro-blogging site, Weibo.
They did not mention visitor numbers but said the government urgently needed to upgrade the area.
The post said that tour groups who had planned to see the bridge over the weekend might have "discretionary admission".
In response to the announcement, one social media user wrote: "I have booked everything and now you are saying you are closed... Are you kidding me?"
The court ruled the group could continue operating until there is clarity on accusations of financial irregularities levelled by the government, the environmentalists said.
Authorities in Tamil Nadu state cancelled the group's registration earlier this month.
India has previously accused the group of having an anti-development agenda.
Greenpeace lawyer Vineet Subramani told the AFP news agency that the judge had observed "prima facie, the government has not followed the principles of natural justice".
The move was the latest in a series of actions aimed at Greenpeace and a number of other organisations whom the authorities have accused of working against the country's interests.
In April the government suspended Greenpeace's registration and froze its domestic bank accounts for alleged violations. The group successfully challenged the order in court.
But later Tamil Nadu, where Greenpeace was registered, cancelled the permit.
The group has claimed orders came from the home ministry, but the home ministry had not commented on these claims.
Separately, in September India cancelled a licence allowing Greenpeace's local unit to receive donations from abroad. The order was also overturned.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has cancelled the foreign funding licences of around 9,000 charities since a major crackdown began in April, according to AFP.
Greenpeace has been working in India for 14 years and employs more than 300 people.
"An acquired disability is a crazy thing, it's a life-changing experience, it undermines everything you thought you were, all your values," Nick Beighton says.
The para-kayaker was an officer in the army when he trod on an Improvised Explosive Device in 2009 and his life changed completely. He lost both legs above the knee and broke his pelvis, but the changes went much deeper than that.
At 6ft 7in, and athletic and strong, he struggled to adjust to life with a disability.
"I always wanted to be viewed as someone who was capable of doing what he needed to do and just get on and do it and not be vulnerable."
Suddenly, though, he felt very vulnerable he says, an alien concept to him because of his job, his athleticism and his competence. He struggled for a long time, and acknowledging that he now needed to ask for help was the hardest bit.
He hadn't really processed these feelings before the London 2012 Paralympics, hadn't really "come to terms" with his disability and how it had impacted on his identity. But he found and enjoyed para-rowing and trained hard to make the games with rowing partner Samantha Scothern. Unfortunately they finished fourth, only a fraction of a second outside the medals.
Beighton says that London 2012 was a whirlwind and he realises now that he threw himself into sport to prevent him from dealing with his disability. It was a "protective approach", he says, "where I could focus on something I could control and manage rather than the stuff I couldn't."
After the games, and the difficult defeat, came a lot of soul-searching and coming to terms, truly, with his new reality.
He no longer lives in denial, waking up thinking he is in a bad dream, he says. Para-kayaking has been a big part of that. Now training and competing is as much about being happy with who he is and how he approaches life as it is about sport.
When Beighton goes out and competes in Rio, this internal growth won't be evident. The steely determination on his face won't reveal how much sport has been a part of his recovery, or how much he has grown over the last four years, mentally as much as physically.
But this time he might be smiling more, despite the result. He is determined to just enjoy the experience.
"There was a lot of pressure on London with the end result, the gold, to be able to justify the pressure of it, and the stress and effort that it took to get there," he says. "Rio's an opportunity for me to go and enjoy it and live in the moment and that's up there in terms of winning a medal for me."
When it comes to the practicalities, Beighton says Para-Kayak is a good sport because he doesn't have to wear his legs. It's "nice to be unencumbered, especially when it's hot and sweaty." Because he's an above-knee amputee his prosthetic sockets come right up to his groin and can be uncomfortable.
In the kayak he is in the KL2 classification, meaning he doesn't have any leg drive in the boat but does have full core and hip function so can lean forward in the boat.
In the gym he does a mixture of exercises with his legs on and off. There are perks of both - with his legs on it evens up his posture and balance because his stumps are different lengths and his pelvis is a "bit wonky", but he'll take his legs off for pull up competitions (to lose 8kg and give him an advantage) and also for "cool gymnastics stuff" like handstands.
He sees the kayak as a leveller - "it takes the legs out of the equation so I'm judged on a level with the rest of the guys. Why not just use the body as I've got it?"
Of course Beighton wants a medal, he's an athlete, but that one question sums up this year's games more so. He'll be using his body exactly as it is.
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He was accused of harassing Reah Mansoor, 19, over four years but the Crown Prosecution Service withdrew the allegation at Manchester Crown Court.
The West Ham star, 21, who is on loan at Cardiff City, denies three remaining charges of assault against Miss Mansoor and her mother, Parveen Mansoor.
He will stand trial on 26 January.
Mr Morrison, who is originally from Manchester, pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault by beating and one of assault causing actual bodily harm on 24 July.
The midfielder was bailed on condition he lives at an address in Cardiff and does not contact his ex-girlfriend and Ms Mansoor, 39.
He cannot enter the Greater Manchester area unless he has a court appearance or when he plays in his professional capacity.
Mr Morrison played for Manchester United and appeared in the League Cup before former manager Sir Alex Ferguson sold him to West Ham for £650,000 in January 2012.
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce later loaned him to Birmingham and Queens Park Rangers.
Mr Morrison, who has four England Under-21 caps, is currently playing for Championship club Cardiff City on a three-month loan deal.
Joseph O'Riordan, 74, an ex-councillor in Polegate, stabbed Amanda, 47, several times with a kitchen knife at their home in October 2014.
He had denied intending to kill her but was convicted by a jury at Brighton Magistrates' Court.
Sentencing, Judge Shani Barnes said: "I believe you did it to punish her and to stop her leaving you."
Mr O'Riordan had begun monitoring his wife's movements, e-mail and phone messages because he believed she was having an affair, the court heard.
The judge described a "sustained and repeated" attack in which O'Riordan "used his full strength and determination to try to kill" his wife.
"You picked the largest knife, and in a callous nature you thrust it into her. She screamed and begged you to stop."
After the attack, O'Riordan called 999 and his wife later underwent six hours of emergency surgery.
Judge Barnes said she did not believe she had seen genuine remorse from O'Riordan, adding: "I have watched you every minute of this trial, and I've seen nothing. Absolutely nothing."
She spoke of Amanda's physical scars and also the "terrible, long-lasting psychological trauma" she has been left with.
The judge also revealed that O'Riordan had made attempts after his arrest to have his son remove evidence that would be incriminating - information which not been shared with the jury during the trial.
The defence did not put forward any evidence during the trial, which was held at the magistrates court due to a lack of space at Hove Crown Court.
O'Riordan had pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of wounding with intent, but this was rejected by prosecutors.
He will serve at least half of his 20 year sentence and was also given a restraining order.
The African sides were level at 1-1 on 88 minutes when a handful of fans broke onto the pitch, with one appearing to rugby tackle Senegal's Lamine Gassama.
Players ran from the pitch and referee Tony Chapron opted to end the fixture.
Liverpool's Sadio Mane had given Senegal a second-half lead from the penalty spot but Bi Gohi Cyriac levelled three minutes later.
L'Equipe journalist Herve Penot was in the ground and told BBC World Service the incident "could have been very serious".
He added: "I wouldn't say the people were violent, it was much more about trying to be with the players. But you never know what can happen, the organisation was a disaster, it was incredible.
"After 20-30 minutes a couple of people were on the pitch, then they couldn't start the second-half because they had people on the pitch and the referee said if it happens again he will stop the game. It was very messy."
Local media reported a group of supporters jumped over perimeter fencing at Charlety Stadium moments before the pitch invasion started.
It is the second time in five years that a game between the two countries has been called off because of crowd disturbances.
Senegal were disqualified from the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations when a riot led to a playoff between the sides being abandoned.
Qatar was awarded the World Cup in 2010 but an inquiry over moving games from the hot summer months has been ongoing.
The European Club Association (ECA), includes Manchester United, Liverpool, Barcelona and Bayern Munich,
Key details of the ECA proposal include starting the 2021-22 season two weeks early and playing the latter stages of the FA Cup after the World Cup final.
With the World Cup final scheduled for 29 May, this would result in English football's premier domestic cup competition finishing in June.
The ECA, which represents 214 of the continent's biggest teams, believes this approach, which could also affect domestic cup competitions in France and Spain, offers the least disruption.
However, Uefa would prefer the Qatar World Cup to be played in January and February 2023, given their opposition to the range of dates currently under examination.
That option remains unlikely, having been previously dismissed by Fifa officials, who say the World Cup host agreement demands that the tournament is played within the calendar year of 2022.
In contrast, the ECA are confident their proposal ensures there would be no impact on international confederation competitions, such as the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Sepp Blatter, president of world governing body Fifa, says he believes November/December 2022 is the ideal date.
This remains the most likely to be adopted, but is opposed within Europe as it would affect the Champions League.
Proposals for January/February 2022 have also been ruled out given an agreement between Blatter and IOC president Thomas Bach that the World Cup will not clash with the Winter Olympics.
Other measures required to make the ECA plan work include clubs playing an additional two or possibly three midweek fixtures.
The Uefa Champions League round of 16 would have to take place over two weeks, instead of the current four.
A two-week period in March 2022, currently set aside for international fixtures, would also need to be scrapped.
Players would start to be released by their clubs just ten days before the beginning of the World Cup on 18 April.
"In our opinion, this proposal is the best option," said Rummenigge.
"It takes into account the climate issue, while preserving the traditional running of a club football season.
"This proposal needs to be seriously considered by all stakeholders. It is an achievable solution."
The ECA also believes that Qatar's climate in late April and May provides conditions better than those experienced at Mexico 86, USA 94 and this summer's World Cup in Brazil.
Group games would be played between 28 April and 12 May, with kick-offs at 18:00, 20:30 and 23:00 BST. Based on data from the past 10 years, temperatures would range between 29 and 32 celsius.
The knock-out stage of the tournament would begin on 14 May, with games starting at 19:00 and 22:00.
The World Cup final would be held on 29 May at Qatar's planned 86,000 capacity stadium in Lusail.
Temperatures around this time have averaged 33C over the previous decade.
Qatar is also promising to use cooling technologies to reduce the temperature within stadiums and fan parks to 23C.
One potential hurdle is that the annual observance of the holiest month in the Muslim calendar, Ramadan, will fall between 3 April and 2 May in 2022.
Eating and drinking in public is currently illegal in Qatar during Ramadan, a month in which observant Muslims fast between dawn and sunset.
It is understood the ECA will use Monday's penultimate meeting of the Qatar calendar taskforce at Fifa headquarters in Zurich to discuss how the tournament could work in conjunction with one of the most important periods in the Islamic calendar.
The taskforce, led by Fifa vice-president Shaikh Salman, is expected to make a final decision by March 2015.
The two countries were close allies, but relations broke down after the killing by Israeli commandos of 10 Turkish activists on board a ship that was part of an aid flotilla attempting to breach the blockade of Gaza on 31 May 2010.
The six ships in the flotilla were boarded in international waters, about 130km (80 miles) from the Israeli coast. Commandos landed on the largest ship, the Turkish-owned Mavi Marmara, by descending on ropes from helicopters. Clashes broke out immediately and the Israeli commandos opened fire.
This is disputed. The activists say the commandos started shooting as soon as they hit the deck. Israeli officials say the commandos opened fire only after being attacked with clubs, knives and a gun which was taken from them. Video released by the Israeli military stops just before the shooting begins. A UN inquiry was apparently unable to determine at exactly which point the commandos used live fire.
They were all Turkish, although one had dual Turkish-US nationality. All were travelling on the Mavi Marmara.
It wanted to deliver aid to Gaza, breaking an Israeli and Egyptian blockade on the territory. The ships were carrying 10,000 tonnes of goods, including school supplies, building materials and two large electricity generators. The activists also said they wanted to make the point that, in their view, the blockade was illegal under international law.
Gaza Movement, an umbrella organisation for activists from numerous countries, and a Turkish group called the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Aid (IHH).
The Israeli government says the IHH is closely linked to the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which it views as a terrorist group, and is a member of another organisation, the Union of the Good, which supports suicide bombings. However, the Turkish government regards the IHH as a legitimate charity, and had urged Israel to let the flotilla through.
Israel prevents a large range of goods from reaching Gaza in order to put pressure on Hamas, which dominates the territory.
Israel also wanted to check that the ships did not contain deliveries of weapons or cash. It offered to allow the flotilla to land in an Israeli port, and to deliver by road any goods that passed its checks.
Some flotillas have been allowed to reach Gaza in the past; others have been sent back.
There was widespread condemnation of the violence. The UN Security Council issued a statement calling for a "prompt, impartial, credible and transparent" inquiry.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Israel to lift the Gaza blockade.
In September 2010, a UN Human Rights Council report said Israel's military broke international laws, that the action by commandos, which left nine dead, was "disproportionate" and "betrayed an unacceptable level of brutality". Israel rejected the report as "biased" and "one-sided".
Israel and Turkey held their own inquiries, submitting the findings to an international panel set up by the UN, chaired by a former New Zealand Prime Minister, Sir Geoffrey Palmer, and including an Israeli member and Turkish member.
Turkey's report, drawn up by government officials, accused Israeli commandos of "excessive, brutal and pre-meditated" conduct. It concluded their action boarding the Mavi Marmara was "unlawful" and breached human rights. Results of post-mortem examinations had earlier suggested a total of 30 bullets were found in the bodies of the dead activists, including one who had been shot four times in the head. The Turkish panel also deemed the Gaza blockade "unlawful".
The Israeli inquiry, headed by Judge Jacob Turkel, and including five Israeli members and two international observers, found the actions of the navy and Israel's blockade of Gaza were legal under international law. However, it offered some criticism of the planning of the military operation. It also referred to "the regrettable consequences of the loss of human life and physical injuries".
In September 2011, the UN panel concluded in a repeatedly-delayed report that the loss of life and injuries resulting from the use of force by Israeli troops was "unacceptable".
"Israel's decision to board the vessels with such substantial force at a great distance from the blockade zone and with no final warning immediately prior to the boarding was excessive and unreasonable," it said.
However, the commandos did face "significant, organised and violent resistance", requiring them to "use force for their own protection", the panel found.
Nevertheless, no satisfactory explanation was provided by Israel for any of the deaths, and the "forensic evidence showing that most of the deceased were shot multiple times, including in the back, or at close range" was not accounted for, the report said.
There was also "significant mistreatment" of passengers by Israeli authorities after the takeover of the vessels, including physical mistreatment, harassment and intimidation, unjustified confiscation of belongings and the denial of timely consular assistance, it added.
At the same time, the panel said that the Israeli naval blockade on Gaza was imposed as a "legitimate security measure" to prevent weapons from entering Gaza by sea and its implementation complied with the requirements of international law. The flotilla acted "recklessly" in attempting to breach the naval blockade of Gaza, and more could have been done to warn flotilla participants of the potential risks involved and to dissuade them from their actions, according to the report.
In November 2014, a preliminary examination by the International Criminal Court's Chief Prosecutor concluded that it should not take further action despite a "reasonable basis to believe that war crimes… were committed", because it had to prioritise war crimes on a larger scale.
The flotilla incident caused a deep rift between the former allies.
In the immediate aftermath of the flotilla raid, Turkey withdrew its ambassador from Tel Aviv and then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for Israel to be punished for its "bloody massacre". Joint military exercises were also cancelled.
Following the publication of the Palmer report, which was delayed several times as diplomats tried to repair relations, Turkey expelled the Israeli ambassador in Ankara.
"The time has come for Israel to pay for its stance that sees it as above international laws and disregards human conscience," Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said. "The first and foremost result is that Israel is going to be devoid of Turkey's friendship."
The Turkish government had insisted on receiving an Israeli apology by the time the report was released.
Israeli officials noted that the UN report did not demand a full apology, establishing only that Israel should issue an "appropriate statement of regret" and "offer payment for the benefit of the deceased and injured victims and their families".
"Israel, like any other country, has a legitimate right to protect its citizens and soldiers," an Israeli government official told the BBC.
In November 2012, a court in Istanbul began trying in absentia four retired Israeli commanders over the raid. Among the charges was "inciting murder through cruelty or torture".
The accused were named as Israel's former military chief of staff, Gen Gabi Ashkenazi, former naval chief Vice-Admiral Eliezer Marom, former head of military intelligence Maj Gen Amos Yadlin, and former head of the air force Brig Gen Avishai Lev.
The Israeli embassy in Ankara called the trial a "unilateral political act with no judicial credibility".
In March 2013, Israel and Turkey's prime ministers unexpectedly agreed to restore normalise diplomatic relations and end the legal action against former Israeli commanders.
The breakthrough came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Mr Erdogan in a telephone conversation brokered by US President Barack Obama during a visit to Israel.
A statement from Mr Netanyahu's office said he had "made it clear that the tragic results regarding the Mavi Marmara were unintentional and that Israel expresses regret over injuries and loss of life".
"In light of the Israeli investigation into the incident, which pointed out several operational errors, Prime Minister Netanyahu apologized to the Turkish people for any errors that could have led to loss of life and agreed to complete the agreement on compensation," it added.
Mr Erdogan, who became Turkey's president the following year, said they had also "agreed on making arrangements for compensation" to the victims' families, adding that he had "accepted the apology in the name of the Turkish people".
In June 2016, Turkey and Israel agreed to normalise their relations.
Officials said the reconciliation deal would see Israel pay $20m in compensation to the families of those killed on the Mavi Marmara; Turkey allowed to deliver aid to Gaza via an Israeli port; and Turkish infrastructure projects aimed at improving the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory.
In return, Turkey agreed to pass legislation protecting Israeli troops from legal claims, and to prevent any military action or fundraising by Hamas operatives based there.
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As many as 80 people are believed to have fallen ill at council-run Splashes, in Rainham, Kent, on Friday.
The centre was closed on Monday as a precaution while staff deep-cleaned the pool and added extra chlorine to the water.
Medway Council said it did not know if the outbreak was linked to Splashes, which has since reopened.
A number of people said they had to go to hospital, while the mother of a one-year-old baby said her daughter was so ill that she vomited 15 times.
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Sam Kemsley said her baby daughter was so ill that "after every period of sickness she was screaming in pain".
"It was terrifying," she recalled.
Johanna Grant said the "very violent" sickness came on very rapidly and affected her whole family.
In a statement, Medway Council said: "We are thoroughly cleaning the pool and changing areas and have increased chlorine levels in the pool.
"We have taken necessary precautions to stop the potential further spread of germs."
It added: "We urge customers not to visit the pool when they are feeling unwell, especially when suffering with sickness, as this would be the most likely cause of any spread of illness to other customers."
The team from South Queensferry was sent out after a member of the public reported a possible aircraft coming down in the Firth of Forth on Tuesday.
The team reached the object but discovered it was a giraffe-shaped helium balloon.
A coastguard spokesman said the call at 21:55 was made in good faith.
He said: "The team was called out to a possible aircraft ditching in the Firth of Forth which turned out to be a giraffe-shaped helium balloon.
"The man who called wasn't trying to mislead us. He saw it and he thought it was an aircraft."
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It had been planned for the 30-year-old sprinting great, a lifelong United fan, to play in the fixture, which will raise money for the Manchester United Foundation.
However, Bolt suffered a hamstring injury as he ran the final leg of the 4x100m relay at the World Athletics Championships in London on Saturday.
The Jamaican - the world record holder in both the 100m and 200m - has had further scans on the injury, which showed the damage to be worse than anticipated.
Bolt, who also won 11 world titles, has now retired from sprinting.
Former United players Edwin van der Sar, Paul Scholes, Denis Irwin, Dwight Yorke, Phil Neville, Ronny Johnsen, Louis Saha, Mikael Silvestre, Jesper Blomqvist, Quinton Fortune and Dion Dublin are all expected to take part in the charity game.
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Bolt tweeted an image of his muscle tear and said the injury will require three months of rehabilitation.
The Jamaican could only manage bronze in his penultimate race - the men's 100m at London 2017 - before pulling up injured just as he began to hit top speed in his final event, the 4x100m relay, last Saturday.
It meant the 19-time global champion, recently described by Lord Coe, the president of athletics' governing body the IAAF, as "a genius" akin to boxing legend Muhammad Ali, bowed out being helped off the track by his team-mates, barely able to stand upright.
"I don't usually release my medical report to the public but sadly I have sat and listened to people questioning if I was really injured," Bolt said on social media, before later deleting the posts.
"I have never been one to cheat my fans in any way and my entire desire at the championship was run one last time for my fans."
South Wales Police said it will take a tough stance on "naive and reckless actions" before someone is killed.
Fire crews in south Wales have dealt with 623 deliberately-set grass fires since April 1 and received more than 900 calls on Saturday alone.
Firefighters were also called to a six-hectare (14.8-acre) fire above the Gaer, Newport, at 21:00 BST Monday.
Deliberately set mountain fires at Machen, Caerphilly, and Clydach Vale, Rhondda, also continued to burn on Monday night.
They were left to burn within controlled boundaries, such as roads, with some terrain described as "treacherous" by the fire service.
They are being managed and monitored and crews will return if fires threaten property, forestry or become dangerous.
A helicopter was used to help tackle a mountain fire more than 1km wide in Rhondda.
It scooped water from a reservoir to drop on the blaze at Clydach Vale, Tonypandy.
Firefighters also tackled another huge blaze at Machen, Caerphilly, with 150 hectares (370 acres) of grass and bracken burning.
Four youths between 12 and 14 were arrested in Maerdy, Rhondda, on Sunday and bailed pending further inquiries while an 11-year-old was arrested in Taff.
Following a weekend that included calls to 156 grass fires, 137 started deliberately, South Wales Police Deputy Chief Constable Matt Jukes promised tough action.
He visited Porth in the Rhondda valley, an area that has suffered more incidents than any other in south Wales since March.
DCC Jukes said: "I can see that it is only a matter of time before somebody gets seriously injured or even killed.
"What is most concerning is that we believe that many of these grass fires are being caused by children."
He urged parents and teachers to look out for signs, such as clothes smelling of smoke and youngsters possessing matches or accelerants.
"People from a very young age risk spoiling their prospects forever, through one act of stupidity," DCC Jukes added.
Mid and West Wales Fire Service say they dealt with eight grass fires on Monday and a total of 50 over the weekend.
A spokeswoman said on Monday there were six hectares (15 acres) alight in Crymych and another large fire at Penycae, Port Talbot.
Woods, 40, has not played competitively since August and has had two operations in an attempt to cure the problem.
The American insists he is "making progress" in his recovery but has put no timescale on his return to action.
"I've decided it's prudent to miss this year's Masters," read a statement. "I've been hitting balls and training daily, but I'm not physically ready."
Former world number one Woods also pulled out of the tournament in 2014 with a back problem and finished in a tie for 17th last year.
"I've said all along that this time I need to be cautious and do what's best for my long-term health and career," he added. "Unfortunately, playing Augusta next week wouldn't be the right decision.
"I'm absolutely making progress, and I'm really happy with how far I've come, but I still have no timetable to return."
The 14-time major winner, who has slipped to 472nd in the world rankings, will attend the Champions Dinner at Augusta National on Tuesday.
All Stars Cricket is an eight-week course that will be introduced in May through local cricket clubs and centres, offering youngsters a first experience of the sport.
Children will receive a backpack of cricket gear, while participating clubs will be given kit to deliver the programme and training for volunteers.
From Monday, 20 March, parents can register their children via the ECB website.
More than 2,000 clubs have already signed up to the scheme and Matt Dwyer, the ECB's director of participation and growth, said it has the potential to make a significant difference to the sport's youth base.
"It's all about putting a bat and ball in the hands of more children at an earlier age," he said. "We want to make playing cricket a fun and enjoyable experience for children and give them a passion for the game to last a lifetime."
Dwyer also noted that family participation is an vital element of the programme.
"We want to make sure parents have a great first experience at the club and give them the chance to have an hour back with their kids every week," he said.
"We will be encouraging parents to get involved with sessions, whatever their prior knowledge of the game."
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The programme was officially launched on Monday at London's ArcelorMittal Orbit in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, with former England captain Michael Vaughan in attendance, along with current England internationals Jonny Bairstow and Lauren Winfield.
Vaughan is an ambassador for the project and says it is more important than ever to get children actively involved in cricket.
"As a parent, I've seen how tough it can be to get kids interested in sport, especially given the amount of activities competing for their time," he said.
"[But] I can't wait to see the positive impact this programme will have on clubs and the wider game."
The 24-year-old has featured five times for the Spitfires since joining from Leyton Orient this summer.
Centre-back Essam began his career at Gillingham and had spells at Crawley Town and Dover Athletic, before moving to Orient in the summer of 2015.
Woking are currently 22nd in the table, having won one of their opening eight league games of the season.
McInnes was offered a one-match touchline ban after he was sent to the stand during Aberdeen's victory at Dundee United earlier this month.
The punishment has been reduced on appeal to a one-match suspended ban until the end of the season.
McInnes will now be free to take his place in the dugout for Aberdeen's next match at home to Hamilton on 3 April.
The 31-year-old, who beat defending champion Nicol David in the last eight, will face Nour el Tayeb in the final as she attempts to add to her 2011 title.
Massaro, who came into the match with a 10-3 negative head-to-head record against Kawy, won 12-10 11-7 11-9 in 34 minutes.
"I'm thrilled to be in a major final once again," said Massaro.
"I've watched Nour play this week and she's in great form.
"I'm really excited. There won't be any pressure on me so I'm just looking forward to it."
Chris Murphy had gone to court to contest the route of the A6 dual carriageway at Toomebridge.
A section of the £160m new road skirts Lough Beg just outside the County Antrim village.
It is an important habitat for birds, including migratory swans, and has international protection.
Mr Murphy had claimed that the proper environmental checks had not been done and the decision to proceed had been based on out-of-date surveys.
But lawyers for the Department of Infrastructure had argued that the assessments were based on accurate and regularly-updated information.
They said the chosen route did not cut through the protected wetland.
The judge found the appropriate assessments had been carried out and the decision to proceed with the road had been rational and lawful.
Mr Murphy told the court he may appeal as he believed there was a case in law to be argued. There is a six-week window for an appeal.
In a statement, the Department of Infrastructure said it would progress work on the road as soon as possible.
"Today's decision means 18,000 road users and the local community are set to directly benefit as the new dual carriageway will reduce journey times and improve road safety," it said.
"The scheme is predicted to result in a saving of almost 600 collisions over its 60 year economic life.
"The ruling has also recognised the care and attention we take, with the statutory environmental bodies, to preserve, protect and develop environmentally sensitive areas under consideration for road development."
Substitutes Louis Longridge and Harry Panayiotou combined for the latter to score with a thumping second-half header.
The goal was against the run of play, as Hibs dominated much of the game and created a slew of chances.
Jason Cummings spurned the best of them, when he shot over when clean through on goal in the first half.
The task is now win or bust for the play-off sides, and that delivered a frantic opening. Once the visitors brought some order to their play, though, and John McGinn asserted himself, they began to create half-chances.
Cummings and Marvin Bartley with shots and Anthony Stokes with a header all asked questions of Raith goalkeeper Kevin Cuthbert. Cummings never found his range, though. Even when sent clean through on goal by a superb McGinn pass over the top, the striker lifted the ball high over the bar with only Cuthbert to beat.
Hibs began to look accomplished amidst the hurly burly of the game.
They could afford to commit their wing-backs forward, since Ryan Hardie was a forlorn figure up front on his own for Raith. The home side's only chance in the first half came when James Craigen swept a first-time half-volley over the bar from the corner of the penalty area.
By the interval, though, the sense was a Hibs breakthrough was inevitable. For Raith, the only comfort was their doggedness and refusal to concede any competitive ground. The visitors recognised that, which is why the creative figures of Dylan McGeouch and Liam Henderson started the game on the bench and Bartley brought steel and physical presence to central midfield.
The decisions seemed sound by Alan Stubbs, not least because his side continued to look the more threatening after the break. Twice Stokes delivered free-kicks from the left that generated a sense of alarm in the Raith penalty area. The first was clawed away by Cuthbert, the second headed just wide by David Gray.
Cummings, too, headed over from close range, and frustrations were growing for Hibs. Stubbs was furious with the officials when he felt a penalty should have been awarded for handball, and his mood only worsened moments later when Raith broke upfield to score.
The home side had been out of sorts in an attacking sense, prompting Ray McKinnon to bring on Panayiotou and Longridge. They combined for the goal, with the latter delivering the corner kick that Panayiotou converted with a stooping header at the near post.
Having been subdued for much of the game, Raith were suddenly alive with confidence and intent. They broke with a sense of purpose, but could not create another clear chance.
Hibs threw on attacking midfielders McGeouch and Henderson, but the visitors had to make do with a narrow defeat and the hope they might turn the tie around in the second leg at Easter Road.
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The fire broke out at a farm at Ballynafern Road at about 07:18 GMT on Saturday and gutted the farmhouse.
Efforts to find the pensioner were put on hold at the weekend amid concerns about the safety of the building.
BBC News NI's Lisa McAlister reports.
Thames Valley Police said the serviceman, in his 20s, was found in a critical condition just before midday and, despite efforts attempts to resuscitate him, he later died on the site.
The death is not believed to be suspicious or involve a third party.
An MoD spokesman said a full investigation was under way.
In June, the first members of the German-based 1 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps moved to the Oxfordshire barracks.
Figures suggest a 52% rise in emergency services callouts since 2011.
The chief inspector of prisons in Wales and England said drugs had a "draining effect on other services". He added "many jails were not fit for purpose".
The Prison Service said "a significant number" of emergency services callouts were for "non-violent incidents".
The BBC asked all 109 UK police forces, ambulance trusts and fire services how many incidents they had been called out to at prisons and youth detention centres each year between 2011 and 2015.
Of the 91 services that supplied full data for all years (excluding those who had no prisons within their jurisdiction), there had been a 52% rise in callouts, from 14,475 in 2011 to 22,055 in 2015.
Chief inspector of prisons Peter Clarke, commenting on the issue of drugs within jails, said: "The impact that these drugs are having is not, of course, limited simply to within the prison walls.
"It has an enormously draining effect on other services, particularly the ambulance service.
"We know of instances where at least one ambulance service has had to declare a major incident in order to respond to a number of people falling very ill as a result of taking these drugs.
"It's not just a problem for the Prison Service, it's a problem for the whole community."
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Mr Clarke also told the BBC that some prisons were "not fit for their purpose".
"If the purpose is to keep people safe in custody... then some of them are failing, undoubtedly," he said.
"If the purpose is to develop an environment in which meaningful rehabilitation and resettlement can take place, then again some of these prisons are failing."
Legal highs - due to be banned in the UK within weeks under the Psychoactive Substances Bill - are psychoactive drugs that contain various chemical ingredients, some of which are illegal while others are not.
They produce similar effects to illegal drugs like cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy.
Kyron Skerritt, who served four years in three different prisons, said he believed the use of so-called legal highs, such as spice, inside prisons had fuelled emergency services callouts.
"People were literally getting heart attacks and ambulances were coming in every couple of days," he said.
"Sometimes you'd see three ambulances outside because of the amount of drugs that's come in from all different parts."
Another former prisoner, who wished to remain anonymous, estimated that 70% to 80% of prisoners were smoking spice.
"Ambulances are getting called daily to different wings outside because of heart palpitations - their [hearts] are racing."
The increase in callouts over four years broke down as a 104% rise for ambulance trusts, 65% for fire services and 21% for police forces.
More than one emergency service may have been called to the same incident and some callouts did not end in a deployment; some would be dealt with on the phone or judged to not require a visit.
The Prison Service said: "A significant number of emergency services callouts are for non-violent incidents, including where they attended as a precaution and when the situation was resolved by prison staff."
It added that it recognised the prison system needed reform.
"We need to give governors greater freedoms to innovate to find better ways of rehabilitating offenders. We must do better at reducing violence and preventing drugs entering prison."
"We are the fifth largest economy in the world. We will be able to have a decent deal with the EU", said John Moynihan, speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"The EU needs a trade deal with us more than we need a trade deal with them".
His comments follow yesterday's remarks by a leading pro-EU voice that leaving the market would be a "huge risk".
Speaking on the same programme, the chair of Britain Stronger in Europe, Lord Rose, said full access to Europe's single market was vital for UK businesses and jobs.
But today Mr Moynihan said: "The other side are trying to create FUD - fear, uncertainty and doubt - they're trying to say, oh, it's terribly dangerous, a leap into the unknown to leave. Nothing will happen. As Stuart Rose himself has said, the day we vote to leave the EU nothing at all will happen.
"At the end of it we will have a relationship with the EU, it's highly unlikely that it will be the sort of disastrous relationship that they claim".
Asked how a trading relationship of the UK outside the EU would look he said: "Everybody agrees there would be a free trade deal with the European Union, they cannot afford not to have a free trade deal with us. They export far more to us than we export to them.
"The French export huge amounts of food to us. The French farmers would riot if they thought we were going to enter into a trade war".
But Lord Rose told the BBC that campaigns to leave the EU had not explained how the benefits of the EU single market would be replaced.
"Those who want Britain to leave Europe cannot guarantee that Britain will retain full access to Europe's single market. They are putting the benefits at risk. Their proposed deal, whereby Britain would somehow retain access to the single market without obeying any of the rules, is a fantasy."
The prime minister, who wants the UK to stay within a reformed European Union, is pushing to renegotiate Britain's terms of membership ahead of an in/out referendum, which must be held by the end of 2017.
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Mircea Ilie, 40, and Irinel Popovici, 41, both from Brighton, were part of a crew of four.
The sole survivor, a 45-year-old man from London, was found clinging to a buoy at 05:50 BST on 6 August, five hours after the vessel went down.
Romanian Traiam Dumitrache, 50, was pronounced dead later that morning.
Mr Ilie, of Elm Grove, and Popovici, of Barcombe Road, were found two and a half miles off Shoreham Harbour at about 07:00 BST on Monday.
A fisherman alerted HM Coastguard to one body in the water. The RNLI Shoreham lifeboat was launched, and as they were returning to shore a second body was spotted in the water just before 08:00.
The boat is thought to have collided with the scallop dredger Vertrouwen, which was bound for Grimsby.
"Police are now in touch with the owners, MacDuff Shellfish Ltd, who are co-operating fully with the investigation," a police spokesman said.
The small boat with the four pleasure fishermen on board left Shoreham Harbour at around midnight.
It collided with the larger boat at about 00:30 and sank before a distress call could be made.
A commercial fisherman came across the only survivor, while Mr Dumitrache's body was recovered by a coastguard helicopter.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch is examining what happened.
The latest analysis from the Scottish ITEM Club - economists who independently apply the Treasury's economic model - point to the downsides.
Last week, we heard from Scottish Engineering, the sector's trade body, a downbeat message that falling orders from the offshore sector are being felt far beyond the north-east, reaching into firms in the central belt.
The latest analysis from the chief economist at the Scottish government suggests that the impact of the price fall may be neutral.
That is, offshore oil and gas is suffering a loss of profitability, with less investment and fewer jobs: but businesses, drivers and householders who buy fuel rather than produce the stuff are enjoying lower prices, which look to them a bit like a tax cut.
One question is which has the bigger impact. Another remaining question is whether the impacts will be felt at different times.
In St Andrews House, Gary Gillespie is in agreement with recent forecasts of around 2.3% growth in the Scottish economy.
The Scottish ITEM Club is slightly lower, at 2.2%, up by 0.2% points since its end-2014 forecast. The difference is hardly worth quibbling over. But what's striking is that puts Scotland significantly behind the growth rate expected by EY's ITEM Club for the UK as a whole, at 2.8%.
The analysis goes further than that, suggesting Scotland is on schedule to lag the growth rate in the rest of the UK for a few years to come.
Scotland and the UK have in common uncertainty around the eurozone and European Union membership. The EU referendum could also put pressure on sterling, by putting the trade deficit into starker relief, suggests the EY publication. Growth won't be helped by a sharp tightening in government spending.
The Scottish economy and the wider UK benefit from very low interest rates. Inflation is now around zero and staying low over the next year, while real wages rise.
So what makes Scotland different? Offshore oil and gas is an obvious candidate. Even if some think it has a neutral effect, the impact on the rest of the UK isn't weighted with the same downsides, proportionately. The wider economy ought to feel a positive effect.
Immigration is helping fuel growth in parts of England, but it's less of a boost to Scotland. And when measured per head, to take account of higher population growth south of the border, recent growth in Scotland can be made to look better.
The finance sector has been flat, stellar whisky exports figures have come down to earth, and despite the best efforts of the transport sector (for which, read Falkirk bus builders among a few others), manufacturing is not performing that well.
Construction, which motored at a cracking 13% growth rate last year, is expected to fall back, though it still has the benefit of big public projects, from the Forth Replacement Crossing to Aberdeen's ring road and the M8 upgrade through Lanarkshire.
Surveys of business confidence have been getting a bit gloomier in recent months, and retail spend is lagging well behind the rest of the country. That could be canny, instead of fuelling private debt even further, but shoppers are failing to do their patriotic duty to the economy in the short term.
The employment picture looks healthy, given the scale of the recent downturn and the high jobless rates elsewhere in Europe.
New jobs are being created, but nothing like as fast as in England. The net growth has been almost entirely in female employment over last year. That's been welcomed. But it suggests something's going wrong for men, without it being clear precisely what that is.
As often noted, the quality of jobs remains a problem - zero hours, temporary, part-time, skills underused and many wanting to work more hours than they can get.
And the ITEM Club returns to concerns that some sectors face skill shortages, which could push up pay for some without it being backed by higher productivity.
All that said, it forecasts 25,000 more jobs this year, and 15,000 to 20,000 per year in the medium term.
That's while the working age population shrinks by 10,000 per year (and the number drawing pensions increases). Overall, that means job opportunities for those who wish to keep working past 65.
Scotland's population is on track to hit 5.4m in 2017, but as immigration is much stronger into England, the Scottish share of the UK total will slide from its present 8.2%.
All this can be expected to have political implications. The case for Scottish independence has followed a twin-track argument that historic growth has been held back by being part of the union, yet this century, growth has matched the UK - suggesting that Scotland is strong enough to thrive without the union.
If Scotland is returning to relatively weaker growth, the 56 SNP MPs at Westminster and the Scottish government may choose to tweak the latter argument towards the preceding complaint that Scotland's economy is faltering.
They will surely prefer to argue that's down to Westminster rule and George Osborne's spending plans than for any of the blame to fall on Nicola Sturgeon's administration.
But it could also put further pressure on them to choose which of the economic levers they're soon getting, and others they want, could and will be used to address these shortcomings.
Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis covered the World Cup as a pundit for BBC Radio 5 live.
Plenty of players caught my eye too, although I did not go to the World Cup expecting to discover any amazing new talents. There just aren't any unknown gems at major tournaments anymore.
There were still some players I liked there that I didn't know a lot about, however. For example, the Dutch side did well with a lot of young players who are still based in the Netherlands, which is not always the case with their international team.
And there were players from some of the South American sides who are based in Spain who impressed me too.
But what has changed things from the days when new talents might announce themselves at a World Cup is the way the Premier League has gone over the past 20 years.
It is a global league now - not just an English league - and teams have been scouting all over the world for a long time already.
Even if I don't know much about a player, someone at the club will be aware of him.
It is the same for club competitions around the world, as well as international ones. We scout the Copa Libertadores (the South American Champions League) for example, but only the bottom 12 teams.
We know our position at Palace - we do not go anywhere near the top clubs or nations!
There were not many surprises left for us at the World Cup, but of course we still wanted to take a look at teams and players in Brazil.
We nailed it down from back home beforehand in terms of who we were watching - individual players we had already been recommended, or those we were looking at closely for the first time.
It was not my job to do any of that in Brazil - Palace had scouts to do it for me - but it was nice to be out there, and I still did my homework.
Before I flew out there, I got a book from the BBC with detailed analysis and information on every player in the tournament. Everything at this level that can help us is worth using.
I went to watch Germany, the Netherlands and Spain play - and also watched the Spanish train, which as a manager was really interesting.
I saw some fantastic players. If money was no object I would not try and sign one player - I would probably share it around and bring about 10 or 11 of them back.
There were not too many I knew personally, though. I got in touch with Bosnia-Hercegovina goalkeeper Asmir Begovic - who was my goalkeeper at my former club Stoke - before the tournament to wish him well, but I only had one current player out there, Australia midfielder Mile Jedinak.
Mile made history when he scored a penalty against the Netherlands in their group match, becoming the first Crystal Place player to score at a World Cup finals, and I am absolutely delighted for him.
I had texted him before the game to wish him luck. He was disappointed when they lost and failed to get out of Group B but I don't feel sorry for him because it meant he could have a nice rest before the new Premier League season starts.
So, being selfish, from Crystal Palace's point of view, Australia failing to get out of their group was the best thing that could have happened for us.
One of the most interesting things about the World Cup was how open it was, especially in the early stages.
Teams like the Netherlands tightened up as they went through the knockout rounds but, initially, they were spreading wide and making the pitch really big when they got the ball.
That meant when possession changed over, if you had pace in your team you could counter-attack and end up creating chances.
Defensively, though, it looked like there was a weakness in every team, even some of those who progressed far into the tournament.
It is all down to different coaches using different systems, and from my point of view as a manager that was fascinating to watch.
But one thing I noticed while I was out in Brazil was how poor some of the marking was in the group stage, and that should not happen whatever system you use.
I don't know how many goals in total were scored from set-plays but, to me, there seemed to be a heck of a lot where people had not been marked properly.
I was in Salvador to watch the Dutch destroy Spain and then in Rio a few days later when the defending world champions lost to Chile and were knocked out of the tournament.
It was disappointing to see them go out like that, and along with Jedinak's Australia side become the first teams to be eliminated after just two group games.
That Spain team had been a fantastic side for so long and I felt they deserved to bow out with some respect. In the end it was a bit of a damp squib.
On a personal level, however, that was my first visit to the Maracana. It is a superb stadium and synonymous with everything spectacular Brazil has done for football for years and years.
The first World Cup I can remember was in 1966, when I was eight, but the next one was Mexico in 1970, which was superb. That was the first time I saw how brilliant the Brazil team was.
Standing in the Maracana before that Spain-Chile game kicked off, I could relate the stadium to the whole history of one of the greatest nations to have played the game. To be there was an absolute pleasure.
In fact, there was a real buzz everywhere I went because everybody in Brazil embraced the tournament so much.
It was the first World Cup I have been at in a working capacity, and that gave me a fresh perspective on a lot of things.
Something I had not done previously was to be around fans from all over the world before, during and after matches and to talk to them and get a taste of the electric atmosphere around grounds when there is a game on, not just in them.
I am in Austria now, preparing for the new Premier League season with Palace, but I will look back at my time at the World Cup as a new experience for me, and I had a wonderful time.
Tony Pulis was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
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News Group Newspapers (NGN), which has previously settled a large number of cases brought against the now-defunct News of the World, has always said there was no hacking activity at its sister tabloid.
But on Thursday in London, Mr Justice Mann allowed the claims to proceed.
More than 1,000 phone hacking claims have been settled by NGN - now News UK.
The judge said four claimants could amend their cases to include the daily newspaper for the first time in the proceedings against NGN.
Two of those claims are among a number scheduled for a trial in July.
Chris Hutchings, one of the lead solicitors for those claiming their private voicemail messages were hacked, said: "Today's ruling brings the Sun squarely into the civil litigation being brought against News Group."
"The court has now allowed claimants, for the first time, to include claims of phone hacking by the newspaper.
"The decision will also affect up to 50 further cases which are about to be commenced against the Defendant and will widen the disclosure of documentation it will have to provide going forward."
The US central bank said it would buy $40bn (£25bn) of mortgage debt a month and kept interest rates at below 0.25%.
It said it would also continue its programme to reduce long-term borrowing costs for firms and households.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose 1.8%, South Korea's Kospi gained 2.9% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed up 2.9%.
This followed gains of 1.6% rise in the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes on Thursday.
Investors are hoping the measures will revive growth in the US economy, the world's biggest, and a key market for Asian exports.
"They're saying that the punch bowl, the fuel for the economy, isn't going away - it's going to be here as long as you need it," said Tony Fratto, managing partner at Hamilton Place Strategies, a policy consulting firm.
There have been growing fears about the global economy with a weak recovery in the US and the ongoing debt crisis in the eurozone.
The slowdown in China's economy, the world's second-largest, and one of its biggest drivers of growth after the global financial crisis, has fanned those fears.
Prompted by these concerns, policymakers in these regions have been taking measures to try to spur a fresh wave of growth.
The Federal Reserve's announcement came days after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced its latest plan.
Last week, the ECB said that it would buy bonds from the bloc's debt-ridden nations in an attempt to bring down their borrowing costs.
Meanwhile, China has cut its interest rates twice since June to bring down borrowing costs for businesses and consumers. Beijing has also lowered the amount of money that banks need to keep in reserve three times in the past few months to further encourage lending.
This week South Korea has also unveiled two stimulus measures aimed at boosting domestic demand and helping small businesses.
Analysts said the moves had helped reassure investors and markets that policymakers were doing all they could to ensure growth in the global economy.
"You're witnessing global economic stimulus across the board," said Quincy Krosby, a market strategist at Prudential Financial.
"The Fed's actions are occurring in conjunction with the European Central Bank's commitments to support the euro and amid talk that China could also deliver a stimulus package."
It is hoped a caretaker government will be negotiated over the next three weeks that will prepare for new elections.
The decision marks a breakthrough in weeks of crisis involving the ruling coalition, led by the Islamist Ennahda party, and the secular opposition.
Anti-government protests intensified recently after the killing of two opposition figures.
The crisis has threatened to disrupt a transition to democracy that began after Tunisians threw out their decades-old authoritarian government at the beginning of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings.
The talks were announced on Saturday by the powerful UGTT labour union, which will act as a mediator.
The union urged both sides to set a date for next week.
Under the deal, the Ennahda party has agreed to three weeks of talks, after which it will hand power to an independent transition leadership and set a date for parliamentary and presidential elections.
"The dialogue will start on Monday or Tuesday," said Lotfi Zitoun, an Ennahda party official, according to Reuters.
"Ennahda has accepted the plan without conditions to get the country out of the political crisis."
While Tunisia's uprising spread through the Arab world, efforts to strengthen democracy at home have stalled due to political antagonism.
The opposition has accused the Ennahda party of pushing an Islamist agenda in the previously secular nation.
The rivalry intensified this year after the murders of opposition politician Mohammed Brahmi in July and Chokri Belaid, a prominent leftist, in February.
The moderate Islamist government has blamed hardliners for the killings but the National Salvation Front-led opposition has accused Ennahda of failing to rein in radical Islamists.
Before the 2011 ousting of Tunisia's longtime leader, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, the country had been known as one of the most secular in the Arab world.
The opposition has accused Ennahda of being too tolerant of radical Islamists trends.
Analysts say the talks could struggle to break a deadlock if the rival parties are unable to overcome differences over a new constitution and the running of elections.
Business Secretary Greg Clark confirmed last year that he had written to the Japanese firm to offer guarantees on how tariff-free trade could continue.
The UK government refused to provide details, claiming it had to respect commercial confidentiality.
The SNP said ministers had "flagrantly" breached freedom of information law.
Nissan announced in October last year that it planned to build two new models at its Sunderland plant.
Previously, it had expressed concern about future tariffs arising from Britain's decision to leave the EU.
The SNP submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request last October, asking to see the Nissan letter.
But despite being required to respond by 28 November, the Department for Business has yet to provide a response.
The SNP has now submitted an official complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office, calling on the body to urgently probe the UK government over its "desperate attempt to avoid public scrutiny".
SNP MSP Richard Lochhead said: "The Tories obviously think that if they keep on dithering and delaying then people will forget all about their sweetheart deal with Nissan - but this is fundamentally important.
"The UK government gave written assurances to an international company - one part-owned by the French government - but have refused to tell the public what these promises were.
"There is no credible reason why it should take months and months to respond to an FOI request looking for a single letter.
"The Tories are flagrantly breaching FOI law to hide their secret sweetheart deal with Nissan - and the Information Commissioner should investigate this desperate attempt to avoid public scrutiny. It's time for answers."
A UK government spokesman said the letter would only be released once its details were no longer "business-sensitive".
He added: "Our position on this has been fairly clear.
"When companies of all types and in all sectors share their investment plans with government, it is important for them to be assured that those plans will not be disclosed to their advantage.
"It's a letter to a commercial business, that by its nature contains information about that business that could be used by its competitors."
Rafael Marques de Morais accused seven generals of being linked to murder, torture and land grabs in Angola's lucrative diamond fields.
Several people were reportedly arrested for protesting against the trial.
Mr de Morais is a long-standing critic of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos' 35-year rule in Angola.
He spent 43 days in prison, including 11 in solitary confinement, in 1999 after he published the article, The Lipstick of the Dictatorship, in a private Angolan newspaper.
Dissent is generally not tolerated in Angola and some critics of the authorities are either bought off, jailed or disappear, says BBC Africa analyst Mary Harper.
The latest case against Mr de Morais comes after he wrote a book, Blood Diamonds: Torture and Corruption in Angola.
"There is no link between the Angolan armed forces and the crimes exposed," Joao Manuel, a lawyer for the generals, is quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.
Judge Adriano Cerveira told the packed courtroom in the capital, Luanda, that the trial would be held behind closed doors, the reports.
Outside court, scuffles broke out between police and protesters who chanted "free Rafael" and "imprison the generals", the agency said.
Speaking after the case was adjourned until 23 April, Mr de Morais said: "I went to court today facing nine charges of criminal defamation. I left slapped with up to 15 additional ones for defamation."
Mr de Morais was in the UK last week to receive a freedom of expression award given to him by campaign group Index on Censorship.
It called for the charges against him to be dropped.
Before the trial opened, Mr de Morais told the BBC's Focus on Africa radio programme that Angola's leaders lead Western lifestyles with luxury homes and cars, but denounce critics as "stooges of imperialists" when they demand freedoms enjoyed by people in the West.
"As a good guy I'm out to fight these bad guys until I win," he said.
If found guilty he could be sentenced to up to nine years in prison and fined $1.2m (£800,000).
The unregulated diamond trade fuelled Angola's 27-year civil war, which ended in 2002.
Since the end of the conflict, the country - one of Africa's major oil producers - has witnessed an economic boom, though critics of the elected government say the wealth has only benefited a small elite.
Police discovered the 25-year-old's body at about 08:00 BST on Saturday in the Bro Silyn area of Talysarn, Gwynedd.
North Wales Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the "tragic event".
The coroner for north west Wales has begun an investigation.
That sum could reach $13-15bn by 2015, it says. It calculates that a pirate can earn up to $79,000 a year.
"Given the supply and demand for piracy services... there is plenty of room for expansion," the report warns.
The EU Navfor anti-piracy force says 23 vessels and 530 hostages are currently being held.
Geopolicity, which specialises in economic intelligence, forecasts an annual increase of 200-400 in the number of pirates operating off the Somali coast.
Piracy cost between $4.9bn and $8.3bn in 2010, it estimates, taking into account the effect on maritime trade volume, the expanding area in which pirates operate and the more sophisticated tactics used to combat them.
Piracy risks becoming a problem across African, Mediterranean and Pacific Rim waters, it warns.
Total income to pirates and from piracy was $75m-$238m in 2010, the study says. And it highlights the earning potential of pirates in an impoverished country with few other opportunities, no government and no rule of law.
While an individual pirate could earn $33,000-$79,000 a year, the next best alternative would bring in only $500 annually, or $14,500 over a lifetime.
The consulting group highlights what it calls the "Pirate Value Chain" of pirates, financiers and sponsors.
"Pirates are visible and known, financiers are harder to track, and sponsors remain invisible," it says.
Geopolicity says its research charts "largely unknown territory", underlining the "relatively weak application of economics to the problem of piracy".
"The supply of pirates, therefore, is closely related to the expected benefits of being a pirate and the associated risk-adjusted costs," the study says.
Perhaps it was inevitable. Almost 90 years since the last US president visited the island, and certainly the first since Fidel Castro took power in 1959, it was always going to be historic.
There was high symbolism, such as the wreath-laying at the memorial for independence hero Jose Marti or the Star Spangled Banner playing in Revolution Square.
But for those of us who were here before the circus came to town, and will still be now it's gone, a few other things stuck in the mind.
I'm not sure if "family diplomacy" is an actual academic term, but if it were, the Obamas in Havana would be the dictionary definition.
Family life is central to Cubans, and I think most people here appreciated the fact that Michelle Obama and the girls joined the president on this visit. He even brought the mother-in-law!
This was no cold and calculated diplomatic mission to an old enemy.
He seemed to genuinely want his daughters to experience history and to see Cuba for themselves. He joked about how as teenagers they didn't like to join their parents on holiday any more, but that this was one trip they didn't want to miss.
It may have helped his message to young people on the island too, of course.
The first family sitting next to Raul Castro at a baseball match was hardly the image of evil US imperialism that past generations of Cubans were taught to associate with the White House.
The trip by and large went smoothly, but it wasn't all careful choreography.
The biggest surprise was the fact that Raul Castro was prepared to subject himself to the world's media. He simply doesn't do that.
