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Police said a front window and door were smashed at a property in the Ardilea Park area on Saturday morning.
They said a brick and a bottle struck a police vehicle.
The woman who was charged is due to appear at Downpatrick Magistrates Court on Thursday, 17 September.
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A 19-year-old woman has been charged with disorderly behaviour following reports of trouble in Downpatrick.
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Wearing sunglasses, a hat and a bandage under his neck, Sergei Filin told reporters he would feel "great, if only my eyes could see a bit better".
He will undergo treatment in Germany to try and save his eyesight.
Mr Filin told the BBC on Sunday he is "absolutely certain" he knows who is behind the attack on him.
But he said he would not name names until investigators were ready to make an announcement.
The 42-year-old said he was sure the aim of the attack was to "remove me as the Bolshoi's artistic director for a long period, and to damage the reputation of the Bolshoi Ballet".
He told the BBC's Steve Rosenberg that he knew that some people had disliked the direction he was taking the ballet company, and "the fact I've been successful", but believed he had no "obvious enemies".
Mr Filin was supported by his wife as he left hospital in Moscow for the flight to Germany, where he will check in to a clinic for further treatment.
"I feel well, I'd say even great, if only my eyes could see a bit better. But I can say I feel well," he told reporters, describing his vision as "foggy and blurred".
Mr Filin told the BBC that his right eye has been more damaged than his left, he had undergone five operations and was under constant monitoring.
He spoke of his belief that one day "I will be able to see my children again".
Sulphuric acid was thrown in Mr Filin's face outside his home in Moscow on 17 January.
The incident is widely assumed to have taken to a new level the infighting and rivalries that the Bolshoi theatre has become notorious for - and has shocked people in Russia.
Mr Filin, a talented former dancer himself, took over as artistic director in March 2011.
Tensions over the theatre's artistic programme have been widely reported in Russian media.
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The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director, badly injured in an acid attack last month, has left hospital in Moscow for further treatment in Germany.
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The Vive's release was delayed after what chief executive Cher Wang described as a "very, very big technological breakthrough".
This has been revealed to be a camera system that allows the wearer to see objects in the physical room around them, helping to avoid collisions.
Some have questioned whether the device will be affordable, though.
By pressing a button on a handheld controller, the user can see objects near them ghosted in to the virtual reality environment.
This merging of physical and digital is intended as a safety feature - and a solution to one of the practical problems facing VR.
HTC plans to launch the Vive in April.
Pre-orders for a rival PC-powered headset, the Rift by Oculus, are set to begin on Wednesday. However, the Facebook-owned firm has yet to reveal when they will be delivered.
The other major headset on show at the Vegas event is the PlayStation VR, which works with Sony's games console.
"For too long, the promise of virtual reality has been little more than a promise," said Ms Wang.
"Today we stand on the precipice of a new era. Vive is creating a world where the only limit is human imagination."
The headset's improvements over a version revealed in February include:
HTC would not reveal any details on pricing, but when pushed it acknowledged the cost might prove a barrier to mass-market adoption.
"It is a very good experience but if you already have, say a PlayStation, then PlayStation VR is going to be a quicker and cheaper way to get into it," said Stuart Miles, editor of tech site Pocket-lint.
Today, in Vegas, I stood on the deck of a shipwreck and watched a blue whale float past - all in the comfort of a hotel suite.
I was trying out HTC's new, improved virtual reality headset and it was quite an experience.
The ability for 360-degree viewing makes it very immersive and the content is compelling. But whether I would invest in it is another matter.
At Christmas, my children played around with the much cheaper and currently available Google Cardboard and while that is a totally different experience it seemed to satisfy their immediate VR needs.
Competition in the virtual reality market is primed to be fierce in 2016, according to Michael Goodman of Strategy Analytics.
"This is like a bunch of competitors, right at the starting line, eying each other just before the gun goes off," he said.
Attempts to popularise VR flopped in the 1990s, but Mr Goodman said that a positive sign this time was that several content-producing firms had already announced VR titles and franchises before the headsets had gone on sale.
"That's really unprecedented in the media entertainment space," he added.
HTC also unveiled a trio of health-related devices as part of a tie-up with the fitness specialist Under Armour.
They will be sold together for $400 (£270) in a product titled HealthBox.
The first is the UA Band, an all-day wristband for tracking activity, exercise and sleep.
The second, the UA Heart Rate monitor, is designed to be strapped to the wearer's chest during workouts in order to detect heartbeats and calculate calories burned.
Finally, there is the UA Scale, a wi-fi connected set of scales which sync with a companion app so that users can track weight fluctuations over time.
"There is nothing amazingly new here," remarked Mr Miles.
"Rather, it is the sum of its parts and some will like the ease of a $400 box set for health and fitness."
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The victim was dragged across the ground and pushed to the floor before his attacker ran away with the stick.
Police have said the pensioner is now too traumatised to return to work.
Staff and pupils at the nearby Gosford Park Primary School have called him an "asset to the community" and wished him a "speedy recovery".
Joanna Gosling reports.
A man, 34, and a woman, 36, are being questioned by police on suspicion of disseminating terrorist publications.
Three properties in the city have been searched.
Det Supt Lee Porter, of the Welsh Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit, said it continued to seek the public's help in tackling extremism.
Stonehenge, the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and the Great Barrier Reef are among 70 well-known sites made with the toy bricks.
Professional Lego builder Warren Elsmore is behind Brick Wonders, on show at Nottinghamshire's Harley Gallery for the next three months.
He said each of his creations took several months to complete.
Mr Elsmore sources some of the more obscure Lego pieces needed for his creations from online sellers.
His previous exhibition at the Harley Gallery featuring Lego versions of famous buildings was visited by more than 80,000 people in three months.
Malcolm Layfield, 63, raped the 18-year-old pupil at Manchester's Chetham's School of Music in the early 1980s, Manchester Crown Court heard.
Mr Layfield, of Castle Quay, Castlefield, denies a charge of rape.
He told the court he had affairs with a number of students in the 1980s but saw nothing wrong with it at the time.
But, he told the jury that looking back he now feels "terrible about it".
"I am remorseful and regretful about what happened with these relationships," he said.
It is alleged Mr Layfield raped his pupil in his car after getting her drunk during a music summer school, in the weeks after she left Chetham's.
The defendant agreed they had had sex but insisted it was with her full consent, the court heard.
They had gone on to have a sexual relationship, which lasted for several weeks after she started studying at the Royal Northern College of Music, where he was her tutor.
The jury heard she bought him a set of antique cufflinks as a thankyou present when she graduated from the college.
The trial continues.
HMS Forth is part of a £348m contract to build vessels to support counter-terrorism, counter-piracy and anti-smuggling operations.
It is the first complex warship to be fully assembled at Glasgow since Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan in 2010.
The ships are being built at the company's yards at Scotstoun and Govan.
HMS Forth will be ready in 2017, with the other ships to be named HMS Medway and HMS Trent.
The offshore patrol vehicles are capable of being deployed around the world with a range exceeding 5,000 nautical miles - the equivalent to a journey from Portsmouth to Rio de Janeiro - and a maximum speed of 24 knots. Variants of this design are already in service in Brazil and Thailand.
They will be able to carry the latest Merlin helicopters and special forces personnel.
Union leaders representing workers at the Govan and Scotstoun shipyards have expressed concern that ongoing delays to a UK government program to build eight Royal Navy Type 26 frigates on the Clyde could put jobs at risk.
Vice Admiral Simon Lister, chief of materiel (fleet) for the MOD's Defence Equipment and Support organisation, said the rollout of HMS Forth would safeguard the "vital capability and skills" that will be used in the delivery of the Type 26 frigates.
Iain Stevenson, managing director at BAE Systems Naval Ships, said: "For HMS Forth to enter the water less than two years after construction started is hugely significant and sets the tone for the future of modern warship building.
"We're building on the proud heritage of British shipbuilding here in Glasgow and looking to the future. Not only does this mean we are creating valuable additions to the Royal Navy's fleet but we are ensuring that shipbuilding skills and expertise are maintained and developed in the UK."
The ship was structurally completed 18 months after the first plate of steel for the vessel was delivered to Glasgow.
It was moved from the Govan yard to the Scotstoun yard on 13 August this year.
A remotely controlled unit with 160 wheels moved the 1,600 tonne vessel - a weight comparable with 120 London buses - from inside the ship build hall at Govan to the dock side, before it journeyed towards a waiting barge.
It is now at Scotstoun where the installation of combat systems is underway.
Behind the drama there are deep currents, a tale of sex, drugs, violence and conservatism.
Senator Paul has, almost single-handedly, blocked the extension of the Patriot Act, seen by its opponents as the USA's very own snooper's charter.
It takes some guts to stand in the way of the US spy agencies, if only for a short while.
You might even think it an unconservative, rebellious, counter-cultural thing to do.
But, of course, US conservatism delights in tracing its roots to revolution.
Senator Paul ripped into the idea of the National Security Agency merely monitoring the flow of data, with an appeal to America's origins.
"Our founders objected to the British soldiers writing warrants," he said.
"They objected to them coming in their house and gathering their papers.
"Do you think our framers [of the constitution] would have been happy if the British government said, 'OK, we're just breaking your door down, we're just getting your papers, but we're not going to look at them?'"
This is of course grandstanding, by a leading contender to become the Republican presidential candidate, his behaviour a magnet for attention and probably money.
But he is tapping into a important, and often under-appreciated, strand of US politics: libertarianism.
It is not a strand of thought immediately obvious on the British political landscape, but I have a feeling it may be one of the forces and fault lines in Prime Minister David Cameron's new government.
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The danger and promise of Rand Paul's father
While the 2015 general election result may have been exciting, the campaign wasn't.
Certainly, I saw none of the energy that was occasionally on display in the US 2012 presidential election.
Without doubt, the most intriguing, most unusual meetings I covered were rallies for Rand's dad, Ron Paul, a habitual Republican contender.
Although Mr Paul Sr was then 77, in all my peregrinations around Europe, the US and the UK, I have never been to such youthful political gatherings.
Perhaps as importantly these were not geeky, tweedy and bow-tied students aping their elders. Instead, tattoos and piercings, shaved heads and mohicans abounded.
Blindfolded, spun round and plonked down in the hall, I might have thought I was waiting for a post-punk band, rather than an elderly politician.
Now you can overdo the importance of this. Ron Paul, after all, did not come close to winning his party's nomination.
But these people were motivated by something that seemed new, or at least newly attractive.
What drew them wasn't Ron Paul's rather kooky thoughts about the gold standard, but his attitudes to war, and to the war on drugs.
There has been some questioning of how "real" a libertarian his son is, as Rand Paul trims his position in the pursuit of high office.
I think there are three touchstones: sex, drugs and violence.
It is hard to see how anyone who resents the power of the state could wish it to interfere in personal sexual orientation, and it isn't much of an issue these days, although in the US some Christian conservatives may disagree.
Libertarians also don't think it is the business of the government what poison you choose - while in the UK we are busy making legal highs illegal, they would make illegal highs legal.
This, too, is hardly outre these days, when marijuana has been decriminalised in four US states and Washington DC.
But fundamental to Ron and Rand's view of a smaller state is one that does not throw its weight around on the world stage any more than it does at home.
Existing comfortably against this desire to cancel the last remnants of the "war on terror" is a militant opposition to state intrusion into people's lives - exactly what the special senate session was all about.
These three tests are difficult for many on the right to pass - but they are also what make libertarianism such an interesting strand of thought.
There are plenty of faux libertarians around who fulminate about income tax and big government.
These three tests indicate whether they are merely against the state's redistribution of wealth rather than in favour of a redistribution of power.
At first glance, you might think if there are any in the UK, then they are very shy indeed.
In fact, there is a Libertarian party, which did put up 15 candidates at the general election.
Could it be an appealing philosophy for a party looking for a new image?
The Liberal Democrats might be the most obvious adopters.
But they are still quivering in trauma, more concerned with working out how to function at all than what to do next.
Part of UKIP's support may stem from a gut resentment against the statists' impositions - their leaders could turn that into a more cerebral project but are unlikely to waste the energy this side of a European referendum.
Labour is certainly looking for some new ideas and hasn't got much further than aspiration.
"Aspire", while an excellent name for a forward-looking trade union, is a poor political philosophy.
Some within Labour are asking fundamental questions about the role of the state and where power should lie.
But for a party still scared of being seen "soft", other issues of personal liberty may be harder to address.
But what intrigues me is whether libertarian trends will emerge in the Conservative Party - either as fault lines, or future philosophy.
The Conservative Party is already pretty liberal on matters of sexual choice.
Drugs are probably too touchy an area, with little or no political pressure to challenge the establishment consensus - as long as the real world can shelter behind the British virtue of hypocrisy.
Americans, in their naivety, like rules to reflect reality.
But war and its handmaidens of powerful security services have already caused queasiness on the backbenches in the last Parliament.
There is already a debate about the nature of this government.
There are those believers in a compassionate conservatism who look in the mirror and see the prime minister staring back, such as Steve Hilton, who believe David Cameron has a profound vision, a modern one-nation conservatism, replacing state with community but with the same aim as Disraeli - to eliminate the "two nations" of rich and poor.
Others, more soberly, see the prime minister as a traditional Tory, believing vaguely in benign government, orchestrating more vigorous, Whiggish colleagues such as Michael Gove and George Osborne.
But what may be key is the debate about the Human Rights Act.
Fundamental questions have been obscured by the peculiarly British conservative dislike of being told what to do by foreigners.
If stripped of this cover, 2015, the year we celebrate Magna Carta's anniversary, may trigger a profound debate on the relationship between subjects and the state.
It improbable that Rand Paul will ever sit in the White House. Indeed, it is pretty unlikely he will win his party's nomination.
But whether the views he reflects are embraced or scorned in Downing Street could be more than philosophically interesting, and have resonance in Syria, Strasbourg and, not least, Cheltenham - the home of GCHQ.
Hundreds of other items belonging to Swayze - including a surfboard from Point Break and a shirt he wore in Ghost - also went under the hammer.
His widow Lisa Niemi said she had "a lot of mixed feelings" about selling the items.
Swayze died in 2009 from pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
The leather jacket was bought on Friday by a Hollywood memorabilia collector, who only identified himself as Glenn.
Speaking about the sale, Niemi told the Press Association: "No matter what, it's still a letting go. There's always a little bit of loss associated with that.
"While it's a very positive thing to do, it's a difficult thing to do.
"I'm such a lucky woman to have had a man who loved me as much as Patrick did."
The auction went ahead despite strong opposition from Swayze's niece.
"These were family heirlooms," Danielle Swayze told the Press Association.
"It's a slap in the face that she's selling these precious memories," she added.
Under the proposals by the charity's trustees, an inshore boat would be added at nearby Eyemouth.
The review will also see changes in the north east of England with plans for new state-of-the-art Shannon class lifeboats at Seahouses and Amble.
It means that an older Mersey-class boat at Berwick-Upon-Tweed will not be replaced in 2018.
Further down the coast, a second, faster inshore lifeboat will be added to Blyth.
The RNLI said it "continually reviews" its lifesaving services around the coasts of the UK and Ireland.
It said it ensured "the right lifeboats" were stationed at the "right locations".
"Our charity's priority is to save lives at sea and by conducting regular reviews of lifeboat cover around our coastline, we can ensure we provide the best possible search and rescue service while making the most appropriate use of our supporters' donations," said George Rawlinson, RNLI operations director.
"The traditional pattern of sea use has changed greatly over the years.
"Commercial fishing has declined in many areas and leisure activities are on the rise.
"Taking advantage of the greater speed and capabilities of modern RNLI lifeboats, we continuously adapt our lifesaving service to meet current and future requirements and ensure public safety is not put at risk or compromised."
St Abbs lifeboat station is expected to close by the end of the summer.
"The RNLI does not take lightly any decision to close a lifeboat station - such changes are only made after extensive operational research and painstaking consideration," Mr Rawlinson said.
"But we understand that this will be disappointing for our crew, supporters and the community at St Abbs.
"The lifeboat station has served the RNLI proudly for over a hundred years, saved 226 lives and rescued many more in that time.
"On behalf of everyone at the RNLI I would like to thank the volunteers for their dedication and commitment to saving lives at sea."
The Premier League champions confirmed the move for the Ghana international, 21, on their club website with Augsburg saying the fee will remain undisclosed.
Chelsea had been linked with the left-back after allowing Brazil international Filipe Luis to re-join Atletico Madrid earlier this summer.
He said: "I am very happy to sign for one of the biggest clubs in the world."
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, whose side lost 3-0 at Manchester City on Sunday, said: "It is important because he is a left-back, so he can compete with [Cesar] Azpilicueta.
"At the same time, Azpilicueta can compete with [Branislav] Ivanovic for the right-back position, so he replaces Filipe Luis in the balance of the squad."
Rahman spent 12 months with Augsburg after signing from SpVgg Greuther Fürth in August 2014, making 31 appearances for the Bavarian club last season as they qualified for the Europa League.
He was also a member of Ghana's Africa Cup of Nations squad which lost in the final to Ivory Coast in February.
Sunday's match, in which the US beat Japan 5-2, was seen by a record 25.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings data.
It shatters the previous record, set during the 2014 Brazil World Cup, when 18.2 million tuned in to see the USA play Portugal.
The audience peaked at 30.9 million between 01:30 and 01:45 BST.
Viewers saw Carli Lloyd score an incredible 13-minute hat-trick, as the United States trounced Japan to win their third Women's World Cup title, following victories in 1991 and 1999.
The latter was seen by 18 million viewers, the previous highest audience for a women's match.
Sunday's game, which was held in Vancouver, beat big-brand shows like Big Brother on CBS and Celebrity Family Feud on ABC; while broadcaster Fox Sports saw 14.6 million people stick around for its post-match analysis.
In the UK, conversely, the culmination of the tournament saw a steep drop in audience figures. Just 500,000 viewers - or 13% of the total television audience - stayed up to watch the final.
Four days earlier, England's quarter-final match was seen by an average audience of 1.7 million, with a 32% share of the audience.
Hoey carded three birdies, five bogeys and a double bogey to lie nine under, seven behind leader Alvaro Quiros.
Spaniard Quiros fired a 70 as he aims for his seventh European Tour victory.
Zander Lombard is second on 11 under, followed by Pep Angles - who shot the lowest round of the day with a 68 - and Renato Paratore, both on 10 under.
Hoey, along with English duo Lee Slattery and David Horsey, will be part of a group of six players who will start nine under in Sunday's final round at Verdura in Sicily.
The players struggled in the wind, with an average score of 74.1 compared to the opening round's 68.9 and 69.3 on the second day.
Hoey recorded two birdies and two bogeys on his outward nine, but then dropped shots at the 10th, 16th and 17th and took a double bogey at the 13th and made his sole birdie coming home at the 12th.
Sweden's Sebastian Soderberg went into round three level with Hoey in second place but a 77 saw him fall back to seven under.
Former Masters champion Mike Weir is level thanks to a third-round 76, having made his first halfway cut since November 2014 on Friday.
Weir, who has slumped to 1,907th in the rankings, has struggled for form since undergoing elbow surgery in 2011 and announced in July 2015 that he was taking an indefinite leave of absence from golf for family reasons.
Paul Givan visited St Patrick's club in Lisburn, County Antrim, on Thursday.
He attended an event to mark the awarding of a £50,000 improvement grant and had a go at the game while he was there.
Mr Givan also used the occasion to publicly express his support for the new £76m Casement Park GAA stadium project in west Belfast.
A keen soccer player, it was the first time the minister had kicked a Gaelic football.
He joked afterwards: "I'm used to putting a ball over the bar, but it was good to actually get a point for it this time."
Mr Givan paid tribute to the work the GAA does in the community, adding: "I support the organisation - in terms of the sporting aspect of it - and the value that it brings to young people."
The £50,000 grant will go towards improving the facilities at St Patrick's.
The money came from the Groundwork NI Alpha Programme, which supports communities living near landfill sites.
The club's ground is opposite Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn and is owned by the Army.
The Nasa spacecraft is now less than 40 million km from making its historic flyby of the dwarf planet on 14 July.
The latest pictures, acquired by the probe's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), show distinct surface regions - some bright, some dark.
Quite what they represent is anyone's guess just at the moment, but as New Horizons bears down on Pluto, these features will only get clearer.
Scientists have to do quite a bit of processing to produce these views, and it is always possible that they have introduced some artefacts. But the impression that the body has some really quite diverse terrain seems quite solid now.
"Even though the latest images were made from more than 30 million miles away, they show an increasingly complex surface with clear evidence of discrete equatorial bright and dark regions - some that may also have variations in brightness," said New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern, of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
"We can also see that every face of Pluto is different and that Pluto's northern hemisphere displays substantial dark terrains, though both Pluto's darkest and its brightest known terrain units are just south of, or on, its equator. Why this is so is an emerging puzzle."
New Horizons is now about 4.7 billion km (2.9 billion miles) from Earth and just 39 million km (24 million miles) from Pluto itself.
When it arrives at the dwarf, it 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 3,200km-wide planet and its five known moons - Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra.
Last week, researchers working on the Hubble space telescope revealed how the smaller satellites behaved in a chaotic manner as they circled the more tightly bound Pluto and Charon.
Hubble showed the little moons to be wobbling end over end as they moved through the bigger pair's lumpy gravity field.
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The troops entered the town on the Ugandan border in large numbers as the rebels fled, residents told the BBC.
M23 political leader Bertrand Bisimwa was earlier reported to have crossed into Uganda as Congolese troops advanced on his base.
The M23 launched a rebellion in eastern DR Congo in April 2012.
It is made up of army deserters who say they are fighting for the rights of the minority Tutsi ethnic group.
At least 800,000 people have been left homeless since the conflict started.
By Gabriel GatehouseBBC East Africa correspondent
It is a remarkable turnaround in this year-and-a-half long rebellion. Until this week, a relatively small number of rebels had controlled vast swathes of territory in the jungle-covered hills on the borders of DR Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.
Last November, UN troops had stood by, powerless, as M23 fighters briefly captured Goma. The UN had pledged to protect the city, and blamed the defeat on what they said was military backing from Rwanda. For the 18,000-strong UN force ,it was an embarrassing demonstration of their ineffectiveness.
But an injection of fresh peacekeepers earlier this year with a stronger mandate to actively take the fight to the rebels appears to have turned the tide. In less than a week, the Congolese army, backed by UN artillery and helicopter gunships, has routed the rebels.
This almost certainly will not mean the end of hostilities in this region plagued numerous armed groups. But it may well provide a template for a more robust style of peacekeeping in Africa and elsewhere.
About 10,000 people fled to Uganda this week, with about half of them arriving on Wednesday, said Lucy Beck, a spokeswoman for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), the Associated Press (AP) news agency reports.
On Monday, the UN special envoy to DR Congo, Martin Kobler, said the M23 was all but finished as a military threat in DR Congo.
His comments came after government forces captured five M23-held areas, including Rumangabo where the rebels had a big military training camp.
The government forces have been backed by a UN intervention brigade deployed earlier this year to confront the M23 and other armed groups.
The BBC's Ignatius Bahizi in Uganda says residents in Bunagana told him there was heavy shelling, before the town fell to government forces.
"Bunagana is completely under our control. We had been fighting since the early morning," DR Congo's government spokesman Lambert Mende told the AFP news agency.
Bunagana, a town of several thousand people and the headquarters of Mr Bisimwa, is on the Uganda-DR Congo border.
Mr Bisimwa had surrendered to Ugandan security operatives after crossing the border in a convoy of two vehicles, Uganda's state-owned New Vision newspaper reported.
He left Bunagana when government and UN forces were about 5km (three miles) away from the town and he was being questioned by Ugandan security operatives, the paper said.
However, M23 officials denied that Mr Bisimwa had fled.
They told our reporter that the M23 political leader had travelled to Uganda to sign a peace accord with the government.
Peace talks hosted by Uganda broke down last week.
The UN and DR Congo government have repeatedly accused Rwanda and Uganda of backing the rebels. They deny the allegation.
Eastern DR Congo has been wracked by conflict since 1994, when Hutu militias fled across the border from Rwanda after carrying out a genocide against Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
He also starred in the BBC show, in which he played handyman Simon Bodger and provided the voice for the beret-wearing badger that loved mashed potato.
Mr Cunningham died at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton on Monday.
His sister Tessa said he "lived to be loved and to make people laugh, starting with me, his little sister".
Mr Cunningham, who read English at Cambridge, gave comedian Julian Clary his first job when he was writing and directing for the Covent Garden Community Theatre Group, and he worked as a puppeteer in the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi.
"He had a quicksilver brain, a rebellious attitude, boundless compassion particularly for the underdog, unstinting levels of generosity and, of course, a passion for mashed potato," Ms Cunningham said.
"I adored him and, long before he found fame, was immensely proud to have the funniest, cleverest big brother in the universe."
Mr Cunningham's former partner and close friend Jane Bassett was with him when he died, along with his sister and nieces.
Ms Bassett played Mousey in Bodger and Badger, which ran on the BBC from 1989 to 1999.
Tributes have been paid on Twitter to Mr Cunningham.
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Allo Allo and Emmerdale actress Vicki Michelle said: "RIP Andy Cunningham. Sad news. Such a legend on children's TV #bodgerandbadger."
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The two are trying to find common ground after Mr Ryan said he could not endorse the presumptive Republican nominee.
He has said the businessman lacked conservative principles.
"We had a great conversation this morning," the two wrote in a joint statement.
"While we were honest about our few differences, we recognise that there are also many important areas of common ground."
They said they would be having "additional discussions" but think they can unify the party and win the election.
At a press conference following the meeting, Mr Ryan said he was "very encouraged" by what he heard from Mr Trump.
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Mr Trump arrived for the meeting at the Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters in Washington amid protesters brandishing placards.
Paul Ryan sounds like a man trying to make peace with his shotgun marriage. Sure, the circumstances are unfortunate, but maybe life together won't be that bad.
The House speaker, who once condemned Trump's proposed Muslim ban as "not conservatism", now says there are "core principles" of conservatism that tie them together. They both love the Constitution, it seems, and they're all about the separation of powers between the branches of government.
Beyond that? Who knows. Mr Ryan declined to go into details during his Thursday press conference, instead talking about the processes being started, seeds being planted and differences being bridged.
It was not the endorsement, full-throated or otherwise, that Mr Trump desires, but it was a first step toward the reconciliation of a party that desperately wants to win back the White House in November.
If Mr Ryan eventually makes peace with what he called a "whole new wing" of the Republican Party that Mr Trump represents, this desire for power - for a prize that has been denied Republicans for two straight presidential elections - will be the driving force behind it.
Afterwards, RNC chairman Reince Priebus, who mediated the talks in his office, said it was a success.
In December 2015, Mr Ryan harshly criticised Mr Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US.
He said it was "not what this party stands for and more importantly it's not what this country stands for".
But on Wednesday, Mr Trump appeared to soften, saying it was "just a suggestion".
Mr Ryan, who ran as 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's vice president, clashes with Mr Trump on many issues, including religious freedom and trade.
He has remained popular on Capitol Hill, after being urged to take over as Speaker of the House of Representatives in the autumn.
Many who view him as a more electable figure than Mr Trump have urged him - in vain - to run for president.
But more Republicans are throwing their support behind Mr Trump, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The New Yorker is one of the least politically experienced nominees in US history, having never held elected office.
That outsider status has appealed to voters who feel let down by Washington.
A recent Gallup Poll shows that two in three Republican-leaning voters view Mr Trump favourably.
But protests have plagued his campaign, with particular focus on his plan to build a wall on the Mexican border and deport 11 million undocumented immigrants.
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Bolt, who has never failed a drugs test, will race against American Justin Gatlin, who has served two suspensions for using banned substances.
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Jamaican sprinter Bolt, 28, is seeking to retain his 100m and 200m titles.
"It's sad. People are saying I need to win for the sport, but I can't do it by myself," Bolt said.
"It's a responsibility of all the athletes to take it upon themselves to save the sport and go forwards without drug cheats."
The showdown between Bolt and Gatlin, who has the quickest times of the year over 100m and 200m, has been billed as a battle for the soul of the sport.
Gatlin's second positive test in 2006 would normally have earned him a lifetime ban but that was cut to eight and then four years on appeal after he agreed to co-operate with the anti-doping authorities.
The build-up to the championships, which begin on Saturday, have been overshadowed by accusations of widespread doping in the sport.
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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has defended its record on doping.
"All I've been hearing is doping, doping, doping," said Bolt. "All the questions have been about doping."
The men's 100m final takes place on Sunday.
Gatlin is the favourite ahead of Bolt, who won his first Olympic title inside the Bird's Nest stadium seven years ago.
"Bup stop" was painted in large yellow lettering after a worn road surface was repaired.
The mistake was made as part of work expected to last up to four weeks in the Old Market area of the city centre.
The howler prompted mocking tweets, with Mark Gullick saying: "Thanks. I've been waiting at a bus stop. That will be why my bup hasn't turned up. Gah!"
A Bristol City Council spokesman said: "It is not often we see our roadworks hitting the headlines worldwide, but we understand why this rare mistake has captured people's imaginations.
"While it became something of a temporary tourist attraction, the contractor has now corrected the error at no cost to the local taxpayer."
The Crown Princess returned for the first of five visits to Belfast this year on Friday to confirm the 2011 cruise season was under way.
More than 950ft in length, it has nine different restaurants and eateries on board, as well as a spa and fitness centre, three theatres and a film screen.
It brought more than 4,000 visitors and crew with it.
Joe O'Neill, Commercial Director at Belfast Harbour, said the harbour had continued to develop and invest in port facilities, which had "enabled Cruise Belfast to successfully attract an increasing number of cruise liners to the city".
"Belfast has transformed over recent years and Belfast Harbour, as the maritime gateway, continues to play its part in helping the city achieve its full economic potential," he said.
"Tourism is a key part of the local economy and Belfast Harbour will do all it can to help the city welcome even more visitors in the future."
Gerry Lennon from Belfast Visitor & Convention Bureau said the 10th visit of the Crown Princess to Belfast since 2008 confirmed investment in tourism over the last decade was "paying dividends in attracting new and repeat cruise ship visits".
"The cruise market is a global industry and Belfast had to work hard to get recognition in the early days through our Cruise Belfast Initiative in partnership with Belfast Harbour," he said.
"Positive feedback from those first arrivals has seen Belfast quickly establish a reputation as a 'must see' destination.
"Today we have a highly developed cruise experience and can offer visitors a range of tours and visits around the city and beyond during their stop in Belfast.
"Last year the cruise sector contributed a significant £15m into the local tourism economy and continues to provide a key role in introducing visitors to Belfast."
The Lionesses reached the last eight after beating Norway 2-1 - their first win in a World Cup knockout match.
They now face the side they beat 1-0 in March's Cyprus Cup final but lost to in a pre-World Cup friendly.
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"We'll probably be underdogs, but we've already shown in this tournament we can play under pressure," Houghton said.
"That's what we did against Norway - we knew we could make history and we've done it, now we can do it again on Saturday," added the 27-year-old.
Houghton's second-half equaliser against Norway came before Lucy Bronze smashed in a stunning winner.
England head coach Mark Sampson described Bronze as having the "potential to be the best right-back in the world".
"It was a relief to get back into the game," Houghton added. "But it also showed that we're a team who can grind out a result.
"That's something that in the past English teams haven't been able to do, but that's World Cup football and we might have to do it again to keep progressing."
England face a Canadian side at 00:30 BST on Sunday who are ranked eighth in the world, two places below them, and are coached by Englishman John Herdman.
The hosts, who finished top of Group A, reached the quarter-finals by beating Switzerland 1-0 at the 54,320-capacity BC Place and will face England at the same venue.
Manchester City's Houghton returned from injury to play in the friendly defeat on 30 May in Hamilton. She said having the experience of facing a partisan crowd would benefit England.
"It's going to be great to go and play the host nation in Vancouver in front of 50,000 fans," she added.
"Those are the sort of games everyone wants to play in. This squad's ready for a massive game like that and we can't wait for the challenge."
Sampson said: "Canada have got some exceptional players. They have ploughed a lot of money into their programme.
"Their players and staff have put their life on hold since 2012 for this tournament, so we're going to face a huge challenge but we are excited by it, we are ready for it."
The announcement comes 22 years after the release of the original animation, while a highly successful stage musical has been running since 1997.
Favreau was behind this year's new version of The Jungle Book, featuring a mix of animation and live action.
He has tweeted that he is "excited" for his "next project", using emojis of a lion and a crown.
Disney said the new version would feature hit songs from the 1994 film, which were written by Sir Elton John, Sir Tim Rice and Hans Zimmer and included Circle of Life, Hakuna Matata and Can You Feel the Love Tonight.
The original Lion King movie made $969m (£745m) and won two Oscars.
The stage musical has taken more than $6bn (£4.6bn) in ticket sales - more than any other stage show or cinema release in box office history.
It is the latest in a long line of classics to get the live action treatment, and comes after Disney recreated Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland and Sleeping Beauty's Maleficent for the big screen.
A new live action version of Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson as Belle, is due for release next year and will also feature songs from the original animation.
Favreau will also direct a sequel to The Jungle Book, which has made $965.8m (£743m) around the world since its cinema release.
No release date for the new Lion King film yet been set and casting is yet to be announced.
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Chris Anderson has taken home 17 double Gloucester cheeses in 12 years, after chasing the hefty 8lb (3.6kg) cheeses down Cooper's Hill.
The 29-year-old is now three races shy of current record holder Stephen Gyde.
Mr Anderson said: "I've been up a few times because I was worried I'd lose my bottle but I feel quite good."
Each year thousands of spectators turn out to watch thrill-seekers hurl themselves down the 1:2 gradient, chasing wheels of double Gloucester cheese.
However, injuries are inevitable for competitors chasing a 70mph cheese down a rough, uneven hillside.
In 2005, Mr Anderson won the race but broke his ankle and in 2007 he suffered "quite bad concussion".
"You go slower if you stay on your feet," he said.
"You have to stay on your on feet to about halfway down and once you fall you have to pick yourself up and start running again."
With his quickest time clocked at eight seconds, Mr Anderson's reward - as with all winners - is to take the cheese home with him.
"I don't really like double Gloucester, it's too strong so I give it out around the family," he admits.
With the prospect of matching the all-time record on Monday, the cheese-rolling champion said it was actually more important to "keep a local person winning".
"I'm getting older and wising up - I don't want to get injured," he said.
"It's a bit worse each year but this year I do feel quite good."
McIntyre cited his own side's run of nine wins from their last 16 games last season to retain their top-flight spot.
"I think they have a chance," he told BBC Scotland. You just have to look at ourselves for that from last season. They have definitely got a chance.
"They just need that bit of luck and to put their chances away when they come."
The clubs meet in Dingwall with Mixu Paatelainen's basement side looking to build momentum after beating Hearts last time out.
"They have certainly added to their squad," McIntyre noted. "They have a lot of strength and height in their team now and are a major threat at set-plays.
"They have added that since Mixu has come in and still have some good young players there, so we have to be wary of that.
"They had a great result last time and we were that team last year - fighting and scratching for everything.
"United will look to keep charging on to get as many points as possible to try to get out of it."
With only eight points separating County, in fourth, and Kilmarnock - their next opponents on Tuesday - in 11th, McIntyre admits it is a "big week" for the Highland outfit's hopes of maintaining their top-six status.
"When you have been in the top six most of the season, it would be a natural reaction to consider it a massive disappointment if we didn't make it at this late stage," he added.
"But we have got to earn that. We don't have any given right to be in there.
"We have been fighting relegation for the last three years, so we have it all to do. We have got to prove it."
The 62-year-old is the long-term replacement for Christian Gourcuff who stood down from the position in April.
Rajevac is best known in Africa for coaching Ghana's national team, guiding them to within a penalty kick of the 2010 World Cup semi-finals in South Africa.
The Serbian coach also previously managed Qatar's national team.
The Algerian Federation confirmed Rajevac had signed a contract on Sunday.
The Federation also stated he would be in Algeria in mid-July, when he is set to be officially introduced to the world's press.
No details of Rajevac's contract were revealed but he is likely to be in charge of Algeria's qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Algeria were drawn in a challenging group for the World Cup qualifiers on Friday, featuring alongside Nigeria, Cameroon and Zambia in Group B. The group matches kick off in October.
Rajevac will also guide Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Gabon next year.
Mings has become a regular in the Cherries defence since Nathan Ake returned to Chelsea in January.
The 23-year-old missed almost all of last season because of injury and is yet to taste victory in any of his six starts this term.
"At the moment the losing feeling is not great and it is not nice," he said.
"Once the results come then I can start saying I am enjoying my run," Mings told BBC Radio Solent. "Personally, I am getting fitter, stronger and learning more as each game passes."
Bournemouth have conceded 23 goals in their last eight matches and are winless in 2017.
Defeat by West Bromwich Albion at the weekend was their third in a row, and they next face League Cup winners Manchester United at old Trafford on Saturday.
"If we keep conceding two goals a game, it is going to be difficult," the former Ipswich Town full-back added.
"You can be as good as you want attacking-wise but we need to start conceding less goals."
The 22-year-old joined Forest from Chesterfield in January but has so far failed to make a first-team appearance for the Championship club.
Former United States Under-23 international Ariyibi featured 96 times for the Spireites, scoring four times.
"I want to be playing, plus the gaffer really wanted me to come here and that gives me a lot of belief," he said.
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Officials said Cecafa had sought Kenya's approval after original hosts Sudan withdrew from staging the annual tournament earlier this year, citing financial constraints.
"Kenya have told us that they are not ready to host the championships which was scheduled to kick-off in late November to early December," Cecafa secretary Nicolas Musonye said.
"We are now back to negotiating with Sudan again to see if they can agree to have the event back in Khartoum.
"Hopefully we should be able to get a conclusive reply by Friday."
Uganda are the reigning champions after winning the trophy for a record 14th time in Addis Ababa last December.
Musonye said Kenya, Challenge Cup hosts in 2013, have accepted to take over as hosts of the 2016 Kagame Club Cup instead.
Tanzania, pulled out of staging the event last August due to their congested league programme.
Kenya is also preparing to stage the African Nations Championships (Chan) in two years time.
The new president and his flurry of executive orders and swift-moving, substantive changes to US policy and procedure seemed to leave little oxygen for any other headlines.
But even President Trump lacks the star power of Queen Bee.
Prior to the inauguration, some fans joked that Beyonce should drop an album as Trump was being sworn in, and in doing so steal the spotlight from the new commander in chief.
Beyonce did one better: she announced, via a resplendent photo on Instagram, that she would be dropping something else - two something elses, in fact.
That's right - Beyonce is having twins.
"I literally tripped and fell at a formal Fulbright dinner because I found out Beyonce was pregnant with twins," wrote one woman on Twitter.
Other social media users were less articulate, relying on gifs and emojis to showcase their elation.
The photo showed Beyonce kneeling in front of a giant hedge of roses, wearing blue satin knickers and a maroon bra. She is covered with a long green veil, and is already heavily pregnant.
"This pic is a powerful statement on bodies, maternity & the sacred. Beyonce continues to push us to reimagine womanhood. A feminist icon," gushed writer Laura Rankin.
It's fitting that Beyonce used Instagram to relay her news.
Twitter has become an all-out war zone between alt-right egg accounts and the professional left.
Facebook is full of posts from friends and relatives begging people to call their Senators, sign a petition, or attend the next march.
Instagram has remained a social media Switzerland: there, it's nothing but home-decorating photos, artfully staged food and cute babies - an apolitical oasis in these troubled times.
Beyonce's news was powerful enough to bring some of the Insta-tranquility over to the rest of social media, and for a brief hour or so political Twitter was tempered with jokes about Beyonce's baby shower and several plays on "Betwice".
Possible name suggestions included Yellow and Red Ivy - her five-year-old daughter with Jay Z is Blue Ivy Carter.
It was almost like 2016 again.
That's not to say her announcement was strictly apolitical.
As one comedian on Twitter noted, "there are more black people in Beyonce right now, than in Trumps entire cabinet team."
Some also saw a hint of politics in the timing: the news came on 1 February, the first day of Black History Month.
"BEYONCE WAITED UNTIL BLACK HISTORY MONTH BECAUSE SHE LOVES US SO" wrote New York Magazine writer Rembert Brown, who is not usually given to all caps.
It was a more fitting kick off for many than the address given by President Trump earlier in the day, in which he called Frederick Douglass, America's most significant abolitionist, "someone who has done a terrific job that is being recognised by more and more people".
That had some wondering if he even knew who Douglass was.
When a reporter asked Mr Trump's press secretary for more clarity, it only got worse, and as a result Douglass was trending on Twitter today, too.
"Beyonce would commemorate the first day of Black History Month by letting us all know she's bringing more black person magic into the world," wrote one Twitter user.
In an era when many activists are concerned that Donald Trump's policies and his pick for attorney General, Jeff Sessions, will be detrimental to American civil rights, a supersized Beyonce pregnancy was a welcome distraction - and a reminder, however slight, that time marches on.
The work was produced by the Ulster University Economic Policy Centre for the Department of Finance.
It cautions that the costs of division are difficult to disentangle from other factors.
It also warns that it should not be concluded the costs represent potential achievable savings.
It says that in some cases there may be potential savings, but some costs are "unavoidable or would require significant investment to ameliorate."
As an example, as a legacy of the Troubles, Northern Ireland pays out more in police pensions than other comparable parts of the UK.
That is a cost which could not easily be reduced.
The last major report on the economic impact of division in Northern Ireland was produced in 2007 and put the cost at £1.5bn.
The new report uses a different methodology which focuses on recurring costs.
It says the most significant cost area is linked to policing and justice with a range of between £312m and £550m.
Other areas where significant extra costs are incurred are in mental health treatment and community relations.
However, the potential additional costs of division in housing and education are assessed as being modest.
Additional costs in housing are put at just £2.5m, while in education it is in the range of £16.5m - £95m.
The man was taken to Inverclyde Royal Hospital with a head injury following a disturbance in Nelson Street at about 00:50.
His condition has been described as serious.
Two other men were also taken to hospital. A 20-year-old is being treated for face and arm injuries and a 42-year-old for a head injury.
Their conditions have been described as stable.
Det Sgt Alex Allardyce, of Police Scotland, said: "At this time, extensive inquiries are ongoing to establish more details on the circumstances surrounding the disturbance.
"Officers are following a number of lines of inquiry and I would urge any witnesses, or anyone with information that may assist the police investigation to contact Greenock Police Office through 101."
The scheme was temporarily closed last month, while officials awaited EU approval for a new version of JGW.
On Wednesday, ministers said the scheme would receive £25m from the European Social Fund over the next three years.
JGW gives unemployed 16 to 24 year-olds six month job opportunities. £17.5m will be spent on the scheme this year.
When JGW was launched in 2012 it received total average funding of around £25m a year for three years.
Nearly 15,000 young people have been given placements, out of around 49,000 applicants.
Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology Julie James said the scheme was a "huge success" that had "given thousands of young people across the whole of Wales the support they need to get their first foot on the ladder of a new career".
But the Liberal Democrats said they were "utterly baffled" by the decision to continue funding JGW, when a review for Welsh ministers had suggested 73% most of those taking up placements did not need them.
Welsh Lib Dem economy spokeswoman Eluned Parrott said: "The fact that the Welsh Labour government has renewed this scheme seemingly without making any changes is nothing short of absurd."
Conservative shadow business minister William Graham said: "Worries over continued reliance on public money for simple six-month placements must now be urgently addressed."
Plaid Cymru economy spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth added: "Plaid Cymru has voiced our concerns about Jobs Growth Wales after we found that fewer than half of those enrolled have found employment, and fewer than a third were employed by the same employer that took them on under the Jobs Growth Wales scheme."
In a report, the Bellingcat team links personnel from the 2nd Battalion of the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade to the tragedy in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
A Dutch report last year said the plane was hit by a Russian-made Buk missile.
The West and Ukraine say pro-Russian rebels brought down Flight MH17, but Moscow blames Ukrainian forces.
All 298 people people on board the Boeing 777 - which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur - died in the disaster on 17 July 2014. The majority of the victims were Dutch nationals.
The Bellingcat team published its 115-page report entitled "MH17 - Potential Suspects and Witnesses from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade" on Tuesday.
The UK-based investigation says it used open source data - such as social media sites and forums - to identify dozens of Russian soldiers and officers from the 53rd Brigade (based in the city of Kursk) who could have had knowledge of or been personally involved in shooting down the plane.
By comparing and analysing the data, Bellingcat concludes it is very likely that personnel from the brigade's 2nd Battalion were sent from Russia to eastern Ukraine.
It identifies a number of soldiers only by their first names and initials, saying also that the 2nd Battalion commander was Dmitry T.
However, it gives the full name of the brigade's overall chief, identifying him as Sergey Muchkayev.
The report says that "the decision to send military equipment to the Russia-Ukraine border and to Ukraine was made at an even higher level - the level of the ministry of defence of Russia".
"Consistent with the probable conclusion that the Russian Buk missile launcher... downed MH17, the ministry of defence (of Russia) bears the main responsibility... shared with the military commanders and leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics", the document adds.
Bellingcat says it submitted all uncensored names and supporting evidence to the Dutch-led investigators, who are continuing their criminal inquiry into the disaster.
Bellingcat says it "brings together contributors who specialise in open source and social media investigation" to cover a "variety of subjects".
It was founded by British journalist Eliot Higgins.
Russia has not publicly commented on Bellingcat's findings.
Moscow has previously repeatedly denied any involvement in the MH17 crash, suggesting instead that Ukraine's armed forces were responsible.
In July, Russia vetoed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council to set up an international tribunal into the MH17 air disaster.
President Vladimir Putin said at the time that such a tribunal would be "premature" and "counterproductive".
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Moses John and his mother Pauline Watson disappeared from their home in Northamptonshire in May 2015 and are thought to be in London.
Moses, 14, who has special educational needs, was at the centre of family court litigation.
Police have now said it is likely Ms Watson has attended church services.
Investigating officers want church ministers or members of congregations to come forward if they have information.
Det Sgt Nickie Deeks of Northamptonshire Police said: "It is likely that Moses' mother has attended church services
"It may even be that she has asked a clergyman for help or advice."
Moses is black and about 5ft 9in (178cm) tall. His mother is also black and around 5ft 7in (174cm).
They said Ms Watson is from Jamaica and is thought to have links to areas of London including Croydon, Islington, Merton, Sutton, Southwark and Lambeth.
Det Sgt Deeks added: "We would urge all clergymen, church ministers and churchgoers - particularly in the London area - to think very carefully about whether they might have seen or had contact with Moses or his mother.
"They may have been faces in a congregation, they may have been at church events, they may have needed help.
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Mr Justice Keehan said in May that Moses was vulnerable.
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"It is imperative, in his welfare best interests, that his current whereabouts are made known."
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CT scans have shown injuries to her bones similar to those suffered by modern humans in similar falls.
The 3.2 million-year-old hominin was found on a treed flood plain, making a branch her most likely final perch.
It bolsters the view that her species - Australopithecus afarensis - spent at least some of its life in the trees.
Writing in the journal Nature, researchers from the US and Ethiopia describe a "vertical deceleration event" which they argue caused Lucy's death.
In particular they point to a crushed shoulder joint, of the sort seen when we humans reach out our arms to break a fall, as well as fractures of the ankle, leg bones, pelvis, ribs, vertebrae, arm, jaw and skull.
"We weren't there - we didn't see it - but the subset of fractures that we've identified are fully consistent with what's reported in a voluminous orthopaedic surgical literature about fall victims who have come down from height," said lead author John Kappelman from the University of Texas at Austin.
"It's tested every day in emergency rooms all around the planet."
Discovered in Ethiopia's Afar region in 1974, Lucy's 40%-complete skeleton is one of the world's best known fossils. She was around 1.1m (3ft 7in) tall and is thought to have been a young adult when she died.
Her species, Australopithecus afarensis, shows signs of having walked upright on the ground and had lost her ancestors' ape-like, grasping feet - but also had an upper body well-suited to climbing.
The bones of this well-studied skeleton are in fact laced with fractures, like most fossils. But with modern tools such as high-resolution CT scanners, researchers can start to unpick which ones were injuries and which ones happened during the intervening millennia.
"These fractures have been known since she was discovered," Prof Kappelman told BBC News. "I've looked at this fossil for 30 years and I knew that these fractures were there."
It was during a brief break in Lucy's 2008 tour of US museums that he and his colleagues found time for the scans.
"We were able to get permission from the Ethiopian government… and after the exhibit closed down in Houston, we brought Lucy here to the UT campus - in secret, for security purposes. And we have a high-resolution CT scan here.
"We scanned everything. We worked 24/7, 10 days straight without a break."
Without those precious scans, Prof Kappelman said, Lucy's injuries would never have come to light.
"What it allows us to do is literally look inside mineralised rocks and bones. And Lucy - as much as we love her - she's a rock. She's fully mineralised."
By peering inside the bones in minute detail, the scanner showed that several of the fractures were "greenstick" breaks. The bone had bent and snapped like a twig: something that only happens to healthy, living bones.
So the injuries happened while Lucy was alive - but they also show no signs of healing, so these misfortunes apparently befell the small creature at the very time of her death.
A fatal fall also fits with the fact that Lucy's tiny first rib is broken. This bone is small and heavily protected, Prof Kappelman explained; if it's fractured, you're having a bad day.
"When you look at rib fractures, the first rib is the most rarely fractured. It take a high amount of chest trauma."
But the shattered top of the fossilised humerus bone - Lucy's upper arm - is the most compelling piece of the puzzle.
"If our hypothesis stands up… it tells us that Lucy was conscious when she reached out her arms to break her fall," said Prof Kappelman.
The researchers even used their scans to 3D print Lucy's humerus and discuss it with orthopaedic surgeons. So far, they have all agreed.
"At this point I'm nine from nine," Prof Kappelman said of his blind tests on unsuspecting bone doctors, adding that he printed out the bones in an enlarged form so that they appeared human.
"Everybody agrees this is a fall from height."
In fact, 3D printing is now something that anyone with an interest in Lucy can do. The researchers, in partnership with the government of Ethiopia, have made the files available online.
"The Ethiopian ministry has agreed to release 3D files of Lucy's right shoulder and her left knee. So anyone with an interest in this can print Lucy out and evaluate these fractures, and our hypothesis, for themselves."
Nancy Lovell, a professor of anthropology at the University of Alberta in Canada, commented that the fracture findings were surprising but convincing.
"It seems fantastical but there's nothing to contradict their interpretation," she told the BBC. "And their use of really good, computerised imaging helps.
"Taken individually, the pieces all look perfectly plausible."
Prof Lovell is uncertain about the precise height and speed of the fall, which the Texas-led team estimated at 12m (40ft) and 60km/h (35mph).
"People die from falls. People fall off ladders and die of head injuries - it doesn't have to have been a really tall tree," she said.
"[But] we certainly think the area where she was living was treed at the time."
Prof Chris Stringer, from London's Natural History Museum, said the idea of a tree fall was a good fit with our understanding of how Australopithecus afarensis lived.
"They could have been in trees some of the time for feeding, nesting, or protection," he said.
"If Lucy had young, for example, trees would certainly have been a safer option than the ground when predators were around."
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Civil servants are currently in control of Stormont's finances because the executive collapsed before agreeing a 2017-18 budget.
James Brokenshire's intervention will, however, stop short of imposing a budget for now.
He will instead reallocate underspends and other money in what is known as a monitoring round.
In a statement, Mr Brokenshire said that having taken advice from civil servants he had concluded it was necessary to "provide additional clarity... in addressing financial pressures and maintaining public services".
He will make a written statement to the House of Commons with adjusted indicative budget positions and departmental allocations.
He said these will take account of extra money arising from the UK's spring budget, which has not yet been allocated.
The BBC understands that about £116m will be allocated, including £42m flowing from the spring budget.
Northern Ireland has been without a functioning devolved government since January, when the coalition led by the two biggest parties, the DUP and Sinn Féin, collapsed over a green energy scandal.
Under the current rules, civil servants only have control of 75% of the £10bn block grant.
By the end of July, this will rise to 95% of funds - but they are reluctant to take some spending decisions in the absence of direction from ministers.
The issue of passing a full budget for Northern Ireland from Westminster, in the absence of Stormont, is on hold for now.
The autumn is thought to be the more probable time for this, if a political deal continues to prove elusive.
A budget would give Northern Ireland access to all of its block grant.
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Jenny, a Belgian Malinois, and Dexter, an English springer spaniel, discovered four tusks in a village outside Ruaha National Park.
The pair have been trained to detect ivory, bush meat and firearms by Holywell-based firm Wagtail UK.
Managing director Collin Singer said: "It is the first main success for the dogs so we are very pleased."
Mr Singer said the dogs had been searching a house when Jenny picked up a trace which led to a parked car outside.
The Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs the project in Tanzania, said the tusks were concealed in plastic under the car and are thought to have been from "young elephants".
"Hopefully this is the first bust of many, and we hope this will give a boost to local people in the area," Mr Singer added.
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Two sniffer dogs from Flintshire have helped authorities in Tanzania seize a haul of elephant tusks.
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This BBC Scotland commissioned poll provides some clues about the priorities of voters in Scotland as they weigh up their decisions.
As far as economic policy is concerned, the poll suggests a number of priorities for Scots.....
Scots' most pressing priorities for economic policies are to increase the minimum wage to £7.85 per hour (which achieved an average score of 8.2 out of 10) and to guarantee that old age pensions would rise over the next five years (7.9 out of 10).
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However, what's interesting is that voters don't appear to be just thinking about their own situations in deciding election priorities.
Support for increasing the minimum wage is actually highest among those who are retired (average score 8.6) while raising pension levels is the top economic priority for those aged 25-34 (7.9 out of 10) and the second highest economic priority of those aged 35-54 (also 7.9).
The survey also appears to show that Scots prioritise enhanced spending on public services ahead of paying off the deficit.
They also indicate support for increasing public spending even if the deficit is not eliminated by 2020 (with an average score of 6.3 out of 10) is in contrast to the two statements which produce the lowest priority scores; paying off the deficit by 2020 even if that means reducing public spending (average score 4.6) and reducing taxes, even if that means cutting public services (average score 4).
Not that this translates into endorsing increased spending on the welfare bill; indeed at an average score of 6.3, support for a cap on the total amount paid in welfare benefits to a household is around the same as support for increased public spending.
And support for a welfare cap is relatively consistent among voters of different ages and in different communities in Scotland, even if, unsurprisingly, it is seen as a lower economic priority for those who are not currently working.
While the poll points to a desire for economic policies which prioritise a higher standard of living and more spending on public services, voters show support for paying for those priorities through increasing taxes on those with the greatest income and wealth.
Tax raising measures score highly in the list of economic priorities; the introduction of a Mansion Tax and the increase of a top rate of income tax of 50p in the pound achieve average scores of 7.4 and 7.2 out of 10.
Again this contrasts with alternative ways of paying for more spending, such as charging better-off older people for some things which are currently free, which achieved a score of 5.2.
With the election manifestos being published over the coming days, voters in Scotland will be looking closely to see which party matches their economic priorities over the next five years.
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In exactly one month, millions of Scots will be casting their votes in what promises to be a tightly contested general election.
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The public have been out in force to support the events while Team GB have responded with a record haul of 120 medals.
But leaving the hosts aside, who are the big winners and losers in the London 2012 medal table?
China have continued their dominance, which began at their own home games in Beijing four years ago.
But the biggest disappointment has come from traditional powerhouse the United States, who slid down the Paralympics medal table despite regaining their number one status at the Olympics.
Elsewhere, Russia, Ukraine and Australia have all produced healthy medal hauls to cheer their nations.
Here, BBC Sport assesses the achievements of a number of countries and how their relative success or failure has been perceived at home.
MEDALS AT LONDON 2012: 95 golds, 71 silvers and 65 bronzes
MEDALS AT BEIJING: 89 golds, 70 silvers and 52 bronzes
PERCEPTION: The London Paralympics has been met with a lot of enthusiasm in China. The country has around 82 million disabled people so there is a big audience.
Chinese state media sent out a 100-strong team of journalists to cover the London Games.
And it is clear from Chinese social media that many young people have been eager to find out about Team China's progress.
HOW'S IT GONE? China has triumphed again at the Paralympics, after topping the medal tables in both Athens and Beijing.
The country won the first gold medal of the London Games in rifle shooting and on Thursday celebrated its 300th Paralympic gold medal, won by Zhao Xu in the men's 100m-T46 final.
Its team was smaller than in Beijing but highly successful across a range of sports nonetheless.
TOP PERFORMING ATHLETE: China has so many Paralympic stars but one of the stand-out performances came from the youngest athlete in the team.
Swimmer Yang Yang is only 15 years old but marked his Games debut by bagging four gold medals.
He also broke the world record in the men's 50m backstroke S2 category.
WHAT THEY SAID: Chinese coach Zhang Honggu (as quoted by Xinhua news agency): "China has developed fast in recent years and the government and people attach great importance to disabled people, which guarantees high-level systematic training for all the Paralympians. All our Paralympians train hard and they are eager to show their power in high-level competitions."
MEDALS AT LONDON 2012: 31 golds, 29 silvers and 38 bronzes
MEDALS AT BEIJING: 36 golds, 35 silvers and 28 bronzes
PERCEPTION: The Paralympics have received scant attention in the US.
The country was saturated with Olympic coverage last month, but amid the start of the American football season and the final few weeks of the baseball season, television viewers had other sport to watch.
NBC, the official US broadcaster, did not air the opening ceremony and only showed about five-and-a-half hours of sport, none of it live.
HOW'S IT GONE? The US finished sixth in the Paralympic medal count.
If Americans were paying more attention, they might be disappointed to learn that rivals China won more than three times as many Paralympic gold medals.
Most news coverage has focused not on results or the medal chase, but on human interest stories or curiosities, with headlines such as "Shark attack survivor wins bronze" - the tale about South African swimmer Achmat Hassiem.
TOP PERFORMING ATHLETE: Swimmer Jessica Long, 20, won five gold medals, two silvers and a bronze.
Long, who was born in Siberia and raised in Baltimore, was born without most of the bones in her feet.
WHAT THEY SAID: Josh George, US wheelchair racer, in the New York Times: "Even more amazing than the fact that Londoners have opened their arms and hearts to the Paralympics is the fact that they are interested in us for our athletic ability, not the fact that we don't spend every day in our rooms crying about the fact that we can't walk, or are missing a limb or two."
MEDALS AT LONDON 2012: 36 golds, 38 silvers and 28 bronzes
MEDALS AT BEIJING: 18 golds, 23 silvers and 22 bronzes
PERCEPTION: Even though the Russian team performed well, there was only brief coverage in the Russian media.
But attitudes are changing, something that Russia's strong performance in London will help. The Paralympic Games are gradually becoming a source of national pride, and the government are playing their part in that.
For instance, the government will pay substantial cash prizes which are equal to those won by successful Olympians.
HOW'S IT GONE? Russia's performance was perhaps the biggest surprise of the Paralympics as the nation climbed to second in the medals table.
This was a huge improvement from Beijing, when Russia finished eighth with 63 medals, 18 of which were gold.
In London, the number of golds doubled to 36, while the overall medals tally climbed to 102. Most of those medals came in athletics and swimming.
TOP PERFORMING ATHLETE: Without doubt, Russia's top Paralympian in London was Oxana Savchenko. The 21-year-old swimmer won gold in all five of her events, to add to the three she gained in Beijing four years ago.
WHAT THEY SAID: Vladimir Lukin, the president of Russia's Paralympic committee: "Before the Paralympics, we didn't promise medals. After Beijing, we decided to try to get into the elite of the Paralympic sport - and we have done it."
MEDALS AT LONDON 2012: 32 golds, 23 silvers and 30 bronzes
MEDALS AT BEIJING: 23 golds, 29 silvers and 27 bronzes
PERCEPTION: The Paralympics have received widespread coverage in Australian media, with multiple stories each day on the highs and lows of athletes' performances, and more than 100 hours of televised coverage.
Considerable pride is being shown in Australia's Paralympic achievements and the way the country has invested in its sportsmen and women.
HOW'S IT GONE? Australia surpassed its haul of 23 gold medals from Beijing with three days of competition remaining.
It is something the Australian media was quick to highlight, and follows the country's strong showing at the last four Paralympic Games.
The country's swimmers have shone, but gold medals have also come in sailing, cycling and on the track.
TOP PERFORMING ATHLETE: Two names have stood out - Jacqueline Freney, the 20-year-old swimmer who has become Australia's most successful Paralympian at a single Games. She ended with eight gold medals in the pool.
The other is Matthew Cowdrey, another swimmer who has become the first Australian man to win the same event - the 100m freestyle S9 - at three different Games.
WHAT THEY SAID: Jacqueline Freney, after winning her seventh of her eight gold medals: "It is just unbelievable how good this meet has been."
MEDALS AT LONDON 2012: 32 golds, 24 silvers and 28 bronzes
MEDALS AT BEIJING: 24 golds, 18 silvers and 32 bronzes
PERCEPTION: After Ukraine's incredible success in Beijing, the media started paying attention to the Paralympics but the level of coverage remains way below that enjoyed by the country's Olympians, even though they are less successful.
Ukraine's main TV channel showed some of the action from London, though, mainly athletics and swimming, in which most of the country's medals came.
Slowly but surely, Ukraine's Paralympians are becoming the pride of the nation. The government has recognised this, paying substantial cash prizes to medallists.
HOW'S IT GONE? After causing a surprise by finishing fourth in the medals table in Beijing, Ukraine cemented its status as one of the strongest contenders in Paralympic sport.
A tally of 32 golds in London comfortably surpassed the total of four years ago, and suggests there is a strong base on which to build for Rio.
Ukraine's Paralympians proved far more successful in London than their Olympic counterparts, who won only six golds.
TOP PERFORMING ATHLETE: At the age of 31, swimmer Nataliia Prologaieva made a fantastic Paralympic debut. She got four medals - three gold and one silver - dedicating all of her wins to her two sons, who were supporting her back home in Ukraine.
WHAT THEY SAID: Swimmer Oleksii Fedyna, who won a gold and a bronze in London: "The Ukrainian team is a lot stronger, and their results keep getting better. The spectator support was very good. Thank you England - London has been the best Games."
London 2012 saw swimmer turned cyclist Sarah Storey ride into the record books, equalling the 11 career gold medals won by Britain's top modern-day Paralympians Baroness Tanni-Grey Thompson and Dave Roberts.
Sprinter Jonnie Peacock, aged 19, beat three-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius to become the fastest amputee sprinter in the world. Peacock took the 100m T44 gold in a world-record time.
Among a host of heroes, wheelchair athlete David Weir collected four golds - proving as adept in the 800m as in the marathon - while Ellie Simmonds was twice a Paralympic champion in the pool.
Great Britain won a record 120 Paralympic medals in London, a rise from 102 in Beijing - although the number of golds fell from 42 to 34, and with it came a drop from second to third in the medals table.
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, 11-time Paralympic champion:
"The overall performance has been good, although I think the medal target was tough.
"Great Britain won some unexpected medals, while some established athletes who were expected to win did not.
"Tennis player Peter Norfolk and rower Tom Aggar did not do as well as they should have but equestrian pair Natasha Baker and Sophie Christiansen were both successful.
"It was good to see the younger people come through. It makes me feel positive for Rio and beyond."
Marc Woods, four-time Paralympic swimming gold medallist:
"As a whole Great Britain have done pretty well, but there have been some disappointing performances.
"There have been people who have come here and have not swum lifetime bests and I think if you come to a home Games and don't do that then that has to be a disappointment.
"Whether it is because people have been unlucky with illness and injury or whether their focus and commitments have been elsewhere is difficult to say.
"But I think there are at least four swimmers who did not deliver and could have made up the different between the gold medals won in Beijing and here in London."
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The Paralympics have been a huge success for Great Britain, and not only within the sporting arenas.
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Lewandowski volleyed into the top corner to open the scoring before striking from close range.
Bayern scored four goals after the interval, Lewandowski making it 3-0 before Thiago struck.
Lewandowski then completed his hat-trick, with Muller getting the sixth.
Bayern are 13 points clear at the top with eight games remaining.
Poland striker Lewandowski now has 24 league goals of the season, while Muller was twice denied by the woodwork before he scored his first goal.
Carlo Ancelotti handed keeper Sven Ulreich a rare start after Manuel Neuer underwent surgery on a foot injury.
Ulreich was rarely tested as Bayern clocked up a fifth straight league clean sheet win.
Bayern's next match is away to third-placed Hoffenheim on Tuesday (19:00 BST).
Match ends, FC Bayern München 6, FC Augsburg 0.
Second Half ends, FC Bayern München 6, FC Augsburg 0.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Tim Rieder.
Attempt blocked. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Franck Ribéry.
Attempt blocked. Dominik Kohr (FC Augsburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dong-Won Ji.
Offside, FC Bayern München. Arjen Robben tries a through ball, but Franck Ribéry is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Georg Teigl (FC Augsburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dong-Won Ji.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Philipp Max.
Christoph Janker (FC Augsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! FC Bayern München 6, FC Augsburg 0. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jérôme Boateng.
Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tim Rieder (FC Augsburg).
Substitution, FC Augsburg. Jonathan Schmid replaces Paul Verhaegh.
Goal! FC Bayern München 5, FC Augsburg 0. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) header from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
Attempt saved. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jérôme Boateng.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Gojko Kacar.
Offside, FC Bayern München. Renato Sanches tries a through ball, but Robert Lewandowski is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Kevin Danso (FC Augsburg) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Philipp Max with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Rafinha (FC Bayern München).
Halil Altintop (FC Augsburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Renato Sanches (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
Offside, FC Augsburg. Paul Verhaegh tries a through ball, but Georg Teigl is caught offside.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Rafinha replaces Mats Hummels.
Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Georg Teigl (FC Augsburg).
Attempt blocked. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juan Bernat.
Attempt missed. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Arjen Robben.
Attempt missed. Dong-Won Ji (FC Augsburg) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Philipp Max.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Renato Sanches replaces Thiago Alcántara.
Thiago Alcántara (FC Bayern München) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Arjen Robben.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Arjen Robben replaces Kingsley Coman.
Goal! FC Bayern München 4, FC Augsburg 0. Thiago Alcántara (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
Goal! FC Bayern München 3, FC Augsburg 0. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Franck Ribéry with a through ball.
Foul by Mats Hummels (FC Bayern München).
Halil Altintop (FC Augsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
Corner, FC Augsburg. Conceded by Thomas Müller.
Foul by Jérôme Boateng (FC Bayern München).
Halil Altintop (FC Augsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Second Half begins FC Bayern München 2, FC Augsburg 0.
The warrant was issued late on Friday, said Karin Rosander, communications head at Sweden's prosecutors' office.
Swedish police have been trying to contact Mr Assange, but have not yet been able to, she told the BBC.
Wikileaks, criticised for leaking Afghan war documents, quoted him saying the allegations were "without basis".
The message, which appeared on Twitter and was attributed directly to Mr Assange, said the appearance of the allegations "at this moment is deeply disturbing".
In a series of other messages posted on the Wikileaks Twitter feed, the whistle-blowing website said: "No-one here has been contacted by Swedish police", and that it had been warned to expect "dirty tricks".
Last month, Wikileaks published more than 75,000 secret US military documents on the war in Afghanistan.
US authorities criticised the leak, saying it could put the lives of coalition soldiers and Afghans, especially informers, at risk.
Mr Assange has said that Wikileaks is intending to release a further 15,000 documents in the coming weeks.
Ms Rosander said there were two separate allegations against Mr Assange, one of rape and the other of molestation.
She gave no details of the accusations. She said that as far as she knew they related to alleged incidents that took place in Sweden.
Media reports say Mr Assange was in Sweden last week to talk about his work and defend the decision by Wikileaks to publish the Afghan war logs.
The allegations were first reported in the Swedish newspaper Expressen.
The blog, published on 5 April, details the history of the 114-room mansion, which is often described as Mr Trump's "winter White House".
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Oregon Senator Ron Wyden accused the state department of promoting Mr Trump's "private club".
The department has issued no comment.
In her tweet, Ms Pelosi wrote: "Why is @realDonaldTrump's State Dept promoting the President's private club? #Trump100Days."
Meanwhile, Sen Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, wrote: "Yes, I am curious @StateDept. Why are taxpayer $$ promoting the President's private country club?"
State department spokesman Mark Toner was not aware of the post when the issue was raised by the media on Monday, CNN reports.
The blog post says that "Mar-a-Lago, President Trump's Florida estate, has become well known as the president frequently travels there to work or host foreign leaders".
Mr Trump has hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the resort.
The post also states that Mr Trump "is not the first president to have access to Mar-a-Lago as a Florida retreat, but he is the first one to use it.
"By visiting this 'winter White House,' Trump is belatedly fulfilling the dream of Mar-a-Lago's original owner and designer."
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Since taking office, the president has spent seven weekends at Mar-a-Lago, which he bought in 1985 and turned into a private members club.
His visits have led to concerns over costs and mixing business with politics.
The club has raised its initiation fees from from $100,000 to $200,000 (£78,190-156,380) following Mr Trump's election.
Since Mr Trump's inauguration, Democratic groups and ethics watchdogs have been monitoring whether there has been a potential conflict of interest that could benefit his business holdings while he is in office.
In December, Mr Trump announced that he planned to shut his charitable foundation, although an investigation into its practices continues.
The Highways Agency has proposed new flyovers and underpasses at the Markeaton, Little Eaton and Kingsway roundabouts along the A38.
Consultation on the plans ended on Friday with more than 1,000 people attending sessions since February.
Assistant project manager, Kenny Guihen, said they had received more views than normally expected.
"It was very successful. Way more than what you normally expect with these things," he said.
"There is a lot to go through, but there is a recognition for the need of something to be done."
He said the next stage was now to go through the responses and work on a design for the scheme.
"Everything they said in the consultation will be considered in the future designs and proposals because nothing has been decided on yet," said Mr Guihen.
"We will take the comments on board and give people the scheme they want."
Similar plans for the A38 were originally suggested in the 1970s, but flyovers were rejected because of their visual impact on nearby park land.
The Highways Agency said the £4m roadworks carried out at the Little Eaton roundabout last year were "an interim solution" to keep traffic flowing through Derby until the proposed scheme was in place.
Joseph Harvey, of Sea Cliff Road, Scarborough, was sentenced on Monday to 12-and-a-half years in prison for offences including attempted rape and sexual assault.
The 62-year-old denied 18 charges at his trial at Sheffield Crown Court earlier this year but was found guilty.
The attacks happened in the Doncaster area.
South Yorkshire Police said the sentence reflected "the gravity of his offending".
Det Con Brian Thompson said: "While he pleaded guilty to some of the offences, he still put his victims through further trauma and distress by taking this to trial.
"I hope that the sentence handed to Harvey offers his victims reassurance and closure that, after so many years, their abuser is finally behind bars for his despicable crimes."
People's Daily and Global Times say the Western media have placed "disproportionately high" attention on Boston compared with terrorist attacks in Iraq and elsewhere or the earthquake on the Iran-Pakistan border.
Ta Kung Pao, a Hong Kong Beijing-backed daily, tells the US that its biggest threat is from terrorism, not China, and stresses that the Pacific is big enough to accommodate China and the US.
It accuses US President Barack Obama of turning China into a "new enemy" by expanding its military presence in Asia and boosting military alliances with Asian countries.
The majority of mainland state media continue to stay silent on the identity of Dorothy Lu Lingzi, a Chinese student from north-east Shenyang, who was one of three people killed by the Boston marathon bombings.
This has fuelled even more speculation among internet users on whether the student was the daughter of a "naked official" - a reference to officials who transfer assets and their families overseas.
Beijing News commentator Yang Gengshen criticises how photos and the identity of the student are already widespread on the internet.
He says netizens speculating over the student's identity are being "disrespectful" towards the request for anonymity from the deceased's family.
Shenyang Evening News says local residents held a candlelight vigil for "Little Lu" last night.
Shenyang Daily recounts how her last microblog entry on Monday showed a photo of bread and fruit and the message, "My wonderful breakfast". Over 25,000 condolence messages were posted on the entry.
"I had not thought that this would be your last breakfast," read one. Another said: "May you rest in peace," South China Morning Post reports.
Commentator Cao Lin of China Youth Daily denounces a minority of netizens as "human scum" for gloating over the attack, but stresses that the vast majority of internet users have expressed condolences to the victims and to the US.
In military news, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has warned the armed forces to guard against mainland Chinese cyber-attacks or attempts to lure spies through money or sex, Liberty Times reports.
While watching the island's first live-fire drill since 2008 at the annual Han Kuang military exercises on the outlying Pescadores on Wednesday, Mr Ma also declared that Taiwan would not "concede one step" in a sovereignty dispute with Japan over islands known as the Diaoyu in Chinese and Senkaku in Japanese.
Mainland Chinese internet users expressed disappointment after China Central Television reported that two People's Liberation Army navy ships had only patrolled non-disputed waters around 70 nautical miles from the disputed islands on the sensitive anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki with Japan on Wednesday.
South China Morning Post says the users' comments were later deleted from Sina news portal.
Health authorities are testing a family infected by H7N9 in Shanghai for human-to-human transmission of the new bird flu strain, The Beijing News reports.
The family is an 87-year-old man who died from bird flu on 4 March, along with one of his sons who died of pneumonia who tested negative for the virus.
The man's elder son recovered after contracting the H7N9 virus. However test results of the younger son are not available, says China Daily.
China's media regulator, the General Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, has issued a circular banning journalists from quoting foreign media or websites and newsmakers without "prior verification", Xinhua news agency reports.
The tighter restrictions have triggered an outcry from Chinese internet users and international media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders.
After a breakdown in negotiations with contractors, striking Hong Kong dockers demanding higher pay on Wednesday moved their camp from Kwai Tsing Container Terminal to outside Cheung Kong Centre, Ming Pao report.
The building is the headquarters of Asia's richest man, Li Ka-shing, who owns strike-hit port operator Hong Kong International Terminals.
Finally, donors are flocking to China's first breast milk bank in Guangzhou that was set up in March to help feed premature babies and sick infants, Yangcheng Evening News reports.
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On the other hand, maybe he isn't dead, according to the University of Westminster in London, where he was a student, and the Information Commissioner's Office.
This question is at the heart of a freedom of information (FOI) dispute between the university and the BBC. The Information Commissioner has now backed the university.
After this was reported, the commissioner's office issued further justification for its stance, arguing that there is no definite proof that the Mohammed Emwazi who attended the university is the same one identified as "Jihadi John".
This stems from an FOI request made in February by my BBC colleague Chris Vallance, a Radio 4 reporter, who asked the university for all the electronic records it had about Emwazi.
He wanted to see whether they would shed light on his past character, any contact with the authorities, and how and why he became radicalised.
It has been widely reported that Emwazi studied computer science at Westminster from 2006 to 2009. Part of his academic file had already been leaked and published in the media.
The university sent Chris copies of some emails from their vice-chancellor's office referring to the discovery that "Jihadi John" had been one of their students, and the resulting "intensive global media interest" and "deeply inflammatory external environment".
But they refused to disclose his personal records on the grounds that he could still be alive, despite the fact that the US military said it had killed Emwazi in a drone strike in the Syrian city of Raqqa in November 2015.
Emwazi featured prominently in several gruesome recordings of beheadings of captured Western hostages. He was not a significant military commander within the IS group, but his role in the propaganda videos made him an important symbolic target.
In December, President Obama named Emwazi as one of a number of leaders of the IS group or operatives that the US had been "taking out" and "removed".
The American assertion has been backed by UK-based Syrian human rights activists who said they were in contact with sources in Raqqa.
And in January 2016, the IS group itself apparently confirmed his death, publishing an obituary of Emwazi in their online magazine, Dabiq.
However, all this evidence was considered insufficient by the university management, who maintained: "To date, no authoritative confirmation or evidence has been given to the university, or made public, that the student known to the University of Westminster as Mohammed Emwazi is now dead.
"Without any firm evidence or authoritative official confirmation that Mohammed Emwazi is definitely deceased, the university maintains that the information requested remains bound by data protection restrictions."
Under the Data Protection Act, personal information can be disclosed only where this would be processing it "fairly", but the law applies to "living individuals" only.
The Information Commissioner's official guidance stresses that it cannot be used to limit the publication of information about the deceased.
Following an appeal by the BBC, the university's stance has now been backed by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). It has issued a decision stating that "the commissioner agrees with the university's approach".
The ICO initially refused to clarify the reasons for its ruling, but later released additional material which it had kept secret in a confidential annex to its published decision.
This states: "There is no way of the university knowing for absolute definite that the Mohammed Emwazi it may hold records for is the same Mohammed Emwazi named in the request and the same person responsible for the crimes reported."
The suggestion that they are the same person has been generally accepted and widely reported in the media by the BBC and others.
An ICO spokesperson said: "The FOI Act is designed to promote transparency and openness, but is also balanced to avoid the inappropriate release of personal information. Anyone who is not happy with a decision can appeal to the information rights tribunal."
A University of Westminster spokesperson said: "We are complying with our legal obligations and the ICO decision confirms that this is the correct approach."
The university responded to the revelation last year that "Jihadi John" had been a former student by commissioning an independent report that examined how it tackled Islamic extremism within the student population.
The university has since instituted a new policy on external speakers, and created a programme of extended pastoral care and enhanced staff training.
Organisers said the Manx International Cycling Grand Prix held will see more than 140 professional riders compete.
Co-Director Richard Fletcher said the event will "showcase the island ahead of a second bid to host the British Cycling National Road Championships".
The island narrowly lost out to Stockton-on-Tees in its bid to host the 2016 Championships.
At the time British Cycling said it had been a "tough decision", but the fact Stockton has previously hosted a National Series event was a "contributing factor".
British Cycling's Jonny Clay said it had been "hard to choose between two strong bids".
Mr Fletcher added: "We have taken their feedback on board and we hope this new event will clearly demonstrate our ability to host a large scale cycling event.
"It will hopefully prove we can handle the logistics and have the roads to handle the national championships."
The new Isle of Man event will include both men's and women's races.
A three-lap men's race (113 miles) will form part of the British Cycling National Elite Road Race Series and the two-lap (75.5 mile) National Women Elite Road Race Series.
Clerk of the course Ollie Last said: "It will be a historic and long overdue return for professional cycling to the island with all the leading British teams taking part."
Amongst those in the men's field will be Team Sky's Ben Swift, along with Olympic gold medallist Ed Clancy and Ian Bibby.
Mr Fletcher said with the backing of government, the Isle of Man plans to host the event for two years before potentially submitting another bid to host the nationals in 2018.
The Isle of Man has produced the last two men's national road race champions in Peter Kennaugh and Mark Cavendish.
The island has a rich cycling history, having previously hosted rounds of both the National Series and National Championships as part of International Cycling Week.
Past winners include Tom Simpson, Steve Joughin, and David Millar.
The event will get under way at 13:25 BST from the TT grandstand on Sunday.
After the ill-fated decision to appoint David Moyes as successor to Sir Alex Ferguson, the former Netherlands coach brought a measure of stability, albeit without silverware, and a place in the Premier League's top four.
It has proved an inglorious, embarrassing comeback to Europe's elite tournament; United not even scrambling out of the group stage after defeat by Wolfsburg in Germany on Tuesday.
It will come as a huge shock to United's hierarchy, as well as Van Gaal, that they will have their noses pressed up against the Champions League window when it resumes in 2016.
The feeling inside Old Trafford was qualification would have been assured before they even reached the industrial heartland of Wolfsburg for the finale. This was a vain hope.
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United's elimination came after a valiant showing against Wolfsburg but a colourless performance in the home game against PSV Eindhoven left them with a hurdle that was too high to negotiate.
That poor show was more representative of United than any of the small positives that can be taken away from their final, decisive game.
This was not a testing group for a team of United's financial and footballing stature - and Van Gaal cannot realistically be taken seriously if he tells any hard luck stories.
United were as good in attack as they have been throughout the group stages in Germany but they defended abysmally and ultimately did not deserve to reach the knockout phase.
And, with growing discontent among United's support about Van Gaal's pragmatic style, the prospect of preparing for Europa League action on Thursday nights will not improve his standing.
There is no suggestion that even a failure of this significance will put Van Gaal's position in jeopardy, but to have spent in excess of £250m and slipped out so tamely is bound to raise questions about how comfortable a fit he is for the demands of Old Trafford.
It is fully expected Van Gaal will see out the final 18 months of his contract but football is a fluid game and he will need big results between now and the end of the season to stem rising unhappiness about United's style of play.
In Van Gaal's defence, it should be pointed out that United have suffered a dreadful run of injuries, from the moment in-form Luke Shaw broke his leg in the opening group defeat against PSV. Wayne Rooney was also missing in Germany, along with defenders Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo as well as midfield man Ander Herrera.
It was still startling, however, to see Michael Carrick's experience ignored until he came on for the labouring Bastian Schweinsteiger and the almost missing-in-action and forgotten Nick Powell replacing Juan Mata when goals were needed.
Van Gaal has perhaps not been given the credit he deserves for stabilising United and restoring them to the top four last season but, given the continued outlay, the veteran coach needs to improve on that and give the club a return on their vast investment.
The Dutchman, unlike Moyes before him, sounds full of conviction with every statement he makes. The big problem he has is his team are utterly unconvincing.
Barring the steepest of declines, the full intention of Old Trafford's power brokers is to keep Van Gaal until the end of his contract in 2017. Results like Tuesday's, however, may well mean they will train their eyes even more keenly on who will succeed him.
It would stretch credibility to breaking point to believe United's top brass have not given some thought to who will be the next man in the manager's office at Carrington.
Former AC Milan, Paris St-Germain, Chelsea and Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti is out of work and has admitted he would like to work in the Premier League again. The name of Pep Guardiola will entice any Premier League club as he considers his future at Bayern Munich.
The solutions may yet be found closer to home and those graduates from Ferguson and youth coach Eric Harrison's famous 'Class of 92'.
Ryan Giggs is the quietest second fiddle around - a seemingly silent partner to the single-minded, almost dictatorial Van Gaal, but events elsewhere in the past few days have perhaps shifted emphasis significantly.
While Giggs is regarded as having made progress by some within the club in his assistant's role - although it is hard to see how he can endorse the current playing style given his Old Trafford upbringing - there is no doubt those inside the club will be keeping a close eye on how Gary Neville develops having taken over at Valencia, with his brother Phil on his backroom staff.
Another member of that famous group, Paul Scholes, has emerged as one of the fiercest critics of the Van Gaal regime - so it is perhaps Neville's ascent that has given this narrative its most interesting twist.
As with Giggs, Neville knows United, knows the Premier League and the club would still be an attraction for any manager of ambition and quality.
So while there is no heat on Van Gaal, that is unlikely to stop those in control at United thinking of the framework for the future.
The first priority is to get back to winning ways at Bournemouth this weekend in the Premier League - then devise his strategy for the rest of the season.
While the immediate prospect of the Europa League is not appetising, with former United defender Rio Ferdinand describing the notion of those Thursday night games as "embarrassing", it may yet form a crucial part of United's season.
Van Gaal must weigh up the possibility of not taking it seriously, knowing Premier League rivals such as Liverpool and Tottenham have already proved they will, against its possible impact on league form.
Will involvement help or hinder United's Premier League campaign? It is currently an imponderable and a trophy in the cabinet is still enough to warm the hearts of most disgruntled fans.
It is a tough balancing act, particularly as Van Gaal is wrestling with that injury list - Chris Smalling the latest casualty as he limped through those closing minutes in Wolfsburg.
United are only three points off the Premier League summit, so have the chance of being genuine challengers in an unpredictable season, but Van Gaal must find the way to balance his team between attack and defence.
They have the best defensive record in the league, conceding only 10, but have scored only 20 - 12 fewer than leaders Leicester City.
In 53 league games Van Gaal has overseen seven 0-0 draws - at a percentage of 13.21% that is over twice that of Ferguson (5.56%) and Moyes (5.88%).
This was one of many puzzles Van Gaal had to solve as the devastated and dispirited United party flew out of Germany and into the perceived oblivion of the Europa League.
United supporters like to sing about their standing as "The pride of all Europe" - the truth of the matter is they were not even that in the latter days of Ferguson's regime and this exit simply underlines their reduced status.
United last won the Champions League against Chelsea in 2008, but further final appearances against Barcelona in 2009 and 2011 ended with Ferguson's side utterly outclassed on both occasions. They did not even made it out of the group stage in 2011-2012.
Since those days, Europe's elite such as Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and now even Paris St-Germain have got away from United.
The European decline has been setting in for years, so perhaps this campaign was simply another reality check.
United's name does not strike fear into Europe's top teams these days and, on the evidence of this doomed group stage, will not daunt the bigger names in the Europa League either.
The feeling inside Old Trafford is that, in terms of priority, the Premier League makes up 80% of their season and Europe the remaining 20%. Everyone at Manchester United must hope, for their sakes, that Van Gaal can make the sums add up.
Edwards arrives at the League One club after full-back Christian Ribeiro required surgery on an ankle injury.
The 30-year-old was a regular in Burton's side which secured automatic promotion from League One last season.
"The opportunity came up to get some game time and that was behind the move," he told BBC Radio Oxford. "I'm looking forward to getting out there."
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In shareholders' first chance to react to Tuesday night's results, the stock plunged more than 14.5% to $31.24, the lowest level in a year for the microblogging site.
The drop came despite Twitter reporting better-than-expected revenues and earnings for the second quarter.
Analysts said the firm's honesty over its problems had made investors wary.
"There's not going to be a a material reversal in trends anytime soon. They were extremely candid about that. That's why the stock is down," MCH analyst James Cakmak told the BBC.
Despite the negative investor reaction, Mr Cakmak said the firm's openness was "evidence of a focus" that was not there previously, which he said provided "comfort" over its future direction.
But in general, Wall Street analysts reacted negatively, with an estimated 18 brokerages cutting their estimates of the shares' valuation to as low as $30.
That is significantly below the $38.80 price at which the shares debuted on the US stock market in 2013.
Investors' main concern remains user growth, with active users rising to 316 million in the three months to June, just a slight increase on the 308 million in the first quarter.
While chief financial officer Anthony Noto acknowledged the problem - saying people were still not clear why they should use Twitter, and that it was still too difficult for people to use - analysts are still not convinced the firm will be able to fix its problems.
"In essence, it must go from being a one-product company to an ecosystem and this will require a radical shift in strategy from where the company is today," said Edison Investment Research analyst Richard Windsor.
And RBC analyst Mark Mahaney said improvements in revenues would not be enough to help it grow in the long term.
"That's why monthly average user growth matters. That's why user and usage metrics matter," he said.
The other fear for investors is that the firm has still failed to appoint a permanent new chief executive after previous boss Dick Costolo stepped down.
Co-founder Jack Dorsey started as interim chief executive at the start of this month, but Mr Cakmak warned it made the firm's long-term direction uncertain.
"What's the new chief executive's game plan? We don't know," he said.
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It took just six minutes for League Two Blackpool to assert their superiority, as Brad Potts' sweeping cross found Matt at the far post, and the striker nodded home from just three yards.
The hosts came close to doubling the lead before the half hour through Potts, who was twice denied by Laurie Walker, saving low at his near post before pushing away a 20-yard strike.
But Brackley, who knocked out Gillingham in round one, showed enough in the first half to trouble the hosts.
Lee Ndlovu's 12-yard effort was deflected wide after 11 minutes and they were denied by the woodwork on the stroke of half-time as Clark Robertson nearly put past his own keeper.
And they began the second half on top, as Ndlovu went through one-on-one with Sam Slocombe, but the Blackpool keeper saved with his legs.
Brackley continued to threaten and in the 78th minute Glenn Walker's curling dead-ball was headed across goal - and Tom Aldred had to clear off the line to secure Blackpool's progression.
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Match ends, Blackpool 1, Brackley Town 0.
Second Half ends, Blackpool 1, Brackley Town 0.
Attempt saved. Matt Lowe (Brackley Town) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Matt Lowe (Brackley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Aldred (Blackpool).
Corner, Brackley Town. Conceded by Brad Potts.
Foul by James Armson (Brackley Town).
Tom Aldred (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Armand Gnanduillet (Blackpool).
Gareth Dean (Brackley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Pitt (Brackley Town).
Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Brackley Town. David Moyo replaces Steve Diggin.
Substitution, Brackley Town. David Pitt replaces Lee Ndlovu.
Foul by Mark Yeates (Blackpool).
Shane Byrne (Brackley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Brackley Town. Matt Lowe replaces Luke Graham.
Tom Aldred (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Steve Diggin (Brackley Town).
Substitution, Blackpool. Jim McAlister replaces Kyle Vassell because of an injury.
Delay in match Kyle Vassell (Blackpool) because of an injury.
Foul by Armand Gnanduillet (Blackpool).
Ellis Myles (Brackley Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Armand Gnanduillet (Blackpool).
Gareth Dean (Brackley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Kyle Vassell (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Luke Graham (Brackley Town).
Foul by Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool).
James Armson (Brackley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Yeates (Blackpool).
Gareth Dean (Brackley Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Blackpool. Armand Gnanduillet replaces Jamille Matt.
Foul by Gareth Dean (Brackley Town).
Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Brackley Town. Conceded by Kelvin Mellor.
Attempt saved. Kyle Vassell (Blackpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. James Armson (Brackley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Brackley Town. Conceded by Tom Aldred.
Foul by Jamille Matt (Blackpool).
Luke Graham (Brackley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Regent Street Cinema was the first place to show a film in the UK, the Lumiere brothers' Cinematographe, which toured the world in 1896.
Their moving picture included boats going into a harbour, workers coming out of a factory and a train coming into a station, similar to the modern slow TV movement.
It was also where the first X-rated film, La Vie Commence Demain, or Life Begins Tomorrow, featuring Picasso, atomic bombs and a rabbit dissection, was shown in Britain in 1951.
And before the days of ubiquitous TV sets, international broadcasting and Twitter, newsreels were shown during World War Two to Londoners whose loved ones were away fighting.
Now, the cinema has been rebuilt in an art-deco style by architect Tim Ronalds after it was closed to be used for lectures by its owner, the University of Westminster, in 1980.
The £6.1m restoration project opening to the public features a new programme aiming to include independent British cinema, young directors and film-makers from London.
It largely features art-house films, many in double bills linked by themes such as gritty British realism, dry Swedish comedies, women and alienation, and American independents.
"It needs to be an energetic cutting-edge programme," says the cinema's director, Shira MacLeod.
"I don't want it to be pretentious in any way. I want it to be the kind of place you can come on your own and sit through two films."
When the cinema was first up and running, the films were silent. It had a backstage area where people would play instruments and an organ to provide music and sound effects.
The original organ remains in the cinema, behind the screen, and has keys with sound effects such as a steam trains, and lay bells.
"I would love to show Metropolis with a live soundtrack - it's very city-focused - or Piccadilly, a silent film about London," Ms MacLeod adds.
After the Lumiere brothers, the venue featured another filmmaker Alfred West, who made films about the Navy and the Army, with sound effects.
It then became a place to showcase films about travel abroad around the turn of last century, says the university's archivist Claire Brunnen.
Such films, in some cases wildly fictitious, were presented as semi-documentaries and often had sound effects recorded at London zoo.
Many have been rediscovered and heralded for their meditative, transcendental qualities, with rock band British Sea Power recording a soundtrack for the Man of Aran, says assistant archivist at the University of Westminster Anna McNally.
The cinema also became well-known for showing premieres, such as Lawrence Olivier's Three Sisters. It even featured in a book, Margaret Drabble's The Millstone, says Ms McNally.
She adds: "There was nowhere like it. This really was the first place to show films."
A spell in the middle of last century after the notorious screening of La Vie Commence Demain saw one critic call the cinema the place to see "films on the edge of the art and sex boundary".
Its breaking of the X-rating criteria was followed by many rather blue movies, dressed up as art, says Ms McNally.
This reached dizzying heights in the 1970s, when the space became used for musical theatre, such as the play 'Let My People Come', where the whole cast was naked.
The play ran for five years, such was its success.
Can we expect more nudity this time around?
"We could certainly have a season of films about sex in the cinema," says Ms MacLeod.
The facility was built to hold nearly 700 prisoners, but the league's report found the Category B site had more than 1,200 inmates at the end of January.
The charity found that 64 of the 75 Category B and Category C men's prisons in England and Wales had more inmates than they were designed to hold.
Leicester had 361 prisoners instead of 214 and Wandsworth was 663 over.
The league analysed Ministry of Justice (MoJ) data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
The prison population rose from 83,062 to 83,680, across the period looked at. Overcrowding was also particularly bad in Exeter, Preston, Durham and Doncaster prisons, the league said.
Prisoners have been "doubled-up" or "trebled-up" - two or three prisoners in a cell designed for one - increasingly often, according to the data.
The league said that on a typical day, almost 19,000 prisoners were doubled-up and about 800 were trebled-up.
Source: The Howard League for Penal Reform
Chief Executive Frances Crook said: "Far too many people are being sent into already overcrowded jails and the need to stem the flow is now urgent.
"Government must get a grip on a prison system in crisis that is feeding the crime problem and creating more victims."
Prisons minister Andrew Selous said: "We always have enough space within our prisons to accommodate all offenders and will never be in a position where we can't imprison those sentenced by the courts.
"All prisons have safe population levels and published statistics show that crowding is at its lowest levels since 2007/08."
Computer tycoon Mel Morris was an early investor in King Digital Entertainment, the firm behind the smash-hit game.
He used some of the millions he made to buy Championship club Derby County.
The businessman, who was born and raised in Derby, is being honoured for services to business and charitable services.
Launched five years ago, Candy Crush Saga has become one of the most successful video games of all time.
In addition, Mr Morris has also launched a number of technology companies, including dating website Udate and internet security firm Prevx.
He acquired a 22% stake in the Rams in May 2014 and bought out the club's previous owners the following year.
His contribution to charitable causes includes buying a £1.2m robotic surgeon for the Royal Derby Hospital.
He also supported the Colin Bloomfield Melanoma Appeal, set up in memory of the BBC Radio Derby broadcaster who died from skin cancer in 2015.
Simon Hall, 36, was found hanged at Wayland Prison, Norfolk, in 2014, a year after confessing to killing Joan Albert in 2003.
A nurse told the inquest "no evidence of mental illness had been displayed".
But, the jury also heard Hall told a prison officer about suicide attempts although details were not passed on.
Nurse Tatenda Gotora said she registered Hall on his arrival at Wayland, in September 2013.
When asked if he had a history of drug abuse, mental health problems or had self-harmed in the past, he answered no to all three questions, she told Norfolk Coroner's Court.
However, the hearing was later told Hall had previously taken several overdoses at Hollesley Bay open prison, near Woodbridge.
After learning of Hall's mental health history later that day, Ms Gotora informed the prison's primary mental health team.
Nurse Bridget Diallo, of the primary mental health team, confirmed she saw Hall the day after his arrival to carry out an assessment of his condition.
He claimed he had personality disorders, but Hollesley Bay staff told her no such disorder had been found.
She claimed until her phone call to Hollesley, her team was not aware Hall was seeing a forensic psychologist, and there was no discussion between the doctor and her team.
She regularly met Hall and saw "no evidence of mental illness".
The jury heard Ms Diallo had not been informed when Hall told a prison officer about suicide attempts in his Wayland cell.
"We would expect to be involved but I don't know why we weren't told about these attempts," she said.
Hall was prescribed an anti-depressant in December 2013, but this was withdrawn 10 days later after it emerged he was not taking them.
He was removed from all serious monitoring reviews and was last seen by a member of the mental health team on 27 January 2014, a month before his death.
The inquest continues.
With a 17-14 majority, the Uruguayan Senate approved legislation that allows women to have an abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
The measure has divided opinion in the predominantly Roman Catholic country.
Pro-choice and anti-abortion campaigners criticised the compromise that sealed the deal set to be signed into law by President Jose Mujica.
The proposal had already been approved by the lower house of Congress and the Senate, but politicians from both sides of the debate agreed further changes and held another vote.
Pro-choice campaigners say many lives will be saved with the end of clandestine, high-risk terminations.
"With this law, we are joining the ranks of developed countries that have largely adopted a stance to liberalise, recognising the failure of criminal laws to avoid abortions," said government Senator Luis Gallo.
Pro-choice campaigners reject changes to the proposal that forces women to justify before a panel of experts why they wish a termination.
After that, they will need to wait for several days - a period of reflection - before being able to state their final decision.
Anti-abortion politicians said the government should have adopted measures to encourage adoptions, rather than change the law.
"Abortion is not a medical act. It does not seek to protect and preserve a patient's health," said opposition Senator Alfredo Solari.
Abortion is legal and available on request in Cuba.
Abortion is also allowed up to the 12th week of pregnancy in many Mexican states and in the area of the capital, Mexico City.
In other Latin American countries, it is only allowed in cases of rape or health risk for the woman.
Healy took over from Warren Feeney in October and the Blues were title contenders until finishing Premiership runners-up behind Crusaders.
Linfield's last Irish Cup triumph was under David Jeffrey when they completed the double in 2012.
Glenavon hope to win the competition for the second time in three years.
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Linfield will have home advantage as the cup final is traditionally staged at their Windsor Park ground in Belfast, Northern Ireland's international stadium.
Healy, 36, enjoyed many memorable moments at the venue, notably Northern Ireland's winner against England in 2005 and hat-trick in the 3-2 victory over Spain the following year.
"Linfield showed a lot of faith in me, giving me the opportunity to be manager," said Healy, scorer of 36 goals for Northern Ireland.
"Personally, winning the Irish Cup would mean a great deal to me. But it would mean a lot to the players as well, especially those who have been at the club for a few years."
Former Rangers and Fulham star Healy will be up against a familiar face in Saturday's showpiece as he has known Gary Hamilton since his youth league days.
"We go back a long way, I played at Lisburn Youth when he was there and I was at Blackburn when he was at Man United, so we saw each other at school every Thursday," said player-manager Hamilton, 35.
"I was lucky enough to be in a few Northern Ireland squad when he was top man and banging the goals in."
Hamilton has earned praise for the progress Glenavon have made since he took over at Mourneview Park midway through the 2011/12 season.
In his second full season in charge the Lurgan club won the Irish Cup and they have finished third and qualified for Europe in the last two campaigns.
Linfield, league runners-up and playing on their own pitch, are favourites with the bookmakers.
But Glenavon, having pulled off a remarkable 4-3 win over champions Crusaders at Windsor in the semi-finals, will fancy their chances of more silverware.
In the two Premiership matches between the sides at Windsor this season, Linfield won 4-3 in September under previous boss Feeney, and February's fixture ended in a 1-1 draw.
Healy missed a chance to land his first trophy as Blues boss in January when they lost 3-2 to Ballymena in the County Antrim Shield final.
Nicholas Hankin, of Gwenfro Community Primary School, Caia Park, was suspended on 2 December.
His solicitor, Tudor Williams, said Mr Hankin had been teaching for 20 years, had an "umblemished record" and was being "scapegoated".
A Wrexham council spokeswoman said they were unable to comment. North Wales Police is investigating.
Auditors have been called in to examine the school's accounts.
Mr Hankin was appointed head teacher earlier this year after serving as head at Brymbo primary school.
The total is double what it was in 2013 - and means one in nine positions is now vacant, according to the analysis by the Royal College of Nursing.
The union said the situation was dangerous, blaming the stress of working in the NHS and the cap on pay rises for the problem.
But the Conservatives said plans were in place to tackle the issue.
The party has said the extra money being invested - an average of 1% a year between 2010 and 2020 - is enabling ministers to ensure patient safety is prioritised and, despite the vacancies, the number of nurses employed is still rising.
Between 2010 and 2016 the numbers employed have risen by 2% to just over 300,000 full-time nurses.
The RCN, which is holding its annual conference in Liverpool, does not dispute this, instead it has looked at how many nurses NHS trusts needed to employ, but cannot.
It relied on freedom of information requests to obtain data from all types of NHS trusts for the end of 2016 and received responses from three-quarters.
They suggested on top of the nurses employed there were another 40,000 posts unfilled across the whole health service.
This equates to a vacancy rate of over 11% and compares to a total of 20,000 when the RCN last carried out similar research in 2013.
The rate was greatest in mental health services where more than 14% of posts were empty, compared to close to 8% in specialist services, such as cancer and heart hospitals.
Official figures in Scotland and Northern Ireland show a much lower vacancy rate at around 4% in each nation. Figures were not available for Wales.
Feedback from senior nurses showed four in five felt the NHS was only able to keep services running because of the "goodwill" of staff.
The research also suggested the NHS was increasingly turning to lower skilled staff, such as health care assistants, as they struggle to recruit enough nurses.
The RCN said the cap on pay rises, which is continuing until 2019, was a major factor. Results of a poll on strike action over this is due on Sunday.
RCN general secretary Janet Davies said the shortages were "dangerous" as they were now risking patient care.
"A lethal cocktail of factors in the NHS has resulted in too few registered nurses and patient care is suffering."
She said the situation could get even worse in future years because the NHS was so reliant on nurses from Europe and numbers could be affected by Brexit.
Ms Davies said it was now time to introduce strict rules on safe staffing, while lifting the pay cap. These are both things Labour has promised if it forms the next government.
It comes after NHS Providers, which represents trusts, warned last week that retaining staff was a major concern for NHS bosses, with reports of low-paid staff leaving to work in supermarkets.
Sam (not her real name) has only been working as a nurse for 18 months, but already she is looking to leave the profession.
"The pay is an issue, but it's the pressure that is the key thing. I work in an emergency department and we are constantly understaffed. I should have not more than four or five patients, but it is always more than that. And we rely heavily on agency staff and that puts more pressure on - and I am newly qualified.
"It means I can't provide the safe care I want to. I am rushing from patient to patient. We are having to discharge them before they are ready. It is really upsetting.
"The other week an elderly patient came in from a nursing home, but the doctors could not attend to her. She had a cardiac arrest. I had to perform CPR. I just can't keep working in these conditions. I need to get out."
Liberal Democrat health spokesman Norman Lamb said the number of unfilled posts was a "scandal".
"The Conservatives are bleeding the NHS dry," he added.
Meanwhile, Labour's shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth described it as "terrible news" for patients.
But the Conservatives have argued that the figures put forward on pay ignore the fact that half the workforce receive annual progression-in-the-job rises which bring the yearly rises to 3% on average for those with them.
A spokesman added that introducing safe staffing levels could undermine the "judgement" of senior doctors and nurses, but ministers remained determined to "ensure that standards of safety continue to rise".
He said a Labour government would put NHS services at risk because of its bad economic policies.
Rozanne Cooper, 34, and Makayah McDermott, 10, were knocked down by the car in Penge, south-east London.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it had questioned both officers under caution.
The Met said the officers had been placed on restrictive duties while the investigation is carried out.
A spokesperson for the IPCC said it had "met with and updated the families involved" but could not comment further because the driver of the car is being prosecuted.
The IPCC automatically investigates a police pursuit which ends in someone being killed.
Police drivers have to be able to show a pursuit was necessary to protect life, prevent or detect crime, or to apprehend an offender.
Joshua Dobby, 23, has admitted causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving, but denied two counts of manslaughter.
He will face trial on 27 February 2017.
The innermost world has shrunk as it has cooled over time, its surface cracking and wrinkling in the process.
Scientists first recognised the phenomenon when the Mariner 10 probe whizzed by the planet in the mid-1970s.
But the latest images from the US space agency's Messenger satellite have enabled researchers to refine their estimate for the amount of contraction.
And, as they report in the journal Nature Geoscience, it is significantly more than previously realised.
Mariner made two passes of Mercury, in 1974 and 1975, photographing about 45% of the planet's surface.
Evident in those pictures were long scars where rock had been thrust upwards as the body shortened.
These lobate scarps, as they are known, typically run for hundreds of kilometres, and separate terrains that can differ in height by thousands of metres.
From the Mariner evidence, researchers calculated Mercury must have decreased its radius by about 1-3km over its history.
But that figure was in conflict with modelling studies that suggested a cooling object like Mercury should have contracted much more in four billion years.
Messenger helps to resolve the inconsistency. Since entering into orbit in 2011, it has photographed 100% of the planet.
This has allowed for a more extensive study of the scarp features and the more subtle wrinkled ridges that also criss-cross its surface.
The new assessment now brings the observed shrinkage - a reduction in radius of 7km - into the realm expected by the models.
Dr Paul Byrne from the Carnegie Institution in Washington DC is the lead author on the Nature Geoscience paper. He marvelled at the surface features on planet.
"Some of these lobate scarps are enormous," he told BBC News.
"There's a structure called Enterprise Rupes in the southern hemisphere that is a single scarp system. It's 1,000km long and in places has 3km of relief. Imagine standing in front of it. It's Mercury's version of a mountain belt.
"It utterly dominates the topography and it is astounding given the diminutive size of Mercury."
The innermost world is a fascinating oddball. Whereas the Earth has an extensive crust and mantle shrouding its metal core, Mercury is very different.
Estimated to be nearly 4,000km in diameter, the planet's metal core is its defining feature. It is covered only by a thin rocky veneer that may be little more than 400km thick.
Although some of the core must still be liquid, part of it will have cooled and solidified, losing volume as a result. This will have scrunched the thin, overlying layer of rock.
Europe and Japan plan to launch a joint mission to Mercury to follow up Messenger's observations
The BepiColombo venture should launch in 2016. One of its principal investigators will be Prof Dave Rothery from the UK's Open University.
"People used to think the Earth was shrinking - which it is a little bit, but we can't see it because of the way tectonic plates are created and destroyed on the Earth," he explained.
"Before we understood plate tectonics, people thought mountain belts on Earth were because the planet was shrinking and forcing stuff upwards, and areas of thick accumulation of sediment were where the crust was being forced down by contraction. We now know that's broadly speaking wrong, but this is the process on Mercury because it's a one plate planet."
This has relevance as scientists try to understand planets beyond our Solar System. Many of these, too, may have just the single plate and exhibit very similar surface-crumpling features to those seen on Mercury.
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BBC Radio Lincolnshire's Charlotte Wright collapsed while jogging in the uphill area of Lincoln in November.
Steve Race and Josie Vincent, described by Mrs Wright as a "hero and heroine", did CPR until medics arrived.
The station is working with LIVES and St John Ambulance to provide free training sessions.
Those wanting to get involved can email [email protected] and will receive an automated response with further information.
Mrs Wright said: "Six months ago, two strangers saw me lying on a pavement and got out of their cars to help.
"When they realised I was having a cardiac arrest, they started CPR and literally brought me back to life."
"Most people who suffer a cardiac arrest don't survive - this is a sobering fact I think about every day," she added.
She has urged everyone to get trained and said "it's so simple and could save someone's life."
Campaign organiser Lucy Parry said: "We were all so shocked about what happened to Charlotte, and just relieved that someone was there to help her.
"Her experience inspired us to start this campaign."
Recent statistics show only one in 10 people survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Whiteside, 31, secured a unanimous victory over Carly Skelly in the flyweight contest in Rotherham.
"Winning a seventh title is great but my main aim for next year is to represent England at the Commonwealth Games," said Whiteside.
"This win means I should be well in line for selection."
Light-welterweight Cherrelle Brown and middleweight Natasha Gale both won their third national titles while light-flyweight Demi-Jade Resztan took her second national championship.
In the men's competition, light-flyweight Kiaran MacDonald, light-welterweight, Luke McCormack, middleweight Ben Whittaker and heavyweight, Cheavon Clarke all won second elite national titles.
Edinburgh back row David Denton, who replaces Johnnie Beattie, is the only player among the quintet not to have featured in the tournament so far.
Winger Dougie Fife and centre Matt Scott come in for Sean Lamont and who have knee injuries.
Finn Russell replaces Peter Horne at fly-half and Jim Hamilton comes in at lock for Tim Swinson.
Scotland are looking for their first Six Nations win this year following a trio of narrow defeats by France, Wales and Italy.
Head coach Vern Cotter said: "Jim comes in and will bring his physicality and understanding of English rugby to our forward pack.
"It's good to have Dave Denton back as he provides us with strong ball-carrying and strong defence. He's also a very good line-out forward and will give us a bit more physical density against a big forward pack.
"It's been tough on Finn to sit out and it's great to have him back. He's slotted straight back in to the structure we're looking for.
"Finally, Dougie came on and played well against France and has had a couple of games with his club with a few work-ons.
"We're looking for him to bring his enthusiasm, energy and high work-rate, particularly in kick-chase and receipt."
In earning his 65th cap, Euan Murray will equal Allan Jacobsen's all-time appearance record for a Scotland prop.
He will partner Alasdair Dickinson and fit-again Ross Ford, who has recovered from the back spasm suffered against Italy to start in an experienced front-row.
Jonny Gray remains in the second-row with Hamilton, while Blair Cowan and Rob Harley start together for the sixth consecutive time in the back-row, alongside Denton.
Captain Greig Laidlaw will again partner stand-off Russell from scrum-half, with the latter returning from a two-week suspension, with Glasgow Warriors trio Mark Bennett, Tommy Seymour and Stuart Hogg completing the back-line.
Dunbar sustained his knee injury on Thursday morning and has already had it scanned, though the extent of the damage is not yet known.
Swinson drops to the bench to replace Ben Toolis, but with Johnnie Beattie and Adam Ashe also replacements that leaves Sam Hidalgo-Clyne and Greig Tonks as the only back replacements.
Cotter added: "This is a very important game.
"It will be played away from home at a very intense level and will allow us to assess further our ability to operate away from home in a hostile environment.
"Our focus, however, has been on ourselves and how we can perform better, by identifying the areas that we can control, like improving our skill-sets and reinforcing our cohesion, to withstand the difficult times and also apply some pressure."
Scotland complete their Six Nations campaign with a home match against Ireland on Saturday 21 March.
Scotland: Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors); Dougie Fife (Edinburgh), Mark Bennett (Glasgow Warriors), Matt Scott (Edinburgh), Tommy Seymour, Finn Russell (both Glasgow Warriors), Greig Laidlaw (captn) (Gloucester); Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh), Ross Ford (Edinburgh), Euan Murray (Glasgow Warriors), Jim Hamilton (Saracens), Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors), Robert Harley (Glasgow Warriors), Blair Cowan (London Irish) David Denton (Edinburgh).
Replacements: Fraser Brown, Ryan Grant (both Glasgow Warriors), Geoff Cross (London Irish), Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors), Johnnie Beattie (Montpellier), Adam Ashe (Glasgow Warriors), Sam Hidalgo-Clyne and Greig Tonks (both Edinburgh)
Thirty-three fans were crushed to death at Wanderers' former ground on 9 March 1946.
Club chaplain Phil Mason said survivors' stories would be used as part of a special football programme in a week of commemorations.
The club is also holding a memorial service to honour the dead.
Rev Mason said: "Already we've had a number of people who have come forward; some young people who were involved in the crush and passed over the heads of the crowd; people who have lost their loved ones; and how it has affected their lives all these years later."
Some 400 people were injured in the incident, which happened during the second leg of an FA Cup quarter-final tie against Stoke City.
Some of the 33 dead were crushed against steel barriers which gave way. Others were trampled to death.
Play stopped, but once the dead and injured had been removed, it continued.
An inquiry led to recommendations that the numbers of spectators allowed into a ground should be limited.
The club moved to a new ground, now called the Macron Stadium, in 1997 when Burnden Park was redeveloped and turned into a retail park.
A plaque to those who died was unveiled in a supermarket at the exact site of the disaster, by the late Bolton legend Nat Lofthouse in 2000.
The disaster was British football's worst until superseded by the deaths of 66 people in the 1971 Ibrox Stadium tragedy during a Glasgow Rangers home game.
It was the biggest loss of life at an English football ground until the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy which cost the lives of 96 spectators.
The Canadian Soccer Association said it had to intervene as its Quebec branch showed no sign of changing the policy.
The Quebec group said turbans were a safety hazard and global football body, Fifa, did not explicitly allow them.
Quebec's premier Pauline Marois defended the Quebec federation, saying it could set its own rules.
"I believe that the Quebec federation had the right to establish their own regulations," Ms Marois said on Tuesday. "They are autonomous and they are not liable to the Canadian federation."
Canadian Sikh groups estimate the ban has stopped 200 children playing in federated leagues this year.
"The Canadian Soccer Association has requested on 6 June that the Quebec Soccer Federation reverse its position on turbans/patkas/keski with no resolution," said Victor Montagliani, president of the Canadian Soccer Association, in a statement.
"The Quebec Soccer Federation's inaction has forced us to take measures in order to ensure soccer remains accessible to the largest number of Canadians."
The Canadian Soccer Association has said it would only lift the suspension once it has proof the turban ban has ended.
Earlier this month, a Quebec Soccer Federation official defended the ban on turbans for players in its youth leagues, saying Sikh boys "can play in their backyard".
A spokeswoman said the federation had not conducted safety studies on turbans, as the organisation did not have funds for one. She was unaware of any related injuries in the province's leagues.
The ban on turbans came despite the Canadian Soccer Association allowing hijabs, or Islamic headscarves, as well as turbans, on the pitch.
Quebec's federation is the only provincial soccer organisation in the country that has banned the turban.
The World Sikh Organization of Canada said earlier it was considering a legal challenge, but said the season was already lost for many young players, as the registration deadline had passed.
Striker Fisher, who signed from Torquay United in January, is set to finalise a six-month deal to take him to the end of the season.
And left-back Tremarco, who joined from Macclesfield Town in 2013, is in advanced talks over a one-year extension until the summer of 2018.
Manager Richie Foran said: "It's great, positive news for the club."
For the Scottish 400m hurdler, who has competed in four World Championships, the pair "stand out".
Greene was skipper of the British team at the London 2012 Games, with Ohuruogu captain at the 2013 Worlds.
"I'll be there trying to follow in the footsteps of those two," Doyle said.
"I remember Christine in Moscow in 2013, she gave a really great speech that just got everyone totally motivated and then she went on to win the World Championships - so there is great motivation and inspiration there."
Ohuruogu was the first female British athlete to be twice crowned world champion, having also claimed gold in the 400m at the 2009 championships in Berlin.
"It was my first [World Championships] and I remember being quite nervous and looking up to a lot of the older and more experienced athletes - even if they just chatted to you it was such a great thing," said Doyle, who was named captain on Tuesday.
In his time as captain, Greene - the 2011 men's 400m hurdles world champion - provided a level of backing that Doyle intends to repeat.
"He'd had a bit of an up and down year but went there and performed brilliantly and again he gave a really great speech and was out there supporting the team," said Doyle, who won bronze in the 4x400m relay at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
The 30-year-old is aware that a strong personal performance is key in her role as the squad's figurehead. An impressive past few weeks, during which she won the British National Championships and finished third in the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, has given her a timely boost.
"I feel like I am in good shape right now," Doyle said. "I feel like I have put some really good consistent races together and competed really well against the girls that I am going to have to race at the World Championships."
With the standard of competition in the women's 400m hurdles hitting new highs this year - for the first time in history three women, including Rio 2016 Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammad, ran under 53 seconds in the same race at the USA National trials last month - Doyle knows she has it all to do in London Stadium in August.
"I am going to have run every race like it is the final and really go for it," she said.
"I just want to make sure I go there and run my best race of the year on that track in London."
The 29-year-old mutually agreed to cancel his contract at the Shrews.
The Irish midfielder has also played for Southend, Northampton, Hibernian, Coventry and Irish side Bohemians.
"I like to see myself as a leader and I want to have a big part to play here at Cambridge United," he told the club website.
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One policeman has been killed.
The group released a video demanding opposition leader Jirair Sefilian and a number of others be freed, and urging supporters on to the streets.
Mr Sefilian has strongly criticised President Serge Sarkisian and his handling of the conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The CivilNet newspaper identified the group as the Daredevils of Sassoun and said its members had released a video in which they say: "Dear friends, citizens, Armenian nation, it has begun, we are doing this for you... Go out to the streets!"
CivilNet said seven policemen were being held hostage but this has not been independently confirmed. The group was quoted as saying it would retaliate if attacked and had no intention of surrendering.
Armenia's National Security Service issued a statement accusing the group's supporters of "spreading misinformation on mass media and social networks about an armed rebellion and about buildings being taken over... the information is not correct."
It said it was in negotiation with the group at the police station for its surrender.
"This and any other illegal activity will be curbed by the law enforcement agencies and their perpetrators will be neutralised and punished by law," it said.
One policeman has been killed and two hostages freed.
Mr Sefilian, a former military commander, has criticised the government's handling of the long-running conflict involving pro-Armenian separatists in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has an ethnic Armenian majority. A bloody war erupted after the end of Soviet rule in 1988, and there has been frequent unrest since, the latest in April, when clashes left dozens dead.
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies has updated its calculations, based on the latest official forecasts.
Pro-Union campaigners have welcomed the analysis.
But those backing independence insisted Scotland's finances would be similar to or even stronger than the UK's.
The referendum on Scottish independence will be held on 18 September, when voters will be asked the yes/no question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?
The IFS has produced two new reports on the financial impact of leaving the UK.
The think tank has previously suggested Scotland would see a budget deficit larger than the rest of the UK and would face spending cuts and increased taxes.
In March, however, it said it had revised its more cautious fiscal forecast because the UK economy was growing more quickly than previously thought.
Based on the latest downgraded forecasts on North Sea oil revenues by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, the IFS has now predicted a slightly weaker position with a fiscal gap of £8.6bn in the first year of independence.
By 2019, when the rest of the UK is due to have a slight budget surplus, the think tank said Scotland would remain with a hole in its finances.
The IFS said: "If an independent Scotland wanted to achieve a sustainable medium and long-term fiscal position, further tax increases and/or spending cuts would likely be needed after independence."
The think tank's report on the fiscal context of the Scottish government's independence white paper added: "The spending cuts and tax rises outlined do not look to be enough to pay for all of the proposed giveaways.
"This does not mean such a package of reforms is infeasible. But, with a background of budget deficits, enacting these measures looks like it would require bigger cuts to other public services or benefits, or other tax rises, if the government of an independent Scotland were to ensure that its public finances were not adversely affected and remained sustainable."
The Scottish government pointed to the fact the IFS calculations were based on declining oil revenues. It said "record investment" in the oil and gas industry would boost future production.
A spokesman added: "Scotland is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, more prosperous per head than France, Japan and the UK, but we need the powers of independence to enable that wealth to be shared and to build a fairer society.
"An independent Scotland's finances in 2016-17 will be similar to, or stronger than, both the UK and the G7 industrialised countries as a whole, and even on the IFS's projections, Scotland's public finance balance sheet in the first year of independence will be healthier than the UK's was in the most recent financial year.
"And as the IFS report notes, Scottish taxpayers paid £789 more per head than the UK in 2012-13, demonstrating the huge contribution that Scottish taxpayers make to the UK economy - with more tax per head paid by Scotland than the rest of the UK for every one of the last 33 years."
Unionist politicians welcomed the latest IFS analysis.
Chief Secretary to the UK Treasury Danny Alexander described it as "yet another independent report which leaves the Scottish government increasingly isolated".
He added: "In addition to the CPPR, Citigroup and others, it shows that an independent Scotland would have a larger deficit than the UK, meaning deeper cuts or tax rises than if Scotland stayed part of the UK.
"It highlights the long-term challenge of declining oil revenues, uncosted policies and an ageing population that I set out in our fiscal analysis last week.
"This analysis showed that every person in Scotland is £1,400 a year better off as part of the UK."
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Although he was never elected to office he became the de facto leader of Panama serving a six year tenure as military governor.
A strong supporter of the United States he became a key ally in Washington's attempts to battle the influence of communism in central America.
But it was eventually the US that brought about his downfall and his subsequent imprisonment for drugs trafficking and money laundering.
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was born in Panama City on 11 Feb 1934. His family lived in extreme poverty but he was adopted as a young boy and went on to study at a military academy in Peru.
It was here that, according to various accounts, his pro-US leanings were noticed by the CIA with whom he worked for the next three decades. He was soon recognised as a prize asset in a region that was becoming politically hostile to US interests in the wake of the Cuban Revolution.
He rose within the ranks of the Panamanian armed forces and became a key supporter of Gen Omar Torrijos, who led the coup which toppled President Arnulfo Arias in 1968.
Noriega's support was recognised with promotion and appointment as chief of military intelligence.
After Gen Torrijos's death in a mysterious plane crash in 1981, Noriega became the power behind the scenes as head of the security services.
The US relied on Panama as a regional listening post and Noriega obliged with unfaltering support for the Contras in Nicaragua, and in the fight against the FMLN guerrillas in El Salvador.
In 1983 Noriega became commander of the armed forces in succession to Rubén DarÃo Paredes on the understanding that Paredes would stand as president. However, Noriega reneged on the deal, arrested Paredes and promoted himself to general becoming the de facto ruler of Panama.
He began to play an increasingly repressive role internally in Panama. He called a halt to the counting of votes in the 1984 presidential elections when it became clear his own nominee was going to lose by a landslide.
A year later one of his most vocal political opponents Hugo Spadafora, was seized on his way back to Panama and later found beheaded.
Noriega allegedly played a role in the mid-1980s Iran-Contra affair, which involved the smuggling of weapons and drugs to aid US undercover efforts to support the anti-government forces opposing the Sandinistas in Nicaragua.
However, the US became increasingly suspicious of Noriega amid indications that he was selling his services to other intelligence bodies, not to mention drug-trafficking organisations.
These tensions became public in 1988 when Noriega was indicted in a US federal court on drug-trafficking charges.
The 1989 presidential election descended into farce. With the opposition certain of a comfortable victory Noriega blocked publication of the results. Former US president Jimmy Carter, in the country as an observer, declared that the election had been stolen.
By mid-December that year, ties with the US had deteriorated so far that President George H W Bush launched an invasion, ostensibly because a US marine had been killed in Panama City, although the operation had been months in the planning.
Noriega sought refuge in the Vatican's diplomatic mission in Panama City. The US tactic to flush him out was to play deafening pop and heavy metal music non-stop outside the building.
By 3 January 1990, it had worked and Noriega surrendered. He was flown to the US with prisoner of war status to face charges of drug-trafficking, money-laundering and racketeering.
His trial there was an international spectacle that revealed titillating details of his personal life including a suggestion that he wore red underwear to ward off the "evil eye".
More seriously he was refused permission by the court to cite details of his work for the CIA in his own defence. The government opposed such disclosures on the grounds it was classified information.
He was released from a Miami jail in 2007 having had his original 30 year sentence reduced to 17 on the grounds of his good behaviour but his legal problems were far from over.
In 1999 a French court had convicted him in absentia of using $3m in proceeds from Colombia's Medellin drug cartel to buy property in France.
In March 2010, the US Supreme Court agreed to a French request extradite him to Paris, where he faced a new trial for money-laundering. Noriega, who denied the charges, was found guilty and sentenced to seven years.
The sentence was criticised by Alberto Almanza who headed the Truth Commission on rights abuses under Noriega's rule.
"He'll die in in prison," Mr Almanza said. "And with him the truth."
His legal odyssey took another turn on 23 November 2011 when a French court approved a request from Panama to send him back home, where he was convicted in absentia of murder, corruption and embezzlement.
He refused the chance to appeal the decision and flew out of Paris on 11 December 2011, escorted by a team of Panamanian officials and a doctor.
On his arrival in Panama he was placed in the El Renacer prison. It was from his cell in July 2014 that he instigated a lawsuit claiming that the company behind the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II had used his image without permission.
His main complaint was that the game depicted him as a "kidnapper, murderer, and enemy of the state".
Manuel Noriega was an opportunist who used his close relationship with the United States to boost his own power in Panama and to cover the illegal activities for which he was eventually convicted.
A US Senate sub-committee once described Washington's relationship with Noriega as one of the United States' most serious foreign policy failures.
These poisonous pellets have now been spread on 70% of the rat-infested island.
First introduced on sealing and whaling ships in the late 18th Century, millions of invasive rats have long been a threat to local wildlife.
The team is confident they will eradicate the rodents within two years.
South Georgia is famous for its rich wildlife but as sailors plundered the ocean for seals and whales, they unknowingly brought with them the common brown rat.
The unwelcome visitors multiplied quickly as they bred and for over 200 years have feasted on the chicks and eggs of ground-nesting seabirds, which include ducks, diving petrels and prions.
Species like the South Georgia Pipit and the South Georgia Pintail are unique to the island and there is now a growing concern that many local birds are at danger of extinction.
The island is separated by several glaciers, so once rats have been eradicated from a region, they cannot repopulate it.
But as the climate warms the island's natural glaciers are slowly melting. As this continues, there will no longer be a natural barrier preventing the rats from spreading.
Tony Martin, the project's director from the University of Dundee, described the mission as "a race against time", as the melting glaciers could make the task of removing them nearly impossible.
"What's there today is but a shadow of what was there when Captain Cook discovered [the island] in 1775.
He explained that species like the fabulous Wilson Storm Petrel, which were once present in the millions have all left the main island.
"There are still a few rodent-free islands around the coast from which the main island can be re-colonised. We are trying to allow the sea birds to reclaim their ancestral home.
"The ecosystem of South Georgia evolved in the absence of any terrestrial mammals, so when man came along... and introduced these furry rodents, they were completely naive. This is a man induced problem and it's about time that man put right earlier errors," Prof Martin said.
"Team rat", as they call themselves, embarked on the first phase of the eradication project in 2011, and successfully removed rats from a tenth of the island.
The team purposely left time between missions to observe if any survivors had managed to reproduce but, two years on, the area remains rat free.
For the latest mission the team spread nearly 200 tonnes of pellets using helicopters which enabled them to cover large areas very quickly.
They dropped pellets in every area mice or rats occupied and areas which cannot be reached by helicopter were baited by hand - this included former whaling stations which are now industrial heritage sites.
Prof Martin explained that to be successful meant total eradication.. Killing 99.9% would be a failure.
"If you leave one pregnant female - we all know how quickly rats breed - we would be back to where we were."
For this latest phase, for which the team had spent 21 months in preparation, they faced the harshest weather conditions experienced in a decade and were often unable to fly.
The bait was attached underneath the helicopters which meant strong wind could easily strain the aircraft. They encountered turbulence "virtually every single day", helicopter pilot George Phillips told BBC News.
"It was very difficult to tell when the turbulence was coming, that's why it took such a long time. On one particular period we had eight wind-free days where the helicopters were able to fly continuously.
"In those days, the pilots did as much flying as you would do in the UK in two months."
Mr Phillips recalled how after four days at sea, he was stunned by the beautiful terrain of the island.
"It's a completely natural uninhabited environment that is so extreme with high mountains, glaciers and seals that are so wild they come up to you like little Alsatian puppies."
The project will need to raise a further £2m in order to bait the remaining area at the southern end of the island, which they aim to complete in 2015.
Even when rat free, the wildlife is not expected to return immediately as to re-colonise the island could take decades if not centuries, said Prof Martin.
"Man managed to mess up South Georgia in the space of very few years but it's going to take centuries before it gets back to where it was."
Though challenges remain - not least to find the additional funding needed, Prof Martin said his team is confident they can win this race against time.
The Iraqi men, aged between 22 and 48, were given prison terms of between nine and 13 years for the attack, which took place in the early hours of 1 January, 2016.
A ninth suspect was cleared of all charges, the court said.
The men had all arrived in Austria as migrants between May and December 2015.
Five had been given asylum status after reaching the European country.
Their victim, a 28-year-old woman whom prosecutors said continues to suffer post-traumatic effects, was awarded €25,000 ($26,300; £22,300) in damages.
The woman had been celebrating New Year in the city centre with a friend when she was taken to an apartment by four of the eight men at about 02:00 local time. the court was told.
They met the other four men at the flat, where they then took turns raping her.
She had been drinking heavily and was unable to defend herself, the prosecution said. When she regained control she found herself naked and in a bed.
Claims from the defence that the victim could have sent "false signals" which encouraged the men were dismissed by prosecutors, who said it would have been impossible as she was in in an "unconscious, shock-rigid" state.
Both sides were appealing the decision, the court's statement said.
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England, who top the table after drawing with Russia and beating Wales, face Slovakia in Saint-Etienne.
Wales, who lie second after a win over Slovakia followed by a loss to England, take on Russia in Toulouse.
The top two teams qualify, but the third-placed side could also make it through to the next round in France.
Twelve teams automatically qualify from the six groups, with the best four third-placed sides joining them in the last 16.
"Nobody wants this tournament to end," said Wales boss Chris Coleman, whose side are competing in their first major finals since 1958.
Security has been beefed up in both Saint-Etienne and Toulouse following numerous incidents during Euro 2016.
Bars have also been ordered to close early.
Twenty Russian fans who were deported from France on Saturday will not be able to return for Monday's match in Toulouse.
Coleman has also called on supporters of both teams to make the match one to remember and not for the "mindless minority" to steal the headlines.
England go into their final Euro 2016 group game knowing a point in Saint-Etienne will secure their place in the next round.
They could also qualify with a defeat. They can finish no lower than third and their tally of four points might be enough to see them through.
"The important thing is to win the group," England manager Roy Hodgson said. "We want to win to face a third-placed, not a second-placed team."
Victory would book a place in the last 16 but a point or even a defeat might be enough, depending on the result of England's game with Slovakia.
Russia are bottom of the group with one point but have won each of their last three meetings with Wales.
"There are so many different scenarios," Coleman said. "All we know is our fate is in our hands. If we win the game, we're through no matter what."
Reports suggest Hodgson will rest six players for the game against Slovakia after the 2-1 win over Wales.
That means Jamie Vardy and Daniel Sturridge, who both scored in the win over Wales, getting their first starts of Euro 2016.
Former England striker Gary Lineker thinks it is a mistake to make such a raft of changes, tweeting: "Personally think rotation is a hindrance. The big stars never miss a game. Consistency key."
But skipper Wayne Rooney said: "Whoever the manager decides to play, we have players who can change games."
Coleman is expected to name the same side who started the defeat by England.
Midfielder Joe Ledley was a doubt after he was substituted in the second half of last Thursday's match with a tight calf, but he has declared himself fit.
Gareth Bale is the key figure again for Wales and has scored in the previous two group games with free-kicks.
"I put a lot of practice in," the 26-year-old Real Madrid forward said.
"Even now after training, I'm there for an extra 10 or 15 minutes hitting balls and doing what I normally do when I'm at Madrid and when I was at Tottenham.
Former England midfielder Danny Murphy expects Hodgson to start with a 4-3-3 formation.
"We look very settled and balanced when we play that way and we have been in control of both games so far," he said.
Murphy thinks England will need to go on the attack because he thinks their opponents will be defensive.
"It will be a case of us trying to open Slovakia up because I cannot see them having a real go," he said. "They do not have enough quality in their side.
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Former Wales striker John Hartson says defence is not a problem for the Welsh but says the team needs to be better in possession.
"We created next to nothing against England," he said. "It was backs-against-the-wall stuff."
He also says Aaron Ramsey will be key.
"His enthusiasm is to be really admired, but sometimes I would like him to play in one midfield position rather than try to do everything," Hartson said.
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He was returning to the chamber less than a week after announcing his Budget, with one of its measures already dead and others surviving only after life support.
Had George Osborne himself been left fatally weakened by Iain Duncan Smith's resignation?
Certainly his authority was in question.
Mr Osborne's critics wanted to know how he was going to fill a £4.4bn "black hole" left by the U-turn over disability payments.
Labour had pointed to another gap - left by a man they said was too "scared" to answer their urgent Commons question over all of this on Monday.
But now here he was at the dispatch box - a chancellor opening the final day of a Budget debate, something that he pointed out had not happened in 20 years.
As he got to his feet the body language from MPs behind him seemed positive; there was the sound of rousing support as he began to speak.
The mood in the chamber immediately calmed as the chancellor began by paying tribute to the victims of the tragic events in Belgium.
It was a reminder, said Mr Osborne, of "what a precious thing our democracy is".
Today's Budget debate was part of that democratic process, he said, before a nod of euphemism to the significant problems he had been having.
"I think it's fair to say that we've had a livelier debate about this Budget than many."
So what of his solutions? It was clear that the chancellor was opting for spiritual healing rather than keyhole surgery.
His departed colleague Mr Duncan Smith was praised for having helped to create a fairer society.
The chancellor even dared to reclaim the mantra the former work and pensions secretary questioned in his resignation letter - "we are all in this together" he promised.
It would set the tone for the chancellor's statement, which was more often about the big picture on the economy rather than the fiscal detail.
"Without sound public finances there is no social justice," he said.
The cost of the disability payments U-turn could be "absorbed", he declared.
But it was far from an answer for Labour MPs, who punctuated the chancellor's statement with critical interruptions.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Mr Osborne's behaviour called into question his fitness for the office he holds.
"What we've seen is not the actions of a chancellor... but the grubby incompetent manipulations of a political chancer," he said.
Mr Osborne got what he predicted - a lively debate on the budget; healing the problems it leaves him may take some time longer.
With nearly 130 people dead, along with eight suicide bombers, it is Europe's worst terrorist attack since the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
It raises new, pressing questions about the ability of Western security forces to prevent such random carnage.
French President Francois Hollande called it an "act of war" organised by Islamic State (IS) militants.
Why did this happen in Paris?
Paris has been on heightened alert since the January terror attacks, when Islamist gunmen attacked the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a policewoman and a Jewish supermarket, killing 17 people.
Amedy Coulibaly, who killed four hostages in the supermarket before being shot dead by police, claimed to be acting in the name of IS.
For many years some deprived housing estates in the suburbs of Paris and other cities have been fertile ground for Islamic extremists. Jihad has appeared seductive for some alienated young Muslims in areas of high unemployment and urban neglect.
More than 500 French Muslims have gone to fight with jihadists in Syria and Iraq, experts say - more than from any other Western country.
French warplanes have repeatedly attacked IS fighters in Syria and Iraq, as part of the US-led campaign against the group.
What does the choice of targets suggest?
They were soft civilian targets in Paris - the intention was evidently to kill many people randomly.
The high-profile football match at the Stade de France was clearly a potential target. But the fact that three suicide bombers blew themselves up nearby at three eating places was unusual. France has not experienced such near-simultaneous bombings before.
Then the attack on Bataclan concert hall - again by suicide bombers - was also designed to kill ordinary young French people having fun on a Friday night. It happened during a rock concert. More than 80 rock fans died in the mayhem.
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Some French commentators recalled the Moscow theatre siege of 2002, when Chechen militants stormed a live show. The attack and bungled Russian rescue left 130 hostages and 40 militants dead.
French journalist Agnes Poirier told the BBC that the 13 November bombers struck at "modest, working-class neighbourhoods, not tourist sites" in Paris.
The 10th and 11th districts (arrondissements) are "very diverse - that makes it more poignant for the French", she said.
Claiming responsibility for the carnage in Paris, IS said it was a "capital of abomination and perversion". It called the concert-goers "pagans".
Shashank Joshi, a security policy expert at London's Royal United Services Institute, said there was clearly a "cultural" aspect to the choice of targets.
"It was a deliberate choice of leisure venues - where people relax," he told the BBC. The bombers went for crowded places, portrayed by IS as immoral, he said.
Was this like previous terror attacks in cities?
According to Mr Joshi, the closest parallel is the Mumbai (Bombay) attack of 2008, carried out by Pakistan-based Islamist militants.
They brought terror to the streets of Mumbai, staging simultaneous gun and bomb attacks across the city.
In Europe, the Paris carnage has reminded people of the devastating train bombings in Madrid (2004) and London (2005), which were also carried out by Islamist militants.
Jews were targeted in some previous Islamist terror attacks - in Paris in January, in the attack on the Brussels Jewish Museum in 2014, and in the 2012 shootings by Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah. He killed a rabbi and three small children at a Jewish school.
Anti-Semitic attacks by jihadists are often linked to Arab hostility towards Israel.
This new atrocity in Paris shows that the militants "have no single priority or hierarchy" when choosing targets, Mr Joshi said.
Pieter Van Ostaeyen, a Belgian expert on jihadist groups, said IS appeared to be "signalling that it can attack anytime, anywhere, and we cannot prevent it".
It was highly coordinated and probably took months of training, he told the BBC.
There have been similar suicide attacks in Syria and Iraq, where militants have used up all their bullets, then blown themselves up in a crowd, he said. But never before in France.
But Mr Joshi said these were not necessarily Middle East war veterans, or weapons experts.
"They were prepared, yes, but they have not proven a high level of marksmanship - their preparation may have been quite basic."
Was it a French security blunder?
Neither Mr Joshi nor Mr Van Ostaeyen thinks so.
"You can't guard all soft targets," Mr Joshi said. "It's more about responding to events, having communications between the arms of the state, strong leadership, controlling the flow of information, to minimise panic."
According to Mr Van Ostaeyen: "France has done everything it could do... it's too early to say they could have prevented it".
A key question is whether IS managed to organise the attacks from outside France, or whether it was local French Islamists inspired by IS.
Salah Abdeslam appeared to be wearing a suicide belt, one of the men who drove him back to Belgium after the attacks told his lawyer.
Friends told ABC News that they believed he was in the Brussels area and trying to get to Syria to join Islamic State militants.
IS has said it was behind the attacks that killed 130 people.
A manhunt has been under way for more than a week for Abdeslam, a Brussels-born French national.
He is believed to have rented a VW Polo car in Belgium, which was later found near the Bataclan concert hall where 89 people were killed.
He is also believed to have driven a car from which gunmen shot at people on the terraces of bars.
The day after the attacks, Abdeslam was picked up in Paris by Hamza Attou and Mohammed Amri and driven to Brussels, Attou's defence lawyer, Carine Couquelet told French TV.
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Ms Couquelet said her client told her that Abdeslam had been "extremely agitated", and "perhaps ready to blow himself up".
They had exchanged a few words and Mr Attou had been terrified during the journey, she said. But Abdeslam had been "very calm" when police checked their identity papers.
This raised questions, including the possibility that Salah Abdeslam may have been supposed to blow himself up in Paris but had had second thoughts, the lawyer added.
Two friends of Abdeslam told ABC News they had spoken to him on Skype and said he was hiding in Brussels and desperately trying to get to Syria.
They said he was caught between European authorities hunting him and IS members who were "watching him" and were unhappy that he had not detonated his suicide belt.
Abdeslam's brother, Mohamed, has issued public calls for his brother to turn himself in.
He told Belgian television RTBF: "We say to him that we prefer to see him in prison rather than in a graveyard."
The letter was published on the front page of the Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's second-largest newspaper, on Monday.
The row centres on the government's wish to change the way the main legislative court works. The court says the changes are unconstitutional.
Poland's prime minister says she has a mandate to make changes.
The letter is signed by:
In it, the co-signatories criticise "draconian" new laws, including proposed new regulation that would make all abortions illegal. They also condemn "the anti-European and xenophobic declarations and actions of the current leaders".
New rules sought by the governing Law and Justice party (PiS) would increase the number of Constitutional Court judges needed for a ruling and change the order in which cases are heard. While the court did not support the steps, the government has refused to publish the court's ruling.
A draft report by the Council of Europe, the continent's leading human rights watchdog, said the changes made it extremely difficult for the court to take decisions, thereby endangering the rule of law.
The moves to alter the court are "paralysing the work of the Constitutional Tribunal and all of the judicial authorities", the letter says. "An attempt by Law and Justice to create its own order represents an usurpation of power."
The PiS won a majority in last October's election, thereby giving it a mandate to bring in the changes it wishes, Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said in response to the letter.
"These men say: 'We are democracy.' I say: 'Democracy is the free choice of Poles who have chosen the PiS and its programme'," she said.
Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Glinski said it was "absurd" to suggest democracy in Poland was under threat.
In the past month, rallies have taken place in Polish cities to protest against the moves to change the work of the court.
Large demonstrations have also been held against the abortion law and the decision to give government a hands-on role in running media organisations.
In a statement, the African Heads of Mission said the attacks were "xenophobic and racial".
Indian authorities had failed to "sufficiently condemn" the attacks or take "visible deterring measures", the envoys added.
The students were attacked last month in Greater Noida, close to Delhi.
Five Nigerian students were attacked by crowds, while another was beaten by a mob inside a shopping mall.
The violence was prompted by the death of a local teenager due to a drug overdose. His parents blame Nigerian students for giving him the drugs.
Police say five people have been arrested over the violence and India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has promised an "impartial" inquiry.
But the African Heads of Mission said that the response was inadequate, and called for an investigation by the UN Human Rights Council.
They also called for "strong condemnation from the highest political level (both nationally and locally) of the government of India, as well as expediting legal actions against the perpetrators".
The attack on one student inside the shopping mall was recorded on mobile phone cameras by other shoppers and widely circulated on social media.
The victim told Indian reporters he had been beaten with rods, bricks and knives. He said that no one had helped or even called the police.
Many Indians have reacted with shame online. But there have been a number of incidents in recent years in which people from African nations living in India have faced apparent discrimination or violence.
In May 2016 a Congolese man was beaten to death in Delhi after an argument over an auto-rickshaw. Three months before that, a Tanzanian student was assaulted and partially stripped by a mob in the southern city of Bangalore. A Nigerian man living in Goa was stabbed to death in 2013.
Meanwhile, police say a Kenyan woman accused of faking a race attack in Greater Noida will be deported. The woman said she had been dragged out of a taxi by five men two days after the mob violence, but police said their investigation and the taxi's GPS tracker proved her story wrong. Her visa had expired, they added.
China's state media had earlier quoted North Korean sources as saying Mr Ban was due to visit Pyongyang this week. South's Korea's Yonhap news agency ran similar reports earlier in the week.
A planned visit by Mr Ban to North Korea in May was abruptly cancelled.
The last visit by a UN chief to the reclusive nation was by Boutros Boutros-Ghali in 1993.
The UN said in a statement that Mr Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, would be in New York next week then Malta, before going to the COP21 climate summit in Paris.
He had no plans to go to North Korea but "has repeatedly said that he is willing to play any constructive role", including travelling there, "in an effort to work for peace, stability and dialogue on the Korean Peninsula", a spokesman said.
Earlier reports had said that he was due to visit for four days and would meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
A stunning 99% of those using our all-time Ryder Cup team selector picked Seve Ballesteros in their European selection.
The Spanish legend, a five-time winner as player and captain, was the most-common first pick, with 33% of users putting him top of the singles.
His compatriot Jose Maria Olazabal was the second most-popular pick for Europe, but featured lower down the teamsheet on average.
Instead it is England's Ian Poulter, whose consistency has delivered 72% of the points he has competed for during his Ryder Cup career, who was the next highest pick behind Ballesteros.
The United States have similar shoe-ins.
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus were both in more than 98.5% of the American teams selected, with Nicklaus top of the card for 72% of users.
Tiger Woods, who has won 14 Majors but an underwhelming 44% of his possible Ryder Cup points in his seven appearances, sneaks into the line-up. However, 46% of users left him out entirely.
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Robert Clarke, 23, of Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, was arrested while trying to leave the UK for the Middle East to fight so-called Islamic State.
Clarke was about to board the flight in September when he was detained.
He was charged in December with wilfully obstructing an anti-terrorism stop and search examination.
Westminster Magistrates' Court heard how Clarke planned to join up with Kurdish forces fighting in Syria.
His solicitor told the court he had received death threats from individuals purporting to be Islamic extremists after reports of his arrest emerged.
Clarke was sentenced to a 12-month community order with 50 hours unpaid work for an offence under the Terrorism Act of failing to give officers his mobile phone pin when required.
He was also banned from leaving the UK for the length of the order.
Louise Gray, prosecuting, said Clarke came to the attention of police in July 2016 when it was thought he was considering travelling to Syria to fight with Kurdish forces.
Officers visited Clarke on several occasions and he told them he was booked on a flight a few days before he was due to travel.
When stopped at the airport, he refused to give officers his iPhone pin number saying he had forgotten it, that it required fingerprint recognition, and giving them a number that did not work.
The court heard he had still not provided the correct number.
Korina Claire, defending, said Clarke had believed his intentions were good and he had planned to go to Syria to "assist victims of war".
She said his luggage contained medical supplies, which he planned to donate, but also "military paraphernalia" and things to "defend himself with".
He was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £85.
Wales won group B, securing their place in the final 16 of the tournament.
Aaron Ramsey and Neil Taylor gave Wales an early lead, while Gareth Bale scored in the second half.
The game had been designated high-risk after violence in Marseille and Lille, but there have been no reported incidents.
Fans were in fine voice at the fanzone in Toulouse, chanting "we are top of the league" as phones were checked for the latest updates from England's game against Slovakia which ended in a 0-0 draw.
At the final whistle, arms and beers were thrown into the air in celebration of the win and delighted fans were quick to praise their team's efforts.
Stephen Palmer, 49, of Port Talbot, said: "My reaction to the game is... marvellous.
"We're through, that's all that matters. We're through and I'm staying in France for another week."
Samantha Caniff, 28, of Tredegar, watched the game in the Toulouse fanzone and said: "All the family watched the game, my mum and the baby. We stayed out and really enjoyed it."
Caerphilly Castle Ladies' results in the Women's Welsh Premier League will be wiped out.
This season the side, whose first team walked out last summer, also found themselves on the wrong end of 36-0, 28-0 and 26-0 scorelines.
The Football Association of Wales (FAW) said the club had taken the move "with regret".
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The team, known as the Castle, found themselves in the headlines following the latest defeat, which meant the side had let in 219 goals and scored just one in 10 games.
Club officials had said earlier this week they were putting a "brave face" on the results and had no intention of giving up, but the statement issued through the FAW indicated the club will focus on bringing on youth players.
It said: "With regret, the club has decided to withdraw its membership from the Welsh Premier Women's League with immediate effect.
"Caerphilly Castle is very proud of its tradition of nurturing young footballing talent over the years but the club has found it difficult to compete at the highest level of Welsh Women's Football this season.
"The committed officials of the club fully intend to continue their passion of developing players throughout the different age groups and hope to return to the Welsh Premier Women's League as soon as possible."
The senior team's results will be wiped from the records, but the club wished the 11 sides remaining in the league luck for the rest of the season.
In terms of numbers participating at all levels, Caerphilly Castle rival Cardiff City for the title of biggest women's club in Wales.
They finished mid-table in the last two Welsh Premier League seasons, and in 2010 lifted the Welsh League Cup.
After 30 prior arrests, when he was frequently accused of illegally selling single cigarettes, it seems he had had enough of what he personally regarded as police harassment.
"I'm tired of it," he said that afternoon as police accosted him again. "This stops today."
In the struggle to restrain him that followed, which was recorded as a video by an onlooker with a mobile phone, police officer Daniel Pantaleo kept his head held down despite his protestations that he could not breathe properly.
Mr Pantaleo's hold caused his death, the city medical examiner found in August. Then, in December, a grand jury decided the police officer should face no charges over the death.
The decision generated a wave of outrage across America, fuelled by suspicion that one standard of justice existed for white police officers like Mr Pantaleo and quite another for black men like Mr Garner.
The 43-year-old was African American and proud of it, to judge from what his heartbroken daughter Erica Snipes told the BBC.
"He had me watching Do The Right Thing and Malcolm X and Martin Luther King," she said. "He would be very proud of me," she added, wiping away tears.
Some people who knew the father-of-six in the Staten Island borough of New York remember him as a peaceable, good-natured man, immediately striking because of his great girth.
"Big E", as he was known, stood at six foot three inches (1.9 m) and weighed 350 pounds (159 kg).
He had a son starting college, five other children and two grandchildren, and a 25-year relationship with his wife, Esaw.
He had held had a couple of temporary jobs with the city parks department in recent years, most recently helping with horticulture crews and maintenance last year.
"Everyone loved Eric," local resident Graham told CNN. The two would chat occasionally as Graham practised his photography near the Staten Island Ferry, he said.
According to the Associated Press news agency, Mr Garner was "to his friends, a congenial giant with a generous gesture or a calming word".
To police he was also a suspected petty criminal, dealing in "loosies".
New York saw a boom in the illegal sale of these cheap, untaxed single cigarettes after the city's crackdown on smoking under the previous mayor, Michael Bloomberg, and recent rises in tobacco prices.
Mr Garner's arrests went back to 1988 on charges which also included drug possession and assault, police said. Outstanding cases against him included unlicensed driving and marijuana possession.
He accused police of harassing him, filing a complaint about a body search in 2007 and consulting Legal Aid more recently, the New York Times reports.
"He repeatedly told us that he felt he was targeted and harassed by the police, and he wasn't going to take any pleas," said Legal Aid lawyer Christopher Pisciotta.
Mr Garner's health was extremely poor.
The "Teddy Bear" exterior could not conceal the fact that he could barely walk the length of a street without resting, friends told the New York Times.
One man who knew him said he would walk slowly on sore feet, sometimes untying his shoes to relieve the pressure.
Asthma, heart disease and obesity were contributing factors in his death, the city medical examiner recorded.
Why police had to restrain him as they did is the question that torments Mr Garner's loved ones.
"How can you defend what's on the video, basically?" his daughter Erica asked.
Members will walk out from 03:00 BST on 19, 26 and 29 August and ban overtime for 48 hours from 27 August, in a row over cuts, work conditions and safety.
The RMT said the dispute involved about 1,800 members, saying Virgin Trains was trying to "bulldoze" through changes.
Virgin said its timetable will be "unaffected" during the walkouts.
The firm - which operates services to London, Edinburgh, Leeds and York - said it was making changes to customer-facing roles "which will see a single person take responsibility for the customer experience on our trains".
"This will have no impact on safety, and will result in a better experience for customers," it added.
It said the union "walked out of talks" on Thursday after "refusing to enter further discussions".
David Horne, managing director for Virgin Trains on the east coast, said: "With our guarantees that there will be no compulsory redundancies, no impact on safety and a full timetable in place during the walk-outs, these strikes will cost RMT members pay for no reason, and we urge the union to rejoin us around the negotiating table."
However, the RMT has said almost 200 jobs are under threat on the train line.
It said train guards, station staff and some drivers were set to take part in the walkouts. Depot maintenance workers will not be taking strike action.
The union accused Virgin and Stagecoach, who run the franchise, of trying to "bulldoze through a package of cash-led measures that would decimate jobs, working conditions and threaten the safety regime that currently ensures a guard on every train".
General secretary Mick Cash said members would "not tolerate the cavalier attitude to safety that is now on show as the company mobilises its scab army of managers".
He added: "The company have chosen to treat the negotiations as a game thus far, merely going through the motions of pretending they did not yet know what their plans entailed.
"To behave like that is to treat the union and its members with pure contempt."
RMT members on Virgin East Coast rail workers voted in favour of strikes by 84%, the union said this week.
It comes as the first of four separate Eurostar strikes by staff from two unions - including the RMT - began on Friday. It also follows strikes earlier in the week on Southern Railway.
The Japanese company has updated patents to make games like Street Fighter II, Super Mario Land and Donkey Kong available on phones, tablets and the back of plane seats.
It covers what's called a software emulator, which would "emulate a handheld video game platform".
The patent (a legal document stopping rivals copying your ideas) includes all titles playable on the Game Boy.
The technology is aimed at a "low-capability target platform (e.g., a seat-back display for airline or train use, a personal digital assistant, a cell phone) and uses a number of features and optimizations to provide high quality graphics and sound that nearly duplicates the game playing experience on the native platform."
Nintendo released a series of drawings in 2000 describing how it would all work, which were updated in 2003 and again 2012.
However, don't expect anything soon.
Nintendo said in January that it would not be releasing its games on smartphones in the near future.
The firm's president Satoru Iwata said he was committed to video game consoles despite disappointing sales of the Wii U.
"Lots of people have said we should go onto smartphones over the last few years, telling us our business would increase. But our approach is not to put our games on smartphones," he said.
He did say that the company would license character rights to other firms and that mobiles had a place in helping customers "understand the wonder of Nintendo games".
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The match was the first time the clubs had met since they played one another in last season's play-off semi-final, which Argyle won.
"I thought the referee booked some of our players for challenges and allowed their players to go free," he said.
"I thought that was a bit inconsistent at times from the referee."
Argyle had Jordan Slew, Ben Purrington and Yann Songo'o yellow-carded as they extended their unbeaten run to 11 games - their best in the league since 2001-02.
"There's got to be a consistent nature to the game and I don't think there was," Adams added to BBC Radio Devon.
"When they scored the goal they went across to our supporters and celebrated in front of our supporters and we knew that was going to incense our supporters.
"It's not right, but nobody got booked in that situation and that's what I'm talking about, consistency, and it wasn't there.
"Portsmouth are a very good side, they're the best side we've played this season and they're always going to be because of the squad they're able to generate this season."
An 11-mile (18km) stretch of coast was covered in the icy spheres.
The sculptural shapes range from the size of a tennis ball to almost 1m (3ft) across.
They result from a rare environmental process where small pieces of ice form, are rolled by wind and water, and end up as giant snowballs.
Locals in the village of Nyda, which lies on the Yamal Peninsula just above the Arctic Circle, say they have never seen anything to compare to them.
Russian TV quoted an explanation from Sergei Lisenkov, press secretary of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute:
"As a rule, first there is a primary natural phenomenon - sludge ice, slob ice. Then comes a combination of the effects of the wind, the lay of the coastline, and the temperature and wind conditions.
"It can be such an original combination that it results in the formation of balls like these."
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A similar phenomenon was witnessed in the Gulf of Finland in December 2014, and on Lake Michigan in December 2015, the Ura.ru website said.
Pictures of the snowballs have charmed Russians online. A reader of the TJournal news site calling himself "Anton Antonov" joked: "Soon the peninsula will be invaded by hatched snowsaurs!"
At least one former senior militant was among the men freed "in order to further facilitate the Afghan reconciliation process", said a foreign ministry statement.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited Islamabad recently to promote peace.
Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif said at the time he wanted to help regional efforts to stabilise Afghanistan.
The foreign ministry statement named those freed on Saturday as Mansoor Dadullah, Said Wali, Abdul Manan, Karim Agha, Sher Afzal, Gul Muhammad and Muhammad Zai.
Mansoor Dadullah served as the Taliban's military commander in four of the most violent provinces of southern Afghanistan until he was captured in February 2008 after a shootout with security forces in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
He had succeeded his brother, Mullah Dadullah, who was killed in a joint Afghan-Nato operation in May, 2007, but was sacked by the Taliban leadership later that year for for disobeying orders.
Some 26 Taliban detainees have been freed during the past year, it added.
Pakistan's foreign ministry spokesman told the BBC these latest prisoners had been released in Pakistan, not delivered into the custody of the Afghans as Kabul would prefer, says the BBC's Charles Havilland in Islamabad.
Mr Karzai has sought Mr Sharif's help in bringing the Afghan Taliban to the negotiating table, citing lack of security as the main concern for both neighbouring countries during his visit late last month.
Afghanistan believes that Taliban safe havens in Pakistan are the main cause of increased violence in the country.
Elements of Pakistan's intelligence service have long been accused of backing the Afghan Taliban and giving them refuge on Pakistani soil - something Islamabad strongly denies.
Mr Karzai said that he wanted the Pakistani government to play a mediating role with the Taliban, with whom Pakistan has a high degree of influence.
The Taliban refuse to talk with Mr Karzai, dismissing him as a US puppet.
One of Mr Karzai's main demands has been the release of high-profile Taliban prisoners held in Pakistan in the hope that this will help jump-start direct talks with insurgents.
He is particularly eager for Taliban's second-in-command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar who was arrested in Karachi in 2010, to be freed.
Sources have told the BBC that in his case the Afghans would like him to be transferred to Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates.
Mr Karzai's visit to Islamabad came after an attempt to kick start peace talks in the Qatari capital of Doha foundered in June.
With Mercedes again dominating this season, the sport has been criticised for a lack of excitement.
And Horner feels an experienced F1 figure, such as former Benetton and Ferrari chief Ross Brawn, could help the sport in the future.
"The strategy group is fairly inept. Maybe you need an independent observer, someone like Ross Brawn," said Horner.
"He understands the challenges and knows the business to write a specification for what a car or technical regulations should be."
In May, a range of measures aimed at making F1 more exciting were agreed upon by the sport's strategy group, which features Jean Todt, president of world motorsport's governing body the FIA, plus commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone and the Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren, Red Bull, Williams and Force India teams.
The changes still need to be approved by two further legislative stages.
Horner added: "I keep saying it and I will repeat it again now: It is for the commercial rights holder and the governing body to decide what F1 should be and then put it on the table to the teams and say 'this is what we want the product to be, these are the rules, this is the entry form'."
Bayern Munich midfielder Arturo Vidal's harsh 84th-minute dismissal was the first pivotal moment of a thrilling game, and then Ronaldo was clearly standing in an offside position to score Madrid's second in extra time.
Needing at least two goals to progress, Bayern had led when Robert Lewandowski confidently drilled in a penalty.
Madrid struggled to find rhythm at a nervy Bernabeu before Ronaldo headed in Casemiro's precise cross.
Bayern responded just 36 seconds later as Sergio Ramos' own goal forced extra time, but then crumbled after Ronaldo illegally fired in Madrid's second.
The Portugal captain tapped in the third - for his 100th Champions League goal - after Marcelo's marauding run, with Marco Asensio sealing victory by firing into the bottom corner.
Madrid will discover their semi-final opponents when the draw is made on Friday.
Neighbours Atletico Madrid progressed after edging past Leicester City, while the other two ties - Barcelona against Juventus, and Monaco against Borussia Dortmund - take place on Wednesday.
Anticipation was high when two of Europe's biggest and most successful clubs were drawn together - and an enthralling tie did not disappoint.
However, it was somewhat tinged by Madrid benefitting from two debatable decisions by Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai and his officials.
Chile midfielder Vidal, already booked for an early foul on the edge of the Bayern area, was shown a second yellow card for what appeared to be a clean sliding tackle on Madrid substitute Asensio.
And then Ronaldo was standing at least a yard offside when he met Ramos' pass and spun to fire Madrid 4-3 ahead on aggregate.
"In a quarter-final you have to put a better referee, or it is the moment to introduce video refereeing, which is what Uefa are trying, because there are too many errors," Bayern manager Carlo Ancelotti said.
Nothing separated the two teams over 180 engaging minutes in Munich and Madrid, only for the German champions to finally run out of steam as they battled a numerical disadvantage.
Bayern also played the final 30 minutes at the Allianz Arena last week with 10 men after Javi Martinez's dismissal.
Ancelotti's side remained resolute in the first period of extra time - until the tiring visitors unravelled after Ronaldo put the Spanish league leaders ahead.
Madrid are aiming to become the first club to retain the Champions League and moved a step closer by eventually seeing off Bayern.
For long periods, Madrid were edgy defensively and uncertain going forward - with Ronaldo guilty of wasting a number of chances in normal time.
Bayern knew they would have to become only the third side to overturn a first-leg home defeat in a Champions League tie to reach their sixth successive semi-final.
Fewer places are harder to achieve that than the home of the 11-time European champions.
Although only one away team had managed to leave the Bernabeu with victory in Madrid's previous 33 home matches in all competitions, Bayern looked confident and organised as they quietened the home crowd.
Bayern top scorer Lewandowski, who missed the first leg with a shoulder injury, fired them ahead with a coolly taken penalty before Ramos' bizarre own goal - the ball ricocheting off his right foot and spinning inside the near post - forced extra time.
But Madrid eventually wrestled control of the tie thanks to their numerical advantage and the decisions of the officials.
Sheer relief greeted the final two Madrid goals as their jubilant players wildly celebrated reaching a record seventh successive semi-final in Europe's premier club competition.
"I don't get involved if decisions are right or wrong," said Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane.
"Everyone has their own opinions, some might say it was not a second yellow card for Vidal, some might say it is.
"Cristiano's goal might have been offside but it doesn't change anything."
Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane:
On some home supporters whistling at Cristiano Ronaldo during the game: "Cristiano has shown that in the key moments he is there, he makes the difference. When he has to be, he is there.
"It is unique and we are happy for him and for the team.
"Maybe after today they do not whistle anymore, but this is Madrid and that things happen from time to time, and he knows it. He has to be calm.
"The public will always thank Cristiano for everything he has done."
Both teams go back to domestic league action hoping to move a step closer to their respective titles.
Madrid have the small matter of El Clasico to focus on. Zidane's team can move six points clear at the top of La Liga by beating arch-rivals Barcelona.
The sides meet on Sunday at the Bernabeu (19:45 BST), with live text commentary on the BBC Sport website.
Bundesliga leaders Bayern, who are eight points clear with five games left, will hope to bounce back from this defeat when they host Mainz on Saturday.
Match ends, Real Madrid 4, FC Bayern München 2.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Real Madrid 4, FC Bayern München 2.
Attempt missed. Casemiro (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Marcelo.
Attempt missed. Mats Hummels (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Arjen Robben with a cross following a set piece situation.
Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid).
Substitution, Real Madrid. Mateo Kovacic replaces Toni Kroos.
Foul by Douglas Costa (FC Bayern München).
Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Real Madrid 4, FC Bayern München 2. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
Goal! Real Madrid 3, FC Bayern München 2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcelo.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Nacho.
Attempt missed. Casemiro (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
Second Half Extra Time begins Real Madrid 2, FC Bayern München 2.
First Half Extra Time ends, Real Madrid 2, FC Bayern München 2.
Goal! Real Madrid 2, FC Bayern München 2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Ramos.
Foul by Mats Hummels (FC Bayern München).
Keylor Navas (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Daniel Carvajal.
Offside, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Manuel Neuer.
Attempt saved. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
Attempt missed. Douglas Costa (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Arjen Robben following a fast break.
Offside, Real Madrid. Marcelo tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Marcelo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez with a cross.
Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos.
Foul by Mats Hummels (FC Bayern München).
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Daniel Carvajal.
Foul by Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München).
Luka Modric (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München).
Marcelo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jérôme Boateng.
First Half Extra Time begins Real Madrid 1, FC Bayern München 2.
Second Half ends, Real Madrid 1, FC Bayern München 2.
Attempt missed. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Mats Hummels.
But people in the east and west of Cheshire have been waiting for longer than most to have their say about what happens locally.
None of the seats on Cheshire East Council and Cheshire West & Chester Council have been contested for four years now, whereas in many other local authorities there are elections for a third of councillors nearly every year.
That's still the case in Warrington, but the borough council there will soon be joining its Cheshire neighbours in using the "all-out" system.
Cheshire West & Chester Council has been Conservative-controlled since the authority replaced the county council and three district councils in 2009.
Since the last contest in 2011, the Tories have had a majority of nine - with 42 seats compared to Labour's 32 and the Liberal Democrats' one.
A loss of just five councillors would push the authority into no overall control. With some councillors for both the main two parties on shaky majorities, we could see some significant change.
Given that there have not been any council-wide elections for four years, the unknown factor is UKIP.
The party won in the Cheshire West & Chester Council area in last year's European elections, and may be expected to win members in some wards.
Even in wards where they don't win, they could still have a big impact on who does.
On the other side of the county, Cheshire East Council has also been Tory-run since it was established six years ago.
They have a much healthier majority here - with 49 councillors, dominating the council chamber in comparison to Labour's 14 seats, the Liberal Democrats' four and UKIP's two.
One problem for the incumbent party, though, is the number of independent members who were elected last time, some of whom are popular local figures who represent areas which may seem more naturally Conservative-inclined.
UKIP is equally untested in Cheshire East - with the party's two members having defected from the Tories. But with the party coming second to Labour in every seat in Crewe's town council election of 2013, the party will expect a significant share of the vote - even if it's not represented by a huge number of seats.
Things are not so exciting in Warrington. With Labour running the authority on a majority of 32 over their nearest rivals the Liberal Democrats, the party will remain the biggest party whatever happens, given only 19 seats will be contested.
They can't rely on the Lib Dem vote disappearing, as it's held up in parts of the borough in recent years.
With this election happening on the same day as the parliamentary election, it seems likely that the turnout will be up compared to 2011.
The hopes for the two main parties in these contests in Cheshire will be that voters tick the same boxes in both elections - giving them an advantage over UKIP and the Liberal Democrats.
But that may not be a habit they'd want to rely on for much longer, given how many more people are expected to support UKIP compared to five years ago.
In the 86th minute of Alianza Lima's clash with Real Garcilaso, the 36-year-old may have thought he could start winding down for the afternoon until, suddenly, chaos broke out.
Like a rag to a bull, the sight of red left Allianza players - trailing 1-0 - wanting more and more punishment and in Blanco, they found a man willing to dish it out.
Red cards for a Gabriel Costa hack in midfield and manager Guillermo Sanguinetti's protests, two more as an elbow and vicious kick saw Marcos Miers and Pablo Miquez hit the showers, before Christian Cueva saw red for trying to stop Blanco from reaching for a card.
Not even the sight of riot police attempting to address the chaos on the pitch could fluster Blanco during his five-minute red-card bonanza.
Peru's Association of Professional Referees said Blanco was "correct" and congratulated him on a "very good job" on Facebook.
That was a view probably not shared by all as he was escorted through a scrum of media, with a vacant look on his face, and into a car driven away flanked by police cars with lights flashing.
There's nothing like a quiet Sunday. For what it is worth, Garcilaso held on to win 1-0 and lead Peru's top flight.
All parties involved say people watching the videos won't see any changes until the end of the year.
YouTube says it is committed but technical change may take time and Vevo has agreed to trial the scheme.
Three of the biggest labels in the UK - Sony, Universal and Warner Brothers - have all also agreed to take part.
But it will only apply to artists signed to UK labels.
In August, David Cameron announced the pilot saying that he wanted "to help parents protect their children from some of the graphic content in online music videos".
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), the same body which rates films and DVDs, will be deciding which videos warrant an age rating.
Newsbeat visited the music video set, in Stoke-on-Trent, of new artist Ella On The Run for her single War of Words.
"I think there's two sides to the pilot," she said. "I understand the reason for it. I would say age ratings would be appropriate because sometimes you don't want your kids to see certain sexual imagery or violence.
"At the same time, I think giving an age rating might actually get people to make even more provocative videos than before as long as they get the proper rating for it.
"So there's two sides to the story, but it's hard to decide which is the better outcome. So we'll see."
Mercury-nominated singer FKA Twigs said: "I think that the answer to protecting younger viewers is not to ban things, it's to show an alternative.
"I guess with my videos we're talking directly about sexuality and there's nothing wrong with that.
"Why shouldn't younger people learn and explore about what sexuality is as an adult? Why shouldn't they do that?
"We're not living in Victorian Britain, do we want to be repressed? Do we want to have these kids doing weird things behind closed doors or should this be a country that is leading by example in explaining to people?"
Spokesman for Vevo, Carly von Speyr, said: "While Vevo is a supporter of artist expression and free speech, we do believe it is important to inform parents and viewers about any music video programming we distribute that may not be suitable for all viewers.
"We are already part of the BPI's parental advisory scheme and we are pleased to be working with them and British Board of Film Classification to pilot the age rating of these videos this autumn."
The content of music videos played on TV is actively regulated by the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom.
A spokesperson said: "Ofcom's licensees understand their obligations under our rules; as a result we receive relatively few complaints about music videos on TV. If broadcasters do break the rules, we take robust action, which can include issuing fines."
In September 2011, Ofcom issued new guidance on the TV watershed, warning broadcasters to be more careful about programmes they show before 9pm that could be unsuitable for children.
That included specific detailed guidance on music videos.
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Richard Bruton will outline options for reform later, Irish broadcaster RTÉ reports.
Mr Bruton will say the current system for publicly-funded schools is unfair.
Children who live close to a religious school can currently lose out on a space to those who live further away but share the school's religion.
In snippets of his upcoming speech, released to the media ahead of a seminar, the minister notes that while 96% of primary schools in the Republic of Ireland are Christian - the vast majority being Catholic - more than a third of couples getting married there are choosing civil non-religious ceremonies.
Options for reform include allowing schools to favour children of their own religion only when those children live within the school's catchment area, or when that school is their nearest one.
A third option is the introduction of quotas, allowing preference on religious grounds for a limited proportion of places.
The fourth is an outright ban on using religion as a factor in admissions.
Under this last option, the minister will say religious schools could require parents or students to indicate support for the school's religious ethos.
He will say there is a most important need to avoid possible impacts on the wishes of minority religions - such as Protestants - to run schools in accordance with their ethos and admit children from their communities.
Other possible consequences are breaches of the constitution, or the creation of so-called 'postcode lotteries' where schools in less advantaged areas could suffer.
The minister says he will be commencing a process of consultation, and is interested in hearing the views of groups who are affected, as well as members of the public.
He will say the desire of religious parents to educate their children in their faith is welcome and should be respected, but non-religious parents or parents of minority religions should not be unfairly disadvantaged.
Anna Francolini, who appeared in Damon Albarn's musical wonder.land, will play Captain Hook and Mrs Darling.
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It is the most celebrated event in the calendar for about 400,000 Sikhs in the UK.
The celebration, in the form of a religious procession known as a nagar kirtan, paraded through the town.
The colourful display includes hymn singing, martial-arts displays and handouts of free food and showcases the religion to the wider community.
The procession finished at the Gurdwara on Catherine Street after going along Roberts Road and Baxtergate.
Kent Police said they were called on 22 March, after a woman said she was raped in an alleyway off Parrock Street.
Edison Mulaj, 19, of New Road, Gravesend, was arrested and charged with rape. He was also charged with attempted rape, sexual assault and robbery over an attack on 16 February.
He appeared before Dartford magistrates and was remanded until 17 April.
Scientists working in Daoxian, south China, have discovered teeth belonging to modern humans that date to at least 80,000 years ago.
This is 20,000 years earlier than the widely accepted "Out of Africa" migration that led to the successful peopling of the globe by our species.
Details of the work are outlined in the journal Nature.
Several lines of evidence - including genetics and archaeology - support a dispersal of our species from Africa 60,000 years ago.
Early modern humans living in the horn of Africa are thought to have crossed the Red Sea via the Bab el Mandeb straits, taking advantage of low water levels.
All non-African people alive today are thought to derive from this diaspora.
Now, excavations at Fuyan Cave in Daoxian have unearthed a trove of 47 human teeth.
"It was very clear to us that these teeth belonged to modern humans [from their morphology]. What was a surprise was the date," Dr María Martinón-Torres, from University College London (UCL), told BBC News.
"All the fossils have been sealed in a calcitic floor, which is like a gravestone, sealing them off. So the teeth have to be older than that layer. Above that are stalagmites that have been dated using uranium series to 80,000 years.
This means that everything below those stalagmites must be older than 80,000 years old; the human teeth could be as old as 125,000 years, according to the researchers.
In addition, the animal fossils found with the human teeth are typical of the Late Pleistocene - the same period indicated by the radioactive dating evidence.
Some fossils of modern humans that predate the Out of Africa migration are already known, from the Skhul and Qafzeh caves in Israel. But these have been regarded as part of a failed early dispersal of modern humans who probably went extinct.
However, the discovery of unequivocally modern fossils in China clouds the picture.
"Some researchers have proposed earlier dispersals in the past," said Dr Martinón-Torres.
"We really have to understand the fate of this migration. We need to find out whether it failed and they went extinct or they really did contribute to later people.
"Maybe we really are descendents of the dispersal 60,000 years ago - but we need to re-think our models. Maybe there was more than one Out of Africa migration."
Prof Chris Stringer, from London's Natural History Museum said the new study was "a game-changer" in the debate about the spread of modern humans.
"Many workers (often including me) have argued that the early dispersal of modern humans from Africa into the Levant recorded by the fossils from Skhul and Qafzeh at about 120,000 years ago was essentially a failed dispersal which went little or no further than Israel."
"However, the large sample of teeth from Daoxian seem unquestionably modern in their size and morphology, and they look to be well-dated by uranium-thorium methods to at least 80,000 years. At first sight this seems to be consistent with an early dispersal across southern Asia by a population resembling those known from Skhul and Qafzeh.
"But the Daoxian fossils resemble recent human teeth much more than they look like those from Skhul and Qafzeh, which retain more primitive traits. So either there must have been rapid evolution of the dentitions of a Skhul-Qafzeh type population in Asia by about 80,000 years, or the Daoxian teeth represent a hitherto-unsuspected early and separate dispersal of more modern-looking humans."
Dr Pontus Skoglund, from the department of genetics at Harvard Medical School, told BBC News: "The genetic evidence we have puts strong constraints on some aspects of human history, but less so on the timing of the out of Africa event. Most genetic reconstructions based on modern data relies on assumptions on the mutation rate, for which there are still some real uncertainties.
"In terms of direct genetic evidence, we already have a 45,000 year-old genome from Siberia (Ust Ishim) and a ~40,000 year old individual from Europe (Oase) that are consistent with being from now-mostly-extinct lineages. "
"The conclusion is perhaps that the genetics does allow an 80,000 year old East Asian population to contribute some ancestry to present-day people, but I think not very much. It is a very interesting discovery that is hard to fit in our current thinking, but not impossible. We are just starting to cope with this data point."
Dr Martinón-Torres said the study could also shed light on why it took Homo sapiens another 40,000 years to settle Europe.
Perhaps the presence of the Neanderthals kept our species out of westernmost Eurasia until our evolutionary cousins started to dwindle in number. However, it's also possible that modern humans - who started out as a tropical species - were not as well-conditioned as the Neanderthals for the icy climate in Europe.
She noted that while modern humans occupied the warmer south of China 80,000 years ago, the colder regions of central and northern China appear to be settled by more primitive human groups who may have been Asian relatives of the Neanderthals.
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Aoife Mannion scored an early penalty for the visitors after England defender Lucy Bronze fouled Andrine Hegerberg.
But the home side recovered from conceding only their fourth goal in 16 league matches this season to level the match shortly after half-time.
Demi Stokes caught out goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger with her left-wing cross.
Nick Cushing's side ended the WSL 1 campaign with 42 points from a maximum of 48 available, winning 13 and drawing three of their 16 league fixtures.
Match ends, Manchester City Women 1, Birmingham City Ladies 1.
Second Half ends, Manchester City Women 1, Birmingham City Ladies 1.
Attempt blocked. Georgia Stanway (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Hand ball by Melissa Lawley (Birmingham City Ladies).
Attempt missed. Nikita Parris (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is too high.
Attempt missed. Georgia Stanway (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, Birmingham City Ladies. Kirsty Linnett replaces Freda Ayisi.
Nikita Parris (Manchester City Women) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Attempt saved. Nikita Parris (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Nikita Parris (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Abbey-Leigh Stringer (Birmingham City Ladies).
Foul by Jill Scott (Manchester City Women).
(Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Ann-Katrin Berger.
Attempt saved. Jennifer Beattie (Manchester City Women) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Melissa Lawley.
Attempt missed. Charlie Wellings (Birmingham City Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Nikita Parris replaces Jane Ross.
Lucy Bronze (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Melissa Lawley (Birmingham City Ladies).
Substitution, Birmingham City Ladies. Marisa Ewers replaces Corina Schröder.
Attempt missed. Toni Duggan (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt missed. Jennifer Beattie (Manchester City Women) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Jane Ross (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Meaghan Sargeant (Birmingham City Ladies).
Attempt saved. Stephanie Houghton (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Georgia Stanway (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jessica Carter (Birmingham City Ladies).
Attempt missed. Jill Scott (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Ellie Roebuck replaces Karen Bardsley.
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Georgia Stanway replaces Kosovare Asllani.
Substitution, Birmingham City Ladies. Meaghan Sargeant replaces Emily Westwood.
Goal! Manchester City Women 1, Birmingham City Ladies 1. Demi Stokes (Manchester City Women) left footed shot from long range on the left to the top right corner.
Lucy Bronze (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jessica Carter (Birmingham City Ladies).
Attempt saved. Charlie Wellings (Birmingham City Ladies) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Jill Scott (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Jane Ross (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Second Half begins Manchester City Women 0, Birmingham City Ladies 1.
First Half ends, Manchester City Women 0, Birmingham City Ladies 1.
Conrad Chau altered prescriptions to get pharmaceutical firms to send him more drugs at a discounted price so he could sell them on to other companies at a profit.
The offences took place in 2013 while he was owner of the Holburn Pharmacy.
Chau, 51, admitted various charges at Aberdeen Sheriff Court and was jailed for 20 months.
Fiscal depute Kelly Mitchell previously told the court: "The accused pretended to these companies that he had dispensed his monthly quota to genuine patients and thereafter sent over quota orders, these were sent by fax and e-mail and contained fraudulently altered prescriptions for products that had never been prescribed by relevant doctors."
The fraud was discovered when a comparison was made between the genuine prescriptions issued by local GPs and received by the NHS, and the forged versions of the same documents, which had been sent to the pharmaceutical companies.
Chau's solicitor, George Mathers, said his client had not initially realised the seriousness of the offence. He later sold the business.
The court heard that Chau intended to pay back the cash he had fraudulently taken.
However, Sheriff William Summers described it as a "loss to the public purse" and jailed the pharmacist.
Introducing bonus points is aimed to be an incentive for teams to attack.
Wales, who have not lost to Italy since 2007, will resort to a territorial game if needed, added the kicking coach.
"We've got to bring our A-game and be ready to play from anywhere and be ready to play territory game as well," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"It's going to be a tough game there's no doubt of that, Italy are looking forward to playing us."
The Azzurri have beaten Wales twice in Rome - in 2003 and 2007 - but have conceded more than 60 points in their last two meetings with Wales in this tournament.
But Jenkins - the only Welshman to score more than 1,000 points in Test rugby - agreed with Italy captain Sergio Parisse's assessment that on both occasions Wales did not get on top until the last 20 minutes.
"It's going to be very tough," he added.
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"It's never any different coming here. You look at the scores the last two years have been blown out a little bit but the games have been tough from the word go.
"As Sergio says, the scores from our last two years are right in terms of we got away in the last 20 minutes against them and scored quite a few tries in both games."
But Wales will be prepared to be pragmatic if the match situation dictates - especially with rain forecast for Sunday afternoon.
"You've got to earn your right to put the points on the scoreboard and sometimes that's three, six, nine, 12, and not seven, 14, 21," he added.
"But Test matches are all about winning, it's as simple as that, and if the bonus point comes into play, well, so be it, and it will be a fantastic tournament."
Jenkins also reported that the Wales squad had a clean bill of health, with no injury concerns the day before the game.
Vote Leave co-chairman Gisela Stuart said Ms Le Pen held "divisive and inflammatory" views and her visit would not be "conducive to the public good".
The president of the French National Front, who backs Brexit, is expected to travel to the UK in the next few weeks.
The Home Secretary told the BBC she does not comment on individual cases.
Ms Le Pen has said she intends to speak in favour of Britain leaving the EU and wants France, like the UK, to hold a referendum on leaving.
In a letter to Home Secretary Theresa May sent on Friday, Ms Stuart said the National Front leader "has previously made many divisive and inflammatory comments, including comparing Muslims praying in the street to the Nazi occupation of France".
"Accordingly, I urge you to exercise your powers under immigration legislation to refuse her admission into the country if and when she attempts to visit the UK."
Ms Stuart said there was "ample precedent" to refuse Ms Le Pen entry, based on Home Office decisions to bar others in recent years.
According to figures published in 2014, Mrs May has banned more than 217 people since 2010, including 84 hate preachers, 61 people on grounds of national security and 72 because they were deemed "not conducive to the public good".
Mrs May told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show she "never talks about individual decisions" on this. She has previously said banning decisions are taken "on the basis of the evidence at the time".
Ms Le Pen has spoken in favour of French withdrawal from the EU and eurozone, which she says would allow France to restrict immigration, impose customs duties on imports, nationalise some big businesses and re-instate the franc.
She denies accusations that her party is racist and anti-Semitic.
Correspondents say the National Front has been following the EU debate in the UK closely and hopes a vote for Brexit would lift its political fortunes in France, which holds presidential elections next year.
Party spokesman Alain Vizier said on Wednesday: "Marine Le Pen is bound to go [to the UK]. The date has not been set, it would be at the end of May or early June.
"She would go for a day or half a day," he said, adding only that "she will campaign for Brexit".
Earlier in the week, Ms Le Pen said in a French radio interview: "Every nation in Europe has the right to be asked that question - do you want to stay in this structure... or not.
"The first step was organised by Mr [David] Cameron."
The UK's in/out referendum on the EU will be held on 23 June.
The county hosted a members' forum on Wednesday to present details on the proposed eight-team competition, which could start as early as 2018.
"There's a lot more work to do, but the direction of travel is now confirmed," Bransgrove told BBC Radio Solent.
The ECB board will meet at the end of October to hold a vote on the proposal.
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Bransgrove, who feels the new competition will help retain a younger cricket audience, has already fed the support from the Hampshire members' forum back to ECB chairman Colin Graves and chief executive Tom Harrison.
Surrey, Kent and Sussex reportedly voted against the idea when it was passed by a majority vote at Lord's in September.
"I don't think there's any doubt now, we have to go this way," Bransgrove added.
"This overwhelming support makes it easier to calculate the things that we need to assess when we address this competition.
"We've got an easier job to do now that everyone recognises the importance of this competition."
Eight soldiers were also wounded in the "friendly fire" incident on Wednesday, said defence secretary Delfin Lorenzana, expressing remorse.
Over the last week militants allied to the so-called Islamic State have engaged in street battles with the army leaving more than 100 people dead.
It was sparked by the attempted capture of a top militant leader by the army.
"Yesterday we had a tragedy that involved our troops. A group of our military, army men, were hit by our own airstrike. We lost men, 10 killed and 8 wounded," Mr Lorenzana told reporters.
President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law on southern Mindanao island, where Marawi City is located, last week.
Security forces launched a raid to arrest Isnilon Hapilon - a Filipino militant on the US's list of most-wanted terror suspects.
Authorities said dozens of fighters fought back to protect him, and then attacked parts of the city with a population of 200,000, taking hostages.
The Philippines military has since been using armed forces and helicopter airstrikes to try and drive the militants out.
Most of the civilians have left Marawi, while about 2,000 remain trapped.
Defence Minister Lorenzana told reporters on Thursday that among the militants that have been killed there were fighters from at least five other nationalities including Saudi, Yemeni and Chechen, according to Reuters.
McGovern has a reputation for tackling complicated and emotive subjects.
In Hillsborough, he looked at the fall-out of the 1989 disaster; in Sunday, he investigated the repercussions of the Bloody Sunday shootings in Northern Ireland; and, most recently, in two series of Accused, he considered how people find themselves dragged into the legal system.
His latest film, Common, also considers an aspect of the law, that of joint enterprise or common unlawful purpose murder.
The Crown Prosecution Service say the rule of joint enterprise can be used when two or more people join in committing the same crime, when someone encourages or assists another in committing a crime or where someone commits a second crime in the course of a first, which others involved could have foreseen.
McGovern says he had never heard of it until he "got this letter out of the blue" from a woman who explained someone close to her was "inside for a long, long time" because of it.
"I was invited to her house and one person who was there was Janet Cunliffe, who is the mother of Jordan Cunliffe who is doing a long term for his part in the murder of Garry Newlove," he says.
Mr Newlove died in August 2007, three days after he was kicked and punched by a group of youths.
He had spent months trying to stop them vandalising his neighbourhood in Warrington.
Adam Swellings, Stephen Sorton and Jordan Cunliffe were jailed for life in January 2008 for his murder.
Ms Cunliffe says her son was "completely innocent" and that his conviction, which used the joint enterprise rule, was unsound.
"In joint enterprise, many people get convicted because they have encouraged or had foresight, but my son is blind - he couldn't have encouraged a fight or an argument that he couldn't see [and] he certainly couldn't stop it."
She says his eyesight was "so bad that he was scheduled for surgery on both his eyes prior to the trial and two weeks after he was convicted, he was given transplant surgery".
By Mark DsouzaLecturer in Law, University of Liverpool
Common unlawful purpose, which is also known as parasitic accessory liability, is a common law doctrine that has developed through case law.
The argument for it is that if you agree to do something that's likely to cause harm and you foresee that in doing that, your mate might go ahead and commit another offence, then it is your job to withdraw.
You shouldn't put yourself in a position where, willingly or unwittingly, you have encouraged someone else to commit a really serious offence.
Say you agree to commit a robbery and you realise your friend has a gun, you can tell him 'I don't want you to use that', but by virtue of the fact you've said that, it's clear that you foresee there's a possibility that he might shoot.
This is different from aiding and abetting, because you have not encouraged him to use the gun, asked him to shoot someone or supplied the gun; nevertheless you foresee that he might use the gun and you still go ahead.
So there's a certain amount of culpability that attaches to you and you shouldn't be allowed to avoid liability for what happens to the victim.
Jordan Cunliffe's application for permission to appeal against his conviction was thrown out by the Court of Appeal in 2010.
McGovern says the case made him look further into joint enterprise, which led him to find many examples of convictions he was uncomfortable with.
"I could tell you stories of people doing long stretches who weren't even at the scene.
"The dice is loaded against you. For instance, if you phone your friend and that friend goes out and kills a person, you have conspired, because you used a phone immediately prior to that incident.
"Then if you don't phone your friend for 24 hours, you are maintaining radio silence and that too is highly suspicious, that too is used against you."
He points to a letter he saw from Justice Minister Chris Grayling, which included the statement that "even a knowing look is sufficient".
Human rights lawyer Simon Natas, from campaign group Joint Enterprise: Not Guilty by Association, says there is a discrepancy between "what people are prosecuted for and what they are sentenced for".
"If someone has participated in a public order offence - affray or violent disorder for example - then they should be prosecuted for that.
"In quite a lot of joint enterprise cases, you look at them and think there's no justice if they are convicted of a public order offence, but the jump from that to murder is an enormous one.
"It's a question of making sure the punishment fits the crime and that has got out of kilter."
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said there were "no plans to change the law in this area".
"Joint enterprise law has enabled some of the most serious offenders to be brought to justice.
"It ensures that if a crime is committed by two or more people, all those involved can potentially be charged and convicted of that offence."
The rule is backed by John Johnson, whose son Kevin was stabbed to death in May 2007 after remonstrating with some youths in Sunderland.
Dean Curtis, Tony Hawkes and Jordan Towers were jailed for his murder later the same year.
Mr Johnson says he supported the joint enterprise conviction because "they acted as a group".
Who is locked up under joint enterprise?
"They were all carrying knives - they knew what they were doing... although there was only one who actually stabbed our Kevin.
"The three them together out that night, they all got the bravado from each other.
"If there was only one out, probably nothing would have happened."
McGovern says another issue he has with joint enterprise is who it is used against - "poor black lads in London and up in the north, loads of working class kids".
"Poor people get lousy lawyers [and] nine times out of 10, injustice comes about because you get lousy lawyers. "
Common does not only dwell on the law though. McGovern also looks at the emotional impact of the crime on the victim's family, something which he says he needed to include.
"You get carried away with injustice, injustice, injustice, but there is no greater injustice than to lose a person to a crime of violence.
"It is absolutely horrendous and everything else pales into insignificance when compared to that.
"Nevertheless, that great injustice should not allow other injustices to be committed as well.
"Nobody wants to be soft on murder, but you shouldn't be soft on injustice either."
Common is on BBC One at 21:00 BST on Sunday and after that on iPlayer.
Ivan Emmanuel Campbell, 73, who had dementia, was a resident at Victoria Nursing Home in Rusholme when he died in April 2012.
He had suffered "catastrophic" abdominal injuries consistent with being "stamped upon or punched", the inquest heard.
Greater Manchester Police said it would be reviewing the findings.
Mr Campbell, who also suffered from type two diabetes, arrived in the UK from Jamaica in the early 1960s.
He had been a resident of the privately-run care home since June 2007.
The hearing at Manchester Civil Justice Centre heard how the former factory worker was about 5ft and weighed seven stone (44kg) at the time of his death.
Care worker Barry Delaney, 37, was arrested in 2013 on suspicion of the assault of Mr Campbell and another resident, 72.
He was released without charge, the hearing was told.
Mr Delaney had been working at the home on the night shift on 15 April 2012 and had checked on Mr Campbell at 02:00, 04:00 and 06:00 BST.
When the morning staff tried to wake Mr Campbell they found him "unresponsive".
The 73-year-old was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary and died on 17 April.
Coroner Nigel Meadows said: "At no point has there been any evidence of a previous incident or circumstance where Mr Campbell could have possibly come to any significant harm.
"There were no falls and he was a resident on the ground floor. When I look at the evidence I'm satisfied that the only possible explanation is that Mr Campbell has been unlawfully assaulted."
Forensic pathologist Dr Philip Lumb told the hearing: "I think that it is very unlikely that it was an accident. It is very likely that this is an injury that is associated with physical assault.
"There was a split to the liver; it was a tear and almost divided the liver into two halves. We see these types of injuries from blows such as stamps, knees to the abdomen and very heavy punches.''
Following the ruling, Mr Campbell's three daughters said in a statement: ''We are just a mixture of emotions, everything possible, upset, confused, angry. But we knew this was going to happen - we knew someone had done it.
"We had been looking after our father for around five years before we put him in the nursing home. They were supposed to look after him, not kill him."
A month after Mr Campbell's death, the Care Quality Commission found "residents were not fully protected from effects of abuse or exploitation within the home" and there were problems with staff training.
In October 2012, inspectors said the home had improved and "now had effective systems in place to identify, assess, and manage risks to health, safety, and welfare".
Food shortages, malnutrition and migration will undo decades of development unless more funding is made available, the authors added.
Failure to act could jeopardise UN global development goals, they warn.
The findings were compiled by the Montpellier Panel, a group of experts from Europe and Africa.
The report - The Farms of Change: African Smallholders Responding to an Uncertain Climate Future - recommended that international donors and governments took action in a range of priority areas, including:
Montpellier Panel chairman Prof Sir Gordon Conway observed: "Progress made in the last two decades to combat hunger and poverty in Africa will be irrelevant if action is not taken on climate change.
"African smallholders cannot escape poverty unless they are equipped to adapt to a changing climate - and this requires serious, large-scale investments," he added.
'Failed seasons'
The concerns voiced by Sir Gordon, who is also director of Agriculture for Impact, echoed the findings of a report last year that warned that many small-scale farmers across the continent faced the threat of "failed seasons".
The 2014 African Agriculture Status Report said the vital food producers faced a risk of being overwhelmed by the pace and severity of climate change.
The 2014 publication called for the adoption of "climate-smart agriculture" that would help make crops more resilient to future extreme weather events.
Another report published last year, On Trial: GM Crops in Africa, produced by UK think-tank Chatham House, said: "Increasing agricultural productivity and adapting farming to climate change are central to Africa's development prospects."
It suggested that sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural sector would benefit if it was able to harvest the fruits of biotechnology in order to establish sustainable development.
But it also said that a key challenge was being able to attract the necessary funding for biotechnology projects that focused on staple crops, such as cassava, as such food crops had a limited market globally.
Figures estimate that 200 million Africans are chronically malnourished and five million people each year die as a result of hunger.
The Montpellier Panel report that without urgently needed investment to climate-proof Africa's agriculture, the situation would become even more bleak.
It warned that by the middle of this century, hunger and child malnutrition could increase by more than 20% as a result of changes to the climate, undoing the gains made by the UN Millennium Development Goals.
However, Africa director of the International Food Policy Research Institute, Dr Ousmane Badiane, outlined why the report was calling for greater funding to climate-proof the continent's farms.
He said: "When given the right options and incentives, farmers can drive sustainable agricultural development that builds resilience to disasters and greenhouse gas emissions."
Revenue Scotland is due to take over the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) and the Scottish Landfill Tax on 1 April next year.
But Audit Scotland said the new body risked not being fully ready to begin collecting the taxes.
The Scottish government said preparations were "on track".
The new powers over LBTT - which is replacing stamp duty - and Landfill Tax were announced in the Scotland Act 2012.
Audit Scotland said it was worried the collection system might not be fully functional by next April - potentially increasing paperwork, processing times and costs.
Scotland is set to be given further tax raising powers - including over income tax rates and bands - following the publication of the Smith Commission into extra devolution.
The Audit Scotland report said: "Given the large volume of transactions anticipated, any move away from the electronic processing of LBTT is likely to have cost and performance implications.
"Revenue Scotland plans to decide in December 2014 whether it needs to implement any of its contingency plans.
"This could, for example, lead to an increase in processing costs and may bring reputational risks for Revenue Scotland."
Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland, said: "The Scottish government successfully developed the legislative framework for the devolved taxes but it must ensure that staff and systems are fully in place to manage the increased responsibilities that the Scotland Act brings."
Glenn Campbell, political correspondent
The watchdog is worried that Revenue Scotland won't be fully ready to collect landfill tax and land and buildings transaction tax from 1 April 2015.
It says delays in recruiting staff and developing computer systems have increased the risk of problems.
The finance secretary, John Swinney, says he is "confident" the system will work from day one and Revenue Scotland has "contingency plans" in case he's wrong about that.
Plan B would involve manually processing the tax on some or all of the 450-600 land and buildings transactions expected every day.
Audit Scotland says this will increase paperwork, processing times and costs. But it also warns of "reputational risks" for Revenue Scotland.
These are risks the new tax collector cannot really afford to run.
It needs to establish itself as an effective agency to ensure the Scottish government has the cash it needs to fund public services.
But it also needs to prove that it will be capable of taking on the new tax responsibilities that will come under the Smith commission's proposals for further devolution.
Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary John Swinney said the Scottish government was closely monitoring Revenue Scotland's progress.
He said: "Revenue Scotland has in place a team with expert legal, financial, leadership and operational tax experience, and the detailed phased recruitment plan to deliver the necessary operational staff is progressing on track.
"Technical guidance on the two taxes is currently being consulted on with external stakeholders and future users of our online tax system are currently being recruited to help us ensure it is user-friendly, effective and efficient.
"Development of IT is proceeding well and is on track to be completed in good time for the roll-out of tax collection in Scotland this April."
Mr Swinney said he was confident that "robust plans" were in place to ensure smooth delivery of the service, and said it was "heartening" to see this planning acknowledged by Audit Scotland.
But Labour MSP Iain Gray said Mr Swinney must "take responsibility for the catalogue of failings highlighted by Audit Scotland."
He added: "This reports blows a hole in any credibility the Scottish government had left. The SNP has spent the last three years calling for more tax-raising powers. This is laughable given their inept stewardship of the ones they already have."
Liberal Democrat MSP Tavish Scott said SNP ministers "must be up-front about any potential delay" to the roll-out.
He said: "We want assurances that the government are actively tackling these problems before they snowball into a full-scale delay."
Scottish Conservative finance spokesman Gavin Brown MSP called on Mr Swinney to make a statement to the Scottish parliament, adding: "This goes live in April, and now we learn the IT programme is months behind schedule."
Southsea Castle will receive £200,000 and Square Tower - one of the oldest parts of the fortifications of Portsmouth - will benefit from £250,000.
The Round Tower and Cumberland House Natural History Museum will also get a combined upkeep fund of £150,000.
The funding is part of the council's capital budget.
Linda Symes, Portsmouth City Council's cabinet member for culture, leisure & sport, said: "Everyone in the city enjoys these fantastic buildings and places but people don't often realise the work that goes into making sure they look their best and are safe to use.
"This work will ensure we can all continue to enjoy these sites for years to come."
2014 World Player of the Year Mentor, who captained England in August's World Cup, Harten, Stacey Francis and Serena Guthrie will instead prepare for the domestic season.
Manchester Thunder's Sara Bayman leads a 12-strong squad including seven players not involved in the World Cup.
The three-Test series starts at Liverpool's Echo Arena on 20 January.
London's Copper Box Arena will host the final two matches on 22 and 24 January.
Following a first half of few chances, Patrick van Aanholt scored the only goal of the game shortly after the break.
Adnan Januzaj slid a lovely ball to Jermain Defoe, whose low cross was touched by Van Aanholt, who then swivelled and shot in off the post from six yards.
Troy Deeney had a chance to equalise when he met a Nordin Amrabat cross, but his header flew wide.
Daryl Janmaat and Odion Ighalo also had late efforts for the visitors saved by keeper Jordan Pickford, as Watford slipped to a fourth defeat in five games.
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Sunderland manager David Moyes had earmarked this as a must-win game in his side's quest to avoid relegation, and his players delivered a display built on determination and solid foundations.
The home side defended resolutely and, when their goal was threatened, Pickford made the necessary saves as the Black Cats kept only their second clean sheet of the season in the league.
Left-back Van Aanholt was key to the win, not only scoring but combining well with Victor Anichebe ahead of him, as 55.8% of Sunderland's attacking play came from their flank.
Van Aanholt went close at the end of the first half when he had a shot saved - when he appeared to be offside - before he was rewarded for his overlapping runs with his third goal of the season.
"It's a massive win for us," said Sunderland captain Defoe. "We've got to keep going now, keep our foot on the gas, as it's so tough down there."
Watford strikers Deeney and Ighalo were key to their side's successes last season, and were reunited in attack from the start for this game.
However, their struggles continued and their lack of goals - they have five between them this season - looks to have dented their confidence.
Deeney has been stuck on 99 goals for the Hornets since 1 October, and when through on goal in the first half he misplaced a pass as he tried to square for Ighalo rather than shoot.
The pair had two shots between them, but Watford did have their chances - Amrabat having a shot tipped over by Pickford, and Miguel Britos heading wide from two yards.
Sunderland manager David Moyes: "The players stuck at it, even though it got ugly at times.
"We were slow getting out the blocks and, to be fair to Watford, they started OK. We didn't press enough in the first half.
"Watford had a lot of set-pieces and we tightened it up with 10 minutes to go by bringing John O'Shea on. You never know if decisions like that are going to work. It did today.
"I told the players we had to win. It wasn't a great performance but it was a winning performance, which always hides a multitude of sins."
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Watford manager Walter Mazzarri: "We did everything ourselves and I'm very angry. We missed many chances in the first half and we gave them the goal easily.
"Sometimes you make mistakes but it's only our fault. We should have scored and we didn't. I've spoken with the guys, they know what they did, and we will have to sort it out.
"I'm concerned by the way we play. I was happy with the performance but if we don't take our chances, we won't get anywhere."
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Watford will get the Premier League action under way on Boxing Day when they host Crystal Palace on Monday, 26 December at 12:30 GMT. Sunderland manager David Moyes takes his side to former club Manchester United for a 15:00 GMT kick-off on the same day.
Match ends, Sunderland 1, Watford 0.
Second Half ends, Sunderland 1, Watford 0.
Substitution, Sunderland. Wahbi Khazri replaces Fabio Borini.
Foul by Troy Deeney (Watford).
Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Didier Ndong.
Attempt missed. José Holebas (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Hand ball by Papy Djilobodji (Sunderland).
Substitution, Sunderland. Sebastian Larsson replaces Donald Love.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Donald Love (Sunderland) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Odion Ighalo (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Troy Deeney with a headed pass.
Attempt saved. Daryl Janmaat (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Papy Djilobodji.
Foul by Christian Kabasele (Watford).
Victor Anichebe (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Fabio Borini.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by John O'Shea.
Attempt blocked. José Holebas (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Isaac Success.
Substitution, Sunderland. John O'Shea replaces Adnan Januzaj.
Substitution, Watford. Daryl Janmaat replaces Younes Kaboul.
Younes Kaboul (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Younes Kaboul (Watford).
Adnan Januzaj (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Christian Kabasele (Watford).
Victor Anichebe (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Troy Deeney (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nordin Amrabat with a cross.
Foul by Miguel Britos (Watford).
Papy Djilobodji (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Papy Djilobodji.
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Younes Kaboul.
Attempt blocked. Lamine Koné (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adnan Januzaj with a cross.
Foul by Isaac Success (Watford).
Didier Ndong (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Victor Anichebe (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jermain Defoe.
Attempt missed. Nordin Amrabat (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Etienne Capoue with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Didier Ndong.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Donald Love (Sunderland) because of an injury.
Isaac Success (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Charlie Stillitano, co-founder of the International Champions Cup, met with five Premier League clubs in March about the possible new format.
Leicester have since been included in this summer's pre-season Champions Cup.
"I would not want a closed league," Stillitano told BBC Radio Leicester.
"I would want these magical teams, like Leicester, to be a part of this."
Leicester, who narrowly avoided relegation last season, are seven points clear of Tottenham at the top of the Premier League with six games remaining.
The Foxes need 12 points from their final six games to become champions.
"Can you imagine if they were left out of the [Champions] League after what they've done? It would be absurd," continued the American. "They are maybe the [best] sports story ever.
"If they win the Premier League this year, I cannot think of any accomplishment bigger than what they're doing."
After last month's meeting with officials from Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City, Stillitano said the change to the Champions League format was "being discussed all over Europe".
At the time, he was quoted as saying: "What would Manchester United argue: did we create soccer or did Leicester create [it]?"
Stillitano said his comments were "really unfairly treated", and that the opinions of Juventus president Andrea Agnelli and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, chairman of the European Clubs' Association, will shape the Champions League debate.
"I was very clear that I am not the architect, I am not behind it in any way, shape or form," Stillitano said.
"I was just commenting that different people are saying different things.
"You've had the real leaders of football talking about it, not me - some guy from New Jersey. All I was commenting on was that the conversation was out there, it's not mine.
"I think, honestly, that was misquoted."
Ireland's 21-13 defeat by England at Twickenham on Saturday, with O'Connell scoring Ireland's only try, came a week after a 16-10 loss to Wales in Dublin.
"I wouldn't say alarm bells are ringing but we're very disappointed," he said.
"In the last three games we've fallen short in a lot of the things we need to do to secure a result."
Ireland beat Wales and Scotland in their first two warm-up matches but performances have dipped in recent weeks, with the opening 40 minutes against England described by former international Shane Horgan as 'the worst performance under the Joe Schmidt era'.
"We started very poorly," said Ireland captain O'Connell.
"England dealt with the aerial threat very well, and when we had the ball in hand we dropped it.
"I think we put a lot of pressure on the England lineout but they got a seven-metre drive, forced a penalty advantage and scored a try off it. The same with seven-metre drive in the first half, we lost it and England stole it.
"We kept turning over the ball.
"You can't accumulate that many losses and expect to win the game."
The 27-year-old has signed a two-year extension to his previous deal despite only playing 24 games in all competitions last season.
Montero arrived at the Liberty Stadium in 2014 from Mexican side Morelia and has gone on to make 63 appearances.
The Ecuadorian international has scored one Premier League goal for the Swans, against Stoke in May 2015.
Montero said it had been an easy decision to commit his future to Swansea.
"I feel at home here," Montero told the club website.
"The people are really warm and lovely within the club, as well as the fans.
"I'm happy on the field and I think when you're happy on the pitch everything else goes hand in hand.
"I hope I can stay here for many years."
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Carlo Ancelotti's side, eight points clear at the top after this draw, have lost once in the league all season.
But they fell behind in the 21st minute as Vedad Ibisevic turned in Per Skjelbred's free-kick.
Lewandowski, Bayern's top scorer, came on as a substitute to prod in the equaliser amid a goalmouth scramble.
The point extends Bayern's lead at the top as closest challengers RB Leipzig do not play until Sunday, when they visit Borussia Monchengladbach.
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Eintracht Frankfurt, third at the start of play, fell to their first home defeat of the season as struggling Ingolstadt boosted their survival chances with a 2-0 win.
Romain Bregerie opened the scoring for the visitors in a game of two penalties and two red cards.
Eintracht, who had David Abraham sent off for a wild lunge on Dario Lezcano before the break, then saw Makoto Hasebe's penalty saved. Pascal Gross made it 2-0 from the spot for Ingolstadt, who later had Mathew Leckie dismissed.
Borussia Dortmund overcame the absence of their 'yellow wall' to move above Eintracht into third with a comfortable 3-0 win over Wolfsburg.
The stand that houses the wall - a bank of noisy Dortmund fans - was closed for the game by Germany's football association after crowd trouble at a game against RB Leipzig in early February.
Bottom club Darmstadt remain without an away point all season after losing 2-0 at Hoffenheim, for whom former Leicester striker Andrej Kramaric scored twice.
The match created a quirky piece of history, as Hoffenheim's manager Julian Nagelsmann, at 29 years and 210 days old, faced a team whose average age was higher than that - the first time that has happened to any coach in a Bundesliga game.
Werder Bremen increased their chances of avoiding the drop with a 2-0 win at Mainz. They remain third from bottom, in the relegation play-off spot, but are just a point behind Hamburg, for whom Aaron Hunt missed an 88th-minute penalty in a 2-2 draw at home to Freiburg.
Match ends, Hertha Berlin 1, FC Bayern München 1.
Rune Jarstein (Hertha Berlin) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half ends, Hertha Berlin 1, FC Bayern München 1.
Goal! Hertha Berlin 1, FC Bayern München 1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
Attempt blocked. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thiago Alcántara.
Peter Pekarík (Hertha Berlin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kingsley Coman (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Peter Pekarík (Hertha Berlin).
Attempt missed. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mats Hummels with a headed pass.
Substitution, Hertha Berlin. Fabian Lustenberger replaces Genki Haraguchi.
Foul by Mats Hummels (FC Bayern München).
Sebastian Langkamp (Hertha Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Hertha Berlin. Maximilian Mittelstädt replaces Salomon Kalou.
Xabi Alonso (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alexander Esswein (Hertha Berlin).
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Rune Jarstein.
Attempt saved. David Alaba (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Mats Hummels (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Vladimir Darida (Hertha Berlin).
Substitution, Hertha Berlin. Alexander Esswein replaces Vedad Ibisevic.
Foul by Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München).
Sebastian Langkamp (Hertha Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Douglas Costa (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Philipp Lahm.
Attempt blocked. Douglas Costa (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Philipp Lahm.
Attempt blocked. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Arjen Robben.
Douglas Costa (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sebastian Langkamp (Hertha Berlin).
Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Salomon Kalou (Hertha Berlin).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Kingsley Coman replaces Juan Bernat.
Delay in match Vedad Ibisevic (Hertha Berlin) because of an injury.
Offside, FC Bayern München. Juan Bernat tries a through ball, but Douglas Costa is caught offside.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Marvin Plattenhardt.
Attempt blocked. Xabi Alonso (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Philipp Lahm.
David Alaba (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Vedad Ibisevic (Hertha Berlin).
Attempt blocked. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sebastian Langkamp (Hertha Berlin).
Jayden Stockley came off the bench to power in a header from Niall McGinn's corner on 72 minutes.
Fellow substitute Ryan Christie scored his first Dons goal late on, driving home following good work from Stockley.
Thistle midfielder Ryan Edwards nodded wide from close range at the start of the second half and Ade Azeez later clipped the outside of the post.
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With Rangers held by Ross County at Ibrox, Derek McInnes's side were able to jump a place on goal difference.
The Firhill men defended well but paid the price for a recurring failure to take their chances.
Christie Elliott, in the first half, and Edwards and substitute Azeez after the break, all squandered golden opportunities.
The visitors have now dropped down to ninth place and have gone 406 minutes without scoring a league goal, taking just four points in 12 matches against teams in the top-five places in the Premiership.
The difference between the sides could be seen in the quality on the Dons bench, and the manager was certainly bold in using the substitutes.
Defenders Shay Logan and Mark Reynolds were sacrificed with Stockley and Christie taking over as Aberdeen switched to a three-man back line.
That adventurous approach paid dividends within eight minutes as Stockley rose to nod in a McGinn corner to break the deadlock after Tomas Cerny had pushed away a Jonny Hayes shot.
Stockley then set up Christie to settle the game in stoppage time.
Aberdeen, who went close through Ash Taylor and Kenny McLean in the first half, play their game in hand on Rangers against Motherwell on 15 February at Pittodrie.
Given the depth of the squad he has to call on, McInnes is in a good position to go on and clinch that runners-up spot for the third season in a row.
Aberdeen's Derek McInnes: "It was a tough afternoon as we struggled to get any real momentum or rhythm in our play but I'm delighted we dug in to get the win, especially after a tough game at Celtic Park.
"We asked the players at half time to get the tempo in our play and we changed the shape and got good quality players on the park.
"Ryan Christie started finding those pockets of space in what was a good display and it was a real bonus for him to get a goal as well as it's important for him to show what he can do for the team.
"Jayden Stockley deserves a lot of credit too as he works so hard for his opportunities and he took his goal well so it is great to have the options we have available."
Partick Thistle assistant Scott Paterson: "That has been the story of our season so far as we put so much into the game but end up with nothing.
"There were a lot of positive to take out of it again but it was really disappointing to lose a goal from a set-piece having defended very well for most of the day.
"Fair play to the players as we have been creating chances all season and they do keep going but we have to take them when you come to places like Pittodrie.
"They are showing character but the season is getting on now and we have to start taking these chances before it comes back to bight us on the backside."
Match ends, Aberdeen 2, Partick Thistle 0.
Second Half ends, Aberdeen 2, Partick Thistle 0.
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Erskine (Partick Thistle).
Goal! Aberdeen 2, Partick Thistle 0. Ryan Christie (Aberdeen) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jayden Stockley.
Ryan Christie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Adam Barton (Partick Thistle).
Attempt missed. Adebayo Azeez (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left.
Foul by Ash Taylor (Aberdeen).
Adebayo Azeez (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ryan Christie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Abdul Osman (Partick Thistle).
Substitution, Aberdeen. Anthony O'Connor replaces Adam Rooney.
Foul by Ryan Christie (Aberdeen).
Abdul Osman (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Partick Thistle. Kevin Nisbet replaces Ryan Edwards.
Adebayo Azeez (Partick Thistle) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Corner, Partick Thistle. Conceded by Ryan Jack.
Foul by Jayden Stockley (Aberdeen).
Abdul Osman (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Adam Rooney (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Partick Thistle. Chris Erskine replaces David Amoo.
Goal! Aberdeen 1, Partick Thistle 0. Jayden Stockley (Aberdeen) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Tomás Cerny.
Attempt saved. Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mustapha Dumbuya (Partick Thistle).
Foul by Ryan Christie (Aberdeen).
Abdul Osman (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Jayden Stockley replaces Mark Reynolds.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Ryan Christie replaces Shaleum Logan.
Corner, Partick Thistle. Conceded by Mark Reynolds.
Attempt saved. Kenny McLean (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Partick Thistle. Adebayo Azeez replaces Kris Doolan.
Attempt missed. Danny Devine (Partick Thistle) header from the centre of the box is too high following a set piece situation.
Andrew Considine (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Andrew Considine (Aberdeen).
David Amoo (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Ryan Edwards (Partick Thistle) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
Second Half begins Aberdeen 0, Partick Thistle 0.
Nyqvist played journalist Mikael Blomkvist in that film and its sequels, which formed the Millennium trilogy.
The Swedish actor died on Tuesday after suffering from lung cancer for a year, according to a family statement.
Nyqvist's love of the arts was "felt by all who had the pleasure of working with him", the family added.
"Michael's joy and passion were infectious to those who knew and loved him," his family said. "His charm and charisma were undeniable."
They said Nyqvist had left a "huge void behind him", local media report.
His death was announced "with deep sadness" by a family representative who said that "one of Sweden's most respected and accomplished actors" had "passed away quietly surrounded by family".
Gerard Butler, who worked with Nyqvist on yet to be released action thriller Hunter Killer, said he was "right up there" among the people he had acted alongside.
In an emotional tribute on Instagram, the Scottish actor remembered his co-star's "incredible talent... child-like qualities... humility and warmth".
"It breaks my heart we'll never get to sit together to watch this movie," he said, saluting the "dignity and integrity and fun" Nyqvist had brought to the set.
Lord of the Rings actor Dominic Monaghan, who appeared with Nyqvist in TV series 100 Code, also paid tribute.
"He was a sweet man with an infectious smile, a great dad and a fine actor," he wrote on Instagram.
Born in Stockholm in 1960, Nyqvist began his training at the Malmo Theatre Academy in Sweden.
He was best known for his role in Dragon Tattoo (2009), starring as the investigative reporter who teams up with feisty computer hacker Lisbeth Salander, played by Noomi Rapace.
In a subsequent US version of the film, his role was performed by James Bond actor Daniel Craig.
Nyqvist later appeared in a number of Hollywood blockbusters. He played the villain alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and starred as Viggo Tarasov in John Wick with Keanu Reeves.
He went on to star in the 2015 film Colonia, opposite Daniel Bruhl and Emma Watson.
Nyqvist also wrote an acclaimed memoir, Just After Dreaming, published in 2010, about his earliest childhood memories following adoption and how he later traced his biological parents.
He is survived by his wife, Catharina Ehrnrooth, and their children, Ellen and Arthur.
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The singer replaces Kylie Minogue on the BBC One singing contest with series four starting this weekend.
"Opinions are going to come from everywhere. I mean they already have been but this time they will be 10 times more intense," she told Newsbeat.
"I've got to come to the reality, I am going to be an open book for the public."
The 22-year-old has barely had time to get used to her revolving chair but fears the online backlash.
The singer admitted she regularly reads online comments about her music, even those that are not complimentary.
And Rita says she'll do the same once The Voice is broadcast on television.
"I have said to myself, 'I can only be myself.'
"If I was to be someone else it would come out that I was lying because you can't be fake for eight hours straight while they are filming. You'll start to get exhausted."
Rita Ora will be joined on the judging panel by will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Ricky Wilson.
"I am ready for the ups and downs. I am happy I made this choice.
"Anytime I go on Twitter there's the good and the bad. I try to just blank out what I don't want and take in what I want to keep."
The Voice's signature feature sees contestants singing while the four coaches face the other way.
If one or more of the coaches like what they hear and decide to turn around - the contestant then has to decide who they want to mentor them.
Newsbeat was invited to a special screening of the first episode of the new series.
And it's quite clear that Rita plans to use the fact that she's the only female on the panel to her advantage.
"To me it's not about the flirting and that word's been used a lot today.
"This is how I really am and I try and make people feel comfortable.
"It's more about cracking the ice so they can achieve what they can in the audition.
"They might get a bit red in the face at first but they'll thank me."
As well as taking on the role as a coach on the show Rita also has two films due for release this year including a part in Fifty Shades of Grey.
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He said his investigations would be "free from police, governmental or any sectional community interest."
Dr Maguire was speaking as he begins his first week as head of the police complaints system.
Al Hutchinson stepped down from the role in January.
Mr Hutchinson became the second police ombudsman for Northern Ireland when he succeeded Nuala O'Loan in 2007.
In 2011, three independent reports were highly critical of the work being carried out by the ombudsman's office.
One of these by the Criminal Justice Inspection found that the independence of the office had been compromised.
After the report's publication last September, Mr Hutchinson announced he would be stepping down earlier than planned.
He said that during his time as Police Ombudsman he would ensure the handling of complaints about the conduct of police officers would be carried out in a totally independent manner and to the highest of standards.
"The police complaints system must be wholly independent if it is to have the confidence of the public and the police.
"While we will listen to the views of others on improvements to the service we provide to the community, no-one should be in any doubt that the decisions and conclusions reached in individual complaints will be a matter for my office and my office alone," he said.
Dr Maguire's comments come after a difficult year for the Police Ombudsman's Office when concerns were raised about aspects of how it conducted its 'historical' investigations.
"The main problems identified by the Criminal Justice Inspectorate related to the 'historical' investigations alone and were largely failures in processes and systems. For most of the last year the staff have been putting in place new policies and procedures.
"Good progress has been made and an important priority will be to commence once again investigations into 'historical' cases and to ensure that the quality of those investigations is as good as it can be.
"We will also look at how cases are prioritised and the ways in which the office engages with the police, families and their representatives," he said.
The Police Ombudsman's Office receives more than 3,000 complaints each year about 'current' policing and the conduct of police officers.
Sydney's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.5% at 5,141.78, marking its sixth straight day of gains.
An increase in the price of iron ore, Australia's biggest export, helped the index, together with a slight rise in the price of oil.
Shares in mining giant BHP Billiton rose 3.45%, Rio Tinto closed up 4.2%, while Fortescue Metals gained 2.9%.
Shares in Atlas Iron finished the trading day up nearly 6% on news of the firm's plans to restructure its debt.
In China, the Shanghai Composite closed down 0.4% at 3,636.09, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose by nearly 1% to 22,040.59.
South Korea's benchmark Kospi index closed up 0.33% at 1,999.22, although at one point it had risen above the 2,000 mark for the first time in three weeks.
Japan's stock market is closed for a public holiday.
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The auction also included photographs of the Krays and the orders of service from their funerals.
One of the paintings sold for £2,000 and individual letters, mainly from Reggie Kray, sold for between £10 and £50 each.
The items were collected by Laurie O'Leary, who grew up with the Krays and wrote a book about their lives.
Toby Service, from Brightwells Auctioneers in Leominster, said: "There are lots of letters that give an insight into what they were thinking when they were in prison.
"It was rather interesting, rather different and not something we're used to selling here in the Herefordshire countryside - but it seems to always sell."
The paintings were mainly landscapes done by the Krays in prison.
The Krays were jailed for life in 1969, with a recommended sentence of 30 years, for two separate murders in London.
Ronnie died aged 61 at Wexham Park hospital, Berkshire, in 1995 after suffering a heart attack.
Reggie died from cancer at the age of 66 at the Town House Hotel in Norwich in 2000.
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The annual report from England's schools adjudicator says some systems are so complex that parents may need to study them "several years" before applying for a place.
For the second consecutive year, the watchdog said too many schools were not following the admissions code.
And it reports problems with sixth-form places.
The chief schools adjudicator, Elizabeth Passmore, called for all schools to comply fully with the admissions code, which sets out rules governing the allocation of places with the aim of ensuring they are allocated fairly.
Some schools were falling foul of the code because of the rules they set, by not consulting parents properly about their plans or by failing to publish their admission rules on their websites in good time.
Too many admission arrangements for sixth forms failed to comply with the code, Ms Passmore said, suggesting that in some state schools that select by ability for this age group, pupils joining from outside had to meet tougher standards than those already there.
Only state-funded schools that are grammar schools can select by ability at age 11, but this rule does not apply at 16.
The watchdog said it was concerned about the complexity of some schools' admissions arrangements.
The annual report says: "Some secondary schools have... arrangements that are complicated and require a parent to be well organised and study the arrangements carefully, sometimes several years before applying for a place, to ensure that their child will have a realistic chance of gaining a place at the school."
It said children might need to take tests for several schools on different days and that further complications came from the use of banding (where schools take a proportion of children from different ability bands) alongside other criteria such as catchment area, feeder schools or a pupil's faith.
The report continues: "The complex arrangements, especially some with points systems, risk falling far short of... the code which says, 'Parents should be able to look at a set of arrangements and understand easily how places for that school will be allocated'."
The watchdog said there was also an issue with some new schools or academies taking over responsibility for admissions from local authorities.
Ms Passmore called on the Department for Education to "ensure that there is clear guidance, for new schools and those that change their status to become their own admission authority, about the requirements and timetable to be followed concerning admission matters".
Under the government's academy and free school programme, more schools are taking control of their admissions process. They can set their own rules, but these have to be in line with the admissions code.
Overall, the watchdog says it dealt with 212 new cases this year, compared with 265 last year, with the majority of complaints being about admissions.
It also deals with disputes about changes to the use of school land, including playing fields. It had looked at 10 cases this year, it said - the same number as last year.
The first Duke of Wellington's handwritten orders from the conflict will also be featured in two exhibitions at Wellington Arch, at Hyde Park Corner, and nearby Apsley House.
British and Prussian forces defeated the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte during the battle on 18 June 1815.
English Heritage said the events would explore the battle's significance.
Josephine Oxley, keeper of the Wellington collection, said visitors to the exhibitions, which open on Saturday, would be able to find out about the man behind the battle.
She said: "We've brought together a fascinating collection of surviving objects from the 19th century's most important battle, the 'Great War' of its age."
At Apsley House, which was the London home of the first Duke of Wellington, visitors will be able to see the Waterloo Gallery with a table laid out as it was when the duke hosted annual banquets to commemorate the battle.
Visitors will get an insight into the world depicted in a painting by William Salter of one of the feasts, which hangs in the property.
The first Duke of Wellington commanded the allied army in the Battle of Waterloo in what is now modern day Belgium.
At Wellington Arch, which was built to mark Wellington's victories over Napoleon, a new exhibition will feature a pair of original boots, made for the duke to give added protection in battle, his sword and handwritten notes on velum giving instructions on the conduct of the battle.
The Reverend Rufus Noy called in the animals to clear plots at St Peter's Church, Blaenavon, after volunteers fell behind with their chores.
Mr Noy said maintaining the site was not the council's responsibility and volunteers had struggled.
Farmer Nick Prewett-King said his South American goats were happy to help.
Mr Noy, 53, said: "We have struggled for too many years in fighting the worsening state of the graveyard and although a lot of people won't know this, bringing animals to eat the grass has happened before, as I believe we had horses doing a similar job in the early 1980s."
Mr Prewett-King, 58, said the overgrown plants, grass and brambles were perfect for the goats because the area is pesticide-free and they "go mad for it".
"Because of the climate they are used to, the weather has to be just right for them to be happy to be outside and eat so we had to wait a day but it's excellent for them and really supplements their diet around the oats, wheat and berries we give them," he said.