It was a first, as far as I could see. At the very least, the first time in years. It probably became the most uncomfortable moment of the visit too.
First question up, President Castro was challenged on Cuba's human rights record by a Cuban American journalist.
After fidgeting with the earphones and appearing to misunderstand whether the question was directed at him, he interrupted his guest in mid-flow.
"What political prisoners?" he retorted. "Give me a list of political prisoners and I'll release them immediately.
"Just give me a name. If we have those political prisoners they will be released before tonight ends," said Mr Castro.
We can safely assume they won't be, as Cuba doesn't consider them to be political prisoners in the first place.
President Obama later said the White House didn't provide such a list to the Cubans - but that engagement was the right way to tackle such differences.
Nevertheless, to those of us who have to make do with short sound-bites as Mr Castro walks into a meeting or decipher what he says to the state media, it was an astonishing moment.
We might hope that he'll be more open with the international media in the wake of the trip.
But I'm not expecting a phone call from the presidential office, inviting me for a sit-down interview with Mr Castro anytime soon.
While the issue of human rights and democracy created a little tension, it didn't stop it recurring as a theme throughout the trip.
For Cubans, many of whom couldn't have imagined a state visit by a serving US president, the most extraordinary moment of all was the televised speech to the nation.
Mr Obama is an impressive orator. Here he was at his most assured, finding the right tone between conciliatory and assertive for his audience.
"I have come here to bury the remnant of the Cold War in the Americas," he said.
But he wasn't about to go over Washington's mistakes in Latin America again. He pointed out that he was born a year after the Bay of Pigs debacle and wanted to move on from the past.
He spoke directly to Raul Castro and the gathered members of the Cuban Communist Party - but also millions watching at home or listening on their radios.
"The ideals that are the starting point for every revolution - America's revolution, Cuba's revolution, the liberation movements around the world - those ideals find their truest expression, I believe, in democracy."
It was a deft turn of phrase, in essence using Cuba's revolutionary principles against its own leaders. On their very turf, live to the nation.
President Obama said he "knows the history, but refuses to be trapped by it" - perhaps an echo of Fidel Castro's famous "history will absolve me" speech.
He didn't avoid making his position clear, though, on the issues that divide them, saying if it was to be an honest and open relationship, then they should know what he thinks.
"I believe citizens should be free to speak their mind without fear, to organise and to criticise their government and to protest peacefully. That the rule of law should not include arbitrary detentions of those who exercise those rights."
Both Cubans and Cuban-Americans who watched these different events unfold told me they'd shed a tear at some moment during this trip, specifically during President Obama's speech.
It had that sense of healing the bitterness of the past about it. The bar for the new relationship has been set, and it's very high.
It will soon be down to Barack Obama's and Raul Castro's replacements to see if they can reach it.
Karen Carney's first-half penalty and Fran Kirby's close-range finish gave Chelsea the victory that ensured them the title regardless of other results.
Manchester City finished second with a 3-1 win at fourth-placed Liverpool.
Unbeaten Arsenal were 5-0 winners at Bristol City to go third and Reading drew 1-1 at Sunderland to finish sixth.
Starting the final day top of the table, level on points with Man City but with a vastly superior goal difference, Chelsea controlled their own destiny with an assured performance at Birmingham.
After Kirby was clattered in the box by Birmingham keeper Ann-Katrin Berger, Carney fired in from the spot against her old club to make it 1-0 and, after the break, Berger then spilled Gemma Davison's cross towards Kirby, who easily tucked in the second.
Chelsea's win ended Manchester City's run of three consecutive domestic club trophies, as Emma Hayes' side added to their double-winning year of 2015.
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The Spring Series was a one-off, transitional competition aimed to bridge the gap between the old summer WSL campaigns and the first winter season in 2017-18.
Teams played each other just once. Chelsea were beaten at 2016 champions Manchester City but clinched the title with three straight wins at the end of the campaign.
Hayes' side conceded just three times in the series and scored 32 goals - 10 more than anyone else.
FA Cup winners and Champions League semi-finalists Man City finished their busy season with goals from Jill Scott, Mel Lawley and Megan Campbell at Liverpool, who netted a late consolation through Scotland's Caroline Weir.
Arsenal - who finished just one point behind the top two - were dominant at eighth-placed Bristol City, with Louise Quinn, Jordan Nobbs, Chloe Kelly, Danielle van de Donk and Beth Mead all scoring.
At Sunderland, Melissa Fletcher had put Reading deservedly ahead, before Beverly Leon equalised for the hosts, who finished fifth in the table despite reverting to part-time status before the start of the season.
There had been fears the police budget in England and Wales would face significant cuts.
But Mr Osborne said: "Now is not the time for further police cuts, now is the time to back our police and give them the tools to do the job."
The shadow chancellor said the decision was the result of pressure from Labour.
Mr Osborne also pledged to increase the counter-terrorism budget by 30% and invest in new border security.
The Treasury said police spending would be protected in line with inflation, which would represent an increase of £900m by 2019-20.
Policing is not a protected area of public spending and it had been thought Mr Osborne was considering cuts in police budgets of up to 20% as he sought to make savings of £20bn across all departments.
Why the government decided to perform an about-turn on police spending owes much to effective lobbying by police leaders who warned that further cuts put the police in risky territory.
A number of senior officers and PCCs made representations to the home secretary over the last few months. They were not shroud wavers - but people whose views she respected.
They pointed to the growing signs of strain on police forces and their ability to deal with cyber fraud and sexual offences, reports of which have gone up by 88% since 2012.
The terrorist attacks in Paris then cemented the view in Whitehall that the cuts couldn't go ahead as planned.
If the chancellor had limited the cuts to 10%, which police said they could just about cope with, there'd have been relief among most chiefs and PCCs.
His decision to go even further, no cuts at all, which took the opposition benches by complete surprise, suggests that in the end politics played a key part too.
Police disbelief at U-turn
Mr Osborne told the Commons that he had "received representations" from shadow home secretary Andy Burnham that police budgets should be cut by 10%.
But Mr Osborne said: "I am today announcing that there will be no cuts in the police budget at all, there will be real terms protection for police funding.
"Mr Speaker, the police protect us and we are going to protect the police."
Reporting from a policing conference in Manchester, the BBC's home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said police looked "astounded" at the news.
He tweeted: "Got to say: I didn't see that coming. And no one at the police conference did either. Was it Paris that changed the Govt's mind? #CSR"
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey, Kevin Hurley, told the BBC: "It was almost like euphoria as if your football team had scored a goal. The police and crime commissioner and chief constables are delighted. But of course, we should remember we are already in the process of implementing cuts."
Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell said a campaign by Mr Burnham had "forced the U-turn".
He added: "We don't forget, though, we face the highest level of risk from terrorist attack in a generation.
"But we have already lost 17,000 police officers, other cuts under this government."
Steve White, chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, welcomed the news but said the government urgently needed to revisit the "outdated and antiquated" 43-force structure.
He added: "Officers are still hugely under pressure and many forces still have the final tranche of savings from the last set of cuts to find."
Further details of police funding released by the Home Office include:
Mr Osborne said police reform needed to continue in this parliament and that police forces would be able to make further savings by merging back offices and "sharing expertise".
He said the government would be offering a new fund to "help this reform".
Mr Osborne also said police and and crime commissioners would have "greater flexibility" to raise precepts - the money given to police through council tax - where they had been "historically low".
Police forces have suffered significant cuts since 2010.
According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies spending on police services in England and Wales fell by 14% in real terms between 2010-11 and 2014-15.
Police said those who dumped the firearm were "despicable and dangerous".
The rifle was discovered on Monday along with a gun cabinet and ammunition.
Police said the items had been stolen during a burglary in Lurgan on 9 December.
"We are extremely fortunate that no one was hurt," said Sgt Sam Hoey.
"The fact that a child found it does not bear thinking about."
The children did not touch the items and alerted their parents to the discovery, police said.
Stuart Sinclair handed the hosts the initiative when the Pirates midfielder was sent off in the 39th minute after being booked twice for simulation.
Bury then broke the deadlock with a 50th-minute penalty by James Vaughan before Greg Leigh and half-time substitute George Miller ensured the Shakers' ended Rovers' nine-match unbeaten run.
Rovers trio Luke James, Billy Bodin and Lee Brown were all off target before Sinclair got his first booking in the 24th minute.
Bury keeper Joe Murphy then tipped over a Byron Moore shot and moments later the visitors were down to 10 men.
The Shakers responded with Andrew Tutte and Vaughan firing over, and shortly after the break Leigh was fouled in the box by Lee Mansell.
Vaughan fired the penalty high past Joe Lumley for his 21st goal of the season - and 11th in 10 games.
Rovers almost hit straight back, though, as Tom Lockyer's long-range shot deflected against a post and Brown's follow-up was blocked on the line by Tom Pope.
The hosts doubled their lead in the 65th minute when Vaughan crossed for Leigh to head home his first Bury goal.
Miller then latched onto Kean Bryan's 75th-minute pass to cut in from the left and fire into the top corner, making it five wins from eight for the resurgent Shakers.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bury 3, Bristol Rovers 0.
Second Half ends, Bury 3, Bristol Rovers 0.
Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Joe Murphy (Bury) is shown the yellow card.
Cameron Burgess (Bury) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers).
Attempt saved. Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Kean Bryan (Bury) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Kean Bryan (Bury).
Luke James (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Cameron Burgess.
Foul by Tom Pope (Bury).
Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Jermaine Pennant (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers).
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Greg Leigh.
Attempt blocked. Lee Mansell (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Leon Barnett (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers).
Substitution, Bury. Jermaine Pennant replaces James Vaughan.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Joe Murphy.
Attempt saved. Luke James (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Leon Barnett.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Joe Murphy.
Attempt saved. Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Leon Barnett (Bury) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Bury 3, Bristol Rovers 0. George Miller (Bury) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kean Bryan.
Attempt missed. Leon Barnett (Bury) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Greg Leigh (Bury) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Byron Moore (Bristol Rovers).
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Cristian Montaño replaces Lee Brown.
George Miller (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers).
James Vaughan (Bury) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by James Vaughan (Bury).
Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Bury 2, Bristol Rovers 0. Greg Leigh (Bury) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Vaughan.
Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Leon Barnett (Bury).
Former Wales and Lions scrum-half Mike Phillips, 34, and Ireland's most capped number nine Peter Stringer, 39, would be playing inside of him, two of the most experienced scrum-halves ever.
Mugford, 25, joined Sale from Nottingham this summer having never played in the Premiership before.
"It was bizarre. The first couple of weeks I felt like I was a prize winner around the club," he told BBC Sport.
"Now I've settled in they're my team-mates, and my mates, and it is fantastic to call them that.
He joked: "For the first few weeks I didn't really want to talk to them [Phillips and Stringer], I was scared and thought about asking for their autographs instead really."
The former Exeter academy player, who has had stints at London Scottish and Plymouth, is one of two new fly-halves that have joined the Sharks this season along with USA international AJ MacGinty.
He came on as a replacement for MacGinty to make his first appearance in Sale's 19-17 season opening loss at Newcastle, where he set up a try with a superb grubber kick but then missed a last-minute penalty to win the game.
"Unfortunately for me I couldn't get that kick over at the end which would have been a dream story for me and a great start for the team," he added.
"Me and AJ get on very well and we like to bounce ideas off each other and the coaches. We're both just trying to push as hard as we can to get better as individuals and therefore helping the team."
The thriller was among the 10 winners from November's National Book Awards that went forward to a public vote to be named Specsavers Book of the Year.
Burton, who beat such authors as David Nicholls and Karen Joy Fowler, said she was "indebted forever to the voting public for this incredible honour".
The Miniaturist has also been named Waterstones Book of the Year.
Organisers said her critically acclaimed novel won by a "significant margin ahead of outstanding competition" including We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, Us by David Nicholls and Nathan Filer's The Shock of the Fall.
Burton admitted "it is no exaggeration to say this has been a life-transforming year for me, and this award is a very big cherry on the cake".
She said: "There are always stories to write, and people who want to read them, and as the year closes, I find this very heartening news indeed.
"This wonderful acknowledgement will propel me into 2015, and I am deeply thankful to everyone who took the time to vote."
Previous winners of the top award include The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (2013), Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James (2012), Caitlin Moran's How To Be A Woman (2011) and One Day by David Nicholls (2010).
The Championship club is set to raise the price of adult tickets in the South Stand by £5, but a 'meal deal' voucher will be included in the price.
A spokesman told the Yorkshire Post the club was "looking at ways to encourage supporters to use the catering".
Leeds Supporters' Trust chairman Michael Green said it showed the club was "out of touch with its supporters".
"It may not be on the same scale as some of the bigger issues the club has had to deal with since [chairman] Massimo Cellino arrived, but it is one of those things we could have done without," he added.
Cellino was banned by the Football League in October, having been found guilty of an offence under Italian tax legislation, but his ban has been deferred pending the outcome of his appeal.
In early November the Italian had a change of heart after announcing he was willing to sell his majority stake in the club to supporters.
Leeds are 17th in English football's second tier, having taken 19 points from the first 18 games of the season.
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Condor Ferries has warned of a "prolonged period of stormy weather" on 19, 21, 22 and 23 December.
The firm said it would "make every effort to operate sailings", but the conditions in the English Channel could be outside its operating limits.
Its conventional ferry is still expected to operate as scheduled.
However, the company has warned it is "heavily booked" on those services so not all those currently booked to travel on the fast ferry could be transferred.
It has advised passengers "whose travel is essential" to consider transferring to earlier services.
Last month's invitation, coming so soon after the US President took office, has proved highly controversial.
Speaker John Bercow has said Mr Trump should not address Parliament during the trip in light of the row over his travel ban and comments about women.
And 1.8 million people have signed a petition against the state visit.
The petition, saying that the visit should be downgraded, will be debated by MPs next week alongside one backing the visit.
The government said it recognised the "strong views" expressed but looked forward to welcoming the US president once details have been arranged.
Mrs May spoke to the US president about the trip as part of their "regular engagement", Downing Street said.
"They discussed a range of issues, including trade and security and also discussed the president's upcoming state visit to the UK," a spokesman said.
"The prime minister said she looks forward to welcoming him later this year."
The invitation was issued during Prime Minister Theresa May's talks with the US president in Washington last month.
The government has rejected calls for the visit to be put on hold or scaled back in light of the controversy surrounding the first month of the Trump presidency.
More than 1.8 million people signed a petition claiming the visit would cause the Queen "embarrassment" while a counter petition calling for the visit to go ahead attracted more than 309,000 signatures.
Both petitions will be debated by the House of Commons on 20 February.
The government responds to all petitions on its website if they are signed by more than 10,000 people, and a similar response has been issued in support of the one calling for the state visit to go ahead.
Published on the petitions website, they say the government believes Mr Trump "should be extended the full courtesy of a state visit", adding: "This invitation reflects the importance of the relationship between the United States of America and the United Kingdom.
"At this stage, final dates have not yet been agreed for the state visit."
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon rejected suggestions that the government was out of step with public opinion over the issue.
"I think the government has a duty obviously to have good relations with the US, probably our closest ally and most important economic trading partner," he told Sam Walker on BBC Radio 5 live Daily.
"It is equally important in a democracy that you accept the results of a democracy. President Trump has been elected now by the US and we work with him."
Solicitor Graham Guest, from Leeds, started the online petition that said Mr Trump should be allowed into the UK but not to make a state visit.
It came amid protests at the president's executive order preventing people from seven mainly-Muslim countries from entering the US.
"At that moment, I hated him," confesses Vieira of the then Manchester United striker.
He is discussing, of course, the infamous Manchester United-Arsenal league match in 2003 which finished goalless but certainly did not lack incident and will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.
His expression is bashful, as if he were aware of what a bizarrely severe impulse it is to vocalise more than a decade later, older and wiser and far from the heat of the moment.
Vieira is a genial, friendly man and now a key figure in Manchester City's coaching set-up. Van Nistelrooy, also said to be easy-going, has dabbled with coaching in the Netherlands since retiring from playing in 2012.
Yet embroiled in competition, the sparks of ill-will were easily ignited.
There have been some pretty obvious personality clashes between Premier League footballers over the years. In the sense that football is only a microcosm of life, it shouldn't be so surprising to find people disagree, breed dislikes, and sometimes simply decide they can't stand one another.
Some of the cases have been particularly high profile, as when Luis Suarez was found guilty of racially abusing Patrice Evra during a stormy Liverpool-Manchester United match at Anfield in 2011.
Chelsea's John Terry and Wayne Bridge could not see eye-to-eye because of an entanglement in their personal lives that emerged in 2010, while in 2001, a long-running feud between Manchester rivals Roy Keane and Alf-Inge Haaland had a particularly vicious conclusion.
Sometimes an enmity develops that is purely about football - a clash of styles and ideology that means a player takes to the pitch very conscious he is coming up against an opponent of whom, to put it generously, he is not particularly fond. It infuses the game with an edge, an energy. Team-mates know about it. Fans can sense it.
Arsenal and Manchester United meet in the Premier League on Saturday and it speaks volumes for where the two teams are now - compared with a decade ago - that the levels of friction are minimal.
That era of rivalry between the two clubs was epitomised by their two charismatic warrior captains - Keane and Vieira. But when the two clubs locked horns in September 2003, the dynamic changed.
It became apparent that one player - Van Nistelrooy - managed to antagonise the entire Arsenal XI and they finally rounded on him in a scene that would not only become infamous but also cost Arsenal the Premier League's biggest ever fine for indiscipline, as well as a string of suspensions.
It started with a penalty. Or rather, a missed penalty.
Van Nistelrooy's run-up was confident, the strike ferocious. Gunners keeper Jens Lehmann plunged to his left. The ball flashed to the goalkeeper's right. Perhaps the most extraordinary thing is the noise the ball made as it hurtled against the frame of the goal. It was a percussive, explosive, smack. It was startling.
Despite the cacophony of gasps, wails and screeches that assailed him from all four sides, that clunk sticks in the mind of Lehmann to this day. "Of course you hear it," he says. "It is so close. In that moment the whole stadium is silent, for that split second."
The Dutchman's miss came at the end of a tense and febrile encounter. Martin Keown's emotions boiled over. He leapt, roaring, into Van Nistelrooy and clumped him on the back of the head - causing the United striker to visibly cower - a moment that has become one of the iconic images of that season, reflecting how profoundly this Arsenal team could not accept losing and how they felt driven to stick up for one another.
Keown was still smarting from the fact that Vieira, Arsenal's captain and heartbeat, had been sent off in the 81st minute. Van Nistelrooy had been implicated in that incident, having jumped clumsily into Vieira, who kicked out in retaliation.
Although the Frenchman wasn't close to making contact - "there were metres and metres between my legs and his body," Vieira would later claim - Van Nistelrooy jerked back, as if recoiling from a jab, and gestured plaintively at the referee.
Vieira's smile was laced with heavy sarcasm as he was shown a red card. The incendiary device was duly planted.
"It's tough, especially in a big moment like that," Vieira explains. "The game was crazy - especially going down to 10 men, and the penalty. You feel like you let the team down. You feel like if you lose it is going to be your fault.
"There are so many emotions going through your mind, and everything is negative. You feel really bad. I was thinking about what had happened and was hoping we would get the draw. But I was so mad about the red card."
Keown could not let it go. Van Nistelrooy had a reputation already among Arsenal's players, which only added to the knife-edge mood. Looking after Vieira was something he had taken on as his personal responsibility.
"I was Patrick Vieira's minder," explains Keown. "People used to target Patrick, and I vowed to be the person who gets there to get in between. Because we can't have this - we're not going to win anything unless we've got Patrick on the pitch.
"But this occasion, yet again, somebody had feigned injury from Patrick, and had gone over. It was that same character, too. I'd already had a few run-ins with him. Now he'd got my mate sent off."
Keown was not the only one to wade into the melee sparked by the final whistle. A gang of Arsenal's players bombarded Van Nistelrooy; hounded him as he stumbled off the pitch. Ray Parlour, Ashley Cole, even Lauren - gentle, unflappable Lauren - were afflicted by red mist.
He, too, lashed out at Van Nistelrooy. "I am very calm, I am very polite, a nice person in general, but I make my mistakes like everyone else," the Cameroonian now explains sheepishly.
"It's just when I go to the pitch I transform myself. I just want to win. Maybe that is why I reacted in that way. We are helping each other like a family. If I see my brother in difficulty I try to help him. Everyone was thinking the same way."
What was it about Van Nistelrooy that riled them so much?
He is, by all accounts, a likeable, positive man. He was a superb goalscorer. Yet he had a reputation among Arsenal's players as being, in the words of one, "sneaky".
They felt he had a tendency to dive, and to niggle them with off-the-ball digs that were cleverly timed to largely go unnoticed. He just wound them up. There was history going into the game and it did not take much for all that pent-up negativity to explode.
Oddly, one of the players who remained notably cool amid the inferno was Keane, Vieira's direct rival in that period, and a player who would later have no qualms about expressing how riled the London team generally made him feel.
"I had a lot of hatred for Arsenal," he says. "I can't think of any other word when I was getting ready to do battle with Arsenal. Hatred was the word. I don't remember liking anybody at Arsenal.
"I knew I had to be at my angriest against them. I didn't feel like that about any other team, but Arsenal brought out something different in me - I behaved myself that day and I regret it."
In the tunnel afterwards Vieira was still stewing. "I had a few more arguments with Van Nistelrooy again after taking a shower, in the tunnel. I was still really mad about it," he says.
Some years later Vieira was approached to take part in an advert for a beer company built around a collection of elite footballers.
During the negotiations, they felt obliged to broach a delicate subject. Would Vieira have a problem with the concept of a shot of him jumping for a ball with Van Nistelrooy?
He was relaxed about it, so set off for Prague where the advert would be filmed. They were the only two footballers there that day. The pair shook hands and, during one of the breaks in filming, conversation turned to that momentous collision at Old Trafford in 2003.
"We talked and we laughed about it," recalls Vieira. At the end of the day, they hugged and went their separate ways.
This article is based on episodes from Amy Lawrence's book 'Invincible: Inside Arsenal's Unbeaten 2003-2004 Season'
He said it was a "bit rich" for the prime minister to tell religious leaders to oppose secularisation.
This follows comments made by the PM at a pre-Easter Downing Street reception for faith leaders.
A Downing Street spokesman rejected the criticism, saying Mr Cameron valued "the profound contribution" Christianity had made to UK life.
But Lord Carey wrote in the Daily Mail that the government seemed to be "aiding and abetting" aggressive secularisation.
He also said Mr Cameron had done more than any other recent political leader to increase Christian anxieties.
Many Christians doubted the sincerity of Mr Cameron's support of Christians' right to practise their faith, he said.
Lord Carey said: "I like David Cameron and believe he is genuinely sincere in his desire to make Britain a generous nation where we care for one another and where people of faith may exercise their beliefs fully.
"But it was a bit rich to hear that the prime minister has told religious leaders that they should 'stand up and oppose aggressive secularisation' when it seems that his government is aiding and abetting this aggression every step of the way.
"At his pre-Easter Downing Street reception for faith leaders, he said that he supported Christians' right to practise their faith. Yet many Christians doubt his sincerity."
Lord Carey also that said a recent ComRes poll suggested "more than two-thirds of Christians feel that they are part of a 'persecuted minority'".
"Their fears may be exaggerated because few in the UK are actually persecuted, but the prime minister has done more than any other recent political leader to feed these anxieties."
He said that Mr Cameron "seems to have forgotten in spite of his oft-repeated support for the right of Christians to wear the cross, that lawyers acting for the coalition argued only months ago in the Strasbourg court that those sacked for wearing a cross against their employer's wishes should simply get another job".
And Lord Carey spoke of being "very suspicious" that behind plans for gay marriage "there lurks an aggressive secularist and relativist approach towards an institution that has glued society".
"The danger I believe that the government is courting with its approach both to marriage and religious freedom is the alienation of a large minority of people who, only a few years ago, would have been considered pillars of society."
However, a Downing Street spokesman rejected the criticism, saying: "Christianity plays a vital part in the Big Society, from the many brilliant church schools to the huge number of charitable causes based in churches across the country.
"The prime minister values the profound contribution that Christianity has made and continues to make to the country, which is why he strongly backs it."
Desmond Swayne, a former Parliamentary aide to David Cameron, told BBC News that he was shocked to read Lord Carey's remarks.
"I was almost gobsmacked because I regard myself as a bible-believing Christian and my view is that the government couldn't have been more forthright in defending the interests and practices of Christians."
On the issue of gay marriage, Desmond Swayne said the government has done all it could "to take account of the objections of the Church of England and other churches which are against this development."
He added: "We've produced a package which maximises the freedom available to the churches - those that don't want to touch it, won't have to."
The National Secular Society, meanwhile, urged the prime minister to "ignore Lord Carey's theocratic and anti-democratic blustering".
"Nothing in the proposed same-sex marriage laws require Christians to conduct or partake in same-sex marriage, and Lord Carey has no right to insist that his discriminatory and intolerant views should prevail over those of the public and Parliament," executive director Keith Porteous Wood said.
Christians were "far from being marginalised in this country", he added.
He said the UK was "the only country in the world to give bishops the right to sit in its Parliament" despite "precipitously declining support, as shown by the congregations declining and ageing for many decades".
The carved bear's head, runic inscription and Medieval cross slab were part of a collection at All Saints Church in Sockburn.
They date from the 9th to 10th Century and are described as being "of national importance".
It is not known whether they were taken by "someone with a genuine passion who thought they might look better elsewhere" or to be sold, police said.
All Saints Church dates from the Norman Conquest.
By the 19th century it had become a ruin and landowner Sir Edward Buckley had part of it reconstructed "for the reception and preservation of the ancient stones lying among the ruins," the Diocese of Durham said.
A spokesperson added: "Many of our churches... have items of historical importance and making them available to our communities is clearly part of our open door policy.
"However, that is no excuse for the wanton removal of any items as this is a crime which affects the whole community."
It is unclear when the carvings went missing, as the grounds are open to the public.
Minister for Communications Alex White will turn the first sod on Friday.
The hub will have 75 separate workspaces and will have the fastest broadband connection in Ireland when it opens in November.
It hoped that the hub will create 500 new jobs within five years. The centre will be named the Ludgate Hub, after Skibbereen native Percy Ludgate.
He was born in the area in the 1880s and is credited with developing the first portable computer.
Dan Evans and Heather Watson lost the mixed doubles rubber 4-2 4-2 to Alexander Zverev and Andrea Petkovic.
Earlier, world number 75 Watson beat Petkovic - world ranked 55 - 6-2 7-6 (7-3) to give Britain a 1-0 lead.
British number three Evans then lost 6-4 6-3 against 19-year-old Zverev - who beat Roger Federer on Wednesday - to square the tie.
The defeat for Great Britain follows losses to Switzerland and France earlier in the round-robin competition.
Later on Friday, France beat Switzerland 2-1 to reach Saturday's final where they will play Group B winners the United States.
Roger Federer, who is returning after a six-month absence because of a knee injury in the event, beat Richard Gasquet 6-1 6-4 in 58 minutes to give Switzerland a 1-0 lead.
Kristina Mladenovic then beat Belinda Bencic 6-4 2-6 6-3 to level the tie before Gasquet and Mladenovic beat Federer and Bencic 4-2 4-2 in the deciding mixed doubles match.
Gringo's owners thought the cat had been run over when he returned home to St Blazey, Cornwall, badly injured.
His front right foot was so badly broken and injured that vets amputated the leg. More than 20 pellets from a shotgun remain in his body.
His owners were unable to pay vets' fees but Sally's Cat Rescue, based in St Austell, raised more than £1,200 towards his treatment.
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Sam Hawke, a volunteer at the centre, said: "He's such a gorgeous cat, he really doesn't deserve this."
"It makes you feel sick when you see something like this."
Educating is back for a fourth series aiming to show real life in schools using a fly on the wall format.
The last three series have been praised for showing an insight into what education is like in Britain.
But there's also been criticism they focussed too much on bullying, bad language and teen pregnancies.
As someone who was once a teacher (all be it a substitute) I can tell you there is just as much bad language in a staff room as there is in the common room.
But try not offending someone in 2014.
With that in mind the producers have planned a fourth series and to tick another regional box they've decided to head to Wales for the first time.
The location will be Willows High School in Cardiff where the head teacher has said she's simply "delighted" that the programme will be showing off their high standards.
Over the last few years the school has become one of the most improving schools in Wales.
Head teacher Joy Ballard said: "Willows has been on an incredible journey over the past three years and has been transformed from one of the worst performing schools in the country to a school that we are very proud of."
The nine-episode series will air in autumn.
Executive producer at Channel 4 David Clews said: "You can really feel the charm and character of the place as soon as you walk through the gates and start talking to the students.
"We really are excited about making Educating in Wales."
Channel 4 has been pumping millions of pounds into it's documentary making in the last few years and the Educating series has certainly been a success.
Commissioning editor, David Brindley, said the series "promises to unearth more inspirational, humorous and moving stories from the corridors of this characterful Cardiff school".
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Officers said Taiyah Peebles was with friends near Herne Bay station in Kent shortly before 23:00 BST on Tuesday.
The teenager was injured between then and 07:00 on Wednesday, when she was confirmed dead by emergency crews.
She is believed to have been electrocuted, but Detective Chief Inspector Paul Langley from British Transport Police said her family were desperate for answers.
"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of this young girl as they try to come to terms with this awful news.
"We have deployed specially trained officers to the family to provide them with support."
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He added: "Understandably the family are now desperate for answers and my officers are focused on understanding how this girl came to be on the tracks."
Taiyah's death is being treated as unexplained while officers look into the circumstances, he said.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place on Friday but police said Taiyah suffered serious injuries, believed to have been caused by electrocution.
Officers want to speak to anyone who was near the station between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
Protests have been held at the Preston New Road site in Lancashire since work began in January and one group has now promised "escalated action".
The local chamber of commerce said the tactics used by protesters were like those of "animal rights extremists".
Lancashire Police said it provides an "effective and proportionate" response, while facilitating peaceful protest.
Fifty-nine people were arrested at the site between 27 January and 17 March, with 47 of those being charged, police said.
Campaign group Reclaim The Power - which supports action already taken, including "slow walking, roadside protests and lock-ons" - has announced two weeks of "escalated action" to disrupt companies.
North and Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce (NWLCC), which coordinated a letter to MPs and councillors about the protests, said businesses had endured "weeks of harassment and intimidation", with a St Annes concrete supplier withdrawing after it was "blockaded by an intimidating group of activists wearing hoods and masks".
NWLCC chief executive Babs Murphy said over 800 businesses wanted to supply the site and "deserve the chance [to] without fearing that they will be targeted".
The letter's signatories include East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association and the GMB union.
Reclaim The Power said the letter was "yet another attempt by pro-fracking groups to falsely attack people who oppose them, and to distract from the fact that the industry doesn't have public backing".
Lancashire Police said the force was trying to "ensure a balance between the rights of people to lawfully protest [and] the rights of the wider public, including local businesses, to go about their lawful activities".
The government approved energy firm Cuadrilla's plans to extract shale gas at the site at Little Plumpton in October 2016.
Marcelo Odebrecht heads the Odebrecht group - Latin America's largest construction conglomerate.
Also detained is Otavio Azevedo, boss of Andrade Gutierrez, another top construction company.
Investigators allege firms paid corrupt officials in order to get lucrative Petrobras contracts.
The scandal has rocked Brazil's governing Workers' Party, with top politicians accused of taking bribes.
But President Dilma Rousseff, who chaired Petrobras when much of the corruption is believed to have taken place, has been cleared of involvement.
Odebrecht is one of Brazil's most successful construction firms - with a huge presence in countries like Angola and Mozambique.
Among its many works is the Sao Paulo stadium used in the opening of last year's Fifa World Cup.
Just last month its president took pride in the fact that his company had not been implicated in the wide-ranging investigations into Petrobras.
But today Marcelo Odebrecht is under police custody.
Even before the Petrobras scandal, Odebrecht was accused by critics of benefiting from close relations with the Brazilian government.
The accusation led Brazil's investment bank BNDES to reveal details of how much money it lent to Odebrecht to build infrastructure projects in Cuba and Angola.
Now Odebrecht is at the centre of Brazil's costliest corruption scandal.
Odebrecht had been named by former Petrobras executives as one of the companies that allegedly paid bribes in exchange for contracts with the oil firm, but until now the firm had not been targeted by investigators.
Odebrecht said in a statement (in Portuguese) its offices had been raided, and arrests had been made, but called them "unnecessary" as it had been co-operating with the authorities.
Andrade Gutierrez also said it was co-operating, according to the Reuters news agency, but had no connection to the investigation into Petrobras.
Announcing the arrests, a police spokesman said the operation sent a "clear message" no one would escape their attention, no matter how big they were.
Petrobras' investments alone represent 2% of Brazil's gross national product, and its downturn has harmed a national economy struggling as a result of low commodity prices.
The corruption scandal has cost Petrobras over $16bn (£10bn), including $2bn (£1.2bn) that went straight to corrupt executives and firms.
Since properties often don't have a house number or name and street signs are rarely visible, local landmarks like bars, banks or even trees are used instead to help people find their way.
But a new, home-grown mobile app wants to change how people get around, putting an end to the confusion faced by everyone from ambulance drivers, to bus drivers, taxis and couriers.
The SnooCode app generates a unique code for every property in Ghana, pinpointing each specific location with GPS technology.
Once you have your new address, in the form of the code, you enter it into the app's mapping service to find the best route.
It's a radical shift from the way many Ghanaians currently navigate, according to founder Sesinam Dagadu:
"[When giving directions] People always say: 'It's by the chop bar', 'beside the mango tree' or 'after the blue kiosk' and that isn't the way it should be… I wanted to change that."
"Without a proper address system, things like ambulance services and food delivery services don't work. Then there's a whole class of jobs revolving around delivery industries which simply doesn't exist," he says.
Raised in Ghana until the age of 10, Mr Dagadu studied engineering at university in the UK, but returned home in between completing his undergraduate and master's degrees.
His inspiration for the idea came during his time working for a bank in Accra, where he found it difficult to navigate the capital's hectic street system.
"It was the early days of consumer banking and we were sent out to get people to open bank accounts... we found that we were constantly lost and I thought there must be a better way," he says.
Mr Dagadu set-up SnooCode in 2011, returning to Ghana from the UK in 2013 to work on the app full-time.
"For most address systems you have to be able to read entire words but with our system all you need to know is the alphabet and the numbers," the 30-year old says.
"You stand in front of your house, push the code button and you get a code not unlike a postcode in the UK. Except this code is super precise - in the UK you need a postcode and a house number - with this you only need the code."
Ghana's emergency services have signed up to use the app in all their ambulances to improve response times, with 160 emergency workers already trained.
The app, which is free and works without an internet connection, does not require everyone in a particular house to have a smart phone, only to keep hold of their unique code, the founder says:
"My grandma in her village in the Volta Region doesn't have a smart phone so we went to her house got her a code and stuck it on the fridge. It means if she is in trouble she can call [emergency services] and give them her code."
At present all 14 ambulance stations in the capital Accra have installed the technology and those in Ghana's second city Kumasi are next.
Outside the emergency unit of Accra's Ridge Hospital, newly trained ambulance workers demonstrate the app to me as doctors and patients file past.
"We are in a society where people think ambulances are used for carrying corpses"
Bernard Tetty, emergency worker
"When the emergency is received from the caller, the major problem we normally have is how to get to the location," senior emergency medical technician (EMT) Francis Setordzie says.
"So, if someone calls from the Presbyterian Church in Osu, you know you have to go to the first traffic light and turn left, where there is a blue kiosk. But the next time you get there the blue kiosk has gone. So you have to call the person again and that causes a delay.
"The SnooCode app is going to navigate us exactly to the person's location… it could save lives," he says.
According to the ministry of health, ambulance response times in Ghana averaged 19 minutes in 2014. The recommended response time internationally is eight minutes.
There are 161 ambulances in the country to serve a population of more than 25 million and although vehicle numbers have increased, less than 60% of its 216 districts have ambulance stations.
The National Ambulance Service opened in 2004, largely in response to the Accra Sports Stadium disaster in 2001 where 126 football supporters died, and public confidence in services remains limited.
People often use taxis in emergencies, as finding people in densely populated and rural areas is such a challenge and responses may come too late.
"People are still not quite familiar with the ambulance services," another of the emergency workers, Bernard Tetty, explains.
"We are in a society where people think ambulances are used for carrying corpses. If someone sees you in an ambulance uniform they are scared."
Foster Ansong-Bridjan, head of operations at the National Ambulance Service, believes if people are made aware of the technology, then attitudes and response times will change:
"Even though there are other challenges to the response time, like the traffic and road conditions, we believe that if that public is aware of the system it can cut the response time down 50%," he says.
Mr Dagadu has lots of ideas for how people could use the app, beyond helping ambulances reach their patients more quickly:
"Everyone from the individual user who wants to mark the piece of land they have, to the municipal services who want to plot a more efficient way of refuse collection, to public health officials trying to work out the epicentre of an outbreak, it serves them all very seamlessly," he says.
RBS shares fell 7% to 226.6p and remain well below the price the government paid for an 84% stake to save the bank in 2008.
The bank, which came close to collapse at the height of the financial crisis, is still setting aside billions to cover past mistakes and fines.
Even after all these costs are stripped out, profits are still falling.
The annual loss is partly due to a £3.6bn charge to cover conduct and litigation costs, many of them in the US.
RBS also set aside another £2.9bn for restructuring, as it withdraws from 25 of the 38 countries it still operates in.
It added that it did not expect to pay a dividend to shareholders until at least next year, saying: "We now consider it more likely that capital distributions will resume later than Q1 2017."
Underlying profits at RBS, which is still 73% government-owned, dropped to £4.4bn, from £6bn a year earlier.
RBS said the fall in these profits was largely due to lower income from interest payments.
Chief executive Ross McEwan told the BBC's Today programme: "Low interest rates do hurt banks and it's very clear interest rates will stay lower for much longer now.
"The UK and Republic of Ireland have quite strong economies... but you are seeing a slowing down in a number of economies around the world and low interest rates do hurt banks."
"We have still got a number of conduct and litigation issues - the largest of those is in the US - which we have to settle. Unfortunately that is not in our gift time-wise.
"We need to sell off Williams and Glynn which is the branch network we are committed to selling off by 2017, and we need to show a track record that we have got a very good bank underneath all these headline noises."
Last June, the Chancellor George Osborne told an audience at his annual Mansion House speech he would start selling the stake in RBS we purchased for £45bn in the crisis - and do so without delay.
"It's the right thing to do for British businesses and British taxpayers. Yes, we may get a lower price than that was paid for it - but we will get the best price possible. For the longer we wait, the higher the price the whole economy will pay," he said.
That is certainly true since then. That night the shares were worth £3.54 each. Today, after RBS (known best to most as the owner of NatWest) unveiled a £2bn net loss, the shares at one point dropped to £2.22. That's well under half the £5.02p we (the taxpayers) paid for them.
Mr Osborne's desire to sell without delay was backed by the governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney and an independent report by the investment bank Rothschild. A stake worth £2.1bn was sold in August.
But it's one thing to ask the taxpayer to lose a third of their much troubled investment. It's another to ask them to write off more than half - which would translate to a loss of about £25bn on what the taxpayer paid.
Some in the City are now whispering - perhaps RBS would be worth more to us all if it were broken up and sold bit by bit.
Among the conduct and litigation issues RBS has put aside £600m to pay claims for the mis-selling of payment protection insurance in the UK.
RBS also said it had cut costs by £983m last year, and boosted net mortgage lending by 10% on a year ago to £9.3bn.
Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets, said: "Every year we hope that the time has come for the bank to turn a corner and every year we return disappointed.
"CEO Ross McEwan must be wishing he had never taken on the task of turning the bank around when he took over the reins in August 2013."
The money RBS pays out in bonuses to staff was reduced by 11% to £373m for 2015.
Mr McEwan's salary and incentive pay has increased from 2014, when he received £1.8m.
In 2015, on top of Mr McEwan's £1m salary he was awarded a £1m "role-based" incentive, but has personally donated the sum to charity.
Mr McEwan also said that in 2016 he would give half of this role-based pay to charity.
However, he has also been given £1.347m as part of a three-year performance related award, and £350,000 in pension allowances.
Turmoil on the stock markets has meant that the government's plans to sell off more of its stake in RBS are likely to be delayed.
In January this year, it suspended the sale of its final stake in Lloyds Banking Group. Taxpayers own just under 10% of Lloyds.
In August, the government managed to sell a 5.4% stake in RBS at 330p a share, raising £2.1bn.
The price was one third below the 500p a share paid by the government when it took its stake in the bank during the financial crisis, and represented a loss of about £1.07bn.
Mr Hewson said: "It turns out the decision by the UK government to pare down... its stake in the bank in the middle of last year doesn't look such a bad decision after all, amidst a chorus of criticism that it was sold off too cheaply. That 330p price seems a long way away now.
"Unless there is some clear evidence that this continued drip feeding of negative news shows signs of abating, it is going to be very difficult to see a rebound in the share price, as shown by today's sharp falls."
Charlie Broadway, 23, was being hunted after one man died and another was injured in a shooting in Somerset.
A man in his 50s and another in his 20s were shot at a property near Ilton, just before 20:00 BST on Thursday.
The older man died at the scene. The second suffered non-life threatening injuries.
A 28-year-old man and a woman have been arrested in connection with the shooting.
An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said the force wanted to thank the public for helping with the investigation.
Police still are still looking for two further people believed to have been involved.
Detectives said they are keen to speak to John Broadway, 37, and 26-year-old Donna Broadway.
Detectives believe the "serious incident involving a firearm" was of a "domestic nature" and all those involved were known to each other.
The shooting took place at Chubbards Cross caravan site.
The Dons looked to be on the verge of capturing the 34-year-old following his exit from Hull City.
But Maloney informed the club of a potential injury issue.
"We're doing further investigation, but the intention would be to still try to sign him," said McInnes, who revealed a deal for Stevie May is now unlikely.
McInnes, who has added former MK Dons striker Nicky Maynard to his squad, hopes to make another "couple" of singings before Friday night's 11pm deadline for the club's Europa League qualifier on Thursday against Bosnian outfit Siroki Brijeg.
And that chase has taken priority over the Maloney deal for now.
"With Shaun, there's still a willingness from both parties to try to get a deal done, but he flagged up a concern," McInnes added. "It's very unusual for a footballer to be as honest, open and transparent. Shaun wants to be here and wants to be our best player, he doesn't want to be a burden or anything like that.
"Unfortunately for us, he's not going to be fit for the next few weeks so the priority for me at the minute is to try to get players who can help us just now."
The Dons boss confirmed he is looking at other options, with a deal for Preston striker May looking unlikely. A central defender and a wide player are his top priorities.
"The European deadline for the first round puts a bit of pressure on us to make signings," he added. "I'd still like to make a couple more but whether that's today or not, we'll see."
The Dons face Brijeg at Pittodrie on Thursday night, after they beat Kazakh side Ordabasy 2-0 on aggregate, and McInnes has already studied the Bosnians closely.
"I've concentrated more on them," he said. "We split the possible teams up between the staff, and based on the two legs, they deservedly went through.
"We've always played a decent level of team at this round and I think they're exactly that."
At the end of a difficult week for Scottish football in Europe, with Rangers being knocked out of the Europa League by Luxembourg minnows Prgores Niederkorn before St Johnstone fell to Lithuanian side FK Trakai, McInnes insists it is difficult to find a solution for clubs' early-season woes on the continent.
"It's too simplistic to beat the clubs up about it as there is a far bigger argument there and a bigger discussion," he said.
"Summer football's been discussed, no doubt that would be of a benefit and a help, but that in isolation isn't going to make the whole thing better.
"While we've got through the early rounds in the last few seasons, apart from maybe one game, there wasn't a lot in it. We just assume because we haven't heard of a team then they're not very good, and if you actually start doing some digging and looking at the finances of these teams, then you can see exactly what you're up against.
"So I don't think we can be arrogant enough to think we just be swatting these teams and beating them. We've got work to do."
Although Mr Paisley, now Lord Bannside, said in 2008 that he was not pressured to quit he has now claimed he was told to go.
He blamed the current party leader Peter Robinson and his deputy Nigel Dodds.
They deny the Paisleys' account of events.
The claims are made in part two of the BBC programme Paisley: Genesis to Revelation.
Mr Paisley claimed his special adviser, Timothy Johnston, presented him with a survey of DUP MLAs that contained criticisms of his work as first minister, not least his "chuckling" behaviour with Martin McGuinness.
Mr Paisley has alleged a meeting soon followed, involving Mr Robinson, Mr Dodds, party whip Lord Morrow and Mr Johnson.
"Nigel Dodds said to me I want you to be gone by Friday," he said.
"I just more or less smirked and Peter said 'no, no, no he needs to stay in for another couple of months'."
Eileen Paisley said her husband was "assassinated with words and deeds", treated shamefully and was left with no option but to stand down.
She described Nigel Dodds as a "cheeky sod".
"I detected a nasty spirit arising from some of the other MPs and the way they spoke to Ian," Mrs Paisley said.
"I was very annoyed one day with the way some of them spoke to him and addressed him.
"Whenever they said to him about what was going on and he said to them 'well, that's what should be done' and they said 'och doc', you know? Sort of, 'don't be so stupid'.
"That sort of set the alarm bells ringing in my head," she added.
Mr Robinson and his colleagues have said no such meeting took place as described, that the timing of Mr Paisley's departure was a matter for him and the passage of time had diminished his recollection.
In a party statement, the DUP said: "We are saddened to see Lord Bannside harm his own legacy.
"In his later years as party leader, many colleagues shielded his frailty from public view, to avoid embarrassment and protect his legacy.
"Those people are hurt by untrue and bitter comments contained in the documentary."
The party added that it would "not let untrue assertions dressed up as facts go unchallenged".
In a personal statement, Mr Robinson said: "There are many who will believe that in agreeing to participate in these interviews Lord Bannside will have done nothing to enhance his legacy.
"They will struggle to reconcile the spirit and tone he presents with that which they will have known and admired. This is not the Ian Paisley we knew.
"As someone who faithfully served Dr Paisley for many decades I will make one final sacrifice by not responding and causing any further damage to his legacy beyond that which he has done himself.
"Rather than return insult for insult, let me bless him with the mercy of my silence and wish him well," Mr Robinson added.
DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds said he was "personally very saddened to learn of the tone and contents of the latest programme on Lord Bannside".
"Clearly the passage of time has diminished accurate recall of events.
"What is being said now by Lord Bannside about meetings is inaccurate and stands in stark contrast to everything that he said and did at the time and, indeed, during the years since," Mr Dodds added.
Mr Johnston said the 2008 survey was carried out at Mr Paisley's request and rejected any suggestion it was framed to bring about the leader's removal.
In a statement, he said: "Dr Paisley commissioned the survey and was aware of its nature and its findings at the time.
"At no point then or since has Dr Paisley or Mrs Paisley sought to raise these concerns with me despite having had every opportunity to do so."
Mr Johnston added: "After a long and distinguished career it is very regrettable that Dr Paisley, as well as Mrs Paisley, and those who now advise them, have co-operated in the making of two programmes that have significantly and irreversibly damaged his historical legacy.
"Unsurprisingly, the events of that time have not been accurately recalled and indeed the 'research' used by the production staff is wrong in many significant respects."
Jim Allister, the leader of the Traditional Unionist Voice, said the programme appeared to be both "gripping and brutal".
He said it shattered the myth of "one big happy family" and was unedifying. Mr Allister, a former member of the DUP, said it damaged both the Paisleys and Robinsons.
Mr Allister said the party faithful would be surprised by the manner of Mr Paisley's departure.
Mr Paisley has been one of the most controversial political figures of the 20th Century.
He has lived most of his life in the public eye and played a pivotal role in Northern Ireland's history.
Mr Paisley once vowed he would never share power with Sinn Féin, but spent over a year at Stormont as Northern Ireland's first minister working with Martin McGuinness, the deputy first minister and former IRA leader.
He stepped down from politics in May 2008, just weeks after he resigned as moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church, which he founded.
The documentary also examines that departure.
Part Two of Paisley: Genesis To Revelation - Face To Face With Eamonn Mallie is on BBC One NI on Monday 20 January at 22:35 GMT
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were among the crowd who had turned up to see the race in Portsmouth yesterday.
They were hoping to cheer on Olympic champion Sir Ben Ainslie as he tried to become the first British challenger to win the trophy.
But the race was abandoned after winds reached more than 30mph.
The America's Cup is the most famous sailing event in the world.
It was named after a boat called America, which beat the best Britain could offer in a race around the Isle of Wight in 1851.
It is one of the most difficult sporting trophies to win, with the best sailors racing in the fastest boats against each other. It's a race of speed, strategy and tactics.
"It was the right call because in those conditions the boats would have capsized and people would have got hurt," said Ainslie.
"You can't mess around with these boats, they are very powerful and if they get out of control there is carnage.
"But we were delighted with the results and delighted to perform well in front of a home crowd. The event has been a huge success and it shows what support there would be if we were hosting the America's Cup here."
Ainslie's boat was first and second in the two races that took place on Saturday, meaning that he still won overall.
Using the MyNHS website, patients can search for information, including mortality rates for individual specialists.
But some surgeons say the data may be "crude and misleading".
Other critics say that vital data has not been included in the information released.
The MyNHS tool - which has been officially launched - is designed to allow patients and professionals to compare the performance of different NHS services, including consultants.
Patients will be able to search for and compare data on certain surgeons, as well as statistics on local hospital performance, mental health care, social care and public health.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "Transparency is about patient outcomes, not process targets.
"It uses the power of a learning culture and of peer review, not blame."
NHS England's national medical director Sir Bruce Keogh told the BBC Radio 4's Today programme that transparency will focus surgeon's minds.
"Surgeons all feel a personal responsibility for their patients - they take it very seriously, they have their patients' best interests at heart," he said.
"[But] previously the risk in a high risk operation has only been taken by the patient. Now it's shared between the patient and the surgeon and that really focuses the mind about the appropriateness of surgery for that particular individual, and well functioning surgery groups will share between them that risk and ensure that the most appropriate surgeon does the operation."
One of the drivers towards greater openness and transparency in the NHS was the Francis inquiry, which looked into failings at Stafford Hospital. The new website is being launched exactly a year on from the government's response to the inquiry.
People can look up consultants by name, by hospital, and by location, a Health Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) spokesman said.
A large quantity of the data is already available online, but MyNHS is designed to be more patient-friendly, and includes more details, he said.
For example, there is already information available for adult cardiac surgery for NHS England.
MyNHS includes this data, but there is will also be added details - such as procedure type.
There will also be new data on different types of surgery:
Speciality surgeons warned the move could lead to some consultants refusing difficult cases.
Prof John MacFie, president of the Federation of Surgical Specialty Associations, said: "The publication of individual surgeons' performance data is crude and can be misleading, and does not include essential information such as duration of hospital stay and returns to theatre.
"There is now good anecdotal evidence that shows publishing this data has encouraged risk-averse behaviour, which is not in the interest of patients."
Data on mortality rates should only be published after concerns about an individual surgeon had been investigated, Prof MacFie said.
There were also issues with data quality and comparison, Prof MacFie added, including low data volumes, risk adjustment by case, and data accuracy.
"In reality very few deaths can be attributed to surgical error alone, and this data only attracts attention away from institutional failings," he said.
According to clinical data firm Dr Foster, the databases could be missing up to three-quarters of procedures.
Roger Taylor, co-founder of Dr Foster, told the BBC only three of the audits so far had found "outliers" - performance outside the expected range.
The Royal College of Surgeons said the data was part of being open and honest with patients.
Gill Humphrey, chairwoman of the Royal College of Surgeons Patient Liaison Group, said: "Patients can be active participants in their care and use consultant outcomes information to help have an informed conversation with their surgeon and discuss the likely outcome and recovery process from their procedure."
Cheshire East Council said its agreement with Wilson Bowden Developments for the Silk Street scheme had been terminated "by mutual consent".
Anchor tenant Debenhams pulled out of the scheme in March.
The council is now planning to develop a site just a third of the size of the original scheme.
The authority will offer two alternative areas for sale on Duke Street and Churchill Way, with the aim of developing only one of them. Both areas were part of the original Silk Street scheme.
It is hoped a planning application for a leisure-led scheme will be submitted this year with construction beginning in 2016.
Officials have suggested a cinema, theatre or bowling alley may feature, as well as housing, restaurants and shops.
Leader of Cheshire East Council, Michael Jones, said: "This is a watershed moment for the realisation of a leisure regeneration scheme for Macclesfield town centre and signals a new era."
The original £90m Silk Street proposals were announced in 2005 and gained planning consent in 2013. They included a multiplex cinema, restaurants and shops, and were expected to deliver 1,300 jobs.
Mr Jones said the authority was "a year too late" with the old scheme, because of economic conditions.
The development agreement was terminated at no cost to the council but the authority could not tell the BBC how much money had been spent on the Silk Street plans.
Mr Jones said the council had "been very careful" and had exited the agreement "without damaging the reputation of Macclesfield".
Macclesfield-based chartered surveyor Nick Hynes, who has led a local "stakeholder panel" charged with advising the council, said the proposals were "extremely good for the town centre".
Beverley Moore, of campaign group Wake Up Macclesfield, which opposed the original plans said: "I am very happy that the ill-conceived plans are not coming to fruition and that we've now got a chance to get something that's right for the town."
Following inspections, two high schools, Gracemount and Craigmount, have been found to have faults.
In all, 10 primaries, five secondaries and two additional support needs schools have been shut due to concern over the standard of construction.
They were all built under the same public private partnership contract.
Every Scottish council has either carried out or is now carrying out surveys of schools that could be affected.
Edinburgh Council's chief executive Andrew Kerr said he could not be sure when all pupils in and around the city would be allowed back.
He explained to BBC Scotland that some contingency plans would be in place in some schools by the end of Tuesday.
However, Mr Kerr added that;
Scotland's largest teaching union, the EIS, has called for a review of all PPP contracts in Scotland, questioning how such significant faults could escape building control scrutiny.
The schools which have been affected were all built by Miller Construction, which was acquired by Galliford Try in 2014.
Glasgow City Council said more surveys would be carried out in its schools next week. However, it had been given "verbal assurances" that nothing so far had been found. A spokeswoman said schools would be open as normal on Monday, 18 April.
Inverclyde Council said it would be carrying out "urgent inspections" of four schools built by Miller between 2009 and 2011. A spokesman said the council did not believe the surveys would uncover concerns and it expected schools to be open as expected on Tuesday, 19 April.
Fife Council said further inspections would be carried out but initial surveys during the Easter holidays did not unearth problems. All schools in Fife opened as schedule on Monday.
The country's Education Secretary Angela Constance told BBC Scotland that answers were needed as to what went wrong and why.
The closure of the schools, which are about 10 years old, was prompted after workers repairing serious structural issues at one city primary found "further serious defects" with the building on Friday.
Edinburgh Schools Partnership (ESP), which operates the schools, could not provide safety assurances.
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Council official Mr Kerr said: "We were unable to have the time to put contingency arrangements in place to ensure pupils could continue their education."
He added that the health and safety of pupils was the priority, along with ensuring the right arrangements were in place for parents and pupils.
Mr Kerr said: "We expect some parts of some schools to be considered for re-opening this week.
The council said it hoped to have more information for parents on Tuesday and would be keeping them informed through its website.
Priority will be given to helping students with special needs and those due to start their exams in a few weeks' time.
EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan called for a review of all PPP and similar private finance initiative (PFI) deals.
He said: "The EIS welcomes that the safety of pupils and staff is being treated as a priority, while recognising that these short-notice closures will be highly inconvenient for pupils and parents.
"However, we must also question how such significant defaults could escape normal building control scrutiny and we believe it is now necessary for an urgent review of all PPP/PFI contracts, including the terms of the private maintenance contracts which are often both expensive and extremely restrictive."
Ms Constance told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "The situation is deeply concerning. I want to reassure parents that the safety of pupils is paramount.
"The Scottish government expects all local authorities to exercise their duties in the provision of education in a safe environment.
"The immediate priority is to ensure that everything is being done to support children."
She added: "We will certainly need answers about what went wrong and why.
"There are, of course, big questions about PFI contracts. It's no secret that this government has long-standing concern but I've no doubt that when parliament reconvenes in three or four weeks' time that there will be renewed interest in this area."
The Scottish government has asked all councils across Scotland to conduct "any necessary checks" on their own buildings and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon chaired an emergency meeting of the government's resilience committee on Saturday.
Lindsay Cairns' daughter is in primary one at Oxgangs Primary School.
She said: "I don't know if I'm going to have to have time off next week to look after her.
"I've spoken to my manager. We have to wait and see what the council are going to come back with.
"I'd like to think there's going to be an update and a contingency plan put in place but to me I'd rather have had that contingency plan before now."
Rachel Bhandari's son is nine years old and has cerebral palsy. His special school is closed until further notice.
She and her husband have spent the weekend trying to organise childcare as they both work.
Ms Bhandari said: "It presents us with a really big difficulty really. We were expecting the school to be open.
"We were told earlier in the week that it was going to be open and then just to find out on Friday that it's not is a nightmare."
The problems were first uncovered in January when a wall at Oxgangs Primary collapsed during high winds.
Three other schools were later closed after inspections revealed problems with the way walls had been built.
Amy, 16, a pupil at Firrhill High School, told BBC Scotland: "It's quite disruptive because we need to finish the coursework and we need to do unit assessments, and they were meant to be happening this week but now they'll have to be done later.
"It's been open for 10 years, the part of the building that was built, and it hasn't fallen down yet. There's no storm just now. Nothing's going to happen."
A licensing system will be in place for the 10th year running, which limits the number of people allowed to gather cockles.
Recent surveys show "very good stocks" which Natural Resources Wales said was "due in part to the way the fishery was managed last year".
There are 53 licensed cocklers on the Dee.
Before licensing was introduced, there was a "boom and bust" cycle in the industry.
When stocks were high, the beds would be cleared quickly by hundreds of cocklers, which resulted in the beds being closed for several years.
They were also closed for a period in 2015 due to over harvesting and illegal picking.
Bu farw Rebecca Evans, oedd yn helpu hyfforddi myfyrwyr Encore, ar 29 Tachwedd mewn gwrthdrawiad ger Port Talbot.
Roedd hi wyth mis yn feichiog ar y pryd a bu farw'r babi Cari oedd heb ei eni hefyd.
Dywedodd Elin Wyn Murphy, pennaeth yr ysgol berfformio, fod y fideo o'r myfyrwyr yn canu'r gân Anfonaf Angel yn fodd o roi teyrnged i Becca.
"Mae'r ymateb i fideo Encore yn perfformio Anfonaf Angel wedi bod yn anhygoel. Mae'n gân emosiynol iawn i mi yn enwedig gan i deulu Becca ofyn i mi ei chanu yn ei hangladd ychydig wythnosau yn ôl," meddai.
"Rwy' mor falch o fyfyrwyr Encore. Fe ddaethan nhw ynghyd gan ddangos cryfder anhygoel ynghyd â'r dewrder i allu recordio'r deyrnged yma i Becca. Roedden nhw fel y fi, yn meddwl y byd ohoni."
Mae fideo o Encore yn paratoi'r record wedi cael ei rannu ar y gwefannau cymdeithasol er mwyn cefnogi Ambiwlans Awyr Cymru.
Yn y car hefyd adeg y gwrthdrawiad yr oedd partner Miss Evans, Alex, a'u plentyn dyflwydd oed Cian, a gafodd anafiadau difrifol i'w ben.
Cafodd ei gludo mewn ambiwlans awyr i'r Ysbyty Athrofaol yng Nghaerdydd.
The Greenpeace activists hung a banner to protest against what they say is the government's failure to act on renewable energy and climate change.
They have secured themselves with climbing ropes and harnesses.
A review of security procedures has been ordered but authorities said the protesters must climb down themselves.
The protest began at dawn when the four climbed to the ledge above the main entrance with the banner and solar panels.
Speaking from a mobile phone, Greenpeace activist Johno Smith told the Associated Press that they were experienced climbers and would come down Thursday afternoon once they had got their message out and "before it gets too cold".
"We need to take clean-energy action," he said. "Our society is based around fossil fuels."
David Stevenson, the general manager of Parliamentary Service, said he had ordered a full review of security procedures as a result of the breach.
"Trespassing in or on the buildings is totally inappropriate, regardless of the motivations of those involved," he said in a statement quoted by the AP news agency.
"We are therefore taking this incident very seriously and will be looking for any lessons we can draw from it," he said.
Robert Douglas, 57, was found guilty of offences dating back to the 1970s and 1980s.
He was jailed for seven years at the High Court in Edinburgh, where judge Edward Bowen QC told him: "The fact of the matter is justice has now caught up with you."
As Douglas was led away, a woman sitting in the public benches said: "I hope you rot in hell."
Defence counsel Neil Murray QC had told the court: "He is under no illusions about the gravity of the offences."
Douglas was placed on the sex offenders register.
The Canadian star racked up 4.7 billion streams this year, more than half of which were for his album Views.
That's despite the album being withheld from Spotify for two weeks as part of a deal with Apple Music.
One Dance alone was streamed 960 million times. Played consecutively, that would take more than 5,200 years.
The song's popularity on streaming services - including Deezer and Google Play as well as Spotify and Apple - helped it spend 15 weeks on top of the official UK singles chart, the longest run since Bryan Adams Everything I Do (I Do It For You) in 1991.
It is now Spotify's most-streamed song of all time, earning Drake and his co-writers an estimated $4.8m (£3.9m) in royalties.
Rihanna - who counts Drake as a collaborator and boyfriend - was Spotify's most-streamed female artist of 2016, while former One Direction star Zayn Malik was the biggest new act of the year.
David Bowie became the most listened-to "alternative" artist, following his death in January. The Beatles, who only released their albums to streaming services last December, quickly became the biggest classic rock act.
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The independent review also said that more frequent and direct reporting to councillors "would have been helpful".
The cost of the project had previously been estimated at £45m.
Procurement expert John McClelland has made a number of recommendations which will be considered by councillors.
He was commissioned by councillors earlier this year to examine the reasons for the spiralling cost of the project.
He was also asked to identify lessons that could be learned.
His report concluded that the international benchmarking approach, which formed the basis of the original project cost estimates, was not robust enough to address the challenges associated with Japanese architect Kengo Kuma's award-winning design.
The report said: "As the detailed design process moved forward, it became apparent that the technical requirements and construction method involved would place real pressure on the budget."
Referring to the lack of reporting to councillors since 2011, Mr MClelland said: "Although a partnership joint venture, the council carries a significant element of the risks involved in this transformational investment in the city and it is important that scrutiny and assurance arrangements are effective."
In summary, he said: "In my opinion this project had, from the beginning, little prospect of being delivered for the original budget due to an accumulation of factors that mitigated against that outcome being achieved."
He said the fact that the below-average estimate was also expected to cater for a building built offshore added to the risk.
Mr McClelland also said it was not clear if the judging panel of the winning design had access to concerns about cost estimates raised by independent professionals.
As a result it may not have been possible at that stage to appreciate that the complexity of the winning design could result in significantly higher costs.
Recommendations included:
Mr McClelland said that since January this year, a project board had been established and regular progress reports would be submitted to the council's policy and resources committee at key stages in the development.
Councillor Ken Guild, convener of the policy and resources committee, said: "We are working with our partners and BAM Construction to ensure that this unique building helps boost the economy, cultural offer and confidence of our city.
"Mr McClelland's expertise has helped identify a number of issues which will help us on other capital projects as well.
"Construction of the V&A Dundee is now under way and the project is proceeding successfully."
A Scottish government spokesman said: "We welcome the McClelland report and the comprehensive analysis of the project it provides, as well as Dundee City Council's response to the report and the actions they are taking to address the recommendations.
"V&A Dundee will be an iconic statement at the heart of the Dundee Waterfront development.
"The signature building will create local jobs and contribute significantly to the regeneration of Dundee and its waterfront, giving the city and Scotland a world-class design museum and visitor attraction."
The outcome of the review will be considered by councillors on Monday 24 August.
Their version of Smith's hit - recorded as this year's official Comic Relief song - held off Years & Years' track King by 9,000 combined chart sales.
Smith's original album rendition was at number 19 after 45 weeks on the chart.
But the singer was knocked off the top of the album chart by rapper Kendrick Lamar, who scored his first UK number one with To Pimp a Butterfly.
Last week it was revealed the album had set a new record on Spotify after it had been streamed 9.6 million times worldwide in one day.
Elsewhere in the singles chart, FourFiveSeconds by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney climbed two places to number three.
The Official Charts Company said the song was the week's most-streamed track with 1.98 million streams.
James Bay's Hold Back The River climbed six places to four, while Ellie Goulding completed the top five with her former number one, Love Me Like You Do.
In the album chart, Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler entered the chart at three - the highest-charting album of his career - with Tracker.
Ed Sheeran's X was at number four after 39 weeks in the chart, with Van Morrison's latest record, Duets - Re-working The Catalogue, another new entry at five.
REM's 1992 album Automatic For The People also made its first top 40 appearance in 15 years, re-entering at number 40.
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The BBC's Andrew Marr said the party's fiscal credibility was at stake because Ms Long-Bailey was unable to provide a detailed breakdown of its plans - suggesting her numbers were "£30bn short".
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The two mixed martial artists will meet again in another welterweight contest at UFC 200 in Las Vegas on 9 July.
American Diaz handed McGregor his first defeat in the UFC earlier this month when he choked the featherweight champion into submission.
UFC boss Dana White said he urged McGregor to fight Diaz at a lower weight but the Irishman was against it.
"Even his coach tried to get him to get off the rematch and the 170-pound fight, but it's what he wanted," said White.
McGregor fought Diaz at 170 pounds, 25 more than his usual featherweight limit, at UFC 196.
"He was obsessed with fighting Nate Diaz again," said White.
White said Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar would also meet on the UFC 200 card, with the winner then taking on McGregor for the featherweight belt regardless of the Irishman's result against Diaz.
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Boos rang around the ground as the Swans fell 2-0 behind, before they recovered to claim a point.
But with just one win in nine Premier League matches, Monk acknowledges he and his players are under pressure.
"Tremendous credit goes to them for coming from two goals down to get the equaliser," he said.
"I think it showed the spirit within the squad and their work ethic.
"Having gone two goals down added to the tension and anxiety in the crowd. That then affects the players a little bit."
Monk's future has been under scrutiny lately and, prior to this match, the 36-year-old defiantly refuted reports he was facing the sack.
Although the Swans stay 14th in the Premier League table and five points above the relegation zone, Monk insists he is not concerned about his own position.
"It's not about me. I'm not the important one here. The important ones are the players," he added.
"It's trying to help them get back to winning ways, give them confidence and that will be done by results.
"You could see clearly how much the players wanted to put it right. It didn't go to plan but I have to give the players massive credit.
"They could have just capitulated or let that affect them. I thought they did well to come back."
Having trailed 2-0 to goals from Joshua King and Dan Gosling, Swansea equalised through Andre Ayew's backheel and a penalty from Jonjo Shelvey which Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe described as "contentious".
Cherries defender Simon Francis was adjudged to have tripped Ayew, though replays suggested the Ghanaian forward might have fallen over his own feet.
"Simon felt it was not a penalty," said Howe.
"Simon admitted there was contact with Ayew but felt he tripped over his own feet. Something about it did not look right."
Monk, however, believes referee Andre Marriner made the correct decision.
"The defender does clip, clearly clips Andre," he said.
"Whether that's intentional or not is debatable but he definitely tripped Andre up so the referee decided that was a penalty."
The loss accounted for 1.5% of domestic customers, pushing down the number of residential accounts to 14.4 million.
British Gas remains the largest domestic supplier in the UK, but there are signs of more competition.
In its trading update, Centrica also said it had cut 800 roles as part of 3,000 job cuts planned for this year.
The energy firm said last year that it would cut 6,000 jobs, with half expected to go through redundancies, as part of a £750m, five-year savings plan.
The UK energy industry has a total of 39 suppliers. The major six suppliers - British Gas, SSE, Npower, Scottish Power, EDF and E.On - still account for 85% of all domestic energy accounts.
A recent report by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found that 35% of customers had not considered switching suppliers.
It suggested various ways of encouraging competition, such as strengthening the ability of price comparison services to help consumers find the best deal.
Centrica said that customers coming to the end of their fixed deals and then moving on to other suppliers was the main reason for its loss of customers early in the year.
There appears to be no repeat of the shareholder revolt over executive pay seen at oil company BP a few days ago, ahead of Centrica's annual general meeting held on Monday.
Some 15% of the 72% of shareholders who voted before the meeting contested the £3m remuneration paid to Centrica chief executive Iain Conn in 2015.
Centrica reduced Mr Conn's pay from £3.7m in 2014, a reward that was rejected by a third of investors at last year's annual meeting.
The resignation of Nizamul Huq came days after his private emails and Skype conversations were leaked to the media.
They appear to show Mr Huq discussing the working of the tribunal with an overseas Bangladeshi legal expert.
Legal experts say it was improper for a judge to discuss a case with outsiders.
But the government argues that the judge was not acting improperly.
In an article published last week, the London-based Economist said it had obtained 17 hours of recorded telephone conversations and seen more than 230 emails between Mr Huq and Belgian-based Bangladeshi lawyer Ahmed Ziaduddin.
"These emails, if genuine, would indeed raise questions about the working of the court and we are bound to investigate them as fully as we can," the publication said.
It is still not clear how the conversations and emails of the judge were collated - and who passed them on to the media.
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"We did not solicit the material, not pay for it, nor commit ourselves to publish it," the Economist said.
"This material is confidential and we are bound by law and the British press's code of conduct not to reveal such information except in matters of the most serious public interest."
The government for its part has accepted the resignation - arguing that it was necessary in the interests of transparency and neutrality - while simultaneously stressing that Mr Haq had in no way behaved improperly.
"He [Mr Huq] has not divulged anything concerning the deposition, facts or anything which is before the court," Law Minister Shafique Ahmed told the BBC.
"He wanted to have some information on procedural law, which anybody can have from an expert."
Mr Ahmed said that the resignation would not in any way affect the fairness of the trial.
The special court was set up by the government in 2010 to prosecute people accused of committing crimes against humanity in 1971. Its first verdict is expected any day.
Entirely a domestic body, the tribunal is trying nine leaders from the Jamaat-e-Islami party - the largest Islamist party in the country - and two people from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
The nine leaders are accused of various charges including genocide, rape, murder and forceful religious conversions.
The two opposition parties say the charges are politically motivated. They have described the proceedings as a show trial.
International human rights groups have urged the government to ensure the trials are carried out in accordance with international standards.
The Jamaat-e-Islami has held protests for the last few months demanding the release of its leaders and for the trial to be halted.
Barrister Abdur Razaak, the chief defence counsel at the tribunal, has demanded a retrial following the resignation.
"We are happy with that [the resignation]. But the entire process is vitiated because of so many irregularities," he said.
Thousands of babies worldwide were born with deformities in the 1960s after the drug was given to pregnant women to combat morning sickness.
Thalidomide-impaired people, their families and supporters attended the unveiling in the city's Cathays Park.
It follows a seven-year battle by campaigners to establish a permanent memorial made of Welsh stone.
Lead campaigner Rosie Moriarty-Simmonds said: "After seven years of campaigning and persuasion, we are delighted that the memorial will be sited in the heart of Cardiff's Civic Centre, in the shadow of the National War Memorial, the City Hall and the Welsh Office.
"It is a fitting location to remember all those who have been and continue to be affected by a medical disaster which, but for the desire for profit, should never have happened."
People travelled from all over the country to attend the memorial.
Geraldine Freeman, from Swindon, said: "It's important to remember those that have gone, and our parents that are no longer with us, to know that we are going to be remembered."
Jacqueline Harper, from Wakefield, said: "It's for the people that have lost their babies and what we went through when we were little. It's a reminder of who we are today.
"It's emotional with everyone here - it's puts everything into perspective, that there's something here so that what happened is never forgotten."
Julian Hinz was found seriously injured at a flat in Carysfort Road, Boscombe, on 8 April.
He was taken to Southampton General Hospital but died the following day, Dorset Police said.
Robert Edmond Hinz, 33, of Bournemouth, has been charged with his murder and will appear at the town's Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
Det Insp Richard Dixey, of Dorset Police, said: "Following a thorough and detailed investigation, we have consulted with the Crown Prosecution Service who have authorised the charge of murder.
"Family liaison officers have updated Julian's family with this development and our thoughts are with them."
Scientists and officials meeting in Japan say the document is the most comprehensive assessment to date of the impacts of climate change on the world.
Some impacts of climate change include a higher risk of flooding and changes to crop yields and water availability.
Humans may be able to adapt to some of these changes, but only within limits.
An example of an adaptation strategy would be the construction of sea walls and levees to protect against flooding. Another might be introducing more efficient irrigation for farmers in areas where water is scarce.
Natural systems are currently bearing the brunt of climatic changes, but a growing impact on humans is feared.
Members of the UN's climate panel say it provides overwhelming evidence of the scale of these effects.
Our health, homes, food and safety are all likely to be threatened by rising temperatures, the summary says.
The report was agreed after almost a week of intense discussions here in Yokohama, which included concerns among some authors about the tone of the evolving document.
This is the second of a series from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) due out this year that outlines the causes, effects and solutions to global warming.
By Roger HarrabinEnvironment analyst
The prognosis on the climate isn't good - but the doctor's changing his bedside manner with the people in charge of the planet's health.
The report's chair, Dr Chris Field, is worried that an apocalyptic tone will frighten politicians so much that they'll abandon the Earth to its fate.
There is nothing inevitable about the worst impacts on people and nature, Dr Field says. We can cut emissions to reduce the risks of catastrophe and adapt to some changes that will inevitably occur.
We have to re-frame climate change as an exciting challenge for the most creative minds.
Cutting local air pollution from, say coal, can also reduce carbon emissions that cause warming; creating decent homes for poor people in countries like Bangladesh can improve lives whilst removing them from the path of flood surges.
Some will criticise Dr Field for being too upbeat. But many politicians have gone deaf to the old-style warnings. Maybe it's worth a new approach.
This latest Summary for Policymakers document highlights the fact that the amount of scientific evidence on the impacts of warming has almost doubled since the last report in 2007.
Be it the melting of glaciers or warming of permafrost, the summary highlights the fact that on all continents and across the oceans, changes in the climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems in recent decades.
In the words of the report, "increasing magnitudes of warming increase the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts".
"Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change,'' IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri told journalists at a news conference in Yokohama.
Dr Saleemul Huq, a convening lead author on one of the chapters, commented: "Before this we thought we knew this was happening, but now we have overwhelming evidence that it is happening and it is real."
Michel Jarraud, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization, said that, previously, people could have damaged the Earth's climate out of "ignorance".
"Now, ignorance is no longer a good excuse," he said.
Mr Jarraud said the report was based on more than 12,000 peer-reviewed scientific studies. He said this document was "the most solid evidence you can get in any scientific discipline".
US Secretary of State John Kerry commented: "Unless we act dramatically and quickly, science tells us our climate and our way of life are literally in jeopardy. Denial of the science is malpractice."
He added: "No single country causes climate change, and no one country can stop it. But we need to match the urgency of our response with the scale of the science."
Ed Davey, the UK Energy and Climate Secretary said: "The science has clearly spoken. Left unchecked, climate change will impact on many aspects of our society, with far reaching consequences to human health, global food security and economic development.
"The recent flooding in the UK is a testament to the devastation that climate change could bring to our daily lives."
The report details significant short-term impacts on natural systems in the next 20 to 30 years. It details five reasons for concern that would likely increase as a result of the warming the world is already committed to.
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British winters are likely to become milder and wetter like the last one but cold spells still need to be planned for, says the UK Met Office.
Summers are likely to be hotter and drier, but washouts are still on the cards, it adds.
The assessment of future weather extremes finds the role of human influence is "detectable" in summer heatwaves and in intense rainfall.
However, the Met Office says a lot more work must be done to confirm the links.
If the study is correct, it means everything from gumboots to snowploughs and sunscreen to anoraks will still be needed.
These include threats to unique systems such as Arctic sea ice and coral reefs, where risks are said to increase to "very high" with a 2C rise in temperatures.
The summary document outlines impacts on the seas and on freshwater systems as well. The oceans will become more acidic, threatening coral and the many species that they harbour.
On land, animals, plants and other species will begin to move towards higher ground or towards the poles as the mercury rises.
Humans, though, are also increasingly affected as the century goes on.
Food security is highlighted as an area of significant concern. Crop yields for maize, rice and wheat are all hit in the period up to 2050, with around a tenth of projections showing losses over 25%.
After 2050, the risk of more severe yield impacts increases, as boom-and-bust cycles affect many regions. All the while, the demand for food from a population estimated to be around nine billion will rise.
Many fish species, a critical food source for many, will also move because of warmer waters.
In its own words, the IPCC is there "to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts".
The offspring of two UN bodies, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, it has issued four heavyweight assessment reports to date on the state of the climate.
These are commissioned by the governments of 195 countries, essentially the entire world. These reports are critical in informing the climate policies adopted by these governments.
The IPCC itself is a small organisation, run from Geneva with a full time staff of 12. All the scientists who are involved with it do so on a voluntary basis.
In some parts of the tropics and in Antarctica, potential catches could decline by more than 50%.
"This is a sobering assessment," said Prof Neil Adger from the University of Exeter, another IPCC author.
"Going into the future, the risks only increase, and these are about people, the impacts on crops, on the availability of water and particularly, the extreme events on people's lives and livelihoods."
People will be affected by flooding and heat related mortality. The report warns of new risks including the threat to those who work outside, such as farmers and construction workers. There are concerns raised over migration linked to climate change, as well as conflict and national security.
Report co-author Maggie Opondo of the University of Nairobi said that in places such as Africa, climate change and extreme events mean "people are going to become more vulnerable to sinking deeper into poverty".
While the poorer countries are likely to suffer more in the short term, the rich won't escape.
"The rich are going to have to think about climate change. We're seeing that in the UK, with the floods we had a few months ago, and the storms we had in the US and the drought in California," said Dr Huq.
"These are multibillion dollar events that the rich are going to have to pay for, and there's a limit to what they can pay."
But it is not all bad news, as the co-chair of the working group that drew up the report points out.
"I think the really big breakthrough in this report is the new idea of thinking about managing climate change as a problem in managing risks," said Dr Chris Field.
"Climate change is really important but we have a lot of the tools for dealing effectively with it - we just need to be smart about it."
There is far greater emphasis to adapting to the impacts of climate in this new summary. The problem, as ever, is who foots the bill?
"It is not up to IPCC to define that," said Dr Jose Marengo, a Brazilian government official who attended the talks.
"It provides the scientific basis to say this is the bill, somebody has to pay, and with the scientific grounds it is relatively easier now to go to the climate negotiations in the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) and start making deals about who will pay for adaptation."
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This latter figure is the best measure of the state of the marine floes.
The most up-to-date data from Europe's Cryosat spacecraft suggests sea-ice thickness is tracking close to a "minimum maximum" - but there may still be some growth left in the season.
It will be April before a definitive statement on ice volume can be given.
In terms of extent, however, the data is in. Scientists at the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and the country's space agency (Nasa) say the area of ocean covered by floes is now declining after the winter freeze-up.
The largest averaged extent was reached on 24 March, and came in at 14.52 million sq km, they say.
This is a fraction under 2015's figure (14.54 million km), which set a 37-year, satellite-era record.
It should be noted, though, that the difference is so small, it is actually within the errors associated with the measurement.
It had been obvious for some time that floe growth would be sluggish this winter.
Air temperatures over the Arctic Ocean through December, January and February were 2C to 6C above average in nearly every region, limiting the freeze-up that normally occurs in the dark months of the polar north.
But ice extent is, of course, just a two-dimensional observation. Scientists are waiting for Cryosat to return its full, three-dimensional data-set.
This European Space Agency platform has a radar altimeter that can be used to calculate the thickness of the floes, yielding an overall volume when combined with area/extent information.
And while Cryosat has also seen sluggish growth (such as in the Barents Sea) during the anomalously warm winter, the Arctic still retains a fair amount of thick, multi-year ice north of Canada.
It means that this winter's maximum volume looks very similar at the moment to 2013, when the floes peaked at 24,800 cubic km.
That "minimum maximum" came off the back of a record-setting summer melt in the Arctic.
However, the moment of greatest volume in the floes tends to occur many days, if not weeks, after ice extent has turned its corner. Ice at the very highest, coldest latitudes can continue to accumulate mass even as the periphery at warmer, lower latitudes begins to erode.
"Once Arctic sea-ice has reached its maximum area for the year it continues to thicken for about a month as seawater beneath the ice freezes to the under-ice surface. We expect the ice to reach its maximum amount towards the end of March or start of April," explained Rachel Tilling, a Cryosat researcher at the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM) at University College London, UK.
"But the ice has only thickened by about 8cm since February, when usually it thickens by twice this amount."
Prof Andy Shepherd, the senior scientific advisor to the Cryosat mission, told BBC News: "Early March saw slow growth and if that is maintained then I suspect the winter volume will end up being lower than in 2013 - but it will be very marginal.
"This does all illustrate though why we need a three-dimensional view of the ice. Strong winds can cause the same amount of sea-ice to pile up in a smaller than usual area, which you would miss if you considered just the extent of the floes - how widely the ice is spread across the ocean.
"And if this happens, the ice can actually become more resilient to summer melting depending on where it ends up, which emphasises the importance of knowing how thick it is, too," the Leeds University expert said.
European scientists recently petitioned the European Commission and the European Space Agency to start work on a Cryosat follow-up mission.
The spacecraft is currently operating beyond its design life, and researchers are concerned the ageing mission could die in orbit at any time, depriving them of its unique data.
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A tractor was seen depositing the dirt outside the building, in Morledge, Derbyshire, at 07:10 GMT on 17 January.
Charles Hirons, 49, of Nottingham Road, Draycott, was later arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.
He is due to appear at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on 5 April.
Mr Shapps told the BBC the allegations - reported by the Guardian - were "categorically false and defamatory".
"It is the most bonkers story I've seen in this election campaign so far," he said.
The Guardian claims Wikipedia has blocked an account it suspects is being used by Mr Shapps.
Entries in the online encyclopaedia are written and edited by its own readers. Creating a fake online identity to mislead other people - known as "sock-puppetry" - is banned.
The Guardian reports that Wikipedia barred a user called Contribsx from making further changes after its volunteer "administrators" found the account had systematically removed references to Mr Shapps' past business activities.
The administrator reportedly told the paper they believed the account was "either run by Shapps directly" or by someone else "but under his clear direction".
According to the Guardian, a third of the contributions were made to Mr Shapps' own Wikipedia entry and the rest were "largely unflattering changes" to the pages of other political figures.
Speaking to the BBC News Channel, Mr Shapps strongly rejected the allegations and said "nobody has ever been authorised to make such changes".
He said: "One editor, who for all we know is part of a Labour/Guardian smear campaign, has given a statement to the Guardian from which they seem to have based an entire story."
He added it was "pretty despicable" 15 days before the election and that he would write to Wikipedia's HQ in California to complain.
A source close to the politician told the BBC's Newsnight they could prove that on four occasions he could not have made the changes in question, providing details of Mr Shapps' whereabouts.
"A simple look in my diary shows I was elsewhere," Mr Shapps told the BBC.
Mr Shapps has faced media scrutiny of his business interests before he became an MP in 2005, including a series of self-help business guides he published on the internet under the pseudonym Michael Green.
Conservative colleagues have rallied behind Mr Shapps. Mayor of London Boris Johnson said the claims were a "load of nonsense" while Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said it was "completely unbelievable" he would do anything of the sort.
Speaking on Wednesday at an election event in Bedford, Prime Minister David Cameron was asked if he had confidence in Mr Shapps.
"Grant does a great job, he's made a very clear statement about this, and I have nothing to add," Mr Cameron said.
Asked about the claims, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said he was "prepared to believe" that Mr Shapps had not altered his Wikipedia entry but joked: "It just could have been someone else - Michael Green, for instance."
Newsnight reported that Mr Shapps is considering a complaint against the Guardian and consulting on whether the paper had broken the law protecting candidates during election campaigns from false statements.
His only challenger, Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou, conceded defeat earlier.
Mr Talon got 65% of the votes while Mr Zinsou secured 35%.
Polls took place in four other African nations over the weekend, including Congo-Brazzaville, Cape Verde, Niger and Tanzania's Zanzibar islands where the incumbent president won.
"I feel like a soldier packing for the front. This is not a day of glory - congratulations will have to wait," Mr Talon said, Reuters news agency reports.
President Thomas Boni Yayi is stepping down after two terms.
His decision to leave office stands in contrast to leaders in other African nations like Burundi, Rwanda and Congo-Brazzaville, which have altered their constitutions to extend presidential term limits.
Mr Talon used to be a close ally of the outgoing president, but was accused of masterminding a plot to poison him in 2012, allegations he strongly denies.
He returned from exile in France last October, after receiving a presidential pardon.
This is a turnaround from the first round vote last month when Mr Talon came slightly behind Mr Zinsou, who is Franco-Beninese and used to head France's largest investment bank.
He was considered as "France's candidate" by his detractors.
The opposition also won in Cape Verde's elections on Sunday.
The Movement for Democracy (MPD) has won an absolute majority, defeating the governing African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) for the first time in 15 years.
Sunday's vote in Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar was a re-run after the results of disputed local elections in October were cancelled.
Incumbent President Ali Mohamed Shein has won a landslide victory, with the governing CCM party taking more than 90% of the vote in a disputed re-run.
The opposition CUF party boycotted the vote, saying its candidate Seif Sharif Hamad won the poll in October.
The opposition also boycotted the poll in Niger where the BBC's Ishaq Khalid says vote counting went into the night.
Results of the presidential run-off are expected on Tuesday or Wednesday, with President Muhamadou Issoufou expected to win a second term.
Opposition candidate, Hama Amadou, who was in jail on baby-trafficking charges he denies for the first round, was flown to Paris last week for medical treatment.
Counting is ongoing in Congo-Brazzaville where President Denis Sassou Nguesso is expected to win another seven years in office.
Police fired tear gas at opposition supporters after the close of voting - and telephone, text messages and the internet are still down on the orders of the government.
Turnout in Senegal's referendum on a new constitution that would cut presidential mandates from seven to five years is reported to be low.
The "mile-wide" storm sparked fires and flattened homes as it tore through.
On Sunday, at least two people died and 21 more were injured by the tornadoes.
The worst damage was caused by a twister near the town of Shawnee, 35 miles (55km) from Oklahoma City, where a mobile home part was razed and thousands have lost electricity.
Tornadoes, hail and high winds also hit Iowa and Kansas, part of a storm system stretching from Texas to Minnesota.
The National Weather Service (NWS) says there is a continuing risk of dangerous thunderstorms in the region that could produce hail and tornadoes on Monday afternoon.
On Sunday, a tornado smashed a trailer park on Highway 102 near Shawnee.
Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park resident James Hoke said he had emerged from a storm cellar with his family to find their mobile home vanished.
"Everything is gone," he said.
As he tried to help neighbours, Mr Hoke said he found his wife's father covered in rubble.
"My father-in-law was buried under the house. We had to pull Sheetrock off of him," Mr Hoke said.
Oklahoma's state medical examiner confirmed on Monday that two people had been killed near the trailer park: Glen Irish, 79, and Billy Hutchinson, 76.
Both lived in Shawnee, but it was not immediately clear if either or both lived in mobile home park.
The Oklahoman newspaper reported that five people were brought to Norman Regional Hospital for injuries, with three injured critically.
"This is the worst I've seen in Pottawatomie County in my 25 years of law enforcement," county Sheriff Mike Booth said.
The massive storm system had prompted the NWS to issue a blunt warning to residents in the affected states.
"You could be killed if not underground or in a tornado shelter," the agency warned. "Complete destruction of neighbourhoods, businesses and vehicles will occur."
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One resident, Amber Ash, said her home had been hit by a tornado as she waited in a storm shelter.
"Once it passed, we got out and saw the devastation," she said. "Everything I had was destroyed."
Thousands of residents in the affected areas have been left without power.
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency in 16 counties in order to send aid to the worst-hit parts of the state.
At least four tornadoes ravaged the state on Sunday, part of a storm system that was moving north-east across the Midwestern states and Texas.
"Right now we're in a rescue and recovery stage," Gov Fallin said. "We're still not in the clear yet."
A twister with an estimated 110mph (177km/h) wind speed touched down on Sunday afternoon near Wichita's Mid-Continent airport.
It knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses, but bypassed the most populated areas of Kansas' largest city.
Presenters of a local afternoon news programme were forced to evacuate during a live broadcast as the tornado touched down.
Osama Bin Laden and his most senior lieutenants had been killed, and the peaceful uprisings of the Arab Spring seemed to be ushering in a new era of freedom and democracy in which al-Qaeda and its jihadist terrorism looked outdated - if not anachronistic.
Journalists, academics, and even senior policymakers were ready to move on. Talk about the "strategic defeat", "decline", and "fall" of al-Qaeda was common.
By the end of 2014, it is no longer al-Qaeda or jihadism that look outdated but the predictions of their imminent demise.
Far from nearing defeat, jihadist groups everywhere have regrouped and taken advantage of new conflicts and instability - often in the very countries that saw popular uprisings during 2011.
The most spectacular newcomer is Islamic State, a group that has declared the creation of a caliphate, holds territory from the Syrian city of Aleppo to the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and has rivalled - if not replaced - al-Qaeda as the leader of global jihadism.
Over the past three months, I helped the BBC produce a global snapshot of this phenomenon. Our aim was to record all the reported deaths that were caused by jihadist violence during the month of November.
This task was made possible by combining the vast intellectual, journalistic and professional resources of the BBC World Service, BBC Monitoring, and the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) at King's College London.
The findings are both important and disturbing.
In the course of November, jihadists carried out 664 attacks, killing 5,042 people - many more than, for instance, the number of people who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks.
While comparisons to earlier periods are difficult, the overall picture is that of an increasingly ambitious, complex, sophisticated and far-reaching movement:
The project tells the story of a movement in the middle of a profound transformation - one whose final outcome is impossible to predict.
Our immediate focus, however, was the terrible human cost: with, on average, more than 20 attacks and nearly 170 deaths per day, jihadist groups destroy countless lives - most of them Muslim - in the name of an ideology that the vast majority of Muslims reject.
If anything, this highlights the movement's scale and ambition, but also the long-term political, social, ideological, and military commitment that will be needed to counter it.
Peter R Neumann is Professor of Security Studies at King's College London and directs the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR). He served as the BBC's principal academic adviser for the Jihad: Counting the Cost project.
The military said the test of the Shaheen 1-A, an intermediate-range missile capable of reaching targets in India, was successful.
India and Pakistan have fought three wars since 1947.
They conduct regular missile tests and inform each other in advance.
Both countries carried out nuclear weapons tests in 1998.
By M Ilyas KhanBBC News, Islamabad
The Pakistani test is seen by many as a message that Islamabad is not behind in upgrading its weapons in terms of both range and delivery capacity.
The nuclear arms race in South Asia has been one of the most persistent in the world, and is known for such tit-for-tat tests.
The latest tests indicate that this race continues despite recent ground-breaking trade talks between India and Pakistan that promise to normalise relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
India has been building its defences against China and has developed missiles that can threaten a vast region from eastern Europe to Australia.
Pakistan's missile programme, which is in the hands of the military, is more India-specific. It strives for a capability to threaten as many major Indian cities as possible.
Defence experts say that while the exact range of the Pakistani missile has not been revealed, it is capable of hitting targets up to 2,500 to 3,000km (1,550 to 1,850 miles) away - putting arch-rival India well within reach.
The Agni-V long-range intercontinental ballistic missile launched by India last week has a range of more than 5,000km (3,100 miles), potentially bringing targets in China within range.
Pakistan's last test was last month, when it launched the short-range nuclear-capable Abdali missile.
The missile tested on Wednesday landed in the sea, the military said. It is a version of the Shaheen-1 - with improvements in range and technical capabilities - and is able to carry nuclear and conventional warheads.
The military say that the missile - which successfully hit its target in the Indian Ocean - further consolidates and strengthens Pakistan's deterrence abilities.
Pakistan's missile arsenal includes short, medium and long range missiles, all named after Muslim conquerors.
Michelle Tock, 40, from Orchard Park, Hull, has been given a bravery award for her part in the rescue.
She was walking her dogs with her date in March when the couple found a man on the other side of the railings.
Humberside Chief Constable Lee Freeman said: "There is no doubt the 35 minutes Michelle spent with the man prevented him from taking his own life."
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Ms Tock said she met a man called Ian at the bridge for their first date.
"I wanted him to meet the dogs to see if they'd get along," she said.
"As we were walking across we saw a guy on the other side of the railings just hanging on and looking down."
They quickly realised it was not a prank.
"Ian and I just looked at each other and said 'This can't be happening'."
They worked as a team for over half an hour to persuade the man to leave the bridge.
"I can't remember exactly how it all happened because the adrenaline was pumping," said Ms Tock,
"I just talked to him about anything that wasn't to do with what was going on, while Ian discreetly called 999 on his phone and kept his phone in his pocket so they could hear what was going on."
The man eventually agreed to walk with them off the bridge, where specially trained police were waiting to help.
Ms Tock said she now wanted to use the experience to help her raise awareness of mental health issues.
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It is believed Ms Tock's date did not want publicity. The couple are no longer dating.
The 40-year-old was detained by the Met Police's counter-terrorism command in south-east London on Saturday.
He was held on suspicion of making "funding arrangements for the purposes of terrorism" but was bailed until a date in May, the force said.
A 30-year-old man arrested in north London on Wednesday on suspicion of preparing terrorism remains in custody.
He was apprehended under the Terrorism Act 2000 and is being held at a south London police station, the Met said.
Searches at a residential address in north London have now finished but inquiries are ongoing.
The workers were brought to the US in 2006 by a shipbuilding firm to repair damaged oil rigs after Hurricane Katrina, reports say.
They allegedly paid between $10,000-$20,000 each in fees and costs after they were promised jobs and permanent US residency.
Hurricane Katrina claimed 1,300 lives and displaced thousands in 2005.
The Press Trust of India reported that the Alabama-based Signal International was found guilty by a federal jury for defrauding and exploiting workers brought from India.
Many of the workers sold property and borrowed money to pay the fees to labour recruiters and a lawyer, according to a statement issued by the Southern Poverty Law Centre (SPLC), a civil rights law firm.
However, when the men arrived from India in 2006, they discovered that they would not receive the green cards or the permanent residency that had been promised.
Reports say the workers also paid $1,050 a month to the firm to live in "isolated, guarded labour camps".
"The workers have waited seven long years for justice. The agreement and [an] apology from the company will allow the workers to finally move on with their lives," Jim Knoepp of SPLC told the Press Trust of India.
There are reports that Plath wrote to her psychiatrist saying Hughes, her husband at the time, physically abused her days before she miscarried.
A statement issued on behalf of Carol Hughes said the allegations were as "absurd as they are shocking".
The letters have not been made public but a bookseller who has offered them for sale has confirmed their contents.
The letters were written by Plath to Dr Ruth Barnhouse between 1960 and 1963 and are among a collection that has come to light.
According to The Guardian, Plath wrote that Hughes, whom she had married in 1956, beat her and wanted her dead.
The correspondence was put up for sale for $875,000 (£700,000). Antiquarian bookseller Ken Lopez told the BBC the Guardian story "can be corroborated by the letters".
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Responding to the report, the Ted Hughes Estate issued a statement on behalf of Carol Hughes, who was married to the poet from 1970 until his death in 1998.
It said the claims would be seen as absurd by "anyone who knew Ted well".
The statement added: "Private correspondence between patient and psychiatrist is surely one of the most confidential imaginable and, in this case, these alleged claims were from someone who was in deep emotional pain due to the apparent disintegration of her marriage."
The sale of the letters has been blocked by Smith College, the Massachusetts arts college where Plath studied in the 1950s, which filed a lawsuit claiming the letters were bequeathed to it by Dr Barnhouse after her death.
Mr Lopez said: "They are off the market for the time being as the lawsuit is in litigation.
"Hopefully, the lawsuit will be over soon and the letters, and the archive they are a part of, which includes a good deal more material by and about Plath albeit none of it quite as shocking as the Barnhouse letters, can be sold to a research institution where it can all be read and studied by scholars, researchers, students, historians, journalists, other poets and writers, readers of Sylvia Plath, etc."
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The bank said the review followed "regulatory and structural reforms" since the financial crisis.
HSBC's board has asked its management to "look at where the best place is for HSBC to be headquartered in this new environment," the bank said.
"The question is a complex one and it is too soon to say how long this will take or what the conclusion will be; but the work is under way."
Shares in the company jumped 3% higher on the news.
Regulatory pressure, political attacks following revelations of errant behaviour and hefty new taxes have sparked the decision.
HSBC has also said that uncertainty over Britain's future in the European Union is weighing on its future as well as new rules which oblige banks to split their retail and investment banking activities - the ring-fence.
The pressure to launch this review has come from the HSBC board which has been pushed by investors worried about sub-par performance. Profits are down at the bank and the share price is under-performing.
If HSBC were to move - and that is a very big, costly, politically difficult if - it would be a significant moment for the City and Britain's place as the home of major global banks.
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The review follows plans announced in the Budget to increase the bank levy from 0.156% to 0.21%.
The levy particularly affects banks with large balance sheets, such as HSBC. Last year it paid £750m of the £1.9bn raised by the government through the tax.
HSBC also said that questions over the UK's continuing membership of the European Union were a source of "economic uncertainty".
The bank may also decide to sell its retail bank, originally called Midland Bank, said BBC business editor Kamal Ahmed. HSBC, along with the UK's other banks, will be required to separate its British retail business from the rest of the group by 2019.
The bank has had its headquarters in the UK since 1992 but makes most of its money overseas, with Asia accounting for about 80% of its profit.
HSBC has not yet said where it may consider moving its headquarters to, although many expect Hong Kong to top the list.
"The only even faintly credible option is Hong Kong," said Alex Potter, banking analyst at Mirabaud Securities.
However, a move to Hong Kong may not necessarily help the bank cut costs.
"HSBC will pay several hundred million dollars more in tax in 2015 [if it stays in the UK], but it would cost several hundred millions of dollars to move the bank to another country," says Mr Potter.
And "the Chinese government may prove to be less predictable than the UK's," he added.
HSBC's profit dropped 17% in 2014. HSBC blamed its "challenging year" on the $2.4bn it was forced to pay in fines and settlements in relation to foreign exchange manipulation and mis-selling of payment protection insurance.
The scandal-hit bank has also faced allegations that it helped people evade UK tax using hidden HSBC accounts in Geneva.
Politicians were quick to react to the news.
When asked about his view on HSBC's potential move on 5Live, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said: "They can make their own mind up… but I hope they will stay in the UK."
Chancellor George Osborne echoed that sentiment but added that it also was a warning about the dangers of anti-business policies.
Labour's Chuka Umunna said that HSBC's comments on Europe served to illustrate that it was "irresponsible...to play fast and loose with the UK's membership of the EU".
Meanwhile UKIP leader Nigel Farage also said he was worried by the news.
"There is genuinely a feeling (among workers) in the financial services industry that everybody hates them. And that suddenly London isn't a great place to be."
Armitage said not picking the uncapped pair for the Six Nations opener sent the wrong message to young players.
Saracens lock Itoje, 21, and centre Daly, 23, will travel to Edinburgh as reserves for the 23-man squad.
The in-form pair will be "wondering what they have to do to get in", Armitage told 888Sport.com.
Itoje is widely regarded as one of the most exciting young talents in the Premiership and may feature in the matchday squad if Courtney Lawes does not recover from a hamstring injury.
Armitage, ineligible for selection as he is based overseas, described Wasps outside-centre Daly as "one of the stars" of European rugby this season.
Paul Hill, Jack Clifford and Ollie Devoto could make their debuts from the replacements' bench in the Calcutta Cup match, but Eddie Jones' first squad largely contains players who featured in last autumn's World Cup.
"I'll back England but I'm disappointed not to see a few faces in the team for the first game," added the 30-year-old.
"Not to see them in the group, I don't know what kind of message it's sending.
"You have to put these players in when it's their time and I feel with Itoje that he's got there. He's doing it week in, week out for Saracens.
"Sometimes it's best to throw them into the deep end because otherwise when are you going to do it? This is the perfect time to do it."
Earlier this week, new coach Jones said both Itoje and Daly would play in the Six Nations "at some stage".
"I've got to pick the right opportunity for them to play. Their time will come," said the Australian, who succeeded Stuart Lancaster after England failed to progress beyond the World Cup group stages.
The president of the Philippines has told the BBC the new coal plants are needed to meet demands for energy.
This comes despite environmental groups and some leading Filipino politicians arguing that coal is one of the biggest contributors to global warming.
Coal emits more greenhouse gas than any other fossil fuel.
And climate scientists have long concluded that burning more coal will undermine efforts to limit the rise in temperatures.
But many developing countries, facing rapid increases in population and surging economic growth, see coal as a relatively cheap option, which is why the Philippines is planning a total of 23 new coal plants.
China, India and other fast-growing Asian economies also have plans for hundreds of new coal power stations.
The dilemma of how developing countries should generate electricity - and whether they should follow the path of the nations which industrialised first and became rich using coal - will loom large at the UN summit on climate change in Paris starting next week.
For the Philippines, coal currently generates about 42% of the country's electricity, with the rest coming from locally-sourced natural gas and renewables, but coal's share could potentially rise to about 70% in a few decades, according to some projections.
Speaking to the BBC, President Benigno Aquino said that reducing the use of coal in favour of gas, a popular choice for many, was not an option because of a lack of gas-importing facilities.
And he said that while the Philippines had increased the share of renewables, costs had limited their appeal until recently.
With solar, he said, "the price was considered too high so that it would bring up all of the electricity rates which would make us not competitive and will hamper the growth."
His concern is that higher power prices would "raise a hue and cry from our people about very high electricity rates which are at points in time the highest in the region".
The costs of solar had now fallen, Mr Aquino said, but that still left the problem of the intermittent nature of renewables, which he then chose to spell out.
"For instance, if we go to wind, are the wind turbines really working or not? Solar will get affected by cloudy conditions like this."
He was speaking under the dark clouds of Typhoon Koppu, known as Lando in the Philippines, which struck last month killing dozens of people and causing widespread flooding.
The president added: "Wave action is not yet developed sufficiently to be viable for the product mix.
"So what we're trying to do is ensure that we have the most modern coal plants that are in existence."
The push for more coal, in the face of strenuous objections, has dismayed many leading figures who say that there are many less-polluting alternatives.
Senator Loren Legarda, who chairs the country's Senate Finance Committee and has pushed through new legislation on climate change and energy, told me that "doing coal is a crime".
"It's a crime against humanity, it's just bad. It pollutes the already vulnerable environment, and coal kills - it kills our air, it kills our biodiversity.
"Coal is never an option, coal is not cheap. We must put in the negative effect of the health of the people, the negative effect on biodiversity, the bad effect on the environment , the bad effect on business."
Senator Legarda does not advocate closing down existing coal-burning power stations but says the global trend is to move away from coal and that her country should be part of that movement, particularly since its 98 million people are particularly vulnerable to a potential scenario of higher temperatures and more violent typhoons.
"Europe is downscaling on coal, many countries are downscaling on coal so why are we approving coal? It does not make sense. We are victims of climate change and we want to exacerbate it? We want to worsen the situation by doing more coal? It does not make sense."
Meanwhile, amid the debate over energy in the Philippines, there are efforts to help people cope with the kind of future disasters that may become more intense with climate change.
The charity Save the Children is providing advice to schools on how to teach children to be more aware of the possible dangers.
At the school in the village of San Augustin, in the flood-prone province of Bulacan on the central island of Luzon, pupils are given regular training drills in how to stay safe in situations such as flash floods.
According to one of the charity's organisers, Lourdes Pambid: "People are really getting to see the effects of these changes in the climate and they're also paying attention to these things."
She said the worry was that the next generation would grow up into a very different world.
"For children, it's losing their homes and even the type of their livelihoods.
"In Bulacan, it used to be a farming area and then the floods came in and some have shifted to fish farming but then conditions became worse and they had to give that up, they had to leave fishing.
"It could get worse if nobody does anything to address this situation so that's why the kids, the local government units, the government officials should be doing something about it."
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The attackers used grenade launchers and machine guns when they attacked the desert post some 480km (300 miles) south-west of Cairo, officials said.
It is not yet clear who carried out the assault.
Militants have intensified a campaign against the security forces since the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was ousted from power just over a year ago.
The attack took place on the Farafra-Cairo highway in Wadi al-Jadid governorate, security officials said.
Three of the gunmen were also killed, state-run news agency Mena reported.
The country's presidency has declared three days of mourning, saying: "Terrorism will be uprooted from every part of Egypt."
The area borders Sudan and Libya. Some reports suggested that the attackers could have been smuggling weapons from Libya into Egypt.
The BBC's Suzanne Kianpour in Cairo says the Egyptian army has been struggling to keep Islamist insurgents at bay.
This checkpoint attack marks a significant victory for the militants in a campaign that has already claimed the lives of dozens of policemen and soldiers, our correspondent adds.
The government led by former army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has cracked down harshly on Islamists and other political opponents.
Mr Sisi - who removed Mr Morsi from power - won May's presidential election.
The Robins went ahead inside two minutes, Bobby Reid bundling home after Famara Diedhiou rattled the bar.
Both sides wasted numerous chances before Craig Gardner's sweetly struck equaliser from 18 yards.
Maghoma completed Blues' comeback after the break, and they held on despite Maikel Kieftenbeld's red card for a foul on Callum O'Dowda.
Birmingham had looked relatively comfortable prior to the sending-off, for a lunging tackle with which Kieftenbeld appeared to win the ball, but Reid nearly levelled when his shot hit the post.
The Bristol City Academy product should also have scored before Maghoma's well-taken winner, dragging wide when unmarked in the area.