Mr Noy said he hoped the goats would continue to help out, adding: "It's a great idea as we both benefit from it, anything that can help with the overgrowth is good as it's hard work."
St Peter's is the earliest industrial church in the area and was built in 1804 by Samuel Hopkins and Thomas Hill, who owned the town's ironworks.
The former double world champion was beaten by fellow-Brit Kay Marchant.
James was competing for GB for the first time in nearly two years following injury and illness.
"I'm a long way off but I'm hoping I'm going to keep progressing," said the 24-year-old from Abergavenny.
"I've got a lot more work to do so hopefully in the next few months I'll be back to my best."
James last rode for GB in 2014, but since then has had surgery to remove abnormal cells following a cervical screening, and suffered a knee injury after winning the sprint and keirin titles at the 2013 World Championships in Belarus.
She returned to competition in August this year, and says she was happy to be back in a GB vest.
"It's been really nice to be back racing again in this environment," she added.
"I was a little bit nervous and didn't really know what to expect, but I'm happy to gave got to this level in such a short time so it's a good step forward."
James is hoping to gain selection for the GB team at the Rio Olympics in 2016, but missed out on qualifying points and will not compete in Sunday's keirin.
The court, which is dominated by government loyalists, said Luisa Ortega Díaz had committed serious errors.
Ms Ortega, once a staunch government ally, broke ranks in March when she said an attempt by the Supreme Court to strip the opposition-controlled Congress of its powers was unlawful.
Critics believe President Nicolás Maduro is trying to push Ms Ortega out.
She faces a hearing on 4 July - some analysts say she may eventually be put on trial. The move comes amid growing political turmoil in Venezuela.
According to reports, the accusations against her refer to the appointment of judges.
The Supreme Court recently transferred Ms Ortega's powers of investigation to the national ombudsman.
On Wednesday, she strongly criticised President Maduro following an incident in which a stolen police helicopter flew over government buildings in the capital, Caracas, dropping grenades and firing shots.
Mr Maduro called it a "terrorist attack" but Ms Ortega said Venezuela was suffering from "state terrorism" due to the harsh response by authorities to anti-government protests.
The suspected pilot, a rogue elite police officer identifying himself as Oscar Pérez, posted Instagram videos admitting the attack and calling on Venezuelans to rise up against the government.
Venezuelan security forces later said they had found the helicopter, near the north coast in the state of Vargas. There was no sign of the pilot.
Andrew Rosati, a Caracas-based journalist for news website Bloomberg, said some people doubted the government's version of events.
"I spoke to people today on the streets and some are absolutely mystified by the whole affair," he told the BBC's Newsday programme.
"This idea that a helicopter almost vanished into the air, flew off into the sunset. Many think this whole thing is staged by the government."
Opposition politician and parliamentary Speaker Julio Borges also raised the possibility that the incident was a hoax but said more information was needed.
"Whatever it is, it is very serious," he said. "It all points to one conclusion: that the situation in Venezuela is unsustainable."
There have been almost daily anti-government protests in Venezuela for more than two months as the country's economic and political crisis worsens.
Christiana Figueres has called on investors to pull their money out of fossil fuel linked funds.
She said institutional investors would be in blatant breach of their fiduciary duty if they ignored the "clear scientific evidence".
Ms Figueres said that they should put their money into green assets instead.
The issue of investing in oil, gas and other fossil fuel-backed funds has provoked a heated debate over the past 12 months.
Environmental campaigners have argued that if the Earth is to avoid dangerous climate change, defined as temperature increases above 2C, then up to three quarters of the coal, oil and gas that remains must be left in the ground.
Some financial experts have argued that if these resources are essentially declared worthless, this will have a major impact on the share values of the fossil fuel corporations that own them.
Now the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), has joined the voices calling on investors to get out of high carbon assets.
"The continued and dangerous rise in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is in large part the direct result of past investments in energy and mobility systems based on the use of fossil fuels," Ms Figueres told an audience of investors and corporate leaders in New York with more than $20 trillion in combined assets.
"New investments must now assist in reversing this unsustainable trend, and quickly if the world is to have a chance of staying under a 2C temperature rise," she said.
Ms Figueres argued that investment decisions needed to reflect the science. Climate change, if left unchecked, could devastate the lives, livelihoods and savings of billions of people into the future.
Last November in Warsaw, Ms Figueres lambasted the coal industry and challenged them to divest from carbon.
She is now concerned that too few companies have disclosed the full picture of their holdings in fossil fuel resources. Ms Figueres says that huge opportunities exist for investors in climate friendly assets.
According to the International Energy Agency, the world will need to invest $36 trillion in clean energy by 2050 to keep the Earth on track to stay below a 2 degree rise.
However the move into green investments is uneven. Last year around $10bn of green bonds were issued, with many of the leading global banking groups such as HSBC, Zurich Insurance and JP Morgan involved.
But while around $281bn was invested in 2012, this is much lower than the estimated trillion dollars a year that experts say are required.
Negotiations on a new global treaty on climate change stuttered last year, but the intervention of UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon might give the process some momentum later this year.
The UNFCCC hopes to successfully conclude a comprehensive global deal by the end of 2015.
This is expected to have implications for investors the world over.
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On Wednesday, the High Court approved the £84m takeover by utilities giant Severn Trent.
The shareholders of the Wrexham-based company, who called it a "David versus Goliath" dispute, had planned to appeal.
Shareholders said they had dropped the legal challenge so uncertainty "can come to an end."
Dee Valley Water employs about 180 people and has 230,000 customers across the Wrexham and Chester areas.
Severn Trent Water said it plans to build on Dee Valley's customer service record and make a "significant" investment in the region, but some staff and customers opposed the move amid fears for jobs and an increase in bills.
Shareholders had been granted leave to appeal the ruling and had until Monday to launch their application.
In a letter, seen by BBC Wales News, shareholders said the legal process had taken up a "significant amount of time and energy".
"After much consideration, the opposing shareholders have decided that it is now appropriate to end their legal challenge to the takeover so that the uncertainty which has been hanging over employees and our local community for some time can come to an end," the letter reads.
The letter adds: "Although this is not the outcome that the opposing shareholders would have wanted, we sincerely hope that Seven Trent Water can retain the local workforce and suppliers.
"We wish the company every success under its new ownership in continuing to provide the high levels of service to the community we care so strongly about."
Plaid Cymru AM for North Wales Llyr Gruffydd said jobs had to be safeguarded in the area.
He said: "Before the takeover, some promises were made by Severn Trent about jobs and I now call on the company to maintain a presence in Wales and to ensure that the skills and services provided in Wales are not lost."
Noye, 69, was convicted of murdering 21-year Stephen Cameron in an attack on the M25 in Kent in 1996.
Afterwards Noye went on the run and was arrested in Spain two years later.
In September 2015 the parole board refused to order his release but recommended he be transferred to an open prison, which was rejected by the then Justice Secretary Michael Gove.
Noye had argued Mr Gove's decision was "unlawful and irrational".
The challenge had been contested by the current Justice Secretary Liz Truss who said there was "nothing irrational" about Mr Gove's decision.
Mr Justice Lavender over-ruled the former justice secretary saying: "It will be for the current Secretary of State to take a fresh decision whether or not to transfer the claimant to an open prison."
Millers defender Will Vaulks turned in Albert Adomah's ball across the face of goal to give Villa a deserved lead.
Jonathan Kodjia sealed victory late on, firing a shot in off the post from the edge of the area.
Rotherham keeper Lewis Price made a string of fine saves to limit the damage as Villa chalked up their third win in eight days.
It was also their third successive clean sheet - and the first time since April 2010, when Martin O'Neill was still in charge, that Villa have won three league games on the trot.
Villa went after the Football League's leakiest defence straight from the kick-off, as Price saved Conor Hourihane's low shot and denyied Adomah when one-on-one, before defender Aymen Belaid hooked Adomah's lob off the line.
The visitors' failure to put the result beyond doubt almost came back to haunt them as Anthony Forde tested Villa keeper Sam Johnstone with a low effort. But Villa held off a spirited fightback to condemn the hosts to their ninth home defeat of the season.
Villa's first away win in five league matches - and only their third of the season - lifted them two places to 13th, while Rotherham's ninth game without a win left them 18 points adrift of safety with only 11 matches left.
Rotherham interim boss Paul Warne:
"We are doing everything to stop the rot, so as long as people can appreciate it. Hand on heart, they were better than us and deserved to win.
"My job and remit off the chairman is to win as many games as I can and send the fans home happy. The lads gave me everything but it wasn't enough to get the goals to win.
"I don't claim to be a super manager. The lads are giving me everything they have got, but we haven't possibly got that little bit of class."
Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce:
"When I look back at the Ipswich and Nottingham Forest games, we did enough to win. We had 50 shots on goal and I thought this was going to be something similar.
"We had missed so many opportunities, we could have been three up in the first half. In the end it took an own goal to make the breakthrough.
"I was always confident we could get one because of the law of averages, but there was a nagging worry that it might be another one of those afternoons."
Match ends, Rotherham United 0, Aston Villa 2.
Second Half ends, Rotherham United 0, Aston Villa 2.
Offside, Rotherham United. Aimen Belaid tries a through ball, but Joe Newell is caught offside.
Foul by Richard Smallwood (Rotherham United).
Jordan Amavi (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Keinan Davis replaces Jonathan Kodjia.
Goal! Rotherham United 0, Aston Villa 2. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Conor Hourihane following a fast break.
Joe Newell (Rotherham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Henri Lansbury (Aston Villa).
Attempt blocked. Anthony Forde (Rotherham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Lee Frecklington (Rotherham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jerry Yates.
Attempt blocked. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Amavi.
Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Conor Hourihane.
Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Mile Jedinak.
Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Sam Johnstone.
Attempt saved. Anthony Forde (Rotherham United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aimen Belaid.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Forde (Rotherham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Frecklington.
Attempt missed. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Albert Adomah with a headed pass.
Offside, Aston Villa. Neil Taylor tries a through ball, but Jonathan Kodjia is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Henri Lansbury.
Attempt blocked. Albert Adomah (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Lewis Price.
Attempt saved. Jordan Amavi (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Aimen Belaid (Rotherham United).
Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Forde (Rotherham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Purrington with a cross.
Own Goal by Will Vaulks, Rotherham United. Rotherham United 0, Aston Villa 1.
Offside, Aston Villa. Jonathan Kodjia tries a through ball, but Albert Adomah is caught offside.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Anthony Forde.
Offside, Rotherham United. Richard Smallwood tries a through ball, but Jerry Yates is caught offside.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Anthony Forde.
Attempt blocked. Albert Adomah (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Aimen Belaid (Rotherham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Aimen Belaid (Rotherham United).
Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Rotherham United. Joe Newell replaces Jon Taylor.
Offside, Aston Villa. Mile Jedinak tries a through ball, but Henri Lansbury is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mile Jedinak with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
Foul by Lee Frecklington (Rotherham United).
Henri Lansbury (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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The Black Cats suffered their heaviest Premier League loss, and biggest defeat in 32 years, in the game at St Mary's.
"It's the most embarrassing time I've had on a football pitch. I cannot watch it again," said Poyet, 46.
"I learned a lot about the players - the bad side as some gave up and I know who they are for the future. I feel very sorry for the fans."
Poyet said he may tell his players to watch a recording of the game, and expects a reaction from them when they face Arsenal next Saturday.
"Maybe the players will watch it. Maybe it will be good therapy for them to watch themselves," said the Uruguayan.
"It's going to be a difficult week. The players who are on the pitch next week are going to do something about it."
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Match of the Day pundit and former Southampton striker Alan Shearer said: "Southampton were brilliant but they were allowed to play. Sunderland were absolutely woeful. Embarrassing. And the players downed tools far too early for anyone's liking.
"Players weren't chasing back, they were turning their backs on the ball and it was so sloppy it was incredible. I'll be fascinated to see Gus Poyet's team next week because he could leave any of them out."
Sunderland scored two own goals in the defeat, including a spectacular volley from Santiago Vergini, whose attempted clearance flew past keeper Vito Mannone.
The points were all but sealed at half-time thanks to the own goal and close-range efforts from Graziano Pelle and Jack Cork.
But the hosts added five more goals in the second half to complete the rout for Ronald Koeman's men.
Despite the margin of victory, the Southampton boss felt his side have room for improvement.
"That 8-0 is not a normal result," said the Dutchman. "I was surprised after 20 minutes about the score. We were 2-0 up and we didn't start the game well. Sunderland were dominating and we had problems.
"Lucky the first one, the own goal, gave us a little bit more confidence and we woke up after that."
Shearer said: "Ronald Koeman deserves a tremendous amount of credit because the players have gelled very quickly."
The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee also voted unanimously to keep interest rates at historic lows.
Many now believe that the first interest rate rise will not come until next year and that rates - currently at 0.5% - will not rise above 1% until 2018 or even 2019.
Fears are growing that inflation will remain low until next year.
In its Inflation Report, the Bank said that persistent low inflation, increases in population and therefore labour supply and changes in taxes meant that it was unlikely that incomes would increase at the rate suggested last autumn.
It said that wage growth had "eased significantly more" than anticipated.
It will be 2018 before average weekly earnings are increasing at the rate experienced before the financial crisis, the Inflation report suggested.
So, nearly a decade after the start of the financial crisis, the feel good factor is still pretty muted.
"Wage growth has been weaker than anticipated," the report says.
"Labour costs are expected to rise a little less quickly than thought at the time of the November Inflation Report."
The Bank now expects average weekly earnings to increase by 3% this year, down from the 3.75% it predicted three months ago.
Earnings increases are likely to rise to 4.25% a year by 2018, matching the average increase figure between 1997 and 2007, the report said.
The Bank said that although inflation had begun to rise - the December figure was 0.2% - the fall in the price of oil, food and other imported goods meant that it was "likely to remain low in the medium term".
The Bank said that inflation was predicted to be back to the target of 2% in "around two years".
The report also pointed out that economic growth in the UK "has slowed by slightly more than expected".
"Since the November report, global output and trade growth have slowed further and the latest data suggest a softer picture for UK activity in 2015 than previously assumed," the report says.
"The path for Bank Rate implied by market interest rates was lower, and implies that Bank rate remains at its current level until the end of the year before rising to only 1.1% by 2019."
Although that is good news for mortgage holders, savers who have been struggling with ultra-low interest rates for seven years are likely to be disappointed.
"Past falls in oil and other commodity prices have dragged directly on headline inflation rates across many countries," the Bank said.
"Global growth has been muted in recent years, reflecting slowing in emerging market economy growth and below average growth in advanced economies."
The Bank said that growth in the euro-area was "slightly slower" and that US growth was "moderate".
Despite the gloomy global economic news, the Bank said that surveys revealed that consumer confidence about the outlook for the UK economy had improved.
Investment by businesses has also been "significantly faster", the Inflation Report says.
Welsh ministers had refused to support Plaid Cymru AM Dai Lloyd's attempt to introduce a bill that would protect the names of houses and farms, fields, natural features and landscapes.
Mr Lloyd said there had been strong support for his proposed bill from external organisations.
But the Welsh Government's Ken Skates said the proposals were not feasible.
All the opposition groups - Plaid Cymru, UKIP and the Conservatives - supported the proposal, but with Labour opposed AMs voted 28 against to 25 for.
Mr Lloyd's bill would have deployed a range of measures to protect names, including establishing a system where people who want to change a historic name must seek consent to do so, and a general prohibition on changing a historical place name.
The proposal had followed a series of rows over changes to names over the years, including a dispute where the Grade I-listed Plas Glynllifon near Caernarfon was referred to as Wynnborn mansion in online marketing material.
Mr Lloyd had won an assembly ballot to introduce the law earlier this year.
During a debate on the bill Mr Skates, Welsh Government culture secretary, told AMs: "I do not see how any system of general consent or control for changes can be feasible or affordable."
He explained that, from May, Wales will have the only "statutory list of historic place names" and that in guidance set to be issued, public bodies will be directed to take account of the list when considering the name of streets, properties and other places.
"I struggle to see what the legislation that the member proposes will achieve beyond the actions that we are already taking," he said.
"Although I cannot support this motion I believe the ground breaking measures that we are about to introduce are vital steps in appreciating and valuing this precious inheritance", he said, adding this was where "our energies and our resources should be directed".
Mr Skates's intervention prompted an angry response from Mr Lloyd, who told the minister that it was Plaid Cymru amendments to a previous assembly law that had "got you to the position of having the register that you have today".
"The fact is there is no statutory protection for our historic place names, be they of any language - English, Anglo Saxon, Viking, Latin, Old Welsh, New Welsh, Norse, Flemish, the rich smorgasbord of our history is going down the tube."
He added: "We're talking history of nation here. Pride in the history of that nation, pride that deserves to be enshrined in law."
Former Plaid Cymru leader and independent AM Dafydd Elis-Thomas voted with Labour and against the bill in Wednesday's vote.
Three opposition assembly members - the suspended Plaid Cymru AM Neil McEvoy, independent AM Nathan Gill and Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood - did not take part in the vote.
Two government AMs - First Minister Carwyn Jones and Environment Secretary Lesley Griffiths - were also not present.
The Spanish side protested to Uefa after the referee ruled Alberto Gil's penalty had hit the post when it had in fact rebounded from inside the goal.
Valencia boss Gary Neville called it "scandalous" while Chelsea said the ball "clearly crossed the line".
On Monday, Valencia said their appeal had been dismissed.
"The club regrets the decision taken by Uefa," said a statement on Valencia's website.
"We want to encourage our young players to continue to be motivated and continue believing in fair play."
Chelsea scored all five of their penalties to go through after the game finished 1-1 in normal time.
The Valencia players and staff urged the referee Adrien Jaccottet to consult the television replay at Chelsea's Cobham training ground.
It is believed the Swiss official refused.
Reigning champions Chelsea will host Lyon or Ajax in the next round, which is due to be played on 8-9 March.
In a speech to airline staff, the PM said a weaker pound, coupled with increased air fares and mobile phone roaming charges, would push up costs.
The claim comes amid mounting anger from Leave campaigners about the exit warnings produced by the government.
Vote Leave accused the PM of "talking down our country".
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And UKIP's Nigel Farage said the PM was trying to "turn the truth on its head".
He said rises in air passenger duty and taxes on carbon emissions were the reason for expensive holidays.
The UK's EU referendum takes place on June 23.
Speaking to Easyjet workers in Luton, Mr Cameron picked up on Monday's warning that leaving the EU could spark a recession - which was dismissed as "propaganda" by Leave campaigners.
He claimed there were "very strong retail arguments" in favour of staying in.
The PM was introduced on stage by Easyjet chief executive Carolyn McCall, who earlier told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was "highly likely" fares would rise if the UK left the EU.
According to the government's calculations, by 2018, four people travelling together on a nine-night break to Spain could pay £225 more, with eight nights in France up £210, a fortnight in the US £620 and 10 nights in Portugal £325.
Vote Leave chief executive Matthew Elliott said Mr Cameron had not listened to warnings from Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon about negative campaigning.
"It's remarkable to see the Prime Minister talking down our country and our economy day after day," he said, adding that the UK economy would grow outside the EU as a result of new trade deals with India and China.
The war of words between the two sides of the referendum debate has become increasingly bitter in recent weeks.
On Twitter, former No 10 aide Steve Hilton attacked "pathetic, patronising scares".
Mr Hilton, who is backing a vote to leave the EU, also told Today both sides were "treating people like imbeciles".
Taking questions after his speech, Mr Cameron said there were always going to be arguments within his party, which he said was "finely balanced" on the EU question.
But he said he "absolutely believed" his party could "come together afterwards and accept the result".
He rejected accusations of government scaremongering about the consequences of leaving the EU, saying he was doing the "totally responsible thing" by setting out his case.
On Sunday, the PM intervened to say the UK did have a veto after pro-Brexit Defence Minister Penny Mordaunt said the migrant crisis would hasten talks over Turkey's EU bid and the UK was powerless to stop it.
Mr Cameron rejected the idea he had been accusing Ms Mordaunt of lying, saying: "The person who made these statements got it wrong - that's life.... the record is now properly corrected."
In other referendum news, Labour's former deputy leader Harriet Harman complained that the debate so far had been dominated by men, saying broadcasters should be giving more airtime to female voices.
Ahead of a news conference on the issue, she said the most commonly-heard voices in the debate were "three white, male, Tories" - Mr Cameron, Boris Johnson and George Osborne.
The centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme is being marked with more ceremony and international attention than was given to the half-century in 1966, though there were many veterans there who could remember the sounds of the fighting. Now there are none.
Maybe it's because we live in warring times. Or, just as likely, because increasingly the Great War hasn't been seen as one awful sprawling event - the four years that bloodied and scarred a generation - but as the opening of a conflict that shaped the whole of the 20th Century, through World War Two to the division of Europe and the Cold War that followed.
That's why, when you watch visitors pointing to headstones in the cemeteries on the Western Front, you see them putting together the story of one solider - a great-uncle, grandfather, maybe even a father - with a broader understanding of the cost of modern warfare.
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Part of the loss of innocence after 1914 was the realisation that a new kind of battle had begun, on a scale unimaginable to a generation who thought that Waterloo was the grandest of struggles.
The British line on the first day of the Somme was only 14 miles long.
Within a few hours more than 19,000 had died and more than double that number lay wounded.
It was the worst day in the history of the British army, before or since. They fought on for 141 days, through the mud and slime of the autumn, and when it was over the line had advanced seven miles.
Walking through those fields this week, with slender poppies colouring the barley with drops of red, I was struck again by the awful intimacy of the struggle.
The gentle rise outside the village of La Boiselle where the German and British lines were less than a mile apart when the first charge was made at half-past seven in the morning.
The tiny stone shrine that was the machine-gun post; the small cemetery in the trees where they buried the men of the Devonshires on the very ground where they had sheltered in their trenches before 1 July, waiting for the order to go over the top.
Along the road, I found a small plot where the dead from the Gordon Highlanders were buried after that first day.
It was a regiment that recruited from the towns and villages that I knew as a boy in north-east Scotland, and the names on the white stones were like a call from home.
For anyone visiting these places, there are similar sharp shafts of memories.
When "pals' battalions" went forward on some parts of the line, men recruited from the same streets or workplaces fell together in their dozens at the same moment, so that whole communities took the blow.
Never mind that about nine out of 10 of those who went to war came home in the end; these wounds cut deep, and never healed.
I spoke to schoolchildren coming here for the first time, thanks to a British Council project.
They had been trying for a few months to learn how the war had affected families in their community, in east London within the sound of Bow Bells.
They'd found relatives still living in the same streets, as if a century hadn't passed after all.
After the two-minute silence on Friday, and the act of remembrance at the huge stone memorial at the Thiepval cemetery later in the day, that generation might still want to keep the story of the Western Front alive.
They might understand that if the last century has been shaped by war above all, and our Europe forged in that furnace, this is where you can still feel the fire.
Speed, who died in 2011 aged 42, is Wales' most capped outfield player with 85 appearances and captained the national side.
Ex-Everton keeper Southall won a record 92 caps between 1982 and 1997.
Double Olympic rowing champion Tom James and former Glamorgan captain and coach Alan Jones were also honoured.
The world champions will still be the team to beat despite new rules and the problems they are having replacing title winner Nico Rosberg, Horner says.
"Mercedes have a few things going on with drivers and technical staff but they have a very strong team," he said.
"It will be interesting to see who they opt for in their spare seat because their options look relatively limited."
Rosberg announced his retirement five days after winning his first world championship last month and Mercedes have approached Williams in the hope of persuading them to part with their Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas.
But so far no agreement has been reached and Mercedes' fall-back option remains their reserve driver Pascal Wehrlein.
Horner, who was speaking to BBC Radio 5 live for the BBC F1 Christmas review show, was also referring to the likely departure of Mercedes executive director (technical) Paddy Lowe to Williams.
But he said that he believed either Bottas or Wehrlein were potential front-runners if the Mercedes car is competitive.
"You give these guys a chance," Horner said. "Let's see what people can do in a front-running car.
"If they did take Wehrlein or Bottas, both are probably both capable of running right at the front, you just don't know until you give them the chance, which is what we did with Sebastian Vettel, and Daniel Ricciardo.
"A lot of people were saying we should take Kimi Raikkonen at the time we took Ricciardo. Until you give them the chance, you don't really get to see if they can cut it at the front."
Carlos Sainz, who races for Red Bull junior team Toro Rosso, has also been linked to the Mercedes seat. The world champions are said by a source to have expressed some interest but have not made a formal approach for him.
But Horner said neither he nor lead Red Bull drivers Ricciardo and Max Verstappen were available.
"Why would we do that?" Horner said. "Carlos has done a great job. He is a Red Bull driver. We have invested in him to get him into F1 and they are all on long-term contracts so it wouldn't make any sense to feed one of your main opponents with one of your assets."
Horner said that the team may have approached differently the last race of 2016 has they known of Rosberg's decision - Mercedes ordered Hamilton to speed up when he was trying to back Rosberg into rivals.
"The problem is this call has come so late in the day and they obviously weren't expecting it. They would probably have supported Lewis a bit more in the last race if they'd known this was going to happen.
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"They will now the contractual situations of the drivers they are involved with but their choices are pretty limited."
Asked for his view on Rosberg's decision, which came only four months after he signed a new contract with Mercedes to the end of 2018, Horner said: "It's a personal thing.
"He was probably concerned that if he told them before the event they would perhaps have not been as enthusiastic for him to win the championship.
"So you can understand it from a personal point if view.
"But of course that doesn't serve the best interests of the team, it's a very late call. He only signed a contract a couple of months ago. Then he was obviously happy to continue and then had a change of heart."
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The Scot, who won the title in 2013, starts his latest campaign on Tuesday against fellow Brit Liam Broady.
"Yes, of course he's got the ability," Delgado told BBC Scotland. "He's done it before.
"And the form he's coming in with is exceptional. So, of course, we believe he can win it. He's obviously had a great few months on the clay."
Murray, 29, has reached the finals of the both the Australian Open and French Open this year, losing to Novak Djokovic in both, before retaining the Aegon Championships title at Queen's Club last week on his return to grass.
Immediately prior to his four-set Roland Garros defeat, he contested the finals in Madrid and Rome with world number one Djokovic, prevailing in Italy.
"With the amount of balls that you hit, the amount of matches that he's won and the intensity that he's played at over the clay, all that will help him on the grass," said Delgado.
"And then just confirmation of that obviously at Queen's. So, yeah, he's coming in with great form and hoping to play well here."
For his campaign at Queen's, Murray was reunited with coach Ivan Lendl, who has stepped in after the breakdown of the Scot's partnership with Amelie Mauresmo.
Delgado says it's "been good" working with the multiple Grand Slam-winning Czech.
"He showed up on the Tuesday of Queen's, so we've been together, what is it; a week-and-a-half, nearly two weeks now?" said the 39-year-old Englishman.
"And it's been working well. We see the game in a similar way and agree on how Andy should be playing and practising."
Delgado believes it is important how Murray paces his way through the tournament to avoid what happened in Paris, where his team believes he expended too much energy in his first couple of matches and ran out of steam in the final.
Murray is in the more favourable half of the men's draw.
"We've talked about that," said Delgado. "You've got to respect every single opponent that you play.
"I think possibly in Paris a couple of the matches, not through lack of respect at all but rather the way the matches panned out, they took a little bit more energy out of him so that, when he got to the final, he had maybe a little bit less left in the tank, so that's something that we'll be looking to put right here."
Murray beat fellow Britons Aljaz Bedene and Kyle Edmund on his way to victory at Queen's and begins his campaign against Broady in a draw that means he will avoid defending champion Novak Djokovic and seven-time title winner Roger Federer until the final should they progress that far.
"It's very notable, obviously, that Federer's in the other half of the draw," added Delgado.
"Its weird, isn't it; we were just laughing with Andy because he hasn't played a British guy for years on the tour and then he played a couple at Queen's Club and now first round here at Wimbledon.
"Obviously he knows Liam Broady well and he'll be looking forward to that for sure."
The sports carmaker, owned by VW, is pushing to get its battery-powered model on to the market in 2019 and is spending about €1bn (£836m; $1.1bn) to get it on the road.
It wants to compete with the pioneering California-based Tesla for a share of the market.
Porsche admitted that finding staff for the project is tough.
"I'm not denying the battle for talent is tough," said Andreas Haffner, human resources boss at Porsche.
"One can in fact describe what is going on now as a 'war for talents'. We are in direct competition with other automakers and suppliers and IT firms in our global search for talented experts. Money alone is not enough to attract these creative minds."
Battling to overcome its diesel emission scandal, parent company VW has said it plans to launch 30 all-electric models to reposition itself as a leader in "green" transport.
The new jobs will be based at Porsche's plant in Zuffenhausen. Overall the company currently has more than 24,000 employees.
The Kenyan, 32, clocked 2:00.25 but because in-out pacemakers were used, the time will not be recognised as a world record, meaning Dennis Kimetto's mark of 2:02.57 is still the quickest.
But Kipchoge said: "This is history."
Eritrea's Zersenay Tadese and Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia also raced in the behind-closed-doors Nike event in Italy but faded earlier in the attempt.
The three athletes chased the landmark time running 2.4km laps on the Monza Grand Prix circuit, 63 years to the day since Britain's Roger Bannister ran the first ever sub four-minute mile.
Monza was chosen by the sportswear company for its gentle corners and favourable climatic conditions. Small groups of pacemakers ran pre-defined segments of the circuit before handing over to another group, and the trio did not have to slow down for feed stations as drinks were delivered by scooter.
Kipchoge ran each mile at an average pace of around four minutes and 36 seconds. To achieve a sub-two clocking, the Olympic champion would have effectively had to run 17 seconds for 100 metres 422 times in a row.
He lapped 27-year-old Desisa, who finished in 2:14.10, while Tadese, 35, came home in 2:06.51. Kipchoge always looked the stronger and was on target pace with around seven miles to go but he began grimacing in the closing stages and though he tried to sprint up the home straight, his fatigue was obvious.
Pacemakers applauded and encouraged him as he approached the line and the clocking comfortably outstrips his recognised personal best of 2:03.05, set at the London Marathon in 2016.
"I'm happy to have run two hours for the marathon," added Kipchoge. "My mind was fully on the two hours but the last kilometre was behind the schedule. This journey has been good - it has been seven months of dedication."
Women's world-record holder Paula Radcliffe called Kipchoge's run "truly inspiring".
Only a select few media were allowed in to witness the attempt at the race circuit near Milan and Kipchoge's time was initially reported to be a second quicker until Nike confirmed the 2:00.25 clocking.
The brand paid the three runners to forgo the London and Berlin Marathons this year prompting some criticism of the event given the resources invested and the fact it will not count as a legitimate record.
Nike's big corporate rival, Adidas, is planning its own sub two-hour marathon attempt but wants to do so in a race setting.
BBC athletics commentator Ed Harry
Eliud Kipchoge is, I believe, the greatest physical specimen ever to line up on a marathon start line. If he can't run sub-two, then I don't see another athlete that will do it any time soon.
Kipchoge ran close to the legitimate world record in London in 2016, and perhaps would have broken it in Berlin the year before if his shoes that day hadn't lost their insoles.
He's made history of sorts in Monza, and he's right to be proud of pushing the boundaries. What he needs to do now is break the world record on an IAAF-recognised course.
He has the talent to do that and the world record is all that's missing from a phenomenal career.
The firm said there was strong demand for its premium product range, launched to compete with higher-end retailers such as Waitrose and Marks and Spencer
Aldi does not publish like-for-like figures, which exclude sales from new stores, but last year it opened 70 new outlets, an 11% increase.
The big four supermarkets will all give their trading updates this week.
Morrisons will report on Tuesday, with Marks and Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury's following on.
Aldi plans to open another 70 stores across the UK this year, with its 700th due to open in February.
The supermarket added that it predicted sales from its "Specially Selected" lines would exceed £750m in 2017.
Matt Walton, analyst at Verdict Research, said: "Early indications are that the value players were Christmas 2016's big winners, with shoppers already bracing themselves for the challenging economic conditions ahead.
"With a continued focus on price and improving value perceptions, Aldi is well placed to maintain its momentum into 2017," he said, adding that planned store refurbishments would help create "a stronger first impression for new customers".
Last week, Next supplied a shock to the retail sector when it reported a disappointing Christmas trading period and warned that conditions would continue to be difficult this year.
Next shares lost almost 20% in two days, and the warning also hit shares in Marks and Spencer and Debenhams.
Analysts think that Marks and Spencer, which publishes its trading update on Thursday, can hardly fail to improve on 2015's Christmas trading, when sales at its non-food business fell almost 6%.
Andrew Wade, from Numis Securities, thinks that M&S could report sales growth in clothing and homewares of 1%.
"M&S performed so poorly in clothing and homewares through the third quarter last year, we see a good possibility that the division reports a small positive LFL [like-for-like] outcome this time," he said.
Morrisons releases its figures for the Christmas period on Tuesday, followed by Tesco on Thursday.
Analysts are expecting both of those supermarkets to report growth in like-for-like sales of about 1% for the Christmas trading period.
Earlier, a report from payment card company Visa suggested that the final three months of last year saw the strongest quarterly growth in consumer spending in two years.
Its research, which reflects cash and card spending, showed expenditure rising at an annual rate of 2.8% in the fourth quarter, the quickest quarterly growth rate since the end of 2014.
For December, Visa's report showed overall spending increasing at an annual rate of 2.6%, with shops recording a modest 0.7% growth rate, but online spending growth rising by 5.5%.
Of all the categories measured, hotels, restaurants and bars saw the strongest expenditure growth, up 7.3%.
"Growth was once again led by the experience sector, with consumers going to Christmas markets, travelling to visit loved ones, or venturing to various parts of the country to celebrate," said Kevin Jenkins, UK and Ireland managing director at Visa.
The 10 original sculptures became a social media sensation and the artist was described as a "literary Banksy".
The artist, whose identity is still being kept secret, has produced the new works as part of Book Week Scotland.
The new sculptures, inspired by classic Scottish stories, have been hidden at secret locations across the country.
Clues released online each day this week will help literary fans to track them down and win their own sculptures.
The first was found on Monday by Emma Lister at Glasgow School of Art. It is a Lanark book sculpture inspired by Alasdair Gray's classic.
The original 10 sculptures were left at locations across Edinburgh between March and November last year.
They returned to the Scottish Poetry Library at the weekend after being seen by thousands of visitors while on display in Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Dunfermline and at the Wigtown Book Festival.
The first of the sculptures appeared in March 2011, when the artist left an intricate paper 'Poetree' sculpture at the Scottish Poetry Library.
The work was based on the Edwin Morgan poem, A Trace of Wings, and had a gift tag attached which proclaimed that it was "in support of libraries, books, words and ideas".
Over the next eight months, a further nine "gifts" were left at locations around Edinburgh, including the National Museum of Scotland, the Writer's Museum, the Scottish Storytelling Centre and the city's international book festival.
The book sculptures caused a sensation and were discussed around the world.
The identity of the artist remains a secret but she did reveal in a note to Poetry Library staff that she was a woman, who believed free access to libraries, art galleries and museums made life much richer.
After being contacted via an anonymous email address, the woman agreed to make five new sculptures for Book Week Scotland.
Marc Lambert, chief executive of the Scottish Book Trust, which organises Book Week, said: "It's an ideal time to celebrate these unique pieces of art, inspired as they are by a love of books, reading, and libraries.
"We are delighted that the artist has agreed to come out of retirement, if not hiding, to give booklovers across Scotland a chance to own one of these amazing homages to literature."
More than 350 free events will take place throughout book week.
Highlights include:
The day of Winston Churchill's funeral - 30 January 1965.
Not since the extravagant state funeral for Wellington, in 1852, had a commoner been given such a grand send-off.
Although Churchill was a man known for his eloquence with words, his funeral is perhaps best summed up in numbers.
A million mourners lined the route in London, while 25 million people in the UK - just under half the entire population of the country - saw it on television. About 350 million viewers, a tenth of the world's population, watched around the globe.
Most of those would have seen it in black and white on the BBC, the richness of the visual pageantry enhanced by the distinctive words of Richard Dimbleby. The commentator was facing his own mortality, a victim of the cancer that would claim his life later the same year.
Barry Barnes, from Blackpool, chose to witness Churchill's funeral in person.
"I remember the cold and the quietness", says Barry, " Despite all those people, it was very hushed".
Barry was just 17, but even for a teenager, Winston Churchill was an important person. The war had only been over for 20 years, rationing for 11.
For young people like Barry, whose parents had lived through Churchill's inspirational wartime leadership, the hinterland of the former Prime Minister's historical presence was vast and meaningful.
"He was old, he had made mistakes, but it was a moment I will never forget", Barry says.
The service at St Paul's Cathedral attracted 112 foreign leaders, but still managed to convey the intimacy of a family funeral.
Churchill's grand-daughter, Celia Sandys, was among the mourners in St Paul's.
"It was sad, and very moving", she says.
She later recalled the epic journey that followed, down the Thames, when Churchill's coffin was conveyed on board the teak barge, the 'Havengore'.
It was a voyage that generated perhaps the most iconic and touching image of the day: the cranes of London's docks lowering their gibs, in an act of unparalleled synchronized reverence.
Celia says members of her family could barely believe the sight.
"It was very special", she says.
She had come to know Churchill well in his later years, often travelling with him.
"Not long before he died, I remember him down on his knees playing with a train set, but by the end he was tired of life, he was ready to go", she said.
It was a rather more sumptuous locomotive awaiting Churchill's coffin at Waterloo station on the day of his funeral.
Barry De Morgan, the adjutant of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, was in charge of the bearer party whose role was to place the coffin on the train.
Newsreel footage captures Barry's nervous demeanour. They had practised, he says, but his men found the coffin heavier than they had expected.
"You don't think about your fears at a moment like that ", he says. "What I remember is that the crowds were silent. It was very sombre, but a very nice end".
After the delicate manoeuvre to put the coffin on the train, Barry and his party travelled to Bladon, near Oxford, for the private family burial.
The contrast between the splendour of the London state occasion and the tranquil setting of an English country churchyard could hardly have been greater.
Though the strain of heavy hearts bore down on those present, there was, briefly, a moment of levity, according to Barry De Morgan.
During the lowering of the coffin into its plot, he says, one of the pall bearers snagged his uniform on a rope.
Later, the sheepish figure at the centre of this mishap approached Barry to inform him that one of his medals was missing.
Mortified by the prospect of the offending item being interred along with the great man, Barry quickly headed back to the graveside and recovered it from its unintended resting place, thereby averting an embarrassing footnote to the historic day.
"It's amusing now", says Barry, "less so, then" - an observation Churchill, himself, would probably have agreed with.
For historians, Churchill's funeral provided the opportunity to officially bookend an extraordinary life.
Those like Professor Sir David Cannadine, one of Britain's most prominent authorities on Churchill, argue he was a complicated man, who had enemies, but in the final 10 years of his life, "came to be loved, even revered".
But he describes Churchill's funeral as "a poignant requiem for Britain".
Amid the entirely justified homage, Professor Cannadine says that the event exposed a less comfortable reality for Britain.
He says it represented the symbolic moment when any residual claim to empire ended, "and, as a country, to this day, we're still not sure where we're headed".
That aside, I asked Professor Cannadine if, as a distinguished scholar, he lends his intellectual weight to the ultimate accolade to emerge from Churchill's funeral, that he was the greatest Englishman who ever lived.
"I won't quarrel with that", he replied.
BBC History: The life of Winston Churchill
Our oceans cover more than 70% of the earth's surface and contain 97% of its water.
But the energy needed to achieve this seemingly simple process has been costly.
Now, thanks to new technologies, costs have been halved and huge desalination plants are opening around the world.
The largest seawater desalination plant ever, Israel's Sorek plant near Tel Aviv, just ramped up to full production.
It will make 624 million litres of drinkable water daily, and sell 1,000 litres - equivalent to a Brit's weekly consumption - for 45p.
Nearby in Saudi Arabia, the Ras al-Khair plant reaches full production in December.
Based in the peninsula's Eastern Province, it will be even bigger and will speed a billion litres a day to Riyadh, whose population is growing fast. A linked power plant will yield 2.4 million watts of electricity.
Then over in the US, San Diego's Carlsbad desalination plant - the country's largest - will be operational from November.
The traditional way to extract drinking water from sea or brackish water is to boil it then collect the evaporated water as a pure distillate.
This uses a great deal of energy, but works well if combined with industrial plants that produce heat as a by-product.
Saudi Arabia's new desalination plant pairs with a power plant for this reason.
But reverse osmosis - a technology that has been around since the 1960s - uses less energy and has been given a new lease of life in recent years.
This involves pushing salt water at high pressure through a polymer membrane containing holes about a fifth of a nanometre in size. A nanometre is a billionth of a metre. The holes are small enough to block the salt molecules but big enough to allow the water molecules through.
"This membrane strips all the salts and minerals completely from the water," explains Professor Nidal Hilal at Swansea University, editor-in-chief of the journal, Desalination.
"You have clean water coming down as permeate, the concentrate on the other side is brine, with high salt content."
But these membranes could get easily clogged and lose performance.
Now, better materials technology and pre-treatment techniques keep them working more efficiently for longer.
And in Israel, Sorek's designers saved energy by using double-sized pressure vessels.
"You then need fewer pressure vessels to generate the water, meaning fewer pipes and fewer connections," says Dr Jack Gilron, head of Desalination and Water Treatment at Ben Gurion University.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have even experimented with semi-permeable membranes made from atom-thick graphene.
These should need a lot less pressure to work, thereby saving energy, although the technology is not ready for mass production yet.
Forward osmosis, according to Professor Nick Hankins, chemical engineer at the University of Oxford, is an alternative way to remove the salt from seawater.
Rather than pushing the fresh water through the membrane, a highly concentrated solution is used to draw it through, effectively sucking it from the sea water.
Afterwards you remove the diluted solutes, yielding pure water.
"If you design your draw solution in a very clever way, it can be possible to separate water out with very little energy," he says.
Another potential method is capacitive deionisation - essentially a magnet for salt.
Dr Michael Stadermann of California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, believes "we should be able to do brackish water desalination at between half and a fifth of the energy of reverse osmosis".
That's if the technology makes it out of the laboratory.
One issue with desalination is what to do with the leftover salt.
Water in the Persian Gulf historically was 35,000 parts per million (ppm) salt. But according to the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Environment and Water, some areas nearest desalination plants now measure 50,000ppm.
"You have to make sure the very salty water is pushed away far enough into the sea that you don't have recirculation of the water, because otherwise it will be getting saltier and saltier," says Floris van Straaten of Finnish engineering company Poyry, the firm overseeing construction of the Ras al-Khair project.
Jessica Jones from Poseidon Water, the firm building California's Carlsbad Desalination Plant, says: "Our plant is co-located with a power plant which uses sea water for cooling. Our discharge gets blended in, so by the time it goes into the ocean, the salt has been dispersed."
But US environmental groups have fought construction of new desalination plants in the courts, saying the consequences of reintroducing brine to the ocean have not been adequately studied.
"And when water is being drawn from the ocean, it brings fish and other organisms into the machinery - and that has an environmental and economic impact," says Wenonah Hauter, head of Food and Water Watch in Washington DC.
Desalination may be getting cheaper but it is still prohibitively expensive for poorer countries, many of whom also suffer from water scarcity.
More than two-fifths of Africa's 800 million people live in "water-stressed" areas, defined as providing less than 1,700 cubic metres of water per person, taking the needs of industry and agriculture into account as well.
And the United Nations predicts that in 10 years 1.9 billion people will live in water-scarce areas - struggling on less than 1,000 cubic metres of water each.
What water-stressed regions most need is a desalination device than can supply 100 to 200 people - the size of a village.
Capacitive desalination is one potential solution, as is solar-powered desalination, with costs reducing threefold in 15 years.
So while desalination has gone big in wealthier countries, it also needs to go small to benefit those unlucky enough to be poor in both money and water.
It was among 200 items from the liner sold at an auction in Devizes.
The key had been predicted to fetch up to £50,000. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the amount the key finally sold for "reflected its importance and unique nature".
A postcard sent by the ship's "heroic" chief wireless operator sold for £19,000.
The locker key had belonged to third-class steward Sidney Sedunary, from Berkshire, who perished when the Titanic went down in April 1912, after hitting an iceberg.
Mr Aldridge said: "Without a doubt [he saved lives]. Here's a man who sacrificed his life to save others."
The auction in Devizes was one of the biggest involving Titanic memorabilia for many years.
RMS Titanic had been four days into a week-long transatlantic crossing from Southampton to New York when the supposedly "unsinkable" ship struck an iceberg on 14 April 1912.
The ship sank less than three hours later at about 02:20 on 15 April; 1,500 passengers and crew died and 710 survived.
A collection of letters written by Chief Officer Henry Wilde, who was second in command on the vessel, fetched £5,000 at the auction.
In one of the letters, written onboard Titanic and posted at Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland, Wilde indicated he had misgivings about the new ship.
"I still don't like this ship... I have a queer feeling about it," he wrote.
He had been expecting to take command of another ship, the Cymric, and only signed on to the Titanic on 9 April 1912, the day before it sailed.
On 31 March 1912, he said he was "awfully disappointed to find the arrangements for my taking command of the Cymric have altered. I am now going to join the Titanic until some other ship turns up for me".
After the collision, Wilde took charge of the even-numbered lifeboats, and oversaw their loading and lowering into the water. He was among those who died in the tragedy.
Mr Aldridge said: "It is without doubt one of the finest Titanic-related letters, written by one of the liner's most senior officers on Olympic stationery.
"This lot reveals previously unknown details and shows Wilde's obvious disappointment in being transferred to Titanic.
"What is certain is that he worked diligently to load the boats once the seriousness of the situation was clear to him."
Also included in the sale was a postcard from the ship's senior wireless operator, 25-year-old Jack Phillips, from Farncombe in Surrey, who carried on sending distress messages to other ships as the Titanic sank.
Phillips, who drowned, was described as "the man who saved us all" by survivor and fellow wireless operator Harold Bridge.
The card, signed "Love all, Jack", describes the weather as the ship left Cowes on the Isle of Wight. It was sold for £19,000.
The 23-year-old was the first Scot to win the English Hockey prize.
"It's nice to get that, especially with it being voted by the players you play against week in, week out," Forsyth told BBC Scotland.
"Individual awards are nice but you play in a team sport and you always look forward to trying to win titles."
Paisley-born Forsyth was also named in the Premier Division's team of the year.
He scored 21 goals this season for Kingston-upon-Thames-based club Surbiton, who suffered play-off semi-final defeat to Reading on Saturday.
It was only an hour or so before that match that Forsyth was made aware of his award.
"I had no idea I'd won it and I wasn't expecting it at all," he said.
"The pre-match programme had the team of the year and told you who the player of the year was.
"I was actually sitting with one of my team-mates, Jonny Gall, in the changing room reading through the programme and we both just noticed it there and then that I'd got it.
"As a forward you obviously want to be scoring goals because you feel that's part of your job.
"Surbiton create a lot of chances and we are a very attacking side. I have been lucky enough that the boys have set me up when I've been in the right position."
Forsyth is also a former Scotland player of the year and was recently capped by Great Britain at the World League Finals in India.
He hopes a place in Team GB at Rio 2016 is within his reach ahead of the squad being selected in the summer.
"That would be a dream come true but to be honest I'll just take it week by week with the training," Forsyth added.
"I am new to the system and I've only been in the centralised programme for six months now. I'm just getting used to being in full-time training Monday to Friday."
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The 190,000 sq ft Pitt Street site was vacated recently by Police Scotland, which has relocated to new administrative headquarters in Dalmarnock.
The site was built in 1924 and used by the Scottish College of Commerce before being taken over by the then Strathclyde Police in 1975.
It is expected to be demolished to allow for new development.
Mandy Watson, from property agents Ryden, said: "This is an exciting and rare opportunity and we look forward to bringing the property to the market.
"The site is well connected and would suit a whole range of uses."
Deputy Chief Constable Neil Richardson from Police Scotland said. "This represents a significant milestone for Police Scotland as we move to a purpose-built facility in Dalmarnock that will support the regeneration of that local area.
"Pitt Street served the legacy Strathclyde force well for many years, occupying an enviable location in the heart of the city.
"We look forward to seeing that site being developed again for the benefit of the city."
The flotation could give the company a market value of nearly £4bn and push it into the FTSE 100 index of the largest UK-listed firms.
The company says it processes about 31 million transactions a day on mobiles, online and in stores.
Worldpay said it would use the money raised from the flotation to reduce debts.
In 2014, the company's revenues were £863.4m, with underlying earnings of £374.7m.
Worldpay is currently owned by two private equity firms, Advent International and Bain Capital, who bought the company from Royal Bank of Scotland in 2010 for £1.7bn.
"Worldpay has been transformed into a global leader in payments since it became an independent company in 2010," said Worldpay chief executive Philip Jansen.
"The IPO is an exciting and logical next step as we seek to continue this momentum. It will enable us to access new capital for growth, augment our global proposition and further enhance our ability to serve customers across the world."
There were reports earlier in the week that Worldpay had received a takeover approach from French company Ingenico.
Shares in Ingenico were up more than 7% in Paris on news of Worldpay's flotation plans.
New Jockey Club regulations at the four-day event will restrict race-goers to four alcoholic drinks at a time and see water handed out.
Last year, two footballers apologised after being photographed apparently urinating into a glass at the festival.
More than 260,000 people are expected to attend over four days.
The event is estimated to bring in £100m to the wider Gloucestershire economy and preparation has been many months in the making for its numerous vendors.
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Caroline Smiley, who runs Moloh, a Tetbury clothes boutique which has a stall at the event, began ordering stock for festival shoppers a year ago.
She said: "The atmosphere is fantastic, everybody's in a holiday mood and it's great to be part of it."
Patrick Daly's deli van - a favourite with jockeys and the estimated 8,000 Irish race fans who attend every year - has been a feature at the festival for 30 years.
Mr Daly said: "It's marvellous, you see lots of Irish people and we know many of them well now.
"They like that there's an Irish connection at the festival."
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Speaking previously about the alcohol restrictions, festival chief executive Ian Renton said: "It's to ensure that drinking is not the rationale for people coming racing.
"We want them to come to racing and enjoy the sport and not have those people coming who will be a nuisance to other race-goers."
Following Cheltenham, drinking restrictions will be in place at Epsom, which stages the Derby, and Aintree for the Grand National.
The Cheltenham Festival is hosting 28 championship races with some of the top horses and jockeys from Britain and Ireland.
The feature race takes place each day at 15:30 GMT, with the festival's showpiece, the Gold Cup, held on Friday.
A total of £4.3m in prize money is on offer, the most of any jump festival in the world.
There will be coverage across BBC Radio 5 live throughout the four days and live text commentary on the Gold Cup on the BBC Sport website.
A Met Office yellow "be aware" warning covered the Western Isles, Wester Ross, Sutherland, Argyll, Lochaber and parts of Tayside and central Scotland.
Play at the Open golf championship at St Andrews has been suspended due to rain.
Police Scotland urged rush hour drivers to "slow down and take care."
At The Open play was suspended before the first group had even managed to finish the first hole on the second day of the championship.
The downpour saw a torrent of water gushing down Golf Place, the road leading to the R&A clubhouse, with the greens quickly flooding.
Warnings about problems caused by the heavy rain were issued for road users on the M9, M90 and A90.
The A82 Inverness to Drumnadrochit road was partially blocked at Lochend by a mud-slip.
Standing water on A90 at Crammond Brig was causing delays for those heading into Edinburgh and in the south side of Glasgow, Haggs Road was closed between Pollokshaws Road and St Andrews Drive because of flooding.
Forecasters said winds could gust to speeds of 50mph, while heavy rain has also been forecast for Saturday.
The weather warning covers from 01:00 on Friday until 21:00 on Saturday, with Argyll and Lochaber due to see the heaviest rain.
The Met Office said: "A rather vigorous area of low pressure for the time of year, will bring a combination of strong winds and heavy rain to parts of Scotland.
"The worst of this arrives in two separate episodes - a six to nine-hour period of heavy, thundery rain overnight into Friday, and then slightly less intense but more persistent rain setting in later Friday and lasting well through Saturday.
"Total rainfall will typically be 25 to 50mm but with some areas, particularly over high ground, receiving more than 80mm over the two days."
BBC Business journalist Ian Pollock was on hand to investigate.
Katharine Rosentiel asks: "Will there be more money for the NHS?"
The chancellor tried to address the widespread concerns about the squeeze on social care for the elderly, which is provided by local authorities, and the current pressure on the NHS.
He said that over the next three years (2017-20) the government would allocate extra money for social care. The Treasury's Red Book, which spells out the changes, says this will cost an extra £3.4bn in that time.
Meanwhile there will be an extra £120m, in this coming financial year only, to pay for some GPs to work in A&E departments to sort out supposedly "inappropriate" attenders.
Joanna Henley asks: "How much is going to be spent on mental health care? Is that amount an increase or decrease or the same?"
The government did not make any specific mention of psychiatric care.
But it pledged to spend an extra £425 million on the NHS in England in the next three years. Most will go to bolster the so-called Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs). The government says these plans, being drawn up by hospitals and the various health authorities, will improve local services, though critics say they are turning out to be a cloak to disguise current and forthcoming cutbacks.
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Meanwhile £120 million will be spent as a one-off sum to help A&E departments in 2017-18 to deal with their heavy workloads. Among the ideas is to employ GPs on-site to deal with people who don't really need A&E care.
Laura asks: "I am a single mum of two children under 10 only earning £19.5K - is this budget going to have drastic financial implications for me?"
There were very few new decisions about personal tax and family finances in this Budget. But a decision made in January - and confirmed today - might affect families.
As announced by the previous Chancellor George Osborne, child tax credit and universal credit will not be available to any third or subsequent child born after the start of the new tax year. But Chancellor Hammond said there would be exemptions to this if the family was in "particular circumstances", for instance with the birth of twins or triplets.
Valerie asks: "What are the increases in car tax, petrol, and beer, spirits etc?"
For owners of heavy goods vehicles, vehicle excise duty and the road user levy will be frozen for the next five years. And as announced in last year's Autumn Statement, fuel duty will be frozen for the next five years. Also, a new set of bands for vehicle excise duty (still known colloquially as road tax) will start this April but for new cars only. This will eventually raise well over a billion pounds extra for the Treasury. And drinkers of sugary drinks will still have to pay for the soft drinks industry levy, due to start in April 2018.
Meanwhile the government's Red Book lists these other changes:
Doug asks: "How much will the reduction in corporation tax cost this country from 2010 to 2020?"
What a good question. Some economists argue that low tax rates in fact lead to higher tax revenues, as tax payers become less inclined to dodge the tax in the first place.
All that is a bit hard to prove, if only because the government's tax-take fluctuates naturally with the growth or decline of the economy from year to year, making the effects of lower or higher tax rates a bit hard to disentangle.
But, for what it's worth, the Treasury Red Book tells us that cutting corporation tax rates will cost the government a lot of money. Starting in 2019-20 the new, low 17% rate is expected to "give away" £510m, then £2.6bn the next year, and then £2.6bn the year after.
But that's not all. The Budget of summer 2015 cut corporation tax to 19% from 2017-18 and to 18% in 2020-21. Those changes "gave away" even larger sums: £2.3bn in 2017-18, then £2.2bn, £3.1bn, £4.9bn and £5.3bn in the subsequent years. That is lot of potential income. Nearly £24bn in fact.
Terence O'Neil asks: "What use is 2% growth if the currency is devalued by 15%?"
A touchy subject, you might think. But it is in fact addressed in the Budget document called "Impact on Households".
The devaluation of the pound since the Brexit vote is widely forecast to push up inflation by raising the cost of imported goods. And the government - citing calculations from the Office for Budget Responsibility - says real household disposable income, per person, will drop by 0.7% this year.
Why?
"The recent sterling depreciation raises inflation while nominal earnings growth increases slightly" it explains. In other words, rising prices will squeeze real incomes.
But that effect is predicted to be only temporary. "Real household disposable income per head is expected to return to growth in 2018 and be 2.0% higher in 2021 than 2016," it adds.
Paul McCabe asks: "How does the rise in NIC for the self-employed bring parity when the employed have access to paid holiday and sickness pay?"
In reality there will never be full "parity" between the status of the employed and the self-employed, who don't get unemployment benefit, let alone sick pay or paid holidays. However the chancellor did say that he would stage a consultation this coming summer about improving state-provided parental benefits for the self-employed.
The 22-year-old has spent the past three years playing for Florida State University on a sports scholarship.
Campbell, who has won 33 international caps, has previously featured for Irish clubs St Francis and Raheny United.
"Once I got word City were interested, I came straight over and once I did, it was something I knew I'd love to be part of," she told the club website.
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Radford joined the Welsh county after leaving his role as batting coach with West Indies in October 2013.
Glamorgan finished fourth in Division Two of the County Championship in 2015.
"I am pleased the team showed major improvement in the past two seasons. It is disappointing for me not to be able to see the work through to its conclusion," said Radford.
Glamorgan chief executive Hugh Morris praised Radford, adding: "His hard work and commitment to the role has been evidence for all to see and under his leadership we have made an important step forward".
The club have made no comment about a potential replacement, but it is understood that bowling coach Robert Croft will lead pre-season training.
Victory for Worcestershire would see the county reach a first Lord's final since 2004.
Leach's side have endured a difficult fortnight with the departure of batsman Tom Kohler-Cadmore and successive defeats in the County Championship.
"I want our guys to be vibrant and rise to the occasion," said Leach.
Worcestershire began the season with four Championship victories and topped the North Group of the One-Day Cup, losing only one of their eight matches.
After Kohler-Cadmore announced he was leaving New Road to join Yorkshire, Worcestershire slipped to a heavy defeat at Sussex and also lost to Glamorgan after letting slip a strong position.
"It's a big game, there's no getting away from that, but if we can rise to the occasion and really show off how good we are at the format then we'll have absolutely no problem," Leach, 26, told BBC Hereford & Worcester.
"My message is very much one of confidence. We topped that North Group and played some very good cricket in that month of one-day cricket.
"We've got Surrey coming here to what I hope will be a packed New Road. It's our ground, it's our turf and our support and we fully expect to put in a good performance and win the game."
Moeen Ali, Jason Roy, Jake Ball and Alex Hales have all been made available to play for their counties following England's Champions Trophy exit on Wednesday.
Worcestershire all-rounder Moeen and Surrey opener Roy are expected to take part at New Road, while Nottinghamshire pair Hales and Ball could feature in Friday's semi-final against Essex at Chelmsford on Friday.
Playing in their first home semi-final in 14 years, Worcestershire are looking to reach a first Lord's final since the second of their two successive Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy final losses to Gloucestershire in 2004.
The only member of that cup run still playing, Gareth Batty, will be captaining Surrey, although two of the hosts' current coaching team, director of cricket Steve Rhodes and his assistant Matt Mason were part of that Worcestershire side.
Logan MacKenzie, 21, is alleged to have carried out the attack in the King Street area of Galashiels on Friday.
His co-accused Charley Jessica Brown, who is 20 and from Galashiels, has been charged with assault and robbery.
Both made no plea or declaration when they appeared on petition and the case was continued for further examination.
They were granted bail by Sheriff Peter Paterson.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.23% at 5,827.50 points.
The index finished the day in positive territory despite disappointing results from of Australia's biggest lenders, Westpac.
The bank posted a cash profit of 3.78bn Australian dollars ($2.98bn; £1.96bn) for the six months to March.
Analysts said the results were poor and a "big miss".
Shares in the bank fell by more than 4.5% on the results.
In China, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed flat at 28,123.82, while the Shanghai Composite was up 0.9% at 4,480.46 points.
A report released on Monday showed factory activity in China had contracted in April.
HSBC's purchasing managers' (PMI) index was 48.9 for April, the lowest level in about a year, and down from March's reading of 49.6.
A reading of below on the index 50 indicates a contraction.
Analysts said investors would probably welcome the disappointing data, as it could spur the government to introduce fresh stimulus measures to help boost the economy.
Meanwhile, South Korea's benchmark Kospi index closed up 0.24% at 2,132.23 points.
Investors shrugged off a separate HSBC report on South Korea's manufacturing sector which showed activity fell to a seasonally adjusted 48.8.
HSBC's PMI reading for April was its lowest since October last year.
The Nikkei 225 index was closed on Monday, as Japanese markets are shut for the Golden Week holiday. They will reopen on Thursday.
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Nicolas Daines reached up to 119 miles per hour to raise money for charity.
It took him just 48 seconds to travel just over one thousand metres.
The Frenchman, who will ride his 15th and final Tour de France in July, get his defence under way in Friday's first stage from Bridlington to Scarborough.
"It feels special. I've been relishing every moment," said the 37-year-old.
Welshman Luke Rowe leads the Team Sky challenge while British champion Adam Blythe is among the top sprinters.
"We're bringing a very strong team to the Tour de Yorkshire," said Blythe, the 27-year-old from Sheffield, who rides for Aqua Blue Sport.
"A mass sprint looks unlikely in the opening stage, but I hope to be in the mix in the second one. Winning here, with the national champion's jersey on my shoulders, would be simply unbelievable."
Friday's 173km stage could suit Voeckler, an aggressive rider who will enjoy the day's three categorised climbs in the North Yorkshire Moors before finishing on Scarborough sea-front - where he won the final stage last year to take the title - and the Direct-Energie rider is determined to enjoy racing with the number one on his back.
"The crowds have always been very warm towards me. I'll never forget the welcome I got here, last year's victory and this famous number one," he said.
Saturday's second stage will start on the bridge in Tadcaster that has been rebuilt after being damaged by floods and is expected to end in a bunch sprint in Harrogate.
The women's race, featuring Britain's former world champion Lizzie Deignan, takes place over the same 122.5km route earlier in the day.
Sunday's finale is a gruelling 194.5km race from Bradford to Sheffield which takes in eight King of the Mountain climbs, including the Cote de Silsden and the cobbles of Haworth's main street, with four ascents saved for a final 22km circuit.
The Tour de Yorkshire is a legacy race from when the county hosted the Grand Depart of the 2014 Tour de France.
It cited low crime rates, high employment and a large number of pubs per head of population as some of the reasons for its ranking.
Winchester in Hampshire topped the list for quality of life while Wychavon in Worcestershire was third.
Shetland was the only other Scottish local authority area to feature in the UK top 20, coming in at 18th.
Orkney, which was once again named the best place to live in Scotland, climbed up the UK rankings this year following the inclusion of a leisure category for the first time.
The category includes the number of pubs and the availability of health clubs and leisure centres within areas.
The survey highlighted a burglary rate in Orkney of just 2.3 per 10,000 people, compared with a Scottish average of 27.2 and 28.7 for the rest of the UK.
It also found that Orkney residents had the lowest levels of anxiety rating in the UK (1.9 out of 10).
Along with those living in the Western Isles, they were also most satisfied with life (8.2 out of 10).
Other factors cited as contributing to their quality of life were an employment rate of 87.6%, well above the national average of 73.7%, and a large number of pubs - 20 per 10,000 adults.
Having one of the highest numbers of fitness and health clubs (3 per 10,000 people) helped push both the Scottish Borders and Perth and Kinross up the Scottish table, to fourth and fifth respectively.
Argyll and Bute, which was found to have the highest number of pubs in Scotland (25 per 10,000 people), moved up to eighth this year.
Graham Blair, mortgage director at Bank of Scotland, said: "It's fantastic to see Orkney rise up the rankings to be named the second best place to live in the UK, while also retaining the title of best place to live in Scotland.
"Having one of the lowest population densities and traffic levels in Scotland, let alone some of the most stunning scenery in the British Isles, it's no wonder that Orkney also has the lowest levels of anxiety and highest life satisfaction ratings.
The 45-year-old, who also played for Newcastle United and Blackburn Rovers, suffered kidney failure after contracting an airborne virus in 2015.
The operation at Manchester Royal Infirmary was part of his treatment for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a spokesman for Manchester United said.
He added that Cole would be "taking a break" from his club ambassador role.
The illness is a leading cause of kidney failure in adults and causes scarring in the organ.
Requesting the former England striker be given "privacy" during his recuperation, the spokesman added: "Andrew and his family would like to thank the club and fans for their support."
Speaking in 2016, Cole said kidney failure had been "tough to accept".
"Putting on all the weight has been the toughest part," he said.
"When I retired, I promised my kids I will never put on weight because when [footballers] retire they eat and drink.
"Seeing the change in my body, that has been tough, it wreaks havoc with yourself. You get comments like, 'Andy Cole's let himself go, who ate all the pies?'"
The forward, who scored 121 goals in 275 appearances for the Old Trafford club, played for 12 clubs in his career and made 15 appearances for England.
He remains the third highest scorer in Premier League history with 187 goals.
The House of Commons is debating the legislation that would trigger Article 50.
The SNP - which has tabled a motion that would delay the bill - and Liberal Democrats are opposed, but Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has ordered his MPs to vote with the government.
However some Labour MPs are expected to defy Mr Corbyn.
The government remains determined to trigger negotiations on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union by the end of March.
But the SNP's amendment to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill criticises the government for failing to consult effectively with the devolved administrations on the plans for Brexit.
It also says the government has yet to publish a White Paper detailing its policy proposals, has refused to give a guarantee on the position of EU nationals in the UK, and has provided no assurance that a future parliamentary vote will be anything other than irrelevant.
Speaking as he outlined the amendment, SNP MP Stephen Gethins said triggering Article 50 would have a major economic impact on Scotland.
He argued that the only detailed plans for Brexit had been published by the Scottish and Welsh governments.
And he said Scotland had voted to Remain and was now being taken out of the EU by a Conservative Party that just posted its worst general election result since 1865 in Scotland.
Mr Gethins said: "Passing this bill and turning your back on our amendment would turn its back on the progress made and disrespect the devolution settlement.
"I'd urge members to vote for our amendment, otherwise this is a backward and damaging step and it is an act of constitutional and economic sabotage."
Mr Gethins found an unlikely ally in former Tory Chancellor Ken Clarke, who said he would be "voting with his conscience" and backing the SNP amendment.
Mr Clarke described visions of a post-Brexit future as a "wonderland" fantasy.
He also mocked the government's hopes for free trade after leaving the single market, and claimed that "no sensible country has referendums".
The government had resisted having a vote in the Commons, but was forced to seek parliament's approval for its plans by a Supreme Court ruling last week.
Its Brexit secretary, David Davis, told the debate that MPs would not be able to vote to block Brexit, telling them the "point of no return" had already passed.
He added: "This is not a bill about whether the UK should leave the EU or indeed how it should do it.
"It is simply about parliament empowering the government to implement a decision already made, a point of no return already passed.
"We asked the people of the UK if they wanted to leave the EU. They decided they did. So at the core of this Bill lies a very simple question. Do we trust the people or not?
"We will respect the will of the people and implement their will by 31 March."
The debate is due to last two days, with the government expected to win the final vote - although the size of the rebellion by Labour MPs against their instructions to vote with the government is not yet clear.
Labour's Brexit spokesman, Sir Keir Starmer, said two thirds of Labour MPs represented constituencies that voted to leave the EU, and one third where people voted to stay in.
"This is obviously a difficult decision," he said.
"I wish the result had gone the other way. I campaigned passionately for that. But as democrats our party has to accept that result and it follows that the prime minister should not be blocked from starting the Article 50 negotiations."
The reigning champions of Europe were disjointed for large parts of the final in Amsterdam against a spirited Benfica. But a superb Fernando Torres effort followed by Ivanovic's dramatic winner leaves Chelsea with silverware to show for a disrupted, and lengthy, season.
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Phil's view: The keeper was as reliable as ever and a calming presence for Chelsea when they came under pressure from Benfica. Made a brilliant second-half save from Oscar Cardozo to keep Chelsea level. A vital moment.
Phil's view: Suffered with his fellow defenders as Benfica ran Chelsea ragged in the opening phases but stuck to his task and added another medal to his vast collection.
Phil's view: Solid as ever and one of the real heroes of the modern Chelsea. A strong man who can be relied upon when the going gets tough - and he was here. And, of course, the match-winner with that towering header. Man of the match for the Blues.
Phil's view: Looked short of confidence in the first half but produced a brilliant last-ditch tackle in the closing seconds to deny Benfica a second equaliser.
Phil's view: Conceded a penalty and had his uncertain moments but a promising player who will be even better for these experiences next season.
Phil's view: Subdued and not able to impose his natural gifts on the game, although still showed flashes of that wonderful, natural close control.
Phil's view: It turned out to be a quiet night in midfield for the Brazilian playing against his former club, particularly for a player who has shown flashes of real brilliance at times recently.
Phil's view: Chelsea's captain for the night was quiet for periods but still such a threat. Another experienced head in some tough times against Benfica. Could have scored twice when he produced a brilliant save from Artur in the first half then hit the bar late on.
Phil's view: Always probing and trying to create, even when Chelsea's time in possession was scarce. Delivered the corner that led to Ivanovic's late, late winner.
Phil's views: Poor display from the midfield workhorse who operated on Chelsea's right flank. Lost possession and was caught offside far too often.
Phil's view: Left without support for much of the first hour but then revived memories of his magnificent pomp with a stunning individual goal. Six goals in his last six Europa League games - not bad for a supposed flop.
Phil's view: This win was not the result of any great tactical genius but he did resist the temptation to make hasty changes when the tide was going against Chelsea. He can leave the club with his reputation enhanced and his head held high.
They calculated how many Earth rocks big enough to shelter life were ejected by asteroids in the last 3.5bn years.
The Chicxulub impact was strong enough to fire chunks of debris all the way to Europa, they write in Astrobiology.
Thousands of potentially life-bearing rocks also made it to Mars, which may once have been habitable, they add.
"We find that rock capable of carrying life has likely transferred from both Earth and Mars to all of the terrestrial planets in the solar system and Jupiter," says lead author Rachel Worth, of Penn State University.
Earth rocks big enough* to support life made it to:
*3m diameter or larger.
Source: Worth et al, Astrobiology
"Any missions to search for life on Titan or the moons of Jupiter will have to consider whether biological material is of independent origin, or another branch in Earth's family tree."
Panspermia - the idea that organisms can "hitchhike" around the solar system on comets and debris from meteor strikes - has long fascinated astronomers.
But thanks to advances in computing, they are now able to simulate these journeys - and follow potential stowaways as they hitch around the Solar System.
In this new study, researchers first estimated the number of rocks bigger than 3m ejected from Earth by major impacts.
Three metres is the minimum they think necessary to shield microbes from the Sun's radiation over a journey lasting up to 10 million years.
They then mapped the likely fate of these voyagers. Many simply hung around in Earth orbit, or were slowly drawn back down.
Others were pulled into the Sun, or sling-shotted out of the Solar System entirely.
Yet a small but significant number made it all the way to alien worlds which might welcome life. "Enough that it matters," Ms Worth told BBC News.
About six rocks even made it as far as Europa, a satellite of Jupiter with a liquid ocean covered in an icy crust.
"Even using conservative, realistic estimates... it's still possible that organisms could be swimming around out there in the oceans of Europa," she said.
Travel to Mars was much more common. About 360,000 large rocks took a ride to the Red Planet, courtesy of historical asteroid impacts.
Perhaps the most famous of these impacts was at Chicxulub in Mexico about 66 million years ago - when an object the size of a small city collided with Earth.
The impact has been blamed for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, triggering volcanic eruptions and wildfires which choked the planet with smoke and dust.
It also launched about 70 billion kg of rock into space - 20,000kg of which could have reached Europa. And the chances that a rock big enough to harbour life arrived are "better than 50/50", researchers estimate.
But could living organisms actually survive these epic trips?
"I'd be surprised if life hasn't gotten to Mars," Ms Worth told BBC News.
"It's beyond the scope of our study. But it seems reasonable that at some point some Earth organisms have made it over there."
It has been shown that tiny creatures can withstand the harsh environment of space. And bacterial spores can be revived after hundreds of millions of years in a dormant state.
But even if a hardy microbe did stow away for all those millennia, it might simply burn up on arrival, or land in inhospitable terrain.
The most habitable places in range of Earth are Europa, Mars and Titan - but while all three have likely held water, it may not have been on offer to visitors.
Europa's oceans are capped by a crust of ice that may be impenetrably thick.
"But it appears regions of the ice sheet sometimes break into large chunks separated by liquid water, which later refreezes," Ms Worth said.
"Any meteorites lying on top of the ice sheet in a region when this occurs would stand a chance of falling through.
"Additionally, the moons are thought to have been significantly warmer in the not-too-distant past."
On Mars, there is little evidence of flowing water during the last 3.5bn years - the likeliest window for Earth life to arrive.
But what if the reverse trip took place?
The early Martian atmosphere appears to have been warm and wet - prime conditions for the development of life.
And if Martian microbes ever did exist, transfer to Earth is "highly probable" due to the heavy traffic of meteorites between our planets, Ms Worth told BBC News.
"Billions have fallen on Earth from Mars since the dawn of our planetary system. It is even possible that life on Earth originated on Mars."
While her team are not the first to calculate that panspermia is possible, their 10-million-year simulation is the most extended yet, said astrobiologist Prof Jay Melosh, of Purdue University.
"The study strongly reinforces the conclusion that, once large impacts eject material from the surface of a planet such as the Earth or Mars, the ejected debris easily finds its way from one planet to another," he told BBC News.
"The Chicxulub impact itself might not have been a good candidate because it occurred in the ocean (50 to 500m deep water) and, while it might have ejected a few sea-surface creatures, like ammonites, into space, it would not likely have ejected solid rocks.
"I sometimes joke that we might find ammonite shells on the Moon from that event.
"But other large impacts on the Earth may indeed have ejected rocks into interplanetary space."
Another independent expert on panspermia, Mauricio Reyes-Ruiz of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, said the new findings were "very significant".
"The fact such different pathways exist for the interchange of material between Earth and bodies in the Solar System suggests that if life is ever found, it may very well turn out to be our very, very distant relatives," he said.
He told the BBC that both sides of the argument had to be treated with respect and ministers should be allowed to campaign for an EU exit if they wanted.
David Cameron presented his bid to reform the EU at the European Council summit earlier this month.
No 10 says no decision on a free vote will be made until negotiations finish.
This is likely to be in February.
Mr Cameron wants to get a new deal for the UK before putting its membership to a referendum, which has been promised by the end of 2017.
When Lord Howard led the Conservative Party into the 2005 election, he also proposed a renegotiation of the UK's relationship with Brussels.
He said that if the current party leader's efforts failed to satisfy some of his cabinet colleagues, then he should allow them to vote with their consciences.
He told Radio 4's The World This Weekend that collective responsibility should hold while talks continued, but once the referendum was called there should be a free vote.
Lord Howard said: "It's not of course a question for now.
"For now cabinet ministers are too busy running their departments and they shouldn't have time to campaign one way or another on the referendum.
"But when it comes to the campaign, if there are cabinet ministers who feel strongly that we should vote to leave the European Union, they should certainly be allowed to do so without losing their seat."
He said he recognised that Europe was a difficult issue for the Conservative Party.
But he said he disagreed with another former leader - Sir John Major - who called for collective responsibility to be maintained throughout the referendum campaign.
You can hear the interview with Lord Howard on The World This Weekend at 13:00 GMT on Sunday.
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20 January 2017 Last updated at 17:31 GMT
You can expect to see loads of Olympic and Paralympic heroes in action - but what will the mascot look like?
Well, Blue Peter is launching a new competition for you to design the mascots for the London 2017 IAAF World Championships.
The judges are some familiar sporting faces - Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill and Paralympian Richard Whitehead.
Jenny caught up with them to put their previous mascot knowledge to the test.
What will they score out of five? Watch and see…
The Dutch were in charge of the UN "safe area" when Bosnian Serb forces overran it in 1995 and killed 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys.
The court in The Hague ruled that the Dutch troops should not have handed the three men over to Bosnian Serb forces.
The ruling was unexpected, and may open the way for other compensation claims.
The case centred on three Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) who were working for the Dutch force, Dutchbat, during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war and were among thousands who took shelter in the UN compound as Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Gen Ratko Mladic overran Srebrenica on 11 July 1995.
Two days later, Dutch peacekeepers forced the Bosniaks out of the compound.
By Lauren Comiteau BBC News, The Hague
The verdict is historic. It is believed to be the first time a state has been held responsible for the actions of its troops working under UN auspices. This could have far-reaching implications for other countries that may be wary of sending their troops on UN peacekeeping missions.
The Dutch government, which the court ruled had "effective control" over their troops, has been ordered to pay compensation to the plaintiffs.
This could pave the way for compensation claims by other Srebrenica victims, especially those whose relatives were similarly forced off the Dutch compound, a designated UN safe haven, where they had sought protection.
The verdict, which government lawyers say they have to study before deciding whether or not to appeal, will no doubt reopen a painful chapter in Dutch history.
In 2002, the Dutch government collapsed after an investigation by the National War Documentation Institute blamed them and the UN for sending ill-equipped Dutch soldiers on an impossible mission.
"The court ruled that the Dutch state is responsible for the death of these men because Dutchbat should not have handed them over," a spokeswoman for the court said.
The appeals court's judges have ordered the government to pay compensation to the dead men's relatives in a ruling that could have implications for similar cases against the Dutch state, says the BBC's Lauren Comiteau at the court.
The verdict came as a surprise to both the Bosnian Muslim plaintiffs and government lawyers, our correspondent says.
The court said that even though Dutchbat was working under the UN after the fall of Srebrenica, in a situation which they called "extraordinary", the Dutch government became more involved with Dutchbat and the evacuation, and in that sense they were responsible.
A court had previously ruled in 2008 that the Dutch state was not responsible for the deaths of Bosnian Dutchbat employees and their families because the soldiers were operating under a UN mandate.
When Bosnian Serb forces overran the Srebrenica enclave, Bosniak Muslims converged on the Dutch base. Between 4,000 and 5,000 were allowed into the compound, an estimated 15,000-20,000 remained outside.
Two days later, Dutch peacekeepers began expelling the refugees from their base, as the Bosnian Serb troops had demanded.
A lawyer for one of the plaintiffs, Liesbeth Zegveld, told the BBC that relatives of other Bosniak men who had been handed over by Dutch troops "may stand a good chance to win their case in Dutch courts".
About 300 men of military age are estimated to have been expelled from the compound.
The case was brought by relatives of Rizo Mustafic, who worked as an electrician for Dutchbat, and by Dutchbat interpreter Hasan Nuhanovic, who lost his father and brother in the fall of the Bosniak enclave.
Source: UN report from 1999
Timeline: Siege of Srebrenica
They filed a lawsuit against the Dutch state because Dutchbat handed over their relatives to the Bosnian Serbs, and have been trying to get the Dutch government to take responsibility for their deaths for nine years.
The ruling said even though the Dutch soldiers were operating under a UN mandate, they were under "effective control" of top military and government officials in The Hague when they ordered the hundreds of Bosniak men and boys out of their compound.
The ruling said the three men were among the last to be expelled on 13 July, and by that time the peacekeepers already had seen Bosnian Serb troops abusing Bosniak men and boys and should have known they faced the real threat of being killed.
"The Dutchbat had been witness to multiple incidents in which the Bosnian Serbs mistreated or killed male refugees outside the compound. The Dutch therefore knew that... the men were at great risk if they were to leave the compound," the court said in its ruling.
Mr Mustafic was forced to leave and was separated from his wife just outside the compound fence and taken away, and was never heard of again.
Hasan Nuhanovic was allowed to stay, but his relatives were forced to leave. The remains of his father and brother were recovered in 2007 and 2010.
The Srebrenica massacre remains a sensitive issue in the Netherlands. In 2002, the government fell after an official report was heavily critical of Dutch actions when the killings took place.
The conduct of the country's peacekeepers was highlighted again following the recent arrest of Gen Mladic.
In May, during a televised debate featuring former Dutchbat commander Col Thom Karremans, Dutch TV aired footage of Lt Col Karremans drinking a toast to peace with Gen Mladic on the eve of the massacre, in what commentators described as a humiliation.
The Dutch state, which has faced several cases in recent years over Srebrenica, has always argued that it was let down by the UN, which failed to give its troops sufficient support.
Gen Mladic is currently on trial in The Hague, charged on 11 counts including genocide of Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats during the Bosnian war.
The public protector is due to release her preliminary findings on Friday.
She has been examining allegations that Mr Zuma allowed a business family undue influence over his administration.
The president denies any wrongdoing. In March a court ruled that he had failed to repay taxpayers' money used to upgrade his private residence.
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"I can confirm that the president has applied for a court interdict," Mr Zuma's spokesman Bongani Ngqulunga told the Reuters news agency on Thursday.
Ms Madonsela questioned Mr Zuma for four hours last week as part of her final investigation before her seven-year term tenure as public protector concludes this weekend.
She has been hailed for her diligent work exposing official misconduct, including allegations that the president used taxpayers' money to build a cattle enclosure, amphitheatre, swimming pool, visitor centre and chicken run at his home in Nkandla.
South African media has quoted sources within Ms Madonsela's office as saying that her latest report cannot be released until a court has made an order in relation to Mr Zuma's request for it to be blocked.
The focus of her probe is on the Indian-born Gupta family, who are accused of using their close links with Mr Zuma to influence cabinet appointments.
Although Mr Zuma and the Guptas insist they are innocent, correspondents say the allegations will do little to improve the tarnished reputation of the president, who was forced to repay part of the cost of the lavish upgrade to his private residence because of Ms Madonsela's inquiries.
On Monday, Mr Zuma asked her not to report her findings until he has been given an opportunity to question witnesses and review any evidence that implicates him.
Ms Madonsela argues the president was supplied with all the evidence he needs earlier this month and has urged him fully to co-operate with her inquiry.
The main opposition Democratic Alliance party for its part argues that Mr Zuma is "worried about what is contained in this report, and desperate to stop it from being made public".
The latest row adds to the pressure on Mr Zuma, whose government was reeling this week when prosecutors ordered Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to appear in court in early November to face fraud charges.
He denies any wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated.
The European Space Agency has engaged Astrium UK to make a follow-on to the Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS), which feeds data into multi-day forecasts.
Up to three units will be purchased, which would value the business at £135m (155m euros).
The new instrument, to be known as the MicroWave Sounder (MWS), will have significantly improved performance.
Science Minister David Willetts announced the deal at the UK Space Conference in Glasgow.
MWS will measure the temperature and water content sitting at different altitudes, in clear or cloudy skies.
It is fundamental information needed by the computer models that look at what the weather is likely to be several days ahead.
Forecast skill in this area has seen marked improvement over time, with the three-day forecast as good now as the 24-hour prediction was 30 years ago.
The current MHS instrument was designed for the Metop series of spacecraft.
The first of these satellites, Metop-A, was launched in 2006; a second platform, Metop-B, was sent up last year; and a third, Metop-C, is due to go into orbit in about 2018.
But such is the long lead-in time required to design and build meteorological satellites that Esa has already started the procurement of the replacement series, for operation in the 2020s and 2030s.
This Metop-SG (Second Generation) system will be a multi-billion-pound endeavour, with nations across Europe asked to provide various instrumentation. MWS will be Britain's major contribution.
It will do broadly the same as MHS, only better. It will have 24 sensor channels versus the current five.
MWS will also incorporate the observations of another Metop first-generation instrument called Amsu (Advanced Microwave Sounding Units A1 and A2), which makes additional temperature profiles of the atmosphere.
Three MicroWave Sounders will be produced, with an option for a third instrument likely to be picked up to ensure data continuity deep into the middle of the century.
MWS production will be led from Astrium's Portsmouth factory, but key contributions will also come from southwest England companies SEA Ltd and JCR Systems Ltd, the Rutherford Appleton Lab in Oxfordshire, and Queens University in Belfast.
"Metop-SG is actually a pair of satellites, and MWS will be an instrument on one of those satellite models," Andy Stroomer, the head of Earth observation at Astrium UK, told BBC News.
"Our contract is for two instruments with the possibility for a third; and the figure you see quoted of 155m euros is the value of three instruments.
"It's really great news for Portsmouth. We have the heritage from MHS and now we've got the opportunity to carry all that on."
The contract award to Astrium also represents part of the "geo-return" due to the UK for promising to invest Metop-SG.
As a member state of Esa, Britain has committed £81m (94m euros) to the R&D programme overseen by the Pairs-based agency.
This should ensure UK companies get work on other aspects of the spacecraft in addition to the microwave sounders. Overall, Metop-SG will be led from Germany and France.
The eventual operation will be managed by Eumetsat, the intergovernmental organisation charged with running Europe's weather platforms.
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The missing ball, which belongs to Dungloe Ladies GAA team in Donegal, was found by beach walker Arthur Heyes.
It was swept several hundred miles north by the Atlantic current, surviving its journey in good nick.
Mr Heyes has now emailed the club to try to reunite the team with the ball.
"Its been two or three hundred miles in the open Atlantic and yet it's in perfect condition," he told BBC Radio Foyle.
Mr Heyes and his brother were enjoying a walk along the western tip of North Uist when they noticed something white poking out of the sand.
"It's a beautiful island with lovely beaches and I noticed a ball which appeared to have been washed up.
"The thing I noticed first of all was the quality of the ball, it was perfectly inflated," said Mr Heyes.
"I had a look at it and I saw the words Dungloe Ladies GAA and that stuck in my mind because I remember going on holiday to Dungloe when I was a child.
"In the back of my mind I thought, GAA... I think that stands for Gaelic Athletic Association," he added.
Mr Heyes said it was his brother's idea to try to get in touch with the Donegal club.
"I sent them an email and they got back to me asking for a picture and I got my daughter to take it with me showing a map to demonstrate how far it came," he said.
"I've been in touch with the club and one way or another I will return this ball to the club because that's its home and that's where it belongs."
Dungloe Ladies GAA team told the BBC they were "delighted" to find their football, which has been missing since 5 May.
"It is quite a surreal and unique story. Once a ball ends up in the sea, you don't expect it to make a journey and for the writing to remain intact," the club said.
"We would welcome Arthur to come and visit us, as he is now an honorary member of Dungloe Ladies GAA.
"We are going to get the ball returned and hopefully we will play a game with it this summer."
The Russian, who was suspended last March after testing positive for meldonium, beat the Italian 7-5 6-3.
There was no noticeable bad reception for the 30-year-old, who responded well to losing her first service game to take a tight opening set in Stuttgart.
She broke twice in the second to progress to face Ekaterina Makarova.
Sharapova, who hit 11 aces and 39 winners, said: "I've been waiting for this for a long time.
"It's the best feeling in the world, those first few seconds before you enter the arena. To know you were walking back out there was special.
"I spent a long time without hitting any balls. I didn't know when I would be back. I went to school for a little bit, I grew my business and had a normal life. I put the racquet away for a little bit.
"I felt I had to grow as a person and I think I've done that. But this is what I've done for so long. I'm a competitor - that's when I'm at my best."
The decision to give five-time Grand Slam winner Sharapova a wildcard entry for this event, as well as upcoming tournaments in Madrid and Rome, has been questioned by a number of players, including her Italian first-round opponent.
However, it has been defended by WTA chief Steve Simon, who said it was in keeping with how former dopers were treated in other sports, adding that she was "starting at ground zero".
The former world number one will find out on 16 May if she has been given a wildcard for the French Open, which starts on 28 May.
After Wednesday's victory, the Russian told BBC Sport that she would "play in the juniors" if she had to, to compete at the French Open and Wimbledon in July.
"I think everyone in this room knows what a competitor I am and I don't take anything for granted, and if I get the opportunity to be in a draw then I will take it," she added.
"I'm being offered wildcards from the tournament directors and I'm accepting them to be able to compete in the draw.
"I'm coming with no ranking and I'm not getting a wildcard to receive a trophy or a golden platter. I have to get through the matches and I still have to win them and that's my job."
Wednesday's match was a positive start to the process of rebuilding her world ranking points against the woman 34th in the world.
She was understandably rusty but brushed off a nervous start to break Vinci at the first opportunity after losing her first service game, showing ominous signs with a string of big winners.
Vinci was then taken to deuce in every subsequent service game until the pressure finally told, with Sharapova taking a 6-5 lead and then serving out the first set.
Sharapova started the second set with another break of serve to win her fourth game in a row and leave Vinci reeling.
The Italian held on to take the set to 4-3 but ultimately the Russian's superiority showed with a break to love and an easily won final service game.
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George Hamilton made his comments at a meeting of the Policing Board.
Last month he said that some members of the Provisional IRA were involved in the murder of an ex-IRA man
He said the organisation still existed but added there was no evidence that the killing was sanctioned by the organisation.
Kevin McGuigan Sr, 53, died after he was shot at his home in east Belfast in what detectives believe was a revenge attack for the killing of former IRA commander Gerard 'Jock' Davison in Belfast in May.
The chief constable said at the time that the two murders were the results of a "fall-out" within the republican community.
He said the PSNI had no information to suggest that "violence as seen in the murder of Kevin McGuigan" was "sanctioned or directed at a senior level" in the republican movement.
Speaking on Thursday, the chief constable said it was not the job of police to monitor the activity of paramilitary groups.
He said he would not support any move to change the law to make the PSNI responsible for monitoring the status of such groups.
Mr Hamilton said the investigations into the murders of Mr McGuigan Sr and Mr Davison were being conducted with "integrity" and that police would go where the evidence took them, "no matter what the political consequences".
Assistant Chief Constable Will Kerr told the Policing Board that the IRA's operational tier, its "active service units", no longer existed.
The monitoring of paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland was conducted by the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) up until 2011.
The IRA ordered an end to its armed campaign in 2005.
Chemistry teacher Susan McKay, 58, and her husband Owen, 73, grew the drug in the seven-bed Tall Trees, Llandyrnog.
They were given suspended jail terms along with their son Michael after they admitted conspiring to supply cannabis.
At Mold Crown Court on Friday, Ms McKay was told to repay £33,500, Mr McKay £22,000 and their son £2,000 within three months or face a jail term.
Ms McKay, who has since been struck off as a senior teacher at a Wrexham high school, decided to grow the drug to help solve family money problems and her son agreed to help.
Three "growing zones" were set up in their guest house with the yield said to be worth up to £96,000.
Michael McKay, an Olympic boxing hopeful, had been stopped by police near Ruthin for driving without lights on his way to his parents' house.
Police detected the smell of cannabis and found 162g of cannabis worth about £1,620 after searching his car.
Inside the house, police found three bedrooms which were devoted to growing cannabis and one bathroom which was being used as a drying room.
Owen McKay pleaded guilty on the basis he turned a blind eye.
Mrs McKay and Michael McKay, 27, from Huntington, Cheshire, were both given a 20-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months, while Owen McKay was given a five-month term, suspended for 12 months.
It will include experts from government communications body GCHQ, MI5, police and business and aims to better co-ordinate responses to the threats.
There will be a secure web-portal to allow access to shared information in real time, like a "secure Facebook".
UK networks are attacked by other states, criminals and companies seeking secrets, costing billions of pounds.
In 2012, the head of MI5 Jonathan Evans said the scale of attacks was "astonishing".
One major London listed company had incurred revenue losses of £800m as a result of cyber attack from a hostile state because of commercial disadvantage in contractual negotiations.
One government official told the BBC: "No one has full visibility on cyberspace threats. We see volumes of attack increase and we expect it to continue to rise."
The plan - the Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CISP) - has emerged out of a 2012 pilot scheme known as Project Auburn.
Eighty companies from five sectors of the economy - finance, defence, energy, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals - were encouraged to share information.
The pilot was expanded to 160 firms. A more permanent structure is being announced on Wednesday.
The kind of information shared includes technical details of an attack, methods used in planning it and how to mitigate and deal with one.
At a new London base, large screens will monitor attacks and provide details in real-time of who is being targeted.
A group of 12-15 analysts with security clearance will work mainly during office hours.
Companies previously have been nervous of revealing publicly when they have been attacked because of the potential impact on reputation and share price if they are seen as having lost valuable intellectual property or other information.
It is hoped further firms will join the initial 160.
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said: "We know cyber attacks are happening on an industrial scale and businesses are by far the biggest victims in terms of industrial espionage and intellectual property theft, with losses to the UK economy running into the billions of pounds annually.
"This innovative partnership is breaking new ground through a truly collaborative partnership for sharing information on threats and to protect UK interests in cyberspace."
Government officials say they continue to be uncomfortable with an EU draft directive which would force companies to disclose when they have been attacked.
They hope a voluntary partnership will provide a more workable solution.
Conservative MSP Brian Whittle said it was important to hold a "proper inquiry" to ensure similar incidents can not happen again.
It came as prosecutors confirmed they were investigating the circumstances surrounding the boxer's death.
He died in hospital after being knocked down twice during a bout with Welsh fighter Dale Evans in Glasgow.
It has since emerged that Towell complained of headaches in the lead up to Thursday's fight, before dying in hospital the following night.
Mr Whittle, a former Olympic athlete, told BBC Radio Scotland that the 25-year-old boxer's death had been a "real tragedy".
He said banning the sport would be "silly" but it was clear that "something has gone very wrong".
"Obviously it's a high contact sport but there should be safeguards in place to prevent this kind of tragedy," he told the John Beattie programme.
"I do think we need to have a proper inquiry about this to ensure it doesn't happen again."
He added: "In my view, this is a place of work and the young man has died at his work which would then mean you should really have a full fatal accident inquiry into this.
"We need to make sure that the proper expertise is brought in because there are some anecdotal things that are being said around the fact that he wasn't particularly feeling well before he stepped into the ring.
"He was complaining of headaches etc so, to me, that sounds like there's something been missed here.
"I think it's really important that we call for a fatal accident inquiry."
Meanwhile the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service confirmed it was investigating Towell's death after receiving a report.
A spokesman said: "The investigation into the death, under the direction of Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit (SFIU), is ongoing and the family will be kept updated in relation to any significant developments."
In September 2013 Carwyn Jones said NHS performance targets would be reviewed.
As it happens, the following month was the last time the Welsh ambulance service hit its target to reach 65% of the most serious Category A emergency calls within eight minutes.
This is risky political ground for Labour. The first minister acknowledged as much on the Sunday Politics Wales programme in January 2014.
"Well, we can't review the targets until we've met them," he told me.
"I mean, quite naturally people will say if we try and change them without meeting them that we are trying to shift the goalposts."
That's exactly what Plaid Cymru has said today, claiming a trial of a new target system is a "dangerous experiment".
Despite a steady improvement this year, the ambulance service is still not meeting its key target for response times.
Yet from October the Welsh government says the target will only apply to a smaller number of the most life-threatening calls.
So what's changed since January 2014?
"This is clinically led", a source says. In other words, the experts think the 41-year-old eight-minute target no longer makes sense.
Similar pilot projects have been made in parts of England and an "increasing weight of evidence" persuaded Welsh ministers it was time for change.
Dr Brendan Lloyd, medical director of the Welsh ambulance service, says the "highest level of the medical profession in the UK" support an "urgent change".
The Tories and the Liberal Democrats say they welcome changes that will mean better care for patients.
But cross-border comparisons of the NHS have become a major part of Welsh politics.
Hardly surprising then that both parties want to retain a way of comparing the Welsh system with the performance of the ambulance service in England.
Only migrants who plan to seek asylum in the country, or those with clear humanitarian needs will be allowed entry.
In reaction, Serbia said it would close its borders with Macedonia and Bulgaria to those without valid documents.
The future of the EU's passport-free Schengen zone is already in doubt.
Eight of its members, including Austria, Hungary and Slovakia, have tightened border controls, leaving thousands of migrants stranded in Greece.
Europe is facing its biggest refugee crisis since World War Two. Last year, more than a million people entered the EU illegally by boat. Most of them were Syrian, fleeing the country's civil war.
Slovenia, which is an EU member, has been used as a transit country by migrants trying to reach Germany and other northern European states.
But Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar said on Tuesday the Balkan route was now effectively "shutting down".
He said the restrictions, which came into force at midnight local time (2300 GMT), were part of a wider initiative which would see other Balkan countries, as well as Greece and with the cooperation of Turkey, turn back "all irregular migrants".
The EU and Turkey are considering a radical plan including proposals to return to Turkey all migrants arriving in Greece. For each Syrian sent back, a Syrian in Turkey would be resettled in the EU.
The UN expressed concern at the plan on Tuesday, while Amnesty International called it a death blow to the right to seek asylum.
Speaking to the BBC, Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, said the proposal to send migrants back would contravene international law.
The deal, discussed at a summit in Brussels on Monday, has not been finalised and talks will continue ahead of an EU meeting on 17-18 March.
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European leaders are billing their new proposal to deal with the refugee and migrant influx as a "game-changer", but the scheme is not agreed yet and there are doubts about whether it it is practical or even legal.
The centrepiece is a plan to take any refugees and migrants who cross the sea to Greece in smugglers' boats and return them, directly, to Turkey.
EU officials say whatever is finally agreed "will comply with both European and international law". Privately, though, some admit that, while the assessment of their lawyers is "quite promising", there are legal hurdles that must be overcome.
After Slovenia announced new restrictions, Serbia's interior ministry said it would act accordingly.
It said it had been informed that Slovenia would not receive migrants without valid visas and passports.
"Bearing in mind that the new regime is implemented by a member of the European Union, Serbia cannot afford to become a collection centre for refugees," it said in a statement.
It said Serbia, which is not a member of the EU or the Schengen agreement, would "harmonise all measures with the European Union and apply them reciprocally in its southern and eastern borders".
Under the EU's Dublin Regulation, asylum seekers have to lodge claims in their EU country of arrival. However the bloc is said to be considering adopting a centralised system for processing applications instead.
More than 2,000 migrants, mostly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, continue to arrive daily in Greece from Turkey.
Some 14,000 migrants are stranded around Idomeni on Greece's border with Macedonia after Macedonia closed its border to almost all.
The EU heads said "bold moves" were needed, and made the following proposals:
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.
Jim McCafferty, who previously lived in Glasgow and joined Celtic in 1990, now lives in Belfast.
The alleged victims are believed to have been in their mid-teens.
A police spokesperson said: "A 71-year-old male has been arrested by detectives after presenting himself at a station in Belfast.
"He was arrested on suspicion of sexual offences against children in Northern Ireland. He is currently helping police with their enquiries."
Mr McCafferty initially worked for Celtic as a scout, later becoming one of the club's kit men and working with the youth team.
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In 1996 he left the Glasgow club suddenly, citing personal reasons.
For several years he worked for other Scottish clubs including Falkirk and Hibs, before moving to Northern Ireland about seven years ago.
This is the latest in a series of abuse allegations in football across England, Scotland and Wales.
Some 350 people have come forward to say they suffered sexual abuse as children at the hands of coaches.
On Tuesday, the PSNI announced it was investigating what are described as "a very small number" of allegations of child sexual abuse related to football clubs in Northern Ireland, although it is not yet clear which clubs are involved.
Malachowski, 33, won his second Olympic silver in Rio, finishing 82cm adrift of Germany's Christoph Harting.
His donation enabled compatriot Olek Szymanski, who has retinoblastoma - an eye cancer affecting young children, to go to New York for treatment.
"My silver medal is worth a lot more than a week ago," said Malachowski.
"It is worth the health of little Olek."
Malachowski, who also won silver in Beijing eight years ago, said fate had given him the chance to "increase the value of my silver".
He added: "We were able to show that together we can do wonders. It is our great shared success.
"Winning an Olympic medal is one of an athlete's life dreams. Of course, the most precious is gold.
"I did everything in my power to get it. Unfortunately this time I did not succeed."
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Private ownership of broadcast media is prohibited, and the government owns all mainstream media outlets.
Cuba is the only country in the Americas not to allow a non-state independent press, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Official media "serve first and foremost to transmit propaganda for the regime".
The state maintains a tight hold on the media
Cuban blogger denied travel visa
The US tries hard to reach Cuban audiences. Washington-backed Radio-TV Marti says it provides "balanced, uncensored" news for Cubans.
Internetlivestats.com says there were 3.1 million internet users by 2014.
US-based NGO Freedom House says access to the internet is tightly controlled, and it is difficult for most Cubans to connect from their homes. Bloggers have faced harassment and detention for supporting dissidents, it adds.
Cuba is one of RSF's "Enemies of the Internet". The authorities have been unable to blame connection problems on the US embargo since a submarine cable linking Cuba to Venezuela became operational, says the press freedom group.
The blaze in two biomass storage hoppers at Tilbury power station broke out on Monday morning, but was brought under control by late afternoon.
Eight crews remained overnight to begin removing wooden pellets from nearby hoppers and to make preparations to empty embers from the affected ones.
Investigations are continuing into the cause of the fire.
The deputy chief fire officer of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, Adam Eckley, said early indications suggested the fire may have started in conveyor belts above the hoppers, with material from that dropping into them.
He said: "Operations overnight looked at moving the affected biomass out of those two bunkers away from the site, but it was frustratingly slow progress, unfortunately."
It is expected it could take up to two days for the embers to be removed.
A foam blanket is being maintained on the affected hoppers to prevent the fire re-igniting.
The hoppers are about 60ft (18m) deep and can each hold up to 600 tonnes of wood pellets.
Mr Eckley said it was one of the largest fires the service had ever encountered.
At its height more than 120 firefighters were on site. Six crews are currently still there.
Tilbury power station manager Nigel Staves said all staff would be back on site on Tuesday and it was unlikely jobs would be affected by the fire.
"There is no immediate threat to jobs at the power station, quite the reverse," he said.
"We need the people here to actually get things back together again, once we can get to assess the damage."
Mr Staves said it was still too soon to know when the power station, which supplies 1% of electricity to the National Grid, would return to full capacity.
"Obviously we're going to have to assess the damage and the cost and the amount of time it will take to repair, but we have one unit that is available to generate electricity," he said.
"I'm hoping that once we can get to look at the damage and do a full assessment we can return the other two units to service as quickly as possible."
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The 31-year-old, who made his debut in 2004, played 127 one-day internationals and 36 Twenty20 internationals.
"I think it is the right time to step aside and let the next generation of players come through to gain experience for the World Cup in 2015," he said.
"I still wish to be considered for selection for England in Test cricket."
"His decision is not out of the blue - there have been rumours he has been thinking for a while - but the timing is surprising. ODI and T20 format cricket are linked and that is why ECB is disappointed with timing. It would have hoped he kept going until the Twenty20 World Cup in September because he would have been very much a part of their plans, but this decision rules him out of that."
Read the rest of Aggers's column here
Pietersen, who was player of the tournament in England's World Twenty20 triumph in the Caribbean in 2010 with 248 runs in six matches at an average of 62, had been expected to be at the forefront of the side again during this year's competition, which takes place in Sri Lanka from 18 September to 7 October.
But it has emerged that the ECB does not allow players to pick and choose between ODI and Twenty20 formats.
Pietersen said: "For the record, were the selection criteria not in place, I would have readily played for England in the upcoming ICC World Twenty20."
Hugh Morris, managing director of England Cricket, said the ECB was disappointed with the timing of Pietersen's decision, coming four months before the World T20.
"As the programming and planning for ODI and T20 format cricket are very closely linked, we have a selection policy that means that any player making himself unavailable for either of the one-day formats, rules himself out of consideration for both formats," he said.
"The selectors will now replace Kevin in both the ODI and the T20 squads.
"Kevin is a world-class player and I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his efforts and we look forward to his continued contributions to the Test match side."
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Andrew Strauss was the last senior player to retire from ODI cricket, although he was not part of the Twenty20 set-up.
In an interview with BBC Sport late last year, England spinner Graeme Swann said the 50-over international format should be scrapped.
Pietersen said he had considered the "intensity of the international schedule and the increasing demands on my body, approaching 32".
South Africa-born Pietersen, who has an English mother, has been one of the most successful England batsmen of recent times since he qualified to play international cricket by serving four years in the county game.
His 4,184 one-day international runs at an average of 48.14, puts him sixth in the all-time list of England batsmen, and he heads their T20 list with 1,176 runs at 37.93, the only England player to pass four figures in the shortest form of the game.
Pietersen's relationship with the ECB, which came under scrutiny when he resigned as England captain in January 2009 following a rift with then coach Peter Moores, was tested again this month after he was fined for criticising commentator Nick Knight on Twitter.
He scored 111 not out and 130 in his final two one-day innings, against Pakistan in Dubai in February.
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The rider was taken to hospital following the collision on Hyde Road in Gorton, at about 20:40 BST on Thursday
He died a short time later, Greater Manchester Police said.
PC Philip Shaw said: "I'm appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision, or seen the yellow motorcycle involved, to contact us as soon as possible."
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The Shia-led Hashd al-Shaabi forces said human remains had been found at the site "with prison uniforms".
So-called Islamic State (IS) is alleged to have killed hundreds of inmates, most of them Shia Muslims, when it seized Mosul in 2014.
Badoush prison was recaptured earlier this week.
A spokesman for the Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary forces, Karim Nouri, said the bodies had been "lined up in a way that indicates they were shot dead in groups".
On Saturday, Iraqi forces said that a "large mass grave" had been found that contained the remains of hundreds of "civilian prisoners who were executed by (IS) gangs after they controlled the prison during their occupation of Mosul".
The news follows a 2014 report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) which said that hundreds of male inmates were murdered by IS gunmen at the time.
"We are waiting for forensic teams and human rights officials to begin unearthing the grave to uncover the whole story," Mr Nouri said on Sunday.
After Badoush prison was seized in June 2014, some 1,500 inmates were rounded up and transported by lorry to an isolated stretch of desert about 2km (1.2 miles) away, survivors told HRW.
According to the rights group's report, IS gunmen separated the Shia inmates from the Sunnis and Christians and then marched them to a ravine, where they were forced to kneel along its edge.
The Shia inmates were shot in the head or back with assault rifles and automatic weapons, according to the survivors, who escaped by pretending to be dead or because they were shielded by the bodies of victims who fell on top of them.
The Iraqi army's 9th Armoured Division and allied militiamen recaptured Badoush prison, north-west of Mosul, last week.
A statement released by the Iraqi forces did not say whether they found anyone who was being detained by IS.
On Sunday, the Iraqi military said it had retaken two more neighbourhoods in the western district of Mosul from IS. Iraqi security forces said they now control more than a third of west Mosul.
Iraq's government launched an operation to retake Mosul in October, and announced that the city's eastern side had been liberated in January.
Troops are now continuing their push into the more densely-populated west.
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This "quantum key distribution" has until now needed a dedicated fibre separate from that used to carry data.
But a new technique reported in Physical Review X shows how to unpick normal data streams from the much fainter, more delicate quantum signal.
It may see the current best encryption used in many businesses and even homes.
The quantum key distribution or QKD idea is based on the sharing of a key between two parties - a small string of data that can be used as the basis for encoding much larger amounts.
Tiny, faint pulses of laser light are used in a bid to make single photons - the fundamental units of light - with a given alignment, or polarisation. Two different polarisations can act like the 0s and 1s of normal digital data, forming a means to share a cryptographic key.
What makes it secure is that once single photons have been observed, they are irrevocably changed. An eavesdropper trying to intercept the key would be found out.
Sending these faint, delicate quantum keys has until now been done on dedicated, so-called "dark fibres", with no other light signals present.
That is an inherently costly prospect for users who have to install or lease a separate fibre.
So researchers have been trying to work out how to pull off the trick using standard, "lit" fibres racing with data pulses of millions of photons.
Now Andrew Shields of Toshiba's Cambridge Research Laboratory and his colleagues have hit on the solution: plucking the quantum key photons out of the fibre by only looking in a tiny slice of time.
Dr Shields and his team developed detectors fit to catch just one photon at a time, as well as a "gate" that opens for just a tenth of a billionth of a second - at just the time the quantum key signal photons arrive, one by one.
The team achieved megabit-per-second quantum key data rates, all the while gathering gigabit-per-second standard data.
"Trying to use such low-level signals over 'lit fibre' has been rather like trying to see the stars whilst staring at the Sun," said computer security expert Alan Woodward from the University of Surrey.
"What these researchers have developed is to use a technique that rapidly switches between the various light sources using the fibre such that one source isn't swamping the other," he told BBC News.
Paul Townsend of University College Cork led research published in the New Journal of Physics in 2011 aiming to do the same trick over 10km of fibre - but the new work was carried out over 90km of fibre at data rates hundreds of times higher.
"The work of this group, our own and others is showing how to address some of the critical practical problems that have to be addressed in order to get QKD out of the lab and into real fibre networks," he told BBC News. "This is a major advance in this respect."
Financial institutions are likely to be the first who are interested in the technology when it does escape the lab, senior author of the paper Dr Shields told BBC News.
"We're not too far away from that type of application already," he said.
"QKD isn't so expensive, probably comparable to a high-grade firewall - in the range of tens of thousands of pounds. So certainly in a corporate environment it's already affordable, and as time goes on I'm sure we'll see the technology get cheaper and cheaper."
However, not everyone is convinced that the wider world needs QKD.
"This is of academic interest only," Bruce Schneier, chief security technology officer at BT, told BBC News.
He referred to a 2008 article for Wired magazine arguing that the security of the codes themselves was not the weakest link in the security chain.
In it, he wrote, "it's like defending yourself against an approaching attacker by putting a huge stake in the ground - it's useless to argue about whether the stake should be 50 feet tall or 100 feet tall, because either way, the attacker is going to go around it".
But both Prof Woodward and Dr Shields suggest that coming advances in quantum computing - while perhaps not reaching consumers either - could see the end of the "public key encryption" that the internet currently depends upon. That could make the distribution of keys the new weak point.
Prof Woodward said: "The irony is that quantum techniques might lead to the demise of modern internet-based encryption, but quantum techniques could provide an alternative that is fundamentally more secure anyway."
The robot is going to map the movement of deep waters that play a critical role in regulating Earth's climate.
Boaty carries the name that a public poll had suggested be given to the UK's future £200m polar research vessel.
The government felt this would be inappropriate and directed the humorous moniker go on a submersible instead.
But what many people may not realise is that there is actually more than one Boaty. The name covers a trio of vehicles in the new Autosub Long Range class of underwater robots developed at Southampton's National Oceanography Centre (NOC).
These machines can all be configured slightly differently depending on the science tasks they are given.
The one that will initiate the "adventures of Boaty" will head out of Punta Arenas, Chile, on Friday aboard Britain's current polar ship, the RRS James Clark Ross.
The JCR will drop the sub into a narrow, jagged, 3,500m-deep gap in an underwater ridge that extends northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Referred to as the Orkney Passage, this is the gateway into the Atlantic for much of the "bottom-water" that is created as sea-ice grows on the margins of the White Continent.
Frozen floes will cool and densify the water immediately below them, and this then generates a current that slides into the abyss to eventually move northwards. And in traversing the Orkney Passage, the bottom-water can feed the "great ocean conveyor" - the relentless system of deep circulation that helps redistribute all the heat energy that has built up in the climate system.
Boaty's mission will be to survey conditions in the passage.
Scientific moorings anchored in the area already gather some data, but the robot's mobility and autonomy means it can now build a full, three-dimensional picture of what's happening many hundred of metres below the surface.
Scientists have good evidence that the bottom-water is warming. Quite why is not clear but it could have major implications, says Prof Mike Meredith from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
"One of these is sea-level rise because if you make water warmer obviously it expands and that pushes the sea level up," he told BBC News.
"But it also has relevance for benthic ecosystems. So, the animals that live on the seabed can typically cope well with low temperatures but not all of them can cope with changes in temperatures. The fact that this water has been getting warmer may have significant consequences for these animals."
The recorded warming could be the result of a change in the way the deep current is moving through the passage. If there is greater turbulence as the bottom-water flows over the jagged terrain, it might be mixing more warm water downwards. Boaty will have a probe on its nose to assess this.
"There are 'rapids' and 'waterfalls' that are occurring within the channels and valleys that surround underwater mountains in the passage," explained Dr Eleanor Frajka-Williams from Southampton University.
"Boaty is going to make measurements within these 'streams' and 'rivers' of the smallest-scale motions to try to understand how that water is being changed as it leaves the formation regions around Antarctica and then spreads out over the world's oceans."
And while this particular robot is hard at work in the Southern Ocean, its two siblings back in Southampton are being prepared for their own expeditions.
Scientists are queuing up to use them, and to exploit their ability to autonomously patrol the oceans for weeks, even months, on end.
"Having three Boaty vehicles in the fleet means we can cover a much wider range of environments and geographic locations than we could with just one," said NOC's Prof Russell Wynn.
"So, one vehicle might be going out to Antarctica and surveying around and under the ice; another might be going to the deepest parts of the ocean, down to 6km; and another might be doing something more applied in, for example, the North Sea.
"We're getting lots of proposals and it's great that we can meet that demand," he told BBC News.
The Dynamics of the Orkney Passage Outflow (DynOPO) expedition is a collaboration between BAS, the University of Southampton and NOC.
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Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation fell to 0.9%, from 1% in September, the Office for National Statistics said.
That was below the 1.1% predicted by economists, who said sterling's fall would push October's CPI higher.
However, the ONS said factory gate prices and the costs of raw materials rose much faster in October.
The price of goods leaving factories rose by 2.1%, faster than expected and the biggest increase since April 2012. And costs faced by producers for raw materials and oil showed a record monthly jump in October, up by 4.6%.
"After initially pushing up the prices of raw materials, the recent fall in the value of the pound is now starting to boost the price of goods leaving factories as well," ONS statistician Mike Prestwood said.
"However, aside from fuel, there is no clear evidence that these pressures have so far fed through to the prices in shops," he said.
The cost of clothing and university tuition fees rose more slowly than in 2015, however, helping to keep inflation in check. The ONS said certain games and toys, overnight hotel stays and non-alcoholic beverages fell in price.
But there is an expectation among economists that inflation is set to rise, fuelled by the fall in the value of sterling since the Brexit referendum in June, which has pushed up the cost of imports.
On Tuesday, Bank of England governor Mark Carney told the Treasury Committee that "the thinking now is that inflation is going to go above target... We see more inflation coming through in 2017-18, and then a tail in 2019."
Inflation has been below the Bank's 2% target for nearly three years. Last year it was zero, the lowest since comparable records began in 1950.
The pound has fallen about 16% against the dollar and about 11% against the euro since June.
Chris Williamson, chief economist at IHS Markit said that despite October's CPI fall, the trend over the coming months would be upwards as rising factory costs feed through to consumers.
"It's therefore likely to be only a matter of time before price hikes in retailers' supply chains start feeding through to the customer, as retailers seek to protect margins," he said.
"The concern is that consumers are driving the economy at the moment, and higher inflation is starting to eat into people's spending power, subduing consumer spending."
Nick Dixon, investment director at Aegon, said the trajectory for interest rates was also upwards.
"While slowing price growth may have come as a surprise to the markets, the days of low interest rates are numbered," he said.
"We're likely to see hawkish calls intensify among Bank of England officials in coming months. Despite the sluggish pace of inflation, the next 12 months are likely to see interest rates rise faster and higher than expected."
Earlier this month, the Bank of England forecast that inflation would rise to about 2.7% by this time next year.
The Retail Prices Index (RPI) - a separate measure of inflation, which includes housing costs - was 2% in October, unchanged from September, the ONS said.
Earlier this month, the ONS announced that from March 2017, there would be a new measure of inflation that would include the cost of owning a home.
Bartholomeo Joly de Lotbiniere, 21, is accused of raping the fellow student at York University in June 2014.
In a video interview played to the city's crown court, the woman said she tried to push him off as he lay on top of her.
Mr Joly de Lotbiniere denies rape and assault by penetration.
The court heard the woman describe how she and the defendant, of Kensal Rise, London, had been out drinking as part of a group on the night of the alleged assault.
She said Mr Joly de Lotbiniere, referred to in court as Barto, tried to kiss her and suggested they have sex.
Thinking he was joking, she said he left the room and went to the toilet before going to her room, but he followed her in.
After the attack, the court was told he said "pretend this never happened" and then "tell no one about this".
Prosecutor Gerald Hendron described how the woman later texted Mr Joly de Lotbiniere and said: "I thought I'd let you know I wasn't overly comfortable with what happened on Thursday night".
The prosecutor said that Mr Joly de Lotbiniere replied: "Neither am I".
He said that he added: "I was a disgrace, I did a very stupid thing and I am very sorry for what I did.
"I just hope you can forgive me at some point. I'll try not to act like a bloody 14-year-old again and start acting my age. Sorry."
In October 2014, it is claimed the defendant texted the woman again, saying: "I wanted to apologise to you in person tonight.
"I wanted you to know I'm very sorry for what I did and that there's no enmity between us. And that we can move on as mutual friends."
The prosecutor said that, in a police interview, Mr Joly de Lotbiniere told officers his apologies related to him being unable to get a proper erection during the sexual encounter.
The woman explained how she began dating someone and told him what had happened to her, saying this was a moment of realisation.
She told the interviewing officer: "Then, basically, he was on University Challenge and it was all over social media and certain tweets.
"I just wanted to do something about it."
The case continues.
Highly-enriched uranium was transferred from Dounreay, near Thurso, to the US via Wick John O'Groats Airport in 2016.
The transfers were made following a deal agreed by UK and US governments.
The airport, 30 miles from Dounreay, is run by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (Hial), a public corporation owned by Scottish ministers.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority provided Hial with funding to upgrade the airport in preparation for the US flights.
Further flights of the material, in exchange for a type of uranium from the US used to diagnose cancer, are expected in the future.
Highlands Scottish Greens MSP John Finnie has raised concerns about the suitability of Wick John O'Groats Airport to the Scottish government. The MSP does not believe the airport to be suitable for the large aircraft involved.
Mr Finnie has also asked what role Hial played in negotiations about the flights and also what extra costs Police Scotland has incurred in helping to provide security for the flights.
The government is expected to release a response to his questions on Tuesday.
Dounreay, near Thurso, is being decommissioned and the site cleaned up.
Most of the radioactive materials held there, such as fuel, are being moved to other locations, including Sellafield in Cumbria where it will be reprocessed or stored.
These shipments are being made by rail.
Other material has been returned to nuclear sites overseas.
During the 1990s, nuclear material was sent from abroad to Dounreay for reprocessing.
The customers included power plants and research centres in Australia, Germany and Belgium.
Dounreay said the priority "at all times" was to comply with regulations governing "the safe and secure transportation of nuclear material, both in storage and transit".
The BBC found "Captionbot" was able to recognise James Bond actor Daniel Craig but not an Apple watch.
A bot is a computer program that is able to communicate with humans using artificial intelligence.
The tech giant's Twitter chatbot Tay had to be taken offline after it began tweeting abuse.
"The more you chat with Tay the smarter she gets," the firm said when it launched, but people soon found they were able to teach the Twitter account to tweet extreme views and inappropriate remarks.
Tay's successor, Captionbot, has a stable of "siblings" including a bot which matches faces with celebrities, one which guesses the age of the person in a photograph and another which guesses dog breeds.
Built by Microsoft's Cognitive Services division, it uses the developer's' computer vision API (application programming interface) which extracts information from images from input such as tags.
It also uses the firm's Emotions API which analyses facial expression for a range of "universally communicated" emotions including anger, disgust, happiness and surprise.
While bots such as Captionbot may seem trivial they showcase the potential of the technology, Dr Aleks Krotoski told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"If you think about all the stuff we do cognitively, to identify an image and put it in its context, trying to get a bunch of ones and zeros to do that is actually incredibly difficult," she said.
"Captioning looks to identify the context as well as the subject in each picture - that's very important for things like mapping and driverless cars."
The tech giants are excited by the potential of bots - Facebook announced big plans for the AI programmes at its annual developer conference earlier this week.
One of the first to launch on its platform will be Spring, an AI concierge.
"Spring is actually going to build an experience where everything is automated except customer service," Facebook's head of messaging David Marcus told the BBC.
"It's bot for 99.9%, but then if you have a problem, a human can actually jump in and sort out your problem.
"That's the best of both worlds."
The 26-year-old pop star has amassed earnings of $170m (£137.8m) over the past year, mainly thanks to a world tour named after her recent 1989 album.
Adele is ranked second with estimated pre-tax income of $80.5m (£65.2m).
Madonna comes in third place with estimated earnings of $76.5m (£62m), with Rihanna following closely behind.
Beyonce is placed at five, with pre-tax income estimated at $54m (£43.8m), according to the magazine.
Swift's pole position was virtually guaranteed earlier this year when she topped Forbes' list of the 100 highest-paid celebrities.
Katy Perry, ranked sixth this year, topped last year's rundown of female pop stars with estimated earnings of $135m (£109.4m).
Forbes bases its the estimates on industry information as well as interviews with managers and agents, along with data given by the artists themselves.
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The man, who is in his 20s, was detained on 15 September, Malaysian police said in a statement on Thursday.
Separately, the US identified him as Ardit Ferizi, thought to head a hacker group called Kosova Hacker's Security (KHS).
Mr Ferizi will be extradited to the US.
A statement from the US Department of Justice said Mr Ferizi, known by his moniker "Th3Dir3ctorY", hacked into a US company's systems in order to take the personal details of 1,351 US military and government staff.
He will be charged with computer hacking and identity theft, and faces up to 35 years in jail, the statement added.
Mr Ferizi entered Malaysia in August last year to study computer science in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian police said.
Between June and August this year, Mr Ferizi is alleged to have passed the data on to IS member Junaid Hussain, also known as Abu Hussain al-Britani, who later posted the details online along with a threat to target the officials.
"Early investigation found the suspect communicated with one of the right-hand man of IS terrorist group in Syria to hack a few servers containing information and details of US security personnel and team," Malaysian police said.
"The details were then transferred to the operation unit of the IS group for further action," they added.
Malaysia has arrested more than 100 people this year, suspected of links to IS, including ten people in August - six of them members of Malaysia's security forces.
The Iraqi military has said the grave, in the grounds of an agricultural college in the town of Hamam al-Alil, contains about 100 decapitated bodies.
Most have been reduced to skeletons, so it is unclear who the victims were.
IS militants have carried out many mass killings and have been accused of fresh atrocities in the area in recent weeks.
They are being forced to retreat to Mosul, the last major IS urban stronghold in Iraq, in an offensive by pro-government forces that began on 17 October.
Iraqi troops found the mass grave after noticing a strong smell while advancing into the town, about 30km (19 miles) south of Mosul, on Monday.
The BBC's Karen Allen visited the site on Tuesday, and says it is on a piece of wasteland beside the agricultural college and resembles a rubbish tip.
Our correspondent's movement was limited because the area is close to the frontline and almost certainly booby-trapped, but she saw what she thought looked like three or four decapitated bodies.
It was not immediately known if the victims were security forces personnel or civilians. But video footage from the Associated Press showed a soldier holding up a child's stuffed animal found at the grave.
A member of the Nineveh provincial council, Abdul Rahman al-Waggaa, said IS militants had used the agricultural college as "a killing field" for hundreds of people in the days before troops, police and militiamen retook the town.
"They would torture them inside and then take them out of the neighbourhood and either shoot them or slit their throats," he told Reuters news agency.
A former English teacher from Hamam al-Alil, Riyad Ahmed, meanwhile said he had seen IS militants dragging civilians to a makeshift jail near his home and then sending them in the middle of the night to be killed.
In 2014, the jihadists carried out mass killings of security forces personnel and members of ethnic and religious minorities as they swept across northern Iraq after taking control of Mosul, boasting about them in photos and videos circulated online.
Since the operation to recapture Mosul was launched three weeks ago, the UN has received reports that militants have carried out fresh atrocities.
On Tuesday, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said it was investigating whether the grave at Hamam al-Alil was connected to the alleged killing of 50 former police officers at the same agricultural college last month.
Spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani added that IS militants had also reportedly abducted 295 former Iraqi Security Forces personnel areas west of Mosul in the past week, and forcibly transferred 1,500 families from Hamam al-Alil to Mosul airport with the apparent intention to use them as human shields.
Also on Tuesday, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters reportedly took complete control of the town of Bashiqa, about 12km north-east of Mosul, a day after launching an assault to retake it.
Jabar Yawar, secretary-general of the Kurdistan Regional Government's ministry of Peshmerga affairs, told AFP news agency that forces were sweeping the town for militants hiding inside buildings and tunnels. At least 13 were killed while trying to escape on Tuesday, he said.
Meanwhile, Iraqi special forces and army units continued to clear eastern districts of Mosul, a week after they entering the city for the first time in two years.
That was one place higher than the Marvel blockbuster managed in the US.
It earned £2.7m in the UK and Ireland, including previews. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation was second with £2.4m.
But Fantastic Four's first weekend earnings were below those for other Marvel films released this year. Ant-Man opened with £4m, while Avengers: Age of Ultron raked in £18m.
The earnings were also below the opening weekend takings for the 2005 Fantastic Four movie, which made £3.5m.
The latest film, which was directed by Josh Trank, cost $120m (£77m) to make.
Madonna tumbled down a set of stairs and landed awkwardly, apparently after a dancer tried to remove a cape she was wearing at the start of her routine.
But she recovered and returned to continue her song, Living For Love.
The 56-year-old issued a statement later saying she was "fine" and that her cape had been "tied too tight".
"Nothing can stop me and love really lifted me up," she wrote on Instagram, referencing the lyrics to her song. "Thanks for your good wishes!"
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The painful incident came at the end of a ceremony where Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith shared the honours, winning two awards each.
An average of 5.3 million people tuned in to the ceremony on ITV, according to overnight ratings - rising to 5.8 million when ITV+1 viewers are added in.
That is up from the 4.6 million who tuned in last year - but less than 2013's overnight audience of 6.5 million.
John Hand, BBC News
You may have wondered why there was no gasp of shock from the O2 crowd as Madonna took her backward tumble.
Well, sitting way up in the balcony seats among some of Madonna's biggest fans - the type who know and sing along with every lyric - the initial thought was that it may have been a particularly well orchestrated dance manoeuvre.
Consider the evidence - she fell on the lyric "I let down my guard, I fell into your arms" and was back on her feet to sing purposely "now that it's over, I'm going to carry on".
The truth later emerged but credit to the showbiz trooper for carrying on. In the words of those other Brit Award history-makers Chumbawamba "I get knocked down but I get up again".
Sheeran scooped the night's main prize, album of the year, for his record X - which was the best-selling record of 2014 in the UK.
"I was really worried abut this album," he said, accepting his trophy from actor Russell Crowe. "It took a long time to make."
The star added it had been a "very, very good year for British music".
"I don't think a statue gives justification of people's success," he continued.
Sheeran also won best British male, while Sam Smith took home best breakthrough artist and the global success award - recognising album sales outside the UK.
The singer, who won four Grammys earlier this month, thanked his fans in an emotional speech.
"Since I was a little kid I dreamed of people all over the world singing my songs and although I've got a long way to go, this shows that I'm stepping in the right direction."
Earlier, Taylor Swift opened proceedings, playing her hit single Blank Space surrounded by dancers in white suits and bowler hats.
She went on to win best international female, her first award after eight years of releasing records in the UK.
"I started out playing King's College [in London] and eight years later I'm getting ready to play Hyde Park," she said backstage. "It's like... what?"
The star dedicated her award to Sheeran, a close friend, who fanned the flames of her love affair with the UK by "taking me to pubs and showing me how to make a proper cup of tea."
Both acknowledged their slow-building success in their speeches.
"Oh my god, wow," said Swift. "I've been coming to England and playing shows for eight years and this is my first Brit Award, I'm so happy."
Paloma Faith won best British female, and also alluded to her slow-building career.
"This has been 13 years in the making and I'm going to gob off a bit," she told the audience at London's O2 Arena.
She revealed she'd "been arrested twice" for fly posting in Hackney when she was a young artist, but could now see her face on posters at the tube station outside the venue.
Faith's third album, A Perfect Contradiction, was the biggest-selling female record in the last year, shifting more than 725,000 copies.
She also gave one of the night's more elaborate performances, singing Only Love Can Hurt Like This under a streaming waterfall.
Mark Ronson won best single for Uptown Funk, while Brighton rock duo Royal Blood were presented with best British Group by rock legend Jimmy Page.
The band also performed at the show, alongside George Ezra and Kanye West, who premiered a new song All Day, which had to be heavily censored by ITV.
Mark Savage, Entertainment reporter
There's a perennial gripe that the Brit Awards don't reward innovation or cutting-edge music. Radiohead and PJ Harvey have notoriously never won, for example.
But the critics have lost perspective: The artists rewarded at the Brits are usually the ones the public have fallen in love with, for better or worse.
Sam Smith's Stay With Me is already a standard; while Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud will soundtrack weddings for years to come.
As Lionel Richie said on the red carpet, "these songs will last the rest of your life".
So, yes, the Brits are more populist than the Mercury Prize or the NME Awards, but as the industry's main awards night, it seems right that commercial success is the ceremony's barometer.
Although I'm sure the organisers would love to erase Steps victory in 2000's "best live act" category from history.
It will be the first time in the show's 12 years that a live vote is held during auditions.
The available categories are:
This year's judges are Simon Cowell, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, Rita Ora, and Nick Grimshaw.
Once the audience has voted who they want to mentor each category the judges will be stuck with them for the rest of the series.
Some of the judges have already been talking about which categories they think are strongest, and there is likely to be strong competition between them to win the vote for their favourite.
Foreign royals, including the Crown Prince of Japan, attended the coronation ceremony in the capital, Nuku'alofa.
A retired Australian minister performed the crowning as it is taboo for Tongans to touch their king's head.
Former King George Tupou V died in March 2012.
The coronation was the culmination of a week of festivities that included a traditional drinking rite, street parties and feasts.
The ceremony, performed by 78-year-old retired Methodist minister D'Arcy Wood, drew thousands of Tongans and tourists.
As well as Crown Prince Naruhito, the European royals Prince Georg von Habsburg of Hungary and Princess Marie-Therese von Hohenberg of Austria attended.
Tupou VI, 55, ascended to the throne after his bachelor brother died.
Tonga gained its independence from Britain in 1970 but the monarchy stretches back 1,000 years.
The 25-year-old Norway international played under the new Tigers manager last season for the Greek champions.
Elabdellaoui had a spell at Manchester City as a teenager but did not make a first-team appearance.
He went on loan to Stromsgodset and Feyenoord before moves to Eintracht Braunschweig and then Olympiakos.
He is Silva's third signing, following Everton striker Oumar Niasse on loan until the end of the season and Porto midfielder Evandro for an undisclosed fee.
Hull are 18th in the Premier League, although only in the relegation zone on goal difference.
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The victim, aged 56, was knocked to the ground from behind and suffered a head injury in the attack on Stoke Road on Monday evening.
Christopher Rode, 30, of Granville Avenue, Slough, is also accused of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, making threats to kill and an unrelated cannabis possession charge.
He is due to appear before Slough Magistrates' Court later.
The 29-year-old was a free agent after being released by Oxford United at the end of last season having suffered a serious groin injury.
"He's had a couple of interrupted seasons with injury and we thought it was a good opportunity to bring him in on trial," Exeter manager Paul Tisdale told BBC Sport.
"He's a proven player with a pedigree in football higher than League Two."
Exeter have not divulged how long Hoskins' contract at St James Park will last for.
Hoskins, who is a former England Under-20 international, missed all of the 2013-14 season after injuring knee ligaments in a Championship match for Brighton in February 2013.
"The expectation we have of him is to ease himself through pre-season, which he has done," added Tisdale.
"He's got some real quality about him and we're hoping he'll force his way onto the bench in the first month of the season - and beyond that we'll see what happens."
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Ceredigion council was not caught short, winning 22 platinum gongs, eight gold awards and four main trophies.
After spending more than just a penny on its loos, cleaning services manager Jasmine Wilson said they "are recognised to be the best in the UK".
It was best in the UK for public toilets, hygiene, education and healthcare.
Its education award was for the quality of school toilets, while its healthcare gong was for standards in care home and similar facilities.
The Loo of the Year awards were launched in 1987 with the aim of improving the standards of "away from home" toilets.
Councillor Alun Williams said it was "remarkable" the standard of toilets had been maintained so well following cuts to the local authority's budget.
They have led the biggest study of its kind, comparing patients' genetic data with 16,416 people without the illness.
They said the findings showed how the disruption of a chemical balance in the brain is implicated in the disorder.
The results have been published in the journal Neuron.
Dr Andrew Pocklington from the university's MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics said: "We're finally starting to understand what goes wrong in schizophrenia.
"A reliable model of the disease is urgently needed to direct future efforts in developing new treatments which haven't really improved a great deal since the 1970s."
A healthy brain functions properly due to a precise balance between chemical signals that excite and inhibit nerve cell activity, the experts explained.
The latest findings build on evidence the team found in 2011 that schizophrenia mutations interfere with that signalling process.
Dr Pocklington said: "Our study marks a significant step towards understanding the biology underpinning schizophrenia which is an incredibly complex condition and has up until very recently kept scientists largely mystified as to its origins."
The team at the University of Surrey showed that chemicals produced when cocaine is broken down in the body could be detected in the fingerprint.
They argue the test could be useful in prisons, drug abuse clinics and even for routine testing in the workplace.
However, the current kit may be impractical as it is both the size of a washing machine and very expensive.
Drug-testing normally relies on a fluid sample such as blood, urine or saliva.
However, the researchers believe the fingerprint method would be quicker, less invasive and much harder to fake as the donor's identity would be contained in the fingerprint.
Their study, published in the journal Analyst, hunts for two chemicals benzoylecgonine and methylecgonine.
They are produced when cocaine is broken down by the body, however, they can be released in tiny quantities in sweat.
These chemicals would be left on the paper used to take the fingerprint.
A sample of the fingerprint is then analysed by a mass spectrometer, which detects chemicals based on their atomic size.
The team showed they could produce the same results as a conventional blood test.
Dr Melanie Bailey, a lecturer in analytical and forensic science, told the BBC: "The mass spectrometer is the same size as a washing machine and what we are currently using is £400,000 to buy so it is not cheap."
She said there are cheaper products on the market which raise the "exciting possibility that it is a test you could make portable one day".
Dr Bailey added: "I would have thought it useful for workplace testing, somewhere where you want high-throughput."
Workplace drug screening is already used in some industries, particular those where safety is key such as operating heavy machinery or driving.
"Drug rehabilitation centres where we are working are keen to use this methodology for patients on drug-treatment programmes.
"Then there are customs and probation services, drug testing and perhaps roadside testing."
Lloyds Banking Group is floating 25% of TSB, with small investors being offered free shares in the newly-listed bank.
Investors will get one free share for every 20 shares they buy (up to the value of £2,000) and hold for a period of one year after the flotation.
At the mid-point of the pricing range, TSB would be worth about £1.275bn when it joins the London stock market.
Lloyds said in a statement that the final price of the shares was expected to be announced on or around 24 June, with conditional dealings in the shares starting on the same day.
TSB has 631 branches and 4.5 million retail customers, making it the seventh largest retail bank in the UK.
Several companies have joined - or announced plans to join - the stock market in recent weeks, and there has been much debate about whether investors still have a strong appetite to buy shares in new listings.
Clothing chain Fat Face pulled its planned London listing last month, while shares in insurance-to-holidays firm Saga have fallen below their listing price.
A share price of 255p, the mid-point of the proposed price range, values the lender at less than its book value of about £1.5bn - the net value of its assets - said Oriel Securities analyst Vivek Raja.
This could be because the package of loans TSB would receive from Lloyds to start it off might be less profitable than the industry average, he added.
TSB is being floated to meet European Union rules on state aid. Lloyds was bailed out by the UK taxpayer in 2008, but had to scale back its size as part of the rescue.
The Co-operative Bank was set to buy TSB, but the proposed deal collapsed after it emerged that the Co-op Bank had a £1.5bn hole in its finances.
Even if Lloyds' prices TSB shares at the lower end of the range, the public share sale will still raise more than the £750m it would have received from selling it to Co-op Bank.
Lloyds must sell its remaining stake in TSB before the end of 2015. Part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland sold its Direct Line insurance business in stages, with each tranche priced higher than the previous sale.
The 1000 tonne, 590ft (180m) long drill will begin work on the tunnel between Craigton and Queen's Park.
It is boring the biggest waste water tunnel ever to be built in Scotland
The machine was launched at Craigton industrial estate by Land Reform Secretary Roseanna Cunningham and a 10-year-old boy, who named it Daisy the Driller.
Lewis Bennett, of Craigton Primary School, won a competition to name the giant machine.
The £100m tunnel is being built by Scottish Water to improve water quality in the River Clyde and tackle flooding.
When completed it will be about three miles long (4.8km) and 15ft (4.7m) in diameter, which is big enough to fit a double decker bus inside.
Manila Cardinal Luis Tagle condemned "those who kill even the helpless".
Police say that since President Rodrigo Duterte launched a campaign against drug dealers 14 months ago, 3,500 people have been killed.
But rights groups say the number is much higher, and that many of those targeted are innocent. One high-profile case this week spurred new criticism.
Reuters reported that at least 90 people were shot dead this week, with 32 killed in one day alone in Bulacan province, north of the capital Manila.
One of those who died was a 17-year-old boy, Kian Delos Santos. Police said he was killed on Tuesday after shooting at them first in Caloocan City.
However, security camera footage later emerged showing him being dragged away by two officers, raising serious questions about the circumstances of the shooting.
The police chief in Caloocan City has since been suspended pending an investigation, and President Duterte's allies in the Senate have put forward a resolution condemning the killing.
On Sunday, as anger over the teenager's death grew, Cardinal Tagle issued a statement read out in Masses across the capital.
"We knock on the consciences of those who kill even the helpless, especially those who cover their faces, to stop wasting human lives.
"The illegal drug problem should not be reduced to a political or criminal issue. It is a humanitarian concern that affects all of us."
He was supported by another senior cleric, Archbishop Socrates Villegas, who called on churches to ring their bells at 20:00 every day to show solidarity.
"The sound of the bells is a wake-up call for a nation that no longer knows how to condole with the bereaved," and that was too "cowardly" to condemn the violence, he said.
The Church initially veered away from criticism of President Duterte's campaign, but last year began calling for an end to the violence.
In response, the President lambasted senior Church officials. He has not officially responded to the Cardinal's plea on Sunday.
In Manila on Sunday, mourners gathered for the funeral of Leover Miranda, who was shot dead on 3 August.
They insist he was not involved in the drug trade, but was nevertheless killed. His relatives wore T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan: "Kill drugs, not people".
"This is not the right answer," his mother Peregrine Santos said. "They can put him jail, why did they have to kill? That's my question to our president now."
Rights groups have accused Philippine police of planning extrajudicial killings and in some cases profiting from them.
Police have maintained that the suspects are killed when they offer armed resistance to police, a claim that has been highly disputed.
Mr Duterte suspended the campaign in January promising to "clean up" the police, and re-organise the anti-drug units. The campaign resumed in March.
The development, in the Porth Teigr area, would feature hotel apartments, offices, a pop-up market, street food venues and an outdoor TV screen.
The Welsh Government has given initial approval to lease a small piece of land to developers DS Properties.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said it could become the first development of its kind in the UK.
The proposal could "bring a host of exciting leisure and business opportunities" to the derelict and disused site, he added.
Simon Baston, director of DS Properties, the company behind the Grade II-listed Tramshed, said it would be an "innovative space".
It said there were issues with other tests for sexually transmitted diseases which were legal but might also be inaccurate.
The body is investigating a UK website which is selling the tests.
The Health Protection Agency has written to some of those affected to say the tests are unreliable.
Sales records gathered during the investigation showed that about 500 tests for sexually transmitted diseases - such as HIV, chlamydia and syphilis - had been sold.
It warned that as well as home HIV tests being against the law, the other tests did not meet European regulations.
Susanne Ludgate, MHRA clinical director of devices, said: "We're concerned that there may be a number of self-test kits being sold online that may not be compliant with the relevant piece of legislation and we're urging people not to consider the internet as a method of anonymous testing.
"These kits may be unreliable and there is a significant risk they could be providing the user with a false result.
"The instructions for use might also be incorrect or confusing and not adequate for someone trying to use the kit in their home."
She said people should check for the "CE mark", which shows the tests have been approved.
The Health Protection Agency has contacted those known to have ordered the kits.
Dr Fortune Ncube, from the HPA's blood borne viruses department, said: "If anybody feels they have put themselves at risk they should contact their local GP or go to their most convenient GUM clinic, where they can receive a full screen for all STIs, including HIV.
"Rapid and confidential tests, as well as sexual health advice, are available through the NHS without charge."
The bus carrying 56 people swerved off the road and fell into the Tons river, officials said. They said the toll could rise.
Rescue teams have reached the scene and recovery operations are under way.
Road accidents are common in India, often due to poor driving or badly maintained roads and vehicles.
The privately-operated bus was travelling from a small town in the neighbouring state of Uttarakhand.
India has the highest number of road fatalities in the world; more than 400 people are killed in accidents every day.
This is nirvana for Townsend. A first Champions Cup quarter-final, on Sunday, in his fifth and last season at Glasgow, an away quarter-final against the English and European champions, a team that is so packed with power and class that they've never lost a European match at Allianz Park - 12 games, 12 victories - a side so full of mental and physical strength that they have not lost a game in this competition, home or away, for almost two years.
That's consistency on a mad scale. Of their last 15 Champions Cup games they have won 14 and drawn the other. Last weekend, on the domestic front, they put 53 points on Bath, the fourth best side in England. Saracens put them on the back foot, kept them there and ripped them apart when they buckled under the pressure, which most teams do when faced with this behemoth.
They say coaching rugby isn't like rocket science. That's not true. It is. It's exactly that and more when it's Saracens you're trying to coach against, but that's all part of the buzz for Townsend.
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Townsend is giddy at the thought of having 5,000 Warriors fans at the game, the biggest travelling support they've ever had. It's been quite a journey for Glasgow, a lot of years of flattering to deceive in Europe, of coming close to making the last eight, but not close enough.
"I'd have been very disappointed to finish without having done it," he says. "There's been real frustration, but those games you lose just make you stronger. The day after we lost the Pro12 semi-final to Connacht last year all the talk from the players was about Europe and how we wanted to throw everything at it this season.
"The biggest lesson we learned along the way was that our set-piece had to improve. When you play English or French teams that seemed to be the difference. We could play better rugby, we could score more tries, but they had the edge in the line-out drive, the scrum. We've made big improvements."
And now here they are, rank underdogs, but a dog capable of taking a bite out of any team on their day. Are Saracens beatable? "Yeah, of course," answers Townsend. "We know what a good team they are, but we do believe we can go there and win. It would be the best result in the club's history."
There's been a couple of contenders for that prize already in this campaign. The deconstruction of Leicester at Scotstoun was a pearler, the away win at Racing was outstanding and then there was the one that sent them rocketing into the quarter-finals, that 43-0 drubbing at Welford Road, a place where Leicester had lost just one European match in 10 years.
"Saracens have the right to be huge favourites, they've got a home game, have been European quarter-finalists a lot more than we have [six years in a row] and have won a lot more than we have," Townsend says. "We know the challenge that faces us. We'll have the belief that the way we can play in defence and attack can be good enough to beat any team in Europe. This is as close to Test match level as you'll get. We'll have a team full of international players and so will Saracens - it's knock-out rugby. There's no tomorrow if you lose."
There will be knocking on for 800 caps on that pitch on Sunday, probably four Test Lions in the Saracens ranks - Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje and the Vunipola brothers - and maybe more in the Glasgow side - Stuart Hogg and Tommy Seymour.
"The last two months have been about learning how to beat Saracens, but also about learning from Saracens," Townsend explains. "As a team and a coaching group we've improved just from the fact that we have drawn them, we've learned what they do well and learned what things we can improve on. Win or lose we will be a better team for that.
"I see two clubs that are role models for us in how they're run and how they get success and that's Leinster and Saracens. Leinster was a big driver for me as a coach, they were the team that everybody talked about, the standards they set and how they played, how people came into the team when international players were away and just fitted in. They were great to learn from and compete against and still are.
"Saracens are different, but they've learned from a lot of their experiences. They've had some defeats [two losing European semi-finals and a losing final before finally winning it last season] but they became stronger. They've a fantastic culture. They work really hard for each other."
In the last eight, Glasgow are the wee guy amid giants, the only team that have never been in the knock-outs before. Saracens have one European Cup to their name; Munster and Wasps have two; Toulon and Leinster have three and Toulouse have four. Even Clermont, who have never won it, have been to two finals as well as winning the second tier Challenge Cup last season.
The other seven quarter-finalists have a combined major trophy haul of 38 in the professional era: 19 domestic league titles, 15 European Cups and four Challenge Cups. All of this is grist to Townsend's mill. The task of pitting his coaching and his players against the established elite is what he's all about.
"Our players really care about each other, " says Townsend. "They're very proud of what the club has done off the field as well as on it. They're selfless. Glasgow is a football city but we now have a number of supporters who come from a football background who love watching the games and speaking to players afterwards and maybe having a drink during the game. They've really bought into it.
"A big part of it is that they're proud of their city's team, proud of being Glaswegian and getting behind a side that represents where they come from or where they've settled down. I remember a few years ago when we won our first home Pro12 semi-final against Munster we went for a few drinks in the city.
"Later on, I jumped in a taxi to go home and the driver was saying, 'did you hear about the Warriors tonight, they won!' I thought that was great. He wasn't a rugby fan, and he didn't know who I was, but he was proud of a Glasgow team doing well. And you see little snapshots like that all the time. The first year I was here nobody would have stopped to say hello in Glasgow, but now a lot of people would stop and talk and it feels like you're back in a small town in the Borders."
Will the Scotland-bound coach miss it now that he's in the final stretch of his time at Scotstoun? "Yeah, I'll miss it hugely," he responds. "This has been a big part of my life, this is five years of coming in and working with the staff and the players and I'll miss their banter, I'll miss the week-to-week and I'll miss being here for the kind of nights we've had. I'll still be watching, but as a very interested spectator as opposed to the coach."
The summer, and the Scotland job, can wait. For now, nothing else matters bar Saracens, the giant that Glasgow have to slay.
In an interview with the Fabian Review she was quoted as saying it was "not inconceivable" in such circumstances.
But she later insisted she would vote to stay in the UK in any future referendum and opposed one being held.
The Scottish Conservatves claimed Labour could not be trusted to defend the Union.
In the interview Ms Dugdale also spoke for the first time about her private life, telling Mary Riddell, "I have a female partner. I don't talk about it very much because I don't feel I need to."
Ms Dugdale was asked where her "loyalty" would be if there was an overall vote to leave in the EU referendum but the majority of Scots wanted to remain.
She replied: "I've never contemplated that. I really wouldn't like to choose, because what I want to do is the best possible thing for Scotland. (I would be) putting Scotland first."
When pushed on the topic and asked if she would "argue, for Scotland's sake, against the UK Union?", the Scottish Labour leader was quoted as saying: "Possibly. It's not inconceivable."
But she later clarified her position, pointing out that in the leaders' debate earlier this week ahead of the Scottish Parliament election, she had ruled out a second independence referendum.
She said: "We won't introduce one in government and we would vote against one if it's introduced by any other party.
"Our manifesto will make that commitment clear, unlike the Tories who have said they would support a second referendum if the SNP are elected on a manifesto promising one.
"I campaigned as hard as anybody to ensure that Scotland remained part of the UK.
"The collapse in the oil price showed that the best way to secure our public services is to stay in the UK. I would vote to stay in the UK in any future referendum.
"After the collapse of the economic arguments for independence, the biggest threat to the Union is now the Tory party civil war on Europe.
"Both Brexit and leaving the UK would be bad for Scotland. If we leave the EU because of Tory infighting Nicola Sturgeon will do everything she can to use that as an excuse for another independence vote.
"I want to stay in both unions and will vote to stay in both."
The Scottish Conservatives said the Fabian Review interview showed Labour could not be "trusted to defend the decision of two million Scots to stay part of the UK".
A Tory spokesman added: ""The idea that Scotland's place in the United Kingdom is in some way dependent on Britain's membership of the EU is offensive.
"Scotland helped build the UK and is an integral part of it - confirmed by the referendum vote just 18 months ago.
"With the SNP about to prepare a fresh drive for independence, we need to stand up for our place in the UK. It now appears Labour are simply incapable of doing that."
Asked in the Fabian Review interview about her private life, Ms Dugdale said: "I have a female partner. I don't talk about it very much because I don't feel I need to.
"And there's something too about how meteoric my career has been. I am generally calm, almost serene. I don't get easily stressed or battered.
"But I need a bit of stability to do that, and that means my private life is my private life. That's the thing I just have to have that nobody gets to touch, and that gives me the strength to be calm elsewhere."
Ms Dugdale also spoke of her respect for SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, despite their political differences.
She said: "Women owe it to other women to say: 'Look at that. Isn't it fabulous?'
"It would be completely ridiculous if I wasn't to recognise how talented she is.
"When I was a Labour researcher and she was health minister, we did cross paths more regularly, in the canteen. She was very, very kind to me then and encouraged me a lot."
Sir Jon Cunliffe said banks had to be able to go wrong, but in an "orderly way" which did not disrupt the economy.
He said they were establishing legal powers and levels of capital to ensure future resilience.
Seven banks were tested to see if they could survive a financial shock.
It was assumed that oil had fallen to $38 a barrel and that the global economy had slumped.
No bank was ordered to come up with a new capital plan, but RBS and Standard Chartered were found to be the weakest institutions.
"Banks need to be able to go wrong and have the resources to deal with that......the lesson from the financial crisis is it's not just about individual banks, it was what happened when the system as a whole failed right across the banking system, given the interconnections between them."
"So while I want to see a world in which banks can fail, I also want to avoid the financial system as a whole suffering the instability and breakdown that we saw 7 or 8 years ago," he told Radio 5 live's Wake up to Money.
The deputy governor said the banking industry was entering a new phase and they were satisfied that "we're not quite at the level we need to get to, but we're pretty close".
Sir Jon also warned action may need to be taken in the buy-to-let market following a sharp rise in the number of investors.
He said the Bank of England had to monitor any emerging risks, because the sector had grown faster than any other part of the housing market.
"I think you have to ask questions about are there risks here....and if necessary you have to take action to curtail those risks."
The Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee, which announced its results on Tuesday, took no action on the buy-to-let market at its last meeting.
They say price rises are putting increasing pressure on catering.
Plans for a new fruit and vegetables supply contract covering Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire will be discussed by the city's finance committee next week.
Running for up to four years, it would be worth up to £1.1m.
Members are being urged to approve the start of a tendering exercise in collaboration with Aberdeenshire.
The report says that while the current provider has maintained its prices since 2013, market forces including the declining pound against the Euro, bad weather in Europe and an increased appetites for fruit and vegetables have all contributed to price rises for crops which have to be imported.
It warns that if budget funding is not enough to meet increasing costs, the amount of fruit and vegetables offered in school menus and other catering services will need to be reduced.
A report last month said eating 10 portions of fruit and vegetables a day may give a longer life.
The study, by Imperial College London, calculated such eating habits could prevent 7.8 million premature deaths each year.
The proposed Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) would ban certain anti-social activities in the city centre and fine those who breach the order.
Opponents say the PSPO would effectively criminalise homelessness and is an attempt by the council to "cover up" the city's housing crisis.
Oxford City Council already spends more than £1m on homelessness support.
It said the claim about the order criminalising homelessness was "untrue".
The petition was set up by Oxford University Student Union group On Your Doorstep, which aims to raise awareness of homelessness.
Its statement said: "Criminalising rough sleeping in the city centre will only increase (already high) levels of stigma surrounding Oxford's homeless population.
"It risks treating rough sleepers as a problem to be dealt with, as an inconvenience, as a threat, rather than as individual human beings."
A council spokesman said: "Oxford City Council spends over £1m on support for homelessness. It is wrong to suggest the proposed PSPO would change any of that support. It is also untrue that the proposed order would 'criminalise' rough sleeping.
"A small number of people continue to beg and sleep on the city's streets despite receiving support and having been allocated accommodation. It is only that behaviour that would be covered by the proposed PSPO."
Alex Kennedy, campaign manager for homeless charity Crisis, said: "I don't know exactly the individuals that the council are speaking about but if people have been offered accommodation and are still sleeping rough... often there are understandable reasons for that.
"Some people who have had previous drug and alcohol problems don't then want to spend time in a hostel if lots of the people they will be living with have got drug and alcohol problems themselves.
"I just want to question why it might be that somebody who has seemingly been given an offer of shelter is sleeping on the streets. I would want to look into the reasons for that rather than think fining is going to solve the problem."
Annie Bradley, 78, died in 2008 from a head injury after being lifted from her bed at the Harley House Nursing Home in Stoneygate, Leicester.
Fatima Mawji, 45, and Munira Mawji, 44, from Scraptoft, were prosecuted for failing to ensure her safety.
The hoist was described in court as "totally defective".
In addition to the fines the sisters must pay costs of £20,000 each and a victim surcharge of £15.
Judge Robert Brown said there had been significant failings in the maintenance of the hoist and sling and insufficient training of staff.
He said: "Both of the defendants lacked any expertise or sufficient expertise in healthcare and nursing.
"The home was purchased as a financial investment in the hope of making money.
"Health and safety must always be the primary consideration of any owner of a care or nursing home," he said.
Miss Bradley, who was known as Vera and described to the court as vulnerable, elderly and immobile, fractured her skull when she fell from the hoist, hitting her head on the floor on 19 July 2008.
The former nurse died from her injuries in Leicester Royal Infirmary the next day.
The Health and Safety Executive brought the prosecution following the pensioner's death.
Prosecutor Jonathan Salmon told Leicester Crown Court the hoist was in such poor condition it could not be safely used.
It was "beyond its sell-by date" and the incident was "avoidable and clearly foreseeable", he said.
In mitigation, Mark Balysz QC, said that at the time of the incident the home was well-managed and run.
He described the sisters as hard-working women.
At a hearing at the court in March, the sisters, both mothers of three, admitted breaking health and safety laws.
A coroner recorded a narrative verdict into Miss Bradley's death last year.
Harley House Nursing Home is now under new ownership but the sisters still own three care homes in Leicestershire.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) cash means in-service support for Hawk training aeroplanes will continue at the site until at least 2020.
These are used by the UK armed forces to prepare pilots before conversion to frontline jets.
The deals secure 700 UK jobs in total, with Anglesey the main services hub.
Five other sites around the UK will also benefit from the four contracts, with firms BAE Systems, Babcock and Rolls-Royce all winning contracts.
BAE will provide design advice and modifications for the Hawks at RAF Valley.
It and Babcock will also have staff on military bases in Yorkshire and Cornwall, and at BAE's plants in Brough, East Yorkshire, and Warton, Lancashire.
Meanwhile, Rolls-Royce's £79m contract to produce, test and repair Hawk engines will see 40 jobs sustained across two sites at RAF Valley and Bristol.
The fleet of Hawk T1s and T2s are used for training, with pilots then graduating to Typhoons and a variety of Royal Navy and RAF aircraft.
They are also used by the RAF Aerobatic Team - the Red Arrows.
Minister for defence procurement Philip Dunne called it "a world-class training aircraft for our future fast jet aircrew".
He said: "Pilots currently flying Typhoons and Tornados with such precision targeting Daesh (so-called Islamic State) in Iraq and Syria to keep Britain safe, first learnt their skills in the Hawk."
They will also be used to train pilots for the new F-35 Lightning II - described by Mr Dunne as one of the most advanced aircraft in the world.
The news comes a month after the MoD awarded a contract to Ascent Flight Training to provide basic pilot training at RAF Valley until at least 2033.
The note, featuring a picture of Pudsey Bear raising a Saltire flag, was one of the first polymer notes issued on 17 July 2015.
The Pudsey design was created by Kayla Robson, 12, who won a Bank of Scotland competition in partnership with the BBC's Children in Need charity.
It had been expected to fetch between £1,000 and £1,200.
An anonymous collector bid £15,500 when the note went under the hammer at the Spink's World Banknotes auction in London on Tuesday.
But the actual amount paid rose to £18,600 including buyer's premiums.
Monica Kruber, a specialist in Spink's banknote department, said: "This Pudsey £5 note was designed by a young lady from Dundee.
"We knew it was going to be good but it made a fabulous price. We are delighted, especially as it is for BBC Children in Need.
"It is an extraordinary note, and an extraordinary issue - the first polymer from the Bank of Scotland.
"It has amazing security features. The note itself is very attractive and the colours are amazing -- they are also largely invincible."
The note was one of a limited edition of 50 notes. The serial numbers were unique, with the first 40 using the code PUDSEY01 to PUDSEY40 while the remaining 10 would be personalised to buyers.
Some of the notes were auctioned last year, but the latest sale coincided with the release of the general issue polymer £5 notes, which were made available to the public.
Annette Barnes, Bank of Scotland's retail managing director, said: "This new £5 note is brighter and bolder than most other banknotes in circulation and really brings to life what BBC Children in Need means to so many people.
"Kayla did a fantastic job with her design and I am delighted to see how we have been able to incorporate it into our first polymer banknote."
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The world number one also beat Anderson, the world number two, in the PDC World Darts Championship final this month.
Dutchman Van Gerwen, 27, overcame England's Adrian Lewis 11-5 in the semi-finals earlier on Sunday.
Anderson had beaten 16-time world champion Phil Taylor 11-9 for a spot in the final in Milton Keynes.
Taylor, 56, has announced that 2017 will be his final year on the Professional Darts Corporation tour circuit.
However, he says he may still play in the Premier League and the World Series.
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The Neath-born mezzo-soprano, 34, announced the news on Monday that she and husband Andrew Levitas were expecting a baby girl.
The singer posted a picture on her Instagram and Twitter accounts of two pink baby boots on top of a framed picture of the married couple.
Next to the image she wrote: "Couldn't be more excited to meet our little girl!"
In a statement, she said they were "overjoyed" to be expecting their first child.
"Starting a family and moving into this exciting phase of our lives is a blessing for which we are incredibly grateful," she added.
"We eagerly await the arrival of our little girl."
The singer married American director Mr Levitas at Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, in September last year.
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Mr Aboutrika is accused of financially supporting the Brotherhood, which Egypt considers a terrorist organisation.
In 2012, he endorsed the successful presidential bid by Mohamed Morsi, a Brotherhood member.
The move by the 2008 BBC African Footballer of the Year alienated some of his fans.
Any person named on the country's terror list is subject to a travel ban and faces having their passport and assets frozen.
Mr Aboutrika's lawyer, Mohamed Osman, said the move was "contrary to the law", adding that his client had "not been convicted or formally notified of any of the charges against him".
"We will appeal this decision," Mr Osman said. Mr Aboutrika has strenuously denied the allegations.
A former star of Cairo's al-Ahly club and the national team, Mr Aboutrika was dubbed The Prince of Hearts, The Magician and The Saint during his playing days.
But his decision to publicly support Mr Morsi, who lasted just one year in power, split opinion.
In 2015, he had a string of assets, including shares in a number of companies, seized by the Egyptian authorities.
The army's crackdown on Brotherhood members, left hundreds of people dead and thousands in jail.
Mr Morsi was ousted following days of mass anti-government protests in 2013.
Mr Aboutrika, one of the most successful African footballers of his generation, retired from football in the same year.
The right-wing think tank Policy Exchange said 1.1 million householders cannot afford to heat their homes, even though they have a job.
It wants energy efficiency subsidies to be targeted more effectively.
However, the government said the number of people in fuel poverty was already falling, and it was spending more than ever before on keeping people warm.
The report's author, Richard Howard, said: "The facts paint a startling picture. There are over one million working households struggling to afford their energy bills, and living in under-heated homes."
The latest government figures show that 2.28 million people in England were living in fuel poverty in 2012, a 5% fall on the previous year.
The criteria for fuel poverty in England is now based on whether heating a home to a decent standard would leave the householder below the poverty line.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland define it according to whether a household needs to spend more than 10% of its income on fuel.
Policy Exchange said the problem was most severe in older detached homes, which are off the national grid and tend to be in rural areas.
It claimed the government was spending less than half of what was required to make the affected homes energy efficient.
The report said energy efficiency subsidies - such as the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) - could be better focused on the poorest households.
It suggested that people claiming the Winter Fuel Payment should have to opt in to it.
The money saved could be put into further energy efficiency measures.
The government said it had already invested more than half a billion pounds in energy efficiency schemes, including £310m on the Warm Home Discount Scheme.
"Fuel poverty has fallen year on year under this government, and we're spending more than ever before to ensure more people stay warm this winter," said a spokesperson for the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
However, the government's own figures suggest that the number of English households in fuel poverty was expected to have increased to 2.33 million in 2014.
The statistics said a baby boy can expect to live for 76.5 years, while girls have an average life expectancy of 80.7 years.
However, life expectancy in Scotland is still lower than elsewhere in the UK.
The statistics released by the National Records of Scotland also showed an increasing number of people living beyond 100.
There were 800 centenarians in Scotland in 2012, a rise of 280 compared with 2002.
The vast majority of centenarians are females although the proportion who are male has increased from 10% in 2002 to 15% in 2012.
A century ago living to 100 was very uncommon, but this changed at the beginning of the 21st century when estimates showed there were more than 500 people aged 100 years old and over in Scotland. The number of centenarians has been increasing ever since.
The statistics also showed the the gap for life expectancy at birth between males and females has narrowed from 6.2 years in 1980-1982 to 4.2 years in 2010-2012.
And Life expectancy at birth has increased by two and a half years per decade since 1980-1982 in Scotland for males, and by about two years per decade for females
But Registrar General for Scotland Tim Ellis said: "More generally, while life expectancy at birth in Scotland is higher than it has ever been, life expectancy at birth in Scotland is still the lowest within the UK.
"In Scotland, males and females can expect to live shorter lives (by 2.5 years and 2.1 years respectively) than in England, where male and female life expectancy is the highest in the UK."
Amongst European Union countries, male life expectancy was highest in Sweden (79.9 years), 3.4 years higher than in Scotland.
Female life expectancy was highest in Spain (85.1 years), 4.4 years higher than in Scotland.
Twice champion Fionnuala McCormack is fancied to regain the individual title which she won in 2011 and 2012.
O'Flaherty and Mageean will hope to pack well in the team battle in Chia.
Holywood man Paul Pollock will also aim for an improved run from his fifth spot at last month's nationals in Dublin.
Pollock competed at Abbotstown after racing in a half marathon in India the previous weekend but should perform better in his first appearance in an Irish vest since his impressive 32nd place at the Olympic Marathon in Rio.
However, Irish medal interest is likely to be focused on the women's event.
McCormack's rivals in the individual race include Turkey's European 10,000m champion Yasemin Can and Norway's Karoline Grovdal, who pipped the Irishwoman for bronze at last year's championship in Hyeres.
Britain's 2014 winner Gemma Steel is likely to be another contender as may another Turkish competitor Meryem Akda.
McCormack's individual triumph in 2012 also helped Ireland land the team honours that year in Hungary and the Irish women have earned team bronze over the past two years.
McCormack, O'Flaherty and Michelle Finn all return after being part of last year's successful squad as they join surprise Irish champion Shona Heaslip, Mageean and Laura Crowe.
O'Flaherty and Mageean booked their spots in Chia on 11 December by finishing second and third at the the Irish Championships when McCormack missed the race as she was instead winning at the IAAF permit meeting in Alcobendas in Spain.
IRELAND TEAM FOR EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY
Senior Men: Mark Christie (Mullingar), Mick Clohisey (Raheny), Mark Hanrahan (Leevale), Liam Brady (Tullamore Harriers), Paul Pollock (Annadale), Kevin Dooney (Raheny)
Senior Women: Shona Heaslip (An Riocht), Kerry O'Flaherty (Newcastle), Ciara Mageean (UCD), Fionnuala McCormack (Kilcoole), Laura Crowe (An Riocht), Michelle Finn (Leevale)
U23 Men: Karl Fitzmaurice (Ennis), Mitchell Byrne (Rathfarnham)
U23 Women: Bethanie Murray (DSD), Amy O'Donoghue (Emerald)
Junior Men: Jack O'Leary (Mullingar), Peter Lynch (Kilkenny), Darragh McElhinney (Bantry), Fearghal Curtain (Youghal), Barry Keane (Waterford), Charlie O'Donovan (Leevale)
Junior Women: Sophie Murphy (DSD), Amy Rose Farrell (Blackrock), Emma O'Brien (Inbhear Dee/Sli Cualann), Carla Sweeney (WSAF), Jodie McCann (DSD), Aisling Joyce (Claremorris)
That's where it began, on a working-class Belfast street, with his father's classic jazz and blues records ringing through the red-brick terraced house in the east of the city.
Now, more than 50 years on from his first recordings and two months shy of his 70th birthday, a knighthood in the Queen's honours caps a career that has seen the singer achieve the rare double of consistent commercial success and widespread adulation from the critics.
An enigmatic figure, Morrison has always taken shelter from the spotlight.
It was typical, as a man of precious few words, that he offered little to the press in reaction to his latest, and possibly greatest, honour.
"Throughout my career I have always preferred to let my music speak for me," he said.
"It is a huge honour to now have that body of work recognised in this way."
His music does indeed speak volumes.
Impossible to define, he has managed to blend blues, country, soul, jazz and Celtic folk with evocative lyrics that have earned him comparisons with some of Ireland's greatest poets.
His songs are unique products of his home city and the music he absorbed as a child - Hank Williams, Muddy Waters and Lead Belly he cites as major influences.
Morrison left school at 15 without qualifications, taking a job as a window-cleaner as he sang in various bands in Belfast.
The breakthrough was fronting and playing saxophone with his first band Them and the gigs they played at the city's long-since-gone Maritime Hotel, where their garage-rock and dirty R'n'B became a sensation.
Their hits included Baby Please Don't Go, Here Comes The Night and Gloria, but Morrison was destined for solo stardom.
He broke away from the band, and in 1967 Brown-Eyed Girl, perhaps his most celebrated song, reached number 10 in the United States.
From there, his career began its upward spiral.
Astral Weeks followed in 1969, a jazz-and-strings album regularly cited as one of the finest records of all time, and that set the standard for the rest of his career.
He was prolific during the early-1970s, releasing Moondance, Tupelo Honey, St Dominic's Preview and Veedon Fleece among others, and his soulful, formidable live sets meant he quickly became a performer sought after around the world.
As his career moved into the 1980s and 1990s, Morrison's music adopted a more mystical, spiritual quality.
His 1995 release Days Like This became an iconic song of peace in the context of the troubled past of his native Northern Ireland.
Record after record followed throughout the 2000s and into the current decade as he dabbled with skiffle, country and other genres, before reworking his classics on a recent album of duets.
Morrison, whose knighthood is for services to the music industry and tourism in Northern Ireland, has a reputation for being grumpy and discontent.
In 1993, for example, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but declined to turn up to the ceremony.
He admits he has not worn his fame easily, and his relationship with the music industry and the media has often been a frosty one.
But his standing as one of the most visionary and talented artists of his generation has grown as the decades have passed.
Musicians as diverse as Bruce Springsteen and Ed Sheeran say Morrison's extensive catalogue of over 360 songs has influenced them.
Morrison turns 70 in August, and to mark that milestone he will play two concerts on Cyprus Avenue, the tree-lined Belfast street that lends its name to one of his best-loved songs.
Even as he moves into his eighth decade, he is showing no signs of slowing down or losing his fire and passion for the music.
Perhaps, as he sings on Into The Mystic, it's too late to stop now.
A man was shot on Monday close to St Brendan's Primary School in Craigavon at closing time as pupils left the grounds.
The injured man is in a "stable" condition in hospital.
Education Minister John O'Dowd said the attack caused distress to both children and adults.
"The emotional well being of pupils is paramount," he said.
"I have asked for a critical incident team to be dispatched to the school to offer support and assistance."
He said the attack demonstrated a "blatant disregard" for the safety of pupils, parents and staff.
"I also want to commend school staff who reacted courageously during and after the attack, to ensure the safety of their pupils. The actions of St Brendan's staff are in stark contrast to those who carried this attack," he said.
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Outstanding second-half goals from Greg Kiltie and Craig Slater, both their fourth of the season, secured the win for the managerless Ayrshiremen.
Josh Magennis came close to adding a third for Killie while the hosts' Louis Moult hit the crossbar in added time.
Motherwell have now gone six league games without a win.
Lee McCulloch is unbeaten in his two games in temporary charge of the Rugby Park club since Gary Locke resigned last month.
They are now 10th, a point ahead of Well and 13 clear of bottom side Dundee United, with Motherwell seeking to avoid a second successive relegation play-off.
The match began amidst a slight snow shower but the players were not affected as the opening exchanges provided sufficient excitement, with Killie having the better first-half chances.
There was an early scare for the home side as Kiltie's shot from just inside the area took a wicked deflection off a defender and flew just wide.
Tope Obadeyi then dispossessed Morgaro Gomis, cut in from the right and fired a left-foot shot that Motherwell goalkeeper Connor Ripley managed to parry clear.
Ripley, celebrating his 23rd birthday, was in good form as he made two outstanding saves from Killie free-kicks.
He firstly palmed a Slater strike over the top and later superbly turned away Stevie Smith's left-foot curler from 25 yards.
Marvin Johnson came close for the home side when his cross from the left deflected off Conrad Balatoni and looped on to the roof of the net.
Killie made the breakthrough after the break with a terrific team goal from a sweeping move.
Gary Dicker and Slater exchanged passes in midfield before the latter spotted Smith advancing down the left. Smith steadied himself before whipping a pin-point cross for Kiltie to make the perfect connection six yards out with a volley that gave Ripley no chance.
The visitors doubled their lead when Slater showed his class with a driving run from midfield before shooting low past Ripley for a terrific solo goal.
Johnson came close to pulling a goal back for the home side but could only send his shot from close range into the side netting.
At the other end, Magennis stretched to touch a Kiltie cross just wide.
And, when Moult's effort hit the crossbar, it summed up Motherwell's afternoon.
US President Barack Obama said: "The time has come for President Assad to step aside."
It marks a significant increase in pressure on Mr Assad for sending in his army against the protesters.
Meanwhile, UN investigators say the use of violence in Syria "may amount to crimes against humanity".
In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the investigators said the UN Security Council should refer the issue to the International Criminal Court.
Human rights groups believe about 2,000 people have been killed and thousands arrested since March as Syria's security forces - including tanks, helicopters, gunships and snipers - try to quell dissent that has broken out in much of the country.
President Bashar al-Assad has promised political reforms but has continued to clamp down on the protesters, blaming the unrest on "terrorist groups".
In a written statement, Mr Obama said: "The future of Syria must be determined by its people, but President Bashar al-Assad is standing in their way. His calls for dialogue and reform have rung hollow while he is imprisoning, torturing, and slaughtering his own people.
He added: "We have consistently said that President Assad must lead a democratic transition or get out of the way. He has not led. For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has come for President Assad to step aside."
Mr Obama also announced "unprecedented sanctions to deepen the financial isolation of the Assad regime and further disrupt its ability to finance a campaign of violence against the Syrian people".
By Jim MuirBBC News, Beirut
Addressing a large gathering of Baath Party faithful shortly before the US-European move, Mr Assad told them that Syria would stick to its "nationalist, resisting positions" however much outside pressures might mount.
Hostility from the US and the West in general is a given as far as Damascus is concerned, so its reaction is bound to be defiant.
But President Obama's statement and the comments from Secretary of State Clinton are unlikely to be directly reported by the Syrian state media, and Syrian leaders may try to play them down by not reacting directly to them.
The same goes for the UN report to the Security Council on human rights abuses in Syria.
If past form is any guide, the Syrian reaction will more likely take the form of quoting adverse comments from allies or sympathisers without explaining exactly what they are referring to.
The US had already tightened its sanctions against members of Syria's government but had stopped short of demanding Mr Assad step down.
At the same time, the EU and the leaders of Britain, France and Germany issued statements also calling on President Assad to leave.
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said: "The EU notes the complete loss of Bashar al-Assad's legitimacy in the eyes of the Syrian people and the necessity for him to step aside."
In a joint statement, the leaders of Britain, France and Germany said President Assad should "leave power in the greater interests of Syria and the unity of his people".
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined the other leaders in calling on "President Assad to vacate his position, relinquish power and step down immediately".
A Syrian government spokesman accused Western governments of increasing the tension in the country.
"It is strange that instead of offering [Damascus] a helping hand to implement its programme of reforms, the West and Obama are seeking to stoke more violence in Syria," Reem Haddad, of the information ministry, told AFP news agency.
The new sanctions announced by Mr Obama included a freeze on all assets of the Syrian government subject to US jurisdiction and a ban on US residents from carrying out any transactions with the Syrian government or blacklisted individuals.
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Syria's petroleum industry is also subject to the US sanctions.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the sanctions would "further tighten the circle of isolation" and "strike at the heart of the regime".
The calls for Mr Assad to step down follow a report from UN investigators into the recent violence in Syria.
Their 22-page report says that security forces, including snipers, have used deadly force against civilians in attempts to quell months of anti-government protests.
News agencies said the investigators discovered that 26 men were blindfolded and shot dead while in government custody.
In other cases, security forces allegedly killed wounded civilians by putting them alive in refrigerators in hospital morgues, Reuters news agency said.
The UN's investigators were not allowed into Syria. They interviewed victims and witnesses of the violence, some in Syria, and others in the region.
"The mission found a pattern of human rights violations that constitutes widespread or systematic attacks against the civilian population, which may amount to crimes against humanity," the UN investigators said.
The report, released in Geneva, urged the UN Security Council to "consider referring the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court".
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, briefed the Security Council on the report later on Thursday in a special session.
After the session, the UN's Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs said a UN mission would visit Syria from this weekend to investigate the effects of the crackdown.
"We have been guaranteed that we will have full access to where we want to go," she said. "We will want to concentrate on those places where there have been reports of fighting."
An emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council will be held on Monday following a request from all 24 members - including Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
A freight train came off the tracks last October four miles from Gloucester station on the line to Newport.
A report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) found there were dips in the track known as "cyclic top", but repairs had been ineffective.
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) is investigating whether health and safety laws have been breached.
The report said a speed restriction should have been put on the stretch of line, on which daily commuter services between Gloucester and Cardiff run.
It showed the train had been travelling at 69 mph (111 km/h) when the rear wagon derailed on 15 October 2013. An empty container fell off a wagon.
The investigation found that Network Rail had identified a problem with the track and carried out repairs, but water flowing beneath the track caused the problem of cyclic top to re-occur.
The RAIB report found: "The severity of the dips required immediate action by Network Rail, including the imposition of a speed restriction for the trains passing over it, but no such restriction had been put in place."
By the time the train stopped at Gloucester station, the rear wagon was severely damaged, the empty container it was carrying had fallen off, and there was damage to four miles of track, signalling cables, four level crossings and two bridges.
The line remained closed for four days while repairs were carried out. Repairs included replacement of 1,300 yds (1.2 km) of track, two sets of points, 300 sleepers, two miles of cable and a level crossing.
The report showed the type of wagon that derailed was susceptible to becoming derailed on track with dips in it, especially when loaded with the type of empty container it was carrying.
The investigation also found there were not enough staff working for Network's Rail's maintenance team.
The ORR said an Improvement Notice was served on Network Rail in June, after it found the Health and Safety at Work Act could have been contravened.
The inspector said an investigation indicated "that you are not conducting your undertaking in such a way as to ensure the safety of train passengers and others so far as it reasonably practicable as you do not have appropriate arrangements to ensure that track maintenance activities which are intended to manage train derailment risks are effectively planned, organised, monitored and reviewed".
Network Rail has been given until next February to make improvements.
Responding to the RAIB report, a Network Rail spokesman said the majority of recommendations outlined in the RAIB report "have either been implemented or are about to be implemented".
"As a result of this incident, we have reviewed the way in which we work and will continue to liaise with the RAIB to make the necessary improvements," they said.
The spokesperson said they would not comment on the ongoing ORR investigation.
And Walkers Crisps' marketing managers have found that out the hard way.
Within hours of the launch of a Champions League final campaign, which included the chance to win tickets for next weekend's Cardiff showpiece, their crisp-eater-in-chief Gary Lineker has been pictured clutching photos of Fred West and Harold Shipman in online videos on Twitter.
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The "Walkers Wave" campaign asked social media users to respond to a tweet from the official Walkers Crisps Twitter account with a selfie, using the hashtag #WalkersWave, as part of the chance to win the tickets.
The user's picture would then be incorporated into a personalised video, featuring Gary Lineker, automatically tweeted and captioned by Walkers.
But, almost inevitably, pranksters online saw the potential.
Sensing a flaw in Walkers' marketing plan, people on Twitter started to respond with pictures of serial killers and disgraced celebrities.
In response, Gary Lineker tweeted: "Had an unusual day in some very strange company. I'm sure we'll wave goodbye to them all by tomorrow."
Launching the campaign earlier this week, Adam Warner, head of UEFA Champions League sponsorship at PepsiCo, said:
"At Walkers, we celebrate the fans who love the social occasion around UEFA Champions League match nights as much as the games themselves.
"Moments that bring fans together like a fan wave are an important part of a football game."
Walkers have started to remove the automated tweets and a company spokeswoman told the BBC: "We recognise people were offended by irresponsible and offensive posts by individuals, and we apologise. We are equally upset and have shut down all activity."
By Chris Bell, UGC and Social News team
Laura Matthews, from Southend, Essex, was told her signature "L. Skywalker" infringed a trademark in July 2014.
She said she had made a series of complaints about the way her case had been handled by the Passport Office.
The Home Office said it regretted it had taken "longer than hoped" to consider Ms Matthews' case.
A spokesman said "proper consideration" was being given to the complaint, adding: "This is being progressed and we are looking to provide a full response at the earliest opportunity".
Ms Matthews, 30, said she had changed her name back by deed poll after months of going back and forth with the Passport Office.
In July 2014, Ms Matthews was told her signature infringed a trademark, and her name change would not be recognised.
The following month, officials told Ms Matthews her signature was valid after all and was issued with a passport.
But in December 2014, she was told the passport had been issued in error and had been cancelled.
She removed her "Skywalker" middle name when she said she had "no choice" but to revert to her birth name of Laura Elizabeth Matthews in order to get a passport.
In February last year, Ms Matthews requested all the information held on her by the Passport Office under the Data Protection Act, which organisations have 40 days to respond to.
Ms Matthews says she is still yet to receive the information she requested, more than a year later.
"I want to find out if the decision they made about my name change was correct. Why will they not release the information?" she said.
"These are people we trust to do things properly and they're not."
Smoke from the site has not yet fully dispersed and may still be visible, Vale of Glamorgan council said.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service has declared the incident closed, with all local roads now reopened.
The blaze at the Siteserv plant on the Llandow Industrial Estate started on 2 March, with five engines sent to tackle the fire.
The plant had its licence suspended by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) on 6 March, but the suspension has now been partially lifted for some waste to be accepted at the site.
NRW said they were launching a full investigation into the fire.
Nadia De Longhi, NRW operations manager, said "regulatory controls remain in place" at the site.
She added: "We will now undertake a full investigation, in cooperation with South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, and consider any appropriate enforcement action."
Acrid smoke from the fire reached as far as Bridgend, Barry and Cowbridge, with residents advised at the time to keep their windows closed.
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) was called to the scene at about 13:15 BST after the lorry trapped several parked cars on South Eden Park Road.
The LFB tweeted: "Going the 'extra mile' might have been the better option rather than trying to squeeze under a bridge in Beckenham."
Train services across the bridge were stopped as a result of the incident.
A spokesperson for Halfords said: "We would like to apologise for any delays and inconvenience caused to road and train travellers and will be working with the authorities to carry out a full investigation."
London Bridge trains on their way to Hayes were terminating at Elmers End before the lorry was cleared at about 18:30.
The assessment was written by the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) on 27 August and released by Downing Street on 29 August.
The BBC's security correspondent Gordon Corera gives his analysis of the assessment below (GC).
A chemical attack occurred in Damascus on the morning of 21 August, resulting in at least 350 fatalities. It is not possible for the opposition to have carried out a CW attack on this scale.
GC: A central reason for the relative confidence of the assessment is a view that it could not be the opposition and therefore had to be the regime which launched the attack.
The regime has used CW on a smaller scale on at least 14 occasions in the past.
GC: The accompanying letter from the chair of the JIC says that it has judged with the "highest possible level of certainty" that chemical weapons have already been used 14 times but not on the same scale. The JIC appears very confident that these attacks were by the regime and may have more intelligence about these incidents than the 21 August attack.
There is some intelligence to suggest regime culpability in this attack.
GC: This key sentence indicates that they have only "some" intelligence pointing to the regime carrying out the attack but nothing so conclusive as to dispel all doubt. It is described in the accompanying letter as a "limited but growing body of intelligence". It is also described as highly sensitive, meaning it might be intercepted communications or material from another country. The prime minister has been shown it, but it is not included in this assessment.
These factors make it highly likely that the Syrian regime was responsible.
GC: This is the key judgement of the document. The phrase "highly likely" indicates a significant degree of confidence but not absolute certainty.
Extensive video footage attributed to the attack in eastern Damascus (which we assess would be very difficult to falsify) is consistent with the use of a nerve agent, such as sarin, and is not consistent with the use of blister or riot control agents.
GC: This paragraph, along with the accompanying letter, shows that the judgement that chemical weapons were used is based on what is known as open source information - in other words not secret intelligence but in this case public video footage. It also suggests they do not have separate confirmation of the use of chemical weapons, for instance in the form of analysis of samples at UK labs, which does seem to have taken place in the wake of other previous attacks. The committee chair says it has asked experts inside and outside government to see if this video could have been faked in any way by the opposition and has come to the conclusion that it is real.
There is no obvious political or military trigger for regime use of CW on an apparently larger scale now, particularly given the current presence in Syria of the UN investigation team. Permission to authorise CW has probably been delegated by President Assad to senior regime commanders, such as [*], but any deliberate change in the scale and nature of use would require his authorisation.
GC: This judgement is important because it suggests the JIC have some idea of the chain of command for the use of chemical weapons but are still not sure why chemical weapons were used and on precisely whose orders on this occasion. The accompanying letter says this area of motivation is the one where it does not have high confidence in its assessment. There has been speculation as to whether the attack was launched on orders from the top or on the initiative of a local commander.
There is no credible evidence that any opposition group has used CW. A number continue to seek a CW capability, but none currently has the capability to conduct a CW attack on this scale.
GC: This judgement is interesting because it tells us that some rebel groups have been trying to get hold of chemical weapons. There has been great concern that those opponents of the regime linked to al-Qaeda might get hold of them. However, the UK appears convinced that no opposition group would be able to carry out the kind of attack seen on 21 August, therefore meaning the use of weapons logically would have to have been by the regime.
Russia claims to have a 'good degree of confidence' that the attack was an 'opposition provocation' but has announced that they support an investigation into the incident. We expect them to maintain this line. The Syrian regime has now announced that it will allow access to the sites by UN inspectors.
GC: The inspectors will be looking to prove if chemical weapons were used but are not expected to say by whom.
There is no immediate time limit over which environmental or physiological samples would have degraded beyond usefulness. However, the longer it takes inspectors to gain access to the affected sites, the more difficult it will be to establish the chain of evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.
GC: A chain of evidence is required to be sure that a particular sample was not tampered with before it is analysed for proof that chemical weapons were used.
Dean Rasche, 24, confronted Jordan Brimacombe at Deja Vu nightclub after the pair fell out over a girl.
The pair started fighting in the club and continued the brawl in the street after they were thrown out.
Police found part of Mr Brimacombe's ear on the ground and it had to be re-attached by surgeons.
Rasche, a prisoner at HMP Perth, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement.
His defence advocate Paul Parker Smith said: "He says that when the fight was on-going he was bitten on the finger and he reciprocated by biting the most convenient point - which was on his ear.
"It was all over a young lady. He throws himself on the mercy of the court."
Sheriff Tom Hughes jailed Rasche for two years and four months, telling him: "You don't need me to tell you that you have a bad record of previous convictions including one on indictment for assault.
"It is completely unacceptable and you have left your victim in this case with some disfigurement as a result."
Anthony Bagshaw, of S Bagshaw and Sons butchers, pleaded guilty to 24 offences relating to animal cruelty, food safety and movement of animals.
CCTV footage taken inside the abattoir showed him kicking a pig in the face and throwing a sheep against a gate.
Bagshaw, of Back Lane Butterton, was banned from keeping farm animals for 15 years, Stafford Crown Court heard.
Secret cameras were placed inside the abattoir in Leek, Staffordshire, by Hillside Animal Sanctuary, which had received reports of animal cruelty.
Among the nine animal welfare charges, Bagshaw admitted knocking a sheep unconscious by hitting it on the head with a stun gun and a metal shackle.
The 36-year-old committed the offences between August 2014 and March 2015, the court heard.
At sentencing Judge Jonathan Gosling said Bagshaw's treatment of animals was deplorable.
John Watson, from the animal sanctuary, said: "Had we not been able to obtain the harrowing evidence of barbaric cruelty happening behind the closed doors of this 'high class' family slaughterhouse, it would still be going on right now."
The investigation was jointly carried out by Staffordshire County Council, the Food Standards Agency and Defra.
The council's trading standards leader Gill Heath said: "His treatment of animals was shocking and it is absolutely right that he has been banned from keeping animals for so long."
A report also said £1.5m had to be written off when a plan to refurbish the Dundonald Ice Bowl was cancelled.
The redevelopment was proposed by Castlereagh Borough Council, which was merging with Lisburn City Council.
However, it transpired the new shadow council had not given its approval.
The Three network is also not currently offering exchanges, while O2 said it was still not selling the smartphone.
Samsung has cut production of the Note 7 after several reports of replacement models overheating and emitting smoke.
The Note 7 went on sale in the UK days before Samsung issued a recall, and sales have so far been limited.
Over the weekend it emerged that a second Note 7 replacement device, deemed safe by the company, had caught fire in America.
"Following recent media reports of further Note 7 issues in the US and Canada, we have suspended Note 7 exchanges and are currently in direct contact with Samsung regarding next steps on the matter," EE said.
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A Vodafone spokesman said it had paused pre-orders of the Note 7 as well as its device replacement programme "until such time that we receive satisfactory assurances from Samsung about the safety of the Galaxy Note 7".
Three also told the BBC it was "currently assessing the situation with Samsung and we will be seeking guidance from them before we resume any further exchanges of the Note 7".
O2 said it has not been selling the phone since September, when Samsung advised there would be an exchange programme. "We are currently in discussions with Samsung and reviewing our options," it added.
Carphone Warehouse said it was also in talks with Samsung about the phone.
The moves come after the three biggest US mobile operators, as well as networks in Australia and Asia, stopped replacing or selling the phone.
They took action after a man in Kentucky said he woke up to a bedroom full of smoke from a replaced Note 7, days after a domestic flight in the US was evacuated after a new device started emitting smoke in the cabin.
US networks AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile said they would no longer replace the devices, while the latter said it would halt all sales of the phone.
"While Samsung investigates multiple reports of issues, T-Mobile is temporarily suspending all sales of the new Note 7 and exchanges for replacement Note 7 devices," T-Mobile said on its website.
Meanwhile, AT&T said: "We're no longer exchanging new Note 7s at this time, pending further investigation of these reported incidents." It advised customers to exchange them for other devices.
Samsung said on Monday that it was "adjusting the production schedule" in response to moves by the US and other networks.
"We continue to move quickly to investigate the reported case to determine the cause and will share findings as soon as possible," Samsung said.
The band performed on Wednesday night in Indonesia as news of their bandmate's decision to quit was still breaking around the world.
Harry walked around on stage, head in hands as he started to cry.
A statement released by Zayn Malik on Wednesday said "it's time for me to leave".
It began: "My life with One Direction has been more than I could ever have imagined.
"But, after five years, I feel like it is now the right time for me to leave the band. I'd like to apologise to the fans if I've let anyone down, but I have to do what feels right in my heart.
"I am leaving because I want to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight.
"I know I have four friends for life in Louis, Liam, Harry and Niall. I know they will continue to be the best band in the world."
The footage of Harry was taken as the band performed on stage in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, the latest stop on their On The Road Again Tour.
Last week it was announced Zayn had been signed off from the current tour with "stress".
It is unclear from the footage whether Harry, 21, was crying because of the news of Zayn or because fans were showing support by shouting his name.
At one point in the concert Liam Payne reportedly comforted him.
In a black T-shirt and with his hair up in his trademark man bun, Harry wandered around the stage with his head in his hands and wiping away tears.
Liam Payne told his 19.7 million Twitter followers: "So glad to be in bed after a long and strange 24 hours."
Bandmate Harry Styles sent a simple message to his 24.1 million Twitter followers, which read: "All the love as always. H."
Louis Tomlinson has also tweeted: "Your support has been incredible , truly incredible so thank you so much!
"Been a crazy couple of days but know that we are going to work harder than ever to deliver the best album we've ever made for you guys!"
Niall Horan was the last to tweet. He said: "Been a mad few days and your support has been incredible as per usual ! This in turn Spurs us on to make the best music we possibly can.
"Put on great shows / tours for you guys. You are the best fans in the world and you deserve nothing less from us!
"The lads and I arrived in South Africa this morning . We cannot wait to see all you SA fans for the first time and have great shows."
It's not the first time Harry has appeared to cry on stage.
Footage showed him snivelling at a gig in Melbourne, Australia, in 2013 while singing Over Again.
The band, minus Zayn, released a statement on Wednesday confirming to fans that the band would continue as a four-piece.
They will record their fifth album in Zayn's absence and will continue with the remaining dates on the band's world tour.
They were offered words of comfort from Take That's Gary Barlow.
Take That went from a five-piece to a four-piece in 1996 after Robbie Williams left to go solo.
Jason Orange also left the group last year.
Barlow tweeted: "Sending my best to all the 1D boys ! #thatters we've all been there haven't we ? !!!!!"
Cowell's fellow X Factor judge Louis Walsh said he'd heard rumours for a number of weeks that "everything wasn't happy in paradise".
He told Irish radio station RTE Radio One: "The problem with these guys is they've been in a bubble for the last five years, pressure, working, a lot harder than people think, so something had to give.
"So Zayn was the first person just to crack up a little bit."
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Between December 2009 and December 2016, line rental prices had increased by as much as 49% for some customers, the regulator said.
And of the people with standalone landlines in their homes, 71% were aged 65 or over.
Ofcom recently revealed plans to make BT - with nearly 80% of the UK market - cut line rental costs by £5.
A huge proportion (43%) of the 2.9 million households with a landline only are occupied by people aged 75 and over.
"Older consumers are particularly affected, as they are more likely to be dependent on fixed voice services if they do not have a mobile phone or an internet connection," the report said.
Ofcom also said it was "concerned" BT's low cost option for landline-only customers on certain qualifying benefits - BT Basic Tariff - had not been taken up by many of the households that could apply for it.
The service costs £5.10 per month and provides customers with line rental and calls worth £1.50, with free calls at weekends to 0845 and 0870 numbers (up to 60 minutes).
"We... are working with BT, the Department for Work and Pensions and other organisations to raise awareness," Ofcom said.
In a statement, BT said it had recently frozen line rental costs for customers with a phone line.
The firm added that customers had enjoyed changes including "a faster fault repair service, the launch of our free nuisance calls prevention service BT Call Protect and bringing call centre work back from India to the UK".
Elsewhere in its report, Ofcom detailed new evidence for the increasing uptake of internet access among elderly people and people with disabilities.
One in five people with disabilities is still without such access, however, making them "much more likely than the population as a whole to face exclusion issues as a result of not being online".
"Life costs more if you are disabled," said James Taylor at disability charity Scope, who called for more to be done to get people with disabilities online.
The combined cost of higher energy bills and specialist equipment reaches on average £550 per month, according to Scope research.
"The internet provides access to tools to compare prices, access to the best deals and offers, and information which can help disabled people be savvier shoppers," added Mr Taylor.
And elderly people continued to be frustrated by encouragements to use services online, instead of in person or via the phone, said Sally West at the charity Age UK.
In particular, having to adapt to how technologies changed thanks to frequent software updates was an example of how digital life could be off-putting for those in later years, she said.
"Every time there's an update of an operating system or something like that - that's a struggle for everybody - but if you're new to using a computer or tablet, you can be thrown when things change," Ms West told the BBC.
But while vulnerable people still faced difficulties and rising costs associated with some of their services, those who used home broadband and mobile data plans were getting an increasingly better deal, a separate Ofcom report on pricing revealed.
Some of the changes highlighted include:
Dr Tom Frieden says this could lead to "thousands" of brain-damaged babies.
Zika has now been reported in 31 countries and territories in the Americas, with Brazil the worst hit.
There have been about 100 cases of Zika reported in mainland US.
These were in travellers who had recently returned from Zika-hit countries.
The Aedes aegypti mosquito that spreads the virus can be found in about a dozen US states, so the mainland is bracing itself for locally transmitted infections very soon.
Southern states such as Florida and Texas are particularly vulnerable.
But Dr Frieden - who is advising the president on this emergency - says Puerto Rico is the biggest concern for the US.
There have been almost 120 cases there so far.
"Close to 90% of adults in Puerto Rico have been infected with dengue [which is transmitted by the same mosquito as Zika]… so we need to do everything possible to reduce the risk to pregnant women there," Dr Frieden says.
Zika is not considered particularly dangerous in most people, but there is a strongly suspected link between the virus and babies being born with under-developed brains.
"This possible or probable association with microcephaly is extraordinarily unusual," says Dr Frieden
"We're not aware of any previous infection spread by mosquitoes that can cause a potentially devastating foetal malformation."
On the frontline of the US' fight against Zika, CDC scientists in Puerto Rico are urgently trying to find new tools to fight these mosquitoes.
The insects have been on the island for many centuries, spreading dengue and, more recently, chikungunya. And they have started to become resistant to the main insecticides used to kill them.
Scientists at the CDC's dengue branch in the Puerto Rican capital, San Juan, are urgently trying to establish which insecticides are still effective.
They are breeding the Zika-transmitting mosquitoes in their labs to test.
The eggs hatch and then undergo metamorphosis from pupae into adult flying mosquitoes within just a few days.
The mosquitoes live only for a couple of weeks, but that is more than enough time to spread disease, and anxiety.
Worryingly, it is becoming increasingly difficult to eliminate them.
"These mosquitoes are resistant to one of the most commonly used insecticides." says lead entomologist Dr Roberto Barrera.
"Permethrin has been used in Puerto Rico and the rest of the Americas for many years, but it doesn't work as well any more."
Dr Barrera's team will report back in the next couple of weeks on what other chemicals can be used.
In the meantime, fumigators go through residential areas spraying entire neighbourhoods with the less effective insecticide.
It is the best health authorities here have right now.
Despite the outbreak, tourism is still strong, with two enormous cruise ships docked in the harbour in old San Juan.
Most people are walking around in shorts and T-shirts, with their arms and legs exposed.
Everyone seems pretty relaxed.
It is only pregnant women who are being advised against travel to Zika-hit areas.
A causative link between Zika and microcephaly has yet to be confirmed.
But until more is known, health officials have to assume there is one.
"There is a lot we don't know," Dr Frieden says.
"If an infant is born to a woman who had Zika, and does not have microcephaly, do they have other problems?
"It may not become apparent for months or years to come."
That uncertainty is constantly on the mind of Joan Ballista, 28.
She is 24 weeks pregnant, and terrified she could become infected - most people who contract the disease do not even know they have it.
She has dropped into a Ministry of Health Women, Infants and Children clinic set up in the city's main shopping centre to give advice to expectant mothers.
"I am very worried" she says.
"I use repellent every day. I put it on when I wake up, when I go to bed. I really worry. Microcephaly is such a sad disease."
Source: US CDC
The 29-year-old former Marseille centre-back will join Ivory Coast's Gervinho at the Chinese club, after he signed from AS Roma on Wednesday.
"Looking forward to 'absolute beast defender' Mbia fully showing his strength," the club said on twitter.
Mbia wrote on his Twitter page: "Proud to join Hebei China Fortune, ready for this adventure. Let's go."
Crews were called to High Street, Wallingford, after the alarm was raised by the pet sitter on Wednesday.
In a scene reminiscent of a Sainsbury's TV advert starring a cat called Mog, the fire service said the puss knocked a plastic bag onto the electric hob and pushed the control with its paw.
A spokesman advised pet owners not to leave items near their cookers and to switch off hobs at the mains.
There were no injuries following the fire and there was minimal damage to the property.
Watch manager Terry Coupar said the owners were "lucky" the pet sitter arrived when they did because no smoke alarms were fitted at the property.
Mog, which also starred in Judith Kerr's book Mog's Christmas Calamity, accidentally turned on an oven, burnt the turkey and destroyed a Christmas tree.
Among them was a drone carrying mobile phones and drugs that was intercepted by guards at Bedford Prison in March.
The use of drones is an "emerging threat", Eve Richard from the National Offender Management Service told a defence and security conference in London, the Independent reported.
Attempts are rare, the government said.
There were four known attempts to fly drones into prisons in England and Wales in 2014, the MoJ confirmed.
In August, a drone was found in the grounds of Norwich prison, while another was found caught in fencing at Liverpool prison recently.
Even the highest security prisons are vulnerable to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the Independent quoted intelligence analyst Ms Richard as saying.
There is no evidence that drones have been used to successfully smuggle contraband items into prisons, but there is potential for it to happen in the future, she reportedly told a briefing at the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition in London.
"In a nutshell, our intelligence suggests that the use of UAVs to release items into our prisons is an emerging threat. It's not a huge issue at the moment but there is the potential for it to increase and become more of an issue," the newspaper quoted her as saying.
Mark Icke, vice-president of the Prison Governors Association, said he believed the drones were mostly being used to try to smuggle drugs into prisons.
"What we've got happening in the prison system at the moment is that we have younger, more advanced criminal networks operating in and around prison systems," he said.
"We're talking about big, organised gangs, and they're not about disorder, they're about making money. There is a huge mark-up on drugs in prison."
He said the use of drones was "an emerging threat and something we're concerned about", but that prison guards had limited control over preventing them.
Security caging around windows and overhead netting in prison yards, similar to that used in high security prisons, would help reduce the threat, he said.
The Prison Service said incidents involving drones were rare, but it remained "constantly vigilant" to all new threats.
A spokesman said: "We are introducing new legislation to further strengthen our powers, making it illegal to land a drone in prison or to use a drone to drop in psychoactive substances.
"We take a zero-tolerance approach to illicit material in prisons and work closely with the police and CPS to ensure those caught are prosecuted and face extra time behind bars."
Anyone using drones in an attempt to get contraband into prisons could be punished with a sentence of up to two years, he added.
One of those with HG is the Duchess of Cambridge, who is soon to give birth to her second child.
Her pregnancies have helped to raise awareness of the debilitating condition - which can leave women too ill to get out of bed and vomiting 30 times a day - but for 10% of sufferers, the symptoms are simply intolerable.
They feel they have no choice but to terminate their pregnancies.
According to charity Pregnancy Sickness Support, which has produced a report on women's experiences of hyperemesis gravidarum, entitled 'I could not survive another day', too many women don't receive the care and treatment they need to continue their pregnancies.
The report surveyed 70 women from the UK who had chosen to end their pregnancy in the last 10 years because of severe sickness.
Their experiences suggest that in some cases GPs and midwives are not willing to provide medication to treat the condition or are slow to recognise its severity.
Lily - not her real name - knows how it feels to be seriously ill with HG.
Her first pregnancy was "really grim, but I battled through it", she says.
She was bed-ridden for the first few months, only able to drink a little and was being sick up to 30 times a day. She became dehydrated and starving, eventually losing three stones (19kg) in weight.
"I was really weak and couldn't stand up from dizziness. I couldn't handle food smells, even the smell of my husband made me vomit.
"I remember forcing down some beans one day, but within seconds they came back up."
Lily's GP came to visit her now and then and prescribed a drug to stop her being sick - but it didn't stop the extreme nausea.
Eventually, after 22 weeks of pregnancy, her HG began to wear off to the extent that she only threw up once a day.
She gave birth to a daughter in 2011.
But when she became pregnant again just a few months later, she couldn't even sip water without being sick.
She was very ill and, with a baby to look after at home, just could not cope.
"I was begging the doctors for steroids [which can be an option for women who don't respond to other anti-sickness drugs] but we had moved house so no-one came to test my urine and I wasn't admitted to hospital for fluids."
The report found women are sometimes told that steroids can harm the foetus or that they are too expensive to prescribe.
Fewer than one in 10 were offered steroid therapy and 47% of the women surveyed said they had asked for medication and it had been refused, or were not offered any.
Caitlin Dean, chair of Pregnancy Sickness Support, says many women are under the illusion or advised by their healthcare professionals that there are no safe treatments that can be used in pregnancy.
"But there is a range of medications all known to be safe and effective which have been around for more than 50 years.
"And there is plenty of evidence they are not causing any concerns."
Dr Daghni Rajasingam, consultant obstetrician from St Thomas' Hospital in London and a spokeswoman for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said HG was well understood and should be taken very seriously.
"We can start by giving women tablets to help the sickness, bring them into hospital to receive intravenous fluids and nutrition if necessary and give steroids in very severe cases."
An increase in public awareness of HG could make GPs and midwives more sympathetic towards patients who have severe pregnancy sickness, she adds.
"We have to ensure when women are pregnant they have a contact to discuss these issues with."
Lily gave up trying to get help during her second pregnancy because she was too busy just trying to survive one day at a time.
In the end, she didn't feel as if she had a choice.
"With all those motherly instincts you have, to terminate a child's life you've got to be desperate.
"I really felt as if I was on my last legs," she recalls.
Lily says she won't have another baby now, in fact she fears getting pregnant again.
"I don't trust the doctors. They don't take it seriously enough and it would just lead to another termination."
Caitlin Dean went through three pregnancies with HG, but thanks to an understanding GP and good care before and after conception, the third pregnancy was much more bearable.
She wants to see improved care for every woman with HG and she believes the key to reducing terminations is to provide a service which gives women intravenous fluids at home to combat dehydration.
It would be much more cost-effective than admitting women to hospital each time, she argues.
On Friday the Court of Appeal ruled Labour was within its rights to stop some new members voting in the contest between Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith.
It overturned an earlier High Court ruling that the ban was unlawful.
The five members said they would not take their case to the Supreme Court.
The National Executive Committee (NEC), the body that governs the Labour Party, ruled that full members could only vote if they had at least six months' continuous membership by 12 July.
The party offered a window from 18-20 July when more recent members - and non-members - could pay £25 to become "registered supporters" and gain the right to vote.
The exclusion of the new members is thought to benefit Mr Smith.
The five who challenged the NEC's ruling - Christine Evangelou, Rev Edward Leir, Hannah Fordham, Chris Granger and "FM", a teenage member - have raised £93,572 in donations but said they could not afford to take the case further.
In a message posted on their crowdfunding website, Ms Fordham said: "But the case wasn't in vain - although we didn't succeed in reclaiming votes for the 130,000 disenfranchised members, we did win in the High Court, exposing facts which have spurred important conversations about the role of the Labour Party membership and the NEC."
She added that the money raised would cover their legal fees and the £30,000 in costs they had been ordered to pay to the NEC, which brought the challenge against the High Court ruling.
The campaign team of party leader Mr Corbyn praised the efforts of the five members who initially brought the case to court.
A Jeremy for Labour spokesman said: "The strength of solidarity shown to the five claimants campaigning for the democratic rights of their fellow Labour party members has been truly remarkable.
"It is clear that there exists a huge amount of support for Jeremy's vision of a democratic Labour Party that is open and inclusive for all, so that we can achieve a Labour Government that can transform and rebuild Britain so that nowhere and no-one is left behind."
Speaking before the five members dropped their case, in an interview with the Observer, Mr Corbyn refused to express full confidence in the party's general secretary, Ian McNichol, who was a key figure in the NEC's appeal.
Asked twice if he had full confidence in Mr McNicol, Mr Corbyn repeatedly stated: "I have been happy to work with Iain McNicol since I became leader."
The Supreme Court said it would have cost about £1,000 for the case to be heard.
Ms Fordham had said it would cost about £8,000 "for getting the case even heard", but it was not clear if she was also referring to lawyers' fees.
BBC political correspondent Alex Forsyth examines it for clues on how events may unfold over the next two years.
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What's the significance? This is all about the timing of the talks and is likely to be a key point of contention. The EU Commission's chief negotiator Michel Barnier has made his view clear - the UK and the EU should agree the terms of the UK's withdrawal before negotiating any future trade deal. He's said "putting things in the right order" maximises the chances of reaching an agreement.
However the UK Government takes a different view - one Theresa May chooses to reiterate several times in this letter.
She says the divorce and the new relationship should be discussed at the same time, in fact saying the government thinks it's "necessary" to agree the withdrawal alongside the future relationship. This is shaping up to be the basis of an early row if both sides stick to their positions. How it's resolved could be interesting in setting the tone for the rest of the negotiations.
What's the significance? When Theresa May gave her first in-depth insights into her vision for Brexit in a speech at Lancaster House earlier this year, she said "no deal for Britain was better than a bad deal". That led to much talk about what "no deal" would mean - for both the EU and the UK.
In today's letter, the prime minister didn't explicitly repeat what she said previously. Instead, Mrs May reiterated that the UK wants to agree a "deep and special partnership with the EU", and failure to do so would weaken cooperation in the fight against crime and terrorism.
Rather than threatening to walk away, the prime minister is attempting to highlight the mutual benefits to both the UK and the EU of reaching an agreement about their future relationship - and warning of the dangers if that doesn't happen. It's a carrot rather than a stick, albeit one that comes with a health warning.
What's the significance? At the start of a negotiation, tone is key.
Theresa May is about to enter one of the most significant negotiations of any prime minister . In this letter, she deliberately avoids an aggressive stance.
She sets out how the UK is the EU's closest friend and neighbour and why a continuing relationship between the two is essential to both. Rather than make threats or set out red lines, Mrs May strikes a positive and cooperative tone - more so than in the speech she gave about Brexit at the start of the year.
Given the time pressure and sheer complexity of this negotiation, and just what's at stake for all involved, the prime minister seems to be saying to her EU counterparts: let's work on this together. It might be welcomed by the EU, but some hard-line Brexiteers may want to ensure there's still a tough approach to the talks behind the more friendly tone.
What's the significance? Many EU citizens living in the UK, as well as Britons living abroad, have expressed concern about the impact Brexit may have on their rights. Theresa May came under pressure to unilaterally agree to protect those EU citizens living in the UK, but has repeatedly refused to do so, saying only it is important to get resolved early. The European Union has refused to discuss it before A50 was triggered - now that's happened Mrs May makes clear an early agreement on this issue is still a priority.
On this point the EU will agree - they too want this settled soon. But in today's letter, Mrs May acknowledges it is a complex area.
Both sides may want it resolved, but the specifics are likely to be an early - and possibly tricky - discussion.
What's the significance? Two years isn't a long time to rework a relationship that's lasted for more than four decades .
There are swathes of regulation and legislation to unpick, discussions on a whole host of issues from immigration, trade, workers' rights and environmental regulation. The outcome will have an impact on businesses, investors and individuals.
The prime minister again says she wants to avoid a "cliff edge" - a dramatic period of rapid change when the old rules cease to apply and the new ones start.
Instead she suggests a "phased implementation" where the new way of working, once agreed, can be brought in gradually to 'minimise disruption'.
Theresa May has talked of this before, but in the letter asks the EU to agree to this principle early on in talks. If it does, this effectively means the UK won't necessarily sever all ties with the EU when the negotiating period is up in two years' time. Instead there'll be a transition.
What's the significance? The UK has been clear for some time that it wants to replace single market membership with a good trade deal.
The letter doesn't offer a great deal more in the way of specifics; it doesn't even mention the customs union.
But it does say technical talks about an "ambitious deal" should start as soon as possible. There's no direct mention of the much-mooted "divorce bill" - billions of pounds some EU leaders have suggested the UK will have to pay on leaving in order to meet existing financial commitments.
The PM says there must be talk about a "fair settlement" of the UK's obligations as a departing member, although she makes clear that must be discussed at the same time as the UK's future partnership with the EU. The timetable is clearly key to the government - which wants to ensure it can start negotiating a trade deal soon.
Immigration was a key issue during the referendum campaign, and the PM made controlling migration from Europe to Britain one of her 12 Brexit priorities earlier this year.
However, there's no specific mention of immigration in today's letter. It refers to the "four freedoms of the single market" - one of those is freedom of movement.
It acknowledges the UK can't "cherry pick" between these; a reference to the warning from EU leaders in the past that if the UK wanted to remain a member of the single market it would have to accept the free movement of people.
Mrs May has already ruled this out in speeches in the past.
Leaving it out of the letter could be her way of saying it's not up for negotiation, or it could be a recognition that on free movement the EU's line is just as firm - so there's not much to talk about.
Either way, such a significant issue is conspicuous by its absence.
President Abdirahman Farole obtained the vote of 32 MPs, compared with the 33 of his rival, Abdiweli Ali Gas.
Mr Farole said he accepted defeat, saying the peaceful election was a model for the rest of Somalia.
MPs elects the president in Puntland, once the main base of Somali pirates.
Many of the pirates, who seize ships off the East African coast for ransom, have retreated to the south because of a government crackdown on them, says BBC Somalia analyst Mary Harper.
But the southern-based militant Islamist group al-Shabab is increasingly operating in Puntland, which is believed to be rich in oil reserves, posing a major security challenge to the incoming president, she says.
In December, Puntland officials blamed al-Shabab for a car bomb attack that killed seven people in the port city of Bossasso.
Mr Gas - who studied at several US universities, including Harvard - beat Mr Farole in the third round in which one ballot was spoilt giving him the 33-32 victory margin, local media reports.
Neither got a clear majority in the first two rounds.
Mr Gas becomes the fourth president of Puntland, which is far more stable than other parts of Somalia.
Mr Farole, who was president for five years, congratulated him on his victory, saying the election had been conducted in a "civilized" way.
"Puntland has shown the rest of Somalia and the world that the democratic culture is alive and well here and this is what must guide us as we rebuild our country," he added.
Mr Gas, the prime minister of Somalia in an interim administration from June 2011 to October 2012, said he welcomed the fact that Mr Farole had accepted defeat with "great dignity".
It is rare for East African leaders to step down without challenging election results.
As a former Somali prime minister, Mr Gas may be more willing than his predecessors to work with the UN-backed government in Mogadishu which is trying to unite Somalia after years of civil war, our correspondent says.
In August, Mr Farole said he had suspended co-operation with the federal government, accusing it of adopting a "defective" constitution.
The UN special envoy to Somalia, Nicholas Kay, welcomed Mr Gas's victory, saying Puntland was "leading the way on the development of a federal Somalia".
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To counteract the effects of weightlessness, he will use a harness to keep him on the running belt.
He will run the standard 42km (26.2mi) distance, starting at the the same time as other competitors on 24 April.
"I'm really looking forward to this - it's a great challenge," said Major Peake.
"I'm quite glad that this is happening later on in the mission so I've had plenty of time to get used to the T2 treadmill."
Elastic straps over the shoulders and round the waist will keep Major Peake in contact with the running belt of the treadmill, located in the station's Tranquility Node.
The straps are designed to generate the foot force necessary to give astronauts' bones and muscles a workout in weightlessness.
He said: "One of the biggest challenges is the harness system. Obviously, my bodyweight has to be firmly attached to the treadmill by this harness, and that can rub on the shoulders and around the waist."
Major Peake said he had already run some half-marathons on the ISS treadmill and longer distances.
The Chichester-born astronaut ran the London Marathon in 1999, finishing in three hours, 18 minutes and 50 seconds.
But he will not try to beat that time as his medical team wants to ensure he is perfectly healthy for his return to Earth in June.
The ISS is circling the Earth at a relative velocity of 28,800km/h (17,900mph), so Major Peake is likely to cover about 100,000km (60,000mi) during his run.
He said he did not think he would be setting any personal bests, but said he would aim to complete the course in under four hours.
Major Peake will start running at the same time as the other runners: 10:00 GMT on 24 April.
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Warner said it would pay cash for the label, whose artists include Coldplay, Kylie Minogue and Pink Floyd.
Parlophone was formerly a part of EMI Music.
Regulators approved Universal's takeover of EMI in September, but said it would have to sell off some of EMI's assets, including Parlophone, to allay competition concerns.
"This is a very important milestone for Warner Music, reflecting our commitment to artist development by strengthening our worldwide roster, global footprint and executive talent," said Len Blavatnik, chairman and founder of Access Industries, the parent company of Warner Music.
The Parlophone label group also includes the Chrysalis and Ensign labels, as well as EMI's recorded music operations in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia and Sweden.
With its wide range of artists, Parlophone had been described as the "jewel in the crown" of EMI.
The Beatles, part of Parlophone, were exempted from the sale.
It followed raids on properties in Inverness and Liverpool.
Police said a 20-year-old man and a 30-year-old man, both from the Liverpool area, were expected to appear at Inverness Sheriff Court.
The investigation earlier resulted in £180,000 worth of heroin and cocaine being recovered in Elgin and Inverness.
The operation involved Merseyside Police and officers from Police Scotland who said Thursday's activity involved the searches of several addresses in the Inverness and Liverpool areas.
Det Insp William Nimmo, of Police Scotland, said: "This recent activity serves as another example of our commitment to tackle the supply of drugs to the Highlands and Islands and to target those we suspect to be involved in the supply chain.
"This hopefully communicates a clear message that whoever you are and wherever you are from, we will continue to pro-actively target anyone suspected of being involved in the supply of controlled drugs into the Highlands."
Jasmine Lapsley, from Liverpool, collapsed and later died in August 2014 while her family were staying in Morfa Nefyn.
Coroner Nicola Jones said more ambulances were needed in north Wales during the summer months.
The Welsh Ambulance Service said it had "learnt a lot" from Jasmine's death.
While delivering her conclusion at the inquest in Caernarfon, the coroner said there needed to be better air support during the evenings and night when the air ambulance does not currently fly.
Ms Jones also said she would to make a report to the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST) to improve its emergency response.
Jasmine's parents had told the hearing about the chaos and panic as they tried to stop her choking.
An off-duty policeman and passing firemen who were flagged down gave CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
The firemen were heard saying "Where is it? Where's the helicopter?" as urgent follow-up calls were made chasing the 999 response, the hearing was told.
The six-day inquest heard the two closest ambulances to Jasmine were both on emergency calls.
Volunteer community first responders arrived 22 minutes after the initial call while the ambulance took 25 minutes to arrive.
Jasmine was taken by RAF helicopter to Bangor's Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital, where her parents were told she had "zero" chance of survival and her life-support machine was switched off.
Medical experts told the hearing even if the ambulance had arrived within the eight minute guideline time for emergencies, there was still "no realistic chance of survival" due to cardiac arrest and her brain being starved of oxygen.
Jasmine's family said, in a statement read out after the hearing: "Jasmine was failed by the Welsh Ambulance Service. Jasmine was denied the opportunity for life-saving care that she desperately needed."
Her family said they were "devastated" by details they had learned during the inquest.
After the inquest, Tracy Myhill, chief executive of the Welsh Ambulance Service, said: "What happened to Jasmine was an absolute tragedy and our thoughts and sympathies remain with Mr and Mrs Lapsley.
"We know that there are things we could have done differently, both during and after the event, and for that we are genuinely sorry.
"Whilst we have already made many improvements since Jasmine's tragic death - like the method we use to treat a child whose airway is compromised - we know that there is still work to do."
I (like you, I'm guessing) would go for A. But that's not an option. We are not Beyonce (when your name auto-corrects on Word, you know you've made it).
If we're hacked off about something important - say, the state of the nation (the real subject of Lemonade) - then what can we do that would have anything like the effect of Ms Knowles-Carter's latest creative endeavour?
Well…there is the unedifying, and let's face it, potentially very painful prospect of nailing your parts to a pavement.
I'm not advocating this as a course of action, and certainly won't be pursuing it myself, but it has proven potency.
Petr Pavlensky is a Russian artist at the radical, Dadaist, end of the spectrum. His reference points include Guy Debord's Situationist International movement, the Sex Pistols and Kazimir Malevich - and less obviously, Lucien Freud and Caravaggio.
He, like Beyonce, thinks there's room for improvement in the way in which his country is run.
He too thinks there is oppression, police brutality, and corporate/state corruption. But he doesn't have access to the sort of levers available to the US singer, and even if he did, I doubt he'd pull them in quite the same way.
In fact Mr Pavlensky doesn't have access to a great deal. His work as a political artist doesn't pay well (it doesn't pay at all). Not in a material sense, anyway. But it does provide him with a return on his intellectual and physical investment.
It gets his work noticed and talked about across the world while shedding light on his chosen subject (state authoritarianism).
Briefly. He started out at art school, but found the teaching dogmatic and dull.
He left and found his artistic voice by sowing his mouth shut in response to the incarceration of members of Pussy Riot following the performance of their Punk Prayer in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
It made for a strikingly nasty image. An image, that had it been made by a non-artist, would have received little attention, but by pulling the one lever had got - art - his work received international attention.
He followed that up with a piece called Fixation (2013). That's the one where his genitals come in to play.
After weeks of preparation and planning, he went to Red Square, stripped naked, and nailed his scrotum to the paving stones. Extreme? Yes, very. But maybe extreme situations call for extreme actions?
That seems to be the view and aesthetic of the Moscow-based Voina movement, to which you could argue his work belongs: as well as being a development from that produced by the Moscow Conceptualists of the '70s and '80s.
In November last year he made Threat (2015), an action-performance that involved his dousing the huge, imposing doors of the Lubyanskaya Ploshchad - the HQ of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) - in petrol and setting fire to them.
The artist then stood in front of the burning entrance and posed for the photographs that would be disseminated around the world. People took notice, learnt about the FSB, and heard what he had to say - although he said nothing.
Unsurprisingly, he was arrested - I can't think of a country where he wouldn't have been - and is currently standing trial.
If he is found guilty, his alleged crime carries a maximum jail sentence of three years (less the time in detention he has already spent since November).
Serves him right, some might say. Maybe, even him. His art is about provocation, after all. The arrest, trail and subsequent spell in jail are all part of the artwork as far as he is concerned.
Ai Weiwei uses the notion of art in a similar way. He too turns himself into a one-man picket to bring attention to what he perceives as the shortcomings of the authorities in his native country, China.
He has also been incarcerated, although for far less obvious reasons.
The American Theaster Gates is another artist who "leverages" the status of art in society to turn the detritus he finds in the dilapidated buildings he buys on the Southside of Chicago into sculptures worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
He then uses the money to help regenerate the area, which has been called the murder capital of America.
My point is, what Mr Pavlensky is doing might seem totally crazy, but it does sit within a current agit-art movement that has a vitality and purpose which is a long way from much of the derivative commercial fare served up in the Truman Show-like world of white-walled museums and galleries.
He is furious. Ai Weiwei is furious. Theaster Gates is furious. Beyonce is furious.
They are all using art to protest, and to some effect - but admittedly with different immediate outcomes.
Beyonce is about to embark on a world tour, while Pyotr Pavlensky may face a three-year stint in jail.
The skeletal remains of the woman were found by workers at a building site in Angel Meadow, near the city centre, in January 2010.
She had a fractured neck and jaw and suffered a violent death, police said.
The head of Greater Manchester Police's cold case review unit said they would "never give up hope".
"I think she was strangled and beaten about the head and then unceremoniously wrapped in a carpet and dumped on a derelict building site. No-one deserves that," Martin Bottomley said.
"She deserves a proper burial, which she's now had, and she also deserves justice."
He appealed for people to help identify the woman who, despite facial reconstruction by forensic experts in 2011 and DNA and isotope testing, remains unknown.
"This lady might have [been] put out of somebody's mind temporarily but she will never be forgotten.
"There will be a family member out there somewhere who knows who she is and who can unlock that key and identify her and perhaps that will lead to the murderer.
"We are determined to get a just outcome for the victim, and for any family member out there, and we will never give up hope."
Post-mortem tests revealed fractures to her neck and jaw and that she may have been sexually assaulted.
Her body was found alongside a green pinafore dress with large buttons, a jumper, bra and a pair of stiletto shoes, and a Guinness sign. Three different carpets - orange, blue and dark blue - were also found.
Tests have established she was aged between 18 to 35 and is most likely European but could have come from the Middle East or Indian subcontinents.
See more on this story on BBC Inside Out North West at 19:30 GMT on Monday 13 February.
The show was staged by Gurinder Chadha, who also directed the hit 2002 movie that launched the careers of Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra.
It has had offers to tour the UK and overseas, a statement said.
"Bend It Like Beckham will continue to defy expectations and proudly represent and celebrate the UK we all know and love," Chadha said.
With a cast including Natalie Dew and Lauren Samuels, the show officially opened at the Phoenix Theatre last June following a month of previews.
It received glowing reviews - the Daily Telegraph declared it a "bold, beautifully British triumph" and the Evening Standard called it a "joyous hymn to girl power".
The final performance will take place on 5 March. A statement said: "The producers are currently finalising both national and international touring offers including a tour of India visiting multiple stadia."
While its creators may have hoped the show would stick in the West End for a more substantial run, Bend it Like Beckham has lasted for longer than some other recent British film adaptations.
Made in Dagenham lasted six months, while The Full Monty closed after just five weeks.
Chadha said the show had "inspired and entertained people of all ages and all backgrounds, something I have not seen in the West End for many years".
As well as directing, Chadha co-wrote the script with Paul Mayeda Berges. The musical includes songs composed by Howard Goodall, with lyrics by Charles Hart.
Chadha continued: "I set out to tell our stories from my perspective of our multicultural London. Our show celebrates all of us on stage and behind the scenes, something myself and the team worked so well together to realise.
"From the responses I have received since we opened there is a genuine hunger for us to tell our story internationally, so as well as planning a UK tour for the show, we are now working on expanding the production for a proposed tour of India to include multiple stadia."
He shouted that the process was "a farce", as he was waiting for proceedings to begin.
The trial in Senegal's capital, Dakar, marks the first time one African country has prosecuted the former leader of another.
Mr Habre denies being responsible for hundreds of deaths during his rule from 1982 to 1990.
The trial follows a 25-year campaign to bring him to justice.
Many of Mr Habre's alleged victims have been calling for it since his overthrow and exile in Senegal in 1990.
Parallels were later drawn with the attempts to get the former Chilean military leader Augusto Pinochet extradited and put on trial for crimes against humanity in Spain in 1998.
Mr Habre does not recognise the court and was brought there by prison guards.
Waiting for the trial to open, the former Chadian leader shouted: "Down with imperialists. [The trial] is a farce by rotten Senegalese politicians. African traitors. Valet of America".
Mr Habre was taken out of the courtroom and the trial began without him.
He then refused to come in after the break that followed the opening statements, and the trial has been suspended until Tuesday when the judges ordered that Mr Habre would be forced to attend.
Victims of Hissene Habre's regime have waited 25 years to have this day in court.
Many doubted that Mr Habre would even show up, as up to now he had refused to cooperate with the court, but he did appear, albeit briefly, surrounded by a dozen security guards.
Despite the scuffle that took place inside the court-room as he was removed, the trial started on time and the first 100 witnesses are in Dakar waiting to give evidence.
The African Union requested that Senegal establish this court so that Mr Habre would be tried "on behalf of Africa".
As many see the International Criminal Court as unfairly pursuing African leaders, this trial is a step towards creating grounds for credible international justice in Africa.
This is a huge opportunity to show that Africa can hold its leaders to account.
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At the end of his opening statement, prosecutor Mbacke Fall said that Mr Habre's "silence will not be seen as a defence strategy" and will not affect a fair trial.
Also addressing the court, victims' lawyer Jacqueline Moudeina said that the trial "is in the name of humanity, a humanity which Hissene Habre never allowed his victims".
Many of his alleged victims have been calling for the trial since his overthrow and exile in Senegal in 1990.
A Chadian truth commission found in 1992 that the Habre regime was responsible for 40,000 deaths and disappearances.
In 2005 a court in Belgium issued a warrant for his arrest, claiming universal jurisdiction but, after Senegal referred the issue to the African Union, the AU asked Senegal to try Mr Habre "on behalf of Africa".
Progress has been slow, as Senegal's previous President Abdoulaye Wade appeared to be reluctant to put him on trial.
He first said the country lacked funding and then, apparently fed up with the process, suggested that Mr Habre should be sent back to Chad where he had already been sentenced to death.
President Macky Sall, elected in 2012, agreed to a trial in a special tribunal set up within the Senegalese court system, and in 2013 the African Extraordinary Chambers was established with AU backing.
The court was set up to deal with crimes committed in Chad between 1982 and 1990.
Mr Habre was indicted in 2013 but he refused to cooperate with the special court.
The former chancellor launched the Northern Powerhouse Partnership in September, to "push and fight for" ideas he championed when in government.
But the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments said it should have been consulted beforehand.
The committee advises ex-ministers on taking up jobs after they leave office.
Rules prevent ministers from lobbying government for two years after leaving office. and there are restrictions on the jobs they are able to take up during this time.
Mr Osborne's role is unpaid and the Northern Powerhouse Partnership is a not-for-profit organisation.
In a letter to Mr Osborne, the advisory committee said government departments had not expressed concerns about him taking on the job, but added: "The committee noted with concern that you sought advice on this appointment after you had launched the Northern Powerhouse Partnership.
"The committee is unable to offer retrospective advice on appointments that have already been announced."
It told Mr Osborne he should not use "privileged access" gained from his time as a minister to influence government policy.
"The committee would also remind you that advice should be sought on all appointments, paid or unpaid, before they are taken up or announced," it added.
The Northern Powerhouse Partnership - described as an independent group of politicians, business people and civic leaders - has recruited the former mayor of New York, billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg, to advise the powerful new elected "metro" mayors being created in city regions including Manchester, Liverpool and Sheffield.
Mewn araith yng Nghaerdydd ddydd Gwener, dywedodd y Prif Weinidog wrth gynhadledd y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig fod Prydeinwyr wrth eu craidd "yn un bobl", boed nhw'n Gymry, Saeson, Albanwyr neu o Ogledd Iwerddon.
Mae Ms May eisoes wedi gwrthod syniad Ms Sturgeon, Prif Weinidog Yr Alban, am ail refferendwm.
Fe wnaeth Ms May hefyd addo creu cymdeithas decach ac economi gryfach ar draws Prydain gyfan.
Dywedodd y Prif Weinidog: "Mae hyn yn golygu llunio cenedl fwy unedig, wrth i ni roi gwerthoedd o degwch, cyfrifoldeb a dinasyddiaeth wrth galon popeth, a chryfhau rhwymau'n undeb annwyl hefyd."
Mae'r Deyrnas Unedig yn "fwy nag arteffact cyfansoddiadol", bydd hi'n ychwanegu.
"Mae'n undeb rhwng pob un o'n dinasyddion, pwy bynnag ydyn ni ac o ble bynnag yr ydyn ni'n dod."
Fe addawodd eto y byddai'n ystyried gofynion unigol gwledydd gwahanol Prydain wrth i Brydain baratoi i adael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd.
"Rydyn ni'n bedair cenedl, ond wrth galon rydyn ni'n un bobl."
Fe wnaeth arweinydd y Ceidwadwyr Cymreigm Andrew RT Davies, ddefnyddio'i araith yntau i feirniadu cenedlaetholwyr oedd am "rwygo'r undeb yn ddarnau".
Dywedodd hefyd fod Brexit yn "gyfle sylweddol i greu Cymru decach a Phrydain well".
"Dyw'r Deyrnas Unedig sydd mor annwyl i ni ddim yn rhywbeth o'r gorffenol," meddai.
"Erys y teulu o genhedloedd orau yn y byd. Cymer sylw, Nicola Sturgeon - mae'r undeb gref hon yma i aros."
Mae Mr Davies hefyd wedi ymosod ar "ddiwylliant cael cam" mae'n dweud sydd wedi gwaethygu ers pleidlais Brexit.
Mae Plaid Cymru a'r blaid Lafur yn meithrin y syniad fod "pawb yn pigo ar Gymru", meddai.
Dywedodd Mr Davies, wnaeth ymgyrchu i adael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd, wrth BBC Cymru: "Does neb yn pigo ar Gymru.
"Mae dyfodol disglair gan Gymru o'i blaen."
Gydag etholiadau lleol ym mis Mai, bydd y blaid hefyd yn hoelio'i sylw ar ei hymdrechion i ennill tir mewn awdurdodau fel Bro Morgannwg, Casnewydd a Chonwy.
The Roses, who were beaten by the Silver Ferns in the semi-finals of last year's World Cup, had trailed 30-18 at half-time.
Earlier, South Africa lost 68-43 to world champions Australia, who are also hosting the four-team tournament.
England, who won bronze at the 2015 World Cup, next face Australia in Adelaide on Wednesday (11:00 BST).
Australia, New Zealand and England are the top three ranked sides in the world, with South Africa fifth.
Elsewhere, the England women's indoor netball team beat Australia to win gold at the Nets World Cup in Wellington, New Zealand. Nets is a fast-paced form of netball.
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It granted the "hacker" access to Mr Thompson's personal and business Facebook pages.
Mr Thompson shared his experience on news site Reddit when he realised he was locked out of his accounts.
Facebook later restored them to him and apologised.
The social network decline to comment.
But the BBC understands that the decision to accept the fake ID was a mistake that violated the firm's internal policies.
Mr Thompson, from Michigan in the US, was made aware of the chain of events that led to the hack in an email from Facebook, headed: "Description of the issue you're encountering."
It included this request: "Hi. I don't have anymore access on my mobile phone number. Kindly turn off code generator and login approval from my account. Thanks."
In fact that email had not been sent by Mr Thompson but by the hacker. He did not have access to Mr Thompson's email address or passwords.
Facebook replied with a message, advising the impostor to send a photo or scan of their ID to "confirm you own the account".
That scanned image was also forwarded to Mr Thompson's email account with the response: "Thanks for verifying your identity. You should now be able to log into your account."
Once the hacker had gained access to the account, he removed all the administrators for the sites and sent Mr Thompson's fiancee a picture of his genitals.
Mr Thompson wrote on Reddit that he was "pretty devastated" when he realised what had happened.
"It's blatant harassment," he said.
At that point, he picked up the email conversation with Facebook, attempting to inform them that he was in fact the owner of the account and that previous emails and the passport ID had not been sent by him.
"Please look further into this, it will be easy to see the account has been hacked. They sent a fake ID to Facebook's help team to reset the email, and password," he wrote.
Mr Thompson also reached out to Facebook via Twitter and received a response from its security communications office Melanie Ensign.
He responded: "You need to make sure it can never happen again. Your security policy needs to be examined and fixed."
Following the publication of his Reddit post, Facebook restored all his accounts.
Mr Thompson later offered the social media giant some security advice.
"This hacker was able to submit this request and hack the profile in four hours, all while I was sleeping. I didn't even have time to see that someone was requesting this. There was no notification on Facebook, no notification on my cellphone.
"Given the severity of the theft of information if someone were to hack into your account, I think Facebook should freeze the account to see if the owner does eventually use the original email or phone number to get back into the account."
He also pointed out that if a request comes from a "suspicious IP address that seems unrelated with the normal IP of the account", it should not be accepted.
William Shawcross, Charity Commission chairman, told the Times that the watchdog should oversee practices such as street fundraising - by so-called "chuggers" - if self-regulation failed.
He said the death of poppy seller Olive Cooke, 92, had highlighted the issue.
Mrs Cooke killed herself in May after receiving hundreds of charity letters. Her family said this was not to blame.
Following her death, the government commissioned a review by Sir Stuart Etherington, chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary organisations.
Mr Shawcross told the newspaper: "If he concludes that self-regulation by charities cannot work, then government would have to consider whether the Charity Commission should regulate fundraising."
An inquest last month found that Mrs Cooke, from Bristol, killed herself after suffering problems with depression and insomnia.
Mr Shawcross described what happened as "horrible".
"The plethora of stories of people being deluged by mailings and harassed by endless telephone calls on behalf of charities are intolerable," he told the newspaper.
"Charities must listen to what people want and, more importantly, do not want."
He said that if statutory regulation was introduced, charities would be banned from using high-pressure tactics and repeatedly targeting individuals.
"There is a dilemma for charities," he said.
"They have to raise money... but they mustn't be aggressive."
Mental health charity Sane said it welcomed Mr Shawcross's comments.
"We believe that donors should be treated with the same confidentiality and respect as our beneficiaries," Sane's chief executive Marjorie Wallace said.
Earlier this month Prime Minister David Cameron said that charities should be forced to draw up written agreements showing how vulnerable people will be protected from aggressive fundraising tactics.
The changes will be included in amendments to the Charities Bill.
Mr Cameron said the actions of some fundraisers were damaging the reputation of the charity sector.
The Charity Commission registers and regulates charities in England and Wales.
Residents living nearby complained of noise coming from the gathering at Sulham Hill near Tilehurst through the night.
Thames Valley Police said its officers attended but it was not possible to disperse the people safely at night.
A 17-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon and cannabis possession.
He has been released while inquiries continue.
Local residents turned to social media to express anger at being kept awake through the night.
Among those tweeting, Paul Tanner posted: "What is that music noise coming from Sulham Woods ALL night and still going on? Why hasn't it been stopped?"
Police said officers "closed down" the rave in the morning.
"We are aware that a number of people in the community have been affected by noise levels from this rave and we will be reviewing the incident in order to reduce the impact on them in future."
The 20-year-old damaged anterior cruciate ligaments in his right knee in the opening game of the Championship season against Bolton on Saturday.
Hughes got his foot caught in the turf and was taken off on a stretcher after 33 minutes of the 0-0 draw.
Manager Paul Clement told BBC Radio Derby: "He is still young and has fantastic career ahead of him."
England Under-21 international Hughes had surgery on Tuesday and is set to be sidelined until February.
"In the past these injuries could have been career threatening," Clement added.
"But George Thorne had the same injury and he has come back, look strong and fit and is playing really well
"Will can learn from him and would have seen first hand what George has been through.
"He will know what to expect. Will is obviously very sad but he can come back stronger and come back mentally stronger."
Hughes has played 138 games for the Rams since making his debut as a 16-year-old in November 2011.
The train firm currently has a short-term extension to its franchise which runs out in September 2015.
The new franchise would cover the entire period of upgrades taking place on the Great Western network.
It is also likely to include a replacement fleet of suburban trains for the Thames Valley.
The deal means that the current FGW management team will remain in place throughout Network Rail's electrification programme, the new multi-billion pound fleet of intercity trains - to be built by Japanese firm Hitachi - and the launch of Crossrail services to Reading.
No financial deal has yet been agreed, but FGW's parent company FirstGroup, the leading transport operator in the UK and North America, will be the only bidder.
FirstGroup chief executive Tim O'Toole said "a period of detailed negotiation" would now follow but that the operator was "very pleased" with DfT's offer of a direct award of three-and-a-half years, with an option to extend for up to one year.
He added: "This offers good value and better services for First Great Western passengers and, in particular, will provide stability and allow the planned major projects and new trains to be delivered."
On Wednesday FirstGroup lost the battle to run Scotland's trains as the ScotRail franchise was won by Dutch rail operator Abellio.
Tony Miles, of Modern Railways magazine, said having the same, "most experienced" team in charge of the upgrades would be most beneficial for passengers.
"It's the most sensible decision to take while Great Western is undergoing this period of massive change," he said.
In a BBC interview, John Brennan also advised the new president to be wary of Russia's promises, blaming Moscow for much of the suffering in Syria.
In his campaign, Mr Trump threatened to scrap the Iran deal and also hinted at working more closely with Russia.
Mr Brennan will step down in January after four years leading the CIA.
In the first interview by a CIA director with the British media, John Brennan outlined a number of areas where he said the new administration needed to act with "prudence and discipline" - these included the language used regarding terrorism, relations with Russia, the Iran nuclear deal and the way in which the CIA's own covert capabilities were employed.
Mr Brennan offered a bleak assessment of the situation in Syria, arguing that both the Syrian regime and the Russians were responsible for a slaughter of civilians, which he described as "outrageous".
The administration of President Barack Obama has pursued a policy of backing moderate rebels fighting the Assad regime in Syria. The CIA director said that he believed the US needed to continue that support to help rebels withstand what he called an "onslaught" carried out by Syria, Iran, Hezbollah and Russia.
Russia continued to hold the key to Syria's future, he said, but he expressed scepticism about its willingness to come to any kind of deal. He said Moscow had been "disingenuous" in negotiating tactics, seeking to draw the process out in order to "choke" Aleppo.
"I do not have confidence that the Russians are going to relent until they are able to achieve as much tactical battlefield successes as possible," he said.
The incoming Trump administration has suggested it may try to work more closely with Russia on a number of issues.
"I think President Trump and the new administration need to be wary of Russian promises," Mr Brennan told the BBC, arguing Moscow had failed to deliver in the past.
On the role of Russia in trying to influence the US election by hacking and releasing information, the CIA director confirmed Russia had sought to carry out such activity but said he would defer to domestic counterparts as to the impact.
He did confirm that he had had conversations with his Russian opposite numbers to challenge them over these actions and warn them that they would backfire.
The US should not "stoop to their level" or risk escalation by responding in kind to Russian hacking but, he said, there were other ways of ensuring Russia understood such activity was unacceptable.
He also warned Donald Trump's incoming team over their position taken during the campaign to abandon the nuclear deal with Iran.
"I think it would be disastrous," Mr Brennan told the BBC. "First of all, for one administration to tear up an agreement that a previous administration made would be unprecedented."
He said such a move would risk strengthening hardliners in Iran and risk other states pursuing nuclear programmes in response to a renewed Iranian effort. "I think it would be the height of folly if the next administration were to tear up that agreement," he said.
In 2015 Iran agreed a long-term deal with six world powers - the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany - under which it agreed to restrict sensitive nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of tough economic sanctions.
The Obama administration has argued that the deal will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon but during his election campaign Mr Trump described it as a disaster and said he would dismantle it.
Since his election Mr Trump has not mentioned Iran but his choice to succeed Mr Brennan, Mike Pompeo, is an ardent critic of the deal.
Terrorism remains an overriding concern. The team planning external attacks within the so-called Islamic State remained "very active", Mr Brennan said, and was seeking to demonstrate that - despite setbacks on the battlefield - the group still had the ability to carry out attacks against the West.
The CIA director said he had not yet sat down with the new team to discuss the capabilities and programmes the CIA had but he was ready to do so.
"There are a lot of people out there who read the papers and listened to a news broadcasts where the facts may be a bit - you know - off. And so I want to make sure the new team understands what the reality is. It ultimately will be up to them to decide how to carry out their responsibilities."
Some members of the new administration, such as Gen Michael Flynn, have talked of the US needing to recognise it was in a "world war" with Islamist militants.
When asked if language about "world wars" was helpful, the CIA director said the new team needed to be "disciplined in the language that they use [and] the messages that they send. Because if they are not disciplined, their language will be exploited by the terrorist and extremist organisations as a way to portray the United States and the government as being anti-Islamic and we are not."
Mr Brennan said President Obama had asked US intelligence to "dig down" on whether the transition period might be exploited by adversaries.
The CIA is charged with gathering intelligence and acting as the covert arm of the president. Its activities are usually secret and often - when revealed - controversial.
One of the most public challenges that John Brennan faced during his tenure was dealing with the fallout of the CIA's use of techniques such as waterboarding on detainees after the 9/11 attacks.
President-elect Trump has said he would consider resuming waterboarding if he thought it would be effective. John Brennan made clear he thought that would be a mistake.
"Without a doubt the CIA really took some body blows as a result of its experiences," he said. "I think the overwhelming majority of CIA officers would not want to get back into that business."
The pace of drone strikes increased during the Obama administration although responsibility for many of them has shifted to the military rather than the CIA. When John Brennan ran counter-terrorism operations in the White House, he was instrumental in putting in place a series of rules over drone strikes.
So could a new administration simply rewrite the rules on drone strikes as well as the handling of detainees?
"This is where there is tremendous responsibility on the new administration…to make sure that they use the great capabilities that this government has as effectively and as judiciously as possible," he told the BBC, arguing that if powers such as drone strikes were misused, they could prove counterproductive to US security.
Gen Mattis also said the Syrian government had moved its warplanes in recent days, speaking during a visit to Israel.
He said Syria would be "ill-advised" to try to use chemical weapons again, after the alleged attack on 4 April which killed more than 80 people.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the attack claims are 100% fabricated.
The US responded to the Khan Sheikhoun attack by launching air strikes on a Syrian military airfield.
General Mattis accused the Syrian government of violating a 2013 agreement to hand over its chemical weapons to the international community.
"There can be no doubt in the international community's mind that Syria has retained chemical weapons in violation of its agreement and its statement that it had removed them all," he said.
"It's going to have to be taken up diplomatically," he said, at a press conference with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman.
He declined to comment on the amount of chemical weapons he believed Syria still possesses.
But Israeli defence officials have told local media that their intelligence assessments suggest President Assad has retained between one and three tonnes of the banned substances.
Gen Mattis's comments follow the recent missile strike ordered by President Trump against a Syrian airbase after the alleged chemical attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said this week that "incontrovertible" test results on samples from victims from the attack showed that the nerve agent sarin or a similar substance was used.
Syria's ally Russia said an air strike hit a rebel depot full of chemical munitions - but this has been rejected by many in the international community.
Gen Mattis was also asked about reports that Syrian forces had moved warplanes to a Russian base in Syria.
There was "no doubt," he said, "they have dispersed their aircraft in recent days".
Police were quoted as saying the man struck the rear of a car on Wilshire Boulevard when he fell.
It was reportedly only the man's second day working on the project.
The man died at the site of the Wilshire Grand Center, part of $1bn (£690m) development which will be the tallest building on the US West Coast when completed.
Officials from the construction company said the man was not supposed to be above the third floor and had removed his hardhat.
An eyewitness told AP the driver of the car that was struck was "hysterical,'' waving her hands in the air and holding her head. She was later taken to hospital.
The construction company said work on the project would not take place on Friday "to honour our workforce and out of respect," and counsellors would be available to help workers through "this very difficult situation".
The aircraft Thumper was grounded following an engine fire and missed recent commemorations in Lincoln.
Donald Nicholson, 93, made headlines when he lost his medals prompting a nationwide search to find them.
He attended a special event in Lincoln to see the aircraft.
Mr Nicholson, a former flight engineer from Sunderland, who flew 31 bombing missions, believed he had lost his medals either on the way to or at the International Bomber Command Centre unveiling.
Speaking at the flypast, he said: "It's all come together with a magical finish - I'm proud as punch."
"You cannot make it up," he added.
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Aircrew served in Bomber Command in World War Two
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About 80 volunteers and RAF personnel - some wielding metal detectors - searched for his medals but they turned up when his neighbour handed them in to police.
He said he was devastated not to be wearing his medals at the unveiling of the memorial, which involved flypasts from current and historic military aircraft.
He was invited to a special flypast of Thumper, also known as the City of Lincoln, and this time was able to wear his medals.
When told he could witness the Lancaster, he said: "Get away. I have to nip myself to realise it's all happening."
BBC Radio Lincolnshire drove Mr Nicholson from his Houghton-le-Spring home to the flypast.
The plane, from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight based at RAF Coningsby, missed most of the display season after a fire damaged one of its engines. On Monday it was passed fit to fly.
Tariq Ahmed Dar, who police accused of masterminding the attacks, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for funding terrorism.
Two others, who were accused of murder and attempted murder, have been acquitted of all charges.
India had blamed militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the attack on three busy marketplaces in the city.
The casualty figures were high because the blasts occurred days before the Hindu festival of Diwali, which is celebrated on a grand scale in Delhi.
Police said an unknown amount of money was stolen from the machine next to the McDonalds burger restaurant near the Headington roundabout.
According to employees a white car was seen fleeing the scene. No-one has been arrested.
A witness told the BBC debris was found 15ft (4.5m) away from the cash machine, which was broken into at about 05:00 BST on Saturday.
Police cordoned off the area until about midday.
Information shared by the AFP with Indonesian police in 2005 led to the arrest and conviction of the gang and the execution of the two ringleaders.
Police have been criticised for reporting the men despite knowing they could face the death penalty.
But senior officers said they were unable to arrest the gang before they left Australia for Indonesia.
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were killed by an Indonesian firing squad on Wednesday despite Australian diplomatic pressure.
The AFP will soon be called before a parliamentary committee to explain the decision.
Commissioner Colvin told a media conference on Monday: "If we had had enough information to arrest the Bali Nine before they left Australia we would have done exactly that."
He said the AFP did not know how many members were in the gang or what drugs they were dealing with, which was why they contacted their Indonesian counterparts.
He said media reports that the AFP found out about the gang from a tip-off from the father of one of the gang, were incorrect because the AFP already knew about the syndicate.
He said also reports the AFP had "shopped" the gang to Indonesia in a bid to curry favour with police there were "fanciful and offensive".
However, he admitted one of the investigating officers asked to be removed from the team because he was upset about the risk the gang members might face the death penalty.
Commissioner Colvin also said he could not guarantee that other Australians caught smuggling drugs in countries with the death penalty would not suffer the same fate.
He said police took into account the risk of passing on information, but that police guidelines said they must also work with foreign police.
The case of the Bali Nine
Deputy Commissioner Michael Phelan, who made the decision to share information with Indonesia, said he worried about it at the time and ever since.
He said when he made the decision, protecting Australians from drugs was at the forefront of his mind, not Australia's relationship with Indonesia.
"If anyone thinks I have not agonised over this for the past 10 years then they don't know me," he said.
Commissioner Colvin said it was vital Australia worked closely with overseas law enforcement agencies to tackle trans-national crime.
"It is a hard reality but many of these countries still have a death penalty for these offences," he said.
The AFP receives about 72,000 requests a year via Interpol to share information about suspected criminal activity.
In the past three years, it has received about 250 such requests from countries that have the death penalty. Of that number, 15 requests from a range of countries including China were rejected.
Guidelines setting priorities for how the AFP deals with foreign police were strengthened in 2009 and include weighing up the value of such interaction and the risk that suspects could face the death penalty.
The youngster made the statement during a recorded police interview after the two-year-old was found dead at a house near Glenrothes on 22 March 2014.
Rachel Fee, 31, and Nyomi Fee, 28, deny murdering Liam and harming two other boys.
The boy also said he felt "unsafe" with the two accused.
In the interview footage shown to the jury on day 11 of the trial at the High Court in Livingston, the boy claimed he suffered a catalogue of abuse at the hands of the two accused.
He said Nyomi Fee told him she had killed his father with a drill-like saw because she did not like liars.
He added: "I didn't like it. I was thinking I would be dead."
The interviewers, a police officer and social worker, told him his father was still alive.
The boy said he felt unsafe at the Fees' house and was made to take cold showers "for 15 or 20 minutes" if he wet the bed.
He said the showers made him shake and Nyomi Fee told him to "stand still".
He also said he was made to hit the boy the women are accused of falsely blaming for Liam's death 20 times with an action figure, and was told by Nyomi Fee to "whack him really hard".
In previous evidence, he said the other boy was responsible for Liam's death because Nyomi Fee had told him so.
The jury has already been shown a video interview with that boy, who told police he had "strangled" Liam but that the toddler had been sitting up and watching television afterwards
Rachel Fee and Nyomi Fee, who are originally from Ryton, Tyne and Wear, deny a series of mistreatment and neglect charges against two other children, as well as the murder charge.
The trial at the High Court in Livingston continues.
The pair have filed requests with the Court of Arbitration for Sport to have their bans declared "invalid and unenforceable".
Both swimmers were named in the McLaren Report which revealed state-sponsored doping in Russia.
A panel of arbitrators from CAS will decide the next steps for the appeals.
Great-great-great grandson, Isambard Thomas will be mainly walking from Bristol to London, to discover how Brunel's Great Western Railway (GWR), shaped towns and cities.
Mr Thomas said: "Engineering is the thing that fascinates me and its relevance today."
The trip is part of history project by railway firm First Great Western (FGW).
Mr Thomas said: "I've never had the opportunity to visit every station to stop and to look at pieces of the line and the environment.
"It's also to find out about how the Great Western Railway changed local business and how towns grew into cities and the development of Bristol, Bath, Swindon and Reading."
Brunel was born in Portsmouth and his most well-known work includes Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol and the near two-mile long Box Tunnel in Box, Wiltshire.
Brunel also designed the SS Great Britain, which served between Bristol and New York. It has now been restored as a museum ship.
Mr Thomas will make a map of his route, covering various aspects of Brunel's life, starting with visiting the solicitor's firm which Brunel used in the 1830s when he was generating interest for the GWR.
Operations director at FGW, Ben Rule, said: "Great Western Railway started building nearly 200 years ago and we see our role as custodians of that railway as really, really important."
The genome is the instruction booklet for building a human, comprising three billion paired DNA "letters".
The work shows that early Irish farmers were similar to southern Europeans.
Genetic patterns then changed dramatically in the Bronze Age - as newcomers from the eastern periphery of Europe settled in the Atlantic region.
Details of the work, by geneticists from Trinity College Dublin and archaeologists from Queen's University Belfast are published in the journal PNAS.
Team members sequenced the genomes of a 5,200-year-old female farmer from the Neolithic period and three 4,000-year-old males from the Bronze Age.
Opinion has been divided on whether the great transitions in the British Isles, from a hunting lifestyle to one based on agriculture and later from stone to metal use, were due to local adoption of new ways by indigenous people or attributable to large-scale population movements.
The ancient Irish genomes show unequivocal evidence for mass migration in both cases.
DNA analysis of the Neolithic woman from Ballynahatty, near Belfast, reveals that she was most similar to modern people from Spain and Sardinia. But her ancestors ultimately came to Europe from the Middle East, where agriculture was invented.
The males from Rathlin Island, who lived not long after metallurgy was introduced, showed a different pattern to the Neolithic woman. A third of their ancestry came from ancient sources in the Pontic Steppe - a region now spread across Russia and Ukraine.
"There was a great wave of genome change that swept into [Bronze Age] Europe from above the Black Sea... we now know it washed all the way to the shores of its most westerly island," said geneticist Dan Bradley, from Trinity College Dublin, who led the study.
Prof Bradley added: "This degree of genetic change invites the possibility of other associated changes, perhaps even the introduction of language ancestral to western Celtic tongues."
In contrast to the Neolithic woman, the Rathlin group showed a close genetic affinity with the modern Irish, Scottish and Welsh.
"Our finding is that there is some haplotypic [a set of linked DNA variants] continuity between our 4,000 year old genomes and the present Celtic populations, which is not shown strongly by the English," Prof Bradley told BBC News.
"It is clear that the Anglo-Saxons (and other influences) have diluted this affinity."
Today, Ireland has the world's highest frequencies of genetic variants that code for lactase persistence - the ability to drink milk into adulthood - and certain genetic diseases, including one of excessive iron retention called haemochromatosis.
One of the Rathlin men carried the common Irish haemochromatosis mutation, showing that it was established by the Bronze Age. Intriguingly, the Ballynahatty woman carried a different variant which is also associated with an increased risk of the disorder.
Both mutations may have originally spread because they gave carriers some advantage, such as tolerance of an iron-poor diet.
The same Bronze Age male carried a mutation that would have allowed him to drink raw milk in adulthood, while the Ballynahatty woman lacked this variant. This is consistent with data from elsewhere in Europe showing a relatively late spread of milk tolerance genes.
Prof Bradley explained that the Rathlin individuals were not identical to modern populations, adding that further work was required to understand how regional diversity came about in Celtic groups.
"Our snapshot of the past occurs early, around the time of establishment of these regional populations, before much of the divergence takes place," he explained.
"I think that the data do show that the Bronze Age was a major event in establishment of the insular Celtic genomes but we cannot rule out subsequent (presumably less important) population events contributing until we sample later genomes also."
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The apartment block blaze in the 18th district of the French capital broke out in the early hours of Wednesday, and took more than 100 firefighters to contain it.
Four survivors - some of whom are in a critical condition - are in hospital.
A police source said the suspect was found with "a candle and lighter".
The French website TF1 adds that the man in his 30s was already known to the police.
Police sources say that the arrest was made on the basis of eyewitness testimony and CCTV footage.
The cause of the fire in the building at 4 rue Myrha, located at the foot of the famed Montmartre hill, is being investigated by criminal prosecutors.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told Europe 1 radio that the investigators were "focusing on the possibility of criminal intent".
Fire crews were first called to the scene at about 02:20 local time (00:20 GMT) and quickly put out the blaze, but they were then called back again two hours later to extinguish a second, much larger fire.
"It's clear that when you have two call-outs in the same night... this could be a malicious act," interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said.
The larger blaze is believed to have started on the ground floor before quickly spreading into the stairwell and then upper floors.
Some of the residents reportedly attempted to escape through windows.
The fire broke out in a private building, not a block of flats for low-income families, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said.
She added that about 15 other buildings in the area had been affected by the blaze.
This is believed to be one of the deadliest fires in the French capital in the last decade.
In a statement, French President Francois Hollande said: "Everything is being done to shed light on the cause of this tragedy."
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Fe lifodd cerosin i Nant Pibwr, a bu'n rhaid gosod rhwystrau i atal y llygredd rhag cyrraedd Afon Tywi.
Mae AC Dwyrain Caerfyrddin a Dinefwr, Adam Price, wedi cyflwyno cwestiynau ysgrifenedig i Ysgrifennydd yr Amgylchedd Lesley Griffiths, yn gofyn a oes asesiad wedi ei wneud o'r difrod sydd wedi ei achosi, a faint o gerosin sydd wedi ei ollwng.
Mae Mr Price hefyd yn gofyn a fydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn ceisio iawndal gan y cwmni sy'n gyfrifol am y bibell "pe bai hynny'n addas."
Yn y cyfamser, mae arweinydd y Ceidwadwyr yn y Cynulliad, Andrew RT Davies, wedi cyflwyno cwestiwn brys i'r Gweinidog yn gofyn iddi "amlinellu'r camau sy'n cael eu cymryd gan Lywodraeth Cymru i leddfu effeithiau'r olew sydd wedi ei ollwng yn ardal yr A48 yn Sir Gaerfyrddin."
Mae'r bibell yn cludo tanwydd o burfa Valero ym Mhenfro i derfynellau ym Manceinion a Kingsbury.
Cyn y digwyddiad ddydd Mawrth, roedd gwaith eisoes wedi dechrau ar drwsio nam ar y bibell.
Oherwydd hyn, bu'n rhaid cau'r A48 i'r dwyrain, sy'n cysylltu'r gorllewin gyda'r M4.
Mae Valero yn gobeithio y bydd y gwaith gwreiddiol o atgyweirio'r bibell wedi ei gwblhau erbyn dydd Gwener, 28 Hydref.
Dydd Iau, dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru nad oedd unrhyw benderfyniad wedi ei wneud eto a fydd angen cau rhagor o'r A48 wedi'r digwyddiad, na chwaith y lôn orllewinol er mwyn cynnal rhagor o waith atgyweirio.
GMB shop stewards unanimously voted for industrial action in protest at the removal of bank holidays from contracts and changes to flexi-time working.
The changes include six public holidays being replaced with annual leave days.
GMB Scotland will ballot members working for the council over the next month with a view to holding a minimum two-day strike in either May or June.
The union claims staff who regularly receive enhanced payments for working the set holidays will lose out by £500 a year on average.
GMB regional organiser Benny Rankin said: "GMB Scotland's members have consistently told the council that we will oppose these changes.
"This was never an empty threat, and if the council ever thought it was, this will be yet another error in a long line of errors from this administration.
"Our members are determined to see this fight through to the end. It is now up to the employer, Glasgow City Council, to come to the table and have meaningful discussions with the trade unions rather than provide sounds bites without any substance."
A Glasgow City Council spokesman said: "We are disappointed that GMB Scotland has opted for this course of action.
"The council is dealing with an unprecedented cut to our budget which means we must find £130m of savings in the next two years.
"We will continue to work with the union to find an agreed way forward."
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Apperley Bridge, between Leeds and Bradford, will start running on Sunday 13 December, subject to final approval by the Office of Rail and Road.
The original station was shut down 50 years ago and its replacement has cost about £8m to complete.
Two trains between Leeds and Bradford Forster Square or Skipton will run per hour Monday to Saturday.
Councillor Val Slater, Bradford Council deputy leader, said the station would make a "vital contribution to the economy of the region and improvements to the environment".
It is one of three new stations in the region with stations in Kirkstall Forge and Low Moor set to open next year.
The Warwickshire captain, 34, played a key role in helping Perth win Australia's prestigious T20 competition for the third time in four years.
He hit 31 not out in the final at the Waca as Perth beat Sydney Sixers by nine wickets with four overs to spare.
"For me, the goal is to get myself in the Ashes squad," Bell told BBC Sport.
"But, if that's not the case and England have moved on, then 100% I want to come back to Perth."
Having retired as an international limited-overs player after 76 T20s and 161 ODIs, Bell was intent on remaining in five-day cricket, until his run of 118 Tests ended when left out for England's series against South Africa a year ago.
A poor summer in County Championship cricket followed, as he got to grips with becoming captain at Edgbaston.
But, after leading Warwickshire to a season-closing One-Day Cup victory at Lord's, Bell, who was part of the Bears' T20 Blast triumph at Edgbaston in 2014, has found his feet down under in Perth this winter in the shortest form of the game.
His tally of 231 from his 10 innings, at 33.00, was triggered by a best score of 61 on his debut against Adelaide Strikers at the Waca.
But, as well as his effort in the final, he made 26 not out in the Mitchell Johnson-inspired semi-final win over Melbourne Stars at the Waca, against a side containing two ex-England team-mates, Luke Wright and Kevin Pietersen.
With another former England team-mate alongside him - Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan - Bell was proud of the form he showed in Perth and how much pleasure it gave him.
"You watch it from home and just to be part of the competition is great, but to win it is amazing," he said. "I was desperate to be there at the end to make sure it was a proper win.
"What an experience," added Bell, who played club cricket in Perth the winter before he made his England debut in 2004. "Myself and my family will remember this for a long time.
"You don't really feel like an Englishman. You feel like a local. The fans will get behind you wherever you're from. The support you get round the country and from the crowds and the sort of competition it is, it's amazing."
It comes after complaints that women who travel from Tanzania to the Middle East for work are being mistreated.
Some are forced to work in jobs they didn't apply for, including the drugs industry, says the BBC's Sammy Awami.
Job agencies in Oman have previously stopped recruiting Tanzanian workers, reports the Times of Oman.
Seperatus Fella, secretary of the government's Anti-Trafficking Secretariat announced the ban.
"Most of these girls and boys are subjected to commercial sex or work as domestic servants and barmaids, with some sent on forced labour in factories, farms and mines under very poor conditions," Mr Fella told the Reuters news agency.
Tanzania provides the largest number of housemaids from African countries to Oman, Tanzania's The Citizen newspaper reported in 2014.
The Times of Oman explains that Omani employers prefer Tanzanian domestic workers because Swahili is widely spoken in Oman.
But in 2014 the newspaper said five job agencies in Oman stopped recruiting Tanzanian workers following complaints from both domestic workers and their employers ranging from violence to child abuse.
Gale, 30, was banned for two games after Yorkshire beat Lancashire in the County Championship on 3 September and must now face a disciplinary panel.
The Daily Telegraph reports Gale allegedly used the word 'Kolpak' to refer to South African Ashwell Prince.
"We'll help him in any way possible," Moxon told the Yorkshire Post.
"We are going to do what we can to help him clear his name."
Gale was banned for his team's final two County Championship matches of the season under mandatory disciplinary procedure.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has yet to confirm the nature of the hearing that is set to take place in the coming days, and has so far refused to comment on the disciplinary proceedings.
It is likely that the case against Gale will centre on whether his use of the word 'Kolpak' can be construed as being racist.
In Gale's absence, the White Rose county beat Nottinghamshire last Friday to win their 31st outright County Championship title.
Gale was informed on Thursday that he would not be allowed to lift the trophy with the team, but took to the field later on to join his team-mates.
Meanwhile, the county have confirmed that chairman Colin Graves, who is also deputy chairman of the ECB, will play no part in the disciplinary proceedings.
Gale's case will be handled by vice-chairman Robin Smith and chief executive Mark Arthur.
The Pensions Regulator said the club did not put eligible workers into the government's workplace pension scheme, despite being warned in August 2014.
Charles Counsell, from the watchdog, said: "We're very keen employers get this done so that employees get the pension that they're due."
Swindon Town said it is now compliant with the pension rules.
Mr Counsell, the executive director of automatic enrolment, added: "They had plenty of time to do it and we were in communication with them a lot in the period until that point (in August 2014)."
The notice to comply with pensions was made in August 2014, with a deadline to enrol staff by 17 October 2014.
A spokesman from the club said the fine was "unfortunate".
He added: "The fine related to the period when the ownership of the club was being contested by the former chairman and is yet another painful example of the severe adverse consequences that the uncertainty and instability caused in regularising the business affairs of the club.
"The club is now completely up to date and compliant with its pension obligations and contributions."
Although the club is now compliant, it will still need to pay off the fine and make back-dated pension contributions.
The small Texan city, not far from the border with Mexico, has a roadside shopping mall and an obligatory drive-thru Starbucks - but at first glance, not much else.
But Xochitl Mora was insistent. We were not to leave the Rio Grande Valley until we had come to see for ourselves. In McAllen, she assured us, we would see another side to the immigration debate that has been a fixture of this election cycle.
Ms Mora works for McAllen's mayor, Jim Darling, a Vietnam veteran who headed down south after the war, because he couldn't stand the cold winters in his native New York.
For decades, the easygoing politician - who arrived late to our meeting at City Hall, out of breath and apologising for not wearing a tie - enjoyed the relative serenity of life in Hidalgo County.
Then, roughly two years ago, the peace and quiet in McAllen were disrupted.
"The first day I knew something was happening," he recalls, in his adopted Texan drawl, "I was down at the bridge, and the port director said, 'We had 15 kids yesterday.' We're not used to dealing with kids.
"Within two days, there was a situation."
The "situation", which Mayor Darling refuses to call a crisis, was a sudden influx in the number of women and often unaccompanied children fleeing El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras - the infamous Northern Triangle where lawlessness, extreme poverty and gang violence are rampant.
"Some swim across the Rio Grande river," says Josh Ramirez, McAllen's director for health, "some just walk across the bridge to a checkpoint, and say, 'I'm here.'"
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They've survived a journey which many never complete, and on which physical and sexual violence is commonplace.
After being processed by the US border patrol, and undergoing the requisite security checks, the migrants are dropped off at the local bus station. The hope is that they will somehow find their way to relatives elsewhere in the US, and await a court hearing.
At first, 30 or 40 arrived in McAllen each day. But over the last two years, at least 44,000 have come through the city, whose population is only 140,000 - and the number keeps rising.
In recent weeks, 200 women and children have arrived before lunch every day.
This surge has put a strain on the city's health services and municipal resources, and landed local authorities with a bill of more than $300,000 (£250,000).
But public attitudes to the porous border remain largely positive, for McAllen, once "a dusty little border town", has thrived off cross-border trade, boosted by the now politically out-of-favour North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).
"We're the largest per capita sales tax collector in the state of Texas," Mayor Darling explains, "because 38% comes from Mexico."
The well-off drive from Monterrey to shop in McAllen's large mall, and the city operates much of the supply side for the maquilas, or manufacturing factories, based a few miles away in Tamaulipas.
The likes of Panasonic, Sony and LG employ hundreds of thousands in Reynosa, and McAllen gets the corresponding logistics, warehousing, and corporate offices, including a Japanese chamber of commerce.
The two cities' fortunes are so intertwined that McAllen spends roughly $1.5m a year in economic development - mostly in Mexico.
Which may account for the warm welcome central American migrants who come through McAllen receive from local residents and volunteers, including Sister Norma Pimentel, of the local Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
The repurposed church hall now resembles a Wal-mart shop floor. Dozens of tables are piled high with shoes and clothing donated by locals - and ordered by size and age, in Spanish. Jeans for ninas, aged 7-10, t-shirts for ninos, aged 10-14.
In another part of the room, sanitary pads, maternity clothing and nursing bras are provided, along with baby formula and basic medical supplies for those suffering dehydration, malnutrition or worse.
This respite centre, says Sister Norma, whose devotion to the migrants' cause led to a Skype call from Pope Francis, "is where we restore their human dignity".
In an air-conditioned tent in the church's car park, the morning's arrivals rest, after enjoying their first shower, and possibly their first proper meal, in weeks. Some phone their loved ones to assure them that they are, at long last, safe.
At least a dozen young boys and girls lie on camp beds; in the corner, a 17-day-old baby, whose mother had hoped to give birth in America, but ended up having the child just a few miles from the border.
Alexander, one of the few men to come through the centre, talks of his journey across Mexico with his young son, in which they stood for days in a trailer tractor, with no toilet facilities. He paid $4,000 to a coyote, or people smuggler, in Honduras, and as soon as his son gets settled in the US, he says he'll head back to get his wife and other children.
Most of the others are tight-lipped. But one woman, when asked about whether a new occupant of the White House could mean a crackdown on illegal immigration, is defiant. "If they deport me and my kids tomorrow," she says, "I'll make the trip again, because there is nothing there for us."
Sister Norma and her army of volunteers treat the McAllen "situation" as primarily a humanitarian crisis, but for Mayor Darling, it's a political headache.
Shortly after the town was faced with the first wave of women and children, the mayor went to Washington and applied for emergency federal funding "as if it was a hurricane".
When a cheque for a few hundred thousand dollars was finally made out, it was processed by the state of Texas, whose Republican administration has not been overly inclined to deal with illegal immigrants in the Democrat-voting border region, and only $8 made it to McAllen.
Neither the Clinton nor the Trump campaign has visited McAllen, nor have many mainstream media outlets. When politicians do come down, much to Mayor Darling's chagrin, "they drop in for a photo-op and a press release", and head back in helicopters.
But to those elsewhere in the United States wondering why they should care about the daily struggles of a dusty old town at the very bottom of the country, the ever-sanguine mayor has a simple warning.
The border patrol, he says, is preoccupied with processing these desperate women and children, but "the drugs and all that is just passing through us and it's coming to a neighbourhood near you".
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About £54m has already been spent but that figure could soon rise to £70m.
This is on top of the £52m paid for Cardiff Airport two years ago.
The purchases were criticised by the Conservatives due to public spending cuts but ministers said the investments are to create jobs and growth.
The projects taken on by the Welsh government over the past three years comprise:
An overall figure of at least £54m which could rise to around £70m if the decision is made to go ahead with Callaghan Square.
In relation to Cardiff, it has been widely acknowledged that there has been a shortage of the kind of high quality office space needed to attract inward investors to the city's enterprise zone designated for financial services companies.
But Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said: "When capital budgets are being squeezed and hospitals and schools desperately need that capital money, I would suggest the government's role is to invest in capital spend in schools and hospitals and not to compete with the private sector in building office space.
"They should help facilitate the building of office space by creating planning permission and infrastructure improvements but not (be) actually owning and developing offices."
A Welsh government spokesman said: "We are targeting investment all across Wales and in areas that have traditionally had limited levels of private sector investment, such as Denbighshire, Conwy and mid Wales, in order to create jobs and growth.
"We continue to work with the private sector to identify gaps between supply and demand for economic investment and are not afraid to invest where we believe it can create jobs."
Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said Lord Bourne will have a "key role in early delivery" of the Wales Bill as a minister in the House of Lords.
He replaces Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Jenny Randerson.
Mr Cairns is returning to the role he was first given in July 2014.
Announcing the new appointment, the Welsh Secretary said on Twitter that Lord Bourne has "enormous experience of Wales. Has a key role in early delivery of Wales Bill".
Lord Bourne was leader of the Tories in the assembly between 1999 and 2011.
More recently he helped lead the taskforce set up to help workers facing the axe at Pembrokeshire's Murco oil refinery.
His successor Andrew RT Davies added on social media that Lord Bourne was "vastly experienced" and will add much to the department.
Earlier, Mr Crabb said he was "delighted to be working" with his House of Commons Vale of Glamorgan counterpart.
On Monday, it was confirmed Mr Crabb was keeping his role in David Cameron's new Conservative government.
Morgan's attorneys have accused the retailer of using the truck driver at the centre of the accident to block a resolution to the 30 Rock star's case.
The driver, Kevin Roper, is trying to put Morgan's legal action on hold while he faces separate criminal charges.
Mr Roper was at the wheel of a Walmart truck that crashed into Morgan's bus.
Comedian James McNair died in the crash on the New Jersey Turnpike last June, while Morgan suffered a traumatic brain injury and broken bones.
Mr Roper, who is not named in Morgan's action, has been charged with death by vehicle and four counts of assault by vehicle.
Last month he filed a request to delay the comedian's federal lawsuit while his criminal case proceeds in New Jersey's state court.
Walmart said the accusation that it was "somehow behind Mr Roper's motion in an attempt to delay discovery is simply false".
Its statement followed claims from Morgan's legal team that Walmart was "attempting to gain an unfair advantage" and using Mr Roper's request as "a ploy to further delay this trial".
Morgan's legal team has accused Walmart of being "careless and negligent" in requiring Mr Roper to drive while fatigued.
Walmart have contended that Morgan's injuries and McNair's death were partly their own fault because they were not wearing seatbelts.
Daeth y penderfyniad wedi i dros 1,000 o bobl arwyddo deiseb yn galw ar y cyngor i roi statws cymunedol i'r campws, yn hytrach na statws eglwysig.
Y cynllun yw uno dwy o ysgolion cynradd y dref, Ysgol Bro Tegid ac Ysgol Beuno Sant - sy'n ysgol eglwysig - gyda'r ysgol uwchradd bresennol, Ysgol y Berwyn.
Diwedd Ionawr fe ysgrifennodd llywodraethwyr yr ysgol uwchradd at y cyngor yn galw arnyn nhw i ailystyried statws eglwysig yr ysgol newydd.
Mae'r gwaith o adeiladu'r campws newydd ar safle Ysgol y Berwyn yn parhau.
Mae'r cyngor sir wedi dweud mai'r gobaith yw agor yr ysgol erbyn 2018. Pryder rhai yw y bydd cael ymgynghoriad arall yn achosi oedi.
Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Gareth Thomas, yr aelod cabinet dros addysg mai nod y cyngor yw "sicrhau darpariaeth addysg o'r radd flaenaf ar gyfer plant a phobl ifanc dalgylch Y Berwyn".
Ychwanegodd: "Yn anffodus, yn dilyn cyfnod hir o gydweithio gyda'r Eglwys yng Nghymru, mae'r datblygiadau diweddar wedi achosi pryder mawr ymysg llywodraethwyr ac aelodau'r gymuned leol ac felly yn peri risg sylweddol i lwyddiant yr ysgol.
"O ganlyniad, mae'r Cabinet wedi penderfynu cefnogi'r argymhelliad i ymgynghori'n ffurfiol gyda llywodraethwyr ar yr opsiwn i dynnu'r cynnig presennol yn ei ôl."
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Esgobaeth Llanelwy eu bod yn "siomedig ond heb eu synnu" gan y penderfyniad.
"Mae Cyngor Gwynedd wedi gwneud llanast llwyr o'r prosiect hwn. Fe wnaeth y cyngor ofyn i ni i weithio gyda nhw ac fe wnaethom hynny, gan gefnogi eu cynlluniau ar gyfer ad-drefnu ysgolion yn Ne Meirionnydd.
"Y mater sylfaenol yma yw bod Cyngor Gwynedd wedi tynnu eu cefnogaeth i'r prosiect hwn yn ôl.
"Rydym yn disgwyl i Gyngor Gwynedd gysylltu â ni fel mater o frys."
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru: "Rydym wedi darparu £5.135m tuag at ysgol 3-19 yn Y Bala, nid yw'r arian yma dan fygythiad.
"Ni all Llywodraeth Cymru wneud sylw ar unrhyw ymgynghoriad o newid sydd dan ystyriaeth gan y llywodraeth leol."
Steyn was injured during the first Test in Durban, missing the second in Cape Town as England earned a draw to retain a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.
The third Test will start on Thursday without the 32-year-old, who has missed four of South Africa's last six Tests because of injury.
"I don't think it's the end of Dale Steyn," said coach Russell Domingo.
"All players will experience some sort of niggles."
South Africa had included Steyn in their squad for the final two Tests of the series in the hope that he would be fit.
Domingo added: "He is a great athlete. He is as fit as they can come. We know he is a great bowler. He is the best bowler in the world."
Early results point to a sweeping victory for her National League for Democracy (NLD), but final official results will not be known for days.
The election was seen as the most democratic in Myanmar for 25 years.
In an interview with the BBC's Fergal Keane, Ms Suu Kyi said the polls were not fair but "largely free".
She said there had been "areas of intimidation".
A quarter of Myanmar's 664 parliamentary seats are set aside for the army, and for the NLD to have the winning majority it will need at least two-thirds of the contested seats.
But Ms Suu Kyi told the BBC that her party has surpassed that, and has won around 75%.
The military-backed Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) has been in power in Myanmar since 2011 when the country began its transition from decades of military rule to a civilian government.
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His report from the campaign trail portrayed a sleepy market town in Myanmar's watery heartland
Aung San Suu Kyi was brimming with confidence. This was a leader who strongly sensed her hour had come.
"The times have changed, the people have changed," she said.
On the vexing question of the presidency from which she is constitutionally barred, she repeated she would make the big decisions while a colleague holds the post, joking: "A rose by another name."
We met in the garden of the house where she had spent so many years under house arrest and where I first interviewed her 20 years ago.
From the symbol of an embattled and then fragile democracy movement she has become the steely leader of a government in waiting.
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Results from Sunday's election are slowly being announced. The election commission says the NLD has taken 78 of the 88 seats announced so far for the 440-seat lower house of parliament.
Election monitors from the US-based Carter Center, who observed 245 polling stations, described the elections in most areas as "competitive and meaningful" with generally well-conducted voting and counting, reported Associated Press news agency.
The group noted several problems, however - including the barring of members of the country's Rohingya Muslim minority from voting, a lack of transparency in the advance voting process and inconsistency in making preliminary results available at the constituency level.
NLD spokesman Win Htein has accused the election commission of "delaying intentionally" the release of results, saying "they are trying to be crooked".
Whichever party wins, Ms Suu Kyi cannot be chosen as president because the constitution blocks people with foreign offspring from holding the post.
She has always said she would lead the country anyway.
On Tuesday she said she would find a president as required, but "that won't stop me from making all the decisions as the leader of the winning party".
When asked if this was fair, she said: "I believe in transparency and accountability... it works much better if I'm open about it, if I tell the people."
Clause 58 of the country's constitution states that the president "takes precedence over all other persons" in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
The selection of the president is not expected to take place until at least February.
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About 30 million people were eligible to vote in Sunday's election in Myanmar. Turnout was estimated at about 80%.
But hundreds of thousands of people - including the Rohingya, who are not recognised as citizens - were denied voting rights.
Ms Suu Kyi, whose party like many others did not field a Muslim candidate, has been criticised by some for failing to speak up more for Muslims, who have been targeted by ultra-nationalist Buddhist groups.
She told the BBC that an NLD government would protect Muslims, and added that those who inflame hatred should face prosecution.
She said: "Prejudice is not removed easily and hatred is not going to be removed easily... I'm confident the great majority of the people want peace… they do not want to live on a diet of hate and fear."
Harriers led 2-0 at the break after Arthur Gnahoua's opener was quickly followed by Harry White's penalty for a handball decision against Ryan Lloyd.
But Chester top scorer Ross Hannah got one back from the spot on 66 minutes after being fouled by Kelvin Langmead.
Substitute James Alabi then turned inside the box to blast home a stunning 76th-minute right-foot equaliser.
Both sides had chances to win it, as Hannah screwed wide before Tyrone Williams was then denied by a superb low late fingertip save by Chester keeper Tony Thompson.
Harriers, whop have lost just once in five games, remain second from bottom, nine points adrift of safety.
Chester, who move seven points clear of trouble, picked up their fourth point on the road in five days, having previously gone four months without an away league win.
Chester's comeback was the second season running they have come back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Aggborough.
Last term's early season encounter marked City boss Steve Burr's first visit back to his old club. The visitors also quickly went two down that day, only to fight back to draw 2-2, despite the setback of Chris Iwelumo missing an early second-half penalty.
Chester manager Steve Burr told BBC Radio Merseyside:
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"I was looking for us to kick on after winning at Altrincham on Tuesday and I think my lads thought they'd just turn up and put one over them.
"But Kiddy are in good form, playing with a lot of confidence and it took us 45 minutes to get into gear. In the end, we put a lot of determination and effort into a game that looked lost and could have won it, but then so could they, but for a great save by Tony Thompson at the end.
"It was great for James Alabi to score a goal like that right in front of all our away fans. It's been frustrating, as he picked up a groin injury a week after coming and we've been trying to get him out there, but he showed what he's capable of."
Harriers boss Colin Gordon told BBC Hereford & Worcester:
"We got very tired and leggy and were unable to keep the tempo going that we had in the first half. That's to be expected in a young team.
"But we kept going and finished the game with corners and shots. It was our intent to go and win, not just sit back and take a 2-2. That shows our intent.
"The referee maybe felt it was harsh with our penalty, although it did come up and hit his hand, so he has evened it up, but two wrongs don't make a right for me. It was a baffling decision. If that's a penalty then there are going to be a thousand a week."
The businesswoman said she was too busy to commit time to the filming schedule, but added she had "thoroughly enjoyed" her time on the show.
"It has been a privilege to be part of a programme which champions entrepreneurs," she said.
"I will miss my fellow judges and I'm sure someone amazing will fill my seat."
Hoppen will still be seen on screen when the show resumes on Sunday after a mid-series break.
"I've had a brilliant time and made several successful investments," she said.
"However, due to a packed schedule and international commitments... I sadly cannot commit to the filming schedule. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on Dragons' Den and met many inspiring entrepreneurs along my journey. I will continue to work and invest in young entrepreneurs.
"I wish everyone on the show the best luck. What's left to say but 'I'm out.'"
A replacement for Hoppen has yet to be announced.
The designer was drafted in to take the place of previous Dragon Hilary Devey, who also appeared on the programme for just two series.
Duncan Bannatyne has also announced the current series will be his last after a 10-year run.
It leaves Peter Jones as the only investor from the original series line-up.
Hutch Snr, 59, was killed at his flat in Poplar Row, North Strand, in the north inner city on 8 February.
Police believe it may have been in reprisal for a fatal shooting at a boxing match weigh-in days earlier.
RTÉ reports that the men can be detained for up to seven days.
They were arrested in the Dublin area and are being held at Mountjoy Garda Station and Bridewell Garda Station.
Mr Hutch Snr was the uncle of Gary Hutch who was shot dead in Spain in September of last year.
He was also the brother of Gerry Hutch, a notorious criminal in Dublin in the late 1980s and 1990s, who was nicknamed the Monk.
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Murray collected the main award from Miami where he is training for 2017.
"It's possible everything doesn't go perfectly next year and I need to be prepared," the 29-year-old said.
"I know staying at the top is a really difficult thing to do. I'm not taking anything for granted."
He added: "I'm sure Novak [Djokovic] will be wanting to get back to the top spot but it's taken me so long to get here that I want to stay there as long as I can, and that's why I'm over here now.
"I'm working on my game and trying to get myself in shape so I can start 2017 as best as possible."
Murray, the 2013 and 2015 Sports Personality winner, took Olympic gold, claimed his second Wimbledon title and became tennis' world number one in a remarkable 2016.
He received 247,419 votes to claim the prize, with triathlete Alistair Brownlee second and show jumper Nick Skelton third.
In his acceptance speech, Scot Murray said: "I'd like to thank everyone who voted. I really appreciate your support. And I'd like to thank my team - they make a lot of sacrifices for me; they're away form their family at times of the year like this."
He received the award from British boxing world champion Lennox Lewis and later said the replica trophy he was presented with had been damaged. He will be presented with the actual trophy at a later date.
He added: "It's kind of stuck down with tape where the top bit of the camera is.
"They didn't tell me how it got broken, and to hold it close to my body. After the problems me and Lennox had the last time [a botched handover when he was third in 2012], I listened to them."
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Runner-up Brownlee, 28, said Murray was "an incredible sportsman".
The Yorkshireman, who became the first man to retain the Olympic triathlon title at Rio 2016, added: "In tennis, which is very competitive, his consistency - especially this year - has been very impressive.
"He focuses and does his best in the Olympics and that shows someone who is a real, genuine sportsman."
Third-placed Skelton, 58, who became Britain's second oldest Olympic gold medallist at August's Games, said of Murray: "He's had a great year and worked hard to get where he is. To win it three times, you've got to be pretty good, haven't you?"
Record-breaking Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, won the Lifetime Achievement award and also had some words of praise for Murray.
"Watching what he's done on the court is insane," the 23-time Olympic gold medallist said. "He's really shown he's the best player in the world and it's been fun to watch him on his mission."
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri won Coach of the Year and said: "He's amazing. He deserved to win. He's a champion and I hope he can repeat his success this season."
There was a very special guest among the 12,000-strong audience in Birmingham - terminally ill five-year-old Sunderland fan Bradley Lowery.
Bradley scored a penalty for his beloved Black Cats in the warm-up against Chelsea on Tuesday night and there is a growing social media campaign for it to be named the official Premier League Goal of the Month.
His mum Gemma said they had been surprised and delighted to be invited.
"Normal people like us don't usually get a chance to go to things like this," she said.
"It's been crazy the last few weeks. The whole country has come together."
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Leicester City won Team of the Year and their manager Claudio Ranieri Coach of the Year after last season's remarkable Premier League title success.
But when they were called up to collect the prize, there seemed to be a bit of confusion. Striker Jamie Vardy watched on with a grin as Ranieri seemed to be expecting somebody else to get up first.
When they eventually did take to the stage, captain Wes Morgan said: "We've not done it the easy way but we did it in the end and it just comes down to the unique set of lads we've got."
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Murray's acceptance speech also contained a subtle message for his wife Kim...
"I've got a bone to pick with my wife because about an hour ago she told me she'd voted for Nick Skelton. Not smart from her with Christmas coming up," he said.
Skelton was asked whether he was aware Murray's wife had voted for him, and responded: "I'm very pleased with her actually. But she didn't vote enough times."
Murray later told BBC Radio 5 live: "I'm hoping she was joking! I'll speak to her when I'm off air and find out definitely.
"It's my last day off before Christmas and I'm doing my Christmas shopping tonight so if she gives me the wrong answer she's not getting anything."
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"Hey Ross, this is Lutalo Muhammad. I'm a taekwondo athlete..."
This call from Olympic taekwondo silver medallist Muhammad thanking Ross, who raised £2,000 for his club, begins well enough.
The problem comes when he forgets how a phone actually works...
Muhammad was taking part in Get Inspired's #BigThankYou - which recognises sport's unsung heroes.
By our reckoning we came close to a full house. There was everything but number one. Thankfully no emergency plasters were required (unlike last year!).
Paul Moorehead, from Portadown, has been invited to show his film Ticking the Box at the President's Inter-faith and Community Service Challenge National Gathering.
The film focuses on what is meant by community engagement and the ways in which it is happening.
It includes interviews with Dr Terrence Roberts, one of the Little Rock Nine who helped to desegregate one of the largest schools in the US in 1957, as well as former commissioner of education Ernest Boyer.
The film was made for American higher education and has been shown on cable TV in the US.
Mr Moorehead said getting the opportunity to screen his work at the White House was a real honour.
"It's basically the principals of American colleges, plus some international people who have been chosen," Mr Moorehead said.
"The film that I made is being shown at the President's Inter-faith gathering and then I'll be talking about it afterwards.
"We make films about community and faith and education, so in terms of where we're going to, I suppose this is as high as we can get."
He said the fact his films could be used to try to help bring people together in Northern Ireland was an important part of the White House invite.
"I was told it was based on people that they felt could make a difference in the communities they're in," he said.
"I'll be making two visits to the White House, one a kind of meet and greet thing and the second will be to talk about the work I'm doing here in Northern Ireland."
It is all a long way from a studio at Lurgan Junior High School where Mr Moorehead - then a teacher - started making films, initially to be shown within the school.
"We started broadcasting on the internet and then we started to go out and do outside broadcasts," he said.
"I started into making films and the first film I made was nominated at the Learning Onscreen Awards and I thought 'good grief'. Then it was taken up by the Department of Education and it kind of made changes to the history curriculum.
"I thought by making films you can have quite a voice."
He formed the community enterprise company LJHSTV and hasn't looked back, with his career since landing him awards, as well as White House invitations.
"We made a film two years ago [A Step Too Far] that won the Chicago Peace on Earth film festival - best feature documentary," he said.
"We brought that back and that is being used here [in Northern Ireland] between inter-faith groups.
"Because things are so difficult here, if you make a film elsewhere and sort of relate it to here, it can make a difference."
Mr Moorehead's US visit will include dinner with the principals of the prestigious Georgetown and Howard universities.
"I can't say I don't feel a bit out of my depth here, but you're not going to miss chances like this," he said.
Twenty-year-old Richarlison, an £11.5m summer signing from Fluminense, opened the scoring when he prodded the ball into the net from close range following a cross from Hornets record signing Andre Gray.
Substitute Etienne Capoue doubled the Hornets lead with a fine 25-yard strike late on.
Bournemouth had chances as Benik Afobe had a shot saved by Heurelho Gomes and Joshua King headed over.
The Cherries have now lost both Premier League games this season, while Watford have picked up four points.
Silva, who gained the first away Premier League victory of his managerial career, was quick to praise Brazil Under-20 international Richarlison.
"Richarlison is a player I know very well, he is a boy of 20 years old and doesn't speak English," said the Portuguese boss.
"He is trying to learn the game but he is a great talent and it is important we do not put a lot of pressure on the boy. If you have talent, everything is more easy."
Bournemouth finished in their highest position in English football last season when they came ninth in the top flight, but they have made a terrible start to this campaign, losing twice and not scoring in either of those defeats.
In a lacklustre match, the hosts struggled and only had two shots on target with Gomes denying Afobe and blocking a Steve Cook header from a corner.
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The Cherries signed Jermain Defoe in the summer on a free transfer from Sunderland, but the England striker failed to make an impact when he came on as a 59th-minute substitute, touching the ball only three times.
"I thought we were very disappointing and I'm scratching my head as to why," said Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe. "We are hugely disappointed and I would expect us to play a lot better than that.
"We were very poor on the ball today. I'm concerned generally and we haven't looked like scoring so there is plenty of hard work to do. We now have Manchester City and Arsenal so we need to react very quickly."
Watford, under former boss Walter Mazzarri, lost their last seven away matches of the 2016-17 campaign, but claimed an away league win at the first time of asking under Silva, who replaced the Italian in the summer.
It was a deserved victory, as the opening goal came not long after Nathaniel Chalobah had wasted the best opportunity of the match when he had been denied by Asmir Begovic with only the goalkeeper to beat.
Gray, making his first Watford start since his £18.5m move from Burnley in the summer, had earlier missed a good chance when he shot over, but he made amends with a fine cross from the right wing which Richarlison prodded home at the second opportunity.
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Watford had not won an away Premier League match since a 2-1 victory over Arsenal on 31 January, and home stewards struggled to hold the away fans back after Richarlison's opener.
There were more reasons for the Hornets' supporters to celebrate with four minutes left when Capoue controlled the ball on his chest and hit a fine strike from 25 yards past Begovic in one of the few moments of genuine quality in the match.
Watford finished only one place above the relegation zone last season and Silva was delighted with the efforts from his new side.
"I am very satisfied, it was a very good game between two teams who played to win the match," said Silva. "Congratulations to our players, they did everything I wanted and we showed great character and attitude again.
"It was a balanced game in the first half and in the second half were were better.
"We had a very good second half, we controlled it and had lots of chances to score and we deserved the three points. Our fans kept pushing us and the three points are for them as well.
"We had character and confidence and I'm happy. But it is only three points, we need to rest and analyse to prepare for the next match."
Bournemouth play away at Championship side Birmingham City in the second round of the League Cup on Tuesday, 22 August (19:45 BST) before returning to Premier League action in the early game on Saturday, 26 August when they entertain Manchester City (12:30).
For Watford, they are at home in the League Cup against Bristol City of the Championship on Tuesday, before another home match, this time against Brighton, in the Premier League next Saturday (15:00).
Match ends, Bournemouth 0, Watford 2.
Second Half ends, Bournemouth 0, Watford 2.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Lys Mousset.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Nathan Aké.
Foul by Adam Smith (Bournemouth).
Tom Cleverley (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Miguel Britos.
Lys Mousset (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Etienne Capoue (Watford).
Substitution, Watford. Ben Watson replaces Nathaniel Chalobah.
Foul by Nathan Aké (Bournemouth).
Heurelho Gomes (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Tom Cleverley.
Attempt saved. José Holebas (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Etienne Capoue.
Goal! Bournemouth 0, Watford 2. Etienne Capoue (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Andre Gray (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Cleverley.
Substitution, Watford. Christian Kabasele replaces Nordin Amrabat.
Attempt missed. Joshua King (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Watford. Etienne Capoue replaces Richarlison because of an injury.
Lys Mousset (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford).
Substitution, Bournemouth. Lys Mousset replaces Ryan Fraser.
Attempt missed. Richarlison (Watford) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by José Holebas.
Goal! Bournemouth 0, Watford 1. Richarlison (Watford) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
Foul by Tom Cleverley (Watford).
Andrew Surman (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Richarlison (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Richarlison (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by José Holebas.
Foul by José Holebas (Watford).
Joshua King (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Kiko Femenía (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Joshua King (Bournemouth).
Attempt blocked. Richarlison (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by José Holebas with a cross.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Adam Smith.
Attempt blocked. Tom Cleverley (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nordin Amrabat.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Nathan Aké.
Foul by José Holebas (Watford).
Adam Smith (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Sebastian Prödl.
Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
The local health board has recruited its own doctors to run two former GP practices in Prestatyn and satellite sites in Meliden and Ffynnongroyw.
Healthy Prestatyn Iach will work with a similar service in Rhuddlan, where another GP contract has ended.
Staff include midwives, pharmacists, physiotherapists and diet specialists.
They will work alongside GPs at Rhuddlan, Prestatyn's Central Surgery - with its satellite surgeries in Meliden and Ffynnongroyw - and Seabank Surgery, also in Prestatyn.
The shake-up in the service was prompted by the three GP practices experiencing difficulties in recruiting new doctors.
Dr Chris Stockport from Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) said: "This arrangement will mean that patients can be seen directly by the person most appropriate for their care needs, while also ensuring that GPs can devote their time to those patients who need to see a doctor.
"This is a pioneering model of primary care for BCUHB and the whole of Wales in terms of the scale on which it will be done.
"Elements of it have been used before in other parts of the UK but not for 23,000 people in one service."
The practices in Prestatyn will move to the former Ty Nant council offices from December after plans were approved this week.
The British Transport Police said they were called to Hamilton West railway station, at 17:30.
When they arrived they found a man who had stab wounds to his legs. He was taken to hospital where his condition has been described as stable.
Anyone with information has been urged to contact British Transport Police.
Bayern - without suspended Robert Lewandowski - dominated but failed to take a chance against a side who had Tin Jedvaj sent off for two bookings.
David Alaba and Arturo Vidal had efforts cleared off the line, Kingsley Coman had a shot saved and Philipp Lahm missed from close range late on.
Bayern named a full-strength team despite facing Real Madrid on Tuesday.
Carlo Ancelotti's side trail 2-1 from the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final in Munich.
Second-placed RB Leipzig guaranteed a top-four finish thanks to a 4-0 win over Freiburg, securing at least the place in Champions League qualifying given to the fourth-placed finisher in the Bundesliga.
"Now the main aim is, of course, to reach the Champions League," said coach Ralph Hasenhuettl. "We will try to defend second place with all our might."
However, the club may have to wait until June to find out if they can enter the tournament, with Uefa rules prohibiting two clubs controlled by the same organisation being in the competition. Red Bull Salzburg are 15 points clear at the top of the Austrian league.
In the Bundesliga's game of the day, Hoffenheim beat Borussia Monchengladbach 5-3, with Adam Szalai scoring twice.
Borussia Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 in the first home game since an attack on the team's bus before their Champions League game with Monaco.
The players held up the jersey of Marc Bartra, who broke his wrist in the incident and was released from hospital earlier in the day.
Wolfsburg boosted their chances of staying up with a 3-0 win over relegation rivals Ingolstadt.
Struggling Augsburg - who remain in the relegation play-off position - beat Cologne 2-1, although ended up with nine men after late red cards for Koo Ja-cheol and Alfred Finnbogason.
Mainz, who are also in relegation danger, beat Hertha Berlin 1-0.
Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, FC Bayern München 0.
Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, FC Bayern München 0.
Attempt saved. Xabi Alonso (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Kevin Volland (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Wendell following a fast break.
Attempt missed. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) header from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
Foul by Thiago Alcántara (FC Bayern München).
Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Juan Bernat (FC Bayern München).
Julian Baumgartlinger (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Leon Bailey replaces Kai Havertz.
Attempt missed. Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Thomas Müller with a cross.
Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin Volland (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
Attempt missed. Kevin Kampl (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Thiago Alcántara (FC Bayern München).
Roberto Hilbert (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Juan Bernat (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
Hand ball by Thiago Alcántara (FC Bayern München).
Foul by Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München).
Kevin Volland (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Philipp Lahm replaces Javi Martínez because of an injury.
Foul by Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München).
Wendell (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Xabi Alonso replaces Kingsley Coman.
Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Karim Bellarabi replaces Julian Brandt.
Attempt blocked. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kingsley Coman.
Attempt missed. Kingsley Coman (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Aleksandar Dragovic replaces Charles Aránguiz.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Bernd Leno.
Attempt saved. David Alaba (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Arjen Robben replaces Douglas Costa.
Second yellow card to Tin Jedvaj (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) for a bad foul.
Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tin Jedvaj (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
Attempt missed. Julian Baumgartlinger (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin Volland following a fast break.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Tin Jedvaj.
Attempt blocked. Arturo Vidal (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thiago Alcántara.
The meeting took place on Mr Obama's last St Patrick's Day as president.
Depending on the outcome of negotiations to form a new government in the Republic of Ireland, it could also be Mr Kenny's last as taoiseach.
However, Mr Kenny told Vice President Joe Biden that Ireland would be able to put together a stable government during the next "short period ahead".
The recent general election in the Republic was mentioned several times during speeches from both men.
Mr Biden said that he was surprised at the outcome saying "he [Mr Kenny] did a hell of a job, is still the most popular guy, and he lost".
Mr Biden said Mr Kenny had assured him that it was "going to work out".
Speaking to reporters after visiting the Oval Office, Mr Kenny said Fine Gael is talking to like-minded parties and individuals on government formation and is working on drawing-up a set of priorities.
"We're actually determining our set of priorities that will be important in the discussions that Fine Gael will have in putting together a government," he said.
"Some of that comes from our own programme, some of it comes from the parties and the alliances that we've been talking to.
"And some of it clearly comes from the concerns raised by people during the course of the election, like housing and homelessness, health issues and so on."
He added: "We expect to have that finalised next week and that gives us really the basis for negotiations and for discussions about putting a government together."
At the White House, Mr Kenny presented the traditional bowl of shamrock to President Obama.
The bowl was hand-cut at the House of Waterford Crystal factory in Ireland.
He also presented the president with a pair of cuff links modelled on the buttons of the coat Michael Collins was wearing when he was killed, and a collection of poetry and art celebrating the centenary of the 1916 Rising.
Michelle Obama was given a ring designed by Paul Kelly, inspired by the Ring of Kerry, and a hamper of Irish food items.
Their daughters, Malia and Sasha, received two Newbridge Silver compact mirrors.
Mr Kenny will return to Ireland for a short time on Wednesday before travelling to Brussels for a European Council meeting on St Patrick's Day.
During those days you have secret meetings with other cardinals to discuss names of possible Popes - what challenges there are for the Church and who might be most suitable to face them.
So it was in that way I came to a conclusion as to who I'd vote for - at least in the beginning.
Without giving anything away, I can say certainly there were Third World, Latin American concerns - not so much candidates but concerns - regarding poverty, and the Church on the side of the poor.
These were very much on a lot of the cardinals' minds.
The most momentous bit was processing into the Sistine Chapel, which is quite dramatic with all the cardinals dressed in scarlet.
Someone says "Extra omnes" - which means "Everyone out" - leaving just the cardinal-electors before the door closes with a thud.
I remember looking around at all of the other 114 cardinals and thinking: "One of us will be going out with a white cassock on."
Three cardinals are elected to be scrutineers and one by one we'd go up with our voting slip and place it in a golden urn.
And that's a solemn moment, as above you is Michelangelo's Last Judgement.
It's very moving and something I'll always remember.
The votes are read out by the scrutineers after they've examined them.
When the majority was reached, after 77 or 78 votes, there was sort of a gasp all around, and then everyone clapped.
Cardinal Ratzinger had his head down. I think he must have said a prayer.
The senior cardinal went up to him and said: "Do you accept?"
So we all waited with bated breath.
I remember that moment very well and the silence that reigned. He looked very solemn, and not only lucid, but also calm.
And once he had said "Yes, I accept as the will of God" - that's it. He was Pope.
When he was asked what he'd call himself, he said Benedict - he must have thought about it beforehand. I think every cardinal had a name up his sleeve.
(I had two or three in mind, like Adrian, the only English Pope, or Gregory who sent Augustine to the UK - or, in fact, Benedict.)
Then he went out and there was a papal tailor outside with three white cassocks - large, medium or small.
After 10 minutes or so, Benedict came back in to the middle of the room and we all went up and kissed his ring.
And it doesn't matter how you voted - he's the Pope.
After the conclave, Benedict said, "I'd like you all to stay for dinner and we'll have a convivial dinner together."
And indeed we did... and in he comes, all dressed up. I often wondered what he felt, really. So anyway, we gave him a great clap, we had a very pleasant dinner with some champagne to drink a toast.
Then we tried some songs. It was very difficult when you have about 100 different languages to get one song... and then he went to rest.
Last conclave, the voting was over quickly. This one might take a bit more time.
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor is the archbishop emeritus of Westminster. He voted in the conclave that elected Benedict XVI as Pope in 2005 but, as he turned 80 last August, he will be too old to vote for Benedict XVI's successor.
By the beginning of next year, 70% of its work in England and Wales will be run by private companies and charities.
The UK government said it will make the system more robust and will cut reoffending rates.
But Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llwyd, who is a member of the justice committee, told BBC's The Wales Report he fears for public safety.
The 35 probation trusts in England and Wales have been replaced by 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs).
They will supervise 200,000 low and medium-risk offenders each year, while a new public sector organisation called the National Probation Service (NPS), will supervised and rehabilitate 31,000 high-risk offenders.
Companies involved will be paid based on their results and the UK government says the changes will create a more efficient system.
But Mr Llwyd, who represents Dwyfor Meirionnydd, has attacked its motives for the changes.
"What we've got is the dismantling of a very professional highly regarded service, for what I believe to be purely dogmatic reasons," said Mr Llwyd.
"In other words - private good, public bad."
"I fear for the public services and I fear for public safety, because this experiment is a dangerous, and may I say, needless one as well," he added.
Napo, the probation officer's trade union, opposes the changes and warned the service in rural parts of north Wales, Powys and Aberystwyth might suffer.
It said the new system will restrict the availability of staff to provide cover during absences, meaning more time travelling and less time managing cases.
Tracey Worth co-chair of NAPO Cymru, said: "You go to somewhere like Brecon and members say that they only have two probation officers to begin with.
"Then you split that office in half, how do you manage leave? How do you manage sickness? What will happen when a case comes in?"
But Andrew Selous MP, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation, said the government was trying to tackle the "stubbornly high" reoffending rates of the past decade.
"A responsible government responds to that, and doesn't go on doing what it has always done before," said Mr Selous.
"It looks to drive down reoffending rates, to invest in the system, to bring in new ways of working, to keep the best of what the public sector has to offer."
The Wales Report is on BBC1 Wales at 22:35 GMT on Wednesday, 26 November.
To avoid accusations that Ms Trump is taking advantage of her White House platform to sell books, the president's daughter has promised to donate profits to charity and has declined to do any publicity around the release.
Reviewers of the book so far have fallen into one of two camps.
In the minds of some, Ms Trump has taken on a serious tone in her new book, showing an evolution from the young, inexperienced-but-nonetheless-successful businesswoman she was at 27, when she wrote "The Trump Card", to a busy - so busy - married mother of three, who also happens to run the Trump empire.
Others see her new book as stunted by its class biases, which limit Ms Trump's advice to wealthy and powerful women. These reviewers have mocked Ms Trump's lament that she was so busy supporting her father during the 2016 campaign that she could not take time to get a massage or meditate for 20 minutes every morning.
Jennifer Senior falls in the latter camp. In her New York Times review, she writes that the entire book elucidates how well Ms Trump can extend the Trump brand at every turn, writing vaguely about controversial topics, so that no one really knows what she thinks about them, and then filling most of the book with aspiration fluff.
"It's a strawberry milkshake of inspirational quotes," Ms Senior writes. "Lee Iacocca appears two pages before Socrates. Toni Morrison appears one page after Estee Lauder. A quote from Nelson Mandela introduces the section that encourages women to ask for flextime: "It always seems impossible until it's done."
Ms Senior's biggest complaint is that Ms Trump leaves her most substantial and practical suggestions to the very end of the book. When it comes to family leave policies, Ms Trump sticks to the views she espoused during her father's presidential campaign, but doesn't get there until the second to last page of her book. To Ms Senior, she is missing an opportunity to advocate for changes that might help the women she is writing for.
Fatima Goss Graves writes about the "women Ivanka ignores" in US News and World Report, Ms Trump, she says, misunderstands the barriers facing most women in America.
"No amount of personal drive and sunny approach will ease the life of a mother of two who is struggling to pay her rent and put food on the table," Goss Graves writes.
"The how-to-succeed model in Women Who Work overlooks the complexities of overlapping sex and race bias that drive lower pay and fewer opportunities for many women."
Catherine Lucey, writing for the Associated Press, found that Ms Trump "offers earnest advice for women on advancing in the workplace, balancing family and professional life and seeking personal fulfilment."
In Cosmopolitan magazine, Kaitlin Menza - writing about the excerpt published this week in Forbes - agrees that Ms Trump is trying hard to "tear down the stereotype that parenting is easy."
Whether they read Ms Trump's book as earnest advice or incognito marketing for the Trump name, almost everyone who reviewed Women Who Work agreed that a lot could be gleaned about the inner workings of the Trump family.
Ms Trump writes about her family relationships, her work load, caring for her kids, and taking time for herself. She worries about how others may perceive her life as a working mother. And she offers a look into how her father influenced her life, and how she might influence his administration.
Avoid the book if you hate the self-help genre, Maria Puente writes for USA Today. However, she says there are other reasons to read aside from self-improvement:
"If you're curious about Trump, 35, who's taken an unpaid job as a senior adviser to her father, and how she might influence the Trump administration's attitudes about women," she writes. "you might want to lean in."
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Thomas Heatherwick, creator of the London 2012 cauldron, says the £175m footbridge will be "a place to linger, and be".
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Bradley Simpson was last seen at about 16:00 on Saturday afternoon playing on his bike outside his Lerwick home.
He was due to spend the night at his grandmother's house across the road.
When he failed to turn up at 20:00 the police were alerted and a search was launched. However, he was found in the back of his dad's van shortly after 22:00.
His father had earlier driven the van to a local supermarket at about 18:30, and noticed the door was not shut properly, so he closed and locked it.
As the later search continued, Bradley's grandmother Sylvia Woodhouse suggested they check the van, and he was found.
She said: "The later it got, I thought has he fallen and hurt himself, or even been unconscious, it had been raining, it was cold.
"By about 10 o'clock I really though we weren't going to see him again, that he wasn't going to be alive."
Describing the moment when they opened the door and found Bradley, she said: "I thought I was going to vomit just with the relief from the stress and the worry, and I burst into tears."
The 32-year-old is a former captain of his country, winning 48 caps, his last appearance coming in June 2015.
Nurse had a spell at Gander Green Lane in 2003 but has most recently been playing for Puerto Rico FC in the North American Soccer League.
He has had spells with several English non-league clubs, including Aldershot, Stevenage and Tamworth.
Renee and Andrew MacRae, who was three, vanished on 12 November 1976.
Mrs MacRae's burned-out BMW was discovered that night in a lay-by on the A9 south of Inverness.
In statement, the family said it was "collectively heartbroken" the pair remained missing 40 years on but were still hopeful of finding answers.
Police Scotland said an investigation into their disappearance remained ongoing.
On the evening of her disappearance Mrs MacRae, 36, had set off to meet her lover Bill McDowell in Perth but he insisted they never met.
There has been speculation that Renee MacRae and her son were murdered and their bodies buried at either a quarry or at construction works for the A9.
In 2004, police searched nearby Dalmagarry quarry but no bodies were found.
Two years later a report naming a suspect who may have killed the pair was sent to prosecutors but they decided there was insufficient evidence to take action.
It has been reported recently that "an anomaly" has been detected by ground penetrating radar in the foundations of a bridge near the lay-by where the car was found.
However, Police Scotland said its inquiries indicated construction work did not start in this area until some time after Mrs MacRae's disappearance.
The force said it would nonetheless liaise with contractors involved in the current A9 upgrade in an effort to explain the radar anomaly.
In their newly released statement, the family said: "Forty years have passed since the disappearance of Renee and Andrew and as a family we remain collectively heartbroken to have lost a much loved and cherished mother, sister, brother and friend to many.
"We cannot give up hope that somebody holds information which could help lead us to the answers as to what happened to our beloved Renee and Andrew.
"Our message is it is never too late. We are confident these answers will come from the local community and as a family we urge that person to come forward - until such time the person who caused harm to Renee and Andrew will continue to escape justice and we will be without closure."
Det Supt Jim Smith, of Police Scotland's Major Investigations Team North, said: "As in all cases such as these, there is a family quite rightly seeking answers and closure.
"We are determined to do all we can to find those answers, and to that end continue to maintain contact with the family of Christine MacRae and Andrew MacRae as the years go on.
"The passage of time is no barrier and we continue to urge anyone who may have information that could assist the investigation to come forward."
In England the government wants more graduate staff in nurseries in a bid to boost children's literacy and numeracy.
But a study published by the London School of Economics (LSE) claims highly qualified staff had only a "tiny" effect on attainment.
One early years group said the the report challenged "many of the assumptions" around current policy.
The researchers, from the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE, Surrey University and University College London, looked at figures, drawn from the National Pupil Database, on about 1.8 million five-year-olds who started school in England between 2008 and 2011.
These were the most recent figures available when the project began in 2012.
The researchers cross-referenced the children's attainment at the end of their first year at school with information on the nurseries they had attended the previous year.
The information revealed, that the children from nurseries with teachers qualified to degree level on the staff performed only slightly better than children who had not had access to qualified teachers at nursery.
This amounted to having an overall teacher assessment score at the end of the reception year of just a third of a point higher, where the maximum points available is 117.
The researchers also found only a minimal benefit for children who had attended nurseries rated outstanding by Ofsted, compared with those who had attended other nurseries.
Lead author Dr Jo Blanden, senior lecturer in Economics at Surrey University, said: "Successive governments have focused on improving staff qualifications, based on the belief that these are important for children's learning.
"Our research finding that having a member of staff qualified to graduate level working in the nursery has only a tiny effect on children's outcomes surprised us, given existing research that finds well-qualified staff have higher quality interactions with children.
"It is extremely important to discover the factors that lead to a high quality nursery experience so we can maximise children's chances to benefit developmentally from attending nursery, particularly as the government extends the entitlement from 15 to 30 hours."
Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-School Learning Alliance, the largest voluntary sector provider of early years education in England, hoped the report would help "end the widespread misconception that private and voluntary providers are of lower quality than maintained settings simply because they are less likely to employ graduate staff".
"We have long argued that quality early years provision is about more than just staff qualifications," said Mr Leitch.
"Experience, a caring demeanour and, crucially, an in-depth understanding of child development are all equally vital to ensuring that children get the best possible start in life."
The LSE study contradicts research last year from Save the Children which said it was crucial for every nursery in England to have a qualified early years teacher.
The charity's UK poverty director, Gareth Jenkins, said it was still very much of the view that qualified nursery teachers made a huge difference.
"A wide body of evidence shows that children who don't have access to these teachers are more likely to start school behind their peers, and that children who start behind are four times more likely to still be behind by the time they start secondary school - something that can have a huge impact on the rest of their lives," said Mr Jenkins.
A Department for Education spokesman said the government's early education strategy was working, with a record number of nurseries, pre-schools and childminders rated "good" or "outstanding" and the proportion of children reaching the expected learning and development continuing to rise.
"Latest results show the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their counterparts is narrowing," said the spokesman.
Each qualified nation were assigned to one of four pots for the draw according to their Uefa coefficient ranking, which is based on all competitive results since September 2010.
Which of the finalists is "practically the finished article", and which is "as interesting as an early morning trip to Ikea"?
Euro 2016 prospects: France were the last host nation to win the title, in 1984, and are among the favourites this time. With a dynamic and athletic midfield, allied to verve and pace in a three-man front line, they can be electric on the counter-attack.
Coach Didier Deschamps has brought unity to a squad riven by unrest for years; however, the blackmail case which has pitted striker Karim Benzema and attacking midfielder Mathieu Valbuena on opposite sides could yet undermine the team's chances.
Euro pedigree: Winners in 1984, as hosts, and 2000. This is their seventh successive Euros finals.
Key player: Blaise Matuidi. There are more celebrated French players, but 28-year-old Matuidi is the driving force in midfield, breaking up the opposition's play and springing forward with inexhaustible energy.
Deschamps has said the Paris St-Germain player is the "first name on the team sheet".
Premier League players: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny, Mathieu Debuchy (all Arsenal), Morgan Schneiderlin, Anthony Martial (both Manchester United), Yohan Cabaye (Crystal Palace), Bacary Sagna, Eliaquim Mangala (both Manchester City), Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle), Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool), Kurt Zouma (Chelsea).
Who's the boss? Deschamps, 47, led the team to the World Cup quarter-finals in 2014, where they lost 1-0 to Germany. As a player, he captained France to victory at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
Euro 2016 prospects: Romania possess the disciplined team ethic and strong defence that was characteristic of Greece's shock Euro 2004 triumph.
Nonetheless, national coach Anghel Iordanescu is not fooled by his side's fairly lofty world ranking of 16th - or the fact they had the best defensive record in qualifying, instead bemoaning the lack of players based in Europe's top leagues.
How they qualified: Dourly, as unbeaten Group F runners-up to Northern Ireland. Romania endured a national-record goal drought of 428 minutes which included a run of four straight draws in the second half of the campaign, but they only conceded twice in their 10 matches.
Euro pedigree: They reached the quarter-finals in 2000 by beating England with a last-minute penalty, conceded by Phil Neville. It is their only victory in 13 European Championship matches.
Key player: Vlad Chiriches. After two unconvincing seasons with Tottenham, the 26-year-old centre back is finding it equally difficult to cement a first-team place at Napoli, but he is an integral part of Romania's redoubtable defence.
Premier League players: Costel Pantilimon (Sunderland), Florin Gardos (Southampton).
Who's the boss? The world-weary Anghel Iordanescu was appointed for the third time in October 2014; he initially turned down the role but was persuaded of the need for his experience.
Iordanescu, 65, guided Romania to three successive major tournaments in the 1990s and was also in charge from 2002-04.
He quit football a few years later and served as a senator between 2008 and 2012.
Euro 2016 prospects: The most unfashionable side to qualify, and rank outsiders with Northern Ireland. The influence of their Italian coach is clear - they are organised, sit deep and frustrate the opposition, hoping to snatch a goal from set-pieces or long shots.
They stifled Portugal in qualifying, winning 1-0 away and only losing the return game in stoppage time.
How they qualified: They only scored seven goals - five of them against bottom side Armenia. That does not include their 3-0 win in Serbia, awarded by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after a riot.
That decision, and the shock win in Portugal, saw them finish second in Group I, two points ahead of Denmark.
Euro pedigree: Debutants.
Key player: In a workmanlike side, Basel midfielder Taulant Xhaka, 24, stands out for his technical ability and confidence on the ball. A former Swiss under-21 international, he's the elder brother of Switzerland's Granit Xhaka.
Premier League players: None.
Who's the boss? This is not the first time Italian Gianni de Biasi, 59, has found unexpected success with minnows - he led Italian club side Modena to Serie A in 2002 after back-to-back promotions.
His last club job was with Udinese, who sacked him in 2010.
Euro 2016 prospects: The Swiss credit rating is fairly high despite the national team having never reached the knockout stage at a European Championship.
They progressed to the last 16 at the 2014 World Cup and their regular starting line-up all play for top-flight clubs in Germany, England or Italy.
What they desperately lack is a dead-eyed striker.
How they qualified: Beaten in their first two games, the Swiss recovered to comfortably finish as Group E runners-up behind England. Four straight home wins yielded 17 goals.
Euro pedigree: Underwhelming. They've finished bottom of their group in all three previous appearances, but did at least earn their first victory at the ninth attempt when co-hosts in 2008.
Key player:
Premier League players: Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke), Gokhan Inler (Leicester), Valon Behrami (Watford).
Who's the boss? Bosnian-Croat Vladimir Petkovic, 52, is a naturalised Swiss citizen who took over from Ottmar Hitzfeld after the 2014 World Cup.
Multi-lingual Petkovic worked for a homeless charity between 2003 and 2008 while coaching lower league Swiss clubs in the evenings.
Euro 2016 prospects: After the 2014 World Cup debacle comes hope that England's youthful squad have learned some valuable tournament lessons.
Unlike Euro 2012, when Roy Hodgson took charge a month prior to the finals, he has had since September to plan ahead, with England having breezed through qualifying.
He used 33 players en route to France; there is emerging talent in the squad but Euro 2016 may come too soon.
How they qualified: Group E winners. England were the only nation to qualify with a 100% winning record, the first time they have done so in a European Championship qualifying campaign.
A tally of 31 goals - seven from Wayne Rooney - was second only to Poland's 33.
Euro pedigree: Third of the four finalists in 1968, England were also semi-finalists as hosts of Euro 96.
Statistically, Euro 2012 was England's best showing on foreign soil at the continental tournament: they were unbeaten aside from a quarter-final exit on penalties against Italy.
Key player:
Who's the boss?
This will be 68-year-old Roy Hodgson's third major tournament as England boss as he looks to secure an extension to a contract that expires after Euro 2016. Hodgson has managed 14 club sides and four national teams.
Euro 2016 prospects: Winless at the 2014 World Cup, Russia's fortunes have improved since Fabio Capello's sacking in July this year. Replacement Leonid Slutsky reinforced the defence with players from Champions League regulars CSKA Moscow, who he also manages.
How they qualified: They claimed only eight points from six games under Capello but won their remaining four with Slutsky at the helm, including a vital win over Sweden to pip them to automatic qualification.
Euro pedigree: Winners as the Soviet Union in 1960, and finalists in 1964, 1972 and 1988. A run to the semi-finals in 2008 is their best performance since the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1991.
Key player: Sergei Ignashevich. Russia's rock is now 36 but he remains vital. The CSKA Moscow defender helped Russia keep five clean sheets in the nine qualifiers he played in.
Premier League players: None.
Who's the boss? Leonid Slutsky was rewarded for rescuing Russia's Euro 2016 campaign with a contract until after the finals.
He is no stranger to playing the hero - aged 19 he rescued a cat stuck up a tree; unfortunately he fell, suffering a knee injury which ended his playing career.
Euro 2016 prospects: After a 58-year wait to play in a major tournament, Wales will not be going just to make up the numbers. Gareth Bale's goals propelled them to France, but captain and defensive rock Ashley Williams is equally as important.
The Welsh FA's Together Stronger slogan epitomises their brilliant team spirit.
How they qualified: They lost just once, away to Bosnia-Herzegovina, and conceded four goals - only Romania, England and Spain let in fewer. Bale and Aaron Ramsey scored nine of Wales' 11 goals.
Euro pedigree: Debutants at a 'finals'. Reached the quarter-finals in 1976, when only the semi-finals onwards were regarded as the finals.
Key player:
Things aren't going quite so well at club level, but the world's most expensive player can do no wrong for Wales. He recently stopped driving luxury sports cars as they were causing him hamstring problems.
Premier League players: Joe Allen (Liverpool), James Chester (West Brom), James Collins (West Ham), Ben Davies (Tottenham), Wayne Hennessey and Joe Ledley (both Crystal Palace), Andy King (Leicester), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), Neil Taylor and Ashley Williams (both Swansea).
Who's the boss? Chris Coleman took over in difficult circumstances following the death of Gary Speed in 2011.
Booed regularly at the start of his tenure, with a 6-1 World Cup qualifying defeat in Serbia the nadir of poor results early on, Coleman is now in talks to extend his contract beyond 2016.
Euro 2016 prospects: Slovakia will be appearing at just their second major tournament in 11 attempts since gaining independence in 1993.
They reached the last 16 at the 2010 World Cup, helping to knock out Italy in the group stages. They also beat Spain in qualifying for Euro 2016 so are not afraid to mix it with the big boys.
How they qualified: Slovakia won their first six qualifiers, including a 2-1 home victory against holders Spain. However, one point from their next three matches left them level on points with Ukraine before a 4-2 win over Luxembourg sealed second spot.
Euro pedigree: This is their first appearance.
Key player:
Premier League player: Martin Skrtel (Liverpool).
Who's the boss? Former Czechoslovakia international Jan Kozak was appointed in July 2013. The 61-year-old had previously managed several Slovakian league clubs.
Euro 2016 prospects: They may be joint favourites with hosts France, but the world champions are not currently looking like world beaters.
Germany scored 36 goals in qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil, but just 24 to reach Euro 2016.
How they qualified: A 2-0 defeat by Poland was their first in a qualifying campaign for nearly seven years. Another loss in Ireland meant they only narrowly topped Group D. Average possession of 67% was the joint-highest in qualifying, with Spain.
Euro pedigree: Winners in 1972, 1980 (both as West Germany) and 1996. They reached the semi-finals in 2012, when they lost 2-1 to a Mario Balotelli-inspired Italy.
Key player: Thomas Muller. Without the retired Miroslav Klose, the goalscoring onus falls on Bayern Munich's brilliant forward.
Known as the Raumdeuter, or 'space investigator', he top scored for Germany with nine goals in nine qualifiers.
Premier League players: Emre Can (Liverpool), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United).
Who's the boss? Joachim Low masterminded Germany's first trophy since Euro 96 by winning the 2014 World Cup after years of careful planning from academy level upwards.
Euro 2016 marks a decade in charge and he has a new contract to 2018.
Euro 2016 prospects: They had a good defensive record in qualifying (conceding five times in 12 games), and will try to frustrate opponents and capitalise on the flair provided by Yevhen Konoplyanka and Andriy Yarmolenko.
How they qualified: After five defeats in qualifying play-offs, they finally held their nerve to beat Slovenia 3-1 on aggregate - with Yarmolenko netting twice. They finished third in Group C, failing to score against automatic qualifiers Spain and Slovakia.
Euro pedigree: This is the first time Ukraine have qualified. Co-hosts in 2012, they went out in the group stage. The majority of the USSR team that started the Euro 1988 final defeat by the Dutch were from Ukraine.
Key player:
Premier League players: None
Who's the boss? Mykhaylo Fomenko took over in 2012 and saw Ukraine narrowly miss out on qualification for the World Cup, losing a play-off 3-2 on aggregate to France.
Euro 2016 prospects: Robert Lewandowski's firepower makes them a dangerous side, while almost as important is Sevilla's defensive midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak, who was named in La Liga's team of the year last season.
There are capable performers elsewhere in the side, but Poland lack tournament nous, exiting at the group stage in their four major tournament appearances this century.
How they qualified: They beat the Republic of Ireland 2-1 to secure second spot in Group D. They were top scorers in qualification with 33 goals, with the highlight a stunning 2-0 win against world champions Germany in 2014.
Euro pedigree: This is only the second time they have qualified. They failed to win a game in 2008 or as co-hosts in 2012.
Key player: Bayern Munich's Lewandowski, 27, is arguably the world's best number nine right now - scoring 30 goals in his first 28 games this season for club and country.
His tally of 13 goals in qualifying equalled the European Championship record set by former Northern Ireland player David Healy.
Premier League player: Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea).
Who's the boss? Appointed in October 2013, Adam Nawałka, 58, played for Poland at the 1978 World Cup. He has not managed outside of his homeland.
Euro 2016 prospects: Boss Michael O'Neill has targeted a place in the knockout stage in France. Team spirit and dead-ball deliveries will be crucial - they scored nine goals from set-pieces in qualifying, more than any other nation.
How they qualified: Early away wins in Hungary and Greece set the tone and their sole defeat, in Romania, was the only time they conceded more than once in a game.
Euro pedigree: Debutants.
Key player:
Premier League players: Chris Brunt, Jonny Evans and Gareth McAuley (all West Brom), Craig Cathcart (Watford), Steven Davis (Southampton), Kyle Lafferty (Norwich), Paddy McNair (Manchester United).
Who's the boss? Michael O'Neill's success has not come overnight - the former Shamrock Rovers boss was appointed in 2011, and won just one of his first 18 games in charge.
Euro 2016 prospects: Do not be fooled by a dismal World Cup group exit last summer; the majority of the current side were part of Spain's Euro 2012 triumph and the intense competition for places created by emerging talents has helped them regain their edge.
They are no longer as likely to overwhelm the best opposition, as they did when winning three major tournaments in a row - Euro 2008, 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 - but coach Vicente del Bosque believes his side "is practically the finished article".
How they qualified: Despite a first qualifying defeat for eight years, in Slovakia, they finished top of Group C with nine wins and a national record of eight consecutive clean sheets in competitive games.
Euro pedigree: Spain became the first side to retain the trophy when they outclassed Italy 4-0 in the 2012 final. Having also won in 1964, it was a record-equalling third title.
Key player: David Silva. Spain are far more potent with the 29-year-old Manchester City playmaker in their side. He usually starts on the right of a three-man attack but roams around the pitch to operate in pockets of space and creates openings with his intelligent probing.
Premier League players: Cesar Azpilicueta, Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas & Pedro (all Chelsea), Santi Cazorla (Arsenal), David de Gea & Juan Mata (both Manchester United), David Silva (Manchester City).
Who's the boss? Vicente del Bosque, 64, marked a national record 100th match in charge of Spain in June 2015 and he has hinted at staying on beyond Euro 2016.
He took charge after Euro 2008 and has built on that success with further titles at the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012.
Euro 2016 prospects: Not much will be anticipated of a largely domestic-based squad with no standout stars, but the Czechs performed above expectation in qualifying. They play a patient, attractive style.
How they qualified: They began the campaign with a stoppage-time victory against the Dutch and, despite a mid-campaign wobble, they eventually finished top of Group A.
Euro pedigree: They have now qualified for the finals six times in a row since the 1993 break-up of Czechoslovakia, who won the tournament in 1976.
The Czechs were runners-up in 1996, semi-finalists in 2004 and quarter-finalists in 2012.
Key player: Petr Cech. The team's captain is set to play at his fourth European Championship, when he will be 34.
Premier League players: Petr Cech and Tomas Rosicky (both Arsenal).
Who's the boss? Pavel Vrba, 52, has been named Czech Coach of the Year for five seasons running.
Prior to his 2013 appointment, he led modest provincial club Viktoria Plzen to the first four major trophies in their history.
Euro 2016 prospects: Few people gave Turkey hope after a disastrous start to qualifying, but they conceded just three times in their last seven matches and beat the Dutch 3-0 and Czechs 2-0. Their Fifa world ranking of 21 is their highest since 2009.
How they qualified: One point from three Group A games was their worst start to a qualifying campaign since preliminaries for Italia '90, but a late winner against Iceland in their final qualifier saw them through as the third-placed team with the best record.
Euro pedigree: This is their fourth appearance. They reached the semi-finals in 2008.
Key player: Technically gifted midfielder Arda Turan, 28, now at Barcelona, was central to Atletico Madrid's La Liga triumph in 2014 and is of equal importance to his national side.
He is barred from kicking a ball for his new club until January 2016 because of a transfer embargo.
Premier League players: None.
Who's the boss? Fatih Terim - 'The Emperor' - started his third spell in charge in 2013. In his first (1993-96) they qualified for their first European Championship. In his second (2005-2009) they reached the semi-finals of Euro 2008.
Euro 2016 prospects: Dangerous dark horses with formidable technical ability. A midfield axis of Ivan Rakitic and Luka Modric is the envy of coaches the world over, while Mario Mandzukic has been one of Europe's most prolific strikers over the last few years.
How they qualified: A turbulent campaign saw them docked a point and forced to play two qualifiers behind closed doors, while coach Niko Kovac was sacked with two games left. But they ended as Group H runners-up, leapfrogging Norway in the final round of fixtures.
Euro pedigree: This is their fourth successive appearance in the finals, and their fifth in total. They reached the quarter-finals on debut in 1996 and again in 2008.
Key player: Midfielder Rakitic has been tasked with filling Xavi's boots at Barcelona. He won the treble in his first season and scored the opener in the 2015 Champions League final.
Premier League players: Andrej Kramaric (Leicester City), Dejan Lovren (Liverpool).
Who's the boss? Ante Cacic took over for the final two qualifiers. He had previously managed Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva Zagreb and Slovenian side Maribor.
Euro 2016 prospects: Ranked by Fifa as the best country in the world, Belgium will arrive in neighbouring France with pressure to justify that tag.
They have reached one tournament in 13 years and were underwhelming at last year's World Cup, going out in the quarter-finals 1-0 to Argentina.
They arguably need to be less dependent on the individual talents of Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne, their top scorers in qualifying, and for their other household names to come to the fore.
How they qualified: Group B winners ahead of Wales. Belgium won only three of their opening six qualifying matches but finished with four straight victories.
Euro pedigree: Belgium are in the finals for the first time since 2002 when, as co-hosts, they exited at the group stage. They were runners-up in 1980 and third in 1972.
Key player: Move over Hazard. De Bruyne, 24, was Belgium's talisman in the qualifying campaign.
He played in all 10 games, was joint top scorer with five goals, supplied three assists and had more goal attempts than any team-mate.
Premier League players: Toby Alderweireld, Nacer Chadli & Jan Vertonghen (all Tottenham), Thibaut Courtois & Eden Hazard (both Chelsea), Kevin De Bruyne & Vincent Kompany (both Manchester City), Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United), Romelu Lukaku (Everton), Christian Benteke, Simon Mignolet & Divock Origi (all Liverpool).
Who's the boss? Marc Wilmots, 46, will celebrate four years in charge next June. He went to four World Cups as a player with Belgium and, as coach, took them to the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup.
Euro 2016 prospects: They are a work in progress under Antonio Conte, who has experimented with both 3-5-2 and 4-4-2 formations. Reaching the last four would be a success.
How they qualified: They finished unbeaten, four points clear at the top of Group H despite two draws against Croatia. Five of their seven victories were by a single-goal margin, including two uninspiring 1-0 wins against Malta.
Euro pedigree: Winners on home soil in 1968 and finalists in 2000 and 2012. They have only failed to advance from the group stage twice (in 1996 and 2004).
Key player:
Premier League players: Matteo Darmian (Manchester United), Graziano Pelle (Southampton).
Who's the boss? Antonio Conte, 46, turned Juventus into Serie A's dominant force, winning three consecutive league titles, so was the obvious replacement for Cesare Prandelli after Italy failed to get out of their group at the 2014 World Cup. It's unclear if he'll stay on beyond Euro 2016.
Euro 2016 prospects: Impressive displays against Germany and Bosnia-Herzegovina show they have an effective game-plan against technically superior opposition, meaning they will have realistic hopes of reaching the knockout stage of the European Championship for the first time.
How they qualified: They were slow starters but claimed four points against Germany (including a 1-0 win in Dublin) to pip Scotland to third in Group D.
They then deservedly overcame Bosnia-Herzegovina in a play-off. Defensive solidity was the key - they conceded eight goals in 12 games.
Euro pedigree: They failed to advance from their group in both previous campaigns (1988 and 2012), losing all three Euro 2012 games.
Key player: Jon Walters, 32, "epitomises" Ireland's spirit, says Martin O'Neill. The Stoke City striker was his country's outstanding performer in qualifying, and netted both goals in the decisive win against Bosnia.
With Robbie Keane no longer a likely starter, Walters is Ireland's biggest goal threat, even when played wide.
Premier League players: Harry Arter (Bournemouth), Robbie Brady and Wes Hoolahan (Norwich), Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa), Rob Elliot (Newcastle), Seamus Coleman, Darron Gibson, Aiden McGeady and James McCarthy (all Everton), Shane Long (Southampton), John O'Shea (Sunderland), Darren Randolph (West Ham), Jon Walters and Marc Wilson (both Stoke).
Who's the boss? Martin O'Neill has dovetailed effectively with assistant Roy Keane, gradually reviving Irish fortunes after things turned sour in Giovanni Trapattoni's final two years.
Euro 2016 prospects: Few teams will go into the Euros as reliant on one player as Sweden are. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, "the only world-class player we have" according to coach Erik Hamren, is captain, talisman and national icon.
They have an experienced squad, but one that lacks a bit of spark. As a Danish tabloid cattily put it, Ibrahimovic aside, Sweden's team is "about as interesting as an early morning trip to Ikea".
How they qualified: Pipped by Russia to the second qualifying spot in Group G, they met neighbours Denmark in the play-offs and won 4-3 on aggregate thanks to Ibrahimovic's brilliance.
Euro pedigree: This is their fifth successive appearance at a Euros, and sixth in total. Their best performance came on debut in 1992, when they made the semi-finals as hosts.
Key player: No surprise here, it's Ibrahimovic. Eleven goals in qualifying, including three in the play-offs, increased the 34-year-old's legend.
He is out of contract with French side Paris St. Germain at the end of the season.
Premier League players: Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland), Jonas Olsson (West Brom), Martin Olsson (Norwich), Ola Toivonen (Sunderland).
Who's the boss? Erik Hamren has been Sweden boss full-time since 2010. The 58-year-old had previously built up an impressive coaching CV across Scandinavia.
Crucially, he has a good relationship with Ibrahimovic and said after Sweden's play-off win: "Even if he is not part of my family, I love him."
Euro 2016 prospects: The weakest side in pot one but still likely quarter-finalists. After a poor 2014 World Cup, results have improved under their new manager, although performances have not been easy on the eye.
Portugal's under-21 side oozes talent but next summer will come too soon for most of them.
How they qualified: Topped Group I despite scoring just 11 goals. Defeat by Albania in their opener cost Paulo Bento his job as manager but under Fernando Santos they won their seven other games, all by single-goal margins.
Euro pedigree: They have reached at least the quarter-finals in the last five tournaments. Beaten finalists on home soil in 2004, they were semi-finalists in 2000 and 2012.
Key player: Cristiano Ronaldo, who else? The three-time world player of the year scored five goals in six qualifying appearances, but he has not been at his brilliant best for Real Madrid this season.
Premier League players: Eder (Swansea), Jose Fonte and Cedric Soares (both Southampton).
Who's the boss? After ending his playing career at the age of 21, Fernando Santos worked as an electrician before taking up coaching. Now 61, he has won his first seven competitive games in charge of Portugal - the first manager to do so.
He overachieved by taking Greece to the knockout stage at Euro 2012 and the 2014 World Cup.
Euro 2016 prospects: Despite a population of roughly 330,000 (comparable to Coventry) and only 21,508 registered players, Iceland's chances should not be dismissed.
Investment in better facilities has produced a generation of "indoor kids" - many of the current squad learned the game on 3G pitches inside heated domes.
In 2011 they qualified for the European Under-21 Championship for the first time, and several of those players have stepped up to senior level.
How they qualified: They beat the Netherlands, home and away, and claimed wins against the Czech Republic and Turkey to become the smallest country to qualify for a European Championship.
Euro pedigree: Debutants.
Key player:
Premier League player: Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea).
Who's the boss? Swede Lars Lagerback, 67, is joint coach with Heimir Hallgrimsson. Lagerback guided Sweden to five straight major finals between 2000-08.
He will retire after Euro 2016, with 48-year-old Hallgrimsson taking sole charge.
Euro 2016 prospects: Hopes are high after a remarkable qualification campaign which helped Austria climb into the top 10 of the Fifa rankings for the first time.
How they qualified: Austria were unbeaten in Group G, winning nine of their 10 matches to finish eight points clear of Russia.
Euro pedigree: This is only their second appearance and the first time they have qualified for the finals. They failed to win a game as co-hosts at Euro 2008.
Key player: A central midfielder for his country, David Alaba's versatility makes him a favourite of Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola, who has said: "Alaba is our god - he has played in nearly all 10 positions."
Premier League players: Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City), Christian Fuchs (Leicester), Sebastian Prodl (Watford), Kevin Wimmer (Tottenham).
Who's the boss? Former Switzerland international Marcel Koller. After Austria booked their place in France with victory against Sweden, he turned up to the post-match media conference wearing a beret and eating a baguette.
Euro 2016 prospects: Hungary ended a 30-year championship drought with qualification. Not a single member of their squad plays regularly in any of Europe's top five leagues and they would appear to be among the weakest sides heading to France.
How they qualified: They won just four of their 10 group games and went through three different coaches, but ultimately saw off Norway in the play-offs.
Euro pedigree: They were heavyweights in the competition's early tournaments, finishing third in 1964 and fourth in 1972. They subsequently failed to qualify for 10 successive finals until now.
Key player: Balazs Dzsudzsak. The 28-year-old left winger and captain was crucial to their qualification. He has played regularly in Hungary, the Netherlands and Russia and is currently with Turkish side Bursaspor.
Premier League player: Adam Bogdan (Liverpool).
Who's the boss? German Bernd Storck, 52, took over in July, initially temporarily following Pal Dardai's switch to Hertha Berlin.
The majority of his coaching career has been in Kazakhstan. He played for Borussia Dortmund in the 1980s.
Written by Tom McCoy, Noel Sliney, Paul Birch and Craig Barnes.
The language can now appear on official documents, although Arabic will remain the language of government.
A two-term limit on the presidency was lifted in 2008 to allow Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for a third term.
The limit is part of a package of constitutional reforms that authorities say will strengthen democracy.
Opposition leaders have dismissed the changes as superficial.
The Berber language - known locally as Amazigh - was recognised in 2002 as a national language, meaning it could be taught officially in schools in Berber-speaking regions.
But Berbers pushed for it to be awarded official status, meaning it would also be accepted on administrative documents.
The Berbers were the original inhabitants of North Africa before the seventh century Arab invasion, and they now make up 13 million of Algeria's 39 million people.
Among the other reforms are the promise of an independent electoral commission and recognition of the roles of women and youth.
And the president will be required to nominate a prime minister from the largest party in parliament.
The changes were among those promised by President Bouteflika following the Arab Spring uprisings in 2011.
The scrapping of terms limits allowed Mr Bouteflika to stand for a third term in 2009. The 78-eight-year old president was re-elected again in 2014 but has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke the previous year.
The package was passed by 499 votes to two, with 16 abstentions, senate speaker Abdelkader Bensalah said.
"This project crowns the process of political reforms promised by the head of state," said Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal.
The reforms guaranteed "democratic change by means of free elections" and were "a bulwark against the vagaries of political change", he added.
But opposition critics say the reforms are little more than a show and will do little to reduce the grip on power held by Mr Bouteflika and his inner circle.
With his terms nearly at an end, there are fears of instability in the mainly Muslim country of 40 million, a key energy producer.
Unlike many countries in the region, including its neighbours Libya and Tunisia, Algeria was unaffected by the Arab Spring.
But it is facing a range of challenges, including regular jihadist attacks and sporadic outbreaks of violence between Berbers and Arabs.
In a co-ordinated operation, five were arrested in Greater Manchester in dawn raids on Monday, while a 29-year-old Iranian man was held in Northampton.
Another Iranian man, 29, was detained in Glasgow.
On Tuesday, a British woman, 46, and a 33-year-old Iranian man were arrested at Manchester Airport. All nine have been bailed pending further inquiries.
Home Office immigration officials said their investigation into the suspected smuggling ring started in March and had been carried out with French border police, Europol and Eurojust.
The five arrested in Greater Manchester on Monday included:
Dave Magrath, an assistant director at the Home Office's Immigration Enforcement, said: "Our investigation is targeting an organised network suspected of being involved in a complex and systematic attempt to evade the UK's immigration controls."
Microsoft's launched a test version of the Skype Translator which decodes conversations in Spanish and English in real time.
It means that during video calls people who speak those languages will be able to talk freely.
Gurdeep Pall from Microsoft says it follows more than 10 years of investment.
"Skype Translator will open up endless possibilities for people around the world to connect, communicate and collaborate," he said.
"People will no longer be hindered by geography and language."
It's been trialled on school children in Mexico City and Tacoma in Washington, one classroom speaking Spanish and the other speaking English.
They played a game called Mystery Skype where pupils from one school asked questions to try to work out which part of the world the other school was in.
The Skype Translator service is available in English and Spanish but Microsoft says it will eventually be available in more languages.
There are more than 40 instant messaging languages available to customers who have signed up via the Skype Translator page and are using Windows 8.1.
According to Microsoft more than 300 million people use Skype each month, totalling more than 2 billion minutes of conversation a day.
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The 27-year-old Austria international finished top scorer for the Potters in the 2015-16 season.
He is on a four-year deal and tied to the club until June 2017, but Stoke are yet to come to an extended agreement with his Austria-based agent.
"He knows we want him to sign," chief executive Tony Scholes told BBC Stoke.
"We've been great for him and he's been great for us. (Manager) Mark Hughes and the rest of the staff all want him to sign. We believe that this is the best place for him.
"But Marko and his agent are biding their time. All I can say is they've not agreed anything yet. We hope he'll sign, but I still can't give a definitive answer."
The powerful Arnautovic enjoyed his most successful season since being signed for an undisclosed seven-figure fee from Werder Bremen in September 2013 - one of Hughes' first signings as Stoke boss.
In 110 appearances for the Potters, he has netted 19 goals, of which 12 have come this season.
Police were inundated with reports of people having their windows smashed and tyres slashed in Leicester and villages in the Wreake Valley.
Detectives, who said nothing was stolen from the vehicles, have appealed for more people to report Monday's damage.
The men, aged 18, 19, 20, 21 and 23, were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage but have since been bailed.
Milkman Tony Fowler, who was one of the first people on the scene, said: "It was just pure mindless, senseless destruction.
"I've never seen so many [cars damaged] in such a short space of time."
Reports were made in areas including Leicester, Glenfield, Thurmaston, East Goscote, Rearsby, Frisby on the Wreake, Saxelby and Waltham on the Wolds.
The 24-year-old man, named as Justin Castellanos by police, denies the allegations, local media reports say.
It follows a decision to halt construction work for the relocation of a US base in Okinawa last week.
The US military's presence in Okinawa - hosting the majority of US troops in Japan - is a divisive issue on the island.
Japan's central government, keen to have a significant US military presence in the country at a time of increased tension with China, is much more supportive of the bases.
Recently there has been considerable controversy over the relocation of the Futenma airbase from its densely populated current site to a more remote area. Local officials and many residents want the base removed entirely.
The land reclamation project necessary for the move has been temporarily halted under a court-mediated settlement, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government still plans to eventually relocate the base to Henoko, south of Nago city.
The suspect is accused of taking the alleged victim into his room and raping her after finding her asleep in the corridor of his hotel, according to local media reports.
The woman is said to be in her 40s and visiting from Japan's main southern island of Kyushu.
The Japanese government's top spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, said the government had "expressed a strong protest" to the US and added that he hoped police can solve the case.
"The US side said it would be a very disappointing incident if the allegation was true and that they're taking this matter seriously," he said.
Expressing fewer reservations, Okinawa's governor, Takeshi Onaga, told Kyodo news agency: "It was a serious crime in violation of women's human rights and can never be tolerated. I feel strong resentment."
Rapes and other crimes by US troops on the islands have prompted local protests in the past.
In 1995, three American servicemen were convicted of kidnapping and raping a 12-year-old girl on her way home from school in Okinawa, leading to massive protests and a reduction in the US military presence.
The site of brutal fighting between Japanese and US forces during World War Two, Okinawa is now central to the Japan-US security alliance formed in the years after that war.
Okinawa makes up less than one percent of Japan's total land area but hosts about 26,000 US troops - more than half of the 47,000 in the country in total.
They will link up again on Saturday night when they join another legendary goalscorer, Gary Lineker, in the studio for Match of the Day at 22:20 GMT on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.
How do they see the weekend action panning out? Shearer and Sutton tackle some of the big issues that will affect the key matches at both ends of the table, and give their verdict on some star strikers who are in and out of form.
Man City v Chelsea, 12:30 GMT, Saturday
Alan Shearer: "City have drawn their last three home league games against Everton, Southampton and Middlesbrough so what better way to bounce back than to beat a high-flying Chelsea side who will be full of confidence after coming from 1-0 down to beat Tottenham last weekend.
"Doing that will be far from easy, obviously. Chelsea have looked solid and dominated sides since they switched to playing three at the back at the start of their winning run.
"Victor Moses is a completely different player in their 3-4-3 system and their whole team looks comfortable playing it. In attack, Eden Hazard and Diego Costa are excelling, which will give them hope of breaking down a City side who have only had one clean sheet in their last 14 games.
"But if there is a game where I would expect City to get it right and raise their levels it would be in a fixture like this one.
"Both sides have come into it fresh with no midweek fixtures and it is a mouth-watering prospect to see City's Sergio Aguero and Chelsea's Diego Costa, two of the best forwards in the league, going head-to-head.
"Chelsea have only conceded one goal during their seven-game winning run. For me, the key to them extending it is how - and if - they can handle Aguero."
Chris Sutton: "If I was picking one of them, I would still go with Aguero but Costa is back to his best after being written off by many last season.
"Costa leads the line so well, always brings other players into the game and has got his hunger and sharpness back, but Aguero on his day is still the outstanding striker in the Premier League.
"In terms of the game, I just have a feeling City will nick it.
"We know how good Chelsea are at the back and there is no doubt they are serious title contenders now, but City have got home advantage and more quality than Antonio Conte's side have come up against in this winning run.
"If City's attacking players click, even Conte will not be able to keep them out.
Sunderland v Leicester (15:00 GMT, Saturday)
Shearer: "Vardy's confidence must have taken a battering in the last few weeks.
"Last season every time he touched the ball, he seemed to score. Last weekend he didn't even have a shot. But there is only so long you can blame a lack of confidence - only he can put it right.
"That means getting back to doing everything he did last season and hoping his luck in front of goal changes.
"Last season he was aggressive in his running, stretched teams and ran in behind defences. His energy and running seemed to inspire his whole team. We just haven't seen enough of that from him this season.
Sutton: "Vardy has gone far too long without a goal for Leicester but he has scored for England during that time, so there should not be too much panic over his form.
"He is reliant on being given chances and that has not happened in the Premier League - just look at that statistic about how few passes Riyad Mahrez has made to him recently.
"Mahrez found Vardy with one ball against Boro, but that was only the second time it had happened in eight league games since 17 September.
"Leicester just need to find a supply line for him again and, if Sunderland take the initiative on Saturday, that could play into the Foxes' hands and let them play balls over the top for Vardy to run on to.
"That is exactly how he got one of the two goals he scored at the Stadium of Light in April. It will be very interesting to see if the Black Cats can deal with his pace this time."
Shearer and Sutton's Blackburn team did not win an away league game until January in 1995-96, the season after they won the title. After seven defeats and four draws on the road, they ended their wait at the 12th attempt when Shearer's goal gave them a 1-0 win at struggling QPR.
Sutton: "Like Leicester, we made a poor start to our title defence but we turned it around and eventually finished seventh.
"I think Claudio Ranieri's side have too much quality to go down, but it would be particularly damaging if they were to lose again on Saturday.
"Sunderland are still not very convincing going forward but they have got a bit of spirit and fight about them and their players and fans will think they have got a real chance of winning this game."
Shearer: "Although Sunderland were beaten in their last outing at Anfield their two wins before that, against Bournemouth and Hull, suggest they can cause Leicester problems at home, particularly with Jermain Defoe and Victor Anichebe starting to form some kind of understanding and threat as a pairing.
"I didn't have to work at it with Chris at Blackburn. It has taken them a bit longer but Defoe has always functioned best with a big man playing alongside him and it seems like he and Anichebe are building on that.
"This is a big game for Leicester. To perform so well in their first season in the Champions League is another fantastic achievement when we see so many other sides take time to adjust.
"But they now have to apply the same focus and determination to get results in the Premier league or they will be back in a relegation battle, like they were in the 2014-15 season."
Crystal Palace v Southampton (15:00 GMT, Saturday)
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Shearer: "Alan Pardew is about to find out if his players want him in the job or not. They cannot defend in their next two games like they have done recently or he won't be their manager for much longer.
"As well as losing their last six league games, Crystal Palace have gone 18 games without a clean sheet, which tells you what has gone wrong for them.
"Why are they conceding so many goals? Well, Christian Benteke was at fault on more than occasion against Swansea last week and did the same against Manchester City the week before. Clearly sides have spotted his weaknesses at defensive set-pieces.
"At Newcastle, Sir Bobby Robson always used to say 'there is always one dope who falls asleep' in those situations and as players you target that.
"So what Palace need to do is put Benteke in the middle of the goal, on the six-yard box and take the responsibility away of marking someone. Just tell him to attack the ball.
"Palace have the advantage that they are at home and face a Southampton side who will have played last Sunday and on Wednesday in the EFL Cup too.
"Saints could be suffering from their European and midweek exertions and Palace have to get a win because they have a tricky run of fixtures ahead of them.
Sutton: "Pardew has got a strong relationship with Palace chairman Steve Parish but things are looking ominous for him - he clearly cannot keep losing games.
"I saw after the Swansea game that Phil Neville had said the players had let Pardew down, but this is a guy who has spent almost £75m in his two years in charge.
"If you are the Palace owners, over in the United States, then you must be thinking we should be doing much better than we are.
"This is almost a must-win game for Pardew, and it will be the same against Hull too."
Everton v Man Utd (16:00 GMT, Sunday)
Shearer: "Having watched United in the last three or four league games, they are creating chances.
"But if their strikers don't start taking them, then Jose Mourinho will have to look at bringing someone in during the January transfer window - you can only give your forwards so many chances.
"Wayne Rooney isn't the striker he was. Zlatan is scoring but you can't rely on a 35-year-old all season.
"There have been calls to give Marcus Rashford a go down the middle but when he was put through the middle against West Ham last weekend, he snatched at it.
"He's young, his time will come but at the moment I wouldn't put him in on current form.
"Anthony Martial has also also not been firing in the Premier League and has looked uninterested at times but he got two goals against the Hammers in Wednesday's EFL Cup win. Maybe that might give him a bit of confidence he desperately needs."
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Sutton: "United's biggest problem at the moment is their manager, and the way he is behaving.
"I thought they were unfortunate not to beat Arsenal on 19 November but they were still not convincing against West Ham in the league and we are still waiting - and waiting - for them to turn the corner.
"Some people think they can still win the league but I am not one of them. They are not title contenders at all.
"It does not matter if you are playing with a single striker or a partnership up front, you have to find a way of creating chances.
"That is actually more of a problem for Everton than United at the moment, although neither team have scored many goals.
"Playing with two strikers is not necessarily the answer to that but, for United, Ibrahimovic is not going to run away from defenders any more.
"However United play, they need to get bodies around him because he is clever with his touches and his link-up play, but he can appear isolated.
"When United play him up front on his own, you notice his lack of pace. They have to get that from someone else who can stretch the game - otherwise, you become predictable."
Shearer: "With more sides playing a three-man attack, you do see fewer partnerships than we maybe saw when I was playing with Chris at Blackburn, Les Ferdinand at Newcastle or Teddy Sheringham with England.
"But in all those sides it wasn't a case of playing two out-and-out strikers - we were always able to drop in and help the midfield when we didn't have the ball.
Sutton: "If Alan and I were playing together in the Premier League now, we could have done some damage and I will tell you why.
"As he says, people would say we played a 4-4-2 the season we won the title but actually, out of possession, one of us would drop on to their holding midfielder.
"The game has not been reinvented - you can still play with two strikers. It is no big deal, just about players being adaptable.
"It suited me as a player because I liked to have people who were clever and quick to play off me. Is there still a place for it? Absolutely."
Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton were speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
John Cleese based the TV sitcom on the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay after staying there with the Monty Python team in 1973.
Churchill Retirement Living will convert the site after its plans were approved by Torbay Council.
Former owner Donald Sinclair unwittingly became the inspiration for Cleese's character Basil Fawlty.
The 41-bedroom hotel ceased trading early this year and Churchill Retirement Living applied to use the site for 36 retirement apartments.
Torbay Council's development management committee originally denied the application as they felt it was "too large and unsympathetic to the area".
A smaller, revised scheme was accepted by the council.
It will involve knocking down the three-star hotel and building 21 one-bed and 11 two-bedroom apartments, with a guest suite and two communal lounges.
Planning officers allowed the change of use of the site from tourist accommodation to residential as the former hotel was found to be "commercially unviable".
Fawlty Towers, voted number one in the British Film Institute's 100 Greatest Television Programmes in 2000, ran for just 12 episodes.
Days before their headline performance in 2015, Dave Grohl fell off stage and broke his leg in Gothenburg, Sweden.
"I'm about two years late tonight, I'm sorry," said Grohl on Saturday, blaming bad traffic for the delay.
He then played a solo version of Times Like These, bringing in the band for an explosive climax.
Grohl explained the song held special significance when it came to their Glastonbury experience.
In 2015, he said, he has watched Florence + The Machine stand in for the Foo Fighters "on my laptop as I was sitting in a wheelchair with a broken leg and it looked beautiful.
"And all of a sudden, she played a Foo Fighters song - way better than we've ever played a Foo Fighters song, let me tell you.
"So I thought I'd come out here and start the show tonight singing that song back to Florence."
Earlier this week, Grohl told BBC Radio 1 that playing Times Like These at Glastonbury would be "part of my recovery in a weird way."
The band continued their set with All My Life and Learn to Fly - an exhilarating one-two punch of riff-laden rock.
"I think tonight we should just play until they kick us off the stage," said Grohl. "You know we can do it."
Grohl started out as the drummer in Nirvana, but these days it's hard to imagine a time when he wasn't a frontman.
Whether thrashing his guitar, strutting around the stage or teasing the crowd, his charisma spills over.
At one point, he sang an improvised song entirely consisting of one repeated swear word, just so he could break Adele's record for the most obscenities said on stage at Glastonbury.
And after the band played Walk, about "learning to walk again", he joked: "I'd like to dedicate that last song to my surgeon… my plastic surgeon.
"I went to him and I said, 'I know I have a broken leg - but could you make me look older. And voila."
As Grohl scrolled through a mini-history of the Foo Fighters' hits (The Pretender, My Hero, Monkey Wench), it became clear the band have one setting: Supersonic. Even the quiet songs somehow ended up loud.
But their catchy pop-rock choruses and Grohl's investment in his band kept the crowd on side throughout the two-and-a-quarter hour set.
Spirits didn't even sag when drummer Taylor Hawkins stepped out from behind his kit to sing a version of Queen and David Bowie's Under Pressure.
In fact, their bonhomie almost worked too well. During a pause in Best Of You, the audience picked up the song's "woah-oh" refrain and sang it back to the band for a good three minutes.
"Would you let me finish the song, please?" pleaded Grohl. "Shhh."
They eventually overran by 20 minutes, finishing their set just after the Pyramid Stage's midnight curfew with a firework-assisted Everlong.
"I feel like this is the big one," said Grohl. "I feel it's the way it's supposed to be."
"Thank you so much. It was a beautiful night."
Elsewhere on Friday night, Solange played a mellow, subtly choreographed set on the West Holts stage.
Her performance drew heavily on last year's hit album A Seat At The Table, a soulful, thoughtful portrayal of the struggles faced by black women throughout history.
British grime star Stormzy gave a powerful performance to a packed-out audience at The Other Stage.
Alongside his own hits, including Big For Your Boots and Shut Up, he played Ed Sheeran's Shape Of You - on which he provided a guest rap at this year's Brit Awards.
"We're going to sing for Ed right now," he said, encouraging the audience to go and see the pop star's headline set on Sunday night.
"We're going to let him know we got him tomorrow."
Stormzy also dedicated the song 100 Bags to his mum, saying she "wouldn't be able to comprehend" her son playing to 20,000 people at Glastonbury.
"Hey, mumzy, look at your boy now," he said.
Throughout, the star's set embraced his mainstream appeal without diluting the fierce and dextrous wordplay that made him special in the first place.
Coming on the day that Dizzee Rascal complained no British rapper had ever headlined Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage, it marked the rapper out as the artist to break that barrier.
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The nine-floor building, part of Ipswich Hospital, was hit on Tuesday evening.
Just before 19:00 GMT, Hospital chief executive Nick Hulme tweeted that a "massive clap of thunder and lightning has struck the building".
A hospital spokesman said patient care had not been affected but the unit's bleeper system was down.
Mr Hulme said everything was "safe" but there may be disruption for a while.
Hospital co-ordinator Karen Lough said the maternity unit was "fully operational" and the contingency plans had worked.
"We are using phones and radio communication to replace our bleeper system, but patient care has not been affected," she said.
World number three Wawrinka battled from a set down to beat German qualifier Mischa Zverev 4-6 6-3 6-3 and retain the Geneva Open title.
French world number 13 Tsonga recorded a 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 win over Czech Thomas Berdych to win in Lyon.
"It's my first title on clay - even if it's a little late I'm happy," he said.
In Geneva, home favourite Wawrinka found the going difficult early in the match as world number 33 Zverev broke his serve before taking the first set.
The 32-year-old, who won the 2015 French Open, then found his form, taking a 3-0 lead before claiming the second set.
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He lost serve in the final set but then broke Zverev three times on his way to securing his first title of the year.
In Lyon, Tsonga collected his third title of the season.
World number 14 Berdych should have taken the first set having had two set points at 5-4.
However, Tsonga kept his cool to win the set on the tie-break before breaking at 6-5 in the second set to clinch the crown on home soil.
A government investigation found overwhelming evidence of animal cruelty, including mass greyhound killings and "live baiting".
The state government said it would work towards a ban from 1 July 2017.
"We are left with no acceptable course of action except to close this industry down," Premier Mike Baird said.
In recent years, the sport has enjoyed a resurgence across the country. Prize money has sky-rocketed and more than £2bn ($2.6bn) a year is wagered on races.
"I feel much empathy for innocent trainers and those who will lose their job or hobby as a result of this," Mr Baird said.
"But we simply cannot and will not standby and allow the widespread and systemic mistreatment of animals."
The legislation to stop greyhound racing will still need to pass through state parliament and is also likely face legal action from the racing industry.
"Today is an extremely sad day for the NSW greyhound racing industry and the people involved in it," Greyhound Racing NSW said in a statement.
An ABC Four Corners report aired last year showed piglets, possums and rabbits being chased and killed by dogs in training sessions.
Four Australian states - NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania - subsequently launched inquiries into greyhound racing.
Dozens of trainers were suspended. Some were banned from ever participating in the sport again and others charged under animal cruelty laws.
"This day is historic," said RSPCA NSW chief executive Steven Coleman.
"It's monumental. And I can only hope that reverberates around the country."
Some of the hundreds of protesting pensioners tried to topple a police bus, while others attempted to break through riot police lines.
Due to austerity reforms, pensions in Greece have been cut repeatedly and they are now worth 25-55% less than they were before the economic crisis.
Pensions are a sticking point in Greek dealings with international creditors.
Greece debt crisis: The cost to pensioners
Alexis Tsipras's government has to make more than €1bn ($1.12bn) in savings through pension reforms under the terms of a bailout from international lenders.
But a survey published by the National Pension Network last week suggested that nearly half of pensioners now have a monthly income below the official poverty line.
"We can't live on €400 ($450)," the protesters chanted as they marched.
"Let the rich pay for the crisis" was another favoured chant.
Monday's protest was timed to coincide with a draft budget, which projects economic growth of 2.7%, being heard in parliament.
But some of the protesting pensioners mocked that suggestion.
"It's just a big fat lie," said Vassilis Bardas, 76. "This government are the biggest liars of all the others put together."
After the protest, Nikos Toska, minister for citizens' protection, moved quickly to decree that tear gas was banned from being used against "protests by pensioners and workers".
One Conservative MP told me he had been asked two specific questions by his whip, an MP who enforces discipline in the House of Commons for the government.
The MP was asked: what did he think about military action in Iraq and what did he think about military action in Syria?
Government sources at Westminster insisted that Tory MPs were not being consulted about any specific proposals for military action. They were simply being asked for their views about a range of issues that included the situation in the Middle East but also touched on Ukraine and domestic matters.
They said government whips were taking the chance to gauge MPs' views ahead of a big House of Commons debate on foreign affairs next Wednesday. They were also using the opportunity of the short parliamentary session to test the water before MPs leave Westminster for a month while the Scotland referendum and party conferences take place.
It is not clear yet how widespread this consultation is. The views of many MPs on military action will be well known already to the whips.
But the fact that the questions are now being asked represents the most substantial evidence yet that the government is preparing for the moment when it may consider joining US air strikes in the Middle East.
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The 30-year-old captained the U's to the Football League Trophy final as well as winning automatic promotion from League Two last season.
It is the third time Wright has played under manager Chris Wilder, following spells at Oxford and Halifax Town.
"I have a great insight into what he is about. I've always believed that he can play at a higher level," Wilder said.
"He was captain under me for a number of years; I'm looking forward to working with him again because he is a positive influence in the changing room."
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The opener, who made 156 off 128 deliveries, was run out off the final ball of Australia's 264-8. The next highest score was Travis Head's 37.
Mitchell Starc took 3-34 as New Zealand were bowled out for 147 with almost 14 overs unused at the MCG.
Only Sachin Tendulkar (nine) has made more ODI hundreds in a calendar year.
Warner, whose century was his second in successive games and fourth in his six matches, has scored 1,388 runs at an average of 63.09 in 23 ODIs in 2016.
Australia beat New Zealand by 68 runs in Sydney and 116 runs in Canberra in the first two matches of the series.
Australia begin a three-Test series against Pakistan on Thursday in Brisbane, while New Zealand host Bangladesh in a limited-overs series starting on 26 December.
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The site near Westhill is close to the new Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
The Dons had been considering a relocation to Loirston, to the south of Aberdeen, a proposal which had been marred by planning difficulties.
Chairman Stewart Milne said Kingsford was "an ideal location for supporters" and that he hoped to move into the new stadium for the 2019-20 season.
Training facilities should be operational by 2018, he added.
The Scottish Premiership club abandoned plans to build at Bellfield beside Kingswells in 2003, which is close to the new site.
The Pittodrie side faced strong opposition back then from local campaigners.
Milne said the next step will be a 12-week period of public consultation, after which initial planning for the training facilities will be applied for, with the outcome "expected later this year".
"Kingsford offers an opportunity to locate both the stadium and the training facilities within a single site, as was the original plan for Loirston, and it is in an ideal location for supporters travelling from all areas in and around Aberdeen," added Milne.
"Crucially, we have full control of the site via a concluded missive with the landowner. Extensive site diligence has already been carried out at Kingsford to establish the feasibility of the land area and also the requirements for the planning process.
"Since Loirston was previously identified as our site for the new stadium, there have been various changes in circumstances and furthermore the development of the AWPR will now provide easy access to the new site at Kingsford.
"AFC and Aberdeen City Council see a new stadium and training facilities as a vital part of the region's infrastructure, and there is a strong desire by the club to deliver these new facilities as soon as possible."
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes welcomed the announcement, saying it was "fantastic news".
"I've said from the day I arrived here that the one most important aspect where the club needs to drive forward is in terms of its training facilities, so the fact the new stadium is potentially going to be at the same location as these is an added bonus," he said.
"When completed, this will have a huge impact in terms of Aberdeen's ability to attract and then improve players, both in terms of youngsters for our youth academy and also established first-team players."
A staff survey has shown alcohol misuse is a contributory factor in about half of 999 calls.
It is the first time the police, fire and ambulance services have come together to highlight the problem.
They said alcohol-related incidents tied up resources which could be needed elsewhere.
The staff survey, completed by 909 police officers, 824 paramedics and 167 fire officers, revealed one in three had been subjected to physical abuse in the previous four weeks while attending an incident as a result of alcohol misuse, and two-thirds had experienced verbal abuse.
Almost half of all incidents attended by the emergency services in that period were alcohol-related, while almost two-thirds of emergency personnel had faced difficulties in securing urgent information because of victims or callers being intoxicated.
In the anonymous survey one firefighter recalled: "I was in breathing apparatus at a house fire and I found a man lying in his bed. He had tried to cook after coming back from a night out but he was drunk and fell asleep.
"The smoke alarm was blaring but he only woke up when I shook him to see if he was alive. He punched me in the face."
An ambulance crew member said: "I have been assaulted, spat at and verbally abused too many times to mention.
"If people could only see the effect they have on an incident when they're under the influence of alcohol. We have to spend as much time looking after our own safety as looking after our patient."
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Williams, of Police Scotland, said the demands placed on emergency services by people under the influence of alcohol were huge.
He said: "On many occasions, it delays police officers, firefighters and paramedics from getting to members of the public who really do need our protection and help."
Assistant Chief Officer David McGown, of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, said 999 calls from intoxicated people often gave confusing details of the incident.
"Being unable to get reliable, accurate information also means that firefighters can be sent to incidents without vital information regarding people involved and the risks they may face," he said.
"When someone is trapped in a fire this could mean our teams may not know where to focus their search, which therefore exposes them to dangerous environments for longer as they attempt to locate the person."
Daren Mochrie, director of service delivery for the Scottish Ambulance Service, said the public would be shocked to hear how frontline emergency staff and control room operators are often abused and obstructed by people under the influence of alcohol.
"Our staff are highly trained specialist clinicians who all too often have to respond to people who are simply intoxicated, delaying their response to patients with a genuine medical need.," he said.
"There can also be wider impact on our operations as precious resources often have to be taken off the road to be cleaned after an intoxicated patient has been sick, which takes time and removes an ambulance that could available to respond to a medical emergency."
One response to the survey revealed an ambulance on its way to a life-threatening medical emergency was delayed by drunk revellers who ran into the road and danced in front of the vehicle.
Alison Douglas, chief executive of Alcohol Focus Scotland, gave the charity's backing to the emergency services' campaign for more responsible drinking.
She said: "Reducing our overall alcohol consumption, with particular targeting of high-risk groups, will help ease the pressure on our police, fire and ambulance staff.
"But encouraging people to drink less is difficult when we are surrounded by cheap alcohol that is constantly promoted as an everyday product."
The protest, which blocked roads in the Knightsbridge area of central London, was organised by the union that represents hospitality workers in the store as part of a row over tips.
The United Voices of the World (UVW) union complained that Harrods was keeping 75% of the cash left by diners.
Harrods said it was reviewing its service charge system
The Metropolitan Police said an 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of setting off a flare.
A 51-year-old woman was also arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and assaulting a police officer.
UVW's general secretary, Petros Elia, told the BBC Harrods was keeping up to £2.5m a year in tips from its hospitality staff.
A Harrods spokeswoman said the store employed more than 450 workers in its 16 restaurants, all of whom were paid "fairly and above national living wage".
Harrods said the employees would be given details of the new system, as soon as a review was complete.
There is currently no law requiring restaurants to hand over all the tips to their staff.
However the Business Secretary Sajid Javid has said gratuities should go to the people they were intended for.
In May 2016 the government highlighted a range of options to improve the tipping system, including the idea of legislation.
Industry guidelines suggest restaurants can keep a proportion of tips, to cover their costs.
Ibrahim Anderson, 38, and Shah Jahan Khan, 62, from Luton, are accused of inviting support for a banned organisation.
Mr Anderson, of Dallow Road, and Mr Khan, of St Catherine's Avenue, were arrested after an investigation by Met Police counter-terror officers.
Mr Anderson has also been accused of possessing information of a kind likely to be useful for terrorism.
Both have been bailed to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, 21 April.
The offences are alleged to have taken place in August and December 2014.
The 56 weapons include shotguns, rifles, handguns and pistols along with rounds of ammunition. Several replica and BB guns were also received.
The amnesty was prompted by a change in the law in July, when the maximum penalty for possession increased from 10 years' imprisonment to life.
The force said: "Our streets are safer now as a result of this initiative."
Ms Priyabhashini was 23 at that time, when a group of Pakistani soldiers and their Bangladeshi associates stormed into her house and dragged her away. Her husband and three children watched helplessly as she was bundled into an army jeep.
For seven months, she was repeatedly raped and tortured at an army camp in the capital Dhaka, she says.
"I was subjected to extreme physical and mental torture. They had no mercy. Many of my friends and relatives were killed in front of me," she said.
"It is heartening to see, 40 years after those atrocities, that some of those responsible for those gruesome acts are in the dock," Ms Priyabhashini said.
Bangladesh is yet to come to terms with its violent birth in 1971, after the Pakistani government sent in its army to stop was what was then East Pakistan from becoming independent.
It is not exactly clear how many people died, but official figures estimate that more than three million people were killed and hundreds of thousands of women raped during the nine-month bloody battle.
The minority Hindu community was particularly targeted. Many Hindus were even forcibly converted to Islam.
The war ended with the surrender of Pakistani forces to India, which intervened after millions of refugees flooded its eastern states to escape the brutality.
Soon after the war, there were demands from the victims and human rights groups to try those responsible for the slaughter, rape and looting.
However, Delhi, Dhaka and Islamabad agreed not to pursue war-crimes charges against the Pakistani soldiers, who were allowed to go back to their country.
Despite various attempts, efforts to try those Bangladeshis who allegedly collaborated with the Pakistani forces did not materialise until last year.
In 2010, for the first time, the Awami League-led government set up the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) to try those Bangladeshis accused of collaborating with Pakistani forces and committing atrocities.
So far seven people, including two from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and five from the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party, have been arrested and are facing trial in Dhaka. All of them deny the charges.
The Jamaat-e-Islami is the country's largest Islamist party and it opposed Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan at that time. Some of its members allegedly fought alongside the Pakistani army.
However, the two opposition parties accuse the government of carrying out a vendetta and trying to use the trial to curb their political activities.
"The trial will be transparent and independent. International observers will be allowed to come and watch the trial. The accused will be given full opportunity to defend their case," said the Bangladeshi law minister, Shafique Ahmed.
Despite the overwhelming public opinion in support of the trial, there are some bottlenecks.
First of all, this tribunal is almost a domestic set-up and the three judges sitting on the tribunal are from Bangladesh. The United Nations and other international agencies do not have any major role to play.
Human rights groups said some of the rules were not consistent with international standards, as followed by war crimes tribunals in Rwanda or Cambodia.
"Bangladesh has promised to meet international standards in these trials, but it has some way to go to meet this commitment," Human Rights Watch said in a statement issued earlier this year.
Defence counsels also complained about a lack of time for their team to prepare for the case. They also argued that Bangladesh didn't have the expertise to try war crimes, so the trials could not be fair.
"Both prosecution and defence do not have sufficient training in a trial of this magnitude," argued Abdur Razaaq, a senior lawyer for the accused and also a leader of the Jamaat.
"Our legal infrastructure is also not adequate to handle this case. So, how we can expect a fair trial?"
However, the government vehemently argued that it had enough legal expertise and manpower to conduct the trial. It promised that there would not be any political interference or revenge.
Despite the debate over whether or not the tribunal meets international standards, there is broad agreement in the country that the trial is long overdue. The consequences are likely to be severe if it doesn't go ahead this time.
"The trial will put an end to the culture of impunity, said Aly Zaker, an eminent writer and director.
"If not, the peace and harmony which the people of Bangladesh are trying to practise can be totally destroyed. So this trial is very important for our country and our people," he said.
The seven-year-old was found with a broken foreleg while out grazing at Irish trainer Willie Mullins' yard.
"He goes out there every day and it's just a freak accident - it's tough to take," said Mullins.
Vautour won 10 of his 16 starts overall and finished second in his last race at the Boylesports Champion Chase at Punchestown in April.
The talks "are likely to take place as soon as this weekend," said press secretary Peter Cook.
There have been concerns that there could be an accidental clash as the two countries pursue separate bombing campaigns over Syria.
The US and its Nato allies have also been alarmed at violations of Turkish air space by Russian jets.
US and Russian officials conducted talks on air safety via video conference on 1 October, but the US had complained that they had heard nothing from Moscow since then.
Earlier this week, Pentagon officials said they had had to carry out at least one "safe separation" manoeuvre to avoid a US jet coming too close to a Russian aircraft over Syria.
They said this happened after 1 October, without giving a specific date.
Talks are likely to deal with how much separation there should between US and Russian aircraft and which language and radio frequencies crews should use for communications.
Russia has said it is targeting positions of so-called Islamic State (IS) but there are concerns that it is bombing other rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad.
Reports on Friday said IS had seized several villages near the northern city of Aleppo from rival insurgents.
The BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut says Russian air strikes seem to be mostly hitting other Syrian opposition forces which pose more of a threat to the Syrian government.
The Russian campaign appears to have weakened these groups, and given IS the opportunity to push forward, he adds.
US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter on Friday accused Russia of running "fundamentally flawed" operations in Syria which would "inflame the civil war and therefore extremism".
But Moscow has dismissed claims that its week of strikes has mainly hit non-IS targets.
Russia has also launched cruise missiles against targets in Syria from warships in the Caspian Sea, about 1,500km (930 miles) away.
Mr Carter said there were indications that four missiles that crashed in Iran before reaching their targets in Syria had malfunctioned.
Russia has denied that any of its missiles crashed, saying all 26 hit their targets.
In another development on Friday, the US announced it would end efforts to train new Syrian rebel forces and instead shift to providing equipment and weapons to existing forces.
Its $500m (£326m) programme had aimed to train and equip 5,400 fighters this year and a further 15,000 in 2016.
However, it emerged last month that only four or five of the fighters were in Syria.
It was also revealed that US-trained rebels had handed vehicles and ammunition over to militants.
A senior administration official said the programme was being put on "pause" and said it could be restarted in future.
Ceridwen Hughes from Mold, Denbighshire, has set up a photography project with help from lottery funding.
Her eight-year-old son Isaac has Moebius Syndrome, which causes facial paralysis.
"It's about showing the people behind the conditions," Ms Hughes said.
Isaac's condition means he also struggles to move his eyes left and right.
His mother said it "doesn't affect him cognitively, but people make assumptions based on the way he looks and acts".
"He's just like any other eight-year-old boy, he's a cheeky bubbly little character with lots of friends," she told BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad programme.
Ms Hughes started the project to help people "get past the barrier" to not see disabled people as "a threat".
Since setting up her non-profit group Same But Different, she has so far photographed around 20 children with different rare conditions.
"Hopefully people will think they're beautiful portraits and want to know more about the people behind the condition, not just the condition," she said.
The photographs will be displayed at exhibitions in the Senedd and Clwyd Theatr Cymru next year.
They will be held in waters around the Paracel Islands, said a statement by the maritime safety administration.
China regularly holds such exercises even though Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have overlapping claims in the seas.
But tensions are running high ahead of the ruling expected next week.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration, based in The Hague, Netherlands, has said it will issue a decision on 12 July on a challenge made by the Philippines to China's claims in the strategic and resource-rich region.
However, China has consistently boycotted the proceedings, insisting that the panel has no authority to rule in the case.
The drills will be held from 5-11 July, with ships prohibited from entering the waters in that time, the Chinese statement said.
Rival countries have wrangled over territory in the South China Sea for centuries, but tension has steadily increased in recent years.
Its islets and waters are claimed in part or in whole by Taiwan, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.
China has backed its expansive claims with island-building and naval patrols, while the US says it opposes restrictions on freedom of navigation and unlawful sovereignty claims by all sides.
The frictions have sparked concern that the area is becoming a flashpoint with possible global consequences.
Correspondents say the city hall and ruling party headquarters are also in flames in the capital, Ouagadougou.
A huge crowd is surging towards the presidential palace and the main airport has been shut.
MPs have suspended a vote on changing the constitution to allow Mr Compaore to stand for re-election next year.
Five people have been killed in the protests, among the most serious against Mr Compaore's rule, reports BBC Afrique's Yacouba Ouedraogo from the capital.
The military fired live bullets as protesters stormed parliament, our correspondent says.
Journalists are now gathered outside the defence ministry awaiting a statement from the military, he says.
Witnesses say dozens of soldiers have joined the protests, including a former defence minister, Gen Kouame Lougue.
The main opposition leader, Zephirin Diabre, has called on the military to side with "the people" and has demanded the resignation of the president.
Mr Compaore's whereabouts are unknown, but he has appealed for calm via Twitter.
He first took power in a coup in 1987, and has won four disputed elections since then.
I am in an area where many MPs live and I have seen two of their homes set ablaze and smoke coming out of another two or three homes. Hotel Azalai, one of the main hotels in the city, is also on fire.
Two helicopters flew over my house - the president's and a normal helicopter. I cannot confirm whether the president was in one of them.
No-one knows what is going to happen next. It is chaotic and tense. We hear sporadic gunfire.
There is no TV anymore. So we are depending on internet access and phone calls. The 3G network and the texting system are blocked.
The opposition has called for a campaign of civil disobedience to demand that he steps down in elections next year.
"October 30 is Burkina Faso's black spring, like the Arab Spring," opposition activist Emile Pargui Pare told AFP news agency.
State television went off air after protesters stormed the building housing it and ransacked it, Reuters quotes a witness as saying.
About 1,500 people breached the security cordon at parliament, according to AFP.
Protesters were setting fire to documents and stealing computer equipment and cars outside the building were also set on fire, the agency says.
A massive crowd has also converged on the main square in Ouagadougou and is marching towards the presidential palace, which is about 5km (three miles) away, our reporter says.
A government helicopter flying overhead was firing tear gas at them, Reuters reports.
There are also reports of protests in the south-western city of Bobo Dioulasso.
The government has been forced to suspend Thursday's parliamentary vote on a constitutional amendment that would have lifted the limit on presidential terms so that Mr Compaore could run for office again in 2015.
It is not clear whether the government intends to hold the vote at a later stage, correspondents say.
Mr Compaore is a staunch ally of the US and France, which uses Burkina Faso as a base for military operations against militant Islamists in the Sahel region.
Both France and the European Union (EU) have called on him to scrap the proposed constitutional amendment.
The EU said it could jeopardise Burkina Faso's stability. The US has also raised concern about the proposed amendment.
Its net profit rose to 82.4bn yen ($664m; £425m), while operating profit also rose 39% - well above expectations - to 96.8bn yen.
But sales were flat in the period from a year ago, down 0.1% to 1.8tn yen.
A weaker yen offset lower sales of its smartphones and televisions, it said.
Sales in Sony's game and network services division, however, jumped more than 12% on PS4 software sales.
The PS4 video game console is outselling competitor Microsoft's Xbox One and Nintendo's Wii U.
The results also reflected 4.7bn yen of insurance recoveries "related to losses incurred from the cyber-attack on Sony's network services including the PlayStation Network" in the 2011-12 financial year, the company said in a statement on Thursday.
The earnings results come after Sony announced its first capital raising in a quarter of a century last month.
The funds would be used to increase production of image sensors, which helped boost its earnings in the quarter, as it pulls back from smartphones and televisions on stiff competition from cheaper Asian rivals.
The company has also been undergoing significant restructuring plans that have resulted in asset sales and job cuts.
In February, Sony said it would spin off its video and audio business into a separate company as part of a three-year turnaround plan.
It expects to return to profit in the 2015-16 financial year for the first time in three years.
The 23-year-old made only one appearance for City since joining them in 2008 and had been a free agent after his contract expired last month.
The Swede previously had loan spells at Burnley, Feyenoord, Stoke and Celtic, where he won the Scottish Premiership and League Cup double last season.
He helped Sweden win the European Under-21 Championship in June.
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Conservative Roger Hirst won the election with a total of 135,948 votes, once second-preference voting had been added, beating UKIP's Bob Spink.
Three other candidates - one Labour, one Lib Dem and one Independent - were eliminated in the first round.
At 26%, the turnout almost doubled from the last election in 2012.
Candidates are listed alphabetically by surname. BBC News App users: tap here to see the results.
More information is available on the Choose my PCC website.
Gael Bigirimana broke the deadlock for the visitors, but Alex Schalk burst clear of the defence to make it 1-1.
Chris Cadden gave Motherwell an extra-time lead, but defender Charles Dunne was red-carded and Craig Curran despatched the resulting penalty.
However, Ross MacLean rounded County goalkeeper Scott Fox to win it.
That sets up a home tie for Stephen Robinson's side in the last eight against Aberdeen.
Jim McIntyre started with the same side that won at Dens Park last Saturday, but was quickly forced into a change when midfielder Tim Chow was forced off with a nasty head injury in 13 minutes after an accidental collision.
Jim O'Brien took over but the former Motherwell man initially struggled to stop his old club from preventing his current one making much headway as an attacking force in a fiercely contested first half.
In fact the opening period was largely forgettable with precious few chances at either end, but the game then burst into life in what turned our to be another hour and a quarter of end-to-end action.
The home side were initially the architects of their own downfall when they lost possession far too easily and Motherwell scored with a stunning breakaway goal.
Cadden raced away down the right, Moult headed the winger's hanging cross back in the direction from where it came to find Bigirimana arriving to hammer in his first goal for the club.
Having waited so long for a goal, there should have been another couple within a few minutes. First Schalk somehow shot over the bar from inside the Motherwell six-yard box, while at the other end substitute Alex Fisher dragged his effort wide when it was easier to hit the target.
That proved costly as Schalk converted a much tougher chance when he raced on to a superb defence-splitting O'Brien pass to finish with real composure.
Motherwell edged back in front early into extra time after Fox did well to turn substitute Ryan Bowman's header onto the crossbar, with the impressive Cadden reacting quickest to ram the rebound into the net.
County hauled themselves level for a second time after substitute Curran was wiped out on the line by Dunne, who was red-carded for his trouble.
Curran picked himself up and sent Carson the wrong way from the resulting spot-kick but the 10 men of Motherwell showed great resilience to grab the win.
They gave as good as they got in the second period of extra time and substitute MacLean kept a cool head to round Fox before slotting in the decisive goal to take them into the last eight.
Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson: "We got the performance against Rangers but not the result, but we got both tonight and I think we deserved to get through to the semi final.
"It was a tough game but we showed our battling qualities in the side as everyone involved were brilliant and played their part.
They showed great character when we went down to 10 men, but whether it was a red car or not we will have to see and may appeal.
"Now we have a great draw at home to a very good Aberdeen and we will look forward to that when it comes around."
Ross County manager Jim McIntyre: "It was a bit like a boxing match with both sides slugging it out with a lot of tasty challenges and plenty goal attempts from both teams.
"The players showed a lot of character but we have to be a bit more streetwise as the goal we lost at the end was really poor.
"We have to take it on the chin as it is sore one as we had aspirations to be in the quarter finals but it wasn't to be.
"That was our first defeat in 14 games going back into last season so what we have to do is pick ourselves up and make sure we start another good run when Aberdeen come here on Saturday."
Match ends, Ross County 2, Motherwell 3.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Ross County 2, Motherwell 3.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Cedric Kipre.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Ellis Plummer.
Attempt saved. Thomas Mikkelsen (Ross County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Thomas Mikkelsen (Ross County).
Ellis Plummer (Motherwell) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Ross County 2, Motherwell 3. Ross MacLean (Motherwell) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cedric Kipre.
Michael Gardyne (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Carl McHugh (Motherwell).
Foul by Craig Curran (Ross County).
Cedric Kipre (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jim O'Brien (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Carl McHugh (Motherwell).
Second Half Extra Time begins Ross County 2, Motherwell 2.
First Half Extra Time ends, Ross County 2, Motherwell 2.
Substitution, Motherwell. Ellis Plummer replaces Andy Rose.
Goal! Ross County 2, Motherwell 2. Craig Curran (Ross County) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Charles Dunne (Motherwell) is shown the red card.
Penalty Ross County. Craig Curran draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Charles Dunne (Motherwell) after a foul in the penalty area.
Substitution, Ross County. Thomas Mikkelsen replaces Alex Schalk.
Substitution, Ross County. Davis Keillor-Dunn replaces Christopher Routis.
Attempt missed. Alex Schalk (Ross County) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Andrew Davies (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Bowman (Motherwell).
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Jason Naismith.
Attempt missed. Andrew Davies (Ross County) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Carl McHugh.
Attempt saved. Michael Gardyne (Ross County) right footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the top right corner.
Goal! Ross County 1, Motherwell 2. Chris Cadden (Motherwell) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
First Half Extra Time begins Ross County 1, Motherwell 1.
Second Half ends, Ross County 1, Motherwell 1.
Michael Gardyne (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Charles Dunne (Motherwell).
Ross MacLean (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Marcus Fraser.
Attempt missed. Andy Rose (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Charles Dunne (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Sean Kelly.
Joost van der Westhuizen, 42, was diagnosed with the progressive neurodegenerative disease in 2011.
The former scrum-half was part of the World Cup-winning Springboks squad of 1995,
He is launching the collaboration with scientists from the University of Edinburgh.
Motor neurone disease (MND) leads to muscle wasting, paralysis and difficulties with speech, swallowing and breathing.
Van der Westhuizen, who is widely regarded as being one of the best scrum-halves of all time, told the BBC in August that he was given two and a half years to live when he was diagnosed with the condition two years ago.
He said: "I realise every day could be my last. It's been a rollercoaster from day one and I know I'm on a deathbed from now on.
"I've had my highs and I have had my lows, but no more. I'm a firm believer that there's a bigger purpose in my life and I am very positive, very happy."
After being diagnosed, he set up the J9 Foundation, which provides support and care to people with MND, which is also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The new partnership will see members and supporters of the foundation meet experts from the university's Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research to discuss the latest research.
The foundation's visit to Edinburgh is part of a 10-day tour of the UK aimed at raising awareness and funds to support those affected by MND.
Among the events planned is a fundraising quiz at Murrayfield stadium.
Van der Westhuizen said: "This is going to be the most important tour of my life. We are not only raising awareness and funds, for the first time we are bringing international research partnerships home.
"In the beginning you go through all the emotions and you ask, 'why me?' It's quite simple, 'why not me?' If I have to go through this to help future generations, why not me?"
When he retired from international rugby in 2003, Van der Westhuizen was the most capped South African player.
He will also be honoured by the Scottish Rugby Union before Scotland's match with South Africa in their second Autumn Test at Murrayfield on Sunday.
Prof Siddharthan Chandran, director of the Euan MacDonald Centre, said: "Solving the enormous challenge of MND or ALS requires partnership and collaboration.
"We are delighted to work with South African colleagues and the J9 foundation to promote better understanding of this devastating disease."
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In a thrilling finish, the Brazilian duo held off New Zealand's Alex Maloney and Molly Meech, who had to settle for silver, while Denmark's Jeva Hansen and Katja Salskov-Iversen won bronze.
Great Britain's Charlotte Dobson and Sophie Ainsworth had a race to forget.
They hit the committee boat at the start and had to serve a penalty, then capsized to finish eighth overall.
Hosts Brazil have won four gold medals at the 2016 Olympics, their second-highest total at a single Games.
Their highest tally at a single Olympics was the five they collected in Athens in 2004.
Scottish sailor Dobson said: "Some days are really good and others don't play to your strength and there's a big difference between those days.
"Today was a bad day for us but we'll be back on it the next time.
"The Olympics has been a magical experience from start to finish - way more than I expected it to be.
"It's been amazing to be part of such a strong, supportive GB team and it's been really nice to relish in their success. Hopefully one day that might be us."
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Wa-ays Dhaye, 18, from Slough, died following an attack in Thurston Road on Monday 31 August.
Khianni Gordon, 18, and Kaneel Huggins, 18, both from High Wycombe, have been charged with murder and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.
They are due to appear at Slough Magistrates' Court later.
The 19-year-old from Scotland finished 14th in the 3m preliminaries to reach the semi-finals and claim British Diving's 11th Olympic berth.
China are the only other nation to claim places in all 11 events so far.
On Tuesday, Matty Lee and James Denny will bid for the one remaining place - in the men's individual 10m platform.
Former British diver Yona Knight-Wisdom, who switched to Jamaican nationality in time to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, claimed a historic silver in the men's individual 3m springboard final.
It was his new nation's first-ever World Cup medal and Leeds-based Knight-Wisdom, 20, is set to become Jamaica's first-ever male Olympic diver this summer.
His score of 459.25 was a new lifetime best and was only bettered by Mexico's Rommel Pacheco Marrufo (504.40), with American Kristian Ipsen (457.60) taking bronze.
World champion He Choa of China was sixth, whilst GB's Freddie Woodward exited at the semi-final stages, having already secured GB an Olympic berth on Sunday.
Rory McIlroy is the latest player to opt out of the event over fears of the mosquito-borne virus, which has links to brain defects in newborn babies.
"Family for me is priority number one," said 28-year-old Australian Day, who has two young children.
"I've got to make sure they're happy, then probably I'll make the decision."
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Day said he respected McIlroy's decision, adding: "It's a tough one going from trying to represent your country and trying to win a gold medal but also understanding that it's a life decision that you have to make just in case there's a small percentage that it will happen.
"He is looking at getting married soon, and obviously looking to start a family. I'm past that, but also looking to have some more babies."
Fiji's Vijay Singh and Australia's Marc Leishman have already pulled out of the games because of the Zika issue, while major winners Adam Scott and Louis Oosthuizen have chosen not to appear for scheduling and family reasons.
The World Health Organization (WHO) insists there is a "very low risk" of the Zika virus spreading globally as a result of holding the Olympics in Brazil.
BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter:
While McIlroy's concerns over the risk to his and his family's health should be respected, his withdrawal provides worries for the credibility of golf's return to the Games.
With Leishman and Singh also steering clear because of Zika fears and Adam Scott, Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel staying away for scheduling reasons, the list of absentees is growing.
There will now be close attention on world number one Jason Day and Masters champion Danny Willett. Both have expressed Zika concerns.
If golf has a higher proportion of Rio absentees than other sports, questions over whether it should have been readmitted to the Games will grow louder.
A judge upheld Boris Johnson's decision to intervene in the Norton Folgate development in east London.
Tower Hamlets Council had rejected the proposals after receiving 550 objections from individuals.
But Mr Justice Gilbart said Mr Johnson's comments during the case "warm the cockles of my heart".
Mr Johnson won the case even though errors were made in the planning process of the development.
As he handed down his judgment, Mr Gilbart said he would "never forget" reading a transcript of the mayor's comments during one meeting.
Without going into detail, the judge remarked: "It warms the cockles of my heart."
In January, Boris Johnson bypassed the council and used his powers to intervene, announcing he intended to grant both planning permission for the development and listed building consent.
In a bid to block the development, the Spitalfields Historic Buildings Trust asked the High Court to rule the mayor had acted unlawfully because statutory criteria governing the use of his powers were not met.
But Mr Justice Gilbart's decision has cleared the way for seven buildings, comprising mainly office space with retail units and 45 residential flats, to be built.
The judge dismissed the trust's application and refused permission to appeal.
The trust later said it was considering asking judges of the Court of Appeal to intervene.
This story has been corrected after it previously said the decision was related to the Bishopsgate Goodyard development.
Back in June 2008, as the founder and boss of Virgin Wines, he was trying to lead a management buyout from its then-parent group Direct Wines.
"I got called into a meeting, I thought it was to discuss the purchase price," says Mr Gormley, now 54. "Instead, a letter was pushed across the table to me, which said I was being dismissed.
"I immediately walked out of the room and tried to use my [company] mobile phone, but it had been barred while I had been in the meeting."
Mr Gormley says he immediately decided that as buying back Virgin Wines was now impossible, he would instead set up a rival business. But he faced a race against time to get key staff to leave with him.
"I went across the road to a shop and bought another telephone as quickly as I could," he says. "I phoned the office, and the guy I spoke to said, 'oh my God, there is an army of people here trying to get us to sign bits of paper saying we are not going to talk to you, and all sorts of things.'
"So I gave him a list of 17 people and said, 'tell these 17 not to sign anything.'"
Thankfully for Mr Gormley, the staff that he most wanted to keep decided to follow him out the door, and six months later he launched his new venture - Naked Wines.
Today he is the boss of both Naked Wines and fellow UK wine retailer Majestic Wine, which have combined annual sales of more than £300m.
"I think I was sacked because of a clash of personalities, or perhaps egos, but it was honestly the best thing that ever happened to me," says Mr Gormley. "Otherwise Naked would never have happened, nor would I have gone on to also lead Majestic."
Born and bred in South Africa, Mr Gormley says he first became interested in wine as a teenager. But before he started selling it in his late 30s, he spent almost two decades working in finance.
After going to university in Cape Town, he trained as an accountant, and moved to the UK in his mid-20s.
Mr Gormley then worked in private equity for seven years before joining Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group.
It was Mr Gormley's idea for Sir Richard to move into offering financial services, and Virgin Money was born in 1995. Five years later Mr Gormley said he came up with the idea for Virgin Wines, saying he recognised the opportunity of selling wine via the then-still nascent internet.
"I pitched the idea to the Virgin guys but they weren't very excited about it. So I started just selling wine at nights and weekends with my brother and friend to prove that it worked," he says, "and six months later Virgin Wines was born."
But he says he and Virgin Wines immediately "made all the classic dotcom mistakes".
"We did everything wrong - we had a flash London headquarters, a huge IT office, a big advertising campaign, and absolutely nothing worked."
Ultimately, Mr Gormley says that for Virgin Wines to survive it had to cut its workforce by 90%, "retreat to Norwich with our tails between our legs", and start again from the very bottom.
In addition to cutting costs, Mr Gormley says he turned around the company by focusing on selling interesting wines from small producers instead of selling the same big brands that people could buy from the supermarkets.
By the time he and his team had managed to make Virgin Wines profitable, it was sold to larger UK firm Direct Wines in 2005, only for Mr Gormley to be sacked three years later.
At Naked, Mr Gormley's big idea was to encourage customers to become "angels", who pay a direct debit of £20 a month, in exchange for getting wine at reduced prices.
Naked then uses this money to pay independent wine producers in advance, so that they can focus all their energies on making the wine instead of worrying about being able to sell it.
Winemakers are also profiled extensively on Naked's website (it is an online only operation), and customers are encouraged to review each wine, including saying whether they would buy it again.
To drive sales the company gave away free samples, and today it has more than 320,000 angels.
Such has been the growth of the business since it was founded in 2008 that it was bought in 2015 by wine giant Majestic for £70m.
The deal made Mr Gormley many millions, but instead of retiring to count his cash, he was given the top job at Majestic, and tasked with turning around its fortunes after three years of poor sales and weak profits at its UK stores and website.
Mr Gormley's action plan has seen him focus on raising staffing levels at Majestic's 211 UK shops to try to boost both customer service and staff morale, and allowing customers to buy just one bottle of wine rather than the previous minimum order of six.
"Majestic has to offer better service, and give people the type of help and advice that they don't get in a supermarket," he says.
While the company is still struggling to make a profit, and an expansion into the US has not been successful, group sales are now rising strongly again.
Retail analyst Jonathan Pritchard of stockbrokerage Peel Hunt says he would score Mr Gormley's first two years leading Majestic as "eight out of 10".
He adds: "He is a fabulous entrepreneur, and a very good presenter - he is excellent at getting his message across - but there have been a few bumps in the road since he took over."
UK wine journalists have mixed opinions. The Daily Mail's Olly Smith says Mr Gormley is "something of a visionary and powerhouse in connecting wine directly with consumers", but Jamie Goode from the Wine Anorak blog complains that the pre-discount prices at Naked are too high.
Mr Gormley says his focus is always on selling enjoyable wines.
"I don't regard myself as having a great palate, but I consider that to be an advantage," he says. "Too many people who are really into wine see their tastes become so esoteric and refined that normal people don't like what they drink. I'm not like that at all."
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The incident happened in the second half of last Friday's Heineken Cup match at Franklin's Gardens, which Ulster won 25-6.
The Saints skipper was cited after the match and pleaded guilty to the charge.
Hartley, 26, will now miss the return game against Ulster on 15 December and the home Premiership fixture against leaders Harlequins a week later.
The ban was imposed at a disciplinary hearing in Dublin on Thursday.
Earlier this year, the England hooker was banned for eight weeks after being cited for biting Ireland flanker Stephen Ferris during a Six Nations clash at Twickenham.
And Hartley was banned for 26 weeks in April 2007 after being found guilty of gouging the eyes of Wasps players James Haskell and Jonny O'Connor.
However, a European Rugby Cup statement said judicial officer Roger Morris had determined that the incident against Ulster was at the "low-end entry point" for offences committed under law 10.4 (a), which covers striking or punching an opponent,
Striking offences deemed to be in the mid-range carry a five-week suspension, while anyone guilty of a top-end offence can receive a ban of anything from eight and 52 weeks.
Speaking following the incident Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder told BBC Radio Northampton: "He's our captain and our talisman and it's a frustration to lose him.
"But it's competitive. He's come up against an old adversary in Rory Best and although it wasn't a massive incident, it was something.
"It's playing on the edge, but not going over it, and it's something all the players have to learn."
Hartley will be free to play again from Christmas Eve but Northampton do not have a fixture until the Premiership match at Saracens on 30 December.
Declan Thomson fell ill at a house in the North Lanarkshire town in the early hours of Sunday morning. He died in Monklands Hospital later that day.
Police said his death was unexplained. It is believed they are looking into whether it was drugs-related.
A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out to establish how he died.
A 17-year-old woman was arrested and is expected to appear at Airdrie Sheriff Court on Wednesday in connection with alleged drugs offences.
Two males, both aged 15, have been reported to the procurator fiscal in connection with alleged drugs offences.
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: "An 18-year-old man was admitted to Monklands and District General Hospital at around 0230 hours on Sunday 3 April 2016 after becoming unwell at a house in Cumbernauld. He died within hospital later that day.
"The death is being treated as unexplained, however, a post-mortem will be carried out in due course to establish the exact cause of death.
"A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal."
Mr Thomson's brother, Dean, died last year aged 19.
Posting on Facebook, their mother Linda Ann Thomson, said: "Never forget the days U were born now I will never forget the days we had to say goodbye to U both.
"Me and Dec were sooo close. My heart has now been broken twice.
"My heart goes out to my poor Anthony I love all my boys loads and will never ever B forgotten my 2 lovely angels xxxx."
More than 100 were wounded in the attack, which hit the funeral of one of five people killed when police fired on a march against deteriorating security.
The chief executive of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, survived the attack.
The latest violence comes as much of Kabul is in lockdown and amid popular anger at the government.
Officials had warned people to stay away from demonstrations, saying they might be attacked by militants. Checkpoints have been set up in central Kabul, and armoured vehicles are patrolling the streets.
In a televised address, Mr Abdullah said three suicide bombers were among the mourners attending the funeral of a senator's son who was killed in Friday's protest.
He said that an investigation must determine how the attack happened. No group has said it was behind it and the Taliban denied their involvement.
President Ashraf Ghani said on Twitter: "The country is under attack. We must be strong and united."
He later said: "We must not let ourselves fall into the trap that the enemies have spread to our country."
Rahmatullah Begana, who was at the funeral, said the first explosion went off at the start of the ceremony.
"A few minutes later, there was another explosion. I saw a lot of people on the ground covered with blood," he said.
Another witness told AFP news agency that "people were blown to pieces".
Kabul has now had three deadly incidents in four days. Residents are still reeling from the aftermath of the huge suicide attack which killed over 90 people earlier this week.
Anger at the government for not doing more to prevent that attack led to protests on Friday. Now the funeral of one of those victims has been targeted, presumably by a militant group.
A number of high-profile politicians were present at the funeral today. The fact that even they are not immune to the rising violence shows the scale of the threat in the city.
Kabul was once considered the most secure part of Afghanistan. Now it seems the most dangerous.
Friday's protest followed a bomb attack on Wednesday which killed 90 people in the city's diplomatic district.
Afghan intelligence officials have blamed the Haqqani network, a Taliban affiliate with alleged links to Pakistan.
The Taliban denied any role and there has been no comment from so-called Islamic State militants, who are usually quick to claim attacks.
More than a third of Afghanistan is now said to be outside government control.
The US has about 8,400 troops in Afghanistan, while another 5,000 from Nato allies are in the country.
Australia, the reigning champions in both competitions, will host the events, with the finals being played back-to-back on 2 December in Brisbane.
Australia, England, Canada, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea are already sure of places at the women's tournament.
Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands will compete for the final place in the Pacific qualifying series in October.
The tournament's CEO, Andrew Hill, said it was a "game-changer" for the sport.
"It has always been the board's vision to have the Women's Rugby League World Cup played concurrently with the men's tournament," he added.
"We have been able to create what is a milestone moment for the sport."
Hormel Foods, which also owns Wholly Guacamole, bought the brand from Anglo-Dutch food giant Unilever.
It said that Skippy's 11 varieties of peanut butter would "strengthen our global presence, and should be a useful complement to our sales strategy in China for the Spam family of products".
Skippy has been around since 1932 and has annual sales of $370m.
The deal includes Unilever's Skippy manufacturing facilities in Little Rock, Arkansas and in the Shandong province of China.
Hormel chairman Jeffrey Ettinger said that in the US, peanut butter was the second-most popular sandwich ingredient after ham, and added that Skippy would help Hormel "to grow our branded presence in the centre of the store with a non-meat protein product".
The peanut butter brand is available in 30 countries.
Unilever manufactures a wide range of products, from Dove soaps to Ben & Jerry's ice cream.
Kees Kruythoff, president of Unilever North America, said: "Skippy is an iconic brand with presence all around the world. As we continue to sharpen our portfolio to deliver sustainable growth for Unilever, we believe that the potential of the Skippy brand can now be more fully realised with Hormel Foods."
Lange will return to the role she played in London during 2000, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award.
She will play Mary Tyrone, a matriarch addicted to morphine, opposite Irish actor Gabriel Byrne next year.
This is her third appearance in New York's theatre district, said the Roundabout Theatre Company.
The 66-year-old previously starred in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire in 1992 and The Glass Menagerie in 2005.
The play, widely considered to be a 20th Century American classic, will start previews on 31 March and open to the public on 19 April, said the company.
Lange, originally from Minnesota, won an Oscar for best actress in 1994 when she appeared opposite Tommy Lee Jones in Blue Sky, a period drama about a family moving to a military base.
She also picked up an Academy Award for supporting actress in 1983 for Tootsie, when she starred opposite Dustin Hoffman.
The Local Government Ombudsman ruled Coventry City Council abused its safeguarding powers to carry out what the company's director calls a "witch-hunt".
The ombudsman delivered a rare finding of "maladministration with injustice".
The council said it had carried out the ombudsman's recommendations.
John Kavanagh, a director of Open Doors, a charitable company that provides housing support for disabled people, said the firm had brought three complaints against the council about the abuse. These were upheld by the ombudsman.
"Up until 2006 we had an excellent relationship with the council but then there was a change of management in social services," he said.
"After that, we noticed some examples of poor practice and we sought to speak to them about it."
Mr Kavanagh said he had met the head of social services and councillors.
"From that point, when we stuck our heads above the parapet, things started to go downhill," he said.
"The council had been our major source of referrals but since 2006, we haven't had one referral to date from them. We were blackballed."
The ombudsman found the council's actions against Mr Kavanagh amounted to "an unreasonable campaign".
"We were subject to an all-out witch-hunt," Mr Kavanagh said.
"The council invested huge resources in pursuing this campaign against us.
"There were more than 20 meetings and seven safeguarding investigations.
"This was all happening at the same time as Daniel Pelka was tragically being tortured and killed.
"Ultimately Coventry needs to be held accountable. So far, I've had a half-hearted, mealy-mouthed apology."
In March 2014, the council's children's services were branded inadequate by Ofsted, two years after the death of four-year-old Daniel
In a letter to Mr Kavangah, the council's chief executive Martin Reeves wrote: "I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to you for the mistreatment you have received from the council."
In a statement, the council said: "We have implemented the recommendations to the ombudsman's satisfaction.
"Unfortunately, we are unable to comment further."
Michael King, the ombudsman's executive director, said: "While we cannot comment on the specific nature of this particular investigation, I am pleased to confirm that the council has satisfied the recommendations that we have made.
"The law requires us to maintain the privacy of everybody involved in our investigations, and so our decisions are anonymised.
The 29-year-old, who is currently assistant conductor at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will be the only woman to lead a UK orchestra.
Her appointment makes London's orchestras look "stale and middle-aged," said critic Norman Lebrecht.
Replacing Andris Nelsons, Grazinyte-Tyla becomes the CBSO's chief conductor with effect from September 2016.
The Lithuanian musician made her debut with the orchestra in July 2015 and impressed the players so much that she was invited back last month to conduct a specially-arranged concert featuring works by Debussy, Schumann and Sibelius.
Reviewing the performance, The Guardian wrote: "She communicated something wonderfully alive and detailed to the players... [This was] a performance with fresh, clear textures and an unswerving sense of shape."
Grazinyte-Tyla told BBC Radio 3's In Tune she was offered the job shortly afterwards.
Announcing her appointment, the orchestra's chief executive, Stephen Maddock, said Grazinyte-Tyla had established "an instant chemistry" with the orchestra.
"Mirga is 29 and is thrilling audiences wherever she goes," he added. "We can't wait to start making music with her."
The conductor, a protege of Gustavo Dudamel, told the BBC: "I had the feeling, with the CBSO, it didn't matter which direction you would look, they are open to every impulse. It is a huge gift for a conductor.
"I believe we will be a great team and really look forward to making music together."
The CBSO is known for its spotting and promoting young talent. Its previous music directors include Sir Simon Rattle, who was appointed at just 25 years old, and Sakari Oramo, who is now with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Grazinyte-Tyla's immediate predecessor, Andris Nelsons, now leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
"My time with the orchestra will always be very special to me and I am sure Mirga will also be inspired by the wonderful musical family of the CBSO," he said.
Nelsons left prematurely in summer 2015, and recent months have seen several potential replacements perform with the orchestra in concerts that doubled as thinly-veiled auditions.
The daughter of two musicians, Grazinyte-Tyla went to school in Vilnius, Lithuania, and studied voice.
"As a teenager, I thought singing might be an interesting option," she told the LA Times last year. "Then, in the last years at school, we started to work with a choir and orchestra. I was loving it - being with the music and people at the same time."
She pursued her studies in Zurich, Leipzig and Bologna, eventually graduating with a bachelor's degree in choral and orchestral conducting from the University of Music and Fine Arts, Graz, Austria.
In 2012, she won Salzburg's young conductor competition in 2012; and was last year appointed musical director of the Salzburg Landestheater.
Among her conducting credits to date are appearances with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Berlin's Komische Oper and the Kremerata Baltica.
The LA Times described her as "a natural leader and a musical force of nature" after her 2014 debut with the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.
"Her conducting style is striking. Standing erectly with her legs apart and stationary, she operates from her upper body, vivaciously waving her arms as though corralling the musicians," wrote Mark Swed.
"My guess is that before long she will be known simply as 'Mirga'."
Full details of the musician's opening season with the CBSO will be announced in April.
Although she will be the UK's only female music director, she will not be the first. Marin Alsop previously held the post at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, as did JoAnn Falletta with the Ulster Orchestra.
It follows news that hundreds of youth coaches and officials have been debarred for failing to complete regulatory checks.
David Little, head of the Scottish Youth Football Association, said a backlog of vetting had been completed.
But he told MSPs that 488 people had been automatically debarred.
This was because they had not submitted an application to the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme.
The suspended coaches and officials would previously only have had access to children under supervision from PVG-approved officials, Mr Little told members of the Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee.
There are more than 15,000 volunteer coaches and officials who help run 39 SYFA leagues and coach 60,000 young players.
Tam Baillie, Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People, told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that a lack of funding and engagement from the Scottish Football Association was contributing to the problem.
He said: "What we've got is an organisation which is effectively run on a shoestring, trying to cope with an enormous number of PVG checks.
"I understand that they're now in discussion with Disclosure Scotland and I welcome those moves, but you need to take a step back here in terms of overall governance of our game and question why the SYFA have got so few resources to administer what is an important part of [football].
"The PVG checks are only as good as the information that is fed into them. There are key things about the culture and the approach that we take to our children and young people. I've been quite heavily involved with the SFA and professional football clubs and I've found that wanting, to be honest.
"The higher up the levels that you go in football, the more money is the driving force and, in my experience, that's at the expense of the best interests of children and young people."
The SYFA set a deadline of 28 February to clear a backlog of about 950 applications. David Little told MSPs that a further 1,170 were now being processed after an influx in applications for next season.
Mr Little said later: "We said late last year that clubs which do not expedite these compulsory checks would lose their member status and that those volunteers without a PVG certificate would be placed under a precautionary suspension. It is encouraging that the overwhelming majority of clubs take these responsibilities extremely seriously, but those that have not complied have now been suspended from all competitions.
"It is disappointing that we have been forced to suspend these 18 clubs, but player safety is our number one priority and we were determined to ensure that a strong signal was sent out across the country that these standards are non-negotiable.
"A total of 488 volunteer officials who have not completed PVG checks within three months of joining a club have been placed under precautionary suspension until such time as their checks are complete."
He added: "It is a key principle of SYFA membership that, until they have been cleared by the Disclosure Scotland process, volunteers joining clubs are only allowed to participate in activities under the direct supervision of a PVG-checked coach or official, of which there are more than 15,400 registered with the SYFA."
When asked how long they were coaching in the SYFA before they were suspended, Mr Little said: "That would vary from official to official. They would have had access (to children) only via supervision."
The Holyrood session on child protection in sport follows allegations of historical abuse in football. Police Scotland is investigating and the SFA has set up an independent review.
Last month, Disclosure Scotland, which runs the PVG scheme, told MSPs the SYFA turned down an offer of help to clear the backlog of checks.
SFA chief executive Stewart Regan told the committee his organisation had also offered to help.
He said: "Back in February 2015, we offered support on child protection matters to the SYFA which was rejected at the time in favour of further financial support."
Mr Little said: "I think at this particular stage we're trying to get the ability to bring more volunteers in to do more of the work (process applications).
"It would certainly assist if we had the ability to increase staff. The help that was on offer was in respect of the checking of the forms at meetings.
"With all due respect, that wasn't the assistance we required at that particular time. We've since had meetings with Disclosure Scotland where we've spoken about training and process."
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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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Yvette Cooper, one of a number of MPs to have received death threats, told the Sunday Telegraph one Twitter user claimed they wanted to "behead" her.
Mr Corbyn, she said, should use his authority after his re-election to act.
The Labour leader has condemned "demeaning and corrosive" online abuse, saying it would not be tolerated.
Scores of Labour MPs have reported being abused online in recent months, prompting some to seek extra security measures, including in some cases police protection.
It comes after the death of Labour MP Jo Cox in the final weeks of the EU referendum campaign, who was stabbed to death in her constituency.
Ms Cooper, a former shadow home secretary, said Mr Corbyn and his allies should "back party staff when they try to tackle abuse".
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph on the first day of the Labour conference in Liverpool, she said: "Jeremy Corbyn has rightly condemned abuse many times. But when you are the leader of a party with a problem, especially when you have just been re-elected, you should use your authority to deliver action not just words."
The party leadership, she said, should "insist on higher standards and proper enforcement".
"No matter where it is from, abuse and intimidation entrench prejudice, silence debate and poison democracy. Even a small minority can drag everyone else down.
"Don't leave it to me to put proposals to the NEC after a year of calling for action - take a lead. I want them and all MPs to challenge supporters as well as opponents who try to use vitriol to silence others," she said.
Ms Cooper, who put forward a series of proposals to Labour's ruling NEC last week, also urged the party to stamp out other forms of abuse and the heckling of journalists.
"Frankly I don't care where in the party this kind of abuse comes from, it has to stop," she said.
"We cannot allow a minority within our party to create a climate of hostility. Good people must not be driven away or silenced. We should defend our values together."
Speaking on ITV's Peston on Sunday, she urged shadow chancellor John McDonnell to apologise to former Conservative MP Esther McVey for comments he made about her in 2014.
Mr McDonnell sparked a row by repeating the words "why aren't we lynching the bastard?" - which had been aimed at the former Wirral West MP by a constituent of hers - in reference to Ms McVey during a comedy night.
In a subsequent parliamentary debate, Mr McDonnell suggested Ms McVey was playing the victim and he hoped that the electorate would "remove the stain of inhumanity" at the 2015 general election.
Mr McDonnell has repeatedly insisted that, in doing so, he was not inciting violence against the former MP but "in parliamentary debate, you have to be honest about how you feel".
But Ms Cooper said this was not acceptable: "The idea of saying that a woman MP as Esther was at the time should be lynched. I mean it was just wrong.
"People sometimes say things that they regret - apologise for them. Because if you don't it sets a climate of hostility and abuse."
In his acceptance speech on Saturday, Mr Corbyn said the leadership campaign had been "partisan" and people had said things that they regretted.
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The flight was about to leave from Rygge airport near the Norwegian capital, Oslo, when it was evacuated.
Two men were detained by police after their behaviour aroused suspicion but were later released.
The situation was "back to normal", police said in a tweet. Ryanair said the passengers would also depart.
No suspicious devices were found on the plane.
News reports quoting a police official say one of the arrested men was British and the other was from Sri Lanka.
The reports said the men had been heard arguing loudly and the word "bomb" was overheard on the flight, which had been due to leave at 18:55 local time (15:55 GMT).
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SIMEC and Liberty House, two members of international industrials group GFG Alliance, expect their purchase to be completed in the next four weeks.
The purchase includes hydro power plants near the site and at Kinlochleven.
It involves more than 100,000 acres of land including Ben Nevis' foothills.
Liberty, which reopened the steel plate mill at Dalzell in Motherwell, and SIMEC is funding the deal with a mixture of equity and funds raised through a securitisation programme.
The companies said their investment in Lochaber was being backed by the Scottish government through a variety of business support mechanisms, in particular through support for a Liberty contract to purchase power from the hydro-electric plants.
SIMEC and Liberty said the smelter and its associated assets would fit in well with their other business interests.
Rural Economy and Connectivity Secretary Fergus Ewing, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP Kate Forbes and Highland Council have welcomed the announcement of the deal.
Mr Ewing said: "The sale of both the smelter and hydro power station increases the chance of the site having a viable, long-term future.
"This is great news for the whole local community and especially for the workers at the smelter.
"Subject to all necessary agreed processes, the deal implemented will safeguard 150 jobs and has the potential to create hundreds more."
He added: "I want to thank Rio Tinto for their positive engagement with ministers and officials throughout the process and I will be sorry to see the company move out of Scotland after such a long association."
Ms Forbes said: "My hope was always to preserve jobs and continue operations at the smelter, but I think that Liberty House's ambitions for the smelter could put Fort William in the driving seat of industrial expansion, career opportunities and sustainable economic growth.
"Innovation and community benefits were the foundation stones on which the smelter and the hydro scheme were first founded - new villages were built and electricity was generated in Lochaber before anywhere else in Scotland."
The smelter near Ben Nevis has been in existence for almost 90 years.
Rio Tinto announced in January that it was reviewing its operations there. Last month, the company confirmed it was in negotiations to sell the plant.
Murray lost the first set from 5-2 up and let a similar lead slip in the second before taking the tie-break, and going on to win 5-7 7-6 (7-3) 6-0 6-2.
The Scot, seeded second, will face holder Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in the last four on Friday.
Third seed Wawrinka beat Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2 6-1 7-6 (9-7).
Murray has now won his last 10 matches, having won the Italian Open last month, and is through to his fourth French Open and 19th Grand Slam semi-final.
In the other half of the draw, rain delays mean the quarter-finals between Novak Djokovic and Tomas Berdych, and David Goffin and Dominic Thiem, will be played on Thursday.
Murray had won all four previous Grand Slam meetings with Gasquet but gave the Frenchman every opportunity to improve on that record.
The Briton earned a 5-2 lead before his early success with drop shots disappeared, and double faults at key times helped Gasquet run through five straight games.
A similar pattern followed in the second set, as Murray again failed to serve out from 5-2 and fell 3-1 down in the tie-break, but he gathered himself to finally take control with six straight points.
The Parisian crowd had been hoping their man could emulate Yannick Noah's title-winning run of 1983, but Gasquet's challenge faded dramatically in the third set.
After the first two sets took well over two hours, Murray raced through the third in 27 minutes, and a sharp forehand volley gave him the decisive breakthrough early in the fourth.
"Stop it!" shouted Murray after his fourth double fault of the afternoon but it did not signal another collapse, and the world number two reeled off 13 of the last 15 games to win in three hours and 23 minutes.
The poor weather in Paris meant Murray was playing for the first time since beating John Isner on Sunday, and he felt that was behind his inconsistent form in the early stages.
"It wasn't easy for me today," said the Scot. "I played two guys where you get zero rhythm, against [Ivo] Karlovic and Isner.
"Then a two-day break where you're barely hitting any balls because of the conditions. It was 30, 40 minutes of hitting.
"Then coming out and playing a completely different match today, I thought I did well for the most part in a tough atmosphere, too. It's not bad. I was playing some good stuff. I finished the match extremely well, I think."
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller
"It is unusual to see Murray concede a 5-2 advantage once, let alone twice, but Gasquet deserves huge credit for the way he played in the opening two sets. The drop shot had been Murray's trump card in the early exchanges, but Gasquet started to read it, and given the physical nature of the match, a two-set deficit would have been very hard to retrieve.
"With Gasquet visibly tiring in the third set, Murray dragged him from one side of the court to the other as he soon assumed complete control.
"Murray has now played 20 sets in 5 rounds, but both he and Wawrinka have the benefit of a day off which won't be afforded to the quarter-finalists in the other half of the draw."
Gatland says Wales can build on a big finish in which they scored two tries.
"The courage to carry on playing and not to drop their heads and give up, that's a big tick in the box," he said.
"We had 58% territory and possession tonight and that's a massive number for us against the All Blacks, we've never done that before."
Wales had led the first Test after an hour seven days earlier only for the All Blacks to score 21 unanswered points.
In Wellington, the scores were tied at 10-10 at the break with the hosts crossing four times before late Wales tries by Liam Williams and Jonathan Davies.
"I'm pretty proud of that performance," said Gatland.
"There were two or three key moments in the game and that's the difference.
"We're creating chances and the players are already aware of a couple of things that in the same situation next week they will do it a little bit different because they've learned from tonight and last week."
Gatland takes his side to Dunedin for the third Test next Saturday when Wales will be looking for a first win against the All Blacks after a 28-match losing streak stretching back to 1953.
New Zealander Gatland hopes his players can emulate the manner in which Steve Hansen's side secured their win.
"They are clinical and those are the small margins that we need to be better at," said Gatland.
"It's about freshening them up this week and having a real crack at the All Blacks in Dunedin."
After the first Test, Wales' midweek team lost 40-7 to the Chiefs in Gatland's home city of Hamilton.
"We've learned a lot about ourselves this week and some of the players," added Gatland.
"We'll be thinking that we can get better again for next week.
"The big thing for us is continuing to compete against the best team in the world.
"We'll learn a huge amount from this series."
The Wales coach was also pleased with how his side ended the game, having been blown away in the final quarter in Auckland.
"They tried to increase the tempo and what I was proud of was that we were the ones who stayed in the game towards the end," said Gatland.
"I was pleased with that last 20 and we can build on that for next week hopefully."
Gatland also praised full-back Rhys Patchell, who was winning his third cap after arriving down under as an injury replacement and playing against the Chiefs.
"I was pleased with the way he went. There were a couple of things defensively that he can work on. He showed some nice pace in that wide channel," said Gatland.
He was taken to hospital after being injured at 16:15 GMT in the Topshop store in the Oracle Shopping Centre, Reading.
The boy, who was in a life threatening condition, died later at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Thames Valley Police said.
His death is being treated as unexplained but non-suspicious.
South Central Ambulance said three ambulances and two officers in a rapid response vehicle were sent to the scene and the shop was cordoned off to customers.
Police said the boy's next of kin had been informed and that further inquiries would take place.
Pte Sean Benton, 20, was found with five gunshot wounds at Deepcut Barracks, in June 1995.
His death was originally recorded as suicide, but a second inquest was ordered after a campaign by the family.
Its scope has been widened to look at all the circumstances of the death of the soldier, from Hastings, Sussex.
A pre-inquest hearing at the Old Bailey heard the full inquest, expected to be next January, would look at how Pte Benton died and whether there was "any third party action".
Pte Benton's "state of mind" will be probed, as well as how he was assessed and disciplined.
In addressing a 10-point list, the inquest will also look at whether he was "subjected to bullying and harassment".
The court heard the soldier's family wanted a jury because of concerns questioning of retired sergeant Andrew Gavaghan may be curbed.
For the family, Paul Greaney QC said: "There will be an attempt made on behalf of Sgt Gavaghan and MoD [Ministry of Defence] to restrict questions of his conduct only in respect of Sean himself.
"On behalf of the family, our submission is we must examine allegations of abuse or bullying of any recruit, not just Sean."
Nicholas Moss, for the MoD, stressed the officer would not be on trial.
Coroner Peter Rook QC said he would rule on whether a jury was needed in July.
Pte Benton's family have campaigned for years for a full investigation into his death amid claims he suffered prolonged bullying.
Represented by human rights group Liberty, Pte Benton's sister Tracy Lewis and his twin Tony Benton applied for a new hearing after using the Human Rights Act to access evidence held by police.
Their mother Linda, who also fought to see evidence about the circumstances of her son's death, died in 2015.
20-year-old Pte Sean Benton, from Hastings, was the first to be found dead in June 1995
18-year-old Pte Cheryl James, from Llangollen was found with a bullet wound to her forehead in November 1995
17-year-old Pte Geoff Gray, from Seaham, was found with two gunshot wounds to his head in 2001
17-year-old Pte James Collinson, from Perth, was found with a single gunshot wound through his chin while on guard duty in 2002
Who were the Deepcut four? Background to the deaths and timeline of events
The birds have "windows" for heat loss, around their eyes, shoulder joints, feet and legs.
This study, led by George Fox University in Oregon, US, is part of a Nasa-funded project to uncover the effects of climate change on the birds.
The results are published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
Dissipating heat is complex in birds because feathers are such effective insulators.
Lead researcher Dr Donald Powers said many nest birds formed bare "brood patches" when sitting on eggs, "so that the eggs are not insulated from their warm skin by the feathers".
"We wanted to understand how hummingbirds, and birds in general, get rid of the extra heat."
As bright white patches on the footage reveal, hummingbirds - and, researchers say, probably birds in general - have special areas around their eyes, shoulders, and legs that have low feather density.
These serve as windows to rapidly dissipate heat during flight.
"As flight power requirement increases- it is highest when hummingbirds hover - the amount of heat generated increases," said Dr Powers.
"But these 'windows' are sufficient at moderate temperatures to dissipate all excess heat across the full range of flight speeds in hummingbirds."
The researchers are currently investigating whether these nimble, nectar-feeding birds will be able to avoid overheating as temperatures increase.
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Mr Goldsmith, who became a father again on Tuesday, was ousted as MP during a by-election in December.
He had previously left the Conservative Party in protest at the government's backing of a third Heathrow runway.
But on Wednesday night he beat Laura Ferris and Luke Parker to the Richmond Park and North Kingston nomination.
BBC London's political editor Tim Donovan, who was at the meeting, said Mr Goldsmith told the audience he would still oppose the third runway at Heathrow.
In his acceptance speech, he said "this is what it feels like to win an election".
Constituency chairman Georgina Butler said the party was "delighted" to have Mr Goldsmith reselected.
"After a resounding victory in the 2015 General Election, his absence from Parliament since last December has been a disappointment. He is widely regarded the best MP that Richmond Park and North Kingston has ever had, and we need him back to represent our residents effectively," she said.
Lib Dem Sarah Olney won the seat in a campaign focused on Brexit - the Remain-supporting seat voting to oust Leave-supporting Mr Goldsmith.
But local Tories insist Mr Goldsmith is not a "hardened Brexiteer" and would fight for the best deal for Britain.
Lib Dem chief whip Tom Brake said: "By standing as a Conservative after resigning over Heathrow, Zac Goldsmith has just lost his last shred of credibility.
"People in Richmond Park voted resoundingly against a hard Brexit and against Heathrow expansion, both backed by Zac Goldsmith's Conservative Party. Instead they voted for the Liberal Democrat Sarah Olney.
"Zac Goldsmith couldn't stand on a Conservative platform last time, so what's changed?"
He added that Ms Olney had beaten him once, and "would do so again".
It comes after a tumultuous nine days for his organisation, amid claims of "systemic and deep-rooted" corruption.
Seven Fifa officials were held in a dawn raid last week in Zurich as they gathered for a congress which saw Mr Blatter re-elected for a fifth term.
Four days later, Mr Blatter announced he would step down early from the post.
He said he would remain at work until Fifa had chosen his successor in the coming months.
As part of an indictment alleging widespread corruption within Fifa over a period exceeding two decades, the US Department of Justice has charged 14 Fifa officials and associates, including the seven held in Zurich by Swiss police at the behest of US authorities. There are no charges against Mr Blatter himself.
Thursday saw several developments in the story:
In a statement issued on Thursday evening from Fifa HQ in Zurich, Mr Blatter reported that he had held a "a good, constructive meeting to establish a framework for action and a timetable" with Domenico Scala, chairman of the organisation's audit and compliance committee.
The statement added that "president Blatter and Mr Scala are now working on the process to instigate meaningful reform of the administration and structure of Fifa".
It further quoted Mr Blatter as saying: "I want a comprehensive programme of reform and I am very aware that only the Fifa congress can pass these reforms. Furthermore, the executive committee has a particular duty to share the responsibility of driving this process."
Mr Blatter tweeted a picture of himself "working hard at reforms".
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Mr Warner resigned from all football activity in 2011 amid bribery allegations and later stepped down as Trinidad and Tobago's security minister amid a fraud inquiry.
In a TV address, he said: "At the age of 72 I have no intention of allowing them to deprive me of my freedom. I reasonably fear for my life. I have decided I will no longer keep secrets.
"I have compiled a comprehensive series of documents, including cheques and corroborated statements, and have placed them in different and respected hands.
"These documents detail my knowledge in the following matters: the link between Fifa, its funding and me; the links between Fifa, its funding and the United National Congress [Trinidad's governing party].
"These documents also deal with my knowledge of certain transactions at Fifa including, but not limited to, its president Sepp Blatter."
Mr Warner, who denies the charges against him but faces extradition to the US, was released on bail after handing himself in to police in the Trinidad and Tobago capital of Port of Spain last week.
Jack Warner: The US charge sheet
Another former top Fifa official and key witness, American Chuck Blazer, has admitted accepting bribes.
The US justice department alleges the 14 people charged worldwide accepted bribes and kickbacks estimated at more than $150m (£97m) over a 24-year period. Four others have already been charged, including Mr Blazer.
Mr Warner's address came hours after the details of Mr Blazer's 2013 plea bargain came to light, including the admission that he and other officials had accepted bribes in connection with the 2010 World Cup bid, which saw the tournament awarded to South Africa.
Mr Blazer was the second highest official in Fifa's North and Central American and Caribbean region (Concacaf) from 1990 to 2011 - serving as general secretary while Mr Warner was president - and also served on Fifa's executive committee between 1997 and 2013.
In addition to the US case, Swiss authorities have launched a criminal investigation into how the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were awarded to Russia and Qatar respectively.
A law enforcement official quoted by Reuters news agency said the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in addition to examining events during Mr Blazer's time at the helm of Concacaf, was also looking into how the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were awarded. Both countries have denied any wrongdoing in the bidding process.
The authorities in Qatar say they are confident they will not be stripped of their right to host the 2022 tournament.
The project aims to take a snapshot of current trends and map out the ways the public engage with music.
It is hoped the survey will help measure live music's cultural and economic value and identify future challenges and opportunities.
The 24-hour survey began at 12:00 on Thursday in Glasgow, Newcastle, Oxford, Leeds, Southampton and Brighton.
It has been commissioned by UK Music, the campaigning and lobbying group that represents the recorded and live music industry, and is being led by the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle.
Prof Martin Cloonan, professor of popular music politics at Glasgow University, said: "What is being proposed has never been done before and is set to reveal the true state of the UK's live music industry.
"Live music is a vital cultural and economic asset and it is important to monitor its health and to support it.
"The results will help to provide the clearest picture of the Glasgow live music scene yet, illustrating that vibrancy while also show issues which need to be addressed."
According to UK Music, the music industry is worth an estimated £3.5bn to the UK economy and creates almost 101,600 jobs.
The group said that despite the value of live music to the economy, the full picture of what the public is listening to and how they listen and interact has never been fully and accurately surveyed.
Dr Matt Brennan, from Edinburgh University, is leading the UK Census project.
He said: "Venues around the country have been telling us that they already operate on thin margins, so proposed increases in rateable values of up to 55% in some cases will have a significant impact.
"The UK Live Music Census will be very important in identifying challenges that the industry faces, such as rising rates and other issues.
"It will give us a detailed picture of what exactly it means to be venue owner, a musician, and a live music lover in 2017. Our hope is that the census will be a vital tool in strengthening a much-loved part of the UK's culture."
The census aims to cover 70 music events in Glasgow alone. Hundreds more will be covered at the five other cities in England.
The survey team will also talk to audiences, venue staff and musicians.
Its findings will be supplemented by a nationwide online survey for musicians, venues, promoters and audiences that will be open until 8 May.
The cause of the widespread extinction has provoked much debate, with climate change being one theory.
However, scientists studied dung samples from 130,000 and 41,000 years ago, when humans arrived, and concluded hunting and fire were the cause.
The extinction in turn caused major ecological changes to the landscape.
The scientists looked at pollen and charcoal from Lynch's Crater, a sediment-filled volcanic crater in Queensland that was surrounded by tropical rainforest until European settlement.
They found Sporormiella spores, which grow in herbivore dung, virtually disappeared around 41,000 years ago, a time when no known climate transformation was taking place.
At the same time, the incidence of fire increased, as shown by a steep rise in charcoal fragments.
It appears that humans, who arrived in Australia around this time,hunted the megafauna to extinction, the scientists said.
The megafauna included three-metre tall giant kangaroos and marsupial lions, as well as giant birds and reptiles.
Susan Rule of the Australian National University in Canberra and her colleagues concluded that vegetation also changed with the arrival of humans.
Mixed rainforest was replaced by leathery-leaved, scrubby vegetation called sclerophyll.
But these changes to the landscape took place after the animal extinctions, indicating that they were the result of the extinction and not its cause, they said.
Human-lit fire - deliberately targeted and more frequent than lightning - had a devastating effect of plants that had previously been protected.
"Any climate change at those times was modest and highly unlikely to affect the outcome," author Matt McGlone wrote in Science.
Lead research author Chris Johnson, from the School of Zoology at the University of Tasmania, said the research raised further questions about the ecological impact of the extinction.
"Big animals have big impacts on plants. It follows that removing big animals should produce significant changes in vegetation."
The removal of large herbivores altered the structure and composition of vegetation, making it more dense and uniform, he said.
"Getting a better understanding of how environments across Australia changed as a result of megafaunal extinction is a big and interesting challenge, and will help us to understand the dynamics of contemporary Australian ecosystems."
Dr John Alroy, from the Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science at Macquarie University, New South Wales, said the debate about whether humans contributed to widespread extinction should "be over now".
"But it has dragged on for nearly a half-century now because the idea that stone age hunters could cause such utter havoc across three entire continents over very short time spans strikes many people as incredible.
"Like it or not, though, it's the truth, and it's time for us to all confront it."
However, Gavin Prideaux, a lecturer in vertebrate palaeontology in the School of Biological Sciences at Flinders University, South Australia, said further research was necessary.
He said the latest study "supports a mounting number of studies that have argued that climate change was not primarily responsible for the Late Pleistocene extinctions in other parts of the continent.
"To test the inferences from this paper we might look at similar lake records from other regions of Australia and seek fossil deposits in the northeast that preserve bones of the giant animals themselves."
David Walsh, 45, was found badly injured on Canon Cockin Street in Hendon just after 23:00 GMT on Friday, and died later in hospital.
Three men, aged 19, 36 and 40, have been remanded in custody charged with Mr Walsh's murder. They will appear before Newcastle Crown Court in the next 48 hours.
Three others arrested on suspicion of murder have been bailed, police said.
A fourth has been released with no further action.
The boy was hit by a white Skoda Octavia taxi on Barry Road opposite Llewellyn Street at about 22.30 GMT.
He is being treated at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.
The road was closed for about four hours while investigations and vehicle recovery too place.
Police said no other vehicles were believed to be involved. Officers have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
During a difficult winter for the NHS, January appears to be the worst performing month in the past 13 years.
The figures also suggest record numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed once seen in A&E.
The BMA said the prime minister could no longer "bury her head in the sand" over increasing pressure in the NHS.
And it accused the government of failing to grasp the seriousness of the situation.
But a spokesman from the Department of Health said the vast majority of patients were seen and treated quickly, and busy periods in hospitals were supported by an extra £400 million of funding.
The figures come from a document compiled by NHS Improvement, a regulator in England.
It appears to show that from a total of more than 1.4 million attendances at A&E during January:
It comes as official NHS figures for December show that 86.2% of A&E patients in England were dealt with in under four hours.
December A&E figures for Scotland are much higher at 92.6% while Wales and Northern Ireland's figures are lower than England's.
January's leaked figures for England are provisionally the worst monthly figures on record since the four-hour target was introduced in 2004.
The situation in England has worsened since last January when more than 51,000 people had "trolley waits" of between four and 12 hours in A&E and 158 people had waits of more than 12 hours.
Jennifer's 95-year-old mother went into Norwich Hospital A&E with a bad chest infection at 9am and was still waiting for a bed until after 10pm on the same day.
She ended up in a ward, where she stayed for a couple of days - but not before being moved three times during the night.
"At the time I was very upset because there was no care or anything. I was so angry," Jennifer said.
"Previously she'd been to A&E on Monday 30 January but got sent home.
"It wasn't getting any better on the Wednesday, so the ambulance was called again.
"I know the NHS is in a bad way but it doesn't help a 95-year-old."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt recently suggested the four-hour target could be changed to apply to urgent health problems in A&E, rather than more minor ones.
A spokesman from the Department of Health said they did not recognise the figures.
"It is irresponsible to publish unverified data and does a disservice to all NHS staff working tirelessly to provide care around the clock."
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But the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said their figures backed up those seen by the BBC.
Vice-president Dr Chris Moulton said: "While increasing numbers of doctors is vital, the more pressing problem is a lack of beds.
"We simply do not have any more room to put patients - we have the lowest number of acute beds per capita in Europe."
"As a result, bed occupancy is at dangerous levels and exit block is putting lives at risk."
President Dr Taj Hassan, told the BBC's Today programme that the more crowded emergency departments were, the higher the risk that patients could die.
"The care being delivered results in patients being compromised - because of delays in getting pain relief in time, getting antibiotics in time," he said.
"Delays to assessment will also compromise care," he added.
Dr Mark Porter, who chairs the British Medical Association council, said doctors had reported that this winter had been "extraordinarily tough" in hospitals.
"When social care isn't available, patients experience delays in moving from hospital to appropriate ongoing care settings - preventing patients being admitted at the front end in A&E," Dr Porter said.
And he said the long trolley waits were a sign of a system under too much pressure.
"The government have so far failed to grasp the seriousness of the situation," Dr Porter said.
"The prime minister cannot continue to bury her head in the sand as care continues to worsen.
"The government must urgently look at the long-term funding, capacity and recruitment issues facing the system as a whole if we are to get to grips with the pressures the NHS faces year in, year out, but which are compounded during the winter months."
Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents hospitals, said it had already called for an urgent review of winter pressures on the health service.
"These figures have not been verified and should therefore be treated with caution, but they are in line with the feedback we have been getting from trusts.
"NHS staff have responded magnificently to increased winter pressures, but the situation has become unsustainable.
"The rise in long trolley waits is particularly worrying, as there is clear evidence they can lead to worse outcomes for patients."
Jim Mackey, chief executive of NHS Improvement, said the current level of demand in England's hospitals was causing real problems.
"Such intense pressure on emergency services has had a real impact on elective services and patients are having to wait longer for non-emergency treatment and this is also adding to the financial pressures being felt by NHS providers," he said.
"Even with these pressures, the NHS continues to outperform health systems in other major nations."
A week of coverage by BBC News examining the state of the NHS across the UK as it comes under intense pressure during its busiest time of the year.
The new Edinburgh routes include Baden, Budapest, Carcassonne, Eindhoven, Hamburg, Katowice, Nantes, Prague, Szczecin, Toulouse, Venice, Valencia and Wroclaw.
The two new Glasgow routes are to Krakow and Madrid.
The new routes will mean a 20% growth for Ryanair in Scotland.
They will go on sale later this month.
Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said: "We are pleased to launch our biggest ever Scotland winter schedule, with 15 new routes and 20% growth which will deliver over five million customers per year and support 3,750 jobs at Ryanair's four Scottish Airports."
The collection includes three Military Cross awards, believed to be one of only 25 examples such gallantry was recognised in one person.
They belonged to Sir Peter Hilton, who fought at Dunkirk, El Alamein and D-Day, then became Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire and a veterans' campaigner.
The buyer made a "substantial" direct offer to the owners, auctioneers said.
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Valued at up to £10,000, the collection also featured a journal Sir Peter wrote to his wife Winifred when he was sent abroad shortly after they married.
Sir Peter was part of the British Expeditionary Force that had to be evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940.
After marrying he was sent to the Middle East, where he was involved in the battle of El Alamein in 1942 and won the Military Cross and bar, as well as needing hospital treatment after being wounded.
His third award of the Military Cross came with the D-Day landings of June 1944.
In charge of a raft bringing vital tanks to the invasion beaches, he struggled against heavy gunfire and a failed engine.
He managed to flag down a landing craft to get a tow, only to discover it was commanded by his brother. He later was caught in a landmine explosion, in which he suffered a fractured skull and lost an eye.
Sir Peter stayed in the army for some years after the war but also served as Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire from 1978 to 1994 and was president of the Normandy Veterans' Association.
He was knighted in 1993 and died in 1995.
Adrian Stevenson, militaria specialist at auction house Hansons, said: "Before the auction a buyer came forward and made a substantial offer to the owners.
"We are assured the medals will stay in Derbyshire and it is hoped to have them on public display."
Lady Winifred served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and was also involved with charities and voluntary organisations. Seven of the medals in the 19 strong collection came from her.
She died in 2010.
The Military Cross is the third highest award for bravery against the enemy, after the Victoria Cross and Distinguished Service Cross.
Elizabeth Album took the pictures of director Billy Wilder and members of the cast in June 1969 while she was working for BBC show, Film 69.
The Loch Ness Monster made for The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, sank while being towed by a boat.
A new survey has found the prop 180m (590ft) down in the loch.
Mrs Album said: "I was working for Film 69 and we went up to Inverness to film the filming.
"The monster was still there. It was out on the water buzzing around behind a small motor boat.
"It was June and I remember it was boiling hot. It was very exciting at the time."
The 30ft (9m) model of the legendary monster has been seen for the first time in images captured by an underwater robot, called Munin and operated by Kongsberg Maritime.
Loch Ness expert Adrian Shine said the shape, measurements and location of what was shown in the sonar images pointed to the object being the lost prop.
Released in 1970, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes was made in the US and UK, where filming was done at Loch Ness and also in a studio.
The film tells of the detective investigating the disappearance of an engineer. The case takes him to Loch Ness and an encounter with a monster.
Sir Robert Stephens played Holmes, Colin Blakely was Dr Watson and Sir Christopher Lee was the sleuth's brother, Mycroft Holmes.
Talented special effects artist Wally Veevers, whose other work included 2001: A Space Odyssey, Superman and Local Hero, led the building of the monster model.
Wilder is said to have comforted Veevers after watching his creation disappear into the loch.
The director had a new monster made - but just its head and neck - and moved the filming to a large water tank in a film studio.
The new liaison officer at Raigmore will assist other staff in arranging transport and accommodation at the city hospital for expectant mums.
The role has been set up following changes to the provision of maternity services at Caithness General in Wick.
A new midwife-led community maternity unit was introduced in January.
Maternity services were previously led by consultant obstetricians.
However, Caithness General has no facilities for on-site specialist neonatal paediatric support or adult intensive care.
NHS Highland has also said that the majority of births at the hospital in Wick can be handled by midwives only.
Pregnancies involving complications are handled at Raigmore, as they have been for a number of years.
But the changes at Caithness General were also brought in on the back of internal and external reviews of the maternity services. The reviews followed two "potentially avoidable" deaths of five babies.
NHS Highland is setting up of the new liaison officer role in addition to plans by the health board and the Scottish Ambulance Service to invest in increasing ambulance provision in Caithness to better meet demand for hospital transfers.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said half a billion litres were taken from the pipeline that runs north-east from Lagos.
Long queues have formed at petrol stations across Nigeria in recent days.
Governments blame pipeline vandalism and theft in the oil sector for fuel shortages and damaging the economy.
An NNPC subsidiary told a Senate committee that "incessant hacking" of the System 2B pipeline had "made the task of providing seamless flow of petroleum products to retail outlets more burdensome".
The pipeline stretches 250km from the financial hub Lagos to the city of Ilorin.
The company said it was working to resolve the issue.
"We have been pushing 35 million litres every day to the market and there's no reason why there shouldn't be fuel," said Esther Nnamdi Ogbue, managing director of the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, a subsidiary.
She blamed "sharp practices" such as hoarding in some areas.
Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil exporter, but a lack of refining capacity means drivers rely on imported petrol and there are frequent fuel shortages.
In May the country was brought to a virtual standstill after importers shut depots over subsidy payments.
President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to scrap the subsidy scheme, which critics say is rife with corruption, but a previous attempt to stop the payments led to violent mass protests in 2012.
However, in August NNPC managing director Emmanuel Kachikwu said the subsidies were an unsustainable drain on the economy, which has suffered as global oil prices have fallen.
Though there's not much chatter about what was in the manifesto, it's all about man flu and mentions in the Irish News.
Its front page has a picture of party leader Arlene Foster mid-cough, and a mini word-cloud based on her speech as the headline:
"Mentions of Sinn Féin: 32. Mentions of Adams: 12. Mentions of RHI: None. Questions answered afterwards: None - because she has 'man flu'."
The paper's John Manley says the party appears to be lurching from one crisis to another, and its response is to be diversionary - "ladies and gentleman I give you Gerry Adams and His Radical Republican Agenda".
"Arlene Foster's 'man flu' can perhaps be excused but the refusal of deputy leader Nigel Dodds or other senior party figures to take questions was unprecedented for such an occasion," he adds.
The News Letter, while acknowledging that Ms Foster clearly had a sore throat, also refers to the "hugely unusual situation" that arose at the Stormont Hotel in Belfast on Monday.
On political matters, the paper says that "beneath the myriad warnings about Sinn Féin, there were also olive branches to the only party with which the DUP can hope to form an administration in a fortnight's time."
Sticking to politics, the Belfast Telegraph has a front page exclusive on what it calls the Alliance party's "plot to 'hijack' BBC Talkback".
It claims the plot centres on a Facebook group, where the party's spin doctor urged members to call the BBC phone-in show with "softball" questions during a pre-election interview with Alliance leader Naomi Long.
The party said the group was an informal, private forum run by activists.
"We would be surprised if every other party does not have a similar outlet, where conversations of an equally candid and tongue-in-cheek manner take place. We would, however, be surprised if they were as tame".
The Telegraph's Eilis O'Hanlon takes the opportunity to be a bit tongue-in-cheek herself about the expose and the "holier than thou" Alliance.
"It's like seeing one of those headlines in the old News of the World about a cross-dressing vicar," she writes. "It's shocking for a moment, then you can't help but laugh."
The Belfast Telegraph has another exclusive - the soaring number of children being treated for anxiety disorders across Northern Ireland. It says 50 children are being referred to specialists every week by just two health trusts.
In its viewpoint, the paper says peer and exam pressure are part of the growing problem.
"Added to this is the pressure from social media, including bullying, and the attitude of parents themselves who are under pressure in our increasingly competitive society."
On to matters of conservation.
Plans for a dual carriageway near a protected wetland are being challenged in court and the Irish News is just one of the papers to cover the case.
Environmentalist Chris Murphy, who is opposed to the A6 upgrade, told the court that building the road through landscape made famous by poet Seamus Heaney would be like cutting away at a Rembrandt painting.
Meanwhile, the News Letter is vexed about an historically-significant bridge which could be removed under the latest plans for Belfast's new transport hub, revealed on Monday.
Billy Dickson, who is campaigning to save the Boyne Bridge in Sandy Row, parts of which date back to 1642, told the paper: "If this was an old house on Stranmillis where some well-known artist lived I have no doubt people would be up in arms."
While there are plenty of stories in Tuesday's papers, there is only one picture doing the rounds.
And it features a grinning US President Donald Trump with top golfer Rory McIlroy, who is more grimacing than grinning, though that might just be the sun in his eyes.
After playing 18 holes in Florida, McIlroy said of his playing partner: "He probably shot around 80. He's a decent player for a guy in his 70s."