Having been outpassed and outplayed for long periods of the first half, Harry Redknapp's side were much improved after the break in registering a first league win of the campaign.
But they will be hoping a second-half injury for the impressive Che Adams, who limped off with an apparent hamstring problem, is not serious.
Birmingham City manager Harry Redknapp:
"It was a great result, achieved with courage, guts and effort. The crowd also kept us going after Bristol City's opening goal.
"You do not want to be one down in a minute but we came back strongly. They were the better team in the first half and we had to hang in and get to half-time.
On Maikel Kieftenbeld's sending-off: "It was a diabolical decision. I thought it was a yellow card. It was certainly not a red. It was terrible."
Bristol City boss Lee Johnson:
"Our strikers looked dangerous and we had some chances even in the last few minutes when Reid hit the post.
"My disappointment was that I thought we had cracked it for five or 10 minutes but then we became a little sloppy. It should not have happened.
"Parts of our first half was scintillating. But I hate losing. I do not want to drain the confidence of the players because there was so much to celebrate but they have got to learn fast."
Match ends, Birmingham City 2, Bristol City 1.
Second Half ends, Birmingham City 2, Bristol City 1.
Attempt missed. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Clayton Donaldson.
Foul by Jens Hegeler (Bristol City).
Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Korey Smith (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum O'Dowda.
Attempt missed. Eros Pisano (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Callum O'Dowda.
Offside, Birmingham City. Jacques Maghoma tries a through ball, but Clayton Donaldson is caught offside.
Foul by Eros Pisano (Bristol City).
Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Marlon Pack (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Marlon Pack (Bristol City).
Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Birmingham City. David Cotterill tries a through ball, but Clayton Donaldson is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Marlon Pack (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Bobby Reid (Bristol City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right.
Foul by Niclas Eliasson (Bristol City).
Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Niclas Eliasson (Bristol City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Marlon Pack (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eros Pisano.
Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Bailey Wright (Bristol City).
Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marlon Pack (Bristol City).
David Cotterill (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Nsue.
Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Michael Morrison.
Attempt blocked. Famara Diedhiou (Bristol City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) is shown the red card.
Callum O'Dowda (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
Foul by Callum O'Dowda (Bristol City).
David Cotterill (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Callum O'Dowda (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nsue (Birmingham City).
Famara Diedhiou (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nsue (Birmingham City).
Goal! Birmingham City 2, Bristol City 1. Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cheikh Ndoye with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Paul Robinson.
Born in Shanghai, Wu was just 23 when he was given a life sentence in a forced labour prison camp after he criticised the Soviet Union, then an ally of China.
Mr Wu spent 19 years inside 12 different camps, an experience he said turned him into an animal, fighting over scraps of food so he would not starve like millions of others.
"I intended to commit suicide twice, because I felt that death was better than life," Mr Wu told the BBC in 2011.
"I was working in a coal mine, 12 to 12, two shifts a day. Then in a chemical factory, 12 to 12, two shifts a day. Then on a farm.
"When the sun was rising, we would go out and when the sun went down, we would come back."
His release came one day after the death of Chinese ruler, Mao Zedong. After he was freed, he went to the United States to work in geology, his chosen field, but quickly turned into a human rights campaigner.
Mr Wu devoted the rest of his life to speaking out against China's continued use of forced labour as punishment.
He said he wanted to introduce the Chinese word "laogai" into the English language, the name for China's harsh labour camp system.
He went back to China four times, going undercover as a prison guard, to document conditions in labour camps.
On his fourth attempt, he was caught and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was deported following international pressure.
Mr Wu founded his own organisation, the Laogai Research Foundation, to keep the spotlight focused on the use of labour camps.
Due in part to his efforts, the laogai system was closed in 2014, and substituted with a milder form of punishment, known as "reform through labour".
The foundation continues to expose human rights violations in China's prison system.
"The Laogai Research Foundation Board, employees and supporters remain committed to carrying on Harry Wu's efforts," spokesperson Ann Noonan told the BBC.
"We are grateful for the loving messages that people all over the world are sending in memory of Harry Wu. He will be greatly missed."
Dauda, 27, a Nigerian with Swedish citizenship, arrives on loan from Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem until the end of the season.
He has previously won league titles with Red Star Belgrade in Serbia and Kalmar in Sweden.
"He's got pace, power, I'm sure he'll score goals," said Robbie Neilson.
The Hearts coach added:. "The fans will see a top quality player who's played at the top level in three European countries.
"He was our number one target at the start of the month but we thought the deal wasn't going to happen, but it was back on again and I'm delighted to get him."
Dauda declared himself "really happy" after concluding negotiations.
"I spoke with Robbie on the phone and he told me he has followed me for quite a while now, and as a player it is a dream to hear a coach say that," he told the Hearts website.
"Now I have to go on the pitch and show him he made the right decision. I'm really looking forward to meeting my team-mates and learning the team's style of play."
The Sow deal is yet to be completed, with the winter transfer window running longer in China.
The 25-year-old Swede moved to Tynecastle on a two-year deal in the summer of 2014 following a 12-month stint at Crystal Palace.
He has scored 11 goals in 27 games this season for the Premiership side, after netting 12 goals in his first term at Hearts as they ran away with the Championship title.
The Edinburgh club have also signed former Watford, Cardiff and Wigan midfielder Don Cowie and sent Morgaro Gomis on loan to Motherwell.
Ricky Hayden, 27, was stabbed in Romford, east London, as he tried to stop his brother's scooter from being stolen on 13 September.
Tommy Roome, of Romford, was cleared of murder but guilty of manslaughter.
The 20-year-old was also cleared of the attempted murder and wounding with intent of Ricky's father Paul Hayden.
Tarrell Hinds, 20, of Chigwell, east London, was charged with the same offences and was acquitted on all counts.
The Old Bailey was told the minder, his father and brother Perry Hayden confronted the defendants, then aged 19, when Ricky was wounded several times in his leg.
Prosecutor Jonathan Rees QC said the defendants had gone to Gibbfield Close to look for two other brothers - Carter and Latham Jordan - with whom Roome was involved in an ongoing dispute.
He added: "It appears that confrontation came about because the Haydens believed that Tommy Roome and Tarrell Hinds had designs on Perry Hayden's moped which was parked directly outside the front door of the Haydens' home address."
Giving evidence, Roome said they had stopped as they thought they saw one of the Jordans' cars when he spotted three men running down the road.
He told jurors he only put his hand on the handle of his knife when he saw Paul Hayden had a baseball bat.
Roome said he was not aware he had hit Paul Hayden and insisted he never intended to try to kill him or do him really serious harm.
"There was just blood in the road. I panicked and ran down the road," he added.
Ricky Hayden acted as a bodyguard for celebrities including footballer Peter Crouch and model Abbey Clancy.
Sentencing will take place at a later date.
Mr Maclean, 45, beat 47 other professional chefs over seven weeks of cooking.
He defeated rivals Elly Wentworth and Matt Healy in a final which included making a Michelin-standard dish for 28 Michelin-starred chefs.
Mr Maclean told BBC Radio Scotland he will continuing his lecturing at City of Glasgow College following his win.
He said he watched the final on television at a surprise party at his house organised by his wife.
"It actually just felt real for the first time watching it last night," he told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme.
"I almost jumped up and down myself. It was quite weird. It's not real until it's on TV."
The final task was to create an exceptional three-course meal in three hours.
Mr Maclean's winning menu was made up of a razor clams starter, a Highland roe deer main course and a chocolate pistachio ganache pudding.
The senior chef lecturer said he decided to enter the competition because of his love for the show.
He added: "The main reason I applied was that every year, my kids and students asked why I haven't done it.
"Getting to the finals is the hardest test a chef can put themselves through and I don't think people realise how long a journey it is, but my wife and kids have been with me every single step of the way, so it's been brilliant."
Asked if he would go back to his day job, following his success, Mr Maclean said: "I will definitely continue lecturing.
"I think what it's going to give me though is an opportunity to maybe do other projects. I am hoping things might change in that direction but I will continue teaching."
It happened at about 23:40 BST on Monday in Galliagh Park.
Residents told the BBC they saw three masked and armed men enter the house.
A police spokesperson called the shooting a "brutal attack".
The man was taken Altnagelvin Hospital where his injuries are not believed to be life threatening.
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Amir was suspended for five years and served three months in prison after being found guilty of spot-fixing during the 2010 Lord's Test.
The 24-year-old will return to the same ground next month as part of the Pakistan team for the first of a four-Test summer tour of England.
"I fully back that fixers should be banned for life," he said.
"If fixing is still happening, then it's really alarming."
Left-arm fast bowler Amir said he felt "seriously lucky" to be able to resume his Test career.
"I was all excited for Test cricket because that is where my career was held back and I still can't believe that this is happening," he said.
Amir and new-ball partner Mohammad Asif were found to have bowled deliberate no-balls for money.
The duo, and then Test captain Salman Butt, were found guilty of corruption by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in February 2011, and sent to prison in November of the same year following a criminal trial at Southwark Crown Court.
Cook said he had "no problem" facing Amir as he has "served his time".
He added: "In my opinion - because it's become a bit more prevalent - the ICC should come out and say that if you are caught match-fixing you are banned for life."
12 July 2013 Last updated at 20:30 BST
The doctor's extraterrestrial arch-enemy has been constructed by cutting more than 6 miles (10 km) of pathways in a field of maize plants in Elvington.
The attraction was opened by actor Colin Baker who played the Time Lord in the 1980s.
The pop star won best male, best North American act, best collaboration for Where Are You Now?, with Skrillex and Diplo, biggest fans and best look.
One Direction won the prize for best pop, Taylor Swift's Bad Blood won best song and Rihanna was named best female.
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran hosted the ceremony in Milan on Sunday - and took home the prize for best live act.
He also won the best world stage award for his performance at last year's V Festival.
Accepting his best male award, Bieber said: "It's been a long couple of years, um, I just feel like this is pretty awesome to be recognised for my music."
He has had a number of legal run-ins, including being arrested last year on suspicion of driving under the influence.
Sydney pop punk band 5 Seconds of Summer scooped the best worldwide act (Australia/New Zealand) award for the second year in a row.
The She's Kinda Hot singers, who supported One Direction on their Australian tour, thanked their fans via video message.
Ruby Rose, fellow Australian export and star of Orange is the New Black, opened the MTV EMAs alongside Ed Sheeran.
Veteran pop stars Duran Duran were honoured with the inaugural MTV Video Visionary Award.
"When we started there was us and MTV and we blazed a trail and we were there for each other," said singer Simon Le Bon as he collected the award.
A surprise winner in the best video category was hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
"I had no idea we were going to win an award," said Macklemore.
"We're not on a major label; we don't have a big budget. What you guys give to us, we give back to you in the art we make."
That represents a substantial gain on alternatives that can struggle to run longer than a day.
The Geak Watch 2 models achieve the feat by using a hybrid screen that switches between a "high definition" LCD colour display and a "standby mode" battery-saving e-ink one.
One expert said this was "very clever".
"One of the big challenges that smartwatch manufacturers have had is that people stop using the devices, and one of the reasons they do so is that they have to be charged on a regular basis, whereby they are being taken off constantly," said Ben Wood from the tech consultancy CCS Insight.
"Anything that enhances the battery life is a big win.
"That's why we've seen people who have Pebble devices typically using them longer than some of the rivals with daily charging requirements."
Pebble smartwatches also promise "up to seven days" between charges thanks to the use of a black-and-white e-paper display, but lack the ability to switch to a colour LCD screen or run Android, restricting the amount of apps they offer.
The new smartwatches are made by Shanda, a Shanghai-based company that helped pioneer the sector with its first Geak Watch in 2013.
Reviews at the time indicated that the first-generation device lasted between 10 and 15 hours.
Early adopters are being rewarded with an offer to trade in the old watch for a free new one.
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Owners can alternate between the two display modes by pressing a power button.
Both watches feature a circular 1.3in (3.2cm) display offering a resolution of 254 pixels per inch when the LCD is in use - roughly the same specifications as LG's G Watch R, which does not include the e-ink component.
Shanda's Pro model features a metal, rather than plastic, bezel and also includes a built-in heart rate monitor.
The models are powered by Geak Watch OS, a proprietary "skinned" version of Android 4.3 that has its own app store and user interface, rather than Google's Android Wear software.
This helps it overcome the fact that Google Now - the anticipatory search service that provides much of Android Wear's functionality - is blocked in China, where the Geak devices are sold.
Mr Wood said it was not yet clear whether the hybrid screens matched existing watches in terms of display quality, but said that if they did other companies might follow with similar products made available worldwide.
"We're seeing a tremendous amount of innovation in wearables coming out of China," he said.
"It's amazing how all of the different manufacturers quickly follow successful ideas.
"But China is not only the epicentre for innovation, it's also the source of extreme price erosion, which is making things challenging for the established players."
Samsung, LG, Motorola, Sony and Asus are among other companies to offer smartwatches that typically last about a day per charge.
Many analysts have speculated that Apple's Watch - a smartwatch to be released in 2015 - would boost sales across the sector.
But there has been concern about Apple's admission that battery life will be constrained.
"I think given my own experience, and others around it, that you're going to wind up charging it every day because you're going to use it so much," Apple's chief executive Tim Cook said at the WSJD Live conference, according to a transcript by the Verge news site.
While improvements in the efficiency of computer processors are helping compensate for the relatively slow pace of battery tech advances, they can go only so far.
But research elsewhere in China might offer an alternative to falling back on e-ink.
Researchers at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have reported that they have created a new type of LCD screen that can hold a static image for years without requiring power.
This could be suited to smartwatches that change only a single digit every minute to show the time when not running more complex apps.
Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd was raided over the Easter weekend.
Lionel Wiffen told Woolwich Crown Court he found the fire escape open twice and "crept around" but found nothing unusual, blaming the caretaker.
Three men deny conspiracy to commit burglary. A fourth denies conspiracy to conceal or transfer criminal property.
Mr Wiffen said he visited his office on the morning of 3 April and found the fire escape ajar, which had never previously occurred.
He said he "crept in" to "have a look around" but found nothing unusual and made sure he locked it when he left.
But the following morning he said he found it "open again".
"I thought I'll have a go at the caretaker, and find out who he's given a key to," he said.
Previously Det Con Jamie Day, the first Flying Squad officer to arrive on the scene, said the only CCTV camera in the building caught footage of a man, identified only as "Basil", allowing access to the building via a fire escape from the inside.
Shortly afterwards other men could be seen entering the building carrying tools, wheelie bins and other equipment.
Mr Wiffen also told the court "there seemed to be a lot of cars parked with people in it...looking over" in the months before the burglary.
The trial continues.
Defendants and charges
Previously John Collins, 75, of Bletsoe Walk, Islington; Daniel Jones, 58, of Park Avenue, Enfield; Terry Perkins, 67, of Heene Road, Enfield and Reader, of Dartford Road, Dartford, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary.
They will be sentenced at a later date.
Writing in the Radio Times, Suzy Klein said suggestions the BBC was "teetering worryingly at the top of a slippery slope" were "a load of old cobblers".
"Electronic dance music is dazzling in its primal energy," the presenter of Radio 3's In Tune programme continued.
"Great music festivals must embrace great music, in its many guises."
The late-night Prom on 29 July will see Radio 1 presenter Pete Tong celebrate 20 years of the Ibiza dance scene in a concert with Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra.
This year's Proms season also includes a BBC Radio 1Extra Prom on 12 August featuring leading hip-hop and grime artists from Britain's urban music scene.
Klein promised that the latter concert would be "mind-blowing" and could hardly be seen as "the tip of the iceberg for Proms armageddon".
"I love dancing to an addictive club anthem as much as I adore listening... to a Brahms symphony," the broadcaster wrote. "Who says you're not allowed to enjoy all of it?"
The 2015 BBC Proms season runs from 17 July to 12 September and will comprise 92 concerts in total, mainly at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Klein is a regular presenter of Radio 3's daily afternoon music show and will be one of the presenters of the BBC's Proms coverage.
Between 2011 and 2016, nuclear power operators made payments of more than 6bn euros (£5.2bn) to the government.
The Constitutional Court has ruled the tax was "unconstitutional and void".
E.On, RWE and EnBW have been hit hard by Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to abandon nuclear power by 2022.
The policy was drawn up following the disaster at Fukushima in Japan in March 2011.
Germany's environment minister Barbara Hendricks said that the court ruling was a "colossal irritation".
Ms Hendricks is a member of the Social Democrats (SPD), who are the junior partner in Chancellor Merkel's governing coalition.
She said the 2009-2013 government, which was made up of Mrs Merkel's conservatives and the Free Democrats (FDP), had caused "chaos" in nuclear policy.
"The fact that this bodge [referring to the previous government's decision] means a payout to the nuclear power companies years later makes the Constitutional Court's ruling a colossal irritation," Ms Hendricks said.
The verdict overrules a decision by the European Court of Justice last year saying the tax did not breach European Union laws.
Second victory
The decision marks a second victory for energy utilities challenging Germany's nuclear policy.
Last December, another court ruled that shutting down all the country's plants violated their rights.
E.ON said Wednesday's ruling meant it could claim a refund of 2.85bn euros plus interest of 450m euros, boosting its share price.
RWE expects a refund of 1.7bn euros in addition to about 200m euros in interest payments.
In the aftermath of Fukishima, E.On and RWE separated their conventional power plant businesses from operations such as renewables.
The fuel rod tax required firms to pay 145 euros per gramme of nuclear fuel each time they exchanged a fuel rod, which usually happens about twice a year.
Sean Cleathero died in October 2012 at the Apollo Gym in High Wycombe after taking dinitrophenol (DNP).
Peter Purkins, 48, of Hazelmere and Jason King, 43, of Great Missenden, were found guilty of conspiracy to produce and supply class C steroids.
The are due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey in London on 24 July.
King was also found guilty of perverting the course of justice following the month-long trial.
DNP is an industrial chemical not suitable for human consumption, but it is sometimes used as a fat-burning substance, the court heard.
Following the verdict, Mr Cleathero's mother Sharon Ayres said she took "some comfort" with the convictions.
"I hope this highlights the dangers and deters other people from supplying class C anabolic steroids and also DNP," she said.
Det Sgt Paul Quinton, from Thames Valley Police, said: "I hope this [conviction] will act as a deterrent to those who may consider supplying similar substances and they understand there can be very serious consequences for all those involved.
"I hope similar tragedies can be avoided in the future."
Purkins and King were cleared of the manslaughter of Mr Cleathero at a trial in 2014.
Two other defendants were sentenced in connection with the case last year at the Old Bailey.
Jamie Chivers, 35, of Spring Gardens Road in High Wycombe, was also found not guilty of manslaughter in 2014, but sentenced to three years in jail after admitting to perverting the course of justice and production and supply of class C drugs.
Laura Hague, 24, of Gerrards Cross, was jailed for two years after being found guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and conspiracy to supply class C drugs.
Shauna Hoare told the court Nathan Matthews also stabbed himself with a fork in anger, dragged her by the hair across a bed and made her beg for food.
But Ms Hoare told Bristol Crown Court there had been both "good times and bad times" in their relationship.
Ms Hoare and Mr Matthews deny murder and conspiring to kidnap Becky.
Ms Hoare told the court Mr Matthews would scream and shout at her, and also on one occasion pushed her against a door.
Ms Hoare described the experiences as terrifying.
"He would be shouting, clench his fists and would step forward and throw something, but he wouldn't actually hit me," she said.
Ms Hoare also described an incident in which Mr Matthews lost his temper at a doctor's surgery and punched a wall - breaking his fingers.
She said she had talked to a friend about leaving Mr Matthews but could not go through with it.
"I had nowhere to go. I had no-one else. He would find me. It would just go back to normal if he found me," she told the court.
She denied watching pornography with Mr Matthews and said she did not know anything about a pornographic film found on his laptop about the rape of a young girl.
Asked about her boyfriend's attitude to teenage girls, Ms Hoare said it was not just teenagers but was "mainly people younger than him".
She said Mr Matthews would occasionally make inappropriate comments about them, such as "I would give them a go".
Mr Matthews, of Hazelbury Drive, Warmley, South Gloucestershire, admits perverting the course of justice, preventing lawful burial and possessing a prohibited weapon.
Ms Hoare, 21, of Cotton Mill Lane, Bristol, denies murder and conspiracy to kidnap, a weapons charge, perverting the course of justice and preventing a burial.
Two other men, Donovan Demetrius, 29, and James Ireland, 23, deny assisting an offender.
The trial continues.
In its security advisory, Adobe said one of the bugs was being actively exploited in a "limited number of targeted attacks".
In total, the patch closes 23 separate security bugs in the Flash player.
Attackers abusing the security holes would be able to take over a computer to steal useful data or spy on the machine's owner.
The update urges people to apply the patch as soon as possible because many of the problems are rated as critical - the highest level.
The holes are found in Flash as well as versions of other Adobe programs used on many different platforms and devices. At risk devices include Windows machines, Macs and Linux computers as well as phones running Android and iOS.
Adobe was alerted to the problems with its Flash player by many different security researchers including experts at Google, Microsoft, Kaspersky Labs and Alibaba.
Many security firms now recommend that people uninstall the Flash player to avoid falling victim to malicious attachments or booby-trapped webpages. A lot of web firms have now stopped using Flash in a bid to thwart attackers.
Several other companies issued big security patches this week. Firefox's update closed 40 separate vulnerabilities, more than half of which were rated as critical.
In addition, Google issued an update for Chrome that, among other things, closed three security holes rated as "high" severity. It paid bug bounties totalling $13,000 (£9,000) to the two researchers who uncovered the loopholes.
On Tuesday, Microsoft issued its regular monthly security update that tackled 13 problems in several different programs including the Internet Explorer and Edge browsers.
The literary prize started accepting novels by US authors in 2014, having previously been restricted to the UK, the Commonwealth, Ireland and Zimbabwe.
Barnes won in 2011 with The Sense of an Ending. "I don't agree with opening up the Booker for the Americans," he said.
"I think that's straightforwardly daft. The Americans have got enough prizes of their own."
Last month, Paul Beatty became the first American author to win the Booker, triumphing with his racial satire The Sellout.
But Barnes told the Radio Times: "The idea of [the Booker] being Britain, Ireland, the old Commonwealth countries and new voices in English from around the world gave it a particular character and meant it could bring on writers.
"If you also include Americans - and get a couple of heavy hitters - then the unknown Canadian novelist hasn't got a chance.
"Which American prizes are open to Brits? In theory I think only the National Book Award is. I don't think any Brit has won a major American award for years."
The £50,000 Booker Prize is now open to writers of any nationality writing in English and published in the UK.
Every shortlist for the past three years has included two US authors.
Fellow Australian Peter Carey, who has won the Booker twice, has previously criticised the decision to open up the award.
"I find it unimaginable that the Pulitzer or the National Book award people in the United States would ever open their prizes to Brits and Australians," he has said. "They wouldn't.
"There was, and there is, a real Commonwealth culture. It's different. America doesn't really feel to be a part of that... I suppose I'm not generally in love with the notion of global marketing."
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Launching her party's campaign in Bristol, Natalie Bennett said councils "desperately need a new green broom".
The party is standing more than 1,500 candidates on 5 May.
It received a record vote share of 3.8% in the 2015 general election. However, its increase in support did not result in another parliamentary seat.
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Ms Bennett said Green membership had more than trebled. "We got more than 1.1m votes in the general election - we are aiming to turn that green surge into green seats."
She said she hopes to increase the party's presence on councils where it has representation - like Bristol, Liverpool, Norwich, Sheffield and Oxford - but also make inroads into those which currently have no Green councillors.
She said her councillors had "fought tooth and nail" to protect services and the vulnerable from spending cuts by "challenging the destructive budget priorities of councils led by the old parties that have run out of ideas".
"We are a party very much on the up. We offer policies that work for local communities, that work for the common good within the environmental limits of our one planet."
The Green Party currently has 168 councillors in England. They gained 10 seats overall in the 2015 local elections but lost minority control of Brighton and Hove - which in 2011 became the first UK council to be led by the party.
As well as the local authority elections in England on 5 May, polls are being held for the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish administrations as well as to elect a London mayor and police and crime commissioners in England and Wales.
Speaking on national television, she said some civil liberties might have to be suspended.
The Ebola outbreak has also hit Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, killing more than 930 people.
World Health Organization (WHO) experts are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss a response to the outbreak.
The two-day meeting is expected decide whether to declare a global health emergency.
Ebola, a viral haemorrhagic fever, is one of the deadliest diseases known to humans, with a fatality rate in this outbreak of between 50% and 60%. It is spread through contact with the bodily fluids of Ebola patients showing symptoms.
Already reports are reaching Monrovia that a military blockade is stopping people from western regions of Grand Cape Mount and Bomi, where Ebola is prevalent, from entering the capital.
These counties largely rely on Monrovia for their goods - and the blockade means that the cities of Robertsport and Tubmanburg are now cut off. One Tubmanburg resident phoned into a radio show to complain that rice, the national staple, was already in short supply in the market.
The head of the National Health Workers Association said while the state of emergency was necessary, people should have been given time to prepare. Fear has prompted hospital workers to abandon clinics - meaning many are now shut.
President Sirleaf said this meant many diseases prevalent during the rainy season, such as malaria and typhoid, are going untreated and may lead to unnecessary and preventable deaths.
A WHO statement on Wednesday said 932 patients had died of the disease in West Africa so far, mostly in Liberia, where 282 have died.
Announcing a 90-day state of emergency, President Sirleaf said the government and people of Liberia required "extraordinary measures for the very survival of our state and for the protection of the lives of our people".
She said "ignorance and poverty, as well as entrenched religious and cultural practices, continue to exacerbate the spread of the disease".
Observers say the Ebola crisis in Liberia has got worse because many people are keeping sick relatives at home instead of taking them to isolation centres.
Amid international concern, US President Barack Obama said the illness "can be controlled and contained very effectively if we use the right protocols".
"The countries affected are the first to admit that what's happened here is the public health systems have been overwhelmed. They weren't able to identify and then isolate cases quickly enough.
"As a consequence, it spread more rapidly than has been typical," he added.
Mr Obama said that the US was working with Europe and the WHO to provide resources to contain the epidemic.
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Nigeria's Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu described the outbreak as a national emergency, adding that "everyone in the world is at risk" because of air travel.
In a surprise move, the WHO said on Wednesday it would convene a meeting of medical ethics specialists next week to decide whether to approve experimental treatment for Ebola.
Some leading infectious disease experts have been calling for experimental treatments to be offered more widely to treat the disease.
The aim of the WHO's emergency committee meeting is to focus solely on how to respond to the Ebola outbreak.
If a public health emergency is declared, it could involve detailed plans to identify, isolate and treat cases, as well as impose travel restrictions on affected areas.
There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola - but patients have a better chance of survival if they receive early treatment.
Ebola has initial flu-like symptoms that can lead to external haemorrhaging from areas like eyes and gums, and internal bleeding which can lead to organ failure.
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Rebecca Evans said the use of image and performance enhancing drugs (IPED) for "image reasons" was a growing problem, particularly in parts of south Wales.
She was speaking at a meeting of charities and sports authorities at Cardiff's Principality Stadium.
Ms Evans said:"[It's] not just a problem in sport - it is a wider societal issue.
"There are a worrying number of young people, especially men, purchasing and taking illicit substances for image reasons and some then participating in community sport.
"We must reverse this culture of IPED use if we are to protect a generation of young people from the serious side effects they can cause."
The Welsh Government said IPED use had been linked to heart disease, liver damage and mental health issues and it invested almost £50m a year to tackle substance misuse.
Pedal on Parliament was billed as Scotland's largest demonstration for safer streets.
A number of politicians joined the cycle through the heart of the capital, from the Meadows to Holyrood.
A similar satellite event was held simultaneously in Aberdeen, where cyclists rode from Hazelhead Park to Marischal College.
Since its inception five years ago, organisers claim it has been successful in putting active travel on the political agenda.
Ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections, Pedal on Parliament has now joined calls to press for 10% of the transport budget to be invested in active travel.
Organiser Sally Hinchcliffe said: "This election is about the sort of Scotland we want to live in.
"With obesity rising, pollution choking our cities and increasingly destructive storms battering our shores, it's clear that we cannot continue simply building more roads and increasing our car dependency.
"Our politicians need to choose a different path and follow countries like Denmark and the Netherlands in creating people-friendly towns and cities where everyone can walk or cycle if they want to, something that will benefit us all.
"Pedal on Parliament's manifesto offers a clear path towards that end and we encourage politicians of all parties to adopt its aims."
The Edinburgh event was led by a tandem club which pairs visually-impaired stokers with sighted captains.
Having ridden a round trip of 40 miles to attend the event, The Fife Talking Tandems cycling club left the Meadows at noon.
Mike Young, secretary of the Talking Tandems, said: "Our presence on Saturday amongst so many other likeminded people will demonstrate that visually impaired cyclists - and those who suffer from other disabilities - love getting out on their bikes for all the reasons that sighted and able bodied cyclists do.
"But like them, we need a safe environment in which to cycle, and sometimes this requires different approaches and additional investment."
Mies Knottenbelt, of Lothians cycle campaign group Spokes, said: "Many different kinds of cyclists come together to make it known that cyclists need some space on the roads to be able to cycle safely.
"There are lots of kids here and lots of parents who feel strongly that unless we make the roads a bit safer we can't cycle."
Eleven rugged oil beetles, which are believed to be in serious decline, were counted at the Elliott nature reserve on Swift's Hill near Stroud.
The Stroud valleys have been a stronghold for the beetle, as have reserves in Somerset and Wiltshire.
A Buglife spokesman said the beetles were usually found in low numbers, so to find 11 in one go was "impressive".
The beetle species was first recorded at the Elliott reserve in 2007 by entomologist Jon Mellings, from Dursley.
He returned to the site last November and recorded seven specimens which he reported to Buglife as part of their autumn rugged oil beetle survey.
Mr Mellings, said: "The beetles were feeding on various herbs and grass stems but were initially difficult to spot even with torchlight."
Subsequently a Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT) ecologist visited the same spot a month later and recorded 11 beetles.
Kathy Meakin, from the GWT, said oil beetles were parasites of solitary mining bees and added that this particular species was "fascinating".
"It's a very good sign we are getting our habitat management right if we can find rare, specialised parasites," she said.
The rugged oil beetle - meloe rugosus - is one of four types of oil beetle believed to have suffered drastic decline in the UK, with another four oil beetle species now thought to be extinct.
Andrew Whitehouse, from the Buglife conservation charity, said the Stroud valleys were a "national stronghold" for the species.
"Somerset and Wiltshire are also 'hotspots' - we have historical records for a good number of sites," he said.
But he said they had fewer records in the past 10 years so wanted people to let us know if they see any of these brilliant beetles.
South Africa beat Sudan 3-1 to book their place from Group B with Senegal defeating Cameroon 2-0.
The Amajita of South Africa opened the scoring in the 15th minute against Sudan in Lusaka through Phakamani Mahlambi but Sudan bounced back nine minutes later courtesy of Khaled Osman.
South Africa regained the lead in the second half when Grant Mergeman was set up by substitute Kobamelo Kodisang to hit home the second goal.
Man-of-the-match Sobobgakonke Mbatha completed the rout in the 66th minute to send the Sudanese packing.
Senegal dumped the Cameroonians out of the tournament after beating their fellow West Africans 2-0 in Ndola thanks to goals from Ibrahima Niane and Krempin Diatta.
Senegal will now face Guinea in the semi-finals on Thursday in Ndola at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium.
Before that, home hopes will be pinned on Zambia when they face South Africa in the first semi-final on Wednesday at the Heroes Stadium in Lusaka.
The final will also be held in Lusaka on Sunday.
All four semi-finalists - Zambia, Guinea, South Africa and Senegal - will represent Africa in South Korea in May.
The draw for the 2017 Fifa U-20 World Cup will be held on 15 March.
A massive international collaboration has now doubled the number of genes linked to the dementia to 21.
The findings, published in the journal Nature Genetics, indicate a strong role for the immune system.
Alzheimer's Research UK said the findings could "significantly enhance" understanding of the disease.
The number of people developing Alzheimer's is growing around the world as people live longer.
However, major questions around what causes the dementia, how brain cells die, how to treat it or even diagnose it remain unanswered.
"It is really difficult to treat a disease when you do not understand what causes it," one of the lead researchers, Prof Julie Williams from Cardiff University, said.
The genetic code, the instructions for building and running the body, was scoured for clues.
A group - involving nearly three quarters of the world's Alzheimer's geneticists from 145 academic institutions - looked at the DNA of 17,000 patients and 37,000 healthy people.
They found versions of 21 genes, or sets of instructions, which made it more likely that a person would develop Alzheimer's disease. They do not guarantee Alzheimer's will develop, but they do make the disease more likely.
By looking at the genes' function in the body, it allows researchers to figure out the processes going wrong in Alzheimer's disease.
Prof Williams, the head of neurodegeneration at Cardiff University, told the BBC: "We've doubled the number of genes discovered and a very strong pattern is emerging.
"There is something in the immune response which is causing Alzheimer's disease and we need to look at that."
The way the body deals with cholesterol and the way cells in the brain deal with big molecules in a process called endocytosis also seem to be involved.
It now needs other research groups to pick up on the findings, work out exactly what is going wrong and develop treatments.
This could include drugs, genetic therapies or changes to lifestyle.
Dr Eric Karran, the director of research at Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "By mapping the genetics of the most common, late-onset form of Alzheimer's, these findings highlight new biological processes that could significantly advance our understanding of this devastating disease.
"While this new discovery holds real potential, the true value will come from pinpointing the exact genes involved, how they contribute to Alzheimer's, and how this could be translated into benefits for people living with the disease."
Dr James Pickett, head of research at the Alzheimer's Society, said: "This exciting discovery of genes linked with Alzheimer's disease opens up new avenues to explore in the search for treatments for the condition.
"We now need continued global investment into dementia research to understand exactly how these genes affect the disease process."
Department of Immigration and Border Protection secretary Michael Pezzullo criticised media coverage of the case as "advocacy parading as journalism".
The Australian Broadcasting Corp has apologised for a reporting error.
The case was widely reported last week as the High Court ruled Australia's offshore asylum policy was legal.
The ruling meant more than 260 asylum seekers in Australia - including dozens of children - were expected to be deported imminently to Nauru.
There was widespread anger among activists at the prospect of the boy being returned, but Mr Pezzullo said on Monday there was "no five-year-old child, it's a figment".
The ABC has issued an apology, saying it misreported comments made by a paediatrician on two separate cases.
The doctor had referred to one case involving a five-year-old who was allegedly sexually assaulted and another about a 10-year-old who was allegedly raped in Nauru.
The ABC said its story "incorrectly used quotes about the older child in referring to the younger child".
Paediatrician Karen Zwi said the information she had given the ABC was "factually accurate".
"A child is a child. I stand by the statements I have made with regard to children in detention," she said.
The Human Rights Law Centre has also confirmed the younger boy was not among the children linked to the High Court ruling.
All immigrants trying to reach Australia illegally by boat are detained. They are taken to Nauru and Papua New Guinea for processing, with those found to be genuine refugees resettled in Papua New Guinea, Cambodia or Nauru itself.
The government says the policy deters people smuggling and stops people dying at sea
But critics say Australia is ignoring its international obligations, and there are repeated allegations of abuses and poor conditions in the camps.
A national vigil is to be held on 30 June at Westminster Abbey, London, with overnight events being held in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Co Down.
There will also be a commemorative service the following day at Manchester Cathedral.
More than 600,000 British and French troops died during the WW1 battle.
Announcing the commemorations, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said: "We must never forget the scale of what happened at the Somme.
"More died on the first day of battle than any other day of the First World War. Almost every family in the country was touched by the devastating losses.
"I hope people of all generations up and down the country will have the chance to attend an event and honour the bravery of those who sacrificed so much."
The overnight vigils on 30 June will take place at:
There will also be a programme of overnight events at the Imperial War Museum in London that night.
The commemorative service will be held on 1 July at Manchester Cathedral, followed by a procession through the city to Heaton Park.
And further events will take place at Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries and memorials.
The government had already announced plans for an event on 1 July at Thiepval in northern France, where a memorial holds the names of 72,000 fallen soldiers who have no known graves.
Around 10,000 people are expected to attend next year's event at the memorial, with 8,000 selected by ballot.
The Battle of the Somme began on 1 July 1916 and did not end until 18 November that year.
The aim of the offensive was to achieve a clear victory for the British and French, but the campaign turned into a stalemate, with soldiers struggling to gain any ground after heavy rains in October.
The Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in France on Tuesday, leaving no survivors.
The Foreign Office said Paul Bramley, 28, from Hull, and Martyn Matthews, 50, from Wolverhampton, died in the crash.
It said seven-month-old Julian Pracz-Bandres and his Spanish-born mother Marina Bandres Lopez-Belio, from Manchester, also lost their lives.
Mr Hammond said: "We cannot rule out the possibility" that other British people were involved in the crash.
Families of those from the UK known to have been killed have been contacted, the foreign secretary said.
In a statement released by the Foreign Office, Mr Bramley's mother Carol, who lives in Majorca, said: "Paul was a kind, caring and loving son. He was the best son, he was my world."
His father Philip Bramley, also from Hull, said they were both deeply shocked.
Mr Bramley had just finished his first year at the César Ritz College in Lucerne, Switzerland, where he was studying hospitality and hotel management.
Due to start an internship on 1 April, he had been flying back from a few days' holiday with friends in Barcelona and was due to stop in Duesseldorf on his way to meet his family in the UK.
Mr Matthews, a senior quality manager thought to be travelling to Germany for a meeting, was married with a son, and daughter.
His family said in a statement: "We are devastated at the news of this tragic incident and request that we are allowed to deal with this terrible news without intrusion at this difficult time."
Margaret Goodyear, a neighbour and former colleague of Mr Matthews, said he was a "lovely, lovely man".
Yesterday Pawel Pracz, whose wife Marina Bandres Lopez-Belio, 37, and son Julian died in the crash, said he was "devastated" at the loss.
He explained that his wife had bought last minute tickets to visit her family in Spain for her uncle's funeral.
Originally from Jaca in the Spanish Pyrenees, Ms Bandres met her Polish husband at the Futureworks School of Media in Manchester and went on to become an editor and colourist in post-production for film and video.
The couple had graduated together in 2009 and had lived together in the city for seven years.
Mr Pracz said: "I'm with my closest family in Manchester, and in close contact with our family in Spain at this very difficult time. "
Richard Hellawell, Ms Bandres' former tutor at Futureworks School of Media, Manchester, described her as a "model student" who was "exceptionally talented and hard-working."
He said: "One of the nice bright lights of the world has gone out."
Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband have offered their condolences to the families of those affected by the air crash.
Germanwings and Lufthansa staff stood in silence in Cologne on Wednesday morning to honour the dead.
Mr Cameron described the crash as "heartbreaking".
He told the Commons: "I know the whole House will wish to join me in offering our deepest condolences to the family and friends of all those killed in the yesterday's airbus crash in France.
"It is heartbreaking to hear about the schoolchildren, the babies, the families whose lives have been brought to an end."
Germanwings chief Thomas Winkelmann said 72 of the 144 passengers were German citizens and 35 were Spanish, the remainder included citizens of the UK, Australia and Belgium, among others.
The German victims included 16 pupils returning from an exchange trip.
French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy visited the crash scene on Wednesday.
Mr Rajoy declared three days of national mourning in Spain.
Bereaved relatives are expected to visit the scene. The mayor of Seyne-les-Alpes, the town nearest the crash site, said local families were offering to host them.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Mr Winkelmann said the airline would provide financial support and transport for any relatives wanting to visit the scene from overseas.
A day of mourning is being held at the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium school in Haltern-am-See, north-west Germany, where the pupils were from.
Analysis: Richard Westcott, BBC Transport Correspondent
The cockpit voice recorder "black box" is pretty battered but the devices are bomb-proof, literally, so investigators should still be able to listen to what happened on board.
The large, orange cylindrical part in the middle holds the memory boards that record the pilots' voices, and that looks intact to me.
The critical question now is, were the pilots speaking during those lost eight minutes when the aircraft dropped from 38,000ft to the ground?
If they're quiet, investigators will know they were unconscious, and that suggests a major decompression took place on board.
That's when a hole in the fuselage lets all the air out. It's not necessarily fatal, if the pilots can get their oxygen masks on in time, something they train for, but if they were knocked out, it would explain the lack of a mayday call or any obvious attempt to steer the stricken aircraft to the nearest runway.
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The plane's "black box" cockpit voice recorder is believed to be damaged but has been sent to Paris where officials still hope to retrieve data from it.
Remi Jouty, from the French investigating organisation BEA, said initial examinations had found usable sounds and voices, but that it was too soon to draw any conclusions.
He said they hoped to have the first "rough ideas" within a few days, but a fuller understanding could take weeks or even months.
Investigators are still searching for the second "black box" - the flight data recorder.
Investigators said the plane hit the ground in the French Alps at great velocity, suggesting no explosion in flight.
Siddle joined Notts on a two-year deal ahead of last season, but did not play last summer because of a back injury.
And the 32-year-old has now withdrawn from playing in the 2017 county season.
Pattinson, 26, has taken 70 wickets in 17 Test matches for Australia, with his last appearance coming against New Zealand in February 2016.
He took his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket since December 2015 in Victoria's Sheffield Shield win over Western Australia on Saturday, a result which secured the Bushrangers a place in the final.
"I feel for Peter in particular because he's had absolutely no luck in recent years when it comes to injuries," Nottinghamshire director of cricket Mick Newell said.
"We certainly didn't imagine, when we signed him on a two-year contract for 2016 and 2017, that he wouldn't play a single game for us during that time."
Nottinghamshire were relegated from Division One of the County Championship last season, having won just one of their 16 games.
The hosts collapsed after lunch on the fourth day and were bundled out for 103 in just 37 overs, with Mitchell Johnson taking 3-27.
None of England's recognised batsmen made more than 17 runs as Stuart Broad top-scored with 25.
Australia had earlier reached 254-2 declared in their second innings, leaving England to bat 155 overs to save the game.
That they fell so woefully short raises serious questions about the calibre and make-up of a team that only a week ago stunned Australia by winning the first Test in Cardiff by 169 runs.
And after England's top order once again crumbled, the selectors will surely ponder changes before the series resumes at Edgbaston on 29 July.
For Australia, such a swift and categorical riposte to the defeat in south Wales will bolster their belief that they can pull off their first Ashes win in England since 2001.
The relative calm with which Alastair Cook and Adam Lyth negotiated three overs before lunch offered no indication of the pandemonium that was to follow the interval.
Lyth, Cook and Gary Ballance were all caught behind, the captain to a particularly frivolous swing away from his body.
Ian Bell led a charmed life as he ground out 50 balls for 11 runs before poking forward at Nathan Lyon and popping a catch to short leg.
The real nadir arrived when the in-form Ben Stokes threw his wicket away in diabolical circumstances.
Running through for a comfortable single, he had made up his ground by the time Johnson's throw shattered the stumps.
Crucially, however, Stokes neglected to slide his bat into the crease and was in mid-air when the ball hit, meaning he had to go.
The tea interval ostensibly gave England a chance to gather their thoughts and steel themselves for a plucky fight to the close.
In theory, but not in practice.
In the space of five balls from Johnson, five wickets had become seven as Jos Buttler nicked behind before Moeen Ali flinched at a bouncer and looped a catch off the splice to short leg.
Broad briefly flung the bat to collect five boundaries but when he chipped Lyon to cover, England were 101-8.
Only two further runs were added before Josh Hazlewood bowled Joe Root and James Anderson in successive overs to send Australia into raptures.
England's frenzied showing on a placid pitch contrasted with the serenity of Australia's performance in the morning session as they added 146 runs to set England a notional 509 to win.
David Warner made 83 and Steve Smith 58 after Chris Rogers had been forced to retire on 49.
The left-handed opener, 37, suffered a sudden dizzy spell and was escorted to the dressing room, where he rested for the remainder of the match.
Rogers missed two Tests in West Indies in June and was struck on the head by Anderson on the morning of the second day.
England captain Alastair Cook: "When you get bowled out for 100, it isn't good enough. Australia put us under pressure and we weren't able to deal with it.
"We came up short this week. We have to take this on the chin. Now it's about the character we need to show to bounce back."
Australia captain Michael Clarke: "I couldn't have asked for a better performance.
"We didn't play our best at Cardiff, but now we can look in the mirror and say we played some good cricket here."
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew: "Australia couldn't have dominated any more from the moment they won the toss."
Former England captain Michael Vaughan: "Brutal...The changes have worked for Australia...They have looked an energised, ruthless unit."
Former England opener Geoffrey Boycott: "Some of the batting was pretty poor and the attitude to saving the game was poor. We helped Australia blow us away.
"If it was a boxing match we would have got knocked out in the first round. We got knocked down and we stayed down. We never made a fight of it."
Ex-England batsman Ed Smith: "I can scarcely remember an innings where a wicket looked less likely to fall than Australia's innings. I can scarcely remember an innings where wickets looked more likely to fall than this England innings."
Former Australia seamer Glenn McGrath: "Mitchell Johnson looked lethal and England just capitulated. They'll take a lot of scars into the next game."
Actor, writer and presenter Stephen Fry: "The worst thing about England's batting today is that it allows teachery people to use words like "disgrace" and "shameful".
They were issued with a second winding-up petition by HM Revenue & Customs in October and they did not receive proposed investment.
London Welsh now hope to reform as a semi-professional side in 2017, playing at their current Old Deer Park ground.
The club can continue to play during the liquidation process, but they will be deducted 20 points.
They are due to face Doncaster in the British and Irish Cup on Saturday, but it is not yet known if the fixture will go ahead.
A Rugby Football Union spokesperson said: "The RFU are working with the club to find a way to fulfil their fixtures this season."
London Welsh will have to put together a sustainable business plan to the RFU - and raise a bond of £300,000 - in order to exist as a phoenix company.
If this is approved by the RFU then they will be able to keep their place in the Championship, or National League 1 if they are relegated.
If the plan isn't approved and they can't raise the bond, then they will drop out of the leagues altogether.
The club had a winding-up petition dismissed in September after agreeing a takeover with a United States-based investment group, but the deal was never completed.
Founded in 1885, the club still holds the record for the most players selected in a British and Irish Lions squad, when seven were picked for the 1971 tour to New Zealand.
The Exiles were in the Premiership as recently as the 2014-15 season, when they were based at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford - but were relegated after losing all 22 matches.
"Due to a playing budget of £1.7m and gates at games numbering as low 400, the club's current business model is totally unsustainable," chairman Gareth Hawkins said.
"Having to break the news to 40 staff members yesterday was extremely difficult.
"In the New Year, it is the hope and intention of the board that London Welsh will be able to return to playing at Old Deer Park.
"However, it will first be necessary to change the club's business model to a semi-professional set-up and form a new company, and then raise £300,000 so that the club can regain a position within the Championship."
Chris Jones, BBC Radio 5 live rugby union reporter
This is a sad day for one of Britain's oldest and most famous rugby clubs, but a salutary lesson of the harsh financial realities of professional rugby.
In hindsight, London Welsh should never have chased the Premiership dream without the backing, management or the infrastructure to be sustainable.
Premiership clubs are able to lean heavily on central revenues - especially from television - but this is not the case in the Championship, and unless clubs in the second tier have a wealthy backer they simply cannot support a professional set-up.
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The 30-year-old has won 26 Tour stages and the 2011 road race world title but is yet to claim an Olympic medal.
Competing on the track will be the Manxman's best chance of winning one in Rio this summer, as the road race route is not suited for pure sprinters.
"Cav won't do three weeks of the Tour," British Cycling's technical director Shane Sutton said.
"If he wants to medal, he's aware that he wouldn't be going to Paris."
This summer's race begins on 2 July with a flat stage that Team Dimension Data rider Cavendish will be targeting for victory.
The race ends in the French capital on 24 July.
Cavendish won his first four Tour stages in 2008 before leaving early to prepare for the Olympics in Beijing, where he finished ninth in the madison and was the only member of Great Britain's squad not to win a medal.
He also competed in the Olympic road race on the opening day of London 2012 but finished 29th, 40 seconds behind winner Alexander Vinokourov.
The weapons, which included AK-47 rifles, were used in violent crimes in the capital, Maputo, police alleged.
Mr Dhlakama's Renamo party condemned the raids as an "invasion".
Renamo fighters and government forces have been involved in clashes since disputed elections in 2014, raising fears that a civil war could resume.
The 17-year conflict ended in 1992 with a peace deal which led to the former rebel group turning into an opposition party.
Mr Dhlakama was not at his Maputo home during the police raid, reports the BBC's Jose Tembe from the city.
He is based in the remote Gorongosa mountains in central Mozambique, which was his headquarters when he was a rebel leader.
Police commander Julio Jane said military uniforms and communication equipment had also been seized during the raids.
"At Mr Dhlakama's house, we found 38 AK-47 rifles and seven pistols," he said.
For its part, Renamo accused police of "stealing" about $4,000 (£2,800) from its properties during the operation.
Mr Dhlakama would respond "politically" to the raids, it added.
Renamo has carried out a spate of attacks on civilians and government targets since the disputed election, as it insists on the right to govern six of Mozambique's 10 provinces.
The victim, 26, was kidnapped at gunpoint and taken to a garage, where he was bound, gagged and beaten.
Five of the 10-man gang received life sentences for charges including kidnapping, false imprisonment, blackmail and GBH at Warwick Crown Court.
Police said the victim's family had been "distraught".
West Midlands Police said the man, from Coventry, was abducted in Milverton Road, Woodend, in September and taken to a lock-up garage. He was left in a van, bound and gagged without food or water, and beaten with a metal bar.
The gang demanded a £20,000 ransom from his family but, when they felt his relatives had not responded quickly enough, the victim's little finger was cut off and left under a brick on a garden wall.
After the family paid the ransom, the victim was thrown out of the back of the van in McDonnell Drive, Coventry.
The money was recovered after police raided a house in Dovedale Avenue, Longford.
Three of the defendants - Ralph McLeod, Lewis Poyser and Yusuf Akbar - were found guilty of false imprisonment, blackmail and grievous bodily harm.
Seven other men had pleaded guilty to charges including kidnapping, blackmail, false imprisonment, and grievous bodily harm.
Det Ch Insp Simon Wallis said: "The family were understandably distraught at the thought of what else could happen to their loved one."
Four of the defendants, Anthony McLeod, Kofi Poyser, Lewis Poyser and Lamar Grant, were also sentenced for their part in an assault on a man outside a Coventry nightclub in June.
A French inquiry has found that Poly Implant Prostheses - or PIPs - are filled with an unapproved gel and are missing protective barriers.
About 50,000 British women may have these implants.
The body for plastic surgeons warned against alarm, but said those with PIPs needed a check-up within six months.
If an ultrasound establishes that the implant is weakened or ruptured, then both should be removed, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) advised.
"This is certainly an unusual situation but so far there is no serious cause for alarm - whilst further tests are conducted into the substance, we recommend that women who've undergone breast augmentation contact their surgeons to find out what type of implant was used," said its president Nigel Mercer
"If it's PIP they should have an ultrasound in the next six months to establish whether there is any weakening or rupture. At present removal is recommended in these cases, but if there is one ruptured implant, the contralateral one should be taken out as well, as a preventative measure."
In March, The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said no more PIPs should be implanted and that any remaining should be returned to the manufacturer.
The French company which produced PIPs has gone into administration. All the devices were recalled in France earlier this year.
The inquiry by the French association of plastic surgeons reported that the company had from 2005 dispensed with the protective barrier and was also using a gel with a composition different from that approved.
To determine how the altered version might react with the human body, BAAPs says French colleagues contacted the gel manufacturers for any studies. There were none, as they had understood the substance to be intended for use in mattresses.
Nigel Mercer added that surgeons who had fitted PIPs should not be held accountable for doing so.
"There was no way of knowing the gel was untested or that the protective envelope, which adds strength and restricts the gel from travelling into the body, had been dispensed with."
PIPs were among the cheaper brands of breast implants available. The French started investigating after surgeons reported they were rupturing more quickly than other brands.
It follows concerns some Irish passport holders, refused or no longer entitled to a work visa, used the Irish version of their name to apply again.
Australian's Department of Immigration and Border Protection met Irish government officials about the issue.
The Irish government said it was not appropriate to disclose what was discussed.
In a statement to the Irish Independent newspaper, the Australian department said it was "aware of and is investigating a migration fraud involving Irish applicants using new passport features to access Australian visas".
It added: "Accurately identifying non-citizens underpins the integrity of Australia's migration, visa and citizenship programmes and is the basis for all security and character checks completed before making a decision about whether to grant a visa to come to Australia."
A spokesperson for the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs said: "The Passport Service assesses the credibility of each application individually when requested to change a name on a passport.
"The decision must be approved by the head of the Passport Office.
"This policy seeks to protect the integrity and security of our passports against passport or identity fraud, while at the same time balancing the wishes of those genuine citizens, who wish to use the Irish language more frequently in their daily lives."
Almost 90,000 people have emigrated from the Republic of Ireland to Australia since the start of the global economic downturn in 2008, according to Ireland's Central Statistics Office.