Inevitably, given the level of anti-Trump feeling around the world, social media has not looked that favourably on the partnership.
The Mirror reports that one Twitter user said: "Absolutely shameful of McIlroy. Should be stripped of his Irishness, if he still has any".
Ouch.
The block measures about 720 sq km in area - roughly eight times the size of Manhattan Island in New York.
Scientists have been waiting for the PIG to calve since October 2011 when they first noticed a spectacular crack spreading across its surface.
Confirmation that the fissure had extended the full width of the glacier was obtained on Monday.
It was seen by the German TerraSAR-X satellite.
This carries a radar instrument that can detect the surface of the ice stream even though the Antarctic is currently in the grip of winter darkness.
The berg that broke away was part of the PIG's ice shelf - the front segment of the glacier that lifts up and floats as it pushes out into the ocean. The shelf will reach tens of km beyond the grounding line.
German researchers have been receiving images from TerraSAR-X every three days or so, hoping to understand better the processes that drive the glacier forward and prompt it to fracture.
This will help them improve the computer models that are used to forecast future changes in the Antarctic.
"We were very keen to see how the crack propagated," said Prof Angelika Humbert, a glaciologist with the Alfred Wegener Institute.
"We need proper calving laws, to be able to describe the evolution of ice sheets over centuries," she told BBC News.
Very big tabular bergs will come off the end of the ice shelf every 6-10 years. Previous notable events occurred in 2007 and 2001.
It is a very natural process and scientists say it should not be tied directly to the very real climate changes that are also affecting this part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Satellite and airborne measurements have recorded a marked thinning and a surge in velocity of the PIG in recent decades.
This has been attributed in part to warmer waters getting under, and melting, the ice shelf. The PIG's grounding line has pulled back further and further towards the land.
The glacier's behaviour means it is now under close scrutiny, not least because it drains something like 10% of all the ice flowing off the west of the continent.
"The PIG is the most rapidly shrinking glacier on the planet," explained Prof David Vaughan from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
"It's losing more ice than any other glacier on the planet, and it's contributing to sea level rise faster than any other glacier on the planet. That makes it worthy of study."
BAS has recently deployed a series of instrumented "javelins" along the PIG to monitor its movement.
When the big crack propagating across the 30km width of the PIG was first photographed in 2011 by a Nasa airborne expedition, many assumed the moment of final calving would come quite quickly.
That it took almost two years for the tabular berg to break away is something of a surprise, concedes Prof Humbert.
What should not be a surprise, she says, is that it has occurred in deep winter when the ocean is covered in sea-ice. This relatively thin covering would always be overwhelmed by the internal stresses in the massive ice shelf.
What will be interesting now, she adds, is to see how long it takes for the berg to move out of the bay in front of it. It could take several months. TerraSAR-X will provide the tell-tale data.
The world's largest recorded iceberg was the tabular block that became known as B-15.
When it broke off the Ross Ice Shelf in 2001, it had a surface area of about 11,000 sq km. It took years to melt away as it moved out into the Southern Ocean.
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Mr Finucane was shot in 1989 by loyalist paramilitaries at his north Belfast home.
His family have long campaigned for an independent public inquiry.
However at Tuesday's meeting, Mr Cameron proposed a review conducted by a leading QC.
Speaking outside Downing Street, Pat Finucane's widow Geraldine told reporters she felt so angry she could hardly speak.
Mr Finucane's family said they were "insulted" at the proposal for a review of the case to be led by QC Desmond DeSilva.
They said they would continue their campaign for an independent public inquiry and would not participate in the review.
When he was prime minister, Tony Blair agreed to set up an inquiry, but a fresh investigation was never established.
Before the meeting on Tuesday, the government said they hoped the Finucane family would be satisfied with their response.
Speaking afterwards Mrs Finucane said: "He (David Cameron) is offering a review. He wants a QC to read the papers in my husband's case and that is how he expects to reach the truth.
"All of us are very upset and very disappointed."
The family have said they want an inquiry that is public, effective and independent.
Mr Finucane's son Michael said of the review: "The family of Pat Finucane will not be allowed to participate, we will not be allowed to read documents for ourselves, we will not be allowed to ask questions of witnesses, if indeed any witnesses are going to be questioned.
"We will not be allowed to put our point of view across, we will simply not be a part of this process at all.
"How could anybody sign up to something like that - it's a farce."
A statement on behalf of Mr Cameron said: "The prime minister expressed his profound sympathy for the family and said it was clear from (the) Stevens and Corey (inquiries) that state collusion had taken place in Mr Finucane's murder and he accepted these conclusions.
"On behalf of the government he apologised to the family.
"He confirmed that the government's priority was to get to the truth in the best and most effective way and the secretary of state will set out the details for this process shortly."
In 2004, the then Northern Ireland Secretary of State Paul Murphy announced his intention to hold an inquiry under the new Inquiries Act.
The Finucane family are opposed to the probe being held under this legislation, which they say makes the inquiry accountable to the minister responsible, rather than to parliament.
SDLP justice spokesperson Alban Maginness said the decision was "unacceptable" and accused David Cameron of raising the family's hopes.
"After all this length of time one would have expected better from the British government and prime minister on an issue that runs deep into the British military and security complex," he added.
Sinn Fein's Gerry Kelly said the government was guilty of "an extreme act of bad faith".
"It is in the interest of everyone in our society, including all who seek to engender public confidence in the new beginning to policing and justice, that an effective, independent inquiry is held into the killing of Pat Finucane," he said.
The DUP's Nigel Dodds said he understood the desire of relatives to get the full facts about the death of their loved one.
"However, history in Northern Ireland has shown that the kind of expensive open-ended inquiry demanded in some cases has not been able to bring closure for anyone involved and has actually increased community tensions," he said.
Ulster Unionist Mike Nesbitt said while he could understand the Finucane family's frustration, the government was right to end the "costly impasse" which had developed over the inquiry.
He said an agreed mechanism was needed to deal with the past "rather than a series of processes that serve to re-write history, painting the state and the agents of the state as the villains".
Speaking in the Irish parliament, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said if Geraldine Finucane was not happy with the outcome of her meeting with Mr Cameron, then the house would not be happy either.
The pair, aged 12 and 14, are accused of attacking the woman in the Anfield area of Liverpool in September 2014.
She was raped by the older boy, while the younger defendant threatened her with a knife and sexually assaulted her, the city's crown court heard.
Both boys, who cannot be named due to their age, deny all charges.
When paramedics found the woman, who has mental health difficulties, she was at the point of hypothermia, and was covered in paint, jurors heard.
Prosecutors told the court the paint was poured over her head along with cleaning fluid to prevent the recovery of forensic evidence.
Ben Jones, prosecuting, said: "The prosecution case is that these two defendants, acting together subjected [the woman] to a humiliating sexual assault.
"The prosecution say the word 'humiliating' because the word is justified.
"Violent and sadistic might also be accurate descriptions."
Mr Jones said during police interviews the victim, who suffered 27 injuries, including bruising and scratches, described being "unable to cope" in the weeks afterwards.
The 14-year-old is accused of rape and three sexual assaults, while the 12-year-old is charged with two sexual assaults and aiding and abetting rape.
Both boys sat in court next to their parents.
The trial, which is expected to last for a week, continues.
HSBC is paying $1.9bn (£1.2bn) in fines and forfeitures to assorted federal and state authorities for its inadequate controls against money transfers by criminals, terrorists and countries that are subject to sanctions (such as Iran).
In a statement, HSBC apologised and said it had changed its ways. It expects to reach a settlement soon with the UK's Financial Services Authorities relating to the same offences.
The $1.9bn is significantly more than the penalties HSBC expected to pay - even after its recent upward revision of provisions to cover such charges. Also the cost for HSBC of raising its defences against money laundering and illegal money movements will be $700m (£435m) over five years.
Odd as it may seem, it could however have been significantly worse. HSBC has signed a Deferred Prosecution Agreement for breaches of the US Bank Secrecy Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act and assorted money laundering offences. This is in effect putting the bank on probation.
But if HSBC had been indicted for these offences, that would have meant that the US government and others could no longer have conducted business with it - which would have been humiliating and highly damaging.
The punishment of HSBC comes just a day after another UK based international bank, Standard Chartered, agreed to pay $327m (£203m) for past violations of US sanctions laws and "lack of transparency in connection with certain former payments practices which were terminated in 2007".
Standard Chartered, which also signed a deferred prosecution agreement, had already paid $340m to New York State's Department of Financial Services for the same offences.
Now, for the avoidance of doubt, there is a trend here - which is that every big British bank is struggling to keep control of the costs of fines and compensation relating to a great variety of forms of sloppy practices and misbehaviour in the boom years.
It won't be long before we begin to learn the fines that Royal Bank of Scotland will pay to regulators all over the world for its involvement in the LIBOR interest-rate rigging scandal.
RBS is likely to end up paying more than the £290m in fines and penalties paid by Barclays - though that may not be apparent for a while, since RBS is not expected to reach a big bang settlement with all authorities from Tokyo to Brussels to Washington at the same time.
Then there are the stupendous costs of paying compensation to UK retail customers who were missold PPI credit insurance - which, according to the FSA, was more than £7bn by the end of September and looks set to end up being considerably more than £10bn.
And then there are the difficult-to-pin-down costs of compensating small businesses who were sold inappropriate interest-rate swaps - which will certainly be rather more than £1bn in aggregate and possibly (in an unlikely worst case for the banks) a multiple of that.
In addition, most of the banks face civil cases from disgruntled investors related to these and other alleged failings that stem from the exuberance of the boom years.
All of which is of material interest to the banks' customers and shareholders.
The point, as the Governor of the Bank of England said recently, is that banks may not have adequate capital to absorb the full financial cost of all the punishment being meted out for banks' past sins.
And as you will be tired of hearing, capital is expensive. And when banks are obliged to raise more of it, the burden falls initially on investors and subsequently on customers - who are forced to pay more for banking services to reward the providers of the capital.
Or to put it another way, we are all punished when banks are found guilty.
If no-one matches six numbers on Saturday, the next tier of winners will share the Lotto prize.
The winning numbers for Wednesday, drawn at 20:30 GMT, were 8, 30, 40, 50, 54, 57 and the bonus ball was 13.
Camelot said it had sold about 200 tickets per second in the hour before ticket sales closed at 19:30 GMT.
The previous largest National Lottery jackpot was £42m, which was shared between three separate ticket holders in January 1996.
Its website crashed at about 18:00, making ticket purchases for the draw unavailable for about 10 minutes, although problems with logging on persisted for some time.
Parts of the website - including the results page and sign-in page - were down for much of Wednesday night with an error message saying they were "extremely busy".
Wednesday's jackpot is the result of 13 consecutive rollovers and follows the number of balls in the draw increasing from 49 to 59 in October.
This reduced the odds of a player getting six numbers from about one in 14 million to one in 45 million, mathematicians say.
Camelot argues its rule changes have increased the chances of becoming a millionaire with the introduction of a millionaire's raffle.
Lotto changes - behind the numbers
New Camelot rules mean the jackpot prize is shared out in the first draw after the prize reaches £50m.
This means if no player matches all six numbers on Saturday, the prize will be shared between winners in the next tier where there is at least one winner - almost certainly those people who have five main numbers and the bonus ball.
Camelot said this would make it "some of the best odds players have ever had to win a multi-million pound, life-changing jackpot".
In Wednesday's draw, two tickets matched five numbers and the bonus ball - winning £74,900 each.
Former hairdresser Susan Herdman won £1.2m in 2010 and used her money to focus on her hobby of amateur motor racing, and has become a national champion.
Nikki Otterburn, a former fitness instructor, owns a riding school after her £2.2m win in 2001.
Edd and Michelle Edwards won £1.9m in 2008 - Michelle is now working at her own cake baking and decoration business.
Ted and Marilyn Newton bought a woodland for the use of local children and scouts after winning £7.9m in 2009.
Morris and Carol Worrall bought a beach hut with some of the £15m they won in 2005.
The biggest single-ticket National Lottery win was £22.5m, which was shared by work colleagues Mark Gardiner and Paul Maddison from Hastings in 1995.
The biggest individual winner was Iris Jeffrey from Belfast, who won £20.1m in 2004.
Although no-one has won more than Mrs Jeffrey on the National Lottery, her jackpot has been dwarfed in recent years by British winners of the Euromillions lottery.
Money for that prize comes from tickets sales in a number of European countries and the jackpot often rolls over for many more weeks.
The biggest UK Euromillions winners are Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in North Ayrshire, in 2011 who collected £161.6m.
The couple gave large donations to several causes, including £1m to the Scottish National Party's campaign for Scottish independence.
The final curtain will fall on the multi award-winning show at the Victoria Palace Theatre on 9 April.
The story about the miner's son who dreams of becoming a ballet dancer is leaving to allow for the theatre's refurbishment, announced last year.
But fans of the production will not be left bereft as it will be embarking on its first tour of the UK and Ireland.
The theatre's makeover comes after it was bought by stage impresario Cameron Mackintosh, which is also part of extensive redevelopment work that is taking place around Victoria station.
The first regional Billy Elliot shows will begin in Plymouth in February before stops around cities including Sunderland, Bradford, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Dublin, with dates currently planned until May 2017.
The Victoria Palace has been the musical's home since it first opened to great fanfare, following the acclaim achieved by the Oscar-nominated film on which it is based and the big names involved in bringing it to the stage.
The film's director, Stephen Daldry, was part of the show's creative team along with Sir Elton John, who wrote its score.
"Billy Elliot has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my entire life. The talented young performers who have become part of our Billy Elliot family have amazed me with their achievements from the very start," Sir Elton said.
"I am so delighted that new audiences around the country will now have the opportunity to experience this extraordinary piece of work."
Daldry and the show's lead producer, Eric Fellner, said they knew it would have to leave the Palace theatre at some point - but had not anticipated it would run as long as it has.
"We knew when we did the original deal that we would leave one day but we had no idea it would be 11 years on," Fellner told the Daily Mail.
He also confirmed plans for a film version of the musical were "chugging along", although he added it was realistically "three or four years away".
The musical has been seen by more than 5.25 million people in London and nearly 11 million people around the globe in worldwide productions.
The next series of The Apprentice is going to look somewhat different.
The 42-year-old comedian has confirmed he will no longer be presenting the BBC Two spin-off show You're Fired.
"After five years hosting You're Fired, I've decided to pass the chair on to someone else," he explained.
His exit comes after PR expert Nick Hewer stepped down as Lord Sugar's right-hand man on the main show.
Dara has revealed he wants to spend more time on his own comedy.
"I'm back on tour again this year and I'd like to enjoy getting laughs off my own incompetence for a while," he said.
"Best of luck to whoever takes over the chair, you'll have lots of fun with them."
More than six million viewers tuned in for the final of the last series of The Apprentice.
Patrick Holland, executive producer of reality show, said: "Dara has been an absolutely fantastic host.
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Mr Modi coaxed the United Nations into declaring 21 June International Yoga Day and announced a grand event to be held in Delhi on that day. His government plans to get tens of thousands of people to perform yoga in the heart of the capital on Sunday.
Mr Modi is an enthusiast himself - he told a biographer he tries to do yoga for an hour after waking up in the morning.
So what does Sunday's mass yoga session tell us about India?
Mr Modi's plan to get 35,000 people to perform yoga for 35 minutes on the stately Rajpath (King's Avenue) is aimed at setting a new Guinness World Record. The Guinness people have been invited to document the largest yoga class at a single venue.
Indians already flaunt a number of yoga-related world records: the largest yoga class, longest yoga chain, longest yoga marathon and longest yoga class at multiple venues.
Inspired by Mr Modi's call, even India's National Cadet Corps want to set another record on Sunday - "the largest ever demonstration of yoga by a uniformed organisation on a single day concurrently at multiple venues all across India". It says a million cadets will simultaneously do yoga at 1,900 locations.
Yes, we are crazy about breaking world records.
A reality check: Indians applied for some 3,000 records with Guinness World Records in 2013, just behind record-seekers from the US and Britain. The number of Indian record holders has risen an astonishing 250% in the past five years.
It helps that we are the world's second-most populous nation, so we have also set records in things like the biggest blood donation drive and most number of people shaking hands. Writer Samanth Subramanian describes this as a "fevered subculture of record-setters".
If a place in the Guinness World Records looks remote, no worries. We have our thriving, home-grown Limca Book of World Records and India Book of Records to take care of our achievements.
But Mr Modi, clearly, has set his sights higher.
More seriously, Sunday's gathering is a timely reminder that urban Indians need to get fitter.
Doctors say India's cities are riding a diabetes and heart disease epidemic. India's diabetes rate jumped an alarming 123% between 1990 and 2013, compared to 45% worldwide, a new study found. One in four Indians die of heart disease. Obesity is on the rise.
As the middle class swells and grows richer, more Indians are leading desk-bound, sedentary work lives and enduring stressful commutes in pedestrian-unfriendly cities, where there is no culture of walking. Gorging on junk food and fat-rich diets doesn't help matters.
If Mr Modi's move encourages more Indians to take to yoga - with or without the spirituality attached to it - it would have served a purpose in making more Indians healthier.
The moment Mr Modi's government unveiled its mega yoga plans, political rivals cried foul.
Mayawati, the feisty leader of India's Dalits (formerly known as untouchables) said Mr Modi's party and its hardline allies were trying to use yoga to "vitiate communal harmony".
The main opposition Congress party has taken pot-shots at the event, and a senior party spokesperson issued a snarky broadside:
Some Muslim clerics are uneasy about the government's motives and equate Mr Modi's government's promotion of yoga with promoting Hinduism. A recent story by Reuters was headlined: PM Modi's yoga offensive gets Muslims stressed.
Firebrand ruling BJP MP Yogi Adityanath fanned the flames by saying that those who opposed the surya namaskar - a series of yoga positions designed to greet Surya, the Hindu Sun God - "should drown in the sea" - a remark that was swiftly put down by Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj.
The government has even taken out the sun salutation exercise from Sunday's performance, and is very keen to showcase it as secular.
Political analyst Neerja Chowdhury says Sunday's event serves the prime minister well. "It's a win-win situation for Mr Modi. It boosts his image and keeps the hardliners happy," she told me.
However, critics say Mr Modi's move comes at a time of rising anxiety among India's minorities, many of whom suspect that his party is trying to make India a pronouncedly Hindu nation.
Analyst Ajaz Ashraf says Mr Modi's yoga celebration is a "mix of cultural nationalism, commercialisation and subtle coercion". Historian Dilip Simeon decries what he calls the "deceitful polemic about yoga" and says Indians will learn yoga not to please Hindu nationalists, "but for our health".
"Yoga is part of ancient India's cultural heritage," says Manmohan Vaidya, a spokesperson of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the hardline ideological godfather of the BJP and the largest Hindu nationalist group in India. "By celebrating yoga on a mass scale we are validating our glorious past."
Others say yoga is India's biggest contribution to society after, perhaps, zero and is a symbol of its cultural richness.
There are concerns that India has lost control of "brand yoga" to the West - yoga is a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide - although Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has said India would "never like an Intellectual Property Rights stamp on yoga".
Is yoga essentially a religious activity? This BBC magazine piece has some answers. But closer to home, the Yoga Day is being seen by many as (Hindu) India "reclaiming" yoga.
Wendy Doniger, leading American academic and author of The Hindus: An Alternative History, says many Hindus, concerned about their image, fear that their religion has been stereotyped in the West as a polytheistic faith of "castes, cows and curry". They look at yoga as the poster-child of Indian spiritual wisdom and the essence of Hinduism.
But this, Doniger believes, ignores yoga's complex and contested history: there are at least five conflicting claims about when yoga began, including a provocative assertion by Mark Singleton that the roots of modern yoga actually do not lie in ancient India.
The transnational, Anglophone yoga, Singleton argues, derives from a curious mix of British body-building and physical culture, American transcendentalism, Christian science, naturopathy, Swedish gymnastics and the YMCA. Yoga's appeal grew far and wide. Even Fritz Lang made a film about trippy yogis.
In the end, as Doniger says, "for some people yoga is a religious meditation, for others an exercise routine, and for others, both".
"It is a rich, multi-cultural, interdisciplinary construction, far from the pure line that its adherents often claim for it."
There's no shortage of humour in India - and Sunday's event is no exception.
I think sociologist Shiv Visvanathan puts it best. "[Mr Modi] is looking for a new kind of cultural revolution. I like the comic part of it - the fat cops, the bureaucrats, doing exercise. Here is India, getting fat on hamburgers and milkshakes. Modi is the Benjamin Franklin of India in many ways," he told the New York Times.
Even India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh has managed to encourage officials in his office to practice yoga after work, as he keeps a watchful eye on their moves:
Shripad Naik, the yoga minister, told the New York Times that yoga practice would help lower violent crime and produce better bureaucrats.
"There will be a definite change in the way the bureaucracy functions," he said. "When they are thin, all their energy will go into producing better work."
And popular yoga guru Baba Ramdev told a yoga rehearsal at a Delhi stadium last week that a yoga position would help "rid the world of gas".
But this man practising on the soggy rain-soaked field did not quite appear to be listening to the guru's exhortations to put on the world's best yoga show on Sunday.
Cyclone Cook caused power shortages, landslides, uprooted trees and forced road closures.
Ahead of the storm's arrival, some residents fled their homes as authorities declared a state of emergency in parts of the North Island.
Although the cyclone bypassed much of the country, thousands of homes are still without power.
There is still heavy rain and some roads on New Zealand's South Island remain underwater, with flooding in roads around Christchurch. Several rivers have burst their banks.
New Zealand's Civil Defence ministry is warning people to remain cautious, especially around fallen power lines.
The weakening weather system is continuing to bring heavy rain to parts of the South Island, and is expected to pass over Dunedin later on Friday.
The cyclone formed around Vanuatu on Sunday before moving towards the Pacific islands of New Caledonia, bringing heavy rain and winds and causing cuts to power and water supplies.
It killed one person when it swept through New Caledonia.
The storm made New Zealand landfall in the Bay of Plenty at about 18:30 local time (06:30 GMT) on Thursday. It moved on to batter Hawkes Bay on the eastern coast, where two people were hospitalised after a tree hit their car, the New Zealand Herald reported.
Forecasts said the storm would be the worst since 1968, but meteorologists told local media that the storm system instead tracked away and because it was moving quickly the rain didn't last so long.
Air New Zealand cancelled several flights as the weather worsened in key areas.
Cyclone Cook comes after severe floods caused by the remnants of Cyclone Debbie hit some parts of the country last week. Cyclone Debbie hit Australia at the end of March, before its remnants moved towards New Zealand.
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After a turgid first half, Jay Simpson was left unmarked just eight yards out to fire home his 21st goal of the season and put Orient ahead.
Ollie Palmer then headed wide from Jobi McAnuff's free-kick before Calaum Jahraldo-Martin slid the ball past an on-rushing Alex Lynch on the break.
Wycombe failed to muster an effort on target in their third straight defeat.
The win moves Orient above the home side into eighth place in the League Two table.
Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth told BBC Three Counties Radio:
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"I didn't think anyone was going to score first half against us. But in the second half, the goal changes everything, it was a poor defensive goal.
"We fell asleep, you can't give Jay Simpson time in the box, he's the top scorer in the country. Before that there was absolutely nothing in the game and it was heading for a 0-0.
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"It's a disappointing game, especially after Tuesday's exit from the FA Cup. We've got a full week now to prepare for Plymouth and I want to get rid of any hangover from the FA Cup and especially against orient."
Leyton Orient player-manager Kevin Nolan told BBC Radio London:
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"The lads responded to everything I've asked of them over the last 48 hours so I'm going home on that bus really pleased.
"I think what I've learned is that they can take things on board very quickly, which is very pleasing.
"They've got the result today which is pleasing so hopefully now they'll start believing in what I'm trying to do
"Bit-by-bit we'll start implementing things and hopefully start making this club strive forward and get into those play-off positions."
Landlords have 12 months to register on Rent Smart Wales and decide whether to apply for a licence or hand over management of their properties.
Communities Minister Lesley Griffiths said it would help tackle bad landlords who give the sector a bad name.
But the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) said it would "do little" to address criminal landlords.
Housing charity Shelter Cymru said nearly a third of its workload came from private tenancies.
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But the RLA said the scheme would be "an expensive, overburdening exercise in paperwork that will do little to target the criminal landlords who refuse to make themselves known".
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The warning by the National Audit Office comes just two months after a BBC investigation highlighted increasing delays answering 999 calls.
The NAO said rising demand, recruitment problems and wider NHS pressures meant crews were failing to hit targets.
It comes as NHS bosses are looking at relaxing the eight-minute target for calls where it may not be necessary.
In November the BBC revealed ambulances were increasingly being delayed outside A&E units as hospital staff were too busy to take on the patients being brought in.
And the investigation found just one of the 13 services in the UK was meeting its key target - the eight-minute goal to reach the most life-threatening cases.
This NAO review just looked at performance in England. It too highlighted these problems and urged NHS bosses to review what was happening.
It pointed to the discrepancy between the rise in demand - 30% over four years - compared to the rise in budget - 16% over the same period.
NAO head Amyas Morse said action was needed as ambulances were a "vital" part of the service.
Christina McAnea, of Unison, which represents ambulance staff, said: "There's simply not enough money to cope."
NHS England said steps were being taken. Ambulances have been given longer to assess calls before a response needs to be sent - about a quarter of crews are called back before they reach the scene because call handlers have to make quick decisions about who needs an emergency response.
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Edmund, ranked one place below Evans at 45 in the world, recovered from a slow start to win 7-5 6-1.
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Andy Murray, who watched compatriots Edmund and Evans from courtside, plays his opening match on Wednesday.
The world number one will take on Luxembourg's Gilles Muller or Tommy Robredo of Spain.
Edmund and Evans were Davis Cup team-mates in Britain's quarter-final defeat by France earlier this month, but were pitted against each other for the first time on the ATP Tour in Monte Carlo.
The surface made the big-hitting Edmund a heavy favourite against Evans, who has just two main draw wins to his name on the surface.
However, Edmund opened with two double faults and looked nervous, slipping 4-1 down as Evans capitalised on the errors.
The 26-year-old from Birmingham could not maintain his advantage though, with Edmund fighting back to claim the set with the seventh break of serve in 12 games.
Edmund had to save break points again at the start of the second but, despite some wayward smashes, went on to dominate, sealing it with an ace after one hour and 20 minutes.
Irish and British troops have joined an EU mission: 31 soldiers from the Royal Marines, 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment and the Irish Defence Forces are training an initial group of some 800 Malian troops.
The project aims to create four new battalions capable of defending the West African country.
In January, France sent 4,000 troops to Mali after the Islamist fighters, who nine months before had taken over the vast northern desert region, began to take over central towns - threatening the capital, Bamako, in the south.
Their advance was helped by the fact that members of the divided and demoralised Malian army took off their uniforms and fled their positions.
Major Simon Holden, from the Royal Irish, who is commanding British and Irish trainers in Mali, said the standard of the first Malians going through the 10-week course was higher than he had expected.
''What we are here to do is form a battalion into a cohesive unit so that it's ready to go on operations at the end the 10-week package.
"I think the wealth of experience that we can bring from both Afghanistan and Iraq will be of huge benefit to these soldiers.''
The British and Irish trainers are part of the European Union Training Mission to Mali (EUTM).
It is made up of some 200 trainers from France, the UK, Ireland and 19 other countries and has an initial brief to train 2,000 Malians.
The British and Irish troops are largely carrying out infantry training; the Greeks handle intelligence classes; and Germany has built a field hospital at the training camp at Koulikoro, about 60km (37 miles) north of Bamako.
Brussels is spending 12.3m euros (£10.3m, $16m) on the facilities and administration of EUTM. Contributing countries pay the salaries and living expenses of their own soldiers.
Most of the practical training takes place in scrubland on a hill above Koulikoro.
Groups of two dozen Malian soldiers, in uniforms provided by France and carrying brand new, unloaded Kalashnikovs, are led by their trainers through mock assaults.
When directed, they hunker down or lie flat and say ''pow-pow-pow'' to imitate the sound of firing.
The training mission aims to build cohesion among the soldiers who are of different ages and ranks and do not know each other as they have been hand-picked for the course from across the country by the Malian armed forces.
The soldiers appear ethnically mixed - both pale and dark-skinned - but the Malian authorities have not given details of how they were selected.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch say that Malian soldiers have been guilty of human rights crimes against civilians they suspect of having hidden rebels.
The EUTM says it has asked civil society groups to come forward with names of any soldiers suspected of abuses.
But it adds that it considers the issue of the trainees' past records to be a political matter, irrelevant to their military training.
Irish Defence Forces trainer, Sgt Gerry Setright, said outside agencies would carry out human rights training at Koulikoro.
''The UN and other civilian organisations give all the Malian soldiers human rights training - how to handle prisoners of war and how to handle non-combatants.
"We emphasise that training in our field exercises by building scenarios where they have to take prisoners and treat them correctly, just as we would in Ireland and the UK."
Sgt Setright says they are taught "respect for sensitive locations such as libraries and mosques and historical monuments and so on".
There is an urgent need for Mali to be able to deploy an army worthy of the name.
France wants to withdraw most of its troops by the end of the year and hand over patrolling duties to an international force which was approved by the UN Security Council on 25 April - Minusma (the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali).
But the former colonial power's decision to keep 1,000 crack troops in the country to work alongside Minusma suggests France realises that EUTM graduates will be unable to shoulder anti-terror responsibilities.
However well trained, Mali's army remains overstaffed, though no-one knows by how much due to years of phantom payrolls.
A less visible element of EUTM will be a large-scale shake-up in personnel.
Previous governments, fearing coups, have promoted legions of officers to high grades.
Long-serving, low-ranking soldiers have remained in the force well past the age at which troops in other countries retire.
The army is ill-equipped. Over the years, Mali has been given or sold cut-price or obsolete military equipment from different countries.
One example is communications equipment from France, Russia and China, all of it set to different frequencies.
Currently, in Mopti, in the north-east, soldiers are confined to base and only carry out patrols on days where the French Operation Serval gives them fuel for their patrol vehicles.
There had been a "clean audit report" at the end of the World Cup, a government minister said.
A football official added that the bid was run by "men of integrity", including the late Nelson Mandela.
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Fifa, the world football governing body, chose it ahead of Morocco.
The South African government promised to pay $10m to former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner and his co-conspirators in exchange for winning the right to host the tournament, an FBI indictment alleges.
The indictment later states that the South Africans "were unable to arrange for the payment to be made directly from government funds" so instead the $10m was sent through Fifa using funds that would otherwise have gone to South Africa to support the World Cup.
In the South African government's first response to the allegation, Jeff Radebe, a minister in the president's office, said that leading accounting firm Ernest & Young had given South Africa a "clean audit report" at the end of the World Cup.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula said South Africa would ask the US for the indictment through diplomatic channels in order "to establish the basis on which the allegations are being made as this has a potential of tarnishing the name and people of our country globally and put into question the competence of our nation in organising mega events".
The South Africa Football Association (Safa) said the allegation was "baseless" and "untested".
"No need to press any panic button regarding the Fifa 2010 World Cup. Terrible thumb-sucking from individual making those wild allegations," its spokesman Dominic Chimhavi said in a tweet.
Mr Warner said on Wednesday that he was innocent of any charges.
He handed himself over to police in his home nation of Trinidad and Tobago and spent the night in prison after delays in processing his $395,000 bail.
Fifa announced a provisional ban from football-related activity on 11 of the 14 people who were charged by the US authorities of racketeering, fraud and money laundering.
But it said the election on Friday - in which Fifa president Sepp Blatter is seeking a fifth term - would go ahead.
Mr Blatter, who has not been named in the investigations, issued a statement on the US case, saying: "Such misconduct has no place in football and we will ensure that those who engage in it are put out of the game."
Swiss prosecutors have also opened a separate investigation into the bidding process for the World Cup tournaments in 2018 in Russia and 2022 in Qatar.
Swiss police said they would question 10 Fifa executive committee members who participated in the votes that selected Russia and Qatar in December 2010.
The 2014 tree, surrounded by metal barriers in Liscard, Wirral finished seventh in the 13 Worst Christmas Trees in Britain poll on Buzzfeed.
The tree was spruced up after residents set up a Facebook page complaining that the town "deserved better".
It will be officially switched on later to give a "taster" of how it will look.
Danny McLeod from Argyle Taxis and the manager of the town's Cherry Tree Shopping Centre John White teamed up to organise a winter wonderland in spring.
They got firm Christmas Decorators onboard who suggested staging the Light Up Liscard event to show "shoppers what they can have when Christmas comes early".
Geoff Hodgson from the company said: "They'll be a switch on, there will be Father Christmas here, mulled wine, an ice queen and artificial snow basically just to show people what they can have."
He said: "This is just a taster for [shoppers].
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Peng Chang-kuei succumbed to pneumonia in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan.
Mr Peng's demise comes in the same week as that of Michael "Jim" Delligatti, father of the McDonald's Big Mac, who was also 98.
He leaves the world his sweet-but-spicy chicken recipe - named after a 19th Century military leader from China's Hunan province.
Mr Peng began his food training aged 13, and rose to become the banquet chef for China's Nationalist government.
In 1949, he fled to Taiwan when the Nationalist forces were defeated in the Chinese Civil War.
According to legend, General Tso's Chicken was named in 1952, when Mr Peng was cooking for a visiting US Navy Admiral, Arthur Radford.
Low on inspiration, he fried some chunks of chicken and added sauces and seasoning in a bid to create something new.
The admiral loved the result. When he asked the name of the dish, Mr Peng christened it on the spot: "General Tso's Chicken".
The real-life figure behind the name is Gen Zuo Zongtang - a revered 19th Century military man from Hunan.
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Mr Peng moved to New York in 1973, and opened a Chinese restaurant. His fan base quickly grew, and reportedly included one Henry Kissinger, then US Secretary of State.
While General Tso's is best known as American Chinese food, its fame has seen some Hunanese chefs embrace the recipe.
Mr Peng ultimately returned to Taiwan, where he founded the successful chain eatery Peng's Garden Hunan Restaurant.
Dave Martin twice went close as the visitors started strongly, first seeing a shot blocked after eight minutes and then firing just wide on the half-hour mark, but that was as close as they came before the break.
Bromley continued to edge the battle, with Brandon Hanlan and Lee Minshull both forcing great saves out of Grant Smith early in the second half.
Boreham Wood have now not won in seven league games, while Bromley are without a win in six.
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Match ends, Boreham Wood 0, Bromley 0.
Second Half ends, Boreham Wood 0, Bromley 0.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Ben Goodliffe replaces Angelo Balanta.
Substitution, Bromley. Tobi Sho-Silva replaces Brandon Hanlan.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Jason Williams replaces Ricky Shakes.
Ben Nunn (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Bromley. Ryan Hall replaces Dave Martin.
Substitution, Bromley. Jordan Higgs replaces Bradley Goldberg.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Bruno Andrade replaces Ben Goodliffe.
Second Half begins Boreham Wood 0, Bromley 0.
First Half ends, Boreham Wood 0, Bromley 0.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Dumfries and Galloway Council had previously agreed smaller-scale proposals on the site near Annan.
The building will have a reinforced concrete floor about 60cm (2ft) thick and "shield walls" up to 45cm (18in).
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It will now be able to resume and the larger storage facility constructed.
Chapelcross ceased power generation in 2004, with its landmark cooling towers later being pulled down.
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Vote Leave said it had "set out a series of pledges about how life will be better if we take back control".
It said the pro-Remain politicians' speeches were "desperate stuff from an increasingly desperate campaign".
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She said she was "fearful" that workers' rights would not be protected if the UK votes to leave, and said the government, not the EU, should be blamed for pressures on the NHS and housing supply.
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Ms Bennett cited environmental protections she said were the result of EU action and Mr Farron said the "pretty unlikely show of cross-party unity" showed the strength of feeling against "made-up" spending pledges being made by the rival side.
In his speech, the PM repeated his warning of a "decade of uncertainty" if Britain leaves the EU and accused the Leave side of "sticking pins on a map" over how a future trade arrangement would work.
He said the rival campaign, being spearheaded by Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, was "playing with people's jobs" and trying to "dodge questions", accusing them of playing an "economic con trick on the British people".
At a Vote Leave campaign event, Mr Johnson said the benefits of being in the EU single market had been "wildly overstated" saying: "The vision for taking this country forward is about taking back control."
He said the UK could gain from free trade deals with China and the United States but that the UK could not do this as an EU member because such deals were controlled by the European Commission.
"It is a delusion to think we can somehow gain greater prosperity by bartering away our freedom and our democracy," he said, challenging the Remain side to spell out how they would tackle pressure on the NHS and housing caused by rising immigration.
The visitors were almost ahead inside the first minute with Jamie Mackie forcing a save from Jason Steele.
And they felt aggrieved not to be ahead after an hour, when Conor Washington's header appeared to cross the line but was not given by the officials.
Gallagher then won it late on for Blackburn, tucking home his 11th of the season from Marvin Emnes' cross.
It was an electric start to the game for QPR, who saw Mackie and Joel Lynch both denied by Steele inside the opening five minutes, with a Massimo Luongo effort also blocked.
Blackburn's only shot on target in the first half came via a Charlie Mulgrew free-kick, which was easily saved by Alex Smithies.
But the big talking point came on the hour mark, when Washington's 12-yard header hit the underside of the bar and appeared to cross the line, however the officials disagreed despite QPR's protestations.
As the game looked destined for a stalemate, Gallagher's half-volley from Emnes' left-wing cross secured all three points for Rovers, who remain three points from safety but go above Wigan into 22nd.
QPR drop to 19th, following Nottingham Forest's win over Aston Villa, and are now just six points clear of the relegation places.
Blackburn manager Owen Coyle: "The club, for a number of years, there has been loads of stuff going on. The bottom line is anybody who knows me knows how resilient I am, knows how focused I am.
"I totally understand the frustration (of fans) if you're at home, it's 0-0, you want to win the game, but there's still time to win.
"What was nice today, given there has been a number of times we've lost points late on, it was nice to turn that on its head and turn that one point into three.
"It was well earned because we were well worth the three points today. No doubt about it."
Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Queens Park Rangers 0.
Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Queens Park Rangers 0.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Kazenga Lua Lua replaces Darnell Furlong.
Darnell Furlong (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Queens Park Rangers 0. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marvin Emnes with a cross.
Attempt missed. Joel Lynch (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Conor Washington with a headed pass.
Attempt saved. Matt Smith (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jake Bidwell with a cross.
James Perch (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers).
Attempt saved. James Perch (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ravel Morrison.
Attempt missed. Connor Mahoney (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Ryan Manning (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ryan Manning (Queens Park Rangers).
Connor Mahoney (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Elliott Bennett.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Ravel Morrison replaces Massimo Luongo.
Attempt missed. Hope Akpan (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Foul by Matt Smith (Queens Park Rangers).
Hope Akpan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Pawel Wszolek (Queens Park Rangers).
Ryan Nyambe (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ryan Manning (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Hope Akpan (Blackburn Rovers).
Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Jake Bidwell.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Hope Akpan replaces Gordon Greer.
Attempt missed. Conor Washington (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matt Smith with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Liam Feeney (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Attempt saved. Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Connor Mahoney with a cross.
Foul by Matt Smith (Queens Park Rangers).
Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Connor Mahoney replaces Craig Conway.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Marvin Emnes replaces Danny Graham.
Attempt missed. Conor Washington (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jake Bidwell.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Matt Smith replaces Jamie Mackie.
Foul by Joel Lynch (Queens Park Rangers).
Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Conor Washington (Queens Park Rangers) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Darnell Furlong.
James Perch (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by James Perch (Queens Park Rangers).
Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Anas Aremeyaw Anas's investigation alleges that 34 judges have taken bribes and extorted money.
He says he has nearly 500 hours of video evidence on tape, which have been handed over to the chief justice.
The attorney-general has granted the journalist immunity under the whistle-blower act to pursue the story.
Chief justice Georgina Theodora Wood has summoned the 12 high court judges and 22 lower court justices implicated in Mr Anas's investigation, which has yet to be broadcast, to appear before the judicial council on Thursday.
None of the judges implicated have so far commented on the allegations.
The BBC's Sammy Darko in Accra says during his investigation Mr Anas, who is also a lawyer, approached the judges offering bribes if they agreed to set his purported clients free.
In some instances, he pretended to be a litigant and offered bribes.
Deputy Attorney-General Dominic Ayine confirmed to the BBC that Mr Anas was granted immunity two weeks ago.
The journalist then followed a constitutional process to ensure that all the judges he named would be officially investigated by petitioning both the president and chief justice, our correspondent says.
Allegations of corruption in the judiciary are not new in Ghana - but it has been difficult to provide hard evidence to the judicial council, he says.
Ace Ankomah, from one of Ghana's biggest law firms Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa and Ankomah, told the BBC the investigation was a good opportunity to root out corruption.
"Corruption is like a cancer. You treat a cancer with chemotherapy. Tomorrow the judges are being called to face disciplinary committees. That is what gives me confidence, that things can be fixed."
Police and partner authorities have also yet to draw up a consistent list of vulnerable sites, the force's civilian watchdog has been told.
The private paper was seen by the Press Association.
It had been published in error on the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) website.
It provides an update on Scotland's compliance with the UK counter-terrorism strategy known as Contest.
Contest covers four themes: Prepare for attacks, Protect the public, Pursue the attackers and Prevent their radicalisation in the first place.
PA reported that police indentified "knowledge gaps" in some councils.
They are now developing counter-terrorism training tools for people such as health workers, police and teachers.
Police Scotland has continued to keep armed police off routine duties following an outcry about officers attending minor incidents and shopping outlets with visible firearms.
The SPA said this position reflected "the current threat level" but warned "this threat level is very unlikely to change for the better in the current environment".
In an update to the SPA, Police Scotland said: "The rollout of the ERTLPs (Emerging and Residual Threat Local Profiles) has identified that there are knowledge gaps within local authorities which it is anticipated will be replicated with other partners."
In response, Police Scotland refreshed its counter-terrorism implementation plan "to identify which members of their staff require awareness-raising inputs on Prevent".
It added: "Police Scotland will thereafter support Prevent partners with the creation and development of new sector-specific products, i.e. those bespoke to individual organisations such as health workers, ACC Crime OCCT (Assistant Chief Constable Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism Unit) or school teachers."
Counter-terrorism security advisers (CTSAs) have also been urged to "identify all vulnerable sites at a local policing level".
Police Scotland told the SPA: "Work continues within the three EERP (Emergency, Event and Resilience Planning) areas to identify a common minimum standard or consistent view in relation to the sites which require to be monitored nationally.
"It is anticipated that this work may highlight sites that still require the creation of plans and this work is ongoing."
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary has recommended Police Scotland and the SPA "should re-engage with local authorities and other stakeholders and develop criteria for ARV (armed response vehicle) officers to undertake non-firearm duties which are understood and accepted by local communities and allow ARV officers to meaningfully contribute to local policing priorities".
An SPA update stated: "While Police Scotland leads have been re-engaging with local community interests (largely local scrutiny committees) this has been on the current position (reflecting the current threat level) where armed police are not out on routine business.
"This threat level is very unlikely to change for the better in the current environment and so it is very unlikely that there will be any movement on the engagement envisaged for some considerable time."
The updates were presented to the SPA's Audit and Risk Committee.
An SPA spokeswoman said: "The original Police Scotland improvement tracker incorporated detailed additional information requested by members of the committee in support of their consideration of this item and the public paper.
"The additional detailed information was protectively marked and was not for public consumption.
"It was uploaded on to the SPA website in error. It has since been removed and replaced with the public version."
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "The paper contained protectively marked information which was uploaded on to the SPA website in error and this was spotted and corrected after a media inquiry was received.
"Police Scotland continues to work with HMICS (Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland) and SPA to ensure we provide a continually improving level of policing services to communities across Scotland.
"The public should be confident that Police Scotland's priority is to ensure their safety and security; we want people to be alert but not alarmed.
"We constantly review security plans taking into account specific intelligence and the wider threat."
Rio Tinto was among the fallers, down 2.8% after it updated the market on its performance. It said profits had almost doubled to $3.3bn for the six months to 30 June.
The benchmark FTSE 100 ended the day down 0.16% at 7,411.43.
In the FTSE 250, shares in William Hill bookmaker rose 6.1%, despite an 11% drop in first-half pre-tax profit.
The firm, which named a new chief executive and a finance chief in March, said profit before interest and tax for the 26 weeks to 27 June fell to £109m from £122m a year earlier.
Other big winners in the FTSE 100 included ITV, Paddy Power Betfair, Kingfisher and Babcock International.
Other big fallers included Standard Chartered, Rolls-Royce, Micro Focus International and BAE Systems.
On the currency markets, the pound was up 0.2% against the dollar at $1.3230 and 0.3% down against the euro at 1.1156 euros.
A Football Association panel found Aguero, 28, guilty of violent conduct after he elbowed West Ham's Winston Reid in City's 3-1 Premier League win on Sunday.
Argentina international Aguero is also suspended for City's home league game with Bournemouth on 17 September and the EFL Cup third-round match at Swansea on 21 September.
Aguero has scored three goals in three league games this season for City, who are top of the table with a 100% record.
He also scored a hat-trick in the first leg of their Champions League qualifier against Steaua Bucharest.
Michael McGill told Mr Whyte's fraud trial he only learned about the Ticketus deal after Mr Whyte bought Sir David's majority stake at Ibrox.
A jury heard how a bid financed in that manner would not have been "approved".
Mr Whyte, 46, denies a charge of fraud and another under the Companies Act.
At the High Court in Glasgow, chartered accountant Mr McGill also denied that the selling of Rangers had been a "firesale".
Mr McGill, a former director of Sir David's Murray Group and then Rangers, was giving evidence for a second day.
He had earlier told the trial that Mr Whyte stated cash for the buyout was coming from his "personal resources".
But prosecutors claim Mr Whyte helped fund his takeover by obtaining a loan from Ticketus against three years of future season ticket sales.
Before Mr Whyte took the helm, Rangers had a sizeable debt to Lloyds Bank - including an £18m loan.
The jury was shown a March 2011 letter from Liberty Capital to Ticketus signed by Craig Whyte.
It referred to re-paying the debt to Lloyds in raising money by selling tickets to the firm and that the "current owner" was "comfortable" with it.
Prosecutor Alex Prentice asked Mr McGill if he had any "knowledge" of that, to which Mr McGill replied: "No."
Mr Prentice said: "Would you have approved of that?" Mr McGill replied: "No."
The witness said he only found out about any Ticketus deal in early 2012.
This was after there had been "a lot of rumour" before stories emerged in the press.
Mr McGill told the jury: "We were appalled."
He said he "ceased involvement" with Rangers after Mr Whyte took over.
Prosecutor Mr Prentice also asked what he thought about the selling of the club being described as a "firesale".
He replied: "Absolutely not. We had ceased actively marketing in May or June 2010.
"We first started discussions with Mr Whyte around October 2010 and ultimately completed the sale in May 2011.
"That timetable does not fit in any way with a firesale."
Mr Whyte's QC Donald Findlay later put to Mr McGill that the Rangers board, before Mr Whyte took over, "pursued a spend to win model".
This was despite the club being in debt.
Mr Findlay claimed Sir David had taken the club to his "heart", but left it to directors who "manifestly did not know what they were doing".
Mr McGill said he could "not answer that" on behalf of Sir David.
The jury later heard that a tax scheme that could have landed Rangers with a huge bill from HMRC was "dreamt up by a porn star".
One of the people behind Employment Benefit Trusts was said to be Paul Baxendale Walker - also described in court as "a struck-off solicitor".
Sir David earlier told how EBTs gave Rangers "the opportunity to get players we may otherwise not been able to afford".
It led to the so-called "Big Tax Case", which currently remains unresolved.
The court was told the scheme was introduced by a firm to the Murray Group board and then brought into Rangers.
Mr Findlay asked Mr McGill if it had, in his view, been "properly analysed".
Mr McGill replied: "I have reservations about the scheme."
The QC said Baxendale Walker had been involved in EBTs and went on to call him a "porn star and a struck-off solicitor".
Mr McGill claimed that if Rangers had lost the tax case at that time, he believed the club "would have entered insolvency".
Mr Findlay suggested the "legacy" would "not be great" had that happened.
Mr McGill was also quizzed on what "due diligence" was carried out on Mr Whyte before the takeover.
The witness agreed that no-one had been "hired" to do this.
Mr McGill said checks were carried out to discover if Mr Whyte was a banned director.
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 Lady Stacey, will continue on Tuesday.
Ward, 21, has played four games this season for Albion's under-21 side in the EFL Trophy.
The former Chelmsford City player will be eligible for Lincoln's FA Trophy tie at Gateshead on Saturday, but not the FA Cup replay against Ipswich Town.
He would also be ineligible should Lincoln progress to meet Albion in the fourth round.
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The man had been under surveillance as a "person of interest", and was being investigated over claims of terrorism, the ABC broadcaster said.
Two police officers were reportedly stabbed by the man before he was shot.
They have both been taken to hospital and one is reported to be in a critical but stable condition.
The incident happened when the man arrived at a police station in the Endeavour Hills suburb of Melbourne on Tuesday evening.
He had been asked to attend an interview there, ABC reports.
According to Sky News Australia, the man was brandishing a flag of the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
A police statement said that an Australian Federal Police officer and a Victoria state police officer - part of a joint counter-terrorism team - met the teenager outside the station. It was then that the violence erupted.
The Melbourne Age quoted onlookers as saying that the man had been shouting insults at Mr Abbott and the Australian government in general in the moments before he was shot.
Sources quoted by The Australian said that he was a "known extremist" who was intercepted by two teams of police. The paper said it is believed that he had recently had his passport cancelled.
The incident has occurred amid heightened tensions due to major counter-terrorism raids last week in Sydney and Brisbane.
The raids were aimed at disrupting alleged IS-linked plans to publicly behead a randomly-selected Australian.
Australian authorities believe at least 60 Australians are in the Middle East fighting with IS (also known as Isis or Isil) and other militant groups.
Caerphilly council's planning committee gave the go-ahead to the development at Nine Mile Point Industrial Estate on Wednesday evening.
Cwmfelinfach residents objected to the plant on the grounds of a weather phenomenon called temperature inversion.
A report for applicants Hazrem Environmental said the site would have a "negligible" impact on air quality.
People living in the area feared the weather event, which causes warm air above the valley to trap cold air beneath it, would have kept emissions and fumes from the plant in the area for days before dispersing.
The plant will turn household, commercial and industrial waste, which may normally go to landfill, into bales of fuel.
The 20-year-old scored 10 goals in 23 appearances for Boro after joining the Ryman League Premier Division side in November 2015.
Okenabirhie has previously had spells on the books at Arsenal and Stevenage.
"Fejiri was brought to my attention while I was at Luton. He can also play wide, he's quick and strong," Daggers boss John Still told the club website.
Dagenham dropped back into non-league after finishing 23rd in League Two in 2015-16, ending their nine-year stay in the Football League.
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Ramirez, 53, was on death row in San Quentin prison after being convicted in 1989 of 13 murders. Officials said he died of natural causes.
Ramirez terrorised Southern California in 1984-5 with a rampage of sexual assault and murder.
Satanic symbols were left at some of the murder scenes by the killer, who broke into victims' homes at night.
Ramirez was captured and beaten by residents in East Los Angeles in 1985 as he attempted to hijack a car.
He was recognised from a photo published in newspapers after police identified him as a suspect from a fingerprint.
Los Angeles prosecutor Alan Yochelson, who was involved in the case, said his death ended "a pretty tragic period in the history of Los Angeles County".
"Richard Ramirez hurt a lot of people and I think our thoughts should be with the next of kin and the survivors, because their lives were changed forever by this man."
A drug addict and self-styled devil-worshipper, Ramirez mutilated the bodies of some of his victims.
They included an accountant, a lawyer, a mechanic and a church official. Some were children, others grandparents.
Most of the killings happened in the space of a few months in 1985. The random murder spree caused widespread fear, leading to a surge in sales of guns and locks for doors and windows.
Ramirez has also been linked to other murders for which he was never brought to trial.
After he was given the death sentence, he said: "Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland."
Once in prison he attracted a number of female admirers. Some visited him and in 1996 he married freelance journalist Doreen Lioy at a visiting room in San Quentin jail.
A horror film based on his life - titled Night Stalker - was released in 2002.
California has not executed a prisoner on death row since 2006 because of a legal battle over how inmates are put to death.
This is one of the world's poorest countries with among the highest rates of malnutrition and child mortality.
And yet, walking around a hospital ward, a doctor told me that as well as malaria, pneumonia and all the other serious health challenges, there was another emerging problem - obesity.
I don't remember seeing many overweight people but the doctor assured me there was serious concern about the potential for future weight-related health problems - cardiovascular disease, diabetes and so on.
So it was no surprise to see a raft of research papers in the Lancet discussing the need for global action to tackle the obesity pandemic.
Most developing countries are facing a dual challenge - that of under and over nutrition; the former gets far more publicity because it is an immediate and often life-threatening danger.
Obesity stores up a host of health problems for the future. The World Health Organization (WHO) calls it a "double burden" of disease and says: "It is not uncommon to find under-nutrition and obesity existing side-by-side within the same country, the same community and the same household".
The WHO says that 65% of the world's population lives in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight.
The rise in urban living, the shift away from manual labour, the increase in car use and the availability of cheap energy-dense food are among many factors behind the increase.
One of the research teams led by Professor Boyd Swinburn from Deakin University in Melbourne described the "passive overconsumption" of energy: "The simultaneous increases in obesity in almost all countries seem to be driven mainly by changes in the global food system, which is producing more processed, affordable, and effectively marketed food than ever before.
In a comment article attached to the Lancet papers, Sir David King, the UK government's former Chief Scientific Advisor recalls the influential Foresight study published in 2007:
"One of the key findings of the report was that individuals had much less choice in the matter of their weight than they would assume, and that the present epidemic of obesity is not really down to laziness or overeating but that our biology has stepped out of kilter with society."
Obesity is a global issue, which requires global solutions.
Clearly individual responsibility is key, but a call for leadership is being urged in the run-up to a UN meeting on non-communicable diseases in New York next month.
"Eat less, move more" maybe the simplistic answer, but today's research suggests that the issue is far more complex requiring effort from government, industry and society.
He told the operator the bird had attempted the lunch food heist in Bristol city centre and urged officers to check nearby CCTV for evidence.
In another call a woman reported the owner of a guest house where she was staying for refusing to cook breakfast.
Police are highlighting the number of calls they get in a day with 25 out of 1,000 on Wednesday "inappropriate".
Another 999 call to the Portishead HQ came from a woman who had locked herself out of her home.
"Not something that should be reported via 999 - you might be blocking an emergency call," the police tweeted.
Acting Deputy Chief Constable Gareth Morgan said he hoped a 24-hour "tweetathon" on Wednesday would give an insight into the works that goes on behind the scenes.
Members of Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team were able to find the pair on Meall an t-Suidhe by tracing their mobile phones.
On Tuesday, Lochaber MRT rescued hillwalker Arthur Bowden, 71, after he went missing overnight on Ben Nevis.
Earlier that day, the team was alerted to a party of French walkers after they were avalanched but not injured.
A trial on 163 heart failure patients found supplements of the vitamin, which is made in the skin when exposed to sunlight, improved their hearts' ability to pump blood around the body.
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals team, who presented at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology, described the results as "stunning".
The British Heart Foundation called for longer trials to assess the pills.
Vitamin D is vital for healthy bones and teeth and may have important health benefits throughout the body but many people are deficient.
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The average age of people in the study was 70 and, like many people that age, they had low levels of vitamin D even in summer.
"They do spend less time outside, but the skin's ability to manufacture vitamin D also gets less effective [with age] and we don't really understand why that is," said consultant cardiologist Dr Klaus Witte.
Patients were given either a 100 microgram vitamin D tablet or a sugar pill placebo each day for a year.
And researchers measured the impact on heart failure - a condition in which the heart becomes too weak to pump blood properly.
The key measure was the ejection fraction, the amount of blood pumped out of the chambers of the heart with each beat.
In a healthy adult, the figure is between 60% and 70%, but only a quarter of the blood in the heart was being successfully pumped out in the heart failure patients.
But in those taking the vitamin pills, the ejection fraction increased from 26% to 34%.
Dr Witte told the BBC News website: "It's quite a big deal, that's as big as you'd expect from other more expensive treatments that we use, it's a stunning effect.
"It's as cheap as chips, has no side effects and a stunning improvement on people already on optimal medical therapy, it is the first time anyone has shown something like this in the last 15 years."
The study also showed the patients' hearts became smaller - a suggestion they are becoming more powerful and efficient.
In the UK, people over 65 are advised to take 10 microgram supplements of the vitamin.
However, Dr Witte does not think high-dose vitamin D should be routine prescribed just yet.
He told the BBC: "We're a little bit off that yet, not because I don't believe it, but data have shown improvements in heart function, they may show improvements in symptoms and we now need a large study."
It is also not clear exactly how vitamin D is improving heart function, but it is thought every cell in the body responds to the vitamin.
Most vitamin D comes from sunlight, although it is also found in oily fish, eggs and is added to some foods such as breakfast cereals.
Prof Peter Weissberg, from the British Heart Foundation, cautioned that the patients seemed no better at exercise.
And added: "A much bigger study over a longer period of time is now needed to determine whether these changes in cardiac function can translate into fewer symptoms and longer lives for heart failure patients."
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Reade, 25, described the move to the US as temporary and said her ultimate goal was to win Olympic gold for Britain.
"I'm looking forward to gaining more experience and using this in my campaign for Rio [in 2016]," she said.
Reade, team sprint world champion on the track in 2007 and 2008, has the "full support" of British Cycling.
Head coach Shane Sutton said: "The door is always open to her as and when she decides to return to BMX Supercross.
"Shanaze has been a real asset to us over the years and she is an inspiration to youngsters, which has always been great to see."
Reade had been leading this year's 2013 BMX Supercross Word Cup Series until a knee injury sustained in July prevented her from competing for the rest of the season.
But Nathan Gill told BBC Wales he did not back Gareth Bennett's statements.
Mr Gill also said there were issues when a "huge amount of immigrants" came into an area and local councils could not cope with the "excessive rubbish".
UKIP's National Executive Committee (NEC) endorsed Mr Bennett's candidacy for South Wales Central on Monday.
The decision followed a vetting panel recommendation, despite calls for de-selection and 16 party candidates complaining.
UKIP is still yet to issue an official statement in response to the decision to endorse Mr Bennett, as lead candidate for South Wales Central.
Party leader Nigel Farage has said he was "less than impressed" with Mr Bennett.
Speaking on Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad programme on Friday, Mr Gill said he backed the candidate because "he was chosen by the membership of Wales".
"I don't back the statements he made, absolutely not, they were his own statements, that's something that he should answer," he said.
"It certainly isn't UKIP policy and it isn't something we acknowledge.
"What we do acknowledge is that there are issues and have been issues due to too much immigration too fast, which has not allowed the councils to catch up with that."
"So if you suddenly got an area where there are a huge amount of immigrants coming into it and the local council is unable to deal with the excessive rubbish and the extra school places that are needed, that is poor planning, isn't it?" he added.
Mr Gill said he would be "extremely happy" for UKIP to win "six or seven" seats in May's election.
"The Lib Democrats are pretty much in free-fall and have pretty much destroyed themselves as a party.
"In the last two major elections in a row we beat Plaid Cymru here in Wales, and absolutely it is our goal and it's our target to beat Plaid Cymru in this election."
Mr Gill told the programme he would consider resigning if UKIP only won one seat in the poll.
Asked if he would quit if the party failed to win any seats, he said: "If I won zero then yeah, I probably would actually."
Liberal Democrat Peter Black called Mr Gill's defence of Mr Bennett the "appalling true face of UKIP".
"In many regional seats the choice for the fourth seat is between UKIP and the Welsh Liberal Democrats, that is the clear choice that many people must make," Mr Black said.
Fell, 23, hit more than 1,000 County Championship runs in 2015 before two bouts of cancer, only getting the all-clear halfway through last season.
He has scored 2,867 first-class runs in his career, at an average of 33.72, but is averaging around half that in 2017.
"Hopefully I'm just one score away and it should all fall into place again," Fell told Worcestershire's website.
"It is a good time to be at the club. I think the future definitely looks good and it's nice to know I'm going to be a part of that future and hopefully keep taking the club forward."
Last summer, Fell won the MCC Spirit of Cricket award after signalling his foot had touched the rope when trying to stop a boundary in the County Championship match with Sussex at Hove.
His new deal comes just two days after 19-year-old paceman Josh Tongue agreed a four-year contract with the club.
Can it be believed?
The number reported by Parliament's petitions website is at about 1.8 million.
There is also a petition saying that President Trump should be welcomed with a state visit, which has passed 200,000 signatures.
Any British citizen or UK resident is entitled to sign a petition on the site and asked to confirm their status when they do so.
An email is then sent to the address given, containing a link that signatories must click on before they are counted.
The House of Commons says: "All petitions are checked for fraudulent activity, using both automated and manual checks. The checks prevent fraudulent signatures being added to petitions by individuals trying to repeatedly sign, or automated attacks (bots)."
It adds that there is a balance to be made between making it easy for people to sign while making it harder to do so repeatedly.
The procedures have been tightened up since last June, when at least 77,000 fraudulent signatures were removed from a petition calling for a second EU referendum.
An investigation was launched after posts were found on websites from people claiming to have written programs that would automatically sign the petition thousands of times.
The House of Commons will not give details of either the original or new security procedures it has put in place.
It is not immediately obvious how the system works to prevent people voting more than once, but fraudulent signatures have been disqualified in the past.
It should be said that both petitions have received considerably more than the 100,000 signatures, above which petitions "almost always" trigger a debate in Parliament.
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The 25-year-old filled in as skipper for much of 2015 when Key was out of the first-team, and he scored over 2,000 runs in al competitions.
"It's a very special moment and I am extremely honoured," Northeast told BBC Radio Kent.
"I've had a good mentor in Rob Key and he did a fantastic job for many years. Hopefully I can emulate his success."
Key spent nine of the past 10 years as Kent captain, with spinner James Tredwell leading the side in 2013.
Northeast came through Kent's academy and signed a new "long-term" contract at the St Lawrence Ground earlier this summer.
The right-hander, who has been vice-captain since late 2013, was named in the Professional Cricketers' Association's team of the year on Tuesday.
"The vice-captaincy role was massive for me," Northeast added.
"It helped me to get an insight of how the club is run and get a taste of it before taking it on fully.
"Rob and I have got a lot of similar ways in which we view the game. This winter is where I can put my own print on it.
"I will sit down with [director of cricket] Jimmy Adams, put our thoughts together and come up with a plan. We can start delivering on the talent we have got."
Kent finished seventh in Division Two of the Championship this summer, but reached the knockout stage of both limited-overs competitions, before losing in the quarter-finals.
She pulled it down and replaced it, telling fans she was "embarrassed" by the debacle - not least because her breakthrough hit, All About That Bass, lambasted magazines "working that Photoshop" on female models.
"I'm the poster child for no Photoshop!" she protested. "That is my thing!"
The incident highlighted double standards in the music industry, but also gave the 22-year-old a platform to promote her message of body positivity and self-empowerment.
"A friend said to me, 'You talk about things that people feel but they're too shy or embarrassed to admit, and you make us feel comfortable again,'" the singer tells the BBC.
It's a formula that won her the best newcomer award at this year's Grammys, while she continues to preach the message on her new album, Thank You.
Sipping water in a luxurious central London hotel, the singer talks about her whirlwind success, the vocal surgery that nearly derailed her career, and her ambition to appeal to audiences of all ages.
"I don't want just 13-year-olds coming to my show. I want 50-year-olds and all ages to enjoy the music."
Congratulations on winning the Grammy. How did you feel going up to get the trophy?
My heart felt like it was exploding. I felt like Cinderella. All my dreams were coming true.
You brought your dad along to the ceremony. What was his reaction?
He was bawling! He whispered in my ear, "you made it" - because that's the big joke we have. Everything I do, I'm like, "I made it, dad, I'm famous!"
Right now, you're ticking off everything on the pop star bucket list. What's the next "I made it" moment?
Just to keep doing it. If you do it once, that's amazing. But if you constantly do that and you have a career like Beyonce? I want to be one of those icon legends - but seen as an amazing songwriter.
I'd say you're a more relatable sort of pop star than Beyonce.
Yeah, she's up there. That's why, when I want to be remembered as a legend, I want the songwriting to be first. I want them to say: "She wrote about things I dealt with. Every age I was in, I related to that."
Do you have a role model for that?
Carole King. She wrote the same way.
How so?
When I write songs, I'll pick a topic but I don't get too specific. I don't say "he" or "she". I don't say "you" or "me". I avoid all that stuff so I can relate to everyone.
So I have a song, Thank You, that's to my fans. But I make sure that when you hear that, you can also be like, "I want to say thank you to my parents". That's a very hard thing for a songwriter to do.
You were signed as a writer before you became a performer. Did that feel like an endorsement of your skills?
I should have taken it like that. But I thought, "no-one sees me as the face of the song" and I was kind of sad about that.
But now, looking back, I can't believe I was in high school and these people wanted to pay me to write music. That's such an honour.
How do you start a song, with the melody or the lyrics?
Melodies are very easy for me. I can get that done in minutes. But the words, I had to learn how to craft them perfectly, and All About That Bass was the first time I was like, "every part of this is genius and I love it."
Is it true that the label released the demo of that song?
Yes! There's never been another version. There's no background vocals, no auto-tune. They were like, "put a stamp on it, it's good to go." It's very raw, very real. I think that's why it had its own lane on the radio.
Did you try to maintain that rawness on the new album?
Well, at first I started writing doo-wop again. I was like, "I've got this figured out, let's go!" and they were like, "No, Meghan, you're just doing what everyone expects you to do."
So I thought, what do I miss from the radio? And it was *NSync and Destiny's Child.
Did you have N*Sync posters in your bedroom?
I wasn't allowed to have a lot of posters because they kept ruining the paint. But I did have Hilary Duff on my wall. I loved Lizzie McGuire, that show.
The video for No is like a classic Britney clip - with a big dance number in a cavernous warehouse. Did you have fun making it?
Yeah! A lot of the treatments had me playing basketball, which didn't make any sense, so I started Googling old videos like [Janet Jackson's] Rhythm Nation and I was like, "I need something like this."
Was the choreography hard to learn?
Well, a lot of those dance moves are just me messing around. I'm not a professional dancer but my choreographer Charm [La'Donna] will go, "can you just freestyle for me?" And I'm like, "Oh my God, I hate this." And then we turn it into a routine.
You had to have surgery on your vocal cords last year. How is your voice now?
Before the surgery, you have to sign papers that say, "if you can't sing again it's not our fault." But my voice came back stronger. It's like starting from scratch. You get a clean slate. You get beautiful cords. So I was singing my butt off. I was doing riffs I've never done before. And you can hear from the last album to this one how much my voice improved.
Let's talk about the rest of the album… You've recorded a duet with your mum?
Yeah! I was brushing my teeth one day and I thought I had a million-dollar idea: "I need a mother's day card song." You know, when you open up the card and there's a cute little jingle? I was like, "Easy! How do I do that?" And I was brushing my teeth and I wrote the chorus.
But we didn't have a bridge and I said, "Yo, let's call my mom!"
So they put the microphone in front of me and I called her and put her on speaker. And I was like, "I love you. I miss you so much!" She instantly knew something was up. She was like, "Ooooh?! I love you too, honey... Are you ok?" Totally suspicious.
But they turned it into the most beautiful bridge. They made it sound like a movie scene.
It sounds like you're a very close family
They're really involved in everything I do. We'll even sit down and watch and critique my music videos. Right now, my dad's mad at me because this one ballad's not on the album. I'm like, "Dad, I have three ballads on the album. I can't just have slow songs."
What's the song?
It's called Remind Myself and it's a very soulful, beautiful song about remembering everything is good when I'm upset. Which is something I had to learn, because I've always been a worrier.
I played it for a woman in a hair salon who recently went through breast cancer and had to have a mastectomy, and she was just bawling. She said: "This is what I needed to hear."
I'd never met her before but this song related to her so personally that it showed me I can affect a lot of people I've never met before. I can change the world.
Meghan Trainor's album Thank You is out now on Epic Records.
The government fears too many teenagers have a false view of what constitutes rape, and are unaware of the risks of being raped by people their own age.
It is highlighting research suggesting that a third of teenage girls and about one in six boys have experienced some form of sexual violence from a partner.
The new campaign will include TV, cinema and online advertisements.
A 2009 survey by the children's charity NSPCC suggested that the highest proportion of sexual abuse experienced by teens (66%) was perpetrated by people under 18.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who is launching the campaign, said: "This hard-hitting campaign shows that rape is not just about violent attacks by strangers.
"We want to bring this issue out into the open and get young people talking about the importance of consent.
"The campaign will give teenagers the facts and support they need to recognise abuse and form healthy relationships."
One of the adverts - aimed at 13 to 18-year-olds - features a teenage girl being coerced into sex at a party.
The girl says "I don't want to", but the boy persists.
A double of the boy appears from behind an invisible wall, and the viewer is asked: "If you could see yourself, would you see rape?"
Jon Brown, head of the NSPCC's sexual abuse programme, said many young people misguidedly accepted rape or other sexual acts as part of a relationship and did nothing about it.
Research had shown as many as 250,000 teenage girls at any one time were suffering in this way but were too embarrassed or frightened to say anything about it, he added.
"They will report a sex assault if it's committed by an adult, but when another teenager carries out the offence the same alarm bells don't ring and they suffer in silence."
Holly Dustin, director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, welcomed the campaign but said the Department for Education should be promoting it in schools, not just on Twitter and Facebook.
Lib Dem Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone, who is launching the campaign alongside Mr Clegg, said: "This campaign aims to dispel the myths that can lead to acceptance of rape in relationships.
"Bringing the issue out in the open will help teenagers feel confident about challenging abuse when they see it and ultimately protect potential victims."
This latest push for greater awareness builds on the government's wider This is Abuse campaign which aims to help teenagers develop healthy relationships.
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Hope Bourne's remote, rural lifestyle was at odds with the 20th Century. For more than two decades she shot game for food, grew her own vegetables and lived alone in a leaky caravan without electricity on the open moorlands of Exmoor - all solely due to her sheer willpower, resilience and love of the countryside.
She was a well-known figure in Exmoor whose views and knowledge on farming, hunting and wildlife became well-known locally through her popular newspaper column and books.
But her colourful character is how she was brought to national attention in the late 70s in the first of two TV documentaries about her life.
Now a fresh insight into her life has been unearthed, in the form of a manuscript previously thought of as lost.
"A Village of the Moor" was found in the Exmoor Society's old storeroom during a move to its new premises and has been described as an eloquent insight into village life in the late 1960s.
It reveals a world that was in the midst of changing from the traditional to the modern.
'Woman of Exmoor'
"Farming, hunting, gossip - such as a wedding or funeral - these make the pattern of life here," she writes.
"The radio and the telly, it is true, bring the wider world into almost every home, but here a hold-up in London or war in the Middle East is of far less importance than yesterday's rain or to-morrow's sheep sale."
"I found a box labelled Village Survey and it was just sitting there in these little orange folders," said Dr Helen Blackman, the society's senior archivist.
"To be honest I didn't quite register its significance because I was a few weeks into a new job."
The work dates from the time Bourne had temporarily abandoned her self-sufficient lifestyle and moved to Withypool, a village in the heart of Exmoor, to recover from a broken heart.
At the time, Bourne would have been in her late 40s, early 50s while the man she had fallen in love with was two decades younger.
In the preface, she wrote: "Just about three years ago from this time of writing I sustained a complete breakdown due to some very great personal unhappiness and upon recovering found myself, for the time being at least, unable to continue the same way of life."
Book publisher Steven Pugsley, who knew Bourne from when he was a child living on Exmoor, said he was was "very excited" about the discovery.
"What it is, is Hope's understanding of the place where she lived, peopled by those who she knew and loved and her journey of discovering what her home village was all about," he said.
Bourne died aged 91 in August 2010 having never married or had children.
"In a way Withypool was her husband and children rolled into one and it's almost like a love letter to her surroundings, her environment," said Mr Pugsley.
"I think as a part of her oeuvres, it's very important. It's an extremely good example of her writing, a very enjoyable piece of writing of Hope at her best."
The manuscript is about 60,000 words long with evocative scenes of country life. Of Withypool Hill she wrote: "I see it streaked with snow, black and sodden with winter rain, tawny-gold with the bleaching winds of spring and heather-crowned with the purple glory of high summer."
There are also affectionate memories of people who she knew and who died in the village.
Of her friend May Common, who died in 1960 she described May's dogs as being the "chief mourners" at her funeral.
She added: "They followed the coffin into the church and up the aisle to the chancel steps and then sat with May's sisters in the front pew, just as though they understood everything."
Normally Bourne, who was also a gifted painter, wrote only using a pencil, storing her mouse-nibbled notes in old tins.
The manuscript for a Village on the Moor was typed up by her publisher Victor Bonham Carter but was later rejected as being too contemporaneous.
But now - some 45 years later - the manuscript has acquired new value as a piece of social history and is set to be published early next year.
"She was quite a mass of contradictions in many respects," added Mr Pugsley. "She was a very small lady but she was extraordinarily tough. She was a very private woman but she had an awful lot of friends.
"She had no family but she did have a very wide circle of friends who I think I would say she was mother and sister and sometimes daughter to them."
Jason Lee Gibbs, 44, was on his way home from work on his mountain bike on Friday when he collided with a vehicle.
He got up, rode home and went to bed after the crash, which happened between 13:10 and 13:50 BST in Manchester.
Mr Gibbs later suffered a cardiac arrest and was taken to hospital. He died early on Sunday.
Officers are investigating the crash, which happened as Mr Gibbs rode home to Moss Side from Gorton.
PC Neil Pennington said: "Unfortunately, we don't have full details of where the collision happened or what vehicle was involved, but I am urging anyone who saw the collision or was involved to come forward.
"It may not have appeared serious at the time, but a man has died, and any information you have, no matter how small, could help us piece together what happened."
Police do not know if the vehicle was moving or stationary.
The Portuguese manager took charge of the club in 2013 for the second time.
Last season Chelsea finished as Premier League champions and also won the League Cup.
But had a bad start to their defence, losing nine of their 16 league games so far this season.
Mourinho's final match was Monday's 2-1 defeat at leaders Leicester City.
Pep Guardiola, Guus Hiddink, Brendan Rodgers and Juande Ramos have all been rumoured to be in the running to take over at the club.
The 21-year-old ended last season on loan with League Two side Mansfield, scoring seven goals in 23 appearances.
"The manager explained to me how he wanted to play next season and I was really interested, playing against his side last season really impressed me," he told the Rovers website.
"It's my job now to impress in training and earn my place in the team."
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David Doig, of skills, standards and workforce body Opito, was from St Andrews and was based in Dubai.
He suffered a heart attack in December and died in hospital on Saturday.
Opito chairman John Taylor said: "David was a respected industry leader, firm advocate of social responsibility, and trusted colleague and friend to many."
He added: "His straight-talking approach, determination and passionate belief that all oil and gas workers regardless of their job role, their employer or their nationality should be able to travel to work and return home safely at the end of the day, helped drive positive change in countless countries around the world and inspired great loyalty among those who knew him.
"His loss is sorely felt by us all. Our thoughts are with David's wife, Gillian, and his family at this difficult time."
Mr Doig had an early background in engineering and worked on major offshore projects in the North Sea for more than 25 years before moving onshore in 1994.
He joined Opito in 1999 and was appointed chief executive in 2005.
The British jets were launched from RAF Lossiemouth after the Russian planes were spotted north of Scotland.
An MoD spokesman said: "At no time did the Russian military aircraft cross into UK sovereign airspace."
The Russian bombers were not deemed to be a threat, he added.
The aircraft were identified as Russian "Bear" strategic bombers.
It is the latest of several similar incidents involving Russian military aircraft flying close to UK airspace.
It also came as Nato pledged to counter "hybrid warfare" from Russia at a meeting of defence ministers in Turkey.
BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale says the RAF is "pretty used to this now" and seems to be intercepting Russian planes "about once a month".
He said: "There has been a dramatic increase in Russian encroachments - this year there have been three times as many [RAF] intercepts as previous years.
"The worry is when these Russian bombers come, there's no signal - they don't have their transponder, they are not 'squawking' - so in other words, only military radar pick them up."
With the Russians investing heavily in their military, he said it was "another example of Russia flexing its military might".
Russian officials have consistently denied any wrongdoing and said their planes have been complying with international rules.
Tensions between Nato countries and Russia have risen in recent months over Moscow's role in the conflict in Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea.
At a defence conference on Thursday, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said that a more assertive Russia had been using force to change borders and intimidate its neighbours.
Though Russia denies Nato's claim that it is backing rebels in Ukraine, Mr Stoltenberg said the alliance needed to adapt to meet the changing world.
"We will ensure that the strategies we are developing are complementary, so that we can work together quickly and effectively in the case of a hybrid threat against any of our members," said Mr Stoltenberg.
In the North Sea, off the coast of Norway, Nato has been conducting its largest ever anti-submarine warfare exercise.
It is seen as a response to the growing threat from Russian submarines which have stepped up their own patrols in the area.
The nurse was from Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, taking the total number to be suspended from there to 14, while one is from Swansea's Morriston Hospital.
Three of those nurses have been charged with wilful neglect in connection with six patients.
They will appear in court on 28 July.
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board said it took the action after a continuing internal investigation into record-keeping. It started after issues surrounding record keeping arose in 2013.
The average price in Wales is £174,319 compared with a peak of £170,142 in October of 2007.
The average price hit a low of £150,000 eight years ago.
The building society said it expected modest growth throughout 2017.
Unlike some other house price indexes from mortgage providers, the Principality uses figures from sales registered with the Land Registry rather than its own loans.
The rate of growth is lowest since 2013.
However, the Principality believes this might be distorted by a jump in house prices at the start of last year, ahead of the introduction of a 3% surcharge in stamp duty on second homes and buy-to-let properties.
Higher employment levels, continuing consumer confidence and record-low interest rates are factors behind the rise in prices overall.
The average has fallen in five areas in the past 12 months - including Cardiff, where prices fell 2.9%.
The increase in demand at the start of 2016 is probably a significant factor in this.
Merthyr Tydfil showed the highest annual growth - 15.1%, while prices rose by 8% in Wrexham.
Peter Phillips, owner of Derek B Phillips Estate Agents in Merthyr Tydfil, said house prices there had dipped following the 2008 recession but were now returning to previous levels.
"Because of the demand and scarcity of some houses, certain places are getting more interest than they would have years ago," he said.
"Prices probably have gone up but you have to look at the overall picture, they have been down for years.
"Merthyr is really active at the moment and there's a lot of first-time buyers who want to buy a house. It's about getting the amount of properties on the market to meet the demand."
He added that the town's proximity to the Brecon Beacons, and developments such as the Heads of the Valleys road and new out-of-town retail areas, made it an attractive - and affordable - place to live.
However, the £174,319 average house price figure does not include inflation. According to the Bank of England's inflation calculator, the figure would be £216,000 in real terms.
Tom Denman, interim finance director at the Principality, said: "Over the last four years the average house price in Wales has steadily increased, but what we haven't seen, unlike in some other parts of the UK, is that real accelerated growth or spikes in growth.
"This tells us that the annual growth rate is starting to slow but is still in an upward position for this first quarter of 2017."
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team and a Maritime and Coastguard Agency helicopter went to the scene after the alarm was raised at 15:30 on Sunday.
Police Scotland said the climber, Keiran Shaw, was airlifted to Belford Hospital in Fort William.
Mr Shaw, who was climbing with another man, died from his injuries.
Terry Mitchell, 54, who served 13 years in the Royal Corps of Transport, finished the trip by laying a wreath at the city's cenotaph.
Mr Mitchell, a PCSO with Humberside Police, said he had a "silly idea ever year" but this was his "swan-song".
The trek raised funds for Hull Veterans Support Centre and Hull for Heroes.
Mr Mitchell said he had "lived on tea and energy drinks" and it was his final walk because he was "never going to do it again."
He was met at the ceremony in Hull by Councillor Sean Chaytor, the Lord Mayor, standard bearers and members of his family.
On 11 November 1920, two years after World War One had ended, the body of an unknown warrior was taken in a procession through London to the Cenotaph and then to nearby Westminster Abbey where it was buried.
The idea of an unknown soldier buried in the abbey symbolises all those who made the ultimate sacrifice in conflicts.
The political importance of folk music and "social prescribing" for doctors were also raised on the day Scottish Labour launched their election manifesto.
Nicola Sturgeon highlighted her proposals for childcare while campaigning in Edinburgh.
Visiting a sweet shop in Portobello, the SNP leader said she was targeting a "transformation" of childcare.
She said: "We've put investment in children and families at the heart of our manifesto for government - our childcare proposals will help parents back into work, save families money and help give children the best start in life."
Ms Sturgeon also said it was unacceptable for anywhere in Scotland to be off-limits to women, after it emerged the Royal Troon golf course, which is hosting the Open Championship in July, is considering scrapping its men-only membership rule.
Ruth Davidson called for fresh focus on growing Scotland's economy while campaigning in Edinburgh, warning the country is on a "knife-edge".
In between pulling pints while campaigning at a pub in Stockbridge, the Scottish Conservative leader voiced fears that Scotland could be tipped back into recession.
She said: "My opponents in this campaign are only focusing on how much extra they can take out of workers' pay packets. They have given us no answers at all on how we grow the economy and increase the revenue base available for schools and hospitals."
Ms Davidson also said she would boycott the Open at Troon if the course continued its men-only membership policy.
Willie Rennie called for GPs to be given the power to prescribe gym memberships and other physical activities to boost fitness and sport in Scotland.
Scaling a climbing wall while campaigning in Fife, the Scottish Lib Dem leader said he wanted to "give doctors the tools they need to help people who are struggling to exercise or try new things".
He said: "Social prescribing not only allows doctors to prescribe things like gym memberships and other activities that get people moving. It can also see health spending used to improve heat insulation in the homes of people at risk of respiratory illness.
"Liberal Democrats will also ensure that the full proceeds of the new sugar tax are used to boost participation in sport and physical activity."
Maggie Chapman highlighted the political importance of the tradition of folk music at an event in Edinburgh.
The Scottish Greens co-convenor visited the launch of TradFest, a traditional music festival.
Ms Chapman said the folk scene had played an important role in keeping Green values like equality, social justice and fairness alive.
The Greens also advocate a tourist tax, with money raised being invested in culture.
Kezia Dugdale launched Scottish Labour's manifesto for May's Holyrood elections, promising a "return to the party's roots".
The manifesto leads with anti-austerity pledges to stop cuts and increase public spending on services, paid for with increases in income tax and a replacement of the council tax.
The party's key priorities are education, the NHS and protecting public services.
Some opened early to allow those with the condition to shop in an environment with lower lighting and no in-store music.
Stores offered personal shopping sessions and some offered sensory rooms.
The organisers, autism charity Sparkle Sheffield, said it was understood to be the first such event in the UK.
Major chains such as John Lewis, Marks and Spencer, Debenhams, Primark and Starbucks joined the initiative from 07:30 BST to 10:00 as part of World Autism Awareness Week.
Myra, who has a son with autism, said that shopping with her boy can be a "belittling" experience.
She said: "The judgmental stares... assuming that a child is naughty.
"It's about a child having sensory overload. The mum's already in panic mode trying to get that child to calm down."
Lewis Elwin, a trainee electrician, was stabbed in the chest in Tooting, south London, in front of parents picking up their children from school on 18 April.
Ahead of the church service, family and friends of Mr Elwin marched against knife and gang crime.
They carried anti-knife placards and wore T-shirts bearing his picture.
Mr Elwin's older brother Byron Douglas-Letts said: "We're tired of hearing about youth getting killed on our streets.
"We want to send out a clear message that we're not going to stand for this, there needs to be something done. There's enough talking, we need to take action."
He said it was not down to just one parent, the schools, or the government, but instead the community had to take action.
Mentorships needed to be set up and young people needed to be given something to do, such as a job they could be passionate about, he added.
"These kids are lacking self-esteem, they're lacking confidence, they need to be shown that they're worth something."
He added: "Lewis was very, very determined and aspirational. He was a loving, caring guy.
"Sometimes he made wrong decisions but that doesn't mean he should lose his life."
Family friend Nina Petrie said: "Young people please put down your guns, please put down your knives - life is for living.
"Gangs are not your family - gangs are prison and death."
Two 19-year-old men who were arrested on suspicion of murder have been bailed.
The Met has released a picture of a silver Peugeot with the registration KP03 ZTD and are urging any of the occupants to come forward.
It was in the same area when Mr Elwin was murdered and was later found abandoned and burnt out in Putney Park Lane.
The Department of Justice alleges more than $4.5bn (£3.5bn) was stolen from Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB by public officials and their associates.
Their latest lawsuit is looking to recover an additional $540m in assets linked to the scandal-ridden fund.
1MDB routinely denies any misconduct.
The case continues to place pressure on Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who was identified as 'Official 1' in the DoJ filings.
There have been large street protests in the capital Kuala Lumpur in recent years calling for Mr Najib, who used to chair 1MDB's advisory board, to step down.
The scandal has also spawned investigations in at least five countries including Singapore, Hong Kong and Switzerland.
Mr Najib has consistently denied corruption allegations and an investigation by the country's attorney-general also cleared him of any wrongdoing.
"These cases involve billions of dollars that should have been used to help the people of Malaysia, but instead was used by a small number of individuals to fuel their astonishing greed," said Sandra Brown, an acting US attorney.
"We simply will not allow the United States to be a place where corrupt individuals can expect to hide assets and lavishly spend money that should be used for the benefit of citizens of other nations."
A press secretary for Mr Najib said in a statement that the government would co-operate with any "lawful" investigation, but stressed that the US claims remain unproven.
The secretary, Datuk Seri Tengku Sariffuddin, also said there was "unnecessary and gratuitous naming" in the case.
"Malaysia stands firm in its support of transparency and good governance," he said. "That includes ensuring that accusations have a basis in fact, rather than smears briefed by political opponents."
Overall, the DoJ has filed complaints to recover more than $1.7bn worth of funds allegedly pilfered from 2009 through 2015.
In court papers submitted on Thursday, prosecutors said some of the stolen money was used to buy a pink diamond necklace for Mr Najib's wife and a 300-foot luxury yacht called The Equanimity that comes with a helicopter launching pad and movie theatre.
Stolen funds were also used to buy the Picasso painting 'Nature Morte au Crane de Taureau', which was later given to actor Leonardo DiCaprio as a birthday gift.
The money was also used to fund Hollywood films including 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and the Jim Carrey movie 'Dumb and Dumber To'.
Red Granite Pictures, which financed both of those films and was founded by Mr Najib's stepson, is currently in settlement talks.
Attorney Jim Bates, who represents the firm, said it is "fully co-operating" and remains an active production company.
Mr DiCaprio, who starred in the Wolf of Wall Street, said last year he was co-operating with the investigation and would return any gifts tied to the fund.
Those named in earlier complaints, including the family of Malaysian financier Jho Low, who authorities say was a key player in the affair, have fought the seizures.
Broad Plain Boys' Club in Bristol sold the work, which appeared in a doorway in April and sparked an ownership dispute with the council.
Banksy then wrote to the hard-up club saying it was theirs.
A mural to thank the artist was unveiled earlier. It was created with the Young Bristol Creative Team.
Mobile Lovers showed a couple embracing while checking their mobile phones.
The piece, attached to a piece of wood and screwed to the wall on Clement Street, was removed by members of the youth club with a crowbar.
Club owner Dennis Stinchcombe said: "Within 12 months we could have been closed, which means 120 years of exceptional youth work in Bristol would have been lost.
"That would have been a tragedy for Bristol."
Broad Plain will be sharing a portion of the proceeds with a number of other voluntary sector youth clubs across the city.
The Met says it has removed almost 250,000 items since it began focusing on the problem in 2010.
The right-wing items include videos of meetings and demonstrations, and there were videos posted by so-called Islamic State designed to attract recruits.
Det Ch Supt Clarke Jarrett said the removal of the material was "crucial".
"We are seeing more and more material being put out by terrorist and extreme right-wing groups on the internet," he told the BBC.
"They are looking to spread extremism and radicalise others.
"We think it is really important to remove that material where we can from the internet and to stop vulnerable people finding it easily on social media sites."
Referrals from the public via an anonymous site have doubled since 2012, and 2,000 items are removed every week on average.
Specialist Met officers dealing with internet extremism say racist videos and social media posts - including content by the group National Action, which was banned by the government this month - are adding to their core task of dealing with radical Islamist propaganda.
The Met's Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit team makes requests to 300 internet companies around the world to take down material which is illegal under UK law.
Officers say their relationships with social media services are generally good, but declined to name companies which prove more difficult to persuade.
They would like more of an international effort to tackle the problem, senior officers say.
The Met team was the first of its kind, but the European policing authority Europol has also set up its own unit.
Counter-terrorism officers said videos posted by so-called Islamic State also included "hearts and minds" propaganda aimed at the families of those it hopes to attract.
The biggest risk is that vulnerable or mentally-ill internet users will find extremist material online, encouraging them to carry out attacks, police said.
Journalists were shown one video in which a jihadist speaking English urged viewers who were unable to get hold of an assault rifle to buy a knife instead.
The announcement came after tens of thousands of people turned out at funerals for dozens of protesters shot dead on Friday.
Earlier, Yemen's ambassador to the UN became the latest official to resign in protest at the killings.
At least 45 people were killed on Friday after gunmen in civilian clothes fired on an anti-government rally.
Despite firing his government, President Saleh has asked the cabinet to remain in place until a new one could be appointed, Yemen's official news agency reported.
President Saleh has faced a string of resignations over Friday's crackdown, which have caused widespread anger in Yemen.
The resignation by Yemen's ambassador to the UN, Abdullah Alsaidi, followed those of the ministers for human rights and tourism, several senior ruling party officials, the head of the state news agency, and the Yemeni ambassador to Lebanon.
Protests: Country by country
Mourners in the capital, Sanaa, gathered on Sunday in a square near Sanaa University.
The university was at the centre of Friday's crackdown, and bodies of many of the victims were laid out as people paid their respects.
Opposition parties joining the procession said they had changed their position from a demand for political reform to a demand of President Saleh's departure, the Associated Press news agency reported.
"This is an acknowledgment of the failure of the security in repressing the revolution, and the crowds that came out today are a signal of the readiness to put forth more sacrifices," said opposition spokesman Mohammed al-Sabry.
Demonstrations were also reported in several other regions.
President Saleh declared a state of emergency following Friday's shootings, which he denied had been carried out by his security forces.
But opposition accused the president of presiding over a "massacre".
President Saleh has been in power for 32 years. He has recently been challenged by a separatist movement in the south, a branch of al-Qaeda, and a periodic conflict with Shia tribes in the north.
He has promised political reforms and said he will not seek another term in office in 2013, but has also vowed to defend his regime "with every drop of blood".
Cork and fellow midfielder Ki Sung-yueng believe there was an improvement despite their 2-0 FA Cup exit at Hull.
Cork said: "He [Clement] has given us a bit of confidence. You could see we played some good stuff at times and it's looks like we're trying to go in the right direction."
"I think the players have the confidence back," Ki added.
Cork contends that even in Clement's first game in charge after succeeding American Bob Bradley and replacing caretaker Alan Curtis, Swansea looked a better team.
Abel Hernandez opened Hull's scoring and Josh Tymon struck late on to send Hull into the fourth round.
"We were comfortable really and just unfortunate that we conceded a late goal that finished the game off for us," said Cork.
"We're trying to impress the new manager, we're really trying to impress the fans, trying to make up for the first half of the season.
"Everything felt a lot more organised. Everyone knew their position to be in. We'd been working on it all week."
Ki highlighted Clement's background, where he has worked alongside Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, before taking over at Liberty Stadium.
"He knows football very, very well and has experience in a big club so he knows how to improve ourselves as a team and as individuals," said Ki.
"As we go through the season I think we'll get much better than you saw at Hull.
"And then hopefully we will go back to the philosophy we used to play, the passing and moving and maybe there is more to come."
The world number 35 rattled the jaw of the pocket against Anthony McGill in the fourth frame of their final qualifying round to level at 2-2.
The miss cost him an £8,500 bonus, plus the £1,000 highest break prize.
He also missed the black on 140 against Neil Robertson in the third round of the UK Championship in December.
The 30-year-old later claimed he did not know that there was a £44,000 prize for a maximum.
Un-Nooh, who has never qualified for the World Championship, currently trails Scotland's McGill 6-3 at the interval.
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A study of more than 1.3 million births found there were just over seven deaths per 1,000 babies delivered at weekends.
This compared with 6.5 deaths per 1,000 births on weekdays.
The Imperial College London team said if all days had the same death rate as Tuesday, which has the lowest, there would be 770 fewer deaths per year.
The researchers said that while the death rates were low, the difference was significant and raised fresh concerns about standards of care at the weekend.
In September, a separate study suggested that patients admitted for care at weekends had a higher risk of death within 30 days than those admitted during the week.
That research has been used by ministers in their drive to increase the availability of services at weekends - a policy that has put them at loggerheads with the medical profession and led junior doctors to vote in favour of taking strike action, starting from next week.
The latest study - published in the British Medical Journal - looked at the numbers of stillbirths or deaths within seven days in hospital from 2010 to 2012.
It took into account risk factors such as deprivation and the age of the mother, along with the fact that planned Caesarean sections, which carry low risks, normally take place during the week.
In total, there are on average 4,500 deaths a year from 675,000 births.
Infection rates for mothers and injuries to the babies, including anything from cuts to brain damage, were also higher at weekends.
Researchers said they could not identify the cause of the higher risks.
They looked at staffing levels in terms of which hospitals were compliant with the guidelines for consultant cover, and found little difference between those that were and those that were not.
But they said much more data was needed on staffing before it could be ruled out.
Lead researcher Prof Will Palmer said the higher rate of deaths and other problems was "concerning" and needed further investigation.
A spokeswoman for NHS England said: "Most mums say they get excellent NHS maternity care, but for a small number of families that is not the case and it's vital that we take every step to continuously improve quality and safety.
"We have commissioned a wider independent review of NHS maternity services, which will assess how best we can respond to England's growing birth rate and the need for well-staffed and safe services that give mums more say over their care."
Dr David Richmond, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said: "Although no definitive conclusions can be drawn from these results, they emphasise the need to identify the possible causes in order to ensure that women are receiving high-quality care at any given day of the week."
Irish setter Jagger died after the event in Birmingham earlier this month, having allegedly eaten beef laced with poison.
A post-mortem examination found two "fast-acting" poisons in the meat but Jagger showed no signs of illness until he was back in Belgium, the club said.
It said it was "inconceivable" the dog was poisoned at Crufts.
Jagger, who came second in his class at Birmingham's NEC on Thursday, is owned by Belgian Aleksandra Lauwers and Leicester-based breeder Dee Milligan-Bott and her husband, Jeremy Bott.
His Leicester-based co-owners declined to comment when contacted by the BBC.
They have previously said he must have been poisoned "while on his bench" at the show at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC).
Three-year-old Jagger, whose pedigree name is Thendara Satisfaction, died on 7 March after returning to Belgium with fellow owner Aleksandra Lauwers.
A spokesman for the Kennel Club said: "There has been a lot of concern about whether the poisoning happened at Crufts and we are now able to reassure all dog lovers who came to Crufts that this could not have been possible.
The spokesman added it was "highly likely that the poisons, thought to be on a piece of beef, were eaten in Belgium, shortly before Jagger's death".
Severe symptoms from the two poisons - carbofuran and aldicarb, which are banned in the EU - would usually occur within 30 minutes to three hours, the club said.
The spokesman said that because Jagger showed the first clinical signs associated with the poisons shortly before his death in Belgium, "we must conclude that it is inconceivable that he could have been poisoned at Crufts on Thursday 5 March, some 28 to 36 hours earlier".
"Furthermore, the poison is thought to have been given on a piece of beef that was still largely undigested when the autopsy was performed on Saturday 7 March morning, and food is usually absorbed in dogs within six hours," he added.
Speaking at the time of Jagger's death, co-owner Jeremy Bott said he did not think the dog was specifically targeted, but the culprit may have been acting on "a grudge against dogs or the Crufts show".
Days after the dog's death, The Telegraph published claims from other exhibitors stating their dogs were sick after the event but Crufts said it could not look into the claims as it had "no direct information".
There were also claims another dog - a shih tzu - was fatally poisoned, but the club said it had not received any information about it and confirmed no shih tzus were seen by vets at the show.
The club said on Monday: "We have a lot of security measures in place to protect the dogs at our show and we continually review our procedures because the welfare and safety of the dogs is our first and main priority.
"Regardless of the fact that the poison was not ingested at Crufts a dog has very sadly died and we must now respect the owners' privacy and give them time to grieve."
A study, in the British Medical Journal, showed a sudden fall in antidepressant prescriptions and a rise in suicide attempts after media reports of the connection.
The team at Harvard Medical School said the unintended effect was "disturbing".
Experts said similar changes had been seen in other countries.
In 2003, there were concerns about an increased suicide risk from some antidepressants. It led to the US Food and Drug Administration changing the medicine warnings and widespread media reports.
However, there was concern that the reports were exaggerated and missed out the benefits of antidepressants.
The study, which followed 2.5 million teenagers and young adults between 2000 and 2010, showed an immediate impact of the warnings.
Prescriptions fell by a third in teenagers and by a quarter in young adults.
The number of suicide attempts increased by 22% in teenagers and 34% in young adults. Overall it led to an additional 77 attempts, the researchers estimated.
The report concluded: "It is disturbing that after the health advisories, warnings and media reports about the relation between antidepressant use and suicidality in young people, we found substantial reductions in antidepressant treatment and simultaneous, small but meaningful increases in suicide attempts."
One of the researchers, Prof Stephen Soumerai, said: "This is an extraordinarily difficult public health problem, and if we don't get it right, it can backfire in serious ways.
"These drugs can save lives. The media concentrated more on the relatively small risk than on the significant upside."
Prof Keith Hawton, the director of the centre for suicide research at the University of Oxford in the UK, said: "The results of this study are important.
"Such findings illustrate the powerful impact that such announcements can have on clinician behaviour.
"Until now there has not been convincing evidence that such changes in practice have affected suicidal behaviour.
"The US study suggests that this may have happened, although fortunately without evidence of an increase in actual suicides."
Dr Christine Lu, of Harvard, told the BBC: "There are several lessons for us to consider. Drug risk communication is a big field and we need to be better next time. Any communication can have intended and unintended consequences.
"And I think a key message is to remind ourselves not to consider only the new evidence on any drugs, but also consider its risk and the benefits, and undertreating the original condition itself."
Police said they attended Meadowhead Community Infant School and Nursery in Shorrock Lane, Blackburn, at about 15:00 GMT on 17 March.
Five Blackburn women, aged between 18 and 46, were held on suspicion of affray before being bailed.
Headteacher Sue Mellor said the school, which has 270 pupils aged between three and seven, was helping police.
"We would like to reassure parents and the public that the safety of our pupils, parents and staff is of the utmost importance to us," she added.
The 1766 edition of the Book of Common Prayer was originally given to Worthenbury Church, Wrexham, on 6 October 1773 by the then Rector Philip Puleston, according to an inscription.
It has now been donated to the same shop that had an 1837 Welsh Bible handed in earlier this year.
The prayer book is to be given back to Worthenbury Church on Tuesday.
John Donnelly, of Nightingale Hospice shops, said: "We are used to all sorts of unusual items being donated to our shops, but this one really did take us aback.
"To hold something with so much history is absolutely fascinating so we set to work researching all we could glean from the contents."
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, Sue Sim said she feared how other women might be being treated in the force.
The claim appeared in an official report which cleared Ms Sim, who retired in June, of misconduct.
Northumbria Police said it was disappointed and does not accept the accusation.
Ms Sim said the formal report into complaints about the way she spoke to officers revealed she was treated differently by some senior officers because she was a woman.
She described elements of policing as "rather old fashioned" and said some senior officers expected to maintain posts until they retired, regardless of their performance.
Ms Sim told 5 live Daily: "I was absolutely shocked that my senior male colleagues treated me differently than they would have done a male chief constable.
"It does make me wonder if they treat me as the chief constable differently than they would a male colleague, then what will they be doing with their more junior colleagues?
"So I think we probably still do have some way to go."
Ms Sim was cleared of misconduct, but an official inquiry criticised her management style and recommended she apologise to some officers.
She admitted she was "robust" and said she and her senior officers were paid well to serve the public.
Ms Sim has now made a complaint against the officers who accused her and asked police and crime commissioner Vera Baird to investigate why the allegations were made.
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "It is disappointing and a real shame that Mrs Sim has chosen to express these views in this way.
"We do not accept the criticism that she has directed at Northumbria Police, an organisation that she personally was in command of for five years."
This suggests that the chemistry needed to gather the molecular ingredients for life could be more common than previously recognised.
Earth scientists from Japan carried out experiments to mimic comet impacts that occurred on early Earth. They found chemical reactions to make the primordial "soup for life" can occur anywhere that comets collide.
Presenting their work at the Goldschmidt conference of geochemists in Prague, Dr Haruna Sugahara and Dr Koicha Mimura reported that after mixtures of ice, amino acids and rock were impacted with a projectile, the amino acids joined up to make complex organic molecules, peptides, which are important building blocks in biochemistry.
Reactions to make peptides could, therefore, occur widely on bodies across the Solar System, including places like comets, as well as around other stars across the Universe, it seems.
Prof Mark Burchell, from the University of Kent, UK, who was not involved in the work, commented to BBC News: "What this new work does is to show that if a comet containing such material were to hit a planet, the energy from the impact will drive further chemistry to help form short peptides, chains of amino acids that are useful to make proteins"
Scientists have already seen that amino acids and complex organic molecules exist on comets, from space missions like Stardust (a US space agency mission that returned cometary samples from comet 81P/Wild-2 in 2006) and the recent data from the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission.
Dr Sugahara said: "This finding indicates that comet impacts almost certainly played an important role in delivering the 'seeds of life' to the early Earth. It also opens the likelihood that we will have seen similar chemical evolution in other extraterrestrial bodies, starting with cometary derived peptides."
The idea that life, or the precursors to life, is present in outer space and was delivered to Earth on comets or meteorites to allow life to start here is not new. These results suggest that the impact of such comets themselves might also be key to building the ingredients for life, however.
"Space could have been the source for the Earth of some of the ingredients for life, but of course we are still talking pre-biotic chemistry. We still don't know how or where chemistry became life," Prof Burchell told BBC News.
The verdict comes in an official report by the Care Inspectorate which is conducting a series of reviews on services across the country.
Inspectors visited Scotland's fourth largest local authority between October and November last year.
Their report expressed confidence that North Lanarkshire's services were improving the lives of local children.
They carried out a review of the children's services provided by the council and its partners, including Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue, NHS Lanarkshire and the Children's Reporter.
The inspectors met almost 100 children, their families and care staff as part of their findings into the standard of care they were receiving, and the difference it was making to their lives.
Their report looked at young people under the age of 18 - or up until they are 21 years and beyond if they have been looked after.
The joint inspection report awarded six "very goods" and three "goods" from nine key categories identified as being essential to improving the lives of young people.
Inspectors agreed one area for improvement with the partners: to ensure consistency of practice in the multi-agency response to child protection issues.
This had already been identified as an issue by the council and its partners.
The report also highlighted some examples of good practice in North Lanarkshire, including a partnership with Motherwell Football Club Community Trust.
The Trust uses the influence of the football club and sport to deliver programmes to tackle issues including sexual health, smoking, alcohol and substance abuse.
Some of the programmes involve footballers and coaches from Motherwell FC's first team as role models with programmes being delivered in the SPFL club's Fir Park Stadium.
A 27-year-old Polish man was taken to hospital after he was discovered at a property in Boston on Saturday.
The men, aged 25 and 32, of Larkspur Croft, were charged with grievous bodily harm and false imprisonment. The 32-year-old was also charged with possession of a firearm.
They appeared at Lincoln Magistrates' Court on Wednesday and were remanded.
They will next appear at Lincoln Crown Court on 29 June.
Three other arrested men remain on police bail until August.
The injured man is recovering in hospital.
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller will not have his five-year mandate as Catholicism's chief theologian renewed.
The German's departure will open the way for his "meek" second-in-command to take the role.
The 69-year-old was named as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith by Pope Benedict in 2012.
Pope Francis was elected the next year.
The two did not see eye-to-eye, with Cardinal Müller questioning Pope Francis's attempts to being more open to "imperfect" Catholics, like those who are divorced.
Earlier this year, a victim of sexual abuse within the Church accused Cardinal Müller's department of impeding the Pontiff's efforts to stop internal cover-ups of abuse.
His replacement, Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, is described as "speaking the same language" of the Pope, a priest told the Reuters news agency.
"Ladaria is someone who is meek. He does not agitate the pope and does not threaten him," he said.
The priest, who works in the Vatican and asked not to be named, added: "Clearly, the Pope and Cardinal Müller have not been on the same page for five years."
The change was announced by the Vatican two days after Cardinal George Pell was granted leave of absence from his position as treasurer to fight charges of historical sex offences in his native Australia.
It was brought by US owners of pickup trucks and SUVs whose claimed their frames could rust through.
The proposed settlement covers 1.5 million Tacoma compact pickups, Tundra full-size pickups and Sequoia SUVs.
Court papers alleged that the vehicles had received inadequate rust protection, and that corrosion could jeopardise their structural integrity.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs estimated the cost of frame replacements at about $3.375bn.
That was based on a cost of about $15,000 per vehicle and inspection costs of about $90m, at $60 per vehicle.
The Japanese carmaker Toyota admitted no liability or wrongdoing in the proposed settlement.
"We want our customers to have a great ownership experience, so we are pleased to resolve this litigation in a way that benefits them and demonstrates that we stand behind the quality and reliability of our vehicles," Toyota said in a statement.
Under the terms of the agreement, Toyota will inspect the vehicles for 12 years from the day they were first sold or leased in order to ascertain if frames need to be replaced at company expense.
They will also reimburse owners who previously paid for frame replacement.
The settlement covers Tacoma trucks from the model years 2005 to 2010, Sequoias from 2005 to 2008 and Tundras from the 2007 and 2008 model years.
The 23-year-old was signed by former manager Gianfranco Zola in January on a three-and-a-half-year contract for a fee believed to be around £2.2m.
Frei made 13 appearances for the Championship side, 10 of them from the substitute's bench.
His only goal for the West Midlands club came in a 1-1 draw at Rotherham.
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The match was called off at 9:30 GMT after referee Anthony Taylor had inspected the playing surface.
Altrincham are currently 19th in the table, while Dover occupy the last play-off spot in fifth.
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The prime minister says he will not withdraw the measure. But the president says he will challenge it in court.
Critics say the decree will roll back progress made against corruption in Romania since it joined the EU in 2007.
Some 200,000 people protested around the country on Wednesday.
The largest protests since the fall of communism in 1989 have put pressure on the leftist government, led by Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu of the Social Democratic Party (PSD).
They only returned to power in December after protests forced the previous leadership from power in October 2015.
The 40-year-old was found in West George Street at about 02:45 on Saturday and taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
He was later transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and is in a serious conditions.
Officers have appealed to anyone with information about the attack to contact them.
Det Sgt Phil Kennedy said: "It's clear from our initial inquiries that this man has been the victim of a serious assault. We are in the process of establishing the man's movements and trying to find out the exact circumstances of the attack.
"We will of course be reviewing CCTV footage collected from the various cameras in the city centre to gain additional information but I'm appealing to anyone who may have been in the area last night to contact us."
Who would be champions of 2016, which uncapped Englishman would finish above Jamie Vardy in the scoring charts, and which players would be in the running for individual awards?
We take a look at who performed best - and worst - in 2016.
Chelsea.
It would have been almost impossible to believe 12 months ago when Jose Mourinho had been sacked after the then champions lost nine times in their opening 16 Premier League games - but the Stamford Bridge club's transformation in 2016 has been dramatic.
Stabilised by Guus Hiddink and streaking clear at the top of the 2016-17 table under Antonio Conte, Chelsea edge out Liverpool and Manchester United to top spot in 2016. Tottenham may feel aggrieved their New Year fixture falls on New Year's Day, as had it been 24 hours earlier and they won, they would be second.
Manchester City miss out on the top four, while 2015-16 title winners Leicester are eighth after a difficult run between August and December.
At the other end - excluding the promoted and relegated teams - Crystal Palace, Watford and Swansea make up the bottom three, with Palace 11 points behind their closest rivals.
Jurgen Klopp has made a big impact since arriving at Liverpool in October 2015 - and that impact is becoming clearer with every passing month.
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...had the second-highest number of shots (659), more than 60 ahead of Man City (596), West Ham (574) and well clear of Chelsea (552).
...and they are up there in terms of highest average possession...
So what more do Liverpool have to do to end what may soon be a 27-year wait for a title?
The answer? Defend better.
Quiz question for you: which three English players outscored Leicester striker Jamie Vardy in the Premier League in 2016?
Tottenham's Harry Kane, obviously. Jermain Defoe of Sunderland - correct.
The other one? West Ham's Michail Antonio! Top marks if you got that one.
And here's a tip for Fantasy Football players. Get Cesar Azpilicueta in your team.
For starters, the Chelsea defender has played the most minutes in the Premier League in 2016 (tied with Leicester's Wes Morgan, Bournemouth's Steve Cook and Manchester United's David de Gea). Southampton's Virgil van Dijk was also level with that bunch until he was sent off late in their final fixture of the year on Saturday.
Spaniard Azpilicueta has also had more touches than any other player...
...and is second on the list for completed passes, behind only Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson. He also features in the top 10 for tackles made and successful passes in the opposition half.
Away from the teams occupying the top six in the Premier League, there have also been plenty of stellar performances. West Ham's Dimitri Payet - one of the stars of 2015-16 - created the most scoring opportunities, 28 more than his closest rival - Tottenham's Christian Eriksen.
Along with Arsenal's Mesut Ozil (111), they were the only three players to create more than 100 chances in 2016.
At the other end, the two keepers with the best shots-to-saves record do not belong to top-six clubs.
And finally, a few names for Fantasy Football devotees to avoid. These players repeatedly found themselves in trouble with referees in 2016, with Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye the most-booked Premier League player of 2016.
Despite that poor disciplinary record, he was not one of the 47 players sent off during the calendar year. Forty-six of those were dismissed once, while Vardy and Tottenham midfielder Victor Wanyama hold the dubious honour of being the most-dismissed players of the year - both were sent off twice.
Katy B x Craig David. Katy B x Major Lazer. Katy B x Four Tet.
That little x appears 22 times on the tracklist for Katy B's third album, Honey. Each instance signifies another hook-up between the London-born singer and another artist.
"I just love collaborating," she says. "I play instruments but my passion lies with my voice, so I lean on other people to do beats and instrumentals.
"I'm a bit of a frustrated rapper in that sense. The music speaks to me and gives me ideas. I turn it up loud and start dancing or humming melodies."
It's a technique that's paid dividends in the past. The star's biggest-selling single, Crying For No Reason, was co-written by Robbie Williams's partner-in-crime Guy Chambers, while her previous records have featured appearances from Iggy Azalea, Wiley, Jessie Ware and Ms Dynamite.
She have must the best contact book in the business.
"Haha! Yeah, I guess so," laughs the 26-year-old, sipping a green tea as her voice recovers from a day of tour rehearsals.
In reality, it is her association with Rinse FM - London's agenda-setting urban music station - that brought Peckham's Kathleen Anne Brien into the orbit of music's biggest stars.
Rinse gave the singer her first break when she was just 16 and the station was still a pirate outfit. Recording under the name Baby Katy, the teenager sent in a single called Heartache. She later described it as a "cheesy garage-type thing" - but it made station founder Geeneus sit up and pay attention.
"As soon as I heard her I knew there was something about her voice," he said. "I was writing a lot of grimy music, and the scene was all getting a bit overcrowded with men. We needed the girl element back in it."
Together, they recorded Katy B's first album, On A Mission, a love letter to dance music that nimbly straddled UK bass music and mainstream pop.
It was released just as the singer completed a degree in popular music at Goldsmiths, reaching number two in the charts and eventually being certified gold.
Nearly 10 years later, Katy still calls Rinse FM her second home. "Sometimes I'll just eat my lunch in there with the engineer who's working on the jingles," she says.
Being so close to London's underground scene, what did she make of the diversity argument at this year's Brit Awards?
"It would be nice for there to be a wider spectrum of representation," she says. "Grime is a genre that is fully British. It's ours. It's coming from our own people.
"That's what young people are listening to and that's what young people want to see.
"But then I've never been nominated for a Brit Award, either..."
Honey could be about to change that. Initially conceived as a stop-gap between albums "it turned out to be a whole lot more", the singer says.
Freed from the "pressure" of making a chart-focussed album, Katy cleaved closer to the underground scene than ever before.
A case in point is the sparse, bass-heavy Calm Down, in which the hedonistic protagonist of On A Mission confronts their late-20s.
"It's basically about when you're with your friends on a Saturday, but you've planned to go out with your other half the next day to buy furniture or something really boring," she says. "And then you're at the club just absolutely ruining it - so the next day you're like, 'Oh no, I can't make it to Ikea. I'm just going to stay in bed'.
"All my friends can relate to it. Like, when are we going to be those people that get up early for a run on Sunday rather than go out on Saturday night?
"I'm never going to give that up," she insists. "I'm going to be one of those crazy people at a drum and bass rave, aged 55, with my husband in a high-vis jacket."
The album's title track is more mellow - a sultry, steamy sex-ballad inspired by her love of 1990s R&B.
"I'm a big fan of slow jams," she says, reeling off names like Ginuwine, Jaheim, Faith Evans and Mariah Carey - who she is "100%" planning to see in concert this week.
"I'm there, mate, at the front. One of my best friends is a massive Mariah Carey fan, so it's like a pilgrimage. We're going to love every second of it."
But while her formative years were soundtracked by tonsil-busting divas, Katy never tried to emulate their vocal style.
"My voice just doesn't sound that great when I try and sing really loud and high," she laughs. "It just sounds a bit like a cat being strangled - so I try to stick to the soft, sweeter tones."
She deploys those tones to devastating effect on her current single, Who Am I? Down-tempo and down-in-the-dumps, it discusses the consequences of a break-up - based on Katy's first boyfriend, who was also a member of her first band.
When they split, she explains, she felt she had to leave the group - and many of their mutual friends - and "start again from scratch".
It was originally written as a solo song, "but because the whole album is about collaborations, I wanted to have a male perspective on break-ups" - so she roped in resurgent soul star Craig David.
"Me and Craig had been working in the studio anyway," she says. "We've written quite a few songs together.
"So I called him up and said, 'do you want to be on the tune?' and he said 'yeah'. He re-wrote his verse and it sounded sick and I loved it."
And what of those other sessions? Was a lot of material discarded in the process of making Honey? It would appear so.
"I actually cried once thinking of how many tunes I've written that will never see the light of day," says Katy.
"I think that'll be in my will - to put all of my songs out there whether they're finished or not. Like, 'Here's the zip file. Download it now. Bish, bash, bosh'."
Who Am I? is out now. Katy B's album, Honey, follows on 29 April.
The collision happened at about 23:35 BST on Sunday between J23 for South Mimms and J22 for London Colney.
A BMW car left the carriageway and overturned, killing a man in his 40s who was the only occupant of the vehicle, police said.
The driver of a Peugeot 206, in her 30s, and the driver of an MG TF, in her 40s, both suffered slight injuries.
The road was closed for forensic examination of the crash site, emergency repairs and removal of the vehicles, police said.
PC Bruce Lister said: "Our thoughts are with the man's family at this extremely difficult time and a family liaison officer is currently supporting them.
"We would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision or the events leading up to it, or who saw the vehicles prior to the incident.
"A number of people also now have dash-cams installed in their vehicles and if anyone caught any part of the incident on film I would ask them to contact me as soon as possible."
Theresa May made the comments in a letter to the chief minister following a report into the possible effects of Brexit on the Crown Dependencies.
The European Union Committee report has called on the UK government to ensure the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey are "fully involved and engaged."
Chief minister Howard Quayle said he "welcomed" Mrs May's comments.
The report also urges the UK Parliament to remember its "unique constitutional responsibilities" to all three islands.
In her letter, Mrs May told Mr Quayle her government will be "engaging with you as we enter negotiations, strengthening the bonds between us as we forge a new relationship with the EU and with the wider world".
Mr Quayle said it has been a week of "double reassurance" for the Isle of Man in terms of the Brexit negotiations.
"These are very encouraging messages for the island and they show the value of all the hard work that has gone in to building relationships and awareness around our position," he said.
The Crown Dependencies are not part of the European Union or the UK so did not vote in the 2016 referendum.
However, the islands have a constitutional relationship both with the UK and the EU.
At its height, 50 firefighters tackled the blaze at Wythenshawe Hall in Greater Manchester on 15 March 2016.
The roof and upper floor of the Grade II-listed timber-framed hall, built in 1540, were left completely gutted.
Jeremy Taylor, 28, of Cheadle Hulme, admitted arson and was jailed for four-and-a-half years at Manchester Crown Court.
Taylor had initially pleaded not guilty and was due to stand trial, but changed his plea in July.
In sentencing Taylor, judge Martin Redlands described it as "a single act of selfish folly".
After the sentencing hearing, Gary Logan, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said Taylor started the fire "for reasons only known to himself".
He was prosecuted after DNA and CCTV evidence linked him to the crime, he added.
Paul Selby, vice-chairman of the Friends of Wythenshawe Hall, said: "We don't know why he did it and at the end of the day we all just wish this had never happened.
"He's a young man and he's ruined his life. There are no winners in this."
The stately home is owned by Manchester City Council, which is partly funding the repairs, along with money from insurance and charity fundraising.
Mr Selby said the cost to repair the damage would run into "millions, easily".
"Most of it can be restored but it's not original. We've lost hundreds and hundreds of years of history. It's not like we can just go down to B&Q to get the materials.
"It's not just us who have suffered, it's the much wider community. There are many, many people who have worked at the hall and in the hall who have been left devastated. It's really sad."
Mr Selby said repair work was progressing "slowly" and the "lengthy process" must be approved by Historic England.
Unique stained glass windows damaged in the fire were also being replaced, he said.
He added: "It won't be until we get the scaffolding down that people will be able to see its beauty, and the progress that's been made."
Independent MSP Margo MacDonald has organised a meeting to discuss the idea of locating HMS Edinburgh in the Scottish capital.
She said such a move would be a great boost to the city's economy.
The Ministry of Defence said no final decision had been made on what to do with the ship, which was decommissioned earlier this month.
The 30-year-old vessel was the largest of the Type 42 destroyers, and patrolled the Falklands, the Far East and the Baltic during the second Gulf War.
HMS Edinburgh - which underwent a £17.5m refit in 2010 - was decommissioned two weeks ago, with her role being taken up by the new state-of-the-art Type 45 destroyers.
Ms MacDonald has organised a meeting to discuss the plans for the vessel.
She wants to see it brought back to Edinburgh and tied up alongside the Royal Yacht Britannia.
Thursday's meeting will be chaired by Lord Provost Donald Wilson and will be attended by businessman Sir Tom Farmer, senior representatives from the city council and Forth Ports authority.
The two sides agreed to take measures to promote greater Indian exports to China, to reduce India's trade deficit.
Companies have already signed business deals worth $16bn on the opening day of Chinese PM Wen Jiabao's three-day official visit to India.
The latest of a number of world leaders to visit India, Mr Wen is accompanied by some 400 Chinese business leaders.
China is India's largest trading partner.
A joint communique signed by the two sides on Thursday said that they had agreed to expand co-operation in infrastructure, environment, information technology, telecommunications, and investment and finance.
It said that both wanted "to draw on each other's strengths and pursue mutual benefit and win-win results".
Mr Wen held talks on Thursday with Indian PM Manmohan Singh.
The two men discussed a number of sensitive issues, including a long-running border dispute.
Both sides said they need more time to sort out the border question.
The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says that the Chinese premier's visit amounted to a strong endorsement of the economic relationship between the two Asian giants, even though contentious issues remain.
These include China's military build-up on the border and India's support for the Dalai Lama.
The two countries signed some 50 deals in power, telecommunications, steel, wind energy, food and marine products worth $16bn at the end of a business conference attended by Mr Wen in the capital, Delhi, on Wednesday evening.
This overtakes the $10bn of agreements signed between Indian and American businesspeople during the recent visit of US President Barack Obama.
"There is enough space in the world for the development of both China and India and there are enough areas for us to co-operate," Mr Wen told the business conference.
Mr Singh - speaking after his 11th meeting with Mr Wen in the last five years - said that a strong partnership between the two countries "will contribute to long-term peace, stability, prosperity and development in Asia and the world".
The Chinese delegation was larger than the number in delegations led in recent weeks to India by US President Barack Obama (215), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (more than 60) and British Prime Minister David Cameron (about 40).
The communique said that the two sides had decided to establish a "mechanism of regular exchange of visits between heads of state and government".
"They welcomed the opening of the telephone hotline between the prime minister of India and the Chinese premier and agreed on regular consultations between the two leaders on issues of importance to both countries," it said.
"They also agreed to establish the mechanism of annual exchange of visits between the two foreign ministers."
On Thursday China's premier will also met India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and the ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi.
On Friday Mr Wen travels to India's nuclear-armed neighbour and rival, Pakistan, for a two-day official visit.
He has said that pay should rise at least by inflation for the two years from 2016 and then above inflation once the deficit has been dealt with.
He is talking about inflation measured by the consumer prices index (CPI), which currently stands at zero, making it a relatively easy pledge to make.
The rises would be based on the CPI figure from the previous September. The Office for Budget Responsibility is predicting an inflation rate for the whole of 2015 of 0.2% followed by 1.2% in 2016, returning gradually to the Bank of England's central target rate of 2.0% by 2019.
Bear in mind that these are forecasts, and so are pretty uncertain. They are especially vulnerable to a resurgence in oil prices.
But how does that compare with what has been happening to public sector wages?
Public sector pay was frozen for 2011 and 2012, the first two years of this parliament, followed by two years at 1%. This March it was raised by up to 1%, with schools entitled to give top-performing teachers a rise of up to 2%.
With the exception of the change this March, it means that public sector pay for many individuals has been lagging behind inflation.
Figures for what has been going on with public sector pay overall are somewhat problematic. These figures are taken from the Office for National Statistics' Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Ashe), which is a survey of employers.
The lines have been blurring between the public and private sectors, as successive governments have contracted out services such as cleaning and catering. It means a job such as working in the canteen in a government building, which you might think of as public sector, may actually count as private sector.
The transfer of all of these lower-paid jobs from the public sector to the private would be expected to have reduced average earnings in the private sector and increased it in the public sector, which makes comparisons of either sector over time a bit suspect.
Overall, public sector earnings went up by 1.6% in 2011 when they were meant to be frozen and 1.9% in 2013 when they were supposed to be capped at 1%.
This may be partly as a result of people being promoted or seeing their pay rise for reasons other than the overall rise in public sector pay, but it may also be due to the other factors mentioned that skew the figures.
For workers in the public sector, guaranteed protection against inflation would certainly be welcome, even if it is only in the last five years that they stopped assuming they had protection.
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Libya destroyed its stockpiles of chemical weapons in 2014.
However, hazardous materials the country still held remained a cause for international concern.
"These chemical weapon precursors have not been weaponised and now they never will be by anyone," the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said.
The international chemical weapons watchdog will now verify the destruction of all the component materials at a specialist plant in Muenster, Germany.
A ship from Denmark, accompanied by both Danish and UK naval vessels, left the Libyan port of Misrata on August 30, carrying the final shipment of chemical containers.
Libya has been wracked by political instability since the overthrow of Col Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The country has two rival parliaments and three governments, and hundreds of armed militias.
Gaddafi's government began dismantling its stockpile of chemical weapons over a decade ago, with the last destroyed by the new authorities in 2014.
But the existence of chemicals which could be turned into weapons remained a concern, particularly as the so-called Islamic State group began to gain a foothold in the African nation.
In July, the Libyan Government of National Accord, a United Nations-brokered coalition of two rival factions, asked for international aid in destroying potential ingredients for new chemical weapons.
A number of nations including Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and the United States contributed to the operation, which was backed by the UN Security Council.
The UK sampled and analysed the chemical compounds, as well as contributing financially.
The destruction of the compounds is the final stage of the international operation.
The comic actor also starred in classic films such as The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.
Wilder frequently collaborated with writer and director Mel Brooks as well as stand-up comedian Richard Pryor.
The actor died on Sunday in Stamford, Connecticut, due to complications from Alzheimer's disease, his family said.
"It is almost unbearable for us to contemplate our life without him," his nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman said.
Wilder first made waves on Broadway before transitioning to the silver screen for a brief role as a kidnapped undertaker in Bonnie and Clyde (1967).
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Mel Brooks then cast him as Leo Bloom, an anxious accountant in the 1968 comedy The Producers.
In 1971, he took on the role of one of his most beloved characters, Willy Wonka, in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
Wilder's other well-known roles included the Waco Kid in the 1974 cult classic Blazing Saddles and Doctor Ross in Woody Allen's 1972 film, Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex* But Were Afraid to Ask.
Tributes from the comedy world came within minutes of the news emerging.
This story was first published on 29 August 2016.
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It comes after Labour MP Tristram Hunt called on Mr Corbyn to "step back" from the anti-war group, saying it is a "disreputable organisation".
Mr Corbyn said people who oppose war "shouldn't be condemned or denigrated".
Asked by the BBC if he would still be going to the event, he said: "I'll attend all the things on my diary."
Mr Corbyn's defence of the Stop the War Coalition, of which he was chairman until recently, came at an event in Paris on Monday evening.
He said the organisation had "consistently said we need foreign policy that brings about political solutions to desperately complicated problems, which is why last week I voted against the deployment of British forces into Syria".
"Not because I'm any sympathiser for Isil or any of the other groups in area", he said, "but because I want to see a speeded-up political process through the Vienna conference".
Mr Corbyn added: "People in the country that oppose wars and want to see a peaceful future shouldn't be condemned or denigrated.
"They should be recognised as people who are giving up a large proportion of their lives in a totally peaceful and democratic way to bring about a different form of foreign policy in our country.
"That's surely a good thing in an open and participative liberal democracy?"
Stop the War Coalition has staged a number of protests in the constituencies of Labour MPs who backed action in Syria, including shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn.
On Sunday, Tristram Hunt, Labour's former shadow education secretary who voted for air strikes, called on Mr Corbyn to distance himself from anti-war group, which is one of the leading opponents of military action in Syria.
He accused them of making a series of "ugly comments" since the vote on air strikes and said they had been "very irresponsible with their language and activities".
"I think they're a really disreputable organisation and I would hope Jeremy would step back and not go to their fundraiser," he said.
Stop the War's convenor Lindsey German rejected Mr Hunt's attacks as "unfounded and unjustified". Defending the group's action, she said it was entitled to engage in peaceful protests and would continue to do so.
Vikki Thompson, 21, died at Armley jail, near Leeds, on 13 November. She had said she would kill herself if sent to a male prison.
She was in custody awaiting sentencing for robbery and was being held in a single-occupancy cell at HMP Leeds.
Family and supporters gathered at Oakworth Crematorium, near Keighley, West Yorkshire, to pay their respects.
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Speaking after the funeral, Alex Kaye, of transgender support group SafeT, said: "It's a tragedy that shouldn't have happened.
"It's unjust and it's an unbelievable time for people who knew Vikki.
"It signifies a time for change, a very important change that has to happen."
Ms Thompson's death prompted calls for a shake-up of the way transgender prisoners are handled by authorities.
Justice Department minister Lord Faulks said the policy regarding transgender prisoners was currently under review.
A post-mortem examination found the cause of Ms Thompson's death was thought to be hanging.
He takes the top spot from brothers Sri and Gopi Hinduja, now worth £13bn.
The total wealth of the richest 1,000 individuals and families in Britain has more than doubled in the last 10 years to £547bn, the survey reported.
The Queen, who topped the first list in 1989, has dropped out of the top 300 for the first time.
There are now 117 billionaires on the list, up from 104 in 2014, with 80 of them living in London.
Mr Blavatnik, who was born in Odessa in the then Soviet Union and became a US citizen in the 1980s, has investments that range from metals and oil to music publishing and digital media. He owns a £41m home in London and has donated £75m to Oxford University to found the Blavatnik School of Government.
The highest risers in terms of wealth are the retail family headed by Galen and George Weston, who run Selfridges and Primark in the UK.
Their fortune has grown by £3.7bn - more than 50% in a year - to £11bn.
Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich comes in at number 10 on the list with a fortune of £7.29bn, down £1.23bn on last year, while Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson has seen his wealth rise from £3.6bn to £4.1bn, making him 20th richest in Britain.
A personal fortune of £100m is now required to become one of the 1,000 richest people in the country, up £15m compared with last year's entry point of £85m.
In 1997 it took a fortune of just £15m to join Britain's richest 1,000 people.
Officers said two complaints had been made about a speech he made urging the city to reject all Israeli goods, services, academics and even tourists.
A spokesman for the Bradford West MP said he stood by his remarks.
Conservative MP Robert Halfon dismissed them as an "ill-considered rant that will cause great offence to many".
But David Ward, Lib Dem MP for neighbouring Bradford East, said "Israel-free zone" was a "nice sound bite" but any boycott had to be UK-wide.
Mr Galloway's comments, made at a packed meeting of Respect activists in Leeds on Saturday, were posted on YouTube and prompted a storm of comment on Twitter.
'Direct action'
The Respect MP told the meeting: "We have declared Bradford an Israel-free zone.
"We don't want any Israeli goods; we don't want any Israeli services; we don't want any Israeli academics coming to the university or the college.
"We don't even want any Israeli tourists to come to Bradford even if any of them had thought of doing so.
"We reject this illegal, barbarous, savage state that calls itself Israel - and you have to do the same."
Mr Galloway's spokesman Ron McKay said the remarks were an extension of a boycott and direct action movement against supermarkets and companies supporting Israel.
"George stands by the comments - he thinks they are quite reasonable," said Mr McKay.
"The reason he made them is because there's mass carnage and mass slaughter going on against the people of Gaza.
"Direct action helped in the struggle against apartheid."
'Extreme'
But Mr Halfon, MP for Harlow and a former political director of the Conservative Friends of Israel, described Mr Galloway's remarks as "shocking".
"This ill-considered rant will cause great offence to many," he said.
"Fortunately, I suspect most Bradford citizens are like British people as a whole: tolerant and decent - and will ignore Mr Galloway's demands, treating them with the contempt they deserve.
"They know that despite the tragedy in Gaza, that Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, that both ordinary Palestinians and Israelis have suffered - not least because of the 13,000 rockets fired on to Israel by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, since the Israeli unilateral withdrawal from Gaza in 2005."
Nigel Grizzard of Bradford Synagogue described Mr Galloway's comments as "very extreme".
"Israelis come to Bradford - people from Bradford go to Israel - there are many people I know in Bradford who have relatives in Israel," he told BBC Radio Leeds.
"And I think Mr Galloway's comments are completely off the wall and nothing to do with the reality of today's life in Bradford."
Jonathan Arkush, vice president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, described the remarks as "odious".
"What about an Israeli who is a supporter of the Palestinian cause? He doesn't differentiate between an Israeli who supports the Israeli government or an Israeli who doesn't," he said.
"He doesn't differentiate between an adult or child - most people are apolitical. This man is so intolerant he can't bear to have someone with an opposing view in his town - how ridiculous is this."
But David Ward - who has started a petition calling for a boycott of Israel - said Mr Galloway did not go far enough.
He said he wanted to see something like the anti-apartheid movement, with sporting, cultural and academic boycotts, as well economic sanctions to keep up pressure on Israel, which he said had continuously flouted UN resolutions.
"Why restrict it to a particular town? If you are going to do boycotts, divestments and sanctions simply for a particular city or part of the country, how is that going to do any good?
"What's the point of that? It has to be a national movement."
Mr Ward was suspended from the Lib Dem parliamentary party in July 2013 and had the whip withdrawn for three months over comments he made about Israel.
He was later reinstated but is now facing Lib Dem disciplinary proceedings over a tweet he sent last month, which said: "the big question is - if I lived in #Gaza would I fire a rocket? - probably yes". He apologised for the comment, which was condemned by his party.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: "We have received two separate complaints about comments attributed to George Galloway MP during a speech he gave at a public meeting in Leeds on 2nd August 2014. We are currently investigating the complaints."
Mr Galloway, who took the Bradford West seat from Labour following a by-election in 2012, is a staunch campaigner and supporter of the Palestinian side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
He co-founded the anti-war Respect Party in 2004 after being expelled by Labour because of comments he made as part of his opposition to the Iraq war.
Stelling, hosting Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday, told viewers: "This isn't personal to Dave Jones but for the good of the club, walk now.
"[Director] Pam Duxbury, chairman Gary Coxall, if it means sacking him, do so."
Pools dropped into the League Two relegation zone on Saturday.
Their 2-0 home loss to Barnet leaves them two points from safety with two games to play, and facing the prospect of relegation to the National League.
Jones was appointed as successor to Craig Hignett in January 2017, with Pools 19th on 27 points.
Since then they have taken just 16 further points, and dropped to 23rd.
Jones has spent much of his career managing in higher divisions during a career that has included spells at Stockport, Southampton, Wolves, Cardiff and Sheffield Wednesday, and Stelling told the 60-year-old "this is not your level of football".
The 62-year-old added: "If it means me retiring or resigning as club president I do so happily. Do it now, do it today."
Following the loss to Barnet, Jones told the Hartlepool Mail: "I've fought all my life and I won't stop, and I don't expect the players to stop.
"It's disappointing, we are trying to fight for our lives and you want to see more than is happening at this moment in time.
"I come here and put my reputation on the line and I'm going to fight for that reputation."
Stelling, who was born in the town and is a prominent supporter of the club, replaced MP Peter Mandelson in the role as club president in October 2015.
She was 12 at the time and living with her parents and two siblings in northern Peru.
On that night, two officials came to their home and took away her father.
Mr Katsura, who owned a small general store, was arrested because he was part of Peru's prosperous Japanese community.
"My father told them he hadn't done anything wrong, but they didn't listen to him," she recalls.
Japanese people began migrating to Peru in considerable numbers at the end of the 19th Century, drawn by opportunities to work in the mines and on sugar plantations.
By the 1940s, an estimated 25,000 people of Japanese descent lived in Peru. Many had become lawyers and doctors, or owned small businesses.
Their prosperity, further fuelled by racism, soon triggered anti-Japanese sentiment in Peru, Stephanie Moore explains.
Ms Moore, a scholar at the Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project, says after the outbreak of World War Two, the Japanese community in Peru became a target, and their assets were confiscated.
"In May 1940, as many as 600 houses, schools and businesses belonging to citizens of Japanese descent were burned down," she says.
Following Japan's 1941 attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the US government asked a dozen Latin American countries, among them Peru, to arrest its Japanese residents.
Records from the time suggest the US authorities wanted to take them to the US and use them as bargaining chips for its nationals captured by Japanese forces in Asia.
Mr Katsura was among the 2,200 Latin Americans of Japanese descent who were forcibly deported to internment camps in the US.
Blanca Katsura, who is now 83 and lives in Northern California, remembers how she learned of his fate.
"A month after my father was detained, he sent me a letter because it was my birthday," she recalls.
"He had been taken to Panama from where they were planning to send him to the US," she adds.
Six months later, Blanca Katsura's mother decided to take her three small children to the US to search for her husband.
"When we arrived in New Orleans after a month-long trip, they confiscated our passports and then sent us by train to the Crystal City camp."
As many as 4,000 people were interned during World War Two in this camp in Texas run by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Most of the detainees were of Japanese descent, although some German and Italian immigrants were also held there.
It was at Crystal City that Blanca Katsura was reunited with her father. "I was shocked, he had lost so much weight," she remembers.
For the next four years, her family lived in the barracks at the camp.
Her memories of that time are not particularly traumatic, she says.
"Being a child at the time time, I had no worries and made lots of friends.
"We were able to go to school and learn Japanese," she adds.
Ms Katsura says she later learned that the camp authorities were keen for the children to learn Japanese so they would be able to speak the language once they were deported to Japan.
Chieko Kamisato's memories of life at Crystal City are less positive.
"You could call it a concentration camp, because we were surrounded by barbed wire fences and guards with guns," she says.
"We couldn't go out at all, although we were free to move around inside," she recalls.
"My parents were really bitter about the situation because they were forced to come to the US. They had no choice," she says.
Ms Kamisato's father had moved to Peru from Japan in 1915 and had worked hard to open a bakery in the capital, Lima.
Now 81, she lives in Los Angeles.
Of the 2,200 Latin Americans of Japanese descent to be interned in the US, 800 were sent to Japan as part of prisoner exchanges.
After World War Two ended, another 1,000 were deported to Japan after their Latin American home countries refused to take them back.
Ms Katsura's and Ms Kamisato's families successfully fought deportation and were eventually allowed to remain in the US.
In 1988, then-President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act and apologised on behalf of the US government for the internment of Japanese-Americans.
Under the act, the government paid tens of thousands of survivors of the camps $20,000 (£13,000) each in reparation.
But Japanese-Latin Americans did not qualify for the payments because they had not been US citizens or permanent residents of the US at the time of their internment.
Outraged, they filed a class-action suit and 10 years later, the US government agreed to pay them $5,000 each.
Most accepted, but a small group headed by camp survivor Art Shibayama decided to hold out, demanding to be paid the same as Japanese-Americans.
Blanca Katsura says that even though her childhood at the camp may not have been traumatic, no amount of money can compensate her family for its loss.
"My parents wanted to go back to Peru but couldn't. They missed the life they had there," she recalls.
"The Peruvian government sold us out to the US government and that is not a very nice feeling. How would you feel about it?"
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The League One game with Coventry was Keighley's first since Wales international Jones collapsed at London Skolars last Saturday and later died aged 29 because of a heart condition.
His wife, Lizzie, and the couple's five-month-old twins, Bobby and Phoebe went onto the field prior to kick-off.
"The club doesn't know what has hit it," said chairman Gary Fawcett.
Player-coach Paul March has set Keighley the task of winning the League One title in Jones's honour.
A statement was read out on Lizzie's behalf prior to the game, then another from Jones's family, both thanking the Keighley club and the rugby league community as a whole for the support they have shown in the most awful of circumstances.
A crowd of 4,066 watched the game and a bucket collection in aid of Jones' family raised more than £10,000.
"We have kept busy, which has minimised the tears," said Fawcett.
"It was uncertain the game would be played, but Lizzie insisted. She said it is what Danny would have wanted."
Jones was best man at the wedding of Cougar prop Scott Law.
"After last week I wasn't thinking about playing," said Law.
"I just wanted to get away and clear my head. But when Lizzie said she was coming I felt I should play. It is still so fresh.
"Danny was at the centre of everything, in the changing room and when we used to have lads' holidays. It is when we come to do things like that, and he is not there when it will probably hit us the most.
"It is hard."
Sunday's 52-10 win put Keighley top of the table with a 100% record and player-coach March said: "Life is so cruel at times. We are going to feel grief for a long time and events will trigger a reaction in some of them.
"But our goal was always to win this league, even though we know it will be harder without him."
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Fawcett has set an ambitious fund-raising target of £1m, with a succession of events to be held prior to the last game, between a Keighley Select XIII and Wales at Cougar Park on 25 October.
"Those kids are going to go through life not knowing their father," said Fawcett. "They need support.
"I believe we can maintain six months of intensity. The First Minister of Wales has been in contact and I am also wanting help from rugby league, as a sport, and professional football because this is a sports issue and Fabrice Muamba [retired professional footballer] suffered from the same thing."
Coventry Bears' players are understood to have donated their match fee for the game to the fund-raising effort while the entire Keighley team was named man of the match in tribute to their former team-mate.
The visitors led through Fraser Aird's strike after 11 minutes, with Steven Naismith levelling before the break.
"Because of our first 15 minutes, giving the ball away, I thought we got a bit negative," Strachan told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.
"That's what happens when players don't play regularly. We could've trusted each other better with the ball."
The Scots host Slovenia on Sunday in their fifth World Cup qualifier, with the visitors four points ahead of second-bottom Scotland.
And Strachan was glad to have had the friendly with Canada at Easter Road, despite only being able to draw with the side ranked 117th in the world.
Fulham midfielder Tom Cairney - who has scored nine goals in 41 appearances at club level this season - was given his international debut and it was from his shot that Naismith diverted the ball over the line to draw Scotland level.
Ikechi Anya, who has just one substitute appearance at club level in March, again started at right-back, where he played in the November defeat by England, while RB Leipzig's Oliver Burke started wide on the left after three substitute appearances in the Bundesliga this month.
Burke and Rangers captain Lee Wallace were withdrawn at half-time, the latter at fault for Canada's goal, and Barry Bannan and Andy Robertson, regulars for Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City, came on.
Christophe Berra and Charlie Mulgrew formed a new central defensive pairing but were stretched at times, particularly by the running of Falkirk winger Aird.
"It's one of the best decisions we've made as the coaching group in the SFA by playing this game," Strachan added.
"We found out so many things tonight. It's very hard for players who are not playing regularly to turn on the magic and feel really good about themselves.
"So, we learned that lesson, the lesson that you really can't mis-pass the ball so many times in the first 10 minutes and expect to then go and play really that well because you lose a bit of confidence.
"When you're not playing regularly, you lose that couple of yards' pace, you lose that wee touch, you lose that finishing that you would normally have. That's what happened to us tonight.
"It's very hard. It's like asking a top golfer to be out for six, seven weeks and go and try and play in the Masters.
"Tom did all right in his first game. Kech [Anya] kept us going, Barry did well when he came on. Charlie Mulgrew was comfortable, Christophe Berra was comfortable doing what he does well - man-marking. Andrew played very well when he came on as well.
"It helps us make sure we have to pick a bunch of lads, a group of lads who are feeling really good about themselves at the moment. Has it made my mind up with one or two things? Yes, it has, yeah."
And Anya said: "It was a good exercise. For a few of us who haven't been playing for our club sides that regularly, it was a worthwhile exercise against a good opposition.
"The game was put on for a purpose and it served that purpose, let us speak after the game on Sunday, that's the most important."
St Mary's Catholic Technology College, Leyland, has been given an "inadequate" rating by the school watchdog Ofsted.
Inspectors, who visited the school in October, said it underperformed in terms of leadership, pupils' behaviour and achievement, and teaching quality.
The school said it accepted Ofsted's findings and had put "improvement initiatives" in place.
The past 18 months, the school explained, had been difficult due to the "catastrophic" fire and a teachers' dispute.
Two boys were sentenced last week for causing a fire at the site in September last year.
Sections of the school had to be demolished, with the blaze causing £15m of damage and closing the site for a month.
In the report, senior leaders and governors at the school are described as "ineffective" and "not doing enough" to improve teaching and attainment.
It said the school did not communicate effectively with parents, who had "lost confidence in the school".
The report did highlight some strengths, including the behaviour of "most students", and progress in subjects including English.
Headteacher Kathy McNicholas said: "We all want the school to make rapid progress, and the rigorous monitoring we will receive from Her Majesty's Inspectors over the next two years will help us move more quickly towards our targets.
"Ofsted has acknowledged that a number of appropriate improvement initiatives have already been put in place and, by their next visit, we hope that inspectors will see the difference they are making."
Crewe seized the lead when Marcus Haber tapped in a rebound in the first significant opening of the game.
Brad Inman then fired at goal from 20 yards, stinging the palms of Jon McLaughlin as Crewe sought a second.
But Lucas Akins grabbed the equaliser for the Brewers when, from Mark Duffy's cross, he turned three Crewe defenders and slotted past Ben Garratt.
Crewe, who lost defender Jon Guthrie late on with a cheekbone injury, remain seven points from safety with 11 games left to play.
The Brewers maintain their four-point advantage over second-placed Wigan, now nine points clear of third-placed Gillingham.
Crewe manager Steve Davis told BBC Radio Stoke:
"Drawing against the team that is top of the league should give us confidence because it shows that on our day we can compete with the very best.
"But, in the context of our situation, we need to be getting three points, especially from our home games. It is still a good point and I don't think it's two points lost.
"Overall a draw was fair. There was not a lot between the two sides. We took the lead again but we didn't hold onto it long enough. We have taken the lead in 17 games and only gone on to win six, so that tells its own story."
Burton boss Nigel Clough told BBC Radio Derby:
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"Jon McLaughlin's not had much to do. We should have worked their goalkeeper a bit more.
"We had some brilliant situations today which we didn't turn into clear cut chances and ultimately we were just lacking that little bit of quality in the final third to get us the winner.
"I was pleased the way the players responded to going a goal down and the way we got back into the game and deserved out equaliser and were looking to win the game but when you're a goal down away from home then you end up with a point, it's not a bad result."
Syria Relief, the aid agency that manages the hospital, said those killed were relatives of patients.
Save the Children said the bomb, from an air strike, hit the entrance to the hospital in rural Idlib province.
Images show part of the building in Kafer Takhareem destroyed. It is not clear who carried out the attack.
Save the Children says the hospital is the biggest in the area, carrying out more than 300 deliveries a month.
UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a nearby civil defence building was also damaged.
In other developments:
Russia, a key ally of the Syrian government, said on Thursday that three humanitarian corridors from Aleppo were being opened for civilians and unarmed rebels and a fourth for armed rebels.
About 300,000 people are trapped in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, under intense bombardment.
Russia's announcement was welcomed cautiously by the UN, the US and some aid agencies.
The US has suggested the plan may be an attempt to force the evacuation of civilians and the surrender of rebel groups in the city.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that if the operation was "a ruse" it could disrupt US-Russian co-operation in Syria.
"It has the risk, if it is a ruse, of completely breaking apart the... co-operation," he said.
"On the other hand, if we're able to work it out today and have a complete understanding of what is happening and then agreement on (the) way forward, it could actually open up some possibilities."
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said the UN supported such corridors in principle and was asking Russia for more details on how they would work.
"Our suggestion to Russia is to actually leave the corridors being established at their initiative to us," Mr de Mistura told reporters in Geneva.
"The UN and humanitarian partners know what to do."
He echoed calls from the UN's Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Stephen O'Brien, for a 48-hour truce to allow aid into the east of the city.
"How can you expect people to want to walk through a corridor, thousands of them, while there is shelling, bombing fighting?" Mr de Mistura asked.
He said the UN was "in principle and in practice in favour of humanitarian corridors under the right circumstances" but said Russia needed to provide more information on how the system would work.
He reiterated that civilians who left should do so only through their own choice.
The UN said on Monday that food supplies in Aleppo were expected to run out in mid-August and many medical facilities continued to be attacked.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has said the three corridors for civilians and unarmed fighters would have medical posts and food handouts.
The fourth corridor, in the direction of Castello Road, would be for armed militants, he said.
The Syrian Observatory said on Friday that seven children were among the 28 killed in the coalition air strike on al-Ghandour village near Manbij.
The US confirmed air strikes took place near Manbij on Thursday and said it was investigating claims of civilian casualties.
Manbij is controlled by the so-called Islamic State group but encircled by Kurdish-led forces who are advancing with the support of coalition air strikes.
The Giants are now seven points behind leaders Sheffield, with Belfast only having four remaining games.
Mathematically, Belfast still have eight points to play for but their title chances appear to have gone.
Two Joey Martin strikes put Cardiff in control and despite Belfast goals from James Desmarais and Mike Forney, the Devils eased to victory.
After a goalless first period, Martin's goals gave Cardiff a 2-0 lead before Desmarais replied before the end of the second period.
Guillaume Doucet restored Cardiff's two-goal advantage and while Forney cut the margin to 3-2, further goals from Andrew Hotham and Tomas Kurka secured the win which keeps the Devils' league title ambitions very much alive.
Sheffield lead the table on 66 points, two ahead of Cardiff, but the Devils have a game in hand.
Braehead are five points off the pace with the Giants a further two points adrift after their second successive defeat.
Sheffield maintained their place at the top of the table as they earned a 4-2 away win over Nottingham Panthers on Saturday night.
A Sheffield home victory over Coventry on Saturday night will end any remote Belfast title hopes, no matter what happens in the Giants' second game of the weekend in the Welsh capital.
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The city had been struggling with one of the worst drought in decades earlier this year.
Aerial footage shows abandoned cars submerged in the floodwater and entire streets turned into rivers.
Workers headed out into the city to clear mud that caked most of the city's roads after it was lashed by the storm.
Kim Jong-nam was poisoned at Kuala Lumpur airport after two women wiped a toxin on his face.
The "VX nerve agent" found on his face is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations.
Malaysia has not blamed the North Korean state for the death, but says North Koreans were clearly behind it.
Police said swabs were taken from Mr Kim's eye and face by the chemistry department of Malaysia.
His body remains in a hospital mortuary. Mr Kim was poisoned as he waited for a flight to Macau. He sought help from airport staff but died before reaching the hospital, police said.
Sources: CDC, The Wednesday Report
Several North Koreans are wanted in connection with his death, including a senior official at the North's embassy in Kuala Lumpur as well as an employee of the state airline, Air Koryo.
Four other North Koreans named earlier in the case are thought to have left Malaysia already, while a fifth North Korean has been detained.
The two women suspected of wiping the substance on Mr Kim's face are in custody. Malaysia said the attack was "planned" and that the women had been well trained.
Mr Kim was once seen as a possible successor to his father, Kim Jong-il, but was bypassed in favour of his younger half-brother, Kim Jong-un, and spent many years living abroad.
He had been travelling on a passport under the name Kim Chol.
On what seemed to be the first reference of the case by the North's state media, Pyongyang said on Thursday that Malaysia was responsible for the death of one of its citizens.
It also accused Malaysia of trying to politicise the return of his body and called "absurd" Malaysia's request for DNA samples for official confirmation of the identity.
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He was at McDiarmid Park on Saturday, watching St Johnstone's 1-0 victory over Hearts and monitoring Jack Hamilton, Callum Paterson and Tony Watt, who all played for the visitors.
The bulk of his squad will still, though, be selected from clubs in England, where there was mostly promising news over the weekend.
Several players completed a full 90 minutes for their clubs, including midfielder Darren Fletcher in West Bromwich Albion's 4-2 win over West Ham United in the Premier League and centre-back Russell Martin in Norwich City's 2-1 defeat of Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.
Another centre-back, Christophe Berra, played the full game as Ipswich Town drew 0-0 with Aston Villa, their fourth clean sheet in eight Championship games this season.
Andrew Robertson and Robert Snodgrass endured a difficult afternoon against Arsenal on Saturday, losing 4-1, although the latter continued his scoring form. The attacker struck from the penalty spot for his fourth Premier League goal in five games.
Midfielder Barry Bannan also played the full 90 minutes for Sheffield Wednesday in their 2-1 defeat by Birmingham City along with striker Steven Fletcher, who was involved in the build up to Gary Hooper's goal before being replaced in the 78th minute.
Defensive concerns continue for Strachan, since first-choice centre-back Grant Hanley was not involved for Newcastle United as they lost 2-0 to Wolves. That was despite his goalscoring appearance as a substitute in the 6-0 win over Queen's Park Rangers last midweek.
Gordon Greer played 81 minutes for Blackburn Rovers in their 4-2 win over Rotherham United but will not feature in his side's EFL Cup tie against Leeds United on Tuesday due to injury.
Alan Hutton remains out of the picture at Aston Villa. Despite Ritchie de Laet suffering a long-term injury, Hutton was overlooked for the vacant right-back spot by manager Roberto di Matteo at the weekend, with Leandro Bacuna starting the 0-0 draw with Ipswich instead. Hutton was an unused substitute.
Ross McCormack, whose exclusion from Strachan's last squad was widely questioned, also did not feature for Villa, although Di Matteo explained his absence by referring to it being the team's third game in six days.
Fellow striker Chris Martin is still waiting to score his first domestic goal of the season following Fulham's 0-0 draw with Wigan Athletic, with his only goal of the campaign so far coming for Scotland against Malta in the opening World Cup qualifier.
Winger Oliver Burke was an unused substitute for RB Leipzig as they defeated Hamburg 4-0, while Shaun Maloney fulfilled the same role for Hull City, which is unlikely to lead to him being recalled by Strachan.
James McArthur made the most convincing case for being brought into the starting line-up against Lithuania at Hampden as he played the full 90 minutes for Crystal Palace and scored in their 4-1 win over Stoke City. The midfielder had to pull out of Strachan's last squad due to injury.
Ikechi Anya featured as a substitute against Malta and he is beginning to impress for Derby County, who the winger joined on loan from Watford at the end of the January transfer window. Anya scored his first goal for the club in the 1-1 draw with Bristol City.
Of the players not to have been called up for the last squad, Graham Dorrans is pushing for inclusion. The midfielder has started all of Norwich's last three games and scored the winning goal - his first of the season - in their victory over Nottingham Forest.
Michael Goodman said he stole Claude Soffel's bus pass from him outside the Museum of Natural History.
After reading a post about a bagel shop closing down Mr Goodman recognised the name of his victim and sent him a message to apologise.
Mr Soffel responded to the message and said he accepted the apology.
Writing on Facebook Mr Goodman said: "You may not remember this (about 1976 or '77) but a long long time ago... trying to look like a tough guy... I walked up to you and mugged you for your bus pass.
"I have never forgotten the incident or your name. Finally I can say I'm very sorry. So once again I'm truly sorry for taking your bus pass back then."
Some time later the victim, Mr Soffel, replied.
"Clearly you're a bigger man today. I recognise your name now as well. So, apology accepted. So let us now, jointly put this in its proper place, behind us," he wrote.
Mr Goodman went on to explain that on the day of the mugging there had been undercover police nearby and he was arrested immediately.
"My father had to leave work and come and get me (I was a minor at the time) and [he] was not too happy with me to say the least," he wrote.
He expressed his surprise that the story of the apology had spread so quickly and hoped the reason for the original contact with Mr Soffel did not get lost in all the coverage.
The cost-cutting measure comes as the government considers ways to privatise the debt-laden national carrier.
Critics have suggested the move is discriminatory and will make very little difference to the airline's bottom line.
But Air India's boss defended the move, saying he did not understand the fuss it has caused.
The issue of diet is highly politicised in India, where many Hindus are vegetarian but Muslims often eat meat.
On Tuesday, India's highest court will look at the government's recent decision to ban the sale through animal markets of cattle for slaughter.
And recently there have been a string of attacks on Muslims by self-styled vigilante groups who accuse their victims of transporting cow or beef products.
On Twitter, Banaglore-based chef and food writer Madhu Menon said he saw politics at play in the decision:
On his Facebook page, Air India's chairman and managing director Ashwani Lohani said the move "reduces wastage, saves on cost, improves service and eliminates possibility of a mix up."
He said on short flights, "the meal is just an add on and not really worthy of a major concern."
The airline's in-flight food options are still more generous than those found on many European and US carriers.
Passengers with budget and full-service carriers have become accustomed to paying extra for meals in economy class on domestic and shorter international flights.
However one rival, Vistara, was quick to point out that it still was offering customers a meatier option.
While the move may save Air India some money, it will have to forego many chicken or lamb meals to make a dent in its $8bn debt pile.
Last month, the government gave an "in-principle" approval to sell a stake in the airline, and formed a committee to decide how much of the airline to sell off, and whether to write off some of the airline's debt.
The Tata Sons conglomerate and IndiGo have both expressed interest in potentially buying Air India assets.
The airline was given a $5.8bn bailout in 2012 and relies on taxpayer funds to stay afloat.
Meryl Streep, Gwyneth Paltrow and Meg Ryan were among the guests at the ceremony at the Los Angeles home where Fisher lived next door to her mother.
Star Wars creator George Lucas and British actors Stephen Fry and Eric Idle were also in attendance.
Fisher, 60, and Reynolds, 84, died within a day of each other last month.
Reynolds starred in a string of classic Hollywood films in the 1950s and 60s including the musical Singin' in the Rain.
Her daughter played the iconic Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, appeared in When Harry Met Sally and Hannah and Her Sisters and wrote novels including the semi-autobiographical Postcards From The Edge.
Meryl Streep, who starred in the big screen adaptation of Postcards from the Edge, carried a bunch of white roses as she walked up to Fisher's home in the Hollywood Hills.
Streep later performed Fisher's favourite song Happy Days Are Here Again at the memorial, according to People.
Other guests included Jamie Lee Curtis, who stars with Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd on TV series Scream Queens, singer Courtney Love, and actors Ed Begley Jr, Candice Bergen and Ellen Barkin.
Lourd, 24, made her first public comment on the deaths of her mother and grandmother on Instagram on Monday.
Alongside a photo of the three generations, she wrote: "Receiving all of your prayers and kind words over the past week has given me strength during a time I thought strength could not exist.
"There are no words to express how much I will miss my Abadaba and my one and only Momby. Your love and support means the world to me."
There have been reports that Fisher and Reynolds will be buried together at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills on Friday.
Also on Friday, Broadway theatres will dim their lights for a minute as a mark of respect to the pair.
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Panthers reached the final stages of Europe's second-tier event by topping their three-team group in November.
Coach Corey Neilson told BBC East Midlands Today: "We are excited that we have put ourselves in this position.
"This is a nice break to play against unique opposition and test ourselves."
The best-ever Continental Cup performance by a British side came in 2010, when Sheffield Steelers finished third in Grenoble, France.
Seventeen teams from 17 countries entered this season's competition, and the winning side will go onto play in next season's Champions Hockey League - the sport's premier European competition.
Nottingham's bid for history-setting honours, in ice hockey's equivalent of football's Europa League, sees them face Odense of Denmark on Friday, Beibarys Atyrau of Kazakhstan on Saturday and hosts Ritten on Sunday.
Neilson added: "We have done our due diligence checking out their rosters. We have had this league focus all season long. Now it's a matter of going out and doing our thing."
Panthers are fourth in the Elite League, but they have won 10 of their past 13 games and recent signing Jason Williams said the team is in good shape.
Williams, a former Stanley Cup winner who played for Ritten in this season's Continental Cup, added: "We have confidence to put on a good show.
"Everybody is looking forward to it. Hopefully for the three games in three nights, we can stay healthy and everybody will contribute. We need everybody, that is for sure."
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Stephen Anthony Hough, 58, is on trial for the rape and murder of 15-year-old Janet Commins, whose body was found in a field in Flint on 11 January 1976.
He is also accused of her sexual assault and manslaughter.
Retired biologist Anthony Peabody told Mold Crown Court standards of record-keeping had changed over the years.
Under cross-examination by Patrick Harrington QC, Dr Peabody, who was involved in the post-mortem examination, also agreed the labelling of some swabs taken from Janet's body had not been conducted in the way he would have expected.
The court heard that the pathologist on the case gave Dr Peabody a mouth swab, but Dr Peabody did not record the fact he received it.
Mr Harrington suggested Dr Peabody had made a mistake, to which he replied: "No, I'm afraid not."
Dr Peabody said they were only required to record and refer to items "on which we found something of obvious significance", and the fact there was no record of the mouth swab suggested it showed nothing of significance.
"It is not a mistake. It is how things were done in 1976," he said.
The court has already heard from prosecutor Mark Heywood QC that Janet died "as a result of her neck and her external airway being compressed and blocked during that sexual assault".
He also told the jury the schoolgirl was spotted with two boys before she went missing.
One man has already served a sentence after admitting Janet's manslaughter, but he says he did not kill her.
Mr Heywood said that Noel Jones, who was 18 at the time of the death, "never challenged the circumstances of his conviction, but he asserts that he always knew that he was innocent and he only confessed due to the pressure that he felt placed upon him at the time".
In 2006, a review of the scientific evidence in the case was carried out and DNA from a man was identified from samples taken from Janet's body.
In 2016, Mr Hough's DNA was taken by police in an unrelated matter and a match was found, prompting his arrest.
The trial continues.
The leaders have published a joint declaration backing the "strengthening" of the Scottish Parliament.
A spokeswoman for Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond said the vow was a "rehash" of old promises.
The Scottish referendum on independence is to be held on 18 September.
It comes as Mr Salmond and Alistair Darling, the chairman of pro-UK Better Together campaign, are due to go head to head in a televised referendum debate later.
The formal declaration - which has been signed by the Prime Minister Mr Cameron, deputy prime minister and Liberal Democrat leader Mr Clegg and Labour leader Mr Miliband - vows to strengthen the Scottish Parliament's powers over "fiscal responsibility and social security".
It sets out plans to increase the powers of Holyrood "as swiftly as possible" after next year's general election - if Scotland votes to stay within the UK.
The declaration says: "We support a strong Scottish Parliament in a strong United Kingdom and we support the further strengthening of the parliament's powers."
"The Scottish Labour Party, the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats have each produced our own visions of the new powers which the Scottish Parliament needs.
"We shall put those visions before the Scottish people at the next general election and all three parties guarantee to start delivering more powers for the Scottish Parliament as swiftly as possible in 2015.
"This commitment will deliver a stronger Scottish Parliament in a stronger United Kingdom."
However, a spokeswoman for First Minister Alex Salmond said "no-one in Scotland will be fooled by this Westminster-led rehash of vague promises and unspecified more powers in the event of a 'No' vote - the Tories have tried that before".
"David Cameron fought tooth and nail to keep a more powers option off the ballot paper, so how can anyone take him seriously now?"
At least four other people were injured and a man has been arrested.
The suspect is being questioned by police to determine his motives, the interior ministry said.
The knifeman initially killed the two women before injuring two other tourists at the Zahabia hotel, officials told Reuters news agency.
He then swam to a nearby beach and attacked and wounded two more people at the Sunny Days El Palacio resort before he was overpowered by staff and arrested.
"He had a knife with him and stabbed each of them three times in the chest. They died on the beach," El Palacio hotel Security Manager Saud Abdelaziz said.
Mr Abdelaziz said the injured include two Czechs and two Armenians. All are now being treated in hospital.
The attacker's motive was still under investigation, the interior ministry said.
"He was looking for foreigners and he didn't want any Egyptians," a member of staff at the Zahabia hotel said.
Three foreign tourists were stabbed at the same resort, renowned for its scuba diving, in January 2016 by two suspected militants from the Islamic State militant group (IS).
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Initial reports had said those killed were Ukrainian, but Ukrainian officials denied this.
It is unclear whether the attacker had any links to jihadist groups or whether he was psychologically disturbed, officials said.
Egypt's security forces are dealing with an Islamist uprising in the country's Sinai Peninsula. The tourist industry has been targeted by militants in North Africa over the past few years.
A Russian passenger plane was brought down by a bomb in the peninsula in October 2015, killing all 224 people on board.
In June 2015 at least 39 people, mostly foreigners, were killed and 36 injured in an attack on a beach in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse.
The contractors had no background in counterterrorism, yet were paid more than $80m (£51m) for their services.
The CIA also allowed the men to assess the effectiveness of their own interrogation programme.
The revelations are outlined in a new Senate report on the "brutal" interrogations of al-Qaeda suspects in the years after the 9/11 attacks.
Suspects were interrogated using methods such as waterboarding, slapping, humiliation, exposure to cold and sleep deprivation.
Such procedures were developed, managed and reviewed by two contract psychologists with experience at the US Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape school.
But the report says "neither psychologist had any experience as an interrogator, nor did either have specialised knowledge of al-Qaeda, a background in counterterrorism, or any relevant cultural or linguistic expertise".
And yet, the two men were said to have personally participated in the interrogation of some of the CIA's "most significant" detainees.
They also determined whether a detainees' psychological state allowed for the ongoing use of enhanced interrogation, the report finds.
Meanwhile, the men served as liaisons between the CIA and foreign intelligence services, and were allowed by the intelligence agency to assess the effectiveness of their own work - work that was ultimately found by the Democrats on the Senate intelligence committee to be brutal and ineffective.
Identified under the pseudonyms Dr Grayson Swigert and Dr Hammond Dunbar in the report, the two men have been revealed by US media as military retirees Jim Mitchell and Bruce Jessen.
Dr Mitchell joined the Air Force in 1974, specialising in bomb disarmament before earning a doctorate in psychology focusing on diet, exercise and hypertension, according to the New York Times.
Dr Jessen, meanwhile, earned a doctorate focusing on "family sculpting" and later became a psychologist with the Air Force Survival School responsible for screening instructors posing as enemy interrogators.
Both men, said to be lieutenant colonels, became defence department experts on resisting enemy interrogations - but fellow psychologists reported scepticism and even concern regarding their methods, the New York Times adds.
After the 9/11 attacks, the Senate report says Dr Mitchell proposed using a concept called "learned helplessness" in interrogating al-Qaeda suspects to ensure complicity with captor's demands.
At the time, experienced interrogators argued such a strategy would demoralise a prisoner to such an extent that he would say whatever the interrogator expected.
In 2002, both men were tasked with reviewing a seized al-Qaeda manual which coached terrorists in how to resist interrogation.
In response, the men proposed introducing brutal techniques, including sleep deprivation and waterboarding, into US procedures.
When US operatives captured high-value target Abu Zubaydah, two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents used conventional methods to interrogate him at a Thailand CIA facility.
Then the CIA, as advised by Dr Mitchell, stripped the suspect and blasted music at him to prevent sleep. In the following weeks, Dr Mitchell reportedly took control of the interrogation and directly questioned the suspect himself.
Mr Jessen later joined the effort, and the suspect was waterboarded 83 times before it was determined he had no further information to offer.
According to the Senate report, a cable said to be authored by the two men indicated the interrogation of Zubaydah was a success.
It "should be used as a template for future interrogation of high value captives," they wrote, not because it produced useful information but instead because it confirmed the suspect did not possess the intelligence information the CIA had believed he was withholding.
Meanwhile, FBI agents involved in questioning the suspect objected to the strategy, with one special agent reporting to headquarters the two CIA psychologists had acquired "tremendous influence".
The FBI also argued that all usable information gathered from questioning the suspect came directly from earlier FBI-led inquiries.
The psychologists' methods were subsequently used at least two dozen more times, including in the 2003 interrogation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
According to the Senate report findings, the two men assessed the suspect - said to be waterboarded more than 100 times - and recommended only they should further interrogate him on a monthly basis, charging four times that of other interrogators.
This prompted government concerns about conflict of interest, according to the Senate report.
This was "nowhere more graphic than in the setting in which the same individuals applied an [enhanced interrogation technique] which only they were approved to employ, judged both its effectiveness and detainee resilience, and implicitly proposed continued use of the technique - at a daily compensation reported to be $1800/day".
In 2005, the psychologists formed Mitchell Jessen and Associates with offices in Washington state and Virginia. By 2007 the company had grown to nearly 60 employees, earning millions from CIA contracts after the agency outsourced nearly all its interrogation operations.
But, in 2009, US President Barack Obama's then-CIA director Leon Panetta decommissioned the agency's secret jails and vowed contractors would no longer conduct interrogations, terminating the partnership.
By then, Dr Jessen and Dr Mitchell had received nearly half of their $180m CIA contract. This was not before the CIA had already agreed to a $5m indemnification contract covering, among other things, criminal prosecution.
In 2007, Mitchell Jessen and Associates hired a law firm and billed the CIA more than $1m in legal expenses through 2012.
Under the CIA's current contract with the company, they are obligated to pay legal expenses until 2021.
The blueprint for all life forms on Earth is written in a code consisting of four "letters": A, T, C and G, which pair up in the DNA double helix.
But the lab organism has been modified to use an additional two, giving it a genetic code of six letters.
Researchers hope the work could lead to bugs that can help manufacture new classes of drugs to treat disease.
The team from the US, China and France have published their work in PNAS journal.
Previous research had shown that an "unnatural base pair" (UBP), consisting of two synthetic letters called X and Y, could be incorporated into the DNA of Escherichia coli bacteria.
But the resulting bugs grew slowly, and the UBP was expunged after several rounds of cell division.
Now, Prof Floyd Romesberg, from The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, and colleagues, have shown that their single-celled organism can hold on indefinitely to the synthetic base pair as it divides.
"We've made this semisynthetic organism more life-like," said Prof Romesberg, senior author of the new study.
"Your genome isn't just stable for a day," said Prof Romesberg. "Your genome has to be stable for the scale of your lifetime. If the semisynthetic organism is going to really be an organism, it has to be able to stably maintain that information."
Key to the advance was a modification to a molecular transporter, which helps the E. coli bugs import the UBP.
Next, the researchers optimised their previous version of Y so that it could be better recognised by the enzymes that synthesise DNA molecules during replication.
Finally, the researchers set up a "spell check" system for the organism using the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing tool.
They were able to take advantage of the tool to ensure that any cells that dropped X and Y would be marked for destruction by the organism.
Their semisynthetic organism was thus able to keep X and Y in its genome after dividing 60 times, leading the researchers to believe it can hold on to the base pair indefinitely.
"We can now get the light of life to stay on," said Prof Romesberg.
"That suggests that all of life's processes can be subject to manipulation."
The men died while making a descent on Stob Coire nam Beith in Glen Coe on Saturday
Mr Davidson has been described as an "absolute legend" because of his climbing abilities.
Mr Smith, who was originally from Lancashire, was a member of Glencoe Mountain Rescue.
Their bodies were found by two other climbers.
Simon was an absolute legend. He was an incredible guy with a real passion for the outdoors."
Tim Hamlet, a mountaineer who knew both men, said they were experienced climbers and their deaths had shocked the climbing community.
He said: "Simon was an absolute legend. He was an incredible guy with a real passion for the outdoors.
"I also knew Joe. It is the nature of climbing that everyone knows everyone else."
Mr Hamlet added of Mr Davidson: "He was always smiling, always happy to be out in the mountains. Many fun times shared with this great man.
"His infectious personality seemed to rub off on everyone around him. You will be sorely missed my friend."
John Grieve, who has been involved with Glencoe MRT for 52 years, told BBC Scotland that it was the team's first climbing death in its own patch.
He said: "It has always been something I've dread - carrying one of our own off the hill."
Mr Grieve said the young climber had proved himself to be a skilful team member last summer when he made a careful search of difficult terrain for a missing hillwalker.
The veteran mountain rescuer added that his favourite memory of Mr Smith was of him doing DIY at his daughter's home.
Mr Grieve said: "My seven-year-old grandson could not wait to get home from school each day to help his new friend Joe who would give him a job taking nails out with a hammer."
Conditions on Saturday were good for climbing and the area the two men were in was not prone to avalanches, said Mr Grieve.
He added: "Both men were really experienced - fit and fast and at the top of their game."
Oliver Millington, a friend of Mr Smith's and also worked with him on new Fort William climbing walls project Three Wise Monkeys, said: "Yesterday, I, and a group of friends around me that I am very fond of lost a great friend, Joe Smith, in Glen Coe."
Mr Millington paid tribute to his friend's passion for climbing, which he did as often as he could while working on The Jacobite, a steam train that takes holidaymakers on west coast railway trips.
He said: "His climbing ability quickly surpassed mine, and he furiously ticked off climbs all over Scotland, making pretty much everything look horribly easy, usually with toes sticking out the end of his climbing shoes."
George McEwan, executive officer at Mountain Training Scotland, had Mr Davidson as a student on a Ben Nevis ice climbing course seven years ago.
He said: "I remember at the time being impressed by his super enthusiastic attitude for all things mountain and climbing related.
"It was also noticeable that he was also very talented as a climber. In the intervening years his tally of ascent of challenging climbs, both summer and winter, is impressive and would be the envy of many of a veteran climber."
Simon Yearsley, who climbed new routes with Mr Davidson in Glen Coe, described his friend as someone who was "super enthusiastic" about the Scottish winter climbing scene, but also as a person "quietly aware" of its risks.
He said: "The breadth of Simon's experience and what he liked to do included hard Scottish mixed winter climbs to going off into the Pyrenees.
"Simon was a rare breed. He was super enthusiastic but with a quite reserve."
Mr Yearsley added: "What we do is a relatively dangerous game. I know Simon was a very conscientious climber and whenever I climbed with him I always had a feeling of confidence about his climbing."
Police Scotland said the alarm was raised at 16:25.
A spokesman said: "Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team attended and recovered the men from the hill who had both sadly died.
"A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal. Members of the public and mountain rescue team are thanked for their efforts during this incident."
Following the incident on Saturday afternoon, a team involving Glencoe Mountain Rescue and the police recovered the bodies.
The leader of the mountain rescue team, Andy Nelson, said the men were well-equipped for the conditions.
"No-one wants to be in the position that I was, trapped on a mountain summit for five days in a storm.
"It's something that you might prepare yourself for as a mountaineer, and you can take every precaution to try and avoid it, but sometimes things just take an unexpected turn. And that's what happened to me, and it really was a terrible experience, but I was lucky and I survived.
"Being in the mountains at any time of the year means you are entering an environment that is dangerous.
"In the Winter, particularly so, and there is a lot of dangers you have to be aware of like avalanches, bad weather, that kind of thing.
"It's all about being prepared, being well-trained, having the right equipment, and taking the right decisions on the day.
"I don't know what happened to these poor climbers up in Glen Coe, I don't think anyone does yet, but it sounds like they were well-equipped.
"Sometimes things do just go wrong and it's a great tragedy of the mountains. But nevertheless for many thousands of people every weekend it's providing a rich and life-enhancing experience, and that's not really something you can turn away from."
Some 300 defectors and captured combatants, including many Europeans, are being held at the camp operated by the rebel group Jaysh al-Tahrir.
Its commander, Mohammad al-Ghabi, told the BBC: "We tried to rehabilitate them and alter their state of minds."
"Those who wished to return home were allowed to call their embassies and co-ordinate with them through us."
Among the group are French, Dutch and Polish nationals, as well as foreign fighters from North Africa and across the Middle East and Central Asia.
The men, women and children are being held in a village in rural northern Syria.
Mr Ghabi said the numbers were growing as IS collapsed, thanks to a Turkish-supported rebel offensive against the group in northern Syria called "Operation Euphrates Shield".
"IS has been falling apart for the past seven or eight months, according to the defectors we spoke to. However, Operation Euphrates Shield further degraded IS and led to its dismemberment following the rapid advances of our forces," he added.
A BBC team was unable to visit the camp, but obtained material from inside. It has basic facilities and the prisoners there say they are being well cared for, but many want to leave.
One former IS fighter there goes by the name of Abu Sumail.
He travelled from his native Netherlands two years ago, going first to Belgium, then to Gaziantep in Turkey. He said he disguised himself as a "party guy" on holiday, to avoid detection by the intelligence services.
But getting into Syria was much easier than leaving.
Speaking of his disappointment with life inside IS-held territory, he said: "They treat us very bad, especially people from another country.
"It's very hard for us to live there - it's not our lifestyle because we are used to a lot of things and then we come there and they directly start to treat you hard.
"You give your life to them, so they are going to start to take control of your life. They use you for bad stuff."
The BBC has also learned that an underground railroad is being created in Syria, with other rebel groups and British and European intelligence services, to find, capture and return IS supporters.
Inside the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto IS capital, fighters have begun to send videos and personal statements to rebel groups, in the hope of escaping with their families.
At least half a dozen foreign fighters have made it out already, and are facing imprisonment back in Europe, according to rebel groups.
Mr Ghabi said that not everyone would be allowed to leave.
"Those who didn't want to go back or had committed crimes are being referred to a Sharia court, which rules by [Islamic] law and punishes according to the gravity of crime committed."
Some could be executed, he warned, and added that the window of opportunity for defectors to cross to the rebels was closing fast, as IS continues to lose territory and its proto-state crumbles.
Efe Ambrose's first Hibs goal nudged the hosts ahead after 75 minutes.
But barely 60 seconds later, the Hibees defence were caught napping, and Craig Sibbald nodded in a corner to level.
It looked to be heading for a draw, before substitute Keatings cut in from the left and curled home a magnificent winner on his weaker right foot.
Falkirk were quick to let the Hibernian players know the type of game they were in for as early as the opening minute, when Luke Leahy clattered into Martin Boyle. The Bairns defender was lucky not to pick up a very swift booking.
Winger Boyle and defender Darren Mcgregor both had chances blocked in a frantic opening period, while referee Kevin Clancy was a busy man with Tom Taiwo and Luca Gasparotto both finding their way into his book after rash challenges.
The Bairns duo were joined in the book by the industrious Boyle, who saw yellow after reacting angrily to Gasparotto's scything down of Andrew Shinnie, and Hibs top scorer Jason Cummings, who was adjudged to have dived under the challenge of Peter Grant.
Leahy came close for the visitors with a volley from the angle of the penalty box that whistled inches over Ross Laidlaw's crossbar, before Cummings curled a 25-year free kick just wide at the other end.
As the game raged from end to end in the second half, the league leaders eventually made the breakthrough - and it came from an unlikely source.
Ambrose, deployed at right-back in place of skipper David Gray, found himself with a free header eight yards out and bulleted the ball into the back of the net. It was only the sixth goal of the Nigerian's career, and his first for the Easter Road side.
Within a minute, though, Falkirk had silenced the rapturous home crowd. The Hibs defence were caught napping when Sibbald was first to react to a corner played to the near post, and glanced his header into the bottom corner.
The game looked set to end with honours even, but Keatings had other ideas.
The former Hearts striker latched onto partner Brian Graham's knock-down on the left, and on his weaker side, arced the ball beautifully into the top-left corner of Robbie Thomson's goal.
That goal, and the three points it sealed, takes Hibs another step towards the Championship title with seven games remaining.
Hibernian head coach Neil Lennon: "It was a fitting goal. It was a great game. I thought we were very good. I thought Falkirk played as we expected, very strong. But I thought we thoroughly deserved to win it.
"We score a great goal from a set-play we have worked on, and then we have given them a goal out of nothing. The players are fit and they have a bit more about them, and we have quality as well.
"We wanted maximum points from this game and (third-placed) Morton, who we play on Wednesday."
Falkirk manager Peter Houston: "It's cruel to take. Don't take anything away from the goal, it was a quality goal. The only place the ball could go was in the top corner. So I have to give Keatings credit for the goal.
"Robbie Thomson in goal has not had an awful lot to do. It was a cracking match, both sides served up end-to-end football at times.
"We have to get back on the winning trail. We have lost the last two games, unbelievably. I don't think we deserved to lose against Morton last week and I don't think we deserved to lose today either."
Match ends, Hibernian 2, Falkirk 1.
Second Half ends, Hibernian 2, Falkirk 1.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Paul Hanlon.
Brian Graham (Hibernian) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Hibernian 2, Falkirk 1. James Keatings (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Aaron Muirhead.
Attempt saved. Brian Graham (Hibernian) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Efe Ambrose (Hibernian).
Nathan Austin (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dylan McGeouch (Hibernian) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Fraser Aird (Falkirk).
Lewis Stevenson (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Sibbald (Falkirk).
Foul by Efe Ambrose (Hibernian).
Nathan Austin (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Lewis Stevenson (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fraser Aird (Falkirk).
Hand ball by Brian Graham (Hibernian).
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Aaron Muirhead.
Substitution, Hibernian. Paul Hanlon replaces Jordan Forster.
Substitution, Falkirk. Nathan Austin replaces Robert McHugh.
Substitution, Falkirk. Aaron Muirhead replaces Lewis Kidd.
Foul by Jordan Forster (Hibernian).
Craig Sibbald (Falkirk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Luke Leahy (Falkirk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marvin Bartley (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luke Leahy (Falkirk).
Foul by Brian Graham (Hibernian).
Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Luca Gasparotto.
Goal! Hibernian 1, Falkirk 1. Craig Sibbald (Falkirk) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fraser Aird with a cross following a set piece situation.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Ross Laidlaw.
Goal! Hibernian 1, Falkirk 0. Efe Ambrose (Hibernian) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Keatings following a set piece situation.
Brian Graham (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Peter Grant (Falkirk).
Attempt missed. Robert McHugh (Falkirk) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Hibernian. Brian Graham replaces Grant Holt.
Marvin Bartley (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk).
Dylan McGeouch (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The study saw hundreds of mammal fossil teeth analysed by the Universities of Southampton and Chicago.
The findings showed those with varied diets began to adapt 10 to 20 million years before the dinosaurs died out.
Researchers said it contradicted the traditional view that the extinction of dinosaurs around 66 million years ago allowed mammals to evolve and thrive.
Co-author Elis Newham, a PhD student at the University of Southampton, said: "The traditional view is that mammals were suppressed by the dinosaurs' success, and that they didn't really take off until after the dinosaurs went extinct."
But the report, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, said that more and more early mammal fossils, including some hoofed animal predecessors the size of dogs, had been discovered in recent years showing greater diversity than first thought.
And far from benefitting from the demise of dinosaurs, mammals also appeared to have suffered greatly from the asteroid impact which wiped out more than half of all life on Earth.
Lead author David Grossnickle, a PHD candidate at the University of Chicago, said the study was particularly relevant in light of the mass extinction the earth was currently undergoing.
He said: "The types of survivors that made it across the mass extinction 66 million years ago, mostly generalists, might be indicative of what will survive in the next hundred years, the next thousand."
Police will have to examine issues such as how long ago a detention under the Mental Health Act occurred, when assessing whether it is disclosed.
The advice covers Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) checks.
Home Office minister Karen Bradley said the guidelines aim to make the system fairer without lessening protection.
"It is important that checks provide employers with the information they need to protect children and vulnerable groups," she said.
"At the same time, police disclosure of information relating to mental ill health can have a significant impact on the lives of those concerned, including their employment opportunities."
The Home Office said the new guidance, which will be issued on Monday, states that:
Community and social care minister Alistair Burt said the changes will help prevent people being "stigmatised" as they attempt to find work or volunteering opportunities.
He said: "Having a mental illness is not a crime - your medical history wouldn't be flagged to your employer, so it's right that we make the same true for someone who's had a mental health crisis."
Paul Farmer, chief executive of mental health charity Mind, welcomed the move.
He said: "There is no reason why having a mental health problem or having been previously detained under the Mental Health Act should necessarily be a red flag when it comes to DBS checks."
The 27-year-old from Carrickfergus came off at turn six on the Knockhill circuit in Friday's session.
Irwin has suffered "possible fracture/dislocation of elbow and shoulder", according to BSB Twitter.
He was returning to BSB action after winning the feature Superbike race at the North West 200 last month.
Irwin edged out fellow Carrick man Alastair Seeley to secure his first victory at the road race meeting.
The Be Wiser Ducati rider lies fifth in the British Superbikes standings and 48 points behind leader Leon Haslam.
Uncertainty about Washington's role has emboldened both Tehran and Riyadh to pursue more assertive regional policies. But assertiveness is not the same as exercising good judgement and the heightened hostility between Iran and Saudi Arabia threatens to widen many of the Middle East's existing fault lines.
It was the Saudi decision to execute the prominent Shia dissident Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday that precipitated this current crisis, underscoring a belief that the Saudi regime is intent on rejecting any conciliatory policy towards Tehran.
The Saudis see Iran as a growing regional threat, committed to stirring up Shia populations in the Gulf states and elsewhere, and to exporting its brand of "revolutionary" Islam.
The Saudis - a little like the Israeli right - regard almost every problem in the region as emanating from Tehran.
For the Iranians, the Saudis are perceived as clamping down on dissident Shia elements both at home and elsewhere in the Gulf, seeking to overthrow Iran's ally in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad, and more generally seeking to deny what they see as Iran's rightful role as a regional power.
Saudi Arabia's refusal to cut oil output, thus keeping world prices low, is a further irritant in relations.
At the third point in this triangle is Washington. President Barack Obama is eager above all to maintain regional stability insofar as it exists at all.
His administration is struggling to influence the Saudis while treading cautiously in its dealings with Iran, for fear of prejudicing the nuclear agreement now entering the initial and delicate implementation phase.
Of course Washington's behaviour influences the other two protagonists, but not in ways that it would like.
The Saudis' current regional paranoia - although Riyadh may arguably have genuine concerns - is to a large extent stoked by the track of US foreign policy over recent years.
It's a tale which begins with the US-led invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, a step many in the Gulf see as "handing" Iraq to Iran on a plate.
Washington's willingness to abandon President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt in the wake of the Arab Spring compounded concerns in Riyadh that the US might be an undependable ally.
The nuclear deal with Iran and the potential for a rapprochement between Washington and Tehran has only made matters worse.
The chances of such a rapprochement - the stuff of Saudi nightmares - are almost certainly grossly exaggerated.
The nuclear deal is still in its infancy and beset by criticism from hardliners in both the US and Iran. The same dissonant voices are likely to ensure that prospects for any broader regional understanding between Iran and the US remain an aspiration rather than a reality.
But just how far might Iran be emboldened by the strains between Washington and Riyadh?
The Obama administration's inability to present a clear policy in the region, or to set out its vital interests - not easy, certainly, amidst all the turmoil - leaves room for misunderstanding by regional players.
This is especially problematic given the US relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Given Riyadh's human rights record and its export of an austere version of Islam that has often blended into support for Sunni extremism, the Saudis are not so much "allies" of Washington as "partners", veteran US diplomat Dennis Ross notes (allies, he adds, "share values and not just interests".)
The immediate goals for US policy are:
Achieving this amid the wider chaos in the region with so many factors out of Washington's control will not be easy. Indeed it may be even more difficult in a US presidential election year when rhetoric outweighs reason.
In his last year in office, Mr Obama and his diplomatic team look set to have their hands full.
Bury-born Johnston, 31, had been without a club after leaving Manchester City at the end of the 2015 season.
England youth international Pitman, 22, joins following her return from DePaul University in Chicago.
"It is great to bring on board another two fantastic players," said head coach Carlton Fairweather.
"Krystle and Rachel have a wealth of experience which will stand us in good stead for the forthcoming campaign."
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"It's absolutely crazy. It's a circus," former world lightweight champion Crolla told BBC Radio 5 live.
"It's almost like Rocky III, when he fought Hulk Hogan. It comes down to money.
"Should a guy who has not had a professional fight be allowed to fight one of the greatest fighters ever? No."
The multi-million fight will be the most lucrative in boxing history.
Crolla also thinks it will be "the biggest sporting upset" should McGregor beat Mayweather.
"I'm a Conor McGregor fan but he has no chance whatsoever, and I think it's absolutely crazy people are giving him the slightest chance.
"I'll go as far as saying it will be the biggest sporting upset of all time if Conor McGregor was to do this. It will be awful for boxing."
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The multi-million pound project has been beset with problems and delays.
Planning permission for the sports stadium was overturned in 2014 after objections by local residents.
Last month, the association said it was working on a new design for the stadium. Ulster GAA has now embarked on a 20-week consultation process.
In its first submission, the GAA proposed to build a 38,000-capacity stadium at the existing site.
A whistleblower, safety expert Paul Scott, claimed he was bullied when he raised concerns that under the initial plans the stadium could not be evacuated safely in emergencies.
Tom Daly, chairman of the Casement Park Project Board, told the BBC that safety was a priority for the GAA.
"We will arrive at a point where we put a capacity in for our new stadium going forward. We will have a debate about that again through a consultative process," he said.
"At this point in time we're not going there because we need to get the wide range of views from everybody who has an interest in this project."
He added: "This will be a facility everyone in west Belfast, County Antrim, Ulster and throughout Ireland will be immensely proud of, and a stadium that the next generation of young people can aspire to play in."
Stephen McGeehan, the Casement Park project sponsor for Ulster GAA, said that there was no pre-determined capacity for the stadium.
"Our planning consent was quashed the last time around following the claim taken against the DOE (Department of Environment) minister's decision," he said.
"We're genuinely starting today in a 20-week consultation period, that's well beyond the minimum statutory period of 12 weeks.
"We're doing that because we recognise the time that's required to listen to people's views, have those voices heard both positive and negative and to decide at a later stage what the actual capacity of Casement Park will be."
Mr McGeehan added that the aim was for "a provincial stadium" and there is a requirement for a capacity beyond 18,000 so that it can hold major events.
The GAA will hold a series of consultation events in west Belfast to hear the views of people in the area.
They will take place at Conway Mill, Andersonstown Leisure Centre and Glen Community Complex on 24, 25 and 26 May.
The group found that there are now 38 zones where safety standards for air quality are regularly broken - five more than last year.
The environmental campaigners warned the pollution levels were a "public health crisis".
The Scottish government said it was determined to improve air quality.
A spokeswoman said the government was working to ensure Scotland's first low emission zone was in place next year
The new data found that Scotland's most polluted street was Hope Street in Glasgow, with a number of busy roads in some of the country's largest cities also having high levels of pollution.
One of the most surprising entries on the list is Crieff High Street where levels for particulate matter are above the Scottish target.
Edinburgh's Salamander Street is one of five new pollution zones - or air quality management areas - that were identified in 2016.
The others were in Johnstone and Renfrew in Renfrewshire, and in Linlithgow and Newton in West Lothian.
FoE Scotland claim air pollution causes more than 2,500 early deaths in Scotland each year and the issue should be treated with more urgency by government and councils.
Figures in microgrammes per cubic metre. The European Ambient Air Quality directive limits nitrogen dioxide to 40 microgrammes per cubic metre.
(Source: Friends of the Earth Scotland)
FoE Scotland campaigner Emilia Hanna said it was particularly harmful for small children, pregnant women and people living in poverty.
"For people living in an official pollution zone or near traffic-choked streets, breathing in toxic air is an inescapable fact of life," she said.
"It should not be this way, we have the right to breathe clean air just as we have the right to drink clean water.
"The Scottish government and local authorities are not tackling this public health crisis with the seriousness and urgency required."
She called on the government to provide "significant funding" to councils to support low emission zones and she urged them to introduce measures to cut traffic levels.
The government's "zeal for road building" was worsening the problem, she added.
"Other cities have shown that pollution can be tackled. In Seville, pollution levels were cut in half via the introduction of 80km (50 miles) of segregated cycle routes," she said.
"In London, the mayor has promised to introduce an ultra low emission zone a year ahead of schedule as well as taxing polluting cars via a T-charge. In Paris, the mayor has just announced plans to cut the number of polluting cars in half."
Figures in microgrammes per cubic metre. The Scottish air quality objective is 18 microgrammes per cubic metre.
(Source: Friends of the Earth Scotland)
Glasgow resident Jean Nelson, who suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) believes air pollution is affecting her health.
The 59-year-old said: "I live at a junction where the traffic is nose to tail almost every minute of the day, and I feel like I'm choking on fumes on a daily basis.
"Air pollution makes it hard for me to breathe and on bad days, I can barely walk.
"I do not own a car and often have to take the bus from Hope Street. I can see black smoke coming out of the buses and sometimes am forced to take a taxi just to escape the fumes.
"We need less traffic on our roads if air pollution is going to improve."
The Scottish government said it was working with councils and others to ensure Scotland's first low emission zone is established next year.
A spokeswoman added: "Our work on air pollution also includes a range of transport initiatives which are already in place, for example creating one of the most comprehensive electric vehicle charging networks in Europe with more than 1,200 charging bays, an interest free loan scheme to support low emission vehicle ownership, and a £14.5 million Green Bus Fund, which has seen the introduction of 300 low emission buses to the Scottish fleet.
"In addition, our Cleaner Air for Scotland strategy sets out an ambitious programme of action to promote air quality. Scotland is the first country in Europe to adopt in legislation the WHO guideline value for particulate matter 2.5 - a pollutant of special concern for human health."
The firm said it apologised "unreservedly".
The emails regarded changes to the terms and conditions of the site.
However they also invited people to "reconsider" their opt-out.
Asking them to do this is against the law, said the ICO.
"Organisations can't get around the law by sending direct marketing dressed up as legitimate updates," said ICO enforcer Steve Eckersley in a statement.
"When people opt out of direct marketing, organisations must stop sending it, no questions asked, until such time as the consumer gives their consent. They don't get a chance to persuade people to change their minds."
MoneySuperMarket issued an apology.
"We take the protection of our customers' data and privacy very seriously," said a spokesman.
"We apologise unreservedly to the customers affected by this isolated incident and we have put measures in place to ensure it doesn't happen again."
The world's heaviest flying bird was hunted to extinction in the UK in 1832. It was reintroduced to Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire in 2004.
A population of around 18 has been established from chicks brought from Russia.
The cash will cover 75% of the scheme's costs, including monitoring the birds with GPS satellite transmitters.
The Great Bustard Consortium was founded in 2004 to reintroduce the birds.
It is made up of the Great Bustard Group, the University of Bath, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Natural England.
The group is embarking on a five-year project, funded by an EU Life+ grant.
In 2009, the first great bustard chicks in 177 years hatched in the wild in the UK. Last year, at least four chicks hatched and two native chicks were successfully reared to fledging.
Male great bustards can reach more than 1m tall (40in) with a wingspan of up to 2.4m (7ft 10in).
A University of Bath spokesman said 16 bustards had been fitted with satellite transmitters to track where they feed and roost.
The areas will be monitored for the availability of food, and for predators.
Feeding patches with the right plants and seeds to provide food and attract the type of insects the birds eat will also be cultivated.
David Waters, founder and director of the Great Bustard Group, said: "Despite our successes over the last six years, we would sometimes struggle to find £10 or £20 to put diesel in the Land Rover; now we have a chance to give this project real wings.
"The funding will provide a properly resourced project, with four new posts, new monitoring equipment and even the possibility of a second release site."
The project's partners will still have to find 25% of the costs.
Bath PhD student John Burnside said: "We're particularly interested in how the birds will behave in their new habitat.
"Great bustards learn a lot of their behaviour from each other and so the newly introduced chicks have to learn quickly how to feed, survive and avoid predators without the help of their mother.
"As the population becomes established, their survival chances should hopefully get better - this project will be looking into ways of improving release methods and the survival of the birds in the long term."
Crooks joined in February after his release from Hartlepool and scored his second goal of the season in the 1-1 draw at Notts County.
The 21-year-old, who spent time on loan at Stanley before his move, has also played has also played as a defender and a striker at the club.
"I thought he had a smashing game," Coleman told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"There are just a couple of things he could iron out of his game and he'd be a millionaire, because there are millionaires who haven't got his talent or his physique.
"I'd like to see people like that get rewarded."
The former X Factor judge, 25, and her sister, Elena, were both asleep upstairs when two men broke into the house in a targeted attack.
During the call she told the operator: "Oh my God I don't have a knife, I know they're going to come upstairs."
Charaf Elmoudden, 26, denies a charge of burglary on November 28 last year.
Elena woke up at about 05:50 GMT to find a man rifling through her bedroom before her sister phoned the police, Harrow Crown Court was told.
Rita Ora, who gave evidence from behind a curtain, said she was woken by a scream and heard her sister running up the stairs.
"She just ran up the stairs then she jumped on my bed and started screaming," she said.
Rita Ora can be heard swearing and making threats on the 999 call after locking herself in her room with her sister.
She later asked the operator: "What do you want me to do now? I will kill him."
The singer, who gave evidence from behind a curtain, broke down in tears after the recording was played.
She said: "That phone call freaked me out a bit - give me a moment."
Mr Elmoudden and an accomplice allegedly made off with jewellery, iPhones, Apple Mac computers, bags and clothes from the singer's four-bedroom property in north-west London.
Elena described being "overwhelmed with fear" when she saw the intruder.
"At one point he was an arm's length away which was really scary because it means he was looking at me directly while I was asleep," she said
The thief grabbed a jewellery box and "whatever else he could" before dashing out of the house, Elena said.
Prosecutor Mark Kinsey said her house was deliberately chosen by the thieves because they knew she lived there.
Mr Elmoudden, of Sydney Road, Muswell Hill, north London, appeared in the dock wearing jeans and a white shirt.
He told police when he was arrested: "I haven't done anything wrong, you can cell site my phone."
He claims he was at home with his partner at the time of the burglary.
Elena Ora picked him out in an identity parade on 15 January.
"I wouldn't forget that face ever," she said.
The trial continues.
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As a game it served as a microcosm of England's improvements under Eddie Jones; be it the response to adversity, the dominant set-piece, or the clinical way they finished off their four tries.
But after 15 minutes, England's dreams of completing the perfect 2016 looked to be going up in smoke as Australia tore Jones' side to shreds.
So how were they able to respond to the Wallaby blitz, and what has set England apart this year?
"England were terrible in the first 20 minutes," former England fly-half Paul Grayson told BBC Radio 5 live.
"But when they were hanging on by their fingernails, they found a way not to concede.
"England have found a way to use setbacks as a springboard to recovery - and ultimately they managed to shift the momentum of the game.
"In this game it came through the accuracy of Ben Youngs' box-kicking, the effectiveness of their chase, and the intensity of their midfield press, which ultimately led to the Jonathan Joseph try which completely altered the course of the game."
Since the halcyon days of Martin Johnson and Jonny Wilkinson, England have lacked a crop of 'World XV' players, as evidenced by the paucity of Englishmen to have excelled in a Lions Test shirt on the past two tours.
Indeed, Jones spoke this autumn about how England have yet to develop a world-class player since Wilkinson, although in the aftermath of the autumn he admits some of his men are nearing that status.
"I think we are getting there. Ben Youngs put down a marker to go on the Lions tour," Jones told BBC Radio 5 live. "George Ford was outstanding again today, and Mako Vunipola is a great player."
Youngs has arguably been England's player of the autumn, with his brilliant individual try sealing the win over the Wallabies.
"He's been incredible this season," World Cup winning scrum-half Matt Dawson told BBC Radio 5 live.
"He's grown as a rugby player and a person and has developed his game incredibly well. To keep improving week in, week out is a real credit to him."
England had few players dominating a Lions Test series in 2009 and 2013 - that will surely change in New Zealand next summer.
Before the autumn, England were beset by injuries to key players, with Grand Slam winners Maro Itoje, George Kruis, James Haskell, Anthony Watson and Jack Nowell among those to be ruled out.
But, in their absence, the likes of Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Tom Wood and Jonny May have excelled, while Nathan Hughes replaced Billy Vunipola against Australia and made a significant impact in the second half.
"For England to be competitive at the World Cup in 2019 they don't need 15 players, they need 36 players," Dawson added.
"That is in the forefront of Eddie Jones and his management's mind."
Jones also hailed the performance of Hughes, who after a nervous opening grew into his first Test start.
"That was a massive game for him today - by far the biggest game he has every played in - and I thought he acquitted himself very well," Jones said.
"During the warm-up he couldn't catch a ball, if you gave him £1,000 he couldn't catch it. He was nervous and to play like that is a real testament to his character.
"It doesn't get much bigger than this, and the way he was able to fight through his nerves was outstanding. Goodness me, we have two good number eights, don't we?"
As England arrived at Twickenham on Sunday, Itoje, 21, made his Saracens return from a fractured hand that has ruled him out since October.
But, England's impressive performances have ensured Jones has not missed World Rugby's breakthrough player of the year.
"Who has mentioned Itoje [this autumn]?" asked Dawson.
"In four games we haven't mentioned him once, and that shows the quality in this side and the strength in depth."
Having equalled their winning record of 14 successive victories, England can pass it on the opening day of the 2017 Six Nations when they face France at Twickenham on 4 February.
With further home games against Italy and Scotland - as well as a fixture in Cardiff against a stuttering Wales - England may well go to Dublin on the final weekend with a second Grand Slam in as many years in their sights.
"We are not looking at records, just the next game. But we can draw a line under this year with a good victory against a quality side," skipper Dylan Hartley said on BBC Radio 5 live.
"I'm very proud of the guys over the last few weeks, and it's nice to go back to our clubs knowing we have done English rugby and the shirt proud.
"We leave it in a good place until the Six Nations."
The six-part adaptation, also written by Catton, is a Victorian mystery tale set during the New Zealand gold rush.
The New Zealand author became the youngest ever winner of the Man Booker Prize - aged 28 - when The Luminaries won in 2013.
The 832-page book was also the longest work to win in the prize's history.
The judges described it as a "Kiwi Twin Peaks".
Catton, who was born in Canada, said she felt "absurdly lucky" to be working on the project.
"Learning to write for television has been a bit like learning a new musical instrument: The melody is more or less the same, but absolutely everything else is different," she said.
"I'm having enormous fun, learning every day, and just so excited to see the world of the novel created in the flesh."
The six hour-long episodes will be produced by Working Title Television for BBC Two.
Filming will begin in 2017 and taking place in and around New Zealand.
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He climbed a ramp overlooking the Rio Grande that separates the city and El Paso, Texas, and laid flowers on a cross erected in memory of migrants who died trying to cross to the other side.
Earlier, he met inmates in the jail of Ciudad Juarez that was once one of the most violent cities in Mexico.
The events concluded his five-day trip.
"We cannot deny the humanitarian crisis which in recent years has meant the migration of thousands of people," the pontiff told some 300,000 people who attended the open-air Mass.
On the US side, tens of thousands watched the event on a giant screen.
"Each step, a journey laden with injustices; the enslaved, the imprisoned and extorted; so many of these brothers and sisters of ours are the consequence of trafficking in human beings," Pope Francis said.
Earlier on Wednesday, the pontiff visited the Cereso jail, a mixed prison which houses about 700 inmates, 250 of them women.
This trip to Ciudad Juarez was the culmination of a trip focused on meeting people on the margins.
He criticised the prison system while praying with inmates, he told the church hierarchy to leave their churches and be with their people and he urged political leaders to make Mexico a better place.
But there's one issue that is especially close to the pontiff's heart - as a Latin American and the son of immigrants, migration is a theme the Pope is keen to address.
Celebrating mass on the border with the United States went beyond Catholicism and went beyond the personal - it was a bold political move at a time when immigration is such a hotly-debated topic north of the border.
His visit was seen as a chance to give hope to the city's residents, who lived through a spate of murders and rampant drug violence which meant few dared leave their homes at night.
"The problem of security is not resolved only by incarcerating; rather, it calls us to intervene by confronting the structural and cultural causes of insecurity that impact the entire social framework," Francis told the inmates.
Pope tells young Mexicans to 'dare to dream'
The pontiff's visit came just days after 49 prisoners died in a fight between rival gang members at the Topo Chico jail in the north-eastern city of Monterrey.
Mexican prisons are notoriously overcrowded and corrupt and the meeting between inmates and the pontiff is expected to draw further attention to these problems.
Pope Francis has repeatedly called on the country's leaders to make it a better place for people to live.
On Tuesday, he told young Mexicans in the violence-hit state of Michoacan "to dare to dream".
He urged them to reject a life of crime and to "feel your value".
Sheen was just a kitten when he disappeared in Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, the week before Christmas in 2012.
Now, after the persistent detective work of Kirsty Adderton who found the stray on her doorstep, the "gobsmacked but thankful" owner has been traced.
Sheen was in Renfrew, more than 30 miles away from where he vanished.
His owner, who wishes to remain anonymous, told the BBC Scotland news website: "I was not thinking of getting a cat in the first place, but I saw one in a litter that was different - scrambling to get out - and I thought 'that is the cat for me'.
"Sheen started to be allowed out, but one day could not be found.
"I searched for about three months - lost and found sites, drove around, chapped every door.
"I feared he had been catnapped, or hit by traffic, or caught by a fox.
"I had given up. Then, randomly, I got a letter with Kirsty's number."
Ms Adderton said: "I spotted a gorgeous black and white cat on my doorstep about four weeks ago.
"The cat was crying at my door and clearly looked unkempt. At first I did not want to feed him, just in case he had a home and was being greedy. Also my cats were chasing him away from the garden.
"One day, it was chucking with rain and I saw him sitting in my garden, trying to get cover. Feeling sorry for him, I gave him some cat biscuits.
"He then started turning up roughly about the same time every day and crying. I fed him and made some shelter for him in my garage."
She explained: "I decided to take him to my local vets. They found out he was chipped which I was delighted about.
"From the details they had taken from his chip, they told me his name was Sheen and he was a long way from home.
"They could not provide me with the owner's details because of data protection but told me they would be in touch if someone got back to them about the cat.
"Over the coming days I called the vets to see if anyone had got back in touch but they hadn't."
She added: "I then decided to take it upon myself to find his home. He was just so adorable and friendly that I was convinced someone must be missing him.
"I repeatedly posted messages on Facebook. I also checked on all the lost and found sites.
"I printed out 50 posters of him, giving my contact details to get in touch, before walking around my neighbourhood plastering them on lampposts. I even posted posters through doors.
"Looking up vets, I found there were 81 that covered the area, so I spent a day-and-a-half calling every one of them, giving them a description of the cat and his chip number to see if he was registered with them."
Ms Adderton concluded: "Finally, I got a call from this bloke out of the blue saying he had received a letter that a cat had been found and it was registered to his address.
"The numbers matched and I told him 'well, I've got your cat'. He had moved.
"He was so delighted. I am just so over the moon that he is back home safe.
"It is such a shame animals can't talk because he would have some story to tell us about his adventures over the last two years to arrive at my door."
Sheen's owner said: "I was gobsmacked, speechless - but very thankful.
"It looks like he's been roughing it.
"I cannot believe my cat of two years ago is back. I feel heartbroken for him. He will be a well-pampered house cat from now on.
"As for Kirsty's efforts, it just goes to show you there are kind people out there."
Scam artists offer cheap flats for rental, demanding instant deposits. But they do not actually own the homes - and would-be tenants' cash is lost.
Reports of rental fraud in England and Wales leapt from 2,216 in 2014 to 3,193 in 2015.
BBC researchers posed as tenants to expose tricks used by fake landlords.
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One advert fraudsters attempted to place on the flat-sharing website EasyRoomMate offered a plush Kensington apartment for just £700 per month, far below the market rate.
Atta Nasim, of Milestone Estate Agents in north-west London, called the price "crazy", adding that you would not get a garage for that price in the area.
When contacted, a woman posing as the owner and calling herself 'Luise' tried to convince a BBC researcher to wire over £1,400 to a branch of The Coventry Building Society to secure the flat right away.
Land Registry documents show she is not the legal owner of a property there and when researchers visited the mansion block it was to find all the flats inhabited. The BBC also confirmed with the owners a 'Luise' was not associated with the property.
In an attempt to convince the BBC of the veracity of her offer, the fraudster emailed both a contract and a passport image in the name of a German lady.
The BBC has since established the fraudster has stolen the identity of a real German woman.
A second fraudster, calling himself Gary, offered a handsome red-brick period flat in Willesden on the same website for well below the market rate, urging the BBC's researcher to wire £1,500 to a Halifax account.
In reality, the property was home to Italian students. The managing agents knew nothing of 'Gary'.
'Gary' claimed to be based in London - but a BBC analysis of his IP address showed he was in fact communicating from a computer in Lagos, Nigeria.
Confronted with his lies by telephone, 'Gary' replied: "I don't know about that. You think this is a fraud? There is no fraud my friend."
When accused of taking part in a crime, 'Luise' put the phone down. The BBC's technical analysis showed she was in the UK.
The BBC has made the Coventry Building Society and the Halifax aware of the fraudulently-used accounts.
A Halifax spokesman said: "We are currently investigating the matter you have raised with us and will take the necessary action we deem appropriate pending the outcome of this investigation."
Student Nikola Poncet, a victim of the crime, lives in a small bedsit in Luton. He was ripped off by a fraudster with a bogus advert offering a flat in Queen's Park, west London, and lost £600.
Mr Poncet said: "I was willing to take the flat without a viewing based on the location, just on the price of it.
"[I felt] anger, disgust, I was really disappointed.
"I was thinking, 'Wow I've spent money I couldn't afford and what's happening to me right now? I'm in a nightmare and I can't wake up'.'"
The figures showing a rise in rental fraud were from Action Fraud, which collates national fraud statistics for City of London Police.
A spokeswoman for Action Fraud said it was working to stop those fraudulently advertising properties.
She continued: "We work with property adverting websites to ensure that they are able to recognise fraudulent advertisers."
EasyRoomMate, one of the largest flat-sharing websites in the UK, filters adverts before they go live.
It blocks 5% of the 1,000 adverts placed on its UK site each week because they are suspected to be fraudulent. But a further 1.5% that slip through the net are taken down after publication.
Albin Serviant, CEO of EasyRoomMate, which assisted the BBC in identifying the two fraudsters, said of the criminals: "They are very experienced, they are very sophisticated and they are also adapting very fast.
"They are very creative so we need to make sure the team are experienced enough to cope with these kinds of issues."
The adverts the BBC investigated were not allowed to go live by EasyRoomMate. Websites including Gumtree, Air BnB and Spare Room have also been targeted by rental fraudsters.
But for Mr Poncet, warnings come too late. He added: "I've got to start all over again."
But the regulator also said it would "not be appropriate" to add the Green Party to its "major parties" list.
The Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems remain on the list, alongside the SNP in Scotland, Plaid Cymru in Wales and five parties from Northern Ireland.
Party broadcasts on the BBC are regulated separately by the BBC Trust.
The tradition of allowing free airtime for party election broadcasts is seen as a substitute for paid political advertising on TV and radio, which is banned in the UK.
Ofcom's statement, which will apply to outlets including ITV, Channel 4 and Talksport, follows a consultation into which parties had the "significant levels of support" required to get at least two broadcasts.
Other parties who are standing in at least a sixth of all seats are entitled to at least one broadcast.
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett said she was "deeply disappointed" by the draft Ofcom ruling when it was published for consultation in January.
The regulator said it based its final decision, which is in line with the draft proposals, on consultation responses, "evidence of electoral performance" and polling trends.
The Green Party recently said it had more members than UKIP, but Ofcom said party membership was less "robust" as an indicator because it only relates to a small proportion of the total electorate.
UKIP chairman, Steve Crowther said the ruling was "simply a recognition of what everybody knows" given UKIP's recent electoral performances.
Knox, 31, closed with a two-under 68 to beat Jerry Kelly by one shot.
Daniel Berger went into the final round as leader but carded a four-over-par 74 to end tied for fifth with Furyk, Robert Garrigus and Tyrone van Aswegen.
American Furyk, 46, carded 10 birdies and an eagle in his bogey-free round of 12 under par to finish on 11 under.
Knox, who also won in Shanghai in November 2015, becomes the fifth player to have multiple wins in the 2015-16 PGA Tour season.
The others are the current top three players in the world - Jason Day, Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth - and world number eight Adam Scott.
The victory lifts the Scot into contention for at least a wildcard place in the European Ryder Cup team for the biennial tournament against the United States, which takes place at the end of September.
"It's been an incredible year for me," said Knox.
"I keep believing in myself, I tell myself every day that I'm good enough to be up there and win tournaments. It's been an enjoyable ride."
Set to move inside the top 20 in the world rankings, he added that winning this tournament would make it difficult for European captain Darren Clarke "not to pick me".
Furyk, who was already one of only six men to have recorded a score of 59 for 18 holes, said: "A million and a half rounds played in the history of the PGA Tour and you look at the great names ahead of me.
"It's humbling. To stand alone at 58 is really a cool accomplishment."
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The Team Sky rider hit his head on a telegraph pole and fell off the side of the road but was soon back on his bike.
Spain's Ruben Plaza held off green jersey leader Peter Sagan to win the stage in Gap as Britain's Chris Froome retained his overall lead.
Sagan finished second for the fifth time in this year's Tour.
After Tuesday's rest day, the Tour continues on Wednesday with a 161km stage starting in Digne-les-Bains.
There had been relatively few alarms during the 201km stage from Bourg-de-Peage to Gap until Thomas's dramatic crash.
Thomas was in a dwindling group of riders making their way down the descent from the category two Col de Manse when French rider Barguil got his line wrong on a corner and ran into the Welshman.
Barguil managed to stay on the road but Thomas was propelled towards some spectators standing on the outside of the bend.
The Welshman struck a telegraph pole heavily and was thrown over the edge of the road. After initial uncertainty over what had happened to him, it soon emerged that he had been able to rejoin the race and he eventually finished less than 40 seconds behind the remnants of the yellow jersey group.
Thomas, who retained sixth place in the general classification, said: "Everyone knows it's a dodgy descent, I just got taken out - 100% it was a mistake.
"I feel all right for now - I guess the doctor will ask me my name and date of birth soon.
"A nice Frenchman pulled me out - but I lost my glasses as well. They don't even make them any more."
Barguil argued that Tejay van Garderen had touched him with his shoulder going into the bend. Van Garderen said: "Warren was trying to come over the top of me. I was trying to keep my position and stay safe."
Team Sky had gone into the day with all nine of their riders but lost workhorse Peter Kennaugh earlier in the stage when he abandoned.
"Pete has been suffering from a respiratory illness for the last two days," said Team Sky doctor Richard Usher.
"He had been recovering and felt better ahead of the start, but the combination of the heat today and the fast start in the peloton made it extremely difficult."
It was a very sedate stage for the general classification contenders for most of the day but it exploded into life in the final half hour as they climbed up the Col de Manse before the fast descent into Gap.
Defending champion Vincenzo Nibali had already launched an attack and pulled clear of the yellow jersey group before Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverde also attacked Froome.
Froome lost his able lieutenant when Thomas crashed but he still had team-mate Wouter Poels with him and was able to reach the finish without losing any time to any of his major rivals except Nibali, who is seven minutes 49 seconds behind.
Nairo Quintana remains second, three minutes 10 seconds behind Froome, with American Tejay van Garderen in third.
After a flurry of attacks early in the stage, a group of 23 riders eventually pulled clear and built a substantial lead over the peloton that at one point was more than 20 minutes.
Green jersey holder Sagan was in that group and seemed determined to claim his first stage win at the Tour since 2013 as he repeatedly chased down attacks off the front of the breakaway as they neared the finish in Gap.
Sagan is an excellent descender and obviously fancied his chances if he could reach the top of the category two Col de Manse close to the finish with the breakaway all together.
The Tinkoff-Saxo rider led the chase to reel back an attempt to pull clear by Adam Hansen and Marco Heller but Lampre-Merida rider Plaza got clear up the slopes of the day's final climb and held on during the descent to finish 30 seconds clear of the unfortunate Sagan.
"It's the most important win of my 15 years as a professional," said Plaza.
It was not all bad for Sagan, though, as he won the day's intermediate sprint and picked up more green jersey points for finishing second and now has an 89-point lead over Andre Greipel.
The second and final rest day of the Tour takes place on Tuesday before the race moves into the Alps with four potentially decisive stages culminating in a climb up Alpe d'Huez on Saturday.
After that all that remains will be the largely processional final stage into Paris, where the sprinters will get one more final shot at glory.
When action resumes on Wednesday the riders will go the 161km from Digne-les-Bains to Pra-Loup.
That takes us over the category one Col d'Allos as well as two category two climbs (including a summit finish at Pra-Loup) and two category three climbs.
"All the yellow jersey contenders will try to go as hard as they can on the final climb and into the finish," reckons Geraint Thomas.
1. Ruben Plaza (Spa) Lampre 4hrs 30mins 10secs
2. Peter Sagan (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxo +30 secs
3. Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling) +36secs
4. Simon Geschke (Ger) Giant +40secs
5. Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek same time
6. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R same time
7. Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Team MTN +53secs
8. Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto +1min
9. Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis +1min 22secs
10. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Europcar same time
1. Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky 64hrs 47mins 16secs
2. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar +3mins 10secs
3. Tejay van Garderen (US) BMC Racing +3mins 32secs
4. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar +4mins 2secs
5. Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo +4mins 23secs
6. Geraint Thomas (GB) Team Sky +5mins 32secs
7. Robert Gesink (Ned) Lotto +6mins 23secs
8. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana +7mins 49secs
9. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek +8mins 53secs
10. Warren Barguil (Fra) Giant +11mins 3secs
Changes to student finance announced in the Budget will mean an initial £2bn annual saving for the government, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
But the IFS estimates only a quarter of these loans will be repaid and the long-term annual saving will be £270m.
The government says it is committed to "widening access in higher education".
More than half a million students from poorer backgrounds currently receive a maintenance grant, at a cost to the taxpayer of about £1.57bn a year.
From 2016, these will be replaced with loans, which they will be expected to repay in addition to loans for their tuition fees.
The IFS says the new loans will mean up to £550 more "cash in pocket" per year for those students, but they will graduate owing up to £53,000 in total, compared with £40,500 before maintenance grants were scrapped.
In the short term, government borrowing will fall by £2bn a year, because spending on grants counts towards the government's borrowing, while spending on loans does not count in the same way, the IFS says.
However in the longer term the IFS says savings will be much less than this, because it estimates that only a quarter of students borrowing an additional loan will be able to pay if off in their working lifetime, when they earn over £21,000.
Chancellor George Osborne is consulting on how much a graduate must earn before paying back their loans.
If repayments were fixed at the present level of £21,000 for five years, not rising with inflation, the IFS estimates overall graduate loan repayments would increase on average by a further £3,800 per student.
Middle income students are forecast to be hit the hardest, costing them an extra £6,000 over the repayment of their loan.
Jack Britton, research economist at the IFS said: "It is the freezing of the repayment threshold which will do more to raise loan repayments, and hence increase the cost of higher education."
University and College Union general secretary Sally Hunt said: "It is little more than a tax on aspiration and exposes this government as certainly not being on the side of the strivers."
A Department of Business, Innovation and Skills spokesman said: "Anyone with the ability to succeed should have the opportunity to participate, regardless of their background or ability to pay.
"The changes announced in the Budget provide students with more money in their pockets to help with living costs while studying.
"Lifting the cap on student numbers also means that more people will be able to benefit from higher education than ever before."
Stewie's owner, Robin Hendrickson, said the pet died on Monday evening after having cancer for a year.
The cat, of Reno, Nevada, was awarded the record, measured from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail, by the Guinness Book of Records in 2010.
Stewie was a certified therapy animal that frequently visited a local senior centre near his home.
Ms Hendrickson said: "Stewie was always very social and loved meeting new people. He has touched many lives, and for that I am grateful."
He was also the record-holder for world's longest cat tail.
The data showed there were over 382,000 patients waiting longer than the target timeframe in April out of a total of 3.78 million on the waiting list.
Problems also continued to be seen in waiting times for A&E and cancer.
The NHS England figures had been due out on Thursday, but were postponed to avoid being published on polling day.
Clare Marx, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, said she expected the situation to get worse given NHS England said earlier this year it was willing to see waiting times increase so it could prioritise A&E and cancer.
"Too many patients are waiting excessively long," she added.
The figures also showed the four-hour target to be seen in A&E and the 62-day goal for cancer patients to start their treatment were being missed.
NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson, said: "These figures show there has been no respite for the NHS. The concerns about the ability of the health service to respond to growing demand - which became so pressing during the winter - are still with us.
"It is clear that trusts are continuing to do all they can. But it is equally clear the situation is unsustainable.
"Despite political uncertainty, we need urgent decisions to ensure the NHS has the capacity to deal with the coming winter, and beyond that, to respond to longer term pressures."
A judiciary spokesman described the unidentified man as a "spy who had infiltrated the nuclear team".
The man was held for several days, Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejehi said, before being released on bail.
Last year's nuclear deal was widely celebrated in Iran and internationally, but some Iranian hardliners saw it as a capitulation to the US.
The deal with the US, UK, China, France, Germany and Russia resulted in the lifting of sanctions against Iran imposed over its nuclear programme.
No details have been given about the arrest and it remains unclear on whether it is the same case as the one reported on Wednesday by semi-official Iranian news agency Tabnak.
It said that Abdolrasoul Dorri Esfahani, a dual-national in charge of banking issues during the two-year negotiations, was arrested for "selling the country's economic details to foreigners".
But Mr Dorri Esfahani later gave an interview with Tabnak in which he dismissed the reports as "ridiculous".
He was a member of a parallel team working on lifting economic sanctions, under one of the main negotiators for the deal, Iranian media reported.
Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said last week that the suspect was "active in the field of the Iranian economy, and was linked to the British espionage service".
Unconfirmed reports in Iranian media linked the detained man with US and British intelligence.
The ample amphibian managed to get himself firmly wedged in a gap between the boards in a Norwich garden.
"He was the biggest, fattest toad I have ever seen," said RSPCA inspector Jason Finch, who had to saw around the boards to release it.
The tubby toad was unharmed after being safely released near the garden pond.
"Much like his literary counterpart, this Mr Toad had got himself in a spot of bother," Mr Finch said.
"I can only think he was after a nice fly or a juicy bug when he decided to stick his head down the gap."
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In fact, the toad was so firmly wedged, he could not be pulled out without the risk of injury.
The Coleburn Road homeowner allowed Mr Finch to saw the boards, however, the determined toad managed to squeeze his bottom through the gap and then became trapped under the decking.
After removing a section of the decking, the toad was lifted to safety and released.
Mr Finch said it was "really heart-warming that people are prepared to go the extra mile" by allowing him to cut up their decking to rescue the toad.
The Medway University Technical College will be open to students in Gravesham, Maidstone, Medway, Tonbridge and Mailling and Swale in September 2015.
Students at the school will have access to the Medway campus of the University of Greenwich Mid Kent college.
The school is part of a regeneration project at Chatham Docks.
Dr Karon Buck, principal of the new school, said: "This learning environment will reflect industry standards, and provide our students with the opportunity to work with and learn from leading professionals in their field of expertise."
The Senate adopted the bill by 196 votes to 146 on Tuesday evening. It must now be passed by the National Assembly, before becoming law.
Organisers of such pageants may face a jail term of up to two years and a fine of 30,000 euros (£25,000; $40,000).
The measure was prompted by a row over a photo shoot in Vogue magazine.
The photos published in December 2010 showed a girl of 10 with two others, all three in heavy make-up and wearing tight dresses, high heels and expensive jewellery.
Vogue defended the pictures, saying they merely portrayed a common fantasy among young girls - to dress like their mother.
Parliament heard a report entitled Against Hyper-Sexualisation: A New Fight For Equality, which called for the ban on beauty competitions for the under-16s. It also recommended other measures, not included in the bill, including a ban on child-size adult clothing such as padded bras and high-heeled shoes.
"Let us not make our girls believe from a very young age that their worth is only judged by their appearance," said the author of the report, former Sports Minister Chantal Jouanno.
Despite losing five wickets from their final 10 overs, Ben Slater's unbeaten 148 from 159 balls helped Derbyshire to reach 272-7 from their 50 overs.
Northants openers Josh Cobb (88) and Ben Duckett (70) batted well to ensure the hosts swiftly took control.
Their 116-run opening stand helped them to 278-3 - a seven-wicket win.
It is the first time Northamptonshire have qualified for the quarter-final stages of a domestic List A limited-overs competition since 2005.
Richard Gleeson (4-66) held Derbyshire back in their innings and took three quickfire wickets to reduce the visitors from 204-2 to 209-5 in just 12 balls.
The Red Hands face Cavan at Breffni Park with under-strength Donegal facing Ulster University also in Section C.
Derry and Armagh will have a mix of youth and experience in their Section A game where Down also face QUB.
In Section B, Monaghan host Fermanagh with Antrim up against St Mary's.
Niall Morgan, Peter Harte, Tiernan McCann, Connor McAliskey, Niall Sludden and Ronan O'Neill will all start for Tyrone against Cavan while Sean Cavanagh, Mattie Donnelly and Justin McMahon are named in the subs.
Michael Cassisy, Declan McClure and Cahir McCullagh all make their debuts for Harte's side as will Ronan McHugh and Harry Loughran if they are introduced.
Cathal McCarron is suspended for the Reds Hands following his sending off in last year's McKenna Cup Final
New Cavan manager Mattie McGleenan has named a largely experienced squad for the competition although David Givney is a notable absentee after pulling out of the squad following his appointment to a new job in London.
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With Donegal picking an under-21 squad for the Ulster competition, Ulster University will be favourites to earn an opening win at Ballybofey.
Martin McHugh's Jordanstown squad are likely to include Donegal regulars Paddy McBrearty, Ryan McHugh and Eoin McHugh as well as several Tyrone senior panelists.
Derry manager Damien Barton has named a very unfamiliar looking line-up for their tussle against Armagh at Owenbeg.
Experience will be provided by Niall Forester, Ryan Bell, Emmett McGuckin and Benny Herron but there are several debutants including Patrick Coney, Peter Hagan, Jack Doherty and Michael Warnock.
Armagh boss Kieran McGeeney has indicated he will pick his strongest possible side in the competition but James Morgan and Ciaran McKeever are among players being rested while at this stage, Jamie Clarke also looks unlikely to feature in the January games.
McGeeney has experienced campaigners Charlie Vernon, Mark Shields, Ethan Rafferty, Rory Grugan, Aidan Forker, Stephen Campbell, Gavin McParland and Aaron Findon all available but like all the other managers, the Armagh boss will be without several university-tied players.
Down are also a missing a large third-level contingent with Kilcoo's Aaron Morgan among 10 Mourne County men in James McCartan's QUB squad in line to face their own county at Downpatrick.
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The Queen's Down personnel includes Martin Clarke, who has opted out of Eamonn Burns' squad.
Kevin McKernan is set to feature for St Mary's in the competition while Burns is minus all of his Kilcoo contingent after their autumn club campaign in Ulster.
Newcomers called up by Burns for the competition include former Ballymena United soccer player Alan Davidson, who joins his Bredagh club-mates Conor Francis and Donal Hughes among the fresh faces.
Fermanagh's McKenna Cup absentees include Ruairi Corrigan, Sean Quigley and Ryan Jones who are all recovering from injury although Quigley could feature in the later stages of the competition.
On the plus side, Ryan McCluskey and Eddie Courtney are named in the panel after long periods out because of injury while squad newcomers include James Duffy and Tommy McCaffrey.
Fermanagh open their McKenna campaign at Clones against a Monaghan team which includes debutants James Mealiff and Michael Bannigan.
Conor Forde, Aaron Lynch, Stephen Mc Cabe, Stephen Finnegan, Niall Kearns and Mikey Murnaghan are also in line to make Monaghan debuts after being named in the subs.
Antrim managers Frank Fitzsimons and Gearoid Adams could give debuts to squad newcomers Stephen Tully, Sean Donnelly, Seamus McGarry, Pat Brannigan, Oisin Lenaghan and Eunan Walsh in the other Section B game against St Mary's at Glenavy.
Tyrone players Conall McCann, Kieran McGeary, Conor McShane and Conor Meyler could be in action for St Mary's along with Down's McKernan.
Tyrone: N Morgan; A McCrory, J Munroe, R McNabb; M Cassidy, T McCann, N Sludden, D McClure, P McNulty; D McCurry, P Harte, C McCullagh; L Brennan, C McAliskey, R O'Neill.
Derry: B McKinless; O Hegarty, O Duffin, P Hagan; P Coney, J Doherty, N Forester; G O'Neill, A McLaughlin; M Warnock, N Loughlin, C McWilliams; R Bell, E McGuckin, B Heron.
Monaghan: R Beggan; O Coyle, F Kelly, R Wylie; K Duffy, C Walshe, B Greenan; D Hughes, K Hughes; K O'Connell, J Mealiff, G Doogan; F McGeough, T Kerr, M Bannigan.
2017 Dr McKenna Cup
Round 1: Sunday, 8 January, 14:00 GMT
Section A
Down v QUB (Downpatrick)
Derry v Armagh (Owenbeg)
Section B
Antrim v St Mary's (Glenavy)
Monaghan V Fermanagh (Clones)
Section C
Cavan v Tyrone (Kingspan Breffni Park)
Donegal v Ulster University (Pairc MacCumhaill)
Round 2: Saturday 14 January (19:00 GMT)
Tyrone v Ulster University (Healy Park)
Sunday, 15 January
Section A
Down v Derry (Pairc Esler)
Armagh V QUB (Athletic Grounds)
Section B
Antrim v Monaghan (Corrigan Park)
Fermanagh v St Mary's (Brewster Park)
Section C
Donegal v Cavan (Pairc MacCumhaill)
Round 3: Wednesday, 18 January
Section A
Derry v QUB (Owenbeg)
Armagh v Down (Athletic Grounds)
Section B
Fermanagh v Antrim (Brewster Park)
Monaghan v St Mary's (Inniskeen)
Section C
Cavan v Ulster University (Kingspan Breffni Park)
Tyrone v Donegal (Healy Park)
Semi-finals: Sunday, 22 January
Section C Winner V Best Runner Up
Section B Winner V Section A Winner
Final: Saturday, 28 January
The Cryosat-2 radar spacecraft has transformed studies of the Arctic, the Antarctic and Greenland, but is now operating beyond its design lifetime.
A group of 179 researchers is concerned the ageing mission could die in orbit at any time.
They have urged the European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (Esa) to start planning a replacement.
"The mission is now central to international efforts to monitor the state of the cryosphere," they write in a letter to top officials at the EC and Esa.
Cryosat-2 was launched in 2010 on what was initially supposed to be just a one-off, three-and-half-year observation of marine and land ice - to get a snapshot of any gains and losses.
But the performance of the spacecraft's mapping instrument - its SAR/Interferometric Radar Altimeter (Siral) - has exceeded all expectations, and made for some compelling data-sets.
The satellite has delivered the first complete assessment of Arctic sea-ice thickness and volume, as well as the most precise measurements yet of the volume and mass of the great ice sheets covering Antarctica and Greenland.
It is a capability the scientists are loath to give up.
"Over recent years, the Esa Cryosat-2 satellite has significantly improved our understanding of how polar ice sheets - in particular, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) - are changing and contributing to current global sea-level rise," said letter signatory Prof David Vaughan, the director of science at the British Antarctic Survey.
"Many of the recent improvements in the models we use to predict the future of the WAIS were driven by the requirement to accurately simulate Cryosat's observations. So maintaining the record of ice-sheet change in future decades will be vital if we are to achieve the most rapid possible improvements in future projections of sea-level rise," he told BBC News.
How long Cryosat-2 can keep working is anyone's guess. It has enough fuel to sustain itself into the early 2020s but component failure in the harsh environment of its orbit, 720km above the Earth, is an ever-present risk.
If there is to be a Cryosat-3, it will not come directly out of the Esa stable. The agency's job is to develop new technologies; its remit does not extend to funding ongoing, repeat missions.
This means a successor would fit better within the Copernicus series of satellites - known as the Sentinels - which are currently being rolled out by the European Commission, paid for by EU member states; Esa participates only as the technical advisor.
One of these new platforms, Sentinel-3, can do some work in polar regions: it has a radar altimeter to sense ice surfaces, too. But the spacecraft's orbit does not reach the same heights, meaning its data contains a 1,860km-wide "hole" at northernmost and southernmost latitudes. This makes it blind to most Arctic sea-ice, for example.
Additionally, Sentinel-3's radar does not operate in a so-called interferometric mode. This is the capability that allows Cryosat to measure the slopes and ridges at the edges of the ice sheets, where losses in Antarctica and Greenland have been most pronounced.
"The Copernicus programme is a phenomenal achievement for Europe and Sentinel-3 will be doing vital work, especially over the oceans, but we'd really like to see Copernicus incorporate a proper polar Sentinel," said Prof Andy Shepherd, the principal scientific advisor to the Cryosat mission.
The EC has so far procured a total of six Sentinels. Sufficient numbers of satellites have been ordered to maintain continuous observations of a range of environmental indicators on Earth through to 2030.
The Commission had also initiated an "evolution" programme to consider how the initial fleet could be broadened, said Dr Josef Aschbacher, the head of programme planning and coordination in Esa's Earth observation directorate.
He is helping to shape the agency's response to the scientists' letter.
"We have been working with the Commission on defining an extension of the current family of Sentinels, beyond the first six missions - towards a Sentinel-7, 8 and 9, and so on," he told BBC News.
"On the Esa side, we have prepared a list of possible candidates and one of them is a continuation of Cryosat measurements. I should stress this is purely from an Esa perspective; it is the Commission that is in charge of prioritisation.
"At some point in time, which is not yet defined, they will make a decision on that list having consulted users and evaluated their policy priorities."
The scientists are hoping for a swift process with a positive outcome. They want to avoid the gap in observations that would arise if Cryosat-2 fails and a successor is not ready.
"A continuation assures a consistency in the estimates of the contribution of ice sheets to sea level change using altimetry," explained Prof Angelika Humbert from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany.
"The highly sophisticated processing scheme and the error estimates are established already. In short, we know the sensor well; we've already got quite far with whatever we can squeeze out from its signals and the most benefit, with most efficiency, would come from continuing the mission."
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It is part of Small Business Saturday, which highlights the goods and services of smaller firms in the run up to Christmas.
The events take place on the first Saturday of December every year and organisers claim it has a lasting impact on small businesses.
But many claim competition from larger companies remains a challenge.
Aberdeen's city centre manger Geoff Cooper said nearly half of Aberdeen's high street was made up of independent retailers.
"I think there's room for everyone on the high street and I think the very fact that almost 50% of our retailers are independent shows that there's room for a thriving independent sector," he said.
"We've got lots of really good independent businesses who are expanding and are very sound financially."
He said small businesses cannot expect "special favours" but he encouraged them to work together.
"Small Business Saturday is a really good example of how businesses can come together and work together, so they can think big and help consumers think about the small independent retailers," he said.
It is also looking to use fists or even the way people grip their smartphone as alternative forms of biometric authentication.
Fingerprint scanners on mobile phones are increasingly popular, but expensive.
Yahoo is looking to use the phone's touchscreen as the image sensor, which would be far cheaper.
The system, developed at Yahoo Labs, is dubbed Bodyprint and has had initial trials with 12 participants.
"Due to their cost, capacitive fingerprint scanners have been limited to top-of-the-line phones, a result of the required resolution and quality of the sensor," the team said on its website.
While the input resolution of a touchscreen is relatively low, "the surface area is large, allowing the touch sensor to scan users' body parts, such as ears, fingers, fists and palms by pressing them against the display", the team said.
It identified body parts with 99.98% accuracy and users with 99.5% accuracy. Scanning ears achieved a 99.8% accuracy rate, according to the team.
Biometrics expert Prof Angela Sasse, from University College London's department of computer science, thinks that such a system could have a future as a way of opening mobile phones securely.
"Research into this has been going on for a few years, but it is new in terms of deployment," she said.
It was not the first time ears had been used as a method of identification, she said.
In Switzerland such methods are used at the scene of a robbery, to help identify the offender.
"Burglars tend to listen on the windowpane to see if anyone is home," said Prof Sasse.
Police then take a print of the ear, rather like a fingerprint.
One benefit of an ear-based identification system was that it offered greater privacy than facial recognition, she told the BBC.
Fingerprint scanners, popular on latest iPhone models and on some Android handsets, have proved to be vulnerable to hackers.
In April, security firm FireEye reported how hackers could take copies of fingerprints used to unlock the Samsung Galaxy S5 phone.
The latest research into biometrics is focused on behavioural biometrics, for example how you type a word, which can be extremely accurate, according to Prof Sasse.
Customers could pay for ads with young African children shouting out promotional messages in Chinese.
This quickly sparked concerns over taste, parental consent and what these children were being paid.
Alibaba, which owns Taobao, said it had taken action to remove these vendors.
"We have been made aware of these listings which are posted by third-party sellers on the Taobao marketplace, and we have taken action to remove them and will continue to do so in future, " it said in a statement to the BBC.
It is unclear if the backlash against the vendors, which was widely debated in mainstream and social media, is what lies behind their removal.
It was earlier suggested that Taobao was investigating some of the vendors, but for breaches of Chinese advertising description law.
The services being offered by these online vendors included videos, which could be bought for as little as 120 yuan (US$18; £14), and photos available for even less. It was mostly small businesses who used these services to promote their businesses online.
Pictures would typically feature children holding up a board saying: "Looking for car loans? Come to Brother Long. Save money, save trouble. It will bring you happiness."
Another reads: "Come to Red Star for bikes! Not cheap? Count on me and trust me!"
The BBC got in touch with one buyer, who wanted to be known only as Mr Zhang, who said he paid 200 yuan ($30) for a video featuring African children for his bike business. He justified it by saying the ad was a good marketing trick and had attracted more customers.
When asked about whether the money reached the children in the end he said: "Why should I care that much? I only care about the marketing effect."
Customers on Taobao appeared to be delighted with the services while they were on offer and there appeared to be to be little consideration by vendors and customers of the risk of cultural insensitivity or even an awareness of China's chequered history with regards to race and advertising.
Some Taobao vendors labelled these videos "charity activity" on their page, saying most of the money goes to the children. But the situation is clearly more complicated than that.
A photographer contacted by the Beijing Youth Daily said that the children only received snacks or a few dollars as reward.
William Nee, China researcher from Amnesty International, points to the risk of exploitation and child labour.
"There's a real risk those children might be exploited. You have children essentially working by posing for those sorts of pictures. From the human rights perspective, probably one of the biggest risks is child labour."
Last year an advertisement for a laundry detergent sparked uproar for depicting a black man apparently "cleaned" by the detergent and converted to a Chinese man. The owner of the detergent company Qiaobi said he hadn't realised it was racist until the controversy erupted.
And right up to the 1990s, the toothpaste brand Darlie was a household name in China, with its Chinese name being "black man toothpaste".
Mr Nee reinforces this point: "In a broader sense it shows some of the cultural insensitivities... especially when it comes to black people in Africa."
The defence ministry said the special forces soldier died in the far north of the West African nation after his vehicle hit a roadside bomb.
Six French soldiers have been killed since France launched an operation in Mali in January to drive Islamist rebels from the northern desert region.
France began withdrawing some of its 4,000 troops earlier this month.
But 1,000 will remain beyond the end of 2013 to pursue al-Qaeda-linked militants while other international forces concentrate on securing the main cities and roads.
Some towns and cities have been recaptured by French soldiers but a number of Islamist fighters are believed to remain in their desert hideouts in the north from where they launch isolated attacks against French and Malian forces.
The UN recently agreed to create a 12,000-strong peacekeeping force for Mali.
It will incorporate 6,000 West African soldiers already in the country.
The French defence ministry said the 32-year-old soldier was killed between Zaouaten and Boughessa near the border with Algeria.
Two more soldiers were seriously injured in the same attack, according to the ministry. A military spokesman said no militants were found in the area.
President Francois Hollande issued a statement extending his condolences to the relatives of the soldier killed and praising what he called the determination and courage of French forces in Mali.
The French intervention in Mali was prompted by Islamist rebels' increasing grip on the north and their advance further south towards the capital, Bamako.
The militants had taken advantage of weak central government after a coup in March 2012 and the inability of Malian forces to secure territory.
Major cities such as Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu fell and a strict form of Islamic law was imposed.
French forces, backed by fighter planes and Malian troops, retook major settlements in the weeks following the French intervention, including Timbuktu at the end of January.
Mr Brennan told a hearing the group remained "formidable" despite territorial losses.
He estimated that IS now has more fighters than al-Qaeda when that group was at its strongest.
As many as 22,000 IS fighters are operating in Iraq and Syria, he said.
Mr Brennan made the comments to the Senate intelligence committee in an update on the threat from extremists.
"Unfortunately, despite all our progress against Isil [Islamic State] on the battlefield and in the financial realm, our efforts have not reduced the group's terrorism capability and global reach," he said.
The CIA was particularly concerned about the growth of Libya as an IS base, he said.
While he said the US-led coalition had made progress against IS, the group has "a large cadre of Western fighters who could potentially serve as operatives for attacks in the West".
"To compensate for territorial losses, Isil will probably rely more on guerrilla tactics, including high-profile attacks outside territory it holds," he warned.
His appearance came days after the attack on a gay nightclub in Florida. The gunman, Omar Mateen, had pledged allegiance to IS.
But Mr Brennan told the hearing the CIA had not uncovered any direct link between Mateen and foreign militant groups.
With al-Qaeda, it was never about the numbers.
The group did not have many core members - only a few hundred, even at its peak. From a military perspective, this was meaningless.
Al-Qaeda had a stark set of principles, though, and a fierce determination to destroy their enemies. And they attracted a variety of supporters.
There were hundreds, or maybe a few thousand, supporters; men and women who helped at various times with the group's operations.
This made al-Qaeda powerful, at least for a while.
With IS, the situation is different: they have a compelling narrative, a rigid ideology and tens of thousands of soldiers, according to Mr Brennan. No wonder he is worried.
The London Array has been built in the Thames Estuary - 10 miles north of Ramsgate.
Its backers say the 175 turbines will produce enough electricity to power nearly 500,000 homes.
Mr Cameron said the wind farm development was a "big win for Britain" and proved the UK could deliver large-scale projects.
The last turbine was installed in December and the wind farm is now exporting all its power to the national grid.
It has been predicted that the wind farm will lead to a cut in CO2 emissions of more than 900,000 tonnes a year.
Mr Cameron said: "This project has been built by some of the bravest seaman, some of the most talented engineers, some of the hardest workers, and it's going to continue to bring benefits to people in Kent for many, many years to come.
"It's a very big win for Britain. Sometimes people wonder, 'Can we in the West do big projects any more? Can we do the big investments? Isn't that all happening somewhere else in the east and south of our world?'.
"I think this demonstrates Britain is a great place to invest."
The London Array was a joint project between wind farm developers Dong Energy, power and gas firm E.On and renewable energy firm Masdar.
Andy Atkins, who is Friends of the Earth's executive director, said the London Array was an energy scheme Britain could be "proud of".
He said: "The UK has some of the best renewable energy resources in Europe, but ministers aren't doing nearly enough to develop this huge potential and create thousands of new jobs."
Rashad Maliki, 29, who is originally from Iraq, admitted five charges between May and August last year.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard these included making sexual gestures and physical and sexual assaults.
The new sentence will begin when his current jail-term ends. Maliki was also placed on the sex offenders' register.
Sheriff Paul Crozier told Maliki: "Your conduct whilst in custody has been deplorable."
The court heard that the first of the sexual assaults occurred in June last year when Maliki inappropriately touched a fellow prisoner while in a cell.
He carried out a similar attack the following month when a prison officer was in his cell.
In August, Maliki sexually assaulted another prison officer in the hallway of the jail and grabbed the man by the throat.
He also admitted making sexual gestures at a female nurse at the jail and physically pinning her to a chair.
Yusuf Sonko was found on Tagus Street, Toxteth in Liverpool at about 20:30 BST on Friday and later pronounced dead.
The 21-year-old local man is the second person held on suspicion of murder over Mr Sonko's death. A boy aged 17 who was arrested on Monday remains in custody.
A 16-year-old boy has also been arrested on suspicion of wounding.
Police are asking anyone who was driving in the Lodge Lane area at about 20:30 on 2 June, who may have dashcam footage, to contact them.
The force deployed extra patrols near schools in Tonbridge following reports people in clown or Halloween masks were trying to scare pupils.
Tunbridge Wells Ch Insp Dave Pate said fancy dress was not unusual but he warned people not to cause alarm, distress or fear to others.
The 18-year-old woman was still helping police with their inquiries, he added.
Mr Pate said: "We are continuing to make inquiries to establish whether any offences have been committed.
"Whilst it's not unusual for people to be wearing fancy dress, including masks, I would warn everyone to celebrate responsibly and not do anything which may cause alarm, distress of fear to others."
He said anyone found to be committing an offence would be dealt with appropriately.
Police have also been investigating reports of people approaching children in Tunbridge Wells in vans but Mr Pate said those reports were not linked to incidents in Tonbridge.
He said local schools and officers investigating the van incidents had ruled out any possible crimes.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs found the number was up by 200 million on 2013.
A reduction in the number of plastic bags handed out by retailers was found in Scotland and Northern Ireland, where levies have been introduced.
From October large shops in England will have to charge for plastic bags.
All retailers with 250 or more full-time equivalent employees will have to charge a minimum of 5p for the bags they provide for shopping in stores and for deliveries.
Resource Minister Rory Stewart said that countries with the charge had seen a "dramatic fall" in the number of plastic bags taken from supermarkets.
He said a "significant reduction" in the number of plastic bags used could be expected in England after the introduction of a charge.
In England, the number of single-use bags from supermarkets rose from 7.4 billion in 2013 to just over 7.6 billion, the statistics from waste reduction body Wrap revealed.
In Northern Ireland the number of bags handed out fell by 42.6% following a previous drop of 71%, after a carrier bag charge was introduced in April 2013.
There was a 5.2% increase in Wales last year, but the number of bags handed out has fallen by 78.2% since 2010. A charge was introduced in October 2011.
In Scotland, which brought in a levy last year, there was an 18.3% decrease in the number of plastic bags handed out by retailers.
"The more bags we take, the more plastic makes its way into our environment, blighting our high streets, spoiling our enjoyment of the countryside and damaging our wildlife and marine environments," Mr Stewart said.
"Simple changes to our shopping routines, such as taking our own bags with us or using more bags for life, can make a huge difference in reducing the amount of plastic in circulation, meaning we can all enjoy a cleaner, healthier country."
In Scotland, the number of "bags for life" handed out quadrupled last year but in England they accounted for just one in 20 taken from major retailers.
There have been more than 27,000 tweets using the hashtag #whatwouldyoucut since the campaign against the cuts started on Sunday.
The government insists school investment is at a record £40bn.
But the Association of School and College Leaders said this was only because pupil numbers are rising.
It argued that head teachers are having to make tough decisions about which services to cut.
The tweets included photographs of science experiments, school trips, sporting activities and performing arts events.
Lostock Hall Primary School in Stockport suggested its library could be a candidate for the chop.
The idea for #whatwouldyoucut came from a group head teachers in Cheshire East - one of the country's worst-funded areas in the country, which is set to loose out even more under the government's planned new funding formula.
ASCL interim general secretary Malcolm Trobe said: "This campaign shows what is at stake as a result of the education funding crisis.
"School leaders have to reduce their budgets significantly.
"Smaller budgets mean fewer staff and this impacts on every area of school activity. What would you cut? School concerts? Educational trips? GCSE courses? Mental health support? Sports events?"
Schools have been writing to parents warning them of tricky budget decisions to come, while groups of heads have been lobbying the Education Secretary setting out their difficulties.
The Department for Education said it was protecting per pupil funding so where pupil numbers rise, the amount of money schools receive will increase.
"The government has protected the core schools budget in real terms since 2010, but the system for distributing that funding across the country is unfair, opaque and outdated."
This was why it was bringing forward a new national funding formula, under which half of England's schools will receive a cash boost in 2018-19, it added.
One tweet suggested the length of school day could be shortened.
The Twitter campaign comes in the run-up to the Budget on Wednesday.
Currently, the level of funding per pupil is frozen and is expected to fall by 6.5% in real terms between 2015-16 and 2019-20 because of rising costs.
These funding pressures include increases to employer contributions to National Insurance and pensions, nationally agreed pay awards, and the new Apprenticeship Levy which comes into force next month and which many schools will have to pay.
Kevin Seaward, an Irish marathon runner and assistant head teacher, was part of the Ireland Olympics team in 2016.
He highlighted how extra-curricular sports activities had put him on a path to Rio.
Sao Paulo Invisivel (Invisible Sao Paulo) was started in March this year by journalism student Vinicius Lima, 18, and cinema student Andre Soler, 21.
They wanted the 11 million citizens of Brazil's sprawling financial centre to notice the "invisible" people all around them.
The students approached a different homeless person every day and asked them to tell their story of how they got there, before taking a photograph.
It soon attracted thousands of followers, and now more than 139,000 people follow the page with thousands of "likes" and shares for every post.
"We wanted to open people's eyes, and show them that people who live on the streets are human beings as well, that they have a story and they deserve respect and dignity," Mr Lima says, explaining the idea behind the page.
The students did not initially set out to help homeless people improve their situation but in some cases this been the welcome result.
Bruno, 24, is one of those who was featured on the page. He ended up living on the streets of Sao Paulo two months after moving to the city from the southern state of Parana.
His family spotted him on SP Invisivel and after they travelled to Sao Paulo, Bruno returned to Parana with them.
Another interviewee, Carlos, 33, spoke to the students of his determination to leave the streets four years after kicking a crack cocaine addiction and living crack-free.
The article prompted an offer of help for Carlos to move into a hostel and, more recently, into a rented home of his own.
Last month, the students ran an appeal to find a kidney donor for 13-year-old twins in need of a transplant.
Mr Lima says that it is very rare for the homeless to turn down the chance to tell their story and have their picture taken, even in cases where the person is estranged from family members or has had problems with the law.
Fans of the page have said it has changed their attitudes towards the homeless population of the city.
"It humanises people who we would have kept our distance from, out of fear that something could happen," Sao Paulo resident Luan Drezza says.
"A lot of the time, they have such sad stories, and have had to fight harder than many successful people," the 20-year-old engineering student adds.
"I confess I used to have a lot of prejudice. At the end of the day, Sao Paulo is not the safest of cities and we are worried about our safety all the time."
The idea behind Sao Paulo Invisivel has already spread, with a similar site springing up in Rio de Janeiro.
The students say they themselves were inspired by the success on Facebook of Humans of New York, a blog started by Brandon Stanton telling the stories of ordinary New Yorkers.
The difference is that the focus of Sao Paulo Invisivel is exclusively on the city's street population, a group which has had a troubled relationship with the authorities in the past.
Luana Bottini, who is Sao Paulo's policy co-ordinator for people living on the streets, says the page has made a real difference.
"I think the Sao Paulo Invisivel page is incredible, it shows that if there are 15,000 people out there, there are 15,000 stories," she says.
"It shows that the 'other' is a citizen too, that we all have a story. It frightens society a bit because people have the fear that this could be them."
It is a fear that is not unfounded as Brazil's homeless population is thought to be growing in size.
Occupations of abandoned buildings and even roundabouts are common, with the housing shortfall in Brazil estimated at 5.8 million and migrants continually arriving in big cities from other parts of Brazil.
"The last census was in 2011 but we have the impression that the number [15,000] has increased since then," Ms Bottini said.
A new census of the city's homeless population will take place next year. New health centres, shelters and toilet facilities for people living in the streets are also in the pipeline.
"Small gestures can make a difference," Ms Bottini adds. "Just looking someone in the eyes and saying 'Good morning' helps."
Street dweller Luciano, 36, who featured on the page in September, agrees.
He says he has already seen a difference in people's attitudes since the Facebook page started. "People have started to show a bit more respect," he said. "It's very cool."
Isco scored twice while Cristiano Ronaldo's fourth of the season helped Zinedine Zidane's side to victory after a run of four successive draws.
Raphael Varane headed in Real's opener before Karim Benzema's close-range finish and Marcelo's looped strike put Real in control at the break.
Alvaro Cejudo's goal briefly gave Betis hope before Isco and Ronaldo struck.
The win means Real are level on 18 points with league leaders Atletico, who are ahead on goal difference.
Match ends, Real Betis 1, Real Madrid 6.
Second Half ends, Real Betis 1, Real Madrid 6.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
Petros (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Petros (Real Betis).
Attempt saved. Rubén Castro (Real Betis) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joaquín.
Attempt blocked. Rubén Castro (Real Betis) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Roman Zozulia.
Attempt missed. Rubén Castro (Real Betis) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Riza Durmisi.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
Foul by Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid).
Petros (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marco Asensio (Real Madrid).
Dani Ceballos (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Gareth Bale.
Goal! Real Betis 1, Real Madrid 6. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
Roman Zozulia (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Roman Zozulia (Real Betis).
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from long range on the left is blocked.
Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Petros (Real Betis).
Substitution, Real Madrid. Álvaro Morata replaces Karim Benzema.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Marcelo with a cross.
Attempt saved. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez with a through ball.
Attempt blocked. Álvaro Cejudo (Real Betis) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Gareth Bale (Real Madrid).
Petros (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Real Betis. Dani Ceballos replaces Jonas Martin.
Attempt missed. Álvaro Cejudo (Real Betis) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Cristiano Piccini.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Mateo Kovacic.
Álvaro Cejudo (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card.
Marcelo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Álvaro Cejudo (Real Betis).
Corner, Real Betis. Conceded by Daniel Carvajal.
Goal! Real Betis 1, Real Madrid 5. Isco (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Attempt blocked. Rubén Castro (Real Betis) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joaquín.
Foul by Gareth Bale (Real Madrid).
Riza Durmisi (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Real Betis 1, Real Madrid 4. Álvaro Cejudo (Real Betis) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joaquín.
"I hope we will be very competitive with Nigeria. We will give them a game," Baxter told a press conference after his unveiling in Johannesburg on Monday.
The Englishman was appointed earlier this month as a replacement for Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba who was given the boot in December last year.
He will start his second spell as Bafana Bafana head coach with a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Super Eagles in Uyo on 10 June.
Baxter, who signed a five-year contract, said he will name his technical team and squad for the Nigeria game on 25 May.
"We need to be competitive and players will do it the South African way; that should reflect the play in the country," said Baxter, who previously coached the 1996 African champions from May 2004 to November 2005.
The 63-year-old, who will continue to coach Premier Soccer League side SuperSport United until the end of the season, said there was no shortage of talent in South Africa.
"I believe the nation has enough players to succeed and I also believe in my abilities; I'm very optimistic," said the former Kaizer Chiefs boss.
He added: "I'm really looking forward to this latest challenge. If I wasn't ready, I would not have accepted the challenge.
"I'm very optimistic if we can pull together, but don't be too negative because it will affect everyone. I'm asking for buy-in from every South African.
"I will be going abroad to watch players who ply their trade there. I will watch every South African. They will get a fair chance.
"I want Bafana Bafana to unite South Africa in the long term. If we do that we will become a powerhouse of football," said Baxter.
The Aft Island for HMS Prince of Wales left BAE Systems' shipyard in Glasgow for the Fife base earlier this month, 10 weeks ahead of schedule.
The section was then taken 1,335 miles around the south of England and up the east of Scotland on a barge to Rosyth.
The ship will now be assembled at the Babcock Rosyth facilities.
HMS Prince of Wales is the second of the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers to be built for the UK after the 65,000-tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth.
They are the largest British warships ever constructed and can be used for a range of military activity from war fighting to providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief.
The ships have been constructed in blocks at yards across the UK and are being put together at Rosyth.
They are said to be the first aircraft carriers in the world to use an innovative twin-island design.
The Aft Island is responsible for the ship's mission systems and acts as an aircraft control tower.
The Aircraft Carrier Alliance welcomed the final section of the carrier to the Babcock Rosyth facilities on Sunday morning.
The former oligarch was suddenly pardoned by President Vladimir Putin and flown to Germany after spending a decade in custody on charges some believe were fabricated to block any serious political opposition to the strongman of the Kremlin.
Forbes magazine put his net worth at more than $15bn (£9.1bn) before his arrest in 2003. By comparison, today's richest Russian citizen, Alisher Usmanov, is valued at $17.6bn.
In the early 1990s, other Russians watched their savings eaten by inflation and the assets of their state sold off at bargain prices to those in the know.
Khodorkovsky, a former star of the Moscow Communist Youth League, was making his first millions through his own bank, Menatep.
The really big money came in 1995 when he bought the Yukos oil company at the knockdown price of $350m.
Khodorkovsky had been close to the centre of power since Soviet days, when he worked as an aide to the last prime minister of the USSR, Ivan Silayev.
In the chaotic years of Boris Yeltsin's rule, Khodorkovsky became one of the oligarchs, a small group of fabulously rich tycoons who kept close to the Kremlin as they built their businesses.
They bankrolled Yeltsin's re-election in 1996 - arguably the last presidential election in Russia where voters were offered a real choice.
Meanwhile, all around them, ordinary Russians watched the continuing decline of their living standards and their country, shaken by a disastrous war against separatists in Chechnya.
When Vladimir Putin won the 2000 election, he set about rebuilding a strong state that paid people's wages and pensions on time, and he restored an order of sorts in the war-torn south.
But there would be no going back to communism and tycoons who kept out of the new leader's political path were tolerated, even as Yeltsin's political reforms were rolled back.
Khodorkovsky is credited for his efforts to modernise Russian business practices at that time, introducing unprecedented transparency to the accounts of Yukos.
Sensing a return to one-party rule, he also funded liberal opposition parties. In February 2003 he openly sparred with Mr Putin at a televised meeting, accusing government officials of taking huge bribes.
That October, he was arrested at gunpoint and charged with tax evasion.
Six months later, Mr Putin was re-elected president, increasing his share of the vote from 53% to 71%.
Convicted of tax evasion in 2005, Khodorkovsky was sent to prison. The billionaire found himself in a Siberian prison camp where inmates could expect to earn $0.81 a day for their labour.
Passionately denying the charges against him, he devoted his energies to clearing his name, his campaign backed by advocates worldwide.
Even when he was tried and sentenced to a second term in 2010, this time for embezzlement and money-laundering, he persevered, releasing statements from his new prison near the Arctic Circle.
In the outside world, Vladimir Putin and his allies saw their iron grip on Russia briefly loosened in 2011, when indignation at corruption boiled over into the biggest street protests since Soviet times.
Mr Putin reasserted his authority and key figures in the protest movement were hounded through the courts, on charges again seen by many as politically motivated.
After arriving in Germany, he said he would not return to Russia until he was confident he would be able to leave it again. Before his release, there had been rumours of new charges being drawn up to keep him in prison even longer.
He stressed he had been released on humanitarian grounds, and that the issue of his guilt had not been discussed, but his conviction still stands.
Khodorkovsky's fortune apparently crumbled long ago, with his business empire effectively seized by the state, but the former oligarch may have amassed moral capital in the eyes of some as a victim of injustice.
However, he said in Berlin he would stay out of Russian politics and instead work as an advocate of political prisoners in Russia and other countries.
The free card entitles travellers to state-provided medical help for any condition or injury that requires urgent treatment, in any other country within the EU, as well as several non-EU countries - Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein to be precise.
But would the EHIC still be valid if the UK votes to leave the EU?
The short answer - as with many of the issues being debated about the impact of Brexit - is that no-one knows for definite.
EHIC exists within a group known as the European Economic Area, often simply referred to as the single market (plus Switzerland, which confusingly is not a member of the EEA, but has agreed access to the single market).
Therefore, the future of Britons' EHIC cover could depend on whether the UK decided to sever ties with the EEA in the event of a leave vote.
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The UK could potentially leave the EU, but remain a member of the EEA, in which case it would keep the existing arrangement.
However, for many Brexit campaigners, particularly those concerned about immigration, there is a drawback to that - the EEA demands the free movement of people, goods, services and capital between member states. And that could be a deal breaker.
This issue covers travel for leisure or work, and living in other EU countries.
One thing is certain, according to Professor Tamara Hervey, professor of EU law at the University of Sheffield. She says British citizens' EHIC cover will not automatically evaporate on 23 June if there is a vote to leave the EU.
It would remain valid until the date agreed by politicians for the UK to officially withdraw from the EU - at least two years from the vote.
The lead-up time would be spent renegotiating various deals and agreements, which could potentially include renegotiating EHIC cover for British citizens, either with the whole of the EU or with individual countries.
But of course, this is not guaranteed.
"We don't know whether we would be able to renegotiate the terms of the agreement we already have," Prof Hervey told BBC Radio 4's Money Box programme.
"We might be able to do so, but there would be significant uncertainty."
On the other hand, it is worth bearing in mind that the UK has already negotiated reciprocal medical deals with a number of countries, including Australia, under which visitors can receive free urgent treatment. So it could potentially agree similar deals with EU countries.
The Out camp - Vote Leave - argues Switzerland and Iceland are just two examples of countries outside the EU which continue to use this card.
It claims it would be in the EU's interests to continue this arrangement as the UK has given more to other EU countries in medical costs than it has got back, and to suggest otherwise was "scaremongering". The BBC's Reality Check team have analysed that claim.
Meanwhile, the In team - Britain Stronger in Europe - says EHIC allows British families to get "the best possible care without having to worry about the cost".
Health minister Jane Ellison warns there would be no guarantee that British citizens would get access to healthcare while on holiday on the continent if Britain left the EU.
The European Health Insurance Card, which used to be known as the E111 Card, entitles you to the same state healthcare as a citizen in that country - this includes prescriptions, GP visits and hospital stays.
It covers emergency care as well long term conditions including kidney dialysis treatment.
Care is not always free and the details vary between states depending on their healthcare system. Some costs can be claimed when a patient returns home, but again this depends on the local setup.
The card can be used in any of the 27 EU countries outside the UK as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. The Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican do not accept EHIC.
People are still advised to have travel insurance, as private healthcare and flights home are not covered.
Source: NHS Choices
Gen Joseph Dunford, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the comments while visiting China.
He was responding to remarks by a top Trump aide ruling out military action over North Korea's nuclear programme.
Tensions have flared between the US and North Korea after Pyongyang made advances in its missile testing.
Mr Trump has warned the North that it faces "fire and fury", while Pyongyang has threatened to strike the American territory of Guam.
But the sharp rhetoric of last week has since softened, with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un putting the Guam plans on hold - a move praised by President Trump.
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Chief White House strategist Steve Bannon said on Wednesday there could be no military solution to the stand-off.
"Until somebody solves the part of the equation that shows me that 10 million people in Seoul don't die in the first 30 minutes from conventional weapons, I don't know what you're talking about, there's no military solution here, they got us," he told The American Prospect.
Gen Dunford agreed a military solution would be "horrific" but went on to say "what's unimaginable to me is not a military option".
"What is unimaginable is allowing [North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un] to develop ballistic missiles with a nuclear warhead that can threaten the United States and continue to threaten the region."
He said President Trump "has told us to develop credible, viable military options, and that's exactly what we're doing".
A senior Chinese military official who met Gen Dunford told him that military action should be ruled out and that "dialogue" was the only option, the Chinese defence ministry said.
China is the North's only major ally. The US has criticised China for not doing enough to rein it in, but Beijing says it has begun halting iron, iron ore and seafood imports from North Korea, in line with new UN sanctions.
Linnett scored in the 36th, 49th and 57th minutes - with the second a stunning effort from 35 yards.
Kerys Harrop had opened the scoring and Charlie Wellings slid home to make it 3-0 at the break.
Beth Mead pulled one back from 25 yards out before Freda Ayisi and Coral Haines added to Birmingham's tally.
The city of Irwindale on Wednesday night gave Sriracha sauce maker Huy Fong Foods 90 days to curb the odours.
The declaration allows city officials to order changes should such odours remain after the deadline.
The factory churns 100 million lb (45.4 million kg) of chili pepper a year.
The city of about 1,400 people first sued the sauce maker in October, asking a judge to halt production after residents complained fumes from the production stung their eyes and caused coughing fits and headaches.
A judge ordered the company to mitigate the odour in November but the annual pepper-grinding season - August to October - had already ended.
The company had reportedly been working with air quality experts to identify a solution by 1 June.
John Tate, an attorney for Huy Fong Foods, said the city was "flexing its muscle and thumbing Huy Fong in the eye".
Huy Fong Foods, employer to up to 200 workers, is said to have earned $85m (£50m) last year.
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France's Christelle Daunay was second in 33.08 with Britain's Katrina Wootton third in 33.18.
In the men's race, American Dathan Ritzenhein beat compatriot Bernard Lagat to take the title.
Ritzenhein made a strong start before pulling away towards the end to finish in 28 minutes and six seconds.
South African Stephen Mokoka finished third in 28.22, while Andy Vernon (28.26) was the highest placed Briton in sixth.
Highlights of the run will be shown on BBC Two at 17:00 BST on Sunday, 28 May.
The incident happened in the Gurez area of Bandipora district on Monday evening, an army officer said.
India and Pakistan have often accused each other of unprovoked firing along the disputed border.
A ceasefire agreed in 2003 remains in place, but the neighbours often accuse each other of violating it.
Monday's incident happened days before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit to Indian-administered Kashmir.
An Indian army officer said Pakistani troops fired machine guns and grenades.
Correspondents say there has been an escalation in hostilities between the neighbours since last year, with some of the worst violence in a decade being recorded during this period. Both sides have accused each other of starting hostilities.
Kashmir, claimed by both countries in its entirety, has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years and the South Asian rivals have fought two wars over the region.
The Team6 group wants to put up the 6ft 2in (1.87m) bronze statue in Portmeirion, Gwynedd, where the cult 1960s TV show was filmed.
It said a site "has been agreed" and sculptor Sean Hedges-Quinn has been commissioned to make it.
Dave Miles, Team6 co-ordinator, said it will look "absolutely brilliant".
The programme starred actor McGoohan as Number Six, who is held captive in a mysterious village where the residents are known only by a number.
It began shooting in 1966, with all 17 episodes shot in Portmeirion's Italianate village.
Mr Miles, 53, of Whitburn, in Scotland, said the statue will show Number Six being chased by the show's giant white Rover balloon, which patrols the village.
"At night the balloon will be illuminated, it will look absolutely fantastic," he said.
"It's an ideal tribute to Patrick McGoohan himself. This statue is to remember all the talents of Patrick and his career on film, stage and TV.
"For me personally, it's also to say 'thank you, Patrick, for all of the hours of entertainment you've brought over the years'."
He said the planned location for the statue is near the White Horses cottages, where McGoohan stayed during some of the filming.
Mr Miles hopes the money can be raised within a year, with the statue taking a further nine months to create.
Portmeirion's links to The Prisoner are much-celebrated, with the village's annual music event, Festival No. 6, named in its honour.
Team6 said it had worked with the Portmeirion Trust, ITV - which owns the rights to the series - and Six of One, the official Prisoner appreciation society, in putting together the plan.
The actor's daughter Catherine McGoohan will unveil the statue when it is completed.
She told the team behind it his family was "very gratified to know there will be a statue of Patrick McGoohan watching over The Village".
McGoohan died in 2009, after almost five decades on the stage and on screen, in a career which saw him win an Emmy and a Bafta TV award.
Impacts - such as drought, pest and disease - could hit harvests and undermine global food security.
Scientists hope the models will speed up the process of identifying traits, such as drought resistance, allowing breeders to grow climate-proof crops.
Dry areas account for 40% of land cover and are home to more than 2.5bn people.
At a recent workshop in Morocco, leading mathematicians and crop scientists met to discuss ways that applied mathematics could be used to speed up the search through agricultural genebanks for climate change resistant traits in the banks' samples.
Dry area characteristics include persistent water scarcity, frequent droughts and land degradation - features that are expected to worsen as a result of future climate change.
Critical need
Experts say there is a critical need for a new generation of crops that have improved tolerance to heat and drought in order to meet the food security needs in the future.
"We are seeing the spread of diseases more now than in the past, and heat-related issues are becoming more prevalent than in the past," explained Abdallah Bari, a senior scientist at Syria-based International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Area (Icarda).
Globally, there are 1,700 major agricultural genebanks that house in excess of seven million samples - a vast resource that researchers say makes the task of locating the sought-after traits a bit like finding a needle in a haystack.
Dr Bari said that developing mathematical models would help focus the search by "targeting the [samples] with a high probability of finding those traits and reducing the time it takes".
He explained that the Icarda team were developing a technique that used a "learning algorithm" to harvest the necessary data that would allow plant breeders to "zone in on the desired traits, such as tolerance to pests, diseases, drought and heat".
Time saving
Without a model, plant breeders would have to rely on the traditional and time-consuming "trial-and-error" approach, which requires plants to be cross-bred and the progeny being exposed to the conditions they would be expected to encounter in fields during extreme weather events.
Those that display an improved ability to cope with harsh conditions are kept as seed stock, while those without the ability to cope with the conditions often perish or are not used as a seed stock and the plant breeders have to start the process again.
The model - known as Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy (Figs) - has already recorded a number of successes. Researchers said the technique identified the first-ever sources of resistance to the most virulent biotype of the Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia), which is a pest responsible for significant yield losses.
Currently, the main focus of the research includes a number of key food crops grown in dry areas: lentils, chickpeas, faba beans (broad beans), durum wheat and barley.
Dr Bari and colleagues published a paper last year that presented how the Figs system successfully identified drought-resistant traits in samples of faba beans.
"From the results we have got so far, we have many requests from plant breeders," he told BBC News.
"We are now working with a number of breeders to develop more subsets."
The Olympic Council of Ireland said the fighter is provisionally suspended from competition after an "adverse analytical" finding in an A-sample.
"The athlete will now decide whether to accept a sanction for a doping violation, to request that a B-sample be tested, or to appeal the provisional suspension," it added.
"The finding relates to a test not conducted at the 2016 Olympic Games."
The council stated that the Sport Ireland Anti-Doping Agency "has returned an adverse analytical finding in an A sample provided to anti-doping officers".
An Irish Athletic Boxing Association statement said it had been notified by Sport Ireland of an "alleged violation" by one of its high-performance boxers.
The boxer has not been named officially, but is believed to a member of Ireland's eight-strong Olympic team.
The association added that it has "always maintained a zero tolerance approach to doping".
"Irish Boxing has been one of the most widely tested sports by the National Anti-Doping Programme over the last number of years," it said.
"We ensure our boxers are available for testing in and out of competition.
"The Irish Athletic Boxing Association will not be in a position to comment further until all elements of due process associated with the anti-doping programme are completed in this case."
Ireland have won 16 of their 29 Olympic medals in boxing, making it their most successful sport at the Games.
Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer has been named crime novel of the year at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
Bauer's fourth novel, it tells the story of Patrick Fort, an anatomy student who suspects the body he is dissecting is a murder victim.
It beat books by Denise Mina, Malcolm Mackay, Elly Griffiths and Stav Sherez.
Mina was going for a hat-trick after winning the prize the previous two years in a row.
Bauer started her writing career as a journalist before winning a screenwriting competition run by Bafta in the 1990s.
She only had one script filmed - Happy Now, starring Ioan Gruffudd and Alison Steadman - but that was never released and she turned to writing novels instead.
"I'm a failed screenwriter," she said. "That became so soul-destroying, because you really pour your heart and soul into it.
"I wrote my first book Blacklands, and that was so successful that I immediately knew I could become a novelist rather than a screenwriter."
Her career change paid off when Blacklands won the British Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger Award in 2010.
Thirty per cent of all novels sold in the UK are crime stories, amounting to 17 million physical books per year, according to Nielsen Book Research.
With violent crime falling in the real world, Bauer believes readers turn to crime fiction to "test themselves".
"We actually live in a very safe, civilised society," she said. "They like to imagine what it would be like to be in that situation.
"We don't have many tests of our inner strength any more in this world. Possibly if you lived in a country that was riven by crime, you might not be quite so entertained by fictional crime."
The Harrogate ceremony also saw author and screenwriter Lynda La Plante, who is best known for creating the Prime Suspect TV series, pick up an outstanding achievement award.
"It means an incredible amount because it's from crime writers, and truthfully it was unexpected and a great honour," she said.
La Plante praised Bauer and this year's other nominees for their innovative stories and research.
"I think it's making crime writing into a more respected genre," she said. "What they're coming up with now are really fabulous detectives and characters."
La Plante is currently writing a new Prime Suspect novel, which is set in the years before the TV series.
The award ceremony kicked off the four-day Harrogate festival, which will also feature a talk by JK Rowling about writing crime fiction under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny was one of the world leaders that Mrs May talked to in the hours after her appointment as the UK's new prime minister.
Mr Kenny said he congratulated his counterpart during a phonecall on Wednesday evening.
They talked about their "joint support" of the Northern Ireland peace process.
"We discussed the importance of continuing to work together to build on the excellent relationship that now exists between Ireland and Britain," he added.
Mrs May stressed her "commitment to delivering the will of the British people to leave the EU", a Downing Street spokesperson said.
She explained that time would be needed to "prepare for these negotiations" and said she hoped they could be "conducted in a constructive and positive spirit", the spokesperson added.
Mr Kenny said he "outlined Ireland's key areas of concern" over a future UK withdrawal from the EU and gave his perspective on "the challenges that lie ahead" in negotiations on the issue.
He added that he would meet Mrs May "in the coming weeks".
As well as speaking to Mr Kenny, Mrs May took calls from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande.
She also began shaping her new cabinet, appointing Philip Hammond and Boris Johnson as chancellor and foreign secretary respectively.
London currently processes three-quarters of the trade in this financial sector, providing thousands of jobs.
But European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis said Brexit needed "certain adjustments to our rules".
The law will decide if London will have the right to host the work post-Brexit.
London is currently the world leader for the clearing of all types of currency-denominated derivatives including the euro.
Clearing is the process by which a third party organisation acts as the middleman for both buyer and seller of financial contracts tied to the underlying value of a share, index, currency or bond.
Trillions of euros are handled through clearing houses every year, mostly through London.
In a statement, Mr Dombrovskis said: "As we face the departure of the largest EU financial centre, we need to make certain adjustments to our rules to ensure that our efforts remain on track."
The financial industry has warned that forced "relocation" of the work would split markets, increase trading costs, weaken the euro and threaten the jobs associated with the clearing houses in London.
The proposal would split clearing houses into two tiers, determined by whether their operations are considered to be "systemically important".
If they are not thought to be important, then they will carry on working under the structure of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation.
More important "tier two" institutions will have to meet extra requirements set by EU central banks, could face "on-site inspections" and will have to give "all relevant information" to the European Securities and Markets Authority.
Those requirements may not be enough for the clearing houses thought to be the most important, which would force their operations back inside the EU.
A move like that could affect the clearing house at the London Stock Exchange.
The proposals will now go before the European Parliament and the European Union Council.
The policy chairman at the City of London Corporation Catherine McGuinness said "fragmentation" of foreign exchange and interest rate trading could see firms' costs increasing by "as much as 20%".
She said the Corporation was also concerned that it could "increase systemic risk".
"The UK is the only place that can guarantee financial stability with the lowest possible cost implications," she added.
Meanwhile, the UK Treasury said: "How UK firms access EU markets, and vice versa, is a matter for the forthcoming exit negotiations.
"In the meantime we stand ready to engage constructively on this legislation."
Food Standards Scotland has ordered the withdrawal from sale of batch G14 of Lanark White ewe milk cheese.
Earlier it emerged that the child who died during a recent E.coli outbreak was a three-year-old girl from Dunbartonshire.
The cheese's manufacturer, South Lanarkshire-based Errington Cheese, said it was conducting its own tests.
The young girl who died was among 20 confirmed cases of E.coli O157 which were all identified in July. Eleven of the cases required hospital treatment.
Health experts have previously investigated possible links to Dunsyre Blue cheese - also made by Errington - but until now there have been no positive tests.
In a statement on Saturday, Food Standards Scotland said: "A sample from a batch of Lanark White submitted for testing by South Lanarkshire Council has tested positive for E. coli O157.
"Although this organism may not carry shiga toxins, it is associated with human disease in the UK, so this cheese is a potential risk to health.
"FSS has issued a FAFA [Food Alert for Action] calling for this product to be immediately recalled from sale."
Shiga toxins are poisons produced by some but not all types of E.coli variants.
The order to withdraw the cheese from sale was made after Errington refused to issue its own voluntary recall.
The company said the cheese had been on the market for three weeks with no reported cases of illness.
In a statement on its website, it said: "When we were told of the presumptive E. coli 0157 result we immediately consulted experts in dairy microbiology.
"The experts told us they were confused and concerned by the testing methodology adopted by the laboratory.
"We have given careful consideration to this and to the fact that the cheese has been on the market for three weeks now with absolutely no reported incidence of illness.
"We have arranged for the sample of the same cheese tested by the authorities to be tested and the results will be ready on Monday when we will review the situation."
Earlier more details emerged about the child who died when prosecutors confirmed that an investigation had begun into the circumstances of her death.
A Crown Office spokesperson said: "The Procurator Fiscal has received a report in connection with the death of a three-year-old girl in Dunbartonshire on 2 September 2016.
"The investigation into the death, under the direction of Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit (SFIU), is ongoing and the family will continue to be kept updated in relation to any significant developments."
Three batches of Dunsyre Blue cheese have already been recalled since the E.coli outbreak.
Health Protection Scotland previously said that epidemiological investigations had "identified Dunsyre Blue cheese as the most likely cause of the outbreak".
It added: "Despite extensive investigation, including looking for other possible food sources, no other link to a majority of cases could be established."
Errington Cheese disputed the link, maintaining there was no conclusive evidence linking its products to the outbreak.
In a statement on its website last month it said that testing had shown it to be "completely clear of E. coli O157".
It is unclear whether Oliseh will be contesting the sanction.
The 41-year-old posted a video on his own website to hit back at what he called the "insanity" of his critics.
He had come under pressure after Nigeria failed to get past the group stages of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda.
The coach has since apologised to the NFF for his outburst aimed at the Nigerian media as well as his vociferous former international teammates.
"When I spoke of critics I did not mean the general public of Nigeria! I would never dare refer to my beloved country men as insane!" Oliseh published on his Twitter account.
In another Tweet: "How dare I insult 170 Million people who I love and have shown me so much love. Please forgive the error of editing! God bless you all."
The country's sports minister Solomon Dalung and NFF boss Amaju Pinnick met in the capital Abuja on Tuesday to discuss the embarrassing saga.
Former Nigeria captain Oliseh, who succeeded Stephen Keshi as coach in July, has seen his reign in charge of the three-time African Champions blighted by controversies.
Some high profile players have decided to retire since he took over as coach including goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama - Nigeria's most-capped player - who quit after he was replaced as captain.
Two weeks later striker Emmanuel Emenike also announced his retirement from international football.
Oliseh, unpaid for five months, had also gone public with the money problems affecting his team during the CHAN tournament to the embarrassment of his employers.
Nigeria face seven-time African champions Egypt in back-to-back 2017 African Cup of Nations fixtures next month.
They are two points behind group leaders Egypt after two rounds of matches with only group winners guaranteed automatic qualification to the tournament in Gabon.
Cornwall Council took just 30 minutes to unanimously approve proposals for a new heliport in Penzance.
Tourism bosses says trade on the Scilly Isles has suffered since the old helicopter service ended in 2012.
Since then the link has been covered by a seasonal ferry and fixed wing planes.
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The new site will be built on land alongside the former heliport in Penzance.
The council said it received more messages of support for the heliport proposals, than it had received on any other planning application.
One of the main investors in the project, and the owner of Tresco, one of the Scilly Isles, Robert Dorrien-Smith said: "Today's decision marks the start of the of the project that we believe will bring about a revival for the islands and dramatic improvements for their residents, businesses and visitors".
In 2012 British International Helicopters ended the helicopter service, which had provided a link between Penzance and Scilly, the UK's most westerly islands, for more than 48 years, citing rising costs and falling passenger numbers.
The Serie A champions have paid $3.3m (£2.5m) for the loan spell and have the choice to buy him for $18.8m (£14.3m) next summer.
The 29-year-old returns to Italian football after spells at Udinese and Roma, whom he left for Bayern in 2014.
He made 23 appearances for the Bundesliga winners last season.
He had hinted earlier this year that he would consider his future after Bayern re-signed Germany defender Mats Hummels from rivals Borussia Dortmund.
Benatia was born in France but opted to play for Morocco at international level and has now earned 42 caps.
The sport involves athletes standing on a board and using a long paddle to move - a cross between kayaking and surfing.
The International Surfing Association (Isa) says it has organised competitions for years in the sport.
However, the International Canoe Federation (ICF) says the use of the paddle means it falls under its banner.
The sport has enjoyed huge growth in recent years and has been talked about as a potential Olympic discipline.
"We are pleased that the issue is now before CAS," said Isa president Fernando Aguerre on Thursday.
Surfing is one of five new sports to be included in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The Isa had unsuccessfully tried to include stand up paddle boarding in those Games as a surfing discipline.
The charges include robbery, grievous bodily harm and possession of an item to discharge a noxious substance.
The five attacks took place in 90 minutes across north and east London.
The 16-year-old has been remanded in custody to appear at Stratford Youth Court on Monday. A 15-year-old boy also arrested has been released on bail.
The 16-year-old has been charged with:
Police said the investigation into the five separate attacks "remains ongoing".
Speaking before the boy was charged Ch Insp Ben Clark, from the Met's Hackney Borough, said all of the victims had been riding mopeds.
One victim suffered "life-changing injuries".
Jabed Hussain, 32, was one of the five people attacked on Thursday and said his helmet saved him from worse injury.
"I took off my helmet and I was just screaming for help because it's getting dry and as much as it's getting dry it's burning. So I was just screaming for water," Mr Hussain said.
TDs failed to elect a new taoiseach (prime minister) when they voted on 10 March and are still without a leader.
A second vote on nominations for taoiseach will take place on 6 April.
Wednesday's talks will focus on the issues of climate change, justice, equality and disability.
It is hoped the discussions will result in support for a new government.
Caretaker taoiseach Enda Kenny told a meeting of 17 TDs on Tuesday that the options moving forward were stark.
He also ruled out Fine Gael supporting a minority Fianna Fáil government.
Mr Kenny also said Fianna Fáil had ruled out a coalition with Fine Gael.
The Green party leader, Eamon Ryan, said it was unlikely the party would go into government.
As it stands Enda Kenny, who did not receive enough votes to become the new taoiseach, and his party Fine Gael, are continuing to carry out their duties until a new government can be formed.
The other nominations for taoiseach were Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin, Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams and People Before Profit's Richard Boyd Barrett. None received enough votes.
The Irish general election was held on 26 February Fine Gael won 50 seats, Fianna Fáil 44, Sinn Féin 23 and the Labour Party got seven.
Smaller parties and independents make up the other 34 seats.
The 32nd Dáil has been meeting without a leader.
The 27-year-old medium-fast bowler, who was out of contract at the end of the season, only featured in one County Championship game for Notts this summer against Worcestershire in July.
Carter said: "I'll have more chance to play all three formats at Derbyshire, which is where I think I should be.
"I am aiming to get a good run of games and kick on with my career."
Carter has played 29 first-class matches, taking 91 wickets at an average of 27.95 with best figures of 5-40. He has also made 20 List A and 23 Twenty20 appearances.
Notts director of cricket Mick Newell said: "His attitude has always been very good and he's a talented bowler. We wish him all the best."
Armitage, 24, who will join Wasps next season and has had spells with London Scottish, London Irish and French Top 14 side Toulon, has scored 12 tries in 25 appearances for Welsh this term.
"Guy has been one of the stand-out performers in the Championship," said Wasps director of rugby Dai Young.
"He has a real hunger to get involved and can create as well as finish."
Armitage has represented England at every age-group level and played at the 2011 Junior World Championships in Italy.
"Dai Young shows great confidence in his squad and you can see the players have bought into his plan and excelled," Armitage told the club's website.
"For sure, it's an exciting new challenge for me and I feel I am ready."
Armitage joins fly-half Danny Cipriani, Ireland prop Marty Moore, and hookers Tommy Taylor and Tom Cruse as new arrivals at the Ricoh Arena for 2016-17.
Unite members are taking part in a continuous overtime and on-call ban.
It coincides with a series of staggered periods of strike action, which the union said would have an impact on naval operations until 15 June.
Babcock Marine said it was "disappointed and perplexed by Unite's actions".
Unite said the strikes would affect all areas at the bases, including the nuclear operations department.
The Faslane base on the Clyde is home to the UK's fleet of Trident nuclear submarines.
Unite has accused Babcock of a "systematic campaign to undermine workers", claiming it had withdrawn facilities for shop steward meetings and was "failing to meaningfully consult and negotiate with the trade union".
The union represents a range of workers at the two bases, including cleaners, housekeepers, logistics operatives, drivers and mail staff.
It also has members in radiation monitoring and strategic weapons support roles.
Unite regional officer Stephen Deans accused Babcock of trying to "bypass" the union and undermine workers' rights.
He told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "The agreed consultation and negotiation structures that we have at the base have been ignored by Babcock.
"Our elected representatives have been ignored mostly, or presented with decisions rather than being consulted before decisions are finally made.
"Our representatives have been victimised and harassed by management."
Mr Deans added: "Our members have been forced into this action today. Management at Babcock Marine have engineered a complete breakdown of normal relations with workers.
"Our fear is that they want to try and undermine workers' rights so they can cut jobs and service quality through more outsourcing.
"They want to squeeze as much money as they can out of being involved in the nation's defence. But our members work hard supporting the Royal Navy's operations and will not allow profit to be put before service."
Babcock Marine said it had offered "reasonable solutions" to all of the issues raised by Unite.
A spokesman added: "We absolutely refute the allegations that we are attempting to undermine our relationship with the trade union and wider workforce or that we are engaged in a wide-ranging plan to outsource services.
"Our workforce at HMNB Clyde do a magnificent job in support of the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Navy and it is disappointing that most will get no direct benefit from the issues raised with us.
"We are working closely with our customer and the 1,100 Babcock employees who are not involved in this industrial action to minimise any impact to the smooth running of HMNB Clyde.
"We remain committed to finding a positive resolution to this dispute and hope to have further discussions with Unite facilitated by ACAS in the next few days."
The approach, tested across Europe, uses lasers and a drug made from deep sea bacteria to eliminate tumours, but without causing severe side effects.
Trials on 413 men - published in The Lancet Oncology - showed nearly half of them had no remaining trace of cancer.
Lifelong impotence and incontinence are often the price of treating prostate cancer with surgery or radiotherapy.
Up to nine-in-10 patients develop erectile problems and up to a fifth struggle to control their bladders.
That is why many men with an early stage tumour choose to "wait and see" and have treatment only when it starts growing aggressively.
"This changes everything," said Prof Mark Emberton, who tested the technique at University College London.
The new treatment uses a drug, made from bacteria that live in the almost total darkness of the seafloor and which become toxic only when exposed to light.
Ten fibre optic lasers are inserted through the perineum - the gap between the anus and the testes - and into the cancerous prostate gland.
When the red laser is switched on, it activates the drug to kill the cancer and leaves the healthy prostate behind.
The trial - at 47 hospitals across Europe - showed 49% of patients went into complete remission.
And during the follow-up, only 6% of patients needed to have the prostate removed, compared with 30% of patients that did not have the new therapy.
Crucially, the impact on sexual activity and urination lasted no more than three months.
No men had significant side effects after two years.
Gerald Capon, 68 and from West Sussex, told the BBC: "I'm totally cured and free of the cancer.
"I feel incredibly lucky that I was accepted for the trial... I feel that my life ahead is worry free."
He was out of hospital the day after the treatment.
Prof Emberton said the technology could be as significant for men as the move from removing the whole breast to just the lump in women with breast cancer.
He said: "Traditionally the decision to have treatment has always been a balance of benefits and harms.
"The harms have always been the side effects - urinary incontinence and sexual difficulties in the majority of men.
"To have a new treatment now that we can administer, to men who are eligible, that is virtually free of those side effects, is truly transformative."
More than 46,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK each year.
The tumours tend to grow slowly, but still around 11,000 men die from the disease.
However, the new treatment is not yet available for patients. It will be assessed by regulators at the beginning of next year.
Other therapies to kill prostate cancers, such as very focused ultrasound - known as focal Hifu - have a lower risk of side effects.
But these treatments are not universally available.
Dr Matthew Hobbs, from the charity Prostate Cancer UK, said the technology could help men who face the conundrum of whether or not to have treatment.
"Focal therapy treatments like this one have the potential to offer a middle ground option for some men with cancer that has not spread outside the prostate," he said.
He said the next challenge would be to find out which patients should still wait and see, which ones should have this type of therapy, and which should have more invasive treatments.
"Until we know the answer to this question, it is important that these results do not lead to the over-treatment of men with low risk cancer, or the under treatment of men at higher risk."
The technology was developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel alongside Steba Biotech.
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Officers suspect Kelly Buckingham, from Lincolnshire, was assaulted about the time she was last seen in November.
But they said friends may mistrust the police because she was wanted after failing to appear in court in August.
The reward was issued on her 47th birthday to help find Ms Buckingham, from Holton le Clay near Grimsby.
Det Insp Richard Myszczyszyn from Lincolnshire Police said it was unusual to offer a reward for help.
"Kelly's friends and acquaintances may be distrustful of police and may not believe us now when we say that she is being treated as a missing person," he said.
"But I would like to assure them that our concern for Kelly is genuine and our efforts to find her are very much driven by our fear that something has happened to her."
Later the Kenyan Red Cross said the baby, Dealeryn Saisi Wasike, was reunited with her father. She has no physical injuries.
The six-storey residence came down in heavy rain, killing at least 23 people.
Dozens of others are still thought to be buried under the rubble, but hopes of finding more alive are fading.
The baby's mother is still missing.
The building had been earmarked for demolition. Its owner was due to appear in court on Tuesday charged with manslaughter.
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Samuel Karanja Kamau was arrested on Monday. Officials say he did not have permission to rent out the building's 119 rooms.
Mr Kamau has not yet commented on the allegation.
About 135 people have been freed so far from the collapsed building, local media report. Another 93 have been reported missing.
The Kenya Red Cross said the baby girl was found in the rubble at 04:00 local time (01:00 GMT), in a bucket wrapped in a blanket.
Dealeryn appeared dehydrated, but had no visible injuries, it added. She was rushed to hospital for treatment.
She was originally reported to have been one-and-a-half years old.
The fact that the baby was not seriously injured played a key role in her survival, said Dr Ian MacOnachie, an expert in emergency medicine and clinical standards at the UK's Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Dr MacOnachie told the BBC that, at this age, up to 90% of babies' bodies was made up of water, acting as a "natural storage" in cases of dehydration.
"She must have been fairly dried when she was found. But I'm not completely surprised," he said.
Several hours later, the Red Cross tweeted that it had located the baby's father, Ralson Saisi Wasike, through its tracing services.
He was reunited with Dealeryn, whom he positively identified.
More bodies were retrieved overnight.
Mr Wasike, speaking at a shelter where he has been living since the building collapsed, said his daughter had been strong but he had feared for the worst when he was unable to find her.
He had visited hospitals and mortuaries to look for his child, and was overjoyed when he heard she had been rescued.
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He told supporters that it was shameful that some top officials were earning $18,000 (£13,000) a month, while others were paid as little as $140.
Officials not ready to accept the new $7,000 monthly wage limit should "start looking for alternative jobs", he said.
Mr Magufuli has promised to cut wasteful public expenditure in office.
The changes would come into effect in time for the start of the next financial year, which starts on 1 July, the president said.
He likened the gulf in wages to a few "angels residing in heaven", while the majority "languished as if they were in hell", Tanzania's The Citizen newspaper quotes him as saying.
Junior civil servants would see their salaries increase as part of the new policy, Mr Magufuli added.
The president was speaking from his home town of Chato in north-western Tanzania in his first visit since taking office last October.
He also used his speech to announce a drop in the current income tax rate from 11% to 9%.
"It's true we want to collect tax, but we must also understand what the working class takes home," he said.
On Tuesday, a US government aid agency withdrew $472m (£331m) of funding for a Tanzanian electricity project after criticising the government's handling of elections in Zanzibar.
The president appeared to react to the move in his speech by criticising over-reliance on foreign aid:
"We need to stand on our own. Work hard so that Tanzanians can get rid of donor dependence."
Nicknamed the bulldozer, Mr Magufulil has announced a range of cost-cutting measures since coming to power including cancelling official celebrations for independence day.
Infrastructure Secretary Ken Skates has updated requirements for the foreign-owned firms hoping to win the contract and create the £600m South Wales Metro.
The existing contract did not contain specifications for "rolling stock".
Mr Skates said some of the trains in service were nearly 40 years old and "simply not up to the task".
Abellio, Arriva, KeolisAmey and MTR all hope to secure the next Wales and Borders franchise, due to be awarded in 2018.
The successful bidder will have to reinvest a portion of its profits in the railway and will be responsible for delivering a major upgrade to the rail network in and around Cardiff as part of the Metro scheme.
Transport for Wales, a Welsh Government-owned company, is assessing the bids.
Mr Skates said: "It is important that high quality rolling stock which meets passenger expectations is delivered as part of the next rail service contract."
The newest trains in service at present are more than 20 years old and this new demand for bidders comes after a public consultation in which people said they wanted to see a number of improvements.
Bidders must "minimise the impact" new rolling stock has on the environment.
In the meantime, the minister also said he was working with current operator Arriva Trains Wales to increase capacity on busy services.
Yongzim claims to be better at handling complex searches involving several words in the language than any alternative.
But a spokesman for the government in exile, the Central Tibetan Administration, told the BBC it could also be used as a "platform to promote propaganda to legitimise the illegal occupation of Tibet."
Tibet is governed as an autonomous region of China. Beijing claims a centuries-old sovereignty over the Himalayan region, yet the allegiances of many Tibetans lie with the exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, seen by China as a separatist threat.
Exile groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) around the world accuse Beijing of suppressing the region's culture and tradition with the Tibetan language being a big part of it.
Both Google - which is blocked in China and therefore also in Tibet - and the Chinese search engine Baidu can also carry out searches in Tibetan.
But Yongzim is entirely in Tibetan, including all the elements of its interface - and in that respect it is indeed a first. Its name translates as "master" or "teacher".
According to Chinese state media, the service will promote the Tibetan language and provide a dedicated platform for Tibetan-language websites.
"[It will] meet the growing needs of the Tibetan-speaking population and facilitate the building of Tibetan digital archives and the expansion of databases in the Tibetan language," an official said.
Kyinzom Dhongdue, of the Australia Tibet Council, told the BBC she welcomed the initiative as a "positive step towards popularising the use of the Tibetan language" but cautioned it could become a "propaganda tool" for Beijing.
Aynne Kokas, an expert on Chinese media at the University of Virginia in the US, also described it as being a "major technological advancement" that could be useful for "non-sensitive queries". But she said it would also "make it easier to redirect web traffic" to sites that tallied with the Chinese government's views.
The Free Tibet movement noted that the effort marked a change of policy.
"After decades of effectively suppressing the Tibetan language, China now puts emphasis on being seen to support it," spokesman Alistair Currie told the BBC.
"As with everything in Tibet, language is tainted with political connotations, and Beijing wants to control any development rather than permit it."
A simple picture search for the term Dalai Lama - the spiritual and former political leader of Tibet who fled the country after China took control of the territory in 1950 - is revealing.
Yongzim brings up only a single result, unlike Google, which produces dozens of photos.
"As we have already seen with Baidu, though the site is highly functional, the more centralisation there is of search, the easier it is to block specific terms," Ms Kokas told the BBC.
Even so, many "young, educated, online-savvy Tibetans inside Tibet have welcomed" the new search engine in their own language, said Ms Dhongdue.
"[Yet] this can also be seen as the Chinese government trying to win the hearts of the educated elites in Tibet," she said.
"In recent years, a growing number of the educated youth in Tibet has expressed their criticism of China's policies in Tibet through blogs, art and music."
With the internet becoming ever more widely accessible in Tibet, the number of websites in the region's language has steadily been on the rise, including blogs and social media.
Accordingly, Chinese authorities have paid close attention to the content being published.
Any websites producing content that Beijing does not like, run the risk of getting shut down and the people behind them face punishment or jail.
China already operates what is often described as a "Great Firewall", which keeps its citizens from accessing websites Beijing deems to be undesirable or likely to undermine its political and economic goals.
Within that context, it is little wonder that Yongzim is seen by many as a further attempt to control and influence what its citizens do on the net.
Officers attended a property in Plymouth after reports of a man with a can of flammable liquid were made by a member of the public.
The man later sustained serious burns and police records indicated a Taser was deployed, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.
It was referred voluntarily by Devon and Cornwall Police to the IPCC.
The watchdog said the 32-year-old man was taken to the city's Derriford Hospital and has since been transferred to the burns unit at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol.
His condition is described as life-changing, but is not considered to be life-threatening.
The IPCC said it believed two police officers attended the address in Honicknowle shortly after 21:00 BST on Thursday.
It added that the investigation would be looking at what extent, if any, police actions caused or contributed to the man's injuries, and whether officers acted in accordance with procedures.
It occurred on the Erganagh Road near Omagh at 22:45 BST on Friday, and the victim received treatment at the scene before being taken to hospital.
Police are appealing for anyone who may have seen any suspicious activity in the area, particularly the movements of two quad motorbikes
The road was reopened to traffic on Saturday morning.
Witnesses are being asked to contact Omagh police station on the non-emergency number 101 or speak to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Comosa AG - a new venture involving some of the biggest names in boxing promotion, is behind the event.
"It is Comosa's ambition to turn the World Boxing Super Series into the world's biggest and best boxing tournament," said Roberto Dalmiglio, Comosa's head of management board.
It could start as early as September.
The event will take a shootout format and involve eight fighters in two yet-to-be-decided weight classes.
The winners will receive the Muhammad Ali Trophy, named after the former heavyweight world champion who died last year.
"The World Boxing Super Series will change the world of boxing," said Dalmiglio.
A similar Super Six World Boxing Classic was held between 2009 and 2011.
Richard Schaefer, the former Golden Boy promotions chief executive, is among those involved in the venture.
"Boxing has really been missing a big tournament like the World Boxing Super Series. Every major sport has one," he said.
Or has the threat of other countries rushing to hold popular votes as a way of putting pressure on the EU been somewhat exaggerated?
French Front National (FN) leader Marine Le Pen has long made it clear that if ever she came to power, she would not hesitate to push for a "Frexit" if she did not succeed in renegotiating the terms of France's membership of the bloc.
Meanwhile, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's announcement of a referendum on migrant quotas suggests that the temptation for populist leaders to hold plebiscites on EU policies that are unpopular with their citizens - to try to boost their own standing at home and possibly gain extra leverage within the bloc - can be all but irresistible.
Several of the former communist countries that joined the EU in 2004 resent any suggestion that "old guard" members such as France and Germany may be trying to dictate policy to the rest.
This suspicion has been exacerbated by the migrant crisis, which resurgent right-wing groups and populist politicians have seized on to push a Eurosceptic agenda.
Immediately after British Prime Minister David Cameron's announcement that Britain would hold a referendum on its continued EU membership on 23 June, the pro-EU Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka warned of the impact of a Brexit, saying that it could produce a "domino effect" that would result in a "wave of nationalism and separatism" sweeping across Europe.
Mr Sobotka hinted that there were some fringe right-wing groups in his country who would jump at the chance to push for a "Czexit", though he insisted that such a scenario would be "senseless and dangerous" and could even return the Czech Republic to Russia's sphere of influence.
However, not all Eastern European leaders appear to share Mr Sobotka's concerns over the possibility of deepening divisions within Europe.
The Hungarian premier has long delighted in firing shots across the EU's bows and last week Mr Orban seized on what has become a sore point with several countries: the EU's proposal for mandatory quotas for the resettlement of migrants. He announced that his government was planning to hold a referendum to gauge whether Hungarian citizens were prepared to accept such a proposal.
Hungary, like its fellow members of the Visegrad group (which also includes the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia), is still effectively a monocultural society.
Many Hungarians fear that an influx of migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Asia would dilute their cultural identity. Mr Orban is therefore apparently using a referendum on the quotas issue as a vote of confidence in his government's anti-migrant policies - and seems to be sure that it will go the way he wants.
Last month, European Council President Donald Tusk warned of the possibility of other EU leaders following the lead set by the Brexit referendum, saying that this path was "a very attractive model for some politicians in Europe to achieve some internal, very egotistic goals".
The Hungarian move may prove to be the first of a new wave of post-Brexit referendums.
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Sir Terry Wogan hosted the BBC One event on Friday with Tess Daly, Fearne Cotton and Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw.
The annual telethon saw Boyzone take to the stage, while Sir Bruce Forsyth returned to Strictly Come Dancing to help find a young ballroom champion.
By the end of the show at 02:00 GMT on Saturday, £32,620,469 had been raised.
This is more than the £31.1m raised on the night of the 2013 gala, and the final total is expected to be higher once all donations are in.
The money will help disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.
The extravaganza was watched by an average of 8.3 million people on BBC One between 19:30 and 22:00 GMT. The audience peaked at 10 million for a special children's Strictly Come Dancing around 20:15.
Over the course of the night, Rochelle Humes from pop group The Saturdays joined veteran presenter Sir Terry - along with Daly, Grimshaw and Cotton - in hosting the gala.
Pop group S Club 7 performed for the first time since 2003 on the show, while One Direction played on the set of Eastenders.
Four former characters from the soap opera also made appearances from beyond their fictional graves.
Long-serving character Ian Beale encountered his late ex-wife Cindy, mother Kathy and daughter Lucy, while Pat Evans - who made her last appearance in January 2012 - also made a comeback.
Other highlights included a new cartoon starring Tom and Jerry made especially for Children in Need.
Elsewhere, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, The Script and the cast of West End musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory performed. And Donny Osmond and the cast of musical Made In Dagenham also took to the stage.
In a first for the gala, Gareth Malone and his all-star choir performed the Children in Need single, Wake Me Up, which is expected to top the charts on Sunday - according to midweek figures from The Official Charts Company.
Comic Jo Brand, TV presenters John Craven and Mel Giedroyc and actress Alison Steadman were among the members of the vocal ensemble.
Other fundraising efforts included the fourth Children in Need rickshaw challenge, which saw six young people travel 450-mile (724km) journey across England.
Ahead of Friday's gala, BBC Radio 2 had already raised more than £6m through a series of events, including a quiz night hosted by Ken Bruce, a performance of the West End musical Matilda and a series of live auctions.
The 2013 appeal made a record £49.6m - including the £31.1m raised on the night.
The figure is above the annual target of 8.5 days, and equated to an estimated ??32.7m of lost production.
Half of staff had no recorded absence while more than one in 10 had at least one long-term absence lasting an average of nearly three months.
This was the highest incidence of long-term absence in the last five years.
It accounted for nearly three-quarters of all working days lost.
The figures point to a particular problem in the NI Prison Service, with prison grade staff off sick for an average of 23.8 days.
More than a quarter of prison grade staff had a long-term absence during the year and the average length of these absences was 69.6 days.
As in previous years, the main reasons for absence across the civil service were anxiety, stress, depression and other psychiatric illnesses.
These conditions account for one out of every three days lost.
The former Department for Social Development made the biggest contribution to the overall increase in absence level for 2015/2016, accounting for almost two-thirds of the rise.
Around 25,000 people are civil servants for Stormont departments.
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The 41-year-old confessed during his interview with chat show host Oprah Winfrey in front of a worldwide television audience.
"I view this situation as one big lie I repeated a lot of times," he said. "I made those decisions, they were my mistake and I'm here to say sorry."
However the American denied it was "sport's biggest doping programme", saying "it was smart, but it was conservative, risk averse".
The interview with Winfrey, 58, was broadcast on prime time television on her OWN network in America, and was streamed worldwide through her website.
The tens of millions watching saw Armstrong reveal:
In response the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada)
Cycling's governing body the UCI welcomed Armstrong's decision "to come clean and confess", and said the interview had confirmed it was not part of a "collusion or conspiracy".
Last year Armstrong was stripped of his Tour de France titles after being labelled a "serial cheat" by Usada.
In a detailed report, the body said he led "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme sport has ever seen".
The Texan decided not to contest the charges, saying last year he was tired of fighting the allegations. He had always strongly denied doping.
That all changed within seconds of an explosive opening to the interview when Winfrey, one of America's top chat show hosts, demanded yes or no answers.
"Did you ever take banned substances to enhance cycling performance?"
"Yes."
"Was one of those substances EPO?"
"Yes."
"Did you use any other banned substances?"
"Yes."
In the interview, broadcast on the Discovery Channel in the UK, Armstrong then admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs Erythropoietin (EPO), testosterone, cortisone and human growth hormone as well as having blood transfusions.
He continued: "All the fault and blame is on me and a lot of that is momentum and I lost myself in all that. I couldn't handle it. The story is so bad and toxic and a lot of it is true."
Asked if doping was part of the process required to win the Tour, he said: "That's like saying we have to have air in our tyres or water in our bottles. It was part of the job.
"I don't want to make any excuses, but that was my view and I made those decisions."
In a key exchange Winfrey asked: "Did it feel wrong?
Armstrong replied: "No. Scary."
"Did you feel bad?"
"No. Even scarier."
"Did you feel that you were cheating?"
"No. The scariest."
Armstrong continued: "The definition of a cheat is to gain an advantage on a rival or foe. I didn't view it that way. I viewed it as a level playing field. I didn't understand the magnitude of that. The important thing is that I'm beginning to understand it.
Erythropoietin (EPO) increases red blood cell production, oxygen transportation and therefore endurance.
Testosterone supplements of the male hormone act like steroids, stimulating muscle growth and allowing people to train harder and recover more quickly.
Cortisone is a substance very similar to a steroid which is produced by the body. An injection of extra cortisone increases the body's ability to reduce pain, redness and swelling of the joints.
Human growth hormone is a powerful anabolic hormone that occurs naturally in the body. It also allows tired muscles to recover more quickly - allowing you to train harder and more often.
"I see the anger in people, betrayal. It's all there. People who believed in me and supported me and they have every right to feel betrayed and it's my fault and I'll spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologise to people."
On whether it was the biggest doping programme in sport he said: "I didn't have access to anything that anybody else didn't.
"Winning races mattered for me but to say that programme was bigger than the East German doping programme of '70s and '80s is wrong."
Armstrong said his battle with cancer in the mid-1990s turned him into a "fighter".
"Before my diagnosis I was a competitor but not a fierce competitor," he said. "I took that ruthless win-at-all-costs attitude into cycling which was bad."
Armstrong denied riders had to comply to a doping programme to compete for his US Postal Service/Discovery Channel team, but admitted his personality could imply that.
He said: "Yes, I was a bully. I was a bully in the sense that I tried to control the narrative and if I didn't like what someone said I turned on them.
"We felt like we had our backs against the wall and I was a fighter."
Armstrong said he had not been afraid of getting caught. "Testing has evolved. Back then they didn't come to your house and there was no testing out of competition and for most of my career there wasn't that much out-of-competition testing so you're not going to get caught because you clean up for the races.
"I didn't fail a test. Retrospectively, I failed one. The hundreds of tests I took I passed them."
However, he did admit that he received a back-dated therapeutic user exemption certificate for a cream containing steroids at the 1999 Tour to ensure he did not test positive.
Armstrong retired from cycling in 2005 but returned to the sport between 2009 and 2012.
He told Winfrey that he did not use drugs after his return to the sport. "That's the only thing in that whole Usada report that really upset me," he said.
Armstrong said he regretted his return, and was asked if he would have "got away with it" if he had not come back.
"Impossible to say," he replied, but added his "chances would have been better".
However, he conceded that when he discovered George Hincapie, who was the only man to ride in the same team as Armstrong for each of his seven Tour wins, had given evidence against him last year, he knew his "fate was sealed".
"George is the most credible voice in all of this," Armstrong added. "He did all seven Tours. We're still great friends. I don't fault George Hincapie, but George knows this story better than anybody."
Armstrong said he would now co-operate with Usada. "I love cycling and I say that knowing that people see me as someone who disrespected the sport, the colour yellow," he said.
"If there was a truth and reconciliation commission - and I can't call for that - and I'm invited I'll be first man through the door."
He went on to say that he wished he had complied with the Usada investigation. "I'd do anything to go back to that day," he said.
"I wouldn't fight, I wouldn't sue them, I'd listen. I'd do a couple of things first.
"I'd say give me three days. Let me call my family, my mother, sponsors, [the Lance Armstrong Livestrong] foundation and I wish I could do that but I can't."
Asked if his former doctor Michele Ferrari, who was banned for life by Usada after being found guilty of numerous anti-doping violations, was the "mastermind", Armstrong said: "No. I'm not comfortable talking about other people.
"I viewed Dr Michele Ferrari as a good man and I still do."
He said he regretted "going on the attack" against masseuse Emma O'Reilly, who was an early whistleblower.
"She is one of these people that I have to apologise to," he said. "She's one of these people who got run over, got bullied."
Oprah Winfrey became famous for her self-titled chat show broadcast from 1986 until 2011. Interviews with the likes of pop stars Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston, as well as US president Barack Obama made it one of the highest-rated shows of its type in American television history. It also helped Winfrey become a billionaire. In 2011, Winfrey launched the OWN television network, which is said to be available for 83 million homes in America and hosted the Armstrong interview.
He denied making a $100,000 donation in 2005 to the UCI, to cover up a failed drugs test. "It was not in exchange for help," he said. "They called. They didn't have a lot of money. I did. They asked if I would make a donation so I did.
"That story [of a cover up] isn't true. There was no positive test. There was no paying off of the lab. There was no secret meeting with the lab director. I'm no fan of the UCI. That did not happen."
However, Armstrong refused to answer questions regarding allegations made by former team-mate Frankie Andreu and his wife Betsy. Frankie Andreu had admitted in 2006 to taking EPO before the 1999 Tour - Armstrong's first victory.
The Andreus testified in 2006 that they heard Armstrong tell a cancer doctor that he had doped with EPO in 1996. Armstrong swore, under oath, that it did not happen.
He told Winfrey that he had a 40-minute telephone conversation with the Andreus but he was not prepared to reveal what was said.
The BBC Sport website will have a special live text commentary during the second Oprah Winfrey broadcast at 02:00 GMT on Saturday.
Duquemin, 25, holds the games records for both the shot put and the discus, taking gold in both disciplines on home turf at the 2015 event.
But the Gotland Games clashes with the British Championships, which doubles-up as World Championship trials.
"I've got to put myself first," he told BBC Radio Jersey.
"The main priority and goal is the World Championships and I have to do everything in my power to make sure I put myself in the best situation to qualify for that.
"Just recently the dates have come out and unfortunately it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to fit in the Island Games.
"I was trying to find a way to work it out, looking at dates and seeing if I could maybe fly in on the day to Gotland to compete and then fly back."
Jersey's top-ranked tennis player Scott Clayton, international archer Lucy O'Sullivan and cycling gold-medallist Kim Ashton are amongst the other competitors to already reveal they will miss Gotland.
The biennial Games will run from 24-30 June 2017, while the British Athletics Team Trials are set for Birmingham between 30 June and 2 July.
With the game goalless and heading for penalties, Harrison pounced on a Siobhan Hunter cross to settle it in the league leaders' favour.
Celtic had earlier booked their first SWPL Cup final place since 2010 with a 2-1 win over Spartans.
Colette Cavanagh scored early for Spartans, but Kirsty Howat and Suzanne Mulvey put Celtic into the final.
The two sides will meet in the final at Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld, on 21 May.
It was the champions against the league leaders and both sides arrived at Ainslie Park aiming to put down a marker for the season.
City, the Scottish title holders for the past 10 years, are under threat of being dethroned by last year's double cup winners Hibs.
League business may have been put to side for one week, but it promised to be an early indicator of what to expect in the title race.
For the first 45 minutes, the answer was disappointing. The sides cancelled each other out, although Katey Turner and Rachael Small headed wide for Hibs and, at the other end, Leanne Ross sent a free-kick past the post.
Both defences continued to be on top in the second half, but the chances were at least becoming more frequent.
City's Irish signing, Noelle Murray, found the roof of the net with a lob before Hibs' Amy Gallacher had a shot well blocked by Savannah McCarthy.
If a goal was to come in 90 minutes then Scott Booth's side were looking the more likely to find it; Lauren McMurchie and Brogan Hay firing wide and Kodie Hay meeting a header at the back post that Hibs defended well.
Into extra-time it went. City's lively 18-year-old, Brogan Hay, crossed for Megan Foley, who headed wide, but after that, Hibs took the initiative.
Cailin Michie and Harrison both shot wide from the edge of the area before the controversial moment of the game arrived.
Harrison rounded goalkeeper Lee Alexander and hit the deck. But, to the fury of the Hibs bench, she was booked for diving by referee Vikki Robertson.
Their jeers were turned to cheers two minutes later, with penalties just moments away, when Hunter's shot spun into the path of Harrison, who slid in at the back post to win it.
Spartans had started the season unbeaten and, after five minutes, they were ahead when Cavanagh broke free on the counter attack and slotted the ball past Celtic goalkeeper Megan Cunningham.
As the game went on, Celtic rose in dominance, although Cunningham reacted quickly to deny Alana Marshall then Sarah Clelland.
Her opposite number, Rachel Harrison, denied Howat with a brilliant one-handed to tip the ball around the post, but 10 minutes before the break, it was 1-1 when Howat latched on to Darcy McFarlane's through ball and coolly picked her spot.
In a bruising second half, Spartans lost Ronaigh Douglas to injury, before Marshall was carried off with what was later revealed to be ankle ligament damage.
With 15 minutes from time Celtic found a winner.
Mulvey sneaked in behind the defence and knocked the ball beyond Harrison to send Celtic into the final.
Celtic head coach David Haley: "We made very hard work of it. The first half, we made life very difficult for ourselves.
"We had to get used to wind. We made a mistake with that Spartans goal. After that, we controlled the game though.
"We dictated the pace, created chances.
"Bringing on Sarah (Ewens) and Suzanne (Mulvey) to make the contribution they did was massive for us.
"I said to the girls weeks ago that all players are going to be important to the squad and they've shown that today."
Hibs head coach Chris Roberts: "I'm immensely proud of the girls.
"I thought we should have had the game finished in 90 minutes, but of course you go into extra-time, I personally felt we were more on the front foot. I thought the girls deserved the win.
"Rarely are the games in the cup against Glasgow City settled in 90 minutes.
"It's a testament to our squad in standing up to a team who have been serial winners over the last 10 years; it's great to see us get some success now.
"But we've still not won anything, Celtic will be a really tough test."
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Three-time Olympic track champion Tirunesh Dibaba won her fourth Great Manchester Run, finishing the 10km course in 31 minutes and three seconds.
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Pawlett's existing deal with Aberdeen, who are second in the Scottish Premiership, expires in the summer.
The former Scotland Under-21 international, 26, will stay with Aberdeen until the end of the campaign before joining Robbie Neilson's side.
"The ambition and potential here is huge so hopefully I can come here and we can really progress," he said.
Aside from a loan spell at St Johnstone in the 2012-13 season, Pawlett has spent his whole career with Aberdeen.
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League One side MK Dons have signed Aberdeen midfielder Peter Pawlett on a two-year deal, starting next season.
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The latest strike over the introduction of driver-only operated trains has again brought the network to a halt.
Labour's transport spokesman has called on the government to intervene ahead of a further conductors' strike next week.
Andy McDonald said: "What's needed is a pause. People to step back and let's have a thorough examination of this."
The shadow transport secretary told Radio 4's Today programme: "I'm absolutely furious at the intransigence and stupidity of Southern and the Department for Transport in perpetuating this.
"It's a hugely important issue around compromising safety and security... this issue has been trivialised and dismissed."
He added: "Let Chris Grayling intervene and agree a moratorium so that we can get people back on these trains immediately.
"It's what a Secretary of State should be doing right now."
Live updates on the Southern strike
Angry passengers staged a protest at London Victoria station on Thursday evening before handing a letter to the Department for Transport (DfT) to demand government action.
The Association of British Commuters, which organised the protest, said it had received support for its campaign to persuade ministers to do more to resolve the industrial disputes and other problems at Southern.
A spokesman said: "We have suffered a year-long nightmare because of the collapse of Southern rail.
"We have desperately called for government action and have been repeatedly ignored - even while many of us have lost our jobs, or had to move house."
The DfT has told the BBC the dispute is between Southern and the unions and "not something the government is involved in".
A spokeswoman for the department declined to comment further.
However, she provided background which said the government had no plans to split the franchise because it would not solve problems and would potentially create more disruption, and the important issue was to focus on resolving the strikes.
The Aslef and RMT unions are in dispute with Southern's parent company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR).
Southern said there would be no service on any route on Friday, and has warned passengers there will be a revised service on Saturday.
The train company said Thameslink is operating a normal timetable and the Gatwick Express will run every 30 minutes from 05:00 until 22:00 GMT between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport.
Under the changes being brought in by Southern, drivers take responsibility for opening and closing the doors and guards become on-board supervisors.
However, the RMT fears job cuts and has raised safety concerns.
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Aslef has described the changes as "inherently unsafe", while GTR said both the Office of Rail and Road and the Rail Safety & Standards Board had stated that drivers closing doors was a safe mode of operation.
Talks at conciliation service Acas between GTR and Aslef failed to reach an agreement on Thursday. Negotiations ended with both sides claiming to be open for talks.
Writing to union members on Friday, Aslef leader Mick Whelan said no formal offer had been made on the issue at the heart of the dispute.
"Aslef remains committed to finding a negotiated settlement as we have already done with ScotRail," he said.
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Transport Scotland has announced it intends to award the contract to look at wider transport issues across the south of the country to Jacobs UK Ltd.
It is hoped the study can get under way later this month and will take about seven months to complete.
The findings will feed into the Scottish government's nationwide strategic transport projects review.
Transport Minister Humza Yousaf said a commitment had previously been given to examine the case for extending the railway along with improvements on the A1, A7 and A68.
"This study will take forward that commitment by considering how we improve accessibility in the Borders, link communities to key markets through strategic transport routes and identify where improvements to transport links are required," he said.
"We want to build on the existing Borders railway by considering whether it should be extended to Carlisle.
"The study will also look at how we improve access from the Scottish Borders to key markets in to Edinburgh, Carlisle and Newcastle."
He said Transport Scotland would work with partners to identify a "range of options" to be considered as part of the wider review.
"These options could include new rail services, improvements to existing road infrastructure and improved public transport provision," he added.
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire MSP John Lamont welcomed the announcement of the study.
"The feasibility study was promised almost exactly a year ago and so I'm glad we are now moving forward," he said.
"Clearly the Borders Railway has been a huge success in terms of passenger numbers but we've already seen its effect on existing transport links with the withdrawal of First Group from the Borders.
"Any further study must look at the economic benefits of the line, but must do a better job of making sure we develop a properly integrated transport system so that the whole of the Borders benefits from any further investment."
He said it would be a "missed opportunity" to spend money extending the railway without looking closely at links to other public transport.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats also welcomed the study.
The party's transport spokesman Mike Rumbles said: "Extending the Borders Railway could have a huge effect on the region, improving transport links to major markets and boosting the economy.
"This remains a region which is all too often left behind by an SNP government with a blinkered central belt focus."
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Mr Cameron has not committed to the 2% benchmark beyond March 2016.
Any decision must "await Chancellor George Osborne's Spending Review in the autumn", he says.
In talks at the G7 summit in Germany, the US President also said he was "looking forward" to Britain remaining in the European Union.
Mr Osborne's demand last week for a further £500m in Ministry of Defence cuts has fuelled concerns that the UK may drop below the 2% level next year.
Following the talks between the two men at the Schloss Elmau castle in the Bavarian Alps, a Downing Street source said Mr Obama had "touched on" the issue of whether Britain would continue to meet the 2% target.
"The president underlined the importance of the UK and US as the two pillars of Nato, and said he accepted the fiscal challenge but hoped that the UK would find a way to meet it," said the source.
Asked if Mr Cameron had offered any assurances in response, the source declined to "give a running commentary", but said the PM had pointed to the numerous military operations around the world to which Britain has contributed.
Before the talks, Mr Cameron told reporters: "I'll say exactly the same as what I'm saying now, which is we've kept our 2% promise - one of the few countries to do it - and we're having a spending review in the autumn and we'll announce the results at that time."
Touching on the subject of Britain staying in the EU, Mr Obama said: "I would note that one of the great values of having the United Kingdom in the European Union is its leadership and strength on a whole host of global challenges.
"And so we very much are looking forward to the United Kingdom staying a part of the European Union because we think its influence is positive not just for Europe but also for the world."
Mr Cameron wants to renegotiate the UK's EU membership ahead of an in/out referendum by 2017.
He has opened talks with other European leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz - who both want to ensure the UK stays in the EU.
Speaking at the G7 summit in Germany, the PM said the British public, not "individual parties", would decide whether the UK stays in the EU.
This comes after it emerged that some 50 Eurosceptic MPs have formed a group called Conservatives for Britain that wants Westminster to be sovereign over European Union law.
Before meeting Mr Obama for one-on-one talks at the G7 summit in Germany, the prime minister announced the deployment of a further 125 army trainers to Iraq.
The trainers will help the Baghdad authorities take on the Islamic State extremist group which has seized large swathes of the country as well as parts of neighbouring Syria.
The female driver and her male passenger, believed to have been in their early 20s, died in the crash on Runshaw Lane, Euxton, at about 23:00 GMT on Thursday.
The Fiat Punto, travelling towards Leyland, came off the road close to the Plough Inn, police said.
Both victims suffered fatal head injuries and died at the scene.
Lancashire Police is appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Sgt Malcolm Bell said: "We would be particularly keen to speak to anyone who saw the car before the incident, or witnessed the accident."
Officers in riot gear clashed with a "minority" of protesters who threw objects during the rally - which came after the Tory election victory.
Met Police said four police officers and a police staff member were injured.
A police investigation is also under way after graffiti referring to "Tory scum" was daubed on a war memorial.
Met Police said of the 15 arrested, 14 people been bailed pending further enquiries including a full review of CCTV footage and a 24-year-old man remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of assault on police.
Graffiti was sprayed on the Women's War Memorial, in Whitehall, close to where the Queen attended a service of thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey to mark the 70th anniversary of VE Day - the end of World War Two in Europe.
A Downing Street spokesman condemned the graffiti as "a despicable display of disrespect for those who fought and died for their country".
Hundreds of anti-government protesters, some holding placards reading "I pledge to resist" and "Stop the cuts", took part in the rally on Saturday, which began outside Conservative Party headquarters.
In a statement, the Met said 12 people were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and three for assault on police.
Among the objects thrown at police were traffic cones and smoke bombs.
One officer suffered a dislocated shoulder and a police staff member was hit in the mouth by an object, the force said. Both were being treated in hospital.
Three other officers were assaulted but did not go to hospital, police added.
There have been no reported injuries to any protesters.
Ch Supt Gerry Campbell said the "vast majority" of protestors had taken part peacefully, but added that a "small minority" had been intent on causing disorder.
"We have launched an investigation into criminal damage to the Women in World War Two Memorial. This is particularly abhorrent considering we are celebrating the 70th anniversary of VE Day," he said.
One student journalist who was at the scene told the BBC: "There were thousands of people out there to protest against five years of Tory rule, which is going to see more cuts, more privatisation and more austerity - and one person's action should not represent that."
In Cardiff, about 200 people joined a similar rally against austerity - where singer Charlotte Church carried a placard saying she was "mad as hell".
The Chiefs face Wasps in next weekend's final at Twickenham after dramatically beating European champions Saracens in Saturday's semi-final at Sandy Park.
"We're in a much different place. Even in the changing room after the game it feels different," Exeter fly-half Steenson told BBC Sport.
"We've talked very much about building and being champions this year."
Exeter, who were promoted to the top flight for the first time in 2010, lost to Saracens in last season's Twickenham showpiece after a poor first half.
But they made amends by scoring in the final seconds in front of a partisan home crowd to overcome Sarries, who looked to be heading for a shot at a third successive domestic title after a late try of their own.
"Maybe last year wasn't exactly the same way of thinking, maybe we were just happy to be in that final," added Ulsterman Steenson, who kicked eight points in Exeter's win.
"It was our first experience and a lot of people say you've got to go through finals and lose them to put yourself in a good position."
Steenson's thoughts were echoed by forwards coach Rob Hunter, who felt Saturday's win over Saracens was the high point of his Exeter career.
"It was probably, in some respects, bigger than the final last year," said Hunter.
"The final was a grand day out last year, it was all very new to us, whereas this year we're a different side, we expect a little bit more of ourselves.
"We've been there before, we're a bit more resilient, we've got a bit more experience.
"Two months into this season we did what we should have said in the changing room last year after the final, which was 'how do we win this next year', rather that 'it's been a great season'."
Centre-forward Niall Loughlin scored in the first minute at Fraher Field to give the Oak Leaf boys a lead which they never surrendered.
Waterford fought back to be just 0-11 to 0-9 down at half-time.
But the hosts failed to score for the first 22 minutes after the break and a goal by Danny Haveron killed them off.
Derry will find out who they play next when the draw for Round 2A is made on Monday morning.
Manager Damian Barton, buoyed by the way his team saw off the Waterford challenge in the early stages of the second half, will be looking for a decent run in the qualifiers.
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Loughlin landed the first two points from play and Danny Tallon also scored a couple as Derry built up an 0-8 to 0-4 lead.
However, Waterford responded and Donie Breathnach, Conor Murray and Gavin Crotty were among their scorers as they cut the gap to just one point.
But the early stages of the second half saw Derry pull away to build up a commanding 10-point advantage.
Magherafelt club man Heavron got the goal and there were points for substitutes Emmett McGuigan and Mark Lynch, as well as Chrissy McKaigue, Ciaran McFaul and Tallon.
Waterford did stage a late revival but Derry's progress to the second round was never in question.
The party said its planned £10m Access to GPs scheme would also fund extended opening hours, with the most innovative bids for cash being rewarded.
Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams said it would "guarantee the best treatment at the right time".
Meanwhile the Welsh Conservatives said they would crack down on big pay-offs for NHS bosses if they won power.
The Tories said it followed the news that the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board was still paying its former chief executive Trevor Purt his £200,000-a-year salary after he took up a job in England.
Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar said it was time to put an end to a system which appeared to "reward failure".
Here are 10 facts about the sport to impress your friends ahead of the big match, which will be shown live on BBC TV, online, mobile devices and app from 13:30 GMT.
1. The first recorded evidence of curling being played in Scotland and the Netherlands dates back to the 16th century. The first rules of the game were drawn up in 1838 and the Grand Caledonian Curling Club, the sport's first governing body, was formed in Edinburgh.
Four years later, the Earl of Mansfield gave a demonstration of the sport on the ballroom floor of Scone Palace near Perth during a visit by Queen Victoria.
She was so impressed that she gave permission for the club's name to be changed to the Royal Caledonian Curling Club - which still governs the sport in Scotland today.
2 Celebrity curling fans include George Clooney, who reportedly got hooked on the sport while filming the movie Perfect Storm in Canada in 2000, and rocker Bruce Springsteen, who, according to the Toronto Star, loves to stop off for a game when he tours with the E Street Gang.
Meanwhile, footballers at Premier League club Southampton have become so addicted to the sport they have been trying out their own version of curling in their dressing room.
3. Curling stones are made of granite and weigh between 17.24kg and 19.96 kg. The granite comes from two sources - the Scottish island of Ailsa Craig and the Trefor Granite Quarry in Wales. Stones for the Sochi Winter Olympics are manufactured by Kays of Scotland, who have been making curling stones since 1851 and have the exclusive rights to the Ailsa Craig granite.
The sweeping brushes used to be made of corn strands and were similar to household brooms. Broom heads are now made of fabric, hog hair or horse hair with nylon fabric covering the brush head.
4. Curling has featured in many television programmes and films, including the Beatles movie Help! where the Fab Four play the game, only for one of the stones to be booby-trapped by a bomb. In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, James Bond walks past girls playing curling at the top of Piz Gloria - Blofeld's mountain-top retreat.
5. In Scotland, curling competitions were held outdoors on frozen lochs and ponds until the advent of indoor ice rinks in the 20th century. However some outdoor competitions still remain in Scotland including some staged by Carrbridge Curling Club in Inverness-shire.
The best known outdoor competition in Britain was the Grand Match, which was held on the Lake of Menteith in Stirling and was traditionally between the north and south of Scotland. However the tournament, which can attract thousands of curlers, has not been held since 1979 because the loch has not frozen to the required depth of seven inches of ice.
6. In 1912, bodies that were recovered from the Titanic after it sank off the coast of Canada were taken to the Mayflower Curling Club's home in Agricola Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, which was set up as a temporary morgue. The building was the only one in the city that was large enough and cold enough for the task.
7. England's most important contribution to 19th-century curling was the invention of artificial ice. In 1877, a rink opened in Manchester and the world's first curling match on artificial ice took place in March of that year. But the rink closed soon after.
8. In 2008, American TV network NBC secured an exclusive option to air a 10-episode sports reality show called Rockstar Curling. The plan was to give the winners a chance at competing in the US Championships and even go to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Think X-Factor on ice. In the end, the option wasn't taken up.
9. Curling made its Olympic debut in Chamonix in 1924 where Great Britain beat Sweden and France and, after demonstration events at Lake Placid (1932), Calgary (1988) and Albertville (1992), it finally made its full Olympic medal debut in Nagano in 1998.
10. Good sportsmanship, referred to as 'the spirit of curling' is an integral part of the game. You should always congratulate your opponent on a good shot, and never cheer a mistake or miss. Traditionally the winners have to buy the losers a drink after the match.
Swansea West MP Geraint Davies tabled the idea at a parliamentary inquiry about the promotion of Wales as a brand and destination.
The names of singers Sir Tom Jones and Katherine Jenkins were also suggested at the Welsh Affairs Select Committee meeting on Tuesday.
The airport said it kept its options constantly under review.
Mr Davies asked tourism experts to back his idea at Tuesday's meeting, saying: "The re-branding of [Liverpool] John Lennon Airport increased traffic 10-fold. Even [Doncaster Sheffield] Robin Hood Airport did well.
"I was wondering what you thought of the idea of renaming Cardiff Airport Dylan Thomas International Airport Cardiff?
"The idea would be to tag it with a global cultural brand that's got longevity, to tag Wales as a cultural destination rather than another part of 'England'," he said.
2014 marks the centenary of the birth of Dylan Thomas, whose works include Under Milk Wood. He died in 1953.
Hotelier Mike Morgan, who was giving evidence to the committee, suggested "Tom Jones Airport or Katherine Jenkins Airport".
Cardiff Airport has seen an increase in passengers since it was bought by the Welsh government in March 2013 for ??52m amid concerns about investment by its former owners.
Mr Morgan told MPs: "The airport is critical but I would stress that things are going in the right direction."
A spokeswoman for the airport said the issue of renaming it has been raised previously and that it always kept its options open to review.
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Wales face Slovakia on Saturday in what will be their first match at a major tournament since the 1958 World Cup.
Although Bale scored seven of Wales' 11 goals in qualifying for Euro 2016, the Real Madrid forward does not feel under more pressure than his team-mates.
"I want to enjoy myself on the football pitch, like you do when you're a kid," he said.
"The Welsh side here now, we're all like brothers. We're friends, we joke around and play together but, when it comes down to serious business, we all fight for each other.
"We have fun at the same time. We want to come here and enjoy it and, when you enjoy your football, you play your best."
Bale came on for the final half an hour of Wales' 3-0 friendly defeat in Sweden on Sunday, his first international appearance since October.
Wales manager Chris Coleman opted against starting the 26-year-old after he had appeared to struggle with cramp as he played the full 120 minutes of Real Madrid's Champions League final win against rivals Atletico the previous weekend.
The listless nature of Wales' performance in Sweden before Bale's introduction prompted the likes of former captain Kevin Ratcliffe to raise concerns about the team's over-reliance on the former Tottenham forward.
However, Bale refutes any suggestions he is the only attacking threat in the Welsh side.
"It's never a one-man team. There's 11 men on the pitch for a start," he said.
"For us, it's a squad thing. 'Together Stronger' [Wales' motto] is there for a reason. We don't just say it for no reason.
"We all work hard as one unit. We attack as one, we defend as one. When we lose the ball, we all fight back together.
"People write stories, they can write what they want, but we all know we work very hard on the training pitch every day and, come match-day, we work even harder."
Pick the XI that you think can take Wales to the final of Euro 2016 - and then share it with your friends using our team selector.
The 24-year-old, who played stormtrooper Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, was a member of Theatre Peckham's company from age nine to 14.
He said he admired the theatre was "inspiring young people like myself to be the change we want to see in the industry".
Boyega is currently filming the eighth instalment of the Star Wars franchise.
"I admire Theatre Peckham's continued mission to increase diversity in the creative industries," he said.
"As a graduate of the company, I am honoured to be in a position to give back."
The theatre's founder and artistic director, Teresa Early, said Boyega's role as patron "will be a huge boost for our young members", adding: "Now there's an act for them to follow."
The theatre's other patrons include actors Sir Ian McKellen, Jenny Agutter and David Harewood, and theatre director Paulette Randall.
Boyega is due to return to the stage in The Old Vic's production of Woyzeck in February 2017.
Team-mate Gianni Moscon crashed after his front wheel collapsed as Sky finished 18th, losing significant time to their main rivals in Italy.
BMC Racing won the 22.7km stage in 23 minutes 20 seconds, with Thomas' team one minute and 42 seconds behind.
"It was Murphy's law - what could go wrong did go wrong," said Thomas.
"Races like this are won in seconds - we'll try to be aggressive and make up for this, but I think general classification is out the window now."
The week-long World Tour stage race runs until 14 March.
The company asked more than 1,200 children aged between 8 and 15 years old about their weekly allowances.
It suggested kids get an an average of £6.50 each week, which is a 52p rise since last year.
The research also suggests boys are getting more money than girls - the average for boys is £6.67 per week and for girls it is £6.32.
I get ten pounds a month but I think that's fair because my mum gets me expensive birthday and Christmas presents.
Chiara, Scotland
I think I get too much pocket money! I don't get any off my parents but both sets of Grandparents give me money, and so does one of my Aunts. I never spend it all, and when I do it's hardly anything.
Emma, Cramlington, Northumberland
I get £7 a week I think all kids shall have the same amount of pocket each week.
Manjot, London
I don't get any pocket money because I think we should get things at birthdays and at Christmas.
Curtis, Gosport
I think if children want money to spend for themselves, they should get their own jobs, for instance a paper round or something like that. That also helps prepare them with slight work experience for their future lives. The fact that boys on average get more than girls seems unfair because we are just as good as them. I suppose that is always how it has been though, with women being paid less than men sometimes for working just as hard, but, that's life, because the world is not yet a completely fair place.
Crystal, Wales
I get £5 per week but everyone else in my class gets more. I think kids should get more pocket money as things are getting more expensive.
Leo, Salisbury, England
I can't believe that the average pocket money is £6.50 a week. That is £350 pound a year. I think that this is much too high. I get £2 pound every week and I am happy with that. Children over the past 100 years are doing less work yet they are getting paid more, it doesn't make sense.
Izzie, Manchester, England
I only get 1 pound a week but everyone else has 5 pound a week, but I think it is fair that I only get 1 pound because mum and dad said that I wouldn't get loads of presents on Christmas or birthday because they gave me all their money.
Melissa, Sandy, England
I get 5 euro pocket money from my Grandad every weekend. I think it's plenty and a lot of stuff is bought for kids on top of pocket money too like school supplies, clothes etc.
Emma, Wexford, Ireland
I get £1 a week apart from the holidays! And every time we turn a year older we get 50p more!
Phoebe, Ipswich, Suffolk
I'm 11 and I get 5 pound pocket money I thought that was enough but now hearing the average I would like some more.
Erin, North Shields, England
I don't get any pocket money but I save up all of my birthday and Christmas money and put it in my bank to save up for the future which I think is fair!
Hannah, Chesire
My mum gives me £5 a week but I do a lot more chores than I used to when I didn't get an allowance. I also have £20 a month put into my bank account so I have a lot of money for when I'm older.
Ellen, Merseyside, England
I get £5 a week for doing 5 jobs every day. I think that is fair as if I don't do one job, my parents take £1 and I still get the rest of my pocket money.
Katie, Worcestershire
I have to earn my pocket money! for every job I do I get one pound. I do about 2 jobs on a Saturday and 1 on a Sunday.
Charlotte, Crowborough
I don't get pocket money except if I do a job like wash the car or cut the grass.
Izzy, Lincoln, England
I get 10 pounds a month to match my age.
Emily, Burbage, England
I get £1.00 a week and my younger brother gets 50p. When I was his age, I got 50p as well. I think this is a fair amount. £6 pounds is too much for just a few jobs.
Grace, Aylesbury, England
I think I don't get enough pocket money ... I only get £3 and all my friends get more ... it's really unfair :(
Alicia, Torquay
I don't get any pocket money, I'm 13 so earn my money from my paper round I do.
Amy, Burton-upon-Trent, England
I only get £2.50 and I don't even get it ever week!
Findlay, Stroud
I think that I get more than enough pocket money. My allowance has got bigger and that is good but do I really need it when my mum and dad pay for sweets and new clothes when I need it?
Lucy, Northampton
No. I get little pocket money a month (1-2 pounds a month)
Sophie, Sheffield
I don't get any pocket money but i don't really need any.
Jonathan, Braintree, England
I don't have a weekly allowance so I think children should get more!
Eloise, Bristol, England
I get 5 pounds a week but I get another 4 pounds for doing my chores.
Maggie, Salisbury, Wiltshire
I get £2 a week I think an average of £6.50 is too much and if that is what children are given I think if they are naughty 20p should be taken of that week's pocket money.
Derin, Hemel Hempstead
I felt really sad when I heard this, because for the last 5 to 6 years i've done most of the chores in my house and have received no pocket money, not even a penny.
Ryan, Bristol
I don't get any pocket money but my mum and dad buy some stuff that I want as a substitute to that money. So if I have pocket money of 1 pound I would get something that costs 1 pound.
Aidan, Cambridge
I get £3 in the holidays but at school if I get 10/10 on my spellings I get £5 but I want to get £4.50 in the holidays.
Holly, Sheffield
I have an allowance every month of ten pounds, but since about December I haven't had any. Sure we have birthday/Christmas money but kids should be able to spend their OWN money to prepare for the future. When I do save up some money I usually go to WHSmith to spend on pens and pencils plus pic'n'mix!!!
Archie, Manningtree, England
Macedonia and Serbia made the move after Slovenia informed them it would not accept "economic migrants", country officials said.
Hundreds of people are now stranded on borders.
Right-wing European politicians called for border closures following indications that one of the Paris attackers posed as a migrant.
Serbia implemented the move late on Wednesday, according to a spokeswoman for the UN refugee agency UNHCR, Melita Sunjic.
"As of 6pm yesterday evening, Serbia started turning back (to Macedonia) all but Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans," she said.
A police spokesman in Slovenia confirmed the country would return "economic migrants" entering through Croatia, only allowing entry to those "from countries where there are armed battles".
The restrictions come after a Syrian passport - yet to be verified - was found next to the body of one of the perpetrators involved in Friday's attacks in Paris.
The passport was reportedly registered in the Greek island of Leros, and later in Serbia and Croatia.
Around 2,000 are now waiting to cross the border from Greece north into Macedonia, according to AFP.
The restrictions are likely to affect migrants from Eritrea which, after Syria, has the second largest number of people looking to move to Europe. The UN estimates that around 4,000 people leave Eritrea every month.
The Eritrean government says those who leave are economic migrants - but many claim to be fleeing military service.
The 30-year-old ex-Netherlands international, whose short-term deal with Deportivo La Coruna came to an end on New Year's Eve, has signed a two-and-a-half year deal.
Besiktas said in a statement that Babel will earn £1.07m for the rest of this season and then £1.8m per year for the next two campaigns.
He previously spent two years in Turkey at Kasimpasa before leaving in 2015.
Babel, who played for Liverpool between 2007 and 2011, was part of the Dutch side that reached the 2010 World Cup final.
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Desborough Town Council was met with anger when it increased the annual levy from £19.10 to £96.98.
More than 250 residents have since backed calls for the vote of no confidence.
Councillors argued that the money is needed to fund a "truly wonderful future for Desborough".
Kevin O'Brien, who proposed the motion, said residents agreed to formally call for the vote, which will now be submitted to Kettering Borough Council for permission.
Should it be approved, the campaigners say they could have a poll as soon as June.
Mr O'Brien said: "It will hopefully lead to more consultation with the town council."
The town council published a long statement defending the decision.
Dunwoody, 52, is among the first volunteers for a research project examining the long-term effects of concussion on competitors in sports.
"I lose my track and lose my memory," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I don't know whether it's old age or whether it's a result of concussions. I had about 700 falls."
Belfast-born Dunwoody, who won the champion jockey title three times in a 17-year career ended in 1999 by a neck injury, added: "Of those falls, I was reasonably concussed seven or eight times.
"I either woke up in the ambulance room, on the racecourse, in a sauna or somewhere else, and had quite bad memory loss.
"My father was a jockey. He fractured his skull and had Alzheimer's towards the end of his life.
"He did live to 91 so it might have been just old age, but the more we can find out from this study the better.
"Are we as jockeys more susceptible to neuro-degenerative diseases or not?"
The study, Concussion in Sport, wants to establish whether retired sportsmen and sportswomen have an increased incidence, or suffer an earlier onset, of neuro-degenerative disorders.
The British Horseracing Authority, which has welcomed the research project, is already reviewing its own practices around concussion.
Funding and support for the study, which will then extend to all sports in which concussion is a recognised risk, has come from a range of sources, including the Injured Jockeys' Fund, racehorse owners Godolphin, American football's NFL.
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After an opening draw against Australia and disappointing defeat to India, GB needed a victory to have any chance of reaching Friday's gold medal final.
Ashley Jackson opened the scoring, before David Condon (twice) and Alistair Brogdon struck to secure all three points.
"We wanted to come out and prove a point," Condon told BBC Sport.
"We were good against Australia but let ourselves down against India, so we really wanted to give the crowd something to shout about today."
The match also saw Henry Weir claim his 100th international cap from combined Great Britain and England games.
Weir said: "I'm obviously really happy to reach that landmark, but it was about getting the result today and I think we looked more like ourselves."
After scoring just once in their opening two fixtures GB signalled their intent to threaten as an attacking force early on against Korea.
They dominated the first half with goals from Jackson and then Condon in each of the opening two quarters, before Seungju You brought Korea back into contention before half-time.
The British men lost none of their focus in the final two quarters, though, scoring twice more to ensure the victory.
GB head coach Bobby Crutchley told BBC Sport: "It's really pleasing to score some good goals and create lots of chances.
"We need to keep building throughout the tournament, but we need to do enough early on to give us a chance of reaching that final.
"It'll be exactly the same [at Rio 2016], where we'll need to cope with the pressure and perform throughout," he added.
Britain will next face Olympic champions Germany on Tuesday, before rounding off the pool-stage against Belgium on Thursday.
The top two ranked teams will then face-off for gold on Friday, with third and fourth battling it out for bronze.
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A further 15 were being supported for trauma by the Foreign Office and Red Cross, Mr Cameron told MPs.
Near simultaneous attacks, linked to Islamic State (IS) militants, were carried out on bars, restaurants, a concert hall and the Stade de France.
The 129 people killed included Briton Nick Alexander, from Essex.
The French government has said all the dead have now been identified. A further 400 people were wounded in the attacks, with 221 still in hospital - 57 of them in intensive care.
Mr Cameron said the government would make sure it provided the necessary support to all those left injured or traumatised by the events.
In the aftermath of the attacks, British minsters are increasingly confident they can get MPs' approval to launch airstrikes against IS in Syria, the BBC has been told.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has begun talking to Labour MPs to try to get the vote through the Commons. Downing Street insists there is no timetable for a vote yet but it is thought it could happen before Christmas.
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Stories from Britons caught up in the attacks are still emerging.
One couple from Leeds have described how they escaped through a skylight when the Bataclan concert hall was attacked.
Tony Scott and Justine Merton climbed onto the roof when heavily-armed gunmen stormed the building, during an Eagles of Death Metal concert.
The engaged pair, who first met at a rock concert, usually watched gigs at floor level but they had arrived late so headed up to the balcony for a good view.
Mr Scott told BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme the "insignificant" decision to go upstairs ended up being "the difference between life and death".
From there, they were able to escape into the stairwell, climb up a grate and out onto the roof. They were then ushered to an apartment where they hid with others, before armed police eventually found them.
Another couple, also at the concert, described how they went back inside to rescue a friend hurt in the crush to escape.
Maria and Patrick Moore, from Southampton, were unharmed but they walked to hospital with their friend, who had a broken collarbone.
"I don't feel different but there's guilt that we got out and other people didn't," Mrs Moore, now back home, told the Southern Daily Echo.
The three gunmen at the concert hall killed 89 people, among them Mr Alexander, 36, who was selling merchandise at the gig.
His friend, David Gray, said Nick "didn't stand a chance of getting out" because his stall was by the front door and the emergency exits were at the sides of the stage.
Band members of Eagles of Death Metal tweeted: "Our thoughts and hearts are first and foremost with our brother Nick Alexander."
They said the band, now back home in the US, were "horrified and still trying to come to terms with what happened".
Friends of Mr Alexander have paid tribute to a clever and charming man.
Meanwhile, the Muslim Council of Britain has taken out an advert in the Daily Telegraph, saying the "barbaric acts" have no sanction in the religion of Islam and British Muslims were united in condemning them.
Shares in Royal Mail have dropped by 5% after it said letter volumes were down 6% in the nine months to 25 December.
Its UK parcels business, however, grew, helped by a better Christmas than the previous year.
It said the number of marketing items - or "junk mail" - was also falling.
Overall revenues from its UK business fell in the final nine months of 2016 but its international business largely offset the decline.
"We are seeing the impact of overall business uncertainty in the UK on letter volumes, in particular advertising and business letters," the company said.
Royal Mail said it had delivered 2% more parcels in the nine months to Christmas day, boosting revenues from its parcels business by 3%. The company said it was on track to meet its cost-saving targets.
But total letter revenue was down 5% compared with 2015.
The company is also in the process of negotiating with labour unions over pensions and delivering a "cost avoidance" programme.
That is nearly 10 times what taxpayers spent on Nelson Mandela's two homes, and 20 times what it cost to secure Thabo Mbeki's house.
As we now know, Mr Zuma's "essential security upgrades" included a swimming pool, an amphitheatre, a chicken run and a visitors' centre. A fairly humble collection of traditional buildings on a rural hillside has been transformed into something more like a luxury holiday resort.
But as is so often the case in politics, it is the cover up - long, venomous, hair-splitting and sanctimonious - that has been most revealing, and most depressing.
Some of Mr Zuma's closest advisers - those with an eye on image and votes, rather than on real or imaginary security concerns - were urging him from the very beginning to apologise for any errors and to volunteer immediately to pay for any unwarranted expenditure.
The scandal could have ended in a week, and the president could even have emerged with his status enhanced.
Instead Mr Zuma and his supporters have sought to undermine the credibility of South Africa's public protector - whose exhaustively forensic report recommended that he repay some of the money - and have ridiculed the opposition for seeking to turn Nkandla into a presidency-defining scandal about accountability and corruption.
Now the police minister - a man whose career is, of course, entirely dependent on Mr Zuma's goodwill - has produced his own report, which spells out, in inadvertently comic detail, how conveniently the mosaic-inlayed swimming pool can double as an essential source of water for fighting fires.
The minister's unsurprising conclusion - Mr Zuma should not pay back a penny.
President Zuma did not hide his sense of vindication.
In parliament this week he openly mocked the opposition's attempts to pronounce the word "Nkandla" in a not-so-subtle hint that it was white politicians who were driving the criticism.
It was a confident, boisterous, divisive, and - at least for his supporters - genuinely comic moment.
And there is no doubt that Mr Zuma's jibes will have gone down well with his base.
Spending on presidents' private homes:
Source: Public protector report / all figures in 2013 financial terms
How Nkandla has grown
He is a consummate performer with a salt-of-the-earth appeal that the youthful new opposition leader, and part-time pastor, Mmusi Maimane cannot hope to match.
But South Africa is heading towards local elections next year and one has to wonder what impact Nkandla will have on wavering voters and on the governing African National Congress's majorities - under threat in some key urban municipalities.
If this were a constituency-based parliamentary democracy you could imagine a long queue of backbenchers lining up to beg Mr Zuma to handle Nkandla differently, since it was damaging their support among local voters.
Instead, politics here leans more towards a patronage system, with Mr Zuma at the tip of the pyramid. He is a proud, stubborn man, with some acute political skills.
But his career has been defined - you could argue - by two things: His experiences as an underground intelligence operator in the fight against apartheid; and his years in a newly democratic environment where the ANC has never seriously had to worry about losing power.
The Nkandla issue may fade into the background now. For a final judgment, we'll have to wait until next year's elections.
HMP Northumberland in Acklington, which houses more than 1,300 male prisoners, will be managed by Sodexo Justice Services from December.
The company said it had begun talks with union officials about reducing the site's current workforce of 580.
The Prison Officer's Association (POA) accused the firm of "putting profit before public safety".
Sodexo, which already operates one prison in Scotland and three in England, was awarded a 15-year contract worth about £250m to manage HMP Northumberland earlier this year.
The National Offender Management Service said Sodexo had produced a "compelling bid" to run the prison, formed after the merger of Castington and Acklington jails.
In a statement, the company said: "We are currently in consultation with the Ministry of Justice and the recognised unions regarding employment arrangements at HMP Northumberland.
"We have shared our proposed reduction in staffing numbers. We aim to achieve this reduction by voluntary means if possible.
"Formal consultation with employees will commence after 1 December 2013 when HMP Northumberland employees transfer to Sodexo Justice Services."
A spokesman for the POA said: "The announcement that 200 jobs will go at HMP Northumberland will place private profit before public safety.
"We insist that Sodexo now provide safe systems of work, risk assessments and staff profiles to ensure that HMP Northumberland is safe, secure and decent for staff, prisoners and the public.
"The POA will not tolerate unsafe working practices and unsupervised prisoners.
"The warehousing of prisoners will not provide the promised rehabilitation revolution."
Sodexo Justice Services is part of the French multinational Sodexo Group, which provides services including catering, cleaning and security.
HMP Northumberland was criticised in 2012 after inspectors found a third of inmates spent days in their cells "doing nothing".
It has lost £360,000 from a Welsh government-backed grant used to support its educational work for "thousands" of young people, say Wales YFC bosses.
The Farmers' Union Wales and NFU Cymru called for a rethink.
A Welsh government spokesperson said it offered to meet the Wales Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs to give feedback on its application to help future bids.
The organisation has also lost a £20,000 grant from Natural Resources Wales which said its funding scheme was over-subscribed and that it had offered to work with unsuccessful bidders to help them "strengthen their applications".
Wales YFC chairman Iwan Meirion said he was "extremely disappointed", adding that both funding schemes were "essential for us to maintain our educational programme for thousands of young people living in rural Wales".
Mr Whyte, 46, denies acquiring the club by fraud in May 2011. He also denies another charge under the Companies Act.
The Crown alleges he pretended to have funds to make all the required payments for a controlling stake in the club.
Judge Lady Stacey addressed the jury after the closing speeches in the case at the High Court in Glasgow.
Advocate Depute Alex Prentice QC had told the court that Mr Whyte did not have authority over the funds used in the takeover.
Defence QC Donald Findlay described the accused as "the fall guy" in the case.
In his closing speech on Monday morning, Mr Findlay told the court former Rangers owner Sir David Murray wanted to protect his legacy at the club but was "badly let down" by others who advised on the sale.
Lady Stacey will complete her legal directions on Tuesday before the jury is sent out to consider its verdict.
Copthorne Barracks in Shrewsbury was one almost of 100 sites put up for sale by the Ministry of Defence last year as part of a major restructuring.
Shropshire Council said rules for such sites meant as few as six affordable homes may be built, despite demand.
The MoD said it had a duty to maximise value for taxpayers.
Councillor Malcolm Price, in charge of planning at Shropshire Council, said the proposed development of 230 homes on the Shrewsbury site would have usually meant about 46 affordable homes.
However, he said the Vacant Buildings Credit (VBC), used in the sale of ex MoD sites across the country, reduced the commitment to build affordable homes on land currently occupied by redundant buildings, thereby increasing its appeal to prospective developers.
If it could be overturned, Mr Price said it would be fitting if some of the extra affordable homes could be set aside for former soldiers, given the history of the site.
Shropshire Council said it was considering challenging the VBC policy, which it said was letting down former soldiers.
The Armed Forces Covenant, signed by both the government and numerous councils, pledges to support current and former members of the British Armed Forces, including access to affordable homes.
The MoD said the sale of Copthorne Barracks was part of the Better Defence Estate Strategy, "reinvesting over £4bn to help ensure a modern estate fit for personnel and their families".
"We are committed to supporting our veterans, and under the Armed Forces Covenant councils must give preference to veterans with urgent housing needs," a spokesperson said.
"We have already allocated £40m of LIBOR funds to projects which provide veterans accommodation."
A Dutch team is developing clever waders that enthusiasts can wear to find not only the ideal location to fish, but to collect key hydrological data for scientists.
Of most use to both groups would be waders that sensed water temperature.
Anglers know this influences where fish go in a river and, for researchers, it betrays details about the movement of water in that river and its chemistry.
"We need more data from more streams than we could possibly monitor with our sensor networks," explained Rolf Hut from Delft University of Technology.
"Wouldn't it be nice if we had citizens walking around in the water, interested in temperature because they want to know where the fish are, and at the same time providing us with the information we can use for our research?"
The data would be collected by a simple temperature probe in the wader boot. This would then travel up a wire to a Bluetooth device above the waist to be passed to a phone in a dry pocket.
The angler could use the information straightaway to decide where to stand in the river and cast their fly, while the scientists would receive the details back at the lab over the cell network for later analysis.
Dr Hut and his colleagues are interested in the study of hyporheic exchange, which describes how water moves into and out of a stream through its bed.
In dry periods, a stream will lose water into the ground; in wet periods, it will gain it - and where the water comes into the stream, it is usually much colder than what it is joining.
It used to be thought this was a fairly gradual process along a stream's entire length, but scientists now realise that the exchange in some locations is actually far more significant than in others.
The team's smart waders are in the earliest phase of development, but Dr Hut was able to demonstrate the concept at this week's European Geosciences Union General Assembly - albeit in the rather warm and dry setting of the meeting's poster hall.
Then there is the question of extending the range of sensors incorporated into the waders.
Rolf Hut added: "Why stop at temperature? What about water depth?
"For hyporheic exchange, it would be interesting to look at salinity; pH would be really interesting for water quality.
"And now there are sensors coming on the market that would do water quality parameters like nitrogen levels, dissolved carbon levels - that are really telling you how healthy a stream is.
"So that's not necessarily for hyporheic exchange, but for other fields of hydrology and water management. And that's in the interest of the fishers, by the way, because you need a healthy stream to have fish."
Dr Hut's attire at the meeting prompted a chuckle of two from fellow hydrologists, but also admiration for the ingenuity.
Nicholas Howden from Bristol University, UK, said: "Hyporheic exchange is a fascinating topic.
"For example, groundwater that comes into rivers tends to be very rich in base cations - the kind of stuff salmon need. They will spawn in gravel beds where there is upwelling.
"So, these are locations that are ecologically very important for the river."
The idea of the smart waders originated from a talk with Scott Tyler of the University of Nevada, Reno.
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Speaking at the UN in New York, the prime minister said "past mistakes" must not be an "excuse" for inaction.
He spoke as US and Arab jets continued bombing Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria, after attacks began on Tuesday.
The UK cabinet has been meeting to discuss possible air strikes in Iraq, with Parliament due to vote on Friday.
MPs will debate a motion ruling out any air strikes against Syria or using ground troops.
But they will be asked to back UK bombing of IS in Iraq which the motion says poses a "clear threat" to the "territorial integrity" of the country.
The motion also "condemns the barbaric acts" of IS and the "humanitarian crisis" the militants are causing.
In his UN speech, Mr Cameron said the Iraqi government had made a "clear request" for international military assistance against IS, which has taken control of large parts of Iraq and Syria in recent months.
He said this provided a "clear basis in international law for action".
by Nick Bryant, BBC United Nations correspondent
David Cameron's address at the UN felt like a dress rehearsal for the speech he'll deliver in the House of Commons on Friday, and his target audience seemed to be parliamentarians as much as diplomats in the hall.
Other than a few cursory words about Middle East peace, Ukraine and the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, it was devoted almost exclusively to making the case for British air strikes in Iraq.
Referring to the war there a decade ago, a conflict lodged so firmly in the minds of parliamentarians, he said that past mistakes should not become an "excuse for indifference or inaction".
He was also careful to spell out the legal case for air strikes in Iraq, a touchier issue in Westminster than it is in New York.
As well as air strikes, Mr said Western forces could equip, train and support local fighting forces.
He said IS, also known as Isil and Isis, had killed people of "every faith and none" and had "murderous plans to expand its borders well beyond Iraq and Syria and to carry out terrorist atrocities right across the world".
It comes after a third night of US-led air strikes against the militants targeted oil refineries in Syria.
Five civilians and 14 IS fighters were killed in the east of the country, according to UK-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
British jihadists are among those thought to have been killed in air strikes earlier this week.
Khadijah Kamara told the BBC she believed her 19-year-old son Ibrahim, who went to Syria in February, was among the dead.
The 35-year-old, from Brighton, said: "I forgive him, may God have mercy on him. I'm not angry.
"I just pray that God forgives him. Think about how your actions will affect your family. The impact on people who care about you."
He is thought to have been fighting with al-Qaeda affiliate group Jabhat al-Nusra, BBC Newsnight's Secunder Kermani said.
Our reporter added that a source in Syria had told him that, as well as Mr Kamara, three British men of Bengali heritage from the London area were killed on Monday.
Addressing the UN, Mr Cameron said it was "right" to learn lessons from the past - especially from the 2003 invasion of Iraq - but leaders must not be "frozen with fear".
"Isolation and withdrawing from a problem like Isil will only make matters worse," he said.
"We must not allow past mistakes to become an excuse for indifference or inaction."
He also said:
Mr Cameron said IS had recruited fighters from around the world, including 500 from Britain.
One of these Britons "almost certainly" killed the two American journalists and the British aid worker whose beheadings featured on IS videos posted online in recent weeks, he said.
The UN Security Council has adopted a binding resolution compelling states to prevent their nationals joining jihadists in Iraq and Syria.
US President Barack Obama chaired the session and called for global efforts to dismantle the IS "network of death".
The president said more than 40 countries had offered to join the coalition against IS.
The US started bombing IS targets in Iraq last month and began air attacks in Syria on Tuesday.
Labour and the Liberal Democrats are supporting the plan for UK air strikes in Iraq.
Sir Menzies Campbell - a former Lib Dem leader and prominent opponent of the 2003 Iraq invasion - said he was "satisfied there are perfectly sound legal grounds" for the attack.
"The request has been made by the Iraqi government," he told Sky News.
"The very future of Iraq is at stake and we're quite entitled to adopt and accept that request and to become involved"
Sir Menzies accused IS of "systematic barbarism", adding: "Effectively there's ethnic cleansing going on."
Full text of Friday's Commons motion
That this House:
Condemns the barbaric acts of ISIL against the peoples of Iraq including the Sunni, Shia, Kurds, Christians and Yazidi and the humanitarian crisis this is causing;
Recognises the clear threat ISIL pose to the territorial integrity of Iraq and the request from the government of Iraq for military support from the international community and the specific request to the UK government for such support;
Further recognises the threat ISIL poses to wider international security and the UK directly through its sponsorship of terrorist attacks and its murder of a British hostage;
Acknowledges the broad coalition contributing to military support of the government of Iraq, including countries throughout the Middle East;
Further acknowledges the request of the government of Iraq for international support to defend itself against the threat ISIL poses to Iraq and its citizens, and the clear legal basis that this provides for action in Iraq;
Notes that this motion does not endorse UK air strikes in Syria as part of this campaign, and any proposal to do so would be subject to a separate vote in Parliament;
Accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government, working with allies, in supporting the government of Iraq in protecting civilians and restoring its territorial integrity, including the use of UK air strikes to support Iraqi, including Kurdish, security forces' efforts against ISIL in Iraq;
Notes that Her Majesty's Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations;
Offers its wholehearted support to the men and women of Her Majesty's armed forces.
BBC deputy political editor James Landale said the government was "confident" of winning Friday's vote - but it did not propose military action in Syria because of the legal impediments of acting there without the support of the Assad regime.
However, former UK attorney general Dominic Grieve told BBC Newsnight the Iraqi government's request for help could make it possible for the UK to take military action in Syria without breaching international law.
He said there was evidence that some attacks were "spilling over the border" from Syria into Iraq, so the UK could use "reasonable, necessary and proportionate means" to help Iraq defend itself.
He said it might also be possible to make a legal case for intervening in Syria under the "doctrine of humanitarian necessity" to protect people from IS genocide.
Part of Kenneth Grahame's novel was inspired by Goring Weir, which will be developed to provide electricity for 300 homes.
Charles Streeten, appearing for Goring Council, read out a passage where Mole is "listening to the pleasant sound of water lapping over a weir".
The judge described the excerpt as "telling" but dismissed the challenge.
Mr Justice Cranston said: "Books such as Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men In A Boat and Kenneth Grahame's Wind In The Willows have descriptions of the villages or drew inspiration from the site of Goring Weir."
He also said the stretch of the Thames between the villages of Goring and Streatley, located in a conservation area, had a rich cultural history.
However, he added the decision to give the scheme on the Oxfordshire and Berkshire border the go-ahead in March was not irrational and South Oxfordshire District Council was entitled to reach the planning judgment it did.
Mr Streeten fears the scheme will cause noise pollution and visually harm the site.
He read the passage out of the Mole character "mucking about in a boat on the river" to emphasise his point.
Part of the existing weir at Goring Lock will be demolished to make way for the three 3.5m (11ft) diameter screws needed for the scheme.
It will also include a fish pass, eel pass and a flood control gate.
Dobrev triumphed in the 94kg category in Athens.
He also claimed gold at the 2003 world championships and won two European titles before retiring in 2008.
"I can't stop crying," Bulgaria's former weightlifting coach Plamen Asparuhov said. "He was the best person I ever knew."
Doctors confirmed Dobrev died of a heart attack.
Bulgarian weightlifters have won 11 Olympic titles since 1972, making it one the most successful sports in the Balkan country.
Roberts' brother Ben died after he was hit by a car aged just 16, in October.
He has also been plagued by persistent hamstring injuries, but made a return to the first team earlier this month with Oxford third in the table.
"It's been an awful year for me and my family," the 19-year-old academy graduate told BBC Radio Oxford.
"It's a hell of a time to be part of what's happening here at Oxford and to have had the chance to come back. I feel I've done well for the team when I've been involved."
Roberts has made one start and three appearances off the bench since his return in the 5-1 win at Crawley on 9 April.
"This has been a bonus to not just me, but to my family as well," he added.
"That's important because they love watching me play. They travel up and down the country following me.
"But, it's a bonus to be back playing with a group of players who are fantastic."
Daniel Brooks, of Basildon, arrived in Switzerland for the next stage in the European tour without his clubs.
He tweeted saying that after his clubs were lost, Easyjet then sent them to the wrong place for collection.
The travel firm has apologised and said it hoped to reunite Brooks with his clubs soon.
In the tweet, Brooks said: "First you lose my golf clubs. Then I fill out a form for where they need to go to and you take them somewhere else. What's going on?"
Easyjet then responded suggesting he contacted its baggage claims department.
Brooks asked for his clubs to be sent to him at the Swiss golf complex in Crans-Montana. It is understood they have instead been sent to Gatwick Airport 483 miles (777km) away.
When he struck the hole in one at the 166 yard 11th hole, Brooks became the first golfer to make a hole-in-one at The Open at St Andrews since 1990, and the first in any Open since 2012.
His father Mick Brooks said: "His clubs had not arrived. His manager has been trying to sort out where his clubs are. They are all sized up for him.
"I hope they turn up before he kicks off on Thursday."
An Easyjet spokeswoman said: "We apologise for any inconvenience experienced.
"We are investigating this thoroughly with our ground staff and baggage handling partners and hope to reunite the passenger with their baggage today."
Tomasz Procko and Karol Symanski died in the fall in Cadogan Square, Knightsbridge, in November 2014.
Martinisation (London) Ltd has been charged with corporate manslaughter and health and safety breaches.
Mr Procko, 22, and Mr Symanski, 29, fell when the railings gave way.
The company's director Martin Gutaj, is also accused of health and safety offences.
Six other people were injured in the incident.
Zoe Martin, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said a hearing had been scheduled for 6 June at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Sian Harkin, 54, used cheques from Llwyncelyn Infant School claiming the money was for a shelter for pupils' parents.
Merthyr Crown Court heard she gave them to Lee Slocombe, a convicted fraudster who had manipulated her.
Harkin, of Pontypridd, admitted fraud, theft and forgery charges.
The court heard that the teacher had fallen under the "spell" of the conman - who has since been jailed - and that she had believed his "sob stories".
Marion Lewis, defending, told the court that the head teacher was "devastated" and "thoroughly ashamed" of what she had done.
Prosecuting, Rachel Knight said: "She took it upon herself to dip into school funds. She abused her position of trust.
"She had significant financial responsibility but defrauded the school and thereby the community."
When questioned, Harkin said the money was to build a rain shelter for waiting parents - but the work was never ratified by governors.
On one occasion she forged the deputy head's name in order to cash a cheque, the hearing was told.
CCTV footage showed her cashing a cheque for £3,200 in a bank after forging the signature of her colleague.
Marion Lewis, defending, said: "The effects of her wrongdoing have been devastating. A successful career that she dearly loved has been destroyed. She is thoroughly ashamed.
"She knows the effect her actions have had on the school and deeply regrets them."
Jailing her for a year, Judge Richard Twomlow said: "You were so under his (Slocombe's) influence that you were prepared to do things you should not have to assist him."
Speaking after the case, her husband Anthony, a bank manager, said: "I want to stress that every penny of the money spent on our house came from my pocket and not from the school's funds.
"I am a bank manager and have proved to police that each pound and penny was met by us.
"What Slocombe did with the money from the school is a mystery. He is very plausible and a convicted fraudster.
He said his wife had given Slocombe the money to build a shelter at the school.
"We feel very let down by Slocombe over the two-and-a-bit years he worked with us," he added.
"He has conned many, many people out of thousands of pounds. We trusted him as did many other people and were bitterly let down."
Lee Slocombe was jailed in February for 43 months after defrauding customers of £43,000.
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The pensioners, from the Wirral in north-west England, had hit the road in aid of Medecins Sans Frontieres.
On Tuesday morning, the group found they had been fined for parking on a pavement in the Titanic Quarter.
However, the group are now back in the saddle after the fines were rescinded.
In a statement, the Parking and Enforcement Agency, who issued the fines, said: "Unfortunately our patrol operatives were not made aware of the charity event being held.
"As soon as we were informed of it, we cancelled all the fines issued."
The group, known as the Wirral Wobblers, had parked outside the hotel they were staying in on Monday night.
"When we woke up and went down to breakfast we found that every single moped had got a parking ticket on it," said Pat Keeling, one of the group.
"It's a sad day when you realise you've been fined more than you've collected," she added.
The pensioners said that they believed they could park outside the hotel.
Signs in the area indicated that no parking was allowed at any time.
Overall, however, the group said that the week has been a two-wheeled success.
"Our average age is 70 and if you combine them it comes to 1,241 years," said Ted Bemand, the organiser of the trip.
"So we're cracking on a bit. Typically, our mopeds are 30 to 40 years old.
"We've driven through the snow, on the first day it snowed. It was no problem.
"We've had breakdowns, a few little crashes, punctures, engines seized up - and now the fines."
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The paintings are estimated to be worth just under 100m euros (£86m; $123m).
They were taken overnight on Wednesday and reported missing early on Thursday, officials say.
The museum, across the River Seine from the Eiffel Tower, has been cordoned off by investigators.
In pictures: Stolen masterpieces
Security camera footage reportedly shows someone entering the museum through a window during the night.
"This is a serious crime to the heritage of humanity," Christophe Girard, deputy culture secretary at the Paris Town Hall, told a news conference.
The theft was committed by "one or more individuals who were obviously organised", Mr Girard said.
He added that investigators were looking into how the museum's security system and several guards were outsmarted by the thief or thieves.
Mr Girard put the value of the stolen paintings at just under 100m euros (£86m; $123m). They had earlier been estimated to be worth some 500m euros (£431m; $618m).
The five missing paintings are Dove with Green Peas by Pablo Picasso (painted in 1911), Pastoral by Henri Matisse (1906), Olive Tree near l'Estaque by Georges Braque (1906), Woman with Fan by Amedeo Modigliani (1919) and Still Life with Candlestick by Fernand Leger (1922).
Museum officials discovered the theft early on Thursday, when they found a smashed window and a broken padlock which had been cut to gain access to the five paintings.
It is the biggest heist since the 1990 theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston of a Vermeer, several Rembrandts, Degas and other masterpiece.
None of these works has yet been recovered.
Though there is often speculation that works have been "stolen to order" for dishonest collectors, experts in the field say that in reality this is very unusual.
Investigators think that international criminal gangs use art works effectively as a form of currency.
For criminals dealing in drugs or weapons, a rolled-up painting is a way of carrying very large amounts of "currency", even if it is one tenth of the value at auction, the BBC's arts correspondent adds.
The Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, located in the east wing of the Palais de Tokyo building, is separate from the bigger and better-known national collection of modern art at the Pompidou Centre.
If you wanted to start a museum of modern art these five paintings would be high on your list of acquisitions. Between them they tell the story of modern art's emergence, says the BBC arts editor Will Gompertz.
Henri Matisse's Pastoral has the hallmarks of the Impressionists - painted outside or "en plein air", with loose brushstrokes and an everyday, realistic subject.
What marks it out from the work of the early Impressionists is the bright, unnatural colours, which he has used to express the scene as he sees and feels it.
This was called Fauvism.
Georges Braque was inspired by the work of Matisse and developed his own Fauvist style which can be seen in the painting Olive Tree Near L'Estaque.
What is of particular interest about this work is the date Braque painted it - 1906.
That is the year Paul Cezanne died, and it was his later paintings that inspired Braque to develop one of modern art's most famous movements.
By 1907, Braque was painting similar scenes but his style had changed.
Together with Picasso they had started to define Cubism.
Picasso's Dove with Peas makes sense as the next painting to have, as it is a classic example of Cubism in its pomp.
By this stage Braque and Picasso had been joined by Fernand Leger as the other great exponent of Cubist art and techniques.
But Leger became disillusioned with the increasingly abstract nature of the Cubists' work.
During World War I, he chose to renounce abstraction and instead focus on painting common objects in bold colours.
As you can see in the next painting that was stolen - Still Life with Candlestick - Leger has retained the influence of Cubism while incorporating the saturated colours of the Fuaves.
But by combining the two and adding his artistic developments the work moves towards modernism.
Amedeo Modigliani was the fifth artist to be targeted by the thieves.
They chose a work he painted in 1919, Woman with Fan.
He died a year later at the age of 35, having contracted tuberculosis.
Modigliani's portrait of his friend shows him using restrained colours out of respect for her and using "S" shapes to accentuate her graceful pose.
As Matisse used colour to express his feelings for his subject, so Modigliani used distortion.
Both fit within the expressionist movement inspired by the work of Vincent Van Gogh.
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The 26-year-old, who is out of contract in the summer, has been among Newport's best players amid their fight for Football League survival.
County are two points clear of the League Two relegation with two games remaining.
"The main thing everyone's focusing on is making sure Newport County are in the league next year," Day said.
He continued: "Once we've secured our status I think maybe talks about next season can start."
The Exiles' 1-0 win over Accrington Stanley lifted County out of the relegation zone for the first time since November 2016.
Mike Flynn's side and can clinch survival on Saturday if they win at Carlisle United and rivals Hartlepool United lose.
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Earlier, police closed off a number of roads in the Broadmead area after the car was left outside Bridewell police station for about an hour.
Avon and Somerset Police said calling in the bomb disposal unit was part of the standard procedure and an assessment was under way.
The road closures have added to the Balloon Fiesta congestion.
Police said the car raised suspicion earlier this afternoon by a member of staff at the police station who thought it was "strange" after the car had been left there.
They also said the bomb disposal unit team had their own vehicles and equipment and while their investigation continued, the cordon would remain in place.
Avon and Somerset police said: "We're conducting enquiries to establish the owner of the car and as a precaution are also assessing it."
Road closures were put in place just before 16:00 BST on Sunday.
The roads affected are Bridewell St, Nelson St, Silver St, Union St, Rupert St & Haymarket.
Police added that cars parked in Rupert St car park can be collected.
Bus services run by First have also been affected by the Rupert St closure and diversions are being put in place.
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The shooting came when loggers attacked police and forestry officials near the holy town of Tirupati, police said. Police are accused of excessive force.
Most of the suspected smugglers were from neighbouring Tamil Nadu state.
Sandalwood smuggling is rampant in southern India, with a tonne selling for tens of thousands of dollars on the international black market.
Red sandalwood or red sanders is a species of tree endemic to the Western Ghats of India.
The tree is prized for its rich red wood, mainly for making furniture, and is not to be confused with the highly aromatic sandalwood trees that are native to southern India.
Senior police official M Kantha Rao told the AFP news agency that policemen challenged a group of more than 100 smugglers who were cutting down trees in the remote forests near Tirupati early on Tuesday.
"Our police party warned them to hand over the logs. They were accompanied by forest officials as well. But the smugglers refused to hand over the logs," he said.
A forestry official said the woodcutters attacked the police with axes, sticks and stones in two separate areas of the state.
Police said 20 bodies had been recovered in the Seshachalam forest. Eight suspected smugglers were injured.
Most of those killed are believed to be Tamils and there was an angry reaction in Tamil Nadu to the killing.
Chief Minister O Pannerselvam demanded an investigation and the National Human Rights Commission said there had been a "serious violation" of human rights.
"Firing cannot be justified on the ground of self-defence since it resulted in the loss of lives of 20 persons," it said in a statement.
VS Krishna, general secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Human Rights Forum, said an earlier "gun battle" with loggers had turned out to be "one-sided firing" by police.
"They surrounded the workers deep in the forest, having every opportunity to take them into custody, but instead fired straight away, killing several of these workers," he told AFP news agency.
Correspondents say the loggers are often tribespeople or other poor migrant workers from Tamil Nadu.
India banned the sale of red sandalwood in 2000.
In 2004, police in Tamil Nadu shot dead one of India's most notorious sandalwood smugglers, known as Veerappan.
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A report for the Scottish government said there was a "striking difference in the results for 15-year-old girls" compared with other demographic groups.
It said this group appears to be "suffering much poorer mental health".
Minister for Mental Health, Jamie Hepburn, said he would "look carefully" at the study's findings.
The Mental Health and Wellbeing among Adolescents in Scotland report looked at trends and key associations for the mental health of boys and girls aged 13 and 15 between 2006 and 2013.
In 2010, 28% of 15-year-old-girls had a "borderline or abnormal emotional problems score" which increased to 41% in 2013, the report found.
In terms of overall mental health and wellbeing, in 2013, 39% of 15-year-old girls were abnormal/borderline, compared with 29% in 2010.
"This difference is statistically significant," the report said.
Mr Hepburn, the minister responsible for mental health, said: "We know that the patterns and prevalence of different mental health problems through childhood and adolescence vary according to age, gender and deprivation.
"It is essential that services match their interventions to this dynamic background.
"The apparent increase in the number of 15-year-old girls who are experiencing emotional problems is something that we will look at carefully.
"We have seen a significant increase in the number of young people asking for help with their mental health in recent years, which may be attributable to greater awareness and lower stigma."
The report also found that friendships and a positive experience of school are the two things most closely aligned with mental wellbeing. Other factors with a close positive association include expecting to go to university and belonging to a club.
It found higher levels of deprivation and poorer physical health both correlate with lower levels of mental wellbeing, but that levels of mental wellbeing have remained "largely stable" since 2006.
Conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention and pro-social behaviour are said to have improved since 2006.
Emotional and peer relationship problems have worsened, which the report found was "largely attributable" to the increase in the numbers of the 15-year-old girls reporting emotional problems.
Mr Hepburn added: "Child and adolescent mental health is a key priority for the Scottish government.
"We have recently announced an additional £100m of funding for mental health services over the next five years. Some of this will be directed towards further improving child and adolescent mental health services."
Scottish Conservative health spokesman Jackson Carlaw described the figures in the report as "alarming".
He said extra funding for mental health was welcome but must be accompanied by "a real national effort to broaden understanding and overcome the residual stigma and prejudice".
Jim Hume, health spokesman for the Liberal Democrats said mental health had been "the Cinderella service of our NHS for too long" and he urged ministers to "get serious" about improving things.
The Scottish Greens called for further investigation of the report's findings. Alison Johnstone MSP said: "We should draw on the experiences of pupils, parents and teachers to understand what is causing this and how to turn the situation around."
Last month, a study by researchers at the University of St Andrews suggested there have been "concerning" changes in the mental health of teenage girls in Scotland.
They found substantially more girls than boys reported stress, nervousness, low mood and medicine use.
Among 15-year-olds, 54% of girls had two or more health complaints more than once a week.
NCC Group said the exploit could be used to seize control of a vehicle's brakes and other critical systems.
The Manchester-based company told the BBC it had found a way to carry out the attacks by sending data via digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio signals.
It coincides with news of a similar flaw discovered by two US researchers.
Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller showed Wired magazine that they could take control of a Jeep Cherokee car by sending data to its internet-connected entertainment and navigation system via a mobile-phone network.
Chrysler has released a patch to address the problem.
However, NCC's work - which has been restricted to its labs - points to a wider problem.
The UK's Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has responded by saying that car companies "invest billions of pounds to keep vehicles secure as possible".
NCC demonstrated part of its technique to BBC Radio 4's PM programme at its offices in Cheltenham.
By using relatively cheap off-the-shelf components connected to a laptop, the company's research director, Andy Davis, created a DAB station.
Because infotainment systems processed DAB data to display text and pictures on car dashboard screens, he said, an attacker could send code that would let them take over the system.
Once an infotainment system had been compromised, he said, an attacker could potentially use it as a way to control more critical systems, including steering and braking.
Depending on the power of the transmitter, he said, a DAB broadcast could allow attackers to affect many cars at once.
"As this is a broadcast medium, if you had a vulnerability within a certain infotainment system in a certain manufacturer's vehicle, by sending one stream of data, you could attack many cars simultaneously," he said.
"[An attacker] would probably choose a common radio station to broadcast over the top of to make sure they reached the maximum number of target vehicles."
Mr Davis declined to publicly identify which specific infotainment systems he had hacked, at this point.
In many ways, modern cars are computer networks on wheels.
Mike Parris, of SBD, another company that specialises in vehicle security, said modern cars typically contained 50 interlinked computers running more than 50 million lines of code.
By contrast, he said, a modern airliner "has around 14 million lines of code".
Such technology allows the latest cars to carry out automatic manoeuvres. For example, a driver can make their vehicle parallel park at the touch of a button.
Mr Davis said he had simulated his DAB-based attack only on equipment in his company's buildings because it would be illegal and unsafe to do so in the outside world.
But he added that he had previously compromised a real vehicle's automatic-braking system - designed to prevent it crashing into the car in front - by modifying an infotainment system, and he believed this could be replicated via a DAB broadcast.
"If someone were able to compromise the infotainment system, because of the architecture of its vehicle network, they would in some cases be able to disable the automatic braking functionality," he said.
On Tuesday, Wired magazine reported that two US security researchers had managed to remotely take control of a Jeep Cherokee's air-conditioning system, radio and windscreen wipers while its journalist was driving the vehicle.
Mr Valasek - director of vehicle security research at IOActive - said that NCC's attack appeared to have similarities with his own.
"I mean that's essentially what we did over the cell [mobile] network - we took over the infotainment system and from there reprogrammed certain pieces of the vehicle so we could send control commands," he said.
"So, it sounds entirely plausible."
But he added that such exploits were beyond the reach of most criminals.
"It takes a lot of time skill and money," he said.
"That isn't to say that there aren't large organisations interested in it."
More details about both the NCC and the US team's research will be presented to the Black Hat security convention in Las Vegas next month.
The 71-year-old was targeted as he cleaned his Volkswagon Golf at his home in the Abbeyhill area of Edinburgh at about 17:30 on Friday.
Both the man and his wife became embroiled in a struggle with the would-be thief but neither were seriously injured.
Officers said it was a "very frightening ordeal" for the couple.
A passer-by engaged the pensioner in conversation while he was washing his car in Stanley Place at about 17:00, police said.
Half an hour later, a different man arrived and struck up a conversation with him.
But this man grabbed hold of his elderly victim, wrestled him to the ground, then got in the car and tried to drive off.
When the pensioner's wife came out of their house, there was another struggle before the suspect made off - without the car.
Det Insp Paul Grainger appealed for help in tracing the attacker.
He said: "This was a very frightening ordeal for the elderly victim and his wife, but thankfully neither were seriously injured, nor did they lose their car.
"We have a very detailed description of the suspect and would urge anyone who recognises him, or who can assist us in tracing him to come forward.
"As part of our inquiries we have established that two men were seen acting suspiciously around the Lothian Cars garage on Stanley Place prior to this incident and we are looking to establish if the same individuals were involved.
"If you have seen anyone acting suspiciously or unusually in this area around this time or if you believe you have information relevant to our ongoing inquiry then please contact police immediately."
The suspect was white, about 6ft tall, and in his late 20s or early 30s. He was well built with dark hair which was curly on top and short at the sides. He had dark, messy stubble.
He wore dark jogging bottoms and a dark T-shirt with lighter writing on the chest. He had a tattoo on his left forearm of a name in "old-style writing".
The trust has identified nine sites suitable for snorkelling which also have environments rich in marine life.
The locations include Tanera Mor in the Summer Isles, Camusnagaul and Achmelvich Bay.
SWT said marine life that could be seen at the sites included dogfish, barrel jellyfish and sea urchins.
The trail project, which forms part of the trust's Living Seas programme, has received funding from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
Noel Hawkins, Living Seas communities officer, said: "The coast of Wester Ross and Sutherland features some fantastic sheltered headlands and beaches that are great places for snorkelling.
"The new trail is self-led, but we are hoping to establish a training programme for local people to become qualified snorkel instructors, and also a snorkel club at the local leisure centre to introduce younger members of the community to snorkelling and their local marine environment."
Lizzie Bird, of the British Sub Aqua Club, added: "Lots of people might think it's too cold to snorkel in Scotland but the colours and life under the surface in places like the north west coast are up there with the coral reefs you can find abroad."
The launch of the trail has been welcomed by Tourism Secretary Fiona Hyslop.
She said: "Scotland's coast boasts some of the UK's richest spots for marine wildlife, which is why nearly half of the visitors surveyed come to Scotland for our scenery and landscape.
"The snorkel trail is an innovative approach to marine and coastal planning that encourages use of existing infrastructure to help tourism diversification like this."
The lines would connect a proposed nuclear power station at Moorside, near Sellafield, to the electricity network.
National Grid wants to install large pylons along a corridor from Carlisle to Moorside, then down to the Furness Peninsula and under Morecambe Bay to emerge near Heysham, Lancashire.
Campaigners are concerned about the impact on the scenery and want cables routed offshore or underground.
Friends of the Lake District said: "The pylons are the height of Nelson's Column and would be a dreadful addition to a national park currently engaged in a bid to win World Heritage Status.
"This is not a case of preventing infrastructure development going ahead.
"There is an opportunity for everybody to benefit if we can persuade government and National Grid that they can achieve the connection of the power station without compromising the natural beauty of the Lake District."
National Grid said: "This design will change and evolve in the coming months as we take into account different environmental and land-use issues that will influence where a new connection can be built.
"We're working with landowners, councils and specialist groups to get more information about land-use issues that will inform the design of our proposals.
"In addition to this ongoing dialogue, we're continuing to engage with local communities and individuals in the coming months."
A series of public events has begun, starting in Egremont, with the final one on 29 October in Heysham.
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Almost 30,000 of you chose your top three moments, from a list compiled by a panel of our tennis experts, to help us celebrate 90 years of the BBC at Wimbledon.
And the results, revealed during a Radio 5 live programme, are in.
The best moment at Wimbledon - with 64% of users placing it in their top three - is Andy Murray winning his maiden title in 2013 and ending Britain's 77-year wait for a men's champion.
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer's intense final in the dark back in 2008 came second, with Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe's epic 1980 final coming third.
Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash: "It was one of the greatest moments in tennis history - a Briton winning Wimbledon. The atmosphere was phenomenal.
"Wherever you went, there was this tension, this expectation of "can he do it?" You can't understand the pressure he had with 77 years of history on his back. It takes one hell of a tough kid to do that."
BBC commentator Barry Davies: "Andy Murray does thoroughly deserve to win. It has to be a Briton winning it. And he might now do what Fred Perry did, and win it three times."
Former British number one Sam Smith: "There are not many times when you're watching something that you want to watch, but you can't.
"During the final game I had to go in my study and pace about. If I'm feeling that, what must Judy Murray and his family been going through? It was the match you couldn't bear to watch, and yet you had to."
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was committed to "fight this evil, to find the perpetrators [and] to bring them to justice".
The 18-month-old boy's parents and four-year-old brother were seriously injured in the attack in Duma.
Palestinian officials said they held Israel "fully responsible".
Slogans in Hebrew, including the word "revenge", were found sprayed on a wall of one of two firebombed houses.
Mr Netanyahu said the attack which killed Ali Saad Dawabsha was "an act of terrorism in every respect".
He and the Israeli president paid separate visits to Ali's brother, Ahmed, who is being treated along with his parents at specialist burns hospitals in Israel.
Mr Netanyahu also condemned the attack in a rare telephone conversation with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
However the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), which dominates the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, said it held the Israeli government "fully responsible for the brutal assassination".
"This is a direct consequence of decades of impunity given by the Israeli government to settler terrorism," it said.
The US State Department denounced what it called a "vicious terrorist attack", while urging Israel and the Palestinians to "avoid escalating tensions in the wake of this tragic incident".
UN chief Ban Ki-moon also described the baby's death as a "terrorist act" and called for the perpetrators to face justice.
While it is unclear what the word "revenge" referred to, the incident resembles what have become known as "price tag" attacks.
Such attacks usually involve acts of vandalism or arson by Jewish extremists as retribution for actions taken by the Israeli government against Jewish settlements or unauthorised outposts in the West Bank, or for violence by Palestinians.
In the overnight attack, Palestinian officials said up to four assailants threw firebombs at the houses, one of which was empty.
Resident Ibrahim Dawabsha told Reuters news agency he heard people shouting for help.
"We found the parents outside with burns, they said there was another son in the house, we brought him out and then they said there was another boy inside, but we couldn't reach the bedroom because of the fire. He was left inside until rescue forces came," he said.
Pictures from the scene of the attack showed at least one of the buildings completely gutted, with only charred remains left.
In another incident on Friday, officials in Gaza said Israeli troops shot dead one man and wounded another near the security fence that marks Israel's border.
Israel confirmed soldiers had fired on the men but did not know their condition.
The killing of the Palestinian child comes amid heightened tensions between the Israeli state, Jewish settlers and Palestinians in recent days.
On Wednesday, settlers scuffled with police as Israeli authorities demolished two partially built blocks which the high court had ruled were built illegally on Palestinian-owned land, in the settlement of Beit El.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, whose fragile coalition includes pro-settler parties, immediately authorised a start to the construction of 300 planned homes in the settlement, drawing ire from the Palestinians.
Palestinians regard settlements as a major obstacle to building a sought-after state in contiguous territory in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
About 500,000 Jews live in more than 100 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.
Lawro's opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures is Britain's tennis world number one Andy Murray.
Murray will be in action in the UK next month when he defends his title at the Aegon Championships at the Queen's Club, live on BBC TV, radio and online from 19-25 June.
The 29-year-old has won the tournament a record five times but this time faces competition from the strongest field in the tournament's 127-year history, with five of the world's top seven players present - including Rafael Nadal, Stan Wawrinka and last year's runner-up Milos Raonic.
Murray told BBC Sport: "I love it at Queen's - this is the tournament where I won my first match as a professional on the main tour in 2005.
"I have been coming back for the past 12 years pretty much and have played some of my best tennis here so have always enjoyed playing there.
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"There is a lot more of an opportunity to come and watch this year because they have put about 2,000 more seats on the Centre Court, which has increased the capacity by about 30%.
"They have made some big changes on Court One now too - that has moved to a bigger stadium as well, so it will be good for the fans."
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Murray is a Hibernian fan and is well known for his keepy-uppy skills with a tennis ball - honed through hours of football practice when he was growing up.
"When I was younger I played a lot, until I was about 15 and decided I was going to give tennis a go," he said.
"Even then I still played five-a-side football whenever I was home - normally at least once a week until I was probably in my early to mid-20s.
"I stopped because I was having problems with my back.
"Now, when I am not playing tennis, I am resting and training for tennis rather than playing football but, when I finish my tennis, I think I will start playing again."
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Everton 1-0 Watford
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Andy's prediction: 2-0
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West Brom 0-1 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Andy's prediction: 1-2
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Manchester City 2-1 Leicester City
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Andy's prediction: 3-1
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Bournemouth 2-1 Burnley
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Andy's prediction: 2-1
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Middlesbrough 1-2 Southampton
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Andy's prediction: 1-1
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Sunderland 0-2 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Andy's prediction: 1-1
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Stoke City 1-4 Arsenal
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Andy's prediction: 0-2
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Crystal Palace v Hull City (12:00 BST)
This is a big one at the bottom of the table but, as bad as Crystal Palace were against Manchester City, it is still very hard to tip Hull to win away.
The Tigers have not managed a league victory on the road since 20 August, when they won at Swansea. Seventeen away trips later, they have picked up only three more points with three draws and, overall, they have the worst away record in the top flight.
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Palace have been all over the place defensively recently, and three defeats in a row have put them back in trouble.
A point would do for the Eagles here, though, and that is what I think they will get.
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Andy's prediction: These are tough fixtures to predict. Palace to win, with a Christian Benteke brace. 2-0
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West Ham v Liverpool (14:15 BST)
As I have said, I think Liverpool will need to win their final two games to make the top four - but I am just not convinced they will do it. I don't think they will get three points against West Ham for starters.
If Liverpool do fall short, it will be because of their mentality. They play as if they will always create chances, so can be somewhat wasteful - but that is not the case. There is something missing with their attack at the moment.
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I presume Jurgen Klopp will start with Adam Lallana even if he is not 100% fit because there is no point protecting him any longer - they need his help now.
There is also a case for giving Daniel Sturridge a start too. After coming off the bench along with Lallana in the second half against Southampton on Sunday, he was one of the few Liverpool players to look lively in what was a really poor result for the Reds.
West Ham are supposedly one of the teams interested in signing Sturridge in the summer so this is something of a showcase for him - his future is undecided but it does not matter what his motivation is if he gets Liverpool the points.
The key will be whether they can break West Ham down - the Hammers played with three at the back in their win over Tottenham last week and flooded the midfield.
If they do that again, there will not be much space for Liverpool's creative players, which is why I am going for a draw.
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Andy's prediction: Another draw, I think! 1-1
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Tottenham v Man Utd (16:30 BST)
It is Tottenham's final game at White Hart Lane but the occasion should not surprise most of the Manchester United players because they played - and lost - in West Ham's last game at Upton Park at the end of last season too.
I have been saying for a while now that I don't buy Jose Mourinho's comments about the size or strength of his squad, and I don't see United's Europa League campaign as an excuse if they miss out on the top four.
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Mourinho said he would rest a lot of players against Arsenal last weekend but when you totalled up starting appearances by both teams, United's players had made 226 more appearances than the Gunners' side - that says it all about his so-called weakened team.
Tottenham's defeat and performance at West Ham was a disappointing end to their title hopes but I think we have seen enough from them this season to expect a response, especially at home where they have won 16 and drawn two of their 18 league games so far.
I always enjoyed going to White Hart Lane as a player, because they would always let you play - I don't recall losing many times there with Liverpool.
One memory that stands out is from a game in the 1980s where Kenny Dalglish got absolutely lumped by Tottenham defender Graham Roberts, who was part centre-half, part assassin.
About 30 seconds later, a certain G. Souness got his revenge on Roberts with a very similar sort of tackle. As was often the case, that was the end of that matter.
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Andy's prediction: My coach is a United fan and my physio is a Tottenham fan, so I hear a lot about both of these teams.
Spurs are at home, in the last ever game at White Hart Lane, and with Jose Mourinho involved it is going to be a tight match - I'm going to go for yet another draw. 1-1
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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 six correct results, including one perfect score, from 10 matches, for a total of 90 points.
He beat Serge Pizzorno from Kasabian, who got three correct results with no perfect scores, but lost out to his band-mate Tom Meighan, who got four correct results, including two perfect scores, for a tally of 100 points.
Lawro also picked up three more points for correctly predicting Arsenal's win over Southampton on Wednesday. Martin Kemp wins no extra points because he picked Saints to win 1-0.
Ofsted said there was no assurance vulnerable children were safe or "adequately protected" by the authority.
It rated children's services inadequate and said standards had deteriorated since inspections in 2012 and 2013.
The council said a "robust improvement plan" was under way.
Reviews carried out in May and June rated children's social care services inadequate in three out of five areas, including children who need help and protection, children who need a permanent home and leadership.
They highlighted "too many examples" where children at risk had either not been seen by social workers. Those who had said their experiences "were not understood and acted upon with sufficient urgency".
Ofsted said the council had taken appropriate action to a number of immediate concerns.
But it said management oversight of individual cases - particularly of child sexual exploitation and missing children - was "variable and often poor".
"In examples seen by inspectors, a referral concerning a child who reported a serious sexual assault had initially been lost," the report said.
Inspectors added children had "far too many changes" of social workers and that the Labour-run authority had a "high reliance on agency staff".
"This means that children and families get frustrated with the changes, having to tell their stories over and over again, and cannot trust that their social workers will stay for very long," Ofsted said.
Jan Gavin, the council's head of children's service, said "solid foundations" had been laid to act on the recommendations and a permanent senior management team had been appointed.
"I can assure residents that the safeguarding of children in Reading is a top priority for the council and a robust improvement plan is already in place.
"We are addressing our recent over-reliance on agency staff with an aggressive, and so far successful, recruitment campaign to attract permanent staff.
"We are not complacent and we recognise there is much to be done and we do not underestimate the challenges we face."
The Duke of Cambridge made the comments after being presented with a cake at Rolls-Royce in Derby, where Mr Smyth works as an aerospace engineer.
The rotating cake was made in the shape of a jet engine, and featured fan blades made from gingerbread.
During his visit to Derby, the prince also drove a train at Bombardier.
Mr Smyth chatted to the prince and demonstrated the cake rotating.
William told him: "Ah, you should have won. What's going on? That's amazing.
"I'm going to have a word with Mary [Berry]. You should have won."
The prince was making his first official visit to the city.
While at Bombardier he took control of a test model of one of the trains which will run on Crossrail, including the Elizabeth Line - named after his grandmother the Queen.
Test train driver Christopher Brittan said the royal driver seemed at ease with the unfamiliar controls.
"He was good - he's a pilot isn't he - so I gave him the basics, and the traction brake controller, but he was good. Controlled," he said.
"We went up to 30mph."
He added: "It was easy, smooth, fast - his braking was sharp. He was very good."
The prince was presented with personalised Rolls-Royce shirts for his children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
The prince also met volunteers and clients at the Padley Development Centre for people with complex needs.
The knock-on effect has caused delays in getting people into the hospital's emergency department with ambulances queuing outside.
The spike in demand came last week and continues to be felt across the hospital's wards, according to Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
Bosses said they were trying to open additional temporary beds.
"But to do this we have to be sure we can bring in enough extra nurses to safely look after the patients in these beds," said Tim Lynch, interim director of secondary care.
"Our staff are working incredibly hard to make sure that patients are getting the care they need and we can only ask for people's patience and understanding while we try to manage this difficult situation."
The hospital said it could not say what had caused the increase in the demand, but that there was a high number of seriously ill patients admitted who needed a longer stay in hospital to recover.
The team behind a £1.3m project to install new pontoons at Tarbert on Harris and Scalpay have applied for funding from several organisations.
These include Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
The new facilities could be in place by the end of next year.
The Reverend Nicolas Stacey said children could be "manipulative" and make false claims, in the 2006 tape.
Mr Stacey was a director of social services in Kent at a time when girls were drugged and abused at Kendall House in Gravesend.
He died in May 2017 aged 89.
A review published last year found that girls at the home, which was run by the Church of England, were routinely drugged, locked up, and sexually abused.
The recording, first made public in 2012, was discovered in British Library archives by a former Kendall House resident and abuse survivor, Teresa Cooper.
The interview with Mr Stacey, who had been a parish priest in south London before jobs at Oxfam and Kent County Council, was recorded in 2006.
Last year it was included in a series for the British Library's sound archive called "pioneers of charity and social welfare".
In the wide-ranging discussion with a researcher, he said: "Nobody was to go to the police about accusations against staff without my approval".
He said it was "incredible the way times have changed - I could never begin to do that now".
But he added: "Children, especially children in care, are incredibly manipulative."
Mr Stacey said the sanctions were "terribly few" if children misbehaved, describing how residents of Kent's children's homes were "sent to bed without any supper" if they came in late, suspecting them of having shoplifted or having sex in churchyards.
He said children called Childline to say they were being abused if they were sent to bed early.
"The child would creep down and telephone Childline saying 'I'm being abused'," he said.
Mr Stacey went on to say that he never reported staff to the police, "because I never felt that we had a serious case" - although he did ask some to resign.
"I would try and get them to go to counselling," he said.
"[It's] terribly sad if you're sexually orientated towards children, you know."
He said that if "rampant abuse" had emerged, "of course" he would have gone to the police.
The Kendall House inquiry found that drugs were administered in doses exceeding usual prescribed adult levels to control girls' behaviour, placing them in a constant stupor.
The review found: "The effects of the drugs also increased their vulnerability to emotional, physical and in a smaller number of cases, sexual abuse".
Ms Cooper, who lived at Kendall House in the early 80s, has called for a further investigation to be carried out into Mr Stacey.
"The ramifications of Stacey's confessional interview are huge," she said.
"This will have an impact on survivors who may have reported abuse to the Kent authorities and police at the time."
Ms Cooper added: "There might potentially be hundreds of allegations and victims facing the serious consequences of injustice based on the unfounded judgement of those meant to protect children."
A spokesperson for the dioceses of Rochester and Canterbury said Mr Stacey's comments raised "serious concerns", given his former position of responsibility for children's homes across Kent.
"We would, of course, be willing to cooperate fully with any investigation into this matter," the spokesperson said.
In a tweet sent to Ms Cooper, the chair of the Kendall House review, Sue Proctor, described the recording as "appalling", adding: "He failed you and countless others".
Dr Proctor could not be reached by BBC News for further comment.
Kent County Council has declined to comment.
The National Audit Office (NAO) said although the pupil premium had "potential", there was still "more to do" by schools and government.
The government says it wants every child to benefit from a good education, regardless of their background.
Funding in some of the poorest schools had fallen by 5% in the past three years, the NAO estimated.
About £2.5bn was given to schools in 2014-15 as pupil-premium funding - money allocated for children from poorer backgrounds.
Two million children between the ages of five and 16 qualify for extra funding, out of seven million school-aged children.
The aim of the pupil premium is to "close the gap" between richer and poorer children by improving academic performance.
The NAO report says although school leaders are now focusing on improving outcomes for poorer children, the educational gap between poorer and wealthier children has changed only marginally.
"While the attainment gap has narrowed since 2011, it remains wide and, at this stage, the significance of the improvements is unclear," the report says.
The NAO is calling for a review of the way money is calculated for disadvantaged children, because not all of them are being identified for extra funding.
The introduction of universal credit and free school meals for all infants, it says, make it more difficult to identify disadvantaged pupils.
And some schools in the most disadvantaged areas are actually worse off because of cuts in other areas of the schools budget.
"Some schools with very disadvantaged intakes have less money per pupil now, in real terms, than in 2010, despite the extra funding provided by the pupil premium," the report says.
"We estimate that the per-pupil funding of 16% of the most disadvantaged secondary schools fell by more than 5% in real terms between 2010-11 and 2014-15."
Meanwhile, the NAO says, the impact of the pupil premium is reduced because it is often not being spent effectively.
Ofsted, it says, following school visits between September and December 2014, found "poor provision" for disadvantaged pupils in 8% of primary schools and 21% of secondary schools.
And the NAO estimates schools have spent an extra £430m on teaching assistants since the introduction of the fund, calling this a "high-cost approach".
The report says: "Research suggests that the typical deployment and use of teaching assistants, under everyday conditions, is not leading to improvements in academic outcomes.
"Schools could waste money on ineffective activities for many years without challenge."
Sir Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, said: "The high degree of local discretion has benefits and costs.
"Some schools don't appropriately focus funding on disadvantaged pupils, and some spend funds on activities which are not demonstrably effective."
A government official said: "The NAO's report recognises the important role which the pupil premium has had in improving educational outcomes, and ultimately life chances of some of the most disadvantaged young people.
"However, we know there is more to be done to tackle educational inequality and we will consider the findings of the NAO report carefully."
Darren Johnston, of Gleneagles in Cloughmills, County Antrim, targeted birthday cards containing money over a 14-month spell, a court was told.
The 29-year-old was told the scale of his breach of public trust warranted immediate imprisonment.
But the judge granted Johnston bail pending the outcome of an appeal against the jail term.
Johnston was convicted of stealing a total of £1,280 by opening packages due for delivery on dates between July 2013 and September 2014.
He also took two DVDs and a bank card from other parcels.
In addition to the thefts, he was also sentenced for six counts of interfering with mail.
Johnston has since lost his job as a Royal Mail postal operator.
A defence solicitor told Belfast Magistrates' Court that he acknowledged the seriousness of the offences.
"For those members of the public deprived of this money it was a disgrace," the solicitor said.
Johnston had come under financial pressure to support his family while his partner was off work, the court heard.
His £300 a week salary became "stretched" as he struggled with debts, the solicitor said.
"What he did thereafter was foolish, stupid and selfish," he added.
"He has made himself practically unemployable, and it's going to be a difficult road back."
Johnston is remorseful and wants to try to repay those he stole from, the solicitor added.
But the judge told Johnston: "You were routinely opening mail and targeting mail you thought contained money for gifts.
"I view this as a most serious breach of trust."
She added: "Nobody knows the financial means of the persons who were stolen from."
Johnston had pleaded guilty and his previous record was clear.
But the judge ordered him to serve six months in prison.
He was released from custody on £500 bail after his legal team confirmed its intention to appeal the sentence.
President Putin announced that Russia would build a series of nuclear plants in India over the next two decades.
He said work on the first two reactors was now in preparation.
About $7bn (£4.7bn) worth of deals have been signed during Mr Modi's Russia trip, many of them defence related.
However, there has been no progress on an expected purchase by India of Russian S-400 missiles, Moscow's most sophisticated aircraft defence system.
"I see in Russia a prominent partner in India's economic transformation," Mr Modi said after he and Mr Putin agreed to reduce visa requirements between the two countries.
Mr Modi is eager for Russia to participate in various infrastructure projects as his government strives to revamp India's railway network and build nuclear energy plants to meet growing electricity needs.
They agreed on the location of a new Russian nuclear energy plant in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Russia is already constructing a nuclear plant in the nearby state of Tamil Nadu. Mr Modi said Russia had agreed to build a total of 12 over an unspecified timeframe.
Deals signed between the two countries included:
President Putin told a joint briefing that Russia supported India's "strengthening role in resolving global and regional problems".
He said India was "among the most honourable candidates" for permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council.
Russia and India were close allies during the Cold War, but recently the relationship has become more complex.
Talks have been held annually since 2000 and hosted alternately by Moscow and Delhi.
Bilateral trade stands at $10bn (£6.74bn) - and Russia is India's second largest defence supplier.
But earlier this year, India was reported to be displeased with Russia for selling attack helicopters to Pakistan.
Russia was unhappy with India for choosing French Rafale fighters and American Apache attack helicopters over Moscow's defence products.
Calling for a parliamentary inquiry into the issue of concussion in sport, the report says there must also be a debate as to whether restrictions are placed on full contact in youth rugby.
The report, titled Concussion Can Kill, suggests a five-step charter.
And it says costly legal cases in the United States mean concussion cannot be ignored by UK sporting bodies.
Concern about the effects of concussion has grown in recent years, and Dr Barry O'Driscoll resigned from the International Rugby Board medical committee in 2013 in protest at its concussion protocols.
The report states there needs to be "a debate about limiting exposure to head injuries for those participating in sport, particularly young people" and suggests "a graduated introduction of 'headers' in youth football".
It also asks: "Is it appropriate for young children to regularly train and compete in full contact rugby?"
As well as calling for a parliamentary inquiry, it proposes:
The Football Association's lack of formal protocols to deal with concussion is highlighted, while there is a recommendation for more research into the links between concussion and the disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Former England forward Jeff Astle died in 2002 from brain trauma caused by heading heavy leather balls and his widow, Laraine, has urged the FA to take more responsibility on the issue.
The governing body promised at the time of Astle's death it would undertake a 10-year joint study alongside the Professional Footballers' Association to investigate the link, but no study was published.
It said in a statement the safety of all footballers is of "the upmost importance" and added it intended to publish new guidance before the 2014-15 season.
The FA statement continued: "Unfortunately, the previous study that the FA and PFA instigated, which followed the effects of heading the ball over a 10-year period, never reached its conclusion as the selected young players all failed to make the standard as professional players and fell out of the game."
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The 23-year-old former West Ham forward has had loan spells with Portsmouth and Hearts, among others, and will officially join Eastleigh on 1 July.
He was Orient's top scorer in League Two this season with 12 goals in 33 appearances in all competitions.
However McCallum could not stop the O's from being relegated, and he could play against his old side next term.
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The migrants had set off from the Libyan coast in nearly 40 boats.
One migrant is reported to have died and several others were airlifted for medical treatment.
According to the International Organization for Migration, some 132,000 migrants have arrived in Italy this year.
Nearly 200 minors were saved from one of the boats, which was crammed with some 720 people. Most of the children were unaccompanied.
The rescue comes exactly three years after 366 migrants died when an overcrowded boat sank off the Italian coast.
The scale of that disaster brought attention to the plight of migrants making dangerous journeys at the mercy of smugglers.
Australia sends asylum seekers who arrive by boat to centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island.
Francois Crepeau, the UN special rapporteur on migrant human rights, has just finished an 18-day stint examining Australia's immigration laws.
He said in Canberra on Friday that conditions on Nauru were "cruel, inhuman and degrading".
"Australia would vehemently protest if its citizens were treated like this by other countries and especially if Australian children were treated like this," the Canadian lawyer said.
Mr Crepeau, who visited the tiny Pacific island for two days, said Australia was responsible for how people sent to Nauru were treated.
He said the tough stance on boat arrivals undermined Australia's strong human rights record.
"Some of Australia's migration policies have increasingly eroded the human rights of migrants in contravention of its international human rights and humanitarian obligations," he said.
But he said Australia also had many "positive" migration policies, such as its decision take in 12,000 Syrian refugees last year.
Australia has been repeatedly criticised for its tough policy on refugees and asylum seekers.
Earlier this month, a report by Amnesty International compared its centre on Nauru to an open-air prison. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull dismissed the claim as "absolutely false".
Australia and the US on Sunday announced a resettlement agreement for asylum seekers held on Manus Island and Nauru.
"If it results in many or most of the people who are in Nauru and Manus to be settled elsewhere in a place where they can have a future, to me that's good," Mr Crepeau said on Friday.
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Police said the man, 39, from Hull, had been with her in a van that was pulling into a layby on the A38, near Burton-upon-Trent, on Thursday evening.
As the van was driven in, the woman left the vehicle and was hit by a car.
An air ambulance flew the woman, who has not yet been identified, to hospital with a number of serious injuries. She was later confirmed dead.
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West Midlands Ambulance Service said the woman had been in cardiac arrest with head, chest and pelvic injuries after being hit at "high speed" and was taken to a hospital in Coventry.
Police officers were called to scene, near the A5121 Branston Interchange and Claymills Road, at about 20:30 BST and shut the road.
The northbound side of the A38 is now partially open.
Drivers are advised to avoid the area where possible due to delays on nearby routes.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact police.
The council-run pilot scheme will see cars banned from streets outside the schools for an hour at the beginning and end of each day for 18 months.
An exclusion zone for cars will be set up outside Abbeyhill, Duddingston, Colinton, Cramond and St John's RC primary schools from Tuesday.
Sciennes primary will introduce a traffic ban in October.
Edinburgh City Council has said the aim of the scheme is to create a safer, more pleasant environment and to encourage children to walk and cycle to school.
It also said the scheme would have an impact on congestion and pollution levels.
The School Streets project follows a similar trial that took place in East Lothian last year.
The Edinburgh schools were chosen after reporting road safety issues with cars parking too close to the school gates.
The scheme will run for 18 months before a decision is taken over whether to roll it out elsewhere in the city.
Sharon McGhee, acting headteacher at Colinton Primary School, said: "The whole idea behind it is we reduce the level of traffic that comes near the school entrances.
"We are hoping if we do that, children and their families will scoot, cycle or walk to school and it will make it safer for them to enter school.
"People haven't been hurt here at Colinton Primary, however, it gets very congested in the mornings."
Isla, a pupil at Colinton Primary School, said: "I think the new system is really good because it is reducing the cars coming down here so it's a lot safer to come to school."
A parent with children at Colinton Primary School said: "I think it's going to be absolutely fantastic because there are a lot of cars.
"I think because the parents are stressed they forget the kids are going to school."
Another parent said: "It should be worth it, I think the people who live further away will be a little bit more disappointed when the weather gets bad again but as far as children go it's a great scheme."
The 21-year-old full-back joins Tim Sherwood's side from Nice for an undisclosed fee.
Villa have seen midfielder Fabian Delph join Manchester City for £8m, while Liverpool are in pursuit of £32.5m-rated Villa striker Christian Benteke.
But Sherwood said: "Jordan has been one of the outstanding players in Ligue 1 and can become even better."
The Villa boss told the club website: "There were a lot of clubs after him this summer so we are really pleased to welcome him."
Peshmerga fighters have surrounded Bashiqa, which lies on a crucial supply route 12km (8 miles) from Mosul, and are preparing to launch a full assault.
But the threat of suicide bomb attacks means they are advancing with caution.
A Counter-Terrorism Service commander also said its troops had gained ground around Bartella, 10km to the south.
Abdul Wahhab al-Saadi told the BBC they had stormed the villages of Khazna, Khazna Tabba and Tob Zawa.
The operation to retake Bashiqa is the second launched by the Peshmerga.
Last week, they had to pull back after fierce clashes with IS militants dug in there.
The second assault began on Sunday, and by Monday morning the Peshmerga had encircled the town and begun digging trenches in preparation to storm it, a commander told Kurdish news agency Rudaw.
The BBC's Richard Galpin in Irbil says that if they do succeed in retaking Bashiqa, it would give the Peshmerga a clear run to north-eastern Mosul, with no other towns or villages lying in between.
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi meanwhile insisted that claims that Turkish troops had taken part in the battle for Bashiqa were "baseless and untrue".
Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Sunday that soldiers stationed at a nearby base, where they have been training Peshmerga and Sunni Arab tribal fighters, had provided "support with artillery, tanks and howitzers".
Journalists on the front line have reported seeing artillery fire coming from the Turkish base and hitting IS positions on several occasions.
About 30,000 Iraqi security forces, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and Shia militiamen, assisted by US-led coalition warplanes and military advisers, launched the long-awaited offensive to retake Mosul a week ago.
On Monday, US special presidential envoy to the coalition Brett McGurk declared that they had met all their objectives thus far, and that the coalition had carried out more air strikes than during any other seven-day period of the war against IS.
A senior intelligence officer told the BBC that IS had begun executing suspected informants as Iraqi forces pushed closer to Mosul.
The officer also said IS had positioned some civilians as human shields, describing this as a sign of weakness and desperation.
As the pressure increases on Mosul, IS has been carrying out more attacks in other parts of Iraq.
After a major assault on the northern city of Kirkuk last week in which up to 100 people were killed, militants attacked the western town of Rutba on Sunday and overran several districts.
On Monday, a police source reported continuing clashes between troops and IS militants inside Rutba despite the arrival of military reinforcements.
And a local official in Sinjar told Reuters news agency that at least 15 militants had been killed in two hours of fighting with Peshmerga fighters.
Our correspondent says these diversionary tactics seem to be working. According to a Kurdish intelligence source, he adds, some 2,000 Peshmerga troops had to be pulled away from the Mosul offensive to deal with the attack on Kirkuk.
The UN refugee agency also announced on Monday that it would soon have enough shelters for 150,000 people who might flee Mosul and its surrounding area during the offensive. Some 7,500 people had already left, it said.
Brownie Samukai told the UN Security Council that the international response to the crisis was "less than robust".
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that thousands more cases could occur in Liberia, which has been worst hit by the West Africa outbreak.
Some 2,288 people have died from Ebola in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
The WHO says half of these deaths occurred in the three weeks running up to 6 September.
In Nigeria, eight people have died out of a total 21 cases.
In Senegal, the only person to have been diagnosed with Ebola last month has recovered, a health official has said.
The patient, a Guinean student, tested negative after receiving treatment, the official said.
Source: WHO
Mr Samukai warned on Tuesday that the disease was "devouring everything in its path" in Liberia.
The country's weak health system was already overwhelmed by the number of cases, he said.
Mr Samukai told UN Security Council members that Liberia lacked "infrastructure, logistical capacity, professional expertise and financial resources to effectively address this disease".
"Liberia is facing a serious threat to its national existence. The deadly Ebola virus has caused a disruption of the normal functioning of our state," he said.
Separately on Tuesday, the UN's envoy in Liberia said that at least 160 Liberian health workers had contracted the disease and half of them had died.
Karin Landgren described the outbreak as a "latter-day plague" that was growing exponentially.
She added that health workers were operating without proper protective equipment, training or pay, in comments to the UN Security Council.
"Liberians are facing their gravest threat since their war," Ms Landgren said.
"I don't think anybody can say right now that the international response to the Ebola outbreak is sufficient," US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power said after the Security Council briefing.
Ebola spreads between humans by direct contact with infected blood, bodily fluids or organs, or indirectly through contact with contaminated environments.
Unlike other West African nations affected by the outbreak, efforts to contain the virus in Liberia were not working well, the WHO has said.
The reason for this remains unclear; however, experts say it could be linked to burial practices, which can include touching the body and eating a meal near it.
There are also not enough beds to treat Ebola patients, particularly in the capital Monrovia, with many people told to go back home, where they may spread the virus.
The WHO is calling on organisations combating the outbreak in Liberia to scale up efforts "three-to-four fold" to control the outbreak.
The US says it will help the African Union mobilise 100 African health workers to the region and contribute an additional $10m (£6.2m) in funds to deal with the outbreak.
The announcement comes as a fourth US aid worker infected with the deadly virus was transported to a hospital in Atlanta for treatment. The identity of the aid worker has not yet been revealed.
Two other aid workers who were treated at the same hospital have since recovered from an Ebola infection.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he will hold a meeting on the international response to the Ebola crisis on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly this month.
The rose gold Chopard LUC XP was stolen from a display case at the Eric N Smith shop on Ayr Road, Newton Mearns, at about 12:10 on 17 July.
The man and woman in the CCTV images were in the store on the day the watch was stolen.
Police have asked anyone who can indentify them to come forward.
The woman is described as white, 5ft 4in tall, with a sallow complexion and dyed red hair.
She was wearing a bright blue T-shirt, grey jeans and white Converse trainers.
The man is described as white, 5ft 7in tall, with a sallow complexion and dark brown hair.
He was wearing dark trousers, and dark blue denim jacket and white Converse trainers.
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The hosts should have won comfortably in normal time, but squandered a hatful of chances.
Taylor headed them in front from a Chris Lines cross in the 34th minute, only for Jordan Roberts to lash in a left-footed equaliser from a corner in first-half injury time.
Rory Gaffney, who had hit a post in the opening 45 minutes, made it 2-1 to Rovers seven minutes after the break, beating Crawley goalkeeper Glenn Morris at his near post.
But substitute Matt Harrold netted against his old club in the 65th minute from a chance set up by fellow replacement Enzio Boldewijn.
Gaffney scored his second of the game as he bundled the ball home in the 96th minute, before Taylor finished Crawley off six minutes later with a penalty after Luke James had been fouled.
Rovers now entertain Barrow in the second round on December 4.
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Match ends, Bristol Rovers 4, Crawley Town 2.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Bristol Rovers 4, Crawley Town 2.
James Collins (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Stuart Sinclair (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Attempt missed. Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Stuart Sinclair (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Matt Harrold (Crawley Town).
Attempt saved. Luke James (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Luke James (Bristol Rovers) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Second Half Extra Time begins Bristol Rovers 4, Crawley Town 2.
First Half Extra Time ends, Bristol Rovers 4, Crawley Town 2.
Billy Bodin (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Addison Garnett (Crawley Town).
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Conor Henderson.
Goal! Bristol Rovers 4, Crawley Town 2. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Penalty Bristol Rovers. Billy Bodin draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Conor Henderson (Crawley Town) after a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt saved. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Matt Harrold.
Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Harrold (Crawley Town).
Foul by Stuart Sinclair (Bristol Rovers).
James Collins (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adi Yussuf (Crawley Town).
Goal! Bristol Rovers 3, Crawley Town 2. Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luke James.
Foul by Connor Roberts (Bristol Rovers).
James Collins (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Connor Roberts (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Attempt missed. Billy Bodin (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
First Half Extra Time begins Bristol Rovers 2, Crawley Town 2.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Jake Clarke-Salter replaces Peter Hartley.
Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 2, Crawley Town 2.
Foul by Peter Hartley (Bristol Rovers).
James Collins (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Theirs, taking place at Victoria Primary School in Newtownards, County Down, is a scheme with a difference.
It is for children in foster care, and they are getting help with English and maths as well as having fun.
It is one of only five in Northern Ireland specifically for fostered children of primary school age, and is run by the Fostering Network.
The network's director Kathleen Toner said children in foster care often struggle in school.
"Children who come into the care system may have had experiences of trauma or neglect," she said.
"They will have had fractured family relationships, and about a third are disabled.
"They can be in different placements as well, so they could have had several foster carers.
"So they often find it difficult to engage in school because they have lots of other things going on in their heads.
"Our schemes are about supporting the foster carers and the children to improve their educational outcomes."
Some may be the only foster child in their school, so the scheme helps them to realise they are not alone.
"They come here and they see that other children have similar experiences to them and they're not that different," Ms Toner said.
There are around 2,000 children living with foster families in Northern Ireland.
The Fostering Network's five summer schemes all cater for small groups of 12 to 15.
Jeffrey Dodds, a primary seven teacher at Victoria Primary School, gives up a week of his summer holiday to teach the children.
He begins planning activities months before the end of the school year.
"Some of the things we have on the programme are a maths tournament, so we look at maths skills," he said.
"We incorporate that into games like dominos."
"We're going to visit the local library and we've been to [the science and discovery centre] W5, so we use all of those activities to enhance the learning the children experience."
Jolene likes football and plays for two local teams, while Matthew likes climbing and playing computer games.
Both agreed that the scheme was better than school.
"It's good because it's fun to do," said Jolene.
Last week a judge blocked construction of the Belo Monte dam, saying it did not meet environmental standards.
But a higher court on Thursday said there was no need for all conditions to be met in order for work to begin.
Critics say the project threatens wildlife and will make thousands of people homeless.
The Monte Belo dam is a cornerstone of President Dilma Rousseff's plan to upgrade Brazil's energy infrastructure.
Controversial plan
Licences still have to be granted for the actual building of the plant, but in January, Brazilian environment agency Ibama gave the go-ahead to clear land at the site.
The government says the dam is crucial for development and will create jobs, as well as provide electricity to 23 million homes.
The 11,000-megawatt dam would be the third biggest in the world - after the Three Gorges in China and Itaipu, which is jointly run by Brazil and Paraguay.
It has long been a source of controversy, with bidding halted three times before the state-owned Companhia Hidro Eletrica do Sao Francisco was awarded the contract last year.
Celebrities such as the singer Sting and film director James Cameron have joined environmentalists in their campaign against the project.
They say the 6km (3.7 miles) dam will threaten the survival of a number of indigenous groups and could make some 50,000 people homeless, as 500 sq km (190 sq miles) of land would be flooded.
That number is significantly higher than the 1,500 Syrians that have been permitted to re-settle in the US since the start of the conflict.
The 10,000 figure is still much lower than the 340,000 asylum seekers who arrived in Europe this year.
Since the beginning of the conflict the US has given $4bn ($2.6bn) in aid.
The increase in accepting refugees displays a "significant scaling up" of US commitment to accept people from conflict zones and help provide for their needs," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said.
US Congress would have to to make a "significant financial commitment" in order to allow for additional 10,000 refugees to the US, Mr Earnest said.
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel has said her country is prepared to accept 800,00 Syrians, having accepted about 450,000 so far.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the UK will accept 20,000 Syrian refugees.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has registered four million Syrians as refugees, and it has asked governments around the world to resettle 130,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2016.
In May, 14 US Senators penned a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to allow 65,000 Syrian refugees to settle inside the US.
Humanitarian aid money remains the most effective way to fight the problem for the US, Mr Earnest said, and it is "not feasible" for millions of Syrians to come to the country.
"We know the scale of this problem, it's significant," he said.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called for an "emergency global gathering" at the UN General Assembly meeting this month, where the migrant issue is sure to be discussed.
Asked at a press briefing why the US was not accepting as many refugees as the UK, as a larger country, Mr Earnest said the US wants to meet the "most urgent, immediate needs" of migrants like basic medical care, food, water and shelter.
The security screening migrants must go through when arriving in the US can take 12 to 18 months, and the "safety and security of the US homeland" comes first, he said.
There have been concerns expressed that terrorists could exploit the refugee system to enter the country and carry out an attack, but experts say that fear is overblown.
Toure, 33, has made one appearance for City this season and he was left out of the Champions League squad.
His agent, Dimitri Seluk, claimed the midfielder had been "humiliated", and Guardiola said: "Seluk must apologise. If he doesn't, he [Toure] won't play."
But Seluk told BBC Sport: "What do I need to apologise for?"
He added: "He should speak to Yaya. Yaya is doing his job.
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"We will see what happens. His contract expires at the end of the season and in January he will be free to go."
Guardiola, who was Barcelona boss when Toure was sold to City in 2010, said of the player: "It was so difficult for me to put him out of the Champions League, so difficult. I know him, I know he's a good good guy.
"But the day after his manager [Seluk] spoke. In that moment Yaya is out.
"I cannot accept as a coach, when his player doesn't play, going to the media to speak and speak and speak."
He said Seluk did not have the "courage" to call him but said Seluk could always apologise via the media. "When that happens Yaya will be part of the group and he will have the same chance to play all the games."
It is understood the first Toure knew of his manager's stance against playing him was when he announced it at Tuesday's news conference.
Guardiola was speaking soon after Toure announced his international retirement.
Having made his debut for the Ivory Coast in 2004, Toure won 113 international caps, winning the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015.
"Writing this note was probably 'the most difficult match of my life'," he said in a statement.
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"After 14 years at the highest level, I'm sure this is the right time for me."
Meanwhile, City captain Vincent Kompany could make his first appearance of the season in Wednesday's League Cup third-round tie at Swansea.
"He has trained a lot and he will be ready and be part of the group and compete with other central defenders to win his position," said Guardiola.
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England's Storm, going for his first European Tour title for 10 years, is 17 under after a 67 and has now gone 41 holes without a bogey in Johannesburg.
World number two McIlroy, who has been playing with back pain, also carded a five-under 67 that included an eagle at the par-four seventh and five birdies.
"I felt it could have been a couple better," said the Northern Irishman.
"I was in a bit of discomfort early on, but the physio patched me up and got me going.
"I drove the ball well for the most part today and gave myself plenty of chances and took quite a few of them, especially around the middle of the round."
Jordan L Smith - the number one in last season's Challenge Tour, the second tier of European golf - will complete the final group on Sunday. He is a shot behind McIlroy after a four-under 68, level with South African Jbe Kruger, who carded a 69.
Italian Edoardo Molinari equalled the course record of 63 to get to 12 under par, alongside South Africa's Dean Burmester and Jaco van Zyl, French pair Joel Stalter and Romain Langasque, and American Peter Uihlein.
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Tuesday's 2-1 defeat by Brentford left them six points shy of sixth-placed Sheffield Wednesday.
Ipswich also have a mathematical chance of making the play-offs with three league games remaining.
"We're still in the fight and there could be another twist in the tail," said Slade.
"Stay with us, we'll keep fighting and the one thing you never do is give up."
The Bluebirds host already-relegated Bolton Wanderers on Saturday while Sheffield Wednesday are at Derby County in the lunchtime kick-off.
If Wednesday win and Cardiff lose or draw, Slade's men's hopes are over.
However, if Cardiff win and Wednesday lose, the play-off rivals' encounter on Saturday, 30 April will go a long way to deciding who has the chance to challenge for promotion.
Wednesday also have a vastly superior goal difference to Cardiff.
"Realistically it's a small chance, but whilst it's a chance we shall keep plugging away," said Slade.
Ipswich are two points behind Cardiff and would need both their rivals to slip up as the season draws to a close.
Kenneth Zahore came off the bench to provide Cardiff's late consolation at Brentford, after Scott Hogan had scored two late goals for the home side.
But Slade defended only sending on Zahore six minutes before the end of normal time and after Hogan had scored his second for the hosts.
"I don't think you can start looking at things like that and saying I should have done this, should we have done this?" said Slade.
"It's alright looking back. That group had played very well in the first period.
"Kenneth's come on previously and it's not quite happened for him and he's missed opportunities.
"I'm delighted for him. He's come on, he's scored an opportunity and we're pleased for him and that might give him a little bit of confidence and momentum going forward so it's a positive.
"However, we still find ourselves six points behind Sheffield."
Former Cardiff defender, now pundit Danny Gabbidon also retains hopes they can squeeze into the play-offs.
"It's going to be a fascinating couple of weeks and that's why I feel it's not over - these next two games, there's still a possibility," said Gabbidon.
Zoe Shapiro, 17, was hit by Neel Balu in Walsall, West Midlands, as she was on her way to college.
Balu was speeding when he hit Ms Shapiro, a pupil at Q3 Academy in Great Barr, jurors were told.
The 43-year-old, of Spennells, Kidderminster, was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving at Birmingham Crown Court of Thursday.
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The court heard Balu had also gone through a red light before hitting Ms Shapiro on Birmingham Road, West Midlands Police said.
Police said in his defence, Balu claimed he was trying to wipe away ice from his window and had been dazzled by the sun which distracted him.
Following the sentencing Ms Shapiro's mother, Joanne Corbett, paid tribute to her "beautiful, kind and exceptional" daughter, who she described as her "best friend".
"She was, and always will be, my inspiration," she added.
Balu was also disqualified from driving for nine-and-a-half years.
The emails were previously provided to a congressional committee.
Ms Clinton has constantly defended her use of the private account since the launch of her presidential campaign.
More of Mrs Clinton's emails are set to be released in the coming weeks.
This first batch is just a fraction of the approximately 55,000 emails that the state department is currently reviewing for release.
From 2009 to 2013, Mrs Clinton did not have a government email address, the US state department has said.
The state department and Mrs Clinton have been subject to intense scrutiny by a congressional committee which is investigating the attack on a US diplomatic facility in Benghazi, during which Ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed.
"The emails we release today [Friday] do not change the essential facts or our understanding of the events before, during or after the attacks," state department spokeswoman Marie Harf said in a statement ahead of the release.
However, the chairman of the congressional committee said it was not ready to "reach any investigative conclusions" until it reviews and evaluates other documents and emails from other senior officials.
"These emails continue to reinforce the fact that unresolved questions and issues remain as it relates to Benghazi," chairman Trey Gowdy said.
Mrs Clinton spent much of Friday campaigning in New Hampshire, where she said: "I'm glad that the emails are starting to come out. This is something that I've asked to be done."
She stressed that information contained in the emails has been handled appropriately.
The New York Times has reviewed some of the emails ahead of the release and reported that they "appear to back up Mrs Clinton's previous assertions that she did not receive classified information at her private email address".
The New York Times said that many of the emails detail Mrs Clinton's concerns following the attack.
They also offer a snapshot of the former first lady's private life, including her radio listening preferences and compliments she received from a colleague regarding a photo in the press.
However, it was also revealed on Friday that at least one of the emails Mrs Clinton received has since been classified.
The email, which was forwarded to the former secretary of state by one of her staff members, relates to reports of people being arrested in connection with the Libya attacks.
In all, 23 words were classified and redacted on Friday from the email originally sent by Bill Roebuck, then the director of the Office of Maghreb Affairs, in November of 2012.
No laws were broken, since the information was not officially classified at the time the email was sent. However, it does show that the private server hosting her email address was used to receive sensitive information.
The timing for a larger release of emails is not clear. Earlier this week, the US state department said it would like to release the emails all at once in January 2016.
The body of India Chipchase, 20, was found on a mattress beneath a sheet at Edward Tenniswood's home in Stanley Road, Northampton, on 31 January.
Mr Tenniswood, 52, denies the charges.
He told Birmingham Crown Court they had twice had sex and Miss Chipchase said she had not felt that happy "in ages".
Demonstrating to jurors by placing his own hands around his neck in a rubbing motion, he said: "She puts her hands on top of my hands and moves my hands down to her neck."
He added: "It's a very organic thing."
Mr Tenniswood said that she then moved his hands away.
He earlier described how he hugged his victim "liked we were posing for a selfie" after claiming she kissed him first.
He claimed the moment was "an incredibly moving thing" as he described he and Ms Chipchase embracing and looking at their reflections together in an upstairs mirror.
"She just made this incredibly moving comment which at the time was very sweet," he added.
"It was a very 'India' thing to do."
He described how the 20-year-old had injured herself and scratched him after "falling backwards" to the floor while trying to sit on his downstairs sofa.
Immediately afterwards they shared a joke about the incident and she gave him a French kiss, he said.
He also claimed he gave her the "grand tour" of his rented terraced house, which on Tuesday he had described as "squalid", and led her to an upstairs bedroom with two plastic cups of wine.
The pair sat on a bench in the bedroom, he said, and were "fixated" on the mirror opposite them.
"She said: 'Oh, it looks like we're in the middle of an oil painting and she put her arm around me and squeezed, like we were posing for a selfie.
Mr Tenniswood continued: "I looked at her and said 'India' and gently kissed her.
"She reciprocated, and it developed into a proper kiss."
Opening the trial last week, prosecutor Christopher Donnellan QC said Mr Tenniswood turned up outside a cocktail bar on 30 January, where Miss Chipchase was in a "fairly pickled state".
"He was overheard by others to say, "not to worry", and he'd get her home safe - he didn't."
The trial continues.
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The agreement will also see £5.4m of government funding to the city to help develop other sites within the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone.
Bristol's mayor George Ferguson described the deal as a "vital step".
Earlier this month Populous was chosen to build the 12,000-seat venue which is due to open in 2017.
The company which is behind the London Olympic Stadium and the O2 arenas in London, Berlin and Dublin, was chosen from a shortlist of five.
The arena will be located on the former diesel depot site next to Bristol Temple Meads railway station.
The site was previously owned by the government's Homes and Communities Agency, which makes homes and business premises available to communities, and is part of a wider transfer of about £300m of land.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say the pair from Boston didn't check out of their hotel on Tuesday and their car was found near Lake Louise.
A rescue team found snowshoe tracks leading to avalanche debris.
The risk of another avalanche was so severe that police could not send a search team any further.
Parks Canada, which is leading the search operation, said a helicopter flying over the area had picked up signals from two radio distress transmitters.
They say they will continue the search when weather conditions improve.
"The area is closed and we would like to remind people that entering a closed area is not permitted," Parks Canada said in a statement.
Police have notified the families of those missing but have not named them.
The captain of Wales in both codes of rugby had wrestled with his sexuality for his whole career; now he had reached the end of the road.
His wife Jemma, a childhood sweetheart, had left Thomas three months after he told her he was gay. Suicide now seemed the only option.
He wanted to die, but he wanted to be remembered with pride rather than shame - and that meant wearing his Wales suit.
In a wide-ranging interview on BBC Radio 5 Live, Thomas - whose new book 'Proud' was released this week - says he contemplated suicide so he would "not be part of a horrible world I had created around me".
He said: "It is difficult for people to realise what is on the mind of someone who wants to die. For me, I had so much pride, but so much hatred for what I was.
"When I was found I wanted my parents to look at me and be proud of what I had created rather than the embarrassment of what I created. The rugby theme played a massive part of my life and I wanted it to be a massive part of my death."
It is now five years since the 36-year-old, who retired in 2011, became the highest-profile sportsman in the UK to reveal he was gay.
Thomas' glittering career was defined by the 200 points he scored for his country as he became the first rugby union player to earn 100 caps for Wales.
He was also selected three times for the Lions and when he switched codes the utility back scored three tries during four rugby league matches for his country.
Thomas, who played for Cardiff Blues, Bridgend and Toulouse in rugby union as well as Crusaders in the Super League, revealed that he hid his sexuality from everyone - until admitting his secret to his wife eight years ago.
He said: "My career life was very public, but behind what happened on television and wearing my Wales rugby jersey with pride I was slowly dying.
"I'm not sure if it was because I was gay that I felt such depression, it was just that I was lying to everyone."
Thomas is now in a happy relationship with Ian Baum and remains on good terms with Jemma, who has since remarried.
He now works for a teaching company and offers educational talks in schools about his life.
He added: "I have a life now defined by my personality, not by my sexuality, defined by what I am capable of, and defined hopefully trying to make other people's lives better and give strength to others. I know what it is like to be one kid lost in the valleys, not in the big cities where people feel protected."
Thomas also admitted his first gay encounter as an 18-year-old working as a postman left him feeling "disgusted" and how he used away games and fake stag weekends to pick up men in London's gay scene.
Thomas was known in rugby union by his nickname 'Alfie', but to him it was an opportunity to hide behind an image he could create.
He said: "Alfie was an archetypal rugby player. I created him to be the macho man, the guy who never takes a step back, the last one drinking, the one who watches the back of his team-mates. He was a part of who Gareth Thomas was, but I expected him to be what everybody thought I was in real life.
"For the first 35 years of my life I was more a character of somebody else (rather than) who I actually am."
Thomas revealed that he surrounded himself with his wife's clothes that were hanging in a wardrobe and sprayed her favourite perfume in his house after she left him. He says he did this to remind him of the one person in his life who "had been there for him all the time".
He explained: "It was a grieving moment when she left. I wanted that presence, I wanted her to still be there. I would even call out her name. They may leave, but a part of them is still left behind. I hoped to wake up and it was all a dream, but when the reality kicks in, it kicks in hard.
"I felt by lying and tying myself up in knots I had created a mess for people around me, people closest to me. I didn't care about myself, if I died or was hurt, it was irrelevant. Irrelevant. My wife, family, close friends and team-mates made my life great and were relevant, but I was managing to turn their lives into hell."
Thomas says he was at his lowest ebb after leading Wales to a 29-29 draw with Australia at the Millennium Stadium in 2006, with the anxiety over his sexuality having caused him to lose 14 pounds in weight.
After the game Australia assistant coach Scott Johnson walked in to the dressing room to shake his hand and, holding back the tears, Thomas told the former Wales and Ospreys coach that his wife had left him. Johnson suspected what had happened, and arranged for long-standing team-mates Stephen Jones and Martyn Williams to comfort him at Wales' team hotel.
Thomas recalled: "I had dreaded it. I had been drinking and chain smoked over what the guys would think, but they tapped me on the back and said, 'don't worry, let's have a beer'. These guys I had respected so much had accepted me, it meant so much. It was a massive weight lifted off my shoulders to have the rugby world accept me."
You can hear the full BBC 5 Live podcast interview with Gareth Thomas here.
Coca-Cola, Adidas and Visa were among the companies to voice their concern.
The European football body Uefa will decide whether to boycott Friday's vote for the next Fifa president.
Seven top Fifa officials were arrested in Zurich on Wednesday, among a group of 14 people indicted.
Fifa on Wednesday announced a provisional ban from football-related activity on 11 of the people involved in the US prosecution.
But it said the election on Friday - in which Fifa president Sepp Blatter is seeking a fifth term - would go ahead.
Commenting a day after the arrests, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told the BBC there was "something deeply wrong at the heart of Fifa and international football needs to reform, needs to get its act together".
Mr Blatter, who has not been named in the investigations, issued a statement on the US case, saying: "Such misconduct has no place in football and we will ensure that those who engage in it are put out of the game."
He is due to make his first appearance since the arrests at Fifa's annual congress in the Swiss city of Zurich on Thursday.
Swiss prosecutors have also opened a separate investigation into the bidding process for the World Cup tournaments in 2018 in Russia and 2022 in Qatar.
Fifa's key sponsors have faced increasing calls to put pressure on Fifa as corruption allegations have mounted.
Fifa's main sponsors are afforded exposure in stadiums and have the right to use Fifa trademarks in advertising.
Mr Blatter also received a stinging rebuke from Uefa, which said the events were "a disaster for Fifa and tarnish the image of football as a whole".
It said corruption was deeply rooted in Fifa's culture.
The European body said Friday's congress risked becoming a "farce" and that the vote should be postponed.
Analysis: BBC North America editor Jon Sopel
The USA may be a footballing minnow but today it has shown the importance of fair play with the breathtaking news conference given by the attorney general, the head of the FBI and the head of the IRS.
The scale of what they allege is eye popping - the kickbacks, the fraud, the money laundering, the extortion, the corruption, the bribes.
Al Capone is made to look like a kindergarten novice compared to this lot, if the allegations turn out to be true. The IRS boss said "this is the World Cup of fraud and today we are giving Fifa a red card".
Drama football fans could do without
Those indicted in the US case are accused of accepting bribes and kickbacks estimated at more than $150m (£97m) over a 24-year period beginning in 1991.
Spelling out details of the US case, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said some Fifa executives had "used their positions to solicit bribes. They did this over and over, year after year, tournament after tournament".
FBI director James Comey said: "The defendants fostered a culture of corruption and greed that created an uneven playing field for the biggest sport in the world."
The seven arrested in Zurich were vice-presidents Jeffrey Webb and Eugenio Figueredo; Eduardo Li, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Rafael Esquivel and Jose Maria Marin. They face extradition requests from the US.
The seven were subject to the new Fifa ban, along with Jack Warner, Nicolas Leoz, Chuck Blazer and Daryll Warner.
Jack Warner, a former Fifa vice-president, turned himself into police in his home nation of Trinidad and Tobago late on Wednesday evening. Mr Warner is accused of soliciting $10m in bribes from South Africa's government over the hosting of the 2010 World Cup.
Mr Warner, who spent the night in prison after delays in processing his $395,000 bail, says he is innocent of any charges.
Mr Leoz, 86, is in hospital suffering from flu, his lawyer Fernando Barriocanal said, adding that the Paraguayan was surprised by the charges and ready to defend himself.
Ms Lynch said the charges included:
In the second case, Swiss prosecutors opened criminal proceedings "against persons unknown on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and of money laundering in connection with the allocation of the 2018 and 2022 football World Cups".
Swiss police said they would question 10 Fifa executive committee members who participated in the votes that selected Russia and Qatar in December 2010.
Anne Marie Cropper, 47, was found dead with head and chest injuries in the property on Royal Terrace, Southport, in September.
Ian Gordon, 52, also of Royal Terrace, changed his plea to guilty at Liverpool Crown Court, four days into his trial for her murder.
Gordon, was remanded in custody for sentencing on Tuesday.
SuperGroup, the firm's owner, confirmed Julian Dunkerton had completed the sale of four million shares at £12 per share.
Mr Dunkerton, who founded the firm in 1985 from a market stall in Cheltenham, will still be the largest shareholder with a 27% stake in the group.
Shares in the retailer, famous for its hoodie tops and t-shirts, fell by 6%.
Superdry products are sold in over 100 countries and the company runs around 135 stores in the UK.
Mr Dunkerton is the group's product and brand director after stepping down as its CEO in October 2014.
He was replaced by Euan Sutherland, the former boss at the Co-op, in a move aimed at boosting the operational capabilities of the business.
Kulsoom Nawaz will contest the seat her husband was forced to vacate last month after becoming embroiled in the Panama papers scandal.
Mr Sharif resigned after the papers revealed his children were linked to offshore companies that owned properties in London.
He has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
But Pakistan's Supreme Court disqualified him from office after ruling Mr Sharif had been dishonest in not disclosing his earnings from a Dubai-based company in his nomination papers during the 2013 general election.
Kulsoom Nawaz's nomination papers for her husband's former constituency in Lahore were filed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party.
She has never run for office before - but the party is hoping she will win "a big majority" in the by-election, which will take place in about 45 days.
This appears to be a change of plan for the family, who indicated originally that Mr Sharif's younger brother would run for the seat, and then the premiership.
But last week, the ruling party elected Sharif loyalist Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as prime minister.
It has been suggested he will hold office until elections next year.
14 November 2016 Last updated at 14:43 GMT
While many people are amused by her swag and flow, others aren't so convinced by her rapping skills.
Ricky's been to find out what some of you guys think about the rapper from "North Weezy".
Archaeologists working for the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) found the walled enclosure under the lawn in the South Ayrshire castle's Fountain Court.
NTS said it probably functioned as a kitchen garden from about 1733 to 1782.
As was the fashion in the late 18th Century, a new walled garden was then built out of sight from the house.
This would have allowed the former site to be landscaped to improve the views from the castle.
Derek Alexander, head of archaeological services for the NTS, said: "Although it was marked on the estate map, until now we never knew that any of it survived below the immaculate turf of the Fountain Court.
"This work has given us the perfect opportunity to explore a hidden aspect of Culzean's past and, once the lawn is re-seeded, I can't imagine the gardeners will want us digging more holes!"
The garden is thought to be from work undertaken by Sir John Kennedy of Culzean, 2nd Baronet, in 1733.
It can be seen on an estate map of Culzean drawn by John Foulis in 1755.
The garden was abandoned in 1782 and the walls were demolished by Robert Adam's workmen as part of a wide range of improvements carried out around the castle.
The drainage works, currently being carried out at Fountain Court, aim to make it suitable for staging large public events.
Wade Nicholson-Doyle took his boyfriend, Chris, to the Melbourne show as a 40th birthday present.
When the singer selected the pair from the crowd, Mr Nicholson-Doyle dropped to one knee and proposed. A loud cheer went up around the stadium.
"Did you say yes?" Adele joked, before embracing the couple.