The number appeared to peak in 2012, when an estimated 18,200 emigrated to the other side of the world. By contrast, the figure dropped to 10,000 last year.
The Briton was broken three times in losing the first set in 34 minutes.
But although he battled back to level the match, Austrian world number nine Thiem won in two hours and 13 minutes to set up a final against Rafael Nadal.
Elsewhere, British number four Aljaz Bedene beat Serb Laslo Djere 6-2 6-4 to reach the Hungarian Open final.
Having lost both previous meetings with Murray on hard courts, Thiem found the Spanish clay much more to his liking as he secured his first victory against a world number one.
Murray's three-set win over Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Friday took a minute less than three hours and he made a sluggish start in the face of Thiem's array of winners.
However, the Scot responded in determined fashion, twice staving off break points to take the second set in 48 minutes.
However, in a fluctuating deciding set, the three-time Grand Slam winner hesitated over a smash and instead sent a wild forehand way beyond the baseline, which took Thiem to match point.
The 23-year-old's impressive victory was duly completed when the Scotsman's lob drifted wide.
"In that last game, I missed a couple shots I shouldn't have," said Murray.
"It was quite windy out there and difficult to get into a rhythm but I got three matches in three days against different types of player, which will be good for me."
There was better news for Bedene, who broke twice in the opening three games of his match against world number 184 Djere.
Having wrapped up the set in 34 minutes, he then broke for a 4-3 lead in the second and completed victory in an hour and 19 minutes.
The Slovenia-born 27-year-old, world ranked 68, captured back-to-back titles on the second-tier ATP Challenger Tour earlier this month and has now won 23 of his last 24 matches.
Bedene was ranked outside the top 100 at the beginning of March but, should he win Sunday's final against world number 14 Lucas Pouille, he will likely move into the top 50 and replace Kyle Edmund as the British number two.
In the doubles semi-finals, Britain's Dom Inglot and partner Robin Haase of the Netherlands were beaten in three sets by third seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah of Colombia.
The nine inch (23cm) figure was taken from the Deri Inn, Rhiwbina, Cardiff, but was handed back a week later.
It was left outside with a note saying: "Been on holiday! Didn't want to be alone for Xmas. Come back to be with you lot! Sam X."
Police had launched an investigation after the figure - crafted at Pontypridd's Grogg Shop - disappeared.
The collectable had taken pride of place in the pub that is in the area where Cardiff Blues and 2013 Lions captain, Mr Warburton, grew up.
Duty manager Dan Draper, 24, said: "It was left outside the pub near the front doors in a black bin bag with a note Sellotaped to it.
"We are delighted to have it back."
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Noah the donkey fell into the 7ft (2m) ditch in Heydon, Cambridgeshire, on 17 August and was freed by firefighters.
Elaine Fisher who runs the stable where he is kept said the cover was taken some time during the previous weekend.
The donkey is still being treated at an equine hospital.
Cambridgeshire fire service, stable workers, a vet, and a man with a mechanical digger worked into the night to save Noah, holding his head above the water.
Stable worker Edward Stanford said: "The cover was there on the Friday when I was working in the field, then obviously by Monday it had gone.
"Whoever stole the drain cover obviously didn't think of the consequences, or perhaps they just didn't care."
After he was winched out, it was initially thought Noah had suffered just scrapes and bruises, however, on Thursday Mrs Fisher said he "went into shock as donkeys get very stressed".
Noah was admitted to Cambridge University's equine hospital where he is expected to remain for several days.
"It was touch and go over the weekend but he seems a little better today," said Mrs Fisher, who runs Lovely View Stables.
A Just Giving page has been started to help fund Noah's care. So far about 40 people have pledged more than £700 and many are following Noah's progress on a Facebook page.
Noah is owned by All Saints' Church in Melbourn, which is holding collections to help with the bills.
The donkey is well-loved in the village having starred in the church's Nativity services for the past five years.
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A donkey that was at the centre of a five-hour rescue after falling into a water-filled storm drain ended up there because metal thieves stole the cover from his field, a stable owner said.
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Bu farw Kevin a Ruth Burke, 56 a 49, Donald a Sharon Burke, 55 a 48, a Barry Burke, 51, oedd i gyd o ardal Milton Keynes yn y digwyddiad.
Wrth roi teyrnged, dywedodd merch Donald a Sharon Burke bod y "teulu wedi newid o fewn diwrnod".
Dywedodd Heddlu Gogledd Cymru bod gweddillion yr hofrennydd wedi eu hadfer a'u cludo o fynyddoedd Y Rhinogydd.
Mewn datganiad, fe wnaeth teulu Sharon Burke "ddiolch i bawb am eu cefnogaeth a negeseuon o gydymdeimlad" ar ôl iddynt golli merch, chwaer a modryb.
Fe wnaeth Kath Stewardson hefyd gydymdeimlo gyda theulu gŵr Mrs Burke, Donald, ei frodyr Kevin a Barry, ac hefyd gwraig Kevin, Ruth.
Dywedodd: "Rydym wirioneddol wedi'n llethu gyda'r holl gariad a chefnogaeth.
"Mae ein meddyliau ar yr adeg hon yn arbennig gyda thri o blant Sharon a Donald, mae'r tri wedi bod yn glod i'w rhieni.
"Hoffem ddiolch yn arbennig i bob un o'r gwasanaethau brys a'r cyhoedd a helpodd wrth chwilio am ein hanwyliaid, ac hefyd swyddogion cyswllt yr heddlu sydd wedi bod o gymorth mawr yn ystod y cyfnod anodd hwn."
Dywedodd Olivia, merch Donald a Sharon Burke bod ei theulu "wedi newid o fewn diwrnod".
"Maent wedi eu cymryd yn llawer rhy fuan, ac mae'n anodd i ni ddeall pam y byddai trychineb o'r fath yn gallu digwydd i'r math gorau o bobl, a oedd mor anhunanol a diffuant i bawb oedd yn eu hadnabod," meddai.
"Fyddwn ni byth yn anghofio'r ddau, ac fe fyddwn ni'n gobeithio i'r ddau fod yn falch ohonom bob amser.
"Byddem yn ddiolchgar pe bai pawb yn parchu ein dymuniadau i gael llonydd i ddod i delerau â'r hyn sydd wedi digwydd, drwy gefnogaeth ein teulu a ffrindiau."
Bydd archwiliad manwl o'r gweddillion nawr yn cael ei gynnal gan y Gangen Ymchwilio i Ddamweiniau Awyr (AAIB).
Ddydd Llun, fe wnaeth y Prif Arolygydd Richie Green o Heddlu'r Gogledd ddiolch i'r gymuned leol ac i ymwelwyr am eu cefnogaeth a'u cydweithrediad.
"Rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn am yr amynedd a dealltwriaeth barhaus y cyhoedd yn ystod yr ymchwiliad cymhleth ac anodd yma," meddai.
Ychwanegodd bod swyddogion yn dal i apelio am wybodaeth gan unrhyw un oedd yn yr ardal ar y pryd.
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Mae teyrngedau wedi eu rhoi i bump o bobl fu farw pan ddisgynnodd hofrennydd i'r ddaear yn Eryri ddydd Mercher.
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Taha Hussain, 21, from Slough is on trial accused of nine counts of disseminating terror documents via smart phone apps including WhatsApp.
The Old Bailey heard he became increasingly extreme in the two years before his arrest in August last year.
The defendant denies all the charges against him.
Mr Hussain is also charged with one count of encouraging terrorism through posts on Twitter.
When police seized his mobile phone, they found the black flag of IS on his screen saver and his PIN number was 9117 - in apparent homage to the 9/11 and 7/7 terror attacks, the court heard.
Prosecutor Mark Paltenghi told jurors on Thursday: "It may be that this is a combination of the dates of two of the most significant acts of terrorism this century - the attacks upon the Twin Towers in New York and other targets in America on September 11, 2001, and part of the date of the London bombings on July 7, 2005."
Over 11 months, Mr Hussain is accused of distributing YouTube videos and audio files on topics including Charlie Hebdo and bombings in Britain and the US as well as a copy of an IS magazine.
Mr Paltenghi said: "In essence, it is alleged that when all this material was sent it was done with the intention that it would be understood by its recipients as a direct or indirect encouragement to the commission, instigation or preparation of acts of terrorism."
The trial continues.
Olympic silver medallist Renwick, 28, has retired from competitive swimming, but asked whether achieving success in swimming is becoming harder, Renwick says he believes it is the opposite.
"The coaching, the facilities, everything is getting better than when I first started," said Renwick.
"It's going to be really exciting in the next couple of years."
He continued: "We're almost a victim of our own success now because the British swimming team is doing so well, which is great.
"We have to keep promoting grassroot sports because that's where our next stars will come from.
"I'm looking at the young talent coming through. The likes of Duncan Scott, Ross Murdoch, Kathleen Dawson, real promising Scottish swimmers coming through the ranks."
Renwick has represented Scotland and Great Britain at every major event; competing at the Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics and for Scotland at three Commonwealth Games.
He won silver in Rio 2016 as part of the 4 x 200m freestyle relay team before announcing earlier this month his decision to retire from the sport, saying it was the best way to step down.
"I've had a very long career in swimming and to come away with a Olympic silver medal was the icing on the cake for me," he told BBC Scotland.
"Winning Commonwealth Gold in 2010 was amazing. Last year in the World Championship, winning gold as part of the men's 4 x 200m relay team, was another highlight.
"Getting an Olympic medal was all I ever dreamed of as a young boy and what a way to finish off my career."
Buried statistics, convoluted decision-making, endless jargon - these were just some of the complaints raised at a London conference examining how the British media report "Brussels".
The UK's EU debate was famously spiced up by a televised head-to-head in 2014 between UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage (Eurosceptic) and the then Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (Liberal, pro-EU).
They gave wildly divergent figures for the quantity of UK laws "made in Brussels" - Mr Farage said it was 70%, while Mr Clegg said 7%.
It will be among the important issues for UK voters to consider in the run-up to the in-out referendum on EU membership.
There is intense speculation that the vote - potentially a turning-point in British history - could be held on 23 June.
Research by the House of Commons Library revealed how hard it was to solve the "laws made in Brussels" question. There are just so many types of law, adopted in different ways. Its estimate was between 15% and 50%, depending on the calculation used.
Just to add to the confusion, former EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding threw in the 70% figure - but she was referring to the amount of laws which the European Parliament "co-decides" with EU government ministers. That's not the same as the amount that becomes UK law.
For one thing, the UK has opted out of various EU laws in the areas of law and justice and governance of the eurozone.
The law certainly is an issue in this referendum, because one of Prime Minister David Cameron's reform demands is for the EU to hand back more powers to national parliaments.
Will Moy, director of the fact-checking organisation Full Fact, said the EU's complexity was a big challenge for journalists and researchers.
"The UK has robust mechanisms for dealing with facts, but where are the equivalent bodies in the EU?" he asked. His estimate for "laws made in Brussels" was 50% - a rough estimate, he stressed.
Several journalists contrasted the cut-and-thrust of combative Westminster politics with the consensus-driven, committee-heavy style of Brussels politics.
Not surprisingly most avoid trying to explain the EU's "acquis", "comitology" or "Luxembourg compromise".
But the mission to explain was certainly underlined at the conference. It was organised by The UK in a Changing Europe - an initiative to bridge the gap between the EU and British voters.
Mike Berry, of the Cardiff University School of Journalism, lamented the British public's "frighteningly low" level of understanding of the EU - and urged the media to do more explaining.
"I was very lost, with the difficult jargon, and Brussels has a tendency to suppress the drama," said Joshua Chaffin, recalling his work as a Brussels reporter for the Financial Times.
"But you can get to enjoy the sophistication of the game. So many different interpretations are often valid at the same time," he said.
The battle of the interpretations is already under way, as Mr Cameron well knows.
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Alistair Thompson, 43, left 44-year-old Alexander Powell needing surgery after the attack in Seaton Road last July.
He was charged with attempted murder but admitted a reduced charge of assault to severe injury, permanent disfigurement and danger of life.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lord Boyd of Duncansby told Thompson a significant sentence was required.
Lord Boyd said a background report on the repeat offender showed that he had no remorse or sympathy for the victim.
The judge ordered that Thompson should be under supervision for a further six-year period after his release for public protection.
Defence counsel Edith Forrest told the court a report prepared on him "details a man who clearly has a chronic alcohol problem which undoubtedly is the root cause of most of his offending".
Mr McIlwaine was last seen in the Carnmoney Road area of Newtownabbey in County Antrim on Thursday 13 July.
His family has thanked all those who were involved in the search for the 22-year-old.
His parents led a public search for their son on Saturday.
Danielle McLaughlin was found raped and strangled in the Indian tourist haven two months ago.
Police said Vikat Bhagat had confessed to her murder; he has now reportedly sent a letter denying the charge.
It insists he tried to save the backpacker as three other men smashed her head with bottles and rocks.
The 29-page letter to Mr Bhagat's sister, published by the oHeraldo newspaper, states that he was in a relationship with Miss McLaughlin, 28, who was from Buncrana in County Donegal.
It also alleges that three of his friends killed her, and he was unable to stop them because of a shoulder injury.
The letter says the 24-year-old suspect had been assaulted by police and forced to incriminate himself by putting finger prints on beer bottles.
Solicitor Des Doherty told BBC Radio Foyle the claims were "spurious".
"From a legal point of view, I deal with these types of situations all the time, but for the family it is extremely distressing," said Mr Doherty.
"I haven't seen the actual letter, I've seen photographic evidence of the letter and obviously it's written in a different language.
He said that in the letter, Mr Bhagat allegedly relates an entirely different version of events to those outlined by police.
"It seems to me to be highly dubious, spurious and self-serving," said Mr Doherty.
Ms McLaughlin had travelled to India in February to meet up with friends.
She was found dead in a field close to tourist resorts in Canacona on 14 March.
A post-mortem investigation found the cause of death to be brain damage and constriction of the neck.
Indian police have told Mr Doherty the Directorate of Prosecution would bring formal charges against the accused within weeks.
"We are told that everything that happened on the fateful day that Danielle was murdered will be explained in those papers," he added.
Thursday's 1-0 win in Cyprus meant Wales could have qualified with victory over Israel on Sunday, but they could only manage a 0-0 draw in Cardiff.
However, one more point against Bosnia-Herzegovina or Andorra will be enough.
"We still have two games to go and it's still on us. We're still top of the group so there's no panic," he said.
"We just keep the momentum going into the next two games."
Wales dominated Israel, who they had beaten 3-0 away earlier in the campaign, but were unable to find a way through.
Chris Coleman's side had a couple of penalty claims waved away by the officials, while substitute Simon Church had an injury-time goal ruled out for offside,
"I think we pushed and pushed and they obviously came for a draw," centre-back Williams said.
"They made it very difficult for us but it's another point. We didn't lose the game.
"We wanted to get it done and dusted today. We haven't done that but by no means are we going to go away today disappointed.
"It's been a positive week, four points. We kick on."
Wales travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina on 10 October and then finish their qualifying campaign at home to Andorra - who have yet to even manage a draw in Group B - three days later.
The article contained details of a private meeting between MS Sturgeon and the French ambassador Sylvie Bermann.
It suggested that, before the general election, Ms Sturgeon wanted David Cameron to remain as prime minister.
The Independent Press Standards Organisation ruled against the paper.
Its complaints committee said that, while the newspaper was entitled to report on the memorandum, it had published its contents as facts without taking additional steps prior to publication - such as contacting the parties involved for their comment - to verify their accuracy.
It said that, as a result, the article was significantly misleading.
IPSO told the newspaper to publish the adjudication on page two, with a front-page reference, as well as publishing it online.
Former Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has since admitted being behind the leak which he said was an "error of judgement".
He accepted "the details of the account are not correct" and accepted "full responsibility for the publication".
The confidential memo was written by a civil servant in the Scotland Office and was a third-hand account of a conversation between the Scottish first minister and the French ambassador.
Both the first minister and the ambassador insisted she had not made the comments about the prime minister, and the memo had contained a disclaimer that parts of the conversation may have been "lost in translation".
The official cabinet office inquiry into the leaking of the memo said Mr Carmichael's former special adviser Euan Roddin gave the details to the Daily Telegraph - but he had Mr Carmichael's permission to do so.
Mr Carmichael said, while he had not seen the document before it was published by the newspaper, he was "aware of its content and agreed that my special adviser should make it public".
The complaint to IPSO said the claims contained in the memo, and repeated in the article on 4 April, were categorically untrue and regarded the newspaper's decision not contact Ms Sturgeon for comment as a breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code.
The newspaper said it had confirmed the authenticity of the document with two well-placed sources before publication. It was a contemporaneous note made by an experienced civil servant, and the newspaper had no reason to doubt its accuracy.
It denied having any obligation to contact Ms Sturgeon for comment before publication: it was entitled to publish an accurate account of the document.
The complaints committee said that the memorandum represented - at best - a second-hand account given a week after the meeting, which contained the serious implication that Ms Sturgeon had been disingenuous in her public statements.
It ruled that the newspaper's presentation of the account contained in the memo represented a breach of the Editors' Code.
Matt Tee, chief executive of the IPSO, said: "Clause 1 of the Editors' Code obliges the press to take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information.
"This article was significantly misleading because the newspaper had failed to make clear that it did not know whether the account the memorandum presented was true.
"A front-page story such as this needs to be corrected in a prominent way and we have required the Daily Telegraph to publish our adjudication in full on page 2 with a reference on the front page of the newspaper, which it did today."
He added: "IPSO's policy when dealing with complaints that have generated significant public or group interest is to lay out a clear account of our process and findings."
Nicola Sturgeon said: "I welcome today's unequivocal verdict by IPSO on the Daily Telegraph's story, which is a victory for effective regulation of the press - and for the truth.
"The complaint was lodged on the basis that the Telegraph's conduct in producing this story fell short of the expected journalistic standards.
"Subsequent events have proven conclusively that the story was entirely untrue, and today's ruling simply underlines that."
She added that the Daily Telegraph, in failing to carry out "the most elementary of journalistic checks and balances", failed in its "duty to ensure, as far as possible, that the stories they present to readers are fair, balanced and - above all - accurate".
The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner has launched a formal inquiry into the conduct of Mr Carmichael. The watchdog will consider his actions under the MPs' code of conduct
He has refused to resign over the case and campaigners are attempting to overturn his election as the MP for Orkney and Shetland.
They argue that Mr Carmichael, Scotland's only remaining Lib Dem MP, breached Section 106 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, which outlaws false statements in relation to the "personal character or conduct" of a candidate.
Their case was heard at the Court of Session last week where Mr Carmichael's lawyers sought to have the move to oust him dismissed at a legal debate.
It will go back to court on Wednesday.
Hana Khan, 22 of Dollis Hill, north-west London, was convicted in February of two counts under Section 17 of the Terrorism Act 2000 after supplying the money to 28-year-old Jafar Turay.
Mr Turay left the UK in July 2012 to join rebels fighting President Assad's regime.
At the Old Bailey, Khan was sentenced to 21 months, suspended for two years.
Mr Turay first travelled to Saudi Arabia and Egypt before crossing the border into Syria from Turkey in June 2013.
Judge Gerald Gordon said Khan's was an "exceptional case" because she had not been radicalised but had acted out of a misguided notion Turay was serious about making her his wife and setting up home in Turkey.
He said Khan was in "marked contrast" to other young women in the UK who have gone to join Jihadist fighters out of "conviction".
"You were blind to what should have been obvious - that fighting was the reason he was in Syria and at times in Turkey and Egypt also," he said.
Mr Turay, known as Joel Kelvin Daley before he converted to Islam, was wanted by police in connection with a serious assault before he fled the UK.
During the trial the jury heard that Khan and Mr Turay kept in touch via WhatsApp messaging.
The jury was also told Mr Turay sent pictures of children posing with weapons and of him posing with an AK-47 and heavy machine-guns.
In response, Khan told him: "You look beautiful," the court heard.
But he later contacted her saying he was marrying someone else and the judge told her Mr Turay was "cheating on you and lying to you for some time."
The bank said the aim was to speed up the adoption of new technology and "continue to lead in digital banking".
It said 3,500 jobs would go in Belgium and 2,300 in the Netherlands. It expects to make savings of €900m (£780m; $1bn) a year.
ING said it was setting aside €1.1bn to pay for redundancies.
The bank currently employs 51,833 people.
ING chief executive Ralph Hamers said that all in all, over the coming five years, about 7,000 jobs might be "impacted", including 950 positions employed by external suppliers.
"Customers are increasingly digital and bank with us more and more through mobile devices," said Mr Hamers.
"Their needs and expectations are the same, all over the world, and they expect us to adopt new technology as fast as companies in other sectors.
"In order to continue to lead in digital banking, we need to offer a better customer experience, that's instant, personal, frictionless and relevant."
He added: "From 2016 to 2021, we intend to invest €800m in our digital transformation, building a scalable platform to cater for continued commercial growth, an improved customer experience and a quicker delivery of new products."
Last week, Germany's second-biggest lender, Commerzbank, said it was planning to cut 9,600 jobs over the next four years and end dividend payments for the first time.
Big banks in general are facing challenges from new competition and the higher cost of new regulations, while at the same time, ultra-low interest rates are hitting profits.
Ann Maguire, 61, was stabbed to death by Will Cornick at Corpus Christi Catholic College, Leeds, in April 2014.
The High Court was told it was unlawful for pupils who had contact with Cornick immediately before the murder not to give evidence.
The request was opposed by others including the sisters of Mrs Maguire.
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One of Mrs Maguire's sisters, an experienced teacher, was among those concerned about the impact giving evidence might have, said Cathryn McGahey QC for the assistant West Yorkshire coroner Kevin McLoughlin.
Mrs Maguire's husband Don, her children and nephews want Mr Justice Holroyde to order the coroner to reconsider the decision.
A full inquest is scheduled to begin at Wakefield Coroners' Court in November.
Cornick, who was 15 at the time at the time of Mrs Maguire's death, was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in 2014 after admitting murdering the Spanish teacher of more than 40 years.
The coroner had previously concluded the "risk of psychological harm outweighed the potential benefit" of calling the pupils, particularly given the length of time since the killing.
Nick Armstrong, counsel for the family, told the court it was the only occasion on which a teacher had been killed by a pupil in a British classroom and his clients wanted to make sure "all the lessons that can be learned from this enormous tragedy are learned".
He said it was a matter "of very substantial and current public interest" at a time when there were reports of a "spike" in incidents of knives in schools.
The coroner had accepted the inquest should address school rules and policies about weapons in school, reporting the presence of weapons in school, and how these had been communicated to students, Mr Armstrong said.
Counsel told the court the undisputed evidence was over the three hours before the murder, as Cornick told other students of what he intended to do, and showed a number of them the knife, yet it was not reported to a member of staff prior to the killing.
Transcripts of pupil interviews with police at the time did not address school policies and the pupils' knowledge of them. So there would be no evidence before the inquest concerning the knowledge of policies from the student side, Mr Armstrong added.
Pupils - who are now adults - had not been asked if they wanted to give evidence and no consideration was given to using any vulnerable witness safeguards available, he continued.
The coroner's decision was "based on limited and generic evidence about vulnerability generally" and was unlawful, Mr Armstrong concluded.
Ms McGahey, said the decision the assistant coroner made was one lawfully open to him.
The coroner was well-placed to make the decision as he had available to him far more material than the court, she said.
The evidence of teaching staff, who had experienced hundreds of students of varying ages, was likely to be far more reliable and useful than a small number of former students, she added.
"The key issue was the usefulness of the evidence that these students could give," she told the court.
"The coroner was entitled to reach the view that the benefit of calling the students would be limited."
The judge said he would give his decision at a later date.
In November 2016, a report by Leeds Safeguarding Children Board said no-one could have predicted or prevented Mrs Maguire's murder.
The North's leader is following in the footsteps of some of the world's most infamous rulers. Here are five of the most notorious political purges of the last century.
Hitler used a combination of the ballot box and bullying to gain power in Germany in 1933.
The Sturmabteilung (SA), otherwise known as the "brownshirts", acted as the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party. Under charismatic leader Ernst Roehm, they beat up and intimidated potential opponents during the 1920s and early 1930s. However, by 1934 they had become too powerful.
Between 30 June and 2 July, Roehm and dozens of other SA leaders were shot dead. The incident became known as the Night of the Long Knives. Although the SA continued to exist, the purge had hobbled it.
Stalin used the killing of his right-hand man, Sergei Kirov, as a pretext for launching a ferocious purge of the leadership. Many historians believe Stalin had ordered Kirov's assassination to give him the excuse he needed.
Dozens of party leaders were subsequently exiled or killed, often after show trials where they were accused of being in league with Leon Trotsky, Stalin's rival for the leadership who fled in 1929. Relatives, friends and even possible sympathisers of anyone labelled a traitor were brutally despatched.
Trotsky was murdered, presumably on Stalin's orders, in Mexico in 1940.
When Saddam came to power, he carried out a very public purge of more than 60 senior members of the ruling Baath Party, the organisation that had put him in his post as president.
Black-and-white video footage shows Saddam smoking a cigar as various politicians are denounced as traitors. They are led away, until only about half of the members are left.
Many were subsequently tried and executed for treason.
After Mao Zedong's death in 1976, a bitter struggle for power broke out at the top of the Communist Party. By 1978 Mao's chosen successor Hua Guofeng had been usurped by Deng Xiaoping, a reformer who had earlier been frozen out by Mao.
In 1980, some of Mao's most extreme allies were put on trial. It was a political show trial accompanied by a massive propaganda campaign denouncing the so-called Gang of Four. It was designed to cement the power of the new leadership under Deng.
All four were found guilty and eventually sentenced to life in prison.
Until 2010, one man dominated the politics Burma (also known as Myanmar): Than Shwe, a self-styled senior general who reigned imperiously for more than two decades.
For a brief time, however, a younger more charismatic general, Khin Nyunt, threatened to upset the power balance. As prime minister and head of military intelligence he had built a substantial power base. He even established his own newspaper.
Than Shwe acted quickly, deposing him, and then putting him on trial for corruption and bribery. He was jailed in 2005 for 44 years, but freed from house arrest in an amnesty earlier this year.
Hawick, Jedburgh, Eyemouth, Galashiels and Selkirk will be the focus of efforts by the local authority.
Scottish Borders Council (SBC) said a wide range of statistics had been used to identify the towns involved.
Last year the authority agreed to begin a rolling three-year plan to tackle town centre decline with the sites to be decided on an annual basis.
Stuart Bell, SBC's executive member for economic development, said: "This is a new approach for the council and proposes the use of targeted resources and partnership working to deliver focused regeneration activities in our towns in greatest need of intervention and investment.
"The actions and projects proposed would have significant economic impacts or wider benefits in the respective town centres and, at this time, are targeting empty properties, key site development, marketing, event and tourism development, inward investment and business support.
"While we are initially proposing to focus on five priority towns, the action plan is adaptable and we will seek to take advantage of new opportunities wherever they may arise and where a positive economic impact can be achieved."
The Turkish Kebab House takeaway on the Beersbridge Road was targeted overnight.
The incident happened between 00:00 and 07:30 BST on Thursday, police said.
They are treating the incident as a racially-motivated hate crime.
East Belfast MLA Andy Allen condemned the "deplorable attack".
"The individuals responsible are not representative of the wider community of east Belfast," said the UUP assembly member.
"Such actions are not wanted and I would appeal to anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area or has any information to contact the PSNI."
PUP councillor John Kyle said the graffiti was particularly disappointing in light of progress made in terms of assimilating newcomers and residents from different ethnic backgrounds.
"Racism undermines communities, shows distrust and fear and should be opposed on every occasion," he said.
Crews were called to the single-storey building at Bournville Road, Blaina, Abertillery, at about 03.30 GMT.
A 650ft (200m) cordon has been put in place and the road is shut. Residents have been told to leave their homes because there are gas cylinders inside.
The fire service said most people had gone to relatives' homes but some have gone to a nearby leisure centre.
Gwent Police and Western Power Distribution staff are at the scene.
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The National Audit Office investigated a surge in claims for loans and grants, many from Romanian students.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has already stopped recruitment at 23 colleges.
Margaret Hodge, who chairs the Public Accounts Committee, said such funding should not go for "private gain".
She said the drive to expand the number of private colleges in higher education was not accompanied by adequate checks to protect public funds.
The numbers of publicly-funded students at private colleges soared by 650% in three years.
"This extraordinary rate of expansion, high drop-out rates, and warnings from within the sector ought to have set alarm bells ringing," said Mrs Hodge, chairwoman of the parliamentary spending watchdog.
The National Audit Office, the independent auditor of public spending, has examined concerns over financial support for European Union students at some private higher education colleges.
The business department had suspended payments at 23 colleges after "unusual patterns" in applications.
More than 80% of new students at some colleges were from Romania or Bulgaria, there were multiple applications from a single household and applications made in bulk, such as 50 a day sent from a single internet address.
There are about 140 private colleges which do not receive money from the higher education funding councils, but where students can access financial support.
This includes students from the European Union resident in the UK - with students able to claim more than £7,000 in a loan and more than £3,000 in a non-repayable, means-tested maintenance grant. The colleges would receive up to £6,000 in a tuition fee loan.
The report says that when financial support for about 11,000 EU students was reviewed, about half could not show evidence that they were properly eligible.
There was particular concern that 83% of applicants were for only 16 colleges.
An estimated £5.4m had been paid to 992 ineligible students, before payments were suspended.
The Student Loans Company said: "The process to recover these funds is ongoing. The figure in the report has substantially reduced and is now less than £4m.
"This figure will reduce further in the coming months and we expect to have recovered overpayments from these alternative providers by February 2015."
The report highlights that among students taking Higher National qualifications in 2012-13, about a fifth were never even registered for a course with an awarding body.
There were concerns about drop-out rates at some of these colleges, many times higher than the higher education average.
The UCU lecturers' union said the report demonstrated the lack of financial control in the push for more private provision.
"While we are pleased the misuse of public funds is finally being brought to light, we remain angry that it took so long to happen. We raised the issues of for-profit colleges' access to taxpayers' money time and again with ministers, but we were ignored at every turn," said the union's general secretary, Sally Hunt.
A spokesman for the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) department said: "We will continue to investigate and take robust action against any provider failing to meet the high standards expected of them."
For the current year, he said that BIS had introduced controls to limit the expansion of these colleges, known as "alternative providers".
"As the NAO report notes we have implemented new controls to ensure that there is a clear register of designated courses.
"The drop-out rates at a small number of alternative providers have been higher than the average amongst alternative providers. The NAO have made a helpful recommendation on drop-out rates which we will consider as part of our ongoing strengthening of the regulation of the network."
In part one, a County Antrim surgeon decides to go public after 15 years of keeping her abortion a secret.
Doctor Eunice Minford said women who choose to have an abortion should not have to be diagnosed as being mentally ill in order for a termination to take place.
She said she was breaking her silence as she could no longer tolerate women who have had terminations being made to feel that they are hiding "some kind of dirty little secret".
Dr Minford had an abortion in 2001.
She said she hoped that by speaking up it would inspire others to do the same and "claim what is true for them".
"To show we don't have to hang our heads in shame; we can walk tall and know that we make a true choice that was right for us at the time we had the abortion," she added.
Dr Minford became pregnant when she was studying for her final surgical exams in England in 2001.
Aged 35, she said discovering she was pregnant was her worst nightmare come true.
"I was hard on myself," she said. "I beat myself up.
"I judged myself even more so because I am a doctor and doctors are supposed to know better - we aren't supposed to make mistakes.
"There was very little compassion for myself at the time.
"This became, as it did for many others, their dirty little secret that they can't feel they can tell people about.
"I told my partner at the time and one other person and it was like that for years."
Unlike the rest of the UK, abortion is only permitted in Northern Ireland if a woman's life is at risk or there is a permanent or serious risk to her mental or physical health.
Dr Minford said it was wrong and unacceptable that women who find themselves unexpectedly pregnant have to be examined by a psychiatrist with a risk of being diagnosed with a mental health problem before they can access abortion services.
"We do not have to be deemed mentally ill in order to make that decision," she said.
"Again this is part of the patriarchal supremacy and the domination of a woman that we have tended to submit to."
She said women had to stand up and say "no, this is not acceptable - we know our own bodies, our own minds".
"We are the world expert on our own life and we are capable of making that choice without needing those assessments and being deemed mentally unwell."
I asked how she was able to marry her conviction that women should be allowed to choose to abort a foetus, with her role as a doctor who often saves lives.
"Yes, I work in the health service helping people, but what motivates me is my love of God, of helping people and the truth," she said.
Dr Minford is planning to publish a blog about her abortion experience, and she hopes it will both help and inform others.
During the interview, she recalled the fear instilled in young women in Northern Ireland about becoming pregnant while unmarried.
"I don't believe any young girl or woman grows up thinking: 'Oh, when I grow up I'm going to have an abortion', or that she wants to have an abortion," she said.
"It is not something we desire or aspire to or plan.
"I did not consider myself that sort of person who has an unplanned pregnancy."
Northern Ireland's abortion debate has stepped up a gear.
The recent suspended sentence given to a young woman who bought abortion pills online has thrown the issue back onto the news agenda.
Dr Minford described herself as being like a closed book.
But she said she was so passionate about informing the debate that she was prepared to risk her reputation.
"There is very much pro-life and pro-choice," she said.
"It becomes them and us and who is right and who is wrong.
"But at the end of the day there is no them and us - there is only us and I feel we need to develop more understanding and compassion for women and where they are at.
"We are only human."
Dr Minford is keen to stress that these are her personal views and should not be related to her role in the health service.
On Thursday I will hear from Gemma Bradley, who made a very different decision about her pregnancy.
Murphy lost to Stuart Bingham in last year's final but gained revenge with a 10-9 Grand Prix win in Llandudno.
The 33-year-old was 2005 world champion and is keen to win snooker's biggest tournament, which starts in Sheffield next month.
"I got to within three frames of winning last year, let's see if I can go three better this year," he said.
"I think if I can prepare in the same way as I did last year and continue doing the right things that I think I'm doing with my coach and my team, then I arrive in Sheffield in great form and good nick," he said.
"It doesn't mean you're going to win - it doesn't mean you're going to win your first match. But I'll give myself the best possible chance."
Murphy won his sixth ranking event, and his first in two years, by beating Bingham in north Wales and he was delighted to bring what he described as a "slump" to an end.
"I had a fantastic year in 2015 - victory in the Masters, nearly winning the world title and nearly winning the German Masters as well but nothing quite beats taking trophies home," he said.
"That's what we play for. That's what it's all about. No-one comes for second place.
"It's very difficult winning ranking tournaments. With three events left of the season it really points to good things for me "
The current heat wave is producing smaller potatoes, DBV spokeswoman Verena Telaar told the BBC.
"The potatoes are just not growing as they normally would," Ms Telaar said.
"As a result, this year's harvest will not produce enough potatoes of the size needed for fries and crisps."
In order to be turned into chips, spuds have to be 5cm wide and 10cm long, Ms Telaar explained.
Farmers expect to produce up to 30% less of the larger potato varieties than in an average year.
However, it is still unclear if they will be able to minimise their financial losses by charging higher prices.
"The contracts between producers and the industry have been signed before this crisis," Ms Telaar said. "Farmers are now trying to renegotiate those contracts".
In 2009, the winger wore the Red Rose on his chest in the Under-20 World Cup final alongside Ben Youngs, Courtney Lawes and Jamie George.
But on the same day that trio helped England retain their Six Nations title with victory over Scotland, Cobden switched allegiances as he made his debut for adopted country Romania in the Rugby Europe Championship.
"I feel privileged to have played with all those boys when I was younger. They are nice memories for me now," 28-year-old Cobden told BBC Sport.
"I appreciate every opportunity I got to play for England as a junior, they were all great experiences and helped me get my opportunity to play in Romania. I'm grateful for that.
"Right now, I'm focused on playing for Romania and doing as well as I can for my new country."
So how did a player raised in Lichfield, Staffordshire, nurtured at the Leicester Tigers academy and who starred in the Championship for Nottingham end up playing for the country which is perhaps best known to non-Romanians as the home of Count Dracula.
After an injury-plagued season, Cobden was released by Nottingham in 2013 and left to contemplate his options.
And so, he went on a soul-searching trip to South America, and later ended up pouring pints.
"I did think that was me done," Cobden said.
"I went travelling around South America, and thought I'd come back to England and maybe play for another team.
"I was basically working in a bar when the opportunity to play in Romania came up."
While contemplating his options in the game, he had sent his CV and a highlights package of his career to Bucharest, and it was there he was given the chance to resurrect his career.
He was offered a 10-month contract, but has so far remained with SuperLiga side CSM Bucharest for three years - long enough to qualify to play for Romania on residency grounds.
And with a World Cup in Japan in 2019, he has a major target to work towards.
"I have loved every minute," said Cobden, who is now also an expectant father with his girlfriend four months pregnant.
"It is one of those places that when you first arrive it does seem very different because you see the communist bloc flats still here. But it has its beautiful parts, Romania is lovely, raw and bit untouched.
"There have been ups and downs, but it suits me here. It has been the best decision I ever made and, if anything, wish I had done it earlier.
"I never came out here thinking of international rugby - it has been a pretty incredible journey for me."
As the oldest of three Cobden siblings, Jack has set somewhat of a trend in the family.
He was the first to win international sporting honours, with his brother Joe following suit on the rugby pitch at England Under-16 and U18 levels, and sister Beth playing for the senior England netball team.
Joe, now 25 and playing professionally with Nottingham, made the trip to Brussels to watch his older brother make his Romania debut - a moment which evoked the same sense of pride he had whenever he pulled on an England shirt in the past.
"It is nice to know that if you put in the hard work, you never know where it will take you. For me, that is a real motivation," Joe said.
"He stopped playing for a while and I didn't know if he would come back. then he was off to Romania, which seemed strange.
"But that sums him up as you never really know what he is going to do, and he has not looked back since."
Beth, a versatile player with Loughborough Lightning in the Superleague, says Jack has been a sporting role model for her from an early age.
"He is a great inspiration," said Beth. "He did really well and we all followed really.
"To go to Romania where the language and culture is different in a big step, and he went anyone. He just takes things in his stride.
"He does think he is the coolest Cobden in the family."
As a family of professional sports people, they also provide a strong support network for one another.
"It is good to be able to talk to one another because we area all in the same boat and know what we are each going through," Beth said.
"The boys understand what I go through and it is great to have that. "
A decade after featuring for England in the Under-20 World Cup in Japan, Cobden now has the chance of a return to the Land of the Rising Sun for the 2019 World Cup.
Romania have played in every tournament since 1987, and after beating Georgia in the final match of the Rugby Europe Championship - denying their opponents a seventh successive title - they remain on course to qualify again.
Cobden made a strong case in what has been his only appearance so far for The Oaks, scoring tries with his first two touches in a 33-17 triumph over Belgium.
"Japan is a long way away, a lot can happen between now and then," he said.
The past eight years is testament to that statement, as he admits he "lost his way a little bit" after being released by Leicester Tigers without making a Premiership appearance.
"I'd been in a professional set up from the age of 16, there is a lot of pressure at that age," he explained. "You want to make something of yourself and when the plan doesn't come together I needed time to readjust.
"I trained so hard for years in the academy and hoped to play in the Premiership. When it ended abruptly for me it really did take a few years to come back around and realise that I have such a good life playing rugby, a game I love.
"I'm glad I have come around full circle now."
At a time when Georgia's place at the Six Nations has been debated, and promotion and relegation from the tournament has been discussed, Cobden says the game in Romania is steadily improving.
In a different era, the Oaks could have rightly considered themselves a force in the game, having won away from home against Wales and France, and beaten Scotland's Grand Slam-winning side of 1984.
"They are still really proud of their rugby culture here in Romania," Cobden said.
"The team is really strong these days, a number of big, strong forwards play abroad in France.
"There are also a lot of big old boys in the league here as well. It might not be the fastest, but it is definitely physical and you know you have played a game of rugby afterwards.
"Every year the standard is getting better and with more foreign coaches coming over helping the youth, they are giving the game a boost.
"It was nice to get my opportunity with the national team, and with my family there to watch, it was the highlight of my career so far."
But when it comes to Jack Cobden, you can only wonder what is yet to come?
It will be known as the bet365 Stadium from August after the club agreed a naming rights deal with the betting firm, who own the club.
Capacity will rise to more than 30,000 with the filling in of the corner between the DPD and Marston's Pedigree Stands, creating 1,800 new seats.
The Britannia building society name ceased to exist in 2013.
The Potters moved from the Victoria Ground to the Britannia Stadium in 1997.
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Chief executive Tony Scholes thanked Britannia and the Co-operative Bank for their "tremendous support" over the past 19 years, but said it wanted to maximise income.
"The Premier League is constantly evolving and to ensure that Stoke City remain as competitive as possible it's important we explore as many ways as possible of generating revenue."
The football club has agreed a six-year stadium naming rights deal with its owner, who has also extended its shirt sponsorship for a further three years.
The redevelopment of the stadium will be completed in time for the start of the 2017-18 season, the club confirmed.
John Coates, joint chief executive of bet365 and vice chairman of Stoke City, said there was "no doubt" the gambling company, based in the city, had benefitted from the shirt sponsorship agreement.
"We have been looking to extend our portfolio of sports sponsorship and entering into a stadium naming rights agreement with Stoke City seemed a natural fit, especially as the city of Stoke-on-Trent is home to bet365."
The Potters are currently ninth in the Premier League, with four games left until the season finishes.
It's described as a punishment posting meted out to producers who crossed the line - a sort of Siberian exile in the West Midlands.
I'm not sure whether that was entirely true - but it certainly reflects a feeling that the BBC Birmingham programme was decidedly "uncool". Indeed, it was so unloved that the format was retired in 2001.
Compare that with today. The show has won a Bafta (indeed it's had six Bafta nominations over the years) it's the most watched factual programme in the world and it's one of the BBC's biggest money spinners.
It's all down to the reinvention of the programme by Jeremy Clarkson and his old schoolfriend, producer Andy Wilman.
Turning a programme about cars in to a programme about three cartoon character blokes having disasters in cars has meant it reaches audiences other parts of the BBC don't.
Children and teenagers make up a large part of its viewership but it attracts people of all ages - 40% of viewers are female and it's a global success.
And, I think, its chief attraction is its status as the BBC's anti-BBC programme. The delight Top Gear takes in avoiding anything deemed worthy or "public service", and saying the "unsayable" requires that it be surrounded by programmes that are serious and anxious to not offend.
Its "rebel" status depends on it having something to rebel against. That's perhaps one reason Jeremy Clarkson says it really only works on the BBC.
It is also Jeremy Clarkson's programme. The script, the style - it's entire worldview is a reflection of its central star.
Top Gear may survive without him but it won't be the same. There's a reason why crises like these didn't happen when Angela Rippon was the presenter.
Of course, "saying the unsayable" and being the corporation's "juvenile delinquent" is always going to result in a programme that teeters on the edge of disaster.
Which makes it all the more surprising that "off camera" behaviour has led to its biggest crisis.
Last year, Ofcom censured the programme for using the word "slope" to refer to an Asian man. It has also been home to casual insults about Mexicans, Germans, Albanians and Romanians.
Almost every article about Top Gear ends with a list of people Jeremy Clarkson has upset in the past. The skill of the programme (beyond the brilliance of the film-making) is knowing where the limits are and dancing around them.
The leaking of an unbroadcast clip of Jeremy Clarkson saying the rhyme "eeny, meeny, miney, mo" showed that Clarkson and his team knew when he had crossed the line. That's why the clip never appeared on air, and why Clarkson made a filmed apology when it came to light.
The presenter admitted then that he was on his final warning.
However, the issues surrounding the "fracas" with a producer have little to do with Top Gear's other controversies.
This was not about crossing the boundaries of harm and offence with viewers - this was simply a matter of the limits of acceptable conduct at work.
The BBC has just revised all of its bullying and harassment guidelines, and one of the fundamental issues the corporation faces is that most TV and radio revolves around powerful presenters who determine the success or failure of a programme; and the production team's job is to get the best out of the "talent".
This balance of power can lead to people feeling they cannot complain about unacceptable behaviour. Clarkson's altercation has become a test case for the BBC's resolve to treat these issues fairly.
The backstory of Clarkson and the BBC simply added rocket fuel to the crisis.
UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura has warned that there is an urgent need for the government and opposition to take steps towards a political transition.
But correspondents say the outlook is bleak, with fighting in Aleppo province threatening a fragile six-week truce.
Meanwhile parliamentary polls, dismissed by the opposition as a sham, are under way in government-held areas.
Russia, a staunch ally of President Bashar al-Assad, has said the vote does not go against the peace talks and is in line with the constitution.
But the opposition and its backers say the elections are illegitimate and provocative.
Some 3,500 candidates are standing in the polls, which are being held in about a third of the country's territory where about 60% of the population lives.
Members of the main Syrian opposition umbrella group, the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), arrived in Geneva on Tuesday ahead of the start of the third round of "proximity" talks since January.
Government representatives have said they will not join them until Friday.
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After meeting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran on Tuesday, Mr de Mistura said he wanted this round to be "quite concrete".
It was now "crucially urgent", he added, that both sides agreed on a political process that a UN Security Council resolution passed in December envisages will lead to the formation of a transitional government, a new constitution and elections.
The veteran Swedish-Italian diplomat also stressed that it was very important that the cessation of hostilities brokered by the US and Russia continued and that humanitarian aid was allowed to reach every Syrian.
The US permanent representative to the UN, Samantha Power, later warned that the escalation of violence in Aleppo province threatened to derail the talks.
Samantha Power said the US, which backs the opposition, was "very alarmed" at the government's announcement of a major offensive south of the city of Aleppo and that Russian needed to "get the regime back with the programme".
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based monitoring group, said dozens of pro-government fighters were killed on Tuesday as they attempted to retake the village of al-Eis.
The government offensive is being supported by Russian air strikes, Iranian Revolutionary Guards personnel and fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah movement.
Al-Eis, which is located near the Damascus-Aleppo motorway, was recently captured by al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate that is excluded from the cessation of hostilities but allied to rebel groups that are included.
Government warplanes also carried out "unprecedented" air strikes on rebel-held eastern parts of Aleppo city on Tuesday, according to the SOHR.
Ms Power also criticised the government for allowing only two humanitarian convoys in April and no access to the besieged Damascus suburb of Darayya where "there are reports of kids walking around looking like skeletons" and people eating grass.
Meanwhile, the UN World Food Programme said another successful airdrop had been conducted on Tuesday over government-held areas of the eastern city of Deir al-Zour, where more than 200,000 people are under siege by jihadist militants from so-called Islamic State (IS).
The 29-year-old has scored 21 goals in 73 games for the Saints since joining from Hull for £12m in 2014.
Long played for the Republic of Ireland as they reached the last 16 of Euro 2016, but he failed to score in four appearances.
"I love it here, it's a real family feel, and I feel like I'm a big part of that," Long told the club's website.
The house was badly damaged in the incident in the Killyglen Road area of the town on Sunday afternoon.
The men, aged 24 and 34, are being questioned about the attack which was reported to police shortly before 16:45 BST.
It follows a series of arson attacks in Larne over recent days.
On Monday, a hair salon in the town was extensively damaged when a car was driven through its metal shutters.
It is not yet known if the Killyglen Road incident is linked to the previous attacks.
However, Ulster Unionist MLA Roy Beggs, who represents East Antrim, said the latest incident "all the hallmarks of a tit-for-tat attack between feuding criminals".
"Another car has been set on fire and, with the risk of an exploding petrol tank, homes have been endangered along with the lives of local residents," he added.
Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson said the attacks must "stop now before someone is injured or killed".
"This situation cannot be allowed to increase any further and I appeal to everyone involved to help put an end to things."
A Northern Ireland Ambulance Service spokesman told the BBC its staff were called to the scene just before 17:00 BST, after a report that the car has been driven into the house.
A number of people were assessed by paramedics but no-one was taken to hospital.
The Conservatives at Westminster had pledged to end the support.
The UK government has also announced support packages for offshore wind and marine energy projects.
Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil and Scottish Renewables have criticised the government for not allowing developers of islands wind farms to bid for funds.
Scotland's Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, Paul Wheelhouse, said he was "extremely disappointed" and "angered" by the UK government's handling of a "vitally important issue".
The UK government said the consultation showed that it had listened to representations from Scotland and the renewable energy industry on the matter of subsidies.
The consultation forms part of the UK government's wider announcement "to reaffirm" an earlier commitment to spend £730m of annual support to renewable electricity projects over the current term of this parliament.
In the announcement, it has also set out further details for a new round of support packages from a scheme called Contracts for Difference (CfD).
The UK government said this would see companies compete for the first £290m-worth of contracts for less advanced technologies, such as offshore wind and marine renewables.
The consultation on subsidies for onshore wind projects, which runs until the end of January, asks three questions.
They are:
UK Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark said: "The renewables industry is a strong success story for Scotland thanks to UK government support, and this latest auction will enable many more companies to access funding.
"Last year alone a record £13bn was invested across the UK with Scotland continuing to benefit significantly.
"For onshore wind projects on remote islands, I have listened to partners and parliamentarians in Scotland and that's why I am launching a consultation to determine what support this technology should be eligible for."
But Mr MacNeil described the omission of developers of onshore wind on islands as "an epic kick in the teeth".
He said: "The only glimmer of hope is that Greg Clark promised me this morning that he will visit the Outer Hebrides and will launch an inquiry into the feasibility of remote island wind.
"I hope this will not just be a calming exercise to dissipate people's righteous indignation at this decision by the UK Tory government, on what is a perfect day for burying bad news," added Mr MacNeil, referring to the result of the US election.
Scottish Renewables, an organisation representing the development of the renewable energy sector in Scotland, has also criticised the UK government's announcement.
Chief executive Niall Stuart said: "We've waited a long time for this announcement, which signals further significant investment in the UK's offshore wind sector.
"However, developers and communities on the Scottish remote islands will be bitterly disappointed that government has put off a decision on allowing projects on Scotland's islands to compete for long-term contracts for renewable energy.
"After years of work on this issue, and many ministerial pledges to resolve it, we still seem no further forward to unlocking investment on Scotland's islands - home to some of the best wind, wave and tidal resources in Europe."
Energy minister Mr Wheelhouse said: "The Scottish government and the island councils asked the UK government for a meeting of the Scottish Island Renewable Delivery Forum on numerous occasions in the last year but received no response.
"At no time was it suggested there would be a further consultation. We now call upon the secretary of state to reconvene the forum and have the courtesy to explain this decision to those affected in person."
He said the Scottish government has also made Mr Clark aware of the "tight timeline" for the actions needed to allow island wind projects and the transmission links to be built.
The body said its July meeting would be in Addis Ababa after Malawi blocked the attendance of Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The AU's Ferdinand Montcho accused the ICC of interfering in African affairs.
Malawi said it did not want Mr Bashir to attend because he is wanted for genocide and war crimes in Darfur.
He denies the charges, saying they are politically motivated.
Under the ICC statute, member states - which include Malawi - have a duty to arrest indictees.
"Following the withdrawal of... Malawi to host the 19th AU summit meetings... and after consultations among member states, it has been decided that the 19th summit will be held at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the same dates," the AU said in a statement.
It had lobbied for the arrest warrant to be deferred and urged Malawi to allow Mr Bashir to attend.
Mr Montcho told the AFP news agency: "This matter of ICC, for me it is nonsense. Every time we want to have a summit they start disturbing us.
"Why should they not let us hold our meeting [without] this cinema, this theatre, this play?"
The ICC's chief prosecutor has called for aid cuts to countries that fail to detain the Sudanese president.
Malawi's President Joyce Banda has said welcoming Mr Bashir to Malawi risked damaging relations with donors.
Malawi recognises the ICC and is keen to restore foreign aid flows.
These had been restricted after donors accused her predecessor, President Bingu wa Mutharika, of political repression. The former leader died in office in April.
Sudan asked the AU to move the meeting to its headquarters in Addis Ababa after Malawi said Mr Bashir would not be welcome.
BBC Africa analyst Mary Harper says Mr al-Bashir, who has been indicted for genocide and crimes against humanity, will view the decision to hold the summit as a diplomatic coup.
Mr Bashir was the first head of state to be indicted by the ICC.
Chad, Kenya and Djibouti have also been referred to the UN Security Council for refusing to arrest Mr Bashir, even though they recognise the ICC.
Acrylamide is created when starchy foods are roasted, grilled or fried for long periods at high temperatures.
The message is to cut back on browned and burnt toast, cook roast potatoes, chips and parsnips carefully - to a golden yellow colour - and eat fewer crisps, cakes and biscuits.
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We try to put the latest dietary advice from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) into perspective.
Do not panic - you do not need to give up on the delicious Sunday roast staple just yet.
Crispy, brown roast potatoes which are traditionally cooked at very high temperatures do produce acrylamide, but the key is to try to cook them to the right colour.
"Go for gold" is what the FSA advises - that is a golden yellow colour, rather than brown.
And that applies to parsnips and all types of potato products too.
So if you are a roast potato fanatic you might want to rein in your obsession and cook them a little less often.
If you love them at Christmas and special occasions in-between, then try turning down the oven heat and taking the roast potatoes out before they start to turn excessively crispy and brown.
Well, during the browning process, when starchy foods are heated they do give off new flavours and aromas.
The bad news is that the same process also produces acrylamide, so there may have to be some trade-off between tastiness and the colour of your food.
When cooking packaged products, such as oven chips, follow the instructions carefully - they are designed to ensure you are not cooking starchy foods for too long or at too high a temperature.
Boiling, steaming or microwaving food is a much better and healthier option.
There is no need to worry about the occasional slightly overcooked piece of toast or other food.
Scraping off the dark brown bits of toast might help reduce acrylamide content a bit - and it certainly will not increase it.
But, in general, aim for a golden or lighter colour (see above).
Studies in animals found that the chemical causes tumours. This suggests that it also has the potential to cause cancer in humans.
The FSA has used that data and multiple dietary surveys to work out whether an average person's exposure to acrylamide in food is a concern.
Scientists believe that there should be a margin of exposure of 10,000 or higher between an average adult's intake of acrylamide and the lowest dose which could cause adverse effects.
But at the moment the numbers are 425 for the average adult and 50 for the highest consuming toddlers, making it a slight public health concern, UK and European food safety experts say.
However, Cambridge University risk expert Prof David Spiegelhalter is unconvinced by this very strict safety standard.
He says the margin of exposure figure is "arbitrary" and 33 times higher than the current margin for average adults in the UK, and he questions whether a public campaign should be launched on that basis.
Stopping smoking is the most important thing you can do to prevent cancer.
Keeping a healthy bodyweight and eating a balanced diet ranks second.
Our individual risk of cancer depends on a combination of genes, our environment and the lifestyle we lead, which we are able to control.
The amount of acrylamide in our diets is one small element of our food intake which we can control to help reduce our risk of cancer during the whole of our lives.
Research has shown that eating too much processed meat and red meat can increase the risk of developing cancer - that is a definite.
Cooking meat at high temperatures such as grilling or barbecuing can produce cancer-causing chemicals called heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic amines (PCAs).
The FSA says the industry is doing its bit to find out how to reduce levels of acrylamide in food.
A toolkit and brochures have been produced for food manufacturers and food businesses, giving information and advice.
Evidence suggests the industry has been lowering levels of acrylamide in food over the past few years.
But there are currently no rules on the maximum limits for the chemical in food.
It is their job to make sure the food we eat is safe and to let the public know if they are concerned about any risk to our health.
This is not a new risk - people are likely to have been exposed to it since fire was first invented.
A Swedish study in 2002 was the first to reveal that high levels of acrylamide formed during the baking or frying of potato and cereal products.
And since then researchers have been trying to make sure the risks from the chemical are kept to a minimum.
Infants and toddlers are more at risk of exposure because of their smaller body weight, and their high intake of cereal-based foods.
Basically, the advice is another reason to eat a healthy, balanced diet - and make sure your children do too.
The plenum kicks off a big year for China, building up to next year's party congress, a twice-a-decade event.
While this week's gathering is largely pre-scripted, a communiqué is usually released at the end of event - and that should help the outside world figure out which way China is headed.
Political considerations - especially party leadership, succession issues and a "code of conduct" for party cadres - are likely to dominate proceedings. But here are three things I'm watching for on the economic front:
A recent Pew poll showed that corrupt officials are the top concern of Chinese people. So the key theme of this meeting - discipline - is an issue close to the hearts of many in China.
Cracking down on corruption, both within the party and in business circles, has been key to President Xi Jinping's reform agenda. It's thought that more than a million officials have been punished in his anti-corruption drive over almost four years.
But critics say that arresting individuals is the easy bit and that President Xi has done little to get to the root of the problem. There have been no meaningful moves towards regulation or systems that allow whistle-blowing for example they argue.
Analysts say President Xi believes that the only way for him to realise his "China Dream" (his vision of China's economic and military rejuvenation) is if the Chinese Communist party remains disciplined, and graft-free. Of course, the anti-corruption drive has also had a knock-on effect on the economy: there's been less spending in provinces than in previous years because of fears that excessive wealth might bring with it unnecessary and unwanted attention.
As Michael Clauss the German Ambassador to China wrote in a recent editorial in the South China Morning Post, "it is hard to hide…[the] disappointment" when it comes to opening up China to non-state competition.
State-owned enterprises dominate China's business landscape, and that makes it very difficult for other firms - both local and foreign - to compete.
China has consistently said it is cleaning up the so-called "zombie" firms but it has so far been unwilling or unable to shut down many of these bloated companies.
Part of the reason is unemployment. The slowdown in the steel and iron sectors means we've already seen massive job losses, resulting in millions of migrant workers heading back to their villages. The Communist Party doesn't want to risk the social instability that may arise from widespread rural joblessness.
Which brings us back to the whole rebalancing thesis which China started spouting a few years ago to explain its gradual, managed slowdown.
The idea was that China needed to rein in growth after years of double-digit GDP data. And it was going to be a controlled deceleration, as the economy shifted gears and changed focus to keep growing.
Under that vision, old pillars of the economy like manufacturing, exports and government spending become less central, with consumption and services having a greater emphasis. The problem though is that that's not what the data is showing.
While consumption is picking up - it's still largely debt that's helping to drive the economy forward. The central bank has already warned about high levels of credit, especially in the property market, as I've written about before.
All of these considerations will weigh heavily on the minds of China's leaders this week. And even though we're unlikely to hear what China's leaders really think about the shift in the economic focus, the communiqué released later this week might just give us some clues.
The 25-year-old English left-back goes into Accies' squad for Saturday's league trip to face St Johnstone.
Hamilton have been short of options in that position since Lennard Sowah moved to Hearts earlier in January.
Accies' head of player recruitment David MacKinnon told BBC Scotland: "He's got a good pedigree with loads of experience in the English leagues."
Adams came through the youth ranks at Sunderland and played for Brentford, Northampton Town, Coventry City, Notts County and Mansfield Town.
He switched to League Two Cambridge last summer and made 12 appearances this season.
Accies player-manager Martin Canning has played 20-year-old Scott McMann in the first team and both Louis Longridge and Grant Gillespie have slotted into the left-back role.
The 29-year-old, who joined from Luton Town in June 2015, has signed a new two-year deal, having made 35 appearances this season.
He told the club website: "I wasn't interested in leaving to go anywhere else. I love the club.
"It's just a great place to be. I'm hoping we don't fight relegation like the last two seasons and have a good go at this (next) season."
Meanwhile, Shrewsbury manager Paul Hurst believes former Middlesbrough defender Bryn Morris has a bright future in the game.
The 21-year-old, who signed a short-term contract in January, has been offered a new deal by the club.
Hurst said: "He found it hard initially but he know what that's all about now. At the age he is at I feel he is one we can progress further and he can get better.
"I believe he can go on and have a good career. Whether that is here or not, I guess we will find out."
They beat Australia's Paralympic gold medallists Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson 6-3 6-3 in the final.
"I'm so pleased to win my fifth title here," said Lapthorne. "Beating the Paralympic gold medallists is a very special feeling."
Britain's Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett will face each other in the final of the wheelchair doubles on Friday.
Scotland's Reid and Joachim Gerard of Belgium beat Dutchman Maikel Scheffers and Australia's Ben Weekes 6-0 6-1.
Englishman Hewett and Argentine Gustavo Fernandez beat France's Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer 1-6 6-1 10-7.
Lucy Shuker lost 6-3 6-2 to Japanese second seed Yui Kamiji in the semi-final of the women's singles.
Shuker also paired up with with Marjolein Buis of the Netherlands in the doubles but was beaten 7-5 6-2 by Dutch top seeds and Paralympic champions Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot.
Lapthorne still has the chance of reaching the quad singles final, too, despite a 6-4 6-1 loss to world number one Alcott in their round-robin match.
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A total of 7,700 UK homes were repossessed last year compared with 10,200 in 2015, figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) show.
Homes are seized in this way if borrowers are consistently unable to meet their mortgage repayments.
The CML said that falling mortgage interest rates had eased the burden.
"Customers do need to be ready for a time when the outlook may not be so benign, with pressure on real incomes increasing and as interest rates begin to move upwards again," said CML director general Paul Smee, forecasting a rise in repossessions in 2017.
The figures reveal that the proportion of buy-to-let properties that are being repossessed has risen significantly.
At the recent peak of home seizures in 2009, about a tenth of the homes repossessed were in the buy-to-let sector. Although the total number of home repossessed from landlords has fallen, this now represents a third of the total.
The number of homes repossessed overall fell in the final three months of the year, down from 1,900 in the third quarter of the year to 1,800 in the fourth quarter.
Mortgage-holders falling into arrears on their home loans also fell compared with the previous year.
The were 94,100 mortgages with arrears of 2.5% or more of the outstanding balance by the end of 2016, the CML said, compared with 101,700 at the end of 2015.
This was slightly up on the 93,300 mortgages in this position by the end of September.
Ever since the number of repossessions reached nearly 50,000 in 2009, at a time of deep recession and economic hardship, banks and building societies have been under intense pressure to show more forbearance to families facing financial crisis.
Regulators told them to look for warning signs that people were in difficulty and, where they could, to take action to help by reducing monthly payments or allowing complete payment holidays or letting borrows pay off their loans over a longer period.
The flexibility has had a clear effect at a time when mortgages have in any case become much cheaper, because of sharp reductions in interest rates.
However, the Council of Mortgage Lenders warns today that repossessions are likely to rise from here, probably back up to around 10,000 this year.
It says household budgets could come under strain as a result of rising prices in the shops.
Lenders and the courts have been far less speedy in seeking repossessions in recent years owing to pressure from the government, and the low levels of interest rates.
However, the CML said people fearing financial difficulty should not bury their heads in the sand.
"Borrowers who fear they may miss a payment should speak to their lender. Lenders remain committed to helping borrowers work through any period of temporary payment difficulty and remain in their home wherever possible," Mr Smee said.
Jonathan Harris, director of mortgage broker Anderson Harris, said: "We suspect that when it comes to their finances there are many people teetering on a knife edge and rate rises could easily push them over.
"While it looks unlikely that interest rates will rise anytime soon, borrowers still need to plan ahead and consider how they would cope with higher mortgage rates."
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Stewart Streit, 81, is the only player to win the British, Canadian, US and Australian women's amateur titles, and Bell, 79, was a Curtis Cup captain.
In September 2014 the Royal and Ancient voted to allow women members for the first time in its 260-year history.
In February, the Princess Royal became one of the first women to join.
Along with Stewart Strait and Bell, a further eight women have also become members of the club.
The ATM was taken from the shop near Newry at about 03:30 GMT on Friday.
Adam Grant, 24, of St Brigid's Terrace, Silverbridge, County Armagh, was charged with causing £12,000 worth of criminal damage to a cash machine.
He was also charged with possession of stolen property. He was remanded in custody at Monaghan District Court.
A detective sergeant told the court that when the accused was arrested, he was trying to open the ATM with a saw.
The accused, who was arrested on Friday in Inniskeen, County Monaghan, is due to appear in court again on Wednesday.
North Ayrshire Council and harbour owner Peel Ports said they aimed to save the "shortest, fastest and cheapest" route to Brodick.
The existing link has come under threat from Associated British Ports (ABP).
ABP is bidding for the service to be switched from Ardrossan to its port at Troon in South Ayrshire.
The new proposals for Ardrossan involve Peel Ports investing in "significant infrastructure upgrades" at the site - including improvements to harbour walls, bollards, gantries, fenders and signage.
In turn, North Ayrshire Council would make improvements to the passenger terminal, roads, car park and connectivity with the town centre.
The council and Peel Ports said the "suite of integrated proposals" would significantly improve passenger and berthing facilities at Ardrossan for the new generation of ferries being introduced by Calmac in 2018.
They will sound out key stakeholders over the next few weeks before presenting the proposals to Transport Minister Humza Yousaf before Christmas.
Doug Coleman, from Peel Ports, said: "We're committed to a multi-million pound investment in the marine infrastructure at Ardrossan to improve connections with Arran via the shortest, fastest and cheapest route.
"These will be bespoke facilities and modern infrastructure specifically designed for the new £48.5m ferry, which will itself dramatically improve docking reliability in poor weather."
ABP has already announced plans to invest £8m on a new passenger ferry terminal at Troon if it picks up the Arran service.
Proposals put forward to the Scottish government include a new Arran Community Fund, which will generate £50,000 a year for good causes.
ABP has claimed that the existing service from Ardrossan is "dogged by weather conditions that frequently exceed the capabilities of the port and result in a significant level of service cancellations".
It also claims that the Port of Troon is already well equipped to handle the next generation of Calmac ferries.
Eugenio Vides Casanova, 77, has lived in Florida since 1989 and was once regarded by the US as an ally.
He was taken into custody last month under a law designed to keep those accused of abuses in other countries from seeking refuge in the US.
But he will not face charges in El Salvador due to an amnesty law.
Eugenio Vides Casanova, once El Salvador's defence minister and head of the National Guard, arrived at the country's main airport with more than 100 other deportees, reports say.
He has been linked to the killing of four US churchwomen in 1980.
He argued against his deportation on the grounds his military tactics were backed by Washington at the time.
In a separate development, the US has begun extradition proceedings of another former Salvadoran military officer living in the US.
Inocente Orlando Montano Morales is facing charges in Spain over the killing of five Jesuit priests.
At least 70,000 people died in El Salvador's civil war from 1980-1992, fought between the country's right-wing military government and leftist rebels.
The 34-year-old former Gloucestershire captain capped a disappointing first year at New Road when he suffered the injury during fielding practice prior to the away game at Durham.
It was expected to heal without any need for an operation.
But a later x-ray revealed slight damage to the cartilage in the joint.
That left him unable to flex the joint, and he has now had a plastic joint fitted into his left index finger.
His recovery is expected to take up to 12 weeks, and he may have to field with protective taping next season, but he should be comfortably in time for the 2016 campaign.
Gidman, who was signed from Gloucestershire on a two-year deal, scored just 440 runs in 13 County Championship matches for Worcestershire in 2015 at an average of 24.44.
That was well short of his first-class average of 36.31. He also made one appearance in both the One-Day Cup and the T20 Blast.
German Shepherd Major worked for Staffordshire Police for six years.
Major is among finalists for the National Police Dog of the Year award after tackling a man who was firing an air pistol.
Major, aged eight, has given up his police duties and will live as a family pet with his handler, Pc Lance Stevenson.
Staffordshire Police said Major and his handler were deployed to Hanley in October after reports a man was firing a hand gun while walking towards Sneyd Green.
"Armed officers were on their way to the incident but because of the immediate threat to members of the public, Major was instructed to bring the man down," a police spokeswoman said.
"Without hesitation, police dog Major quickly ran towards the male as he reached for the gun. He took hold of his right upper arm, taking him to the ground."
Pc Stevenson was then able to disarm and arrest the man who later pleaded guilty to possession of a loaded air weapon in a public place, the spokeswoman added.
The force said like other police dogs, Major had undergone "robust training".
However, he will now put his paws up at Pc Stevenson's home, making way for the officer's new sidekick, Fonz, a two-year-old German Shepherd.
The officer also handles Seamus, an English springer spaniel trained in detecting explosives.
Pc Stevenson said: "Major has constantly proved to be a valuable asset to the force in the work that he has undertaken and has played his part in hundreds of arrests."
The winner of the National Police Dog of the Year, which is organised by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), is to be announced on 14 January.
Stormont's Enterprise Minister Jonathan Bell has announced his intention to shut the scheme as soon as possible.
A huge spike in applications and a change in Treasury funding rules means money for it has run out.
The Northern Ireland Executive has been left with a £30m overspend to honour promised payments.
However, installation firms have said that if the renewable heat incentive scheme shuts next week they will lose work, be left with hundreds of thousands of pounds of stock and have to lay off staff.
Among the projects potentially at risk is a £1m scheme to convert the energy supply of 120 sheltered homes in Belfast from electric to wood pellets.
Francis Glackin runs an installation company based in Bellaghy, County Londonderry.
He has had to shelve 25 projects worth about £2m.
Mr Glackin said he will have to halve his 28-strong workforce if the scheme shuts.
As an established plumbing company, he said he can keep going, but claimed the situation has been badly handled.
The scheme was set up to encourage homes and businesses to move to greener energy.
The preferred option for most was wood pellet burners.
The subsidy scheme was to help cover expensive installation costs.
The cost for a medium-sized business is around £40,000.
Subsidies were particularly generous for companies which could recoup an average of £24,000 a year over a 20-year contract.
There was no cap on how much subsidy could be earned.
The more heat that was generated, the more people were paid.
There was a rush of 900 applications last autumn, around the same time that Stormont's Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) announced plans to cut the subsidies.
The scheme cannot close without assembly approval and it is to be put to a vote early next week.
It was with a sense of pride that Su Xi Rong revealed her feet to British photographer Jo Farrell.
Her feet, bound from the age of seven, were so small that she had been renowned for their beauty.
The 75-year-old is among the last remaining women in China to bear the effects of foot-binding, a practice first banned in 1912.
Farrell met more than 50 of them over an eight-year period, and says she was surprised to find stories of pride and empowerment. Her book about the women is being launched at the British Council in Hong Kong on Monday.
Foot-binding was believed to create a more beautiful foot and promote obedience.
Despite a ban, it carried on in many rural areas until the Cultural Revolution began in 1966.
Travelling in Shandong and Yunnan provinces, Farrell found grandmothers who were happy to show the effects created by years of strapping their toes under their feet.
"I feel so many people talk about how barbaric the tradition was, but it was also a tradition that empowered women," Farrell says.
"It gave them a better life. They were doing the best for themselves."
Because of feudal traditions, women with large feet were not likely to get married.
Matchmakers picked women who had bound feet because it showed they could "tolerate" pain and "she would not complain as a wife," explains Farrell.
"I think one of the most important things that came across was that they have a pride in what happened to them.
"Most of them told me or showed me how their feet had been much smaller before," she said.
Su Xi Rong recalled how her grandmother would catch her trying to remove the strappings from her feet as a child and punish her by slicing flesh off her toes.
But when Farrell arrived with her Hasselblad camera Su Xi Rong was proud to pose for photos.
"She was happy to show me her feet because she was known as the woman with the most beautiful feet in the village."
Most of the women are in their eighties and nineties, and several have passed away since they were photographed.
"It feels good to get their stories down before they disappear," says Farrell.
Not all women had an adult forcing the binding on them.
"I would say about 40% of the women bound their own feet, which I found quite surprising," says Farrell.
"They wanted to be like other girls. Some women said they knew how to do it because they had seen their mothers do it."
Over a period of time, the small bones in the toes would break beneath the weight and the foot arch would lift so that a woman's heel would almost touch the metatarsals.
Jo found those who felt resentful did so because they had had to work in the fields.
"It would have been much easier to do if they hadn't had bound feet," she said.
She says a lot of the women confided they would not bind their feet if they could "have their time again".
From 1949, when the Communist Party came to power, the women found their feet, the products of imperial sensibilities, were now the focus of scorn.
"These women went through a very hard time," says the photographer.
"Originally they were praised for their bound feet but then by 1949 it became something that they were embarrassed about and ashamed of. To go through both of those things in one lifetime is incredible."
Today, she says the elderly women she found were "spritely", and says she was surprised by their mobility.
"On a few occasions I had to search the village for the ladies. They were visiting other ladies or looking after grandchildren.
Most of her subjects she found through word of mouth.
The first woman she photographed, Zhang Yun Ying, was the mother of a taxi driver.
Farrell also became adept at spotting the gait of women with bound feet, once stopping a taxi and getting out because she spotted a woman walking in the street.
"They tend to walk on their heels," Farrell says.
She found in a lot of cases younger relatives had never asked their grandmothers about their bound feet, or seen them naked.
Some young people were reluctant to let China be shown "in a bad light".
She said the project taught her a lot about old age and how the women seemed to be "invisible". Often they appreciated someone coming to see them to find out their stories.
Interviewing 87-year-old Cao Mei Ying, Farrell said she could not understand what the lady was saying to her - but that she held onto her tightly.
She asked her translator, who said: "She doesn't want you to leave."
Cao Mei Ying died in 2013.
"I made her feel special and remembered," recalls Farrell. "That her path in this life had meant something."
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Governing body the FIA has responded to teams' concerns that the ban would have cost and reliability implications.
Messages about the operations of an F1 car's complex systems will be allowed for the rest of the season.
But teams will still be forbidden from giving driving advice, such as how to improve cornering technique, via radio. The full ban will now start in 2015.
On Thursday, F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone had said he was behind the ban, saying he felt drivers were being helped too much.
But his claims that all the drivers were supportive of the idea were undermined when some, including Williams's Felipe Massa, expressed vociferous opposition.
And the teams argued to race director Charlie Whiting that the proposed ban could lead to reliability and even safety problems.
The FIA has provided to BBC Sport the list of radio messages that are permitted and banned.
The FIA's note clarifying the ruling with the teams said: "It seems to us that information being passed to the driver concerning the performance of his car should be separated from information concerning his own performance.
"It has become clear that the former is a very complex matter and that any list of restrictions imposed at short notice will have a significantly different effect from team-to-team. The latter information on the other hand can be considered simple driver coaching.
"With this in mind we propose to postpone enforcement of the information being passed to driver concerning the performance of his car until 2015.
"We believe this will give sufficient time for teams to prepare properly and, more importantly, to ensure that the regulations are being enforced fairly and equitably.
"On the other hand, information being passed to the driver concerning his own performance will be stopped with immediate effect."
Whiting said the ban on radio messages had not been intended as a precursor to banning all telemetry, as Ecclestone had suggested on Thursday.
"That hasn't been discussed at all," Whiting said.
He added that he expected any punishment for transgressing to be "sporting rather than financial" and while pointing out that the stewards decided penalties, he gave examples of a drop of a grid position if the offence was in practice or a five-second penalty if in the race.
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The Pole, who won the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix for BMW Sauber, suffered a partially severed right arm that has left him with limited movement.
But on Tuesday he completed a full day's testing with Renault at the Ricardo Tormo track in Valencia, Spain.
It is not clear whether the test, in a 2012 car, means a comeback is possible.
Renault said Kubica "complained about grip, understeer, downforce and had the biggest smile on after his 115 laps".
A reporter from the French newspaper L'Equipe said on Twitter that the 32-year-old conducted a race-simulation run and set a fastest lap time quicker than Renault reserve driver Sergei Sirotkin. Renault were not available to verify the information.
Renault driver Jolyon Palmer is under pressure after a difficult first six races of the season, in which he has been out-performed by new team-mate Nico Hulkenberg.
The team are considering whether to replace the Englishman later in the season, with former F1 driver Sebastien Buemi and Sirotkin among the possible candidates.
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Kubica's test, which Renault described as "private" and refused immediately to share any details, raises the intriguing possibility that he could also be in the frame.
A comeback would be a remarkable turn of events given the severity of his injuries.
Kubica, once considered one of the fastest and most talented drivers in F1, had not driven a grand prix car since pre-season testing in 2011.
A month before he was due to start his second year with Renault, Kubica's Skoda crashed at rally in Italy.
A metal barrier pierced the car and entered the cockpit, leaving him with major blood loss and multiple arm and leg fractures. His right arm was so severely injured there were fears it would have to be amputated.
A series of operations restored some movement in his arm but it has continued to have restricted mobility, which meant he could not fully turn a steering wheel in the tight confines of an F1 cockpit.
In February, he said he felt he could drive at "80% of the F1 tracks - but not all of them".
Being able to test successfully at Valencia does not necessarily mean Kubica would have the freedom of movement to drive competitively at tracks that require large degrees of steering lock, such as Monaco.
Four years ago, Kubica did some work in the simulator at the Mercedes in F1, and from 2013-16 he competed in rallying.
In recent months, Kubica has begun to explore a return to circuit racing, testing a variety of cars.
Of these, 246,487 applied on Monday in the run-up to the 23:59 BST deadline.
Social media firms Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook ran campaigns encouraging young people to get on the electoral register in order to be able to vote.
The final numbers of those actually registered will not be known until closer to the 8 June election.
Theresa May announced on 18 April her intention to call an early election, since when 2,938,000 people have applied for a vote. Of these 1,051,000 are aged 24 or younger, according to the official government website..
However, some of those people may already be on the register or are not eligible to vote so the number of people actually added to the electoral register is set to be lower.
And being registered to vote does not mean people will necessarily decide to vote on 8 June.
In total, there were 622,000 applications in the 24 hours before the 2017 registration deadline at 23:59 BST on Monday. This was higher than the 525,000 in the run-up to last year's EU referendum - when the website crashed amid a late evening surge - and 485,000 in advance of the 2015 general election.
Across the age spectrum, 246,487 18-to-25-year-olds applied for a vote on Monday, 206,659 applications were received by 25-34 year olds, 88,956 from 35 to 44 year olds, 47,906 from 45 to 54 year olds, 21,204 from 55 to 64 year olds and 7,689 from 65 to 74 year olds. And 3,488 people over the age of 75.
On Wednesday, the site launched a premium offering in the US, removing advertisements for a monthly fee.
Prominent YouTube stars had expressed concerns that they would not be paid if their videos were watched during the month-long free trial on offer.
However, Google later confirmed that should not be the case via its Creator blog.
YouTube stars earn money from the ads displayed around the videos they upload but the site's new subscription service allows viewers in the US to remove the ads for a monthly fee.
In return, video creators get a slice of the subscription money instead, divided up by how many minutes people watch their content for.
Many creators expressed anger after content network Fullscreen tweeted: "YouTube has confirmed to us that creators will not receive revenue when a #YouTubeRed user watches your videos during the free trial."
YouTube's updated terms and conditions, which it asked content creators to agree to, do not refer to a free trial period.
But YouTube told the BBC it did intend to pay creators during the period because it would pass on a cut of the money that it makes from subscribers to its music streaming service.
"Creators are the lifeblood of YouTube. So, with Google Play Music subscribers instantly joining YouTube Red, we will pay a portion of the revenue we receive from these subscribers to our creators on day one," it said on its blog.
"Even with 30 day free trials, our creator community will make as much or more as they would have without YouTube Red."
In June, Apple faced criticism from musicians over its decision not to pay record labels for music streamed during the free trial of its new music service.
The company changed its mind after singer Taylor Swift wrote an open letter.
"Please don't ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation," she said.
The funding is based on what the NHS estimates it will need to maintain services from 2016 onwards.
It covers professionals such as nurses, midwives, radiographers, paramedics and pharmacists.
Last week health boards in mid, west and north Wales announced a shake-up of services.
Health minister Lesley Griffiths said: "High quality healthcare education is critical to support the delivery of health services in Wales both now and in the future."
Wales continued to have some of the lowest student drop-out rates in the UK, and there has also been a "significant increase" in NHS Wales staff over the last decade.
"The extra nurses demonstrate our commitment to support young children living in disadvantaged areas by supporting an enhanced health visiting service," she added.
The health service estimates of how many staff it needs to maintain services from 2016 onwards is based on a number of factors including the age profile of staff, the number of people currently working and in training, and the course attrition rate.
Tina Donnelly, director of the Royal College of Nursing in Wales welcomed the increase in student numbers.
"We know that there has been an increase in mental health and learning disability places and the number of children's nursing places is set to increase also," she said.
"In 2011, we saw a 35% cut in the number of children's nursing places.
"In light of concerns raised by the Health & Social Care committee's report which highlighted shortages of neonatal nurses in Wales the RCN is delighted that the Welsh government has increased training places for children's nursing."
Last week the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and the Hywel Dda Health Board announced the latest on their health shake-up plans.
Hospitals at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Flint, Llangollen and Prestatyn will see services switched to 10 other locations after Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board confirmed their closures.
The board also announced it will move specialist intensive care for babies to England.
But is has decided not to stop x-ray services at Caernarfon and Pwllheli.
Hywel Dda Health Board has so far approved the closure of Mynydd Mawr Community Hospital in Tumble and the closure of minor injury units at Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals.
The 531ft (161m) British Airways i360 viewing tower stands on the site once occupied by the entrance to Brighton's ruined West Pier.
Visitors ascend 450ft (137m) in a 360-degree curved-glass pod.
But it has divided local opinion, with some declaring it "a total monster" others praising it as "world-class, stunning architecture".
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Valerie Paynter, of the saveHove campaign, said it was "like something springing horribly out of the earth in a horror movie".
But Glynn Jones, chairman of the West Pier Trust, thought the "vertical pier in the sky" showed "the city is, once again, embracing and celebrating world-class, stunning architecture".
The tower affords visitors views from Bexhill in East Sussex to Chichester in West Sussex with the South Downs to the north.
Chief Executive of i360, Eleanor Harris, claimed the tower would transform Brighton's tourism prospects.
She said: "We have built the world's first vertical cable car, the world's tallest moving observation tower, the world's most slender tower.
"We are putting Brighton on the map and promoting the city around the globe."
Architect David Marks said: "This is the culmination of a 12-year journey that started on a kitchen table and ends 138 metres above Brighton and Hove beach.
"We feel incredibly happy and proud on behalf of the hundreds, if not thousands, of people that worked to bring the project to reality."
The video shows a masked man standing over a severed head which he says is that of Mr Kassig.
The US says it is working to determine the authenticity of the video, which also shows a mass beheading of 18 Syrian troops.
Mr Kassig, also known as Peter, was captured last year.
His family, who live in the US state of Indiana, said they were awaiting confirmation of the reports about their "treasured son".
"We prefer our son is written about and remembered for his important work and the love he shared with friends and family, not in the manner the hostage takers would use to manipulate Americans and further their cause," the family said in a statement.
This is perhaps the most elaborate and graphic of all the murder videos posted online by IS. Much of it is taken up with a recent history lesson on Iraq and Syria as seen through the eyes of the jihadists. But the latter part shows the beheading of 18 Syrian prisoners in revolting, lingering detail.
Unlike earlier videos, this one revels in gore. Amongst the boiler-suited captives murdered in cold blood is a man IS says is the former US soldier Peter Kassig, who converted to Islam and changed his name to Abdul-Rahman.
Neither his conversion, nor the fact that he was helping refugees when he was captured a year ago, appear to have saved him.
Mr Kassig's murder is a sign of frustration that IS militants are unable to hit back at the coalition air strikes that have driven them off key sites like the Mosul and Haditha dams, and prevented them from seizing the town of Kobane.
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Abdul-Rahman Kassig in his own words
Unlike similar videos released in the past, the latest shows the faces of many of the jihadis. It also at one point gives a specific location - near Dabiq in Aleppo province, with an identifiable village in the background.
The latest video did not show the person identified as Mr Kassig being beheaded. Also unlike previous videos, it did not show other Western captives or directly threaten to behead anyone else.
The US National Security Council said it was investigating the video, and would be "appalled by the brutal murder" if it was confirmed.
IS has previously murdered four Western hostages - British men Alan Henning and David Haines, and US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff.
Those killings were carried out by a man believed to be British. That man bears a resemblance to one of the masked militants pictured in the video purporting to show Mr Kassig.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "horrified by the cold-blooded murder" and that Islamic State had "again shown their depravity".
Mr Kassig's parents last month released extracts of a letter written by their son, in which he said the "stress and fear" of captivity were "incredible".
"They tell us you have abandoned us and/or don't care but of course we know you are doing everything you can and more.
"Don't worry Dad, if I do go down, I won't go thinking anything but what I know to be true. That you and mom love me more than the moon and the stars."
Mr Kassig was a former US Army Ranger who served in Iraq.
He later trained as an emergency medical technician and founded the Special Emergency Response and Assistance (Sera) organisation, helping to supply camps on both sides of the Syrian border.
He was undertaking a project for Sera when he was captured in October 2013 while travelling to eastern Syria.
The exiled leader of Syria's opposition National Coalition, Hadi al-Bahra, said in a statement Mr Kassig would be remembered as a hero.
"Kassig paid the ultimate sacrifice trying to relieve the suffering of his fellow human beings far away from home. The thugs of Isis will pay the price for their evil crimes," he said.
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The body was discovered in an area off Glen Road in West Kilbride on Saturday morning.
Officers are treating the death as unexplained and said inquiries were ongoing.
A spokeswoman added: "A post-mortem examination will be carried out and a report sent to the procurator fiscal."
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Magnox, the owners of the Trawsfynydd station, said 90 jobs are to go.
The staff, who work for various contractors at the plant, will lose their jobs between now and the end of the year.
Around 180 workers are employed by Magnox on site, while the number of people employed by contractors will be cut from 220 to 130.
Kanhaiya Kumar was beaten by lawyers shouting slogans, reports said.
The court has sent him to prison for two weeks, when the case will next be heard.
Mr Kumar was arrested after a rally against the 2013 hanging of Mohammed Afzal Guru at which anti-India slogans were allegedly raised.
Afzal Guru was convicted over a 2001 plot to attack India's parliament - charges he always denied.
The attack was carried out by Kashmiri militants and left 14 people dead.
The violence comes despite the Supreme Court of India laying down strict guidelines after a previous hearing into the case also turned violent.
The top court has now rushed a delegation to the Patiala court house to assess the situation.
Mr Kumar has reportedly received injuries as a result of the attack.
BBC News journalists at the Patiala court say that a brick was thrown towards media personnel covering the event.
Tarique Anwar of the Indian web portal Firstpost was attacked outside the court house before Mr Kumar was brought to the court.
He told BBC News that he had been attacked by lawyers as he attempted to take a picture of them beating up a supporter of Mr Kanhaiya.
"They deleted the picture and dragged me inside a court room where they beat me up," he said.
Mr Anwar also alleged that police had done nothing to help him.
The arrest of Mr Kumar on the charge of "sedition" sparked outraged protests from faculty members, university students and sections of the media, who called it an overblown reaction to student action.
Political parties have also joined the protest, with opposition groups condemning the government action.
However, angry government ministers have not backed down, and vowed to punish the "anti-national elements".
A soldier is standing on the back of a flatbed pick-up truck leading the convoy.
His high-powered twin-barrelled gun is turned towards Nigeria. In reality, though, the weapon is aimed at what Boko Haram call their "caliphate", or Islamic state.
The border village of Amchide is mostly deserted. Only a handful of people can be seen as we drive through.
They are hastily throwing a few belongings on a cart as they prepare to leave. They probably did not have time to take anything when they fled during an attack, and came back to recover their possessions.
The dusty road is the line that the militants keep crossing on almost a daily basis now, attacking the villages and Cameroonian army positions.
"Every day, there are gunshots," a Cameroonian commander says.
He explains that the situation is so tense that he would rather stay anonymous.
"They are there; they are turning, watching, trying to know what we are doing and how we can react. It's unpredictable. Boko Haram is like a ghost."
The strain is tangible. Cameroon's elite Rapid Intervention Battalion, commonly known by its French acronym BIR, has lost dozens of men since the beginning of the year in the fight against Boko Haram.
About 1,000 men from BIR, trained by US and Israeli forces, have been deployed along a 500-km (300- mile) stretch of porous border with Nigeria.
Boko Haram is advancing and Cameroon's military fight daily battles to keep the boundary with Nigeria - Africa's most populous state - intact.
Cameroon's military recently dispatched another 2,000 soldiers to the border region to reinforce troops.
Last month, Boko Haram attacked the military post at Amchide with a tank.
A car bomb exploded a few metres away minutes before the tank stormed the gate of the Cameroonian base. The tank's charred remains are still to be seen outside the military post.
Cameroonian soldiers complain that they have been left to fight a war which started in another country on their own.
On the other side of the front line, the Nigerian army has fled.
"And the French, where are the French?" an army officer bitterly asks, referring to the French counter-terrorism force commanded from Ndjamena, the capital of Chad, only a few hundred kilometres to the north-east.
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The rains have come to an end and the rivers have dried. Cameroonian soldiers know that during the dry season, more attacks are likely.
Their concern is that the militants, who have taken control of some ten towns in Nigeria, want to raise the black flag of their "caliphate" on their territory as well.
"No one is really able to say what Boko Haram wants," says Saibou Issa, specialist in Peace and Security Studies at the University of Maroua, the capital of Cameroon's Far North region.
"But they are able to play on the fact that the cross-border security co-operation is non-existent. It is only a matter of time before Boko Haram launches a terror attack in Maroua. Then it will trigger a much bigger crisis."
There are suspicion and fear on the streets of Maroua, which has a population of more than 200,000.
"I don't feel comfortable near people whom I don't really know well," says a student at the university, "I make sure that I am home before six PM."
"Never go out without your ID card," says the young man next to her as they queue to register for their exams.
"Anything can happen and if you are caught in the area when it does, without documents, you will automatically become a suspect," he says.
In this impoverished region, pastoralists and traders cannot move across the border anymore.
The long-term economic impact of Boko Haram's military campaign, launched in Nigeria in 2009, is grim.
About 43,000 Nigerians have poured into Cameroon so far, according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
"We expect thousands more in the coming weeks," says Samuel Cameroun at Minawao refugee camp, which currently hosts 17,000 people.
They all arrive there with stories of unspeakable suffering inflicted by Boko Haram.
"When they took over my town, we felt like prisoners," says Mariamu Ali, 26.
Her husband was shot dead by Boko Haram in Gwoza, a Nigerian town with a population of more than 250,000 captured by Boko Haram in August when it declared a caliphate in areas under its control.
After a year on the run, the rest of Mrs Ali's family is finally reunited here at the camp.
From the foothills of Gwoza in Borno state, they had kept fleeing southwards, from one attack after another.
"When they ordered single and widowed women to marry fighters, I knew I had to escape," says Mrs Ali, a Muslim.
When Boko Haram raids a town or a village, it rules with guns and knives.
Adamou Moussa, a Christian, shows me a large scar on his right arm.
He took a bullet during one attack, he says, and in another attack his left hand was maimed.
"They said: 'We have come purposely for you, you have to be a Muslim today'," Mr Moussa explains.
To the militants who threatened to slit his throat if he did not comply, he replied: "To be a Muslim for me is not a day job. I cannot be a Muslim. I have my religion."
A Boko Haram fighter went for his neck but he raised his hand to protect himself. One of his fingers was severed.
People like Mr Moussa are lucky to have escaped Boko Haram's rule and are safe for now but the brutality they left behind in Nigeria may soon follow them as Boko Haram has already spread its war into Cameroon.
The "outrageous" jail term showed how far the Saudi authorities would go to silence those speaking out for human rights and political reform, it said.
On Sunday, a court in Jeddah convicted Mr Abu al-Khair of charges including "undermining the regime and officials".
He was also fined $53,000 (£31,000) and ordered to disband his organisation.
The Monitor of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, which Mr Abu al-Khair founded, said the activist would refuse to sign the verdict or appeal because he did not see the court as legitimate.
HRW said Jeddah's Specialised Criminal Court - which tries terrorism cases - had convicted Mr Abu al-Khair on "vague charges that stem solely from his peaceful activism".
In addition to the charge of "undermining the regime", Mr Abu al-Khair was found guilty of "inflaming public opinion", "insulting the judiciary", "harming public order", founding an unlicensed organisation, and violating the anti-cybercrime law.
Although the court suspended five years of the sentence, it also imposed a 15-year ban on travelling abroad and told him to shut down all of his internet accounts.
Mr Abu al-Khair refused to respond to the charges against him during the trial, his wife Samar Badawi said. He referred instead to a note submitted to the judge declaring that he did not recognise the court's legitimacy.
"This outrageous sentence against Waleed Abu al-Khair shows how far Saudi Arabia will go to silence those with the courage to speak out for human rights and political reform," said Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW's Middle East and North Africa director.
"Saudi Arabia has invariably dealt harshly with its citizens who criticise Saudi policies, but putting a peaceful activist behind bars for at least a decade over his social media comments and statements to news media is a new low," she added.
The US state department also said it was "troubled" by Mr Abu al-Khair's sentence.
"We urge the Saudi government to respect international human rights norms, a point we make to them regularly," spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
In October, a criminal court in Jeddah sentenced Mr Abu al-Khair to three months in prison after convicting him on charges including "insulting the judiciary" and "attempting to distort the reputation of the kingdom".
Ms Whitson said the crackdown on peaceful human rights activists "makes a mockery of its membership of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, whose members are expected to promote and protect the very rights that the Saudi authorities are trampling underfoot".
On 25 June, a criminal court in Riyadh sentenced Fowzan al-Harbi, a member of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association, to seven years in prison, HRW said. He was convicted of charges including "participating in, calling for, and inciting breaking allegiance with the ruler" and "describing the Saudi regime - unjustly - as a police state".
NHS Tayside said several cases of vomiting and diarrhoea had been reported in ward six, which treats elderly female patients.
It said it took the decision as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the virus, which is also known as the winter vomiting bug.
The board asked anyone with symptoms of the bug not to visit the hospital.
Figures from the UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO) showed 884 applications for posts in 2016. The previous year's figure was 696.
UKFPO is the official body through which medical graduates can apply for their initial post-graduate training.
The Scottish government said junior doctors were "valued members" of the healthcare team.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "Earlier this year a recruitment drive to attract more junior doctors to live and work in Scotland was launched by the Scottish government.
"A series of videos, featuring interviews with the Chief Medical Officer and trainee doctors working in NHS Scotland, was produced to highlight the many positive aspects of training, working and living in Scotland."
She added: "As a government we continue to maintain strong, positive relationships with the profession and enjoy a collaborative working relationship."
1 June 2016 Last updated at 06:43 BST
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Nicolas Otamendi's header put the hosts in front, before Joe Hart inexplicably dropped the ball at the feet of Cameron Jerome for a Canaries equaliser.
That sparked a frantic finale, as Toure scored from the spot after Russell Martin's red card for handball.
There was still time for Aleksandar Kolarov to miss a penalty in injury time as Man City laboured to victory.
It was a combination of Norwich's organised, solid setup and Man City's sluggish approach play that caused frustration for Manuel Pellegrini's side for long periods.
The few chances the 2013-14 champions did create in the first half predominantly fell to Wilfried Bony, who failed to hit the target with two notable openings.
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The Canaries, benefitting from using three central defenders, stifled the host's creativity and with it the enthusiasm of the crowd in Etihad Stadium.
Forward Kevin De Bruyne was central to most of Man City's build-up play, but they struggled without the imagination of playmaker David Silva and the work ethic of striker Sergio Aguero, who were both injured.
The home supporters grew increasingly agitated with Bony's lack of cutting edge, and it seems Pellegrini's title hopes could hinge on getting Silva and Aguero back to full fitness.
Bony's chances and a rasping effort from Canaries winger Matt Jarvis were the only moments of note in a sedate first half.
Otamendi's first goal for the club, a planted header from an outswinging De Bruyne corner, looked like it might lift Man City's performance.
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But Norwich were handed an unlikely equaliser with seven minutes remaining when England keeper Hart dropped Robbie Brady's cross at the feet of Jerome, who prodded into an empty net.
Hart's error did not prove costly though as Martin, with his keeper John Ruddy out of position, handled a shot by Raheem Sterling while diving to block the ball.
Martin was sent off while Toure calmly converted from the spot.
Kolarov's injury-time penalty miss, after Brady fouled Sterling, could have proved costly had Hart not saved Martin Olsson's late shot.
But Man City moved on to a seventh game unbeaten in all competitions and stayed above Arsenal at the top of the league on goal difference.
With Silva and Aguero missing, Man City have depended on De Bruyne to pull the strings and, while his team-mates were lacking vibrancy, the Belgian at least looked eager to create chances from in front of the opposition defence.
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini:
"It was an extraordinary game. Norwich defended very well. The games before Champions League games are always difficult. But we have the character, the personality and the trust to win the game - we are not finished until the last minute."
Norwich City boss Alex Neil:
"I thought we limited Man City to very little, but if you're going to lose a goal away to the top teams, you want it to be from a bit of quality, so to lose one to a set-piece is disappointing.
"Then we made mistakes at the back for the second goal and it cost us the game. If people do their jobs properly and do the basics right, the rest of our game has been good."
Man City look to go a step closer to qualifying for the Champions League knock-out stage as they travel to Sevilla on Tuesday, before a trip to Aston Villa on Sunday. Norwich host fellow bottom-half side Swansea on Saturday.
Match ends, Manchester City 2, Norwich City 1.
Second Half ends, Manchester City 2, Norwich City 1.
Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) left footed shot is close, but misses to the right. Aleksandar Kolarov should be disappointed.
Penalty Manchester City. Raheem Sterling draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Robbie Brady (Norwich City) after a foul in the penalty area.
Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ryan Bennett (Norwich City).
Attempt saved. Martin Olsson (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Manchester City. Martín Demichelis replaces Yaya Touré.
Fernando (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Fernando (Manchester City).
Gary O'Neil (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Wilfried Bony (Manchester City).
Sebastien Bassong (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Alexander Tettey (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alexander Tettey (Norwich City).
Goal! Manchester City 2, Norwich City 1. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Russell Martin (Norwich City) is shown the red card.
Penalty conceded by Ryan Bennett (Norwich City) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernandinho.
Substitution, Norwich City. Lewis Grabban replaces Cameron Jerome.
Goal! Manchester City 1, Norwich City 1. Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
Attempt missed. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov with a cross following a corner.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Gary O'Neil (Norwich City) because of an injury.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Gary O'Neil.
Attempt blocked. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov.
Fernandinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alexander Tettey (Norwich City).
Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Cameron Jerome (Norwich City).
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Jonny Howson.
Substitution, Manchester City. Fernando replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
Yaya Touré (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary O'Neil (Norwich City).
Attempt missed. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) with an attempt from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bacary Sagna with a cross following a corner.
Recycle for Wales, a Welsh Government grant-funded campaign, said although Wales already recycled half of its food waste and was "leading the UK", there was more to be done.
People will wear banana costumes at events starting Friday in Pontypridd.
The idea is to highlight how 240,000 tonnes of banana skins are being thrown away which could create energy.
One caddy of food waste produces enough energy to watch a football match on TV, Recycle for Wales said.
"When we ask people in Wales why they don't recycle their food waste, they tell us it's because they don't think they produce enough to bother," Angela Spitteri said.
"Unavoidable waste items, like tea bags, egg shells, potato peels and of course, banana skins aren't edible but can all be recycled."
Recycle for Wales said if all the household food waste which went to landfill was recycled, the methane could be turned into energy.
Sales in September of the compact, which costs 50p, were up 4% to an average 290,000 per day.
However, revenue for the group, which also publishes The Scotsman, fell 3% between July and October when compared with the same period last year.
The figures came on top of a 9% fall in revenue for the first half of 2016.
The growth of the i resulted in the title taking a 20% share of the so-called "quality segment" of Britain's newspaper market.
Without the i, the figures fell more sharply, with revenues down 16% in the past three months.
Advertising revenue without the new title was also down 12%, while circulation revenue dropped by 10%.
Digital advertising, seen as a way of replacing declining revenue from paper sales, fell during the summer-autumn period by 3%.
Despite the figures, Johnston Press saw its share price rise slightly to 14p.
It has fallen from 66p a year ago, and fell below 9p before a surge in September, when an activist investor became involved in moves to change the publisher's strategy.
Last month, it announced a deal with creditors to change the conditions on some of its borrowing, giving it more time to raise finance by selling assets.
That is expected to include newspaper titles.
Evans, 27, retired against Germany's Dustin Brown in the recent Surbiton Trophy with a calf injury, missing this week's Nottingham Open as a result.
Argentina's Del Potro, 28, is still struggling with the groin problem that hampered him at the French Open.
It is not known if they will be fit for Wimbledon, which starts on 3 July.
World number one Andy Murray heads the field at Queen's, aiming for a record sixth title.
Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka and 2016 Wimbledon runner-up Milos Raonic are also playing in the west London event.
However, French Open winner Rafa Nadal has also pulled out of the tournament after being advised to rest by his doctor.
Following the withdrawals of Evans and Del Potro, Britain's James Ward has been given a wild card as he continues his comeback from a knee injury.
The 30-year-old, who was a semi-finalist at Queen's in 2011, has only played once on the ATP tour this year - losing to Evans at Surbiton - and is currently ranked outside the top 1,000.
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Dale Nish, of no fixed address and Connor Hegarty admitted at Manchester Crown Court to dealing the drug said to leave users in a "zombie-like" state.
Nish, 31, was sentenced to three and a half years for possession of Spice with intent to supply and cash from dealing.
Hegarty, 20 and of Ancoats, was jailed for two years for three drugs offences relating to Spice and heroin.
The pair were also issued with four-year criminal behaviour orders, banning them from Manchester city centre when they are released.
Police said they were arrested in the China Town area of the city, on 10 August last year, with a bag of Spice with an estimated street value of £2,000.
Both were bailed, but on the following day Hegarty, of Old Mill Street, was captured on CCTV taking part in suspected drug deals in Piccadilly Gardens.
Officers later found him in possession of ten wraps of Spice and he later admitted supplying Class A drugs in Miles Platting.
On 13 May, Nish was found in the Northern Quarter with a bag containing a "large amount" of the substance and cash, said police.
Con Leon Cawley-Bowyer, of Greater Manchester Police, said their sentences demonstrate "how committed we are to tackling the issue of Spice".
He said the force will "continue to target those in particular who choose to deal it in the city centre" and "if you are caught dealing Spice... you could end up behind bars."
A blanket ban on so-called legal highs now known as psychoactive substances came into force in the UK last May.
Footage of six boys being gassed at the Don Dale detention centre in 2014 has led to widespread condemnation of conditions for youth detainees.
All six are seeking damages for mistreatment, the Australian Broadcast Corp (ABC) reports.
The NT government had initially said it would bring a counter suit.
According to the ABC report, authorities say serious damage, costing A$89,000 ($67,000;£51,000), was caused when the boys escaped from the centre in 2015.
One day later, they allegedly stole a car and rammed it into a garage door at the centre, causing another A$74,000 worth of damage.
The boys' lawyer has argued his clients would not have tried to escape were it not for the "poor and restrictive conditions" in which they were held.
Footage of the tear gas incident and repeated mistreatment of a boy named Dylan Voller prompted Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to order a top-level government inquiry into youth detention in the state.
In one incident, Voller was cuffed to a restraint chair while wearing a hood and left alone for over an hour.
Youth detention rates are three times higher in the NT than elsewhere in Australia, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Although the institute doesn't break down Indigenous youth incarceration rates specifically for the NT, young Indigenous people across Australia are 26 times more likely to be in detention than non-Indigenous youth.
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The Serb, 27, came through 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 5-7 6-4 to win his second Wimbledon and seventh Grand Slam title.
After letting a championship point slip in the fourth set, he won Wimbledon's first five-set final since 2009.
Djokovic had lost his previous three major finals, and will now reclaim the number one ranking from Rafael Nadal.
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"After losing the fourth set it wasn't easy to go on and win the fifth set, I don't know how I did it," Djokovic told BBC Sport.
"This is the best tournament in the world and the one I always wanted to win so to be able to compete at such a high level I am so grateful."
Federer, 32, had hoped to surpass Pete Sampras with an eighth title and become the oldest winner in modern times.
The Swiss was willed on by much of the 15,000-strong crowd throughout the final, with chants of "Roger! Roger!" ringing around Centre Court when he reeled off five successive games from 5-2 down in the fourth set.
But Djokovic recovered his nerve to fend off break points in the decider and clinch a dramatic win after three hours and 56 minutes, before kneeling on the turf and eating some grass - just as he had done after winning in 2011.
He then headed into the stands to celebrate with his team, including three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker, brought in by Djokovic at the start of the year to help end his run of 18 months without a major win.
With seven Grand Slam titles to his name now, Djokovic moves alongside the likes of John McEnroe and Mats Wilander - 10 behind Federer at the top of the all-time list.
Federer, with Becker's old foe Stefan Edberg in his corner, had served superbly throughout the tournament and it almost brought him an eighth title.
The Swiss took a desperately tight first set on the tie-break after saving two set points but, after a heavy tumble early in the second, Djokovic finally broke the fourth seed with a backhand pass to lead 2-1 - only the second time in the tournament the Swiss had dropped serve.
A huge fist pump in the direction of his player box followed when he saw out the set, and despite Federer landing 83% of first serves and hitting 13 aces in the third set, the Serb took the tie-break when Federer's forehand let him down.
Victory was within sight when Djokovic twice moved ahead in the fourth, but Federer recovered the first break with a magnificent forehand winner, and then launched an astonishing comeback from 5-2 down.
A nervous Djokovic slipped to 0-30 when serving for the title and could only watch while sprawled on the turf as Federer guided a forehand into the open court on break point.
Djokovic's return game remained potent enough to earn a championship point at 5-4, only for Hawk-Eye to confirm that Federer's serve had kept the contest alive.
In under 10 minutes, the Serb would go from the brink of victory to an unwelcome fifth set as another edgy, error-strewn service game allowed Federer to go on and close out the fourth.
Riding a wave of adrenalin and overwhelming support in the decider, the Swiss had his chance at 3-3 but failed to convert a break point.
Federer brilliantly played his way out of three break points in the following game but Djokovic was in the ascendancy again.
With the advantage of serving first in the decider, Djokovic made it to 5-4 and was able to hit freely, earning another two championship points and raising his arms in triumph when Federer netted a backhand on the second.