"I actually had no idea that was going to happen. Congratulations."
Mr Nicholson-Doyle said he was momentarily unaware of the screaming crowd.
"It just kind of blacked out and all I could see was Chris and Adele standing there," he told the BBC.
"To share the stage with her, if only for five minutes, is really incredible. We're very much in her debt."
Same-sex marriage is not legal in Australia. A proposal for a vote on the issue was blocked in parliament last year.
However, Mr Nicholson-Doyle said they would hold a celebration with friends and family in Australia.
"We've made no plans yet," he said.
"I think Chris's head is still spinning at the moment."
The book is the author's personal account of training a goshawk as a way of dealing with grief following her father's death.
The £30,000 prize aims to honour outstanding books by authors based in the UK and Ireland and was previously called the Whitbread award.
H is for Hawk is the sixth biography to take the overall prize and the first in 10 years.
Macdonald told the BBC she was "in pieces" after winning the award in central London on Tuesday night.
"I'm absolutely thrilled and surprised and bemused, and it's wonderful," she said. "I am so, so thankful to the judges."
She described the work as a "very strange book", adding that she "didn't think anyone would read it".
Macdonald said that the memoir was intended as a "love letter to the English countryside and all that we're losing and have lost".
As a child, Macdonald is determined to become a falconer.
She learns the arcane terminology and reads all the classic books - including TH White's tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White's struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest.
When her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk.
She buys Mabel for £800 on a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge.
Then she fills the freezer with hawk food and unplugs the phone, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals.
Source: Random House
Macdonald beat novelist and bookmakers' favourite Ali Smith, with How to be Both, debut writer Emma Healey's Elizabeth is Missing, poet Jonathan Edwards with My Family and Other Superheroes and author and journalist Kate Saunders, with Five Children on the Western Front, to win the overall prize.
The book has also won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. Macdonald said she had had an "astonishing" year and said she had often been "brought to tears" by her readers' own stories of grief and bereavement.
Bestselling novelist Robert Harris, who chaired the judging panel, said it was a clear winner.
He said: "Several people felt very passionately that it haunted them and they would never forget it and everyone agreed it was brilliantly written, wonderful kind of muscular prose - really precise, scalpel-like prose and staring at grief with the unblinking eye of a hawk."
Macdonald was a clear winner on the first ballot after the judges spent 90 minutes deciding on the winner, he added.
BBC correspondent Nick Higham spoke to the author - a Cambridge academic - for the News channel's Meet the Authors.
Last year's prize went to Nathan Filer's debut novel The Shock of the Fall.
The agreement was signed on 21 March by Nicola Sturgeon and representatives of SinoFortone and China Railway No. 3 Engineering Group.
It was not announced by the Scottish government at the time.
But details of the "memorandum of understanding" were posted on the website of the SinoFortone Group.
The investment and infrastructure company said the deal paved the way for "significant investment" in areas such as clean energy, transport and affordable housing in Scotland.
Opposition politicians questioned why MSPs were not told about the agreement before the Scottish Parliament was dissolved ahead of the election on 5 May, and called for full details to be published.
Speaking publicly about the agreement for the first time on Sunday, Ms Sturgeon said: "What we have done is sign a memorandum of understanding that commits us to explore possible investment.
"So there is actually no agreement on the substance of any of this at all, and if there is any proposals in the future to have investment into actual projects then they will be scrutinised in the normal way by the Scottish Parliament."
SinoFortone is already involved with projects including the new London Paramount theme park development, the proposed Crossrail 2 rail line running through London into Hertfordshire, and new metro systems in Abu Dhabi and Kuwait.
The company's website quoted Ms Sturgeon as saying the Scottish government had "continuously made the case that Scotland is open for business and we have an economy that is rife with investment opportunities".
She added: "We have been co-operating and engaging with China since 2007 and I further progressed Scotland's business credentials during my trip last year, and this memorandum of understanding will strengthen our economic links with China in a number of areas.
"New innovation collaborations between Scotland and China can deliver a boost in business growth for both countries and deliver benefits to Scotland as a whole.
"We have high hopes for Scotland's economy and it is in a strong position, but if we can drive further growth by looking beyond our shores and building relationships with firms across the world then we will seek to make that happen."
In a joint statement, the two Chinese companies involved in the deal said they were "delighted to act as a bridge between Chinese infrastructure expertise and finance with Scotland".
They said: "We believe that the enthusiasm that we have found amongst our many Scottish friends for the project guarantees its success."
Pan Xinchun, the Chinese consul general in Scotland, said: "I congratulate all sides on this agreement as this project will benefit not only Chinese enterprises but also the Scottish people."
Sinofortune also quoted Stagecoach founder Sir Brian Souter, who is a prominent donor to the SNP, as saying: "It is a very positive step for Scotland to attract investment of this nature.
"SinoFortone's investment will be good for our economy, create jobs and enable growth. We look forward to hearing more about the specific projects and infrastructure that they are aiming to invest in."
The Scottish government said Mr Souter was not present when the agreement was signed at the first minister's Bute House residence in Edinburgh.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said it was "extraordinary that a deal of such magnitude has been kept private by the SNP".
He added: "What have they got to hide that they signed this covert agreement with the Chinese when parliament was unable to scrutinise it?
"We need to know what the SNP have signed up to. What have they given in return for this investment?"
Jackie Baillie of Scottish Labour said: "This stinks. This secret deal needs to be published now. Voters deserve the facts on deals the SNP government have signed on their behalf and it is unacceptable to refuse to tell people what is in this deal.
"It simply isn't good enough to blame the purdah election period. The SNP signed this deal before that but kept it quiet - people deserve to know why.
"It simply isn't acceptable that a millionaire SNP donor knows the details of this deal but the people of Scotland don't."
And Scottish Conservative chief whip John Lamont asked: "Why did the SNP keep this under wraps, and why was parliament not informed?
"It appears as if the SNP simply tried to hide this away until after the election. It's not good enough - Nicola Sturgeon must now set out exactly why this has only come to light now."
Silhan Ozcelik made the remarks in a letter, the Old Bailey heard.
She left the note for her family before travelling to Brussels using a one-way ticket, the Old Bailey heard.
Ms Ozcelik, from north London, denies a single charge of preparing to commit acts of terrorism.
The defendant, of Highbury Quadrant, Holloway, is accused of travelling to Brussels on 27 October 2014 and then attempting to join the guerrilla army.
PKK, which is proscribed as a terrorist group by UK authorities, is fighting against Islamic State in Syria.
Prosecutor Dan Pawson-Pounds warned the jury the case was not about Kurdish independence in Turkey.
Judge John Bevan told jurors there was a real danger of unfair prejudice in the case due to the terror attacks in Paris, which had "nothing whatsoever to do with the case we are about to try".
Ozcelik's 27-year-old brother Engin told the court he attended a protest with his sister about the Syrian conflict in Trafalgar Square weeks before her departure.
Mr Ozcelik said his sister never spoke of the PKK with him.
He said he had "more of a feeling that she had a boyfriend".
The trial continues.
The visitors went close when a left-footed Jake Gosling strike shaved the outside of the post.
He also hit a free-kick just over the bar before pulling the ball back for Daniel Leadbitter, who dragged his shot wide.
The draw left Rovers in fifth place in League Two, one point off the top three with three games left.
Council officers found mouse droppings on the shelves and cereal and sugar packets gnawed by rodents during a visit to the Enfield site in May 2016.
Asda admitted three food safety and hygiene breaches at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court in January.
It was fined on Friday and ordered to pay £4,843 in court costs.
The depot, in Southbury Road, distributes food to online customers across London and Essex.
"It beggars belief that a national retailer would allow food to be stored in an environment where rodents are running riot," said Daniel Anderson, Enfield Council's cabinet member for environment.
"It is simply unacceptable for customers to be exposed to the potential risk of harm because a company cannot get its house in order and store foodstuff in a safe and hygienic manner."
A spokesman for Asda said the depot had invested in and improved its pest management control.
He added: "The conditions found at our Enfield home shopping centre in May 2016 were completely unacceptable and we are deeply sorry that on this occasion the strict processes we have in place failed at a local level.
"We would like to reassure all our customers that immediate steps were taken as soon as the issue was flagged last year to restore the high standards that our customers expect from us."
The two sides meet in a Championship play-off semi-final first leg on Sunday 1 May, with the second leg on 8 May.
The 29-year-old back row will now not feature in the play-offs.
"I appreciate supporters will feel very disappointed but the club has been put in a compromising position due to Nick's decision," Bedford chairman Geoff Irvine told the club website.
"As such, we feel that this is the correct course of action to take given the circumstances."
Bristol finished the regular Championship season top of the table, with Bedford fourth.
South Africa-born Fenton-Wells joined Bedford from Saracens two years ago and was named captain in 2014.
William Hanks, 83, was found inside the house at Kildonan by firefighters called to the incident on Wednesday.
A joint investigation by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Police Scotland concluded there were no suspicious circumstances.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Our thoughts continue to be with Mr Hanks' family at this tragic time."
The fire was quickly brought under control and no-one else was at the property at the time.
It declined for the ninth consecutive month in October.
Six hundred fewer people claimed the dole last month, bringing the total claimant count to 61,000, the Department of Enterprise said.
The other measurement of unemployment, known as the Labour Force Survey, shows a rate of 7.3% - that is also slightly down and is below the UK rate of 7.6%.
The figures also show that just over half of people who are unemployed are classed as long-term unemployed, meaning they have been out of work for more than a year - that is down by 2.4% over the year.
The figures also estimate that the unemployment rate for 18 to 24-year-olds is 24.7% - up 5.5% points over the year.
By John CampbellBBC NI economics & business editor
Today's figures show that the economy has been slowly creating jobs in each of the last five quarters.
In that period, the number of employee jobs is up by about 7,000.
But almost half those gains, 3,240, happened in the most recent quarter, between April and June.
That suggests the Northern Ireland labour market has gained a little bit of momentum in recent months.
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said: "The decrease in the Northern Ireland unemployment rate is welcome and means that we remain below that of the UK (7.6%).
"This also compares favourably to the equivalent rates in the European Union (10.9%) and Republic of Ireland (13.6%).
"The more recent continued decrease in the unemployment rate, as well as the fall in unemployment benefit recipients, demonstrates that there is some improvement in the labour market which is to be welcomed."
Mrs Foster said a "lot of work" was going in to encouraging investment into Northern Ireland.
The 33-year-old owner of a second hand shop in Rhyl was reported to police after offering the firearm on the social networking site.
Five firearms, including two shotguns, an air rifle, a bolt action shotgun and a revolver were found at his home and shop, along with some ammunition.
The shop-owner has since been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
Ch Insp Jason Devonport from North Wales Police said: "This is particularly concerning and thanks to the officers from Rhyl, for acting quickly by arresting and recovering these weapons and making North Wales safer."
Nashville took the lead at PPG Paints Arena through Pontus Aberg, before Jake Guentzel levelled for the hosts.
After a goalless second period, Guentzel scored again before two goals inside 15 seconds - from Scott Wilson and Evgeni Malkin - sealed victory.
Guentzel has now scored 12 play-off goals in his rookie season.
The 22-year-old is two short of the record set by Dino Ciccarelli in 1981.
Game three of the series is in Nashville on Saturday (01:00 BST on Sunday).
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With the exhaust nozzle pointed at the sky, the engine will be placed near the smokestack and turned on.
As the engine roars to life, it will generate a nozzle speed of 400 metres per second (1,440km/h; 900mph), which is more or less the speed of sound.
The exhaust will create powerful updrafts that will, to put it simply, blast the emissions from the plant to higher altitudes, above a meteorological phenomenon called temperature inversion, where a layer of cold air is held in place by a warmer "lid" trapping smog.
The jet exhaust will act as a "virtual chimney", drawing in and transporting the smog, which makes Delhi's air some of the most toxic in the world. A single jet engine can deal with emissions from a 1,000 megawatt power plant.
So can jet engines help clean up Delhi's foul air? A team of researchers from the US, India and Singapore believes so.
"This could lead to a successful implementation of a new technology for smog mitigation all over the world," the lead researcher, Moshe Alamaro, an aeronautical engineer and atmospheric scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, tells me.
"The programme could use retired and commercial engines and has the possibility of adding value to numerous retired propulsion systems available."
Delhi is an ideal candidate for this experiment. The widespread use of festival fireworks, the burning of rubbish by the city's poor, plus farm waste from around the city, vehicular emissions and construction dust, all contribute to the city's thick "pea-soup" fogs.
Things get worse in winter: last month, schools were shut, construction and demolition work suspended, people wore face masks and were asked to work from home.
The move came after levels of PM2.5 - tiny particles that can affect the lungs - soared to over 90 times the level considered safe by the World Health Organization and 15 times the federal government's norms.
Carrying out the jet engine experiment outside a coal-fired electricity plant makes sense as coal accounts for more than 60% of India's power generation. In two years, the country could surpass China as the biggest importer of thermal coal.
Coal-fired energy may be linked to more than 100,000 premature deaths and millions of cases of asthma and respiratory ailments. Also, emissions from a 1,000-megawatt coal-fired plant are equivalent to emissions from roughly 500,000 cars.
Scientists say that jet engines were used in the Soviet Union 45 years ago to enhance rainfall.
"They achieved some success," says Dr Alamaro. "As far as I know nobody tried using jet engines for smog mitigation."
Farmers have also rented helicopters to hover over their fields to "agitate and disrupt the inversions" to protect their crops.
Next month, Dr Alamaro will join some of India's top scientists and collaborators from government agencies at a workshop to plan the experiment.
There are concerns: noise from the jet engine, for example.
"In the beginning," he says, "the jet engine will be tested in remote location and not necessarily near a power plant, to observe the jet properties and for optimisation."
The scientists say that fears about emissions from jet engines fouling the air are unfounded as their emissions "are much cleaner than that of the power plant per unit of power".
There are reportedly offers of retired jet engines from air forces in India and the US for the experiment.
Scientists are talking to Tata Group, a private power producer, to use one of their plants for a site for the experiment.
Before the test, meteorological data on the area, along with information on frequency of smog will be essential. Drones will be used before and after the experiment.
Critics of the planned experiment doubt whether the jet exhausts will be powerful enough to create a virtual chimney and blow out the smog, and question whether expensive jet engines can be used on a large scale to control air pollution in a vast city such as Delhi.
But Dr Alamaro is optimistic.
"Each new technology should start with the least resistant path for success," he says.
"The concentration of emission from coal is very high near the power plant.
"So a jet engine that elevates this emission is more effective near the power plant than somewhere else in the city that is plagued by smog.
"That said, we also plan to try to elevate the less concentrated smog in and around the city by jet systems.
"For example, the jet system can be placed near highways where vehicle emission is high, so the jet is more effective than somewhere else in the city."
If successful, Dr Alamaro says, this method can be used "anywhere and anytime, away from a power plant and during normal atmospheric conditions" to control air pollution.
Fairly soon, we may know if jet engines can really help to clean Delhi's foul air.
Seven premierships from spells at Australian sides Brisbane Broncos and St George Illawarra are evidence of his talents, as is a World Cup success in 2008 as assistant to Stephen Kearney with New Zealand.
Former Broncos, Australia, Queensland and Wigan centre Steve Renouf flourished under Bennett's coaching, while Australia and New South Wales outside-back Kurt Gidley also played under the 66-year-old at Newcastle Knights.
Wales coach John Kear has plenty of experience from his time in the English game and as an international boss.
The trio spoke to BBC's Super League Show about some of the secrets behind Bennett's success.
International coaches get very little time with the players they select, so building relationships in those short periods is key.
With the Four Nations following the Super League and NRL seasons at the end of 2016, Bennett's timescale is limited.
Renouf: "He knows what to say, he learns about the individual and he takes the time to do that.
"He'll get some ideas off people who know them, but he likes to go one-on-one and is very good at picking personality. He works like that.
"One thing he still has and carries with him today is the motivational side. He can be brutally honest when he needs to be."
Gidley: "He's a wonderful motivator, he just seems to say the right things at the right times in the least amount of words.
"Sometimes people ramble on and say things that end up too complicated for players to understand, but he seems to put it in the simplest terms.
"In the dressing rooms, the training field or even the team meal, he'll say something that will stick in the back of the mind."
Renouf: "You don't realise how much respect we have, anyone who's been coached under him - he's a father figure to us, and we still talk to him when need be.
"I'm 45, and I still speak with him. Guys like (Australia coach) Mal Meninga hold him in such high esteem and one thing good about Wayne is that if he is going to say something to you, you listen.
"I was really happy when I did the job for him, when he asked me to do something on the field - even just a little thing and I did it, and it came off - I was satisfied."
Gidley: "Everyone respects Wayne, especially with what he's been able to achieve in his career.
"We saw the same when he was assistant coach for New Zealand for the 2008 World Cup and they won the competition. I'm sure Wayne's influence had a big part in that."
After securing a fine series win against New Zealand in 2015, England begin the Wayne Bennett era with victory fresh in the mind.
The key for Bennett will be to build on previous coach Steve McNamara's successes, something he did when inheriting Anthony Griffin's squad at Brisbane in his first season back last year.
In the space of a season, the Broncos went from a stuttering play-off exit to a Grand Final - with just a few tweaks to the system and personnel.
Renouf: "No-one could have done what he did with those players. We all knew Brisbane had a good team for a couple of years but weren't getting the right information between their ears about their attitude. He came in and changed that.
"The squad that made the Grand Final was not too different to what went around the year before. A lot of that was down to Wayne and what he did with the players.
"He's got a knack of getting between their ears and getting into their headspace."
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With Bennett based in Australia in a full-time role at the Broncos, there is already speculation that an English assistant coach will be brought into help facilitate the handover for the Four Nations.
Bennett has been used to working with a team of staff, going back to his time at Canberra where he co-coached with Don Furner and the Broncos alongside Kevin Walters and Glenn Lazarus.
Renouf: "I was at the Broncos from the age of 17 and I used to think: 'Who are these old blokes that keep talking to us?'
"He'd had all these mentors, old coaches like Bobby Bax [a former coach of Bennett during his playing career] and Ronnie Spalding, with his AFL background, but you look back now and it was all part of his plan."
John Kear: "I think when you've got the best coach of his era - and Wayne is that - who is available and is willing, then you have to seize on it.
"With the success he's had over a number of years, that's how you test the quality of a coach. Wayne has been around the block many times and that experience will be fully utilised for England.
"I expect us to win the World Cup or Four Nations in the next two years."
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Joseph Munroe, 98, from North Shields is registered blind, and lives alone.
He claims that his local service refused to pick him up claiming he was abusing his bus pass.
A Nexus spokesperson said: "We're very sorry for the experience Mr Munroe has had. If there is a particular problem with a driver, we want it sorting out quickly."
He added: "We've been in contact with the bus company that provide this service on our behalf to make sure in the future Mr Munroe is always picked up."
The problems occurred on the 333, a service in North Shields which runs in a loop. Mr Munroe said he sometimes boarded the bus in the wrong direction when it was cold in order to stay warm.
He said a driver then told him, "you're not coming on this bus, wait for the next one", and that since then the bus had driven past him at the bus stop.
Mr Munroe said: "I'm speaking to Nexus myself to get this sorted.
"First one driver told me I couldn't get on, so I called up and made a complaint, and now [two] drivers on the route have told me I'm barred."
The audience peaked at 10.1 million as the BBC One show's 14th series began, with celebrities and professional dancers meeting for the first time.
Contestants include singers Anastacia and Will Young, actress Lesley Joseph and former shadow chancellor Ed Balls.
Last year's launch episode got an average of 8.7 million viewers.
Mr Balls, who was paired with "fierce and fabulous" new Russian dancer Katya Jones, said he and his wife - Labour MP Yvette Cooper - found watching his performance "traumatic".
"I'm not sure whether I was more traumatised by my dad moves, which looked rather more dad-like than I had expected, or the pictures of me with all of these sparkling celebrities looking like I'm about to serve them the drinks in this bow tie," he said.
Dancers now have three weeks to master their first routine before the live shows begin.
Meanwhile, ratings for ITV's The X Factor improved from last weekend, when its series opener got an average audience of 6.8 million - its lowest for an opening show in 10 years.
Saturday night's third episode - broadcast after Strictly had finished - got an average of 8.3 million, with a peak of 9.2 million.
Matt Smith, 22, was found by friends at the Val Thorens resort in the Alps on Sunday morning during the annual Oxford and Cambridge Varsity ski trip.
In a statement his father Howard said "he would have wanted the party to carry on without him".
A prosecutor told the Times medication could have contributed to his death.
Jean-Pascal Violet, the state prosecutor in Albertville, told the newspaper: "We suspect a heart failure linked to a combination of consuming alcohol and medicines, but we have no certainty about that."
He said: "We believe complications from his health and medications, and possibly altitude, led to his tragic early death."
The St John's College history undergraduate, a former pupil of Bedford Modern School, had served as social secretary of the Oxford University Ski and Snowboard Club
Mr Smith, writing on behalf of his wife and other son, said Matt always looked forward to the yearly Varsity trip.
He said: "He would have applauded the way his fellow snow-lovers took his snowboard for one last ride this week.
"Matt was adventurous and imaginative in life, and kind, generous and loyal to his friends.
"Matt made friends everywhere, and seemed to capture the hearts of whomever he met.
"He intensely wished everyone to strive to achieve all they could; he felt anything was possible and did not believe in regrets.
"It is amazing to hear about the sheer amount of joy he'd spread, even though we sometimes do not know whether to laugh or cry."
Tributes have also been paid to Mr Smith by friends, the Oxford University Ski and Snowboard Club, his university and auction house Sotheby's, where he had undertaken an internship.
This "golden hello" for teenagers is an attempt to recruit more maths and physics teachers for England's schools.
The prime minister says he wants this country to be the "best place in the world to learn maths and science".
Labour's Tristram Hunt says the government has "failed its own targets" on recruiting specialist teachers.
Brian Lightman, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said schools faced "serious shortages" in maths and science teachers and called for a more co-ordinated approach to teacher recruitment.
The £15,000 offer to help would-be teachers taking maths and physics courses would be in addition to incentives of up to £25,000 to attract high-flying graduates into teacher training for maths, physics, chemistry and computing.
It means that an individual student could receive incentives of £40,000 to become a maths teacher - a reflection of the pressure to find sufficient specialist teachers and the competition from other employers for sought-after graduates.
Mr Cameron will say that the recruitment drive for more maths and science teachers is part of a long-term economic plan to ensure there are enough skilled staff for science-based jobs in the future.
"I come at this as a parent, not just a politician. A great education system won't just help our country succeed in the future; it will give families peace of mind that their kids can realise their full potential," the prime minister will say.
"That doesn't just mean building more good school places; it means teaching children what they need to know to make something of themselves."
He will provide more details of a £67m teacher recruitment drive announced last year, which will include 15,000 existing teachers being re-trained to be specialists in maths and science.
There will be plans to "fast-track" more people into teaching maths and science, including former teachers and those wanting to change careers.
A new approach will be to attract potential recruits at a younger age.
These will begin with pilot projects, with a so far unspecified number of places, which will see incentives for young people to sign up for teaching before going to university.
The £15,000 over three years for potential teachers would help with living costs and would be repayable if students did not go on to teach for three years after graduating.
Head teachers' leader Mr Lightman says it raises questions about how to make sure that these young candidates were going to be suitable for teaching.
Running the recruitment scheme is expected to be put out to tender.
There will also be university courses piloted which will combine a physics degree with a teaching qualification, so that graduates could go directly into teaching without an additional year of postgraduate teacher training.
Mr Lightman said that the push for more maths and physics teachers was welcome, but "far more fundamental reforms are needed to address a crisis in teacher recruitment".
There were shortages emerging in subjects other than maths and science, he warned.
The National Union of Teachers' leader Christine Blower said that the government should admit that its "strategy for teacher training is failing" and not to rely on a "piecemeal approach" of individual incentives for different subjects.
Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said: "The best way to improve maths and physics teaching is with highly skilled and qualified teachers, but David Cameron has changed the rules to allow unqualified teachers in schools."
At least 2,000 troops have been stationed around the capital Kuala Lumpur, with police citing unconfirmed reports of a "terrorist threat".
Mr Obama is joining leaders of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) for a weekend summit.
The economic meeting is likely to be overshadowed by US-China tensions.
The two nations are at odds over China's programme of land reclamation in parts of the the South China Sea, over which it disputes ownership with the Philippines.
Mr Obama arrived in Malaysia from the Philippines, where he said China must stop its its dredging in the waters.
Speaking at an economic summit of Asia Pacific nations (Apec) in Manila, Mr Obama also reiterated a US pledge of monetary and naval assistance to the Philippines.
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Why is the South China Sea contentious?
China - which claims most of the South China Sea - has repeatedly stated that its dredging work is legal.
The land reclamation, which began in late 2013, has turned submerged reefs into islands. China has said it has "no intention to militarise" those islands.
Along with the US and China, and the 10 Asean members, leaders from Australia, India, Japan, New Zealand, Russia and South Korea will also attend the summit in Kuala Lumpur.
China said it does not want the issue - on which the Asean group has yet to take a collective stance - to dominate the summit.
Mr Obama has also pledged "definitely" to raise concerns over Malaysia's human rights record when he meets Prime Minister Najib Razak in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
"I will do it. I admit I was going to do it anyway but now that I heard it from you, I'm definitely going to do it," he said, in response to a question from a Malaysian student.
Critics have accused Mr Najib of an escalating crackdown on dissent and free expression after losing the popular vote in the 2013 general election.
Mr Obama has strengthened ties with Asia-Pacific nations towards the end of his second term in an attempt to "rebalance" US foreign policy and counter the increasing regional influence of China.
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It calls for military action against what Britain has termed Syria's "unacceptable" use of chemical weapons.
But Russia has said the UN must finish its investigation into the claims before discussing any resolution.
Syria has accused the West of "inventing" excuses to launch a strike.
"Western countries, starting with the United States, are inventing fake scenarios and fictitious alibis to intervene militarily in Syria," Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi said on Syrian state television.
By Assaf AboudBBC News, Damascus
Syrians continue to go about their daily lives nervously, despite the intensification of media interest and statements about the possibility that Syria will face a military strike.
Some families have decided to move to safer areas in the countryside far from the cities. Some of those who live near military sites or government complexes have done similarly, following the Syrian media's recent focus on the Syrian military and governmental targets that might be hit in a potential Western military strike against Syria.
Despite this, Syrian government departments are continuing their work as usual, the shops continue to receive customers and the streets of the Syrian capital remain choked by traffic.
Some Syrians were reassured this afternoon by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem and his defiant speech about the strike which the Western nations are threatening to carry out against Syria and its government.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague told reporters the international community had a responsibility to take action against the Syrian government, even if agreement could not be reached at the UN.
The Syrian government has strongly denied that it used chemical weapons and blames opposition fighters for the attack on 21 August, which reportedly killed hundreds of people near Damascus.
A team of UN weapons inspectors is currently investigating the sites of the attack. UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon said the experts were expected to finish their investigation in four days and would need more time after that to analyse their findings.
Mr Ban appealed for the team to be given "time to do its job".
And in a phone conversation with Mr Hague, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said a draft resolution should not be considered until the inspectors had reported.
Russia and China have previously vetoed resolutions critical of Syria.
In a separate development, Syria's ambassador to the UN, Bashar Jaafari, asked for the inspectors to investigate three cases of the use of chemical weapons in the last week against "dozens" of government troops in Damascus suburbs.
Britain's National Security Council "unanimously" backed action against Syria over its "unacceptable" chemical weapons use, Prime Minister David Cameron said earlier on Wednesday.
He had gathered the UK's armed forces and security chiefs with key cabinet ministers for emergency talks over possible military action, ahead of the UN Security Council meeting.
On Thursday, British MPs are set to vote on a government motion condemning the attack, but the vote will not authorise direct UK involvement in military action.
The motion says UN weapons inspectors should be allowed to report to the Security Council, after which a further vote on military action may be taken.
Britain's proposed UN resolution would condemn the "chemical weapons attack by [Syria's President] Assad", Mr Cameron added.
Mr Ban earlier called on the council's permanent members - China, Russia, France, the US and the UK - to act together.
"The body interested with maintaining international peace and security cannot be 'missing in action'," Mr Ban said.
He added: "Give peace a chance. Give diplomacy a chance. Stop fighting and... start talking."
The meeting of the five permanent members has now finished, but the UK, US and France are continuing talks. No representative of any of the five countries was prepared to comment officially after the meeting.
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Meanwhile, in a briefing to journalists, joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said: "It does seem clear that some kind of substance was used... that killed a lot of people" on 21 August.
But he also emphasised that any military action would need Security Council authorisation.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that US intervention would be a "disaster" for the region.
"The region is like a gunpowder store and the future cannot be predicted," Mr Khamenei said, according to Iran's Isna news agency.
Meanwhile the Israeli government has authorised a limited call-up of reserve soldiers. Officials told the BBC that although the likelihood of Israel being drawn into fighting with Syria was very low, the country nevertheless had to prepare for that scenario.
Stocks have fallen on global markets and oil prices have shot up amid growing concern about an impending attack on Syria.
The UN weapons inspectors resumed investigations after having called off work on Tuesday because of security concerns.
On Monday, the team's convoy was shot at by unidentified snipers. One of their cars came under fire as it crossed the buffer zone between government and rebel-controlled areas.
More than 100,000 people are estimated to have died since the conflict erupted in Syria in March 2011.
Abellio Greater Anglia (AGA) had stopped services on lines between Norwich and Great Yarmouth, Ipswich, Felixstowe, Cambridge and Peterborough.
Philip Sutton, editor of Rail Exclusive, said leaves lodged in brakes cause "friction" damage.
AGA said up to two damaged trains per day were having to be withdrawn.
This had led to service cancellations across the network especially between Ipswich and Cambridge.
Also, trains being taken out of service caused rolling stock shortages which caused cancellations.
Mr Sutton said: "Trains are lighter now so they don't squash the leaves as the heavier trains used to.
"If leaves get caught in the brakes they burn and cause stresses on the wheel."
Network Rail, which is responsible for ensuring tracks are clear, said it was running extra rail clearing trains.
A spokesman said: "We are doing everything we can to minimise disruption and will continue to work with Abellio."
An AGA statement added: "The problems are due to some of our diesel trains suffering wheel damage, as a result of poor rail conditions."
The company said it is working with Network Rail to "improve rail conditions to prevent further damage" and restore a normal service.
The election of Labour's Willie Penrose in Longford-Westmeath meant his party has secured speaking rights in the Dáil.
Fine Gael's Peter Burke was also elected to the constituency on Thursday.
No party won enough seats in Friday's general election to govern alone.
Fine Gael remains the largest party with 50 seats, six ahead of Fianna Fáil.
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have dominated Irish politics since the early 1930s but they have never been in a formal coalition.
At present, any new government needs the support of nearly 80 elected members (called Teachtaí Dála or TDs).
Taoiseach (prime minister) Enda Kenny has said he will talk to all parties, including Fianna Fáil, in a bid to form a new government.
The parliamentary parties of both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will meet on Thursday to discuss the formation of a government and their positions on negotiations.
The other seats in the Dáil were taken by: Sinn Fein, 23; Labour seven and independents and smaller parties, 34.
This time has not previously been considered as work by many employers.
It means firms including those employing care workers, gas fitters and sales reps may be in breach of EU working time regulations.
BBC legal correspondent Clive Coleman said it could have a "huge effect".
"Employers may have to organise work schedules to ensure workers' first and last appointments are close to their homes," he added.
Chris Tutton, from the solicitors Irwin Mitchell, told the BBC: "Thousands of employers may now potentially be in breach of working time regulation rules in the UK."
The court said its judgement was about protecting the "health and safety" of workers as set out in the European Union's working time directive.
The directive is designed to protect workers from exploitation by employers, and it lays down regulations on matters such as how long employees work, how many breaks they have, and how much holiday they are entitled to.
One of its main goals is to ensure that no employee in the EU is obliged to work more than an average of 48 hours a week.
The ruling came about because of an ongoing legal case in Spain involving a company called Tyco, which installs security systems.
The company shut its regional offices down in 2011, resulting in employees travelling varying distances before arriving at their first appointment.
The court ruling said: "The fact that the workers begin and finish the journeys at their homes stems directly from the decision of their employer to abolish the regional offices and not from the desire of the workers themselves.
"Requiring them to bear the burden of their employer's choice would be contrary to the objective of protecting the safety and health of workers pursued by the directive, which includes the necessity of guaranteeing workers a minimum rest period."
Meanwhile, employment law barrister Caspar Glyn agreed the court's decision could affect "millions of workers".
However, Mr Glyn also said there had been much speculation that this ruling could allow workers on the national minimum wage to claim more money for the time they spend getting to work.
But he said this would not be the case.
"The national minimum wage is a UK right, it is not a European right. There's no European right to a national minimum wage.
"The minimum wage regulations in the UK do not count as work travel from home or to any workplace," he said.
All those involved in trafficking migrants would be "severely punished", the government said.
The bodies of 52 children, 33 women and seven men were discovered after two trucks carrying them broke down on the way to Algeria.
Niger lies on a major migrant route between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.
The government announced the plan to close illegal camps in northern Niger - which it referred to as "ghettos" - in a statement broadcast on television in Niger.
The migrants would be handed over to international aid agencies and the traffickers brought to justice, said the government statement.
"This tragedy is the result of criminal activities led by all types of trafficking networks," it said.
The statement said Prime Minister Brigi Rafini would visit the southern district of Kantche, where most of the dead are thought to have come from, to present to their families the "condolences of the nation wounded by this tragedy".
Niger is observing three days of mourning, with flags outside public buildings flying at half mast.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Bazoum told the BBC that about 5,000 African migrants were currently stranded in illegal camps in the northern town of Agadez alone.
Having paid large sums of money to traffickers, these migrants are waiting to cross hundreds of kilometres of desert into Libya or Algeria, says the BBC's West Africa correspondent, Thomas Fessy. Many seek a better life in Europe.
The head of the International Office for Migration in Niger, Abibatou Wane, welcomed the announcement by Niger's government, but warned that migrants could only be repatriated to their home countries on a voluntary basis.
The bodies of 87 people, thought to be migrants, were discovered in the Sahara desert in the north of Niger on Wednesday.
Another five from the same convoy had been found several days earlier by the army.
Some of the dead migrants were found only about five kilometres from a well.
Maneka Gandhi said the strategy would help monitor pregnancies and reduce abortions of female foetuses.
But activists and opposition parties say it will increase pressure on women to undergo sex-selective abortions.
Tests to determine a foetus's sex are banned in India, but many parents still have them done illegally.
A traditional preference for boys and an easy availability of antenatal sex screening has led to India having one of the most unbalanced gender ratios in the world.
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 a dismal 914.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has criticised female foeticide, warning that the gender imbalance will have serious consequences for India's development.
His predecessor Manmohan Singh described it as a "national shame" and called for a "crusade" to save India's girls.
Over the years, campaigners have said the decline was largely due to the increased availability of antenatal sex screening. In 1994, India outlawed sex-selective abortion.
That's why Mrs Gandhi's controversial statement that "every pregnant woman should be compulsorily told whether it is a boy or girl" has generated such a storm.
Amid the furore, Mrs Gandhi's ministry clarified on Tuesday that it was just "a point of view" to start a debate and that there was no formal proposal before the cabinet. But opposition parties and women's rights activists said her suggestion could prove counter-productive.
The Congress party said the minister's statement was "shocking and outlandish" and that the "government appears determined to convert 'save the girl child' campaign into 'banish the girl child' campaign".
"Lifting the ban will undo years of hard work, institutional mechanisms and legal framework that has been put in place for the last two decades to discourage female foeticide," the party said in a statement.
The head of the local Delhi government's women's commission, Swati Maliwal, also criticised the minister.
"It will increase female foeticide phenomenally. It is very dangerous and should not be done," she said.
Critics say that Mrs Gandhi's idea to "monitor right until the end" every pregnancy is impractical - especially in rural India where health services are far from adequate, and even non-existent in some areas.
Many others are thought to have been injured in the blast near a popular bar late on Saturday.
It comes three days after a double suicide blast in Maroua that killed at least 13 people.
Officials suspect that the militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram is behind the attacks.
Military sources said the latest attack took place in the Pont Vert district of Maroua.
The Cameroonian army uses the town of Maroua as the headquarters for its operations against the group, as part of a multinational force battling the militants in neighbouring parts of Nigeria.
The 23-year-old Argentina international has 16 goals for the club this season and was linked with a move away.
He joined Juve for an £23m from Palermo on a five-year deal in June 2015 and won the double in his first season.
"I've always just wanted to succeed in everything that I do and I know that Juventus is the perfect place to be if you want to win things," Dybala said.
Dybala has scored 39 goals and made 16 assists in 82 games since joining Juventus - more than any other player at the club in that time.
He has also made the third most appearances for the Turin club since his debut, only behind defender Leonardo Bonucci and goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.
Juventus have announced they will pay his old club Palermo an extra 8m euro (£6.8m) over the next four years as a result of a "performance bonus".
Dempsey, 21, won the young player of the season award in 2016-17, scoring two goals in 46 games to help the Cod Army to the League One play-offs.
The ex-Carlisle academy player joined Huddersfield in July 2015, and has left after one goal in 24 games.
"His displays for us haven't gone unnoticed," chairman Andy Pilley said.
He told the club website: "This is a huge signal of intent for Fleetwood Town to be able to sign a player of Kyle's calibre on a permanent basis."
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Mr Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States following a mass shooting in San Bernadino.
A Muslim couple, believed to have been radicalised, killed 14 people at a health centre.
The prime minister's official spokeswoman said Mr Cameron "completely disagrees with Donald Trump".
British prime ministers normally avoid commenting on contenders in the US presidential race.
Meanwhile, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said in a tweet that Mr Trump's call was "an attack on democratic values" and an "affront to common humanity".
"Let's unite against racism," he added.
Mr Trump issued a campaign statement following the San Bernardino shootings calling for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on".
His comments were criticised by other contenders for the Republican nomination, including Jeb Bush, who called the property tycoon "unhinged".
Campaigners against Mr Trump's golf course development in Scotland have submitted a petition to Parliament calling for him to be barred from the UK "for his continued, unrepentant hate speech and unacceptable behaviour".
Mr Cameron's spokeswoman declined to say whether he would be willing to meet Mr Trump or whether he could be barred from the UK, describing the questions as "hypothetical".
She added: "The prime minister has been very clear that, as we look at how we tackle extremism and this poisonous ideology, what politicians need to do is look at ways they can bring communities together and make clear that these terrorists are not representative of Islam and indeed what they are doing is a perversion of Islam."
Mr Trump caused further controversy on Tuesday when he claimed that parts of London were "so radicalised the police are afraid for their lives".
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson responded by saying the "ill-informed comments are complete and utter nonsense".
He added: "As a city where more than 300 languages are spoken, London has a proud history of tolerance and diversity and to suggest there are areas where police officers cannot go because of radicalisation is simply ridiculous.
"I would welcome the opportunity to show Mr Trump first hand some of the excellent work our police officers do every day in local neighbourhoods throughout our city. Crime has been falling steadily both in London and in New York - the only reason I wouldn't go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump."
The Conservative Party candidate for London Mayor, Zac Goldsmith, described Mr Trump as "an utterly repellent figure" and "one of the most malignant figures in politics".
Sadiq Khan, Labour's candidate for Mayor of London, said: "Donald Trump doesn't have a clue about London. He is clearly ignorant about London's tolerance and diversity and also about how unified we are as a city.
"Trump can't just be dismissed as a buffoon - his comments are outrageous, divisive and dangerous - I condemn them utterly them and hope his campaign dies a death."
UKIP leader Nigel Farage told BBC News: "Mr Trump's somewhat kneejerk reaction to this, saying that all Muslims should be banned from coming into America, was, perhaps, for him, a political mistake too far."
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The British coastline is home to 38 percent of the world's population of grey seals.
Ayshah has travelled down to the south coast of England to learn more a bit more about one of our native sea mammals.
But while it's great to keep an eye out for the seals, some people have been getting too involved or accidently scaring them.
The Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust say that you should not approach, touch or encourage a seal pup back into the sea.
Rescuers have warned that some tourists have thought that seals were in trouble when they see them on their own, and tried to 'save' them by throwing them back into the sea. Instead of helping, it's actually dangerous for the pups, who can't swim yet!
If you see a pup on its own and think it might be in distress then get in touch with the British Divers Marine Life Rescue who can help.
Those killed include two children. All the victims were passengers in a minivan.
The attack took place in Sangin district in Helmand province.
It is not known who carried out the attack, but the area on Pakistan's border is a stronghold of the Taliban and al-Qaeda militants.
Helmand provincial spokesman Daud Ahmadi told the AFP news agency that the minivan "struck a Taliban-planted mine".
Correspondents say says roads are increasingly in the front line of the war in Afghanistan.
Civilian and military casualties are at levels not seen for a decade - last year more than 2,400 civilians died, with roadside bombs the biggest source of casualties.
Whelan, 28, joined Notts in 2015 and has won three international caps.
"Fern has been a steady rock at the back and fits in perfectly back line," said manager Rick Passmoor.
The Spring Series sees teams play each other once in a one-off, six-week transitional competition before the WSL's switch to a winter calendar.
For top-flight teams, the Spring Series runs over six weeks, from 23 April until Saturday, 3 June.
According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, about 1.1 million soldiers from undivided India - which includes today's India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma - were sent to fight in WWI between 1914 and 1918 in France, Belgium, Egypt and the Middle East.
Indian soldiers earned more than 9,200 gallantry awards for their bravery. About 60,000 Indian soldiers were killed in the war.
The contribution of these soldiers has been chronicled in a new book Indian Troops in Europe by Santanu Das, published by India-based Mapin Publishing. Mr Das is a teacher of English at King's College, London.
Here is a selection of pictures from the book.
Parisians surround and cheer Indian soldiers after the Bastille Day Parade. The French parade marks the fall of the Bastille prison-fortress during the revolution of 14 July 1789.
Two sisters selling flags in London to raise money for the Indian soldiers at the front.
The European military uniform and accoutrements of the two Indian soldiers contrast with the sandals they are wearing.
A soldier, unable to write, gives his thumb-impression on the pay-book. At the time, the province of Punjab, which contributed more than half the total number of combatants, had a literacy rate of only 5%. Many of the men, however, knew how to sign their names, and a handful could write in English.
One of a group of postcards shows Sikh and Gurkha soldiers demonstrating their skill with rifles, presumably for the camera.
A postcard documenting the movement of Indian soldiers.
Sir Douglas Haig, a British commander during World War One, introducing Sir Pertab Singh, a flamboyant Indian prince, to General Joffre, the French chief of staff.
A British soldier overseeing the work of two Indian clerks who are going through the mail. The translator or censor would extract passages from the soldiers' letters to be sent to the chief censor.
During the four years of war, India sent abroad around 172,815 animals, including horses, mules and ponies, camels, bullocks and dairy cattle. These included 8,970 ponies and mules, sometimes obtained from abroad but trained in India before being shipped to the war zone. Here the mules are having a "dust bath".
Sir Pertab Singh, the Regent of Jodhpur, with two Indian officers. A favourite of Queen Victoria, the 70-year-old Sir Pertab was said to have threatened to sit at the doorstep of the viceroy in protest if not allowed to serve in the war. He served in Europe in 1914-1915 and then in Haifa and Aleppo.
Convalescent Indian soldiers enjoy a performance at the Lady Hardinge Hospital in Brockenhurst. The hospital became so overcrowded that occasionally the Indian wounded had to be accommodated on mattresses on the floor. Overcrowding seems to have been a problem even when it came to entertainment.
World number 16 Wilson faces China's Ding Junhui in the first round of snooker's premier invitation event at Alexandra Palace on Sunday.
The Kettering potter, 25, told BBC Sport he "cannot wait".
"It's a great achievement to qualify and I want to try to enjoy it and treat it like just another tournament - even though it's not," he said.
"It's so hard to get there, so I just want to do myself justice."
Wilson said his form so far this season has been a bit "up and down", but his early exit from the UK Championship at the end of November did have its benefits.
"At least it meant I had a decent break in December," he joked. "I did okay at the Scottish Open before Christmas, getting to the last 16, and then I had 10 days where I didn't pick up my cue.
"I think that was good for me; I had some quality family time, it was my birthday on the 23rd and it was nice to unwind and relax."
His wife Sophie has not been well, and Wilson said he had found it tricky to focus on his snooker towards the end of 2016.
"I had a few off-table things to think about and my head just wasn't right," he said. "But Sophie is on the mend now and I can focus on the Masters. It's a bit weird having that to think about for the first time."
And his appearance alongside snooker greats Ronnie O'Sullivan, Mark Selby and Jimmy White in the England team, which beat their Irish opponents at the Irish Legends Cup last weekend, provided Wilson with a slightly more relaxed return to action.
"It's brilliant receiving some really nice compliments from great players like them," Wilson said. "And playing in an event that was a bit more laid back was great fun.
"It wasn't a bad team to be around. I got to pick their brains and play in front of a fantastic crowd. But I have to find a balance; they are threatening my living," he joked.
Facing world number six Ding on Sunday will be a completely different matter.
"I'm the youngest player there and the lowest ranked, so a very big underdog," Wilson said. "But although I am newcomer, I like to think I am capable of winning it. There's no point in thinking otherwise."
Matthew Pietrzyk has been on the donor waiting list since he was a baby having been born with a rare condition.
The kidney came from Edward Batch who heard about the Leicestershire youngster's plight following a social media campaign.
Mother Nicola said she thought he was the first UK child to have a kidney transplant arranged on social media.
Matthew, who named his new organ Eddie Junior, was diagnosed with congenital nephrotic syndrome at five weeks old.
A year later, the kidney donated by his mother had to be removed because of complications but finally, after 10 years of searching and a social media campaign, a match was found.
"We feel like we need to keep pinching ourselves," his mother said.
"The odds [of finding a match] initially were three in 10,000 and then went to 650,000 to one. Only 1% of the population had a chance of being a match. So we are just in shock. We still can't quite believe it and Matthew is just so happy."
As the odds of finding a match for Matthew grew longer the Glenfield family launched a social media campaign.
Although admitting the global campaign was unlikely to be successful, they were approached by Mr Batch - who coincidentally lived a few miles from the Pietrzyks.
After tests it was confirmed he was a match and, in July, the pair underwent surgery.
Mr Batch said: "I've got three children, if my children were ill I'd want someone to step up and help me so why wouldn't I step up and help somebody else?"
Mrs Pietrzyk said she believed her son could be the first child in the UK to receive a kidney found through social media.
"It's been a rocky couple of weeks and we've been told to expect a rocky six months. Transplant is the best possible thing for anybody waiting for a kidney. However it's not 'there you go, you're fixed, goodbye'. "It doesn't quite work that way but he's doing really well."
"He's named his kidney Eddie Junior and he wants two birthdays a year - he's completely milking it."
The agent, codenamed Robert Acott, said he spied for 18 years, mostly following Islamic and Irish terrorist suspects.
He told Newsnight MI5 pushed him out after he suffered symptoms of stress, later diagnosed as PTSD.
MI5 would not comment on the claims - but security sources said they felt his was only one side of the story.
In an interview with Newsnight, Acott says:
Acott, 46, was dismissed five years ago for misconduct after leaving an unmarked MI5 training manual in his garden shed. It was found by a member of the public and handed to police.
At the time he was sacked, Acott was suffering from panic attacks - and he has since been diagnosed as suffering from Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, brought on by the pressure of his career in the service.
Acott claims MI5 took an opportunity to get rid of him. "MI5 was my life," he says. "I would have done - within reason - anything for them."
Though former director-generals of MI5 such as Dame Stella Rimington and Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller have written about their time in the secret service, Acott's is the first account of life as a 'foot-soldier' in the dangerous and secretive world of counter-espionage.
Acott told Newsnight he was immensely proud to have been an MI5 surveillance officer - he was recruited from the Royal Navy by a senior officer.
He says he put himself in numerous dangerous situations because he believed in the work he was doing.
But he admitted the pressure began to get to him after 9/11 when MI5 found itself completely unprepared for the Islamic terrorist threat. There was only one Muslim surveillance officer he was aware of in the whole of the surveillance unit.
"(MI5) was totally understaffed. We weren't used to dealing with the way they acted. The good thing about following Irish targets is the Active Service Units would generally meet in pubs you could go into.
"The Islamists would meet round each other's houses or in mosques which you can't get away with going into. Also, they were living in mostly ethnic areas and often you would find the only white people on the street were surveillance officers."
MI5 was blindsided by the July 7 attacks in 2005 and was stretched to breaking point when it helped foil the plot to detonate explosives on transatlantic airliners a year later.
"It was horrendous. We had around eight targets mostly based in Walthamstow, a couple in High Wycombe. It was 24 hours a day. It went on for quite some time," says Acott.
"With all of Special Branch, with all of MI5, there was just not enough people. CID became involved, British Transport police became involved. That's how desperate we'd become.
"If that airline job had gone as planned it would have eclipsed 9/11. It would have been horrendous."
The full report with former MI5 agent Robert Acott is on Newsnight, on BBC Two at 10:30pm on Wednesday 15 July
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Acott was in a team following the ringleader of the group, whose codename was Lion Roar. "He was the leader, he was the boss. He was in two minds about whether to martyr his wife and child as well as himself. Just before he was arrested, he took his wife and child with him to Mothercare. It seemed unbelievable to me that he could do that at the same time as he was thinking of killing so many people."
"They were making martyrdom videos. We had cameras hidden in the flat so we could see them videoing themselves."
Acott said following new suspects on the London underground became particularly stressful.
"The jobs I was really unhappy with was what they would call 'the first look up'. If they were a terrorist you had no idea at what stage they were at. I became particularly nervous of travelling on tubes with them."
"On one occasion this chap had shaved his head, which is a ritual they they go through. He was on the tube and was stood by the doors in the middle. I was at the end of the tube keeping an eye on him. I had been separated from my team.
"My body comms didn't work very well underground. I was on my own. I looked around. People were on phones, doing crosswords, a woman with a toddler trying to keep it under control. I started having a panic attack."
Acott says he travelled all over the world for MI5, following suspects out of the UK to Europe and the Middle East on a passport with a false identity.
He also went to Ireland to provide covert help to MI5 handlers who had meetings with IRA double agents.
Acott said the trips were undeclared to the Irish government and the surveillance teams would have been stranded had they been caught by republicans - or the Garda.
The surveillance on the suspected paedophile - codenamed Operation Saturday - caused him concern, he says, because he couldn't understand why MI5 was doing it.
"It involved extremely powerful, wealthy people. It was a very need to know job... We were given the scantest of briefings on it. All of a sudden the job stopped. I did actually question why were we doing paedophiles - it wasn't in our remit.
"The trouble with the police is they move from job to job. Special Branch only do it for three or four years. Then they go onto CID or some other job. There was a strong suspicion of corruption within the police, whereas MI5 was more highly trusted."
The operation ended after a few weeks - Acott says the target was using drugs and prostitutes, but he saw no signs of child abuse.
Acott says his health began to deteriorate in 2006. He began to have nightmares and panic attacks and he was drinking to help cope with the pressure.
"I know I was in a mess at the time. But the service didn't want to deal with that. Once they realised I had health problems, I think they just wanted rid of me.
"They went through the motions. I was definitely being bullied by my team leader and my junior team leader... They sent me to see a doctor. However the doctor wasn't there to help me as far as I could see. He was there to diagnose me as an alcoholic."
Acott was dismissed for gross misconduct over the file he had left in his garden shed. He told an MI5 tribunal the document was so dull he didn't believe it had any security status, but he was sacked.
The dismissal, he says, accelerated his health problems - he tried to commit suicide on at least three occasions. His parents, who have also spoken to the BBC, said they were convinced their son was suffering from PTSD, but a psychologist used by the service disagreed.
In a letter to his parents, MI5 said: "It is important to reiterate that this Department is not responsible for his health problems, nor do his problems stem from his time working here."
However, four doctors have now diagnosed him as suffering from PTSD - including clinicians from the military veterans' charity, Combat Stress.
Acott recently attended one of the charity's residential courses.
He told Newsnight he wants MI5 to admit it made a mistake when he was sacked. He also believes he is entitled to a medical pension.
Security sources insisted that MI5 has professional teams that support the physical and mental wellbeing of staff because of "the very particular nature of the work".
Sources said staff do come forward and that support teams are proactive "during difficult periods such as at a time of particular operational intensity or following the death of a colleague".
The full report with former MI5 agent Robert Acott is on Newsnight, on BBC Two at 10:30pm on Wednesday 15 July. You can also watch on iPlayer.
Most of the 221 suspects are high-ranking military officers, accused of trying to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last July.
Ex-air force commander Akin Ozturk was the first in a long line of defendants. There were calls for death sentences, though Turkish law does not allow that.
In the crackdown, police have arrested two teachers who are on hunger strike.
Nuriye Gulmen and Semih Ozakca reported their own arrest during the night in tweets. They are among more than 100,000 public servants sacked after the botched July 2016 military coup.
"Political branch police are trying to enter the house, they are breaking the door right now," Ms Gulmen tweeted.
The pair have been on hunger strike for 75 days. Their lawyer said that, despite the police raid on Sunday, they had both vowed to "never give up".
"We want our jobs back! We have not surrendered and will not!" Ms Gulmen tweeted.
President Erdogan's purge of state institutions has meant mass dismissals in the judiciary, police, universities and schools.
The mass trial at the Sincan prison complex near Ankara is the most high-profile prosecution of alleged plotters so far.
The defendants were booed by the crowd outside the purpose-built court, designed for mass trials.
The number one suspect - the Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen - remains in the United States and denies involvement.
The charges include murdering 250 civilians during the 15 July coup attempt, after which Mr Erdogan imposed a state of emergency.
There was tight security, with snipers deployed on the prison roof on Monday.
The mother of a victim of the coup attempt briefly interrupted the proceedings as the first trial started.
"Kill the murderers of my son! Give me my son back!" Saliha Arikan cried. She was soon escorted out of the courtroom.
TV pictures showed dozens of people waving Turkish flags in front of the courthouse as the defendants arrived - some brandishing nooses as a reminder of the call to bring back capital punishment.
One placard read: "For the martyrs and veterans of July 15, we want the death penalty."
Many of President Erdogan's supporters see the death penalty as an appropriate punishment for those involved in the coup plot and with Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of masterminding it.
Turkey abolished the death penalty as part of its drive to join the European Union.
But President Erdogan has repeatedly hinted that it could be reimposed to deal with the coup plotters.
He said he would sign a decree to reintroduce it as soon as parliament votes in favour.
Mehmet Yaman, one of the angry onlookers, told Reuters news agency: "I am here to settle the score with terrorists, I am here to show that I stand by my people, my flag and my religion.
"I am here to show the terrorists that we will stand firm. I want them sentenced to death in a fair trial, I want the traitors of this country to be punished."
In a new report, Amnesty International condemns Turkey's post-coup purge of state institutions, saying many people have been sacked arbitrarily and now face great hardship.
Mr Erdogan founded the Islamist-rooted AK Party in 2001 and on Sunday he was elected AKP leader, further entrenching his dominance of Turkish politics. There was no rival candidate at the AKP congress.
Last month Turks narrowly approved constitutional changes giving the president far-reaching powers, including the right to lead a political party.
Alan Grant, Gerald Bradley and Brian Cassidy fired the goals for Derry.
Grant landed 1-4, with Bradley scoring three fine points as the Oak Leafers carved out a 1-9 to 0-6 half-time lead.
Each side scored two goals in the second half, with Derry's Bradley and Cassidy finding the net and Ryan Gaffney's scoring twice for Armagh.
It was another Croke Park disappointment for the Orchard County as they had lost finals in 2015 and 2016.
Earlier, there was a strong Ulster influence as Warwickshire lifted the Lory Meagher Cup with a 0-17 to 0-11 win over Leitrim.
Ex-Antrim player Liam Watson scored 11 points from placed balls, as Tony Joyce's charges put in a strong second-half display.
The sides were well matched in the opening half, with Leitrim leading 0-10 to 0-8 at half-time, off the strength of Padraig O'Donnell's contributions from placed balls.
Down native Kelvin Magee was also a member of the Warwickshire attack, while substitute Chrissy Convery, became the first of the Swatragh brothers to pick up a medal, with Ruairi following later in the afternoon with Derry's Rackard Cup success.
It was the Birmingham side's second title.
Addresses in Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire, Essex, Surrey and Counties Tyrone and Down were raided by police and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers.
A spokesman said computers, mobile phones and cash were seized during the raids.
The nine men and one woman have been questioned and released on bail until November.
Two men and a woman were arrested in Cambridge and a man was arrested in Runnymede, Surrey.
One man was arrested in Basildon in Essex and two men were arrested in Yorkshire - one in Bradford and one in Hull.
Three men were arrested in Northern Ireland - two at addresses in County Tyrone and the third was arrested in County Down.
HMRC officials were supported by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, Cambridgeshire Police and Surrey Police.
Tech firm Grability has developed Rappi, a smartphone app that aims to makes shopping as easy as swiping your finger across a screen.
Instead of laboriously wading through long written lists of food items, shoppers swipe through images of supermarket shelves and touch pictorial representations of each food item they want to buy.
Grability has applied for a patent - pending in the US - for this swiping process, but it also handles the back-end platform that integrates the app with retailers' systems.
When the shopping is done and the order placed, a delivery person, which the company calls a "rappitendero", selects the items from the stores and delivers them to the customer.
A senior retail industry source in Colombia, who preferred not to be named, described the app as "transformative, revolutionary" and was particularly surprised that the young entrepreneurs - Sebastian Mejia, Simon Borrero and Felipe Villamarin - are complete outsiders.
Despite this apparent lack of experience, the company is already working with major retailers, such as Cencosud in South America and El Corte Ingles in Spain.
So what attracted a Spanish retail giant to a little Colombian tech start-up?
"The main factor was the ease of use we could offer our clients," says an El Corte Ingles spokesman. "The time to make a purchase was reduced from one hour to 20 minutes."
The app features products from many local shops, which avoids putting retailers in the uncomfortable position of looking more expensive than a competitor on a single mobile screen. The entire inventory is updated every two hours, the company says.
But could the company, whose app is currently only available in Mexico City and Bogota, break into the US market, where there is already a huge player in online grocery deliveries, Instacart, currently valued at about $2bn (£1.37bn)?
Grability thinks it can as there is plenty of room for growth in the sector.
Around 3% of groceries are bought online in the US, whereas for other products, online accounts for about 20% to 30% of total sales, say Rappi's founders.
"Our vision is to change the way people buy all over the world," says co-founder Sebastian Mejia.
Rappi does not own shops or warehouses or manage inventories of goods, nor does it employ the rappitenderos directly - they are self-employed, earning money through delivery fees and tips.
In this sense, the company says it follows the Uber model.
But there are risks with this approach.
For example, the rappitenderos wear Rappi-branded uniforms, so if they make mistakes with the order, Rappi takes the rap.
To combat this, the firm says it provides help to the rappitenderos on complex orders and constantly monitors the operation. But it will also punish mistakes by suspending the salespeople for a number of hours, reducing their earning potential.
"We have a very strict training and background check programme," says Mr Villamarin.
The other risk - which is the same one threatening Uber - is that regulators insist rappitenderos are treated as direct employees rather than contractors, resulting in a potentially large tax liability.
I tried Rappi's grocery shopping app a couple of times.
On the first occasion I got a call from the company saying they could not get some of the items I'd asked for - even thought they were displayed on the app - so I cancelled the order.
I got a bit luckier on my second attempt: the order did arrive, but not with the chocolate I wanted. For some reason, the rappitendero had replaced it with another brand without letting me know.
But the delivery did get to my place in less than half an hour, and if I had gone to the supermarket myself it would have taken me much longer.
In Colombia's capital Bogota, about 200 rappitenderos cover 30% of the city, and the aim is to cover 60% by the end of 2016, says Mr Villamarin.
And the app has attracted about 100,000 users in less than a year, the firm says.
The plan is to expand into other cities, especially those with under-developed infrastructure, in South America, South East Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
"Rappi makes more sense in emerging markets," says Mr Mejia.
That is because the retail sector is less organised in those places, serviced mostly by small shops rather than huge supermarkets.
Neil Saunders, managing director of retail analyst Conlumino, says: "I can see a lot of growth potential because you are going into a market that is not yet saturated. It gives the retailers another channel through which to sell."
And Rappi isn't the only tech firm that sees potential in the online grocery buying market - Mercadoni, another Colombian start-up, is also adopting this pictorial approach and giving shoppers the chance to buy from a growing range of supermarkets.
Another site, Worbunna, concentrates on Colombian coffee deliveries.
So are such apps in competition with the supermarkets? Rappi's Mr Villmarin doesn't believe so: "If we grow a lot, they earn more."
And with access to so much data from so many retailers, Rappi and others are in a strong position to sell insights on customer behaviour back to retailers. For example, Rappi is already selling premium spots on its app targeting specific types of customer.
Conlumino's Neil Saunders concludes that there's room for plenty of newcomers in such a huge market.
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Darren February, 34, of no fixed address, denies taking valuables from an open safe on 4 December 2015.
The X Factor judge was asleep in the property with his partner Lauren Silverman, their son Eric and a nanny at the time of the break in.
Isleworth Crown Court heard Mr February had dozens of burglary convictions.
Items worth £950,000 were taken from a safe inside a wardrobe which had been left open because Ms Silverman was due to travel the next morning.
Prosecutor Denis Barry told the jury Mr February had first tried the front door of the house in Holland Park, in an attempt described in court as "a bit ambitious".
Mr Barry said: "It would appear from the CCTV that the burglar is catching his breath because he had to shimmy over lots of different walls to get in to the premises and around the premises."
Mr February was identified by two police officers who studied CCTV footage, Mr Barry said.
The prosecutor added: "Mr February over a few years has committed a total of 37 burglaries and what is more relevant, he has committed a total of 37 burglaries, most of which are in this area."
Mr February denies one count of burglary.
The trial continues.
Northern Ireland Office Minister Ben Wallace advised MPs of the government's conclusion during Northern Ireland questions in the House of Commons.
He said it would have to be funded by additional borrowing or raising other taxes, both of which would have a negative impact on the economy.
The issued was raised by the DUP.
Democratic Unionist Party MP David Simpson said that just as the case had been made for a cut in the rate of corporation tax in Northern Ireland, he believed a similar case could be made for reducing VAT on tourism and hospitality, especially golf clubs where he claimed there is an anomaly.
However, Mr Wallace pointed out the government's other economic initiatives, which he hoped would make tourism businesses more competitive.
Conservative MP Kevin Foster questioned whether if the rate of VAT could not be lowered, the threshold might be altered to help smaller tourism businesses.
Mr Wallace said he would write to the Chancellor George Osborne about the matter.
The issue of VAT on tourism is currently the subject of an inquiry by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, which is examining whether the current UK VAT rate places Northern Ireland's tourism and hospitality sector at a competitive disadvantage, and whether its reduction locally could promote growth.
During Northern Ireland questions, Secretary of State Theresa Villiers refused to be drawn on the benefits for Northern Ireland if the United Kingdom left the European Union (EU).
The DUP's Sammy Wilson invited Ms Villiers to agree that "a vote to leave the EU would help the Northern Ireland economy insofar as it would release £18bn every year for expenditure on public services, would enable us to enter trade agreements with growing parts of the world and would release us from the stifling bureaucracy of Europe".
However, Ms Villiers declined to "engage in arguments which are rightly a matter for everyone in this country when they get to vote on that referendum".
Ms Villiers is widely believed to be one of the most Eurosceptic members of Prime Minister David Cameron's cabinet, although last week she told the BBC that she supports his attempts to renegotiate the terms of the UK's EU membership.
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), Scottish National Party (SNP) and Labour MPs all raised what they argue would be the potentially detrimental impact of any UK exit from the EU for Northern Ireland's economic development.
Southern Derbyshire Magistrates Youth Court heard he was 10 when he fired the weapon on a Derby street on 17 August.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, failed to appear at court and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
He was found guilty of possessing an imitation firearm and a public order offence and will be sentenced later.
The court heard how the two victims, a man and a woman, had met on the day to discuss the problems they had been having with the then 10-year-old.
They told the court he pointed the weapon at them, while verbally abusing them, before firing it at a car parked across the street.
The woman said she had "never felt as vulnerable" and that the boy was "blasé" after he had fired the pellets.
The man told the court they "didn't know if he was to going to fire it or not".
He added: "I felt worried and afraid because you did not know with him.
"Sometimes you could talk to him if you were one to one, he was a nice little lad and you could talk sensibly. But then he would change and you didn't know what he was going to do next."
They said he shouted "I'm going to get you for this" from his bedroom window.
The police were called and the boy was taken away "kicking, screaming abuse and crying".
A firearms expert confirmed the gun was a "Chinese made, 6mm, plastic pellet firing, soft air pistol" which was coloured blue and in "normal working order".
Lead magistrate Tim Court said the boy would be sentenced at a later date.
But long before her stature on the small screen soared, Cilla was an unknown Liverpool lass with an astonishing rags to riches story.
Her early years are about to be relived in a new TV drama charting how Priscilla White was transformed into a chart-topping singing star.
It also chronicles the turbulent highs and lows from tasting fame to finding lasting love.
The three-part offering - simply called Cilla - presents actress Sheridan Smith with the onerous task of portraying the young woman who went on to become a national treasure.
We see her in early 1960s Liverpool, a grim city riven by religious prejudices where prospects were limited. Young people - including Cilla - escaped everyday life by going to see exciting new rock and roll bands at the Cavern Club.
Screenwriter Jeff Pope, who also co-scripted Oscar-nominated film Philomena, says the drama is "a non-patronising look at the working class".
"I thought the earlier part of Cilla's life would be interesting. We live in the X Factor age and I thought it was intriguing to see how Cilla had come up from literally nowhere and how she made it," he adds.
"But at its heart is a love story between Cilla and Bobby - and Cilla and Brian."
The singer's rise in the drama is dominated by two men - Bobby, who went on to be the love of her life and was "very happy to carry the handbag" for such a successful woman, and music mogul Brian Epstein, who plucked Black from obscurity.
He died of an overdose in 1967 aged 34, and a side story of the TV mini-series is his tortured existence as a closeted gay man in the dark days before homosexuality was decriminalised in the year of his death.
West End performer Smith, whose collaboration with Pope on drama Mrs Biggs won her a Bafta, says the drama will bring the two halves of Cilla's career together.
"The younger generation who have got no clue about this and know about Blind Date will get to see this amazing singing career, and the older generation can relive it."
The actress not only had to capture the essence of a youthful Cilla in her portrayal, but had to sing live for scenes from the frenetic buzz of the Cavern Club as 'Swinging Cilla' to the recording studios of Abbey Road.
"In the months leading up to shooting, I had every interview, every piece of footage from the early 60s and there was loads on YouTube so I sat there watching them," explains Smith.
"There's only one Cilla and everyone does an impression of her. I didn't want to do her a disservice and I'm not an impersonator. I wanted to try to get little mannerisms like the way she touched her hair.
"I had some singing lessons - I sing with my mouth wide open, she sings with it quite closed. I know I don't have her voice," she adds, pointing out that Cilla had a "honk" as well as much softer vocals.
The actress recounts how her role led to a dinner date with the star which made the weight of her burden become real.
"I was really star-struck and nervous and I babbled away at her. It's a huge responsibility and you don't want to let them down.
"She gave me her phone number but I was too shy to ring! What do you ask?!" adds Smith. "And I have no plans to make an album of covers - come on, there's only one Cilla!"
But she plays down the performance, saying it was all down to a simple prop synonymous with Cilla.
"I just had to whack my teeth in and I was away! They changed the shape of my mouth so it really helped with the accent."
Pope, whose credits also include Fred West dramatisation Appropriate Adult and The Widower, says Cilla had an important role in creating the drama - and encouraged him to tease out the spikier side of her growth as a star.
The story clearly shows how she could be tough with those around her and was even a match for established artists like songwriter Burt Bacharach.
"She was very insistent that we go into areas that weren't viewed through rose-coloured spectacles. She was very upfront about how determined she was and how sharp her elbows were and had to be in those days.
"Would her tendency be, like her TV shows, to smooth everything out and present a wonderful face to the world? I found the opposite," he says.
"She was in a man's world and I admire her strength," adds Smith.
The writer said watching the films with a figure who remains alive and well was "stressful", not to mention filled with memories.
"Cilla made a joke out of it and said 'this normally happens when someone kicks the bucket.' The emotion of seeing the love of her life [who died in 1999] was massive."
Cilla's story finishes before her marriage to Bobby in 1969 and after the peak of her musical fame. Tellingly, a contract for a BBC television show is found beside the body of Epstein, hinting at the beginnings of a small screen star we all know and love.
Cilla begins on ITV on Monday 15 September at 2100 BST.
It is partly a reaction to over-crowding and pollution and partly because in an ever-connected world it makes increasing sense to hook entire cities up to the network.
A smarter city may mean one that uses data on traffic to ease congestion or one that aims to join up services to provide better information for citizens. For many it is about making cities greener and more efficient.
Technology firms such such as IBM and Cisco see smart cities as a huge business opportunity but, alongside the schemes being touted by technology firms, are more grass root projects which aim to empower citizens and allow them a say in how the city will look.
Here, we look at some of the most talked-about projects:
Songdo in South Korea, is - for many - the poster boy of the smart city. The $35bn (£23bn) project, located on reclaimed land near the Yellow Sea, was widely considered to be a model for smart cities around the globe when it was started in 2005.
Also known as a ubiquitous city or U-city, Songdo's information systems are all linked to each other. It has led critics to dub it a "city in a box" - a showcase for technology but not necessarily the ideal city for people.
Sensors are on everything in Songdo - for example, escalators only move when someone is on them.
Every home has a telepresence system built in like a dishwasher. As well as allowing users to control the heating systems and locks, it offers video conferencing and is intended as a way to deliver education, health care and government services.
Offices and schools are also connected to the network.
The digital mastermind behind Songdo is Cisco, which supplies all the network-based technologies.
The city is due for completion in 2015, by which time it will be home to 65,000 people and 300,000 workers.
Masdar, which means "source" in Arabic, is a city that stands in the middle of the desert of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
It is designed to be one of the most sustainable on the planet. With a solar power station at its heart and wind farms providing energy for it, it aims to be carbon free.
Unsurprisingly, it is also a hub for clean-tech companies.
Everything in the city, from water to rubbish, is measured and monitored, becoming a source of information.
The city is built on a raised platform to allow its "digital plumbers" easy access to the system of advanced technologies that run it.
It is pedestrian-friendly and entirely car free. The city is experimenting with a network of electric driverless podcars.
The PRT - personal rapid transit - will run 6m under street level across the city.
The buildings in the city have been designed by Norman Foster's firm of architects, which designed a number of eye-catching buildings including The City Hall in London.
It is hoped that 40,000 people will eventually live in the city, with up to 50,000 commuting there each day.
Critics have described it as merely another Middle Eastern enclave for the wealthy and questioned how it can be replicated in other countries, given its multi-billion pound price-tag.
Rio is set to have to experience the full glare of the worldwide media in the next few years as it plays host to both the Football World Cup in 2014, followed by the Olympic Games two years later.
No surprise then that it wants to get smart.
In 2010, city mayor Eduardo Paes tasked IBM with creating a city-wide operation centre which connects all the city's 30 agencies, from transport to the emergency services.
It means that officials from across the city can now collaborate to manage the movement of traffic and public transportation systems, while also ensuring that power and water supplies work more efficiently.
A coordinated response can be rolled out in the event of a crisis, such as collapsing building. Transport systems can be shut down, emergency services mobilised and gas supplies can be cut off, while citizens can be informed of alternative routes via Twitter.
IBM research scientists have also created a sophisticated weather forecasting system. It pulls data from the river basin, land surveys, the municipality's historical rainfall logs, and radar feeds to predict rain and possible flash floods.
And it has begun to evaluate the effects of weather incidents on other city situations, such as city traffic or power outages.
The centre has also spawned a number of citizen-centric apps with updates on weather and traffic.
The fact that the system relies on IBM hardware and software means the city now comes with its own manual.
It classifies problems into four categories - events, incidents, emergencies and crises. So, for example, a large party would be classified as an event but if trouble breaks out that would be upgraded to an incident.
Not everything smart in Rio is corporate-led.
There are plenty of citizen-led projects such as a project led by architects Design group 00:/ which is working with residents in Rio's slums to design their own houses.
The designs and assembly instructions for the "wiki-houses" are posted online and people are encouraged to upload their own ideas.
Talking about the inspiration for the project designer Alastair Parvin said: "For too long cities have been made by the 1% and consumed by the 99%.
"We wanted to see what it would take to create something that would allow the 99% to make cities for the 99%."
Barcelona city council's chief information officer, Manel Sanroma, made the bold statement last year that the cities of the future may become more powerful than nation states.
At smart city conferences around the world he has emphasised the need to have a strong mayor who is willing to take charge and draw up a blueprint for such a city.
Barcelona is determined to be one of the leaders and has some interesting projects that are currently being rolled out.
It has created more efficient bus routes, streamlined rubbish collections using sensors and introduced smart street lights.
A city operating system which will bring all systems together in one place is also being developed.
But, unlike Rio, there will be no central control room, Mr Sanroma told the BBC.
"We don't want a showroom, we want something practical for decision-makers," he said.
One of the biggest projects currently under development is one to introduce contactless payments across the city's transportation services.
Mr Sanroma is also keen to collaborate with other cities.
To this end has set up the City Protocol Society, which aims to join up cities around the world with businesses, universities and other organisations to develop standards for a technology platform that would work in any city.
Lisbon, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Chicago and Buenos Aires are among cities signed up.
Parts of London date back to Roman times, so it may not seem to be an obvious choice as a city of the future, but there several projects are currently being developed.
It recently lost out to Glasgow on a £24m prize awarded by the Technology Strategy Board to create a future city, but it remains a testing ground for smart technologies.
Intel has chosen London as a incubator to test the algorithms that could power the cities of the future. It is partnering with Imperial College and University College London on a series of projects, including a network of sensors to monitor air quality, traffic flow and water supply.
Computer scientists will also work to find the best way of extracting meaning from the huge amounts of data created by the project.
Smaller community-based projects are also shaping the London of the future.
Engineering consultant Arup is involved in a scheme to regenerate Tottenham, in the wake of the 2011 riots.
As part of that, it has been in talks with local residents, including gang members who took part in the unrest.
Malcolm Smith, head of urban design at Arup thinks such informal projects are as important as the more formal plans of the large corporations.
"We started to understand the frustrations and listened to the way people see Tottenham and their personal observations about the city," he said.
It means that the regeneration plans now include a community hub - a flexible multi-purpose space with library, childcare and adult learning facilities.
The crash, involving a black Mercedes saloon and a black Audi estate, happened on the A50 in Markfield on Friday evening.
A woman and a boy, who were passengers in the Mercedes, were pronounced dead at the scene.
A third passenger in the Mercedes, a young girl, is said to be in a stable condition at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.
The driver of the Mercedes sustained minor injuries and was discharged from hospital after treatment.
One of the two passengers in the Audi, a woman, sustained serious injuries and is also said to be in a stable condition.
The driver of the Audi, a man, and the second passenger, a young girl, sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene.
A 39-year-old man, arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after the crash, has been released on police bail.
It comes after Ballymena's Michelin tyre plant announced it would close in 2018 with the loss of 860 jobs.
Michelin and other large businesses in Northern Ireland have long warned about the impact of high energy costs.
However, news of the closure was blamed on a decrease in demand for truck tyres in Europe since the financial crisis.
Enterprise Minister Jonathan Bell said he wants the panel to deliver proposals by the end of next February.
But he said his response would be limited by wholesale energy costs, which are set by global markets.
The minister recently met the Utility Regulator and System Operator Northern Ireland to discuss if "market reform" would help.
However, he said: "Taking costs off one group means increasing them for others and we currently have the highest level of fuel poverty in the UK.
"I do not want anyone to think there is a quick fix."
The crash happened at about 17:00 GMT on Monday on Oldbury Road in Rowley Regis.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said it arrived at the scene within six minutes of being called and found the rider in cardiac arrest but it was "not possible to save him".
No-one in either of the cars was injured, according to a spokesman for the service.
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West Midlands Police said the man who died in the collision, opposite the junction with Summer Road, was 39 years old and from the local area.
PC Chris Ridge said: "We understand the man was riding with another biker along Oldbury Road towards Blackheath when the collision occurred."
Boyce, 26, has had two previous loan spells with the Mariners, making a total of 21 appearances for the club.
He was released by Scunthorpe in May, having failed to make an appearance for the League One side last season.
Browne, 20, has signed for an undisclosed fee after scoring six goals in 37 National League games last term.
The Antigua and Barbuda international joined the Shots in July 2015 following his release by Charlton.
Meanwhile, winger Nathan Arnold, 28, and defender Richard Tait, 26, have left Grimsby after rejecting contract extensions.
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Lukas Windfeder struck the first goal midway through the final quarter from a disputed penalty corner for the team ranked third in the world.
Then came a fine individual score from Florian Fuchs whose superb finish earned him the man of the match award.
Ireland can still make the semi-finals by avoiding defeat against Belgium.
Germany enjoyed 60% of possession during the match and had 23 circle entries but goalkeeper David Harte and Paul Gleghorne marshalled the Irish backline expertly throughout.
Ireland coach Craig Fulton praised his team's performance which he described as a "great effort".
"Belief is strong and we improved again tonight, so I'm really proud of the whole team," added Fulton.
That final pool fixture takes place on Tuesday at 13:15 BST.
The nations are tied on three points but a draw against the Belgians would be good enough for the Irish on goal difference.
Victory in the tournament would ensure Craig Fulton's team a place at next year's Olympics, although they have other possible routes to Rio.
Ireland's chances of progressing to Rio have been boosted by the elimination of both Russia and France from the European tournament.
And if Ireland don't win the European Championships, victory for Australia in the Oceania Cup in October will guarantee the Irish an Olympic spot.
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Mr Neil died after being stabbed at a barbecue in Comber, County Down, at the weekend. His body was found in Belfast.
The accused, Wesley Harry Vance, of Mill Street, Comber, appeared before Newtownards Magistrates' court.
A defence lawyer said Mr Vance had admitted his part in the alleged knife attack during police interviews but claimed he had acted in self-defence.
The lawyer told the court the accused was a "friend" of Mr Neil, but had been "in fear of his own life" during the weekend attack.
The victim's body was discovered on Sunday morning inside the vehicle on Windsor Road, off Belfast's Lisburn Road.
In regards to why Mr Neil's body was taken in a car from Comber to Belfast, the accused told police he was in "a frenzied state of mind".
"The defendant made full, frank and clear statements to police and made it abundantly clear he knew the victim," the lawyer said.
"This will hang like the sword of Damocles for the rest of his life."
A police officer said he could connect the accused to the crime.
No application for bail was made, while police search for an appropriate address where restrictions could be applied.
Mr Vance will appear in court again on 8 May.
A 25-year-old woman is still being questioned by police.
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Kevin Hicks went out to buy some eggs for a school project in Croydon in March 1986 and was never seen again.
The Met are offering a £20,000 reward for information that may help them discover what happened to him.
It follows a review of the case earlier this year.
Det Insp John McQuade, from the Homicide and Major Crime Command, said: "Kevin simply disappeared that night and was never seen nor heard of again.
"We can only imagine what the intervening years must have been like for his family; years of worry and distress at not knowing what happened.
"Sadly, both his parents died without ever discovering the truth.
"Many enquiries have been carried out over the years, but Kevin's body has never been found. But there is no evidence he is still alive.
"We believe Kevin must have met someone that night, been assaulted and his body disposed of."
Described as a happy teenager with no problems at school, Kevin had spent a normal day with his family on 2 March 1986 in Addiscombe, Croydon.
At about 20:30 he told his mother he needed to buy some eggs for his O-level home economics exam the following day.
He headed off to Sperrings community shop, a couple of minutes' walk away, in Lower Addiscombe Road.
He was last seen at 22:00 in Shirley Road, walking in the general direction of home.
On 25 October 1996 someone anonymously called the Croydon Advertiser and said they knew where Kevin's body was.
Mr McQuade urged that person to come forward and contact the police.
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The crash happened in LeFlore County, about 100 miles (160km) north of Jackson, the state capital.
All 16 victims were on the Marine Corps aircraft and there were no survivors, Leflore County emergency management director Fred Randle said.
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant said the incident was a "tragedy".
"Our men and women in uniform risk themselves every day to secure our freedom," he said.
US President Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning: "Marine Plane crash in Mississippi is heartbreaking. Melania and I send our deepest condolences to all!"
No official details were immediately available on the circumstances of the crash.
Mississippi outlet the Clarion-Ledger said the plane came down in a soybean field on the Sunflower-Leflore county line, and left a five-mile trail of debris. It said the FBI was assisting at the scene.
Local Fire Chief Marcus Banks told the Greenwood Commonwealth that firefighters were driven back by several "high-intensity explosions", possibly caused by jet fuel igniting. He said 4,000 gallons of foam were sprayed at the aircraft in a bid to subdue the fire.
Captain Sarah Burns, a spokeswoman for the Marine Corps, said only that a US Marines KC-130 Hercules transport aircraft had "experienced a mishap".
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A man and a woman were taken to hospital after the crash, which happened just before 02:00 BST and saw a car hit the central barrier.
Essex Police said the woman, who was driving, suffered "serious injuries".
Clockwise queues on the Essex side of the crossing are back to junction 29 for the A127, and traffic is being diverted through the Dartford tunnel.
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Highways England said a 27m (89ft) stretch of barrier had been damaged by the crash, and an expansion joint on the bridge had also been affected.
Police have said drivers should expect delays and "seek alternative routes where possible".
Sadie Hartley, 60, was stunned with a cattle prod and stabbed 40 times in Helmshore, Lancashire, on 14 January.
The prosecution claims Sarah Williams, 35, murdered her so she could have her partner, Ian Johnston, to herself.
But defence barrister Gordon Cole QC said it made no sense for her to cut off the "financial lifeline" provided by her long-time lover, David Hardwick.
Ms Williams of Treborth Road, Blacon, Chester and co-defendant Katrina Walsh, 56, of Hare Lane, Chester, deny murder.
Prosecutor John McDermott QC had said the pair were "cold-blooded murderers" who plotted to fulfil Ms Williams' desire to be with 57-year-old Mr Johnston.
But in his closing speech to jurors at Preston Crown Court, Mr Cole said there was "a price to pay" if Ms Williams was going to have "a permanent relationship" with Mr Johnston as it would mean losing the money Mr Hardwick provided.
Ms Williams began dating married father Mr Hardwick when she was 17 and he was 57, the court has heard.
Described in court as a "sugar daddy", the 75-year-old semi-retired businessman transferred £320 a week into Ms Williams' bank account, paid for up to 12 holidays a year for them, and gave her £75,000 towards buying a house.
"You may think, bearing in mind how long she has been in that relationship with David Hardwick, that this was not about cutting off that lifeline, this was about having a relationship that David Hardwick did not know about," Mr Cole said.
"We say the question of motive does not stand up to close scrutiny."
Ms Williams has told the jury she was ill in bed at the time of the killing and said the evidence pointed to her co-accused Ms Walsh, who did not give evidence at the trial.
Horse riding instructor Ms Walsh, told police she thought she was participating in a game of the Channel 4 programme Hunted - in which teams of two try to go "off the grid" and avoid detection.
Tony Cross QC, defending Ms Walsh, described both defendants as "vile" but suggested his client did not think Ms Williams was capable of murder.
He told the jurors if they were not sure Ms Walsh was guilty of murder as an accomplice, then they must consider a verdict of manslaughter.
He said it was Ms Williams who had committed "uncontrolled butchery" on Ms Hartley, told police "brazen lies" and told the jury "absolute nonsense" and he "felt" for her lawyer".
"She is guilty of murder. There is absolutely no doubt of her guilt," Mr Cross said.
He said Ms Walsh had accompanied Ms Williams to buy the stun gun, had bought the knife, car and dark clothing used by her co-accused and took part in the "clean-up", destroying evidence afterwards.
But Mr Cross said if she believed Ms Williams was really going to murder Ms Hartley, she would not have helped police and told them about her diaries detailing her involvement.
The trial continues.
Steve Webb, pension minister from 2010 to 2015 and now a director at mutual insurer Royal London, has proposed a "middle way" on state pension policy.
The triple-lock sees the state pension rise in line with wages, inflation or by 2.5% - whichever is highest.
However, it is becoming increasingly expensive to maintain and some have called for it to be scrapped.
A recent review by former CBI director-general John Cridland, who was appointed as the government's independent reviewer of state pension age last year, recommended that the triple lock be withdrawn in the next Parliament.
The Conservatives have not committed to maintaining it.
The Labour Party has said it will keep the policy in place through the next parliament.
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In his report for Royal London, Mr Webb proposed that the government retained the triple-lock for pensioners who retired before 6 April 2016.
Those retiring after that date would have their pension increases linked to earnings only. The report said the move would save almost £3bn per year by 2028.
It also said that, as newly retired pensioners are on average £100 per week better off than those aged over 75, the policy would increasingly target money on the older, poorer group.
"There's a big difference between pensioners who retired 20 years ago... for whom the state pension really matters, and someone who just retired," Mr Webb said.
Mr Webb says his proposals would control costs and give pension increases to those most in need.
"This is the first time that someone has said anything other than scrap it or keep it," Mr Webb told the BBC.
He said the triple lock had delivered "big improvements" to pensioner incomes since 2010, but political parties would be concerned about the long-term cost implications of the policy "on top of increased spending on health and social care associated with an ageing population".
But Tom McPhail, pensions expert at stockbrokers Hargreaves Lansdown, said the plan added a layer of complexity to pension policy.
"It would be better to review the triple-lock; the level of the state pension, which was set too low; and state pension ages as a complete package," he said.
He added: "The challenge has always been how and when to move away from the triple-lock without upsetting a key constituency of voters."
Gaby Stone, 34, from Edgware Road, north-west London, managed the long jumper's appearances, merchandise and sponsorship contracts for a 20% cut.
He claimed to have lost the athlete's money in a bad investment but in reality kept it for himself, Blackfriars Crown Court heard.
The 34-year-old was jailed for 18 months at Blackfriars Crown Court.
Stone used the funds to fuel his gambling addiction and admitted fraud by abuse of position during the time he was Mr Rutherford's manager from October 2014 to March 2015.
The court heard Rutherford, who won gold at London 2012 and bronze in Rio 2016 and also competed in Strictly Come Dancing in 2016, had been placed under "severe financial pressure" while training as a result of Stone's fraud.
Mr Rutherford said he felt "sick" upon learning of his former manager's deceit.
He and his family had also been concerned they would face income tax on money they had not received, thanks to Stone.
Judge John Hillen QC said: "The thought that someone who had responsibility for a large part of his [Greg Rutherford's] life and work, someone who he had placed trust in, had in fact been dishonest, left him feeling sick".
Julia Flanagan, defending, said Stone was "remorseful" and reflected on the impact of his actions daily.
It was initially thought Stone had deprived Mr Rutherford, a 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year contender, of £62,800 but accountants have since revised this down to £48,488, which Stone has repaid in full.
Handing down the custodial sentence earlier, Judge Hillen told Stone: "No-one can buy their way out of prison."
Visits to GPs and hospital admissions have all increased with 277 patients being confirmed since mid-December, mostly in hospitals and care homes.
At least 3,000 people have also visited their GP with flu-like symptoms.
But the proportion is still classed within low activity for the winter season.
Nevertheless, public health doctors have urged at "at risk" groups to get flu vaccines, with less than half of those under 65 taking them up so far.
Dr Richard Roberts, head of the vaccine preventable disease programme at Public Health Wales, said, "Recent figures suggest that this winter will be the busiest flu season Wales has seen for several years.
"Most viruses being detected are influenza A (H3N2) viruses, which particularly affect the elderly and adults in at-risk groups.
"Influenza B viruses are also being detected, which usually affect children more than adults. "
Children aged two to four have been offered a nasal spray flu vaccine.
There have been 23.4 consultations with patients per 100,000 in the population, according to the latest figures.
This is higher in patients aged 35-44 years of age (38.6 per 100,000).
Normal seasonal activity is around the 25 per 100,000 mark.
James Craigen had given Falkirk the lead in the semi-final second leg, after the first meeting ended 2-2.
But in the final 15 minutes, Murray, then Dixon, found the net to send the visiting supporters into raptures.
United's dramatic victory sets up a two-legged final against Inverness Caledonian Thistle or Hamilton Academical for a top-flight berth.
The Premiership's bottom two battle to avoid finishing last, and suffering automatic relegation, on Saturday.
Dixon's 87th-minute winner, his first goal in more than five years, puts United into the first leg of the play-off final, at Tannadice on Thursday, before the top-flight side host Ray McKinnon's men on Sunday, 28 May.
The away support stayed long after the final whistle to chant and sing about their team, especially happy given that they had trailed for a large part of the match.
Craigen has scored five goals this season and three of those have been against United.
His scissor-kick finish in the first leg was spectacular and his excellent technique came to the fore again this time as he kept the angled drive low at the edge of the box, following good work by John Baird and Aaron Muirhead.
The Falkirk Stadium had not been a happy hunting ground for the Tangerines, with 3-0 and 3-1 defeats already experienced this season.
Friday's match was the visitors' fifth game in 14 days, having already overcome Morton in the play-off quarter-finals, and McKinnon commented before the match that dips in the North Sea at St Andrews had been part of their team-building.
For parts of the first half some players were indeed all at sea and seemed a bit nervous - Mark Durnan on one occasion almost having a serious mix-up with goalkeeper Cammy Bell.
But towards the end of the opening 45 minutes United settled and created a few chances.
Thomas Mikkelsen headed and curled two separate efforts over, while Murray fluffed his lines after a nice Tony Andreu cut-back.
That theme continued after the break as the visitors were encouraged by shooting towards the away support.
Those fans were celebrating when William Edjenguele's eight-yard volley crashed in off the crossbar but referee Kevin Clancy whistled for a foul when he saw Mikkelsen leaning into Paul Watson.
Undeterred, Murray set up Andreu who turned his effort round the wrong side of the post, before Bairns goalkeeper Robbie Thomson held Murray's header tightly.
Despite their calmness, Falkirk had gone a while without troubling Bell until Craigen's left-footer spun wide of the post.
From that moment on the night was United's.
Blair Spittal flicked on a long ball and Muirhead got the ball caught under his foot, which allowed the potent Murray to steal in and side-foot beyond Thomson.
Substitute Alex Nicholls was only on the pitch because of an injury to previous substitute Scott Fraser.
But the Englishman floated in a great cross for Dixon, who might have pushed Tom Taiwo slightly as he raced in to send a looping header over Thomson.
Match ends, Falkirk 1, Dundee United 2.
Second Half ends, Falkirk 1, Dundee United 2.
Foul by Simon Murray (Dundee United).
Aaron Muirhead (Falkirk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Aaron Muirhead (Falkirk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Simon Murray (Dundee United) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Falkirk 1, Dundee United 2. Paul Dixon (Dundee United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alex Nicholls.
Wato Kuate (Dundee United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Nathan Austin (Falkirk).
Blair Spittal (Dundee United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Blair Spittal (Dundee United).
Luke Leahy (Falkirk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Alex Nicholls (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Luke Leahy (Falkirk).
Substitution, Falkirk. Myles Hippolyte replaces James Craigen.
Substitution, Dundee United. Alex Nicholls replaces Scott Fraser because of an injury.
Goal! Falkirk 1, Dundee United 1. Simon Murray (Dundee United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Blair Spittal.
Mark Durnan (Dundee United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nathan Austin (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Durnan (Dundee United).
Substitution, Dundee United. Charlie Telfer replaces Willo Flood.
Substitution, Dundee United. Scott Fraser replaces Thomas Mikkelsen.
Attempt saved. Simon Murray (Dundee United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. James Craigen (Falkirk) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Falkirk. Robert McHugh replaces John Baird.
Attempt saved. Simon Murray (Dundee United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Tony Andreu (Dundee United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Nathan Austin (Falkirk) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by William Edjenguele (Dundee United).
Substitution, Falkirk. Tom Taiwo replaces Joe McKee.
Wato Kuate (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Sibbald (Falkirk).
Foul by Thomas Mikkelsen (Dundee United).
Paul Watson (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Dundee United. Conceded by Joe McKee.
Attempt missed. Thomas Mikkelsen (Dundee United) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Second Half begins Falkirk 1, Dundee United 0.
First Half ends, Falkirk 1, Dundee United 0.
Attempt missed. James Craigen (Falkirk) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Dunlop secured his eighth success by 20.5 seconds from Suzuki star Guy Martin, with Manxman Conor Cummins a further three seconds behind.
James Hillier was the early leader but Dunlop quickly assumed control.
The Ballymoney man broke the absolute lap record on his first circuit at an average speed of 131.73mph.
The 25-year-old upped the record to 131.89 on his second lap but fourth-placed finisher Bruce Anstey improved that again with an amazing 132.30 on the final lap.
"I went flat out from the start and then nursed her home in the later stages - I knew I had a good lead over Guy," said Dunlop.
"I'm over the moon for everyone involved with the team," added the Northern Ireland rider, who has backing from the BMW factory in Germany and the Buildbase British Superbike team.
Dunlop led by 9.5 seconds after lap one and extended that to 16.5 seconds after a further 37.73 miles.
He led by 20 seconds after three laps and increased that to 25 seconds after lap four, before easing the pace slightly.
Martin and Cummins occupied second and third positions throughout, with Anstey recovering from a poor start to clinch fourth in record-breaking style.
Michael Rutter and William Dunlop completed the top six leaderboard, with 20-time TT winner John McGuinness having to settle for seventh as he continues to feel the effects of a wrist injury.
Dunlop will start as favourite to add to his tally of successes in Monday's Supersport and Superstock events.
The Glasgow head coach will instead oversee Scotland's summer tour when he replaces Vern Cotter.
"It's a case of timing," said the 43-year-old.
"I feel hugely privileged to be given the Scotland job and our first opportunity to work with the players is at the same time as the Lions tour."
Lions head coach Warren Gatland will announce his assistant coaches next Wednesday.
Rob Howley, who is in charge of Wales in 2016-17 while Gatland concentrates on the Lions, is highly likely to again be the 2017 Lions backs coach.
England forwards coach Steve Borthwick and Ireland defence coach Andy Farrell are set to also be part of the Lions' backroom team.
Asked if he had been approached to join Gatland's team, Townsend said: "Yeah, a couple of weeks ago, and I was obviously flattered but my priority now is Glasgow and at the end of the season Scotland are going on tour so that's the priority then.
"To be approached was great and I'm sure Warren will talk about his coaching staff next week so I will leave him to talk about more details.
"I had a good think and didn't give an immediate answer. I really wanted to reflect on what was involved but I quickly realised that the Scotland tour of Australia is my number one priority at the end of this season.
"At international level you don't get that much access with the players, this is the most access you'll get with them - on a tour, you get to work with them, preparing them and spending time with them so that's the biggest factor on going on on tour."
Townsend, capped 82 times for Scotland, played in both wins over South Africa on the successful Lions tour of 1997.
And while he is looking forward to taking over the national side he hopes some of his star players will be absent.
"We had three Glasgow players on the last Lions tour, to get a similar number or more would be fantastic for us and Scottish rugby," he said.
"I want as many Scotland players as possible to be on tour with the Lions. It would be a brilliant experience, to learn from different coaches, to learn from different players and to take on the best team in world rugby."
The two teams faced each other in a friendly at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday.
In February 1995, a match that was billed as a friendly ended up being abandoned after a section of the travelling support ripped up seats and threw missiles during the first half when the Republic of Ireland took the lead in the 22nd minute.
David Kelly, who scored that goal, said the joy of scoring was quickly replaced by disappointment.
"We'd been looking forward to a really good game - England were an extremely strong team and we were very confident and hopeful of putting on a good performance and winning," said the Birmingham-born striker.
"The thing that happened was premeditated - it wasn't as if something sparked it off, as these people turned up with the plan of disrupting the game and causing those awful scenes.
"We'd scored, we all went over to the far corner, delighted to have got the goal and then it became apparent as we were jogging back from the goal celebration that there was a problem."
The trouble was subsequently found to have been orchestrated by a far-right group known as Combat 18.
The game had to be stopped by Dutch referee Dick Jol and the players were led to the safety of the dressing rooms, before the match was eventually abandoned.
More than 20 people were injured and 40 were arrested.
Colm Hanratty, a schoolboy at the time who had travelled to the game with friends, said the Republic of Ireland fans had been enjoying friendly banter with rival fans before the match but the atmosphere would soon become tense.
"You could see people putting on balaclavas, they were making Nazi references and pretending to shoot us - it was bizarre behaviour," he said.
John Laverty of the Belfast Telegraph, who was reporting on the game, said even before the match started it was a volatile situation.
"I've been lucky enough to go to matches all across the world and this was the worst," he said.
"By the time the match kicked off there was a lot of drink taken, and the chanting continued - Rule Britannia drowned out both anthems before the match.
"Eight players in the Ireland team were English-born as was the manager Jack Charlton, and there were cries of 'Judas' every time one of them touched the ball."
Looking ahead to Sunday's match, current Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill said he was hoping to erase memories of the 1995 "debacle".
"It's still a big game but hopefully life has moved on since then," he said.
"It obviously has historic interest and it's a great game for us to be involved in."
Ahead of Sunday's game, England football fans who have been banned from matches faced additional enforcement measures to stop them travelling to the match.
UK police said they were taking action because of a "deterioration in fan behaviour" during England's last four away games.
Banned England fans had to sign in at a police station on match day, in addition to the usual requirement of surrendering their passports.
Mohammed Abouajela Masud and Abdullah al-Senussi were named last week.
The offer to speak to the men came from a spokesman for the National Salvation government in Libya.
It controls the capital, Tripoli, and large parts of the rest of the country, but is not recognised by the international community.
Jamal Zubia, Director of the National Salvation government's Foreign Media Department, told the BBC: "They can send some investigators, they come here to see those guys and see what they can do.
"Always we are very helpful, we want to talk to people and we want to show what we have.
"We might have more evidence about other people or maybe those guys have more information about something else, might help you."
Families of some of the 270 people who died in the Lockerbie bombing had welcomed the naming of the new suspects.
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is the only person to have been convicted over the bombing of Pan Am 103 in 1988.
The plane was on its way from London to New York on 21 December when it exploded above Lockerbie.
A total of 270 people died in the bombing, including everyone on board the plane and 11 people from the Scottish town.
Megrahi, who was found guilty of mass murder and jailed for a minimum of 27 years, died in 2012 after being released from jail on compassionate grounds in 2009. He had terminal cancer.
A spokesman for the Crown Office said they are aware of the reports concerning the two Lockerbie suspects.
He added: "The Crown will continue to work with the British Embassy as well as colleagues in the United States regarding the investigation."
Both of the newly identified suspects are currently serving prison sentences in Libya, which is in chaos as rival factions fight for control of the country.
Senussi, who was sentenced to death in July, is appealing the verdict. He was the brother-in-law and intelligence chief of former Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi.
Masud is reported to be serving a prison sentence for bomb-making.
Both men were named as possible suspects by an American TV documentary last month.
Documentary maker Ken Dornstein's brother David died in the Lockerbie bombing.
He told the BBC's Today programme: "We went in with a list of names that had come from the original investigation, pulled out of the tens of thousands of pages of documents. I established many were dead or missing. Ultimately, I concluded there may be three people left."
On Masud, Mr Dornstein added: "Figuring out simply that he existed would solve many of the unanswered questions to the bombing because he was attached to Megrahi according to the best information there was, including at the airport in Malta on the day that the bomb was said to have been infiltrated into the baggage system and ultimately on to Flight 103."
Megrahi's part in the bombing has been called into question in a series of books and documentaries.
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Michael O'Neill's side must now wait to find out if they will make the knockout stages as one of the four best third-placed sides.
The 46-year-old stuck with the same starting XI that secured a famous 2-0 win over Ukraine on Thursday.
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The biggest single reason Northern Ireland are still in with a shout of staying in this tournament is his series of heroic saves - many from point-blank range - to prevent disaster striking their all-important goal difference. Currently without a club, but that situation surely will not last long once he does return from France.
Germany's early dominance meant their energetic full-backs were camped in the Northern Ireland half, but he battled well despite often being overloaded.
Gave the ball away sloppily for Germany's goal and was chasing shadows at times early on, but was back to his usual steady self after the break.
Also vulnerable to runs from deep by Mesut Ozil and Thomas Muller, but one of those who got his body in the way of shots and crosses, time and time again.
Again out of position at left-back and had his hands full with the impressive Joshua Kimmich, who was often more winger than full-back. Far more comfortable after the break.
Tenacious in the tackle and the main attacking outlet too. Had Northern Ireland's only shot at goal in the first half and rattled the German defence with a dangerous run after the break.
Saw more of the ball in the second half, and used it well too, but his main job was to try to organise his midfield team-mates in a green wall to protect his defence.
His chances to get on the ball at attacking set-pieces were restricted to a couple of corners, one of which was headed over by Jonny Evans.
Another in a containing role who initially found it difficult to keep track of Germany's midfield runners. Made a couple of crucial blocks.
His display was dominated by his defensive duties and he never really cut loose down the left.
A willing runner but saw little of the ball, let alone a sight of goal.
Saw more of the ball in his own area while clearing corners than he did when he was up front.
Joined Lafferty up front late on in a tactical move that did not cause any Germany problems, but did help alleviate pressure.
No late heroics this time but still put in a shift during his short time on the pitch.
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Mulhern, 21, made four appearances for the Rhinos and joins up with former team-mate Jamie Peacock who is now football manager at the Robins.
Coach Chris Chester told BBC Radio Humberside: "He's come through a really good system at Leeds and is very highly-rated by Jamie.
"He fits the bill for the recruitment that we are trying to do here and I'm looking forward to working with him."
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Chester added: "I expect him to be pushing to be in the squad and it's up to him to impress in training and in the friendlies."
Meanwhile, Hull KR have also signed winger Will Oakes, 16, from Wakefield's academy.
The teenager will initially join up with the newly formed Hull Academy side.
Captain William Chambers died aged 21 in a routine reconnaissance mission over France in May 1918 and his pictures never surfaced.
But they were developed when his nephew inherited them and showed them to a photographer in Lancashire.
The images depict daily life for pilots and include aerial shots over Kent.
David Lewis, of Leyland Photographic Society in Lancashire, said he found it "very emotional" after spending more than 200 hours developing the pictures in his darkroom at home.
The 80-year-old photographer added: "There were around 8,000 pilots killed in training and life expectancy could be a matter of just a few days.
"These pictures show the importance of the Royal Flying Corps, which later became the Royal Air Force.
"During the Battle of the Somme the pilots would fly over the battle lines and take pictures of the German trenches. Then they would write a note, put it in a metal tin, and drop it down to the artillery to tell them if they were firing in the right place.
"It's amazing to think of."
Born in 1897, Captain Chambers was an electrical engineer who joined the Lincolnshire Regiment.
He gained his pilot's licence in October 1916 and worked as a photographic reconnaissance officer with 49 Squadron in Kent.
Dr David Hunt, curator of South Ribble Museum, where the images are exhibited, said the photos "graphically shows the risk intrinsic to early flight".
"Landing strips were usually rough fields, the aircraft were string-bound wooden struts and canvas, and crashes were very frequent. Far more men were killed in training than in combat."
The exhibition will run until 1 October.
At the outbreak of World War One, a distinguished German professor working at Aberystwyth University was forced out of his home by an angry mob of more than 2,000 people.
Dr Hermann Ethe moved to Aberystwyth in 1875 and was a professor of German and Oriental languages and was widely respected among scholars and students.
But with a growing anti-German sentiment in the town fuelled by propaganda, he fled in October 1914.
Marion Loffler, a German academic who lives and works in Aberystwyth, said he was a "colourful character and enjoyed a cigar and a beer".
She believed this did not fit in well with the Methodist atmosphere and the many teetotal townspeople.
"The only word he knew in Welsh was for beer, cwrw. Dr Ethe would often be seen drinking his cwrw from his stein through his front room window or in the garden, and on a Sunday too.
"Teetotalism was rife in non conformist west Wales, where people didn't touch alcohol at all and Dr Ethe did ruffle a few feathers with his ways. He was a larger-than-life character in every way."
By October 1914, refugees from Belgium had arrived in Aberystwyth and described how they had to escape from the Kaiser's army - leading to an uprising of strong anti-German sentiment in the town.
On 14 October, Dr Ethe and his English-born wife returned from their annual holiday to Germany with the consent of authorities.
The next day, however, slips were passed from hand to hand reading: "As a protest against the return of Dr Ethe from Germany to teach in our Welsh national institution we intend to form a procession of workmen and others at one o'clock near Shiloh Chapel."
A large crowd gathered and were addressed by two respected town councillors - a solicitor and a GP. They urged the mob to march on Dr Ethe's house and give him 24 hours to leave, or else force him out.
Ms Loffler said: "These weren't natural trouble makers, they were well respected townspeople. They would have even have dined with Dr Ethe in the past.
"There were women present dressed smartly in long dresses and hats. But the anti-German sentiment was so strong they turned up at the house, but he was at work so instead they threatened his wife saying they would tear down the house stone by stone unless they left the next day."
Dr Ethe left that very night, never to return.
Councillor Mark Strong campaigned for a plaque in the town to mark this "shameful" episode in the town's history.
"We now have a tri-lingual plaque in Welsh, English and German saying exactly what happened in this spot a century ago.
"It's important to remember these events and not sweep them under the rug, we should face this, discuss it and be aware of our history and what humans are capable of.
"If we make people and our children aware, it means the likelihood of these things happening again is less."
Dr Ethe died in poverty in Bristol three years after leaving Aberystwyth on 7 June 1917 and was said to be a "broken man".
Venter, 46, returned to the Exiles coaching set-up on Friday to work with new director of rugby Nick Kennedy.
"We're going to be really humble about being in the Championship and we will work really hard," he told BBC Sport.
Irish dropped out of English rugby's top flight for the first time since 1994 last season.
Venter will continue to practise as a medical doctor in his native South Africa while working for London Irish.
The former Springboks centre and London Irish player-coach takes on a role similar to the one he performed at Saracens from early 2011.
"I'll come over to the club once a month to work with the coaches and to help with the planning," he told BBC Radio Berkshire.
"I won't be hands-on from day-to-day. I've spent some time with the players already and the reality is we need to crawl before we start running.
"That's maybe been our problem all along. We'll be very well prepared, we won't talk about coming straight back up, we'll take it game by game."
Venter, who helped lay the foundations for Saracens' current success as director of rugby between July 2009 and January 2011, believes Irish can set their ambitions equally as high.
"The players are good enough to compete in the Championship and actually compete in the top four of the Premiership," he added.
"London Irish don't have ambitions to stay bottom dwellers all the time."
Meanwhile, Irish have confirmed their squad for the forthcoming season with fly-half Chris Noakes, back row Rob McCusker and prop Leo Halavatau all released at the end of their contracts.
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) said the tyre marks were left at Loch Fleet near Golspie over the weekend.
Last month, the agency and Police Scotland highlighted problems with off-road machines at Loch Fleet and also on Ben Wyvis, a mountain near Dingwall.
Both areas are protected sites of special scientific interest.
SNH has asked any witnesses to the damage being caused to contact police.
The player, who was charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI), blamed "an unexpected reaction to prescribed medication".
"I understand the severity of what I did and I take full responsibility for my actions," he said.
Police released a mugshot of Woods, looking unshaven and unkempt, following his arrest in the town of Jupiter.
"I want the public to know that alcohol was not involved. What happened was an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications," he said.
"I didn't realise the mix of medications had affected me so strongly."
He added: "I would like to apologise with all my heart to my family, friends and the fans. I expect more from myself too."
Police records show the 41-year-old golfer was pulled over at about 03:00 local time (07:00 GMT) near his home in Jupiter and later taken into custody. He was released from Palm Beach County jail at 10:30 local time.
The record says that he was released "on his own recognisance", meaning he promised in writing to co-operate with future legal proceedings.
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Woods has been recovering from back surgery. In his most recent comment about his health, he wrote that the surgery had relieved terrible pain and that he hadn't "felt this good in years".
The 14-time major champion's personal life came under scrutiny in 2009 when he was charged with careless driving outside his Florida home.
He later admitted to having had extra-marital affairs and made a frank public apology. He said he had received professional help and planned to undergo further therapy.
The golfer lost several sponsors over the scandal and took a break from competitive competition.
Marian Smith, 74, was found dead at a property on Aberdare Close in Blackburn on 9 April.
Police said John Smith had been on remand at HMP Preston after he was charged with murdering his wife at their home.
Lancashire Police said Mr Smith died of natural causes at the Royal Preston Hospital following a short illness.
The Welsh government funded scheme at Abergwyngregyn and Tai'r Meibion in Gwynedd was unveiled in February.
But nearly a year later work has yet to start after negotiations with land owners have yet to be finalised.
The Welsh government said work on advanced drainage would begin once agreement was reached with landowners.
Parts of north west Wales were cut off by flooding on Boxing Day 2015. The main A55 road was swamped and had to be closed while people across the region saw their homes and businesses badly damaged by the rising waters.
The flood prevention scheme announcement came just weeks later but there has been frustration the work has yet to begin in earnest.
In November, there was criticism that the work had yet to start.
As negotiations continue, BBC Wales spoke to members of the community who were affected by the deluge on Boxing Day 2015.
For Dave and Paula Sapsford, 2016 has been a year they would rather forget.
They have only just moved back into their home after floods devastated their Gwynedd village of Talybont on Boxing Day 2015.
Eleven months in a caravan and a £100,000 repair bill later, the couple are philosophical.
After all, it is the second time they have been flooded - and in 2012, they also lost their car in the water which engulfed the area.
"The day it happens, there's nothing you can do about it, You just have to go with it," admin assistant Mrs Sapsford said.
"After that, it's the hassle and inconvenience. It's just relentless.
"As far as everybody else is concerned it happened on Boxing Day and it's all over with now.
"But for us, it's gone on for 11 months."
Their cottage is in the shadow of junctions 11 and 12 of the A55, which was completely flooded on Boxing Day last year - cutting off parts of north Wales and causing travel chaos.
Homes were also evacuated in the villages of Llandwrog and Bontnewydd, near Caernarfon, Llanwrst and Llanfairfechan in Conwy, and Beaumaris, Anglesey after the rivers Ogwen, Conwy and Gwyrfai burst their banks. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) estimate over 100 properties suffered some form of flooding across 40 communities.
The flood rushed into the Sapsfords' home around 08:00 GMT, with the ground floor immediately covered in a foot of water.
Although it subsided by lunchtime, the damage had been done.
"The floors had to come up, the walls had to be hacked off three feet to the ground, the floor had to be ripped up. The whole house had to be completely emptied," Mrs Sapsford explained.
Although insurers were helpful, her taxi driver husband ended up finishing a lot of work himself. "This is why it's taken so long," she added. "They didn't live up to the promises we were given."
The Welsh Government has invested over £1m in a new flood defence system for the village, which opened in November. It says it has "performed well" in recent heavy rainfall - but Mr and Mrs Sapsford are not so sure.
"We are not going to trust it, until we can be sure ourselves that it will divert the water to the river as promised," Mrs Sapsford said.
"If the drain pipes are not maintained the same thing could happen again."
Gwynedd county councillor Dafydd Meurig, who met First Minister Carwyn Jones during a visit to the area after the floods, agreed that the community was still nervous.
"It's difficult to convey in a photograph how awful and horrible it is when you are standing in someone's living room in your wellingtons in all this murky horrible water," he said.
"Talybont had been flooded in 2012 and a plan designed after that. It was there ready and waiting to go.
"Unfortunately the next flood came before it was funded," he added.
In February, the Welsh Government announced £500,000 extra funding to start work on a £22m flood prevention scheme between Abergwyngregyn and Tai'r Meibion ahead of schedule, in Autumn.
Yet almost 12 months on, ongoing landowner negotiations means work has yet to begin.
Arfon MP Hywel Williams has called the delay "unacceptable" and Mr Meurig said the government "really need to get on with it."
"They are talking about January now - and it is getting us into the period where we might have floods again," Mr Williams said.
Despite record rainfall during December 2015 - with almost three times the Wales average falling in parts of the north west - he claimed the flooding of the A55 which led to the road's closure was "entirely preventable".
Further up the road in Talybont, Susan Wright and son Andrew remain fearful. They were forced to stay in a hotel for two months while flood damage to their home was repaired - at a cost of £45,000.
"We tried blocking the doors off with anything we could find - beddings, quilts, pillows, just to stop it coming in. It didn't really help, the water was so fast," Mr Wright explains.
He has had to repeat a year of his Bangor University criminology degree.
"It affected me," he said. "I tried not to show it - I tried to keep calm for my mum and dad."
And though he welcomes the Talybont scheme, he pointed out that floods briefly closed the A55 at Abergwyngregyn in November - and said urgent action was required.
The Welsh Government said the design work and procurement of contractors on the Abergwyngregyn scheme was now complete.
"Once agreement is reached with landowners, the advanced drainage will begin," a spokesman added.
£1.1m has been spent on flood risk management in north Wales so far in 2016, with a further £3.25m to be spent by the end of the year, which includes funding to local authorities.
And in December, the government announced that cuts to the flood scheme budget are to be reduced, with an extra £33m over the next four years.
A separate £150m fund for councils to borrow money for "flood and coastal-risk management" will be available from 2018-22.
But over in Llanwrst, Conwy, the owners of the 15th Century, Grade II-listed Tu Hwnt i'r Bont tearoom, which was badly damaged, remain concerned that little seems to have been done in their area to prevent future flooding.
"There is a man-made cob (embankment) in the meadows north of here that soaks up water, but it was breached," explained owner Tim Maddox.
"If there was a manned sluice gate there, the floods in Llanwrst could have been avoided."
The tearoom's soaked walls had to be repaired using specialist lime plaster. And although the most severe flooding happened on Boxing Day, small floods had occurred from October 2015 and badly affected business.
An NRW report said a 2010-built, £22m flood defence scheme designed to protect 76 homes in Llanwrst performed well. But it also said flood barriers were erected "too late", leading to the flooding of three homes.
"We have been lucky so far this year," says Mr Maddox.
"But there was an awful lot of bad feeling around that we have been here before - and here we go again."
Back at Paula's house, and she demonstrates where floodwater poured in through the garden, likening it to a "swimming pool".
Is she looking forward to a happier Boxing Day this year? "I just hope it's dry," she replies.
Abdal Raouf Abdallah, 23, from Manchester, had denied two counts of preparing acts of terrorism.
Former serviceman Stephen Mustafa Gray, who tried and failed to reach Syria, admitted three offences last year.
The court heard Abdallah had tried to arrange firearms and cash for the trip.
A jury at Woolwich Crown Court convicted Abdallah by a majority of 10 to two of two counts of preparing acts of terrorism through the help he gave to Gray, Abdallah's own brother Mohammed and two other men.
Gray pleaded guilty last year - but details of his conviction could not be reported until now. Both he and Abdallah will be sentenced together at a later date.
During his trial, Abdallah gave frank evidence about his time fighting alongside other Islamists in the Libyan uprising and supporting the principle of the armed overthrow of Syria's President Assad. He showed no emotion as the verdicts were returned.
The trial heard that Abdallah, paralysed and at home in Manchester, played a key role in arranging the journey to Syria for four men.
The court heard that he had known Gray, also from Manchester, for seven or eight years. The two had met playing football in the years before Abdallah suffered his injury.
The court heard that he exchanged dozens of messages with Gray over Skype, Viber and WhatsApp about the planned trip in the months running up to July 2014.
Prosecutor Max Hill QC said: "You were intent upon sending fighters to join groups in Syria who were committing terrorist acts in that country."
But during his defence, Abdallah vehemently denied having anything to do with the Islamic State group, saying that they were terrorists.
Gray had served two tours of duty in Iraq as a gunner in No 2 Squadron of the RAF Regiment, protecting airfields and aircraft. He later converted to Islam after returning home disillusioned by the war.
He and another convert, Raymond Matimba, also known as Abu Qaqa Britani Afro, left Manchester for Barcelona in July 2014 and then went on to Turkey.
Gray was turned back but prosecutors say Matimba joined the defendant's brother Mohammed and another man inside the war zone.
Prosecutors told the trial that Abdallah was in constant contact with his brother and his friends through social media apps.
But Abdallah told the court that he had been in so much pain that summer from his war injuries that he had no clear recollection of events other than being a "Royal Mail messenger" who had simply passed on messages between his brother and his friends.
The court heard that Abdallah's family settled in the UK after his father, a political opponent of Colonel Gaddafi, fled the country two decades ago. Abdallah's uncle was among 1,300 people murdered by the dictator in a mass killing of political prisoners in 1996.
But in 2010, the then student travelled to Libya for a gap year and was living there with relatives when the first of the Arab Spring protests engulfed neighbouring Tunisia.
As demonstrations spread to Libya's capital Tripoli, he joined thousands calling for Gaddafi's fall. He was present at a major protest in Tripoli's central square when government forces opened fire, shooting dead scores of opponents.
Abdallah and his brother joined one of the most important rebel Islamist groups - the 17th February Martyr's Brigade.
Some of its members were considered to be potential enemies of the UK because of their former links to al-Qaeda.
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Abdallah, who was still a teenager at that time, told his trial that he was given a key role in his platoon. He communicated with Nato personnel to ensure they were not accidentally bombed and he also manned guns mounted to pick-ups.
But he was shot twice while manning a gun during a key battle. He only survived after life-saving treatment in Germany and returned to the UK in a wheelchair.
"I was only 18 when I was shot - I never imagined it would happen to me," he told the trial. "I had plans to come back and study. But I could not cope with it."
The trial heard that Abdallah suffered from depression and further life-threatening complications on his return to the UK - but in 2014 he began facilitating the movement of friends into the Syria conflict.
While Abdallah denied any involvement in terrorism, he told the jury that they needed to understand why people wanted to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. His brother had been motivated by a desire to help the Syrian people rid themselves of a brutal dictator, he said, and had long since returned to Tripoli to resume his normal life.
"It's got nothing to do with terrorism," he said. "We have been through the same things as the Syrians. We have worn the same shoes. To be bombed, shot at."
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The lucky astronauts on board the International Space Station have caught the Northern Lights touching sunrise over Earth.
US space agency Nasa released the stunning clip, with the quote from astronaut Butch Wilmore: "#Sunrise touches #Aurora. All we need now are angels singing."
The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are caused by the interaction of the solar wind (charged particles escaping the Sun) with the Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere.
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The investment is the first deal to be signed during Saudi monarch King Salman's Asian tour, and is expected to help boost profits at Petronas, which has been struggling with low oil prices for the past few years.
The visit is the first by a Saudi king to Malaysia in more than a decade, but the ties between the two nations run deep.
The Saudi connection came up in Malaysian politics as recently as last year, when Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said that the $681m found in his personal bank account was a gift from the royal family, and not money embezzled from funds linked to the state investment fund 1MDB.
The Malaysian anti-corruption commission cleared Mr Najib of all wrongdoing. However, his critics say the Saudi Arabian excuse is just a convenient cover - and several international investigations into the matter continue.
Meanwhile, King Salman is expected to head to Indonesia, Japan, Brunei and China as part of his tour of the region.
But behind the cheque book diplomacy is the kingdom's desire to extend its influence in the region and attract Asian investors to Saudi Arabia.
1. Scratching backs: Saudi Arabia is looking for ways to diversify its economy and reduce its dependence on oil. The kingdom has been hit by the twin challenges of trying to reform its economy at a time when it has been losing money from falling oil prices.
Investing in nations such as Malaysia may not yield much in terms of reciprocal investment, but watch out for any announcements when King Salman is in China and Japan. Riyadh has already invested in a $45bn technology fund with Japanese firm Softbank, and, according to analysts, the Saudis are looking for investments in logistics, infrastructure and technology from Tokyo and Beijing.
2. Keeping customers: It's not just about bringing investment into Saudi Arabia - it's also about maintaining business in Asia for Saudi crude. The big prize is China - which has overtaken the US as the world's biggest importer of oil. Data from 2014 shows that it sources most of its energy needs from the Arab kingdom.
But Russia and Iran are fast gaining ground, and China has been investing in oil fields in both nations. Riyadh will be keen to ensure that it remains the top supplier for Beijing.
3. Potential investors: Saudi Aramco, the Arab kingdom's state-run oil firm, is heading for a public share sale in 2018. According to reports this would be the world's biggest share flotation, although there has been some doubt cast on the valuations.
Nevertheless, this trip is very much about drumming up interest from Asian investors into buying a 5% stake in Saudi Aramco. There has also been talk of an Asian share listing, although that has yet to be confirmed.
4. Don't cry for me Washington: The US has traditionally been Saudi Arabia's most powerful ally, both in terms of trade and politics. But Donald Trump's recent anti-trade stance may have unnerved some in the kingdom, which could explain why a trip to Asia was planned before one to Washington.
Reaching out to Muslim majority nations such as Indonesia and Malaysia makes sense for the Saudis as it won't just be conversations about investment in physical infrastructure - but also about investing in religious pilgrimages and schools.
5. Investment extends Islamic influence: Traditionally Saudi aid and investment into Malaysia and Indonesia has come through the Saudi government, religious charities and foundations. But in recent years, there's been growing concern in some quarters over the resultant increase in Wahhabism in South East Asia, at a time when the region is going through what some have termed an Islamic revival.
In Indonesia, human rights groups have pointed to the funding of ultra-orthodox clerics in mosques who often have views that are at odds with the archipelago's interpretation of Islam.
In Malaysia, Marina Mahathir, the daughter of Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, has said that Malays are losing touch with their identity and in danger of undergoing an "Arab colonisation" - in the way they dress, speak and practise their faith.
Saudi Arabia may be keen to deflect this criticism: note that the trip also includes a stop in Indonesia's predominantly Hindu island of Bali.
The men, all journalists, share space with bulky cameras, tapes and tripods. It is suffocating, but no-one complains.
"This room is our shared office. We share resources and stories too," one man, who works as a television reporter says with a wry smile.
Shahjahanpur may be a small town by Indian standards, (population 400,000 as of 2011) but it boasts of no fewer than 150 journalists. Poor communications and woefully inadequate infrastructure have not deterred them from their chosen profession.
They are currently working on a story that saw their town catapulted into the national spotlight.
Ironically, it is about the death of one of their fraternity, Jagender Singh, who succumbed to burn injuries following a police raid on his house in early June.
Mr Singh had worked alongside them in this very room until a few years ago when he decided that social media was a more potent force than conventional platforms.
So he ran a Facebook page with thousands of followers, where he posted largely unconfirmed stories on corruption involving government officials and ministers.
Mr Singh's son Rajan told the BBC that his father was regularly harassed by police officers at the behest of a state minister, Ram Murti Singh Verma, who was reportedly a regular subject of Mr Singh's stories.
He alleged that, on the day his father died, a group of policemen acting on Mr Verma's orders set him on fire during a raid on their home.
In a final statement from his hospital bed, the journalist also accused Mr Verma of setting him on fire.
The minister has denied the allegations and the ruling Uttar Pradesh government has firmly stood behind him. The police have said that Mr Verma set himself on fire, and they tried to save him.
However, following pressure from national media, police have filed a First Information Report (FIR) on the murder, charging the minister as well as four policemen.
Mr Singh's family have since received compensation from the state government, but have demanded the suspension of Mr Verma as a minister. They say they will return the money unless the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) takes over the investigation.
In another incident not long after the death of Mr Singh, another journalist, Sandeep Kothari from Madhya Pradesh in central India, was also burnt to death. Like Mr Singh, Mr Kothari wrote on corruption, but he specifically targeted the mining mafia.
The two deaths are the latest in a number of attacks on journalists working in towns outside India's big cities. They say their confidence is shaken and that they fear for their lives.
The Press Council of India (PCI) says 79 journalists have been murdered in India over the past 25 years.
Sharat Pradhan, a senior journalist in Lucknow, the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, once led a powerful journalists' union but left in disgust because he said the organisation had failed to effectively raise security issues.
Mr Pradhan says there is no official data on attacks, but claims there have been several high profile cases of assaults in his state over the past few years.
In one incident, a journalist from Pilibhit town, also in Uttar Pradesh, was tied to a motorcycle and dragged for over a mile until he fell unconscious. No-one knows what prompted the attack.
In another instance, state reporter Nikhil Mishra says he was threatened after he wrote about destitute women being ill-treated in a shelter.
On 24 June, some local reporters who went to cover a public outcry against unsatisfactory road repair works say the contractors threatened them with dire consequences if they covered the event.
Shiv Kumar, a reporter who works in Shahjahanpur for a national TV channel says journalism has become risky.
"We often get threats. Police try to create rifts between journalists. It suits them if we are divided. We are used to intimidation from all sides", he says.
"We have to work with them. We can't antagonise them", one small-town journalist said of their relationship with local politicians and policemen.
Sardar Sharma was Jagender Singh's boss for three years. He lamented the loss of respect for journalists and blamed reporters themselves for the situation.
"There is a criminal nexus between many journalists, politicians and police. Such journalists are fake. They indulge in extortion and blackmail. They have let us down", he said.
According to Mr Sharma, these "fake" journalists obtain ID cards from fly-by-night media companies by paying them between 5,000 and 10,000 rupees ($80-160).
He alleges that the state has a number of newspapers which have paltry circulation figures, but "thrive on government ads".
Nearly all journalists in small towns and cities like Shahjahanpur don't have permanent jobs and work as freelancers.
Media companies pay them only for published stories. A Hindi daily newspaper pays 150 rupees for a published news story, while a TV channel pays 700 rupees per story. So even if a print journalist gets 10 stories published a month, he will still earn less than a daily wage worker.
In stark contrast, reporters who earn salaried incomes from reputed media outlets in big cities earn hundreds of times more.
Furthermore, when reporters are not attached to a specific media organisation, it is much easier to intimidate and threaten them.
Prem Shankar Gangwar works for a Delhi-based national TV channel. He argues that if local journalists are regularised and made permanent, "70% of our problems will be solved".
Mohammed Irfan, an executive member of the National Union of Journalists, says this is a real concern for journalists.
"Our unions have raised these issues with management and with successive governments but so far without much success," he says.
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Selby opened with a break of 119, and at 3-0 up had scored 297 points, with the world number four managing just four.
Higgins pinched frame four, the start of a four-frame burst, but Selby responded and went on to win an error-ridden decider set up a semi-final with world number six Shaun Murphy.
In the evening session, five-time UK champion Ronnie O'Sullivan beat world number 16 Mark Williams 6-2 to set up a semi-final against Hong Kong's Marco Fu, who came back from 5-2 down to beat Welshman Jamie Jones 6-5.
Murphy scored three half-centuries and a ton to beat Belgium's Luca Brecel 6-1.
World champion Selby, who is into the last four at the York Barbican for the fourth time in the last five years, joked the result was "never in doubt".
"At one stage I felt I was throwing it away," he said.
"I was 3-0 up and playing well but I missed an easy red when I just needed red and black to go 4-0 up when I was in control. And the game doesn't forgive you.
"John started well and at 4-3 down I thought I was going home and I would only have myself to blame. I was getting chances but missing them. But I got through in the end."
Higgins said he was "gutted".
"I would have rather lost 6-0 than 6-5," he added. "I could have been halfway home by now."
Murphy, champion in 2008, was far too strong for Brecel, and reached the semi-finals here for the first time since 2012.
The 34-year-old looked slick and confident with his break-building throughout, scoring three half-centuries and a brilliantly compiled 112 in frame three.
But once again Murphy was not happy with the fact players do not get a new set of balls for each match, saying it affects the quality of play and is unfair to fans.
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"It's disappointing that the conditions were so poor," the Nottingham man said. "But my game is in good shape. I knew it was but have kept running into superheroes this season. But is has stood up here."
Murphy had lost 4-0 against his 21-year-old opponent at last month's Belfast Open, but was in control throughout in the best-of-11 meeting.
"I am very pleased," said Murphy. "I knew Luca was not to be messed with, going all the way to Belfast and scoring just eight points. It's a good win."
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Until now, Fullscreen has worked with social media talent on free platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube.
But the company said the economics of producing premium video on ad-supported platforms "did not work out".
One industry analyst questioned whether Fullscreen had the brand recognition necessary to attract a big audience.
Fullscreen describes itself as a "modern media company", part talent agency, part content producer. It has a roster of 75,000 "partners", predominantly recruited through YouTube.
The company has traditionally made money by brokering advertising deals for its talent, providing support to smaller video-makers in exchange for a cut of their ad revenue, and by selling tour tickets and merchandise for its biggest stars.
But it said it had needed to create its own subscription video platform to let video-makers "fulfil their artistic ambition".
"Social media is a great place to make quick, inexpensive content to engage a fanbase," Fullscreen founder George Strompolos told the BBC.
"But when it comes to longer form or premium productions, the economics of producing it on the free web just don't work out.
"We needed to create a premium destination for that work that has a higher quality."
Consumers are increasingly rejecting expensive cable television packages and instead subscribing to individual streaming services, known as over-the-top services.
In October 2015, Google launched its own bid to capture a new market with a premium video service called YouTube Red.
Its service features prominent YouTubers in long-form productions, although Google has not yet revealed how many paid members it has attracted.
"There is some overlap with YouTube Red, they are both subscription options featuring some programming with YouTube stars," said Mr Strompolos.
"But YouTube Red is more about an ad-free experience and music, with some programming sprinkled in. We're leading with original programmes. It's not icing on cake, it is the cake."
Undercutting Google's $9.99 (£6.90) offering, Fullscreen's subscription service will cost $4.99 (£3.40) a month, with programmes viewable on a standalone app and website.
British comedians Jack Howard and Dean Dobbs, and US vlogger Shane Dawson are among the popular video-makers involved.
The company said it would bolster its offer of online originals with traditional programmes from TV and film studios.
"Fullscreen has an umbrella of big name channels on YouTube, but the brand itself is not particularly well known," said Tom Harrington, an industry analyst at Enders.
"They have some decent looking original programming planned, but these services live and die on their back catalogue, and old episodes of Dawson's Creek will only get you so far.
"It's an increasingly crowded market, and it's hard to think they would have the same recognition to get noticed as Amazon, Disney and Netflix."
Mr Strompolos is confident the service will find an audience.
"This generation grew up on social media, falling in love with stars like Grace Helbig, and Jack and Dean," said Mr Strompolos.
"Part of being a fan of a creator is that you are empowering them to reach new heights - you get them to a place where they can realise their ambitions.
"But we also think about empowering talent, giving them a great experience and creating a friendly collaboration.
"Ultimately, the service that the talent wants to win, is the service that wins."
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The Home Affairs Committee said the authority and other agencies had been "inexcusably slow" to protect young girls who were being groomed.
MPs began taking evidence after nine Rochdale men - eight with Pakistani backgrounds - were jailed last year.
The report said victims were still being failed.
The ninth man jailed was from an Afghan background.
Gladys Rhodes White, Children's Services director at Rochdale Council, said previous failings were "unacceptable" and staff were being trained to spot grooming and protect victims.
"There are lots of people that need to work together to deal with this horrendous crime.
"What we have done is make sure everybody understands how child sexual exploitation works: the grooming process, the impact on victims, the way perpetrators operate, and we are prepared to deal with all those strands in a collective way.
"So our training and our awareness raising is absolutely essential if we are to stop this activity."
In 2012, Ms White replaced Steve Garner, who resigned following an independent report criticising the department.
The Home Affairs Committee said the council had been "inexcusably slow" to realise what had been going on in the area due "in large part to a woeful lack of professional curiosity".
Committee chairman Keith Vaz said MPs were "very angry" about what former Rochdale Council Chief Executive Roger Ellis and other officials told the committee.
"They knew it was going on, it was all over the radio, in the newspapers, it was all over the country, but they still didn't take effective action: it was all very defensive."
Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk is calling for Mr Ellis to return a payoff he received when he took early retirement in 2011.
The Labour MP said: "He was the head of the organisation that had a culture where these girls were believed to be making life choices, and that's just not acceptable.
"We have seen generous taxpayer-funded settlements for some of these senior managers and I think it's right and proper that they do pay this money back."
The committee said that recent cases had typically involved large networks of Pakistani-heritage abusers who preyed on vulnerable white girls.
Mr Danczuk said: "What is clear is there seems to be a small group of Pakistani men who are prepared or encouraged to commit this type of crime and I think if we are aware of that, then I think we can be more guarded about it, we can educate more about it.
"But it's right not to believe that it's just Pakistani men - it is a complex area."
He added: "Cultural differences are no defence for grooming young children - it's not a defence to say 'I live a different kind of life' or 'I believe the age of consent is younger because of my cultural experience'."
Imam Irfan Chishti, from the Rochdale Council of Mosques, said there were also different models of grooming which should not be ignored.
"This kind of behaviour is not acceptable from whichever community it comes from, and this particular model of behaviour, as the report has suggested, is specific to some people of Pakistani heritage - so, yes, we do need to look at that, but there's no simple link between race and child exploitation."
Sir Peter Fahy, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, said what took place in Rochdale "could happen again".
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"The third issue is how we deal with suspected offenders when the victim doesn't want to make a complaint, and that's what we should be concentrating on."
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The Royal Marines Museum in Eastney will relocate to a boathouse next to The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
A new Centre for Discovery will also feature more than two million artefacts, currently housed elsewhere.
Prof Dominic Tweddle, director general of NMRN, said it would "deepen and enrich" the visitor experience.
He said collections currently "dispersed and at risk across the country" in 30 separate locations, many in storage, would go on show.
Sir Peter Luff, chairman of the Heritage Lottery Fund, said: "We loved the National Museum of the Royal Navy's plans to tell the very human story of the Royal Navy.
"The Centre for Discovery will provide a new, spacious venue to relate this narrative while the relocation of the Royal Marines Museum will give it a more prominent home and increased visitor numbers.
"Having already invested £55m in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, we are confident this latest award of National Lottery money will enable the dockyard to build on its reputation as one of the South East's most popular heritage destinations."
The Royal Marines Museum will move into the Grade II-listed Victorian Boathouse 6.
It is also receiving £2m from money raised from fines after the Libor banking scandal, with a further £2.5m coming from fundraising.
The new museum is due to open in 2019.
On that foggy morning, six steel-clad warships of the Imperial German Navy slid into view off the north-east coast of England.
Huge naval guns swung to face the awakening towns of Scarborough and Hartlepool and, just after 08:00, they fired.
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Scarborough was hit first. The undefended town's population was stunned as shells, designed to crack armoured battleships, slammed into buildings.
At 2 Wykeham Street, the Bennett family had been getting ready for the day.
In an account to the Scarborough Mercury, 25-year-old Christopher Bennett said: "Father and mother and the two children were downstairs in the kitchen, and father had called out to me: 'Come on lad. Let's away downstairs. It's the Germans. Come and look after mother.'
"But, before I had time to get downstairs it had all happened.
"It was a long time before I realised anything or where I was. I was practically buried in stuff.
"When at last I could look around me I had only a shirt and one slipper on."
Hit squarely on the front, the house had partly collapsed.
Christopher and his father survived but his brother Albert, mother Johanna and two boys, George Barnes, 5, and John Ward, 10, had to be dug out of the rubble. All died soon afterwards.
Maritime historian Dr Robb Robinson says: "We think of the war, we think of it not just as the first world war but the first total war.
"Total war means that everyone, civilians and every aspect of the economy was involved and this was one dimension of that.
"No longer on this island were we as safe and secure as we expected."
"The Admiralty was certainly monitoring German naval radio traffic and cracking its codes. It seems likely they knew something was happening.
"Both navies wanted to attack a smaller part of the enemy's forces and this well planned raid met that criteria. Only bad weather and, regrettably, bad signals between the different Royal Navy squadrons sent out to catch the German battlecruisers allowed them to escape.
"Many asked how could such a thing happen to a country protected by the mightiest navy in the world? Afterward, the Admiralty had to take it on the chin. But under no circumstances must the vital work of Naval Intelligence be revealed.
"Because of this intense secrecy how much the Admiralty actually knew is still not fully understood."
Michael Knaggs, Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre
More than 500 shells battered Scarborough.
At Gladstone Road School, children arriving early had to hide in the cellar. St Martin's Church, preparing for a wedding, lost part of its roof.
The Grand Hotel, town hall, lighthouse, castle and dozens of houses were badly damaged.
In about 30 minutes of shelling, 17 people died and many more were injured.
But Scarborough had escaped relatively lightly.
Just minutes later and 50 miles away, three other warships opened fire on Hartlepool.
With docks, factories and even a detachment of soldiers, the town was the bigger target.
Coastal guns mounted a defence and fired 123 shells, which damaged a ship, but the German broadsides poured 1,150 shells into the town.
"There was panic," says Mark Simmons, Hartlepool Museum manager. "Families loaded belongings on to carts and fled inland. Some workers smashed their way out of factories, which routinely locked them in.
"But for the Germans, this was no random assault. It seems they had a plan. Suppress the coastal batteries then move on to the docks. But of course shells go astray.
"You can see waves of destruction moving across residential areas of Hartlepool and West Hartlepool. Did they target civilians? It is difficult to know - but my feeling is they weren't worried about it."
New research suggests 114 civilians, nine soldiers and seven sailors were killed or fatally wounded.
At least 500 people were injured, with about 600 houses and dozens of factories damaged.
The carnage would have been greater but as many as a third of the shells, designed to be used at longer range, failed to explode.
Whitby was also shelled. Three people died and the famous abbey took a direct hit that left its western doorway wrecked.
The Germans had wanted to humiliate the Royal Navy and intimidate the British public.
In the first of these objectives they succeeded - but the second spectacularly backfired.
Britain's navy was indeed lambasted for its failure to protect the towns.
Dr Robinson says: "For 10 years, the country had spent a fantastic amount of money on these dreadnought battleships.
"We were told we were secure, but suddenly the Germans have slipped in, bombarded three towns in the area and got away safely."
Rather than inspiring terror among the population, however, the raids provoked belligerent fury.
Nationally, "Remember Scarborough!" became a resounding rallying cry against the savagery of the Kaiser.
An image of Number 2 Wykeham Street was used in an enlistment poster that depicted a girl holding a baby standing outside the ruins of the house. The poster's slogan read: "Men of Britain! Will You Stand This?"
"The focus on Scarborough was because the papers played to their audiences," says Mr Simmons. "Hartlepool was a rough, industrial northern town, which had guns and troops.
"Scarborough was undefended and the sort of place people in the home counties might visit on holiday."
Life had to go on though, and with it businesses got back to work.
"Within days, there were adverts in the papers for coach tours of the damage," Mr Simmons adds.
"A small industry sprang up producing souvenirs, postcards and even fake iron crosses, complete with the names of Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough."
But Hartlepool in particular, felt itself on the front line for the rest of the war.
Its population donated more money, per head, to war causes than any other in the British Empire.
The attack may even have helped British women play a far greater role in the war as nurses, munitions workers and ambulance drivers.
Writer and broadcaster Kate Adie explains: "The idea had been that women should never be put near (the dangers of battle), it was men who would shield them and protect them.
"Really, that idea disappeared in the first few months of the war when women in Hartlepool and Scarborough who found themselves victims of German shell fire.
"Women were moved, involuntarily, into a new kind of front line."
Centre Roberts was dropped for the first time since 2009 following the 32-8 defeat by Australia in the first autumn international on 5 November.
Roberts, who wins his 85th cap on Saturday, took the blame for a poor defensive show against the Wallabies.
Warburton said: "I think you're going to see Jamie running some pretty hard lines."
"I think you'll definitely see a reaction from players like Jamie this weekend and players like Dan Lydiate for example," he added.
Warburton will captain Wales for the 49th time on Saturday when they play their third autumn international Test.
"There'll be a few of those guys with a bee in their bonnet, but I think that's a good thing," Warburton added.
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Warburton missed the defeat against Australia as he made a staged return from injury, but played blindside in a team captained by Gethin Jenkins in the 24-20 win over Argentina.
He returns to the openside against Japan and said the poor display against Australia and the way senior players like Roberts and Lydiate were dropped afterwards means there will be no complacency.
"You never want to become comfortable in a Welsh jersey," he added.
"Players now, including myself, know that when you take that field you feel you have to prove your worth because you know otherwise - and it's been proved in this campaign - one bad performance and you can lose your shirt."
Japan created one of the biggest shocks in the history of rugby when they beat South Africa 34-32 in the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
They also beat a weakened Wales team 23-8 the last time they met in 2013.
But only eight of the side that beat the Springboks are in the current squad and they were beaten 54-20 by Argentina on 5 November.
Warburton says Wales are treating Saturday's game "like a World Cup match", with South Africa to come on 26 November.
"If we get a three-point opportunity we'll take it and not be disrespectful and go for the corner," he said.
"We want to play a bit more expansive rugby and score nice tries, but that might not happen at all in the game, it depends how the game goes."
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Having won gold on the first night of the track cycling in the men's team sprint, Hoy's triumph in the keirin was the perfect finale for Team GB.
"That was a courageous ride by Sir Chris Hoy, he was passed by the German on the back straight but he held his line and didn't take his foot off the gas until the end. He deserves all the accolades he's about to get."
Hoy's six golds take him past rowing great Sir Steve Redgrave's five.
And with a silver from Sydney 2000 as well, he equals Bradley Wiggins's record total of seven medals.
The 36-year-old Scot is sure he will not carry on for a fifth Games in 2016, but he is already assured of his status as track cycling's greatest ever sprinter.
Hoy, the defending Olympic and four-time world champion, hit the front with a lap to go and while he was momentarily overtaken by Germany's Maximilian Levy on the back straight, he came roaring back to win by a bike length.
Levy, the silver medallist at the World Championships in April, had to settle for second again, with Teun Mulder of the Netherlands and Simon van Velthooven of New Zealand crossing the line together for third and a bronze medal each.
"I'm in shock. You try to compose yourself but it's surreal," said Hoy. "I wanted to win gold in front of my home crowd. I saw everyone stepping up to the plate and thankfully it worked out for me too.
"The keirin is a lottery and you never take anything for granted in it. I can't describe the feelings I have at the moment. This is enough for me - this is the perfect end to my Olympic career.
"I can't put into words what it means to me. It's one of the greatest feelings I have ever had.
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"I'm 99.9% sure I won't be competing in Rio. How can you top this? [The 2014 Commonwealth Games in] Glasgow is another question, as that would be the dream ending for me."
With a combination of bravery, cunning and power, the keirin, the final track cycling race of the Games, is always a favourite with the crowd.
An eight-lap race, the six riders spend the first five and a half of those riding behind a small motorbike, or derny.
The speed is slowly ratcheted up before the derny peels away to unleash an almighty charge for the line.
This most vocal of London 2012 audiences emphatically underlined the British team's domination of the last six days in the velodrome: 10 events, seven golds, a silver and a bronze. And the only medal missing was in the women's team sprint, the event that saw Pendleton and Jess Varnish disqualified when a place in the final was theirs.
Most experts said Team GB could never repeat the success achieved by the track cycling team in Beijing 2008. Most experts were wrong.
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Sharapova, 30, withdraw before her second-round match against Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko. The Russian will also miss next week's Rogers Cup in Toronto.
She beat Jennifer Brady on Monday, having been out since May with a thigh problem.
Muguruza thrashed Kayla Day 6-2 6-0.
It was the world number four's return to action in California following her second major triumph at Wimbledon three weeks ago.
"[Wimbledon] is just another tournament," said the Spaniard.
"I know it might sound weird - because of course winning it gives me confidence - but it doesn't mean that I'm going to come here and because I just won Wimbledon I think it's going to be easier to win matches. It's not at all.
"I'm just working on trying to forget what happened and just starting Stanford. Stanford is my goal, and that's it."
Sharapova is ranked 171st after returning to tennis in April following a 15-month doping ban.
The five-time Grand Slam champion played eight matches on clay before injury forced her out of the grass-court season.
She was given a wildcard to play in the US for the first time since March 2015 at Stanford, and will require another wildcard to make the main draw at the US Open, which starts on 28 August.
"Toward the end of the Monday night's match, I felt pain in my left forearm," said Sharapova.
"After yesterday's scan, the doctor has recommended I don't risk further injury."
Four large floodgates rose out of the water creating a temporary sea barrier.
Once completed, 78 mobile flood barriers will be raised from the seabed to shut off the lagoon in the event of rising sea levels and winter storms.
The city suffers flooding on a yearly basis. In 1966, 80% of the city was flooded by high tides.
Applause broke out among the VIPs invited to witness the first public test of the project, says the BBC's David Willey in Rome.
Construction on the barriers began 10 years ago but has been hampered by delays in funding due to Italy's economic crisis.
The Moses project has already cost more than $7bn (£5bn) and is not expected to be completed for another two years.
Once finished, the floodgates will extend more than a mile, blocking the three inlets to the lagoon.
A government minister has promised funds to complete the scheme on time in 2016.
But the head of the construction consortium said they would need $800m immediately, otherwise the jobs of some 4,000 construction workers would be at risk.
Some Venetians argue the project is a waste of money and there is no guarantee it will work, our correspondent says.
In 1966, some 5,000 people were left homeless when flood levels in the city reached 1.94m (6ft) causing immense damage.
Earlier this week, Venice saw its first high tide of the season, known as "acqua alta".
The remains of Becky Godden, from Swindon, were found at the farm in Gloucestershire in 2011 by police probing the death of another woman.
Wiltshire Police searched the field again in April and found the bone, which matched Ms Godden's DNA.
Officers searching the field also discovered "other items" but did not elaborate on what was found.
Det Ch Insp Sean Memory added: "At this stage we cannot comment further on the nature of these items."
Ms Godden was aged 20 when she disappeared from her home in Shaw, Swindon, in 2003.
Her remains were unearthed at Baxter's Farm, Eastleach, following the arrest of taxi driver Christopher Halliwell over the disappearance of 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan.
Officers were led to the body by Halliwell, but he was not prosecuted over her death after a judge ruled detectives had ignored arrest guidelines.
Halliwell was later jailed for life for Ms O'Callaghan's murder.
He told the Commons Treasury committee the decision came down to a "simple judgement" on whether the UK's welfare system was "too expensive".
The chancellor urged peers not to "second guess" the Commons amid efforts to kill off the measure in the Lords.
Labour opposes the cuts and some Tories have also warned against them.
Mr Osborne refused to hand over an analysis of the impact the changes will have to the committee, saying: "I have provided a huge amount of information, but it comes down to a very simple judgment, which is do you think our welfare system is too expensive?
"Do you think we should move to a higher wage, lower welfare economy and ultimately that's the decision we are all being asked to take as Members of Parliament," he said.
"We all know this is fundamentally a judgment call and I'm comfortable with the judgment call that I've made and that the House of Commons supported this week."
Labour MP John Mann said the tax credit row risks becoming a "political disaster" for Mr Osborne and the country - and he urged the Chancellor to "avoid Mrs Thatcher's mistakes with the poll tax".
Mr Osborne said the lowest paid were the most affected when a country could not "live within its means".
"They are the people who lose their jobs, they are the people who suffer when the economy fails, when the country can't live within its means, when the welfare bill gets out of control. I feel very strongly about that," he added.
Former Conservative chancellor Lord Lawson is among those urging Mr Osborne to find ways to limit the impact of the cuts, which come into effect in April, on low earners.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "You cannot remove these tax credits without people being worse off."
But Lord Lawson hit out at "wholly wrong" attempts to kill off the policy altogether in the House of Lords, arguing that they should be "tweaked" to protect poorer households.
Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords have tabled a so-called "fatal motion" which would axe the £4.4bn cut altogether if approved on Monday.
Labour and crossbench peers are also pushing votes that would refuse to sign off on the policy until the government had considered changes.
Prime Minister David Cameron has warned the upper chamber not to defy convention that it does not block financial measures.
The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies calculates that the higher national minimum wage promised as part of the reforms would not compensate entirely for the loss of tax credits.
The album was compiled by the former King Edward VIII's equerry, Sir Dudley Forwood, and has been in his family ever since.
It features 60 photos, some previously unseen, of the duke meeting Nazis, including Adolf Hitler.
The album is due to be sold at Duke's of Dorchester on 10 March.
It details the visit the duke took with his new wife Wallis Simpson.
Sir Dudley said years later that the trip was made, not in order to support the Nazi regime, as many thought, but so that the Duchess could experience a state visit.
The equerry's invitation to the funeral of the Duchess of Windsor in 1986 is also being sold.
Timothy Medhurst, of the auction house, said: "It shows the couple in a relaxed environment being shown around by Nazis who are clearly proud of their nation.
"It is a unique piece of history compiled at a time when the Nazi war machine was preparing for European conquest and the systematic slaughter of millions of people."
The photographs show the duke and his wife visiting many places, including a mine, a winter relief headquarters, a lightbulb factory and a school.
Source: BBC History
The picture in Dabiq shows a Schweppes Gold soda can and what appears to be a detonator and a switch.
No explanation is offered and security experts told the BBC it was not clear how the device would have worked.
IS-linked Sinai Peninsula group says it carried out the attack, which killed 224 people.
Russia has confirmed it was a bomb that brought down the airliner.
On Tuesday, Russia's security chief Alexander Bortnikov told President Vladimir Putin the bomb equivalent to up to 1kg of TNT had been planted on board the Metrojet Airbus 321 that crashed in the Sinai peninsula on 31 October.
Mr Bortnikov also said "traces of foreign explosives" were found on debris from the plane.
President Putin vowed to "find and punish" those behind the attack.
Nearly all the victims on the flight from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg were Russian tourists.
Russian plane crash: What we know
Dabiq - a propaganda magazine for IS - published the photo of what it described as an IED (improvised explosive device).
It provided no further details about the device.
An article in the magazine claimed militants had been able to bypass the security at Sharm el-Sheikh airport and smuggle the bomb onto the plane.
It said initially they had planned to target a country of the US-led coalition, but then decided to attack the Russian airliner because of the air strikes that Moscow launched in Syria on 30 September.
The magazine also posted a picture of what it said were passports of some of the victims of the crash.
Security experts told the BBC the "on-off" switch on the device could have been operated by someone on the plane, in effect meaning a suicide bomber was on board.
An alternative explanation is that the device could have had a pressure-sensor and been detonated when the plane reached a certain altitude.
Just hours after the crash, Sinai Province said in a statement that it had destroyed the plane because of Russian military involvement in Syria.
Moscow has offered a $50m (£33m) reward for information on the Sinai plane attackers.
Metrojet is the brand name of Kogalymavia, an airline based in western Siberia.
13 Nov - Paris, France Gunmen and suicide bombers kill at least 129 people.
12 Nov - Beirut, Lebanon Suicide bombers kill at least 43 people.
31 Oct - Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Plane crashes killing all 224 on board. Russia says a bomb caused the crash and an IS affiliate says it was responsible.
10 Oct - Ankara, Turkey Suicide bombers kill 102 people at peace rally. Turkey blames IS, but no group claims the attack.
20 Jul - Suruc, Turkey Suicide bomber kills 33 people.
26 Jun - Sousse, Tunisia Gunman kills 38 people, mostly British tourists.
26 Jun - Kuwait City, Kuwait Suicide attack kills at least 27 people.
22 May - Qatif, Saudi Arabia Two suicide bombs kill at least 21 people.
21 Mar - Sanaa, Yemen Suicide bombings kill at least 137 people.
18 Mar - Tunis, Tunisia Gunmen kill 19 people, mostly foreign tourists.
The Cobblers made a positive start and Ricky Holmes volleyed home when the ball fell to him following a corner.
County soon levelled as Thierry Audel nodded into the net after Adam Smith saved Liam Noble's initial effort.
Jon Stead put them in front from the spot after being bundled over, but Holmes was fouled at the other end and converted the game's second penalty.
Northampton, now unbeaten in 18 league games, need only three more points to guarantee a place in League One next season.
Bootham Park hospital in York was ordered to be closed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) last week.
The Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust said it wanted to reopen the 18th century hospital for the treatment of outpatients.
Inpatients have either been discharged or transferred to other hospitals.
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Trust was given five days notice to close the grade-I listed building by 30 September.
The Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust took over mental health services in the Vale of York on 1 October.
Chief executive, Martin Barkley, said he had been shocked at the speed with which the CQC had acted.
"These actions are to my knowledge absolutely unprecedented."
Mr Barkley said he believed it was possible to treat outpatients safely at Bootham Park and would be asking the CQC's permission to do so.
"The previous reports and all the evidence has been about the safety concerns of inpatient services," he said.
"I have visited Bootham Park to see for myself all the non-inpatient facilities and I can see no reason why we can't operate those safely."
He said the trust was looking at a better interim solution for inpatients, some of whom have been transferred to hospital in Middlesbrough.
He said the long-term aim of the trust and its partners, including the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group, was to build a new psychiatric hospital in the area by 2019.
In a statement, the CQC said it had asked the trust to set out how it intended to "mitigate risks" for out-patients.
The CQC added: "Once this information is received, it will be assessed accordingly before a decision is reached.
"We will consider any reasonable submission, but no services will be registered where there is a risk to patient safety."
Dr Michio Hirano will discuss Charlie's condition with doctors treating him and independent specialists.
Great Ormond Street has given Dr Hirano an honorary contract giving him the same status as its own physicians.
It means he can examine Charlie and has full access to his medical records.
Charlie Gard case explained
The visit has been arranged as part of the latest stage of a court fight, brought by Charlie's parents Connie Yates and Chris Gard, from Bedfont, south west London, over whether he should be given experimental treatment in America.
Judges have heard that Charlie, who was born on 4 August 2016, has a form of mitochondrial disease, a condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and brain damage.
Dr Hirano, a professor of neurology at the Columbia University Medical Centre in New York, has offered an experimental therapy called nucleoside.
Last week, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) released a copy of its latest submission to the High Court.
In a statement published on its website, the hospital said: "At the heart of Charlie's parlous and terrible condition is the question, how can it be in his best interests for his life-sustaining treatment to be withdrawn?
"Charlie has been treated on GOSH's neonatal intensive care unit for many months now and very sadly, the question that arises for him arises for other patients and families at the hospital too."
The hospital added it had treated more than 1,000 patients with mitochondrial disease and offered pioneering treatment, including nucleoside treatment, where appropriate.
"Despite all the advances in medical science made by GOSH and the other hospitals around the world, there remain some conditions that we cannot cure and we cannot ameliorate."
The hospital said it remained the unanimous view of its doctors that withdrawal of ventilation and palliative care were all the hospital could offer Charlie.
It said his treatment team and all those from who the hospital obtained second opinions were of the view Charlie had "no quality of life and no real prospect of any quality of life".
A Care Quality Commission (CQC) report in 2015 raised serious concerns about dirty ambulances and out of date lifesaving equipment.
It also highlighted concerns in relation to equipment checks and maintenance.
The CQC has now rated the service as good.
More on this and other local stories from across Yorkshire
During the previous inspection, officials found infection control practices were not always followed by staff and procedures for the disposal of clinical waste was concerning.
A large number of ambulances were found to be dirty on the outside and the general cleanliness inside was highlighted as a problem.
Life-saving equipment used by paramedics for major disasters was also out of date.
However, after the latest inspection in September the chief inspector of Hospitals, Sir Mike Richards, said: "The Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust faced real challenges, which were apparent at our previous inspection.
"Although we found a caring organisation in 2015, we told the trust it must improve the safety, effectiveness, and responsiveness of the service it was providing to the people of Yorkshire."
"Since then, the trust, has worked hard to address the issues we raised," he added.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service serves five million people in East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.
Rod Barnes, chief executive of Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said: "All of our services demonstrated significant improvement since the CQC's inspection in January 2015.
"We do recognise, however, that there is always more we can do to improve."
The club's captain John Welsh and players Keith Keane, Bailey Wright, David Buchanan, Ben Davies and Graham Cummins were arrested on Thursday.
All six have expressed their innocence to the club and have been bailed.
Barnsley midfielder Stephen Dawson was also arrested and bailed. He has been unavailable for comment.
The investigation concerns matches this season and last season.
A Preston North End spokesman said: "We are disappointed that individual player names are in the public domain given that none of these individuals have been charged with any offence.
"Having had time to meet with all the individuals concerned we reiterate our position that all players will remain available for selection by the manager and that until or unless the current situation changes it will be business as usual."
In a statement, Barnsley Football Club said it was "aware of reports in media in connection with an investigation into individuals suspected of conspiracy to commit acts of bribery and money laundering relating to conduct during football matches".
The BBC understands three of the Preston players are expected to play on Saturday.
Ben Davies and Graham Cummins are on loan at League Two sides York City and Rochdale respectively.
On Thursday, the National Crime Agency said six other men arrested in December on suspicion of involvement in spot-fixing and later bailed, had been re-arrested.
Those arrested in December - including former Premier League player DJ Campbell - had been bailed to return on 8 April.
Spot-fixing is where a player corruptly influences a specific element of a match, for example by intentionally getting a yellow card or conceding a corner, without trying to fix the final score.
Most grammar schools have been using unregulated tests to select pupils since 2008, when the 11-plus exam was scrapped by the Department of Education.
The numbers of entrants taking the transfer tests rose again in 2015/16.
Results of both tests are sent to pupils by post on the same day.
There are two testing systems - GL Assessment exams are mostly used by Catholic schools, while AQE exams are mostly used by controlled schools.
There have been attempts to create a single, unofficial exam, and more talks towards that end are expected to take place this year.
However, efforts to find a common transfer test have so far failed.
Currently, children aged 10 and 11 in Primary Seven can opt to sit either exam, both GL and AQE tests or none.
A number of grammar schools in the Catholic sector have announced that they will no longer decide their intake by academic selection in recent years.
Earlier this month, Omagh Christian Brothers' School and Loreto Grammar, Omagh, became the latest to abandon selection.
14,575
Total number of entrants to both GL and AQE examinations
7,772 pupils sat the AQE exam
6,803 pupils sat the GL Assessment
However, the 2015/2016 academic year is the seventh year the unregulated tests have been run and the number of children taking them has increased.
There were a total of 14,575 entrants to the tests this year, although some children will have sat both tests.
A total of 7,772 pupils sat this year's AQE exam - the exam body's highest number of entrants since the unofficial tests began - and an increase from 7290 in 2014/15.
The number sitting this year's GL Assessment decreased from 7061 in 2014/15 to 6803, but this was due to Ballymena Academy switching from GL to the AQE exam.
Pupils take AQE tests on three separate Saturdays, while they take GL tests in English and Maths on the same day.
Both GL and AQE take the age of candidates into account when providing a mark.
Education Minister John O'Dowd wished pupils transferring to post-primary school well, but said he did not approve of the tests.
"My view remains that it is unacceptable that a minority of schools force thousands of young people to sit unregulated transfer tests," he said.
"Gone are the days when a test set at 11 sets the course of a child's educational pathway and indeed their career."
"It is time for the schools who use academic selection to end this unnecessary use of entrance tests."
Although pupils will receive their test mark on Saturday, they will not know which post-primary school they will transfer to until May or June.
Separate road access for buses and cars, and a "well-managed" pick up and drop off area are among the changes.
Revellers experienced long delays leaving the site at the 2015 event, its first at Strathallan, Perthshire.
DF Concerts have also promised a new bus depot with over 40 stances.
They have produced an animated video showing the new transport set-up.
T in the Park traffic manager Ian Martin, said: "The changes to the on-site transport set up are significant. We've not tweaked last year's.
"We started with a blank piece of paper and after months of testing and liaising with our partner agencies, including Transport Scotland, Perth & Kinross Council and Police Scotland as well as local community councils, we have a solid plan in place."
Following last year's festival, DF Concerts said "challenging ground conditions" had been compounded by "people not following directions", causing tailbacks on local roads.
Heavy rain meant the ground became muddy and some cars had to be towed from car parks to get them out safely, causing queues.
Mr Martin said: "The separated routes for buses and cars will help keep traffic moving and the bus station will make travelling with Citylink and Big Green Coach the best ways to get to and from the festival.
"With an event of this scale, an element of patience will always be required when getting in and out of the site, but I can guarantee this will be of a normal level and managed by an experienced team."
Police Scotland's head of road policing, Insp David Hynd, said the organisers had "taken on board" last year's issues.
He said: "I would ask all those travelling to and from the event to plan ahead and follow the instructions and advice provided on the various social media and websites."
Earlier this month, the promoter announced that this year's festival arena will increase in size by a third and the campsite by a quarter.
Mr Ai, who co-designed the Beijing Olympic stadium known as the Bird's Nest, was detained by officials at Beijing airport on Sunday.
The man often described as China's most famous contemporary artist is also one of the government's fiercest critics.
Meanwhile, another campaigner says he was force-fed milk powder through the nose while on prison hunger strike.
Zhao Lianhai is a writer who campaigned for the victims of a 2008 scandal over tainted milk powder after his son's health was affected.
Mr Ai is a vocal critic of the Chinese government, complaining about a lack of basic rights and freedoms and often incorporating these political themes into his work.
There had been no official information about his whereabouts since being detained on Sunday until China's state news agency, Xinhua, released a one-line report saying he was under investigation by police.
The report later appeared to have been removed from the agency's website, but the investigation was then confirmed by China's foreign ministry.
"Ai Weiwei is under investigation on suspicion of economic crimes," foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters.
Foreign governments have called for Ai Weiwei's immediate release, but Mr Hong brushed off the criticism.
"China is a country ruled by law and will act according to law. We hope that the countries concerned will respect China's decision," he said.
"This has nothing to do with human rights or freedom of expression."
Mr Ai's wife, Lu Qing, told reporters their home had been raided on Sunday by more than 40 police who seized computers and money.
She said he had "felt a premonition that he would be detained".
By Shirong ChenBBC China Editor
There is a well-known Chinese phrase: "Slaughter a chicken to warn the monkeys."
By detaining a very prominent critic and defying international calls for his immediate release, the authorities seem to be sending out a message that they are prepared even to deal with a powerful and valuable "monkey", let alone the smaller "chickens".
Arrest is wider warning
She is also concerned for his health, saying the 53-year old artist takes medicine for a range of illnesses.
The BBC's Jo Floto in Beijing says Mr Ai, the son of a prominent communist, had appeared to enjoy a degree of protection.
In the last couple of months, dozens of activists have ended up in custody or house arrest, none of them as open in their criticism as Mr Ai.
The news that he is being investigated for economic crimes may signal that China's authorities will seek to characterise him as a common criminal, rather than a political prisoner, our correspondent says.
The authorities' detention of Mr Ai has also inadvertently highlighted the treatment of another dissident, Zhao Lianhai - a Beijing writer whose son was one of about 300,000 made ill in 2008 by drinking infant formula tainted with melamine.
Mr Zhao was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison in November after organising a parents' support group and campaigning for compensation, though he was freed on medical parole in December.
In an interview with the South China Morning Post, Mr Zhao claimed he had been force-fed through the nose with a milk-powder solution for two days by medical staff in a detention centre in a Beijing suburb after going on hunger strike to protest against his sentence.
"They used mainland-produced milk powder during the first force-feeding. I threw up for half an hour."
The SCMP said the interview was carried out in March but held for publication in the event Mr Zhao was returned to police custody.
Mr Zhao was detained on Wednesday after publicly calling for Mr Weiwei's release, the SCMP said, but posted a message on his Twitter account just before midnight to say he had returned home.
Concerns about Mr Ai's detention have been raised by a number of governments, including the US, Britain and Germany.
On Wednesday the US ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, said the artist was among those who "challenge the Chinese government to serve the public in all cases and at all times".
Human rights groups say China's current crackdown on dissent is a response to protests in the Middle East and North Africa.
Human Rights Watch said up to 25 lawyers, activists and bloggers had been either detained, arrested or had disappeared. Dozens more had been subjected to harassment, it said.
Mr Ai currently has an exhibition at the Tate Modern gallery in London, displaying 100 million porcelain objects that look like sunflower seeds.
This is the full statement to the inquests read by his mother, Joan Hope:
I, Joan Hope, am the mother of John McBrien, who was killed at the Hillsborough Football Stadium disaster on Saturday, 15 April, 1989, aged 18.
My two remaining sons, Alan and Andrew, and I make this joint statement at the request of the coroner, Lord Justice Goldring, with a view to providing some personal background information about John. John's father, Roy, died in 2002.
John was born on Monday, 15 February 1971 in Bromborough on the Wirral, and was the youngest of my three sons.
John had a very special relationship with everyone in the family. He was a kind, generous, charismatic and remarkably mature young man. He was talented in so many ways, but was so modest.
He was happy, energetic and compassionate through the whole of his life; everyone loved him and he loved everyone.
'Set for university'
Whilst he was with us, he had a hugely positive influence on us. That influence remains profoundly strong on us all today.
John was a student at Holywell High school, where he excelled academically. He was very intelligent. He was studying A-levels in mathematics, politics and economics and was due to start at Liverpool University in the autumn of 1989.
Profiles of all those who died
He had already received an unconditional place to study social economic history.
He was popular at school and was sociable and friendly. After John died, the school set up the John McBrien Memorial Fund in his memory. Two prizes are awarded each year to students: one for high academic performance and one for sporting achievements.
We all remember the time when John, whilst studying politics at school, took part in a mock USA presidential election. John played the role of Michael Dukakis, the candidate for the Democrat Party. He was a marvellous speaker. He stood against George Bush Senior and won the election.
Talented actor
He had his photograph taken for the local newspaper, which is an exhibit to this statement.
John was a handsome young man, who was always organised and made a real effort with his appearance.
John was a remarkable actor. It came to him naturally. John and Alan were members of the amateur drama group at the parish church. John was passionate about acting.
He played the part of Major Tarver in "Dandy Dick" by Arthur Wing Pinero and had performed in many productions.
John also enjoyed sporting activities. He was a junior member of the Holywell Golf Club and loved walking, cycling, running and playing football. He was fit and healthy and had a passion for football.
'Season ticket'
When John was six years old, we all went as a family to watch Wolverhampton Wanderers versus Leicester City at Molineux Football Stadium. This was the first professional football match John attended. It was a great family day out, and everyone had lots of fun.
After moving to Holywell in 1979, he started supporting Liverpool Football Club and regularly attended matches, as he was a season ticket holder and a member of the Deeside Liverpool Supporters' Club.
John had so much going for him and was looking forward to going to university.
John's death wrecked all of our lives. We struggled to come to terms with what had happened. Even today, the pain of losing John has not gone away.
John was so very special to all of us. His death was completely devastating to our family. He was such an amazing son and brother and we all miss him deeply.
Chinese officials are not renowned for giving straight answers. But in Guangzhou, China's manufacturing megacity, they are quite candid about the need to give equal rights to migrant workers.
Is this one of the biggest challenges China is facing, I ask Chen Hao Tian, an official representing the government of China's third city.
"Yes," he says simply.
Migration from the countryside has provided the cheap labour that has fuelled China's boom. Half of the 14 million residents here are migrant workers.
But in recent months, each week has brought news of strikes in factories in Guangzhou and other cities across Guangdong province.
There has been rioting, too. In Zengcheng, an outlying suburb, migrants from Sichuan fought against locals, overturned cars and torched buildings in a sudden outburst this summer.
Chinese factory workers want better pay - and in Guangzhou a number of strikes have achieved this objective.
But another problem for the migrant workers is discrimination under the legal system, which denies them the same rights and access to public services as the city dwellers they live alongside.
The frustration of factory workers matters to Guangdong, which wants to keep migrants coming to the province to keep its factories growing.
But Mr Chen, a senior official at Guangzhou's reform and development commission, says the city is beginning to address the problem.
"Migrant workers live and work in this city and we must provide them with basic rights and benefits," he says.
"If they can't educate their children or find decent housing, they'll be dissatisfied with the government."
I arranged a clandestine meeting with a group of migrant workers who were among hundreds who took part in a recent walkout from their factory.
It was a bold act in a country where the authorities traditionally maintain an iron grip on social order. But in Guangdong province, strikes over pay have been increasingly tolerated - perhaps as an outlet for migrant anger.
"Our country is developing so quickly, but we migrant workers seem not to be sharing in the fruits of that progress," says Yang, a 22-year-old worker from a village in Hunan province.
"The pressure is building up inside us."
Another worker, Deng from Shaanxi, has concerns about his two children, who he has sent away to live with relatives in the country.
"I hope that when my kids grow up, there will be no difference between urban and rural," he says.
He is referring to China's hukou or household registration system, designed under Chairman Mao to manage population movements.
Under Chinese law, everyone is registered in their home town or village and must access education, housing and welfare there.
Migrant workers cannot change their hukou to an urban one.
For Deng, this has prevented him sending his two children to local schools. City schools that accept migrant children often make them pay extra, almost a year's salary, as a "voluntary" payment.
Most migrants can't afford it, so in many cases their children do not go to school at all.
People with rural registration also get charged more than locals for healthcare, housing and other basic welfare.
Factories are meant to support migrants without a local hukou registration, but many employers fail to purchase proper employee insurance.
And this social discrimination, mixed with the rising cost of living and frustration with employers, is a recipe for social conflict.
"There is a lot of conflict, and if it's not managed there will be a lot of unrest and disharmony," says Professor Peng Peng of the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences.
He is one of a chorus of academics and journalists who have been highlighting the issue.
Providing migrant workers with further rights, and higher incomes, should also be good for the global economy, because it means they can become more active consumers - buying goods produced in China by both local and Western companies.
Guangdong is generally known as progressive place that has led China's economic liberalisation. But the government's social reforms have begun slowly.
"We can't abolish hukou overnight," Mr Chen of the Guangzhou government tells me. "There is a huge cost associated with that."
Research has shown that each new hukou permit issued to a migrant worker will end up costing the city 1.2m yuan (£122,000; $188,000) in the long term, because of the extra resources used up by migrants and their children.
There are also the fears of other city residents to take into account - for example, that schools and hospitals will be stretched.
"That's why we're creating a points system - it's just like the system that countries such as the UK or USA use for migration," says Mr Chen.
"We want to attract immigrants here to Guangzhou based on their skills."
In practice, anyone who wants a new hukou must satisfy a long list of qualifications, including educational attainment, property ownership, and community service.
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Only 3,000 new permits have been issued so far, out of a population of seven million migrant workers. Most poor migrants remain shut out.
Dee Lee, who runs a non-profit helpline for factory workers, takes hundreds of calls a day. Many young callers tell stories of an affront, big or small, to their sense of dignity.
"Workers in the past would say they didn't care about discrimination, they just want to earn enough money and go back [home]," he explains.
But most workers now were born after 1980. They have been brought up in a China of micro-blogs and web cafes. They would rather spend their time at pop concerts than digging fields.
They want to be consumers - and that is something China's leaders and the West now welcome.
So the "rural" status on their registration cards looks increasingly anachronistic.
"The migrants enjoy their life in the city, and they won't go back to the countryside," says Mr Lee.
"The pressure is going up day by day. Tension is rising, and the government has acknowledged that."
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Metropolitan Police officers were sent to 166 key junctions during rush-hour periods as part of Operation Safeway.
The operation, started in November, was due to end on 3 January but officers have extended it until the end of this week.
Det Ch Supt Glyn Jones said road users were behaving in a "much safer manner".
The operation followed the deaths of six cyclists in a two-week period in November.
Officers said the public's response to the operation had so far been "encouraging".
"We've noticed that road users are generally behaving in a much safer manner, and we have issued fewer fixed penalty notices as the operation has progressed," said Det Ch Supt Jones.
"This week, officers will be out again at key junctions, advising road users and enforcing the law where necessary. We want 2014 to be a safe year for all road users."
Since the beginning of Operation Safeway on 25 November, a total of 13,818 fines have been issued, with 4,085 given to cyclists.
Police said cyclists were fined for jumping red lights, cycling on footpaths and having incorrect lights.
Motorists were given fines for offences including driving without insurance and driving without wearing a seatbelt.
In addition 209 people were arrested during the operation for offences including assault, dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and drink driving.
Hawick, Irvine, Clackmannanshire and Fife will benefit from the investment.
It will be used to deliver a range of projects in each area which it is hoped can help to develop the local economy.
The biggest portion of the funding goes to Hawick which has suffered a series of setbacks including the loss of more than 100 jobs at Hawick Knitwear.
Mr Wheelhouse said: "As was made clear in the Programme for Government, we wanted to introduce measures to boost business confidence and keep our economy moving.
"I'm pleased to now be able to confirm the four areas that will receive a share of the £10m, I have no doubt that these projects will help to drive our economy and provide a real benefit to people across the country.
"In the wake of the EU referendum, we have committed to protecting Scotland's interests, particularly our economic interests."
He said they had been working to ensure money reached the areas where it was "most needed".
"Local businesses can be the engines of our economy and strong local economies are crucial to our success," he said.
The full breakdown of the funding is:
It will be used on a range of projects in each area.
The Hawick funding will support a local action plan to "encourage start-ups and retain growing business in the town".
In Clackmannanshire and Fife it will support Longannet task force projects including the creation of business units and enterprise hubs.
The investment in Irvine will help "attract growth companies and investment" in the Irvine Life Science Enterprise Area.
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire MSP John Lamont described the money as "really good news for Hawick" and renewed his calls to create an enterprise zone in the town.
"In the north of England these zones have created over 8,000 jobs and millions of pounds of private investment, by offering incentives to new businesses such as lower business rates and better broadband," he said.
"An enterprise zone is the best way to ensure that this funding maximises the benefit for the wider community and existing businesses."
The authorities are probing claims that 16 French soldiers abused children at a camp for internally displaced people.
The Guardian newspaper reported that a leaked UN report documented alleged abuses of children as young as nine.
France sent an initial 1,600 troops to the country in December 2013 after violence flared following a coup.
Mr Hollande said there would be "sanctions in line with the amount of trust we put in the army" for any soldiers found guilty of abuse.
"I am proud of our armed forces, and so will show no mercy to those who have behaved badly, if that is the case," he went on.
The defence ministry has said the allegations, if proven, would be "an intolerable attack on military values".
The Guardian said that the alleged abuse took place between December 2013 and June 2014 at a centre for internally displaced people in the Central African Republic capital, Bangui.
Quoting an internal UN report, it says that in one case, a nine-year-old boy and his friend were forced to carry out a sex act by two French soldiers.
In some cases, it says, children were able to give good descriptions of the French soldiers alleged to be involved.
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On Wednesday, the Guardian newspaper reported that a United Nations worker was suspended after leaking the report to French authorities.
A spokesman for the UN Secretary General said the leaking of an unredacted report constituted "a serious breach of protocol" and could endanger victims and witnesses.
France intervened in its former colony in December 2013, nine months after a rebel alliance, Seleka, captured the capital and ousted President Francois Bozize.
The country descended into ethnic and sectarian violence, with thousands of people fleeing their homes and the UN warning that there was a high risk of genocide.
The UN took over and expanded the African peacekeeping mission in September 2014.
Stockton Borough Council is considering plans to make support and intervention available earlier and nearer to home.
The new system would mean children attending a school near where they live rather than travelling to specialist placements, the council said.
Cabinet member Ann McCoy said it wanted them "to have the very best chance of reaching their full potential in life".
She said: "We have already spent a lot of time talking to schools across the borough and now we are keen to hear from anyone who has an interest in these services so we can listen to and consider everyone's views before a final decision is made."
The council wants to concentrate other provision such as occupational and speech and language therapy into hubs in central, south and north Stockton.
It is consulting on the changes.
No child would need to move from an existing placement because of the changes, it said.
Nathan Dyer scored the game's only goal, with visiting keeper Tom Heaton failing to keep out his low shot.
Burnley came close to equalising through Lukas Jutkiewicz and David Jones in the second half.
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But Swansea withstood the pressure and, following last Saturday's first league win at Manchester United, are level on points with top-of-the-table Chelsea.
Defeat for Burnley, meanwhile, leaves them still searching for a first Premier League point of the campaign, although their battling display will have been encouraging for manager Sean Dyche.
Swansea boss Garry Monk named an unchanged team from the opening-day triumph at Old Trafford, with new signings Federico Fernandez and Tom Carroll left out of the squad.
Burnley also stuck with the same side which lost 3-1 to Chelsea on Monday, although Stephen Ward was named on the bench after joining from Wolves.
The opening defeat by Chelsea was a chastening reintroduction to Premier League football for the Clarets, who were overwhelmed in midfield, and they were similarly outnumbered by Swansea.
The hosts stretched their opponents at every opportunity, with wingers Dyer and Wayne Routledge particularly threatening in the opening exchanges.
Routledge created early chances for Wilfried Bony and Gylfi Sigurdsson, but it was Dyer who opened the scoring.
Latching on to Sigurdsson's through ball, Dyer scampered into the penalty area and shot low into the net despite a touch from Burnley keeper Heaton.
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Swansea were well worth their lead and, apart from a swerving 20-yard shot from Burnley striker Danny Ings, Monk's men were not troubled during a comfortable first half.
They faced a reinvigorated Burnley side after the restart, however, and the visitors were close to equalising when Jutkiewicz headed narrowly over after an hour.
Jones then had a shot palmed wide by Lukasz Fabianski, while Swansea brought on summer signings Bafetimbi Gomis and Jefferson Montero for Bony and Dyer as they sought to regain the initiative.
Although Gomis and Montero injected pace and urgency into the home attack, it was the Swansea defenders who were most influential in the closing moments.
With captain and centre-back Ashley Williams a steadying presence on his 30th birthday, the Swans repelled a flurry of late Burnley attacks to cling on to a second successive win and consign the Clarets to another defeat.
Swansea manager Garry Monk: "It's a fantastic start and great to have six points.
"It's the best start we could have had, but we know we are only two games from being on your back and getting dragged down.
"We have to build on what we've done and improve on mistakes."
Burnley manager Sean Dyche: "We showed them too much respect in the first half and that can happen for a team that's just been promoted.
"I want them to play with freedom, quality and energy and I thought we did that in the second half.
"I want us to be brave, but not in a naive way. We want to play on the front foot, create chances and win games."
Jacqueline Patrick, 54, of Durning Road, Norwood, south-east London, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder on her husband Douglas, 70.
Their daughter Katherine, 21, admitted encouraging an indictable offence.
Family arguments were believed to have motivated the pair, police said.
Inner London Crown Court heard two attempts were made to murder Mr Patrick - once in October 2013 and once on Christmas Day 2013.
On Boxing Day of 2013, he was taken to King's College Hospital having collapsed at the family home.
His wife gave paramedics a note purporting to be from her husband, which was actually faked, stating that he did not wish to be resuscitated, police said.
He was placed in a coma and found to have antifreeze poisoning.
When he regained consciousness on 8 January 2014, he told police he remembered having two drinks of the cherry-flavoured fruit wine on Christmas Day, and feeling far drunker than he should have before going to bed.
He also told officers he had suffered a similar collapse in October 2013, which he and his wife had put down to drinking bootleg lager.
Mobile phones belonging to Jacqueline and Katherine Patrick showed numerous text messages between the pair, discussing three separate attempts to poison Mr Parker between 26 October and 26 December 2013, police said.
Det Insp Tracey Miller from Lambeth police said Patrick Snr was "motivated, it is thought, by family tension and arguments between herself and her husband and the victim and their daughters".
She added: "Mr Patrick came very close to dying and while he lay in his hospital bed fighting for his life, his wife told lie after lie to cover her tracks."
Patrick and her daughter Jacqueline will be sentenced on 2 November.
Tyrone Clarke, 16, was attacked by a 20-strong gang in Beeston on 22 April 2004.
Although four people were later convicted of murder, police said a "large number" of people were involved and the case remains active.
Lorraine Fraser, Tyrone's mother, said they had "got away with murder".
Speaking on the anniversary of his death, she said her "nightmare" can only end when the people involved come forward.
"I don't know who stabbed my son. There was over 20 people there that day, but somebody did," she said.
"There were more involved than the four who were prosecuted. People got away with murder that day."
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Tyrone Clarke was stabbed in the suburb's Brett Gardens after he had been chased by the gang.
He was attacked with weapons including metal poles, planks of wood and CS spray.
Three men and a 17-year-old boy were convicted of murder in 2005 and jailed for life.
A fifth suspect, Qasim Majid, fled to Pakistan and remains wanted by police.
Ms Fraser said: "It is a nightmare, its hell. It never goes away.
"The images I saw that day of my own son laid out dying in the street. They never leave me. I have to live with that every day.
"I need some closure. I want to grieve properly, but I can't because I know there are people out there who have evaded justice."
West Yorkshire Police said the force remained committed to finding the remaining suspects.
Dywedodd adroddiad gan swyddogion y sir y dylid cau cartref Bodlondeb, ond mae'r cyngor eto i wneud penderfyniad terfynol ynglŷn â hynny.
Penderfynodd y pwyllgor cymunedau iachach ddydd Gwener i argymell y dylai'r penderfyniad ynglŷn ag ymgynghori i gau'r cartref gael ei wneud gan y cyngor llawn, yn hytrach na'r cabinet.
Mae'r cabinet i fod i gwrdd ar 20 Mehefin lle mae disgwyl i gais gael ei wneud i drosglwyddo'r penderfyniad terfynol o ddwylo'r Cabinet i'r Cyngor llawn.
Bu'r cyngor yn ceisio gwerthu cartref Bodlondeb, sy'n cyflogi 33 o staff, ers dwy flynedd.
Mae'r safle yn costio £400,000 y flwyddyn i'w gynnal, ac mae angen gwaith adnewyddu ar yr adeilad yn ôl adroddiad gan swyddogion y sir.
Dywedodd undeb y GMB y bydd cau'r cartref yn creu "gwagle mawr" yn y gofal sy'n cael ei gynnig yng nghanolbarth Cymru.
Ar hyn o bryd mae gan Bodlondeb 13 o drigolion - 11 yn barhaol a dau dros dro.
Mae gwelyau i 44 yn y cartref, ond dim ond 26 sydd wedi eu cofrestru, gan nad yw'r gweddill yn cyd-fynd â'r safonau angenrheidiol.
Mae Bodlondeb hefyd yn gallu cynnig gofal dyddiol i hyd at bump o bobl. Ar hyn o bryd mae un person yn mynd yno dau ddiwrnod bob wythnos.
Dywedodd Cyngor Ceredigion bod llefydd gwag mewn cartrefi eraill yn y sir, a bod hyn yn ei dro yn adlewyrchu'r newid sydd wedi bod yn natur gofal yr henoed.
Yn gyffredinol, yn ôl yr adroddiad, mae pobl yn hŷn wrth symud i ofal preswyl, a hynny gyda gofynion mwy cymhleth.
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Hogg was injured in a collision with team-mate Mark Hudson in the first half of the Terriers' 4-0 Championship defeat by Bristol City on Friday.
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He made 30 league appearances for Town this season to help them to third in the table with nine games to play.
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And in many ways, over the last several months, it has been a gripping thriller for interested Malaysians.
But on Tuesday, Malaysia's top prosecutor cleared Prime Minister Najib Razak of corruption in a long-running financial scandal that involved millions of dollars, an overseas donor and questions about government conduct to boot.
And what a gripping tale it has been. Here's what we know:
So we're left with yet another mystery - this time a sum of a smaller amount, but big questions all the same.
Some of Malaysia's ruling party leaders have reportedly said money was used in the general election of 2013 - but critics say it was used to buy political patronage.
And in many ways, many of the previous questions have yet to be answered.
Why did the prime minister need this money in the first place?
And what of the vigorously denied allegation that the funds came from IMDB - the ailing state investment fund which has Mr Najib as chairman of its board of advisors.
This scandal couldn't have come at a worse time for Malaysia - the country has been hit by falling oil prices and the reputational damage to its economy can't fully be quantified.
It's thought that millions of dollars have been pulled out of the Malaysian economy as a result of the impact of the global financial turmoil in recent months.
Further, there is a nervousness surrounding the way the economy is being run - and the perceived lack of transparency there isn't helping.
The fact that Malaysian shares and the currency barely reacted to this news on Tuesday just reflects the ongoing fatigue that many Malaysians have with the state of affairs.
But every good thriller or mystery usually has a twist.
Investigations have been completed and the case is closed in Malaysia, however, 1MBD may yet have to answer questions from foreign authorities looking into the case of the "mysterious millions".
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The Team Sky rider had fallen to 53rd after the fourth stage, a 172km race from Baga to Port Aine, having been in 10th place overnight.
Welshman Thomas, 28, said that he was still feeling the effects of his recent win in the Paris-Nice race.
"Never good pulling out of a race but not been 100% since last week," he said on Twitter.
He added that he needed to rest up because of a "big race next Sunday", referring to the one-day classic Tour of Flanders on 3 April.
Thomas had finished Thursday's stage, which featured a mountain-top finish, 14 minutes and 33 seconds behind winner Thomas De Gendt of Belgium.
The previous day's stage finished with Thomas 28 seconds behind leader Dan Martin, but after the climb to Port Aine he was 13 mins 40 seconds adrift of the lead.
Thomas' team-mate Wouter Poels won stage five on Friday after breaking clear 4km from the finish of the 187.2km race to Valls.
Colombia's Nairo Quintana is the overall race leader, seven seconds ahead of Spain's Alberto Contador with two stages remaining.
Two-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome, Thomas' Team Sky colleague, is 46 seconds back and eighth overall.
Saturday's penultimate stage is expected to end in a sprint finish with the finale taking place in the hills around Barcelona.
The Baggies were on course to join Manchester United on nine points at the top of the Premier League after Jay Rodriguez headed home his first league goal for the club on his home debut.
But in attempting to clear a seemingly innocuous chipped cross from substitute Ramadan Sobhi, Hegazi and keeper Foster both missed the ball - allowing Peter Crouch to head into an unguarded net.
Prior to Rodriguez's goal there had been only one shot on target - a dipping, deflected Kurt Zouma shot that Foster was able to tip over the crossbar.
The game livened up in its final quarter, with Rodriguez looping a header on to the top of the bar and Hegazi having a close-range header tipped over.
But the Egyptian defender's costly aberration proved to be the encounter's defining moment and leaves Albion focused on the two points lost as opposed to the one gained.
The draw continues Stoke's positive response to their opening-game loss at Everton, which has seen them claim four points thanks to a home win over Arsenal and Sunday's game in the West Midlands.
The first 257 minutes of Hegazi's West Brom career suggested that Tony Pulis had pulled off a masterstroke in acquiring the Egypt international on loan from Italian side Fiorentina.
He scored on his debut against Bournemouth to get Albion's season off to a winning start and then contributed to the clean sheet that followed in another victory at Burnley.
He came close to adding to his burgeoning reputation with a header that would have made it 2-0 and sealed another hard-fought victory.
Instead, some of his good work has been undone by his first real error in a Baggies shirt.
However, Albion were always vulnerable to such a mistake as a result of their lack of a cutting edge in attack.
When fit, Rodriguez has scored goals on a regular basis and his predatory finish suggests he will do so again at his new club, but he is noticeably lacking in able support.
Central striker Salomon Rondon spent much of the game isolated, while James Morrison and Matt Phillips failed to provide an attacking threat from midfield.
It is no surprise that Pulis is reportedly to be weighing up a move for Watford forward Troy Deeney before the transfer window closes.
Fortuitous it may have been, but Stoke's leveller was reward for a display that saw them match their hosts for work-rate and resilience.
Their forward line of Jese, Xherdan Shaqiri and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting carried the greater threat through their movement and pace but too often they were guilty of over-playing in the final third.
Choupo-Moting was adamant he should have had a first-half penalty but was denied by a referee who spotted him hooking his trailing foot around the static leg of Chris Brunt.
In the end they were left to rely on West Brom's generosity and a well-placed Crouch, who ensured that the Potters avoided defeat after going behind - the first time they had done so in the Premier League since November 2016.
West Brom boss Tony Pulis: "I think we had the best chances. You look at the money that Stoke have invested and they are a good side. We wanted Kurt Zouma but couldn't afford that loan fee.
"That's eight or nine games I have managed against Stoke and I am unbeaten. The game here, we were the better team. It's been a great start to the season."
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On deals before the transfer window "The chairman has just come in and we are hoping we can bring the players in we need. We have specific areas, and specific players."
Stoke boss Mark Hughes: "We have gone behind against the run of play and showed good character to come back. We were the team that was pushing to the end. It wasn't a high quality game - a poor game, I have to admit. But you have to stick with it. I was pleased we were able to show that mentality.
"The conditions took the edge off both sides. Warm day, long grass, no water on the pitch. At the end we will take the point. In my view we should have had a penalty for a handball but the referee disagrees."
Hughes also hinted at a few new faces before the transfer window closed adding: "The group could have maybe do with one or two to add to the quality we have. We will try."
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After the international break, West Brom travel to Brighton for a 15:00 BST kick-off on Saturday, 9 September.
Stoke are at home against early leaders Manchester United on the same day, (17:30).
Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Stoke City 1.
Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Stoke City 1.
Attempt missed. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by James McClean with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Darren Fletcher (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James McClean (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt blocked. James McClean (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oliver Burke with a cross.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Oliver Burke replaces Jay Rodriguez.
Joe Allen (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Joe Allen (Stoke City).
Jay Rodriguez (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Nyom.
Attempt blocked. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Stoke City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri with a cross.
Attempt missed. Kurt Zouma (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Darren Fletcher (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt missed. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Chris Brunt with a cross.
Foul by Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City).
James McClean (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Darren Fletcher (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James McClean (West Bromwich Albion).
Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Stoke City 1. Peter Crouch (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt blocked. Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ramadan Sobhi.
Attempt missed. Claudio Yacob (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Darren Fletcher.
Attempt missed. James McClean (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ryan Shawcross.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. James McClean replaces Matt Phillips.
Jay Rodriguez (West Bromwich Albion) hits the bar with a header from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by Chris Brunt with a cross following a corner.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Jack Butland.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Claudio Yacob replaces James Morrison.
Substitution, Stoke City. Ramadan Sobhi replaces Geoff Cameron.
Attempt blocked. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Allen.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Jack Butland.
Attempt saved. Ahmed Hegazi (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Matt Phillips with a cross.
Foul by Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City).
Jay Rodriguez (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Kurt Zouma (Stoke City) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Joe Allen.
The team - who have replaced India at the top - have not played a Test at home in six years for security reasons.
Pakistan, who drew their recent Test series against England, are the fifth team to top the rankings.
"For us, the number one ranking is not a destination but part of a journey," captain Misbah-ul-Haq said.
Pakistan were named the number one side after the rain-hit final Test between India and the West Indies at Port of Spain was abandoned as a draw, with only 22 overs possible in five days.
India are second in the rankings with 110 points, while England and Australia are in joint third place on 108 points.
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Ms Robison said strides had been made over the past year to help reduce cases of cancer.
Overall cancer mortality rates have decreased by 14% in males and 6% in females in the last 10 years.
However, the death rate from cancer of the liver has increased by 46% in men over the same period.
Ms Robison underlined the Scottish government's focus on fighting the disease through "awareness and action".
She said: "It's vital that we continue to reach people with the message that cancer isn't what it used to be in Scotland.
"We know that fear of cancer can result in people delaying visiting their GP with potential symptoms or attending screening.
"Only by telling the more positive side of the story can we start to change people's views that through innovation and investment, more people in Scotland are surviving cancer than ever before.
"The Scottish government's £100m cancer strategy is our commitment to improving outcomes over the next five to 10 years, focusing on specific actions to help prevent cancer, diagnose people more quickly and deliver even better care and treatment."
Cancer in Scotland: The statistics
Figures from isdScotland.org
The Scottish government has joined forces with Cancer Research UK to launch its 'Turn the Big C into a wee c' campaign.
It aims to change the way cancer is viewed in Scotland in a bid to reduce fear around the disease.
The government says it has invested £50m in radiotherapy services over five years and recruited an additional 100 radiotherapy specialists.
Ms Robison added: "Encouraging people to present earlier with potential cancer symptoms, and attend screening when invited, also goes hand-in-hand with boosting survival rates - and next week we'll be launching a new drive to encourage more women aged 25-35 to attend their smear tests.
"On this day of action, I'd encourage people across Scotland to play their part in helping us drive forward Scotland's 'wee c' vision. The earlier you come forward to get checked or screened, the better. It could save your life."
Scottish Labour said more must be done to tackle "Scotland's biggest killer" - especially in the poorest communities.
The party's health spokesman Anas Sarwar said: "The sad, unacceptable reality is that in Scotland you are less likely to get diagnosed and less likely to survive cancer if you come from a poorer background.
"In Scotland, the standards cancer patients have been told they can expect - the time they wait from referral on suspicion of cancer to treatment - have not been met for almost four years now.
"We know what can be achieved by delivering bold and radical policy - when Scottish Labour was in government we led the way in the UK with action on causes of cancer by introducing the smoking ban.
"Tackling obesity is the next crucial step in the fight against cancer, and we back Cancer Research UK's calls for restrictions on unhealthy supermarket promotions.
"But Scottish Labour also want to see game-changing investment in after-school sport in Scotland. That intervention would give an average of £100,000 to every secondary school as an investment in the long-term health of the nation.
"With Scotland weighing in as the heaviest of UK nations there is a clear need for changes in behaviour, policy and legislation, to change the country's cancer trend.
"That is something I hope the Scottish Parliament can support regardless of party."
The yellow sign outside Highfield Community Primary School, Blacon, near the Welsh border, was meant to read "clear" but instead said "claer".
"Claer" has no meaning in English or across the border in Wales.
The sign was wrongly painted on Tuesday and corrected at no cost to Cheshire West and Chester Council earlier.
Scottish women wanting terminations for non-medical reasons from 18-20 weeks gestation must usually travel to England for the procedure.
A recent study also found wide variations in practice between health boards.
The Scottish government said it was working with health boards to improve services.
The 1967 Abortion Act made it legal for women to have an abortion up until 24 weeks gestation in England, Scotland and Wales.
The Scotland Act 2016 has since devolved power over abortion law to the Scottish Parliament.
Campaigners say women sometimes choose to have an abortion after 18 weeks because of a change of circumstances, or because they only discovered at a very late stage that they were pregnant.
But while it is legal to have an abortion at this stage of pregnancy, several academic studies have suggested such terminations are rarely carried out in Scotland.
Instead, patients are referred to hospitals in England, with the treatment paid for by NHS Scotland.
The reasons for this are unclear; some have suggested it reflects negative attitudes towards late-stage terminations, while a lack of specialist training has also been put forward as an explanation.
A spokesperson for the Scottish government said: "The Scottish government is continuing to work with NHS Boards to look at how improvements can be made to abortion services in Scotland.
"This includes considering the complex area of later gestation abortion services.
"Abortion is provided to all women in Scotland who require it within the legal limits."
In November First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would look into giving women from Northern Ireland access to NHS abortions in Scotland without facing prohibitive costs.
Abortions are illegal in Northern Ireland except for cases where the woman's health is at risk.
27 January 2016 Last updated at 16:05 GMT
Tens of thousands of children in the UK are young carers.
January 28th is Young Carers Awareness Day so to mark the day we've been hearing from two sisters who look after their mum with mental ill health.
Shannon and Scarlett care for their mum who has mental illness. She has periods when she feels sad and depressed. But the girls say that looking after their mum makes them really grateful for the good times.
This is their story.
For more on young carers read here.
It happened in Los Angeles in America after people who lived near the river called the emergency services to tell them the dog was in trouble.
Fire crews then lowered themselves from the helicopter to pull the pup, named Bart, out of the water.
Bart is now being looked after in a special shelter.
Sara Rowbotham, who was played by Maxine Peak in the BBC drama Three Girls, collected evidence that helped convict nine abusers in Rochdale.
She was made redundant in 2014, two years after the men were jailed.
The online petition says Ms Rowbotham and her team should be "applauded" for their services to the town.
Three Girls tells to story of how girls as young as 13 were being abused by a group of Asian men, but police initially failed to pursue prosecutions.
Greater Manchester Police later apologised and admitted there had been a "complete lack of understanding" of child exploitation in Rochdale and a failure to recognise the "scale of abuse".
Ms Rowbotham, who now works as a councillor on Rochdale Borough Council, said it had been a "frustrating" and "incredibly difficult" time.
"I spent a lot of time thinking it didn't really make very much sense," she said.
A statement on the petition said: "Sara and her team should be applauded by not only Greater Manchester Police and the Crown Prosecution Service, but the government and Crown for her services for young people.
"Sara and her team should be the highest advocates for future national guidance surrounding the grooming of children."
It would be "shameful" to spend huge sums of money on the celebrations when "our people are dying of cholera", he said, state television reported.
Cholera has killed about 60 people in Tanzania in the last three months.
This will be the first time in 54 years Tanzania will not hold celebrations to mark independence from the UK.
Mr Magufuli's party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), has governed since colonial rule ended on 9 December 1961, winning a new mandate in elections last month.
Many people were caught by surprise by Mr Magufuli's announcement but have welcomed the move, the BBC's Sammy Awami reports from the main city, Dar es Salaam.
They feel it shows his commitment to ending lavish spending and tackling the cholera outbreak which has caused widespread concern, he says.
But it remains to be seen whether people will heed his call to spend independence day cleaning up their residential areas and work-places, our reporter adds.
Independence day celebrations are usually marked with a presidential address, a military parade and performances by music groups at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
Mr Magufuli's spokesman Gerson Msigwa did not say how much would be saved by cancelling the event but said the money would be spent on hospitals, and the fight against cholera - a major problem in poor areas where there is a lack of proper toilets.
Mr Magufuli has announced a range of cost-cutting measures since he took office, including a ban on unnecessary foreign travel by government officials.
Last week, he ordered the cost of a party to inaugurate the new parliament to be slashed from $100,000 (£66,000) to $7,000.
He also sacked the head of the main state hospital after finding patients sleeping on the floor during a surprise visit to the facility.
Mr Magufuli beat opposition candidate Edward Lowassa in last month's election to become Tanzania's fifth president since independence.
Nicknamed "The Bulldozer", Mr Magufuli is reputed to be a no-nonsense, results-driven politician.
He was the works minister, before being elected president.
Anis Abid Sardar, 37, of Wembley, is accused in connection with roadside improvised explosive devices recovered from Anbar province in Iraq in 2007.
Mr Sardar appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court after the CPS said it had authorised charges following an investigation by the Met Police.
He was remanded in custody and will appear at the Old Bailey next month.
Deborah Walsh, deputy head of counter terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said: "It is alleged that Mr Sardar conspired to murder coalition forces operating in Iraq on or before 22 November 2007 by conspiring to cause the explosion of these IEDs."
The Metropolitan Police said Mr Sardar was arrested at his home on Tuesday by officers from its Counter Terrorism Command on suspicion of being concerned in the manufacture of the devices.
He faces one count of conspiracy to murder, contrary to section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, and one count of conspiring to cause an explosion with intent to endanger life or property contrary to section 3(1)(a) of the Explosive Substances Act 1883.
Now she says it is "very moving" to be playing her mum in a revival of the show.
Most people dread turning into their parents as they get older.
Kay Mellor, on the other hand, is turning into her mother five nights a week.
"I'm embracing it," she says with a wry laugh.
Thirty years ago, over the washing up, Mellor's mother Dinah told her daughter about an intense affair she had had with a man called Craze.
That revelation inspired A Passionate Woman, which was first staged at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds before running in the West End for a year.
"It's extraordinary because at times it's very moving for me - more so than playing another role," she says of performing in the lead role in the latest production.
"This brings my mother quite close to me. That's lovely in some respects, but in other respects I really miss her," says Mellor of Dinah, who died three years ago.
"But I'm sure she'd be delighted if she was watching me from somewhere playing her, and highly amused.
"Both my daughters said: 'Mum it's really freaky, when you're on the stage you turn into nana.'"
Although Mellor wrote the original play, acting has given her a different insight into her mother's story.
"You wear a different head," she says. "As a writer, you're looking at something analytically. You're looking at the show and the structure of it and all that.
"But being in it, you're involved on an emotional level right throughout it. You're engaging on every level with your thoughts and feelings. It's an emotional journey, and it can be at times quite profound, what happens to you.
"I get caught out sometimes. I can be completely reduced to tears in a minute and then think, get a grip girl, you've got to act this.
"At times it can be quite…" There is a long pause. "Unusual. It is unusual. I've played other roles. I've played big roles and you're always slightly outside yourself, watching yourself. But with this sometimes I can get lost within it."
In the play, the central character is called Betty and she tells her on-stage son Mark about her affair. That conversation represents the moment that Dinah divulged her secret to Kay.
"When I'm playing it I can feel how awkward it must have been to tell me, and why she didn't tell me for many, many, many years," says Mellor.
When Dinah died, Mellor decided to pay tribute and dusted off a screenplay version she had prepared.
The result was a two-part BBC One drama, starring Billie Piper and Sue Johnston as her mother at different stages of her life. That aired last year.
And it sparked interest from around 40 theatres who wanted to revive the stage version, says Mellor.
In the end, she teamed up with Gareth Tudor-Price, then artistic director of the Hull Truck Theatre.
The pair had worked together before - and besides, as an ex-boyfriend of Mellor's daughter Gaynor Faye, Tudor-Price had an unrivalled insight into the family he was putting on stage.
"I can't remember who suggested it, whether it was him or me, but it just evolved that I would be the right person to play my mother," says Mellor.
"I am the right age now to play my mother at the time that she told me about Craze, so I said yes."
The play starts with Betty finding an old ballgown in her loft, leading decades-old emotions to come pouring out.
Mellor first performed the role in Hull last year before moving to Ipswich last month. The play will open at the Oldham Coliseum on Wednesday.
Twenty years after the original production became a hit, why does Mellor think the story has held its power over audiences?
"I think it's got universal appeal," she says. "Because the themes are so big - marriage, love, death, mother and child relationships - they transcend age, time, culture."
A Passionate Woman runs at the Oldham Coliseum from 18 May to 4 June.
Les Gibson, from County Durham, was flying Odin on the Glen Muick estate in Aberdeenshire when they became separated.
The keen falconer issued an appeal to help find Odin and he was spotted eating a rabbit by gamekeepers in Angus, who helped reunite the pair.
Mr Gibson said he had begun thinking he would never see Odin again.
He had been able to track the eagle for a while using transmitters on his tail, but these had become waterlogged in bad weather after he went missing over a week ago.
Gamekeepers at Millden Estate had seen appeals to find Odin on social media when they spotted an eagle which had leather straps, or jesses, sitting on a meal of fresh rabbit.
Head gamekeeper Mark Palmer then got in touch with Mr Gibson.
Mr Palmer said: "Les came up, stayed over locally on the Friday night and we went out onto the moor to have a look on Saturday. We went out onto the top of the hill and saw a good sheltered bit where an eagle would look to find prey.
"We started looking around and there he was, about 200 yards away. Les was ecstatic. He had been through so much worry. We were just glad we could help out."
Using a lure of hare, Mr Gibson managed to coax Odin back to him.
"It was unbelievable to see him again," Mr Gibson said. "I didn't sleep a wink after he went missing.
"He was a bit wet but I put him on the scales and I would normally fly him at 7 lbs 5 or 6 ounces. I didn't have enough weights with me to get a definite reading, but he was up at 8lbs, which shows he had fed well in Angus.
"When they have fed, it is harder to lure them back in with food. I thought he might have shied away but he recognised my vehicle and, thanks to some brown hare, I managed to walk him in."
Odin and his owner have now headed back home to Consett together.
"I never thought I'd see him again after losing him so long ago, and in such bad weather," Mr Gibson added.
Samia Shahid's husband claims she was murdered in a so-called honour killing.
There was a 7.5in (19cm)-long mark around her neck below her right ear, police said.
Meanwhile, her first husband has been granted "pre-arrest bail" and is expected to offer himself for interview, according to police.
The move means he cannot be arrested in connection with her death, for an as yet unspecified period.
It is a common legal move in Pakistan, but does allow police interviews with the suspect to take place.
Mukhtar Kazim, her husband, believes his wife was killed because her family disapproved of their marriage.
A murder investigation is under way into the death but her family claims she died from natural causes.
Her father has been questioned in Pakistan, although he denies any wrongdoing and no arrests have been made.
An officer told the BBC the bruise is detailed in the post-mortem report but no action was initially taken because the doctor involved had not specified it as the cause of death.
Ms Shahid had grown up in Bradford before going to live with her second husband in Dubai.
Meanwhile in the UK, two people, including a relative of Ms Shahid, have been bailed over alleged threats made to MP Naz Shah.
The arrests were made after the Bradford West MP said she was looking into the death of Samia Shahid, 28.
West Yorkshire Police were questioning a 32-year-old woman, a relative of Ms Shahid, and a 37-year-old man.
Every year and at every circuit, thousands of enthusiastic fans volunteer to become race marshals, giving up their free time to help ensure the smooth running of a Formula 1 race weekend.
Up before sunrise and not home until long after sunset, it is a long and tiring day where they have to be alert to act at any moment.
It is testament to their ability that on-track action this season has rarely been delayed for any real length of time to deal with the after effects of a crash or collision. They scurry on to the circuit to sweep up debris before swiftly retreating behind the safety of a barrier, all in a matter of minutes.
At least twice this season, though, we have been reminded about just how close to danger they are.
In Russia in October, one marshal had a close shave when Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari flew past him just seconds after he had sprinted onto the track to retrieve some debris, while another marshal did something similar during the Mexican Grand Prix.
It is not just fast cars that marshals have to be wary of, but also the weather.
During second practice for the United States Grand Prix, as rain lashed down on the circuit, they were evacuated because of the risk of a lightning strike in the area.
The nature of a marshal's role means a good race weekend will be one where they have been anonymous. They have, though occasionally stolen the show, sometimes wearing masks at races close to Halloween between practice sessions or staging a mock pitstop with the safety car.
Despite the ever-present threat of danger, the long hours and adverse weather conditions, the marshals do it all with a smile.
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The visitors saw their own promotion aspirations take a hit as Cardiff scored twice from the spot.
Anthony Pilkington gave the Bluebirds the lead with a cool penalty on the stroke of half time and he repeated the trick with ten minutes remaining.
Callum Robinson scored a consolation goal for Preston who slip to 10th, while Cardiff move up to seventh.
Cardiff were also able to reduce the gap on rivals Sheffield Wednesday and Derby County and leapfrogged Birmingham City.
The hosts were worthy of their win and enjoyed the better chances in a first half that failed to produce fireworks.
Pilkington came closest for Cardiff, firing over from a free-kick shortly after he saw a point-blank range header sensationally saved by former Manchester United goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard,
Preston failed to test reported Everton target David Marshall in the Cardiff goal in the first period and paid the price when Pilkington slotted home the penalty in first half stoppage time after Paul Huntington's infringement on him.
Pilkington was again denied by Lindegaard as he looked to double Cardiff's advantage shortly after the break, though Preston looked more of a threat when they switched their formation and began playing four at the back.
The visitors had come to south Wales in fabulous form, four successive victories their best streak of the campaign, but they never fully fired against Russell Slade's men.
There was more than an hour on the clock before they finally stretched the Cardiff defence, Adam Reach beating Marshall after a fine cross, but he was adjudged to be offside.
But when Greg Cunningham sent Wales forward Tom Lawrence sprawling, Pilkington was again Cardiff's man of the moment, smashing the ball past Lindegaard to put the result beyond doubt.
Robinson's consolation set-up a potential grandstand finish, firing home a right-footed shot from the centre of the box after Cunningham's superb cross.
However, Cardiff held firm for an important victory on a weekend where several of their rivals slipped up.
Cardiff are unbeaten in seven home games against Preston, winning four and drawing three.
The Bluebirds have lost only once at home in the Championship all season and are now only three points outside of the play-off positions.
Match ends, Cardiff City 2, Preston North End 1.
Second Half ends, Cardiff City 2, Preston North End 1.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Kenneth Zohore replaces Lex Immers.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Sammy Ameobi replaces Tom Lawrence.
Attempt missed. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lee Peltier (Cardiff City).
Goal! Cardiff City 2, Preston North End 1. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Greg Cunningham with a cross.
Offside, Cardiff City. Scott Malone tries a through ball, but Lex Immers is caught offside.
Alan Browne (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Alan Browne (Preston North End).
Stuart O'Keefe (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Preston North End. Ben Pearson replaces Paul Gallagher.
Tom Clarke (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lex Immers (Cardiff City).
Substitution, Cardiff City. Kagisho Dikgacoi replaces Anthony Pilkington.
Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Greg Cunningham (Preston North End).
Tom Lawrence (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Cardiff City 2, Preston North End 0. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty conceded by Paul Gallagher (Preston North End) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Cardiff City. Tom Lawrence draws a foul in the penalty area.
Offside, Cardiff City. Joe Ralls tries a through ball, but Anthony Pilkington is caught offside.
Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
Alan Browne (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stuart O'Keefe (Cardiff City).
Attempt missed. Stuart O'Keefe (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Stuart O'Keefe (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Ralls with a cross.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Calum Woods.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Tom Lawrence with a cross.
Foul by Bailey Wright (Preston North End).
Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Joe Ralls.
Lee Peltier (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Callum Robinson (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lee Peltier (Cardiff City).
Attempt saved. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joe Garner.
Offside, Preston North End. Callum Robinson tries a through ball, but Joe Garner is caught offside.
Substitution, Preston North End. Jordan Hugill replaces Daniel Johnson.
Attempt saved. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott Malone with a cross.
The 58-year-old Welshman arrived at the club in January 2015 and has guided the Baggies to 13th and 14th-place finishes in the Premier League.
The club was sold to a Chinese investment group, led by entrepreneur Guochuan Lai, in September.
"This is a time of great change at Albion and when that happens you need continuity," said Pulis.
"I want to build things here and play my part in improving the club. You cannot do these things overnight but I do believe, step by step, we are making advances.
"I think the bulk of our fans understand the process we embarked upon under the shadow of relegation less than two years ago."
Pulis has been criticised by some sections of the Baggies support for the team's style of football, but says his priorities are keeping the club in the top flight and in profit.
The club reported pre-tax profits of £14.7m and £7.6m in 2015 and 2016 respectively.
West Brom broke their transfer record to sign midfielder Nacer Chadli from Tottenham for £13m in the summer, but Pulis was frustrated by their failure to bring in more of his targets.
Chairman John Williams said the new owners' aim of moving West Brom into the top half of the Premier League would be achieved gradually.
"The takeover announcement made it clear this new era would work to progress Albion to an established top-10 club without jeopardising continuity on and off the field," he added.
"With this is mind, I am pleased we have extended Tony's contract. The board and the owner believe this extension will bring us the key dual benefits of stability and improvement."
West Brom are 13th in the Premier League with 10 points from nine games.
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The 20-year-old has yet to make an appearance for the first team since joining from Bedford Town in September.
He has previously spent time at Fulham, Barnet and Farnborough and was a regular for Colchester's under-21 side this season.
Dillon joins midfielder Jack Curtis and winger Drey Wright in agreeing a new deal with John McGreal's squad.
The visitors went close when a Shane Long header and a Dusan Tadic left-foot shot came off the woodwork.
However, centre-back Ramiro Funes Mori gave the home side the lead against the run of play with a deflected shot off Ryan Bertrand.
Southampton equalised when Sadio Mane swept in a shot and had to settle for a point despite plenty of pressure.
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Reaction from Saturday's other Premier League games
The dissent has been growing when it comes to Everton manager Roberto Martinez and the smattering of boos at full-time will have reminded him off that.
His side play Merseyside rivals Liverpool in the Premier League on Wednesday before a trip to Wembley for an FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United - two games which will either help his cause or add to the pressure on him.
Against Southampton, injury concerns and a suspension for midfielder James McCarthy saw him make six changes from a draw against Crystal Palace and his side spent most of the game fending off the south-coast side.
Striker Romelu Lukaku was not risked off the bench, although right-back Seamus Coleman having to go off injured with a hamstring problem will be a worry.
"It will be hard to see him being involved this week as that sort of injury takes longer than a week," said Martinez.
Martinez gave teenagers Callum Connolly and Tom Davies their debuts for the club and, despite his squad being stretched, the Blues earned a hard-fought point.
And, even though the draw did bring an end to a run of three successive home league defeats, Everton remain without a win in their past six top-flight games.
Before the match, Southampton manager Ronaldo Koeman had not ruled out the chance of his side finishing in the top four and possibly qualifying for the Champions League.
However, those hopes appear all but over as Saints are six points off fourth-placed Manchester City having played two games more going into their last four matches.
They had a chance to win at Goodison Park in the league for the first time since 1997 but failed to capitalise on Everton's personnel problems.
Southampton spent more than twice as long as Everton in the opposition third but failed to make the most of their pressure.
"If you look at the away goals that is the problem," said Koeman. "We have scored 14 goals away and that is not good enough."
Everton manager Roberto Martinez: "When you have to make five or six changes to our starting line-up, we look disjointed, rusty, and needed to find our normal rhythm. We overcame that lack of quality with incredible fight to get a positive result.
"Looking at our results at home, they are not anywhere near what is expected. We need to turn that around starting with understanding that the responsibility of being at Everton is to win games on a consistent basis. We haven't been producing the results and I accept the unrest."
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Southampton manager Ronald Koeman: "I'm really disappointed because it was a big opportunity to win the game, right from the start. We had a lot of space to play but in the final part it wasn't good enough.
"At least we had a good reaction to going behind. We got one point but at this final part of the season it is not enough. We want to fight for Europe and it is not a step forward."
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Everton will make the short trip across Stanley Park to play Liverpool on Wednesday, while Southampton's next game is a trip to relegated Aston Villa on 23 April.
The latest sequel to the influential game will go on general release after months of testing by those who backed it on Kickstarter.
After launch, the game will face stiff competition from other space-based games currently in development.
Many of those offer players very similar experiences to the fighting, trading and exploring in deep space seen in Elite.
Plans to make the fourth instalment in the Elite series of games emerged in November 2012 when the project appeared on Kickstarter seeking to raise £1.25m to develop the game.
Elite: Dangerous is being made by Cambridgeshire-based Frontier Developments, the game studio headed by David Braben who co-developed the original Elite game. He said he used Kickstarter because it would have been hard to get a publisher to back the idea.
The December release date is later than originally planned and the game will initially only be playable on PCs. A Mac version is due to follow three months after the original release. Frontier is planning an event on 22 November at which some players will get a look at what the finished game will look like.
On porting the game to consoles, Mr Braben told the BBC's Waseem Mirza: "It is important we make a great game first, but then we will look at other platforms."
After the end of its Kickstarter campaign, Frontier continued to raise funds via its website and from gamers who have paid to take part in the testing phases of the game.
This week Frontier announced that this fund-raising activity had helped it raise £7.5m and more than 140,000 people had taken part in its alpha and beta testing programme.
"Elite has a fabulous heritage," said James Binns, managing director at gaming news site PCGamesN. "The loyalty that people have to it comes from playing it in the 80s."
However, he said, it faced strong competition from another title, Star Citizen, that was also calling on a strong community to back it.
Currently, Star Citizen has raised more than $60m (£38m) from its backers and had a "super engaged" community who were fans of its creator Chris Roberts' earlier Wing Commander games.
Star Citizen was trying to be a bit different, said Mr Binns, as it was planning to let spaceship pilots get out of their craft and fight gun battles in space stations, on planets and inside ships themselves. Star Citizen is scheduled to be released in 2016 though some parts of it are available to backers already.
Also a rival, said Mr Binns, a game called No Man's Sky made by Guildford-based Hello Games.
"If you are looking for a game that was inspired by the original Elite then No Man's Sky is that game," said Mr Binns. It too will let players use a spaceship to explore a Universe that has been created using a technique called "procedural generation".
Trailers for the game generated huge interest at the E3 convention and it is expected to be released in 2015. At first it will only be available on Sony's PlayStation 4 but a version for PCs is expected to follow.
Each of the games was appealing to a slightly different audience, said Mr Binns, but there was no doubt that these pools of players did overlap.
However, he said, Elite, Star Citizen and No Man's Sky could all face competition from a very well-established title.
"Right now," he said, "the most exciting space game that has shipped is Eve Online."
Mr Braben welcomed the presence of rivals, saying: "Competition is always a good thing for the players, as it gives choice, but also it keeps the competitors on their proverbial toes."
MWL Print Group, in Pontypool, established in 1973, closed its doors on the Pontyfelin Industrial Estate on Friday.
It printed universities prospectuses and made billboards and exhibition stands.
Last year, its pre-tax profits fell by £295,000 and a directors' report said it was a "very competitive" landscape.
One worker, who did not want to be named, said the sector had become fiercely competitive and with "everyone undercutting everyone else".
Another worker, Adam Romanic, 37, said he was "gutted".
"We had a really good client base and there were rumours that they'd would be bought out by management, but that doesn't seem to have happened," he said.
"I've got lots of friends here and everyone's devastated really."
Reports that the rapists were ordered by police to cut grass as a punishment caused global outrage last year. The Kenyan police deny the claims.
Nearly two million people signed a petition demanding justice for the girl, known as "Liz".
Her mother told the BBC she was happy that justice had finally been served.
The girl was on her way home from her grandfather's funeral in western Kenya's Busia County in June 2013 when the assault took place. She suffered a broken back and serious internal injuries.
In October 2013, hundreds of people walked to the Kenyan police headquarters in Nairobi to deliver the petition. The case was subsequently referred to the country's judicial watchdog.
There are still arrest warrants outstanding for three other suspects in the case, who police say are on the run.
The hashtag #JusticeForLiz was trending on Twitter for several hours on Monday as news of the jail sentences spread.
Campaigners have welcomed the sentences, but have warned that fear and stigma still discourage many women from reporting sexual assault.
"An estimated 19 out of 20 rapes in Kenya are not reported and are therefore unpunished," said Kimberly Brown, from campaign group Equality Now, quoted in local media.
Button, 36, is out of contract at the end of the year, while Vandoorne, McLaren's reserve driver, is one of the hottest properties without a race seat.
McLaren chairman Ron Dennis said the 24-year-old Belgian was "an integral part of McLaren-Honda's future".
He added: "Any team that imagines they may be able to poach him is very much mistaken."
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso is contracted to McLaren to the end of 2017 so Button and Vandoorne are essentially in competition for the remaining seat.
Dennis said McLaren were "not yet ready to commit or communicate" on their 2017 line-up, but added: "You may rest assured that Stoffel is not for sale."
Reigning GP2 champion Vandoorne deputised for the injured Alonso at last month's Bahrain Grand Prix, out-qualifying Button before finishing 10th on his grand prix debut.
Dennis added: "Stoffel is an extremely talented, intelligent and hard-working young driver, with an enormous amount of potential and who, importantly, knows how to win."
Renault are known to be interested in Vandoorne for next season.
Their racing director Frederic Vasseur ran him in his teams in the GP2 and Formula Renault 3.5 feeder categories and rates him highly.
But McLaren have Vandoorne under a contract this year that prevents him signing for another team until a specific date in the autumn, believed to be around the end of September or beginning of October.
Button does have other options to extend his F1 career into an 18th season should McLaren decide not to keep him.
Williams are known to be interested in him as a potential replacement for Brazilian Felipe Massa, who is likely to be dropped at the end of the season.
Finn Valtteri Bottas is said by insiders to be under contract for another season.
There are also seats potentially available at both Mercedes and Ferrari, where Nico Rosberg and Kimi Raikkonen are out of contract at the end of the season.
However, Mercedes are expected to agree a deal for championship leader Rosberg to stay within the next few weeks and would anyway be unlikely to sign a driver who turns 37 next January.
Ferrari will not make a decision on their 2017 partner for Sebastian Vettel until August but are likely to retain Raikkonen for at least another season.
The Skynet project involves using the spare processing capacity of computers as a giant, distributed supercomputer.
PCs joining Skynet will scour the data for sources of radiation that reveal stars, galaxies and other cosmic structures.
People who process the most data could win a visit to one of the observatories gathering data for the project.
The Skynet project is being run by the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) and it is seeking the help of thousands of PCs to analyse data.
One of the sources of data will be the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) that will use thousands of dish antennas to create the most sensitive sky watching instrument ever made.
A decision about where to build the ??1.5bn SKA will be made in February 2012 and it will be sited in either Australia or South Africa.
While it will have its own cadre of supercomputers to analyse data, the SKA is expected to produce so much information that a system to filter this down to the most interesting samples will be needed. Skynet will be part of that large-scale filtering system.
"As we design, develop and switch on the next generation of radio telescopes, the supercomputing resources processing this deluge of data will be in increasingly high demand," said Professor Peter Quinn, director of ICRAR in a statement.
"SkyNet aims to complement the work already being done by creating a citizen science computing resource that radio astronomers can tap into and process data in ways and for purposes that otherwise might not be possible," he added.
Prior to the SKA being built and switched on, the computers joining ICRAR's Skynet will crunch data from current radio astronomy research projects.