She was speaking after meeting the executive parties for another review of the Stormont House Agreement.
The current impasse began earlier this month after Sinn Féin withdrew its support for welfare reform legislation.
The talks are focussing on the scope of a benefit top-up scheme to be funded from the Stormont budget.
Finance Minister Simon Hamilton has previously said that no additional money could be allocated to resolve the current impasse.
He said any resolution would be on the basis of the £90m per year previously set aside for welfare reform mitigation measures.
The Northern Ireland parties have held a number of meetings to resolve the impasse, but no agreement has been reached yet.
A deal had been agreed by the Northern Ireland parties on Westminster's welfare reform in the Stormont House Agreement in December.
The issue had previously threatened the future of the Northern Ireland power-sharing executive.
When Sinn Féin withdrew its support earlier this month, it accused the DUP of going back on what had been agreed.
The DUP rejected this, saying there had never been the money for all the things Sinn Féin wanted and that Sinn Féin had been aware of this.
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Five initial proposals include laying cables under sea to Deeside or burying power lines from Anglesey underground.
Burying lines would cost £1bn more than National Grid's preferred option of pylons and overhead lines between Wylfa and the Pentir substation near Bangor.
Some locals claim the alternatives to pylons have been less well publicised.
The National Grid is charged to upgrade and extend the electricity infrastructure as part of a £110bn investment in energy in Britain.
According to National Grid staff, who have been touring Anglesey and Gwynedd publicising the consultation, they want people to approach them with questions or concerns.
This consultation echoes some of the concerns voiced in mid Wales with the proposed Powys-Shropshire connection.
To facilitate planned wind farms there, almost 30 miles (48km) of pylons are being planned including a new sub-station near Cefn Coch. Many locals oppose these plans.
Hundreds of millions of pounds of investment is earmarked in other parts of Wales, in Snowdonia's National Park and Ynys Mon's Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
But just as in Powys, some landowners and local residents are realising that National Grid's preferred option focuses its consultation on offering four possible pylon routes.
There seems to be support for offshore wind turbines and the job prospects that could come with a new nuclear power station, but what some of Anglesey's 68,000 residents also want is to get rid of unsightly pylons.
Building a new line, to add to the existing 20 miles (32km) of pylons across the island, is likely to be opposed by some.
Independent councillor Alun Mummery, who represents Llanfairpwll, said National Grid had not been "up front" about the options.
"They've tried to take away from the equation the fact that there is a call for underground or under sea [cables]," he said.
"They said it was not their preferred option so they didn't put it out to discussion really."
One influential landowner on the island is the Bodorgan Estate, where general manager Tim Bowie also has reservations about new pylons.
"I think that most of the consultations have been poorly attended, certainly the one I went to at the local school," he said.
"I attended with a colleague and there were only five of us there which means that from the local community there were only three other people present.
"I think the consultation is also flawed in other areas. It immediately dismisses the sub-sea route and we've been told that it's unacceptable because of the cost."
With old coal power stations being closed down Britain needs new energy plants - and wind farms, gas and nuclear power stations are seen as the answers.
Llywelyn Rhys, of Renewable UK Cymru, said: "We're moving forward quickly to an energy gap and we have to plan to secure our energy supply for the future.
"In terms of the location of the consultations, as we move to more low carbon generating sources such as offshore wind and onshore wind in rural areas, we obviously have to extend the grid to places that maybe haven't previously experienced grid infrastructure before."
National Grid manager Martin Kinsey said no decisions have been made yet.
"This is all about consultation, we're here to listen to what local people have to say," he said.
"We've looked at placing the connection below the sea as well as placing it above and below the ground.
"There is a question of cost - it is £1bn more expensive to look at the alternatives and that's £1bn that will ultimately end up on people's electricity bills.
"We believe that the right proposal is for a transmission line across Anglesey. But we have said that in areas of high sensitivity we will consider undergrounding that connection."
National Grid officials are still considering how to deal with opposition in mid Wales, and will already be aware of the grumbling that has started in Gwynedd and Anglesey.
The Welsh government said energy connections were wholly a matter for the UK government, but added: "We recognise the importance of strengthening the grid in north Wales to future-proof the network. However we are also mindful of the impact that the new infrastructure will have on communities in north Wales.
"That is why we will continue to engage with the National Grid on new grid infrastructure within north Wales and to encourage mitigation of the visual impact of any potential new transmission lines."
Lincoln County Hospital has also restricted admissions to five more wards following the outbreak.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which manages the hospital, said the ward closures were to prevent the virus spreading.
The trust declined to specify which wards were shut, but said no children's wards had been affected.
Michelle Rhodes, director of nursing at the trust, said the "highly contagious" virus could spread rapidly in hospitals.
"Symptoms of norovirus include diarrhoea and vomiting and, just like flu, the virus can seriously affect vulnerable patients," she said.
"If you have norovirus symptoms, please do not attend A&E. The best thing you can do is rest and take plenty of non-caffeinated drinks to avoid dehydration."
A trust spokesman said some areas of the hospital were expected to reopen following deep cleaning over the next few days.
The 51-year-old man was hit by a silver Hyundai while crossing the eastbound carriageway at Bilbrough, near Tadcaster, at 22:30 GMT on Monday.
North Yorkshire Police said the man, who has not been named, was pronounced dead at the scene. The car driver was unhurt.
The A64 did not reopen until 03:30 GMT following the collision.
The 46-year-old has signed a two-year contract and steps up to the post vacated by Dale Benkenstein midway through last season at the Ageas Bowl.
White made his name at Yorkshire, before going on to play 30 Tests and 51 one-day internationals for England.
"I'm flattered and honoured," White told BBC Radio Solent. "It's a fantastic opportunity for me and I can't wait to get started in the job."
White, previously the county's assistant and bowling coach, took charge for six County Championship matches last season following Benkenstein's departure.
But he was unable to prevent Hampshire finishing in the bottom two of Division One.
However, Durham's subsequent relegation and punishment by the England and Wales Cricket Board because of financial issues meant Hampshire were reinstated in the top division for next season.
"I was thrust into the job and I really enjoyed it," added White, who played in 30 Tests and 51 one-day internationals for England between 1994 and 2003.
"It was something I didn't think I was quite ready for. Maybe another two or three years learning the trade might have been the right time.
"But when [director of cricket] Giles White mentioned would I take on the job full-time, I said I would.
"I think some big names applied, so to be given the job permanently is a great honour."
The twice world darts champion died on 24 March at the age of 62. He had been suffering from the lung disorder chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
About 400 people, including former darts star Eric Bristow, packed Kirkcaldy Crematorium to hear about a "wonderful and loving" dad.
He leaves behind wife Malvina and their three children Anne Marie, John and William, and six grandchildren.
During the service, conducted by Denis Madden, mourners heard how Wilson would have celebrated his 44th wedding anniversary next month.
Mr Madden said: "When it came to the crunch, what this man's life was all about was his wife, his children and grandchildren. That's what mattered.
"He was a lovely, quiet, firm family man."
Mr Madden told how Wilson never sought the fame his success brought him after he first picked up darts in a local pub when the team were a player down.
He said: "He went on to play all over the world. I don't think there's a continent that the man did not play in. But if the truth be told, Jocky Wilson never wanted to become famous or in the spotlight.
"Jocky would be the first to tell you that work in its own right was a means to an end, all he wanted out of it was to provide well for his wife and family."
He added: "Jocky was a wonderful dad. He was full of fun and laughter, and yet I have to say he and Malvina brought their children up well because they have instilled nothing but the best of values, morals and standards in all three of them.
"He has played a huge part in moulding each one of them into the people that they have become today."
From his debut at the World Championship in 1979 until 1991, Wilson managed to reach at least the quarter-finals of the tournament on every occasion.
Wilson also lifted the British Professional Championship four-times between 1981 and 1988, as well as the British Open and Matchplay titles.
He was a founding member of the Professional Darts Corporation and is acknowledged as one of the main forerunners to darts' current popularity.
The release reportedly came after talks with the government, though few details are confirmed.
The abduction of the so-called "Chibok girls" triggered a global outcry and sparked a huge social media campaign.
Before the latest release, about 195 of the girls were still missing.
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Sources told the BBC that the young women were now in the custody of the Nigerian army.
They were brought by road convoy from a remote area to an army base in Banki near the Cameroon border.
The BBC's Stephanie Hegarty in Lagos says that many families in Chibok will be rejoicing at this latest news, but more than 100 of the girls taken have yet to be returned.
Christian pastor Enoch Mark, whose two daughters were among those kidnapped, told Agence France-Presse: "This is good news to us. We have been waiting for this day. We hope the remaining girls will soon be released." It was unclear whether his daughters had been freed.
A military source told the agency the freed girls would be flown to Borno's state capital of Maiduguri on Sunday.
After the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok was raided in April 2014, more than 50 girls quickly escaped and Boko Haram then freed another 21 last October, after negotiations with the Red Cross.
The campaign for the return of the girls drew the support of then US First Lady Michelle Obama and many Hollywood stars.
Last month, President Muhammadu Buhari said the government remained "in constant touch through negotiations, through local intelligence to secure the release of the remaining girls and other abducted persons unharmed".
Many of the Chibok girls were Christian, but were encouraged to convert to Islam and to marry their kidnappers during their time in captivity.
Boko Haram has kidnapped thousands of other people during its eight-year insurgency aimed at creating an Islamic caliphate in north-eastern Nigeria.
More than 30,000 others have been killed, the government says, and hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee from their homes.
A section of Victoria Park, in the Partick area of the city, was cordoned off on Friday while police forensic experts examined the scene.
Officers have appealed for anyone with information about the attack to come forward.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said the assault is reported to have taken place between 01:00 and 02:00.
Inquiries are ongoing.
That is not the case for the defending champions so far this season, however.
Claudio Ranieri's side were beaten only three times in the whole of 2015-16, but Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Sunderland means they have lost seven of their 14 league games in 2016-17, and are only two points above the relegation zone.
What is going wrong for the Foxes? Deeney, who helped Watford beat Leicester 2-1 on 19 November, compares playing them now with what it was like during their fairytale campaign.
N'Golo Kante made 175 tackles and 156 interceptions for Leicester last season, more than any other player in either category. Since his move to Chelsea, he has made 44 tackles and 39 interceptions in 2016-17. Only Everton's Idrissa Gueye has made more in total.
Deeney: "Probably the biggest factor that has changed for opposition teams against Leicester this season has been in the middle of the park.
"You can get through their midfield and get at their back four a little bit easier now.
"Whenever we broke on them last season, I always had the fear factor that N'Golo Kante was coming back and I knew we didn't have much time before he got there.
"Even if I actually did have time, I always thought he might be there, so I would rush things a bit.
"Now that element of playing Leicester has gone, and there seems to be a bit more freedom in midfield when you play them.
"It is inevitable really, unless they were to play with two dedicated defensive midfielders instead.
"I always felt Kante did the work of two players, so without him it is very hard to get the same sort of balance they had with him and Danny Drinkwater playing together.
"Kante was everywhere for them. He is still the same player now of course, getting up and down the pitch, but it is for Chelsea instead."
Jamie Vardy scored 24 goals for Leicester last season but has not found the net for 16 games in all competitions for the Foxes. In the Premier League alone, Vardy has had six shots in his past 10 matches, with none on target.
Deeney: "Leicester's gameplan last season was based on hitting sides on the counter-attack.
"They are not doing anything too differently now - against us they were still going out wide to Riyad Mahrez for him to work his magic.
"I just think teams have got used to playing against them, and I mean that in the most respectful way.
"I looked at their team before we played them and I knew Jamie Vardy would be up front, and I also knew he would be trying to run in behind our defence.
"Last season, it surprised a few teams to begin with when he did that, and then it got to the point where he and the other Leicester players were playing so well, it did not matter if teams adjusted.
"They did not care if the opposition dropped off, because they were confident they could score in other ways - look at the long-range volley Vardy scored against Liverpool in February, for example.
"Now teams are defending deep against them from the start, to deal with the threat of Vardy's pace, and letting Leicester have possession.
"That does not seem to suit the players Leicester have got, especially with confidence levels the way they are at the moment."
Leicester have taken only one point from a possible 21 on the road in the Premier League this season. They have lost six out of seven away games, with their only draw coming at Tottenham. In 2015-16, the Foxes won 11 of their 19 away games, losing only two.
Deeney: "Because they became the team to beat, a lot of sides have changed their approach when they play Leicester, thinking they will keep hold of the 0-0 for as long as possible and then try to nick it.
"When we played them, in November, we did things a bit differently and decided to start by going at them.
"It was our first game since losing 6-1 to Liverpool, so our approach was a bit of a ploy to try to get our fans back onside straight away.
"We set our stall out to put them under pressure straight away. We started fast and scored after 33 seconds, and part of the reason it worked was because it was so early in the game.
"What Leicester's back four were doing last season was sinking deep, with all four of their defenders inside their area, inviting crosses and sort of saying 'go on then, try to beat us'. It was very effective.
"This time, we nicked the ball off them and counter-attacked them so it was very difficult for them to get back into position and be ready for it."
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has made twice the number of line-up changes this season compared to this stage of 2015-16. In the whole of last season, Ranieri made 33 changes, the fewest in the top flight.
Deeney: "It is partly down to injuries, like the one to goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, and partly down to Leicester being in the Champions League too, but Claudio Ranieri has made far more changes to his team this season.
"When their team stayed the same, I always got the sense everyone knew what everyone else was doing off the ball. That is no longer the case.
"I think they spent a lot of money in the summer on players who were a bit different to what they had already got.
"Firstly, it was always going to be hard for all those signings to quickly slot into a team that has a definitive way of playing. It would be the same at any club.
"Another problem Leicester had is they are the champions. By that, I mean the people who are coming in have to drop their ego and behave a bit differently to the way they would if they were big-money signings at other clubs.
"I am not saying anyone at Leicester is not doing that but I was linked with a move there myself in the summer and that was one of the things I thought about straight away.
"If that move had happened, I knew it would not be about me being the big fish there.
"To succeed, I would have had to have got in line with everyone else and adopted the culture that brought them success in the first place.
"It is something that Claudio Ranieri has spoken about - he knows it is going to take a little while.
"There is an adjustment stage when players sign for any club, let alone the champions."
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After 14 games last season, Leicester had lost once and were second in the table with 29 points, behind Manchester City on goal difference. This season, they are 16 points worse off.
Deeney: "Part of Leicester's problem in the Premier League is definitely that they have got the Champions League to think about as well.
"I would not say their players have switched focus but obviously there is a lot of excitement around them being in Europe and mentally it must be hard for them to be at the same level for every game they play.
"In the space of 18 months, a lot of their squad have gone from fighting relegation to winning the league and then reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League.
"Now their manager has come out after Saturday's defeat against Sunderland and said they are in a battle at the bottom.
"Looking at the table, that is the way it is. To get out of it, a lot is going to come down to their attitude and how they approach their Premier League games.
"It shows how standards have risen so much in recent seasons that not even the defending champions are safe.
"At Watford we are buying players from Juventus now - for me, that sums up how much more of a level playing field the Premier League has become.
"Last year, Newcastle and Aston Villa spent a lot of money but got relegated, and I don't think you can say anyone is too good to go down.
"You have to be on your mettle every game you play. If you are not, then you get found out - whoever you are."
Troy Deeney was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Thieves got away with 18 mainly Jade Chinese pieces worth about £15m in a raid at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum in 2012. Several people were jailed but the items have never been located.
A further 14 men have been convicted for roles in that and other raids.
Roger Keverne, who helped value the £15m jade said if it had been taken to China, "that's possibly goodbye".
On 13 April 2012, thieves broke in through the rear of the museum, smashed display cabinets and made off with artefacts described as being of "incalculable cultural significance".
Five months later three men were jailed and a boy of 16 was given a detention order.
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The stolen items, believed to be worth up to £15m, could be worth tens of millions more on the "booming" Chinese auction market, police said.
Despite appeals by the museum and police, and a "substantial" reward, the jade appears to have been spirited away.
Mr Keverne, a London-based dealer who specialises in Chinese ceramics and works of art, was contacted by the Fitzwilliam Museum following the theft.
The Fitzwilliam raiders were "very fortunate... that they were able to breach the security," he said.
Security would "always be a problem" for museums as "the works of art and the treasures they hold have to be to a certain extent accessible to the public".
Asked whether the Fitzwilliam Museum was likely to get its stolen artefacts back, he said: "It looks like they may not.
"These things do have a habit of turning up eventually - well, they get put back to the market, things get recycled, they get passed on.
"They move up the chain until they're probably in the hands of someone who doesn't realise they have been stolen."
On Monday, 14 men were convicted over their roles in stealing artefacts from the Fitzwilliam and other museums and an auction house. On the open market the haul could be worth up to £57m, investigators said.
One of them, Donald Chi Chong Wong, 56, of London, was described in court as a "fence" who made frequent trips to Hong Kong.
A number of these took place around the time of the Fitzwilliam heist and by the summer of 2012 Wong was under police surveillance, having met several times with other members of the gang.
It is not known whether he managed to transport any of the museum's artefacts overseas, but Mr Keverne said: "If they've gone to mainland China - that's possibly goodbye."
The Fitzwilliam Museum declined to comment when contacted by the BBC.
The 14 convicted men from Cambridgeshire, Essex, Kent, London, the West Midlands and Northern Ireland will be sentenced on 4 and 5 April.
The Local Government Association - which represents councils in England and Wales - said some "scam traders" were selling dirty mattresses that had been thrown away.
Others were importing them without the proper safety certificates. The mattresses are then repackaged - often in branded wrapping.
Some sellers pretend a local hotel is selling them after ordering too many.
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Simon Blackburn, the chairman of the LGA's safer and stronger communities board, said: "These fly-by-night sellers don't care about the risks these mattresses pose, they just want to make a quick buck and leave you with phoney details so they can't be traced.
"These mattresses may be described as memory foam but are carefully wrapped so you have no idea what you are buying.
"They generally fail fire safety tests and are often worn-out, dirty and unhygienic items destined for the tip.
"Anyone offered a cheap mattress on their doorstep should not buy one."
Administrators have been appointed to Obel Ltd, Obel Offices Ltd and Donegall Quay Ltd the three firms which control the office and residential complex.
The main firm, Donegall Quay, owes the former Bank of Scotland Ireland (BoSI) more than £51m according to its last set of accounts filed in 2011.
BoSI has been shut down by its parent company, Lloyds Banking Group. Its loan book is being aggressively wound down.
The Obel consists of a 28-storey residential tower and an adjoining six-storey office block.
It was launched onto the market in 2005 and dozens of apartments were sold off plan, mainly to buy-to-let investors.
However as the property market crashed sales slowed and many of the apartments are still empty.
Most of the office block is let to the international law firm Allen & Overy.
The administration will have no effect on tenants or any owners of apartments in the development.
The Obel project was originally backed by a consortium of developers, but in 2008 the Blackbourne family took full control, buying out their partners with the backing of BoSI.
The Blackbournes have other business interests which are unaffected by the administration of the Obel firms. One of the owners, Aaron Blackbourne, said he could not comment.
This is the latest in a series of high profile projects to face enforced action from BoSI - it was the lender to the Lough Erne golf resort, Comber Mill Village and the firm which built the Four Corners Hotel in Belfast's Catherdral Quarter.
Earlier this month Lloyds sold £1.47bn of BoSI loans to an investment company for just £149m, equating to a 90% loss.
Kelly was reported to the FA by Plymouth Argyle after an incident in Orient's 3-2 win on 14 February.
Orient's captain denied a charge of violent conduct, but the FA found him guilty, deeming the standard three-match ban to be "clearly insufficient".
"I think it's extremely excessive, when you look at the past cases," Webb said.
He told BBC Radio London: "For me it was a three-match ban, but to go to six, I feel like we're being used as an example just to try and stop people doing that.
"You shouldn't do it, and Liam shouldn't have done it, but for me it's excessive."
Webb, who has been in charge of relegation-threatened Orient since January, was also critical of Plymouth's role in the incident, which happened in the 86th minute of the League Two match.
"The referee - did he see it, did he not? Who knows," Webb, 33, added.
"Plymouth definitely saw it, and I think that's the most disappointing thing, that a club that hold such high moral standards as Plymouth have got the nerve to criticise, to try and make a bigger thing out of something."
Having sat out of The O's 3-2 defeat by Notts County on Saturday, Kelly will now miss five more matches for 23rd placed Orient, including crucial ties against fellow strugglers Cheltenham Town, Newport County and Accrington Stanley.
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They will face Australia or India, who meet in Thursday's second semi-final.
"Everything we've done in the last 18 months has gone towards getting there," Knight said.
"There's nothing better than a sold-out Lord's in a home World Cup, it's been hard not to think about it."
A crowd of more than 26,500 is expected at the final - swelled by the ranks of MCC members, who will be the only people able to attend if they do not already possess a ticket.
It will be a record attendance for an International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup match - with the ICC also announcing that the group stage matches have had a global reach of more than 50 million people - with a global TV audience anticipated to be 80% higher than the last World Cup in 2013.
Tuesday's tense two-wicket win at Bristol was sealed with just two balls to spare when Anya Shrubsole came in and hit her first ball for four.
Knight, whose side have now won seven successive games after losing their opening match against India, said: "We've not put the perfect performance together yet, but we just keep finding ways to win.
"We were quite smart with our bowling and we probably stopped a few extra runs in the field, and Jenny Gunn had nerves of steel at the end.
"We've known this final would be at Lord's for a long time, it's special and well done to the ECB [England and Wales Cricket Board] and ICC for selling it out.
"There have been some outstanding games at this tournament and the standard just keeps going up and up."
England all-rounder Jenny Gunn, who was at the crease for Shrubsole's winning hit, was quick to console the South African players as a few tears flowed at the conclusion of such a gripping game.
The Proteas have never made a World Cup final, and Gunn said: "I just told them they made their country proud.
"It's a huge achievement for them as it's horrible to lose when you get that close."
Knight said: "South Africa have been brilliant - I said to their captain Dane van Niekerk afterwards 'just keep getting better'.
"They're quite a young team and have some really good players so potentially will be a force to be reckoned with on the world stage."
Van Niekerk conceded: "We thought we were 30 runs short but we went out there believing. Credit to England, it was a great game of cricket and we hope we made everyone proud."
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Having been set 219 to win, England looked to be coasting when Knight and player of the match Sarah Taylor were together at 139-2 - but a flurry of wickets soon made it 145-5.
However, Fran Wilson anchored the lower-middle order with a measured 30 from 38 balls, and although she was caught behind with two overs left, the experienced Gunn (27 from 27 balls) shepherded the tail home.
"Fran was really calm throughout, we had a clear plan and we knew we could hit boundaries if they bowled it in the wrong areas," Gunn explained.
"As soon as you get the runs down, it puts the pressure back on the fielding side."
Wilson said: "We were ahead of the rate for a long time, it was just resisting the urge to tee off, staying in the game for a long time and hitting the bad ball."
Knight conceded: "It probably wasn't my most fluent 30. Sarah and I felt we'd done the hard work, until I made an error of judgement and ran her out. I'm a dreadful watcher, but we back the depth in our side."
Shrubsole told BBC Test Match Special: "We've worked very hard on being a bit tougher as a team.
"Jenny and Fran's partnership was brilliant as it settled things down and we made it over the line. Jenny was really calm, I thought I'd chance my luck and thankfully it was in the one area I can hit the ball!
"I hadn't realised Lord's would be a sell-out, but it's a huge thing for this team."
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Former England seamer Isa Guha: "An incredible game of cricket. What incredible handling of pressure by the lower order. Fran Wilson played beautifully until she got out, but because of her fearless attitude, she got England back into the game. I'm proud of how Jenny Gunn has played in this tournament, she's taken every opportunity she's had.
"The way England have that depth and believe in each other has kept them in good stead. This was perhaps the toughest game when the pressure is on to make it to a sellout final at Lord's."
Ex-England batter Ebony Rainford-Brent: "I'm looking forward to Australia-India on Thursday - India have turned Derby into their little fortress."
South African commentator Natalie Germanos: "A few years back, nine times out of 10, South Africa would never have come back into that game. But now, the coaches are speechless as no-one expected to come that close to the final and have it ripped away from them."
Heavenly Lights and Shifting Shadows at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery tells the untold story of Margaret Rope.
Born in Shrewsbury in 1882, experts say her work shows "startling modernism".
But she joined a convent, requesting her work be destroyed after her death, and her "genius" went uncelebrated.
Rope died aged 71 in relative obscurity.
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Rope's colourful windows survive today in churches across the UK, Australia, South Africa and Rome - and in museums in Los Angeles and New York.
Marga, as she was known to her friends, wore her hair short, smoked cheroot cigars and forged a career at a time when women were largely suppressed, Dr Sally Hoban, a historian at Birmingham University, said.
"There's a story about her and her sister riding across England on their motorbikes at the beginning of the First World War," her cousin Arthur Rope said.
"When they got to Suffolk they got arrested for being German spies because people couldn't imagine what two women were doing on motorbikes."
Aged 18, Rope enrolled at the Birmingham School of Arts where she learned to design and make stained glass.
Less than 10 years later, when she began to gain recognition for her art, Rope became a devout Catholic and chose the harsh life of poverty and prayer as a Carmelite nun, Mr Rope said.
Rope joined the Carmelite Monastery in Quidenham, Norfolk, where, shut off from the world, she continued to create stained glass in a small studio.
Stuart West, Shropshire Council's cabinet member for culture and leisure, said he hoped the exhibition, which runs until 15 January, would attract the recognition the artist never experienced.
"Margaret Rope was one of the greatest stained glass artists of the early 20th Century, and her works can be seen all over the world," he said.
"Despite her obvious genius, her name is hardly remembered at all, and we hope this exhibition - the first dedicated solely to her work and times - will give her reputation the boost it deserves."
See more on the life and work of Margaret Rope on BBC Inside Out West Midlands on Monday 26 September on BBC One at 19:30 GMT and available afterwards on iPlayer.
Ko Ni, who was an adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party, was shot in the head at Yangon airport.
A suspect has been detained but there are no details on the motive.
Ko Ni, who the NLD described as "irreplaceable", was a rare prominent Muslim in a Buddhist-majority nation.
It is not clear whether his religion was a factor in his death. The well-respected constitutional lawyer had spoken up in defence of rights for Muslims and had also criticised the military's grip on power.
Political killings are extremely rare in Myanmar, also called Burma. A taxi driver who tried to stop the gunman escaping was also shot dead.
Ms Suu Kyi does not appear to have made any public comments yet. But in a statement, the NLD said: "We strongly denounce the assassination of Ko Ni like this as it is a terrorist act against the NLD's policies."
Senior NLD leader Tin Oo described Ko Ni's death as a "great loss for the country, for democratic forces and for us (the party)".
Rights group Amnesty International said the killing had "all the hallmarks of an assassination". It called for a thorough investigation into the death of a man it described as a "tireless human rights campaigner".
Large crowds of mourners, including MPs, activists and Buddhist monks turned out for his funeral at a Muslim cemetery.
"All I want to say is, of course we are all shocked and really sad,'' said US Ambassador Scot Marciel. "I knew Ko Ni and his commitment to his country and democracy.''
Exactly 24 hours after he was shot dead Ko Ni's funeral took place on the outskirts of Yangon. A large, emotional crowd, mainly of Muslims but including Christians and Buddhists, filled the Ye Way cemetery.
Among them was a three-year-old called Erfan. He'd been in the arms of his grandfather at Yangon airport, when the assassin walked up behind them and shot Ko Ni in the head. Incredibly Erfan appears to be fine, chuckling away as his mother sobbed.
As I soon discovered, publically asking people why they think Ko Ni was killed is a sensitive matter. Among those at the funeral willing to talk, most thought he'd been assassinated for his work on constitutional affairs.
As well as being a top lawyer, Ko Ni was a legal adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi's political party. He's been credited with finding loopholes in the existing military-drafted constitution and in particular with creating the far-reaching role of state counsellor, which Ms Suu Kyi now occupies.
So far there's been no word from the police on what the alleged assassin has been saying in custody. The authorities in Mandalay say that Kyi Lin spent more than a decade in prison for illegally dealing in Buddha's heads and antiquities, before being released in a presidential amnesty in 2014.
Ko Ni was shot at point blank range outside the terminal as he held his grandson. The suspect then fled but several taxi drivers chased him, according to The Irrawaddy. The suspect shot one driver, U Nay Win, before being detained by police.
The suspect has been named by police as Kyi Lin, 53, but there is no information as to motive.
Ko Ni had been returning from a meeting in Indonesia to discuss sectarian tensions in Rakhine state when he was killed.
Anti-Muslim feeling is high in Myanmar, and there is significant public support for a military operation in Rakhine, which is home to thousands of Rohingya Muslims.
The military says it is restoring security after a deadly attack on police officers in October last year that it blamed on Rohingya. But it has been accused of widespread human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrests, beatings and the burning of villages.
Rohingya are denied citizenship and are considered illegal immigrants by the government. The NLD runs the current government but the military-drafted constitution ensures the military retains power over key institutions.
Ko Ni's daughter, Yin Nwe Khine, told Reuters he was "often threatened" because he had spoken out against the continuing influence of the military on politics.
"We were warned to be careful, but my father didn't accept that easily. He always did what he thought was right.
"A lot of people hate us because we have different religious beliefs, so I think that might be why it happened to him, but I don't know the reason."
It has agreed to sell 25% of its assets in Hywind Scotland pilot park to Abu Dhabi renewable energy group Masdar.
Statoil said the 30MW wind farm, which will lie about 15 miles from Peterhead, could power 20,000 households.
Production is expected to start in late 2017.
Under the transaction, Statoil and Masdar have agreed to share the development risk, with Masdar covering 25% of previous and future costs.
Statoil will continue to hold a 75% share in Hywind Scotland.
It said substructures for the project had already been constructed in Spain. They are due to arrive in Norway in the spring for assembly before being moved to Peterhead.
Irene Rummelhoff, Statoil's executive vice president for new energy solutions, said: "The Hywind Scotland pilot park has the potential to open attractive new markets for renewable energy production worldwide.
"With Masdar onboard as a strong strategic partner we are teaming up with a company with high ambitions within renewable energy."
Masdar chief executive Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi said: "Hywind Scotland represents the next stage in the evolution of the offshore wind industry, combining the project management experience and technical expertise of one of the world's largest offshore energy players - and our own capabilities in renewable energy development acquired over the last decade in the UK and international markets."
A petition of almost 2,000 signatures, calling for the Ministry of Defence to consult residents about its plans to lease part of the site, was handed into Number 10.
The government says leasing to a commercial operator will reduce costs.
But residents are concerned it will put too much strain on the roads.
David Harrison, Liberal Democrat county councillor for Totton South and Marchwood, was part of the group travelling to London.
He said: "Already the stretch of road from Southampton to Marchwood is one of the most frequently congested roads for HGV traffic."
Other concerns include additional noise, lighting, and impact on the New Forest National Park.
Mr Harrison said: "At the moment the Ministry of Defence is cloaking everything in secrecy."
Some of the UK's biggest commercial dock operators have expressed an interest in using the 300-acre (121 hectare) port.
They include ABP, which runs Southampton Docks, and Peel Ports, which runs the ports in Liverpool.
The port will continue to be used by the military.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Defence said it was working with New Forest District Council's planning team.
"It will be the responsibility of any future Marchwood Port operator to comply with any planning requirements," she said.
"The MoD will continue to facilitate discussions throughout the concession process."
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The West Brom boss succeeds Fabio Capello after talks with the Football Association on Monday and Tuesday.
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He will remain in charge of the Baggies for their last two games of the Premier League season.
The 64-year-old will lead his country after managing 18 teams, including three national sides, during a coaching career spanning 36 years.
"Let's hope we can get everybody behind us and make certain that we work as a team and help the team get the results everyone in England expects and wants," said Hodgson.
Hodgson's contract at West Brom runs out on 30 June but the Premier League club said they have agreed to release him after their final game of the season on 13 May so he can prepare for Euro 2012.
England have two friendlies, at Norway on 26 May and home to Belgium on 2 June, before their first match in the tournament in Poland and Ukraine against France on 11 June.
The Football Association said in a statement it was "delighted" to announce the appointment of Hodgson, whose contract also covers the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016.
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"Hodgson has won a total of eight league titles in a distinguished career, and coached the national teams of Switzerland, Finland and the United Arab Emirates," it added.
"Along with his vast experience of international and European football, Hodgson is the only English manager currently working in the top flight to have won the League Managers' Association Manager of the Year award."
The FA announced on Sunday it had approached Hodgson for the job despite widepsread speculation linking Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp with the vacancy after Capello quit in February.
Hodgson guided Switzerland to the 1994 World Cup and the side achieved a Fifa ranking of third in the world as they qualified for Euro 1996.
His former clubs include Inter Milan, Blackburn, Grasshoppers, FC Copenhagen, Fulham and Liverpool. He has also managed in Norway and Sweden, and been a member of Fifa and Uefa's technical study groups at tournaments.
Hodgson leaves West Brom after 15 months at the club.
Chairman Jeremy Peace said: "We did not want Roy to leave and he will be a tough act to follow.
"But we understand Roy's desire to take the England job and he will leave us after the Arsenal game on 13 May with our best wishes.
"Of course, with Euro 2012 around the corner, we appreciate that some of Roy's focus over the next 12 days will be on England matters. But we are delighted he will be seeing the season out with us.
"The board will now concentrate on the important task of appointing a new head coach to continue our project as we prepare for a third successive season in the Premier League."
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He joins Lulu, Squeeze, Tom Odell and a string of other acts in the Dumfries and Galloway event.
Cliff is best known for chart-topping hits like Wonderful World, Beautiful People and You Can Get It If You Really Want.
The festival takes place at Dundrennan on 24 and 25 July.
The Wickerman Festival's Brian Reynolds said: "This year's Wickerman Festival is shaping up to be an epic weekend and we know that fans will be blown away by the fantastic live performances that our latest batch of artists will deliver.
"Jimmy Cliff, The Sonics and The Sugarhill Gang are legendary, genre-defining artists who will ensure that this year's festival will be a brilliant celebration of music."
A joint statement said a deal had been agreed with the government, which had allocated £900m for the authority to spend over 30 years.
Portsmouth leader Donna Jones said the official announcement was expected within weeks.
But she said plans to create a joint mayor would be postponed until May 2018 at the earliest.
Southampton City Council said neighbouring district authorities had now been excluded from the proposed Solent Combined Authority, because of opposition from Hampshire County Council.
The leader of Labour-controlled Southampton, Simon Letts, said: "We are disappointed that despite our best efforts to persuade them, Hampshire County Council will not sign up and support our bid to double the size of the regional economy."
But Hampshire's Conservative leader Roy Perry said: "It's not correct to say that Hampshire County Council has opposed any proposed deal.
"We have simply confirmed that we are not prepared to join any arrangements unless and until the residents of Hampshire show their support."
Mr Perry said his authority would hold a full public consultation.
Isle of Wight Council leader Jonathan Bacon, an Independent, said: "The Island has recently been told by the Secretary of State... that no extra money will be found for the Isle of Wight to meet its current financial difficulties.
"It is, therefore, important that we... obtain a share in the pot of £900 million that has currently been set aside for a local devolution deal."
The joint statement said as a result of the combined authority, "more people would get jobs, businesses would prosper, and the whole of South Hampshire and the Isle of Wight would become better off".
Ms Jones, who leads a Conservative administration at Portsmouth City Council, said that much of the £900m would initially be spent on transport projects, including a new light rail system between Southampton and Fareham.
She said the new authority could be up and running by March, following legislation in parliament.
The three councils would leave the current system of government funding in exchange for keeping business rates, of about £400m a year, on top of the £900m agreed with the government.
The Spectrum ZX Vega+, backed by Sir Clive Sinclair, had achieved its original crowdfunding target.
But then Indiegogo halted further fundraising because of delivery delays and a lack of communication to backers.
The project's organisers had asked the BBC not to reveal the development.
The BBC understands no consoles have been delivered to backers, despite a pledge last month that they would "ship after 20 Feb 2017".
And the company behind the project - Retro Computers Limited - suggested these details might put its team at risk.
"Following a credible threat of violence against personnel of Retro Computers Limited, including threats made as recently as last night, we asked [technology desk editor] Leo Kelion and the BBC to refrain from publishing a story we believe to be factually inaccurate and might put people at risk of physical harm, alarm and distress," Retro Computers Limited founder David Levy said in a statement on Wednesday.
"Since December 2016 the BBC have formally been on notice that this is a police matter, and we ask that the BBC and Mr Kelion do not compromise the police investigation."
The BBC delayed publication of this report to give RCL managing director Suzanne Martin time to provide evidence of the threats, but she did not do so.
In the meantime, the Gizmodo news site also published and then deleted an article about the matter because it too was told of threats.
RCL had already received more than £513,000 ($624,000) from Indiegogo crowdfunders for the Vega+ .
And before the fundraising campaign was halted, the project had been listed as "in demand" to allow new people to become backers, despite having already reached its funding target.
But in recent weeks, many backers have expressed anger that they still have not received their console and claimed their requests for more information were going unanswered by the company.
Although, Indiegogo is clear in its terms and conditions that those who back a project are supporting an idea rather than buying a product - and that hardware in particular tends to be more difficult to deliver.
In 2015, RCL brought a different Sinclair computer to fruition after a smaller campaign.
RCL originally said the new Spectrum ZX Vega+ was due to go into production in the summer of 2016 and it might even "be able to improve on this delivery date".
But in December 2016, after the BBC contacted RCL to ask about the status of the Vega+, the broadcaster was threatened with legal action.
"Our clients are concerned that the BBC is in fact supporting and participating in a malicious campaign intended to denigrate our clients' reputation," wrote lawyers Michelmores LLP in a letter to the broadcaster.
They went on to request that the BBC show them its report at least 48 hours ahead of publication so they could identify any false information, which the BBC refused to do.
Ms Martin then apologised to backers for the delays and said there had been unexpected issues with the console buttons.
"In November, we identified an improvement we believed was essential to the Vega+ gaming experience," she said at the time.
"An improvement that would make the feel of the product far better, including a correction in the design of one of the buttons, making it more robust and able to withstand the rigours of extended game-play.
"We also wanted to make sure we did justice to the Sinclair legacy.
"This change has caused a brief delay, and we are truly sorry about that, but we needed this time to improve the product, and we have now completed the necessary revisions, and we are delighted to announce that we will ship the first units in February 2017."
Since then, RCL has suggested it had been unable to respond to some backers' requests because of a business dispute with two former directors.
And in its last public update, 11 days ago, the company released some technical details about software used by the device.
Many recent comments left by backers on RCL's Indiegogo page, which remains live but has stopped taking funds, are requests for refunds.
"I don't expect a response. I'm just being polite in letting them know this is their last chance before they have to deal with small claims court," wrote a backer called Paul Brookfield.
"Please receive this email as written notice of cancellation of my pledge and a request for a refund," wrote Drew Miller.
"I no longer believe you are capable of providing the product I pledged for in April, considering the drastic number of delays and your lack of communication toward fellow backers."
Update 10 March 2017: Retro Computers Ltd has issued a new statement announcing a delivery delay, but says it expects the first batch of Vega+ consoles will be available in a few weeks' time.
The Welsh Young Persons Discounted Travel Scheme applies to local journeys and longer distance TrawsCymru routes.
The project, costing £15m between now and April 2017, is part of a Labour-Liberal Democrat deal to pass the Welsh government's budget.
The first minister launched the scheme at an event in Corwen, Denbighshire.
Carwyn Jones encouraged all 110,000 16 to 18-year-olds in Wales to register their interest at Gov.wales/mytravelpass.
The Swans have rejected £40m offers from Everton and Leicester City for the Iceland midfielder, who they value at £50m.
Sigurdsson missed Swansea' 2-0 friendly win over Birmingham on Saturday because of the transfer speculation.
"It's not something that we want [or] will be allowing to drag on until the deadline," said Clement.
"The deadline I want it to be is imminently for everyone involved at Swansea and Gylfi included. I'm not going to put an actual day on it, but imminently means in the very near future."
If Everton improve their offer for Sigurdsson, a new bid could include Toffees defender Callum Connolly.
The 19-year-old full-back had a spell on loan at Wigan Athletic last season and was a part of the England team which won this summer's Under-20 World Cup.
Sigurdsson did not travel with Swansea for their tour of the United States with his omission from the match at St Andrews coming despite the player resuming training with the first team after spending part of the close season with the under-23 squad.
"It was the best decision for everybody involved that he wouldn't take part in games at this point, but as I said recently we want a resolution to this situation soon," added Clement.
Asked if Sigurdsson had said he wanted to leave Swansea, Clement replied: "He hasn't said that.
"Gylfi is a player with Swansea, he has three years left on his contract, he's a very good player, we rate him very highly, we want him to stay.
"But at the same time if another club wants him they have to play what this club feels is the right valuation for the player.
"With either situation, assuming it's done in the right way in the right time it's going to be a win-win for us as a club because either we get the valuation we want and we can reinvest and improve the team or we get to keep a very good player."
Clement confirmed that "all parties" are still talking about the potential transfer, but it is understood Everton have not improved on their initial offer, believed to be £40m.
The film chronicles his political life focusing on his role in the 2014 protests which made him an icon at 16.
Hong Kong's so-called Umbrella Movement demanded universal suffrage for the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
Currently, the leader of the city is elected by a 1,200 member committee, seen as pro-Beijing.
In unprecedented scenes, the 2014 protests saw the streets of central Hong Kong filled and blocked by angry crowds demanding a fully democratic selection process.
At the time Joshua Wong, one of the student leaders, was held up as the unofficial "poster boy" of the movement and even made it to the cover of Time Magazine.
The documentary will be available to Netflix's 93 million subscribers worldwide, but not in China where the service is not available.
The deal was announced days after the premiere of "Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower" at the Sundance Film Festival on 20 January.
Directed by Joe Piscatella, the documentary follows Mr Wong, now 20-years-old, from 2012 to 2016.
After winning no concessions from the Chinese government, Mr Wong's latest political move has been the establishment of his political party "Demosisto".
In a press release, Netflix describes the documentary as "a remarkable portrait of courage, resilience and youthful idealism".
"In an era where we are witnessing heightened civic participation and freedom of expression, we are pleased to offer a global platform for audiences to engage on these issues," says Netflix VP of Original Documentaries Lisa Nishimura.
Andrew Duncan, one of the documentary's producers, says: "Their global platform will allow us to share Joshua's message about the importance of due process of law and freedom of speech with a worldwide audience."
According to Hollywood Reporter, the rights were sold "in the low-seven-figure range".
In a letter to shareholders dated October 17, 2016, Netflix said: "We now plan to license content to existing online service providers in China rather than operate our own service in China in the near term."
"The regulatory environment for foreign digital content services in China has become challenging."
Netflix said it hoped to launch the service in China eventually, but did not say when.
Mr Lightyear, formerly Sam Stephens, had changed his name by deed poll but said the DVLA would not honour his request, citing reputational damage.
The 26-year-old from Devon, who also has a tattoo of the character, said he had now been issued with a new licence.
The DVLA said a "range of evidence" was needed with the application.
The spokesman said: "We recognise people may choose to change their name for many reasons. The driving licence is an important official document which is used both here and abroad.
"That is why we look for a range of evidence to support the application before we update our records."
Mr Lightyear said he wanted to do "the most outrageous thing" possible to raise money for the children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent, and chose the Buzz Lightyear theme because Toy Story was his favourite childhood film.
As part of his fundraising campaign, Mr Lightyear got a tattoo on his leg, ran the Brighton marathon in April 2015 and signed the deed poll on the finishing line when he reached his target of £2,000.
"Cancer's not the greatest thing and in children it's horrible", he said.
He said his original application to change his driving licence was rejected in May 2015, despite having sent the DVLA his legal paperwork.
The electrical wholesale manager described how his new name meant he had struggled to book tables at restaurants, and had had online shopping orders cancelled, but would still do another "name-changing fundraiser".
"I'm not married yet - I am looking for Mrs Lightyear", he said
He may have received some military training in the past but the red-bereted "Commander in Chief" of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) as he is known, is a populist politician, not a Che Guervara guerrilla leader.
During the launch of his party's manifesto a few days ago, Julius Malema similarly warned that South Africa's soldiers were among his supporters - a fact that is probably true given the pluralist nature of the South African National Defence Force. But how much should we read into Malema's military musings?
Malema may be a wannabe revolutionary who frequently alludes to Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and Venezuela's former leader Hugo Chavez's revolutionary fervour. But he is smart, quick-witted and no fool.
He knows how to capture the public's imagination and press the buttons of the leader who he once said he would be prepared "to die for".
A few months ago, when the Constitutional Court ruled that Jacob Zuma had violated the country's basic law by failing to head calls to "pay back the money" after security upgrades to his rural home, one of South Africa's defence unions responded in anger.
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Sandu (The South African National Defence Union) accused both the President and parliament of having "constitutional dirt on their hands". They appeared to speak for many South Africans.
That sense of frustration also bubbled over in 2009 when more than 1,000 disgruntled soldiers went on the rampage in the administrative capital Pretoria, to protest against poor pay and conditions. But tear gas and rubber bullets quickly quelled their "rebellion" and no-one for one moment thought it was the start of a coup.
Some in the armed forces clearly align themselves with many ordinary South Africans concerned about the integrity of their president.
But Jakkie Cilliers from the Institute of Security Studies - himself a former South African soldier - believes it is unlikely that Malema "can a tap into a deep vein of running discontent" even though the military is "underfunded and overstretched".
The new South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is home to a wide range of interests.
Among its members are former apartheid era soldiers, fighters from the MK (Umkhonto we sizwe) the former armed wing of the ANC, other freedom fighters such as the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and a new generation of "born free" South African soldiers, who were still children when the armoured vehicles of the old apartheid security state swept through the streets crushing everything in their path.
Central to today's South African military is the lack of a core political identity. And central to the South African state is the fact that it is a constitutional democracy and soldiers are given space to express their views, just like any other South African.
Unlike other countries where South African troops have been deployed as peacekeepers, including Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the South Africa military is credited with a sense of professionalism. That has meant it has kept out of politics.
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The top brass of the armed forces are largely made up of those loyal to the governing party.
And despite problems of resources, Cilliers argues that it is unlikely to be enough to provide political ammunition for Malema.
He said: "I think there is no possibility of senor military aligning themselves with anyone other than the ruling party. The values of constitutionalism are taught and understood at every level of the military, so we are unlikely to see anything like insubordination, let alone an attempted coup."
So when Malema talks about soldiers "turning their guns" against President Zuma is he perhaps speaking metaphorically, threatening more civil unrest rather than the potential for a military coup?
"There is no doubt," says Somadoda Fikeni, a political analyst, "that such language prepares people for discontent." But it is ambiguous, perhaps deliberately so.
He worries about ordinary South Africans, the millions of unemployed for whom Julius Malema clearly holds some appeal.
His talk of "revolution" may hold "tantalising appeal" but to Fikeni the danger is not with the EFF leadership, "but the people who take him literally".
The ANC did take Mr Malema literally when in a recent TV interview the "Commander in Chief" issued a chilling warning, that made headlines around the world - that the Zuma government would be removed "through the barrel of a gun". The ANC responded by threatening to sue him for treason.
President Zuma, as a former head of intelligence for the ANC and a member of MK, knows a thing or two about insurgency.
He also knows that the best counter-insurgency strategy is to win the propaganda war, erode your opponents' support base and offer a legitimate alternative that keeps your supporters onside.
Julius Malema may picture himself as a revolutionary making waves in the run-up to municipal elections - but he relies on questions over President Zuma's legitimacy to breath oxygen into his campaign.
Until that is addressed, some would argue, Malema will draw a crowd.
The aim is to see if computers can learn, in the same way a human would, what links images, to help them better understand the visual world.
The Never Ending Image Learner (NEIL) program is being run at Carnegie Mellon University in the United States.
The work is being funded by the US Department of Defense's Office of Naval Research and Google.
Since July, the NEIL program has looked at three million images. As a result it has managed to identify 1,500 objects in half a million images and 1,200 scenes in hundreds of thousands of images as well as making 2,500 associations.
The team working on the project hopes that NEIL will learn relationships between different items without being taught.
Computer programs can already identify and label objects using computer vision, which models what humans can see using hardware and software, but the researchers hope that NEIL can bring extra analysis to the data.
"Images are the best way to learn visual properties," said Abhinav Gupta, assistant research professor in Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute.
"[They] also include a lot of common sense information about the world. People learn this by themselves and, with NEIL, we hope that computers will do so as well."
Examples of the links that NEIL has made include the facts that cars are found on roads and that ducks can resemble geese.
The program can also make mistakes, say the research team. It may think that the search term "pink" relates to the pop star rather than the colour because an image search would be more likely to return this result.
To prevent errors like this, humans will still need to be part of the program's learning process, according to Abhinav Shrivastava, a PhD student working on the project.
"People don't always know how or what to teach computers," he said. "But humans are good at telling computers when they are wrong."
Another reason for NEIL to run is to create the world's largest visual knowledge database where objects, scenes, actions, attributes and contextual relationships can be labelled and catalogued.
"What we have learned in the last five to 10 years of computer vision research is that the more data you have, the better computer vision becomes," Mr Gupta said.
The program requires a vast amount of computer power to operate and is being run on two clusters of computers that include 200 processing cores.
The team plans to let NEIL run indefinitely.
Yanis Varoufakis said it was felt his departure would be helpful in finding a solution to the country's debt crisis.
Eurozone finance ministers, with whom he repeatedly clashed, had wanted him removed, Mr Varoufakis explained.
Meanwhile, global financial markets have fallen over fears that Greece is heading for an exit from the euro.
The European Central Bank (ECB) is to discuss whether to raise its emergency cash support for Greek banks, which are running out of funds and on the verge of collapse.
Greece's Economy Minister, Georgios Stathakis, told the BBC the ECB had to keep Greek banks alive for seven to 10 days so that negotiations could take place.
But even if the ECB continued to freeze the Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) at €89bn (£63bn; $98bn), the current cash withdrawal and transfer restrictions on banks of €60 per day could stay in place until Friday, without any of them collapsing, he said.
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BBC Europe editor Katya Adler says the 19-nation eurozone's most powerful members, France and Germany are at odds over what to do next, with France taking a softer and Germany a harder line.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet French President Francois Hollande in Paris later on Monday, and there will be a summit of eurozone leaders on Tuesday.
The majority of Greeks say they want to stay in the single currency, but their angry "No" vote in Sunday's referendum has made that far harder, our correspondent adds.
Mr Varoufakis announced his resignation on his blog only hours after it emerged that 61.3% of the 6.16 million Greeks who voted had rejected the demands for more austerity from the ECB, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
He said Sunday's referendum would "stay in history as a unique moment when a small European nation rose up against debt-bondage".
He went with a typical rhetorical flourish: "I shall wear the creditors' loathing with pride," wrote Yanis Varoufakis, known as much for his leather jackets as his flamboyant language - "austerity is like trying to extract milk from a sick cow by whipping it", being just one of his gems. But Greece's outgoing finance minister was an obstacle to an urgent deal with Brussels. Adored by his supporters back home, he was hated by eurozone leaders, whom he accused of "terrorism" towards Greece.
His departure - or removal - is a clear gesture by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that he wants fresh debt talks and a deal as soon as possible. He certainly needs one: Greek banks are so critically low on funds that they could collapse in days without an injection of cash from the European Central Bank. But it will only lend if Greek banks are solvent - which they're not - or Greece is in a bailout scheme - which it isn't. So the door to a eurozone exit inches ever closer.
Greece achieved a political earthquake last night. But the aftershocks could be far greater.
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Mr Varoufakis added that he had been "made aware of a certain preference by some Eurogroup participants, and assorted 'partners', for my... 'absence' from its meetings".
Prime Minister Tsipras had judged this to be "potentially helpful to him in reaching an agreement", he noted.
Belgian Finance Minister Johan Van Overtveldt told VRT radio: "To say that it wasn't nice to hear him more or less saying that his fellow ministers were terrorists is of course an understatement."
As thousands of Greeks took to the streets celebrate the referendum result on Sunday evening, Mr Tsipras said they had "made a very brave choice".
"The mandate you gave me is not the mandate of a rupture with Europe, but a mandate to strengthen our negotiating position to seek a viable solution," he added.
He said that he was willing to go back to the negotiating table on Monday, noting that an International Monetary Fund (IMF) assessment published this week confirmed that restructuring Greece's debt of more than €300bn (£213bn; $331bn) was necessary.
The BBC's Chris Morris in Athens says there is huge scepticism in other capitals and this is a big gamble.
Without some sign that an agreement on longer-term funding is still possible, the ECB could soon be forced to pull the plug, he adds.
Eurozone finance ministers said they expected to hear "new proposals from the Greek authorities" when they meet in Brussels on Tuesday.
"The basis of a dialogue is on the table, but it's up to Greece to show us that it takes the dialogue seriously," French Finance Minister Michel Sapin told Europe 1 radio.
German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said "conditions to start negotiations on a new aid programme are not met yet".
The European Commission's vice-president for the euro, Valdis Dombrovskis, said the stability of the eurozone was "not in question". But he also stated that the commission had not been given a mandate by member states to negotiate.