Those signing up to help will download a small program that will get a computer looking through data when that PC is not being used for anything else.
ICRAR said the Skynet program was small and should not slow down any PC it is running on. Also, it said, data would be split into small packets to ensure it did not swamp a participant's net connection.
Distributed computing projects that harness idle machines are a well-established way of scouring through research data. One of the earliest looked through radio signals for evidence of extra-terrestrial intelligence.
More recent projects simulate protein folding and help physicists search for the Higgs boson - the missing piece of what is known as the Standard Model, the most widely accepted theory of particle physics.
World Rugby assessed facilities in Tonga and has confirmed the match has been moved.
It will be played on Friday, 16 June, a day earlier than originally scheduled.
The WRU had expressed doubts over the readiness of Tonga's Teufaiva Sport Stadium, which is being redeveloped.
Another concern was the availability of medical cover should a serious injury occur.
Delegations from World Rugby and the WRU visited Tonga in December to see whether sufficient progress had been made, but concerns remained that the pitch would not be fit for purpose.
The match will take place the day before the British and Irish Lions take on New Zealand Maori in Rotorua, while Wales' game in Samoa will go ahead as planned in Apia on 24 June.
Tonga has rarely had the the opportunity to host tier-one nations.
The last time Wales toured the islands in the South Pacific was in 1994.
In February World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont said: "World Rugby shares in Tonga's disappointment that this match will be moved given the huge effort made by the Tongan Rugby Union (TRU) to date.
"But the decision was jointly agreed by the WRU and World Rugby with the objective of ensuring that the fixture can go ahead albeit in a different location."
Fans and travel companies had been in limbo for a number of months as they were unable to confirm itineraries for those wishing to travel.
A venue has yet to be confirmed, though North Harbour's QBE Stadium is among those being considered.
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Olivier Giroud broke the deadlock with a stunning header before Blaise Matuidi blasted the second 66 seconds later.
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Karim Benzema had a penalty saved but Mathieu Valbuena added a third for the 1998 World Cup winners.
Goals by Benzema and Moussa Sissoko made it 5-0 before Blerim Dzemaili and Granit Xhaka reduced the arrears.
France's dominance at Arena Fonte Nova was every bit as emphatic as the scoreline suggests.
Les Bleus, seeking to reach a third final in five World Cups, now have six points, with a match against Ecuador on 25 June to come.
Having self-destructed in South Africa four years ago, the French have scored eight goals in their first two games in Brazil.
The Swiss were not helped by the ninth-minute loss of defender Steve Von Bergen to injury, but Ottmar Hitzfeld's men, who had beaten Ecuador 2-1 in their first game, were no match for France.
Giroud's goal, the 100th France have scored in World Cup finals, set his team on their way, the Arsenal forward leaping high above the Swiss defence to direct an unstoppable header into the net.
They doubled that lead 66 seconds later when Matuidi fired home after Velon Behrami conceded possession carelessly soon after the restart.
This was the third 2014 World Cup group game staged in Salvador, and already the Arena Fonte Nova has seen 17 goals. It was the scene of Spain's 5-1 humiliation by Netherlands on 13 June, while Germany beat Portugal 4-0 at the same ground three days later.
It looked all over when referee Bjorn Kuipers pointed to the spot after Benzema was brought down by Johan Djourou, but goalkeeper Diego Benaglio kept out the penalty and Yohan Cabaye smashed the rebound against the woodwork.
Switzerland's reprieve was brief, though, with Valbuena converting Giroud's cross to make it 3-0 five minutes before the interval.
Benzema did manage to score his third of the tournament with a clinical finish after good work by substitute Paul Pogba midway through the second half.
Sissoko then made it 5-0 in the 73rd minute after more shambolic defending, before the Swiss scored two late consolation goals.
First Dzemaili beat Hugo Lloris from 40 yards with a low free-kick, before Xhaka beat the French offside trap before finding the net.
Switzerland manager Ottmar Hitzfeld:
"It was truly a very bleak day for us. There will be a lot of criticism, quite appropriately, but the team will come together.
"France are one of the teams that certainly can go very far in this tournament. They were much superior to England or Italy."
France manager Didier Deschamps:
"I don't want to put a brake on the enthusiasm. It's a huge satisfaction within the team, but we're not going to get carried away. We shouldn't think we're prettier than we are.
"Karim Benzema is confirming that he's in very, very good form. His happiness is a joy to behold, he's one of the best players in the world and having such an efficient player is very important in a competition like this.''
Match ends, Switzerland 2, France 5.
Second Half ends, Switzerland 2, France 5.
Yohan Cabaye (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Yohan Cabaye (France).
Goal! Switzerland 2, France 5. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gökhan Inler.
Admir Mehmedi (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Paul Pogba (France).
Attempt saved. Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Blerim Dzemaili.
Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
Offside, France. Moussa Sissoko tries a through ball, but Mathieu Debuchy is caught offside.
Foul by Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland).
Yohan Cabaye (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland).
Antoine Griezmann (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, France. Antoine Griezmann replaces Mathieu Valbuena.
Goal! Switzerland 1, France 5. Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Laurent Koscielny (France).
Admir Mehmedi (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mathieu Debuchy (France).
Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Blaise Matuidi.
Attempt blocked. Gökhan Inler (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
Attempt saved. Karim Benzema (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Blaise Matuidi (France) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
Attempt saved. Mathieu Valbuena (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Moussa Sissoko.
Foul by Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland).
Blaise Matuidi (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Switzerland 0, France 5. Moussa Sissoko (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
Attempt missed. Patrice Evra (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yohan Cabaye.
Attempt missed. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Rodriguez with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Raphael Varane.
Stephan Lichtsteiner (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Mathieu Valbuena (France).
Substitution, Switzerland. Josip Drmic replaces Haris Seferovic.
Goal! Switzerland 0, France 4. Karim Benzema (France) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a through ball.
Foul by Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland).
Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, France. Laurent Koscielny replaces Mamadou Sakho because of an injury.
Groves, 29, has lost in contesting world honours three times, twice to Carl Froch and most recently to Badou Jack, for the WBC strap he has since vacated.
Chudinov, also 29, held the WBA title until defeat by Felix Sturm in February of last year.
But Sturm vacated the title in October having tested positive for a steroid.
The controversial points defeat was the first of Chudinov's 15-fight career, while Groves will enter the Sheffield bout with a record of 25 wins and three losses.
In December, Groves retained his WBA International super-middleweight title with a unanimous points win over Eduard Gutknecht.
The contest will form part of the undercard as Sheffield's Kell Brook defends his IBF world welterweight title against undefeated American Errol Spence Jr.
Since opening last year the show has been celebrated for casting African-American, Asian and Latino actors.
However, the Actors' Equity Association said the language of the notice did not comply with their rules.
Hamilton's producers say they regret the confusion, and have since amended their wording.
The musical, which has been watched by the likes of US President Barack Obama, Sir Paul McCartney and Dame Helen Mirren, tells the story of America's birth, featuring the characters of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson.
Created and written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, it stresses the orphan, immigrant roots of one of America's founding fathers Alexander Hamilton.
The controversial casting notice was posted on the musical's website and on the trade site backstage.com.
Its producers said in a statement: "It is essential to the storytelling of Hamilton that the principal roles - which were written for non-white characters (excepting King George) - be performed by non-white actors.
"This adheres to the accepted practice that certain characteristics in certain roles constitute a 'bona fide occupational qualification' that is legal.
"This also follows in the tradition of many shows that call for race, ethnicity or age specific casting, whether it's The Colour Purple or Porgy & Bess or Matilda. The casting will be amended to also include language we neglected to add, that is, we welcome people of all ethnicities to audition for Hamilton."
The updated casting call no longer capitalises the phrase "non-white actors".
Hamilton is expected to open a production in Chicago this autumn, and a US national tour will begin in 2017.
Speculation is mounting the leader of Plaid will stand against Labour's Chris Bryant in the general election in June.
She has not ruled out the move, which would trigger both an assembly by-election and a leadership contest if she won.
Potential rival Mr Bryant did not want to comment.
Ms Wood took the seat of Rhondda from Labour in the 2016 assembly election when she beat Leighton Andrews, a former Welsh Government minister.
The party leader refused to tell BBC Radio Wales in an interview if she wanted to be on the ballot paper.
She said she had "not ruled anything in or anything out".
Asked on Good Evening Wales why she would not stop the speculation, she said: "We are taking a responsible approach. We're looking at all the options that we have."
"We are discussing things over the next few days and over the weekend," she said.
Under existing Plaid Cymru rules, Ms Wood would also have to stand down as a leader if she left the assembly.
She admitted to the BBC that such a move would be a gamble and, when asked if she was prepared to stop being leader of Plaid, she said rules "can be changed".
It is understood the assembly commission has advised AMs that, because there is no assembly election within the next 372 days, any AMs elected to be MPs on 8 June would automatically lose their assembly seat.
A party insider has told BBC Wales Ms Wood was genuinely considering standing in Rhondda.
Another Plaid Cymru source said Ms Wood expected other strong potential candidates to seek the Rhondda nomination.
They said the leader did not want to rule anything in or out at this stage before there is an idea of who would be interested in representing the party in the seat.
One party figure thought Ms Wood could win, but added: "The question then is, could we hold Rhondda for the assembly?"
But there were good people who could return it for Plaid, the source said.
Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards said he would welcome Ms Wood to Westminster.
"I'd be delighted to have her here," he told BBC Wales, "if she decided to come here".
On Wednesday, Mr Bryant tweeted he was standing for election again in the seat "because every fibre of my body opposes what [Theresa] May wants to do to this great country".
Dafydd Wigley, a former Plaid leader, told BBC Wales the party should consider fielding "high-profile" people in the general election for the party to secure the momentum the party needs to drive its agenda forward.
My gut feeling is Leanne Wood will decide not to stand in Rhondda.
However, I am cautious and Leanne Wood has previously shown she is prepared to take risks - she is prepared to gamble.
There is a feeling in Plaid Cymru with regard to Rhondda of "if not now, when?".
Some party insiders feel that if they cannot take the seat at a Westminster election now, then it is a case of never.
Leanne Wood would be a very strong candidate to challenge the very experienced sitting Labour MP Chris Bryant - but if she won would she really want to go to Westminster?
Do not forget that there is a nightmare scenario for Plaid Cymru.
Leanne Wood could fail to win the seat at a general election and seriously damage her personal brand.
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United Continental Holdings stock fell 4% at one point before losses narrowed to finish down 1%.
Videos of a passenger being dragged off a United flight in the US sparked outrage on social media.
United's chief Oscar Munoz apologised for the "truly horrific" incident.
Mr Munoz initially issued a statement on Monday apologising "for having to re-accommodate these customers" before an internal email to United staff emerged revealing that the chief executive had called the passenger called "disruptive and belligerent".
Mr Munoz released another statement later on Tuesday, saying he "continues to be disturbed" by the incident and the company would "fix what's broken so it never happens again".
United Continental Holdings was the biggest faller on the S&P 500 index at the opening bell.
But it started to pare losses in afternoon trading and was given a further boost by a second statement from Mr Munoz.
The footage taken inside the airliner shows a man being pulled out of his seat and dragged down the aisle. He is later seen with blood on his face.
Communications experts have predicted the incident could damage United Airlines' brand.
It comes just weeks after the company, whose slogan is "Fly the Friendly Skies", was criticised on social media for refusing to allow two teenage girls to board a flight because they were wearing leggings.
The recovery in the United share price came as US stocks narrowed their losses in afternoon trading.
Wall Street shares were hit by investor nerves over geopolitical tensions between the US and Russia over Syria.
The S&P 500 share index itself finished 3.38 points lower at 2,353.78.
The Dow Jones fell 6.72 points to 20,651.30, while the tech-focused Nasdaq index ended 14.15 points lower at 5,866.77.
Investors sought out so-called safe haven assets, with gold gaining 1.6% to $1,274.26 an ounce and the Japanese yen rising 1% against the dollar.
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It is the latest action from the local authority to tackle the problem.
The council has also produced a video with Hawick High School, run a poster campaign and appointed two enforcement officers on a 12-month trial basis.
Councillor David Paterson said the message would be spray-painted at known dog fouling blackspots.
"The stencils use chalk-based paint which means they are temporary," he said.
"We are taking the issue of dog fouling seriously, as can be seen with this and our various other educational activities related to the responsible dog ownership strategy.
"For those not willing to listen, there is now the real threat of an £80 fine through the appointment of enforcement officers as part of the year-long pilot."
He said he had met the officers who were "highly trained and committed to working with the council".
"They will only issue fixed penalty notices to those who do not observe the law," he added.
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McGhee was sacked a fortnight ago, with Robinson taking temporary charge.
"I spoke to Mark in depth on Tuesday morning when he offered me his advice and best wishes hoping I got the job," Robinson explained.
"So it's with Mark's blessing we do this and I'll give it my best shot to turn the football club around again."
Robinson, 42, was sacked as Oldham manager in January and rejoined McGhee's coaching team in February, having previously been assistant to the former manager and his predecessor Ian Baraclough.
"I'm delighted and honoured to be working for this club," he said.
"It's got a great history and tradition and as I've said numerous times there are a lot of good people around the football club that we owe performances to."
Robinson, who has signed a contract until May 2018, says having been interim boss following McGhee's departure will work in his favour.
"It gives me a head start," he added. "I know the vast majority of the players really well and I now what's needed.
"Both previous managers let me take a lot of the training - I'm used to that I don't think loads will change from what I've done in the last two weeks. We tried to put at structure in place where we're hard to beat and stop conceding goals and we'll continue to do that to stay in this division.
"The be all and end all is to keep the club in the Premiership, we'll worry about things after that and we'll make plans for going forward after that because at this time we can't sign any other players, we have to deal with what we've got.
"We've got to deal with the injury situation which we have and rectify that and make sure we get through to the end of the season."
Robinson confirmed James McFadden will remain in position as assistant manager.
"James is contracted to the end of the season and we'll work together until then," he said. "I'm conscious there's an identity at the football club. There are a lot of boys that have been here a long time so we need to retain that as well."
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Coventry City Council was criticised for a lack of robust management and not seeing vulnerable children fast enough.
Managers at the authority said the department would now receive a £5.6m cash boost.
Daniel, from Coventry, died in March 2012, after being starved and abused by his mother and her boyfriend.
Ofsted's investigation in the wake of his death also stated the effectiveness of the Local Safeguarding Children Board was "inadequate".
Children's Minister Edward Timpson is due to write to the council next week to say what he wants done.
Councillor George Duggins, the city council's cabinet member for children, said staff had struggled because of workloads, which had increased by almost 50% in the past two years.
He said: "There is no hiding from the fact the report's overall findings are disappointing but many of the problems we face, particularly in the front line of children social care, is down to the fact of the unprecedented volume of work which continues to increase."
The Ofsted report said bosses had not tackled weaknesses in social care fast enough. It said meetings to discuss concerns about children were "not always effective enough" and said police "did not routinely attend".
It also indicated that information about how managers were performing was not always reliable.
Brian Walsh, the council's executive director of people, said a children's board chaired by Birmingham City Council chief executive Mark Rogers was being set up to ensure improvements were implemented.
He said the authority, which is in the process of cutting £22.5m from adult social care, had pledged more money to the children's budget.
In addition to the £5.6m - which will be used to fund 12 extra social workers and 16 agency staff - the council will allocate an extra £4m a year to children's services, from 2015-2016.
"I can never guarantee every child in Coventry will be safe," said Mr Walsh.
"All I can say is we are doing our best to provide a safe and robust service."
A serious case review set up to investigate Daniel's case concluded last September that chances were missed to save the youngster and said at times he was "invisible" to police, NHS and social care agencies.
Now, Ofsted has highlighted 10 areas of children's services requiring immediate action, including the need to ensure private fostering assessments were completed on time.
Mr Walsh said no-one had been sacked due to the failures but said anyone not up to the job would be "dealt with through our normal procedures".
By Phil MackieNews Correspondent
Coventry knows it's under more scrutiny than most local authorities because of what happened to Daniel Pelka. Today's Ofsted report says many of the things that went wrong in 2012 are still not working properly now.
Coventry only has to look to Birmingham to see how, once things start to go wrong, they can quickly get worse. Birmingham's children's social care department has been rated inadequate since 2009, has changed management several times, has struggled to recruit and retain staff, and has seen a catalogue of high-profile cases from Khyra Ishaq to Keanu Williams, in which young children, known to the authorities, have died.
Coventry will be hoping to emulate another nearby authority, Staffordshire. In a little over two years, its children's services department has been transformed. At the end of 2011 Ofsted said it was performing poorly. Today it is rated as 'good'.
Many of the changes introduced in Staffordshire are also being implemented in Coventry, including creating a multi agency hub where social workers, health workers, the police and schools occupy the same room and share information about cases so they can react quicker when there are concerns.
Amy Weir, independent Chair of Coventry Safeguarding Children Board, said they were "very disappointed" with the Ofsted judgement.
"We are determined to tackle the further challenges raised in the report in order to deliver rapid improvement over the coming months," she said.
A Department for Education statement said it had been concerned about the arrangements for the protection of children in Coventry since the publication of the serious case review into Daniel's death.
"While we accept securing sustainable improvement takes time, today's report shows that the pace of change in Coventry has simply not been good enough," it said.
"We will now consider what further actions are needed to ensure all vulnerable children in Coventry are sufficiently protected."
Dr Bernard Gallagher, a specialist in child protection research at the University of Huddersfield, said society needed to be "more questioning" of families.
"If some parents are then suspected of abusing their children wrongly - that unfortunately is just something we have to accept," he added.
The director of children's services at charity Action for Children, Carol Iddon, said: "The services that need to be maintained and invested in are the ones of early intervention so that children get support earlier before they become critical and before the situation becomes necessary for social work intervention.
"We could do more at an earlier stage and that would then release social workers to deal with the high level cases where there are real genuine concerns about children's safety."
Five suspects were detained and 1.8 tonnes of material for explosive devices seized, Xinhua said.
Police said the suspects intended to bomb crowded locations in Hotan in south-western Xinjiang.
The arrests come days after an attack in Xinjiang's capital Urumqi killed 39 people and injured more than 90.
Authorities say they are holding a suspect in connection with the attack, in which two vehicles drove into shoppers at a market and attackers threw explosives. Four other attackers reportedly died at the scene.
That attack followed a bomb and knife attack at Urumqi's south railway station in April, a March stabbing spree in Kunming in Yunnan province, and a October 2013 incident in which a car ploughed into a crowd and burst into flames in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
Authorities have blamed separatists from the region's Uighur Muslim minority for these attacks.
Police said the Hotan group were led by a man named Abliz Dawut, who along with other members constructed bombs the night after the 22 May attack.
Why is there tension between China and the Uighurs?
The suspects had allegedly watched videos that "advocated terrorism and religious extremism", and had repeatedly visited Urumqi and other places to search and buy material for bombs, Xinhua reported, citing police.
Last week, authorities announced a one-year campaign against militant violence in Xinjiang, banning people from conducting or supporting extremist activity.
Possession of propaganda materials with extremist content, and the manufacture and possession of weapons such as guns and knives, are prohibited, according to Xinhua.
She was speaking after Britain's EU ambassador formally triggered the two year exit process by handing a letter to EU Council President Donald Tusk.
A sombre-looking Mr Tusk said it was not a "happy day" for him or the EU.
The European Parliament warned security cooperation was not on the table as it fired its opening salvo in what are expected to be tough negotiations.
In her letter to Mr Tusk triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, Mrs May said failure to reach a trade deal within the two-year time limit could "weaken" cooperation in the fight against crime and terrorism.
But Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator, said he would not accept any attempt to "bargain" between trade and security, adding: "I think the security of our citizens is far too important to start a trade off from one for the other."
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said the UK could end intelligence-sharing with Europol, the EU policing agency, if there was no agreement.
But in an interview with the BBC's Andrew Neil, on BBC One, Mrs May said on security that she "would like to be able to maintain the degree of co-operation on these matters that we have currently".
Downing Street insisted Mrs May's comments were not intended as a threat to EU negotiators, saying it was a "simple fact" the existing arrangements would lapse if Britain left the EU without a deal.
But opposition MPs accused her of jeopardising public safety by attempting to use security co-operation as a "bargaining chip" in the forthcoming negotiations.
Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty gives both sides two years to reach agreement so, unless the UK and the 27 remaining EU member states agree to extend the deadline for talks, the UK will leave on 29 March 2019, a Friday.
At a press conference in Brussels, Donald Tusk held up Mrs May's letter, saying: "We already miss you."
In a brief statement, he said it was not "a happy day" for him or for the EU and promised to begin arrangements for the UK's "orderly withdrawal".
He said the EU's aim in negotiations was "damage limitation" and to "minimise costs" for EU citizens, businesses and member states.
In a statement in the Commons, Mrs May said: "Today the government acts on the democratic will of the British people and it acts too on the clear and convincing position of this House."
She added: "The Article 50 process is now under way and in accordance with the wishes of the British people the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union.
"This is an historic moment from which there can be no turning back."
She said Britain would now make its own decisions and its own laws and "take control of the things that matter most to us - we are going to take this opportunity to build a stronger, fairer Britain, a country that our children and grandchildren are proud to call home".
She told MPs that this marks "the moment for the country to come together".
Mrs May said it was a "moment of celebration for some, disappointment for others" and promised to "represent every person in the whole United Kingdom" during the negotiations - including EU nationals, whose status after Brexit has yet to be settled.
She said that while the UK would remain the "best friend and neighbour" to its EU partners, it would also look beyond the borders of Europe, saying the country can "look forward with optimism and hope and to believe in the enduring power of the British spirit".
"I choose to believe in Britain and that our best days lie ahead."
A six-page letter from Mrs May triggering Article 50 was handed to European Council President Donald Tusk by the UK's ambassador to the EU Sir Tim Barrow.
Alex Forsyth's analysis: "In this section the prime minister is attempting to highlight the mutual benefits to both the UK and the EU of reaching an agreement about their future relationship - and warning of the dangers if that doesn't happen. It's a carrot rather than a stick, albeit one that comes with a health warning."
Read Alex's full analysis of the letter's key points
In a leaked draft position paper, the European Parliament, which has a final say over any deal struck with Britain, says Brexit could be revoked, despite opposition from the EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier to making references to the reversibility of the process.
It also suggests that the European Court of Justice, the EU's top court, will be the "competent authority for the interpretation and enforcement of the withdrawal agreement".
MEPs also insist that any trade deal between the UK and the EU can only be struck after Britain has left.
On the shape of a likely trade deal with the EU, Mrs May told Andrew Neil: 'What we're both looking for is that comprehensive Free Trade Agreement which gives that ability to trade freely into the European single market, and for them to trade with us.
"It will be a different relationship, but I think it can have the same benefits in terms of that free access to trade."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected Mrs May's call for negotiations on the UK's exit from the EU to run in parallel with talks on defining their future relationship.
"The negotiations must first clarify how we will disentangle our interlinked relationship... and only when this question is dealt with, can we, hopefully soon after, begin talking about our future relationship," said Mrs Merkel in Berlin.
There is also likely to be a big row over outstanding debts the UK will have to pay when it leaves. Mrs May promised a "fair settlement" - the EU wants £50bn.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party would "back" Mrs May if she meets his party's tests on the Brexit deal - including full access to the single market and protection for workers' rights.
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, who opposes Brexit, said Mrs May was "twisting the will of the people, leaping into the abyss without any idea of where our country will end up".
He said it was "still possible for the British people to stop a hard Brexit and keep us in the single market - and if they want, it is still possible for the British people to choose to remain in the European Union".
"It is a tragedy that Labour are helping the Conservatives in doing this damage to our country," he added.
The SNP accused Mrs May of breaking a promise to secure a UK-wide agreement before triggering Article 50 - and took a swipe at the prime minister's claim that "now is not the time" for another Scottish independence referendum.
The party's foreign affairs spokesman, Alex Salmond, said: "After nine months of this prime minister's approach to Brexit Northern Ireland is deadlocked, the Welsh are alienated, Scotland is going for a referendum, the English are split down the middle, and Brexit MPs are walking out of Commons committees because they don't like home truths.
"Has the prime minister considered, in terms of invoking Article 50, that 'now is not the time'?"
Negotiations with other EU nations are expected to begin in mid-May.
On Thursday the government is expected to publish details of its "Great Repeal Bill", which aims to convert EU law into domestic legislation and repeal the European Communities Act, which says EU law is supreme to the UK's.
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Officers found a body in a river in west London on Tuesday night.
The 14-year-old schoolgirl was last seen on CCTV walking along the towpath next to a canal near her home.
Newsbeat reporter Tamsyn Kent lives in Hanwell, in Ealing, west London, and she explains what it's like to live there now.
"I live just around the corner from Alice's family. I don't know them. Until a few weeks ago, I'd never heard of her.
"But a few days after she went missing, I tied a yellow ribbon to a lamp post outside my house.
"Like everyone else in Hanwell I was showing support for the Find Alice campaign.
"Now the whole town's covered with yellow ribbons.
"On the high street at the end of the road, you can see them in the trees, on the railings, the bins, on people's cars.
"Her photo is up in every shop window and on the bus stops.
"Now through the Facebook page her friends and family have set up they're asking people to take them down.
"Last Sunday, 6,000 people and I ran through this bit of Hanwell in the Ealing half-marathon.
"It was amazing to see most of the runners wearing the Find Alice yellow ribbon.
"It's had a huge impact on the town. It's everywhere you go and all people do is talk about the investigation and when she'll be found.
"But this morning, everyone I've spoken to is devastated that there's a body.
"It's what no-one wanted to hear, but as the weeks went by it seemed sadly inevitable.
"On the local Facebook group, Hanwell Friends, someone posted, 'I think Hanwell's collective heart just broke.'"
"About a 10-minutes walk away is the local park.
"The River Brent, where the body's been found, runs right through it. It's not deep.
"The kids paddle here in the summer. And two miles from here is where the police's main suspect, a Latvian, Arnis Zalkalns, lived before he disappeared.
"Walking back past the golf course, which has become the makeshift police headquarters, I think everyone feels so deeply for Alice and her family.
"And also devastated that this should happen to our town."
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Midfielder Oguzhan Ozyakup raced on to an Arda Turan through ball to put the home side ahead with a chipped finish.
Turan doubled the lead by stealing the ball from a dithering Daley Blind before firing past the weak hands of Jasper Cillessen at the near post.
Burak Yilmaz added a third late on to seal a result that means the Dutch can only finish third in Group A.
But to achieve that the Netherlands must now rely on Turkey dropping points in their last two games.
Iceland confirmed their place at an international tournament for the first time when they secured the point they needed against Kazakhstan. The Czech Republic also qualified automatically after beating Latvia 2-1.
Whoever finishes behind the top two will be guaranteed a place in a two-legged play-off against another of the third-placed sides.
That is the only path open to the Dutch, but their fate is now out of their own hands after Turkey leapfrogged them with a convincing win.
It was the Netherlands' heaviest competitive defeat since 1996, when they lost 4-1 to England at Wembley in Euro '96.
"This whole qualification campaign has been incredibly difficult," said striker Robin van Persie. "We still have a chance, but it is no longer in our hands and that is terrible.''
Netherlands play Kazakhstan away on 10 October before their final group match at home to Czech Republic three days later, while Turkey may have a more difficult run-in, playing Czech Republic away and Iceland at home.
The last time the Dutch failed to qualify for a major tournament was the 2002 World Cup. Before that, they were absent from the 1982 and 1986 stagings and from the 1984 European Championship.
Match ends, Turkey 3, Netherlands 0.
Second Half ends, Turkey 3, Netherlands 0.
Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Sener Ozbayrakli.
Attempt missed. Robin van Persie (Netherlands) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Memphis Depay.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Hakan Balta (Turkey) because of an injury.
Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Burak Yilmaz.
Ozan Tufan (Turkey) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Memphis Depay (Netherlands) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ozan Tufan (Turkey).
Goal! Turkey 3, Netherlands 0. Burak Yilmaz (Turkey) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Caner Erkin.
Foul by Luuk de Jong (Netherlands).
Sener Ozbayrakli (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Turkey. Olcay Sahan replaces Oguzhan Ozyakup.
Attempt missed. Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Memphis Depay.
Jeffrey Bruma (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Burak Yilmaz (Turkey).
Attempt missed. Luuk de Jong (Netherlands) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Wesley Sneijder with a cross following a set piece situation.
Memphis Depay (Netherlands) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Sener Ozbayrakli (Turkey).
Oguzhan Ozyakup (Turkey) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt saved. Jeffrey Bruma (Netherlands) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wesley Sneijder with a cross.
Substitution, Netherlands. Luuk de Jong replaces Daley Blind.
Hakan Balta (Turkey) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Burak Yilmaz.
Quincy Promes (Netherlands) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Volkan Sen (Turkey).
Foul by Quincy Promes (Netherlands).
Ozan Tufan (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Sener Ozbayrakli (Turkey) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Memphis Depay (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sener Ozbayrakli (Turkey).
Substitution, Netherlands. Quincy Promes replaces Luciano Narsingh.
Foul by Memphis Depay (Netherlands).
Oguzhan Ozyakup (Turkey) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Hand ball by Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands).
Substitution, Turkey. Mehmet Topal replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
Foul by Jaïro Riedewald (Netherlands).
Hakan Calhanoglu (Turkey) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Gregory Van der Wiel (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
It covers buses using the TrawsCymru network across Wales. Economy and Infrastructure Secretary Ken Skates called it a "ground-breaking" project designed to boost visitors.
It begins on Saturday and will run every weekend until May 2018.
A budget of up to £1m has been set aside for the initiative.
"From Bangor to Cardiff, Fishguard to Wrexham, I hope to see this scheme provide the perfect excuse for people from across Wales and beyond to jump on the bus and spend their weekends enjoying the diverse beauty of Wales," Mr Skates said.
"The free service is subject to availability, but we have also provided additional funding to local authorities to ensure operators are able to deploy more buses to meet increased demand if necessary," Mr Skates added.
Which services are included?
The pilot applies to all buses on the TrawsCymru network:
Arrangements are also in place to reimburse operators of other bus services if they experience any reduction of passengers as a result of the pilot, although the Welsh Government is "optimistic" it will have the opposite effect.
It is hoped the scheme will act as a "catalyst for bus travel in Wales", boosting passenger numbers and the wider use of TrawsCymru routes.
The Welsh Government said it would use the pilot to get a better understanding of how such reductions affect wider demand for public transport before deciding on its future beyond May 2018.
The above words come from a narco-corrido, a musical homage to Mexico's wealthiest drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' or 'Shorty' Guzman.
Sung at local fiestas in his birthplace of Badiraguato in the western state of Sinaloa, the lyrics sum up the strange mixture of admiration, fear and respect which many in that mountainous region have for the world's most wanted drug trafficker.
The stories about him are legion: his diminutive stature, his wealth, his women.
Worth an estimated $1bn (£630m), he featured annually Forbes rich list and was a fugitive from justice for more than 10 years.
Until this week, when his long flight from the authorities finally came to an end when he was arrested in his home state of Sinaloa.
In a country which has produced some of the most notorious drug lords, Joaquin Guzman Loera stood out.
"I think 'El Chapo' has become the most iconic drug trafficker of modern times," says Ioan Grillo, author of El Narco, an in-depth examination of Mexico's drug cartels.
From his feet to his head, he is short,
But from his head up to the sky, I'd say,
He's the biggest of the big,
Who could possibly doubt it?
Sometimes in homes, sometimes in a country house,
With his radios and machine guns,
Sleeping on the floor, sometimes just a cave as his roof,
They call him Joaquin 'El Chapo'...
"Even more so than the biggest drug trafficker of the 1980s, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, who he once worked under. El Chapo went beyond that in the last six or seven years to become the most recognisable drug trafficker in the world and the most high profile warlord in the present conflict."
So what made this uneducated cattle rancher's son get so good at controlling the illicit flow of cocaine, heroin and marijuana into the United States?
The respected Mexican magazine Proceso recently described Guzman as "the capo who took most advantage of the globalised dynamic of drug trafficking".
Certainly, when first starting out in the drug-smuggling business in the late 1970s, he rose quickly through the ranks of the Guadalajara Cartel by reportedly pushing his bosses to let him handle greater volumes.
He has also been credited by several biographers with finding innovative ways to move the drugs north.
Internationally, too, he has always thought big.
Today, his sphere of influence is vast. His Sinaloa Cartel has tentacles in Europe, Asia and across Latin America.
But, says Ioan Grillo, it was not just a canny understanding of the processes of globalisation that made Guzman unique as a drug lord.
"Drug trafficking has always been a collective endeavour. It's not about just one guy smuggling all the drugs," he said.
"There are hundreds of individuals, thousands even, in the Sinaloa Cartel who have been very adept at tapping into the US drug market, bringing down the price of cocaine from the Colombians, moving into crystal meth (methamphetamine) to bolster the heroin and marijuana trade."
Mr Grillo argues that what set El Chapo apart was his pragmatism.
"His ability to rise to the top through the selective use of violence, to survive the extreme violence against him and all the while to create this huge mythology around him... it all made him something of a cult figure so that he is now recognised right across Latin America."
So much so, that drug groups in other countries have sought to tie themselves to his name and ally their organisations with his cartel, in the knowledge that his surnames, Guzman Loera, carry great weight in the criminal underworld.
He also commanded great loyalty, both among his foot-soldiers and the local communities in states such as Sinaloa, Durango and Chihuahua.
But Mr Grillo argues that the stories about Guzman can be misleading.
"Sometimes the myth takes over, and in fact he wasn't as all-powerful as he's been portrayed. For example he was never able to take (the state of) Tamaulipas in the north-east of Mexico and faced ongoing battles across the country from his rivals."
Of course, there is an important political dimension to Guzman's demise.
It is a huge boost for the administration of President Enrique Pena Nieto. Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman has evaded arrest since he escaped from prison in 2001.
The removal of a figure like Guzman plays well both at home and in Washington.
However, many fear this may be the start of something much more bloody in Mexico, at least in the short term.
"Taking 'El Chapo' down will be extremely destabilising," says Mr Grillo.
"The pattern has been very clearly that when the big godfathers have been taken out, it's always created violence. Their lieutenants fight among themselves for control."
The signs for Mexico are ominous.
"This could be an earthquake in the drug smuggling industry in the areas of north-west Mexico and the Pacific coast. We could really see an eruption of violence with 'El Chapo' now out of the game," says Mr Grillo.
Whitlock, seeded 10, missed two darts at a double to win 3-0 and Evans hit back to level before winning the deciding set with a 130 checkout.
Earlier, England's number nine seed Ian White was beaten 3-1 by Belgian outsider Dimitri Van den Bergh.
Phil Taylor lost only one leg as he beat qualifier Keita Ono 3-0.
The 55-year-old, winner of 16 world titles, maintained his record of never losing in the first round of the event, producing a finish of 167 and then wrapping up the match with a 121.
Taylor, who last won the world title in 2013, said: "Listen, I want to improve. I am sick of Michael van Gerwen. I am sick of getting beaten. This is my job. I could retire tomorrow - of course I could - but I want to improve."
There are claims the report, which was completed in November, has been suppressed by the party because it would undermine Jeremy Corbyn.
But the BBC's Iain Watson, who was leaked some of the key details, says it does not blame "left wing" policies.
He said the party was likely to publish the report, which was written by Margaret Beckett, on Tuesday.
More than 500 people have signed a petition calling for it to be released, which has been backed by senior Labour figures including Chuka Umunna and former party officials.
Commissioning the report last May, interim Labour leader Harriet Harman said the party needed a "forensic, honest examination of where it went wrong" in order to regain the trust of the British public.
It will be discussed by a sub committee of Labour's National Executive next week.
In the meantime, I have spoken to a senior Labour source who has seen the report and I have - verbatim - its key findings.
The report sets out four reasons why the party lost the election, gleaned from polling and doorstep conversations:
The report reads like it is written by committee - the left are likely to point to some of its finding a as a kind of endorsement, mainstream MPs will highlight others
The report provides some solace for Corbynistas.
It says: "Some of the 'left-wing policies' were the most popular" (eg mansions tax) and "individual policies polled well - the issue was the lack of a consistent, cohesive narrative".
It also says some voters on the left wouldn't have voted for Labour if it had been any more right wing.
But - on the other hand - it says the party failed to win sufficient votes from the Lib Dems in the right parts of the country, and did better in seats which Labour already held, and "we failed to connect with demographic groups who are seen as in the centre" of British politics.
Beckett's report more or less absolves the party officials who undertook the "ground war" in the run up to May's general election but suggests the party targeted too many seats - 106. The Conservatives attacked in only 50 and defended a further 50. Labour devoted few resources to seats where it was vulnerable.
Less spin, and getting the shadow cabinet to hold meetings outside London are among the recommendations, as well as identifying the need to have a "simple seamless narrative".
But Jeremy Corbyn might find some of the report harder to swallow - it calls for a stronger defence of Labour's record in government - ie New Labour's record ("we should be proud of our record of major social change") and that the party should point out how "it paid down debt" before the financial crash.
And it says "we must take the global crash myth head on which dogged us through the last Parliament".
The report also suggests working more closely with business and gives some credence to the criticism that the party wasn't seen as being sufficiently in favour of individual aspiration.
A Labour spokesman said: "The formal process of considering the Learning the Lessons report is in its final stages and will conclude next week when it is presented to the relevant committee of the NEC. The Labour Party will then make the report public."
Thieves attempted to steal a cash machine at the Sainsbury's on Station Road at 03:30 on 17 October.
Officers said the van may have been in Airth, near Falkirk, before or after the crime in Kinross took place.
The van has a blue, white and grey logo of "Bishop Auckland Car & Van Hire" on the side.
Det Insp Nicola McGovern said: "Extensive inquiries have already been carried out into this crime and this vehicle is of significant interest to the investigation.
"It is important that we identify exactly where this van was overnight between the Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October."
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police.
Bieber's What Do You Mean became the singer's fastest-selling single and his first UK number one when it topped the charts at the beginning of this month.
His return to the top sees Sigala slide to number two, closely followed by Calvin Harris and Disciples at three.
Stereophonics score their sixth number one album with Keep The Village Alive.
It was a close call between the Welsh band and Bring Me the Horizon's album That's The Spirit, with just 1300 combined chart sales between the two
"To have got to Number 1 on our own record label is amazing," said Stereophonics' Kelly Jones, "Twenty years in fans old and new have got us to the top."
Libertines entered the album chart at number three with their first studio album in 11 years following cancelled events in London and Manchester and a Radio 1 Live Lounge appearance earlier this week.
Frontman Pete Doherty was understood to have suffered an "anxiety attack" but was reported to be back on form at a small gig in London on Wednesday.
Meanwhile former chart-topper Jess Glynne's I Cry When I Laugh slide two places to number four, with '80s favourites Duran Duran rounding out this week's Top 5 with Paper Gods.
The Indomitable Lions take on Ghana on Thursday in Franceville, Gabon, for a place in Sunday's final.
"As a group, we are not happy with the bonus. There is a lack of respect, and I defend my players," Broos said.
"Even though we are not happy with the money, we are still putting in good performances on the field."
There is a history of disputes between the players and the Cameroon Football Federation over money.
In 2011 Cameroon players refused to play in an international friendly and in 2014 their arrival at the World Cup in Brazil was delayed by a dispute over bonus payments.
Broos, however, insists the players are not financially driven, but they want only to be respected.
If we lose it will not be because the money is not good, it will be because Ghana was stronger than us
"Don't think we are asking for the world, but what they give us now is not good, really," he said.
"We have trained every day. I read in the papers that the players did not train but I had given them a free day so it is not because they are not happy with the money.
"And even though we are not happy, we still have good performances on the field. This is very important it shows that the players are not here for the money, they are here to play for their country, for the supporters and for themselves.
"But afterwards, you can be given a present if you win a game or get to the next stage. We don't come here for money. But if they give you money you have to feel the amount is respectful."
Cameroon last won the Nations Cup in 2002 and lifting the trophy would be a huge return to form.
Broos is adamant their off-the-field concerns will not derail them.
"You can be sure that you will see a team that is motivated to beat Ghana," he said.
"It is not only since Tuesday that we are not happy with the bonus, it is since the beginning of the tournament. And you have never seen on the field that the players are not happy.
"This team is not playing for money. I see them every day in training, when they are eating and when they are together, they are not talking about money.
"If we lose it will not be because the money is not good, it will be because Ghana was stronger than us."
Yousif Badri, 29, is accused of being involved in conduct "with the intention of committing acts of terrorism".
The medical student denies charges under the Terrorism Act.
The High Court in Glasgow heard Mr Badri retweeted a message about the killing of Fusilier Rigby.
The soldier was murdered as he returned to his barracks in Woolwich, south-east London, in May 2013.
Defence QC Murdo Macleod produced Mr Badri's twitter feed from that time.
He retweeted a message which stated: "The murderers in custody tonight are about as representative of Islam as the EDL is representative of the white community. Fringe nutters."
The court was told that Mr Badri was arrested by police the next month.
The court also heard that Mr Badri's mother and father, who came to Britain in the 1990s, were both doctors, and one of his sisters received a commendation for her work as a police officer with West Yorkshire Police.
The offences are said to have been carried out at two places in Aberdeen - Mr Badri's former flat in Ashgrove Road, and in Berryden Retail Park.
The trial, before judge Lord Turnbull, continues.
The thieves are said to have driven into a restricted zone on Tuesday evening and taken containers of cash.
Estimates vary but reports suggest that millions of dollars in different currencies may have been stolen.
The company that operates OR Tambo Airport, the continent's busiest, confirmed a robbery had taken place.
"No shots were fired and no injuries have been reported. The robbers fled‚" Airports Company South Africa said in a statement.
The Hawks, an elite police unit, declined to release details, but has said that a high level investigation by all law enforcement agencies is now under way, the BBC's Milton Nkosi reports.
The police have described the robbery as bearing the hallmarks of an inside job.
A source within the Hawks has described the robbery as looking like "something scripted from a Hollywood movie", South African journalist Graeme Hosken told the BBC's Newsday programme.
The journalist added that the thieves, who used special access passes to get into the airport, knew exactly which containers to take and were careful to get hold of small denomination notes, which are thought to be easier to pass on.
A police spokeswoman, Athlenda Mathe, was quoted by South African broadcaster eNCA as saying she could not comment on "how much money exactly was stolen".
Guards from a private security firm protecting the valuable cargo were stopped by the robbers, who were travelling in a vehicle marked with "police", the TimesLive news website reports.
There have been reports of other high-value cargo robberies in recent years at the airport.
OR Tambo is operating normally and no passengers were affected by the robbery.
Writing under the headline "Visa cloud over trade ties as British PM Theresa May arrives in India", Jayanth Jacob of leading daily Hindustan Times said "the stringent visa regulations by the British cast a shadow over the prospect of the two countries hammering out an ambitious trade and investment partnership post-Brexit".
Jacob quoted S Irudayarajan, migration expert and consultant for government on mobility issues, as saying that "India is an important country for the UK. And curbing the flow of good minds whether they are students or skilled workers is not good for the UK".
Reflecting similar sentiments, The Times of India published an editorial titled "Muddled May".
"As the second largest global job creator in Britain and its third largest source of foreign direct investment, India finds these British policies both objectionable and puzzling. How does the UK hope to forge closer trade ties with India while growing increasingly disagreeable to Indian trade professionals?"
A UK-India free trade agreement would be a "non-starter as long as the visa issue isn't sorted", added the Times of India.
In an opinion piece on news portal DailyO headlined: "Post-Brexit, Britain is no lure for Indian students, and Theresa May's no help", columnist K Srinivasan notes that "Britain used to be the preferred destination for higher education, coupled with lucrative employment in related fields of study, for people from many countries, including India. But not any more, as the country's immigration laws get tighter and the impact of Brexit surfaces slowly".
Business daily The Economic Times in a piece headlined "Where great minds meet" concurs, saying: "With the contentious issue of immigration in the background, PM May has her hands full on this visit to India, seeking a quick and favourable trade deal, while looking to project the UK as a truly global and forward looking nation."
Television channel NDTV also notes that: "IT professionals have asked how there can be better trade, with Mrs May's government making it tougher for Indian professionals to travel to that country with tougher new rules for visa and immigration."
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Fifa has been embroiled in a corruption scandal that has resulted in dozens of senior officials being indicted by United States prosecutors.
Infantino says Fifa's image and reputation is "at its worst".
But he says he is the person to put that right if he is chosen to succeed Sepp Blatter in Friday's election.
"We have all witnessed in the past few months sadly what has happened around Fifa," said Uefa's general secretary.
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"Something needs to be done. Reforms need to be implemented. They need to be voted first and then they have to be implemented.
"If we don't do something now about it, to restore the image of Fifa and the reputation of Fifa - and to increase the development of football in the world - then I see no future for Fifa."
Asked if that would mean Fifa could be shut down, Infantino replied: "No.
"I think football will always exist but as an organisation the way we have lived and perceived Fifa in the past months cannot continue."
Blatter has been Fifa president since 1998 but will be replaced when delegates from 209 member federations meet in Zurich to vote in a successor.
Candidate Prince Ali bin al-Hussein has made an official request for Friday's election to be suspended because he does not think it will be a transparent process.
But Infantino, who faces competition from Prince Ali and three other rivals, says it is almost certain to go ahead as planned.
Infantino is up against:
Read more: Blatter's five possible successors
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Blatter will not be present in Zurich after being banned from football for eight years on corruption allegations.
Both Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini were suspended in December following an ethics investigation.
They were found guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) "disloyal payment" made to Platini in 2011.
Blatter denies any wrongdoing and has appealed against his ban, as has Platini, who had been favourite to success the 79-year-old Swiss.
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Meanwhile, Damian Collins MP has used parliamentary privilege to accuse frontrunner Sheikh Salman of being involved in a "cash for votes" scheme during the 2013 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) election.
Collins has also accused the 50-year-old from Bahrain of using development funds to finance an earlier campaign to get on Fifa's executive committee.
But Sheikh Salman rejected the claims.
He insisted he had "no knowledge" of an "inducements offered" and that there was "absolutely no evidence" to back allegations that his 2009 campaign had been "funded entirely from his own pocket".
Collins is an anti-corruption campaigner on football governance.
Search crews aided by helicopters and teams of dogs have struggled to continue the search, which comes amid a wave of temperatures above 100F (37C).
Some rescuers have needed to be airlifted to safety after succumbing to the excessive heat and humidity.
Rachel Nguyen, 20, and Joseph Orbeso, 21, vanished while hiking to celebrate Ms Nguyen's birthday.
After they failed to check out of their Airbnb accomodation on Friday, leaving all their belongings behind, a search began.
Hundreds of volunteers with Joshua Tree Search & Rescue, as well as six teams of search dogs, have been combing among the distinctive trees and desert formations for the two students.
Their vehicle was found on Friday near the Maze Loop trail after a ping from Mr Orbeso's phone was detected by investigators.
Volunteers with Joshua Tree Search & Rescue thought they had detected footprints on a trail leading north into a canyon, but they seem to have lost the tracks.
"There were some footprints. We found them in sporadic places through intermittent areas through the park," said George Land, Joshua Tree National Park spokesman.
"One thing that will happen when people are in heavy heat stress, they'll start taking off pieces of clothing. We haven't found any of that thus far," he added.
Mr Land added that two fixed-wing planes and two helicopters equipped with thermal imaging have been flying over the park, but so far no sign of them has been found.
The 25-year-old was nurtured by Steve Borthwick when the recently appointed Red Rose forwards coach was captain at the Premiership club.
Sarries director of rugby Mark McCall has described Kruis as a "shoo-in" for the opener in Scotland on 6 February.
"If I do get selected it would be off my own back," said Kruis.
"Steve was a mentor for me definitely. When you play for five years alongside a player like that you learn a few things off him. But he is another coach and that is the way it is.
"There will be no favouritism and I would not want it to be like that."
Kruis has already won 10 caps, the last coming against Uruguay at the World Cup in September.
The 6ft 6in-player was named man-of-the-match in Saracens' 26-6 victory over Leicester on Saturday - a match watched by Borthwick.
In the first three months of 2017, the annualised rate was 6.1%, slowing from the previous quarter's 7% rate and lower than analysts had expected.
The economy took a hit from the government's decision to withdraw 500-rupee and 1,000-rupee banknotes in an anti-corruption drive.
The move last November took 86% of the currency out of circulation in one go.
Analysis: Sameer Hashmi, BBC News
The latest economic growth figures might have missed estimates, but doesn't come as a huge surprise. The ban on 86% of bank notes in circulation was expected to have a severe impact on the economy. But the data suggests that the recovery has been quicker than expected.
However, the latest figures do not tell the complete story. India's economic growth data does not take into account the performance of small businesses and the unorganised sector. Both put together constitute more than 50% of the total economic output. These segments were the worst-hit by the ban on banknotes, with many small enterprises still trying to recover.
"This is a sharper deterioration than what I expected," said Ashutosh Datar, economist at IIFL Institutional Equities. "The fourth quarter is a bit weaker than what I expected."
The so-called "unorganised sector" - made up of informal workers - is believed to account for about 40% of India's economy.
Sir Nicholas, who died last year aged 106, brought Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to the UK.
The Winton family decided to sell his estate including his house in Maidenhead, which is now on the market.
Some of the items, including a bible given to Sir Nicholas by his father, fetched sums of up to £1,600.
In 1939, Sir Nicholas organised the rescue of 669 Jewish children destined for Nazi concentration camps, arranging for trains to carry them out of German-occupied Prague to the sanctuary of the UK.
A birthday message written to Sir Nicholas by the Queen for his 105th sold for £300.
And a Napoleon III writing desk made in Paris and bought by Sir Nicholas for his wife, Grete, also sold for £1,000.
His son Nick Winton said the auction was "very emotional".
"It was sad to think I was seeing those things for the last time," he said.
The auction was held at the Swan Auction House in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire on Thursday.
Adou Ouattara was said to be in a "terrible state" when he was found last month in a bag without air vents at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
The boy's father was arrested for arranging his son to be smuggled, but is due to be released on bail.
The Moroccan woman who carried him in has also been detained.
The boy underwent DNA tests before the Spanish authorities would hand him over to his mother, who lives legally on Spain's Canary Islands.
"His mother cried. It's a very beautiful day," Maria Antonia Palomo, the Ceuta official in charge of juvenile affairs, told AFP.
The father, who also lives on the Canary Islands, reportedly tried to bring his son into Spain through legal means but his income fell short of the amount required by law.
He has said he did not know the plan to bring his son into Spain would involve a suitcase.
Officials have granted the boy a year to stay in Spain.
The incident highlights the often desperate, dangerous means migrants use to try to make it into Europe through Ceuta, and another Spanish enclave, Melilla.
According to her representatives, she died on Thursday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, a day after being admitted to hospital.
First shown in 1969, The Brady Bunch told of single parents with children who marry to form a "blended" family.
Born in 1934 in southern Indiana, the actress began her career in theatre before turning to television.
She made her first stage appearance in New York at 19 - a one-line role in a play called Wish You Were Here.
She went on to land the female lead in a tour of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, which eventually took her to Broadway in 1954.
She subsequently played Maria in The Sound of Music and Nellie Forbush in South Pacific.
But her career nearly ended in 1965 when she suddenly lost her hearing while appearing in The King and I in Los Angeles. She later had corrective surgery in both ears.
The Brady Bunch, which initially ran until 1974, brought her and her co-stars international fame.
"We had to have security guards with us," she later recalled. "We couldn't go out by ourselves. We were like the Beatles!"
The show went on to return in various forms, among them a 1995 film in which she played the mother of her former character.
"It's such a gentle, innocent, sweet show, and I guess it proved there's always an audience for that," the actress said in 1999.
Oscar-winning actresses Marlee Matlin and Patricia Arquette are among those who have marked her passing on Twitter.
Pop star Boy George has also paid tribute, saying he "grew up with the Brady Bunch", while talk show host Larry King described her as "America's mom".
Maureen McCormick, who played Brady's oldest daughter Marcia in the hit TV series, said she had been "a dear friend for so very many years".
Henderson was a contestant on Dancing in the Stars in 2010 and appeared on the show days before her death in support of McCormick, a contestant in the most recent series.
The actress made numerous TV appearances outside of The Brady Bunch and was the first female guest host of The Tonight Show.
She also made cameo appearances in such comedy films as Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star and Fifty Shades of Black.
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After the Burkinabe reached the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations final, expectations were high for this year but the team exited at the group stage.
Kone told BBC Sport the team "self-destructed" because of the pressure and he also blamed a row over bonuses.
"Qualifying for 2017 starts soon, we must not repeat our mistakes," he said.
Rohr needs all the necessary support and backing to succeed
"We went as favourites in 2013 and had a good run to the final. But in 2015 when people expected so much from us we didn't play well because we pressed the self-destruct button.
"The squad arrived in Equatorial Guinea very disorganised and didn't concentrate on the football because of other problems.
"Once the federation refused to pay players the bonuses they are owed from previous games, it had a bad effect on the team at a major tournament.
"This time we need to make sure we get the build-up right."
The Burkina Faso Football Federation (FBF) is desperate to get the team back on track by ensuring qualification for their fifth successive Nations Cups appearance.
German coach Gernot Rohr has been appointed as the new coach, replacing Belgian Paul Put who departed after the 2015 tournament.
"A new coach means a fresh beginning but the last manager made significant progress until he suffered from the usual African disorganised problems," Kone added.
"Organisation is crucial and it's only when the new coach gets the right organisation in place that he will achieve success.
"He's been around Africa and knows so much about the continent but he needs to have all the necessary support, professionalism and backing to succeed.
"If these things are not in place we are going to keep running around in circle without making any progress."
The immediate task for the Stallions, who lost out to Algeria in the 2014 World Cup qualifying play-off, is to stay focused on the 2017 Nations Cup qualifiers, starting in June.
Burkina Faso are in Group D alongside Uganda, Botswana, Comoros Islands and Kone, who plays his club football in France for title-chasing Lyon, is sure they can emerge winners from the group.
"We played Comoros in a friendly game last year in Marseille and it ended in a difficult 1-1 draw," Kone said. "Countries like that can't be underrated because in African football other teams are also making big progress.
"The small countries are creating a storm lately and fighting hard to beat the so-called big teams.
"Once again it's all about getting ourselves organised to have a good qualifying campaign and keep it going. We should qualify but it will not be an easy ride to get to the finals in Gabon."
An investigation into the deaths is ongoing, after "serious failures" were found in Lancashire County Council's child care services.
The report said it was "too soon" to establish if the children's unrelated deaths could have been prevented.
The council said it was addressing the concerns "quickly and effectively".
The report said all the council's child care services had "significantly deteriorated" since the last inspection in 2012, when the authority was found to be good overall.
It said: "During the inspection, three children tragically died in unrelated incidents.
"Their families were open cases to children's social care and they were receiving services as children in need."
The report said an investigation into the children's circumstances were at an early stage, but noted that records connected to the children showed inadequacies.
"Some of this poor practice was seen in a much larger number of cases where children had not been harmed," the report continued.
The inspectors' widespread concerns include:
The report praised the council for the way children are listened to, and the way the risks of child sexual exploitation were tackled.
The authority said it had begun implementing a number of changes, backed by a new £5m investment.
Matthew Tomlinson, cabinet member for children and young people, said: "The children and young people who need these services deserve the best care and support, and we are very sorry that in some cases they have clearly not been receiving it.
"The council must now act quickly and effectively to resolve the problems identified during the inspection."
Analysis by Chris Rider, BBC Radio Lancashire political reporter
Three years ago, Lancashire County Council received a glowing report from Ofsted for protecting the region's most vulnerable children.
Now the picture painted by the watchdog is very different - its damming report pulls no punches and is littered with phrases like "serious failures".
While staff in children's services work hard, many do not have the right qualifications or experience.
The man in charge, Matthew Tomlinson, has apologised and pledged to invest an extra £5m to help turn the situation around.
But the leader of the council's opposition Conservative group, Geoff Driver - who led the authority at the time of the 2010 "good" Ofsted rating - wants Labour duo Mr Tomlinson and council leader Jennifer Mein to fall on their swords.
The first review for seven years shifts the tax burden away from struggling local high streets and poorer areas, CBI Wales vice chair Chris Sutton said.
The Welsh Government has announced a £10m fund to help around 7,000 small firms facing a rates hike as a result.
Sara Jones from the Welsh Retail Consortium said traders still feared above-inflation rises in their bills.
The Federation of Small Businesses said there would be "winners and losers", but the transitional relief would help.
The new rating list for England and Wales will take effect in April 2017 and reflects the rental values of properties.
Overall figures for Wales show a 2.9% cut in rateable values, with shops falling by 8.8% and offices by 7%.
Across England, rateable values rise by 9.1%, ranging from a 22.8% increase in London to a 1.1% fall in the north east.
Company owners can check their draft rateable value online to see if they face an increase or cut in their rates bill.
"We expect to see a significant increase in values for Cardiff and, overall, for sectors such prime offices, data centres and trade counter retail," Mr Sutton said.
"At the other end of the scale we are likely to see a reduced burden for our more disadvantaged areas such as the mid and upper valleys and sectors such as secondary retail [local high streets]."
Mr Sutton, who also chairs a Welsh Government advisory panel on business rates, called for more regular revaluations - suggesting every three years - to make them more accurate.
Sara Jones, head of the Welsh Retail Consortium, said shopkeepers still feared another above-inflation rate rise in the spring.
"There is a pressing need to reduce the cost of doing business," she said.
"Retailers and other businesses are continuing to stump up huge amounts for a business rates system that is frankly no longer fit for purpose and which is holding back investment in our high streets."
Janet Jones, Wales policy chair for the Federation of Small Businesses, said she welcomed the announcement of transitional relief from the Welsh Government.
"There are inevitably winners and losers in the course of any revaluation, and there has been particular uncertainty this time because of the delay to the most recent revaluation exercise," she said.
"We look forward to working with Welsh Government on fundamental reform of the business rates system so that it better meets the needs of Wales' local economies in the years to come."
Control over the level at which business rates are set was devolved to Wales in 2015.
"Further stoking of anti-Russian sentiments... could significantly aggravate the atmosphere in Russian-French relations," the ministry said.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rebuked French police for detaining 43 Russian fans after clashes in Marseille.
Separately, France is to expel four Russians arrested in Lille.
France's crackdown on hooliganism among supporters relates to incidents outside the stadiums.
Uefa, football's European governing body, separately fined Russia and gave it a suspended disqualification following fan violence inside the stadium in Marseille where Russia played England on Saturday.
The Russian foreign ministry summoned Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert soon after a speech by Mr Lavrov to the lower house of the Russian parliament in Moscow.
Mr Lavrov suggested Russian fans had been provoked and criticised the way French police were subjecting them to security checks.
"It was an absolutely unacceptable incident when a bus with more than 40 Russian supporters was stopped and [the police] demanded that they leave the bus for document and ID checks," he told the State Duma.
He accused the French of violating international conventions by detaining the fans.
"It is a fact that the French behaved completely contrary to their obligations under the Vienna Convention, and I have already written to the French foreign minister, demanding that he does not allow any more such incidents to occur."
Mr Lavrov did concede that the behaviour of some Russian fans at the tournament had been poor.
"Behaving like some of our citizens did, bringing flares, fireworks and so on, is unacceptable."
"However..." he added, "we cannot close our eyes to the attempts to ignore the provocative actions of other countries' fans.
"You have probably seen the shocking images where they are jumping on the Russian flag, shouting insults at Russian leaders and top Russian athletes. Of course, it is never acceptable to resort to fist-fighting, but it is also unacceptable to ignore provocateurs who are trying to create crisis situations."
French police blamed 150 "well-trained" Russian hooligans for clashes before England played Russia.
A bus carrying fans was stopped in a police operation near Cannes on Tuesday, and some of those Russia supporters are now being deported.
Five England fans were jailed for throwing bottles at police and a sixth jailed in connection with the violence.
A match between Russia and Slovakia has ended in Lille, with the Slovaks winning 2-1, and thousands of Russia fans are leaving the stadium.
Lille is also being used as a base by supporters of England and Wales, who are due to play in nearby Lens on Thursday.
English Football Association chairman Greg Dyke expressed "serious concerns" about security in Lille.
The authorities in Lille announced that four Russians would be expelled, two for a scuffle near a railway station, and two who had been found with a baseball bat and a hammer in their car during a vehicle check.
Three other Russians were detained on Wednesday morning, it added.
The French authorities have pledged to increase security in Lens, deploying 2,400 police, gendarmes, security guards and a riot squad.
Drinking alcohol in the streets has also been banned.
Up to 50,000 England fans are expected in Lens despite the fact that the 35,000-capacity stadium has already sold out.
The busy crossing was shut to all traffic early in December when a crack in a truss end link was discovered during a routine inspection.
Temporary brackets were installed which allowed cars to use the bridge before Christmas last year.
Heavier vehicles were banned from the bridge until February.
The truss end links are now being replaced with a new permanent sliding bearing arrangement, contractors Amey said.
The strength of the temporary brackets means the work will be carried out with "minimal disruption to road users".
A small number of overnight contraflows will be in place, but Amey said they had been scheduled at the same time as other planned maintenance.
Mark Arndt, from the Forth Bridges Unit, said: "The repairs carried out last winter were necessary to get the bridge back open to traffic as quickly and safely as possible.
"Since then, we've been planning and preparing for this permanent replacement, and it's remarkable that the team has reached this point less than nine months since the original defect was discovered.
"We'll press on now to get the job done with minimum disruption to bridge users."
A Scottish Parliament committee investigated the closure of the bridge last year and concluded the crack "could not have been foreseen".
The new Queensferry Crossing is due to open next year and will ease the traffic burden over the Forth Bridge.
It was initially due for completion at the end of 2016 but "adverse weather conditions" in April and May hit construction, ministers said.
The man had brought his "small pet snake" on-board the Easyjet flight from Tel Aviv, the airline confirmed.
A spokesman said passengers were "not in any danger". It was later found to be a "harmless" corn snake.
Bedfordshire Police, who met the man when the plane landed, said no further action would be taken.
Some passengers took to social media to say the man had got the snake out during the flight.
Hugo Allon tweeted: "My plane is being met by police because someone brought a snake on board and whipped it out mid flight. Never a dull moment with Easyjet."
The airline said the reptile had remained in its container at all times but as soon as the crew became aware of it they alerted the authorities at Luton Airport.
"We have raised the issue with [Tel Aviv] airport to understand why the reptile was not detected during security," a statement said.
Italian national Stefano Brizzi, 50, died at Belmarsh high-security prison in south-east London, on 5 February.
When he was jailed last year for murdering Gordon Semple, he was being monitored for mental health issues.
He was taken off the list on 28 December, a pre-inquest review heard.
Days later on 4 January, "suicide watch ceased", senior coroner Dr Andrew Harris told Southwark Coroner's Court.
A noose and a letter "indicating he was thinking about death" was found in a cell he occupied on his own, the hearing was told.
The noose was said to have been discovered on 6 December while he was still on suicide watch. It was not clear whether the letter was found on 10 December or was dated 10 December and discovered later, the court heard.
Dr Harris queried the potential "non-disclosure" of the letter to healthcare staff. He also said there was a suggestion Brizzi made the noose as a result of being bored.
He gave the cause of death as hanging, adding there were no injuries "implying altercation with another party".
The Italian national was serving a minimum of 24 years in prison after he was found guilty in December for murdering PC Semple who was from Greenhithe in Kent.
He had strangled him during a bondage session and then cooked and tried to eat him.
A full inquest, which will take place on 23 April, will seek to determine the "management of information found in his cell indicating he was thinking about death", Dr Harris said.
Police in Wyoming, Minnesota, tweeted on Sunday that drink drivers would be forced to watch Bieber's Super Bowl advert "the entire way to jail".
The pop star is seen performing celebratory end zone dances in a tuxedo during the mobile phone commercial.
Fortunately, no drink driving arrests were made on Sunday night.
Canada police to punish drink-drivers with Nickelback
Bieber's advert aired during the Super Bowl, in which he is heard saying: "This guy's got the shimmedy sham-sham shimmedy shake right there".
Twitter users lauded the police for the tongue-in-cheek tweet, which was retweeted nearly 10,000 times.
Wyoming Police Chief Paul Hoppe told the Pioneer Press that the tweet helped push the public service announcement about responsible drinking during the Super Bowl.
"It gets people to actually stop and read the message," Mr Hoppe said.
After the New England Patriots won the game in a historic 34-28 comeback, the Wyoming police changed their message, poking fun at the way many Americans love to hate the Patriots.
The alternative punishment is not the first time police have turned to Canadian artists to help deter drink driving.
Last November, a Canadian police force threatened to force festive drink-drivers to listen to Nickelback, a local band often derided as the world's worst band.
Powys council has received £11.8m from the Welsh Government for the new buildings in the Gwernyfed area.
The new schools will replace current ones in Hay-on-Wye, Talgarth, Clyro, Llyswen and Llangorse.
Arwel Jones, the council's Cabinet Member for Schools, said it would "provide state-of-the-art teaching accommodation".
The total project cost of the five schools is £23.8m.
The Welsh Government funding towards this cost has been awarded as part of the 21st Century schools programme.
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The impact of Brexit is hugely sensitive at the moment, and to blame the games decision on leaving the EU makes it an issue just at the point when the messages are critical.
The danger for ministers is how the failure to bid for the games contrasts with virtually every other statement saying that Wales is open for business.
Critics will argue that the role of a government at times like these is to provide confidence.
But there will be many who say this is sensible at a time of huge uncertainty.
When I spoke to one Welsh Government official, it was telling that the first thing he said was that the projected price tag of up to £1.5bn was equivalent to the cost of an M4 relief road.
So why make the announcement now when the deadline for bids was 2018?
There is one school of thought to say that it was better to do it before rather than in the middle of post-Olympics jubilation.
An official also referred to the fact that Economy Minister Ken Skates made the announcement while at the Llanwern steelworks in Newport.
It stressed the point that it would not have been justifiable to spend so much on a sports event at a time when the steel industry is facing a crisis.
The Cavs now lead 3-1 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals.
Golden State Warriors have already completed a 4-0 sweep over San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference finals.
They were crowned NBA champions in 2015 but were defeated last year as Cleveland's 52-year wait for a major sporting title came to an end.
Kyrie Irving and LeBron James combined for 76 points at home to the Celtics, who were without the injured Isaiah Thomas on Tuesday.
Game five takes place in Boston on Thursday evening (01:30 BST on Friday).
Sam Allardyce has enjoyed impressive starts to life at previous clubs, including Bolton, Newcastle, Blackburn and West Ham.
So when Crystal Palace decided Alan Pardew was no longer needed in December, it made sense that the Londoners turned to the quick-fixer in their bid to remain in the Premier League.
It was a swift return to the familiarity of club football for Allardyce, 62, who had suffered the ignominy of seeing his spell as England boss end after one game.
So why have the Eagles, now 19th in the table and two points from safety, not benefited from the traditional Big Sam bounce?
Allardyce has a reputation for achieving positive results when he joins a club mid-season and, similarly, clubs generally see a downturn in results if he leaves in mid-season.
In fact, Palace are the first team where that pattern has not continued for Allardyce.
His first eight league games in charge at Selhurst Park have produced an average of 0.5 points, the exact same average of his predecessor Pardew's last eight games before he was sacked.
Overall, this is one of the worst starts Allardyce has ever made at a new club.
Aside from Notts County, whom he failed to steer away from relegation to League Two in 1996-97 (although they were promoted again by March the next year), Allardyce is on course for his lowest points average from his first 10 league games.
Allardyce's average of 0.5 points from his eight Premier League matches at Palace is 0.4 points lower than the average for his first 10 games at Sunderland and way below the 1.8 average of his start at West Ham.
There is hope for Eagles fans, though, as Allardyce has guided the last two clubs he joined in mid-season away from the drop zone - Blackburn in 2008-09 and Sunderland in 2015-16, the latter despite eight defeats in his first 10 games.
One argument could be that Allardyce has not been his usual cunning self in his first transfer window.
Allardyce spent £34.6m in January - more than he has spent in any of his first transfer windows at new clubs - and that outlay was splurged on just four players: Jeffrey Schlupp (£11.7m), Luka Milivojevic (£10.8m), Patrick van Aanholt (£10m) and Mamadou Sakho (loan fee of £1.9m).
In the 2007 summer transfer window at Newcastle, he spent a comparable £30.8m, but that was on nine players.
And his most successful start at a club - West Ham in 2011 - coincided with the mass influx of 12 new players during the summer window
It should be noted that clubs generally bring in fewer players in winter windows, and have less time to line up signings.
But Allardyce managed to bring in six players at a cost of £17.6m at Sunderland in January 2016, and went on to save the club from relegation.
Alternatively, perhaps a change in tactics is the source of Allardyce's struggles?
Renowned for his preference for a pragmatic, long-ball style of play, Allardyce seems to have forgone that approach in an attempt to play a more compact version of the game.
Only 18% of his side's passes have been long passes (defined as a pass over 35 yards with an intended target) - lower than at Newcastle, Blackburn and Sunderland.
And what about the old cliche that Allardyce's sides are the masters of the set-piece?
Allardyce has become associated with well-drilled teams when it comes to the dead ball - a threat at the opposition end and organised in their own box.
Well, Allardyce does seem to have firmed Palace up at the back in that respect, conceding from just 24% of defensive set-pieces (three of 14) since his arrival, compared with 47% (15 from 32) under Pardew this term.
But the same effect has yet to register at the other end, Palace scoring from 25% of their attacking set plays (1/4) compared with 43% (12/28) under Pardew this season.
Phil McNulty, BBC Sport's chief football writer
Crystal Palace assumed they were appointing a guarantee of Premier League safety when Sam Allardyce was hastily ushered through the door at Selhurst Park to replace sacked Alan Pardew in December.
Allardyce was the impact manager and arch-pragmatist whose record had never been stained by relegation from the Premier League, proving his ability to navigate a route out of danger at Sunderland last season, a task he performed with such success it landed him the job as England manager. Briefly.
To say the move has yet to have the desired effect is an understatement, with Palace now in a far more perilous plight than when he arrived after a home defeat by Chelsea that left them lying 17th.
Allardyce's tried and trusted methods have so far failed miserably, despite inheriting a squad that looked built for his favoured method of using wide players and a powerful striker, with Christian Benteke a disappointment, Wilfried Zaha's role reduced by his presence at the Africa Cup Of Nations with the Ivory Coast and Andros Townsend out of favour.
But is the real problem with Allardyce himself? Has the man whose concrete-clad self-confidence in everything he did been scarred by his calamitous one-match, 67-day reign as England manager, which ended after he was caught in a newspaper sting? Certainly Allardyce has not seemed the bullish, brash operator of old.
The England job was meant to be the pinnacle of his career, the job he had craved for more than a decade, not an embarrassing "blink and you'll miss it" interlude before another Premier League relegation battle.
Is the man who prides himself on breathing life into his squad battling to motivate himself to the old levels? It is hard to imagine but the loss of his managerial life's dream will have had a devastating impact, even on an experienced campaigner such as Allardyce.
There was a brief flash of the old Allardyce when he danced in front of Crystal Palace's mascot before the home game with Sunderland - but the music soon stopped as his side were 4-0 down to their relegation rivals by half-time.
It was a result that snuffed out the brief optimism of his only league win, a 2-0 victory at Bournemouth. Palace's fans are unimpressed with Allardyce and his methods, but more significantly by his results.
Palace and Allardyce simply cannot wait any longer to get their act together - they must start getting results to move out of trouble and for their manager to prove he has not arrived at Selhurst Park as badly damaged goods.
It is understood the woman, who is 26, lived at the house on Ashgrove Road with her two young children.
Police have appealed for Stephen McFarlane, 33, to contact them and have asked the public not to approach him.
They are also trying to trace the movements of a white Audi A6, registration, T44 SMF.
Police have not released any further details of what happened to the woman.
In a statement they said they were "investigating a serious assault at an address in the Ashgrove Road" on Wednesday night.
"A 26-year-old woman has been taken to hospital for treatment for her injuries," they added.
"Her condition is described as critical."
Vincent Cassidy was walking with Ross Sherlock, having collected his children from primary school, when a gunman opened fire in Bishopbriggs.
Mr Cassidy said he froze and did not see the gunman's face.
He was giving evidence at the trial of William Burns and Alexander Porter who both deny attempting to murder Mr Sherlock on 24 September 2015.
The jury at the High Court in Glasgow heard that Mr Cassidy and Mr Sherlock had collected their children from St Helen's Primary and were walking along chatting when the attack happened.
A man wearing fluorescent yellow clothing appeared, produced a gun and fired at Mr Sherlock who ran off.
The jury has previously heard that one of the shots fractured Mr Sherlock's arm.
Mr Cassidy was asked by prosecutor Richard Goddard: "Does your police statement say; 'The one thing I noticed was that he didn't fancy chasing after Ross. He only took a few steps and then stopped and fired'?"
He replied: "Yes. I said that."
He did not agree, however, that he had given police a description of the gunman's face, his height and build.
When asked about those parts of his statement Mr Cassidy replied: "I've signed the statement but I did not say these words. I didn't see the face at all."
When asked if he could identify the gunman Mr Cassidy replied: "I didn't see the man's face. I only saw the back of him.'
He added: "I kind of froze and then got my kids out of the way as quickly as possible."
The trial later heard evidence that police found three cartridges and a bullet near the scene.
Det Sgt Allan MacInnes said that two cartridges were found in the roadway at Dornoch Place and the third in a driveway.
The bullet was found at the junction of Pentland Drive with Ronaldsay Drive.
The jury was also told that about 10 minutes after the shooting a silver-coloured Volkwagen Golf was found on fire at Wood Lane, Bishopbriggs.
IT engineer John McDermott said that he saw smoke billowing in the air and when he went to investigate discovered a car ablaze.
Mr McDermott told prosecutor Richard Goddard: "I could see smoke billowing out. I went to see what it was. I could see there was a car on fire. I think it was a VW Golf. Glass was popping and flames were coming out."
Firefighter Martin White told the jury that the blaze had been deliberately started in the passenger compartment after petrol had been poured in.
William Burns, 56, and Alexander Porter, 48, both from Paisley, deny attempting to murder Ross Sherlock by repeatedly discharging a handgun at him on 24 September, 2015, at Dornoch Place and Ronaldsay Drive, Bishopbriggs.
They also deny assaulting crime journalist Russell Findlay to the danger of his life at his home in the west end of Glasgow on 23 December, 2015 by throwing sulphuric acid in his face.
The prosecution alleges that these alleged offences were aggravated by a connection with serious organised crime.
Mr Burns has lodged a special defence of alibi in relation to the attempted murder of Mr Sherlock claimed he was working at Guinea Enviro in Maryhill, Glasgow, at the time.
He has also lodged a special defence incriminating another man, whose whereabouts are unknown, for the shooting.
The trial before judge Lord Matthews continues.
The bodies were found at a house in Dawson Avenue in Spalding on Friday.
Police believe they are Elizabeth Edwards, 49, and her 13-year-old daughter Katie although they have not been formally identified.
The two teenagers have both been remanded to appear before Lincoln Magistrates' Court on Monday.
They are believed to be a boy and a girl, but officers have not confirmed this.
Post-mortem examinations on the victims are due to be carried out shortly.
Det Ch Insp Martin Holvey, who is leading the inquiry, has appealed for anyone who was in the Dawson Avenue area from about midday on Wednesday 13 April to the same time on Friday to contact the police.
He added: "Our officers will continue to carry out inquiries in the locality and local uniformed officers will also be in the area.
"If you have any concerns please don't hesitate to talk to them."
Neighbours said that they last saw Ms Edwards, a dinner lady at a local primary school, on Tuesday.
Posting on Facebook, Ms Edwards' partner Graham Green wrote: "My babe has gone but you will always in my heart forever and ever and ever.
"The lady meant the world to me, she was my rock. Katie, so young, lots of good times in front of us been taken away r.i.p."
A friend of Katie's described her as being "like a sister" and Ms Edwards as a second mother.
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Haye, who turned 31 on Thursday, always said he would not fight on past the age of 30.
"It has been my intention to retire from boxing on this day ever since I first laced up my gloves as a skinny 10-year-old," Haye said in a statement.
Haye's last fight was against Wladimir Klitschko on 2 July, when he lost his WBA title in Hamburg.
There had been speculation Haye could fight Wladimir's older brother Vitali in 2012, despite reports earlier this week that the Londoner did not want to renew his boxing licence, which runs out in December.
"I know that Wladimir won't fight me again," Haye told BBC Sport. "Vitali is a different case, he is someone who would give me the opportunity to give me my credibility back.
"But that fight is not going to happen so you have to move on."
On Tuesday, Vitali's promoter Bernd Boente told BBC Radio 5 live that he has been in talks with Haye's trainer, Adam Booth, about a possible bout next year.
But Haye denied that the announcement he is quitting the sport was a tactic in negotiations to try to secure that fight.
"If this was something I'd just come up with last week I could understand people saying that," Haye explained. "But I've been saying since I was an amateur that I would retire on my 31st birthday, so this is the day.
"I love boxing, I love training, but you've got to call it a day sooner or later. Too many fighters over the years have gone on way too long. Now's a great time. I feel healthy, there's no damage, why not?
"Vitali Klitschko did show an interest in sharing a ring with me in 2012. But since that initial declaration we have heard the wrong noises from Team Klitschko, which has left me thinking there is little chance of the fight ever coming to fruition."
When asked whether he would consider another big-money fight, Haye added: "I doubt it."
And he says he already has plans for life outside the ring.
"The next phase of my career will be acting," said Haye. "I'm going to study acting and be the best actor I can be.
"I'm going to take the same mindset I had in my athletic career because to get anything out of life you have to put in the hard work and graft. I'm looking forward to challenging myself."
Despite finishing his career with a poor performance, his trainer Booth said it was up to the public to decide where he ranked among heavyweights.
"People will remember David as how they choose too. I have fond memories of the ups and downs," he told Sky Sports News.
"He's generated as much money as he would have liked. He's won as many titles as he could. There was a sense that a man with an ego the size of David Haye's might want to have one more go to restore or repair some of his reputation. But there's a finality to this statement - and maybe we have seen the last of David Haye in a boxing ring."
Haye, who had moved up from cruiserweight to take the heavyweight title, lost it in a unification bout when he was beaten convincingly on points by Wladimir.
The Briton claimed afterwards that his performance against the WBO, IBF and IBO champion had been hampered by a broken toe.
Haye had previously won the WBA belt by beating giant Russian Nikolay Valuev on points in Germany in November 2009.
He then defended his title by stopping American John Ruiz at the MEN Arena the following April.
His other successful defence came against compatriot Audley Harrison in Manchester, when he produced a devastating display to force a third-round stoppage.
For the latest updates and reaction to this story, read Sportsday Live. Have your say on Twitter via the hashtag #bbcsportsday."
Net profit rose 6% to €554m ($621m; £439m), ahead of analysts' expectations, with sales up 12%.
The company, which is still expanding, said new stores and new internet sites were opening in line with its targets.
Inditex has more than 7,000 stores in 90 countries. In early trading the retailer's shares were up 4%.
Inditex operates eight store brands, including Massimo Dutti and Bershka.
Its newest stores include openings in Vietnam, New Zealand, Paraguay, Aruba and Nicaragua. It is planning to be online in all European countries this year,
The Tigers boss was critical of the state of the KCOM's pitch after his side beat Swansea 2-1 on Saturday.
It came less than 24 hours after Hull FC beat St Helens in the Super League on the same pitch.
"There's so many things the club needs to improve," said Silva.
"One team plays rugby on the Friday and then we play - for me, it's impossible at this level. I've said this to our board. It's impossible."
The stadium, owned by Hull City Council, has been shared by the two clubs since 2003.
Swansea manager Paul Clement sympathised with Silva, saying: "It's not ideal when you have a game the night before.
"Any kind of game, never mind a rugby league game, the night before a Premier League game, in my opinion that's not right."
Since 2005, the Swans have shared their Liberty Stadium home with the Ospreys rugby union team - who have been forced to switch next month's European Challenge Cup quarter-final to Cardiff after both sides were set to play at home on the same day.
Silva had praise for match-winner Oumar Niasse after the substitute's two-goal display.
The Senegal striker struggled at Everton after joining in January 2016 for £13.5m, but has thrived since a January loan move to Hull.
"We tried to find solutions in the market to help our team and Niasse was a player who was different to our other strikers," Silva added.
"He's one player to come here and help us. He feels as well that we believe in him and that's important for him and the other strikers."
The conditions at Glencoe Mountain Resort, which are highly sought after by skiers and snowboarders, followed heavy snowfalls over the last few days.
Snowaction magazine has rated the centre as having the best powder snow of any of the world's ski resorts at the moment.
The last day of skiing at Glencoe for the 2014-15 season is 4 May.
A spokesperson for Glencoe Mountain said: "Conditions for this time of year are truly exceptional.
"The conditions are more like what you would expect on a midwinter.
"Normally by the May weekend we are skiing on large patches of snow."
The Namibians won 5-4 on penalties after the match ended 1-1 on aggregate.
Zimbabwe were hailed as heroes just two weeks ago after winning the Cosafa Cup, the southern African championship.
"We haven't had a league running since April last year, so it's been very tough for us," Namibia coach Ricardo Mannetti told BBC Sport.
The Chan is contested by footballers playing in their own domestic league.
"80% of the squad have not been playing regularly and the only matches we had as a team were at Cosafa, where some played 1-2 matches," added Mannetti.
"So we had to take these players, put them in camp, feed them and get them mentally prepared and all that. For most of them, this was the (only) second or third match over a year."
The Namibian Premier League, which has lost its sponsorship, has not been contested since the 2015-16 season ended 15 months ago.
Rumours of backroom tussles between the Namibian FA and the local league have emerged in the media.
Unlike the Namibians, who had been in camp for three months to prepare for both Cosafa and Chan, Zimbabwe blamed their loss - which came despite winning Sunday's second leg 1-0 - on insufficient build-up.
"The only time we had the full squad in training was Friday," said Sunday Chidzambwa. "With these tournaments, you need a bit of time to prepare. You don't prepare a team well in a short space of time."
Namibia will meet Comoros in the next round, after the island nation knocked out Lesotho.
The Chan was introduced in 2008 to showcase local talent, with many senior national squads composed of Europe-based stars.
Qualifying is played on a regional basis in a bid to keep travelling costs to a minimum.
The final qualifying round will take place in August when the 15 teams that will join hosts Kenya in January's finals will become known.
DR Congo, who have won two of the four Chans contested so far and face Congo in August, are the reigning champions.
Mauritania 0 Liberia 1
Guinea 7 Guinea-Bissau 0
Senegal 3 Sierra Leone 1
Mali 4 The Gambia 0
Benin 1 Togo 1
Burundi 0 Sudan 0
Second leg to be played on 28 July
Uganda 5 South Sudan 1
Rwanda 0 Tanzania 0
Ethiopia v Djibouti
Lesotho 1 Comoros 0
Zimbabwe 1 Namibia 0
Mozambique 0 Madagascar 2
Angola 3 Mauritius 2
South Africa 1 Botswana 0
Zambia 3 Swaziland 0
Bridge operator Amey said the date of 4 January was dependent on the weather, but said the work was on track.
MSPs were given the target date at a briefing on progress on repairs.
The bridge has been closed to all traffic since 4 December after a crack was discovered in a truss under the carriageway.
Repairs on the damaged area are now underway, with scaffolding erected around the northeast main tower leg and new steelwork being lifted into place.
Engineers are performing a "plate welded repair" around the broken truss, which will involve metal splints being attached to either side.
A spokeswoman for Amey said engineers were "working towards" having the bridge open on 4 January, but noted that this was "dependent on weather conditions".
Work on the exposed area cannot be carried out when wind speeds exceed 35mph.
Crews working on the neighbouring Queensferry Crossing have assisted with efforts to erect an elevated working platform around the damaged area.
Amey is also taking preventative action on another seven similar locations on the bridge to prevent issues from arising there, and installing structural monitoring systems.
It is estimated the work will cost around £2m to complete.
Other maintenance is also being carried out while the bridge is closed, including line painting and decking work, which authorities said would reduce the need for future closures and restrictions.
MSPs were updated on progress at a special briefing with Amey and Transport Scotland at the bridge. Concerns have been raised about the impact on local businesses as well as commuters, with an estimated 70,000 vehicles normally crossing the bridge between Edinburgh and Fife daily.
A political row over the state of the bridge and its maintenance has broken out. A Holyrood committee will deliberate the scope of a potential "focused" inquiry on Wednesday.
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Their Championship opponents might not agree, having seen the Centurions lift the past three league titles, and lose just three games in that time - not to mention an outlay on players few, if any, of them could match.
However, it has not always been such a glorious story in the league-mad town.
BBC Sport outlines Leigh's journey from the depths to delight in the space of seven years.
Leigh demolished their Championship rivals in 2016, finishing top of the table - and they have gone on to win all five games so far in the Super 8s Qualifiers.
Not even top-flight teams such as Huddersfield and Hull KR have been able to bar their path to the Super League, with both despatched en route to securing promotion with two games to spare.
No-one is prouder than captain Micky Higham, who arrived at the Sports Village in 2015 for a record fee to guide his hometown team back to the top flight.
"It's the club I grew up watching as a kid and I'm a hometown boy," he told BBC Sport.
"It is a special moment in my career and up there with one of the best. I'm ecstatic that we've finally done it because the club have been knocking on the door for a while and to do it is a special effort.
"Credit to (owner) Derek Beaumont for backing the club and making it what it is today."
There was certainly little to cheer about back in 2009.
Just four years after the team had graced Super League, Ian Millward's side contemplated life at the bottom of the ladder after relegation from the Championship.
Players such as England international Chris Hill, Martyn Ridyard and Adam Higson, were part of the squad that was condemned to the drop by Gateshead Thunder's 56-0 victory against Doncaster on the final day.
However, Thunder brought about a reprieve for Leigh when owner Steven Garside withdrew funding, winding up the holding company and in turn relegating the north-east club instead.
"I remember it was a real dark place," Higham said. "I was leaving Wigan for Warrington at the time, but as a Leigh lad, given the potential of going down, it was a real stroke of luck.
"It must have just re-galvanised them, made everyone realise we need to push on here and they have done."
Leigh took their second chance at Championship level in 2010 and have not finished any lower than fourth since, posting two runners-up placings in addition to their recent hat-trick of titles.
While Hill was lured away to Super League with Warrington - winning young player of the year and an England call-up after a phenomenal opening campaign - Leigh continued to develop.
Initially Millward took the team on, and Paul Rowley then took charge in 2012 before long-term assistant Neil Jukes was given control on the eve of this season.
"Rowls put in the foundations and the building blocks," Higham added. "The abrupt end came before the first game, it was a shock to everybody and it really rattled us.
"We went to Batley and lost our first game and Neil was under the pump.
"They way he's taken it on and handled it, we were a big club in the Championship, and he took it on every week.
"Players like him, they respect him, he's got good staff behind him now with Paul Anderson and Paul Cooke. I am made up for Jukesy as he is a great bloke."
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The passion for rugby league in Leigh is as rich as the flavours of local delicacy 'lobby', with John Woods, Alex Murphy, David Eckersley and Des Drummond among the Leythers' heroes of the past.
Leigh's class of 2016 have joined that pantheon of club greats, having brought the excitement of Super League back to their part of Greater Manchester.
"It's a rugby league town," Higham continued. "There is not really a football team in the area - it's just about rugby and the crowds are coming back now.
"They have been starved of that top league for a few years and there is a real buzz about the place. This one is for the fans - they've been through thick and thin."
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Leigh's investment in personnel stepped up a notch in 2015, when longer-term talents such as Ridyard, Higson, Gregg McNally, Bob Beswick and Ryan Brierley were recruited along with internationals such as Fuifui Moimoi and Gareth Hock.
Challenge Cup victories over Salford and Wakefield that season were not backed up amid huge expectations in the Qualifiers - with just one win in seven games.
Although Brierley left the club, further imports followed in 2016 with Dayne Weston, Willie Tonga and Matty Dawson finally helping Leigh over the line and into the top flight.
"What's changed it is having the salary cap opened up," owner Derek Beaumont told BBC Radio Manchester.
"That was the biggest difference, allowing us to spend the same as Super League clubs, we had Super League and NRL players in our squad."
Promotion is just the start for Beaumont, who says his ambitions have grown from just getting to Super League to wanting to win silverware.
Four new players are set to arrive for next season to bolster the squad, with "three or four" further additions still being considered.
The existing squad are also keen to take on the big guns, having come up against Warrington, Salford, Hull KR and Wakefield in recent campaigns.
"We just want to consolidate our place in Super League," Higham added. "We don't want to be a one hit wonder. We want to go up and perform and push towards the top eight.
"I think the challenge for us now is to back up the intensity. You play Wigan one week, then it could be Leeds, Hull, St Helens - there is no respite."
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The crash involving a red car and a white pick-up style truck happened on the Sittingbourne-bound carriageway at about 13:15 BST.
The driver of the car, a 42-year-old woman from Sheerness and her son died in the crash, Kent Police said.
The pick-up truck driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
A six-year-old boy also in the car suffered minor injuries and was taken to a London hospital for treatment.
The bridge was closed in both directions for several hours, with traffic being diverted over the Kingsferry Bridge.
The Sheppey-bound carriageway has since reopened.
Newspapers used to take a chunk of page two for the editor to trumpet the (sometimes selective use of) circulation figures, and "how much better we've been selling than our down-market, parochial rival rag" - or similar.
You don't see that so much now, because none of the sales figures are to be trumpeted.
Newspapers remain an important pillar of Scottish life, politics, culture and identity. The four city-based titles are all more than 200 years old - The Scotsman and Courier reaching that milestone in the past year.
They don't do much to report on themselves. Yet there's rarely been so much interest and discussion of news and how it is reported.
The constitutional debates about Scotland and Brexit excite theories of newspaper conspiracy, and over-powerful proprietors.
Social media has given access to everyone, on an equal basis, to have their say, where many are contemptuous or dismissive of "the MSM" (mainstream media) or "dead tree press".
One such conspiracy theorist has taken up residence in the White House, and is using that "bully pulpit" to trash the big news brands. Fake news, he says. Fake. Sad. His people have "alternative facts". There may be lessons there for us all. More of President Trump later.
Close to home turf for me, this week brought an unusual sensation. For the first time in 28 years as a journalist, I'm working for an organisation that has ambitious plans for significant expansion.
A digital TV channel for Scotland, including an hour-long news programme, viewing Scotland, the UK and the world from a Scottish studio, is an exciting prospect.
To have spent nearly three decades inside an industry in gradual and then more rapid decline, facing cuts, job losses and narrowing ambitions, takes its toll. It's more difficult to be creative and bold in that environment, or to take risks.
So this could change. It brings 80 more journalists at the BBC, and the opportunity to try new approaches to news.
To its credit, STV has got to a similar plan, and earlier. If there's one thing we envy of our broadcast rivals just along the south bank of the Clyde, it's the ability to take decisions quickly.
It is doing so by taking the city TV licences for Glasgow and Edinburgh, adding Dundee, Aberdeen and Ayr later this year, and making a sort of national network. That may somewhat undermine the intended spirit of local TV, but it's an innovative response in a changing market.
The newspapers gave the BBC's initiative far more coverage than their own part of the industry. Broadcasters fill a lot of column inches, from plundering political interviews to personal dramas about soap opera stars, generating a steady flow of on-screen celebrity.
It was down to the BBC, and to the media trade press and websites, to report the full-year sales figures for so-called 'regional' newspapers, which were published this week by the industry's audit organisation.
They were all down. The National led the charge, falling 30% to 8,500 daily sales. That somewhat undermines the arguments that other papers are suffering the consequence of being out of kilter with the political zeitgeist. Political slant doesn't matter half as much as political people think.
The National may yet be viable, because it has the back office management, advertising sales and printing capacity of the Herald and Evening Times group.
The National can pursue its strongly pro-independence agenda with very few resources; a small number of young journalists, a very imaginative graphic designer, and its in-house Wee Ginger Dug.
More worrying is the plight of The Scotsman. Sales were down 14% to below 20,000. More than 2,000 of them are given away for free.
The daily provides the infrastructure for Scotland on Sunday, which saw sales down 26% on the second half of 2015. The Edinburgh Evening News, also in that group, was down 16% to 18,400 - more than the other three city "evening" titles. (They're not really evening papers now, so much as local. Almost all their content is in place before that day's morning titles.)
Many of these titles attract much bigger audiences for their online news, which is free to access. But few offer reliable, audited figures. The Scotsman's number is just under 100,000 visitors per day: The Herald at 88,000.
No-one is getting rich from the advertising that comes with online news. There's recent evidence that, for all its falling sales, print still gets much more time than the written word on screen, and advertisers pay heed to such evidence.
Saturday sales illustrate that. Even at much higher prices, many titles see their print sales lift at the weekend. The Guardian sells around 8,000 on the average weekday in Scotland, but that nearly doubles on Saturday. Many people seem to prefer a paper to a computer screen when they're kicking back over brunch.
The Scotsman group is burdened with its proprietor's enormous debts. Johnston Press, also based in Edinburgh, is under siege from an activist investor, now with a 20% stake, which seems to have lost faith in the JP management and strategy.
That strategy is to invest in its new acquisition of the 'i' low-price quick read, which grew out of The Independent. It gives Johnston a UK-wide reach for advertising.
The group has had to sell some of its 200-plus local titles, including those in Ireland, the Isle of Man and East Anglia. More are on the sales block, though it seems Johnston want to retain The Scotsman as its best-known brand.
Industry insiders say DC Thompson, owner of The Courier, Press & Journal and Sunday Post, would be interested in taking on The Scotsman stable, at the right price.
The Dundee family firm has shown a knack for adapting in this exceptionally difficult market, by staying close to readers. But Johnston Press seems determined to soldier on as things are. It may be that the going price for The Scotsman falls far short of what its creditors require.
This has been good news for The Times, which is picking off chunks of the Edinburgh region up-market readership. Its editor, Magnus Llewellin, attributes that to investment in journalism. It has been poaching some of the more experienced writers in Scottish news and sport, including Mr Llewellin himself, formerly editor of The Herald.
Beyond that, it has been much smarter than others at bundling print sales with subscriptions. It has sent the message that if you want quality news, you should pay for it, starting with teaser subscriptions rates.
It helps that the Times website is a coherent fit with the print product. Too many other papers want to draw readers across to their online journalism, only to find that it looks and feels very different. That can undermine the brand.
The Times' subscription approach takes time and deep pockets. The title's ultimate boss, Rupert Murdoch, did something similar with Sky television. It's worked, and squeezed out rivals, from BSB to Setanta.
All this is with the backdrop of conventional news sources being trusted less. As with other institutional pillars, there's a desire to kick over the old order, and replace it with... well, what?
Citizen journalism? Websites driven from a political conviction, and crowd-funded? The cacophony of social media? Getting attention by being outrageous? Endlessly challenging the mainstream media to be more accountable?
That is where Donald Trump is dragging the debate in the USA. The industry there is much more given to navel-gazing. It has been asking whether it covered the Trump campaign phenomenon as it should, and how it now covers the presidency.
If every unwelcome news report is to be challenged, or denounced as fake news, and if the mis-statements and hypocrisy of Mr President simply meet with a shrug, how should they cover the White House?
(And having seen some of these 'trash-the-messenger' tactics used in two referendums on this side of the Pond, how would a further Scottish referendum be reported any differently from last time?)
Today, the question is how you report the president when the awkward squad of mainstream news outlets - including the BBC - is excluded from briefings.
I'm reminded of a friend who was a White House correspondent in the early 1970s. He was blacklisted by President Richard Nixon when he wrote that he had been given an ashtray with the presidential seal on it, which he was using as a water bowl for his dog.
One answer to being excluded, I'd humbly suggest, is: wear it with pride. Don't play their game. If you're not being excluded by the Trump White House, ask what you're doing wrong. You can do your job with the information that's publicly available.
In any case, what would you miss? Do we really think that the huddles of journalists around the spokesman are going to be any more newsworthy or revelatory than President Trump's attention-hungry, headline-grabbing government-by-tragi-comedy-Tweet/stump speech/monologue?
But as kids up and down the country are digging out their sledges, or hoping to, there is one burning question.
Can it really be too cold to snow?
Newsbeat takes a look at whether there is any truth in the phrase or in several other well-known weather sayings.
Hasn't everyone's mum said this at some point?
Many people believe icy temperatures reduce the number of water droplets that can freeze into snowflakes.
But according to the Met Office, this is a myth.
It can snow even at incredibly cold temperatures as long as there is a source of moisture and some way to lift or cool that moisture in the air.
However, exceptionally cold weather is often associated with very dry air, making snow more unlikely.
This means that if the clouds mushroom into large cloud "mountains", thunderstorms will follow in the afternoon.
This is true - if the clouds have developed during the morning, by the afternoon, they will have risen to the top of the atmosphere which results in rain and lightning.
This is often true.
Red sky - which appears when small particles are trapped in the atmosphere by high pressure - means fair weather is generally headed towards you.
This is especially true in the UK where the weather system usually comes in from the west.
A red sky at sunset means high pressure is moving in from the west so the next day will usually be pleasant.
A red sky in the morning appears due to the high pressure weather system having already moved east, which means the good weather is on its way out.
This saying is based on the fact that weather systems tend to move through the UK quite quickly off the Atlantic, so there is some logic to it.
But we do still have weather systems that like to hang around all day so it's not really reliable.
So if it rains on 15 July, it's supposed to rain for the next 40 days.
St Swithin was a bishop of Winchester who died around AD 862.
He requested that his remains be interred among the common people outside the church, but in 971, after he had been made patron saint of Winchester Cathedral, his body was dug up and moved to a new indoor shrine.
Legend has it that this action displeased God and caused the heavens to open, raining continuously for 40 days.
But since records began, there has never been a 40-day drought in the UK during the summer months, and there has been not one instance at any time of the year of 40 consecutive days of rainfall.
Even if it sometimes feels like it.
This old saying suggests that the weather at the beginning of March is wet and windy but by the end of the month it's fine.
While it's true that we're more likely to get strong winds and heavy rain at the start of spring, it's certainly not always the case that the end of March is settled.
And, of course, April showers are only just round the corner.
This has some truth to it.
The air mass that comes into the UK from a north-easterly direction is the Polar Continental, which has been known to create bitterly cold winds and record low temperatures on our shores.
If the ash tree shows buds before the oak then the summer is supposed to be a washout.
But if the oak buds before the ash tree then the summer should be fine.
A survey by the Woodland Trust found that the timings of the first buds appearing depends on the springtime temperatures.
Generally oak came first.
Using data collected over 250 years it showed that the proverb is no help in predicting summer rainfall.
This means that in our UK climate, heavy rain doesn't really last for very long, and it largely holds true.
Cloudy and rainy weather can continue for several days at a time but really heavy rain rarely goes on for longer than a couple of days.
It's colder when there's a clear sky because there are no clouds to trap the heat in from the earth's surface.
Stars are the most clearly visible when the air is very dry and clean.
In our case, this kind of air often arrives from the Arctic.
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ViaSat-2, which is to be stationed above the Americas, has a total throughput capacity of about 300 gigabits per second.
The spacecraft was part of a dual payload on the Ariane flight. It was joined by Eutelsat 172B, a UK/French-built platform to go over the Pacific.
Both satellites will be chasing the rampant market for wi-fi on aeroplanes.
Airlines are currently in a headlong rush to equip their fleets with connections that will allow passengers to use their mobile devices in mid-air.
More than 6,000 commercial aircraft worldwide were offering an onboard wi-fi service in 2016; it is expected more than 17,000 will be doing so by 2021.
In-flight internet has traditionally had a terrible reputation, but there is a feeling now that the latest technology really can give passengers a meaningful slice of bandwidth and at a competitive price.
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The Ariane left the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana at 20:45 local time, Thursday (23:45 GMT), ejecting the satellites into their transfer orbits about half an hour later.
Both must now get themselves into their final positions. Noteworthy is the fact that ViaSat-2 and 172B will be using electric engines to do this.
These work by accelerating and expelling ions at high speed. The process provides less thrust than a standard chemical engine, but saves substantially on propellant mass.
That saving can be traded to get either a lower-priced launch ticket, or to pack even greater capacity into the satellite's communications payload for no additional weight.
The US, Boeing-built ViaSat-2 uses a mix of chemical and electric propulsion, but Eutelsat's platform is all-electric - the first such design to come from Europe's biggest space manufacturer, Airbus.
ViaSat-2 will be providing broadband services to fixed customers across North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and a portion of northern South America.
But the satellite is also configured to service planes and ships, and in particular it is looking to grab a significant share of business out over the Atlantic.
The aviation sector currently is a key battleground for satellite operators; it is where they are seeing double-digit growth.
In the US, working with airlines such as JetBlue, ViaSat has already found success through its existing high-throughput ViaSat-1 spacecraft.
With the extra capacity on ViaSat-2, it aims to do better still.
"We think people want to use their devices in the air the way they do on the ground; that's the bet we've made," said ViaSat Chief Operating Officer Rick Baldridge.
"JetBlue delayed their in-flight wi-fi offering, waiting for us, and now they're giving it away for free and we're providing 12 megabits per second to every seat, including streaming video," he told BBC News.
ViaSat-2's "footprint" touches the western coast of Europe, but aeroplanes travelling further east will be handed seamlessly to a better-positioned Eutelsat spacecraft, which should enable passengers to stay connected all the way across to Turkey if needs be.
This is one of the benefits of the strategic alliance that the two satellite companies have formed. And in time this will see the pair operate a ViaSat-3 platform together over Europe. This spacecraft is being built to have a total throughput capacity of one terabit per second.
From its position very close to the International Date Line, Eutelsat's 172B spacecraft is going to target - amongst other business - the flight corridors of the Asia-Pacific region. And it has some very smart British technology to do this in the form of a multi port amplifier.
This can flexibly switch power between the satellite's 11 spot beams to make sure the available bandwidth is always focused where it is needed most - whether that be on the planes moving east-west from Japan to California, say, or when they go in the other direction as a cluster at a different time of day.
"To oversimplify, in-flight connectivity has mostly been restricted to the US. But now it is expanding into the Asia-Pacific region and it's also coming to Europe," said Rodolphe Belmer, Eutelsat's chief executive officer.
"We see spontaneous demand from airlines and it's booming. It's true the technology hasn't always delivered, but you will see with the introduction of very high throughput satellites in the next few years that we will be able to… bring a massive quantity of bandwidth onboard the plane, meaning you can stream Netflix in HD. That's a game-changer."
Euroconsult is one of the world's leading analyst groups following the satellite industry. Its research confirms the rapid growth now taking place, and says this will only accelerate.
Euroconsult's recent report on in-flight-connectivity (IFC) predicted nearly half of all commercial planes would be enabled by 2021, pushing revenues for the suppliers of onboard services from $1bn to $6.5bn inside 10 years. But Euroconsult's CEO, Pacôme Revillon, said there will be winners and losers in this IFC race and this would likely be decided in the very near future.
"Going to 2020, approximately 50% of aircraft could have opted for their chosen connectivity solutions, and certainly all of the major airlines will have made that choice. By that stage the market share could decide who are the winners and losers, and we anticipate seeing some consolidation in this sector, with two to three companies coming to dominate the market," he told BBC News.
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But he has said the risk is there would be a rush on HGVs entering the city as soon as the ban was lifted.
Ch Supt Glyn Jones of the Metropolitan Police and transport expert Christian Wolmar give their views on making London safer to reporter Tom Edwards.
The 20-year-old, who has yet to appear for the Blues' first team, spent time on loan at League One side Gillingham this term, playing 15 matches.
While with the Gills, the England Under-20 international played at Plymouth's Home Park in the League Cup.
He joins a side currently third in League Two, six points above fourth-placed Portsmouth.
Before the signing, Pilgrims manager Derek Adams said he was working hard to bolster his squad with loan players.
The Pilgrims have lost striker Ryan Brunt for the rest of the season after a cruciate knee ligament injury, while Jordon Forster is still recovering from the head injury he sustained at Barnet.
"We're working away, we're trying to get some loan players in," Adams told BBC Radio Devon.
"I'm sure we'll have them in before the end of the transfer window."
Football League clubs have until 24 March to add loan players to their squads - the final time they will be able to do so before rules change in the summer to prevent emergency loans.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
Sullivan won with Breech!, a tender picture of his wife Virginia breastfeeding their daughter Edith.
The judges said it reminded them of Madonna and Child portraits and showed "the depth of the maternal bond".
"For a portraitist, the BP award is the only gig in town - it's the most important thing," he told BBC News.
Sullivan, who was born in Grimsby and lives in Suffolk, receives £30,000 and a gallery commission worth £5,000 at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
He said he wanted to show the "bond and connection" between mother and daughter with Breech!.
It is now going on show to the public as part of the gallery's annual exhibition of the shortlisted works, and Sullivan said his award meant even more to him knowing so many people would get to see his art.
"Hundreds of thousands of people see the show so it's wonderful from that point of view. From every angle it's great news."
He came third in last year's competition, for a portrait of poet Hugo Williams and has overall been selected a record 13 times.
Broadcaster and judge Kirsty Wark said of Breech!: "The woman is tired. She is in love. Her life has changed forever. We know her."
The 40-year-old artist often paints family members, saying that "the emotional connection between sitter and artist is at the root of all successful portraits".
"I've done lots of paintings of Ginny, my wife, throughout our 10-year relationship so it felt normal to do this now in this situation, with our first child," he told BBC News.
"It was great to see that bond and connection between them so it was important to do from that point of view."
Sullivan said he wanted the portrait to celebrate the new arrival, as well as mark the difficult time he and his wife had during the birth of Edith - who was a breech baby, as referred to in the title of the portrait.
He added that it was a time when "a sense of calm descended after the usual period of disarrangement that new parents face".
Sullivan told BBC News: "I just wanted to do a painting of the two of them... the child gets a lot of comfort from the physical thing of breast-feeding.
"Talk to any midwife and they will tell you that getting young mothers to breast feed and feel confident in public and normalise it is really important."
He said he had seen "every kind of reaction to the work", including negative, but those "in the know" - midwives and mothers with young babies - say, "Oh my God, you've got it just so".
Breech! was painted over a four-to-five-week period in his studio "when Edith's co-operation was forthcoming".
Thomas Ehretsmann was awarded second prize, and £10,000, for Double Portrait - showing his wife Caroline walking in a park when she was eight months pregnant.
The judges said the portrait, painted with layers of semi-transparent acrylic paint, showed Caroline's "sense of stillness, strength and serenity".
The third prize of £8,000 went to Antony Williams for his portrait of friend Emma Bruce, simply titled Emma, and the judges said his "distinctive technique" made the painting look "almost sculptural".
The model has been sitting for Williams for 11 years at his studio in Chertsey, and he said he wanted to show her vulnerability and determination.
New Zealand artist Henry Christian-Slane won the BP Young Artist Award of £7,000 for Gabi, showing his partner Gabi Lardies. The 26-year-old said he believes the painting - being of someone he knows so well - "balances being analytical and instinctual".
The BP Portrait Award 2017 exhibition is at the National Portrait Gallery from 22 June to 24 September and admission is free.
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During the 19th and early 20th Century, emigrants from Wales settled here, hoping to create a haven for their language, culture and faith.
Today, the town of Gaiman in the east is where the link with Wales is at its most visible. Homes and businesses have Welsh names and display Welsh flags. And it's here you'll find the highest concentration of Welsh speakers in the region.
Ana Chiabrando Rees's family started the first Welsh tearoom in the town in 1944.
Mountains of bread and butter and cakes are served alongside large pots of tea.
"Tearooms are very important here," she says, "Everyone in the country knows about them."
"I love Welsh history and I love telling people about it."
The tearooms are an example of the commercial value of the Welsh connection in Patagonia.
Gaiman attracts tourists in their thousands every year, mainly from Argentina but also "from all across the world", Ana explains.
"If they know about Wales they come and say 'oh, wow this is like Wales!' If not they like it here because it's different," she says.
Anna's ancestors were Welsh settlers. She has learnt Welsh and describes it as "the language of my heart".
It was 150 years ago on 28 July when about 160 Welsh emigrants arrived in Argentina aboard the Mimosa tea-clipper.
But not everyone who runs a traditional Welsh tearoom here has links with Wales. They are running successful businesses in a place where 'Welshness' sells.
Gaiman's mayor, Gabriel Restucha, a Welsh speaker himself, says the town's economy owes a great deal to its heritage.
"Of course the tourist side of things helps us a lot," he said.
"That's why we've been fixing an historic tunnel, doing something with the old railway.
"If I'm elected mayor again next year I want to keep on strengthening the links with Wales and our history."
Emergency services were called to Sunderland Hall late on Tuesday afternoon following reports of a man being badly injured.
The victim has been named locally as Kenny Scott, 58, originally from Jedburgh, but latterly living at Minto.
Despite efforts from paramedics and the call-out of an air ambulance, he was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
Members of the Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team were also called out due to the difficult terrain.
A spokesman said: "All involved are deeply saddened by this tragic outcome and our thoughts are with the family of the deceased."
The Health and Safety Executive has been made aware of the accident and a full investigation into the circumstances will be launched.
A spokesman said: "We have been made aware of an incident at Sunderland Hall and we are liaising with Police Scotland to determine the circumstances."
He told the BBC:"The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race."
His warning came in response to a question about a revamp of the technology he uses to communicate, which involves a basic form of AI.
But others are less gloomy about AI's prospects.
The theoretical physicist, who has the motor neurone disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is using a new system developed by Intel to speak.
Machine learning experts from the British company Swiftkey were also involved in its creation. Their technology, already employed as a smartphone keyboard app, learns how the professor thinks and suggests the words he might want to use next.
Prof Hawking says the primitive forms of artificial intelligence developed so far have already proved very useful, but he fears the consequences of creating something that can match or surpass humans.
"It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever increasing rate," he said.
"Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't compete, and would be superseded."
But others are less pessimistic.
"I believe we will remain in charge of the technology for a decently long time and the potential of it to solve many of the world problems will be realised," said Rollo Carpenter, creator of Cleverbot.
Cleverbot's software learns from its past conversations, and has gained high scores in the Turing test, fooling a high proportion of people into believing they are talking to a human.
Mr Carpenter says we are a long way from having the computing power or developing the algorithms needed to achieve full artificial intelligence, but believes it will come in the next few decades.
"We cannot quite know what will happen if a machine exceeds our own intelligence, so we can't know if we'll be infinitely helped by it, or ignored by it and sidelined, or conceivably destroyed by it," he says.
But he is betting that AI is going to be a positive force.
Prof Hawking is not alone in fearing for the future.
In the short term, there are concerns that clever machines capable of undertaking tasks done by humans until now will swiftly destroy millions of jobs.
In the longer term, the technology entrepreneur Elon Musk has warned that AI is "our biggest existential threat".
In his BBC interview, Prof Hawking also talks of the benefits and dangers of the internet.
He quotes the director of GCHQ's warning about the net becoming the command centre for terrorists: "More must be done by the internet companies to counter the threat, but the difficulty is to do this without sacrificing freedom and privacy."
He has, however, been an enthusiastic early adopter of all kinds of communication technologies and is looking forward to being able to write much faster with his new system.
But one aspect of his own tech - his computer generated voice - has not changed in the latest update.
Prof Hawking concedes that it's slightly robotic, but insists he didn't want a more natural voice.
"It has become my trademark, and I wouldn't change it for a more natural voice with a British accent," he said.
"I'm told that children who need a computer voice, want one like mine."
To the Italians, she is Francesca Marina. To her mother, she is simply called Gift.
Just four days old, the baby was born on an Italian naval rescue ship, the Bettica.
Her mother, Stephanie Samuel, is recovering in the same hospital in Ragusa. They endured a 10-hour boat ride, and eight hours of labour.
Stephanie Samuel had worked as a housemaid in Tripoli but after two years, and with a deteriorating security situation in Libya, she decided that even though heavily pregnant, she had to escape.
"I think that Italy is more good than Libya, so I decide to come to Italy," she explained in broken English. "I thought I would come to Italy and have the baby a week later."
Despite the dangers of the crossing - it cost her $600 (530 euros) in a boat packed with nearly 100 other people - she was prepared for the risk.
"I'm not scared," she said. "I make up my mind, and I'm not scared, because I believe there is God."
Her husband, Valentino, is still in Libya. He received news of the birth in a telephone call.
"I told him I'm here safely and I have a baby, a baby girl, and he was happy," she said.
"I'm happy to have Gift, she's my first daughter, my first born," she added.
Stephanie Samuel had been brought on board unconscious. She was having fits, and the medics had to administer a sedative to allow her to give birth.
Dr Sara Modde, of CISOM, the emergency services of the Order of Malta, was the doctor on board. She had only delivered two babies previously.
"The labour was really intense and exhausting, because the mother was continually sedated - to prevent her epileptic attacks we used Valium," she explained.
"It was difficult since it was her first pregnancy, and she was delivering in a very difficult situation."
A tent was set up on deck to allow privacy, but when the baby finally arrived, the whole ship heard about it.
"With one last push Stephanie let out a great cry. So everybody outside knew that a baby girl had been born," she said.
"The other migrants started clapping, and singing hymns. Even though it was the middle of the night, the entire crew, including the captain, joined in."
Dr Modde explained that the crew chose the name Francesca after Francis of Assisi. And Marina means "navy" in Italian.
Without the Italian rescue services, Stephanie and Gift's journey could have ended in tragedy.
But despite the pain and the suffering of their crossing they made it to here in Sicily and the promise of a better life.
And for the tens of thousands of other migrants, still waiting to cross the Mediterranean, that story is likely to inspire, rather than deter them from making their own journey.
Gift is still in a serious condition in the intensive care unit.
Stephanie Samuel says their journey is far from over. When she recovers, she expects to go to a reception centre on the island.
She hopes that they can stay in Europe, and that her husband may yet get to meet his baby daughter.
Christopher Williams, 25, who was living in Derby, died at the scene of the crash on the A52, in Bottesford, on 25 May 2016.
Garry Allen, 33, of Cressing Road, Braintree, Essex, was arrested at the time and has now been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
He is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Friday.
Wards 2C, 5C and 7C at the biggest hospital in the Highlands had earlier been closed to new admissions after about 30 patients fell ill.
NHS Highland said the suspension of all visits would help staff tackle the outbreak of sickness.
The health board said the virus was "rife" in the local community.
Dr Adam Brown, consultant microbiologist at NHS Highland, said: "We currently have a high number of patients in hospital with symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting and we also know it is rife in the community.
"By reducing the amount of traffic coming in to the hospital we hope that will reduce the risk of any more outbreaks of norovirus."
"We would ask members of the public not to come in to hospital to visit any ward unless by prior arrangement with the nurse in charge."
He added: "Hospital staff will of course be very happy to talk to visitors on the phone so they can get updates on how their relatives are."
Though the virus is known as the winter vomiting bug, NHS Highland said norovirus occurs all year round and there is no vaccine.
The virus is highly contagious and continually changes. People do not develop lasting immunity so can catch it more than once in a year, the health board said.
A sudden sick feeling followed by forceful vomiting and watery diarrhoea are usually the first signs of the bug.
The symptoms commonly last a couple of days, but can last longer in older people.
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Wales will wear black armbands instead, while fans at Cardiff City Stadium will form a poppy mosaic before kick-off.
Football's world governing body Fifa prohibits any political, religious or commercial messages on shirts.
But England and Scotland will defy this in their match on Friday.
Both nation's football associations will let players wear black armbands with poppy emblems and are willing to accept any punishment.
Fifa has since said that reports of a ban on wearing poppies are a "distortion of the facts".
Wales manager Chris Coleman defended the FAW approach on the eve of facing Serbia
He said: "Of course we back the FA. There's a lot been said about it, the fact the game's live on TV tomorrow night, we're standing by the rule that Fifa put in place, we've been respectful of that and I back our decision.
"Remembrance Day is today (Friday), though, and that's when we'll be showing our respects in the right manner, as we always do.
"We're very respectful of Remembrance Day, we know the sacrifices that were made by the men and women who lost their lives for us.
"So we'll be showing our respect today in the right and proper manner."
Coleman was asked if some of the criticism aimed at the FAW stance was unfair.
He replied: "That's the way it's going to be. There will be certain people, unfortunately, using it as a vehicle to give their opinion.
"Whether or not they like us or not, maybe it's an excuse to have a little dig at us.
"I'm quite sure other people are using it for their own benefit - that's how it is, unfortunately, sadly.
"To say that we're not being respectful, given the measures we're going to today and tomorrow... the criticism will come but we don't listen to that, we'll ignore that."
England Under-21 wore poppies on black armbands during their win over Italy on Thursday night.
Football Association of Wales (FAW) chief executive Jonathan Ford earlier said: "Fifa have turned down a request made by the FAW for the Wales National Team to wear poppies on their shirts or on armbands.
"It has therefore, been decided that Wales will wear black armbands during their 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifying match against Serbia.
"The FAW naturally wishes to respect and honour those who fought and lost their lives fighting for their country.
"We felt unable to take the risk of a financial penalty or point deduction. However, as we always have done at this time of year, we will be paying our respects in other ways."
Members of the Flanders Welsh War Memorial at Langemark will be in attendance at the match as invited guests of the FAW.
A delegation of Welsh management and players will also visit a war memorial on Remembrance Sunday.
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Grainger, 40, won silver at three successive Games before finally claiming gold at London 2012 - and then taking a two-year sabbatical.
Jonny Walton and John Collins in the double sculls, and pair Alan Sinclair and Stewart Innes also made finals.
But Britain's lightweight men's four failed to make it through the semis.
Katherine Copeland will not retain her Olympic title as she and Charlotte Taylor went out in the repechage of the lightweight double sculls.
It leaves the British rowing team with six boats so far through to finals in Rio.
Earlier, Alan Campbell reached the semi-finals of the men's single sculls by finishing second in his heat.
The 33-year-old was the fifth fastest qualifier, 4.97 seconds outside the leading time, set by Croatia's European champion Damir Martin.
Campbell won bronze at London 2012, and is the first Northern Irishman to compete at four Olympic Games.
Since returning to rowing two years ago, Grainger had struggled to find the same kind of dominant form that helped her win gold alongside Anna Watkins in 2012.
However, Grainger and Thornley impressed in their semi-final in Rio, finishing just under two seconds behind Poland's Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska and Natalia Madaj.
Their hopes were boosted further as the world champion pair from New Zealand and highly-fancied Australians both failed to qualify for the final.
"Getting a medal is always the most thrilling, exciting, wonderful thing you can do at an Olympics," said Grainger.
"Right now it is about getting the best performance out of the two of us and if that's fast enough that's where we want to be."
Thornley, 28, said: "We're in an Olympic final. It probably is our best performance as a pair. There's a lot of pressure in a semi-final.
"There's all to play for and we haven't shown everything yet. Today is a giant leap forward; we've put a lot of work in the last six weeks."
"That's a step up from anything Grainger and Thornley have shown over the last two years since Katherine came back.
"The best thing is not only have they qualified, they would have come second in the other semi, so they are right in the mix for a medal.
"The Poles might get them again, they have been the form crew of the season, but they are in the mix."
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A Shelflife phone app links stories and pictures provided by donors to tags attached to the goods.
Browsers in Oxfam shops can scan the tags using the app to find out about an individual item's past.
The charity believes it can sell things more easily when they have stories attached to them.
"Someone might donate a record and add that it was the song that they danced to at their wedding to its tag," said Oxfam's Emma Joy.
"We hope the pilot will prove that items with stories are more valuable and establish the monetary value of a story," she said.
Shelflife uses technology developed for a project called Tales of Things and Electronic Memory (Totem), a collaboration of academics at five UK universities. Totem has built a database of more than 6,000 objects which have been linked to their stories with tags.
Each Totem object has its own Twitter account, and tweets are sent out automatically to an object's "followers" every time its tag is scanned or new information is added to its story.
"We want to make every Oxfam shop into an interactive social museum," said Andrew Hudson-Smith, director of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London and a contributor to the Totem project.
"Second-hand goods are essentially meaningless, but when they are tagged we give them meaning," he said.
The Shelflife system uses QR Codes - black and white patterns designed to be read easily by mobile phones - printed on tags. The Totem project has supplied Oxfam with 10,000 tags with unique QR Codes for the Shelflife trial.
Oxfam customers use the Shelflife iPhone app - a similar Android app is in the works - to read the QR Codes and find out about an item or add to its history.
Oxfam is trying out Shelflife at 10 shops around Manchester, and the charity hopes to extend it to all of its shops if, as Oxfam expects, the pilot scheme shows that adding stories to them makes them more valuable.
Shelflife will also be used to add stories to new products that Oxfam sells in its shops.
The bone shows clear signs of cut marks with stone tools, and has been radiocarbon dated to 12,500 years ago.
This places humans in Ireland in the Palaeolithic era; previously, the earliest evidence of people came from the Mesolithic, after 10,000 years ago.
The brown bear bone had been stored in a cardboard box at the National Museum of Ireland for almost a century.
Since the 1970s, the oldest evidence of human occupation in Ireland has been the hunter-gatherer settlement of Mount Sandel on the banks of the River Bann, County Derry, which dates to 8,000 years ago.
Antiquarians and scientists have been searching for an Irish Palaeolithic since the second half of the 19th Century.
Over this 150-year period, occasional Palaeolithic tools have surfaced but in each case have been dismissed as objects originating from Britain that had simply been carried along by ice sheets or other geological processes.
During the Palaeolithic, Ireland was already an island, cut off from the rest of northwest Europe, so nomadic hunter-gatherer groups would have arrived by boat.
The brown bear patella - or knee bone - dates to a time at the end of the Ice Age when the climate was considerably colder.
In addition to brown bears, humans would have come into contact with - and possibly hunted - giant deer, red deer, reindeer, hare and wolves.
The discovery was made by Dr Marion Dowd, an archaeologist at IT Sligo; and Dr Ruth Carden, from the National Museum of Ireland.
"Archaeologists have been searching for the Irish Palaeolithic since the 19th Century, and now, finally, the first piece of the jigsaw has been revealed. This find adds a new chapter to the human history of Ireland," said Dr Dowd.
The adult bear bone was one of thousands of bones originally discovered in Alice and Gwendoline Cave, County Clare, in 1903. The excavators published a report on their investigations and noted that the bear bone had knife marks.
The bone has been stored in a collection at the National Museum of Ireland since the 1920s.
In 2010 and 2011, Dr Carden re-analysed and documented the museum's animal bone collection. As a specialist in cave archaeology, Dr Dowd became interested in the bone from the butchered bear and the two scientists sought to carry out radiocarbon dating of the Chrono Centre at Queen's University Belfast.
"When a Palaeolithic date was returned, it came as quite a shock. Here we had evidence of someone butchering a brown bear carcass and cutting through the knee probably to extract the tendons," said Dr Dowd.
The examinations determined that the cut marks were made on fresh bone, confirming they were of the same date as the patella, and therefore that humans were in Ireland during the Palaeolithic period.
"This made sense as the location of the marks spoke of someone trying to cut through the tough knee joint, perhaps someone who was inexperienced," explains Dr Dowd.
"In their repeated attempts, they left seven marks on the bone surface. The implement used would probably have been something like a long flint blade."
He said businesses will have to pay higher wages but will pay lower taxes in return - while workers will get higher pay but fewer benefits.
This created a "new centre" in British politics and was a "fair deal" for all, he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Labour has attacked the Budget for being too hard on the poor and called the National Living Wage a "con".
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies, in its Budget analysis, said Mr Osborne was "plain wrong" to argue that the National Living Wage he announced on Wednesday would compensate for benefit cuts and said it will cost three million families an average of £1,000 a year.
IFS director Paul Johnson told BBC News: "The cuts will be bigger for people in work than they will be for people out of work and in the new universal credit system it will reduce the incentive for people to move in to work."
He also questioned whether another of Mr Osborne's announcements, a four year freeze on public sector pay, was sustainable as it will leave public sector pay at its lowest level compared to private sector pay since records began.
"The tax and welfare changes between them mean that poorer households have lost quite significantly and as a result of yesterday's Budget, much more significantly than anything that has happened to richer households," added Mr Johnson.
Downing Street said the combination of the living wage, higher personal tax allowance and welfare changes meant the typical family with a full time worker on the minimum wage would be better off in 2020.
Mr Osborne unveiled the National Living Wage in a surprise announcement at the end of his Budget speech on Wednesday. Paid to over-25s, it will start at £7.20 and rise to £9 an hour by 2020.
But a £4.5bn cut to tax credits, part of a £12bn package of welfare cuts announced on Wednesday, will kick in next April, leading Labour to accuse Mr Osborne of "pulling the rug from under" many poor families.
Shadow Chancellor Chris Leslie said: "Don't underestimate how important those tax credits have been for many, many people who will be waking up this morning and, I think, left reeling by the massive reduction to their quality of life that will come because of the nature of this set of decisions."
Tax credits were introduced in 2003 by Gordon Brown to top-up the wages of low paid workers but Mr Osborne said their cost had ballooned to an unsustainable £30bn a year and he wanted to make businesses give their workers a pay rise instead. He will also make firms fund more apprenticeships through a new levy.
The chancellor said there were some "really great British companies" but others that "frankly have taken a free ride" by not training their own workforce and using the training that others have provided.
He said Britain has a "welfare system that is unsustainable" and that we "can't have a welfare system that just grows and grows and grows".
He said his aim was to create a welfare system that was "fair to those who need it and fair to those who pay for it".
George Osborne's stated aim was to create what he called a "new settlement". That's politician's code for re-writing the rules of politics to suit your side.
So it is that he did something rather surprising - slowing and softening spending and welfare cuts now having promised faster and deeper cuts in the run up to the election.
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The living wage will give a pay rise to six million workers but is expected to cost 60,000 jobs, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
But Mr Osborne said other measures in his Budget would help create a million more jobs.
London Mayor and Conservative MP Boris Johnson - seen as a potential rival to George Osborne to be the next Tory leader - said the National Living Wage was a "huge step in the right direction" but added that firms needed to pay the higher existing London Living Wage of £9.15 an hour to properly offset benefit cuts.
He told BBC News: "The problem with the tax credits is that they have all these cliffs and poverty traps that discourage people from earning more.
"The answer is to get more money into their pockets through the London Living Wage."
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raised through tax increases
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raised from cuts to welfare
Inheritance tax threshold rises to £1m
Corporation tax cut to 18%
Personal allowance rises to £11,000
National hourly "living wage" by 2020 of £9
The chancellor has also been criticised by a Conservative MP for protecting pensioners at the expense of young people.
Dr Phillip Lee questioned what he described as "this apparent desire to ring-fence pensioners from the realities of the financial position that this country finds itself in".
He said the government needed to reduce the amount it spends on "our pensioners and on the post-work period of our lives".
The Treasury confirmed the living wage would apply to both the public and private sectors.
The Local Government Association said it welcomed the move, but warned it would add a "potential upward pressure" to council budgets and said it expected local authorities to be compensated.
Business groups gave a mixed reaction to the National Living Wage pledge, with the Institute of Directors saying it was "time for companies to increase pay" but the CBI said the government was taking "a big gamble" on wage increases that industry might not be able to deliver.
The Living Wage Foundation director Rhys Moore said the proposed £9 rate was a "massive victory" for campaigners, but that it was "effectively a higher national minimum wage and not a living wage", due to the different ways the two rates are calculated.
The TUC welcomed the announcement but said Mr Osborne was "giving with one hand taking with the other" and "massive cuts in support for working people will hit families with children hardest".
James Anderson set England on the victory trail by removing Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman inside the first hour in a brilliant spell of swing bowling.
Captain MS Dhoni and Praveen Kumar delayed the inevitable with an entertaining partnership of 75 but Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan mopped up the tail as India were bundled out for 244.
England's victory by an innings and 242 runs gives them an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series and provides emphatic confirmation of their new status as the best team in the world.
India began the day in a hopeless position, still 486 runs adrift of making England bat again after the home side had racked up 710-7 in reply the tourists' 224.
And their predicament worsened when Anderson's first ball of the day was angled across Gambhir, caught his outside edge and was snaffled by Graeme Swann stooping low to his left at second slip.
Dravid played at a full length delivery that moved away off the seam and was caught behind, although replays showed the bat hit his foot and not the ball.
Laxman was out to an almost identical delivery, the ball brilliantly angled in to the batsman and moving away off the seam before taking the outside of the blade.
Suresh Raina looked to be getting on top of Swann as he carted him for two fours in a row, but England's off-spinner responded by firing down a flatter delivery that trapped the left-hander on his crease.
At the other end, Sachin Tendulkar remained unflustered through the mayhem, timing the ball to perfection with eight boundaries and raising the prospect of a defiant century.
But on 40 not out, disaster struck as the Little Master was run out backing up a Dhoni drive. Swann got his hand to the ball and deflected it on to the stumps, with replays confirming the bails were off just before Tendulkar was able to ground his bat.
With the crowd - hundreds of them in fancy dress - singing and dancing in the stands, Kumar got into the party mood by smashing Swann into the stands three times.
He cracked 40 off 18 balls before one slog too many picked out Ravi Bopara at cover to leave India eight down.
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Ishant Sharma was lbw to Broad and Tim Bresnan completed the job when last man Sreesanth was caught in the gully.
Andrew Strauss and his team united in a joyous huddle in the middle before shaking hands with the entire India team as they left the field.
After basking in the glory of third straight thrashing of India, England's minds will turn to inflicting a series whitewash when the fourth Test starts at the Oval on Thursday.
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Kris Doolan seized upon an awful Lennard Sowah header to swivel and fire the hosts ahead with his third goal in two games, before twice being denied by Hearts goalkeeper Jack Hamilton.
The Jam Tarts lost frustrated striker Esmael Goncalves to a second yellow card after the break.
And Liam Lindsay blasted in Partick's second to seal the three points.
Doolan is one of those unheralded Premiership strikers who consistently comes up with the goals season after season.
He got two last weekend against Hamilton, and it took him only six minutes to get on the scoresheet here. Dreadful defending from Sowah certainly helped, his header failing to clear the danger, and the ball falling to Doolan in the six-yard box, who turned smartly to hook a shot into the corner of the net.
That was his 98th goal in Thistle colours, and given the fragile confidence of the visitors - still licking their wounds from their midweek Edinburgh derby defeat - Doolan must have fancied his chances of claiming his century.
He found the net again in the 26th minute, latching onto Adam Barton's mis-hit shot, but the flag went up for offside.
Hamilton had to rush out to deny Doolan the opportunity to shoot midway inside the box, then produced a superb reaction stop to beat away the striker's bullet header.
All season long Partick have been creating chances but not taking them. Now with Doolan finally hitting form it could have a transformative effect on their season.
There was a blow for Hearts before the game when veteran defender Aaron Hughes pulled out of the team with a calf injury. They certainly missed his assurance and authority.
Head coach Ian Cathro opted to push Sowah - normally a left-back - into central defence. Faycal Rherras came into the starting line-up at left-back.
As well as being culpable for the opener, Sowah cut an uncomfortable figure all afternoon. The home team - and the home crowd - sensed it, and revelled in it.
Every time Thistle attacked the alarm bells rang at the back for Hearts. The question has to be - would moving Krystian Nowak to centre-back have been a better and more natural fit?
This was so far from the response Hearts were looking for after their Scottish Cup humbling by Hibernian on Wednesday.
Not only were they unconvincing at the back, they were also toothless up-front.
When they did show their teeth it was in entirely the wrong fashion. Goncalves earned his second yellow for a late challenge on Christie Elliott, having mouthed off at the referee for his first. The striker let down his team-mates when they needed all the help they could get.
That came midway through the second half and there seemed little hope for Hearts after that.
Lindsay fired home to clinch a thoroughly deserved the three points and bring a dismal week for the Gorgie club and boss Cathro to a close.
Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald: "I thought we were magnificent today. Even before the sending-off I thought we deserved to be well on top.
"We missed a great chance at 1-0 and I thought that would come back to haunt us but thankfully it didn't.
"We tried to make it a bit ugly at the start. We like to pass it but the pitch doesn't always make it easy for that. We tried to be as aggressive as we could. I thought we did the ugly side very well today."
Hearts head coach Ian Cathro: "Ultimately it is an unacceptable result for this football club, and lots of the performance was in the same category. We suffered the [loss of a] goal early on through simple, simple individual defending things that we need to do better.
"Nobody [here] is in the best moment of their lives. It has been a bad week for this club.
"We have the responsibility to improve those things and everybody in these moments has to look inside themselves and find more, find strength and we have to stay focused together and deal with what we have to deal with.
"We must move forward very, very quickly."
Match ends, Partick Thistle 2, Heart of Midlothian 0.
Second Half ends, Partick Thistle 2, Heart of Midlothian 0.
Attempt saved. Steven Lawless (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Partick Thistle. Conceded by Tasos Avlonitis.
Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Callum Booth (Partick Thistle).
Attempt blocked. Dylan Nguene Bikey (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Adebayo Azeez (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Adebayo Azeez (Partick Thistle).
Krystian Nowak (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Steven Lawless (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Steven Lawless (Partick Thistle).
Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Steven Lawless (Partick Thistle) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Corner, Partick Thistle. Conceded by Krystian Nowak.
Substitution, Partick Thistle. Adebayo Azeez replaces Kris Doolan.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Moha replaces Faycal Rherras.
Foul by Danny Devine (Partick Thistle).
Alexandros Tziolis (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Abdul Osman (Partick Thistle).
Sam Nicholson (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Adam Barton (Partick Thistle).
Substitution, Partick Thistle. Steven Lawless replaces Chris Erskine.
Attempt missed. Sam Nicholson (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Goal! Partick Thistle 2, Heart of Midlothian 0. Liam Lindsay (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Abdul Osman.
Kris Doolan (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Andraz Struna (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt missed. Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Liam Lindsay (Partick Thistle).
Sam Nicholson (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Erskine (Partick Thistle).
Tasos Avlonitis (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Faycal Rherras (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Foul by Niall Keown (Partick Thistle).
Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Sam Nicholson (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt missed. Niall Keown (Partick Thistle) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Second yellow card to Esmael Gonçalves (Heart of Midlothian) for a bad foul.
Christie Elliott (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Esmael Gonçalves (Heart of Midlothian).
A black Vauxhall Vectra saloon left the A390 near St Austell in Cornwall just after 21:45 BST on Sunday, police said.
The female passenger, who was in her 40s, died at the scene while the male driver was taken to hospital with "serious significant" injuries.
The road was closed for eight hours for investigations.
Officers say they are appealing for witnesses to the crash at Andrew Toms Cars at Hewas Water.
More on the garage forecourt smash and other Devon & Cornwall news here
You don't have to be in a team to get involved, simply sign up as an individual and you will be put into a team. There will be special 'squad-building' events before the tournament for individuals to meet their new team-mates. So if you've been looking for an excuse to get back into football then this is for you.
There are 10 different categories open to all footballers, male and female, from under 14s to walking football for the over 50s.
Paul Baker played in the first ever FA People's Cup, signing up as an individual in the veterans category in Manchester.
I saw the FA People's Cup advertised on Match of the Day and because it was an FA tournament I really wanted to play. I couldn't get a team together but I knew I had to play in it. It was such a big deal and I didn't want to miss out so I signed up as an individual.
On the day I was assigned a squad, we had a little practice time and decided who was going to play where. We gelled well together but we weren't as good as the permanent teams. We had a laugh and shared a great sense of achievement through playing.
I was inspired by the event. Everyone grows up watching the FA Cup so it's incredible to be part if it! I scored a goal in last year's FA Cup - how many people can say that?
No matter what your age or ability you can sign up and see how you get on. You don't even have to register as a team to be involved. I have signed up as an individual again this year and I'm really looking forward it.
I would urge people sign up as it is a big thing to kick a ball in a tournament that carries the FA name.
"I will keep playing as long as possible"
I have been playing football as long as I can remember. I am now 44 and I still play at least once a week. I'm not in a team but I am part of a mailing list so I can pick a game up on a Monday night or find out about games on social media.
I had a hip operation four years ago but this hasn't stopped me playing. Nine months after the operation I was back on the pitch.
I had to rebuild the muscle in the joint and after playing, my hip would hurt but I wanted to play and the surgeon said it wasn't doing any damage so I put up with the pain. I am now part of a fitness academy which keeps me in shape both physically and mentally and will hopefully help me to keep on playing as long as possible.
"I have suffered with depression and it is football that that has made a difference to me"
Football is my passion, it's one of the few things in life where you get out what you put in. It is hard to sum up exactly why I love it so much, it's just a beautiful game.
I have had depression and it is football that that has made a difference to me. It's sport that I wake up for.
When the trauma and depression comes it's about finding that bit of something to keep going; football gives me a strong sense of togetherness and mindfulness. I have questioned everything in life but there is something about kicking a ball that just helps. Once you've played a game, you feel a sense of achievement and that helps keep you going.
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They had boarded the Abu Dhabi-bound aircraft at Manchester Airport when they received a text message about their relative's condition.
The flight, which had been taxiing towards the runway, returned to the gate so the couple could rush to their grandson's bedside.
He died later on the same night.
The couple's travel agent Becky Stephenson told the BBC the 30 March incident was "very unusual".
"I've been in the travel business for 25 years and never heard of this happening," she said.
Ms Stephenson, who is based in Bradford, praised the Etihad Airways pilot and said she had not heard of an airline going "above and beyond with their customer service" in such a way.
"I'm just really grateful that my customers could get back to see him," she said.
"My customers were so grateful that staff were very helpful and they were taken care of."
"The flight still went ahead after the couple got off," Ms Stephenson added.
"Etihad have said they can use the ticket again on a different date.
"But my customers are not thinking of when they're flying back out again."
Alexander Yakovenko said the embassy was "shrinking" and questioned whether the UK wanted "an adequate Russian diplomatic presence".
He also criticised the prime minister and foreign secretary for giving what he said were "anti-Russian statements".
The Foreign Office said there was no policy to delay visas.
Mr Yakovenko said Russia did not have enough diplomatic staff in London because as people returned home or went on to other postings, visas for their replacements were not being issued.
"The embassy is shrinking and if it continues the embassy will be reduced further. People cannot be replaced because the visas are not being issued," he said.
"I hope this problem will be resolved under present government."
He added: "Here in London, we simply do not understand the strategy of this country on visa issues."
Mr Yakovenko's comments come amid public clashes between the UK and Russia over Syria, Ukraine and the killing of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006.
Earlier this month, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told MPs Russia risked becoming a pariah nation over its involvement in bombing the Syrian city of Aleppo and urged protesters to demonstrate outside its embassy.
And Prime Minister Theresa May this week urged European leaders to send a "robust united message" to Moscow over the bombing campaign.
Also on Friday, there was further attention on the relationship between the countries as two British warships shadowed an aircraft carrier and other Russian naval ships as they passed the UK on their way to Syria.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We have made clear to the Russians that the queues need to be cleared on both sides, and they have agreed work with us on this.
"We regularly discuss the visa exchange process with the Russians at official level and this requires both the UK and Russia to work together to ensure the effective operation of our respective embassies."
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The defeat will represent devastating failure for the Lionesses, who had targeted a first major trophy as their sole aim from the tournament.
Having lost their 2015 World Cup semi-final to Japan thanks to an injury-time own goal, individual errors again proved decisive.
The Dutch had already taken a 1-0 lead thanks to Vivianne Miedema's first-half header when Fara Williams's poor header was seized on by Danielle van de Donk.
And another stoppage-time own goal sealed England's fate when Mille Bright turned in Lieke Martens' shot.
Jade Moore hit the post and England wasted several good second-half chances, but they could not pierce the hosts' defence.
Although reaching the last four may be deemed as a relative success in some eyes, and despite becoming the first England manager since Sir Alf Ramsey to reach two consecutive major tournament semi-finals, Mark Sampson and his players felt they could win the competition.
After finishing as the top European team in the World Cup, and being the highest ranked team left at Euro 2017, they seemed well set to take another step on the road to their ambition of becoming the "world's number one team".
But they were well beaten by a Dutch team which were technically superior, led by Van de Donk, and roared on by a record crowd of 27,093 for a women's football match in the Netherlands.
The Dutch will now be favourites to beat Denmark in their first European Championship final, while England will have to regroup for the 2019 World Cup in France, perhaps having wasted their best chance of silverware with this group of players.
England were called a "long-ball" team by their opponents in the build-up to this game, which was a repeat of the Euro 2009 semi-final, and for periods in the game they looked one-dimensional.
By contrast, the Dutch were more patient on the ball and in Van de Donk, they had a midfielder who pulled the strings before she put the game beyond England's reach with an opportunistic finish.
The fact that she took advantage of a mistake by her Arsenal team-mate Williams, who tried to nod back to Siobhan Chamberlain, will make it tough on the England midfielder, who could yet end a 16-year international career on a sour note.
Williams, who has amassed a record 165 caps including the Euro 2009 semi-final where England beat the Netherlands, has only been a bit-part player in this campaign but replaced the suspended Jill Scott in midfield.
But when the 33-year-old returns to training at her club she will also be given another reminder of a torrid England night after Miedema recently signed for the Gunners.
The 21-year-old striker, who now has 43 international goals, powered in a back-post header to show the kind of ruthlessness that England were missing.
For all the Dutch possession, England did limit them to few chances and the Netherlands' twin threats down the wings - Martens and Shanice van de Sanden - were largely kept quiet until Martens forced a late own goal from Bright to seal England's misery.
Despite missing Scott's energy in midfield, Sampson's team were not as clinical as previously seen at Euro 2017, where they have become the tournament's top scorers, and they paid a heavy price.
Once Miedema had opened the scoring, Moore hit the post from a deflected header and Ellen White had a good penalty appeal turned down. Sampson was so animated in his reaction that he ripped his shirt.
But England rarely tested Sari van Veenendaal - another Arsenal player - in the Dutch goal.
Jodie Taylor also shot straight at her Gunners club-mate from close range late on, but could still finish as the tournament top scorer with five goals.
But that will be no consolation to her or an England team who failed to take advantage of their ranking and who beat the Netherlands in Tilburg last November.
England head coach Mark Sampson: "Over the course of the tournament, we have been one of the of best teams here. But, in tournament football, small things can make a big difference.
"I made some mistakes, for sure. I'll go away and reflect. I'll look at it all and then do a better job next time.
"We didn't get the decisions. But I'm incredibly proud of the players tonight.
"They've worked so, so hard over the past year."
Match ends, Netherlands Women 3, England 0.
Second Half ends, Netherlands Women 3, England 0.
Own Goal by Millie Bright, England. Netherlands Women 3, England 0.
Attempt missed. Lieke Martens (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Offside, England. Jordan Nobbs tries a through ball, but Jodie Taylor is caught offside.
Substitution, Netherlands Women. Jill Roord replaces Daniëlle van de Donk.
Attempt missed. Francesca Kirby (England) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
Foul by Kika van Es (Netherlands Women).
Karen Carney (England) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner, England. Conceded by Kika van Es.
Substitution, Netherlands Women. Renate Jansen replaces Shanice van de Sanden.
Attempt blocked. Toni Duggan (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Karen Carney with a cross.
Corner, England. Conceded by Sari van Veenendaal.
Attempt saved. Ellen White (England) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Francesca Kirby.
Corner, Netherlands Women. Conceded by Toni Duggan.
Corner, England. Conceded by Kelly Zeeman.
Attempt saved. Jodie Taylor (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ellen White with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Toni Duggan (England) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Ellen White (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan Nobbs with a cross.
Foul by Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women).
Lucy Bronze (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Stephanie Houghton (England) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner from a direct free kick.
Foul by Lieke Martens (Netherlands Women).
Jodie Taylor (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, England. Karen Carney replaces Jade Moore.
Attempt missed. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
Jackie Groenen (Netherlands Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jade Moore (England).
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Attempt saved. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Netherlands Women. Kelly Zeeman replaces Stefanie van der Gragt because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Ellen White (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jade Moore.
Substitution, England. Toni Duggan replaces Fara Williams.
Attempt blocked. Francesca Kirby (England) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, England. Conceded by Lieke Martens.
Corner, England. Conceded by Kika van Es.
Goal! Netherlands Women 2, England 0. Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Stephanie Houghton (England).
Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
1914 - Outbreak of World War I delays implementation of new home rule legislation which would have restored the Dublin parliament following centuries of unrest over British dominion in Ireland.
1916 - Nationalists stage Easter Rising, seizing the General Post Office in Dublin and proclaiming an independent Irish republic. The rising is crushed by the British who execute its leaders, including all seven signatories of the declaration of the republic. Irish public opinion is outraged.
1919 - Led by Eamonn De Valera, the nationalist movement Sinn Fein ('We Ourselves') sets up a Dublin assembly, the Dail Eireann, which again proclaims Irish independence. A guerrilla campaign by the Irish Republican Army, or IRA, against British forces begins with heavy casualties on both sides.
1921 - Anglo-Irish Treaty establishes the Free State, an independent dominion of the British crown with full internal self-government rights, partitioned from Northern Ireland which remains part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
'Long fellow' Eamon de Valera pressed for a republic
BBC History: Easter Rising
1922 - The Dublin parliament ratifies the treaty despite the opposition of De Valera and others. Civil war breaks out and hundreds are killed.
1932 - De Valera becomes head of government after previous administration fails to deal with economic difficulties.
1937 - New elections. The voters return De Valera and also approve a new constitution which abolishes the Irish Free State and proclaims Eire (Gaelic for Ireland) as a sovereign, independent, democratic state.
1939 - Outbreak of World War II. Eire remains neutral, but many Irish citizens join the Allied forces.
Literary pioneer James Joyce's works were revolutionary
Fans descend on Joyce's Dublin
1948 - De Valera loses election amid economic difficulties. John Costello becomes prime minister of broad coalition excluding Fianna Fail.
1949 - Eire becomes Republic of Ireland and leaves British Commonwealth.
1959 - Sean Lemass becomes Fianna Fail leader and prime minister, launches economic modernisation that sees Ireland move from mainly agricultural base and eventually join European Economic Community.
1969-1998 - Conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles, which occasionally spilled over into Repubic of Ireland.
1973 - Ireland joins the European Economic Community. Violence in Northern Ireland intensifies. Relations between Ireland and Britain are strained.
Early 1980s - Ireland faces severe economic problems, with rising debt and unemployment. Three elections are held in the space of less than two years.
1983 - Amendment to constitution enshrines right to life of unborn child. The eighth amendment is seen as laying the foundation for Ireland's strict anti-abortion laws.
1985 - Anglo-Irish Agreement gives Republic consultative role in government of Northern Ireland.
1991 - Ireland signs the Treaty on European Union at Maastricht and receives a guarantee that its strict anti-abortion law will not be affected.
1992 - Irish voters approve loosening of the abortion law. Access to information guaranteed, travel abroad for abortion permitted.
1993 - Downing Street Declaration offers talks on future peace in Northern Ireland to all parties if violence is renounced.
1997 - Divorce becomes legal under certain circumstances.
1998 - Good Friday Agreement approved by voters in Republic and Northern Ireland, establishing cross-community power-sharing assembly in North and ending Troubles.
2001 June - Voters reject Nice Treaty, blocking expansion of European Union into eastern Europe.
2002 January - Euro replaces punt as national currency.
2002 March - Small majority of voters rejects government attempt to tighten already strict anti-abortion laws in constitutional referendum.
2002 May - Voters re-elect Fianna Fail's Bertie Ahern as prime minister in a continuing coalition with the Progressive Democrats. Fine Gael, the main opposition party, loses over a third of its seats in parliament.
Many emigrants returned during the "Celtic Tiger" years
2002 October - Voters endorse Nice Treaty by comfortable margin in second referendum.
2006 December - Government launches a 20-year strategy to create a bilingual, Irish- and English-speaking society.
2007 June - Bertie Ahern forms a coalition with the Progressive Democrats, several independents and the Greens, who enter government for the first time. Mr Ahern becomes the first taoiseach (prime minister) to win a third term in office since Eamon De Valera.
2008 May - Bertie Ahern steps down as taoiseach following controversy over his financial affairs. Succeeded by deputy, Brian Cowen.
2008 June - Voters reject EU's Lisbon Treaty in a referendum.
2008 September - As the global financial crisis gathers pace, the Irish government introduces a guarantee covering the debts of the country's banks. This move ultimately sinks the economy, as Ireland does not have sufficient reserves to cover its banks' debts.
2009 February - Unemployment rate reaches 11% - highest since 1996. Some 100,000 people take to Dublin streets to protest at government's handling of economic crisis.
2009 March - Ireland loses its AAA debt rating as public finances deteriorate amid a deep recession.
2009 October - Ireland votes in favour of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty in new referendum.
2009 November - A damning report criticises the Irish Catholic Church hierarchy for its handling of allegations of child abuse against 46 priests.
2010 September - The cost of bailing out Ireland's stricken banking system rises to 45bn euro (£39bn), pushing the country's budget deficit up to around a third of GDP.
2010 November - Government agrees 85bn euro rescue package with EU and IMF, in bid to tackle huge hole in public finances. Government drafts austerity programme entailing four years of tax rises and spending cuts.
2011 February - Taoiseach Cowen calls early election. Opposition Fine Gael wins most seats, leader Enda Kenny takes office on pledge to renegotiate terms of EU/IMF bailout.
2011 May - Queen Elizabeth pays official visit to Ireland, first by British monarch since independence. Dymbolises the new relationship since 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
2011 July - Ratings agency Moody's downgrades Ireland's debt rating to junk status.
Vatican recalls its ambassador to Ireland amid tension over the issue of child abuse by priests.
2011 October - Michael D Higgins of Labour Party elected president.
2011 December - Taoiseach Enda Kenny unveils budget to begin cutting deficit to no more than 3% of GDP by 2015.
2012 June - Voters approve European Union fiscal treaty by 60% at referendum, endorsing government's commitment to EU-backed austerity programme.
2013 February - The European Central Bank approves a deal to liquidate the former Anglo Irish Bank, which was nationalised in January 2009. The deal allows Ireland to defer by decades the bill for its most controversial bank bailout.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny formally apologises for the Irish state's role in the Magdalene laundries - harsh institutions in which "troubled women" were forcibly detained and made to work without pay between 1922 to 1996.
2013 June - New government figures show Ireland is back in recession for the first time since 2009.
2013 July - Parliament passes legislation that for first time allows abortion in limited circumstances.
2013 December - Ireland officially exits EU/IMF bailout programme having fulfilled its conditions - the first bailed-out eurozone country to do so.
2014 April - President Michael D Higgins makes official visit to Britain, the first ever by an Irish head of state.
2014 June - Government says it will hold an inquiry into mother and baby homes operated last century by religious organisations, after claims that 800 children died at one home between 1925 and 1961.
2014 October - The first post-bailout budget introduces tax cuts, and - following criticism from the US and EU - ends a loophole that allowed foreign multinationals to pay very low tax in other countries.
2015 May - Referendum approves same-sex marriage by large margin.
2016 February - Election results see Fine Gael/Labour coalition lose its majority, although Fine Gael remains largest party.
2016 May - Months of political deadlock are finally broken after Fine Gael reaches an accommodation with Fianna Fail, allowing Enda Kenny to form a minority government. Parliament re-elects him as Taoiseach.
2016 August - European Commission orders Ireland to recover up to 13bn euros (£11bn) from the technology giant Apple in back taxes, after ruling that the firm was granted undue benefits amounting to illegal state aid.
The government says it will appeal against the ruling, on the grounds that it implies that Ireland is a tax haven and will harm job creation and investment.
Sullivan admitted he and Wood had "dodged a bullet" after draws with India and Denmark before an emphatic victory against the Netherlands to guarantee their progress.
"We left ourselves work to do, but got the job done," Sullivan said.
Scotland pair Marc Warren and Richie Ramsay also progressed to the quarters.
Players were wearing microphones and were encouraged to interact with spectators throughout the event.
The players had emerged through a cloud of smoke, waving their national flags, as they were introduced on the first tee and Sullivan made an even more enthusiastic entrance, chest-bumping with the event mascot.
"I know we're having a good time out there, but you still want to represent your country well. We're both pretty patriotic and when we go out there we want to do the job," he added.
"I really enjoy letting myself go and having a good time.
"The atmosphere from the start has been brilliant, and there has been a lot of home support which is great for us. Hopefully that can push us on tomorrow and I think this can really be something big in the future for golf.
"You won't get away from the traditional 72-hole [events], but I think a few more events like this could really transform golf."
England will face Italy - represented by Matteo Manassero and Renato Paratore - in the last eight, with Scotland taking on Portugal after both sides qualified with a game to spare by winning their first two matches.
With a point awarded for each hole won in the six-hole contest, Scotland beat Belgium 3-2 thanks to an eagle on the last, with Warren and Ramsay then producing another eagle and three birdies to defeat Spain by the same score.
"We were in the Group of Death and knew we would have to play well to finish in the top two," Warren said.
"To qualify before our final game was definitely a bonus."
In the other quarter-finals Thailand will face Australia with Denmark taking on France.
Wales were eliminated after two defeats and a draw in the group won by Australia.
Sixteen teams, each representing their country, are split into groups of four, with the top two in each group advancing to Sunday's quarter-finals, with the semis and final following on the same day.
The greensomes format sees both players tee off, with one ball then being chosen and alternate shots taken.
Each of the six holes has a theme, including a long-drive contest, nearest to the pin and a 40-second shot clock.
The European Tour has offered a prize fund of 1m euros (£850,000) for the event, which is similar to the World Super Six tournament that took place in Perth in February.
Around 150 gifts, worth about £3,000, were taken from a disused ward at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, central London.
The presents were due to be given out at a Christmas party on 11 December.
Details emerged earlier as Cosmic - the Children of St Mary's Intensive Care charity - launched an appeal to replace the stolen items.
Also taken during the theft were Christmas decorations and a Santa suit that has been used to entertain children at the hospital for more than a decade.
The paediatric intensive care unit at St Mary's treats children for conditions including meningitis, sepsis or trauma.
Tina Halton, lead play specialist St Mary's, said: "It's really sad that something like this could happen. It's hard being in hospital at Christmas and it's hard to have a sick child. That's why we tried to fill it the hospital with nice things.
"I was so sad when I heard that we may not have our Santa suit this year. The children just love it, it's magical."
"A lot of families haven't been out to an event since their child was diagnosed as ill. Most people don't realise how tough it is to go to a party with a sick child," she added.
The Christmas party and a carol concert are due to go ahead, but the head of fundraising at Cosmic, Vicky Rees, said the stolen items will be difficult to replace.
"All the gifts have been specially selected for the children, as they may have special needs or requirements," she said.
Det Sgt Tom Hirst, from the Met Police, said: "This is an awful crime at this time of year and hard to imagine what kind of person would steal gifts so clearly destined for sick children to make their lives a little brighter this festive season.
"We are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with information to please contact us as soon as possible."
Former Barca forward Valverde announced last week that he was leaving Athletic Bilbao after four years in charge.
He replaces Luis Enrique, who revealed in March that he would leave the club - who finished second in La Liga - at the end of his three-year contract.
Enrique led Barcelona to the treble in his first season, the domestic double in 2016 and the Copa del Rey this year.
They beat Alaves 3-1 in Sunday's final - his last match in charge.
Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu praised 53-year-old Valverde's "ability, judgement, knowledge and experience", adding: "He promotes young players and he plays the Barca way."
Valverde's presentation as Barca's new coach will take place on Thursday.
Andy West, BBC Spanish football writer
In many ways, Ernesto Valverde's appointment at Barcelona makes perfect sense.
His task is to instil a convincing collective structure into a team too often over-reliant on Lionel Messi recently, and especially to address the defensive vulnerabilities which saw Barca concede 10 goals in this season's Champions League trips to Juventus, PSG and Manchester City.
And Valverde has the credentials to be successful. He is an experienced and intelligent coach with good organisational and communication skills, implementing a fast-paced style of play which earned the regular approval of the most important figure in the club's history, his former manager Johan Cruyff.
Despite those plus points, however, Valverde will receive little more than a lukewarm welcome from many fans, who are sceptical of his abilities to master the internal politics inherent at such a huge club.
There are fears that his understated personality will see him become a 'yes man' to an increasingly unpopular board of directors, lacking the strength of character to reinvigorate a team who have been treading water for too long.
When Luis Enrique announced his decision to resign, a poll over the identity of the new coach by newspaper Mundo Deportivo saw Valverde receive just 8.4% of the votes (Jorge Sampaoli came first), so it's clear his arrival is not being universally acclaimed.
It doesn't help that his final season in Bilbao yielded a pretty disappointing seventh-place finish and an embarrassing Europa League exit against Cypriot minnows Apoel Nicosia.
If he doesn't make a good start, patience will be in short supply.
Valverde, who was born in the Spanish region of Extremadura but raised in the Basque Country, started his playing career as a forward with local sides Alaves and Sestao, before spending two years with Espanyol.
He joined Barcelona in 1988, at the age of 24, and scored eight goals in 22 matches in two injury-hit seasons with the club.
From there he went to Athletic Bilbao, the club his career is most strongly linked with, scoring 44 goals in 170 matches over six years. He ended his playing career with one season at Mallorca. He was capped once for Spain, playing 19 minutes at the end of a Euro 92 qualifier against Iceland.
Immediately after his 1997 retirement, he moved back to Athletic as a youth-team coach, eventually becoming first-team boss in the 2003-04 season. After leading them to fifth and ninth place in two seasons in charge, he left the club.
A year later he took over Espanyol and led them to the Uefa Cup final in his first of two seasons as manager.
He then went to Olympiakos, leading them to a Greek league and cup double, before leaving for a year at Valencia.
Valverde went back to Olympiakos for another two seasons, winning the league twice and the cup once before leaving again.
After returning to Athletic in 2013, he said: "Sequels are never any good. Well, the Godfather II was quite good."
In his first season back at the club - who can only sign players with links to the Basque region - he led them to fourth place in La Liga and a Champions League spot.
There were top-seven finishes for the next three seasons, including seventh this term, and a run to the 2014-15 Copa del Rey final. They beat Barcelona 5-1 on aggregate in the 2015 Spanish Super Cup.
Barcelona have not brought through many youngsters in recent years. Rafinha and Sergi Roberto are the only two youth products younger than 28 who are regulars in the squad.
But Valverde - who has favoured a 4-2-3-1 formation - has plenty of experience giving young players a chance. As Athletic cannot buy non-Basque players, he often had to look to his youth team for players.
Defender Aymeric Laporte and winger Inaki Williams, who have both been linked with big-money moves to English clubs, became first-team regulars under Valverde. Right-back Inigo Lekue has been named in the Spain squad since his 2015 debut.
Valverde will also try to bring some defensive solidity to the club - he has often balanced defence and attack well. In 2009, Olympiakos conceded only 14 league goals on their way to the Greek title. Athletic never conceded more than 45 goals in a La Liga season during his second spell in charge.
Earlier this week, after Valverde left Athletic, and it was widely expected he would join Barcelona, Barca defender Gerard Pique said: "Ernesto has done a great job at Athletic the past few years. He played here for Barcelona as a player and I think he could be a good option, as could others."
During the season, Williams said: "He would be a good coach [for Barca], but we want him to remain at Athletic. He's brilliant, a great coach.
"He's done a great job. He's made history at the club - he's the coach with the most games. He has the final word and whatever happens I will be pleased for him."
Valverde is not your typical football manager.
While playing for Barcelona, he studied photography at the Institut d'Estudis Fotografics de Catalunya. In 2012, he released a book of artistic black and white pictures, called Medio Tiempo, which translates as Half-Time.
He also ran an exhibition of his pictures that summer in Greece, where he was managing Olympiakos.
"These are photographs that show a world that is not a home, neither a house or a country, with spaces such as hotels, planes, buses, football fields, touristic areas and, in general, lonely places or places where anyone could have that feeling. So lonely seem to be the people portrayed by him," read Bernardo Atxaga's prologue to the book.
Johan Cruyff writing in La Vanguardia newspaper, January 2007, while Valverde was managing Espanyol.
"His players might play well or not, sometimes they win and other times they don't, but they always go onto the pitch with a dream. Valverde always gives fans reasons to be proud of their team."
Lionel Messi on Facebook: "Wishing you the best of luck in the next stage of your life, Luis Enrique. Thank you for everything in the last few years."
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The NHS trust serves an estimated 8.6m people in the capital and has been performing "poorly" since March 2014.
Slow response times were highlighted as a major concern, along with a high number of unfilled vacancies.
The Trust said it had taken action to address its failings.
More on this story and updates from London.
Prof Sir Mike Richards, chief inspector of hospitals, said: "I am recommending that London Ambulance Service be placed into special measures, because I believe that this is the step necessary to ensure this vital service gets the support it needs to improve.
"The trust has been performing poorly on response times since March 2014. This is a very serious problem, which the trust clearly isn't able to address alone, and which needs action to put right."
A Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection, which took place in June, found poorly trained staff, a lack of equipment and a reported culture of harassment and bullying.
Trust chief executive Dr Fionna Moore said: "We would like to apologise to Londoners and say how sorry we are that we haven't come up to the standards they should expect of us and we are working really hard to address those issues."
She said problems in recruiting staff were partly due to the high cost of living in London and a shortage of housing.
Despite this, she added, the trust had managed to recruit 167 new members of staff and more than 200 others were in training.
Until 2014 the trust was ranked as the best performing service in the country for dealing with emergency category A calls - requiring attendance within eight minutes - but was now only hitting that target 25% of the time.
GMB union national officer Rehana Azam said: "The underlying problem is a shortage of staff. There is a seriously high vacancy rate in the LAS and other ambulance services.
"We are pleased the CQC identified this and perhaps now it can be addressed in full.
"As a result of staff shortages, existing staff have had to shoulder more responsibility."
It was not the news they had hoped for, but it is perhaps no surprise that London's ambulance service has become the first to be put into special measures.
For more than a year it has struggled to meet response times and to find enough paramedics to work on the frontline.
Its well publicised search for staff has seen it recruit in Australia and New Zealand as it competes against an ever rising tide of calls.
This year will be its busiest ever with 1.9 million calls. That is more than 5,000 a day. But it knows it has to do better.
It is filling more of those vacancies and there is a new chief executive in place, but being put in special measures means they will get more help.
A new improvement director and experts from the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives will help. But here is the thing. Does being in Special Measures mean it will be harder to recruit new staff?
Being labelled as "inadequate" is hardly a great sales pitch to would-be paramedics. The LAS is not alone in London though.
It now sits with BartsHealth and Barking Havering and Redbridge hospitals as trusts wearing the unwanted tag of being in special measures.
The report identified the following problems at the trust:
Trusts like the London Ambulance Service are overseen by the NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), whose associate director for London, Andrew Hines, acknowledged "significant improvements are required".
He said the TDA was making sure the Trust "has access to the best expertise available to help them to deliver their ambitious improvement plan".
"Londoners should feel confident that it is safe to call the ambulance service and that care is of good quality," he added.
Labour candidate for mayor Sadiq Khan described the report as "shocking" and joined calls from both the Lib Dems and Greens for the service to be devolved to City Hall.
Mr Cable lost to Conservative rival Tania Mathias by more than 2,000 votes.
The party's deputy leader Simon Hughes was also among those who lost out, along with Energy Secretary Ed Davey.
Nick Clegg retained his Sheffield Hallam seat but acknowledged the damaging losses to his party.
"It's painfully clear this has been a cruel and punishing night for the Liberal Democrats," the party leader said.
Mr Cable, 71, had been the MP for Twickenham since 1997 and was made Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in 2010.
"Unfortunately, this has been a terrible night for our party all over," he said following his defeat.
Mr Hughes, who lost to Labour's Neil Coyle in Bermondsey and Old Southwark, had been an MP since 1983 and was described as a "legend" by the party's leader.
Elsewhere, former party leader Charles Kennedy was beaten by the Scottish National Party, and Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone lost to Labour.
Another long-serving Liberal Democrat who has lost his seat is Sir Bob Russell, who had been the MP for Colchester, Essex, since 1997.
The Conservative Party's press office tweeted a message of congratulations to Colchester's Conservative candidate Will Quince earlier in the night.
Sir Bob told BBC Essex he was philosophical about the result.
"Nobody ever expected I'd end up as MP for Colchester. For the last 18 years I've felt like a park footballer who's found himself playing in the Premier League.
"There's a lot of emotion. A hell of a lot of work was put in by a lot people. But people are entitled to vote the way they do," he said.
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The 40-year-old believes snooker needs to embrace a more corporate image, similar to sports such as golf, tennis and Formula 1.
O'Sullivan cruised into the UK Championship fourth round with a 6-1 win over Michael Georgiou on Monday.
"Snooker has become a nothing-type sport, but it's still great," he said.
"They're just putting so much of it out there, it's just cheap TV and a filler for other programmes - snooker has lost respect amongst other sports.
"You watch Formula 1 and you see beautiful-looking people. You look at snooker and you think, 'God.'
"It costs £5 to get in at some of the qualifying events and see a top-class player - it's like a car boot sale whereas their sports are like shopping at Harrods."
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The total prize money available on the tour this season has reached £10m for the first time as part of World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn's revamp of the sport.
That includes the addition of new ranking tournaments, as well as increased prize money at existing events.
This year's UK Championship winner will take home £170,000, while the next world champion will win £375,000.
O'Sullivan said: "It's all about media, money and business, and snooker is nothing compared to Formula 1, tennis and the Olympics. They've got corporate people involved who have a massive say in who is big and who is not big.
"Snooker is unable to attract those kind of sponsors or compete in that league.
"If it went to China and found some billionaires that want to take this sport on and put up £1m first prizes, then you could maybe start looking at snooker as a core sport again."
O'Sullivan was also asked about the continued absence of snooker players from the BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist.
Steve Davis, in 1988, is the only snooker player to win the award, while Stephen Hendry was the last to make the top three - coming second in 1990.
"They give snooker like 10 seconds on BBC Sport Personality of the Year, it's a complete insult to the sport," said O'Sullivan.
"But it's what they think of it, it's how much they believe they should warrant to it. So that says it all really."
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Florence and Hounslow, both 34, were unable to improve on their second-place finish at London 2012.
They clocked a time of 102.01 seconds, +0.43 behind Slovakia gold medallists Ladislav Skantar and Peter Skantar.
The British pair could not match team-mate Joe Clarke, who won gold in the kayak K1 on Wednesday.
Florence put the disappointment of finishing 10th in the C1 single behind him, winning the third Olympic medal of his career alongside Hounslow.
The duo, who were third-fastest qualifiers for the final, faced an anxious wait to see if they would match their achievement four years ago with world champions Franz Anton and Jan Benzien going last.
But the Germans faltered in the final stages, clocking 103.58 to finish fourth.
French pair Gauthier Klauss and Matthieu Peche (103.24) won bronze.
"I was a bit disappointed from the C1," said Scot Florence, who also won C1 silver at Beijing 2008.
"I really wanted to go out there and enjoy it. We talked about doing every gate we could to the best of our ability and leaving everything else to one side.
"Rich is so solid on race days. You know nothing is going to faze him. It helped having him there, it picked me up a bit."
Hounslow, from London, added: "It is easy having David in the front. He is a workhorse.
"It has been a hard eight years, we've worked really hard and to come out with a medal at the Olympics is fantastic.
"It is maybe a little bit bittersweet, coming so close to gold, but we're happy."
Fiona Pennie could not add Britain's third slalom medal at the Olympic Whitewater Stadium, the 33-year-old Scot finishing sixth in the women's kayak single final later on Thursday.
Helen Reeves, Olympic bronze medallist and BBC Sport analyst:
"It was a wonderful performance from David and Richard and they knew they could be proud of it.
"They had to sit and wait but it stood the time. What a fantastic performance."
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Dywedodd James Price, sy'n gyfrifol am adran economi'r llywodraeth, bod canlyniad y buddsoddiad werth yr arian.
Cafodd y cyllid ei roi i ddatblygwyr sydd eisiau adeiladu Cylchffordd Cymru ger Glyn Ebwy.
'Nôl ym mis Ebrill dywedodd Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru bod "diffygion sylweddol" yn y ffordd y deliodd y llywodraeth â'r arian.
Tra'n rhoi tystiolaeth i Bwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus y Cynullliad, dywedodd Mr Price y gallai'r prosiect gael "effaith fawr" ar yr economi, ond ei fod hefyd yn "risg posib sylweddol".
Gwrthododd yr honiad bod "diffygion" yn ei adran, gan ddweud eu bod "wedi dysgu gwersi".
Dywedodd bod £55m wedi ei wario ar ddatblygu'r cynlluniau - £9.2m o'r ffigwr hwnnw mewn grantiau a benthyciadau gan Lywodraeth Cymru.
"Dwi wedi cael fy mherswadio ein bod wedi llwyddo i gael gwerth am arian am yr hyn rydyn ni wedi ei gael, sef prosiect sydd yn barod - os yw cyllid ar gael - i gael ei ddelifro", meddai.
Daw ymddangosiad Mr Price wedi i ffrae godi pan wnaeth dau swyddog dynnu 'nôl o roi tystiolaeth mewn sesiwn flaenorol.
Fe fydd cabinet Llywodraeth Cymru yn trafod dydd Mawrth os byddan nhw'n gwarantu tua hanner y £425m y byddai Cylchffordd Cymru yn ei gostio.
Mae datblygwyr yn dweud gallai'r prosiect greu 6,000 o swyddi yn un o'r llefydd mwyaf difreintiedig yng Nghymru.
Colin Duffy, from Lurgan, and Alex McCrory, from west Belfast, have been awaiting trial since 2013.
The pair were released on Thursday afternoon.
Judge Fiona Bagnall agreed to release them on bail on the grounds of undue delay in bringing the case to trial.
Their bail conditions included sureties of £10,000 in cash each, a ban on associating with each other, and a curfew from 8pm to 7am.
Another dissident republican who was facing similar charges, 47-year-old west Belfast man Harry Fitzsimons, was released on bail last week.
The three men are charged with conspiracy to murder members of the PSNI, possession of firearms and explosives, and membership of a proscribed organisation - the IRA.
Colin Duffy is also charged with directing terrorism.
The alleged offences are connected to a gun attack on a police convoy in north Belfast in December 2013.
After their release, a spokeswoman for the Irish Republican Prisoners' Welfare Association criticised the length of time they have been held on remand.
"This is a clear case of internment by remand," said Mandy Duffy.
"These men have been held on remand for 10 times the recommended limit. It is a disgrace and a lack of due process."
Colin Duffy, Alex McCrory and Harry Fitzsimons will appear in court again on Tuesday for the continuation of a hearing to decide whether there is sufficient evidence for them to stand trial.
The authorities have declared a social emergency to seek government funds to help with the influx.
The Warao say they travelled around 2,000 km (1,250 miles) and are fleeing hunger and Venezuela's worsening economic and political crisis.
Warao people have also gone to the northern Brazilian state of Roraima.
In Boa Vista, the state capital, city authorities say more than 500 Warao arrived across the border but were deported because of concerns about vagrancy and begging.
In Manaus, the group are begging at traffic lights and living in a makeshift encampment in terrible conditions under a viaduct near the bus station.
According to municipal secretary Elias Emanuel, the Venezuelans arrived seeking jobs in the city's industrial complex, but they lack documents needed for employment.
"Now our Federal Police will help them. We want to include them in our social programmes, too, but since they are foreign Indians we really need support," Mr Emanuel said in a statement.
Most of the approximately 20,000 Warao inhabit Venezuela's Orinoco Delta region, with smaller numbers in neighbouring Guyana and Suriname.
According to the Brazilian Ministry of Justice more than 5,400 Venezuelans have requested visas and permission to stay in the country.
Both Roraima and Amazonas states, which border on Venezuela, have reported many more people coming across looking for basic food goods, medicine and temporary jobs.
Border towns in Roraima say tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants have been using local state hospitals and social services, which have been overwhelmed.
The study, published in the journal Diabetes, discovered the fifth and final critical target at which the immune system errantly takes aim.
The team at the University of Lincoln say the findings could help develop new ways to prevent and treat the disease.
Diabetes UK said the findings were "impressive".
In type 1 diabetes, the immune system destroys the beta cells that make insulin - the hormone needed to keep blood sugar levels under control.
Studies looking at the unique antibodies made by patients with type 1 showed there were five key targets that the immune system attacked.
But working out exactly what they were has been like identifying someone from their silhouette.
Studies long ago discovered some of the targets, but the final one has proved elusive for two decades.
Dr Michael Christie, who led the research at the University of Lincoln, told the BBC: "With this new discovery, we have now finished identifying what the immune system is targeting - we have the complete picture."
The targets are:
The more technically named ones are largely involved in secreting or storing the hormone insulin.
Knowledge of some of these targets is already being used in a trial at King's College London that is aiming to stall the progression of type 1.
But Dr Christie says having the complete picture could help transform care for type 1 patients.
He said: "Once the immune system decides it wants to get rid of something it's very hard to stop, so diabetes has proved to be a difficult disease to prevent.
"So we're hoping that, by having identified the major targets in the disease, we can find ways to prevent it by blocking the immune response to these five proteins without leaving that person vulnerable to infections.
"With recent improvements in our understanding of the disease I'm very hopeful we'll develop a treatment now; I have a lot more confidence than even five years ago."
There are two main types of diabetes -
Type 1 diabetes can develop at any age, but usually appears before the age of 40, particularly in childhood.
Around 10% of all diabetes is type 1, but it is the most common type of childhood diabetes, so it is sometimes called juvenile diabetes or early-onset diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is largely caused by poor lifestyle. Around 90% of adults with diabetes have type 2, and it tends to develop later in life than type 1.
Source: NHS Choices
Dr Emily Burns, from the charity Diabetes UK, said: "In order to prevent type 1 diabetes, we need to fully understand how the immune response that damages insulin-producing cells develops in the first place.
"Dr Christie's impressive research is helping us to do just that.
"We hope that the findings here will be used to improve the identification of those at risk of type 1 diabetes and, in the long term, inform the crucial development of therapies."
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Paratrooper Ben Parkinson, from Doncaster, had both legs amputated and was left brain damaged after the landmine blast in 2006.
Not expected to survive, he was flown to the UK to die close to his family.
But Ben defied the odds and his latest challenge is another astonishing achievement in his story of survival.
Rewind the clock nine years and Lance Bombardier Parkinson's life was in a desperate state.
He was just 22 and in a coma with almost 40 separate injuries. The future looked bleak.
But he began the long slow road to recovery that has seen him learn to talk again and take the first faltering steps on prosthetic legs. His long-term ambition is to walk unaided without the use of crutches.
He is now one of Britain's best known wounded soldiers and an inspiration to many.
In 2012, thousands of people watched Ben carry the Olympic Torch through his hometown of Doncaster and a year later he was made an MBE.
I first met Ben a few months ago on an open water training weekend on the South Coast of England.
I was joining him on the trip to the Yukon and within minutes I was struck by his sheer determination and wicked sense of humour.
As someone who reports on wildlife for The One Show I was looking forward to an encounter with some bears or wolves. Pointing at my legs, Ben told me I was more of a target for grizzly bears because there was more "meat on me".
The expedition to the Yukon was organised by a charity for severely wounded soldiers known as the Pilgrim Bandits. They are a group of former servicemen who are using their skills to help people such as Ben rediscover the military lives they once enjoyed.
Mike Witt, from the charity, told me: "When we first met Ben he was in an electric wheelchair. He could hardly talk. He looked a real sad bloke.
"But you could see Ben's a special guy. You could see somewhere there was still something wanting to get out and able to get out. And it just needed the nut cracking really, and that's all we've done."
On paper it was daunting trip for all of us but especially for Ben and a couple of other military amputees who were also there.
Not only was there the distance we were going to cover but also the sheer remoteness of the location. In essence, if anything went wrong, we were a long way from help.
Yukon territory is twice the size of Britain but with a population of just 35,000.
The Yukon River flows for more than 2,000 miles and is one of the biggest river systems in North America.
It is fast flowing and fed by glacial melt water and as a result the temperature is just above freezing. Falling into such cold swift moving water was not an enticing option.
Each night Ben, myself and the rest of the Pilgrim Bandits team were wild camping. For the amputees this was the toughest part. Just getting in and out of the boats and moving around camp required massive effort.
But Ben has spent years training for a moment like this and, being a gym fanatic, he has amazing upper body strength. We all thought the canoeing was going to be the least of his problems.
But three days into the expedition it became clear he was struggling with a long-term injury.
The explosion in Afghanistan had left him with a broken back and at one point he was forced to swap his canoe for my kayak so he could complete the expedition in less pain.
Ben was helped on the trip by his stepdad Andy Dernie who paddled the full 250 miles. Andy and Ben's mum Diane have sacrificed everything to get Ben to this point in his life. They are his full time carers and their home in South Yorkshire is Ben's rehabilitation centre.
Diane said: "There was always something special about what Ben did. We were incredibly proud of his achievements, but nothing even compares to how proud we are of the way he's coped with what's happened to him."
Ben Parkinson: Wilderness Warrior will be broadcast on BBC1 at 15:15 GMT on Sunday, 22 November.
The company said all 401 carriages used on the route would be overhauled with more than 20,000 seats replaced and new carpets and curtains fitted.
The work will be carried out at depots in London and Edinburgh.
An additional £16m is also being spent on fitting 35 new engines to Virgin's diesel High Speed Train fleet.
David Horne, managing director of Virgin Trains on the east coast route, said the investment would benefit customers ahead of the introduction of the new Super Express Trains as part of the Government's InterCity Express programme in 2018.
The first refurbished train will enter service on 14 December, Mr Horne said.
Virgin Trains East Coast, which is owned by the Virgin and Stagecoach Groups, was awarded the franchise to run the east coast route in 2014 and is committed to investing £140m over eight years.
The route serves key cities including London, Peterborough, Doncaster, Leeds, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness.
The 25-year-old Macedonia international tested positive for steroid stanozolol after Dinamo's 2-1 Champions League win over Arsenal in September 2015.
European football's governing body Uefa gave him a four-year ban, which its appeals panel upheld last May.
But Cas, on appeal, found a reduction to two years was appropriate.
Ademi had asked for the ban to be overturned completely, but Cas said "it could not uphold the player's argument that the challenged decision should be annulled".
He will now be eligible for club and country from October.
Belarus' Sviatlana Usovich tested positive when her samples were reanalysed and, as a result, the whole of her team will be disqualified.
The GB quartet - Christine Ohuruogu, Kelly Sotherton, Marilyn Okoro and Nicola Sanders - finished fifth.
They were promoted to fourth in August, when Russia were disqualified.
That followed Anastasiya Kapachinskaya testing positive for banned steroids when her samples were reanalysed.
Sotherton, who won heptathlon bronze in Athens in 2004, told BBC Sport she was experiencing "lots of different emotions".
"Ultimately, I'm happy, but I just wish at the time I had an opportunity to be on the podium," she said.
"I feel like I've lost eight years of calling myself a double Olympic medallist. There could have been more sponsorship deals going into London 2012 for all of us, more bonuses, a lot more adulation.
"It's not just the athletes who lose out, it's maybe the athletes' families, support staff and the sport, which relies on people to win medals to gain funding from UK Sport."
Sotherton said she did not think cheating would ever cease.
She added: "It doesn't matter what measures you have in place. Maybe criminalising people who cheat in sport might be more of a deterrent, but that probably still won't stop people."
British javelin thrower Goldie Sayers and GB's men's 4x400m team have already been promoted to 2008 Olympic bronze medallists as a result of doping disqualifications.
Usovich, an 800m runner who competed in the relay final, tested positive for the prohibited steroid dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
Sports scientists found the youngsters became mentally quicker and sharper after a series of short sprints and slightly longer periods of walking.
The Nottingham Trent University team said that by doing exercise the children were effectively speeding up their minds.
The effects on cognitive ability lasted for about an hour.
The study, published in the journal Preventative Medicine Reports, involved a group of 44 12-year-olds undertaking a series of ten-second sprints, interspersed with 50 seconds of walking.
These particular exercises were chosen to replicate the kind of activities that children usually do in the playground - running for a short while, then stopping then running again for a short while.
They were then required to sit some tests measuring brain function.
These measured attention and focus by asking participants to identify the colour a word is written in rather the word itself.
For example, if the word "green" is written in blue letters, then "blue" is the correct answer.
Dr Simon Cooper, the lead researcher, said: "These tests measure cognitive ability - concentration levels, ability to focus, memory, attention - all the things you need for learning.
"Essentially, following the exercise the children were mentally quicker, but still as accurate in their answers to the tests.
"By doing exercise, they are speeding up their minds ."
Dr Cooper added: "Our findings are of great importance to schools, demonstrating the importance of physical education in the curriculum. They support the inclusion of high-intensity sprint-based exercise for adolescent pupils during the school day."
However, the majority of the US indictments announced a fortnight ago actually concern the fight to control the commercial rights for international football in the Americas and in particular the continent's most celebrated tournament: the Copa America.
While former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner is accused of arranging a $10m (£6.5m) bribe to support the South African 2010 World Cup bid, another vice-president, Eugenio Figueredo, is accused of involvement in bribes around the Copa America of $100m.
He is one of at least 11 members of Conmebol, the South American football confederation, accused of having taken corrupt payments from a sports marketing company in return for the commercial rights for the next four Copa America tournaments - including the one that begins this week in Chile.
The Copa America is one of the most watched sporting events in the world.
In 2011, it was estimated that the cumulative audience for the tournament was over five billion people. And, much like the World Cup, the value of the tournament has increased hugely in the past three decades.
The worldwide commercial rights for the 1987 Copa America were sold for $1.7m. The same rights for this year's tournament brought in $75m.
A special centennial tournament celebrating one hundred years of the Copa America, to be held in the USA in 2016, has resulted in a $112.5m windfall for the confederations organising it.
Since 1986, all of those commercial rights to one of the biggest football events in the world have been largely controlled by one company: Traffic Sports.
The company name may recall its early years selling advertising for bus stops but it eventually became the most important sports marketing group for football on the continent.
For the 2007 tournament alone, according to internal financial records seen by the FBI, Traffic's revenue from selling broadcasting and marketing rights around the Copa America was $74.2m, bringing in a profit of $29.1m.
But the indictment published by the US Department of Justice (pdf) accuse the company of securing its exclusive rights to the Copa America by bribing officials at Conmebol for the past 30 years.
It alleges that executives of Traffic and associated companies paid bribes to two Conmebol presidents and up to nine other presidents of national football associations, including the then presidents of the Brazilian and Argentine associations.
The earliest case of bribery cited by the US Attorney is from 1991, when Nicolas Leoz, the president of the South American football confederation, asked Jose Hawilla, the owner and founder of Traffic, for a payment for his signature.
Mr Leoz is said to have told Mr Hawilla that the rights to the Copa America were going to make Mr Hawilla a lot of money and Mr Leoz would not sign the contract on behalf of Conmebol unless Mr Leoz was given a six-figure sum in return.
The indictment says Mr Leoz then asked for additional payments each time the tournament rolled around and by the final Copa America during his time as president, in 2011, he was receiving more than $1m per tournament.
And it seems that the word spread.
In 2007, when the Copa America was played in Venezuela, the president of the Venezuelan football federation, Rafael Esquivel, asked Traffic for $1.7m for his continued support of their exclusive rights to the tournament.
Once again, Traffic paid up, with the corrupt payments fraudulently wired and laundered through banks and businesses in the US and elsewhere.
Then, in 2010, it looked like Traffic had been outmanoeuvred, and possibly out-bribed, by two other sports marketing groups.
Six of the national football association presidents in Conmebol seem to have helped wrestle the Copa America away from Traffic and award the commercial rights to one of their competitors: Full Play.
Traffic responded by taking both Full Play and Conmebol to court in the US, arguing the new contract infringed on its agreement because it included the Copa America 2015, for which it already had already purchased the rights.
The case never reached a hearing.
Instead, Traffic and Full Play settled out of court and agreed to join with a third group, Torneos y Competencias, to create a new company, called Datisa, and share the riches of the Copa America between them.
And, at this point, the corruption seems to hit a whole new level, according to the indictments.
In the earlier contract for the 2011 Copa America, Traffic International is said to have paid somewhere in the region of $3m in bribes divided between three officials.
Now, during the negotiations over forming Datisa, Mr Hawilla was informed that bribes had already been agreed with several other Conmebol officials and he would have to chip in with his share. Mr Hawilla was told that $10m should cover his portion of these expenses to date.
It is alleged that Datisa ultimately agreed to pay a total $100m for the rights to four tournaments.
Those payments were to be divided between 11 Conmebol officials and paid for each tournament until 2022:
Plus there was an extra one-off payment paid to each of these people for their signature on the initial contract.
This initial payment was structured in the same way as the payments agreed for each tournament, with the "big three" again pocketing $3m each.
In fact, of the 12 Conmebol signatures on the contract, it seems possible that only one was not paid for.
To put the scale of the corruption into clearer context: the official deal for the four Copa America tournaments was $317.5m.
For that, Datisa paid $100m in bribes - almost a third of the value of the rights.
Or to put it another way, if the corrupt payments for the contract are averaged out across the tournaments, then Datisa appear to have paid just under $1m in illegal bribes for every match at the Copa America - including the tournament that is about to begin.
While all this was happening in South America, Traffic's North American division, Traffic USA, was also buying up the rights to international football.
The commercial rights to the Gold Cup, the Concacaf (Confederation of North & Central America and Caribbean Football) version of the Copa America, were purchased in 1994 by Traffic USA with the promise that they could turn the tournament into a success story in the same way as they had the Copa America.
Concacaf's president, Jack Warner, and the general secretary, Chuck Blazer, were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes relating to the contracts.
Later, when Jack Warner resigned following allegations of corruption, his successor, Jeffery Webb, arranged for $2m to find its way to him as part of a deal for the Gold Cup and the North American Champions League.
In addition to the money paid out to secure the Gold Cup, Traffic was also dealing with the presidents of the Costa Rican and Nicaraguan football associations, who, along with Jack Warner, had requested six-figure bribes for awarding the rights to World Cup qualifiers played in their countries.
Licence to make money
And all the while, Traffic were making money from these exclusive rights - selling them on to broadcasters, sports companies and other commercial sponsors across the continent and around the world.
In particular, there was a boom in profits in the US and Canada, which quickly became a major market for the Copa America.
According to the indictment, in 2007 the US and Canadian broadcasting rights brought in $12.8m for Traffic - the highest amount of any region and making up a fifth of the company total revenue for the tournament.
This rapidly expanding market helped drive the increase in the value of the contracts and, alongside them, the hidden cost of doing business with the continent's football officials.
The owner and founder of Traffic Sports, Mr Hawilla, has now admitted his part in extortion, fraud, bribery and money laundering and agreed to forfeit $151m of illegal earnings.
Hugo Jinkis, Mariano Jinkis, and Alejandro Burzaco have all been charged as co-conspirators in the illegal payments to officials by Datisa.
Many football officials are under arrest, charged or being sought by the US authorities for questioning.
Meanwhile, in Chile, the hosts take on Ecuador in the opening match of the Copa America 2015, with Chile hoping to get off to a positive start as they look to win their first ever Copa America.
The white female rhea, nicknamed Snowflake, was spotted in North Boarhunt. It is thought she escaped from a private collection.
Police, the fire service and members of a specialist team from Sparsholt College helped catch the bird.
She is being kept at the college while she waits to be reunited with her owner.
A man spotted the bird at 12:30 BST on Thursday in his garden.
Chris Mitchell, centre manager at Sparsholt College, said: "Working with animals, we're accustomed to unusual conversations involving out of the ordinary situations.
"However it did catch me slightly off guard when we had a call from the Hampshire police control room declaring that there was a large bird in a front garden in North Boarhunt and could the college assist."
The 30-year-old left-armer, who has taken six wickets in two matches for Middlesex, has sustained a stress fracture to his pelvis.
The club say the injury requires a minimum of six weeks' rest.
"Losing Mitchell is a big blow for us," Middlesex managing director of cricket Angus Fraser said.
"He is an outstanding white-ball bowler that brings variety, skill and nous to any side he plays for.
"Finding a replacement of similar quality at such short notice is proving extremely difficult."
A letter signed by leaders from cities including Birmingham, Cardiff and Glasgow said a vote to leave would put cities in "serious economic danger".
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell and ex-PM Gordon Brown will talk about how EU funds have helped UK cities later.
But Vote Leave said the cities had prospered "in spite of" EU membership.
How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU.
"Leaving would be a grave threat to our local economies, risking people's jobs and livelihoods," the letter from the Core Cities group of councils said.
"If we vote for Brexit, it will be those at the sharp end - working people, not the leaders of the leave campaign, who will pay the price.
"A vote for Remain is a vote for prosperity and progress for Britain's cities.
"A vote to leave is a vote for serious economic danger. It is simply not worth the risk."
The 10 signatories are from Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield.
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The Core Cities letter continued: "Across our ten cities and their surrounding regions, EU membership has created 63,000 jobs and protected another 16,800.
"It has provided £1.8bn of investment to help grow our urban economies, including vital infrastructure from tram lines to trunk roads.
"Together, our urban areas already deliver more than half the UK economy, and it is obvious to us that the economic fortunes of our great cities and the millions of people who live in them are closely linked to the future of the continent and its cities."
Later, Mr Brown and Mr McDonnell will share a stage in Manchester and argue that billions more in EU funding could become available to improve infrastructure in industrial and former industrial areas if Britain stays in.
Mr Brown will say: "In the 1980s the Tories turned our industrial heartlands into industrial wastelands.
"Their ideology was that there was no such thing as society and everyone was on their own.
"What stood between our communities and further devastation was the European structural funds, regional funds and social funds that Tory Brexiteers would now cut.
"European money is necessary for renovation, renewal and regeneration - and right across the North, Scotland and Wales it is still vitally needed now."
Vote Leave said a UK government could continue to guarantee the cities the funds that currently came from Brussels.
Chief executive Matthew Elliott said: "These are desperate times for the In campaign - recycling a declaration of support that was first made in February and then repeated again in April.
"The truth is that the UK's cities have prospered in spite of our EU membership, not because of it.
"Every week we send £350m to the EU, enough to build a fully-staffed NHS hospital.
"Our cities would benefit hugely if we took back control of this money and spent it on our priorities - such as public services and infrastructure - instead."
Christopher Richardson-Blake, 32, of Redbridge, Peterborough, was contracted to carry out electrical work at Abingdon police station.
Oxford Crown Court heard he fitted a camera in the women's changing room at the station to record officers getting changed.
Richardson-Blake admitted voyeurism and will be sentenced on 3 April.
He was ordered to sign the sex offenders register by Judge Patrick Eccles QC.
The court heard how Richardson-Blake recorded others "doing private acts" for his own sexual gratification or for that of a third party.
He also admitted stealing a laptop belonging to Thames Valley Police from the station in Colwell Drive.
It was subsequently discovered at his home.
Supt Andy Boyd said: "This was a particularly brazen offence in which Christopher Richardson-Blake installed a camera in a female changing room.
"This demonstrated a complete lack of respect and a deliberate intrusion into their privacy."
Forty prisons in England and Wales have been told to raise their "operational capacity" in the next two months, according to documents seen by the BBC.
All but six of these are running at full capacity or are overcrowded.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said he was taking "sensible steps to make sure we can accommodate everyone".
The prisons affected include Bedford, Durham, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln and three facilities in London - Brixton, Pentonville and Wandsworth.
The jails have been told they need to find accommodation for 440 more prisoners, in total.
This figure represents about 0.5% of the prison population of 85,410. On average, the 40 prisons affected will have to find space for an additional 11 inmates each.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw says it will be very difficult for prisons to deal with any increase in inmates.
Several facilities are already at 150-160% capacity, he says. And Wandsworth prison has nearly 1,600 inmates in cells designed to hold about 900.
He adds that the order to take in more prisoners is very embarrassing for the Ministry of Justice, which has closed 16 jails in the past four years.
A further two prisons were converted to immigration removal centres, after prison population forecasts suggested numbers would stabilise or rise only slowly.
Mr Grayling said he was making "no apology that we are sending more criminals to prison" because "that's what the public want".
He said: "We have had a small increase in [the] prison population in [the] last few months. And as a result we've opened up some of our reserve capacity.
"We're also opening 2,000 additional adult male prison places over [the] next nine months as part of my commitment to ensure we go into [the] next election with more adult male places than we inherited in 2010."
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said the government should accept that the decision to close prisons had been wrong.
"Because of ministers' incompetence they've created an acute shortage of space.
"Their latest desperate measure is to stuff more and more prisoners into already dangerously overcrowded prison cells. But a quart into a pint pot won't go.
"This type of environment will do nothing to rehabilitate prisoners or to reduce crime."
But prison reform campaigners called on politicians of both sides to "wake up to the damage they are doing".
"Solutions lie not in warehousing more people or exploiting fear of crime but in authoritative leadership to ensure that offenders make amends to victims, break addictions and take responsibility for their lives," said Juliet Lyon from the Prison Reform Trust.
And the Prison Officers Association described the development as a "fiasco".
It said emergency measures were also being put in place to recruit staff after thousands of prison officers took voluntary redundancy.
Retired officers and those who have recently left the service are being offered short-term contracts to re-join until the end of the year.
President of the Prison Governors Association Eoin McLennan-Murray said he had been told to find space for an extra six prisoners at Surrey's Coldingley Prison, where he is governor, which he was doing by putting extra beds in cells designed for two people.
Other jails are likely to fit twin beds in single cells.
Mr McLennan-Murray, speaking on behalf of the PGA, said the prison population was now expected to rise by 1,000 more than earlier projections.
"All the planning assumptions are based on smaller population projections."
Speaking in his capacity as head of the association, he said this issue combined with prison staff shortages, a new prison regime and increasing numbers of assaults and incidents, was creating a "perfect storm".
"All of these things will de-stabilise prisons," he said.
"I struggle to recall a time when there were so many issues and problems."
Wayne Stirrups from Canterbury in Kent told his family he was going to Cardiff to visit his sons, but has not been seen since 17 November.
Family and friends of the 30-year-old travelled to Cardiff on Sunday to raise awareness of his disappearance.
Mr Stirrups' brother Jason said: "We're all lost without him, we know he's in a bad place right now."
He said they have put up more than 1,200 posters in Cardiff, Bristol and London over the weekend.
Mr Stirrups said: "He's not only my brother, he's my best friend.
"He's there for not only me but pretty much anyone who needed him at a drop of a hat.
"He's a complete joker and is always making people laugh and smile."
He added: "I can't begin to explain what a great dad he is to his boys, to the extent he gave up his life in Kent to go be a stay at home dad in Bristol.
Mr Stirrups said their family needed him to contact them "to let us know he's safe".
Mike Beavis is a close friend of Wayne Stirrups.
He said a group of about 25 people travelled to Cardiff after there had been reported sightings of Mr Stirrups in the city centre.
They went to a pub to watch CCTV footage and to the police station.
As well as hanging posters, leaflets were handed out to the public encouraging them to use social media to help find their friend using hashtags #letsfindwayne and #whereswayne.
"He is a happy, bubbly guy who makes friends wherever he goes," said Mr Beavis.
"What's going on now is extremely out of character."
Wiltshire firm Eat Square started making "square pies" earlier this year.
But the phrase is a registered trademark of London-based Square Pie, which has taken action to protect its intellectual property rights.
Alex Joll, from Eat Square, said: "We have to stop calling them square pies, so from now on they're just pies."
Based in Bradford-on-Avon, Eat Square was set up in 2014 with the idea of offering "square meals" including square pies.
But in July, Mr Joll said it was a "bit of a shock" when he got a letter telling him to "stop using Eat Square, Square Pie or anything to do with square".
"We've taken every reference to square pies off our website - there's pictures of square pies but we don't call them square pies," he said.
"We'll also be finding out next month if we can keep our name Eat Square, but we'll keep making square pies and that's the main thing."
Martin Dewey, the founder of Square Pie in London, said it had no objection to Eat Square making and selling square-shaped pies.
He said the dispute was over the adoption of "branding and associated language" which had various trademarks in place.
"I had no reply from Eat Square when I wrote informally and sadly have had to use legal methods," he said.
"There's more than enough pie lovers to go round, without trying to pass off people's branding and goodwill built up over 15 years of very hard work."
Three kidnappers took Ogere Siasia from the family home in Bayelsa state in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
Her son appealed for her release, and said the gunmen's motive was unclear.
The BBC's Chris Ewokor in the capital, Abuja, says kidnapping, often for ransom, is common in parts of Nigeria and footballers' families are increasingly becoming targets.
Nigeria international Christian Obodo was abducted in Warri, southern Nigeria in June 2012.
A year earlier, the father of Nigerian footballer and Chelsea player John Obi Mikel was kidnapped in Jos, central Nigeria.
"I only beg them to please release her unhurt. I was told they shot sporadically into the air before taking her away on a motorcycle," Samson Siasia told BBC Sport.
"We've not heard from them to know their motive, but right now I'm only concerned about her safety," he added.
Mr Siasia was in The Gambia at the time of the attack as the coach of the Nigerian Under-23 team, preparing for the Confederation of African Football Under-23 Championship in Senegal later this month month.
The Nigerian Football Federation's president Amaju Pinnick also appealed for the kidnappers to release Mrs Siasia.
"Samson is on a critical national assignment presently and the last he needs is this kind of distraction," he said.
On Tuesday, services from Norwich, Ipswich, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester and Braintree to Liverpool Street were hit by delays of at least 90 minutes.
The delays were due to a signalling fault in the Chelmsford area.
The MPs believe the economy of the region is damaged by rail delays.
Simon Wright, Liberal Democrat MP for Norwich South, said the region had "challenges dealing with an aging infrastructure".
"We need deeper investment. It's a long term investment challenge but we need to get to grips with it now or it will never happen."
Mr Wright's call for investment was backed by local Conservative MPs Chloe Smith, Simon Burns and Richard Bacon.
Ms Smith, the representative for Norwich North said the region's businesses and economy were being held back by a lack of investment in rail services, while Mr Burns, the MP for Chelmsford, said a "total upgrade of the track" was needed.
A Department for Transport spokesman said the government was spending more money than ever before on rail improvements, but added that the budget for rail improvements had been allocated until 2019.
In February, the 24-year-old triggered a clause in his one-year deal by making 25 appearances, keeping him at the club for next season.
Now he has agreed terms for the following campaign, with Thistle holding the option to add a further 12 months until May 2019.
Booth has played every minute of every game for the Jags this season.
However, the booking picked up in Tuesday's 1-0 win over Dundee United means he will miss the first post-split fixture through suspension.
Booth began his career at Hibernian and moved to Thistle on loan in January 2015 before making the switch permanent once his contract at Easter Road expired.
Striker Mathias Pogba also triggered a new one-year deal after coming on as a substitute for his 25th appearance against United.
The 25-year-old Guinea international joined Thistle in the summer after leaving Crawley Town.
A spokesman for the UN's mission in Mali, Minusma, told the BBC that six of the wounded were in an "extremely serious condition".
He added that UN forces had faced "increased attacks" this week.
The UN mission took over responsibility for security in northern Mali last year after French troops forced Islamists from key towns.
Minusma said that the landmine detonated on Tuesday between 11:00 and 12:00 local time (11:00-12:00 GMT), about 30km (19 miles) from the town of Kidal, on the road to Aguelhok.
The latest attack is one of several on UN forces in recent weeks.
On Monday the UN's base in Aguelhok came under mortar fire and in a separate attack, four civilian contractors for the UN were injured when their vehicle drove over a landmine.
No-one has claimed responsibility for the most recent attacks on the UN, reports the BBC's Alex Duval Smith in Bamako.
But on Sunday, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said it had been behind a series of attacks in July and August in the Timbuktu region, our correspondent adds.
France intervened militarily in Mali last year in a bid to drive out Islamists who had taken advantage of an uprising by Tuareg rebels in the north of the country.
The latest attack comes as peace talks resume in Algeria between Tuareg rebels and Mali's government.
However, the talks do not include groups demanding Islamic rule.
The hosts had trounced the Scots 4-0 in the reverse fixture, but a repeat never looked likely as Jane Ross headed home Emma Mitchell's cross for the opener.
Fanndis Fridriksdottir's miscued effort crept past Gemma Fay for the equaliser.
But Caroline Weir hit the post before Ross converted a penalty for her second after Lisa Evans was felled in the box.
It was Ross' 10th of the campaign and her 46th for Scotland in her 95th international.
The win drew Scotland level on 21 points with Iceland, who finished top of Group 1 courtesy of their better head-to-head record.
It was a victory the Scots merited against their higher-ranked opponents and one that should give them even greater confidence going into the tournament in the Netherlands next summer.
Coach Anna Signeul had spoken of the need for her players to show they could compete with more physical teams like Iceland - and they more than matched their opponents in Reykjavik in terms of physicality and technical ability.
Iceland had not conceded a goal in their previous seven qualifiers but any thoughts of finishing the campaign with an unblemished record ended when Mitchell's pin-point cross from the left saw Ross head past Gudbjorg Gunnarsdottir.
The Scots were playing with a poise and authority that may have been the result of already being assured of qualification.
But they were caught out just before the break when Fridriksdottir stole into the box and though she sliced her attempted cut-back, the ball spun past Fay and, despite Mitchell's attempts to clear, crossed the line.
Scotland were unfazed by that setback or the noisy home support and almost took the lead again a minute into the second half when Weir cracked a 25-yard shot against the base of the post.
But the second goal arrived in the 56th minute when Evans exchanged passes with Ross and was then tripped by Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir.
Ross showed why she is Scotland's leading scorer in qualifying with a confident spot-kick, sending Gunnarsdottir the wrong way.
The win might have been even more emphatic if Evans had not clipped the bar after rounding the keeper.
Scotland came under considerable pressure in the closing quarter of the match but Fay was never seriously troubled as the visitors rounded off their successful campaign in style.
Iceland Women: G Gunnarsdottir, Viggosdottir, Gunnarsdottir, M Vidarsdottir, Brynjarsdottir, Gisladottir, Jensen, E Vidarsdottir, A Kirstjansdottir, Thorvaldsdottir, Fridriksdottir. Substitutes: Sigurdardottir, Atladottir, Jonsdottir, Magnusdottir, M Signurdardottir, Larusdottir, Honnudottir.
Scotland Women: Fay; Smith, J Murray, Beattie, Mitchell; L Ross, Love, Weir, Lauder, J Ross, Evans. Substitutes: Lynn, Crichton, C Murray, Arnot, Clelland, Brownlie, Brown.
The 30-year-old moved to Leigh in November on a two-year contract after his release by Salford following a "disciplinary procedure".
Chase won the 2011 Man of Steel while at Castleford, also earning his 11 England caps during a four-year stay.
The New Zealand-born stand-off scored two tries in his five appearances for the Centurions this season, with his last appearance on 1 May.
"He came to Leigh and wanted to fall back in love with the game," owner Derek Beaumont told BBC Radio Manchester. "He came from a difficult situation from Salford and it's proven hard to do that.
"He's had a couple of things that have been made available to him as an opportunity and there are a couple of options he can explore outside of the game.
"He came and spoke to me and felt it was in his best interests if he was given that opportunity and I've accepted that."
Leigh signed Australian former London Broncos half-back Josh Drinkwater this week from West Tigers until the end of the season.
Movistar rider Quintana, 26, finished in the bunch in Sunday's final stage to maintain his lead of one minute 23 seconds over Team Sky's Froome.
"It is a dream come true. I have a huge amount of respect for Chris Froome and he for me," Quintana told Eurosport.
Orica-BikeExchange's Magnus Cort Nielsen won the 104.8km stage in a sprint finish in Madrid.
The win is Movistar rider Quintana's second in a Grand Tour after his 2014 Giro d'Italia triumph.
Esteban Chavez, riding for Orica-BikeExchange, finished third, 4:08 behind compatriot Quintana.
Sunday's 21st stage from Las Rozas was a largely processional stage for Quintana, who repelled Froome's attacks and finished two seconds ahead in Saturday's summit finish.
Three-time Tour de France champion Froome, 31, admitted stage 15 cost him his chance to become the first man to win the Tour and Vuelta in the same season since Bernard Hinault in 1978.
Froome lost 2:40 to Quintana after missing a surprise early breakaway as his main rival extended his lead to 3:37.
Although Froome regained 2:16 in winning the stage 19 time trial, Quintana held on to win the third and final Grand Tour of the season.
"What happened on stage 15 possibly cost me victory but we will learn from that," said Froome.
"One of the things that makes cycling so special is that it can change in the blink of the eye. That's racing."
He added: "This is a gruelling race and I have enjoyed it. "I'm thrilled with how the season has gone - it's been my most successful to date.
"It has shown me that it is possible to win two Grand Tours in a year and maybe that is something I will look to do next year."
1. Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den/Orica-BikeExchange) 2hrs 48mins 52secs
2. Daniele Bennati (Ita/Tinkoff) same time
3. Gianni Meersman (Bel/Etixx - Quick-Step)
4. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita/Dimension Data)
5. Nikias Arndt (Ger/Giant-Alpecin)
6. Lorenzo Manzin (Fra/FDJ)
7. Romain Hardy (Fra/Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
8. Jhonatan Restrepo (Col/Team Katusha)
9. Rudiger Selig (Ger/Bora-Argon 18)
10. Salvatore Puccio (Ita/Team Sky)
1. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) 83hrs 31mins 28secs
2. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +1mins 23secs
3. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica-BikeExchange) +4mins 08secs
4. Alberto Contador (Spa/Tinkoff) +4mins 21secs
5. Andrew Talansky (US/Cannondale) +7mins 43secs
6. Simon Yates (GB/Orica-BickExchange) +8mins 33secs
7. David de la Cruz (Spa/Etixx - Quick-Step) +11mins 18secs
8. Daniel Fernandez-Moreno (Spa/Movistar) +13mins 04secs
9. Davide Formolo (Ita/Cannondale) +13mins 17secs
10. George Bennett (NZ/LottoNI-Jumbo) +14mins 07secs
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France will not be competing in the Four Nations in October, having lost to Scotland at the 2014 European Cup.
A weakened French side were also beaten 84-4 by England in October 2015, ahead of next year's World Cup in Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia .
"We've got loads of young players but they don't really know where to go," Larroyer told BBC Radio Humberside.
"We are all divided. I think we need to work with each other to be strong, to work together and try to improve rugby league in France because I really think we've got potential."
"We need a strong French championship as well to try to give some new players to Catalans Dragons or give a chance to go to [League One side] Toulouse as well or to go and have a crack in Super League."
It is one which is very much alive in Kent, where 20% of pupils still go to grammar schools.
The growing population and rising demand for places has led many Kent grammar schools to expand.
This reflects the national picture. Although the number of grammar schools has remained stable for decades, the number of pupils has risen.
Kent County Council, one of the largest local authorities in England, says there is no more room for popular grammars in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells to expand.
That's why the council has been supporting the creation of an annexe of Weald of Kent girls' school in Sevenoaks - a town that has no grammar school of its own. It is a controversial step.
In an alternative approach, the town's Knole Academy has created its own "grammar stream". According to head teacher Mary Boyle, this is not just a "top set", but grammar school teaching.
She has promised parents and pupils they will study academic subjects "with rigour" and "in depth". Her grammar stream pupils are aiming at the best universities, including Oxford and Cambridge.
In recent years, grammar schools have increased their reach.
In 1985 there were 175 grammar schools across England, educating 3.2% of the population.
By last year there were 163, but they educated 5.1% of secondary school pupils.
According to opinion polls, support for grammar schools remains constant.
A recent YouGov survey, published in The Times, indicated that 54% of people said they would support a new grammar in response to "demonstrated local demand". If elected, UKIP has promised a grammar school in every town.
The former education secretary Michael Gove did not support the creation of new grammars - instead he focused on improving non-selective schools. In the past, Prime Minister David Cameron has not supported grammars either - seeing them as divisive.
However, he said recently that all good schools - including grammars - should be able to expand. The current Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has yet to make a decision.
Parents in Sevenoaks have been campaigning for many years for new grammar provision in their town.
Sarah Randall, a teacher living in Sevenoaks, has two older children who go to school in Tonbridge every day.
Her daughter, aged 12, travels by bus. That can take 80 minutes each way. Her son, aged 13, takes the train. The journey takes less time - between 40 minutes and an hour - but it costs £500 a year.
The children have a lot of homework, and the travel means they have little time for extra-curricular activities during the week.
Their schools take pupils from many miles away - one of her daughter's friends has a journey of two hours each way.
It can be hard for them to see each other, even at weekends. However, their schools are among the very best in the country, with excellent exam results. Many pupils go on to leading universities.
Ms Randall hopes her younger daughter, who's nine, could benefit from the new grammar annexe and believes it would be a "positive move".
"Many parents would support it," she says.
Sarah Shilling, of the Sevenoaks Grammar School Campaign, believes parents would welcome a new girls' school, "but we're only half way there. To get the whole way we need our boys catered for, too."
Many opponents of grammar schools - like Sir Michael Wilshaw, the Ofsted chief inspector - nonetheless support streaming within schools, teaching by ability groups.
In Sevenoaks one multi-ability school is using this approach to challenge the grammar schools on their own turf.
In a year eight art class at Knole Academy, 13-year-old Mustafa works on a piece of pop art.
He tells me he's only just arrived at the school, he had been at one of the most selective grammars in Kent.
He doesn't see any difference at all: "We're learning the same things. I think this school might even be better." He'd had a long journey to school before, taking two trains. Now it is a quick bus ride.
Mary Boyle, tells me that initially parents were sceptical.
"When we set it up we invited prospective parents to come along. We had three turn up. But now we have over 100 people applying every year."
She believes the 11 plus exam unfairly decides a child's future.
"I think children are badged when they're told they've failed the 11 plus - and also when they're told not to bother sitting it at all. So you're deciding a child's future when they're barely 11".
The advantage of Knole Academy is that children get a second chance.
Georgia, 14, failed the eleven plus by just a few marks in Maths, so she came to Knole.
After a year, she was promoted into the grammar stream. Now she's hoping to be a solicitor, and would like to go to Cambridge.
"I've slowly worked my way up and I'm on target to get good grades in my GCSEs" she said.
"I wouldn't change my school for the world."
As yet no pupils in the grammar stream have sat any public examinations: Georgia's year will be the first to sit GCSE.
Many parents remain sceptical.
"Generally speaking, if a child passes the 11 plus both the child and their parents want to go to a grammar school" said Sarah Randall.
"And in Kent there is the 11 plus - it's not going away. Given that, and the increasing population, it seems crazy that there isn't another grammar school being built in Sevenoaks".
The leader of Kent County Council, Paul Carter, has urged the education secretary to approve the new grammar school annexe quickly. He says it could cost his council £4.5m if it does not go ahead.
Contractors are already working on the site, which will also house a new free school.
Mr Carter says the decision to build both schools together had been agreed with the Education Funding Agency, a branch of the Department for Education.
Some doubt whether a new site 10 miles away from the main school, along a busy main road, can really be seen as an extension.
Robert McCartney QC, chairman of the National Grammar Schools Association, believes it cannot, and that it will, in effect, be a new school.
But he would like to see the law changed so that new grammars can be set up. "That applies to all other types of school," he says, "why not grammars?"
After 30 March the so-called election "purdah" prevents the government from making announcements about new or controversial matters.
If the annexe is approved, it would send a positive signal to other schools and other local authorities seeking to expand their grammar provision.
Labour believes approval would show the Conservatives have moved to the right of the political spectrum.
"David Cameron once said that selective education was unpopular with parents and that parents did not believe it was right for children to be divided into successes and failures at 11," said Tristram Hunt, the shadow education secretary.
"But now his government looks set to sign off on the first new grammar school in 50 years. Not even Margaret Thatcher approved the expansion of selective education. This is more evidence that he has abandoned the centre ground."
You can hear Sanchia Berg's report on the Today programme on Monday 2 March from 06:00 GMT on BBC Radio 4.
The stretch between junctions 44 (Swansea East) and 48 (Pontarddulais) currently has two lanes each way.
But Swansea council leaders want it increased to three, to help cope with more traffic pressures from thousands of new homes being built in the area.
The Welsh Government, which controls the M4, said it could not comment.
Swansea's local development plan has homes earmarked for both the Penllergaer and Pontarddulais areas which would be built by 2025.
Council leader Rob Stewart stressed he wanted to avoid potential traffic issues.
"We are talking about putting an extra lane in," he said.
"The Welsh Government does have extra capital means in the settlement and we need to make a bid for them.
"I've already indicated to the first minister we will be coming to them with a request.
"The houses are not going to be built overnight but its about having a prepared plan for the residents around them."
The M4 reduces from three lanes to two at junction 38 (Port Talbot) and remains that way until the motorway ends at junction 49 (Pont Abraham).
However, Stuart Cole, professor of transport at the University of South Wales, does not support extra lanes on the motorway.
"The answer is not to add another lane," he said.
"There's no justification in my view for building another two lanes on that motorway.
"The evidence suggested to me is that traffic is coming through drivers trying to get from one side of Swansea to another and trying to avoid the centre where there's serious congestion."
Prof Cole said he believed "high quality, high frequency" buses which operate from large satellite park and rides on various outskirts of the city would work better,
The aim would be for them to run daily from 06:00 to midnight.
"It works in Dublin and it works in Edinburgh so why can't it work in Swansea?" he added.
A Welsh Government spokesman said they would not be able to comment until Swansea council has discussed its future development plans in detail with them.
The 35-year-old former All Black King starts at centre for Scarlets against Newport Gwent Dragons, while 18-year-old wing Cowley is on the bench.
Cowley joined the Welsh region in the summer after moving from New Zealand.
"It's been good to train alongside dad and get to know him a bit more," Cowley told the Scarlets website.
"It's also been really good to see how good he is at his job and to learn from him."
Cowley was brought up in Australia and moved back to Hamilton in New Zealand at the age of 16.
He agreed a three-year deal with the Scarlets academy in the summer and has played two games for Llandovery in the Principality Premiership this season against Aberavon and Newport.
Speaking to a New Zealand television station earlier this month, King said he had not seen Cowley play rugby "since he was about 10".
The pair now share a house, something King said was a pleasant experience.
"It was a good thing really because I've hardly spent time with him and now we get to spend all the time together," he said.
"It's a bit different though having someone on the wing call me dad… made me feel really old."
King first joined Scarlets from Stade Francais in 2005.
He left Scarlets for Clermont Auvergne in 2011 and returned to west Wales ahead of the 2014-15 season.
Cowley is looking forward to joining his father on the pitch.
"It'll be awesome just to be in the 23. A lot of boys are hoping to play for this team so it's awesome to get a shot," he said.
"It'll be really good to be on the pitch with the old man but also just get out there and have fun."
All Leisure Holidays (ALH), which owns Swan Hellenic and Voyages of Discovery, went into receivership on Wednesday.
An emergency meeting was called earlier between Portsmouth International Port and its owner Portsmouth City Council.
But council leader Donna Jones played down the impact on the city, saying port fees from the company represented less than 1% of the port's turnover.
She said: "We're talking just over £100,000 here so it's not going to be a massive blow to the city council or for the port.
"Our cruise business is a very small part - less than 10% - of the turnover for Portsmouth International Port."
According to the port's website, the two affected ships - Minerva and Voyager - represented 19 of the ports 46 cruise bookings for 2017.
The £16m cruise terminal, which opened six years ago, is used by a number of other operators, including Saga, Viking Ocean Cruises and Fred Olsen.
ALH's vessels were the port's most frequent cruise visitors - Minerva was due to call at Portsmouth 11 times in 2017 and Voyager - eight times. Other operators' vessels are each due to visit one to three times this year.
Ms Jones said the council would be putting in a claim to the company's administrators for loss of revenue, having signed a three-year contract with All Leisure Holidays in 2016.
Port harbourmaster Rupert Taylor said: "The port remains committed to establishing and developing its cruise business. With its first-class facilities, great transport links and reputation for excellence we are confident it will remain a popular choice for cruise companies and passengers."
About 400 holidaymakers were left stranded and about 150 people lost their jobs when ALH ceased trading.
Future bookings for about 13,000 people have also been cancelled.
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Portsmouth is to lose more than 40% of its cruise ship trade after a holiday firm went bust.
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Speaking ahead of the announcement, Nicola Sturgeon said the industry supports about 190,000 people.
She said the plan would reaffirm the government's commitment to growing and investing in the sector.
Industry and education institutions will be encouraged to work together.
The new centre will aim to stimulate innovation, improve productivity and increase investment in the Scottish manufacturing sector.
It is part of a wider programme promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects in school.
There has been concern over the state of the manufacturing sector and there have been some high profile closures. One of the most recent is the proposal to shut Tata's steel plants in Motherwell and Cambuslang.
The Scottish government said the centre would focus on working with companies to assess the benefits of new technologies and equipment and supporting their implementation among small and medium sized manufacturing groups.
Ms Sturgeon confirmed the plans during a visit to Glenhead Engineering in Clydebank on Monday.
She said: "There should be no doubt about the importance of our manufacturing industry - which employs around 190,000 people in Scotland - to our future success.
"This plan will reaffirm our commitment to grow and invest in the sector and to ensure its long-term competitive future. We will outline ways to help businesses better access, exploit and keep pace with new technologies and opportunities, further support Scottish companies to achieve supply chain excellence, and promote innovation.
"These actions will enable the sector to improve productivity and business performance, providing a better long-term future and enabling it to compete internationally."
Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland, former chief economist for Lloyds Banking Group, Donald Macrae, said it was a welcome time for investment.
"Manufacturing had a fairly poor recession in comparison to, say services," he said.
"And in the latest quarter for which we have information, output from manufacturing actually fell in the quarter, and fell in the year. That is in contrast to what happened in services, so it is suffering."
Labour MSP Jackie Baillie said: "This is obviously a welcome step that has Scottish Labour's support.
"The best way to ensure a sustainable future for our manufacturing industry is to create a skilled work force through investment in education, but Nicola Sturgeon is also cutting hundreds of millions of pounds from education budgets.
"Faced with a choice between asking people to pay a bit more so we can use our powers to invest or cutting into our nation's future, we choose to use our powers. The SNP should back our plan so we can avoid the cuts."
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Plans to support Scotland's manufacturing sector - including the creation of a joint centre of excellence and skills academy - have been unveiled by the first minister.
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A clash of heads between Aldershot's Will Evans and Lincoln's Matt Rhead early on led to a lengthy stoppage before the game stuttered into life.
Aldershot, looking to extend a 10-game unbeaten run, survived early scares when Terry Hawkridge and Luke Waterfall both went close in quick succession.
Bernard Mensah forced a fine save out of Paul Farman at the other end just before the break, but Lincoln - who are three points clear and have a game in hand over their rivals at the top - came closest to breaking the deadlock when Waterfall headed onto a post on the hour mark.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Aldershot Town 0, Lincoln City 0.
Second Half ends, Aldershot Town 0, Lincoln City 0.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Matt McClure replaces Scott Rendell.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Jonny Giles replaces Shamir Fenelon.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Jack Muldoon replaces Jonathon Margetts.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Josh Ginnelly replaces Terry Hawkridge.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Anthony Straker replaces Cheye Alexander.
Nick Arnold (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Billy Knott replaces Alan Power.
Second Half begins Aldershot Town 0, Lincoln City 0.
First Half ends, Aldershot Town 0, Lincoln City 0.
Luke Waterfall (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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The eight-time major champion, playing in his 43rd Masters, had hoped to make the cut but seven bogeys prevented a dream weekend goodbye.
The American, 66, received a standing ovation as he finished his second round with a par at a packed 18th green.
"To finish playing at Augusta with my friends and family watching - that's the way to go out," he said.
"The fans were really very generous with their applause, it was a pleasure."
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He completed his 134th and last round in the Masters with a long snaking putt at the 18th that stopped just inches away from what would have been a fitting final birdie.
He was then embraced by a waiting gallery of family, Augusta Green-Jacketed officials and former golf rivals with hundreds of fans surrounding the green.
"I hope that over the period of my career, I've been able to show the crowd some great golf," he added.
Watson, whose two Masters wins came in 1977 and 1981, said that the only regrets he had over his long career was not winning a few more majors.
"I know I won probably more than my share, but on the other hand, there are a few that got away. I guess it all balances out in the end, just like they say," he said.
Last July, he marked his final appearance at the Open with an emotional walk up the 18th fairway at St Andrews at the end of his second round.
But he said Friday's walk up the 18th at Augusta National was even more special.
"There's more finality in this walk here, because I really have made the decision that the kids hit the ball too far. I can't compete against the kids," he said.
"This course really shows the difference. You've got to hit the ball a long way to play this golf course."
Taylor, 30, has played 27 games for Wigan since joining from Cardiff in 2014 and featured 23 times on loan with Championship side Reading last season.