In a telephone conversation with Mr Tsipras, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed support for the people of Greece "as they overcome difficulties", Russian media reported.
Greece had been locked in negotiations with its creditors for months when the Greek government unexpectedly called a referendum on the terms it was being offered.
Greece's last bailout expired on Tuesday and Greece missed a €1.6bn (£1.1bn) payment to the IMF.
The European Commission - one of the "troika" of creditors along with the IMF and the ECB - wanted Athens to raise taxes and slash welfare spending to meet its debt obligations.
Greece's Syriza-led government, which was elected in January on an anti-austerity platform, said creditors had tried to use fear to put pressure on Greeks.
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The Northern Ireland Secretary warned that there would be "significant consequences" if there is no deal to restore Stormont's devolved government.
An election to the Northern Ireland Assembly was held last Thursday, which saw an end to the unionist majority.
Talks are being held to restore Stormont's power-sharing executive.
In a letter to MPs, Mr Brokenshire said that if the discussions fail there would be no executive or budget, causing "risks to public services".
"Ultimately, we would also be facing a second election," he added.
That, he said, would bring "disruption and uncertainty for businesses and the people of Northern Ireland".
After last week's election, Sinn Féin now holds just one seat fewer in the assembly than the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
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 no executive is formed, power could return to the UK parliament at Westminster for the first time in a decade.
But in his letter, Mr Brokenshire wrote that he was "not contemplating any other outcome but a resumption of devolved government as soon as possible".
Meanwhile, DUP leader Arlene Foster has said she regrets comparing Sinn Féin to a "crocodile" ahead of last week's election.
In an interview with the Impartial Reporter, Mrs Foster said Sinn Féin was able to use the comment against her.
At an election campaign event, she said she would not "capitulate" to Sinn Féin demands for an Irish language act, adding: "If you feed a crocodile they're going to keep coming back and looking for more."
Asked by the Impartial Reporter if she regretted making the remarks, Mrs Foster said: "I regret in so far as it allowed Sinn Féin to use it against me and to use it to demonise me.
"Sinn Féin mounted a campaign of demonisation against me and to a certain extent succeeded in that."
Talks are continuing between Northern Ireland's political parties and the UK and Irish governments.
Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan said progress in the discussions had been "slow" but he did "detect a willingness on the part of everybody to do business".
On the suggestion of another snap election, Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader Colum Eastwood said Mr Brokenshire "can threaten all sorts of things" but "needs to understand he has responsibilities as well".
"[The UK government] have taken their eye off the ball in the last number of months and years," he added.
"If they think they can place the blame on everybody else, they're barking up the wrong tree."
Sinn Féin's northern leader Michelle O'Neill criticised the UK government over its stance, so far, on dealing with the legacy of the Troubles and proposals for an Irish language act.
"We haven't seen anything being put on the table by the British government on how we can deliver on the key issues," Mrs O'Neill said.
"The British government need to deliver on basic human rights and not pander to the DUP."
The Alliance Party's deputy leader Stephen Farry said the parties "need to see the talks picking up the pace in the coming days".
He added: "If there was another election there would be a huge frustration from the people of Northern Ireland.
"People shouldn't be called out to the polls time after time after time, simply because the politicians can't do their jobs."
The Ulster Unionists said the Irish government had not fulfilled its responsibilities over dealing with the legacy of the Troubles.
Tom Elliott, the party's chief negotiator, said the 1976 murders of 10 Protestant workmen at Kingsmills in County Armagh, was a sticking point in the talks.
Two years ago, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny told the families that his government would provide information it held in relation to the attack to a coroner for an inquest into the killings.
Some of the victims' families are unhappy with the level of information given by the Irish government.
"Unless they are going to bring us more information and bring those victims more information then I feel they are failing in their duties," Mr Elliott said.
In a statement, the Irish government said relevant material sought by the coroner "has already been provided to the inquest in accordance with the government's commitment" and it is in contact with the coroner to see how else it can assist in the inquest.
Lagos state Governor Akinwunmi Ambode said the incident was "an embarrassment to the state".
He said in a statement that investigations had found that Chief Yusuf Ogundare had conspired with his family to frame a rival chief for the disappearance.
Kidnappings for ransom are common in southern Nigeria.
The governor ordered the chief to stop performing his chieftain duties immediately - to "stop parading [yourself] as Baale of Shangisha with immediate effect".
Chief Ogundare was reported to have been kidnapped on 5 July and released by his captors six days later.
His brother, Mohammed Adams, who was paraded alongside him after their arrest, had reported Chief Ogundare missing and alleged that they had both been kidnapped by people who wanted to sell land to the chief.
Eye-witnesses told police that they had seen the chief "frolicking" around the south-western cities of Ibadan and Ilorin.
According to the governor's statement, the chief's alleged captors dropped him off in the Alausa area on 11 July in a "suspicious manner", alerting police who were on patrol in the area to investigate the matter.
Kidnappings have been on the rise in Nigeria.
The BBC's Didi Akinyelure in Lagos notes that police recently celebrated the arrest of a kidnapping kingpin but in another high-profile case, a group of children abducted more than six weeks ago have yet to be released.
Manager Neil left with Norwich nine points adrift of the play-off spots.
Balls said a "miracle" is needed for them to go up this term and Neil's successor will oversee "big changes".
"We're determined to give everything we can to get back to the Premier League, that means planning now for next season," Balls told BBC Radio Norfolk.
Speaking before Saturday's Championship home game against Blackburn, the former shadow chancellor continued: "We need to be up and running now for the beginning of the closed season, for the transfer window. We need to get a new football structure in place.
"The question we needed to ask was, is Alex Neil the right man to take us into next season? We decided yesterday that the answer to that was 'no'.
"The issue now is, can we beat Blackburn? Is the structure that we are going to put in place for next season going to work?
"Who is the right manager to bring into this football club? Can we be up and running in May and June to make what will be quite big changes on the playing side?
"Can we use second-year parachute payments to get back to the Premier League? That is what matters."
Neil led the Canaries to promotion to the Premier League as Championship play-off winners less than five months after taking charge in January 2015, but they were relegated back to the second tier last season.
Norwich were second in the Championship in October, but have won just seven of their last 24 games and dropped to eighth.
Neil's departure from Carrow Road followed a 5-1 thrashing at Sheffield Wednesday and a draw with relegation-threatened Bristol City at Ashton Gate.
"Those games taken as a whole basically meant that baring a miracle, it is not impossible, but barring a miracle we are not in the play-offs this season," Balls said.
He defended the timing of the dismissal, with the Norwich City directors convening for a scheduled board meeting after Neil conducted his pre-match press conference just hours earlier.
"I have sympathy for Alex Neil because he did some great things for this football club," said Balls.
"When he went into the press conference he went in as manager of Norwich City Football Club doing a scheduled press conference. There had not been a board meeting, no decision had been made at all, it hadn't been discussed.
"We sat down after that and we asked ourselves the long-term questions, made a decision and then told Alex straight away.
"It was never going to be a nice thing to do and never be a good time. He took it with great professionalism and dignity."
Balls described reports that a successor had already been identified before dismissing Neil as "garbage" and "untrue".
However, he admitted that Neil's future at Norwich had seriously been considered by the board in December.
"A lot of fans were saying make the change and we thought hard about it in December and decided that he was a really capable manager, he had turned things around in a season before and he had the confidence of the players in our judgement," Balls added.
"We tried to do right longer-term thing for the club in December and think we have done the right thing now."
The Hadi loyalists have been aided by air drops of arms and communications equipment from a Saudi-led coalition that is also carrying out air strikes.
In the south-east another port city, Mukalla, fell to al-Qaeda militants, who seized a military base.
Meanwhile, two Saudi soldiers have been killed guarding the border with Yemen.
Over the past two weeks, fighting in Yemen has left more than 500 people dead and some 1,700 wounded, UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has said.
The UN Security Council is due to meet on Saturday to discuss a Russian proposal for a pause in the Saudi-led campaign.
President Hadi fled to Saudi Arabia on 25 March after rebel forces advanced on Aden.
He faces opposition from troops loyal to the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh ousted in the Arab Spring protests, the Houthis and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula which opposes both the Houthis and President Hadi.
This week, the Shia Houthi rebels pushed through to the heart of Aden using tanks and armoured vehicles.
But on Friday they were forced from the Crater neighbourhood and the presidential palace they had overrun the day before.
Saudi-backed fighters loyal to Mr Hadi also received an airdrop of arms supplies from coalition planes.
Meanwhile, a military base and the port of the south-eastern port city of Mukalla were taken over by al-Qaeda militants. It happened a day after fighters broke into the town's jail freeing prisoners.
A military official said al-Qaeda "took the headquarters of the 2nd Military Region in the afternoon without resistance".
Mukalla is the provincial capital of the country's largest province, Hadramawt, which has a long stretch of border with Saudi Arabia.
Hadramawt's governor, Adel Ba-hamed, said Mukalla's fall was part of a "scenario aimed at dragging the province and its residents'' into the chaos across Yemen.
The death of two Saudi border guards followed the announcement of the first Saudi casualty - a soldier shot from the Yemeni side of the border in the same area, the Asir region - on Thursday.
Saudi Arabia has 150,000 troops and 100 warplanes assigned to assist Yemen, according to a Saudi adviser.
It began air strikes in Yemen on 25 March.
The Saudi government says the aim of its operation is to protect President Hadi's "legitimate government". It says it has no plans to deploy ground forces for now.
Supporters of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh staged a demonstration against the air strikes in the capital, Sanaa, on Friday.
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Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: Seen by the US as the most dangerous offshoot of al-Qaeda, AQAP opposes both the Houthis and President Hadi.
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One of the men said any questions about the affair should have been put to people who were senior to them.
The defendants had been accused of helping jailed banker Tom Hayes manipulate the rate that banks use to lend money to one another.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) defended its decision to bring the charges.
The brokers, cleared after a four-month trial, had worked for financial firms Icap, Tullett Prebon and RP Martin.
Prosecutors had said the men had conspired to rig Libor (an acronym for the London interbank offered rate) in exchange for treats such as takeaway curries and drinks.
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Darrell Read, 50, of Wellington, New Zealand, was found not guilty on Thursday on two counts of conspiracy to rig the rate, which helps determine borrowing costs for about $450 trillion (£314 trillion) of contracts and consumer loans worldwide.
His five co-defendants Noel Cryan, 49, of Chislehurst, Danny Wilkinson, 48, of Hornchurch, Colin Goodman, 53, of Epsom, James Gilmour, 50 of Benfleet, and Terry Farr, 44, of Southend-on-Sea, were found not guilty on Wednesday.
The final verdict in the trial prompted cheers from the five other brokers who were present in court to support Mr Read.
Outside Southwark Crown Court, Mr Read said he had a "great sense of relief" that the case was over.
Mr Cryan said the last few years had been very difficult.
"Realistically we should never have been here. We feel we've been scapegoated. They've gone to the bottom of the food chain - to the brokers.
"Six Yen brokers answering the Libor question. Really? If there are things to be answered then we're not the ones that should be answering the questions."
He added: "The SFO needs to question whether they should have spent that much time and money bringing this case against six money brokers."
David Green, director of the SFO, said: "The key issue in this trial was whether these defendants were party to a dishonest agreement with Tom Hayes.
"By their verdicts the jury have said that they could not be sure that this was the case.
"Nobody could sensibly suggest that these charges should not have been brought and considered by a jury."
In August, Mr Hayes became the first person to be convicted over the Libor rate-rigging scandal. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison for manipulating the rate while working at UBS and Citigroup between 2006 and 2010.
He made about $300m for his employers during that time.
His sentence was reduced to 11 years on appeal.
Molyneux, 28, made 48 appearances for the League Two side last term, scoring five times and has been let go after two seasons at the club.
"It was a difficult decision because he is a player who we all really like," said manager Jim Bentley.
Meanwhile, 29-year-old Fleming has been offered new terms, after playing 237 games for the Shrimps.
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), say there are no direct observations to confirm its presence yet.
But if proven to exist, the new planet would have 10 times the mass of Earth.
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Derrick says equal opportunities should be taken into consideration:
While viking still has a hankering for an old favourite: "Pluto version .2".
For Mirabai Collamore, it has to be: "Galifrey"
Rosalinda plumps for: "zeus would be a great name for this planet".
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The decision came as a surprise after the GFF had earlier backed the Swiss coach following the Scorpions' elimination in the preliminary round of Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying in October by Namibia.
Savoy's dismissal was announced at a hastily arranged news conference in Banjul.
"We have a mutual agreement amongst the stakeholders to terminate the services of Raoul," said GFF official Ebou Faye.
"The coach himself has been contacted about this development and hence we want to move on, it is important that we take a different approach," Faye added.
The search for an immediate replacement has begun and it is believed the GFF is not limiting its choice to only a foreign coach.
Savoy, 42, was appointed on 14 May as Peter Bonu Johnson's successor but failed to win any of his five matches in charge.
Savoy lost his last match with The Gambia 2-1 away to Namibia following a frustrating 1-1 draw at home in the preliminary rounds of Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying.
State news agency Tap said police intervened when youths blocked a road in Sbeitla, 200km (130 miles) south-west of Tunis, for "looting".
However, residents said soldiers opened fire to break up fights involving hundreds of people, Reuters reported.
Elections are due to be held in Tunisia in October.
Last month police in Tunis used tear gas to break up a protest over lack of reforms since January's overthrow of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Although the cause of the clashes in Sbeitla was unclear, some residents blamed supporters of the deposed president for trying to destabilise the country ahead of elections, according to Reuters.
Correspondents say supporters of the former regime are often blamed for an increase in violence since January.
Interior ministry officials said police had fired warning shots at a crowd of youths, and a teenage girl was fatally injured in the ensuing rush, Tap reported.
Angry crowds then attacked a police station, buses and a hospital, the report said.
But local resident Adnan Hlali told Reuters by telephone that the army had tried to break up fights between people from the town and opened fire "killing a 16-year-old girl".
"Many people were wounded, including two in a critical condition," he said.
The protests in Tunisia earlier this year sparked revolts across the region - the movement that became known as the Arab Spring.
Lisa Cobbold, 24, was pictured with non-league side Needham Market after a bridge collapse closed the M20 in Kent.
The team did not get her name but wanted to know if she made it to her wedding.
When friends saw her picture, she contacted the BBC from Las Vegas.
The Suffolk-based team, who were heading to an away game at Folkestone when they got stuck in the traffic jam on 27 August, were delighted to hear she became Mrs Kendall later that day - albeit two hours later than planned.
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Mrs Kendall, from Welling, London, was heading to Detling when her two wedding vehicles, decked in ribbons, ground to a halt.
"I wasn't too worried as we were 15 minutes away, but then people showed us news reports about the bridge," she said.
The pedestrian bridge over the M20 collapsed after being hit by a lorry carrying a digger.
A motorcyclist suffered broken ribs when he threw himself from his bike to avoid hitting the bridge.
Mrs Kendall spotted the football team watching an impromptu cricket game on the closed carriageway.
"I didn't know who they were, but they were lovely lads and even said we could use the toilet on their coach," she said.
She had her photograph taken with them and the team later posted it on their website, saying they wanted to make sure she got to the church on time and congratulate her.
"Jake and I were on our honeymoon in Las Vegas when I got all these messages from people saying I was on the news.
"I said to Jake, 'it's OK, I'm only on the BBC'."
Mrs Kendall had made it to her wedding two hours late after part of the road was reopened.
"Everyone parted and let us go first. The football players all cheered as we drove through," she said.
Mrs Kendall, who changed into her wedding gown at the venue, said her husband-to be joked: "You like to keep me waiting, don't you. I thought you'd stood me up."
Mark Easlea, Needham Market FC's secretary, said the team "wishes them all the best for the future".
Iwan Trefor Jones, from the North Wales Economic Ambition Board, said it would be a "challenge" to ensure fairness for communities after Brexit.
The Welsh Government said it had taken a "leadership role" in developing the region's potential.
The UK government said a growth deal for north Wales was a "priority".
Speaking on BBC Wales' O'r Senedd programme for S4C, Mr Jones said: "We have managed to finance a number of different schemes in the most deprived communities in north west Wales with European money and so it's going to be a challenge to ensure those communities get the same degree of fairness.
"We'll be emphasising that any deal will need to spread growth across the north so it reaches the most deprived communities.
"This kind of deal is important in addressing some of the concerns we have as a result of Brexit."
Other parts of Wales are already set to benefit from significant investment from the UK and Welsh governments.
The Cardiff City Deal will be worth £1.2bn to the economy of south east Wales and a similar package is expected to to be agreed soon for the Swansea Bay City Region.
A UK government spokeswoman said: "When Alun Cairns became Secretary of State for Wales, he made it clear a growth deal for north Wales was a priority.
"It will allow us to find the right strategic package for the region - one that will create jobs and stimulate new investment."
Welsh Economy Secretary Ken Skates said: "A key part of developing the potential of north Wales as the economic powerhouse that we know it can be would come through the UK government agreeing to support an ambitious growth deal for the region.
"The Welsh Government has already taken a leadership role in bringing leaders and businesses from both sides of the border together to discuss how we can maximise economic opportunities through such a deal."
O'r Senedd is on S4C at 22:00 GMT on Tuesday, 14 March.
Current Yes keyboardist Geoff Downes tweeted: "Utterly devastated beyond words to have to report the sad news of the passing of my dear friend, bandmate and inspiration Chris Squire."
Squire had revealed he was suffering from a rare form of leukaemia.
The band said he died "peacefully" in Phoenix, Arizona, on Saturday night.
"It's with the heaviest of hearts and unbearable sadness that we must inform you of the passing of our dear friend and Yes co-founder, Chris Squire," a statement on the band's official Facebook page said.
Squire had revealed in May that he had been recently diagnosed with acute erythroid leukemia, which would force him to miss the band's summer co-headlining tour with Toto.
Yes were formed in 1968 when singer Jon Anderson met self-taught bassist Squire in London.
Their big break came a year later when they signed to Atlantic Records after opening for Janis Joplin at London's Royal Albert Hall. Their debut single, Sweetness, and first album, Yes, were released later that year.
Other albums included 1971's Fragile, 1972's Close To The Edge and 1977's Going For The One.
In 1983 they released the album 90125, which featured their classic hit Owner Of A Lonely Heart. That went on to become a US number one hit in January 1984 despite only reaching number 28 in their home country.
Squire also released a solo album, Fish Out Of Water, in 1975.
The group's most recent studio album, Heaven & Earth, came out last year.
Squire, who was born in Kingsbury, north-west London, was the only member of the group to feature on every studio album.
Musicians and fans took to Twitter and Facebook to pay tribute to Squire.
John Petrucci, founding member and guitarist for American progressive metal band Dream Theater, tweeted: "Thank you for all of the amazing music Chris Squire. You will surely be missed."
Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello tweeted: "RIP Chris Squire, super bassist of Yes. An extremely talented musician's musician who mastered his instrument and took it to new realms."
American rock guitarist Joe Satriani posted: "R.I.P. and thank you Chris Squire. #ChrisSquire,#yes"
The band posted on their official website to say they would have more information for fans soon, adding: "Thank you for all your heartfelt tributes on Facebook and Twitter."
The trailer was taken from Burton's Food, Cwmbran, on 17 June last year.
Cardiff Crown Court heard the men, from Cheshire and Liverpool, had abandoned the trailer, worth about £10,000, which was later found but the biscuits have not been recovered.
They all admitted theft-related charges and were given jail terms ranging from 44 to 16 months.
As the men were sentenced, one of them shouted "would you like a biscuit?".
The court heard that in May 2015, Anthony Edgerton and Paul Price put false number plates on a stolen Network Rail van.
They then travelled to Kent in it where they stole a tractor worth £15,000 and used it to take an articulated trailer containing 2,000 cases of Carling lager, worth £43,000.
The court heard a month later the five men travelled in convoy from Kent to Cwmbran, leaving the lager trailer behind, and planned to take another containing "biscuits and other food stuff".
Prosecutor Jason Howells said, on arrival, one of the men presented himself as a DHL worker who had been instructed to take a load to Liverpool.
When the trailer was driven out without stopping to hand over paperwork the alarm was raised.
The biscuit trailer was found abandoned in a lay-by on the M62 motorway but neither the lager or the biscuits have been found.
The production value of the biscuits was £12,400 but the retail value about £20,000.
Edgerton, 35, who was already on remand at HMP Altcourse, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to four theft-related charges, handling stolen goods and driving while disqualified and was handed a 44-month jail term, as well a three-year driving ban.
Price, 38, of no fixed abode, admitted five theft charges and handling stolen goods and was jailed for 40 months.
Kieron Price, 28, of Runcorn, Cheshire, admitted driving a vehicle taken without consent and two counts of theft and was sentenced to 12 months.
Stephen Burrows, 36, a prisoner at HMP Dovegate, Staffordshire, admitted theft and being carried in a vehicle taken without consent, and was given 16 months.
Aaron Walsh, 25, of Liverpool, admitted four counts of theft and was handed a 16-month sentence.
The court heard Kieron Price had "an exemplary background" in the Army but suffered from PTSD while Edgerton's barrister argued it was "not his plans".
Defence for Burrows and Walsh claimed they played "limited" roles, while Paul Price had lost his job and was said to have regretted his actions.
Kieron Price was also sentenced to six months for a separate offence of possession of cannabis with intent.
"It was the biggest moment of my life," he told the group, of what has been hailed as a landmark performance.
But his mother had had different ideas.
"Don't you get big-headed," she had warned him in a text.
Less than a week later, he returned, to one of the hall's side rooms, to run a masterclass for teenagers keen to follow in his footsteps from the suburbs to stardom.
"I got a guitar and started a band at 12 years old," he told them.
Kiwanuka grew up in north London, steeped in musical culture.
Every spare minute was spent playing music, and he dropped out of two degree courses before he found success.
This admission hit a chord with some of his audience.
Laurie Mann, 17, who performed one of her own songs at the session, herself quit college only last week to focus on recording her own material.
His story "made me feel like less of a loser", said Laurie, who is from Stratford in east London.
"Music is a very creative artistic thing and being educated in how to make music is quite annoying for some people, and it personally was for me."
Pearl Fish, 19, said she had "messed up" her university applications "on purpose" and was now "busking round London", though she planned to go to university eventually.
"It was really wonderful to hear some genuine, down-to-Earth advice from someone," she said of the masterclass.
"It's all about enjoying it and doing it honestly and making music where you can, having goals but just focusing on the music and getting out and just doing it.
"It made me realise that there are other trajectories to go down that aren't just university based."
But other teenage performers at the event said they were sticking with their education.
Keaton Dekker and Ellie Occleston, both 17, are using music college to boost their performing and recording skills, while gigging in their spare time.
And Myla and Elaria, are both still only 15.
"I am still concentrating on my GCSEs," said Elaria.
"You are amazing," Kiwanuka told the group.
"I don't think I had written a song until I was 20. So you guys are way better than I was at 15, 17, 19."
At his north London comprehensive in the 2000s, "There were loads of bands, putting on gigs", he said.
"You got handed flyers on the way to school. They charged £2 just to fill up the venue."
And by the time he was 15, the aim had been "to get your band on to the flyer in the 19:00 slot, and then you could stay in the bar until midnight".
In one crowded, rowdy bar he saw Amy Winehouse play before she was famous.
"She silenced the pub with her voice," he said.
One of her band members was ahead of him at the same school.
Three years below him, another singer, Jess Glynne, was beginning her own musical career.
And he met the bass player he still works with at school, aged 16.
But there was a tension.
"My mum wanted me to go to university and get a degree," Kiwanuka said.
He did two A-levels, the minimum he could get away with, and spent all his free time practising guitar.
The compromise was a degree in jazz guitar, at the Royal Academy of Music, which, he said, had gone badly from the outset.
"I couldn't read music and everyone else was classically trained. It was pretty embarrassing every day. I was pretty dejected.
"'That's Mikey,' the teachers said. 'He doesn't know what he's doing.'"
Eventually, he stopped going.
He started teaching guitar, playing in bands, and writing songs in his room, posting demos on social media.
He listened obsessively to bands such as Nirvana to work out how they managed to sound "so simple but so big", while Otis Redding's voice "just killed me".
Some albums, such as Nirvana's In Utero or the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, he played on repeat, asking himself: "Why does it sound so good, why does it make me laugh or cry?"
"I recorded a song every day, trying to recreate that feeling that you get when you listen to certain songs again and again."
He started another degree, this time in popular music, at Westminster University, but his demos had been spotted online and he was more likely to be found in meetings with record companies than in lectures, and again he dropped out.
Now aged 30 and with two studio albums to his name, he said: "Thank God I dropped out of jazz guitar."
Emotion in songs was vital, he told the teenagers.
Some of his songs are so revealing that he sometimes takes them off his set lists.
"Some of those things I have never told anyone - but it can be really cathartic.
"One thing I have learned is always break your pattern. Go out of your comfort zone. It makes you think more intuitively and viscerally."
"Be passionate about music," he told them.
"Every you time you want to play, just play, write songs all the time, listen to music all the time, go to gigs all the time, read books, just soak it up, and that passion and love for it will get you through and you won't even think you are working hard."
And on the vexed subject of dropping out: "I think the key is not necessarily to drop out but be true to who you are and if you are somewhere you where it doesn't feel like that and it's costing you your self-worth, then run from that.
"It doesn't necessarily mean uni, just anything like that, if it's a record deal, a band you're in, even relationships, anything like that, just make sure it represents you."
Emma Sadler, 28, started the blaze in an under-stairs cupboard at the house in Llanrumney, Cardiff, she shared with her 59-year-old father Robert.
Cardiff Crown Court sentenced Ms Sadler to a hospital order under the Mental Health Act after she denied one charge of manslaughter by reason of insanity.
She said she was "close" to her father.
Ms Sadler, who watched proceedings via video-link from the hospital unit where she is receiving psychiatric treatment, was accused of starting the fire in January 2016 which also killed the family dog.
The court heard Ms Sadler had been showing increasing signs of mental illness and, in the days before the fire, had been exhibiting "odd behaviour".
The fire ripped through the rented house, killing Mr Sadler - who was found lying on the floor of the upstairs bathroom fully clothed.
Peter Rouch QC, prosecuting, said: "Emma Sadler deliberately and intentionally started a fire in the small cupboard under the stairs.
"The fire she started took hold and filled the house with smoke. Emma Sadler made good her escape from the smoke-filled house.
"Her father did not and he died from smoke inhalation."
Det Insp Stuart Wales of South Wales Police said: "This has been a very heartrending case.
"I want to pay tribute to the family of Mr Sadler who have shown strength and fortitude. This was a tragic incident which brought shock and sadness to the community."
Sale number eight Beaumont is the son of ex-England skipper Bill Beaumont, while Saracens forward Itoje is a former England Under-20 captain.
The duo are the only additions to the 23 players coach Eddie Jones selected for Saturday's 15-9 win over Scotland.
Wasps centre Elliot Daly and Gloucester flanker Matt Kvesic have been released.
Backs: Mike Brown (Harlequins), Danny Care (Harlequins), Ollie Devoto (Bath), Owen Farrell (Saracens), George Ford (Bath), Alex Goode (Saracens), Jonathan Joseph (Bath), Jack Nowell (Exeter), Anthony Watson (Bath), Ben Youngs (Leicester).
Forwards: Josh Beaumont (Sale), Dan Cole (Leicester), Jack Clifford (Harlequins), Jamie George (Saracens), Dylan Hartley (Northampton), James Haskell (Wasps), Paul Hill (Northampton), Maro Itoje (Saracens), George Kruis (Saracens), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Courtney Lawes (Northampton), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Billy Vunipola (Saracens), Mako Vunipola (Saracens).
In fact, 6'10" Kieron Achara is somewhat of a poster boy for the sport, being the national skipper and leading Scotland's only professional side, Glasgow Rocks.
Along with forward Gareth Murray from Abroath, he helped GB qualify for their first EuroBasket tournament in 2017, the sport's biggest biennial competition on this continent.
But the 33-year-old said the chance to pull on a Scotland vest would be a "huge deal".
"I was very unfortunate to miss the Commonwealth Games in 2006," Achara told BBC Scotland.
"I tore my shoulder and was devastated so to have another opportunity to go in 2018 is something I really hope happens.
"I do a lot of volunteer work going into schools to talk about sport and being active.
"A lot of kids were talking about the 2014 Games - the hype was there, the buzz was there, but unfortunately basketball didn't get to be there.
"That would have made a huge difference, so 2018 could be our starting point and a chance to rebuild and make sure kids are getting inspired to play the sport."
"The British league is a competitive league, there's a lot of players from all over the world so that's a head start. But we're obviously going to be competing for Scotland so that's not enough and test games will be vital too."
Work has already begun to get Scotland to the Games - SportScotland has provided an additional £280,000 of funding to basketballscotland for the governing body to invest in their performance programmes.
That includes bringing on board two national full-time coaches to work closely with both the men's and women's teams, and athletes have been brought back home to Scotland to train and play together in the build-up to 2018.
Erik Olson has recently been recruited as the men's national performance coach, with experience in Australia and Iceland since his playing days with Falkirk Fury.
Although the qualification process has not been announced, he explained work to ensure they make the cut is well under way.
Olson said: "By having our key players and many young players playing here in the BBL and the national league we have that platform to continue our improvement which we've not had in years past as there's been a bit of a disconnect.
"We feel we're in a great spot to lead that qualification with the strength of the British Basketball League.
"We have great facilities, great support and the ability now to have our key players playing together. We're not where we want to be yet as we'd like to have more of those key players and some more young kids."
The American added: "There's no greater thing than watching your country play at the world stage - whether it's football or basketball.
"If you are a young player and you see guys like Achara and Murray it gives you a goal, a target to work towards and it's no different on the world stage."
In a bid to grow participation and develop opportunities for female players, Scotland also now has its first professional basketball team, who are part of the British Women's Basketball League.
Caledonia Pride join the 10 team franchise with their debut against Leicester Riders on 9 October.
And playing in the British Women's Basketball League provides vital experience which could help Scotland get to the Gold Coast, something Pride shooting guard Sarah Thomson believes will be a turning point for the next generation.
"It gives them a sense of hope and inspiration that they can do something with their sporting career," she said.
"The Commonwealth Games would be the icing on the cake for all of us athletes, especially for us in a minority sports, as basketball isn't huge here.
"For such a small country to get there would be fantastic, not just for us but our families and everyone watching too."
And Thomson believes their work now will only lead to better things: "We are just the starting point. It's not just the two-year programme but almost like a legacy for basketball in Scotland to have young girls and boys coming through.
"We can be something to look up to when they get to our age and realise they can achieve something in sport."
It's a thought echoed by Achara, who strongly advocates the off-court benefits of playing basketball.
"We're doing a great job of targeting schools, getting younger kids getting involved. They need to have opportunities, to aspire to be something," he said.
"For me it was the opportunity to go to America on a scholarship - that was my carrot - and having professional teams (Rocks and Pride) on our doorstep, those are incentives to get people to stick out the game and maybe go to university and get degrees, as well as playing a sport they love."
The UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) upheld Swatch's opposition, which was filed in March 2014.
Swatch said the name "iWatch" was too similar to its own trademarks for the words "iSwatch" and "Swatch".
And by the time in launched its smartwatch, in 2015, Apple had decided to call its product "Apple Watch".
But should the California-based company wish to use the name "iWatch" in the UK at some point in future, it can now do so only with certain products.
These include computer software and computer accessories - but not computer hardware, monitors, audio and video devices or cameras.
The IPO's decision follows a hearing in April.
"This decision shows the difficulty global brands can have when it comes to launching a new product around the world," said Sharon Daboul, a trademark lawyer at law firm EIP.
"Trademarks are territorial, which means that a trademark must be available for registration in every country of interest."
Not being able to secure the iWatch trademark around the world would have been a "key factor", Ms Daboul added, in Apple's decision not to use the name for its smartwatch.
Swatch declined to comment on the decision.
A team in China has decoded the genetic building blocks of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis, whose leaves are used for all types of tea, including black, green and oolong.
The research gives an insight into the chemicals that give tea its flavour.
Until now, little has been known about the genetics of the plant, despite its huge economic and cultural importance.
"There are many diverse flavours, but the mystery is what determines or what is the genetic basis of tea flavours?" said plant geneticist Lizhi Gao of Kunming Institute of Botany, China, who led the research.
"Together with the construction of genetic maps and new sequencing technologies, we are working on an updated tea tree genome that will investigate some of the flavour."
The Camellia grouping, or genus, contains over 100 species, including ornamental garden plants. But only Camellia Sinensis is grown commercially for making tea.
The researchers found that the leaves of the tea plant contain high levels of chemicals that give tea its distinctive flavour. They include flavonoids and caffeine.
Other members of the Camellia genus contain these chemicals at much lower levels.
Dr Monique Simmonds, deputy director of science at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, UK, who is not connected with the research, said it provided an important insight into the genetic building blocks of tea.
She told BBC News: ''Overall, the findings from this study could have a significant impact on those involved in the breeding of tea but also those involved in breeding many plants used medicinally and in cosmetics, as the compounds that occur in tea are often associated with the biological properties of plants used medicinally or in cosmetics.''
Decoding the genome of the tea plant took more than five years. At three billion DNA base pairs in length, the tea plant genome is more than four times the size of the coffee plant genome and much larger than most sequenced plant species.
"Our lab has successfully sequenced and assembled more than 20 plant genomes," said Prof Gao, who carried out the work with scientists in South Korea and the US.
"But this genome, the tea tree genome, was tough."
The genetic knowledge could lead to ways to improve the quality and price of tea, by selective breeding of tea plants.
Guy Barter, chief horticulturist at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), UK, said the work gave plant breeders a "powerful new tool".
"Once you understand the basis for the flavours and the processing quality of the tea, you can then have genetic markers that breeders can look for when trying to produce new varieties," he told BBC News.
Six main types of tea are produced from Camellia sinensis - white, yellow, green, oolong, black and post-fermented. Each has its own aroma, taste and appearance.
The distinctive flavours of these teas are created by their different chemical compositions.
Dr Simmonds said knowledge of the genome of tea helped us understand how the plant evolved.
''Another important finding is that the biochemical pathways involved in the synthesis of the compounds important in the taste of tea are also present in some of the ancestors of tea and have been conserved for about 6.3 million years,'' she said.
The first plant genome was sequenced more than 15 years ago.
Since then more than 50 types of plant have been sequenced, including food crops such as the banana, potato and tomato.
The research is published in the journal Molecular Plant.
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Among the often impassioned statements they gave, one touched a raw nerve in Brazil and highlighted divisions in the country's society.
It was made by Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing MP from Rio de Janeiro state.
"You lost in 1964 and now in 2016," he said referring to the coup which led to 21-year-long military rule in Brazil.
Mr Bolsonaro, a former army captain then dedicated his vote to "the memory of Colonel Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, the terror of Dilma Rousseff".
Col Ustra, who died last October, was one of Brazil's most controversial figures from the decades of military rule.
As chief of Brazil's secret service (Doi-Codi) in Sao Paulo, he was accused of having been personally responsible for the disappearance and death of more than 60 political opponents.
Human rights activists say another 500 people were tortured at the agency's headquarters.
Col Ustra is the only member of the military to have been found guilty of torture.
For Gilberto Natalini, a doctor and a city councillor in Sao Paulo, the reference brought back dark memories.
Mr Natalini says he was tortured by Col Ustra when he was a 19-year-old medicine student in 1972.
"I was detained because they wanted me to give them information about the whereabouts of a friend of mine, who was fighting the military government", he told BBC Brasil.
"Ustra forced me to stand up naked on two cans, poured water with salt all over me, connected wires to my body and applied several electric shocks, while he beat me with a stick", Mr Natalini recalls.
Mr Natalini carries the physical and psychological scars of the two months he was held by the Doi-Codi.
He says he suffered hearing loss because of the torture but that he never revealed the information the military was after.
While President Rousseff, a former leftist guerrilla, was not tortured by Col Ustra himself, she has described being beaten, punched and given electric shocks during the three years she was held.
Asked for her reaction to Mr Bolsonaro's comment, she said: "I was indeed arrested in the 70s and I knew this man well that he [Mr Bolsonaro] refers to.
"Ustra was one of the biggest torturers in Brazil. He was not only charged for torture, but also for murder," the president said.
On social media, reaction to Mr Bolsonaro's comment was divided.
The MP is hugely popular with his constituents. He got more votes than anyone else in the state at the last election.
But in a country where more than 400 people disappeared or were killed under military rule, many human rights organisations strongly condemned Mr Bolsonaro's remarks.
Human Rights Watch told BBC Brasil that his speech was "execrable and absolutely violent to the memory of the many that died for the concept of democracy that he attacks".
Amnesty International described it as "shocking".
The Brazilian Bar Association released a statement saying it would ask Brazil's Supreme Court to remove Mr Bolsonaro from his post as MP because of the comments he made.
Analysts say Mr Bolsonaro's controversial remarks were a calculated attempt to attract attention as he eyes running in the 2018 presidential elections.
And his gamble seems to have paid off with the number of likes on his Facebook surging to 2.9 million, ahead of President Rousseff with 2.8 million.
Meanwhile, likes of a Facebook page dedicated to Col Ustra have increased by 3,300%.
Speaking on the final night of the party's convention in Philadelphia, the first woman nominated by a major party said there were huge challenges.
"Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart," she said.
Mrs Clinton accused her Republican opponent in November's election, Donald Trump, of sowing discord.
"He wants to divide us - from the rest of the world, and from each other."
But Mr Trump tweeted that the speech had failed to address the threat posed by radical Islam, making the former secretary of state unfit to lead the country.
Before taking the stage, Mrs Clinton's daughter Chelsea shared personal memories of her mother.
"My wonderful, thoughtful, hilarious mother," the 36-year-old said, adding: "She was always there for me."
Mrs Clinton had to present herself to the nation as the newly crowned Democratic Party nominee. She had to address doubts some Americans have expressed about her character.
And she had to follow up on a Wednesday night that was full of rhetorical all-stars - including Vice-President Joe Biden and, most notably, President Barack Obama.
Sometimes making the case for oneself is significantly harder than singing the praises of another.
In an acceptance speech that occasionally soared and sometimes trudged along, she did her best to frame the upcoming general election race in her favour.
She harkened to the days of the nation's founding - a proven rhetorical tactic that Mr Trump neglected in his acceptance speech last week.
The US, she asserted, was founded on compromise and embraced "the enduring truth that we are stronger together" - wrapping her campaign slogan in revolutionary-era regalia.
Clinton speech soars - sometimes
After embracing her daughter, the former secretary of state delivered a speech which featured a stark admission about the threats to national unity.
"Bonds of trust and respect are fraying. And just as with our founders there are no guarantees. It truly is up to us. We have to decide whether we're going to work together so we can all rise together."
She added: "We are not afraid. We will rise to the challenge, just as we always have."
The risk to American prosperity included inequality, limited social mobility, political gridlock, "threats at home and abroad" and frustration over wage stagnation, she said.
However, she was confident these challenges could be overcome with the American values of "freedom and equality, justice and opportunity".
She acknowledged that too many Americans had been "left behind" by economic forces and addressed them directly: "Some of you are frustrated - even furious. And you know what? You're right."
Another highlight at the convention on Thursday was when the father of a fallen Muslim soldier challenged Donald Trump over his Muslim ban, prompting an ovation.
And General John Allen, former commander of US forces in Afghanistan, appeared on stage with other military veterans and gave Mrs Clinton a ringing endorsement as commander-in-chief.
Mrs Clinton's high-stakes remarks on the closing night of the four-day convention followed a rousing speech by US President Barack Obama.
He said on Wednesday there had never been a man or woman more qualified than Mrs Clinton to serve as president.
Mrs Clinton and Mr Trump are set for an election battle widely considered to be a tight race when voters head to the polls in November.
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Twenty-four hours on from Usain Bolt's triumph in the men's 100m, Fraser-Pryce repeated her Olympic victory in this same stadium seven years ago as she held off the fast-finishing Dafne Schippers in 10.76 seconds.
For Schippers - the former heptathlete who only decided to switch full-time to sprinting in June this year - her silver in a huge personal best of 10.81 brought both vindication and wild celebration.
USA's Tori Bowie took bronze in 10.86, but as in 2008 this was the Fraser-Pryce show.
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Just as her compatriot Bolt is the undisputed greatest sprinter the world has seen, so the 28-year-old can lay claim to the same title: twice Olympic champion over 100m, world champion three times over that distance and both world and Olympic titles over 200m too.
With her long plaits dyed green and a headband of daisies around her forehead [she owns a beauty parlour in her country's capital, Kingston] Fraser-Pryce did not get her trademark explosive start.
Schippers was out faster, but by 50m the Jamaican had opened up a two-metre lead over the tall Dutch athlete, and although Schippers was closing at the death, she had enough to hold her lead through the line.
"I'm getting tired of 10.7s. I just want to put a good race together and hopefully in the next race I get the time I'm working for," Fraser-Pryce told BBC Sport.
"I definitely think a 10.6 is there. Hopefully I will get it together."
Canada's Shawn Barber pulled off the shock of the championships so far by snatching pole vault gold from world-record holder and Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie.
The 21-year-old's first-time clearance at 5.90 metres put pressure on the French favourite, who jumped 6.05m earlier this year but had to settle for bronze here after three failures at the same height.
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Germany's Raphael Holzdeppe cleared 5.90m on his third attempt but could not improve when the bar was raised to 6m, leaving Barber - whose father George competed in this event at the World Championships in 1983 - with his first global title.
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Vivian Cheruiyot won Kenya their first gold of these championships as she kicked off the final bend to hold off Ethiopian rival Gelete Burka in a slow, tactical 10,000m final.
Ezekiel Kemboi, Conseslus Kipruto and Brimin Kipruto bringing home a Kenyan 1-2-3 in the steeplechase a few minutes later.
Columbia's defending world champion Caterine Ibarguen retained her triple jump title with a fourth round 14.90m, with no other athlete going past 14.78.
But there will be no gold this summer for Keshorn Walcott, Trinidad's 22-year-old Olympic javelin champion, who crashed out in qualifying with a best throw of 76.83m.
Britain's Rabah Yousif produced a fine run of 44.54, a personal best by almost half a second, to qualify for Tuesday's 400m final as a fastest loser.
Yousif, who came to Britain from Sudan 13 years ago and has an English wife, improved dramatically on his first-round performance as others who had lit up the heats struggled 24 hours on.
Team captain Martyn Rooney had set a new personal best of 44.45 in the heats but, perhaps tired, he was unable to reproduce that run and came home sixth in the third semi-final in 45.29, Olympic champion Kirani James (44.16) and Botswana's Isaac Makwala (44.11) the most impressive semi-final winners.
Eilidh Child made it through to the final of the 400m hurdles as a fastest loser as Meghan Beesley went out, while Britain's Asha Philip exited the 100m at the semi-final stage and Kate Avery came home 15th in the 10,000m in 32:16.19.
Earlier, Britain's Greg Rutherford reached the long jump final, while Christine Ohuruogo qualified for the 400m semi-final.
Stanley Tucci will introduce the UK premiere of his film, Final Portrait, while Oliver Stone will introduce a special screening of his film, Wall Street, 30 years after it was made.
The festival is celebrating its 70th anniversary.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival started in 1947.
Ken Hay, CEO of Edinburgh International Film Festival, said: "EIFF is hugely grateful to all its funders, partners, major donors and supporters for sharing our vision and ambition and being so generous with their support. Quite simply, without it, there would be no festival. So, thank you."
Mark Adams, Artistic Director of Edinburgh International Film Festival said: "The amazing support we receive really does mean so much to the festival and helps us reach even greater heights in terms ambition and presentation of exciting new projects."
A group of about 100 worshippers at St Frances X Cabrini Church in Scituate have kept an around-the-clock vigil.
This month, the US Supreme Court refused to hear their final appeal against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston's decision to close it.
But on Sunday the protest came to an end at an emotional final service.
It was described as a "celebration of faith and transition" and many of the parishioners shared an embrace and cried.
As the service came to an end, quilts depicting each year of the vigil were taken from the walls of the church and carried down the aisles and out of the church door.
The archdiocese decided to close St Frances X Cabrini and more than 75 other parishes due to dwindling attendances, a shortage of clergy and buildings in decline.
Several of the churches earmarked for closure held vigils in protest but St Frances X Cabrini was the last church to keep up its occupation.
In parallel with the sit-in was a legal challenge that went through civil courts and even reached the Vatican, but all in vain.
A judge at the state's Superior Court ruled that the archdiocese was legally able to evict the protesters, as the legal owner of the property.
That ruling was upheld by the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
An archdiocese spokesman said he hoped the protesters would be able to attend another church within the district.
A spokesman for Barclays told the BBC that they experienced a temporary fault on the system, which was "not a localised problem".
The spokesman said it only lasted for 20 minutes and all cards and machines should now be working.
The bank apologised to those affected.
The problems are thought to have begun at about 3pm on Friday.
Barclays Bank said: "There was a technical issue lasting a short time which impacted a small number of transactions with Barclays.
"We have worked swiftly to resolve the matter and would like to apologise to those who were affected. All other services, including online banking and Pingit continued to work as normal."
The Office of Rail and Road said 12.3% of trains - nearly one in eight - were not on time last year - the worst performance for a 12-month period since the year ending September 2006, at 12.5%.
More than a quarter of Govia Thameslink Railway services, owner of strike-hit Southern, were not on time, it said.
Rail operators said strikes had hit punctuality in south-east England.
But elsewhere, punctuality was at a "record high", said the Rail Delivery Group, which represents train operators and Network Rail.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union announced on Wednesday that its members on Southern will walk out for 24 hours on 22 February in the row over guards' roles on trains.
And on Thursday, it was announced that drivers' union Aslef had rejected a deal with Southern rail that would have ended their dispute.
The rail industry counts trains as being on time if they arrive at their terminating stations within five minutes of their schedule for commuter services and within 10 minutes for long-distance routes.
Lianna Etkind, of the Campaign for Better Transport, said the figures showed that train firms were "still delivering a very lacklustre service" despite "sky-high prices".
The figures also showed 3.8% of trains across Britain were cancelled or at least half an hour late last year.
Ms Etkind said the government needed to give passengers "an affordable and reliable rail service".
"They should begin by ensuring that rail contracts give stronger incentives for punctuality, reliability and passenger service, as has successfully happened on London Overground and Merseyrail," she said.
She also said there should be "investment into those worn-out parts of the network which cause delays".
A spokesman for the Rail Delivery Group said: "In London and the south east, a combination of congestion on the network, prolonged strike action and disruption while major upgrades take place is hitting punctuality.
"Across the railway, train operators and Network Rail are working together every day to deliver more reliable and safe services for passengers."
Duncan Fletcher's influence has touched so many, both on and off the cricket field - all of it done in his own quiet, analytical, observing-from-behind-the-shades kind of way.
Cricket lovers in England will fondly remember Fletcher as the man who masterminded their first Ashes series victory in 18 years in 2005 - getting the better of Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath et al - but now he is back on these shores plotting the downfall of his former employers.
Don't be surprised if India's Zimbabwe-born head coach succeeds. The list of those queuing up to label him as one of the best coaches in cricket would form the basis of a pretty formidable World XI.
"Fletcher was simply the best analytical cricket coach I ever worked with," says former England captain Michael Vaughan.
"He understands batting better than anyone I know," adds South African Jacques Kallis, statistically the best all-rounder the game has seen.
"He changed the culture of how we played," enthuses Marcus Trescothick, who scored more than 10,000 international runs for England.
Such rave reviews would not look out of place on the back of a DVD, but what makes Fletcher such a five-star coach?
First of all, it's worth getting to know the work of the man away from cricket.
In his previous career in systems management, he helped devise the number-plate system in Zimbabwe.
Fletcher and his team were asked to make it easier for witnesses of hit-and-run accidents to remember the number plate, so they added an alpha character to the end of the existing six-digit sequential system.
That was no big deal in his eyes, though. He was more proud of a document he designed for Cimas, a medical aid society in his homeland.
"I could not understand why they needed to send out two documents to claimants, one containing financial details and one a cheque," wrote Fletcher in his autobiography.
"Why not have one page with the statement at the top and the cheque section at the bottom which can be torn off by having a perforated line?
"I was told that only sanctions prevented it winning a new design competition in America."
Fletcher was also a decent cricketer in his pomp - never really getting the chance to show his potential because of Zimbabwe's lack of exposure on the international stage.
However, as captain of his country, he led from the front in a shock defeat of Australia at the 1983 World Cup - top-scoring with 69 not out and taking 4-42 with his brisk medium pace.
A proud moment perhaps, but nothing compared to the scale of his achievements as a coach.
Success at Western Province and Glamorgan caught the eye of England, whom he took from the bottom of the Test world rankings in 1999 to that famous 2-1 Ashes success of 2005.
But that glorious summer was no fluke. It had been years in the making, and the culmination of the very best-laid plans.
"The 2005 Ashes series is what all of that team is remembered for," says fast bowler Steve Harmison, who took 17 wickets in the five-match series.
"Duncan had set plans for all of the top Australian batsmen like Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Ricky Ponting, Damien Martyn, Adam Gilchrist etc.
The little ideas he taught me as a player were things no other coach mentioned to me
"We stuck to those plans - like getting Andrew Flintoff to bowl around the wicket to Gilchrist - and it worked for us."
Strategies for individual batsmen are Fletcher's hallmark, and he will even have plans in place for uncapped county batsmen this summer - just in case they get an unexpected call-up during the five-Test series against India.
"Duncan will have studied every part of English cricket for the last 12 months, even looking at young players who are not in the team yet," says Harmison.
"He will have plans for every eventuality - whether it's for the first ball delivered in a match or if it's to set up a batsman over the course of two or three overs.
"One example stands out for me. In the 2003 World Cup, Duncan had a strong suspicion that Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf (then known as Yousuf Youhana) would fall over when facing his first delivery.
"Jimmy Anderson was told to bowl a yorker, really full of length, and he got him out first ball. It wasn't a one-off - that happened a few times in future series against Pakistan."
Wherever you look, world-class players are quick to outline their own examples of where Fletcher made a tiny, but significant, difference.
"He loved explaining to batsmen why the forward press was important against spinners," wrote Vaughan in 2011.
"He would talk about looking under the ball because it gives you more time to pick up length. The little ideas he taught me as a player were things no other coach mentioned to me."
Kallis, who scored 13,289 Test runs and took 292 wickets, would often turn to his boyhood mentor when suffering a poor run of form.
He comes across as calm and collected, but inside he probably feels the pressure like anyone else
"He always works out a solution in his head prior to changing anything," Kallis tells BBC Sport.
"Because he is such a good technical batting coach, he can also help bowlers. If you understand what batsmen are thinking, you can construct a plan as a bowler."
But what about Fletcher the person? Well, there's a clue in the title of his autobiography: Behind the shades.
"He has much more of a sense of humour than he allows to be shown in public," says Jonathan Agnew, the BBC's chief cricket correspondent, who played under Fletcher for Harare-based Alexandra Sports Club in the early 1980s.
"Duncan regrets the way he portrays himself in public - there's more to him than looking grumpy with shades on. Unfortunately he doesn't show it very often."
Away from cricket, Fletcher enjoys barbecues with friends, playing golf and watching rugby. In fact, he considered transferring his coaching skills to union when he left his England post in 2007. "I would rather watch rugby than cricket," he said.
His love for the oval-shaped ball was never more evident than during his spell as Glamorgan coach.
"He was a big supporter of Wales at the time," says ex-Glamorgan captain and England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive Hugh Morris.
"At the end of his first season with us in 1997, we won the County Championship in our final game at Taunton and the present from the team was a Welsh rugby shirt which he wore with a lot of pride."
However, Fletcher only lets a select few get to know him away from cricket - to the frustration of some who prospered under his leadership.
"I was thankful for everything Duncan did for my career, but he was not somebody I could get close to," says Harmison. "Duncan was closer to the batsmen and would let his bowling coaches get close to the bowlers.
"Duncan didn't get close to too many people. He was a very detached person and that's how it worked for him. There were a few times when you saw the lighter side of him and you wanted to see more of that, but it very rarely came out."
Harmison does, however, recall Fletcher giving him a "little hug" when the tall fast bowler dismissed Michael Kasprowicz in England's dramatic, series-levelling, two-run victory over Australia at Edgbaston in 2005.
That glorious summer will live long in the memory for both Harmison and Fletcher - but can the veteran coach enjoy an 'Indian summer' with the tourists at the expense of his former employers?
Harmison believes the 65-year-old can turn India, who drew the first of their five-Test series against England at Trent Bridge, into one of the best teams in the world - in all formats.
Legends of the game such as Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman have retired, and Fletcher has indentified the likes of Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja as exciting young talent he can nurture and turn into world-beaters.
"Duncan embraces the local culture and the different personalities of the players," says Harmison. "He will hone that into a very efficient working unit."
Kallis agrees: "India are very fortunate to have Duncan. Players like Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and MS Dhoni are going to benefit a lot from his input.
"He has a specific way of coaching that, when players buy into it, can make a huge difference. I know that Duncan would never take the Indian job if he didn't think he could make a difference."
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