He began his career at Middlesbrough and had loan spells at Bradford and Watford before moving to Cardiff in 2011, where he played 114 games.
The deal takes Bolton's tally of signings to seven for the season.
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"We don't have to accept defeat as an inevitable state of affairs for the next five years," Mark Serwotka told the PCS union annual conference.
Mr Serwotka said members should oppose spending cuts and the expected attacks on pensions and public sector pay.
"We need to be prepared to fight like never before," he added.
Trade Unions coordinated industrial action in 2011 over public sector pensions.
But Mr Serwotka said that unity didn't last long enough.
He urged other unions "to step up to the plate".
"We need this time to not just call for united coordinated action across the trade union movement but it needs to be united in every sense" he said. "Common demands, common negotiations and common industrial action strategies".
The PCS union represents civil servants in Whitehall and around the UK in job centres, tax offices, the courts and immigration.
It is one of the biggest public sector unions with around 225,000 members.
But quoting a newspaper report that suggested government cuts could lead to 100,000 further job losses in the civil service, the PCS leader called on delegates to fight back.
"We need to commit ourselves to opposing the cuts, the closures of the offices, the privatisations and the further attacks we are expecting on pensions and in public sector pay" Mr Serwotka said.
Mr Serwotka said that the message from the election was not that the Conservatives won but that Labour lost by refusing to advocate ant-austerity politics.
And he said that proportional representation would help anti-austerity politics take hold in the UK.
He also criticised government plans to tighten strike ballot rules.
"They don't want to change the balloting laws to have more people voting to make it more democratic' he said. "They want to change the balloting laws to stop us from going on strike".
The PCS union has seen its membership fall in recent years, hit by cuts in Whitehall and across the public sector.
In total, around 90,000 jobs were cut across the civil service during the last parliament.
The PCS has also seen numbers drop due to changes in how it collects subscriptions from members.
Several government departments including the Home Office, HMRC and DWP have ended the so-called "check-off" system which automatically deducted union subscriptions directly from salaries.
That's led to lapsed memberships as the union attempts to re-recruit people to pay by direct debit.
Mr Serwotka admitted that the union was still on course to lose "thousands and thousands" of members. That's hit the union's finances forcing it to save £6m this year.
Htin Kyaw from the National League for Democracy (NLD) takes over from Thein Sein, who introduced wide-ranging reforms during his five years in power.
Although NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi is barred from the presidency, she has said she will rule by proxy.
The handover completes the transition that began after the NLD won a landslide win in elections in November.
Thein Sein's legacy of reform
Htin Kyaw, 69, said he would be "faithful" to the people of Myanmar, as he took the oath of office in a joint session of parliament in the capital Nay Pyi Taw.
Vice-presidents Henry Van Thio and Myint Swe, who lost to Htin Kyaw in the presidential vote earlier this month, were also sworn in, as were new cabinet ministers.
Most of the ministers belong to the NLD. The list includes Ms Suu Kyi who will be in charge of foreign affairs, the president's office, education, and energy and electric power.
But the military is appointing its own nominees for three key ministries - defence, home affairs and border affairs.
In a brief speech, Htin Kyaw noted challenges ahead including the need for a nationwide ceasefire. The government has been engaged in armed conflicts with various ethnic groups for decades.
He also spoke about the constitution complying with modern democratic values, in a nod to the NLD's stated goal during the election campaign of changing the constitution.
Correspondents say this is perhaps the most sensitive issue in the NLD government's relationship with the army, who have 25% of parliamentary seats. It means the army retains the power to veto any changes to the constitution, as that would require more than 75% of votes.
The constitution contains a controversial clause barring anyone with family members who have another nationality from becoming president - widely seen as aimed at preventing Ms Suu Kyi from taking power, as her two sons are British.
Despite the restriction Ms Suu Kyi, who remains hugely popular and prominent in Myanmar, has vowed to act "above the president".
Last year, the NLD won 80% of contested seats in a historic election that was considered mostly free and fair and now dominates parliament.
Outgoing President Thein Sein, who led a quasi-civilian government from 2011 ending decades of military rule, will hand over power to Htin Kyaw, who assumes office on 1 April.
Thein Sein is credited with starting the reform process in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
Five years ago Myanmar was an international pariah, rusting in the sidings. Sanctions were in place, and people were scared to speak their minds. More than 2,000 political prisoners languished in jail.
Now, as Thein Sein hands over the controls to Aung San Suu Kyi and her NLD, Myanmar is a country on the up.
Where once people were jailed for criticising the junta, there is now a vibrant media and open public debate. The economy's growing rapidly and a telecoms revolution is under way.
With a few exceptions, notably the Rohingya minority, life for Burmese people has got better, and much of the credit for that must go to the stewardship of Thein Sein.
It sounds like a Christmas cracker joke, or the start of a Hollywood film pitch.
But the man who knows the answer is Les Carlisle, project manager of the conservation group Rhinos Without Borders.
Under his guidance, 12 white rhinos have just left their native South Africa for a new life in a nearby country, as part of an anti-poaching project.
The beasts spent 15 hours in a truck, plane, and helicopter to get from a game park in KwaZulu Natal, on South Africa's east coast, to their new location [which the BBC won't name for their protection].
"We send them an email with a boarding pass and a seat number, and then we run like hell," Mr Carlisle chuckles.
But in some ways, the truth is stranger still.
"A massive translocation like this involves having the right equipment and the right people in place to be able to manage these very big animals," the project manager says.
"The animals are caught and put into a steel crate that's specially designed to contain them, and designed to fit in the aircraft."
Mr Carlisle says it's not a matter of simply knocking them out.
"You have to immobilise them - make them go to sleep completely, and then blindfold them. And then you put earplugs in their ears.
"And then, you slowly give them a little bit of [sedative] reversal. Enough so they can stand up. They're uncoordinated at that stage - so then you put a rope round their heads and you pull them slowly into the crate.
"They have to walk on their own feet because they're very heavy. You can't move a tonne of sleeping meat!"
The rhinos need to be awake throughout the flight so they can move their legs and regulate their own breathing.
"The problem with a flight that long and an animal this big, is that if it lies for too long that restricts circulation to the leg. And they get pins and needles - and then occasionally the animal could lose the use of that leg," the conservationist says.
Then comes the heavy lifting. With the rhinos safely in their transport crates, a crane lifts them onto the back of a truck bound for the airport.
Next, the crane deposits them on a loading vehicle, which will move them on to a plane.
"In this case we had rollers on the floor," Mr Carlisle says. "We just laid them onto the rollers, and then rolled them into the aircraft.
The process involves a significant team of human helpers.
"The loading - you've normally got between 10 or 12 people per rhino. And we normally do two at a time, so 25 people."
Sadly, the move requires an armed security contingent due to the threat from poachers. Trading in rhino horn has been banned globally for four decades, but the substance - traditionally used in Chinese medicine - has a higher black market value than gold or cocaine.
Mr Carlisle says there are four rhinos airborne at any one time, "in a big military transport plane".
For the 12 re-homed animals, the flight time was about two hours and 40 minutes.
After clearing customs with their endangered species - and some serious paperwork - the team encountered an unexpected glitch.
Water levels at the rhinos' proposed habitat were too high, with floods a real risk.
Cue more flying rhinos.
"We had to heli-sling them to their new home. They've had two flights. It's a hell of an operation!" laughs the project manager.
Most of the world's wild rhino population - between 20,000 and 25,000 individuals - live in South Africa, where poaching is rife.
Rhinos Without Borders ultimately wants to resettle 100 of them.
The cost of shifting just one animal is around $45,000, if you include the expense of monitoring teams and anti-poaching patrols.
But as over 1,000 a year are killed in South Africa, equivalent to one every 7.5 hours - it may be the price of avoiding extinction.
Though Mr Carlisle is a veteran of animal relocation projects, he says this one has been special.
"I've translocated 40,000 [creatures] to about 70 new destinations in my career, and this has probably been one of the most emotive.
"It's absolutely unbelievable to see these animals slowly get up, take a few steps ... It really was emotional - phenomenal!"
Each of the roving rhinos had an ankle tag fitted and an ID chip implanted while under sedation, so monitoring teams can keep tabs on their welfare.
With any luck, they'll be too busy grazing - and breeding - in their new home to even notice.
Khadija Shah, 25, has been held in custody with her daughter, aged four, and her five-year-old son.
She says she had been on holiday in Pakistan with relatives and had no idea what was in the cases.
The BBC's Orla Guerin said if Miss Shah was convicted she could face the death penalty.
Miss Shah, who has not been formally charged, said some men asked her to take the bags to the UK as a favour.
Miss Shah was accused, at the court in Rawalpindi, of trying to smuggle 63 kilos of heroin.
She said if Miss Shah was convicted she could face the death penalty.
Miss Shah, who was six months pregnant, was arrested in Islamabad in May as she tried to board a flight back to Birmingham with her children.
Miss Shah told the BBC: "I had no idea what was in them. I wouldn't do that with two young children".
She told our correspondent conditions in prison were absolutely horrific, with stifling heat and overcrowded cells.
The legal charity Reprieve says Miss Shah's children contracted measles in jail, and claims other pregnant women have died in the prison where she is being held.
Reprieve said Miss Shah could not understand the legal proceedings against her as she did not speak Urdu.
She is due back in court on 29 June, when she is expected to be formally charged.
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Lucy Boucher, from Antrim, had a successful kidney transplant last November. 3D models of her abdomen and the donated kidney, from her father, were used to plan the surgery.
Her parents, Chris and Ciara, were speaking to the Victoria Derbyshire Show.
The incident happened on the B4501, near Cerrigydrudion, at an area known locally as the "Evo Triangle".
It happened on Saturday shortly before 14:00 BST. The biker was pronounced dead at the scene.
North Wales Police is appealing for two other motorists who stopped to give assistance to get in touch as investigations continue.
The driver of the Daihatsu car, which was involved in the collision, was taken to hospital for treatment for injuries believed to be minor.
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McIlroy, 25, from Northern Ireland, was eligible to play for Great Britain or Ireland and his choice has been the subject of ongoing speculation.
At one stage, McIlroy said he might not participate to avoid offending anyone.
"I have been thinking about the decision a lot and remembered all the times I represented Ireland as an amateur," he said on Wednesday.
"I've played for Ireland my whole life and there's no reason to change that now - it's just a continuation of what I've done.
"It's a decision I feel comfortable with and I'll be proud to represent Ireland in 2016.
"I'm 100% sure it's the right decision for me and I hope people respect my decision."
McIlroy revealed his decision on the eve of the Irish Open, which is being played at Fota Island in County Cork.
"Just because now that I'm playing golf for money and I'm a professional, I'm supposed to have this choice or this decision to make, where if you look at the rugby players, you look at cricketers or hockey players, they view Ireland as one, the same as we do in golf.
"I don't think there's any point to change that or go against that just because it's a different event or it's the Olympics."
The golfer, from Holywood in County Down, has twice played in the World Cup for Ireland - both times alongside fellow Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell.
He is one of the biggest stars in the game and won the US Open in 2011 and the US PGA Championship a year later.
"Just looking at the reaction on Twitter, it seems to have gone down very well. I think people understand it was a difficult decision for him and, from what I've seen, there's been little hostility. Had he decided to represent Team GB, perhaps there would have been more hostility.
"Golf breathes a huge sigh of relief because what golf didn't want was one of its biggest stars standing aside from the Olympics, so they'll be very pleased that he's made the decision and put out this signal of intent."
McIlroy hit the headlines earlier this year when he broke off his engagement to Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki.
Just days later he won the lucrative BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, the flagship tournament of the European Tour.
"I think it's great that he's put it to bed at last," said McIlroy's compatriot McDowell.
"I think it was a contentious, complicated, complex issue that I suppose could have been settled very quickly with a straight answer. I'm glad that he's committed and I'm hoping to be there alongside him.
"There's no doubt he'll be there. I just have to keep my game ticking over and hopefully I'll be there, as well.
"We are in a very unique scenario in Northern Ireland. We could easily declare for Great Britain or we could easily declare for Ireland. We have all-Ireland teams and we have sports which are split; obviously soccer is two teams and rugby is one team.
"To me, golf is always an all-Ireland sport. I grew up wanting to wear the green blazer with a shamrock on it and have a green golf bag with the Ireland logo on it. So it makes sense that the best players in Ireland, whether it be north or south of the border, should want to represent Ireland in the Olympic Games."
Golf is being played at the Olympics for the first time since 1904, having been voted in along with rugby sevens by the International Olympic Committee in 2009.
While his output is prolific, so too is the praise for his work.
His reputation is confirmed by the popularity of his shows and the prices his paintings command.
And while his elegant works often tease and provoke, the artist's opinions on the art world are also barbed.
A new exhibition that opens at the Martin Tinney gallery in Cardiff this week includes new work with prices reaching almost £10,000.
If he was a football manager he would be one of the special ones, and he knows it.
"An awful lot of people now believe that they are an artist," he remarks as we sit in his Cardiff studio.
"There is an awful lot of promotion of the idea that in everybody there is an artist. Well, there bloody well isn't."
As he opens his show in Cardiff, Mr Holland's works also hang in galleries in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Athens, Brussels and Marbella.
He is best known for painting female nudes, taking inspiration from history's idealist artists.
"I'm a great fan of 19th Century painting, which was the great era of the idealised human form," he said.
"In the 20th Century artists like William Bouguereau made absolutely wonderful depictions of the human figure, and put them in compositions which I think are glorious. There's a phrase they used to use in the pop industry - I 'pay homage' to that spirit!"
Born in Glasgow in 1941, he has lived in Cardiff since the 1970s and would hardly want to live anywhere else.
"I think Cardiff is wonderful," he said.
"It doesn't treat its artists particularly well, but it is a great place to be an artist. Brutally, because it's much cheaper than a lot of other places, and there are areas close to Cardiff which are even cheaper. And there is an artistic community which is very supportive.
"There are the usual politics, of course, and there are the usual vituperations. But generally speaking artists in Cardiff support one another, and help when they can."
Mr Holland is a commercial artist, and takes pride in never having relied on grants or public funds to sustain his career. In fact, he is quite scathing of the government and the art establishment for implementing policies that he feels have been detrimental to Welsh artists.
"The emphasis of the museums on 'bums on seats' to get the crowds in is so wrong-headed," he said.
"People should be allowed to be interested - or not - in art. The emphasis on the numbers of people has driven a dumbing down, and a lack of the need to make judgements of quality on behalf of the audience."
The issue of quality clearly concerns him, as does his perception that international artists and contemporary art installations are favoured by curators but not by the general public.
He tells me how he feels that a lack of critical voices in planning how to spend public money on art means nobody challenges "boring" art.
"They are frightened witless of making value judgements themselves, and of saying, 'This thing is better than that thing.' Because there would be a political storm if they said 'sorry, we don't like this sort of art, it's crap. Boring video art, forget it.' If someone said that, there would be a fuss.
"The system has become one in which curatorship is more important than the arts, and one in which careers are made in relation to what international artists you can show rather than what local artists you can discover."
The public galleries and art institutions who he has in mind would doubtless argue that contemporary art, and challenging pieces, deserve a place alongside treasured works from Welsh painters which also hang on their walls.
But if there is something Mr Holland is determined to encourage, it is a more open culture of criticism that would lead to an honest discussion about the quality of art that is produced and promoted in Wales.
"People are desperate not to say that one thing is better than another, when it patently is.
"I'm not claiming this for myself particularly, but there are some people who, by their dedication to whatever skills they need, and their ability to observe the world and their desire to say something about those observations, have something special to say. And those people should be sought out. But they're not."
While Mr Holland has just opened his new show in Cardiff, he reminds me that the paintings that are freshly hung on the gallery walls were completed months ago.
He may be 75 but age does not seem to limit his productivity or his passion, and he is already sketching the paintings that will eventually hang in a gallery in Wales or abroad in his next exhibition.
An application was made under the victims' right to review scheme, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
The singer, 75, was never arrested or charged over the assault allegations made by four men dating between 1958 and 1983 - which he strongly denies.
The case was dropped in June on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
The right to review process allows an alleged victim to ask the CPS to look again at a case file, providing their application is lodged within three months of a decision not to charge or to end proceedings.
A spokesman for the CPS confirmed they had received an application earlier this month and the review was "ongoing".
Sir Cliff was the subject of a long-running South Yorkshire Police investigation which began in 2014.
Two years later the CPS said he would face no further action saying there was "insufficient evidence to prosecute".
Sir Cliff said he felt "tarnished" by the allegations. "Insufficient suggests that maybe there's something there and I know there wasn't," he said.
He said his naming by the media, despite not being charged, meant he had been "hung out like live bait".
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After an even first half, Southend almost scored with the first shot on target when Anthony Wordsworth's effort was cleared off the line.
The game looked to be heading towards a replay before Lions defender Romeo stabbed in the dramatic winner.
Southend nearly equalised but Marc-Antoine Fortune's shot was saved.
Millwall, mid-table in League One, go into Monday's second-round draw and will be hoping for a good cup run.
They reached the final of the competition 12 years ago, when they were beaten by Manchester United.
Millwall manager Neil Harris:
"I said to the boys at half-time there would be one moment of quality in the game and when it comes to make sure whoever it was grasped it. That's cup football. Mahlon certainly did that."
Southend boss Phil Brown:
"There was a division apart between the teams. We were the best side on the park and should be walking away in the draw."
Match ends, Millwall 1, Southend United 0.
Second Half ends, Millwall 1, Southend United 0.
Ryan Leonard (Southend United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Lee Gregory (Millwall) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ryan Leonard (Southend United).
Attempt saved. Marc-Antoine Fortuné (Southend United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Shaun Williams (Millwall) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Simon Cox (Southend United).
Goal! Millwall 1, Southend United 0. Mahlon Romeo (Millwall) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Worrall.
Attempt saved. Ryan Leonard (Southend United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Hand ball by Lee Gregory (Millwall).
Simon Cox (Southend United) is shown the yellow card.
Byron Webster (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Simon Cox (Southend United).
Attempt missed. Shaun Hutchinson (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Ryan Leonard.
Substitution, Southend United. Jakub Sokolik replaces Ryan Inniss because of an injury.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Ben Coker.
Attempt saved. David Worrall (Millwall) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Millwall. David Worrall replaces Shane Ferguson.
Substitution, Southend United. Jermaine McGlashan replaces Stephen McLaughlin.
Foul by Fred Onyedinma (Millwall).
Ben Coker (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Shaun Hutchinson.
Attempt missed. Marc-Antoine Fortuné (Southend United) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
Stephen McLaughlin (Southend United) is shown the yellow card.
Anthony Wordsworth (Southend United) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Lee Gregory (Millwall).
Jason Demetriou (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ryan Leonard (Southend United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Lee Gregory (Millwall) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Jason Demetriou.
Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Shaun Hutchinson.
Foul by Byron Webster (Millwall).
Stephen McLaughlin (Southend United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Ryan Leonard (Southend United) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high.
Foul by Byron Webster (Millwall).
Marc-Antoine Fortuné (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The 19-year-old suspect was detained by armed police on Friday afternoon in Holloway Road, north London. A Taser was discharged during the arrest.
A controlled explosion was carried out on the suspicious item at North Greenwich station on Thursday morning.
The suspect was taken to a London police station and is still in custody.
Scotland Yard said the device was due to be forensically examined.
Passengers have been told to expect to see more officers, including armed police, in and around transport hubs, while patrols by British Transport Police are in place on the Underground and at railway stations.
A witness to the teenager's arrest described him as white, bearded and wearing a hoodie.
Ali, aged 30, who did not give his full name, said the man had been walking along the street "normally" when police descended.
"The armed police, I think five of them, ran behind him and put him on the floor," he said.
"They were shouting 'armed police, don't struggle'. Everything happened so quick."
The suspicious object was discovered on an eastbound Jubilee Line train at the south-east London station at about 11:00 BST.
A source told the BBC the device was found by a member of the public and handed to a Tube driver.
The driver treated it as a suspicious and said it contained "wires and possibly a clock".
The station was evacuated and members of the Met's bomb squad carried out the explosion, after the item was described as looking "real enough".
The Met said officers were keeping an open mind regarding any possible motive but said they were not looking for anyone else in relation to their investigation at this stage.
The current threat level for international terrorism in the UK is severe - meaning an attack is deemed to be "highly likely".
The victim, in her late 20s, got into a car in Church Street on Saturday afternoon.
She was later found by police at a hotel in Ilford, east London, before being taken to hospital to be treated for cuts and bruises.
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses to the incident, which involved a Black Vauxhall Astra with a number plate which began FP09.
Det Con Alex Turnbull said: "We are appealing to anyone who may have seen a man approaching a woman on Church Street and then the pair getting into a car matching the description to contact police."
Mr Turnbull said the suspect and the victim were known to each other.
The 23-year-old man from London has been arrested on suspicion of kidnap, false imprisonment, assault, disqualified driving and driving without insurance.
He has been bailed until 12 February.
Remus Hamza, from Cardiff, is accused of assaulting the woman, 20, in the early hours of 20 September during freshers' week.
Mr Hamza denied one count of rape during the hearing at Newport Crown Court.
The defendant was remanded in custody and the case was adjourned until 15 February.
The attack happened in the predominantly Shia town of Khan Bani Saad, north of the capital Baghdad.
Children were among those dead in the explosion, which came as people celebrated the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The Islamic State (IS) group, which control swathes of the country, has said it was behind the attack.
A statement from the group said one of its members drove three tonnes of explosives into a crowd.
Correspondents say that it was one of the deadliest single attacks in Iraq over the last 10 years and completely destroyed several buildings.
Police major Ahmed al-Tamimi told Reuters the damage was "devastating".
"Some people were using vegetable boxes to collect children's body parts," he said.
Diyala resident Sayif Ali told the AP news that Khan Beni Saad has become a disaster area as its residents continued to search for bodies.
Meanwhile Iraqi parliament speaker Salim al-Jabouri said on Saturday that the attack has revealed an "ugly sectarian chord" and that the government was doing all it could to stop IS from further destabilising Diyala.
The Diyala provincial authorities have declared three days of mourning and cancelled festivities for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan.
IS militants are battling government forces in the north and west of the country.
The group captured parts of Diyala last year. Although IS was later driven out, it still has a presence there.
All the team's matches in France are heavily oversubscribed.
More than 50,000 tickets have been applied for, but Northern Ireland's allocation is only 25,000 tickets for their three group games.
The deadline for applications from Northern Ireland fans was 11:00 GMT on Monday.
Northern Ireland play in Nice, Lyon and Paris and the ticket allocation is linked to the size of the stadium.
The number of tickets Northern Ireland will receive is:
Applicants will be notified of the results of their application in the next few weeks, no later than 29 February according to UEFA.
The tickets will be allocated based on a priority system which takes into account the previous buying behaviour of Northern Ireland fans throughout qualifying.
Further tickets for the games will go on general sale later this year but only a relatively small amount.
About 800,000 tickets went on sale last month for fans of the 24 competing teams.
The tournament takes place in June.
The firm says it will open 60 hotels over the next three years, including one in central London.
In 2012, the chain was bought by two US hedge funds after its debts nearly dragged the company under.
Operating profits for 2016 are up £5m to £110m.
"This year just gone, we've overtaken [revenue from] leisure customers with business customers for the first time... since our restructuring," said Travelodge chief executive Peter Gowers.
"Historically, our mix tended to be about 55% leisure, 45% business. Since the investment in quality, we've had a lot more success at winning over not just small businesses, which you might expect, but also around half the FTSE 100 use Travelodge in some way, shape or form."
Travelodge has started work on a new hotel in the City of London, near the landmark office building known colloquially as "the Gherkin". It is expected to open in 2018.
Mr Gowers said he believed there was room for further expansion, because while in the UK, about one in five hotels is a branded budget hotel, whereas in the US, the figure is one in three and in France, it is one in four.
Goldman Sachs, Avenue Capital and GoldenTree Asset Management, the firms that took control of Travelodge in 2012, were not expected to hold on to the company long-term after its restructuring.
Mr Gowers, who became chief executive in 2013, said that the firm's "current shareholders are not natural long-term holders of a hotel business". But he gave no indication that any change of ownership was currently under consideration.
Travelodge operates more than 500 hotels in the UK, Ireland and Spain.
Surjit Takhar, 37, was reported missing from his home in Oldbury, West Midlands, in October 2008.
His skull and other bone fragments were discovered in Telford, Shropshire, in 2015 by maintenance workers. Police are treating the death as murder.
Mr Takhar's former wife Lavina Sohl said she suspected he had been killed accidentally.
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"What's happened is something's gone wrong somewhere," she said.
"I don't think they've meant to have done it. It was an accident.
"I honestly think there is going to be a result at the end of this. Somebody will be caught for what they've done."
Detectives said Mr Takhar's life had become chaotic. He was a divorced alcoholic. He had also run up some debts through his lifestyle at the time of his disappearance.
Det Insp Jim Munro from West Midlands Police made a fresh appeal for information with BBC Crimewatch earlier.
"On 25 January last year we had a call to the incident room from someone with specific information regarding this case - an anonymous male caller - who unfortunately was cut off before they were put through to the investigation team.
"I'm urging that person to come forward again."
Officers also want to speak to anyone who may have information regarding the issues Mr Takhar had at the time of his death and have urged people to come forward so they can "bring some peace" to his family.
The cause of death remains unexplained but police said Mr Takhar had suffered head and rib injuries.
In a statement on his Facebook page, Mr Robinson called on the parties to take care the positions they are adopting do not close off sensible options.
He advised the politicians to "step back, take a breath".
He said they should ensure there is space for an agreement "in the calmer times that follow the hustings".
Mr Robinson wrote that he had been determined not to provide a running commentary on political events since he stepped down.
However, he said his concern for the existence of the Stormont institutions has overridden his desire for a quiet retirement.
The former DUP leader acknowledged that mistakes were made over the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
But he argued that the executive's proper role should have been to put in place cost control measures and initiate a thorough inquiry.
Mr Robinson said the argument that it was "time for the people to have their say" was bogus.
He added that he could not help feeling that if Martin McGuinness had been in good health, the breakdown would have been avoided.
Instead, he argued, "more belligerent elements" in Sinn Féin had "seized their opportunity".
The former first minister said he believes a major negotiation of the kind Sinn Féin is seeking cannot be completed in the time legally available before a fresh election should be triggered.
"Almost inevitably, the assembly will be suspended and Northern Ireland will be back to direct rule," he said.
Mr Robinson said the election had "constitutional importance" and he called for a high unionist turnout.
Assistant Chief Constable Wayne Mawson made the announcement to a Holyrood committee.
He also announced a pilot scheme in Fife in which the parents of all children subject to stop and search would be given a letter explaining why.
There were 640,000 stop searches last year, with 25,000 involving children.
The age of criminal responsibility in Scotland is currently eight - one of the lowest in Europe.
Mr Mawson's comments to the Scottish parliament committee appeared to indicate that the change to stop search procedures would cover those under eight.
Police Scotland later clarified that these searches would end for all children under 12.
Mr Mawson, who has responsibility for local policing in the west of Scotland, told the Scottish Parliament's justice sub-committee that ending the practice was "about doing the right thing".
Last month a Freedom of Information request revealed children under 16 had committed more than 40,000 offences in Scotland in the past two years.
Data obtained by BBC Scotland showed officers carried out 2,912 searches on children aged eight to 12 between April and December 2013.
The Scottish Police Authority was asked to review stop and search on children following concerns about increasing use of the power.
Mr Mawson said he "thoroughly" believed that stop search was effective in reducing particular crimes but said the force had agreed it needed to change its language and approach.
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokeswoman Alison McInnes welcomed the decision.
"I am delighted that after months of pressing the authorities for change to protect children, Police Scotland have finally conceded that the position was indefensible," she said.
"This is a victory for children and their rights. We've argued all along for them to be protected.
"This acceptance of the problems of voluntary stop and search demonstrates change is required. That change cannot stop here."
Under the new Fife pilot the details of every person stopped and searched, and the reason why, will be recorded.
In England and Wales children are held responsible for crimes at age 10. In Germany, Italy and Russia it is 14.
Scottish ministers have increased the age of criminal prosecution to 12, meaning children aged between eight and 12 would be referred to the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration but not to the procurator fiscal.
The former Led Zeppelin frontman agreed to let Y Storm perform after hearing of their success at one of Europe's biggest youth festivals, the Urdd Eisteddfod, in May.
The band members are pupils at Ysgol OM Edwards in Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd.
Plant's band will headline Forest Live in front of 10,000 people.
The father of two of Y Storm's band members is Liam Tyson, guitarist with the The Sensational Space Shifters which tour with Plant.
One of Tyson's sons, Osian, is a guitarist, while the other, Guto, plays the drums.
Tyson said the gig at Cannock Chase Forest, Staffordshire, was a natural progression for Y Storm after all their hard work and Urdd Eisteddfod success.
He said he asked Plant for a "favour" to see if the children could play at one of their gigs and he replied "of course" straight away.
"He knows they've been in a band, he's seen the progression over the years. He knows they've won the eisteddfod, and he champions all things Welsh, so it was the next step to do," Tyson said.
Despite his links with Plant, Tyson said the band had earned the Forest Live gig on merit.
"For their age they'd give anybody a run," he said.
"They're on the gig because they've done well over the years and they've progressed and progressed and they've kept progressing."
Y Storm write their own material and will be performing in English and Welsh at the concert.
However, IAG, which owns BA and Iberia will have to give up five daily slots at Gatwick to increase competition.
The Commission said the takeover is "conditional upon commitments offered by the parties".
It had expressed concerns that the takeover would lead to insufficient competition.
The Commission said that as it stood, the deal would have stopped "Aer Lingus from continuing to provide traffic to the long-haul flights of competing airlines on several routes".
IAG has also entered into agreements with competing airlines that operate long-haul flights out of the UK, the Netherlands and Ireland committing Aer Lingus to providing them with connecting passengers.
The approval comes after Ireland's low-cost carrier Ryanair on Friday accepted the bid by IAG for a near 30% stake in Aer Lingus.
IAG's plans include building a new transatlantic hub at Dublin airport.
Ryanair had attempted to buy Aer Lingus three times, the first time in 2006, just after Aer Lingus was floated on the stock market by the Irish government.
The Irish government, which sold its 25% stake in Aer Lingus to IAG in May, recommended that Ryanair accept IAG's offer.
The deal values Aer Lingus shares at around €2.50 (£1.87) per share.
Aer Lingus is Heathrow Airport's fourth busiest operator, behind BA, Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic.
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Rory McIlroy and world number one Jason Day are among the top players to pull out over the threat of the mosquito-borne disease.
Irish boxer Taylor said: "it's not even something I'm worried about".
"I'm not thinking about it, I'm focused on the competition itself and trying to come home a two-time Olympic champion."
The Zika virus has been linked to defects in newborn babies but Taylor has been critical of the golfers' withdrawals.
Last week she tweeted "I wonder what excuse they would have made if there was no virus," after Jason Day became the latest to opt out.
At the Team Ireland Olympic kit launch in Dublin on Wednesday, Taylor said: "we have been given a lot of advice on it and it's not really something that we should be too worried about".
Taylor has suffered a couple of surprising defeats this year.
She lost her world lightweight title after a semi-final defeat to Estelle Mossely of France in May, having already lost to Azerbaijan's Yana Alekseevna at the semi-finals of the European Olympic qualifiers.
However she is confident she can retain her Olympic title won in London four years ago.
"It would mean absolutely everything to me really.
"After I came back from London with a gold medal, my focus straight away was to defend it four years on.
"To stand on top of the podium in front of every other nation would be a privilege and an honour."
Tollitt joined Rovers on loan in September, and has made 10 National League appearances for the club.
The 22-year-old former Everton trainee signed for Pompey from non-league side Skelmersdale in March 2015, and played in 18 games for the League Two club.
"This is a great signing to be able to add a young, local emerging talent," Rovers manager Micky Mellon said.
"Ben is a lad of great promise and if he continues to work hard, he will be able to fulfil that potential."
Dippy the diplodocus, a 70ft long (21.3m) plaster-cast sauropod replica made up of 292 bones, is set to leave the Natural History Museum in Kensington later this year.
A six-person team will start a three-and-a-half week task of dismantling of Dippy on Thursday.
He is being moved as the museum is having a front-of-house makeover.
Dippy's spot is being taken by the skeleton of an 83ft (25.2m) female blue whale, weighing 4.5 tonnes.
She will take up position in a diving pose as she is suspended from the ceiling of the hall.
The whale is also more than 100 years old but - unlike Dippy - she is not a cast.
On Thursday, construction will also begin on a tunnel to protect visitors during the dismantling of Dippy.
This tunnel will take three to four days to build and will almost totally obscure Dippy from view.
Parts of Dippy will be cleaned and repaired ahead of the two-year tour.
The tour will start in 2018, with Dorset County Museum set to be the first stop from February to May.
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It was a frustrating night for Nice, who were unable to break down Bordeaux and had Mario Balotelli and Younes Belhanda sent off in injury time.
Radamel Falcao scored again for Monaco as they beat Caen 2-1 to narrow the gap at the top to two points.
PSG hammered Lorient 5-0 and are now five points behind the leaders.
The reigning champions took the lead through Thomas Meunier's lob from inside the box before Zargo Toure deflected Edinson Cavani's cross into his own net to put Unai Emery's side firmly in control.
Thiago Silva headed home Lucas's corner to put the result beyond doubt while Cavani rubbed salt into Lorient's wounds by converting a penalty shortly after the hour for his 18th league goal of the season.
Lucas added a fifth with a lob 20 minutes from the end.
Falcao scored his 13th goal of the season as Monaco put last weekend's home defeat to Olympique Lyonnais behind them with victory at the Stade Louis II.
The Colombian opened the scoring from the spot after being brought down in the box before Tiemoue Bakayoko doubled the tally 14 minutes from full-time with a long-range strike.
Herve Bazile pulled one back in stoppage time for Caen, who had been reduced to 10 men when Damien Da Silva was dismissed in the 51st minute.
At the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Nice allowed their frustration to get the better of them as Balotelli was shown red late on for kicking out at Igor Lewczuk after the Polish defender had grappled with him for the ball.
Moroccan international Belhanda was also dismissed minutes later after an opponent was left on the floor following a tussle for the ball.
Elsewhere, fourth-placed Lyon claimed their fourth win in a row as Alexandre Lacazette and Nabil Fekir scored in a 2-0 triumph over Angers and Bafetimbi Gomis netted his 10th goal of the campaign to help Marseille beat Bastia 2-1 and go level on points with fifth-placed Guingamp.
The Buddhist community in the city say they are devastated by the loss and have appealed for help to retrieve it.
The bronze statue was donated by Thailand in 1996 and is 1.5m (5ft) tall and 1.2m wide. It would require at least eight people to carry it.
Local people say the thieves may have thought the statue was made from gold.
Botswana Buddhist Association President Darhsini De Silva told the BBC that the statue was worth about $24,500 (£18,600).
It was stolen during a break-in at the Gaborone North Buddhist Temple on 3 July, Assistant Police Commissioner Witness Bosija said in a statement.
However, Ms De Silva told the BBC that the theft took place on the night of 9 July when the alarm system at the temple was deactivated by thieves.
Ms De Silva said that the weight of the statue meant that it was probably taken by a criminal gang.
It was brought to the country and blessed by 10 Thai Monks in June 1996. Another Buddha statue at the temple was acquired from Sri Lanka four years earlier.
Police say that so far no arrests have been made and investigations are continuing.
The local Buddhist community, meanwhile, fears that unless the thieves are caught soon, the statue will be melted down and lost forever.
Thefts from places of worship have happened before in Botswana. Last year a statue from the Hindu community temple was stolen. It is not clear if has been recovered.
The latest theft comes ahead of a visit to Botswana by the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, from 17 to 19 August. It will be the spiritual leader's first visit to Africa.
China is one of Botswana's largest trading partners and has objected to the visit. But Botswana's Foreign Minister Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi has insisted that her country is a sovereign state and it will decide who should be allowed to visit.
South Africa has denied the Dalai Lama permission to enter five times.
Scotrail said damage to overhead electric wires led to a series of delays and cancellations on the services to Edinburgh.
Passengers hoping to watch Scotland take on Wales in the Six Nations reported overcrowded trains and queues at Queen Street station in Glasgow.
The rail firm said disruption was expected until around 15:00.
It affected services between Helensburgh and Edinburgh, and between Milngavie and the capital, via Airdrie.
They urged travellers to use their website to check on individual journeys and they said tickets could be used on some bus and tram services.
A spokesman for the ScotRail Alliance said trains were running again but the earlier disruption had a knock-on effect on services.
He said: "Due to a fault with the overhead wires in the Haymarket area services were disrupted this morning. We tried to keep customers moving by sourcing replacement buses and arranging for valid train tickets to be used on First and Lothian Buses.
"Our engineers worked as fast as possible to fix the fault and return services to normal.
"We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this disruption and remind customers delayed more than 30 minutes, they are entitled to compensation under our Delay Repay guarantee provided they keep hold of their tickets."
They issued the following advice to passengers.
Tens of thousands marching to the city centre were met with live rounds, tear gas and water cannon.
President Saleh has been battling eight months of street protests.
Separately, the media chief of militant group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was reportedly killed in an air strike.
Witnesses in Sanaa said protesters calling for the resignation of Mr Saleh were marching from their stronghold in Change Square to an area controlled by the elite Republican Guard force, which is loyal to the president.
Many of the wounded were taken by ambulances to a field hospital in Sixty Street.
Anti-government protesters have been camping there for months.
And in a northern district of Sanaa, at least six people were killed in fighting between supporters of President Saleh and Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, a leading tribal chief who has sided with the protesters
Mr Saleh has so far resisted calls from many Western countries to stand down, in spite of saying on several occasions he was prepared to do so.
On 8 October he said in a speech broadcast on state television: "I reject power and I will continue to reject it, and I will be leaving power in the coming days."
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Mr Saleh returned to Yemen unexpectedly last month from Saudi Arabia, where he had been receiving treatment after his office was shelled in June.
As well as street protests, he faces an insurrection by renegade army units.
Mr Saleh has repeatedly refused to sign a transition deal brokered by Gulf states, first presented in March, whereby he would hand over power to his vice-president in return for immunity from prosecution.
Meanwhile, Yemen's defence ministry said al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) media chief Ibrahim al-Banna, an Egyptian national, and at least six other militants had been killed in an air strike in Shabwa province on Friday.
Tribal elders in the area said the attack also killed the eldest son and a cousin of US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed by the Americans last month.
Some reports said the latest attack also involved pilotless US drones, others that it was by Yemeni planes.
Local officials told Reuters news agency that as many as 24 al-Qaeda militants were killed.
The defence ministry called Banna one of the group's "most dangerous operatives", who was wanted internationally for "planning attacks both inside and outside Yemen".
Local officials said a house where the militants had been meeting had been targeted but the group had already left. The vehicles they were travelling in were subsequently hit and destroyed.
There have been previous reports of Banna's death, including one in January last year, but these were denied by AQAP.
In an apparent revenge attack, militants had blown up a gas pipeline that runs from Maarib province to Belhaf on the Arabian Sea, with flames visible several kilometres away.
Yemen regularly plays down the American role in the country, saying it is supporting Yemen's own counter-terror operations.
A US drone attack in Khashef in Jawf province, about 140km (90 miles) east of Sanaa on 30 September killed Awlaki, a US-born radical Islamist cleric, and US-born propagandist Samir Khan.
The function for members to read messages by accessing the social network on a mobile phone web browser is being disabled.
A message currently appears informing users of the coming change. On some handsets the Play Store then launches.
Facebook said the move is an extension of its 2014 Messenger policy.
"Using the Messenger app is faster and enables richer interactions. We're continuing to bring the best experiences we can to the 900 million people on Messenger," it said in a statement.
Messages are already inaccessible via the official Facebook app.
However, Devin Coldewey at technology news website Tech Crunch described it as "a hostile move".
"Surely the mobile site is much used by people who have good reason not to download the app," he wrote.
Some users have complained that they do not wish to use the app, citing battery life and privacy concerns.
Analyst Martin Garner from CCS Insight told the BBC messaging is a key area for the company.
"This move underlines what an important platform messaging is becoming for Facebook," he said.
"Messaging is undoubtedly the next growth driver for revenue but it also will be key to developing highly sophisticated artificial intelligence solutions.
"People will get used to a dedicated messaging app despite their initial objections. Facebook just needs to make sure that the app is well-written and does not start becoming a big drain on battery life."
Pte Evan Jones, 24, was killed while serving with 101 Company, Yorkshire Machine Gun Corps.
The bells of St John's in Porthmadog will ring out in his memory with a special "quarter peal" on Saturday at about 14:30 BST.
It is part of a UK-wide commemoration by the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers.
The organisation is arranging peals to mark the centenary of each death of their members killed during World War One.
Their names are also written in an illustrated set of books called the Rolls of Honour, which are kept in a display cabinet in St Paul's Cathedral.
Every month their names are published in a list titled The Ringing World.
Pte Jones learned to ring the bells at St John's from the age of 13.
Mae Peter Furniss, of the North Wales Association of Church Bell Ringers, said: "I will bring with me the Ringing World in which Evan Jones is listed.
"Mercifully, the North Wales Association did not lose too many members in the war. From memory, five or six.
"Thus far, the deaths of all have been commemorated by quarter peals or full peals rung by members of the association."
The jump jockey made headlines last year with his return to the saddle, two years after sustaining life-threatening injuries in a fall at Perth.
Toomey, 26, has not ridden a winner since his comeback in July, but will continue riding in the short term alongside his training duties.
Newland won the Grand National at Aintree with Pineau De Re in 2014.
Toomey was given a 3% chance of survival by doctors after a horrific fall from Solway Dandy in 2013. He was reported to have died for six seconds before being resuscitated by paramedics.
A large section of his skull was removed as his brain swelled in an induced coma and he spent 157 days in hospital before being released.
Previously based with Phil Kirby in North Yorkshire, Toomey will join the Newland team in Worcester on 1 February. He has been riding for the David Pipe stable since August,
"I had hoped to get going a bit more but it's been hard," said Toomey. "I'm starting off as assistant trainer there and will remain riding for a bit longer.
"He doesn't have many horses but what he does have are decent."
Wales has 40 MPs - 25 from Labour, 11 Welsh Conservative, three Plaid Cymru and one Welsh Liberal Democrat.
None of them are expected to stand aside ahead of the early general election.
MPs overwhelmingly voted to trigger an early election on Wednesday. The poll will take place on 8 June.
Parliament is set to be dissolved on 3 May, at which point the 40 MPs will become candidates.
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Roy Hodgson's side were the only nation to qualify for the finals in France with a 100% winning record and beat Germany 3-2 on Saturday.
"We have got to get close to the semi-finals," said former striker Hurst.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek, he added: "Anything less will be extremely disappointing for the squad, players and fans.
"We want to get through, a good performance in the quarter-finals, maybe losing on penalties."
Hurst believes Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy will make the biggest impact in France in the summer.
The 29-year-old, who has scored 19 goals for the Foxes this season, scored his first England goal in the win against Germany.
"He has come from nowhere. If you look at his background, performing like he is performing, he is a very good, level-headed guy. I like his performances and the way he plays, he is very intelligent. Playing for a smaller club, I think that would be fantastic and he deserves every chance he warrants."
Hurst also praised the impact of Tottenham's 19-year-old midfielder Dele Alli.
He added: "He has made an impact not only at club level but the games he has played for England. He is very exciting among a number of exciting young players we have."
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Although the vast tropical area is now divided into regions, scientists suggest these areas did not evolve in isolation from one another.
Modern fragmentation could be damaging the process that made the Amazon so important for plant biodiversity.
The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Writing in their paper, the authors said that while some of the estimated 16,000 tree species were spread throughout the Amazon, others were confined to particular areas.
They said that this had provided the basis for the vast seven million square-kilometre habitat to be divided into "floristic regions".
However, they observed: "The pattern of diverse local Amazonian tree communities assembled from a species pool composed of mostly regionally restricted species raises the question of how the regional communities are assembled over time."
In an attempt to answer this puzzle, the team studied the evolutionary history of four dominant groups of trees by analysing DNA, focusing their efforts of the genus Inga - a member of the legume (pea and bean) family.
They found that a reason for the high levels of diversity was that the dispersal of the trees could have originated in any part of the whole Amazon basin.
"The history of the rainforest of the Amazon Basin has long intrigued scientists," explained co-author Kyle Dexter from the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE).
"Our study used a phylogenetic, evolutionary approach to show the basin has essentially acted as a sloshing bowl of green soup, with tree lineages dispersing back and forth across the basin repeatedly, throughout the last Glacial Maximum and deeper into time."
Although the paper was an academic study on how one of world's most important biodiversity hotspots was created, it's findings could have an impact on the way people considered conserving the rainforest for future generations.
"We could be concerned about the implication of a recommendation that we did not have to worry about cutting down a corner of the Amazon basin because we have got a high phylogenetic diversity of trees elsewhere," said fellow co-author Toby Pennington, also from RBGE and the University of Edinburgh.
"But we need to repeat the study, for example, for plants that have less dispersal capabilities."
Dr Pennington added that the dispersal patterns displayed by the trees in the Amazon were not repeated by other organisms.
"For example, birds seem to show much more geographically restricted patterns," he told BBC News.
"It's a complicated picture with different organisms with different biology doing different things."
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The 29-year-old stopped Russian Fedor Chudinov in a brutal affair in Sheffield on Saturday, claiming the WBA super-middleweight belt in his fourth world title fight.
"For so long I was walking around clueless, not knowing why I wasn't a world champion," said the Briton.
"I can put the demons to bed."
Groves was forced to rebuild his reputation after two defeats by fellow Briton Carl Froch in world title fights in 2014, followed by a loss to Badou Jack of Sweden a year later.
And, despite being left with a severely damaged jaw by Chudinov at Bramall Lane on Saturday, he said after the sixth-round stoppage that a "weight had been lifted".
"I was bitter," added Groves. "No-one likes being called bitter, but I knew deep down I was feeling sorry for myself.
"Now I can say I am the best in the world and have a belt to prove it. It is a truly wonderful feeling.
"I am going to be such a better, rounded human being as as well as a better fighter now."
Groves' struggles after his three defeats at world level prompted him to part with trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick and join forces with Shane McGuigan, a relationship which has now delivered five straight wins.
McGuigan said the victory over Chudinov was "a dog fight", as both men traded heavy blows from the off until Groves produced a relentless finish which led to his opponent being stopped on his feet.
The trainer says the "sky is the limit" for his fighter now. A potential route could see him face IBF champion James DeGale, a rematch given he beat the fellow Briton in 2011.
The pair spoke about the potential bout when ringside for Tony Bellew's victory over David Haye in March, with 31-year-old DeGale saying they could talk again if Groves claimed the WBA belt.
"I don't think it will be an easy one to make because he is not an easy person to deal with," added Groves.
"It's a fight I think everyone would like to see again. It's a great fight - I'd enjoy the build up to the fight and beating him again."
The victim, who was wearing a school uniform, was snatched from a street in Oxford and forced into a car, then sexually assaulted by two men.
Thirty Thames Valley officers are working on the case, the force said.
Police said they are following a number of lines of inquiry and continuing to talk to the victim.
She was found at midday on 28 September by a member of public after knocking on doors to get help in Cavendish Drive, Marston.
In a statement released on Friday, Thames Valley Police said officers were "continuing to investigate the circumstances" surrounding the abduction and rape.
Det Supt Chris Ward, of the Major Crime Unit, said the force was first informed of the kidnap at 08:51 BST.
"We immediately followed the national guidelines for responding to a kidnap and a significant response following those guidelines was commenced," he said.
"I am unable to provide any additional details of the operational activities."
He added that police had been reviewing "huge quantities of CCTV content" from the Summertown and Marston areas and had responded to over 260 calls from people who had phoned in with information.
Mr Ward said he was "grateful to the public for their patience and support". The offenders were described by the victim as white and used a silver hatchback.
The first spoke with a northern accent, was in his mid-20s, and was balding with shaved dark blond hair. He had blue eyes, a medium build and was about 6ft (1.82m) tall.
The second man had brown gelled hair, was clean-shaven with brown eyes, and was in his late teens or early 20s, with a slightly smaller build than the other offender.
It follows last week's regional high court ruling that Chris Giwa should be installed as the NFF's President and that the Fifa-recognised head, Amaju Pinnick, be sacked.
Fifa warned that the country could face sanctions - including a ban - if a decision of the Federal High Court in Jos from Friday is implemented.
In a letter dated 11 April 2016, Fifa's acting secretary general Markus Kattner said the ruling by a Jos federal high court is classed as "interference."
"The decision of the Federal High Court in Jos, if implemented, would likely be considered as interference in the internal affairs of the NFF and the case would be brought to the highest authorities of Fifa for consideration of sanctions, including the suspension of the NFF," the letter read in part.
"All members associations have to manage their affairs independently and with no influence from third parties. In addition and according to article 68 of the Fifa Statutes, recourse to ordinary courts of law is prohibited unless specifically provided for in the Fifa regulations.
"Furthermore, it is the duty of each member association to ensure that these provisions are implemented by its members and possibly take sanctions against those which fail to respect these obligations.
Fifa also acknowledged that it is the second time that Chris Giwa has resorted to legal action as well as a futile appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) in his attempt to run the country's football affairs.
"We would like to stress that the plaintiff in question already filed an appeal in relation to the same matter with the highest judicial Sport authorities, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and that said appeal was dismissed by the CAS on 18 May 2015."
The NFF has appealed against the court ruling, insisting that Pinnick is still the head of the federation while Giwa's faction and all other non-NFF staff were denied access into the football house by police in the capital Abuja on Monday.
Fifa, however, has taken a dim view of the development and warned that Nigeria risked suspension if the sacked officials are not reinstated as soon as possible.
The ongoing power struggle means Nigeria's Olympic team is at risk of being banned from Rio this year, and the Super Eagles could be denied a chance to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
The qualifying draw takes place in June.
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The Tickle the Ivories festival, now in its fourth year, has seen six pianos positioned around the city centre for public use.
Those who step up to the keys are licensed to busk, meaning they can keep whatever proceeds they make.
The festival, which is run in conjunction with Open Culture Liverpool, continues until 7 September.
The government also banned the keeping of all whales, dolphins and porpoises in captivity, except for orcas and bottlenose dolphins already held.
The association of French zoos complained they had not been consulted on the ban.
But animal rights activists said it was a "historic French advance".
The ban on captive breeding would eventually lead to the end of "marine circuses" in the country, a joint statement from five conservation groups including Sea Shepherd said.
Environment Minister Segolene Royal had signed a version of the legislation on Wednesday, but decided to tighten the rules further and ban captive breeding completely after finding out that "some animals were drugged" in aquariums, the ministry told the AFP news agency.
Jon Kershaw, who heads the Marineland Antibes park in the French Riviera, told local media that government's decision was a "bombshell".
The new rules also ban direct contact between animals and the public, including swimming with dolphins, and require pools holding the animals to be made significantly larger.
Establishments have six months to comply with some of the rules, and must expand their pools within three years.
Four lorries and four cars were involved, also injuring 12 people, one with life-threatening injuries.
One man was flown to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford by air ambulance, and two were taken by land ambulance.
The crash took place on the A34 northbound between Chieveley and West Ilsley in Berkshire. One man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
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The detained man is currently in police custody and police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Inspector Andy Storey said: "All motorists should avoid the area, use alternative routes and await further updates before attempting to travel on this route.
"We appreciate motorists' patience while we deal with this incident."
The fatal crash took place at 17.10 BST, and there are currently six-mile tailbacks on the northbound carriage.
The southbound carriageway was closed to allow the air ambulance to land, but has since reopened.
The £46m i6 scheme had been expected to result in £200m savings for the force.
An Audit Scotland report into the failure of the project said some benefits of police reform were "at best delayed" as a result.
The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) said the settlement reached with contractors protected public finances.
The report said the i6 scheme to improve how Police Scotland records, manages and analyses information collapsed because of disagreements between the contractors, Accenture, and the government and the police.
Auditor General Caroline Gardner said the computer system's design meant fundamental flaws only became clear when the system was passed to Police Scotland for testing.
"Within weeks, and despite 18-months of pre-award discussion, Police Scotland and Accenture disagreed about whether the proposed system would deliver the requirements set out in the contract," the report said.
"Despite delays and serious problems throughout the lifetime of the programme, Accenture provided regular assurance, in the face of strong challenge, about their confidence in delivering the i6 system. This assurance proved misplaced."
The Auditor General said the method adopted for developing the system meant the full scale of difficulties only became apparent when it was passed to Police Scotland for testing in August 2015.
The contract was terminated in July 2016, with the SPA recouping the £11.09m it had paid Accenture, with a further £13.56m for staff and hardware costs associated with i6.
Ms Gardner said: "Modern policing faces financial and operational challenges.
"Given the role that i6 was to play in police reform, there is an urgent need for a frank assessment of Police Scotland's IT requirements, and how these can be delivered alongside the vision set out in the recent Policing 2026 draft strategy."
It had been expected that i6 would have resulted in £200m in efficiency savings over 10 years.
It would have replaced the existing separate IT systems of the eight regional forces which existed prior to the creation of Police Scotland in April 2013, which are still in use.
Areas to be covered would have included recording, managing and investigating crime, compiling warrants and details of missing and vulnerable persons as well as tracking lost and stolen items.
Scottish Police Authority chief executive John Foley said the report acknowledged good practice was followed in the planning and procurement of the i6 programme, and the contractual settlement negotiated by SPA ultimately resulted in no financial detriment to the public purse.
"While policing has no plans to embark again on a single ICT programme as complex and bespoke as i6, there have been a number of improvements made in the last four years that provide greater assurance going forward," he said.
"Clearly, there are lessons to learn across the public sector on large ICT projects and we look forward to Audit Scotland's broader findings in May.
"Developing effective ICT solutions in transforming corporate services and improving operational productivity are central to our long term strategy, and we will ensure that any further lessons are considered before implementation plans are finalised."
Police Scotland said i6 was an important element of the force's planning, but it was not the only one.
Martin Leven, the director of ICT at Police Scotland, said: "Since 2013, more than 30 national applications have been implemented successfully.
"This includes replacing or upgrading a significant amount of out-dated hardware and real progress has been made towards the delivery of a new national network and standardised modern national desktop computers.
"Within six months of the decision to end i6 a new National Custody System was successfully launched across the country which was one of the key requirements of the i6 project."
The new owners of the Miami mansion had hired professional treasure hunters to search the rubble.
They believe Escobar, who was one of the richest men in the world when he was killed by Colombian police, may have hidden cash and diamonds there.
The safe, which weighs 600kg (1,325lb), has not been opened yet.
A worker who was tearing down one of the last remaining walls of the waterfront house found the metal safe in the foundations.
The new owners of the house, Christian de Berdouare and his wife, Jennifer Valoppi, said they would take it somewhere safe and "open it shortly".
"For us, this is the holy grail," owner Christian de Berdouare told local media.
Escobar was known for keeping huge stashes of cash and jewels at his homes in Colombia.
Workers had already found one safe in the house shortly after demolition work began, but it disappeared before anyone could examine it.
The couple said they bought the house without knowing of its history.
When they found out it had belonged to the infamous Colombian drug baron, they decided to make a documentary about its demolition and the search for hidden treasure within.
Escobar never lived there but Mr de Berdouare says the Colombian leader of the Medellin cartel did visit on occasion.
The pink mansion was seized by the US government in 1987 and sold to a private owner and later damaged in a fire.
Mr de Berdouare and Ms Valoppi plan to build a new house on its location.
The Miami mansion was built in 1948 with direct access to Biscayne Bay and views of the Miami skyline.
Miami was a key entry point for drugs flooding in from South America in the 1980s and many drug lords had mansions and luxury apartments in the city.
The episode saw Jon Snow, played by British actor Kit Harington, murdered by men of the Night's Watch.
The final scene saw Snow's young protege Olly deliver the final blow, with a lifeless Lord Commander left lying in the snow.
Variety described it as "one of the most shocking TV moments of the year".
Fans expressed hope that Harington would return in the next series, but speaking to Entertainment Weekly he said: "I'm dead. I'm not coming back next season."
"I kind of knew it was coming. I didn't read [George RR Martin's novel] A Dance with Dragons. But I read the other books and I had heard this is what happens.
"So I had an inkling it should be this season. I didn't realise it would be the final shot of the season and that made it extra special.
"I loved how they brought Olly in to be the person who kills me."
'I hate you HBO'
The actor said the show's creators, David Benioff and Dan Weiss, had informed him of his impending doom before production on the fifth season began last year.
"We did the Tony Soprano walk [to tell an actor they're going to die]. And they said, 'Look, you're gone, it's done.'"
Fans took to Twitter to express their shock at the episode.
Robert Kazinsky said: "Totally felt like that was put in for shocks sake only, and I'm totally okay with that. Just when you thought it was safe to care again."
James McDougall tweeted: Well #GameofThrones it's been swell. See you again in 8 months. Should be enough time work with my therapist to get over this last season.
Brenda Vanessa said: "This show is dead to me. I'm cancelling my HBO subscription. I hate you."
Gene Rol tweeted: One day @HBO will admit #GameofThrones was a social experiment to see how much abuse an audience would take for entertainment's sake.
Nimeuh added: "There's really no one left to kill on #GameofThrones. Next season they start killing viewers at home through the TV."
A number of other characters also met their demise in the finale, including Stannis Baratheon - who was executed at the hands of Brienne of Tarth, just hours after his wife, Queen Selyse, hanged herself.
It also featured a scene where Cersei Lannister - played by British actress Lena Headey - was stripped naked after having her head shaved and marched through the streets in a public walk of shame after admitting she had slept with her cousin.
Fans praised the actress's performance: "I know it's just acting and all but I can't imagine how difficult that scene was for Lena Headey," Christina Jones said.
"There needs to be a bravest actress in TV history category at the next #Emmys so they can give it to @IAMLenaHeadey," Russ Evansen said.
Lynette Rice added: "If Lena Headey doesn't get an Emmy for tonight's performance, there is no TV God."
The episode was screened in the UK on Sky Atlantic at 02:00 BST - in a simultaneous broadcast with US broadcaster HBO. It will be repeated on Monday night at 21:00 BST.
The figures, which reveal the number of copies distributed on an average day for the first half of 2010, have led to concern about the future of the industry in Wales.
Media lecturer James Stewart said it was worrying for Welsh democracy.
The Western Mail said its circulation trend was "improving slightly".
Newspapers across the UK have seen the number of copies sold and read continuously fall over recent years.
The latest figures show that only one of the UK's 86 regional daily newspapers increased its sales year-on-year in the first half of 2010 - the DC Thomson-owned Dundee Evening Telegraph.
Of the Welsh titles, the Western Mail - the only daily that covers the whole of Wales - saw the biggest drop in circulation during the first half of 2010 compared with the same period last year, down 10.2%.
Its average daily circulation was 29,567.
The Daily Post, which covers north Wales, had the smallest year-on-year decline in circulation at -4.5%, with an average daily circulation figure higher than the Western Mail at 32,414.
The newspaper with the highest circulation figure was the South Wales Evening Post, which covers the Swansea area, with an average figure of 42,619.
James Stewart, who worked at the Western Mail and South Wales Echo in the late 1970s and early 80s and is now senior lecturer in journalism at the University of Glamorgan, said the figures were "sad and worrying".
He said when he worked at the Western Mail, its circulation figure was around 90,000, adding there were serious implications about its decline over the last 30 years.
"As we're coming up to a referendum next year on more powers for the Welsh assembly, how many people in Wales are watching Welsh news or reading papers that discuss these things? Most people are not," he said.
"In evidence given to the assembly's culture committee recently, which was looking into public service broadcasting, it emerged 90% of people in Wales read a paper that doesn't contain Welsh news.
"That's very worrying if you want an electorate who knows what's going on and is engaged in the democratic process."
He added: "What are their other sources of information? There's the BBC - but how many young people watch local news on television or listen to it on the radio? There have also been major questions about the news resources at ITV Wales."
Mr Stewart, who also previously worked at BBC Wales, said he believed that many young people did not read newspapers and were more likely to go online, while even the habits of traditional readers were changing.
"You have to ask what the difference was 30 years ago," he said.
"The number of journalists at the Western Mail has gone down. The quality of their journalism is still very good but they just haven't got the resources they used to have.
"It's sad but on the other hand, as someone now involved in education, it's interesting to look at where journalism will now go. How will people be informed? We have to look at how that will be done."
He added that it was too soon to say whether newspaper companies would be able to make their websites work, as they currently do not get as much advertising revenue from them as they do from newspapers.
Alan Edmunds, publishing director at Media Wales - home to the Western Mail and the South Wales Echo - said the company's website was helping them reach a "large audience".
"Despite the obvious challenging circulation environment there has been a slight improvement in the circulation trend for both the South Wales Echo and the Western Mail as a result of a number of editorial and publishing enhancements," he said.
"For example, we're planning to launch the second phase of the South Wales Echo's redesign in September and this will be backed up by a number of newspaper sales initiatives.
"Following a redesign in June, the Western Mail has continued to focus on serving its key business and political audiences in print and through the large audience we reach through WalesOnline."
Rob Irvine, publishing director at Trinity Mirror North Wales, which publishes the Daily Post, said it too had seen a rise in people using its website.
"We've seen an improvement to the circulation trend for the Daily Post which is encouraging in the current challenging environment and we're delighted with a significant increase to our unique user numbers for dailypost.co.uk, up 28% period on period and 43% year on year," he said.
"The Daily Post remains focused on serving our audiences and advertisers across print, online and mobile."
The South Wales Evening Post and the Leader have been asked to comment, while the South Wales Argus did not want to comment.
Peter Dahlin has been held since early January amid a crackdown on human rights lawyers and activists.
State media said his organisation had received foreign funding to "instigate confrontations" and gather information to produce "distorted" reports.
The rights group has condemned and denied the government's allegations.
Chinese Urgent Action Working Group (China Action) called the report "absurd" and said the confession appeared to be forced.
China Action, founded by Mr Dahlin, provides direct legal aid to people alleging human rights violations, and assistance to uncertified lawyers to provide legal aid in rural areas.
State media broadcast Mr Dahlin's statement in a TV report on Tuesday night, which included the apparent confessions of two Chinese members of the group.
The Xinhua news agency also published a report online saying police had broken up an "illegal organization jeopardizing China's national security".
Peter Dahlin was arrested at Beijing airport as he was about to leave the country. The authorities could easily have just cancelled his visa after he had gotten on a plane, and ended the activities of Mr Dahlin and his NGO - the Chinese Urgent Action Working Group.
Instead they have decided to make a very public example of a Westerner who had ventured into the area of human rights. In particular Chinese state media is accusing Mr Dahlin of being a "plant" directed by what are described as "Western anti-China forces."
In other words, Western governments, using Western money to pay Chinese lawyers to make trouble. Mr Dalhin's organisation denies this.
But the Chinese state appears to want to show that its current crackdown on lawyers is an attempt to root out a Western conspiracy against China. That's unlikely to be good news for Chinese lawyers, or Westerners working on human rights in China.
The reports quoted authorities as saying the organisation had received foreign funding to train others to fabricate reports on China's human rights situation, and also organised others to "aggravate disputes" and "create mass incidents".
Mr Dahlin's arrest happened around the same time as a crackdown on several lawyers with Beijing law firm Fengrui, who have been charged with subversion.
The report linked Mr Dahlin with the firm, saying he collaborated with detained lawyer Wang Quanzhang to set up a similar organisation in Hong Kong.
He is also accused of providing funding to activist Xing Qingxian, who reportedly helped the son of detained lawyer Wang Yu to leave the country.
Mr Dahlin appeared to confess to supporting the lawyers and giving them money in his interview.
"I violated Chinese law through my activities here, I've caused harm to the Chinese government, I've hurt the feelings of the Chinese people. I apologise sincerely for this and I'm very sorry that this ever happened," he said.
He added that he had been treated well. Activists had raised concerns about his detention as he suffers from Addison's Disease, a rare defect of the adrenal gland, which needs daily medication.
China Action released a statement condemning the "apparent forced confession" and denying the allegations.
"It's absurd to claim Peter was engaged in malicious efforts to attack or discredit China... it is equally absurd to accuse Peter or China Action of manufacturing or escalating conflicts inside of China," it said.
It added that Swedish embassy officials had met Mr Dahlin while he was in custody but "there are still many questions unanswered about his detention".
Sweden has said it is looking into his arrest.
Earlier this month several Fengrui lawyers, their associates and activists were formally arrested and charged with "subversion", including Wang Quanzhang and Wang Yu.
In July, the Chinese authorities launched what appeared to be a widespread crackdown, when more than 280 human rights lawyers and activists - along with their associates - were summoned, detained or just disappeared. The arrests have been widely seen as the state's attempts to stifle dissent.
Another Swedish citizen, China-born Gui Minhai, appeared on state television on Sunday saying he voluntarily handed himself over to the authorities for a drink-driving conviction.
His arrest was in connection to a suspected crackdown on a Hong Kong bookshop known for publishing and carrying books critical of the Chinese government.
The Scot, 30, was beaten by France's Marie Eve Gahie in the final of her first competition since Rio 2016.
Briton Gemma Howell, 26, who lost to Conway in the semi-final, took bronze by beating Italy's Carola Paissoni.
Conway, who won bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, said she "couldn't be happier".
The 2017 World Judo Championships will take place in Budapest, Hungary from 28 August to 3 September.
The message urges Muslims to emigrate to the "caliphate" it has proclaimed in areas of Syria and Iraq. A reference to the Yemen conflict means it is recent.
Analysts say the voice appears to be Baghdadi's but this is not verified.
Baghdadi's fate has been unclear amid reports of air strikes by the US-led coalition that is opposing IS.
The message came as IS advanced to within 2km (1.2 miles) of the Unesco World Heritage site of Palmyra, one of the archaeological jewels of the Middle East.
Syria's antiquities chief warned that if IS seized Palmyra it would destroy everything that exists there.
The latest message was released by the group's al-Furqan media outlet and appeared on several websites.
Analysis: BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner
The voice on the audio recording is clear, assured and, in places, almost melodic. If it is indeed, as is claimed, the voice of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, then it will put paid to previous rumours of his death.
Since we don't actually see him he could, of course, be physically incapacitated. But the lengthy, 33-minute speech does not sound like one made by someone in failing health. The speaker, who makes continual use of religious quotations, exhorts Muslims around the world to join forces with his group.
Most significantly, he mentions the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen which began on 26 March, meaning this recording can be no more than seven weeks old.
US government linguistic experts will have doubtless been quick to analyse the voice patterns on the tape to see if they match earlier recordings of Baghdadi when he appeared in vision last year.
The speaker says: "There is no excuse for any Muslim not to migrate to the Islamic State... joining [its fight] is a duty on every Muslim. We are calling on you either to join or carry weapons [to fight] wherever you are."
He adds: "Islam was never a religion of peace. Islam is the religion of fighting. No-one should believe that the war that we are waging is the war of the Islamic State. It is the war of all Muslims, but the Islamic State is spearheading it. It is the war of Muslims against infidels."
IS declared a "caliphate" over parts of Iraq and Syria in June 2014.
The speaker in the message says: "There is no might nor honour nor safety nor rights for you except in the shade of the caliphate."
The speaker also makes references to the recent Saudi-led air campaign against Shia rebels in Yemen, which began on 26 March. He condemns the Saudi royal family and says the conflict in Yemen will lead to the end of its rule.
Baghdadi's last message was in November.
His only public appearance was to deliver a sermon in Mosul in Iraq after IS took the city last July.
An Iraqi interior ministry spokesman said in April that Baghdadi had been seriously wounded in a coalition air strike in March.
However, the Pentagon said it had no information on that, and other reports last year of him being injured proved to be inaccurate.
The Iraqi ministry of defence said on Wednesday that the second-in-command of IS, Abdul Rahman Mustafa Mohammed, was killed in an undated coalition air strike on a mosque in northern Iraq.
But the US said coalition planes had not attacked a mosque.
Profile: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
The 24-year-old, with six caps for his country, has been linked with Manchester United and Real Madrid in the past.
Juventus begin their Serie A campaign at home against Udinese on Sunday.
They won the league and cup double last season but lost the Champions League final to Barcelona.
Guptill, 28, scored more than half of the tourists' second innings runs on the way to setting Worcestershire a target of 246 in 50 overs.
At 169-2 with 20 overs remaining, the hosts looked the more likely winners.
But Worcestershire lost six wickets for 22 runs to subside to 230 all out.
Opener Guptill was one of the Black Caps' stars in their impressive recent World Cup campaign, scoring a competition record 237 not out in the semi-final against West Indies to help New Zealand reach the final.
However, Tom Latham and Hamish Rutherford are the Test incumbents at the top of the order, leaving New Zealand head coach Mike Hesson with a selection quandary before the first Test against England begins at Lord's on Thursday.
The clashes, on Monday, took place as Slovenians took to the streets for a second week, calling for the resignation of the political elite they hold responsible for economic failure and rampant corruption.
Since withdrawing peacefully from Yugoslavia in 1991, Slovenia has seen its GDP double and was the only formerly communist country allowed into the eurozone in 2007. But the good news came to an end in 2008.
On Friday it entered a second dip of recession. Its severely indebted banks mean it may be the next country to resort to an EU bailout.
"We want the old elite that has been in power for the last 20 years to go," said Timi, a 20-year-old protester.
The election as president on Sunday of photogenic 49-year-old Social Democrat Borut Pahor, a former prime minister and model, is no solution to his country's woes, Timi said.
Mr Pahor's conciliatory style prevailed over the abrasive approach of his outgoing run-off opponent, Danilo Turk, an independent leftist.
Mr Pahor won 67% of votes though only a third of voters turned out to vote. His vision is vague but his rhetoric is calm and inclusive and he left his premiership last year without being noticeably enriched.
The largest of Monday's protests was in Maribor, where 10,000 people gathered in the main square calling for the resignation of the city's populist conservative mayor Franc Kangler, who faces several corruption charges which saw him stripped of his People's Party membership a fortnight ago.
On the fringes of the crowd, a former member of Mr Kangler's campaign team admitted that it appeared his candidate had lost his way since gaining power in 2006, but he added that he was also not the criminal ogre portrayed by protesters.
After last Monday's protest, Mr Kangler said he would stay in his post, and then left for a 10-day holiday.
Other politicians whom protesters in Maribor and elsewhere want to see out of office are Janez Jansa, on trial for corruption in an arms scandal while he was prime minister from 2004 to 2008, and the mayor of the capital Ljubljana, Zoran Jankovic, who is also the main opposition leader.
Like Mr Kangler, neither has been found guilty in court.
At the front of the crowd nearest the Maribor council offices on Monday, a mob - composed largely of men in their early 20s, some masked - hurled insults, flares, stones and fireworks.
Some fireworks landed on balconies, threatening to set the building on fire. Protesters stepped forward to burn pictures of Mr Kangler on a hay bale bonfire.
All across the square, people chanted "Get out!" and "Thieves!"
At around 20:30, a police helicopter flew overhead and shortly afterwards tear gas was reportedly discharged to disperse the hooligan element.
One 26-year-old local policeman changing into riot gear said he personally knew perhaps 100 of the protesters he was policing.
A dozen people were injured but the response was milder than that a week ago. The use of tear gas shocked a normally peaceful Slovenia, which has never seen such violence, even under Yugoslavia's relatively mild brand of communism.
"The police were very aggressive," says Magdelena, a 67-year-old artist, carrying a banner describing the situation as "Orwellian".
Protests against Mr Kangler began this autumn with outrage at the introduction of speed cameras.
Protesters say the income from the cameras benefits private contractors rather than the public purse.
For the most part the spirit in the crowd was good-humoured.
Many protesters were wearing carnations while one young woman called Gaja toured the crowd giving "free hugs".
But protesting peacefully does not eliminate anxiety.
"We are all afraid of what comes after we are rid of these corrupted politicians," says Katja, a 35-year-old arts producer, carrying a banner saying: "Honesty, trust".
Protesters bemoan the economic hardships they blame on the misrule and greed of their current crop of leaders.
At the same time, economists worry at the halting pace of reform, which may be prolonging the economic pain.
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On a day when Blackpool supporters were once again protesting against club owners the Oyston family prior to kick-off, on the pitch the Seasiders did pick up just their second win in seven games.
After a frustrating start, Blackpool took the lead with their first chance after 27 minutes. Kyle Vassell hooked the ball in for former Kidderminster striker Matt to nod home from six yards.
And 10 minutes later the League Two side doubled their advantage as Potts surged forward from midfield before volleying past Samuel Hornby from 18 yards as the ball popped up off a defender.
Gary Bowyer's side came close to a third just after the break as on-loan Leicester midfielder Michael Cain picked up the ball 20 yards out and curled an effort inches wide.
But Kidderminster did enough to ensure they were not on the end of a drubbing from their higher-ranked opponents, and threatened on a number of occasions.
Emmanuel Dieseruvwe and Arthur Gnahoua both had second-half shots blocked from close range.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Blackpool 2, Kidderminster Harriers 0.
Second Half ends, Blackpool 2, Kidderminster Harriers 0.
Foul by Colin Daniel (Blackpool).
Jordan Tunnicliffe (Kidderminster Harriers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Mark Cullen (Blackpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andre Brown (Kidderminster Harriers).
Attempt blocked. Andre Brown (Kidderminster Harriers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Andy Taylor (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Keith Lowe (Kidderminster Harriers).
Corner, Kidderminster Harriers. Conceded by Clark Robertson.
Attempt blocked. Emmanuel Dieseruvwe (Kidderminster Harriers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Hand ball by James McQuilkin (Kidderminster Harriers).
Substitution, Blackpool. Colin Daniel replaces Mark Yeates.
Substitution, Blackpool. Mark Cullen replaces Kyle Vassell.
Foul by Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool).
Sam Austin (Kidderminster Harriers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Brad Potts (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ashley Carter (Kidderminster Harriers).
Foul by Kyle Vassell (Blackpool).
Jordan Tunnicliffe (Kidderminster Harriers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Eddie Nolan (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Andre Brown (Kidderminster Harriers).
Substitution, Kidderminster Harriers. Sam Austin replaces Arthur Gnahoua.
Michael Cain (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Liam Truslove (Kidderminster Harriers).
Foul by Eddie Nolan (Blackpool).
Emmanuel Dieseruvwe (Kidderminster Harriers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Mark Yeates (Blackpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Andy Taylor (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tyrell Waite (Kidderminster Harriers).
Substitution, Kidderminster Harriers. Andre Brown replaces Elton Ngwatala.
Kyle Vassell (Blackpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Kyle Vassell (Blackpool).
(Kidderminster Harriers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Elton Ngwatala (Kidderminster Harriers).
Attempt saved. Kyle Vassell (Blackpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Mark Yeates (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt blocked. Kyle Vassell (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said it will investigate the sale.
The ICO said the sale of this information could be "a significant breach of data protection principles".
The profile seller Edgars Apalais has denied that people did not give consent for their contact details to be shared.
The programme was sent photographs and lists of names, email addresses, dates of birth and details of sexual orientation by the website Usdate. Some profiles included photographs of celebrities such as Brad Pitt, Michael Caine and the TV chef Rick Stein.
Some of the contact details sold were genuine. The email addresses of academics, a House of Lords life peer and BBC employees were included on the list. All of these individuals told the programme that they had never used a dating website.
Gerald Masterson tried online dating a couple of years ago but said he did not meet anyone and stopped using the websites.
He was surprised to learn that his personal details had been sold to Panorama as part of the bulk purchase of fake profiles.
"I am angry and feel they have taken my identity…. I feel it's just a money-making scam," he said.
It is a breach of data protection law if someone sells your information without consent and if the information is inaccurate. The material sold to Panorama appears to meet both criteria.
The man who sold the BBC these profiles calls himself Edgars Apalais. Panorama tracked him down to the Dominican Republic and eventually he agreed to an interview. We secretly recorded the conversation.
He denied that people had not given their consent for their contact details, photographs or personal information to be shared.
"This is sensitive personal data. I'm very concerned to see that these lists are being sold on. You've got lists about these individuals' sexuality," said Simon Entwisle, Director of Operations at the Information Commissioner's Office, the body responsible for ensuring companies protect private data.
"If you're talking about significant numbers of names, that's a significant breach of the data protection principles potentially,"
You can watch Panorama - Tainted Love: The Dark Side of Online Dating Monday 29 July at 20:30 BST on BBC1 and then on the BBC iPlayer in the UK.
Councillors have agreed to set aside £450,000 from reserves to tackle the issue in the coming financial year.
It comes from a variety of uncommitted or discretionary budget sources across the council.
A report said the funding demand was considered temporary but putting the money aside was a "wise option".
Scottish Borders Council finance spokesman, councillor John Mitchell, said: "It is necessary from the point of view that funding has to be found for these particular items of expenditure.
"These particular items of expenditure are obviously, by their very nature, very unpredictable.
"We have - as one councillor described it - shaken out the pockets of the various departments and found funds which can be applied in this particular manner."
He said the move was a necessary part of the budget process.
"Every budget is always a best estimate and with any budget there is always a propensity for it to rise or fall in year or for estimates to be inaccurate for whatever reason," he said.
"It is just the nature of the beast I am afraid."
Demonstrators assembled outside a mosque in the Sisli district and shouted slogans denouncing the "fascist" state before scattering as they were sprayed with freezing water.
Nine HDP figures, including its co-leaders, were jailed on Friday.
Journalists from the pro-opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper are also in jail.
Nine journalists were arrested on Saturday and remanded in custody by a court in Istanbul.
Cumhuriyet's editor, a well-known cartoonist, and an anti-government columnist were among those detained.
It is the latest in a string of legal moves against critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since July's attempted coup.
On top of the nine HDP detentions on Friday, a further nine party officials, including regional heads from the south-eastern province of Adana, were taken into custody on Saturday.
The Cumhuriyet newspaper is one of the few Turkish media outlets which remains critical of Mr Erdogan.
Its journalists have been charged with links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is accused of plotting the coup attempt.
On the night of 15 July, rebel soldiers used military hardware including tanks and fighter jets to try to seize control.
Since the coup attempt, a total of about 110,000 people, mainly state employees, have been sacked or suspended and 37,000 arrested.
Both the Cumhuriyet journalists and HDP politicians will be held in jail until trial. No date has been set for either hearing.
Cumhuriyet was one of four winners of the "alternative Nobel Prize" in October, alongside Syria's White Helmets and others., awarded for "fearless investigative journalism and commitment to freedom of expression in the face of oppression, censorship, imprisonment and death threats."
Friday's arrests coincided with a bomb blast in the Kurdish-dominated city of Diyarbakir in the south-east which killed 11 people and injured dozens more.
Confusion remained on Saturday as to who carried out the attack.
The governor's office in Diyarbakir said that the Kurdish militant PKK, which has conducted a campaign of violence for Kurdish autonomy, was behind the blast. It based this on what it said were intercepted communications.
But on Friday, so-called Islamic State (IS) said, via its Amaq news agency, that it was behind the attack.
President Erdogan currently holds emergency powers in the aftermath of the failed July coup.
They allow the president and his cabinet to bypass parliament when drafting new laws and to restrict or suspend rights and freedoms.
Critics claim he is using those powers to silence opponents. At the beginning of November, 15 media outlets were closed and 10,000 civil servants were dismissed.
The tennis star made the announcement in the form of a poem.
She said he took her to Rome, where they first met, to propose to her - and she said yes.
It caps off a year in which Ms Williams won her seventh Wimbledon singles title and 22nd Grand Slam singles title, but dropped to world number two ranking.
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Reddit is a social media community where users group around topics, news articles and discussion points, rather than around people they know in offline life.
Mr Ohanian founded it in 2005 alongside a college friend, Steve Huffman.
Ms Williams posted to r/isaidyes, a forum where users share their stories of wedding proposals, saying he had taken her to the table in Rome where they first met, where he got down on one knee and "said four words".
One Reddit user responded by joking that the score was love-love.
Mr Ohanian and Ms Williams had kept their relationship quiet on social media and in the world of celebrity gossip, but rumours began to circulate last year that they might be romantically linked.
Ethan, 22, has made 16 first-team appearances for the Blues while 21-year-old Dillon has turned out 18 times since making his debut in 2015.
"Dillon is a very good prop, with a good all-round game and has achieved a lot," head coach Danny Wilson said.
"Ethan's another player we have high hopes for. He has also been unfortunate with injuries but is back fit."
Officers launched a "detailed inquiry" into reports of hare coursing in Gargunnock.
They have now arrested a Larkhall man, who has been charged with offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act for allegedly hunting wild hare using two dogs, and is due in court.
PC Malcolm O'May said hare coursing was "a national wildlife crime priority".
Kieffer Moore opened the scoring with his first goal of the season before Keanu Marsh-Brown doubled Rovers' lead.
Danny Livesey brought Barrow back into the game when he volleyed in a deep Jordan Williams corner.
Williams brilliantly levelled late on as he raced towards goal before unleashing a 25-yard strike past Rovers keeper Steve Arnold.
Forest Green boss Ady Pennock told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
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"I'm disappointed to concede a two-goal lead. It all started from our chance when we hit the post and then they come down here and they had a free header in the six-yard box.
"We didn't defend that one properly, Charlie Clough decided not to mark his man properly and Livesey had a free header.
"But what a fantastic month we've had - we've had four away games, one home game, it's been a great month and I'm well chuffed."
Police were called at about 02:35 BST on Saturday following an argument involving a group of men and women in Queen Elizabeth Street.
Tommy Blackmore, 20, of Bermondsey, south-east London, was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Lloyd Smythe, of Staple Street, Bermondsey, has been charged with Mr Blackmore's murder.
He is due to appear at Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court later.
Mr Blackmore, a prolific fundraiser and a Millwall football fan, had helped the Fight 4 Cancer campaign to raise £32,000 for Cancer Research UK.
More than 150 family and friends walked to Tower Bridge to pay their respects to him on Saturday.
Mr Menem, 85, said he could not attend because of health reasons.
He is one of 13 people accused of obstructing the investigations. He has repeatedly rejected the allegations.
The attack against the Amia Jewish Cultural Centre in the heart of the Argentine capital killed 85 people and injured more than 300.
Argentine prosecutors say it was planned and financed by Iran, and carried out by Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia Islamist movement.
The Iranian government has always denied any involvement.
The trial is expected to last at least a year. More than 100 witnesses will be heard.
Mr Menem's former intelligence chief Hugo Anzorreguy also missed the trial citing health reasons.
He was sentenced to seven years in jail in 2013 for his role in a scheme to smuggle weapons and ammunitions to Ecuador and Croatia.
But he has avoided serving time in jail because of his age and because of his immunity as a senator for La Rioja province.
Relatives of the victims say there is a culture of impunity and intimidation in Argentina that have hampered the investigations.
"Argentine society is waiting for a response based on the real truth, while those that are here today did everything to prevent that," said Sergio Burstein, head of an association of survivors of the attack.
"It will be difficult to break the code of silence," he told the Reuters news agency.
Earlier this year, special prosecutor Alberto Nisman appeared dead in his flat in Buenos Aires the day before he was due to appear in court.
He had accused President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of covering up Iranian involvement on the Jewish centre attack.
But in March an Argentine appeals court has upheld a decision to dismiss the case against Ms Fernandez.
She always denied the allegations.
A report into the attack on the Heights Bar in Loughinisland by the ombudsman last week said the killers had been protected from investigation.
But Michael Maguire did not use powers to have any officers involved arrested.
He also did not send files to the Public Prosecution Service.
The ombudsman has said there was insufficient evidence to support criminal charges.
Families of the victims of the Loughinisland attack said they had been vindicated by the report's findings, and called for all of those involved to be brought to justice.
It is the responsibility of the police ombudsman to investigate alleged criminal behaviour by current and former police officers.
His investigators also have the power to arrest suspects, and can recommend that they face charges.
Mr Maguire was highly critical of some of former members of RUC Special Branch.
He said police informers involved in the Loughinisland attack, and the importation of a huge consignment of weapons from South Africa, had been protected.
"Some police officers appeared to place more value on gathering information and protecting their sources than on the prevention and detection of crime," he said.
But he did not have any of the former officers arrested, and did not recommend to the Public Prosecution Service that they should face charges.
In an interview for Tuesday night's BBC Spotlight programme, the chief constable has expressed surprise.
"There does seem to be some sort of distance between the strength of the language in the report, in the fact that we're not having police officers even reported to the PPS," he said.
"If I got to a point where I was convinced in a very clear way that collusion was a key element of the Loughinisland murders then I'd be looking to take that conclusion into evidence through arrests, interviews, charges."
A former police ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan, told Spotlight that bringing charges would be extremely difficult because of the relationship between police informants and their handlers.
"The problem that you have when you do these investigations as a police ombudsman is that the paramilitaries with whom the police officers were colluding are the witnesses for the police ombudsman, and the police officers whom the police ombudsman is investigating are the witnesses for the police investigating the paramilitaries," she said.
The current ombudsman has said that while there was sufficient evidence for him to say some police officers had been involved in collusion, there was not enough evidence to support criminal charges.
In a statement to the BBC, Michael Maguire said that as a result of the passage of time some witnesses were no longer available, some documentation was missing and it was not always possible to get a detailed picture of the role of certain individuals.
He said a number of related issues referred to in the Loughinisland report are still under investigation.
Spotlight will be on BBC One Northern Ireland at 22:45 BST on Tuesday 14 June.
Two handgun shots were fired into the air as hundreds of people clashed with police on Monday night.
The unrest began when officials began an operation to clear out unlicensed street food stalls.
More than 90 people, mostly police officers and reporters, were injured and dozens of people were arrested.
Protesters threw bricks and bottles at police, who were using batons and pepper spray.
Despite the attempted crackdown, food stalls were operating as usual again on Tuesday evening.
Mong Kok clashes
What happened in Mong Kok?
Hong Kong police attempted to shut down unlicensed food stalls along the junction of Shan Tung Road and Portland Street in Kowloon. Clashes erupted after dozens of local activists gathered to defend the vendors.
What's the deal with the food stalls?
The unlicensed food stalls were set up for the Lunar New Year holiday. Officials usually turn a blind eye to the hawkers' lack of official permits, but this year decided to crack down.
Were the clashes just about street food?
The underlying tensions go deeper. Many "localist" groups, who want greater autonomy for Hong Kong, turned up to support the vendors, arguing that Hong Kong's identity is under threat. Trust between the public and the police has also declined in recent years. On social media the protest was dubbed #fishballrevolution, after one of the snacks on sale.
Read more: More than fishballs
Video footage showed one officer firing into the air after police and protesters rushed into the middle of the street, and one officer was tackled by a protester.
Police Commissioner Stephen Lo announced the inquiry at a press conference on Tuesday, but defended the officer who fired the shots.
"Rioters attacked a police officer with hard objects and threatened his life. He fell on the ground but kept being attacked by the rioters.
"With no alternative, his police colleague used his firearm in accordance with the use of force principles, to prevent his fellow colleague from being further attacked and also for his own personal safety," he said.
However some people have accused the police of using excessive force in breaking up the protests.
One reporter for the Ming Pao newspaper has said he is filing an official complaint against police, alleging he was attacked by a police officer.
Officials say they are also investigating whether the trouble was organised in advance.
It was the largest unrest in Hong Kong since massive pro-democracy street protests were held in 2014, although BBC correspondents said the Mong Kok clashes appeared more violent than those in 2014, which were largely peaceful.
The Italian, who has scored seven goals in his first seven Nice games, latched on to Jean Michael Seri's pass over the top to slot home their second goal.
The ex-Liverpool striker had a hand in the opener, Wylan Cyprien scoring after Balotelli was tackled.
Emiliano Sala pulled one back but Alassane Plea and Cyprien sealed it.
Balotelli has scored six goals in his first five games in the French league, having managed only two league goals in the previous two seasons for Liverpool, who let the 26-year-old leave for free on transfer deadline day, and AC Milan.
Nice, who have not won the league since 1959, are unbeaten in their opening 11 Ligue 1 games since the summer appointment of Lucien Favre. They are six points above rivals Monaco and third-placed Paris St-Germain.
Match ends, Nice 4, Nantes 1.
Second Half ends, Nice 4, Nantes 1.
Ricardo Pereira (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yacine Bammou (Nantes).
Vincent Koziello (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Amine Harit (Nantes).
Attempt missed. Arnaud Lusamba (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mathieu Bodmer.
Arnaud Souquet (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Emiliano Sala (Nantes).
Substitution, Nice. Arnaud Lusamba replaces Wylan Cyprien.
Substitution, Nice. Vincent Koziello replaces Jean Michael Seri.
Substitution, Nantes. Valentin Rongier replaces Adrien Thomasson.
Offside, Nantes. Alexander Kacaniklic tries a through ball, but Diego Carlos is caught offside.
Foul by Jean Michael Seri (Nice).
Amine Harit (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Nice. Valentin Eysseric replaces Mario Balotelli.
Alassane Pléa (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Diego Carlos (Nantes).
Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Nice).
Yacine Bammou (Nantes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Offside, Nice. Dante tries a through ball, but Alassane Pléa is caught offside.
Offside, Nantes. Emiliano Sala tries a through ball, but Amine Harit is caught offside.
Substitution, Nantes. Alexander Kacaniklic replaces Mariusz Stepinski.
Goal! Nice 4, Nantes 1. Wylan Cyprien (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
Wylan Cyprien (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Wylan Cyprien (Nice).
Amine Harit (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Mario Balotelli (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Adrien Thomasson (Nantes).
Younès Belhanda (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yacine Bammou (Nantes).
Goal! Nice 3, Nantes 1. Alassane Pléa (Nice) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jean Michael Seri with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Nice. Conceded by Koffi Djidji.
Attempt missed. Diego Carlos (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Lima with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Dante (Nice).
Mariusz Stepinski (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Younès Belhanda (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Enock Kwateng (Nantes).
Foul by Alassane Pléa (Nice).
Amine Harit (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Eintracht keeper Lukas Hradecky was sent off after 125 seconds for handling outside his area - and the home side took control just four minutes later.
Marvin Compper pounced on a rebound to put the home side ahead, Timo Werner adding a header before half-time.
Marcel Halstenberg's scrappy third moved the top-flight debutants back within three points of leaders Bayern Munich and eight points clear of third-place Hoffenheim.
Hoffenheim, the only unbeaten side left in Europe's top five leagues, maintained their record with a 2-0 win at 13th-placed Augsburg.
Top scorer Sandro Wagner bundled in his 10th goal of the season shortly after half-time, with former Leicester striker Andrej Kramaric tapping in the second.
Hoffenheim, who have won seven and drawn 10 of their 17 games, are a point clear of Borussia Dortmund.
Dortmund's right-back Lukasz Piszczek's late tap-in secured a 2-1 win at 10-man Werder Bremen, lifting last season's runners-up to fourth.
Elsewhere, new signing Guido Burgstaller enjoyed a dream debut for ninth-placed Schalke, netting a 92nd-minute winner in the 1-0 victory over second bottom Ingolstadt.
France international Paul-Georges Ntep also played a key role on his Wolfsburg debut, setting up Mario Gomez's winner in their 1-0 home victory against fellow strugglers Hamburg.
Ex-Germany midfielder Torsten Frings, recently appointed as Darmstadt's new coach, saw the league's bottom side earn a point in a 0-0 draw against Borussia Monchengladbach.
Match ends, RB Leipzig 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.
Second Half ends, RB Leipzig 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.
Foul by Davie Selke (RB Leipzig).
Michael Hector (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by David Abraham.
Dominik Kaiser (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Omar Mascarell (Eintracht Frankfurt).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Heinz Lindner (Eintracht Frankfurt) because of an injury.
Foul by Dominik Kaiser (RB Leipzig).
Heinz Lindner (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Naby Keita (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aymen Barkok (Eintracht Frankfurt).
Substitution, RB Leipzig. Dominik Kaiser replaces Timo Werner.
Offside, RB Leipzig. Diego Demme tries a through ball, but Davie Selke is caught offside.
Naby Keita (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aymen Barkok (Eintracht Frankfurt).
Attempt missed. Naby Keita (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marcel Sabitzer.
Bernardo (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aymen Barkok (Eintracht Frankfurt).
Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Aymen Barkok replaces Mijat Gacinovic.
Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Haris Seferovic replaces Ante Rebic.
Davie Selke (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Davie Selke (RB Leipzig).
Mijat Gacinovic (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, RB Leipzig. Oliver Burke replaces Stefan Ilsanker.
Marcel Halstenberg (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by David Abraham (Eintracht Frankfurt).
Omar Mascarell (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marcel Halstenberg (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Omar Mascarell (Eintracht Frankfurt).
Own Goal by Jesús Vallejo, Eintracht Frankfurt. RB Leipzig 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.
Attempt missed. Marcel Halstenberg (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Naby Keita.
Attempt blocked. Davie Selke (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Naby Keita (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Timo Werner.
Attempt missed. Stefan Ilsanker (RB Leipzig) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marcel Halstenberg with a cross following a corner.
Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Jesús Vallejo.
Attempt missed. Naby Keita (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from long range on the left misses to the right from a direct free kick.
Marcel Halstenberg (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Timothy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt).
The move should allow the Scottish government to fund borrowing through bonds from April of next year.
Legislation will be introduced by the Treasury, which is expected to lead to the Scotland Office laying an amendment order before Christmas.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander said it was a "big step" towards further devolution.
The move stems from the Scotland Act of 2012, which gave ministers at Holyrood the power to borrow up to a total of £2.2bn from April 2015 for investment.
The Act already permitted borrowing from the National Loans Fund and commercial loans, with bonds set to become a third option for reaching the £2.2bn limit if required.
Bonds effectively allow people to lend money to government in exchange for a return on their investment.
The Treasury will now introduce legislation allowing the Scotland Office to amend the sources of capital borrowing available to Scottish ministers so they will be able to issue bonds.
Mr Alexander said: "This is a big step that shows that the UK government is keeping its devolution promise to Scotland.
"By beginning this process now, we will be able to have legislation in place to ensure that Scotland can issue bonds from April next year.
"Being able to issue bonds will give the Scottish government an additional source of capital funding as part of its new tax and borrowing powers contained in the Scotland Act 2012."
He added: "By the time we have fully implemented this Act and the Smith Commission's agreement, the Scottish government's new powers will make it one of the most powerful devolved administrations in the world."
A spokesman for the Scottish government said: "This was promised as part of the Scotland Bill in 2012. In fact the UK government announced in February that it would give Scotland the ability to issue bonds in exercising the capital borrowing powers which will be devolved from next year.
"These orders do not give Scotland new borrowing powers and they do not remove the arbitrary limits imposed by HM Treasury.
"We welcome the Smith Commission proposal that both governments should consider the merits of introducing a prudential borrowing regime and hope that progresses more quickly than the granting of powers to issue bonds."
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The home affairs select committee said, given the inquiry's task, it should have treated the issue with "rigour".
A woman on the inquiry team alleged she was groped in a lift at its offices.
Inquiry chair Prof Alexis Jay, the fourth person to lead the inquiry, apologised for any unnecessary anxiety caused to victims or survivors.
The troubled inquiry, launched by Theresa May when she was home secretary, has seen the departure of three chairs as well as its most senior and second-ranking counsel.
In the latest setback, one of the largest victims' groups involved withdrew from the inquiry, calling it an "unpalatable circus".
The move prompted calls for Prof Jay, who has the government's backing, to be replaced.
Ben Emmerson QC, the most senior lawyer at the inquiry, resigned in September.
The BBC's Newsnight programme has previously reported that the inquiry was told in September of a claim that Mr Emmerson had assaulted a woman working at its offices in a lift - a claim he has strenuously denied.
The alleged victim did not want the incident investigated.
In its report, the committee said it made no judgement on the claim, and suggested an external person could be appointed to examine the matter.
"We are not in a position, and it is certainly not our responsibility, to assess either the facts of the case or the details of the processes that the inquiry pursued," the report said.
"However, we do not believe that IICSA [the inquiry] has taken seriously enough its responsibility to pursue allegations of bullying or disclosures of sexual assault within the inquiry," it added.
"Nor do we believe it has done enough to demonstrate publicly that it has a robust approach to such matters."
In a letter published by the committee alongside its report, Hugh Davies QC, a barrister who worked for the inquiry until December last year, said as a body judging how institutions dealt with this sort of allegation, it should "expect to be judged by the same standards it will doubtless set for others".
Labour MP Yvette Cooper, chair of the select committee, said the inquiry needed to sort out its problems fast and be less defensive about what had gone wrong.
She said it was "shameful" that the previous chair, Dame Lowell Goddard, was refusing to give oral evidence about her sudden resignation this summer.
The New Zealand high court judge previously told the committee that for her to be summoned would compromise the inquiry's "independence and integrity".
MPs also urged the inquiry team to appoint new lawyers as soon as possible and suggested it split its workload into two strands - legal matters and child protection.
Ms Cooper said: "We found there was an unresolved tension over how far the inquiry should focus on uncovering the truth about past abuse and cover-ups and how far it should focus on current child protection policies.
"Both are important but they need different skills, experience and styles of work.
"This inquiry is far too important to be sunk by problems. That's why urgent action is needed to sort them out. Survivors of abuse deserve nothing less."
In response, Prof Jay said an external senior legal figure would be invited to review some of the issues raised in the committee's report.
"While I am confident that our safeguarding and dignity at work procedures are robust, I recognise the impact of recent speculation and commentary about them," she said.
"Nobody is more determined to deliver a successful inquiry on behalf of victims, survivors and the wider public than the panel and myself.
"We recognise that the past few months have been difficult for the inquiry and for the victims and survivors who have placed their trust in it.
"I am personally sorry for any unnecessary anxiety the inquiry may have caused to victims and survivors during this transitional period."
She is expected to publish a review of how the inquiry operates in the coming weeks.
Officers received a report of men with weapons at Toward Road, Sunderland, at about 18:30 GMT on Thursday.
After establishing the report was false, police went to an address in Wetherby Road, where the call was made.
Northumbria Police said the caller, a 36-year-old man, became unwell. He was treated by paramedics and taken to Sunderland Royal Hospital where he later died.
A police spokesperson said the matter had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, as was procedure in the circumstances.
The 19-year-old, who has made 15 league appearances for Posh, will stay at Sincil Bank until 1 January.
Winger Anderson began his career with Crawley before being signed by Peterborough after leaving the Sussex club in 2014.
He has since played non-league football during loan spells at Braintree Town and St Albans City.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Dyddgu Hywel's third-minute try allowed Wales to reach half-time level, with a pushover from Safi N'Diaye the only reward for French forward domination.
A brilliant try finished by Wales prop Megan York proved crucial.
Wales also confirmed their place for the 2017 World Cup as Scotland now cannot overtake them.
Wales got off to a flying start, as full-back Hywel sped past her marker on an arcing run from the 22 to score after only three minutes.
France created a golden chance for winger Caroline Boujard who dropped a cross-kick with the line open, but number eight N'Diaye levelled after 15 minutes with a pushover effort.
Robyn Wilkins pushed a 30-metre penalty shot wide for Wales before the French forwards took control, with Wales just managing to hold up them on the line twice.
The injury-time loss of lock Shona Powell-Hughes to a yellow card for not retreating from a penalty was a blow for Wales, and France took the lead after 45 minutes when Audrey Abadie was on target with a simple penalty with her fourth shot at goal.
But Wales produced the move of the match as wing Bethan Dainton's long break from defence saw Elen Evans on the other flank send York charging down the touchline for a memorable score.
Wales were pinned in their own 22 for long periods of the final quarter as France threw on their replacements in search of a breakthrough, but a magnificent defensive performance held the visitors out.
Wales Women: Wales Women: Dyddgu Hywel; Bethan Dainton, Hannah Jones, Robyn Wilkins, Elen Evans; Elinor Snowsill, Keira Bevan; Megan York, Carys Phillips, Catrin Edwards, Shona Powell-Hughes, Rebecca Rowe, Rachel Taylor, Sian Williams, Sioned Harries
Replacements: Amy Price, Cerys Hale, Amy Evans, Siwan Lillicrap, Alisha Butchers, Jenny Hawkins, Kerin Lake, Adi Taviner
France Women: Julie Biles, Caroline Boujard, Elodie Poublan, Lucille Godiveau, Lara Delas, Audrey Abadie, Yanna Rivoalen; Lise Arricastre, Gaelle Mignot (c), Julie Duval, Audrey Forlan, Celine Ferer, Pauline Rayssac, Laetitia Grand, Safi N'Diaye.
Replacements: Agathe Sochat, Arkya Ait Lahib, Romane Menager, Julie Annery, Laure Sansus, Camille Imart, Coralie Bertrand, Patricia Carricaburu.
Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales said the residential unit at Rhydygors school, Carmarthen, was failing to meet minimum standards.
It was also criticised by school inspectors, Estyn, last September.
Governors said they were building on the progress already made in addressing concerns raised in the Estyn report.
Earlier this month, Dyfed Powys Police said they had arrested six former staff members as part of Operation Almond, which is investigating claims of abuse at the school between 1976 and 1986.
Rhydygors School, in Johnstown, provides special education for pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.
The CSSIW report said: "Overall, we found that young people and their representatives cannot be confident that due care and attention has been paid to the national minimum standards for residential special schools in the period since our last inspection, as the service has not fully met these standards."
The school is now subject to monthly visits from Carmarthenshire council to monitor the quality of care pupils receive.
The report said its acting head teacher, Margaret Davies, and governing body should be more aware of national minimum standards.
It also said 80% of care staff should hold a relevant qualification but the residential unit had failed to meet that target.
The service also failed to complete an annual review of the school's welfare provision for boarding pupils.
Inspectors Estyn described the school's performance as adequate but said its prospects for improvement were "unsatisfactory".
It said: "The school's arrangements for safeguarding pupils generally meet requirements but a few areas give a cause for concern."
The school's chair of governors Matthew Harries said: "Rhydygors was inspected by Estyn in September 2014 and, as the new chair of governors, I will be looking to build on the progress that has been made to address the recommendations of the report.
"Indeed, we are pleased that progress has been made in many of these areas as noted in the more recent CSSIW report."
A CSSIW spokesperson said: "We do not have any significant concerns about Rhydygors School."
Operation Almond is also looking into allegations of abuse at Cartref-y-Gelli children's home in Carmarthen between 1986 and 1990.
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Six minutes and 26 seconds and yet those early moments were still being talked about in Cardiff, with increasing vehemence and incoherence, hours later, the conversation sure to carry on in the coming days.
Where was Davies when Dan Biggar dinked his original kick over an advancing guard of four Scots? Where was he when Jamie Roberts batted the ball down from mid-air? Why was he allowed to gather the ball and run to the line? Why didn't the referee spot that he was offside? Why didn't the TMO tell him when he asked?
Rulebooks were consulted and interpretations pored over. He was miles offside, he was a bit offside, he wasn't offside at all. Before nightfall there was a danger of it all getting a little 'Joubertish' in the Scottish ranks.
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The decision, either way, was a marginal call. It didn't go Scotland's way and it's not one they should bemoan for too long.
In the despond of a ninth-straight Six Nations loss - and a sixth by a converted try or less - the temptation was to over-egg the injustice, to lash out at the awarding of the 'try that should never have been'.
It's an urge that's best avoided before it mushrooms into a self-pity that's self-defeating.
In truth, Scotland head coach Vern Cotter dealt with it stoically, as he deals with most things. He thought the try was dodgy but he didn't dwell on it. Neither did his captain, Greig Laidlaw. They made their point and they moved on. There was nothing else they could do.
The bitter reality for Scotland was that when this game was there to be won, it was familiar Welshmen who stepped forward and seized the moment. It was Roberts with their critical second try and George North with their game-winning third.
Those two guys know how to win games. They've won a Lions series, a Grand Slam, a Six Nations championship. Roberts plays alongside Jonathan Davies, who has also won all those prizes. They're led by a winning Lions captain, Sam Warburton. They have at their heart, Alun Wyn Jones, one of the truly great Welsh second-rows and Taulupe Faletau, one of the most remorselessly effective number eights in their history.
Seasoned winners all. And up against them? Players of talent who have won nothing on the Test stage, not a trophy, not even a game, many of them. The gulf in know-how is canyon-wide.
A third of Scotland's starting team in Cardiff - Mark Bennett, Finn Russell, Jonny Gray, WP Nel, John Hardie - have yet to win a Six Nations match.
Tommy Seymour has won once in nine attempts, Duncan Taylor once in six attempts. Six of Scotland's substitutes have a 100% losing record in the Six Nations.
Maybe that explains, in part, why they're finding it so murderously difficult to get across the line.
Stepping back from the grim reality of nine successive championship losses, there was good in this, significantly more positive stuff than we saw a week ago against England.
Scotland had a better edge and they maintained it for longer. They had more threat, more fire, more ball. It was a step-up from a week ago. Not enough of a step-up, but an improvement.
Here's the thing. Had you picked a composite team before kick-off then Wales would have lorded it. Had you asked a hundred neutrals who was going to win then most of the hundred would have said Wales.
Looked at in that light, a four-point loss away from home against a team that is used to winning and that is studded with Lions was above par for Scotland. But the despond washed over them nonetheless.
This team is trapped in no-man's land. They're stuck in a place between the pitiful dog-days of old and a proper new dawn. They can see the light, but they just can't reach it. And it's excruciating.
There was a moment in Cardiff when even the most disbelieving of Scottish supporters might have shifted forward in their seat, the gates of their easy pessimism being stormed by optimism.
We were in the 52nd minute at the Principality Stadium - let's give it its new name for the old one was little comfort to Scotland - when Russell launched an iffy kick downfield, which was inexplicably spilled by Welsh full-back Liam Williams.
The scores were level at 13-13. Davies' try had been cancelled out by a terrific score by the excellent Seymour and it was the Scots who were asking all the questions.
There were moments that brought flashbacks, missed opportunities that reminded you of similarly spurned chances that cost them dear in the past.
Last week it was Russell missing Stuart Hogg on his outside and putting boot to ball instead. This time it was John Barclay missing Hogg, who soon went off. That was a blow, too. Hogg looked like he was set for a big game out there.
A Barclay pass instead of a kick could, and probably would, have brought a try, but he didn't see it. Other teams can survive moments like that. Scotland rarely can.
But that Williams knock-on made you wonder if this was going to be a day when Scotland got away with it. Instead of Scottish slackness being punished, it was now to bring Scottish reward. The ensuing scrum took place just outside the Welsh 22. Scotland won a free-kick and opted for another scrum. Then they won a penalty, Gethin Jenkins buckling under the strain of Nel's power.
As omens went, this might have seemed like a significant one. Scottish players ran to congratulate their front-row for a job well done. Back-slaps, air-punches and feel-good galore. All of that went up a notch when Laidlaw put over the penalty to make it 16-13 to the visitors.
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A few minutes later, Scotland were back in Wales' 22, rumbling forward in a maul and asking the kind of questions they singularly failed to ask England last weekend. Hardie peeled away and went for broke. He was tackled to the deck inside the Welsh 22 and if you could freeze-frame the moment that was possibly the critical passage, the second that everything changed.
Hardie lost possession and Tom James thundered clear up his left wing. He was heading for the corner, seemingly without challenge, when Taylor appeared from a different post code to haul him down. It was a try-saver, no question. A tackle that would have gone down in the annals of great Scottish tackles had the result been different.
The siege on the Scottish line was a long one. It might have lifted had Scotland's line-out fired, but it didn't.
Had Laidlaw collected a routine tap-down from Richie Gray five metres from his own line then the danger might have cleared, but he couldn't do it. He lost concentration. The ball went by him. Soon after, Roberts went over.
That converted try turned a 16-13 Scottish lead into a 20-16 Welsh advantage.
Five minutes later, North cut a diagonal so sharp it could have taken your eye out. As it was, four Scottish defenders found themselves swimming against the tide - or the North Sea. When the wing stepped his way past wrong-footed Scots, that was the game.
In the pivotal moments, Wales' go-to men came through for them. Some of them spoke afterwards about the pain they had to endure to get the job done. Physical rather than psychological. Scotland, brave as could be, left town with a huge dose of both.
More than 380,000 people took part, among them 22 pundits, presenters and commentators from across the BBC.
The likes of Alan Shearer, Martin Keown, Danny Murphy, John Hartson and Kevin Kilbane were among those who took part, but it was BBC Radio 5 live commentator Alistair Bruce-Ball who topped the standings in their mini-league, pipping radio colleague Ian Dennis and Football Focus presenter Dan Walker, who finished joint second.
Despite finishing top of the BBC Sport league, Bruce-Ball was only 1,203rd in the overall league - out of 381,078 players.
The winner was a user called AndyN4, who correctly predicted the score in the final between Portugal and France would be 0-0 after 90 minutes.
That result enabled him to leapfrog fellow player CSKA Sofia, who had been leading going into the final, to win by 10 points.
For each of the 51 games in the tournament, 10 points were awarded for a correct result (ie correctly predicting the winner or a draw) with 40 for the exact score.
The move comes after their party's worst election result since 1965.
Lee Kuan Yew and fellow former prime minister Goh Chok Tong said in a joint resignation statement that the "time has come for a younger generation".
The 87-year old Mr Lee was prime minister from 1959 to 1990, after which Mr Goh took over until 2004.
By Rachel HarveyBBC South East Asia Correspondent
Lee Kuan Yew has designed, driven, and dominated Singapore's development for over 50 years.
But now, aged 87, he says it's time to step down. He will give up his post as Minister Mentor, a cabinet advisory role specifically established for him in 2004.
The move comes after an election in which the opposition mounted their most effective challenge since independence. Mr Lee, under whose leadership, freedoms and rights were curtailed in return for a promise of security and prosperity, described the vote as a watershed.
"The time has come for a younger generation to carry Singapore forward in a more difficult and complex situation," he said.
The next government will be led, like the last one, by Mr Lee's son. The Patriarch's retirement is, unquestionably, a key moment in Singapore's political history. But the dynasty is secure.
Mr Lee had been known as minister mentor, while Mr Goh was senior minister since 2004. Both won parliament seats in the city-state's latest general election on 7 May.
BBC South-East Asia correspondent Rachel Harvey says Mr Lee's retirement is, unquestionably, a key moment in Singapore's political history.
In a joint-statement, Mr Lee and Mr Goh said the current prime minister and his team "should have a fresh clean slate".
"The time has come for a younger generation to carry Singapore forward in a more difficult and complex situation," they said.
"After a watershed general election, we have decided to leave the cabinet and have a completely younger team of ministers to connect to and engage with this young generation."
Politics in the tiny but hugely wealthy state have been dominated by the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) since independence in 1965.
But in the latest elections, the PAP won only 60% of the vote - down from 67% in 2006 and 75% in 2001.
The Workers' Party won six seats, the most the opposition has held since independence in 1965.
Singapore is one of the world's richest countries, but soaring housing prices amid a surge of foreign workers have left poorer islanders struggling.
The project is due to be completed by 2018, but there have been delays in the electrification of the network around the UK.
Mr Crabb said the upgrade commitment was "rock solid" but it might not be completed on time.
Network Rail said a review of its five-year investment plan was under way.
Speaking to BBC's Sunday Politics Wales programme, Mr Crabb said: "We can guarantee that it's going to be electrified through to Swansea. That commitment is there, it's rock solid.
"Network Rail has got a lot of balls in the air at the moment.
"If they've got themselves into problems in terms of delivering some of these projects to a particular timetable, you know, it's for them to come forward and explain that.
"The importance is that we secure a strong political commitment to finishing the project and getting that electrification through to Swansea.
"Whether that happens in accordance with exactly the timetable that we want it to and we envisaged, I'm not here to say that that will be the case but, clearly, we're going to finish the project and it won't be too far out of the original timetable."
It is the first indication yet about potential delays to the Swansea project.
Last month, UK Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said Network Rail's five-year plan was being reset as it was "costing more and taking longer".
He told MPs schemes in the Midlands and Yorkshire would be put on hold but said the electrification of the Great Western line was a top priority.
The electrification of the connecting south Wales valleys lines is due to be completed by 2020.
Welsh government Transport Minister Edwina Hart told the programme there was "constructive dialogue" between the two governments, but insisted delivery of the scheme was the responsibility of the UK government.
"It's their commitment to the people of Wales so they will stand and fall by their ability to deliver these projects on time and in budget," she said.
The UK government is due to set out more details of its investment into the electrification programme in the autumn.
Damien Chazelle was named best director but the film's stars, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, missed out on acting honours.
Natalie Portman won best actress for her portrayal of former first US lady Jackie Kennedy in Jackie.
Casey Affleck was named best actor for his role as a troubled caretaker in Manchester by the Sea.
The best original screenplay award was tied between Chazelle for La La Land and Kenneth Lonergan for Manchester By The Sea.
Click through to read full winners' list
Chazelle paid tribute to Gosling and Stone as he collected the best picture award.
He told them: "Both of you (gave) more than I ever could have expected from actors... just the most transformative performances I've ever been lucky enough to film."
La La Land's other wins included best song and best score.
The film opened in just five cinemas in North America this weekend, grossing $855,000 (£678,464) for Lionsgate, according to box office estimates. The $171,000 (£135,751) average per cinema is an all-time record for a film opening in so few cinemas.
Viola Davis was named best supporting actress at the Critics' Choice Awards for her role in Fences, a family drama set in 1950s America.
She was also given the inaugural See Her Award, which honours actresses who redefine the portrayal of women in the media, after becoming the first black woman to win the Emmy for best actress in a drama last year.
Mahershala Ali won best supporting actor for his role in coming-of-age film Moonlight.
Disney film Zootopia won best animated feature.
Like the Golden Globes, the Critics' Choice Awards also honour television.
British stars Thandie Newton and James Corden both picked up awards - Newton for best supporting actress in a drama series for Westworld, and Corden for best talk show for his Late, Late Show.
Evan Rachel Wood won best actress in a drama series for her role as robot Dolores in Westworld.
John Lithgow was named best supporting actor in a drama series for his turn as Sir Winston Churchill in The Crown, the Netflix drama about the Queen.
American Crime Story: The People v OJ Simpson won four awards, including best film made for TV or limited series.
Courtney B Vance - who played Simpson's lawyer Johnnie Cochran - won best actor in the same category, while Sarah Paulson was named best actress for her role as prosecutor Marcia Clark.
Sterling K Brown picked up best supporting actor for his performance as prosecutor Christopher Darden.
Game Of Thrones was named best drama series, while Silicon Valley picked up the best comedy series prize.
Alec Baldwin was named best guest performer in a comedy series for his turn as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.
It comes after the US president-elect tweeted that the sketch show is "totally biased, not funny and the Baldwin impersonation just can't get any worse".
Comedian TJ Miller hosted the awards show in Santa Monica, California, two days after he was arrested for allegedly slapping a cab driver.
He made no reference to the alleged incident.
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Twenty-two people were killed and another 59 injured in the attack after an Ariana Grande gig on Monday night.
Ipswich Town goalkeeper Harry Wright posted on Snapchat, saying "in Manchester with the bombs but still having a belta with my main man joe".
The 18-year said it had been a "massive error of judgment".
As reported by the Ipswich Star, Wright's post was highlighted on Twitter.
People responded, labelling the post "disrespectful" and "disgusting".
"I would like to apologise wholeheartedly for the insensitive comments I made on social media while out in Manchester last night," Wright said in a statement issued by the club.
"I wasn't aware of the full situation regarding the tragic events when I made those comments but that is no excuse, it was a massive error of judgment and something I deeply regret.
"My thoughts and condolences go out to all the victims and their families."
Ipswich Town said it was investigating.
Club spokesman Jonathon Ogle said: "The club would like to reiterate that our thoughts and condolences are with all those people affected by the deeply tragic events in Manchester last night."
Last week, Wright, who has yet to make his first-team debut, was given a new contract by the club.
Allen started his fourth spell as Bees head coach in March 2014 and signed a rolling contract in May 2015.
The 50-year-old led the club to the Conference title in the 2014-15 season, before finishing 15th in the League Two table last term.
"Someone asked me how long this contract is for, I don't even know," he told the club website.
"I think I'm here forever now, God bless!"
Allen started his managerial career at the Hive in 2003 and had short spells in charge in 2011 and 2012, before returning once again following the departure of previous head coach Edgar Davids in 2014.
30 April 2016 Last updated at 13:23 BST
Tim had to direct a rover here on Earth while he was 250 miles up in space.
Major Peake's mission was to get the robot across a sandpit, made to be like the surface of the Mars, and into a cave to look for targets.
The plan is for astronauts to do this when rovers are sent to the Red Planet in the future.
So how did he do? Have a watch of the video to find out.
Pavlos Fyssas, 34, was killed early on Wednesday. Police arrested the suspect and searched Golden Dawn's offices. The party denied any involvement.
Social tensions have risen as Greeks deal with years of austerity measures.
Greece's Public Order Minister, Nikos Dendias, has cancelled a trip to Rome. He said the situation was critical.
The minister expressed his deep regret over the incident, and said the government would soon put forward a new law against political violence and armed groups.
Greece's Socialist Party, which is the second party in the governing coalition, has said that Golden Dawn should be considered a criminal group.
The killing occurred ahead of further strikes against government plans to cut thousands of public sector jobs.
Mr Fyssas, an anti-fascist and hip-hop artist, was stabbed outside a cafe shortly after midnight local time in the western Athens district of Keratsini.
Reports say that after a dispute over football, there was an altercation between different groups of people. The victim was attacked by a group of 15 men.
A 45-year-old man, who police say has admitted supporting Golden Dawn, has confessed to the crime, the BBC's Mark Lowen in Athens says.
Before being pronounced dead, the victim had identified his attacker to police.
Anti-fascist demonstrators gathered on Tuesday night and are planning another rally later on Wednesday.
Golden Dawn has frequently been accused of violence towards left-wing activists and immigrants and is blamed for vigilante attacks.
Europe's top human rights body, the Council of Europe, has said there are grounds for Golden Dawn to be made illegal.
But the party has 18 MPs. Its popularity has grown during Greece's financial crisis. The government fears banning the party could drive it underground and increase its support.
Doctors, teachers and municipal rubbish collectors were among those taking part in the latest stoppage called by the civil servants' union, which is due to last two days.
Federer, 33, pulled out with a back problem after a lengthy semi-final against Stan Wawrinka on Saturday.
That left world number one Djokovic to collect the trophy before playing an exhibition set against Andy Murray.
"You cannot blame Roger. I'm sure he would play the World Tour finals if he could," said Djokovic, 27.
"This is probably the first time in history that this happens. It's a very awkward situation to talk about, to be honest.
"You never like to win, especially these big matches against big rivals, with the retirement, but that's the way it is."
Djokovic only learned that Federer was withdrawing during the preceding doubles final, and the Serb paid tribute to Murray for stepping in as cover.
ATP executive chairman Chris Kermode said he called Murray at 14:00 GMT, and the Scot "instantly" agreed to travel to the O2 to play a set of singles, followed by doubles with John McEnroe, Tim Henman and Pat Cash.
The British number one, who suffered a crushing 6-0 6-1 defeat by Federer on Thursday, was back on the centre court in front of 17,000 spectators by 18:00 GMT.
"I want to thank him for coming out and making an effort," said Djokovic.
"It really is an effort. I know how it feels when you finish the season, as he did on Thursday.
"Probably the last thing he's thinking about is tennis now. He wants to rest after a long season. It's very genuine from him."
Djokovic ends the year as world number one for the third time in four years and won his seventh Grand Slam title at Wimbledon.
But he lost to Rafael Nadal at the French Open once again.
"Right now I'm at the pinnacle in my career," he said.
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"I physically feel very fit. I'm very motivated to keep on playing at a very high level.
"So as long as it's like that, I'm going to try to use these years in front of me to fight for number one in the world and to fight for the biggest titles in the sport.
"Roland Garros is, was and still will be one of the biggest goals that I have."
Djokovic's immediate priority is returning to wife Jelena and their son Stefan, who was born last month.
"I'm very hands on," he said. "My wife told me what to expect. I've seen it before I came to Paris and London.
"I'm glad during the stay in London for these 10 days I got a lot of sleep, because that will not be the case from now."
It came after Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay met with his Welsh and Northern Irish counterparts, Mark Drakeford and Mairtin O Muilleoir.
They said they wanted to meet Mr Osborne to discuss the effect of Brexit on devolved budgets.
Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU. Wales backed Leave.
Across the UK, 52% voted to leave the EU in last month's referendum.
The trio have written to Mr Osborne requesting an "urgent meeting" to discuss the implications of the EU referendum result.
Following the meeting in Cardiff, Mr MacKay said the Scottish government was "absolutely committed" to pursuing all avenues to maintain Scotland's place in the EU.
He added: "We remain unclear on the likely impact of Brexit on UK government finances, and we are already seeing the UK government suggest changes to future spending plans, as well as considerable concern over the economy and investment levels.
"The devolved administrations need urgent answers from the UK government on the impact that the Brexit vote could have on future budgets, and that is why it is crucial that we meet with Mr Osborne imminently.
"I have already expressed concerns about the impact this will have on this year's Scottish budget process, and given this uncertainty, there is a strong case for publishing a one year rather than a three-year budget this year."
The meeting in Cardiff came as Chancellor George Osborne is due to travel to New York, Singapore and China for talks with major investors in the coming weeks.
He has vowed to create a "more outward-looking, global-facing Britain" following the UK vote to leave the European Union.
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, he said even closer economic ties between the UK and US were in the "overwhelming interest of both countries".
The 24-year-old made his return against Newcastle Under-21s earlier this month after breaking his fibula in August.
Before Monday, his last goals were for his country as Roy Hodgson's side beat Slovenia 3-2 in June.
Wilshere featured in five of England's first six qualifying fixtures for this summer's European Championship.
Mandatory case reviews will now be carried out by all involved agencies, including police and health services.
It follows comments from Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer that teenage women are most at risk of abuse and more must be done to tackle it.
Almost 100 women are killed by partners or ex-partners each year, figures show.
And 21 men died from domestic abuse in England and Wales last year.
Together with the police and health services, local authorities, probation, voluntary groups and any other bodies connected to a victim will now have to examine together exactly what went wrong and consider how to spot the signs when someone's life is in danger.
Speaking at the Crown Prosecution Service headquarters in central London on Tuesday, Mr Starmer said too many prosecutions were failing and more must be done to protect victims.
He also stressed the need for victims to be supported both during and after criminal proceedings.
He pointed to British Crime Survey findings which showed young women between the ages of 16 and 19 were most at risk of domestic abuse.
"What that tends to show is that there may be a next generation of domestic violence waiting in the wings.
"Domestic violence is serious and pernicious. It ruins lives, breaks up families and has a lasting impact," he said.
"It is criminal. And it has been with us for a very long time, yet it is only in the last 10 years that it has been taken seriously as a criminal justice issue.
"Although greatly reduced, the refrain 'it's just a domestic' is still heard far too frequently.
"The steps that we and our criminal justice partners are taking to tackle domestic violence risk limited success unless this complacency is tackled head on. A change in attitude is clearly needed."
Reinhold Hanning is accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people at the camp. He was an SS guard there from 1942 to 1944.
He has said he knew what was going on at the camp but did not act to stop it.
But he denies involvement in murder. His trial in Detmold began in February.
The Nazis killed about 1.1m people at Auschwitz in occupied southern Poland, most of them Jews.
Mr Hanning was on duty there at a time when hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews were murdered.
"I want to say that it disturbs me deeply that I was part of such a criminal organisation," he told the court.
"I am ashamed that I saw injustice and never did anything about it and I apologise for my actions. I am very, very sorry."
It was the first time he had spoken openly about his role at Auschwitz. Prosecutors say he met Jewish prisoners as they arrived at the camp and may have escorted some to the gas chambers.
A verdict is expected in May but, at his age, experts say he is unlikely to serve a prison sentence because of the length of the appeals process.
Earlier, his lawyer read a 22-page declaration from Mr Hanning in which he admitted knowing what was happening at the camp while he served there.
He was said to have joined the SS forces voluntarily in 1940 at the age of 18 at the urging of his stepmother.
In the declaration, Mr Hanning said he was sent to Auschwitz after being wounded in battle and having his requests to return to the frontline rejected.
"People were shot, gassed and burned. I could see how corpses were taken back and forth or moved out. I could smell the burning bodies; I knew corpses were being burned," the statement read.
There was no mention in the statement of whether he had any involvement in the killings in the camp.
Auschwitz survivor and co-plaintiff Leon Schwarzbaum was in court when Mr Hanning gave his apology and said it was not enough.
"I lost 35 family members, how can you apologise for that?'' the 95-year-old was quoted by AP news agency as saying.
"I am not angry, I do not want him to go to prison but he should say more for the sake of the young generation today because the historical truth is important.''
On Thursday the court heard grim details of the selection process that Jews faced on arrival at Auschwitz, WDR reports (in German). The presiding judge read out lists of transports, detailing how many people were selected as being "capable of work", and how many were sent straight to be gassed.
Until recently, German prosecutors were required to provide evidence that defendants were directly involved in the killings.
But that changed with the 2011 conviction of John Demjanjuk, when a judge concluded that his activities as a camp worker in Nazi-occupied Poland amounted to complicity in mass murder.
Last year a German court sentenced Oskar Groening, 94, to four years in jail as an accessory to the murder of at least 300,000 people at Auschwitz.
Known as the SS "book-keeper of Auschwitz", he was allegedly responsible for counting banknotes confiscated from prisoners.
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The 25-year-old made 36 appearances for the Shrimpers across two seasons, having joined after leaving Burnley.
O'Neill said he moved to Ady Pennock's side despite other offers.
"The major part of me signing was after speaking with (boss) Ady and (director of football) Peter Taylor who filled me with confidence, assuring me that I would be playing games," he said.
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Reed's opening lyrics read: "Holly came from Miami, F-L-A / Hitchhiked her way across the USA / Plucked her eyebrows on the way / Shaved her legs, and then he was a she" in his hit.
She died on Sunday in Los Angeles her friend Mariela Huerta said.
A memorial service is expected.
Puerto-Rico born Woodlawn, born Haroldo Santiago Franceschi Rodriguez Danhakl, took on her new name after leaving home aged 15 and hitchhiking to New York City.
She told the Guardian in 2007 of her brief fame after appearing in Warhol's films: "I was very happy when I gradually became a Warhol superstar. I felt like Elizabeth Taylor!
"Little did I realise that not only would there be no money, but that your star would flicker for two seconds and that was it. But it was worth it, the drugs, the parties, it was fabulous."
She also explained that she did not get to know Reed properly until after the song's 1972 release.
The paper said she decided against gender reassignment surgery in the late 60s, with her response being: "Honey, once they cut it off, it's OFF!"
Despite receiving critical acclaim for her film work, she did not find mainstream success.
However she did appear in 90s independent films Twin Falls Idaho and Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, as well as the Golden Globe-winning US TV series Transparent, about the father of an LA family who comes out as transgender.
The show, which won best TV series (musical or comedy) at January's awards, also saw its star Jeffrey Tambor win best TV series actor.
Joe Dallesandro, who starred in Trash, tweeted on 6 December: "Holly Woodlawn was in Room 306 when I arrived to see her today. At 3:06pm LA time, she passed away."
He also said on Facebook that he had visited in her in a hospice, adding: "I was next to her talking and telling her all the love that was being sent her way from everyone. It was like she knew I was there."
They played a couple in the film, produced by Warhol and directed by Paul Morrissey, living in the fringes of New York's East Village, scrounging for food and drugs.
Singer Marc Almond tweeted his respects, saying: "Sad news about Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn. 'Holly came from Miami FLA, hitch hiked her way across the USA'."
US rock band The Dandy Warhols added: "If you are of a certain age, Holly Woodlawn was the first trans woman you may have been aware of thanks to this song."
Huerta said Woodlawn, who had been battling brain and liver cancer, had no surviving relatives.
Bomb disposal officers was called to the Ardilaun area of the town by police overnight and they arrived at the scene at about 03:00 local time on Tuesday.
A number of houses were evacuated while the team defused the device. The area was declared safe at 04:00 local time.
The device was taken to a military location for further testing was later declared to have been viable.
An army spokesperson said all the evidence would be handed over to police.
Seamus Daly, 44, is originally from Culloville, County Monaghan, but now has an address at Kilnasaggart Road in Jonesborough, County Armagh.
He appeared at Omagh Magistrates' Court via video-link.
Mr Daly was one of four men ordered to pay more than £1.5m in damages to the families of those killed in the Real IRA attack in August 1998.
He was one of five men named in a BBC Panorama programme, Who Bombed Omagh, in October 2000, that investigated the attack.
No-one has ever been convicted of carrying out the bombing in a criminal court.
Mr Daly has been in custody since April 2014.
A prosecution barrister told the court a substantial amount of evidence relating to mobile phones has been requested from the authorities in the Republic of Ireland, and should be available in six weeks.
What was described as "other more complex material" were subject to legal issues that could take a further four months to resolve.
A defence lawyer said the prosecution had no new evidence since 1999 and his client had been living openly in Jonesborough at all times yet now faced "the biggest murder trial in British criminal history".
The judge remanded Mr Daly into continuing custody until 10 March for a further update on progress in the case.
Relatives of four of the victims of the Omagh bombing were in the court for the hearing.
Power Court, near the town's railway station, has been identified by the club as the ideal location for a new ground.
The club confirmed the land's purchase had been completed ahead of schedule after a planning application was submitted in August.
The Hatters have been at their current stadium, Kenilworth Road, since 1905.
They hope to move by 2020.
The football club's sister company, 2020 Developments, made the announcement on Twitter on Friday.
It said: "POWER IN OUR HANDS! We are delighted to announce that the transaction for 2020 Developments to purchase the freehold for Power Court from British Land PLC has been completed this morning ahead of schedule.
"The future is bright, the future is orange!"
Luton Town Football Club chief executive, Gary Sweet, said: "I am so pleased to be able to confirm this key deal for the football club and the town as a whole.
"It is a milestone achievement in the history of both. We see this as vital for the regeneration of an historic part of Luton town centre."
The Hatters hope to help fund the new stadium by developing a site they own near junction 10 of the M1.
Newlands Park would have retail, leisure and office facilities, but a Luton Borough Council report highlighted concerns about the plans.
It said the development could damage "trade, footfall and investment".
The club claimed there was "no evidence" the scheme would have a negative impact and concerns had been addressed.
Planning applications for both the Power Court and Newlands Park sites will be considered in the new year.
Bashir Naderi, 19, had his deportation stopped by a judge just hours before he was due to board the plane last month.
He has lived in Wales for nine years after his mother paid traffickers to bring him to the UK.
Mr Naderi said: "I just want to live a normal life, like a normal person".
His father was a policeman when Taliban fighters had control of the country, murdering him close to the family home.
Mr Naderi had been sent out to bring lunch to his father when he witnessed him being shot dead.
"I was nine years old. No one can forget something like that," he said.
"It happened right in front of me. If someone is being murdered right in front of you, you don't forget it."
After the death, his mother sold the family plot of land so her son could be smuggled out of the country and brought to the UK.
He told BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad show he did not know if his mother was alive or dead.
Mr Naderi said he had no other family back in Afghanistan and feared for his own safety if he was forced to return.
"I would have nowhere to go, I don't speak the language - I belong here," he said.
"I just want to stay in this country. This is my home town where I belong with my family.
He was arrested in October after reporting for a monthly sign-in at the Home Office and taken to a detention centre in Oxfordshire to await deportation.
He was given an initial 14-day reprieve just hours before he was due to be forced on to a plane, after a judge ordered his release.
More than 14,000 people have signed a petition organised by his girlfriend demanding he is allowed to remain in Wales, backed by celebrities including the singers Cerys Matthews and Charlotte Church.
His case has also won cross-party support from AMs and backing by MPs.
"If they knew Bash like the rest of us, there could be no way they could send him back," said his partner, Nicole Cooper.
"He wouldn't fit in - he would stand out, especially with the Cardiff accent he has. It's traumatising - it's not fair."
Mr Naderi, who has been studying decorating at Cardiff and Vale College, said he had been overwhelmed by the support he has had.
He still has to report to the Home office every week while his case is being reviewed.
"Every time I go in I am scared, I am frightened I am not going to come out again," added Mr Naderi.
The Home Office said it did not comment on individual cases.
Lady Macbeth, which is released in the UK this week, sees the 21-year-old from Oxfordshire in her first lead role.
The film has been getting five star reviews, with The Telegraph calling it "a lusty, jaw-droppingly amoral bodice-ripper".
The Guardian described it as "a daring journey into the darkest corners of the world of bonnets and bows".
Pugh plays Katherine, a teenage bride in 19th-Century rural England, stifled by her marriage to a man twice her age.
The film is an adaptation of Nikolai Leskov's 1865 Russian novella Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
It's also the debut feature of theatre director William Oldroyd. Pugh signed up as soon as she had read the screenplay by playwright Alice Birch - despite it coming at the same time as another script.
"As actors we don't have jobs for 90% of the year, and then suddenly you get two offers at the same time," she said. "I remember my agent calling me about Lady Macbeth and saying you just need to read the script - so I did and I knew I didn't have to read the other one!"
Pugh's role sees her transform from innocent bride to calculating killer after she begins an affair with a farmhand (Cosmo Jarvis) on her husband's estate.
"I think the wonderful thing about Katherine is that she is such a child," said Pugh. "She doesn't understand consequences and she doesn't understand much about what she's doing until it's too late."
The drama was shot "on a miniscule budget" in 24 days on location in Lambton Castle near Chester-le-Street in County Durham.
"It was made on very little and that's rare for a period film," said Pugh, who honed her on-screen accent by chatting to the locals during the two weeks of rehearsals.
"The accent was a bit of a fear of mine at the beginning," she admitted. "It's not Geordie and it's not Newcastle, it's Northumberland - we worked really hard on that beforehand."
Pugh, who's been acting and singing since the age of seven, made her film debut opposite Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams in Carol Morley's The Falling, about a mysterious fainting epidemic at an all-girls school in 1969. It was shot in Oxford where Pugh was born and went to school.
Her role as the rebellious Abbie saw her nominated for the best newcomer award at the BFI London Film Festival.
"The Falling was a big, flashy bizarre experience," she said. "I kept on saying at the time it was a fluke because I did the audition and I didn't think anything would come of it.
"Now I've gone from working with Maisie to doing a lead role. Lady Macbeth is a great opportunity for me to prove that maybe the outcome of The Falling was not necessarily a fluke."
In 2015 Pugh made a US TV pilot, Studio City, in California and she was seen on ITV last year in the detective drama Marcella, starring Anna Friel.
Lady Macbeth had its world premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, but Pugh was unable to attend as she was shooting Liam Neeson thriller The Commuter, about a businessman who gets caught up in a criminal conspiracy on his way home from work.
Fellow cast members include Vera Farmiga, Elizabeth McGovern, Sam Neill and Patrick Wilson.
"It's a proper full-on action film with lots of jumping and running," Pugh explained.
"I play this hipster/punk/goth. She's got lots of tattoos and piercings and pink hair. She's pretty cool actually.
"And completely different to Lady Macbeth."
Pugh has since played the lead role in another film, Fighting with My Family, written and directed by Stephen Merchant, about a family of professional wrestlers.
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Mr Obama was criticised by pro-Brexit campaigners after he warned of the consequences of the UK leaving the EU.
UKIP's Nigel Farage said Mr Obama was "talking down Britain", while Tory Liam Fox said his views were "irrelevant".
Mr Obama, on a three-day UK visit, will meet Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn later.
His intervention came on his first full day in the UK and comes just weeks ahead of the 23 June in-out referendum.
Speaking at a joint news conference with Prime Minister David Cameron, Mr Obama said the US "wants Britain's influence to grow - including within Europe".
"The UK is at its best when it's helping to lead a strong European Union. It leverages UK power to be part of the EU.
"I don't think the EU moderates British influence in the world, it magnifies it."
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said Mr Obama's message on trade was "very blunt" and "really upped the ante" in the referendum debate.
Leave campaigners responded angrily, with Mr Farage accusing the US president of doing Mr Cameron's "bidding" and talking down Britain. "I think that's shameful," he added.
Mr Fox said Mr Obama would be leaving the White House soon, and therefore his comments were "largely irrelevant".
He told BBC's Newsnight: "We heard 'you are our best friend, we have a special relationship, and you will get a punishment beating if you leave the EU'.
"This is very much the Downing Street refrain."
Conservative MP Dominic Raab labelled Mr Obama a "lame-duck American president doing an old British friend a political favour".
Downing Street rejected suggestions that lines had been fed to Mr Obama, saying the US president spoke for himself.
Meanwhile, another prominent Leave campaigner - former cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith - has tried to move the referendum debate on to immigration.
In an article in the Daily Mail, he says the introduction of a national living wage - a move he supported while in government - will "surely lead to another stampede to our borders".
He adds: "To make the Living Wage work for British people, we need to be able to control the number of people coming in."
Mr and Mrs Obama will spend the second full day of their visit in London on Saturday.
The US president will meet Labour leader Mr Corbyn and visit the Globe Theatre as part of the celebrations marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
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Peter Roberts, 46, shot Daphne Masterson in the head then stopped her getting help for about 36 hours.
Truro Crown Court heard the pellet was lodged in Ms Masterson's skull, resulting in a serious brain injury.
Roberts, from Millendreath, near Looe in Cornwall, was jailed for one count of wounding, two counts of possessing firearms and one of affray.
The court heard Roberts shot his lover in the early hours of 28 September 2014, but Ms Masterson did not call 999 until the morning of 29 September.
Paramedics arrived at her home in Millendreath and found her with a wound to her right temple and a bloody towel on her shoulder.
Judge Simon Carr said: "It must have been obvious she required medical attention, but you seemed to have attempted to cover it up."
Roberts threw a rifle off nearby cliffs on the morning of 28 September, the court was told.
He was banned from holding firearms due to previous convictions for violence, but police discovered he had bought a .177 air rifle in Liskeard and a .22 air rifle from a neighbour.
Medical experts found the main part of the pellet had gone Ms Masterson's brain.
Her daughter said in a victim impact statement that her mother struggled with everyday tasks and regularly burst into tears as a result of the shooting.
Ramsay Quaife, in mitigation, said Roberts was "a hardworking, decent man".
He was sentenced to 30 months for wounding, 15 months consecutive for two counts of possession of firearms and a further 15 months for a separate charge of affray.
They argue that there should be greater public acceptance of same-sex relationships.
Some 133 Tory MPs voted against plans to allow same sex marriage earlier.
Fifteen Labour MPs, four Lib Dems, eight Democratic Unionist and an independent were also against the move.
The rainbow flag was designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978 as a symbol of gay and lesbian community pride.
It first flew from government buildings during Pride 2012.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: "Flying the rainbow flag is a great symbol of pride - and what better place than Whitehall, the centre of government, to demonstrate that.
"I was proud to raise the flag for the first time last year, and hope to see more departments following suit this year."
Pride week, which will run from the 23-30 June, will this year have a theme of "love (and marriage)", in recognition of the equal marriage law which the government is pushing through Parliament.
Several Conservative MPs spoke out against the equal marriage law, but it passed the Commons with the help of Labour and Lib Dem votes.
Francis Maude has previously written that his brother, who was gay and died from AIDS in 1993, would have experienced a much better life if "there been greater acceptance of publicly acknowledged stable same-sex relationships".
A Cabinet Office spokesman said: "We are proud to fly the flag and look forward to a time when same sex couples can get married."
The lead changed hands four times in the first 20 minutes after Ciaran Hearn ran in for Irish inside a minute.
Seb Stegmann touched down for Carnegie before Brendan McKibbin's converted try gave Irish the lead only for Mike Mayhew to put the visitors back on top.
Fergus Mulchrone put the Exiles in front before they ran in three second-half tries to seal a top-flight return.
The hosts went into the game leading by 11 points from the first leg of the Championship final and aside from an early scare they never looked like relinquishing their advantage.
Alex Lewington crossed straight after the restart, McKibbin touched down for his second and Lewington got his second after a misplaced pass from Carnegie as Irish built up a big lead.
The visitors then scored four second-half tries of their own with Ben Wes, a penalty try, Sione Faletau and Stegmann keeping the score on the night reasonable but Tommy Bell's boot meant a comeback was never on the cards.
Irish's Ben Franks and Carnegie's Charlie Beech were sent off for punching late on.
The game was Bryan Redpath's last in charge of Yorkshire Carnegie as the former Scotland international is leaving the club to take up a job outside of the sport.
Irish's return to the Premiership comes at the first attempt and just over a year after their relegation from the top-flight under former head coach Tom Coventry.
New Zealander Coventry departed soon after following a season in charge and was replaced by former Irish second row Nick Kennedy as director of rugby.
With coaching assistance from fellow ex-players Declan Danaher, George Skivington and Paul Hodgson, Kennedy swiftly guided Irish to the Championship summit as they lost just once in the regular season.
South African Brendan Venter, also a former Irish player, helped oversee the coaching transition in his role as technical director in between working with Italy and more recently South Africa as defence coach.
Following promotion, London Irish will hope they can fare better than Bristol, whose own return to the Premiership lasted just one season.
With just more than three months before the Premiership resumes, the race will be on for Irish to recruit new players and secure existing ones on new contracts.
But, with a squad already containing more than a dozen internationals and highly-rated teenage winger Joe Cokanasiga, selected in England's squad to tour Argentina next month, the foundations are there.
Off-the-field, the club will also need to appoint a new chief executive to succeed club stalwart Bob Casey, who returns to the Republic of Ireland with his family this summer.
London Irish: Bell, Lewington, Hearn, Mulchrone, Ojo, Marshall, McKibbin, Hobbs-Awoyemi, Paice, Franks, De Chaves, Sinclair, Coman, Cowan, Treviranus.
Replacements: Porecki, Court, Hoskins, Robson, Narraway, Steele, Tonks.
Yorkshire Carnegie: Elder, Holmes, Lucock, Casson, Stegmann, Ford, Davies, Beech, M. Mayhew, Cusack, Smith, Myerscough, Stedman, R. Mayhew, Burrows.
Replacements: Graham, Boyce, Faletau, West, Beck, Green, Wright.
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The Nikkei 225 closed down 5.4% or 918.86 points at 16,085.44. It was its worst one-day fall since mid-2013.
Earlier, US and European shares were pulled down by big falls among banking and technology stocks. Deutsche Bank led the fallers, dropping 9.5%.
The Dow Jones dropped 1.1%, London's FTSE 100 fell 2.7% and the Athens stock exchange dropped to a 25-year low.
Investors have been spooked by weak oil prices, with Brent crude hovering around $33 a barrel, concerns over slowing economic growth, particularly in China, the world's second largest economy, and the threat of a further interest rate rise in the US.
In Tokyo, the banks were the biggest fallers, with Mitsubishi UFJ dropping 8.3%, Sumitomo Mitsui down 8.7% and Mizuho Financial Group losing 5.8%.
The strengthening yen also hit big exporters, with the currency up 0.8% against the dollar.
Toyota dropped 5.9%, Honda lost 6.4% and Nissan fell 6.8%.
The Nikkei 225 is down more than 20% from its peak levels, reached last June.
"When the strong yen is a concern, you would buy domestic-demand sensitive stocks like banks, but we can't buy them now so we are really struggling what to buy on a day like this," said Masashi Oda, senior investment officer at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.
Meanwhile, in Australia the ASX index closed down 2.8% at 4,832, led by the country's banking sector.
There was little trading elsewhere in Asia, with China's mainland markets shut all week for Lunar New Year celebrations. Hong Kong and South Korea are both closed for three days.
The militants reportedly launched a wave of bombings outside the IS-held city of Falluja on Tuesday night.
The attacks came hours after pro-government forces began an operation to drive the jihadists out of Anbar.
On Wednesday, troops and militiamen were said to have taken up positions south of the provincial capital Ramadi.
The city was captured two weeks ago after troops withdrew despite vastly outnumbering the IS forces attacking, prompting the US defence secretary to question their "will to fight".
A source in the Iraqi army's 1st Division told the BBC that 17 of its soldiers were killed in an attack on its headquarters 5km (3 miles) east of Falluja that involved three suicide car bombs.
The source added that suicide car bombs and militants wearing explosive vests were also used to attack troops and Shia militiamen north of the town of Karma, also east of Falluja.
In both cases, the militants took advantage of a sandstorm that engulfed most of Iraq on Tuesday night to get close to their targets.
Jihadists were also besieging troops stationed at one of the locks along the canal connecting Lake Tharthar with the River Euphrates, the source said.
Meanwhile, an Iraqi army colonel told the AFP news agency that troops and fighters from the Popular Mobilisation (al-Hashd al-Shaabi), a force comprising dozens of mostly Shia militias and some Sunni volunteers, had taken up positions on the southern edge of Ramadi, outside the city's ring road.
They took control of the southern districts of Taesh and Humayra and also managed to enter the campus of the University of Anbar, the colonel said.
On Tuesday, a spokesman for the Popular Mobilisation announced that an operation to regain control of Anbar had begun and that pro-government forces would seek to encircle Ramadi before launching an assault to retake it.
The spokesman said the operation would be called "Labayk ya Hussein" ("At your service, O Hussein") - a reference to one of the most revered imams of Shia Islam.
A US defence department spokesman said the choice of name for a military campaign taking place in a predominantly Sunni Muslim province was "unhelpful".
The key to victory against IS would be a unified Iraq "that separates itself from sectarian divides, coalesces around this common threat", Col Steve Warren added.
The US has previously urged the Shia-led government not to send Shia militias to Anbar in case they drove more of Anbar's Sunnis into supporting the jihadists.
IS exploited widespread Sunni anger at the previous administration sectarian policies to seize control of Falluja and parts of Ramadi in January 2014.
Islamic State PR gloss masks Iraqi forces' gains
Fall of Ramadi a "defeat for American strategy"
Esma Redzepova died in Skopje following a short illness, according to hospital and family sources.
Redzepova represented Macedonia in Eurovision 2013 and sung the opening credits for the 2006 film Borat.
But she boasted a career spanning more than five decades, during which she battled racism and prejudice of various kinds.
Redzepova spoke out for the rights of Roma women, and against the criticism of her career and choice to marry and collaborate with composer Stevo Teodosievski, who was not from the Roma community.
Her humanitarian work, which extended to fostering 47 children over her lifetime, led her to be nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize, according to the Roma Times.
Redzepova, who performed at venues across the world over the course of her career, was first acclaimed as the Queen of Romany Song in 1976, at a world festival of Romany music held in India.
Known for her extravagant outfits and perfectly-controlled powerful voice, she had a rich repertoire of hundreds of songs, mixing traditional Roma and Macedonian music with contemporary sound, including pop and electro music, working closely with young artists across the Balkans.
Below are some of the biggest takeaways from the BBC's exclusive interview.
UK-US RELATIONS
At the beginning of his presidency, there was talk that the much-vaunted "special relationship" between the US and UK had grown cold. But almost eight years later, the loving feeling has certainly returned (if in fact it ever left), with Mr Obama praising the "outstanding partner" he has in UK Prime Minister David Cameron. He was insistent the UK had a vital role to play in both the European Union and the fight to stabilise Syria.
AFRICA
"We have heard that in the US they have allowed gay relations and other dirty things." So says William Ruto, the deputy president in Kenya - hardly the kind of talk that would fly in the US, where the right to marriage was recently extended to gay Americans across the country. But Obama says he has no tolerance for intolerance, and will push a more inclusive agenda on his trip.
Mr Obama scored a victory when the US struck a nuclear deal with Iran, but finding neutral ground with Tehran might have been the easy part. Now he has to get Republicans in Congress on board with the plan. His critics say lifting sanctions will result in more money flowing to Hezbollah and the Assad regime, further destabilising the region. But Mr Obama says Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has incentive to modernise the economy.
GUN LAWS
The tail-end of Mr Obama's presidency has brought a looser, more candid commander-in-chief. Witness his last press conference, where he virtually dared reporters to ask him tough questions about the Iran deal. With the BBC, he openly discussed the biggest frustration of his presidency - his inability to pass any gun control reform.
RACE RELATIONS
When Mr Obama sang Amazing Grace on a stage full of black ministers at the funeral for one of the victims of the Charleston shootings, jokes flew on Twitter that he had achieved a "peak black" moment. It was a long time coming for many who hoped to see Mr Obama more fully engage with issues of racism during his presidency. But with little over a year left in office, he has been more assertive about dealing with race relations - and says the country has evolved on race since he moved into the White House.
Irfan Wahid, 16, died in hospital after being attacked in Harehills Lane during the afternoon on 10 February. He died from a single stab wound to the chest.
Mourners gathered at the Bilal Mosque in Harehills, with a vigil later held near where he was stabbed.
A Facebook page features tributes with one post saying: "Pray for Irfan, and above all respect each other."
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Zain Khan, a friend of the dead teenager, said: "All communities have turned up, not just Muslim, people of all ethnicities and that's amazing. It means a lot to us.
"It is at times like this you realise everyone can come together."
Idrees Azil, another friend, said: "Irfan was humble, very fearless, he was full of love and always smiling. He was our brother, he was that perfect personality, he's looking down on us and he's smiling."
Janet Spence, Irfan's former headteacher said at the vigil: "What has happened has just been terrible. He is going to be so missed."
The main message of the vigil was one of love, respect and forgiveness. The family of Irfan Wahid attended and his uncle spoke of his forgiveness.
The hundreds of people present spilled out across the road at Strathmore View near to where the teenage was stabbed.
Friends and former teachers were among those who paid tributes and Imam Adam Aslam told the crowd: "We have no place to say we are angry, violence is against Islam.
"In Harehills we have to stand together and stand in peace."
Richard Burgon, the Labour MP for Leeds East, who was at the funeral said: "Harehills is an area which is a strong community full of decent people and actually the community is showing itself at its best in the response to its tragedy."
A 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was remanded in custody at Leeds Crown Court after he was charged with Irfan's murder.
A further court hearing is due to take place on 23 March.
It is one of 100 recommendations being considered by the Scottish government.
Ministers are also urged to use new devolved welfare powers and review whether the winter fuel payment is working.
Under the current definition, a third of households (845,000) live in fuel poverty, rising to 50% in rural areas.
The Scottish Fuel Poverty Strategic Working Group and Scottish Rural Fuel Poverty Task Force reports were published alongside a Scottish government research paper on the likelihood of being "fuel poor" in rural Scotland.
The Strategic Working Group suggested that a new, community-based approach to tackling fuel poverty be developed.
It also said academics should be asked to draw up a new definition of fuel poverty.
The existing definition of fuel poverty, drawn up 15 years ago, states it is where a household has to spend more than 10% of its income, including benefits, in order to maintain a "satisfactory heating regime".
However, recent research for the Scottish government indicates that more than half of "fuel poor" households would not be classified as "income poor".
The report suggests a more focused definition be drawn up, taking into account factors such as whether households are burdened by mortgage payments and the variation of heating needs between particular age groups.
On the winter fuel payment, it recognises differing schools of thought, with some suggesting that a more targeted payment would be more effective.
Others argue that targeting would be expensive and lead to some vulnerable individuals losing out.
The report says a Scottish government review should consider the pros and cons of both approaches.
The rural poverty task force's recommendations included rapid action to deal with poor housing stock occupied by the most disadvantaged and "rural proofing" the government's approach to tackling fuel poverty.
It also called for a price comparison website to be set up that included all available tariffs.
Housing Minister Kevin Stewart said the government would now study the recommendations in detail.
He said: "Everyone should be able to heat their home and keep themselves and their families warm, therefore tackling and eradicating fuel poverty is vital and we must make sure the action we are taking is making a difference to those that need it most.
"The advice is clear that the current definition is unhelpful in ensuring support is delivered to those who need it most.
"That is why, I will take immediate and decisive action to take forward the recommendation on reviewing the definition of fuel poverty and set up the expert independent review called for.
"However, I am clear that I will not define away the problem and the changes must be justified to ensure that those in need receive the most support."
David Sigsworth, chairman of the Scottish Fuel Poverty Strategic Working Group, said energy improvement alone was not enough to tackle the problem.
He said: "The group recommends a bold new approach, based on four high-level principles, to deliver affordable and attainable warmth and energy use for everyone in Scotland.
"The new policy should be firmly based on the principle of social justice and use new devolved social security powers to address well-known unfairness in current provisions.
"It must also go beyond improving energy performance of homes and put equal emphasis on the other three drivers of fuel poverty - income, energy costs, and how energy is used in the home."
Philip Gross, from Penarth, novelist Terri Wiltshire from Newport, and Nikolai Tolstoy from Berkshire are selected.
The winner of the £10,000 prize will be unveiled in Cardiff on 30 June.
The awards are administered by Academi, the Welsh national literature promotion agency and society for authors.
Poet Philip Gross is shortlisted for his work I Spy Pinhole Eye, Terri Wiltshire for her debut novel Carry Me Home and Nikolai Tolstoy for The Compilation of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, an analysis of the origins of the Welsh folk tales.
Now in its 18 year, the awards are presented to the best books of the year in the English and Welsh languages.
The three works shortlisted in Welsh for the Book of the Year were also announced at the Powys book festival on Sunday afternoon.
They are: Banerog, a volume of poetry by Hywel Griffiths; Naw Mis, a novel by Caryl Lewis and Cymru: Y 100 lle i'w gweld cyn marw, by John Davies, a guide to 100 places in Wales that the author thinks people should see before they die.
Craig Logan, 22, died at the Ayrshire facility in February 2015 after he became trapped while checking a fault that had halted the crane.
At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court, operator Clydeport pleaded guilty to health and safety breaches.
These included failing to make risk assessments and ensure safe working systems from July 2014 until the death.
The lapses also included failing to ensure the north unloader crane cab was electrically isolated so it could not restart unexpectedly, or to provide means for workers to communicate with each other.
Clydeport also failed to provide access to a lift and sling system so staff did not have to move the cab physically, or identify risks of injury from freeing the cab when it was stuck, or falling from the boom.
The court heard that the tragedy happened the day before a safety assessment was due to be made, following the departure of key managers with responsibility for health and safety.
Sheriff Shirley Foran expressed sympathy to Mr Logan's family and said the penalty she had to impose "in no ways reflects the value of his life."
Sheriff Foran added that the absence of a qualified risk assessment engineer and health and safety manager for seven to eight months before the incident meant the company "knew they were thereby exposed."
The assessment due the day after Mr Logan's death was the "most bitter of ironies", Sheriff Foran added.
A spokesman for Clydeport, which has previous health and safety convictions, said outside court: "We failed to meet the very high standards we set ourselves and a young man tragically paid with his life, for which we are sincerely sorry.
"The failures which contributed to this tragic accident should have been avoided and indeed, a full external health and safety review was already due to start the day after Craig died.
"Since the accident, we have comprehensively reviewed our approach to health and safety at Hunterston to do everything possible to ensure there can be no repeat."
Mourners lined the main street in Cpl Joshua Hoole's hometown of Ecclefechan, near Lockerbie, as the cortege left the village.
The 26-year-old, who was a member of the Rifles regiment, died after collapsing at Dering Lines infantry training centre on 19 July.
An investigation into his death continues.
Dyfed-Powys Police said a post mortem examination has been completed, but the results are not expected until late September.
Cpl Hoole's coffin was carried by military bearers and his funeral service was held at the Crichton Memorial Church in Dumfries.
A ceremony restricted to close family and friends will be held at nearby Roucan Loch Crematorium later on Thursday afternoon
Cpl Hoole had served on two tours in Afghanistan.
He was set to marry next year, and be best man at his brother's wedding on Saturday.
I have both my legs and both arms and I think it takes me about a minute to run, or maybe I should say, to shuffle 100m. I have therefore been watching the Rio Paralympics and feeling thoroughly ashamed of myself.
You can watch Usain Bolt, David Rudisha or Allyson Felix on the track and admire them and probably look at yourself in disgust at your excess fat.
But you watch the Paralympians in the swimming pool and you watch someone with cerebral palsy run the 400m in under 55 seconds and your heart misses a beat.
It obviously takes superhuman effort way beyond anything I could dream of to be a Paralympian; but it also takes technology and scientific wizardry that is also way beyond anything that is part of our lives in my part of the world.
I have therefore come to the conclusion that we might all be on the same planet earth, but we are living in very different worlds.
I look at the wheelchair basketball matches and I gasp at the sophisticated machines. They do not look like those I know as wheelchairs.
Technology has transformed the whole concept of wheelchairs.
I think of the reality in Ghana, where if you are born with any disability that would require a wheelchair - the most basic wheelchair to make life a little easier for you - the chances are you are in for a long hard slog.
On the subject of disability, we have a long way to go.
It starts from birth.
In our society, it is probably fair to say that any disabled child that survives through to adulthood has a tough and determined mother.
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"We have not accepted the wheelchair as a necessary bit of equipment that helps those who cannot walk to move around. We seem to think it is a luxury"
That mother would have had to fight every inch of the way simply to have her child accepted as a member of the society.
And of course she would have to deal with being told daily that having a disabled child is the result of having committed some grievous sin.
That mother would not expect nor would she get any special favours from society or from government to help with her child's special needs.
If the child should go to school and stay in school, it would mean their mother has been in a right battle royal.
Let me go back to the wheelchair because in many ways it spells out graphically what it means to be disabled in these parts.
We have not accepted the wheelchair as a necessary bit of equipment that helps those who cannot walk to move around.
We seem to think it is a luxury - if you can drag yourself along on your buttocks or use a stick to move along, why get a wheelchair?
Wheelchairs are not your everyday equipment, they are not easily available and they are expensive.
And I am not talking about the fancy and sophisticated ones I have been watching on the screen at Rio.
When you do get a wheelchair in Ghana, you discover you cannot move around the streets of our towns because pavements are not available to pedestrians, never mind to wheelchair users.
There are some very high profile disability advocates who keep the subject in the headlines every once in a while, and we have been dragged into discarding many of our past attitudes and prejudices.
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Ten years ago, we did make a significant move when Ghana's parliament passed the Persons With Disability Act on 9 August 2006.
It had taken a long time in the drafting and the debate had been long and exhaustive.
Judging from where we were coming, this was quite a progressive act and it touched on all the necessary areas.
It gave a grace period of 10 years for all public buildings to be made disability friendly.
I am sure it is not a surprise to say that a decade on this has not happened; public buildings still do not have wheelchair entrances.
That will probably explain why I have not been dreaming of a Ghana wheelchair basketball team at the Paralympics in Tokyo in 2020.
I will settle for wheelchair entrances, ramps and railings in public buildings here in Ghana.
These days I have very modest aspirations.
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The Violence Against Women Bill was passed without objections after opposition parties accepted measures on anti-bullying guidance in schools.
Plaid AM Simon Thomas claimed groups which asked AMs to amend the bill later backed down under government pressure.
The Welsh government has been asked to comment on the claims.
Mr Thomas was critical of the Wales Violence Against Women action group, a coalition of charities including Welsh Women's Aid and the NSPCC.
He said: "They were coming to opposition groups, saying 'put down these amendments and please work in this way', and then did a volte face when they were reminded, I think by the Welsh government, about where their priorities should lie.
"I think they were held hostage. This has been a deeply despondent experience for me as an assembly member."
During the Senedd debate on Tuesday, Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews told AMs that lobbying on the issue had been "passionate", but he did not regard any representations as "bullying".
"We need to focus on the issues at stake - domestic abuse, sexual violence, violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence. That is what this bill is about."
A spokeswoman for Wales Violence Against Women said: "We are proud to have run a positive campaign and that all AMs have listened to what we had to say, and now our focus will be on making sure the act helps reduce violence against women in Wales".
BMC's Drucker out-sprinted German Rudiger Selig to win the 156.4km stage from Alcaniz to Peniscola.
Team Sky rider Froome finished in the peloton, alongside Quintana, and stays three minutes 37 seconds adrift.
A win for the Briton would make him the first to win the Tour de France and Vuelta in the same season for 38 years.
The race, the third Grand Tour of the season, has a rest day on Tuesday before resuming on Wednesday with five stages remaining.
Froome will expect to gain time on Colombian Quintana in Stage 19's individual time trial on Friday, as he bids to win his first Vuelta a Espana.
1. Jempy Drucker (Lux/BMC) 3hrs 21mins 18secs
2. Rudiger Selig (Ger/BORA) same time
3. Nikias Arndt (Ger/Giant)
4. Gianni Meersman (Bel/Etixx-Quick-Step)
5. Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra/FDJ)
6. Jonas Van Genechten (Bel/IAM Cycling)
7. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita/Dimension Data)
8. Kiel Reijnen (US/Trek)
9. Tosh Van der Sande (Bel/Lotto)
10. Jhonatan Restrepo (Col/Katusha)
1. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) 64hrs 57mins 27secs
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)+5mins 07secs
6. Samuel Sanchez (Spa/BMC) +6mins 12secs
7. Andrew Talansky (US/Cannondale) +6mins 43secs
8. Davide Formolo (Ita/Cannondale) +7mins 17secs
9. David De La Cruz (Spa/Etixx-Quick-Step)+7mins 23secs
10. Michele Scarponi (Ita/Astana) +7mins 39secs
The man was attacked by five masked men who went into a house at Ballymagowan Avenue, Creggan at about 00:03 BST on Monday.
He was taken to hospital where injuries to his head and legs are not believed to be life-threatening.
Just before 03:00 BST police were told that bins had been put against the door of the same house and set alight.
The fire caused considerable damage to the property, police have appealed for information on both attacks.
Ch Insp Tony Callaghan said: "Those who are involved in paramilitary style attacks do not represent the interests of any community nor contribute anything to it.
"Communities have a choice, and it is clear that the vast majority of people here have chosen to support the police and support law and order.
"Those small groups of individuals who continue to try and terrorise people and commit criminal acts must be isolated from communities," he added.
"A small number of member states were not prepared to negotiate in a European spirit," Jose Manuel Barroso said.
Correspondents say the UK and some other countries rejected Euro MPs' demands for pledges on future EU funding and on the parliament's role.
In his criticism Mr Barroso did not name the countries concerned.
The talks ended in deadlock late on Monday, making it likely that the budget will be frozen at this year's level.
"I'm extremely disappointed... a solution should have been possible last night," Mr Barroso said.
"Those that think they have won a victory over 'Brussels' have shot themselves in the foot. They should know that they have dealt a blow to people all over Europe and in the developing world."
The European Commission now has to draft a new budget, but if it is not adopted by January the EU will have to work with a budget month-by-month. The allocations will be based on the 2010 settlement.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron had called for a budget freeze before his acceptance last month of a maximum budget increase of 2.9%.
Commenting on the failed budget talks, the UK Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Justine Greening, said MEPs had "wanted to agree extra powers for future budgets, on terms which had no place in a negotiation on the 2011 budget".
"This is something the UK, and other member states, would simply not agree to. We tried to get a deal but, in the end, no deal is better than a bad deal for the UK taxpayer."
MEPs blamed government diplomats - the EU Council - for the breakdown.
"The diplomats around the table are not willing to have a dialogue," said Polish MEP Sidonia Jedrzejewska.
MEPs say they are willing to accept the EU governments' wish for a 2.9% budget increase - lower than the 6% that the parliament had voted for.
But MEPs want their role in setting future EU budgets to be clarified.
The discussions are particularly sensitive ahead of a bigger debate about the EU's 2014-2020 finances. Hard bargaining is expected in big spending areas such as farm subsidies and the "cohesion" budget for the EU's poorest regions.
Speaking after the talks' collapse late on Monday, parliament president Jerzy Buzek said "the intransigence of a few member states in the Council undermines the confidence of our citizens that the EU is working effectively".
MEPs argue that the Lisbon Treaty gives them an equal say in budget discussions with the 27 member states' governments, but the procedure for this is not clear.
The European Commission drafts the budget, but that is only the first stage in a long negotiating process. The Commission, like the parliament, wanted the budget increase to be 6%.
Monday's Conciliation Committee talks involved 27 government officials from the Council and 27 MEPs, representing all the EU member states.
An ABC Four Corners report on Monday showed live piglets, possums and rabbits being chased and killed by dogs during training sessions.
Greyhound authorities have suspended over 20 trainers in three states. Some could face jail for animal cruelty.
NSW Racing Minister Troy Grant said the revelations showed the current system of self regulation had failed.
"The government is committed to ensuring anyone caught blooding their dogs will be kicked out of the sport for life and we will restore the integrity of the industry," he said.
Mr Grant said the NSW Greyhound Racing board had "agreed to formally disband", and their powers would be transferred to an interim CEO.
"They have agreed with me that the community has lost confidence in the industry, and we now need the clear air in order to reform and reshape the industry," he said.
Some of the video, filmed in NSW, Queensland and Victoria, showed struggling animals being flung around a mechanical lure before being torn apart by greyhounds. One possum was spun on the lure for almost an hour.
Live baiting is outlawed but some trainers believe it gives their dogs an advantage in races.
The footage also captured trainers apparently discussing ways of disposing of unwanted dogs, which is against racing regulations.
Senior figures in Australia's greyhound industry have strongly condemned the practice of live baiting.
Greyhounds Australasia Chief Executive Scott Parker described the footage as "appalling".
The industry's biggest sponsor, Macro Meats, withdrew its support in response to the report.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) said the woman was one of five patients who had tested positive for the virus on the ward at Lightburn Hospital.
Influenza B was a contributory factor in her death. The health board said two other patients with the virus were giving cause for concern.
The ward has been closed to new admissions since Monday.
The decision was made due to an increase in the number of patients testing positive for the virus.
NHS GGC said there had been no new cases of influenza B on the ward since "appropriate infection control measures" were implemented.
Huma Changez, consultant microbiologist and infection control doctor at NHS GGC, said: "We would like to express our condolences to the family of the patient who has passed away. Our thoughts are with them at this difficult time.
"There is not a risk to the wider public from this isolated outbreak."
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Three-year-old Chase Rowe had the operation after his brother Kenzie was told his leukaemia had returned.
Seven-year-old Kenzie was given the all clear last year, but tests have revealed that the cancer has returned.
His mother has been warned that if the transplant fails the NHS may not offer any further treatment.
Fiona Lamdin met the family.
Greencore Ltd confirmed it is "proposing to discontinue production" at its Evercreech plant in Somerset where about 400 people are employed.
It said "there are no financially sustainable solutions" to repair the 126-year-old site and it was "in need of significant refurbishment".
Greencore said it could not comment further until after a 45-day consultation process.
Dettori, 42, was given a six-month ban after testing positive in France.
He told Channel 4 News ahead of his expected return on Monday that he took the drug in a "moment of weakness".
"Things were going bad, I was depressed and I guess [in] a moment of weakness I fell for it and I've only got myself to blame," said the former champion.
The Italian-born rider, who has won the Flat Jockeys' Championship in the UK three times, was suspended by French racing authority France Galop after returning a positive test following a routine examination at Longchamp on 16 September last year.
Dettori will ride as a freelance this season after he split in the autumn from Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin racing team after an 18-year association.
After the failed test, France Galop and Dettori's lawyer refused to confirm the substance despite reports he had taken cocaine.
"I'm very ashamed and embarrassed, and paid a very big price for it. I spent six months not doing the thing that I love, racing," he said.
"I can't blame anybody else. The embarrassment of when it come out, I had to hide in my house for a week with the paparazzi outside.
"The embarrassment of telling the children. They still go to school, they might get bullied and so it was a very, very difficult time."
Dettori endured a difficult 2012 when his place as Godolphin's number one rider came under threat as younger riders Mickael Barzalona and Silvestre de Sousa were recruited by the Dubai-based team, which has two stables in Newmarket.
His failed test came the day after Barzalona won the season's final Classic, the St Leger at Doncaster, on 25-1 shot Encke, trained for Godolphin by Mahmood Al Zarooni.
Al Zarooni was banned from racing for eight years last month after admitting giving anabolic steroids to 15 horses earlier in 2013.
Dettori has been riding out on the gallops since mid-April - including a stint with Godolphin's Irish rivals Ballydoyle - as he prepares for a return which looks set to start on Monday evening at Leicester racecourse, which has named a race in his honour.
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The British Horseracing Authority's licensing committee said on Tuesday it has no objection to his return, which needs to be ratified by France Galop before rides can be booked for Dettori.
"His licence cannot be formally issued while there remain some outstanding test results in France. As soon as France Galop confirm that these are clear the licence will be issued and he can be formally booked for ride," said a BHA spokesman.
Dettori's agent Ray Cochrane, who survived a plane crash alongside the jockey 13 years ago, has said he hopes to book at least five rides for him on Monday.
They have proven it over the years, especially on the world business stage, with Chinese companies becoming dominant global players in various sectors.
Now, they are facing their toughest test.
China has set its sights on commercial aeroplane manufacturing - a sector that has arguably more hurdles and stumbling blocks than any other.
"The barriers to entry in commercial aircraft manufacturing are extremely high, and they are not just technological," says Richard Bitzinger, a senior fellow at S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
The state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) is the one tasked with helping Beijing break into the sector.
Set up in 2008, the firm is betting on its C919 aeroplane - a narrow-body, or single aisle plane that can seat up to 168 passengers - to be its launch pad.
The company is targeting the segment as the market for 100 to 200-seat single-aisle planes is forecast to be worth $20 trillion (£12.8tn) over the next 20 years.
A large part of that growth is expected to come from Asia, and Comac is looking to attract customers with its presence at this week's Singapore Airshow.
However, it is up against stiff competition. The sector is dominated by Airbus's A320 and Boeing's 737, which have received more than 10,000 orders each.
"Comac is up against one of the world's strongest duopolies," says Mr Bitzinger. "Airbus and Boeing produce nearly every 100-seat-and-above passenger jet flown by nearly every airline in the world."
Other firms are also eyeing the sector. Bombardier's much-anticipated C-Series aircraft is seen by many as the most serious potential rival to Airbus and Boeing in the segment.
As that plane gets ready to enter commercial service, it is likely to become even tougher for Comac to break in.
Perhaps an even bigger hurdle is winning the trust of customers that it can build a reliable and safe plane, not least because hundreds of lives are at stake every time a plane is airborne.
Planes are highly complex machines. Thousands of parts need to be fitted and integrated together for them to function properly and any faults can create serious problems.
This is where, analysts say, China's reputation over safety issues may prove to be a stumbling block.
"There is a perception that China doesn't have strict quality control," says Shukor Yusof, an aviation analyst with Standard & Poor's.
"Whether that is justified in this case, we don't know. But when it comes to aeroplane manufacturing, perception is everything."
Shivaji Das, an aviation analyst with consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, adds that previous quality control scandals in other sectors such as baby formula have contributed to such concerns.
Many of the key components for the plane, including its engine, are being supplied by foreign firms.
Its suppliers include GE, Honeywell Aerospace and Rockwell Collins. Comac has also agreed a technical collaboration with Bombardier.
That should help allay some concerns over quality control.
However, analysts say that eventually the parts are being put together at local facilities and Comac's inexperience in doing so may worry some customers.
The fact that Comac has delayed the first test flight of the plane has not helped.
"No-one wants to be a beta tester of a new aircraft, especially from a manufacturer with little or no prior experience," says Mr Bitzinger.
"There are many things that can go wrong with a new plane and as an airline you need to feel assured the manufacturer has the resources and capability to sort it out quickly."
Even Boeing and Airbus - with decades of experience - have faced problems with new models.
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has had problems with battery fires, while Airbus's A380 saw hairline cracks appear on some of the brackets used to link the wing to the plane.
The one thing going in favour of Comac is that it does not need to rely on global orders, at least not yet.
China is one of the world's fastest growing aviation markets and is likely to see big demand for single-aisle planes over the next two decades.
Comac has already got 400 orders for the C919 - mostly from China - and the number is expected to rise further.
"They are likely to get some sort of a protected access to the domestic market," says Mr Das, of Frost & Sullivan.
He adds that starting out in the domestic market is likely to benefit Comac.
"It's their home turf, so safety and quality concerns are likely to be less of an issue," he says.
"And if the plane performs well over time, with no major problems, you can't rule them out from having a serious shot on the global stage," he adds.
International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of British Airways and Iberia, is already talking to Comac about future aeroplane needs.
A turbulence-free take-off in China may well ensure a smooth landing in those markets.
Tiote, 30, who was a member of the Elephants squad that won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, collapsed and died during a training session with his Chinese club last week.
On Tuesday there was a memorial service held in the Chinese capital, attended by family, friends and former team-mates.
The BBC understands that Tiote's family wants him buried in his home town Yamoussoukro but the Ivory Coast Football Federation prefers Abidjan.
Hundreds of people, including former Elephants coach Herve Renard, were at Abidjan's international airport to receive Tiote's body on Thursday.
Manchester City striker Wilfried Bony, Celtic defender Kolo Toure and ex-Arsenal forward Gervinho were also among the crowd.
Toure described the former Newcastle United midfielder as "a great player, a warrior" and said he was "shocked" by his death.
Holy Cross Boys' School designed the initiative because they believe most reading practice is led by women.
They said boys need to see a male role model reading.
Cliftonville Football Club is helping by allowing leaflets to be handed out at a match at the Solitude ground.
A number of its top players have joined in the publicity campaign to encourage their young fans to read.
Some of the players have also been reading alongside their sons and nephews.
Teachers say even ten minutes reading, man to boy, every evening, can make a real difference.
Male relatives have been through the first training programme at the school in Ardoyne.
The vice-principal, Chris Donnelly, said: "There is no greater gift a father can give his son than the love of reading.
"Often it is the mother who sits with a book, but we want to encourage men, even though some are not very confident in their own reading, to sit down each evening and read with the boys for pleasure."
Many boys are more enthusiastic about maths and science, yet it is acknowledged that reading well is the key to future success.
Jim Mallon has taken the training course and is determined to sit down to read with his six-year-old son Antoín.
"I'm a postal worker and although I do some homework with Antoín, it's my wife Claire who usually does the reading," he said.
"She is more educated than me, but I am keen to do my bit. I have found that reading with my son has inspired me to do more reading for pleasure.
"We all go to the library together to choose our books."
The tuition session at Holy Cross boys' school was for men only and more than 40 turned up to get tips on how to read for pleasure rather than homework.
The school's literacy co-ordinator, Janmarie Reel, explained that the reading sessions should use material which interests the boys; often non-fiction such as film reviews, sports reports or instruction manuals.
"It is important not to correct the boys' mistakes too quickly, let them work it out for themselves with a little help from you," she said.
"It's a chance to allow the boys to sit alongside male relatives and enjoy what they are doing."
It follows the annual general meeting of the DG Unlimited group this week.
Cathy Agnew, who chaired the meeting, confirmed that a "data protection issue" had been raised during proceedings.
The council said it was providing help to investigate the matter.
DG Unlimited was set up after a previous region-wide arts organisation, dgArts, ceased trading.
It operates four arts hubs across the area covering Annandale and Eskdale, Nithsdale, the Stewartry and Wigtownshire.
The investigation is understood to centre on members' private details being shared without the proper consent.
Ms Agnew told the BBC Scotland news website: "There was an issue raised by two members of DG Unlimited.
"There is an issue about data protection."
Dumfries and Galloway Council confirmed it had been made aware of a "potential data protection issue".
"As it is an independent organisation, this isn't a council matter," a spokesman said.
However, he said council officers were providing "advice and assistance".
Individual sport federations must rule on whether Russians can compete in Rio following the country's doping scandal.
Two of the eight-strong weightlifting team had already been banned for prior violations, and another four were named in the McLaren report into the issue.
Russia's Sports Minister said 272 of the original 387 athletes selected had been cleared to complete in Rio.
A final figure is expected on Saturday, with the federations of boxing, golf, gymnastics and taekwondo still to confirm their decisions.
The Games get under way on 5 August.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) had recommended all Russian athletes be banned from the Games, but weightlifting and athletics are the only sports to have imposed a blanket ban on Russian competitors.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) took the step following a series of suspicious test results at the Beijing and London Games.
"We would like to highlight the extremely shocking and disappointing statistics regarding the Russian weightlifters," said a statement by IWF.
"The integrity of the weightlifting sport has been seriously damaged on multiple times and levels by the Russians, therefore an appropriate sanction was applied in order to preserve the status of the sport."
Tommy Yule, team leader of GB weightlifting, said: "Initial reaction is that happy that a decision has been made so that we know what the situation is with the Russian team.
"Secondly I'm happy that to see the toughest possible sanctions have been put in place."
It is the third time Prince William has spoken on the subject in the past year.
Calling on China to help save endangered animals, he also highlighted how previous generations of the Royal Family had "little concern" about acquiring ivory.
President Xi Jinping has arrived in the UK on a four-day state visit.
Prince William, who has worked at forging a relationship with China, recorded his speech for the Chinese state TV channel CCTV1.
He raised the issue with Mr Xi when they met in Beijing earlier this year and his broadcast will form part of a series of programmes called Let's Talk.
China imposed a one-year ban on the import of ivory in February, amid criticism that demand among Chinese consumers is fuelling poaching in Africa.
The Born Free Foundation, a wildlife charity, says "tens of thousands" of elephants are killed for their ivory every year.
The prince said that if African elephants continued to be killed at the current rate of 54 a day, there would be none by the time his daughter, Princess Charlotte, was 25.
"My rejection of ivory today is not a judgement of past generations. It is an acceptance of the world as I find it today and the world I want my children, George and Charlotte, to inherit," he said.
"Likewise, those doctors and medical practitioners in China that are speaking out against the use of endangered species in medicine, they are not judging previous generations who did not have the facts that you do today.
"They are just accepting the truth that all credible evidence and scientific research shows, for example, that rhino horn cannot cure cancer."
Large red flags of the People's Republic of China are lining The Mall in central London, along with the union jack, in preparation for Mr Xi's official welcome on Horse Guards Parade.
The Communist leader and his wife Peng Liyuan arrived at Heathrow Airport and were greeted on behalf of the Queen by Viscount Hood.
During their visit they will meet with the Queen and Prime Minister David Cameron, visit businesses and address members of the Houses of Parliament at Westminster.
Amnesty International and other groups concerned with human rights issues in China are expected to protest in St James' Park on Tuesday and it is expected that there will also be a pro-China protest.
Mr Cameron, in an interview with CCTV1, said Mr Xi's visit was a "very important moment" and hailed a "golden era" in ties between the countries.
Chancellor George Osborne said on his return from a week-long visit to China last month that it was the government's intention to make the UK China's "best partner in the west".
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The 25-year-old spent 2015-16 on loan in the Championship at Charlton, scoring five goals in 37 games but not preventing them from being relegated.
Capped six times by Denmark, 6ft 7ins Makienok scored 35 times in 74 games for Brondby before joining Palermo.
"His height, plus his international experience, brings us a different dimension," said boss Simon Grayson.
Makienok is North End's second signing of the summer, following goalkeeper Chris Maxwell's move from Lancashire neighbours Fleetwood.
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Czech Kvitova needed just 60 minutes to complete the 6-2 6-2 win and will face American CiCi Bellis next.
The two-time Wimbledon champion only returned to tennis in May after a knife attack that threatened her career.
"It's nice to play somewhere for the first time after so many years on the tour," said the 27-year-old.
"I served very well and I knew that I had to be focused and just play aggressive."
Elsewhere, world number two Simona Halep beat Mariana Duque-Marino of Colombia 3-6 6-4 6-2 as the on-court temperature reached a punishing 47C at the Citi Open in Washington.
"It was really hot out there," said the Romanian, who will play Russian seventh seed Ekaterina Makarova in the quarter-finals.
"I was a little bit dead on the court. It was the same thing for her so I said I have to keep fighting even if I'm struggling."
Halep, 25, needs to reach the final in Washington to have a chance of overtaking Karolina Pliskova for the number one ranking in Toronto next week.
The six-month-long inquiry targeted people accessing indecent images of children online.
Several of those arrested had unsupervised access to children.
Across the UK a total 660 people were arrested and more than 400 children safeguarded.
Of the 59 arrests in Wales, two were registered sex offenders and two are thought to have since killed themselves, according to police.
So far, 12 in south and mid Wales have been charged with offences of possession and distribution of indecent images of children. Figures for North Wales have not yet been released.
South Wales Police has overseen the operation covering its own area as well as Dyfed-Powys and Gwent police force areas. North Wales Police worked separately.
It says 42 children have been protected, and 16 more safeguarded - referred to social services.
South Wales Police Assistant Chief Constable for specialist crime Nikki Holland said: "They have come from all force areas and all walks of life. Only two were registered sex offenders.
"[The others] may have come to the attention of the police for other matters but nothing involving child abuse."
She added: "A key message from the police in this operation is it clearly demonstrates that we can police the internet and people can't go on the internet and view child images without being caught."
There were no patterns to the offending among the people arrested, she said, adding: "We have not found paedophile rings."
She urged parents to ensure their children were using the internet safely and that they had adequate controls on their computers.
"Know what your children are doing, and protect your children," she advised.
She said nationally there had been an "unprecedented increase" in the number of reports of sexual abuse of children.
"Children are victimised not only when they are abused and an image is first taken, they are victimised repeatedly every time that image is viewed.
"We also know that people who start by accessing indecent images online can then go on to abuse children directly.
"So the operation is not only about catching people who have already offended, it is about influencing potential offenders before they cross that line."
The whole operation was co-ordinated by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and involved 45 police forces across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Former West Brom trainee Mantom scored nine goals in 47 games for the Saddlers last season.
The 24-year-old is the Iron's second summer signing, following the arrival of Bradford winger Josh Morris.
Meanwhile, Scunthorpe have appointed Chris Lucketti as assistant manager to Graham Alexander.
Lucketti worked under Alexander while the Scot was manager of Preston North End, and later with Fleetwood.
The 44-year-old former centre-back stayed with the Cod Army's coaching staff following Alexander's sacking in September 2015.
Previous Scunthorpe assistant manager Nick Daws will remain with the Iron as first-team coach.
Since the end of last season, Walsall have already seen six players turn down offers to remain at the club.
Jason Demteriou has since signed for Southend, while Paul Downing has joined MK Dons, and Milan Lalkovic has moved to Portsmouth.
Mantom's departure follows winger Anthony Forde's exit to Rotherham earlier on Thursday, while Romaine Sawyers remains linked with former Saddlers boss Dean Smith at Championship side Brentford.
Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland has instructed his colleagues to use the full range of their powers to crack down of fraud.
He said the move was needed to protect the interests of legitimate businesses and their employees.
Ticket touts and those selling counterfeit goods are to be targeted.
Mr Mulholland said: "I have no doubt the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will be the greatest ever held. Legitimate businesses in Scotland and their staff who have worked hard to make the games a success rightly stand to reap huge benefits.
"Anyone who thinks they can make an easy fast buck from the Games by committing fraud whether it is ticket touting or counterfeiting should be aware that prosecutors have a range of powerful laws to ensure that can't happen."
Mr Mulholland added: " Anyone who attempts to disrupt the Games by operating con schemes or committing public disorder crimes should also be aware that the lowest level they will be prosecuted at is the Sheriff Court, where they could face sentences of up to five years in jail and an unlimited fine."
He also revealed that those found guilty of crimes such as counterfeiting and ticket touting can also be prosecuted using proceeds of crime legislation because they are deemed to be "lifestyle offences".
The announcement has been welcomed by the Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC).
SBRC Director Mandy Haeburn-Little said: "Counterfeit goods damage the economy. They are bad for the buyer and they harm the community in a whole range of ways.
"Not only is the quality often extremely poor but at worst items can be dangerous and, sadly, often produced in the shadow economy."
She added: "We all want to see Scotland as a safe, attractive and fun place to be during the Commonwealth Games and beyond and we all want residents and visitors to enjoy the very best quality that Scotland has to offer."
But the Labour leader said he would "ask them to think very carefully about it".
He also insisted he would not do a deal with the SNP to gain power at Westminster.
The Conservatives claimed Mr Corbyn and the SNP were already working on a potential post-election arrangement.
The Labour manifesto commits the party to opposing a referendum, which it describes as "unwanted and unnecessary" - with Mr Corbyn predicting independence would lead to "turbo-charged austerity".
And Scottish Labour's manifesto states that it will "never" support independence - with leader Kezia Dugdale giving a "cast-iron guarantee" that her party will oppose a second referendum.
But earlier this year, Mr Corbyn said he would be "absolutely fine" with a referendum being held if the Scottish Parliament voted for one.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, who is Scotland's first minister, wants a referendum in the autumn of next year or the spring of 2019, with the Scottish Parliament formally backing her call in March.
However, she would need the consent of the UK government for a legally-binding vote to be held - and Prime Minister Theresa May has repeatedly said that "now is not the time".
On Monday, Mr Corbyn was asked in an interview with Bauer and Global radio stations what he would say to Ms Sturgeon if he was to become prime minister after the election on 8 June.
He replied: "I'll obviously open discussions with the government in Scotland and listen very carefully to what the Scottish Parliament says.
"I would ask them to think very carefully about it and suggest it would be much better to have this question dealt with at the conclusion of what are very serious and very important Brexit negotiations.
"I am utterly determined to achieve tariff free trade access to the European markets to protect manufacturing and service jobs all across the UK, all across Scotland, Wales and England as well of course."
A spokesman for Mr Corbyn later insisted: "Jeremy Corbyn and Scottish Labour have repeatedly said that a second independence referendum is both unwanted and unnecessary. Labour firmly opposes a second independence referendum".
In a BBC interview at the weekend, Ms Sturgeon said she would try to form an alliance to pursue "progressive policies" and keep the Conservatives out of government if the general election results in a hung parliament.
But she also predicted that the Conservatives would win another majority - and said Mr Corbyn was not credible as a potential prime minister.
Responding to her comments, Mr Corbyn said: "There will be no deals. There will be no alliance. We're fighting this election to win.
"Only Labour or the Tories can win this election and voting Labour is the only way to remove Theresa May from office and build a Scotland for the many not the few."
Meanwhile, Mrs May warned Conservative activists that the party has only to lose six seats for its Commons majority to disappear, opening the way to Downing Street for Labour.
The prime minister said: "That could mean in just 10 days' time a government in chaos, Jeremy Corbyn in No 10, John McDonnell in the Treasury, Diane Abbott in the Home Office and Nicola Sturgeon and the Lib Dems pulling the strings."
She added: "I've been clear talking about a second independence referendum in Scotland at this time.
"Now is not the time because what we need to be doing now as we face this historical moment as we need to get the Brexit negotiations right, what we need to do is to be working together and not pulling apart.
"I believe Nicola Sturgeon said yesterday that she didn't think Jeremy Corbyn was capable of being prime minister but at the same time also said that she would prop him up and push him into government."
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP, Alex Cole-Hamilton said: "Much like Jeremy Corbyn's position on Brexit his position on independence has become confused and chaotic. Every time Jeremy Corbyn speaks somebody has to follow and clean up the mess.
"Scottish Labour must be pulling their hair out as last time I checked this wasn't their policy.
"Liberal Democrats are clear, every MP elected on the 8 June is a MP that will stand against the SNP's plan for another divisive independence referendum."
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The Cobblers finished this season as League Two champions under Wilder.
"My relationship with the chairman and the fans is going to make this a very difficult decision, but I do feel at this stage of my career it is one I need to explore," said Wilder, 48.
Jose Riga resigned as Addicks boss after their relegation to League One.
The Belgian had returned for his second spell at The Valley in January following the sacking of Karel Fraeye, but could not prevent the club from dropping into the third tier.
Charlton fans held a series of protests on Saturday as the Addicks lost 3-0 at home to Championship winners Burnley, the latest in a series of demonstrations against owner Roland Duchatelet.
Under Wilder, Northampton finished 13 points clear of second-placed Oxford in the League Two table after a 24-game unbeaten run.
Their promotion was achieved despite financial uncertainty earlier in the season because of outstanding loan repayments of £10.25m to the local council and a winding-up petition from HM Revenue & Customs.
BBC Radio Northampton are hosting a Monday Night Sport phone-in from 18:00-19:00 BST to discuss the possible departure of Wilder.
Headliners Adele, Coldplay and Muse will rock the Pyramid stage - which this year is festooned with a giant lightning bolt in honour of the late David Bowie.
And many of the bands will contribute a song from their sets to a live album, which will raise money for Oxfam, in honour of MP Jo Cox.
With more than 100 stages spread across the 1,200-acre site, it can be hard to work out what to watch. So here is a guide to 11 of the suggested best acts making the pilgrimage to Worthy Farm.
And even if you're not attending, you can catch up with the festival on BBC radio, TV, online and the red button.
Formed in Surrey by brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence, Disclosure's exhilarating sound and light show has quickly become a highlight of festivals around Europe. This year, they graduate from the dance arena to Glastonbury's second-biggest venue, The Other Stage, where they top the bill on Friday night, as Howard explains.
It's an honour to be asked. The Other Stage - especially this slot we've been asked to do - is something we've wanted to do for a long, long time. For us, it's the pinnacle of what we've ever set out to do at Glastonbury.
What acts are you hoping to emulate?
People like The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy. They're some of the few acts we think have done electronic music in a live format and made it a genuinely entertaining show. It's much easier said than done.
Calvin Harris recently told us he'd grabbed Rihanna and recorded her vocals for This Is What You Came For in a caravan backstage at the Coachella festival. Do you ever get up to that sort of thing?
We always write the songs with the person who's singing it. So we've never done it quite as quickly as that. I guess the closest thing would be a couple of times we've bumped into Sam Smith on tour and literally had him on stage within an hour.
Is it really that ramshackle?
Generally we try and organise it at least a day or two in advance. But if it comes to it, we can literally decide 10 minutes before we go on.
For example, at Coachella, AlunaGeorge were playing on a different stage directly before our slot, so Aluna had to jump off stage at their show, get on a little golf buggy and head straight to us for the first song of our set. She only made it by 10 seconds, so that was pretty touch and go!
Psych-rocktonauts Tame Impala have broken into the mainstream with their third album, Currents. Fronted by Kevin Parker, the Australian outfit won best international band at the Brits in February. They play the Pyramid Stage immediately before Adele on Saturday night.
You made a guest appearance during Mark Ronson's set last year. Did you have any idea at that point that you'd be coming back as the second headliner in 2016?
Obviously not! What's lucky for us is each year has new surprises in store. Things where, if you'd asked us a year earlier, we'd have had no idea they were coming - and this is one of those. But on a bigger scale.
What's your Glastonbury experience been like over the years?
We actually played the main stage the first time we ever went to Glastonbury. It was about 11:30 in the morning, with people just crawling out of their tents. We were playing mostly to a field of mud.
But each time we've played, I've fallen in love with it more and more.
Last year, Florence + The Machine were booked in the same slot as you, but they ended up headlining when Dave Grohl broke his leg. You must be hoping that Adele watches her step over the next few days...
Ha! Absolutely. We'd certainly be the most... what's the word? The most confusing headliner ever.
Are you looking forward to Adele's set?
I think everyone is... I'm not even English and I feel like it's going to be a religious moment for me. You know what I mean? She's England's girl. She's royalty.
Given your affection for the festival, do you feel like you have to do something special for your set?
I do, I do. We've already put the wheels in motion. But you have to balance doing something special, a one-off, with the nerves of messing that up and ruining the whole show.
Self-described "ginger little cookie," Frances is being tipped as one of this year's breakthrough acts, thanks to heart-rending piano ballads like Don't Worry About Me and Grow. She plays the Pussy Parlure stage at 16:30 on Friday.
This is your first Glastonbury. What are you expecting?
I'm expecting chaos. I'm expecting it to be a completely different world.
Are you staying in a tent or the tourbus?
I'm actually staying in a hotel!
Oh, how posh.
I know! But I get back from Australia the day before… and it's also my birthday on the Monday, so it's like my birthday treat. I'll start the celebrations watching Coldplay on the Sunday.
What should people expect from your set?
Well, I've been touring with a keyboard since I was 16 and just recently I've got my own proper, big girl's piano. So that's very exciting. But I just want it to be a nice, relaxing little introduction for people that might not have heard me before.
What's the best, or the strangest, reaction you've had so far?
I played at Wilderness festival last year and people started doing contemporary dance - this sort of capoeira stuff - in the crowd. It was very nice, but it was pretty distracting.
Husband and wife Phoebe Bates and Christopher Anaspitos will spend most of Glastonbury 11 metres off the ground, performing their high-wire show Equilibrius. When they're not in mid-air, the couple also give classes in circus skills and invite fans to their caravan for a cup of tea.
What can you tell us about Equilibrius?
It's paying homage to traditional wire-walking and high-wire skills throughout the ages, but with a contemporary twist - there's a theatrical storyline about how we met and hopefully a few laughs, too.
How do you pay homage to your predecessors?
Those with a keen eye will notice my wife Phoebe stepping into buckets, which is a reference to Maria Spelterini, who crossed over the Niagra Falls in the 1800s wearing cherry baskets [strapped to her feet].
How dangerous is it to perform an act like this in Glastonbury's notoriously inclement weather?
We train in different weather conditions, so we know what our limits are. There's always an element of risk, but I'd be lying if I said I thought it was dangerous.
What's your top tip when you're training people to walk the wire?
What I find is that depending on the body that you've got, certain tricks will be easier. So it's easier for me to mount a unicycle on a slack rope than to do a backflip on a tight wire.
Wait... Neither of those sound easy
Easy might be the wrong word - but certainly more achievable. It's a shorter path to success!
What's your greatest Glastonbury experience?
There's so many! But it was probably when I did the Arcadia show in 2010, and I walked across a wire 11 metres in the air, near one of those [flaming] gas jets, and there were about 8,000 to 10,000 people in the field. It was a very simple walk, but the feeling of arriving at the other end of the wire, with the huge cheer from all those people, is something that reverberates in your soul.
With a back catalogue that includes Time After Time, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and True Colours, Cyndi Lauper's set on the Acoustic Stage is sure to be a highlight of the festival. The singer will also perform songs from her new album, the country-tinged Detour.
This is your first Glastonbury. Are you looking forward to it?
Hell yeah, I'm excited! I was with Boy George in the States and he said: 'You're going to have so much fun' so I'm really looking forward to it.
Do you know what to expect?
There's a lot of camping and it's going to rain on Thursday, so bring your galoshes.
And will you be sticking around to see some of the other acts?
I won't be able to see some of the people I'd love to see, because I'm on tour. I think I'm playing on Sunday, so I can't see the people on Saturday like Squeeze or Madness and Adele. That stage is pretty slamming.
Tell us about how you came to record a country album in Nashville?
When you first come out, and you're famous, your job is being famous, I guess. You have to stay on the hamster wheel. Everything you might want to do, people are like: 'Don't do that, it'll ruin your career!'
At this point, it's like how many times can you be ruined? It's never too late to do what you want.
On Saturday night at The Park stage, an orchestra conducted by Charles Hazlewood will perform Philip Glass's Symphony No 4, which is based on Bowie's Heroes LP. The performance will be accompanied by a light show designed by artist Chris Levine, who has worked with Massive Attack, Grace Jones and Sigur Ros - as Charles explains.
For people who've never heard the Philip Glass Symphony, tell me what it's like.
It's a really remarkable piece. Most people have some sense of what Philip Glass's music is like - it's hypnotic, it's repetitive, it's quite kaleidoscopic. And what he did, was he took the essence of Heroes - the essential melodic and harmonic contours of that album - and turned it into a symphony. It's almost like you're experiencing Bowie through a strange, glassy prism.
Is it right that you have to wait for Adele to sing her last note before you can strike up the orchestra?
Well, absolutely. We don't want to clash with that. So it will be literally at that moment, when all the other stages shut down, that we kick off. There will be something very magical and 'in the midnight hour' about it. I think The Park stage is the perfect place to do it because it's a gorgeous natural amphitheatre. People can just come and lie down, and take in this extraordinary 'son et lumiere' experience.
Apparently the light show will be visible right across the site.
Look, what I've heard is that, provided it's a relatively clear night, you'll be able to see the light from the moon.
So it's literally a Space Oddity!
Yeah, I think we can call it that! And do you know what? I feel in my heart this is exactly the kind of thing Bowie would approve of.
Quite clearly, by the means and the manner of his passing, he didn't want funerals, he didn't want memorials, he didn't want any of that mawkish rubbish. What he would have liked, I think, would be a big old celebration. A very theatrical, very out-there celebration of what it was he meant to all of us. And so, for me, this is a pitch perfect way of saying we're grateful David Bowie ever existed.
Ireland's Roisin Murphy brings her off-kilter, expansive pop music to the West Holts stage at 20:30 on Friday. Expect to hear songs from her Mercury-nominated album Hairless Toys, alongside new music from the forthcoming Take Her Up To Monto.
You're something of a Glastonbury veteran...
Yeah, I think this might even be my fourth visit to Glastonbury. One time with Moloko, two solo times and back once again like a renegade master.
What are your best and worst experiences?
The sun setting as we were singing The Time Is Now, the first time I played there, was outstanding.
The Ruby Blue set (in 2005) was really difficult because it was just pure muck. It wasn't a pretty sight to look out from the stage and see people all brown and slithering around. You felt pretty sorry for them, to be honest.
How do you approach a festival set, compared to one of your own shows?
The requirement is to bang 'em out a little bit. It's not the opportunity to teach people about my new record.
Unlike a lot of electronic and pop acts, you play with a live band. How important is that?
With our band, it's all live. Anything could happen. Anything could go wrong. But it is musicianship. There's a flair to that, which you don't get any other way.
You're known for your costumes and elaborate staging. Do you have to scale that down when you're playing a festival?
Sometimes festivals aren't really set up for divas like me. My little crew has to set up a tent at the side of the stage to put all my clothes and props in.
It's just you and Grace Jones…
Yes, me and Grace Jones causing all the trouble!
Guitar pop band Blossoms were all born in the same Stockport hospital, formed in 2013 and have honed their sound by rehearsing in their bassist's grandfather's scaffolding yard. They play The Other Stage on Friday morning, after coming fourth in the BBC's Sound of 2016.
This is your Glastonbury debut. What do you expect, having watched it from afar for all these years?
It'll just be surreal being there. It'll be like being in the telly.
Why should people get out of their tents to see you at 12:30 in the morning?
Well, they'll still be quite fresh on a Friday, I'd imagine. If we were playing on a Sunday I might have been a bit worried that nobody would come to watch us.
But if the sun's out and we're playing our melodic tunes, it'll be a nice way to start your Friday morning.
What's the song that goes down best in your set?
Charlemagne's the one. People's heads pop up, like: 'Oh, I know this one'. They've heard it subliminally. That catchy riff has gone into their head.
Will you be staying in a tent or a tourbus?
We'll be on a bus with beds, which is only a recent addition.
Paint me a picture of that bus.
To be honest, it's got a chilled vibe. And you can make some toast, which is fun when you're flying down the motorway.
The Sonic Stage is dedicated to Britain's burgeoning Grime scene on Friday, with sets from the likes of Stormzy, Section Boyz, Charlie Sloth and J Hus. At the top of the bill is Kano, one the genre's original and most distinctive voices, who'll be playing songs from his critically-acclaimed new album, Made In The Manor.
Your album is so heavily rooted in East London - how will it feel performing it in a field down the road from Stonehenge?
Well, we'll find out! But what I've seen at the festivals I've done already, is everyone embraces it. Sometimes I'm on stage rapping about roads in East London and I hear people singing the lyrics back and I wonder: 'Why do you identify with this so much?'
I think it's two things. There's people who are interested in where I'm from, and it gives them a peak into my house, so to speak. And there's people who say: 'Do you know what? It's exactly like where I live'. So people from Birmingham and Manchester and all those inner city places just really embrace it.
This is the first time Grime has taken over a stage at Glastonbury - does it feel like a watershed moment?
Do you know what? It does feel like a real moment. I remember playing Glastonbury about 10 years ago and it was mainly indie bands, with a little section of rap. I remember people would try and spit on an Arctic Monkeys beat to try and do something the audience would recognise. Now you look at this line-up and you feel like: 'Wow, we really have arrived'. It's been a massive year for us. So yeah, it's a proud moment.
You joined Gorillaz on stage when they headlined in 2010. What was that like?
It's just crazy. It's just like a sea of people. Oh man, the emotion and the energy is like nothing you've ever, ever felt before.
Gorillaz' frontman Damon Albarn is playing with the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians on Friday, too. Will you try to hook up with him?
Yeah, I'll try. I think I'll be doing a song with them. So I should be performing twice that day.
To quote one of your own songs back at you, do you think it'll be "t-shirt weather in the manor" this weekend?
I'm hoping so. I wouldn't put money on it. But my venue's a tent so if it rains, it'll get even busier. So I'm glad if it rains, man!
Garage rock trio The Bay Rays were formed in Kent just last year. But their debut single Four Walls and its follow-up, New Home, have blasted onto radio thanks to their combination of dynamic riffs and melodic harmonies. They headline the BBC Introducing stage on Sunday. Frontman Harry Nicoll can hardly believe his luck.
What were you doing this time last year?
This time last year, we were playing small cover gigs in local pubs, just to try and raise money to make some demos and buy a van that could get us on the road.
How did you go from a covers band to headlining a stage at Glastonbury in just 12 months?
I really don't know! We worked quite hard. We started with a bass player that didn't really know how to play bass - but he learned to play 30 songs in a week so we could do some gigs. [From that], we seemed to pick up the knowledge of how to put songs together.
For people who haven't heard you, what's the music like?
We're just writing about everyday life, really. There's only three of us and it's quite a simple sound. There's a bit of a glam feel - but there just seems to be something about it that resonates.
You're on at the same time as Coldplay - so why should people choose you over Chris Martin?
Well, everyone knows what Coldplay are about, because they've been around for a while. If you want to see something fresh and exciting and new, the Introducing stage nurtures that.
How nervous are you, on a scale of totally calm to permanently on the verge of throwing up?
At the moment, I'm fairly nonchalant. But I know that at the time, I'm going to be quaking in my boots.
US folk-rock trio Lumineers hit it big in 2012 with songs like Ho Hey and Stubborn Love. Their debut album went platinum on both sides of the Atlantic, with President Obama declaring himself a fan, and they became a firm favourite on the live circuit. Frontman Wesley Schultz tells us what to expect from their Glastonbury return.
When you first played Glastonbury in 2013 you jumped off stage and played a song in the middle of the audience. What do you remember about that?
We had just flown in, so I don't know what time it was in my body and mind but I remember feeling like it was all dreamlike. We were just going off instinct and muscle memory. We'd never played in front of that many people at that point. It was just an unbelievable high.
Had you heard of the festival before you played?
We had heard about it through friends but we didn't know what to expect. We had never heard of wellies!
Even the flags reminded me of watching Braveheart. You felt like you were removed from the present day.
How has the set list evolved now the second album's out? You must be pleased to be playing new material.
You can say that again! We used to love festivals because we barely had enough songs to fill 45 minutes! But it's just been really wonderful to turn the page and have all this new material to draw from.
Does that mean you won't be doing any more covers?
Sometimes we cover Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues. We used to play that in little bars, where they'd pay us next to nothing, but it'd be free food and beer. Subterranean Homesick Blues was one that got everyone's attention for a minute. Everyone would stop and say: 'I wonder if they're going to remember all the words?'
At festival it's really important that you take that into account, because there's a lot of people that may never see you again. So you think: 'How are we going to make them stay for one more song?'
There's a tradition of people dressing up at Glastonbury. What would you like to see as you look out at the crowd?
Of all the people in our band, Jerry is the only one who has a signature look. He's like a superhero, he always has to wear the same thing every day. So if people wear some braces and a white shirt, we'll know they're Lumineers fans, so that would be cool.
The 28-year-old former Lincoln, Bury and Grimsby Town man has joined the Town on a one-year deal from Newport, with the option for a further year.
He follows fellow striker Arthur Gnahoua, who has also joined on a one-year deal from Kidderminster Harriers.
John-Lewis is just one short of 50 career goals in a combined 309 appearances at his four previous clubs.
Having been signed in 2015 for Newport by Terry Butcher from Grimsby, where he was signed by Paul Hurst (now the Shrewsbury manager), John-Lewis missed most of last season through injury.
But he returned to play in their final two games, including the final-day win over Notts County that kept the Welsh side in the EFL - although he had been substituted by the time their crucial late winning goal went in.
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Coming as it did in the middle of a general election campaign, perhaps led to a more intense debate than usual about what a government should be doing to protect its citizens.
Some criticised the speed with which the political parties returned to their campaigns as they outlined their promises on security, amid an atmosphere of pain and heightened sensitivity.
Many voters locally will undoubtedly feel their visit to the polling booth comes against the backdrop of that devastating attack.
Whether such a tragic event will influence where they put their cross remains to be seen but certainly, much had already changed in politics in Greater Manchester since the last general election.
While the region has always been - and still remains - a Labour stronghold, some of the assumed guarantees of before appeared in doubt.
Whereas once the Conservatives didn't build up much hope of winning here and Labour arguably took its safest seats for granted, there's a new intensity to campaigning from both sides.
Prime Minister Theresa May chose Bolton North East, Labour-held since 1997, as her first campaign visit after announcing the snap general election.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn chose to launch his party's battle bus at Event City in Trafford before embarking on a tour of Greater Manchester seats where, traditionally, no other party would get a look in.
Jittery Labour activists will have been suitably buoyed by Andy Burnham's thumping victory in the metro mayor election.
But the failure of the former Leigh MP to join Mr Corbyn on a rally to celebrate his own victory did nothing to reassure them that this upcoming general election will pan out quite so successfully.
Despite the area's councils feeling the impact of 40% government-imposed austerity cuts, the Tories now see constituencies which have been off limit for decades as suddenly presenting potential rich pickings.
While their prime targets will be Oldham East and Saddleworth, Bury South and Bolton North East, with a decent swing they could pick off a good few more.
Labour are desperate to hold these and need to be taking back places like Bury North and Bolton West if they hope to win nationally.
UKIP voters could play a very significant role during this general election.
They've been a growing force in Greater Manchester in recent years but the EU referendum win appears to have knocked the wind out of them.
They took a veritable beating in the local and regional elections last month, and they're fielding fewer candidates than in 2015.
Largely, this is tactical - in Bury North, UKIP is actively urging people to vote Conservative instead.
The party says it doesn't want to stand in areas where its presence could risk causing any Brexiteers, such as the ardently anti-EU David Nuttall, to lose their seats.
The local election results nationally suggested that UKIP supporters are already switching to the Tories anyway and there are many seats in Greater Manchester where a repeat of that could cause real problems for Labour.
The Green Party is only standing in four seats in Greater Manchester, implicitly trying to boost Labour's chances.
They're avoiding both Bury constituencies in a move they say is aimed at "defending the poorest and most vulnerable members of our community".
In Bury North, the Liberal Democrats are standing but their candidate is also telling people they should really be voting Labour, if they want the Tories out.
However, nationally, the Lib Dems insist they're fighting for every vote and say they remain optimistic that MPs who lost in 2015 could return in seats like Manchester Withington and Cheadle.
Beyond that, we have Simon Danczuk standing as an independent in Rochdale after he was deselected by Labour and George Galloway claiming he can end decades of Labour rule in Manchester Gorton.
This was always going to be an unpredictable election in Greater Manchester. The shocking events at the Manchester Arena only make it more so.
They cover the quotes - colourful as they are - but generally don't react beyond reportage.
Politicians, too, are observing but not speaking. "Bemusement" might be the best way to describe the reaction to Donald Trump's offer of face-to-face talks with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.
After all, Barack Obama said before he was first elected that he, too, would be prepared to meet the North Korean leader of the time (Kim Jong-un's father, Kim Jong-il) face-to-face.
In a presidential primary debate in 2007, Mr Obama was asked whether he would meet "without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea?"
He answered: "I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them - which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this [George W Bush] administration - is ridiculous."
One of his Republican opponents at the time, John McCain, who later challenged him in the presidential election, condemned Mr Obama as naive and reckless.
The Obama campaign later clarified he was "not promising summits with all of those leaders".
And in the end, he hasn't talked to North Korea's leader.
When Mr Obama took office, there seemed to be a real possibility of negotiating an end to North Korea's nuclear programme.
Pyongyang had tested one nuclear device in 2006 but then tested another in 2009, with Mr Obama freshly installed in the White House. Talks broke down and attitudes hardened.
Mr Trump's offer of talks - if so it is - comes at a time when a widespread global feeling is for sanctions rather than negotiations.
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The Republican presumptive presidential nominee has hardly been cool in his language towards Kim Jong-un.
He recently called him a "maniac" but then added what sounded like a compliment at the way the North Korean leader had consolidated his power: "How many young guys - he was like 26 or 25 when his father died - take over these tough generals, and all of a sudden... he goes in, he takes over, and he's the boss.
"It's incredible. He wiped out the uncle, he wiped out this one, that one. I mean this guy doesn't play games. And we can't play games with him".
Where Mr Trump has drawn stronger reaction in South Korea is over his assertion that Japan might do well to have nuclear weapons of its own.
"Would I rather have North Korea have them with Japan sitting there having them also? You may very well be better off if that's the case," he said. "If Japan had that nuclear threat, I'm not sure that would be a bad thing for us."
And he upset some with his claim that South Korea and Japan should rely less on American troops on their territory to protect them from North Korean attack.
"How long will we go on defending South Korea from North Korea without payment?" Mr Trump asked.
"When will they start to pay us?" he added in a video. South Korean media pointed out that South Korea pays hundreds of millions of dollars to the US for its military presence in the region. Broadly, South Korea shoulders half the bill.
Mr Trump's tone on this matter is more likely to be analysed in the back-rooms of power than any vague proposal to talk to Kim Jong-un.
There are already people on the left in both South Korea and Japan who resent the American presence, and a president who wanted to withdraw American troops would, therefore, concern those on the right in the two Asian countries.
Mr Trump's instincts seem to be to pull back. He told the New York Times: "At some point, we cannot be the policeman of the world."
He said: "It's a very scary nuclear world. Biggest problem, to me, in the world, is nuclear, and proliferation. At the same time, you know, we're a country that doesn't have money.
"You know, when we did these deals, we were a rich country. We're not a rich country. We were a rich country with a very strong military and tremendous capability in so many ways. We're not anymore."
Sometimes, Mr Trump's language generates headlines. Nobody doubts his oratorical flourish. He was quoted as saying at a rally in Wisconsin that war involving nuclear-armed North Korea would be a terrible thing "but if they do, they do".
"Good luck," he added. "Enjoy yourself, folks."
The England international had gone nine games without scoring and was a peripheral figure for much of Wednesday's game but sprang into life to finish Danny Drinkwater's superb cross with 17 minutes remaining in Spain.
It was one of only two shots on target the Foxes produced during a game in which they were largely under the cosh and had trailed 2-0 in thanks to Pablo Sarabia's header and a close-range finish from Joaquin Correa for Sevilla.
City's other hero was Kasper Schmeichel, who saved a Correa penalty with the score at 0-0 and made a number of other good saves.
Sevilla also hit the post and bar had over 70% possession but will only take a slender lead to the King Power Stadium for the second leg on 14 March.
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Amidst Leicester's dire domestic form, which has seen them lose 14 league games already, including their last five, and exit the FA Cup at the hands of League One Millwall, their Champions League displays have acted as timely reminders of last season's stunning Premier League title success.
And there will have been none more timely than this.
Prior to the game, manager Claudio Ranieri suggested a positive display could act as a turning point for their season, and while they were outclassed for long periods, the rediscovery of a stubbornness and spirit could prove crucial not just for this tie but the rest of the campaign.
The tie looked to be over after Correa's calm close-range finish in the second half had doubled the lead given to the home side by Sarabia's powerful, pinpoint header before the break.
But with less than a quarter of the game to go, Drinkwater produced Leicester's one incisive attacking ball of the night to find Vardy, whose run into space behind his marker and first-time finish bore all the instinctual qualities he showed so often last season.
Vardy's goal not only keeps the tie alive but offers hope to Leicester that he can return to form and fire them to Premier League safety.
His goal-drought, following the hat-trick against Manchester City on 10 December, coincided with a nine-game winless streak for the Foxes that has left them just a point and a place above the relegation zone.
The 30-year-old managed just 25 touches in total on Wednesday, but he made the one that mattered - his only shot on goal - count.
Jorge Sampaoli's Sevilla side justified their position as La Liga title challengers with a dominant display that lacked only a goal-tally to match.
Schmeichel can take much of the credit for that and following his penalty save, he showed superb awareness and reflexes to tip away shots from Sergio Escudero and Correa.
City were also indebted to the woodwork, with the post denying Vitolo from a tight angle and the bar halting Adil Rami's late header.
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri: "We knew they are better than us, they have high quality in possession. We suffered. They showed their quality but we showed our heart. We showed belief and never game up. That makes me satisfied.
"Kasper Schmeichel and everybody had a good game. Kasper saved the penalty and gave lot of support to his defenders.
"For us, it is important to continue to show our performance and our football."
Sevilla manager Jorge Sampaoli: "It is difficult to imagine such a big difference [between the sides] in a Champions League game.
"I am happy with how the game went because we had chances, but disappointed with the result because we deserved more."
Leicester host Liverpool next Monday and then Hull the following Saturday in the Premier League before the return leg against Sevilla.
Match ends, Sevilla 2, Leicester City 1.
Second Half ends, Sevilla 2, Leicester City 1.
Steven N'Zonzi (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
Daniel Carriço (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Daniel Carriço (Sevilla).
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Sevilla. Conceded by Robert Huth.
Adil Rami (Sevilla) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Pablo Sarabia with a cross following a corner.
Substitution, Leicester City. Daniel Amartey replaces Marc Albrighton.
Corner, Sevilla. Conceded by Robert Huth.
Attempt blocked. Stevan Jovetic (Sevilla) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vitolo.
Hand ball by Vicente Iborra (Sevilla).
Corner, Sevilla. Conceded by Wes Morgan.
Attempt blocked. Pablo Sarabia (Sevilla) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven N'Zonzi.
Corner, Sevilla. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
Attempt saved. Vitolo (Sevilla) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Stevan Jovetic (Sevilla) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Vitolo.
Stevan Jovetic (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Simpson (Leicester City).
Attempt blocked. Demarai Gray (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marc Albrighton.
Attempt blocked. Christian Fuchs (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
Sergio Escudero (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Sergio Escudero (Sevilla).
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Sevilla 2, Leicester City 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Drinkwater.
Attempt blocked. Sergio Escudero (Sevilla) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stevan Jovetic.
Attempt missed. Stevan Jovetic (Sevilla) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Samir Nasri with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Sevilla. Conceded by Danny Simpson.
Stevan Jovetic (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Robert Huth (Leicester City).
Substitution, Sevilla. Vicente Iborra replaces Joaquín Correa.
Adil Rami (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
Goal! Sevilla 2, Leicester City 0. Joaquín Correa (Sevilla) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Stevan Jovetic.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Adil Rami.
Attempt blocked. Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Ahmed Musa.
Attempt missed. Pablo Sarabia (Sevilla) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Sevilla. Daniel Carriço replaces Clement Lenglet because of an injury.
In the 10 days leading up to their trip to Sixfields to face the League One side, Jose Mourinho's United have lost three matches, beaten by Manchester City, Feyenoord and Watford.
"He'll be working hard to put things right," Page said of Mourinho.
"There's no crisis, it's three defeats. That will be the message."
Talking to BBC Radio Northampton, Page continued: "They're expected to win the game and if they don't they'll be criticised."
The Cobblers, who are 11th in English football's third tier, set up the tie against United when they beat West Bromwich Albion 4-3 on penalties.
"It's been a long time coming since the draw was made," Page said. "We've banned the players from talking about it just so we can focus on the league.
"When we scored the winning penalty I thought the atmosphere was terrific and that's why you're in the game, you want to create more moments like that."
Northampton Town have never won a competitive game against Manchester United, with their last match against the Red Devils - an FA Cup tie in 2004 - ending in a 3-0 defeat.
"We know we're going to be in for a tough game, so it's about us focussing on what we can do and recreating what we did against Premier League opposition in West Brom," Page said.
Arbroath-based RR Spink & Sons said its hot smoked salmon and hot smoked rainbow trout would be stocked at 30 larger Sainsbury's stores in Scotland.
Until now, the company's products have only been available in high-end food halls and luxury delis.
The company was founded in 1715 and now employs 190 people in Arbroath.
It holds a Royal Warrant as Fishmonger to Her Majesty the Queen.
The firm rears its own rainbow trout at Loch Etive on the west coast near Oban. Its salmon is sourced from Scottish companies.
Sales manager Danny Cairney said: "RR Spink & Sons has over 300 years of experience in crafting smoked fish and we believe in using the highest quality of sustainable Scottish salmon and trout in all our products."
A spokesman for Navi Pillay said the "cursory mass trial" was "rife with procedural irregularities" and breached international human rights law.
The defendants were found guilty on Monday of charges relating to an attack on a police station in Minya in August.
Another 683 Morsi supporters went on trial at the same court on Tuesday.
They include the Muslim Brotherhood's general guide, Mohammed Badie, and the chairman of its Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), Saad al-Katatni.
Later, security forces clashed with hundreds of Minya University students protesting against the trials.
Tear gas was fired at the students after they blocked a main road, threw stones and set an armoured police vehicle on fire.
There has been widespread condemnation of Monday's decision by the Minya Criminal Court to sentence 528 people to death for their alleged participation in an attack on a police station in the central city in mid-August, in which a police officer was killed.
The incident took place in the immediate aftermath of an operation by security forces to break up two sit-ins in the capital Cairo that left almost 1,000 people dead. The sit-ins were set up by supporters of Mr Morsi's after he was overthrown by the military the previous month.
The trial, at which more than three-quarters of the defendants were not present, is reported to have lasted less than an hour on Saturday.
The prosecution did not put forward evidence implicating any individual defendant, even though it had compiled significant evidence, and the court prevented defence lawyers from presenting their case or calling witnesses, according to Human Right Watch.
A second session was held on Monday solely to announce the verdict.
On Tuesday, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, told a news conference in Geneva: "The astounding number of people sentenced to death in this case is unprecedented in recent history."
"The mass imposition of the death penalty after a trial that was rife with procedural irregularities is in breach of international human rights law."
Sixteen Egyptian rights groups voiced concern, saying the trial constituted a "dangerous, unprecedented shift in the Egyptian's judiciary's treatment of such cases" and represented "a grave violation of both the right to a fair trial and the right to life".
But Egypt's interim government defended the court, insisting that the sentences had been handed down only "after careful study".
The state-run al-Ahram newspaper said the court would issue its final verdict on 28 April after Egypt's grand mufti, who under the law must ratify each death sentence before it can be carried out, had passed judgement.
The defendants may then appeal. Legal experts said a higher court would most probably order a retrial or reduce their sentences.
Mr Colville also expressed concern about the 683 people who went on trial at the Minya Criminal Court on Tuesday on similar charges relating to an attack on another police station in which no-one died.
The BBC's Orla Guerin, who is outside the courthouse, says that after an opening session lasting just a few hours the case was adjourned until 28 April, when the judge, Said Youssef, said a verdict would be given.
Critics will ask how the fate of so many people could be decided after the briefest of trials, our correspondent says. And, she adds, there were two key elements missing - most of the defendants and any of their lawyers.
Only 62 defendants reportedly appeared in court, with officials saying Mr Badie and Mr Katatni could not attend for security reasons, while the defence team staged a boycott in protest at the preceding trial.
"As lawyers, we haven't seen anything like what happened here yesterday in our entire professional lives and we will not see anything like it until our deaths," Khaled Fouda of the Minya lawyers' syndicate said.
Despite the boycott, the judge heard testimony from witnesses and questioning several of the defendants before adjourning the case.
The wife of one of the accused in Tuesday's case told the BBC she feared the verdict had been decided in advance. She said her husband was an innocent man who had been arrested while picking up their daughter from hospital.
The 1,200 defendants in the two cases in Minya are among more than 16,000 Egyptians arrested over the past eight months, according to figures recently provided by senior interior ministry officials. They include about 3,000 top or mid-level Brotherhood members.
The 75-year-old man died at an address in Crispin Close in Faversham on Friday afternoon, police said.
He has not been named by police, but his next of kin have been informed. The two men are believed to be known to each other, police said.
Anthony Goodwin, 62, of Crispin Close, Faversham has been charged with murder and is due to appear at Medway Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Duff, 39, was put in charge of the club's under-18 side last season following his retirement as a player.
He has been promoted to his new role after the departure of Michael Jolley, who became head coach at AFC Eskilstuna in Sweden.
"There was an opportunity to step up which the club have asked me to do and I'm happy to do it," said Duff.
"It's a nice progression into a new career and it probably happened a little bit quicker than I expected, but I'm in a good place."
Burnley's under-23 team will compete in the Professional Development League for the first time this season after the club were granted appropriate academy status.
FirstGroup has been shortlisted, alongside a joint bid from Eurostar and French firm Keolis, and another from Virgin and Stagecoach.
The franchise, which covers the route between London and Edinburgh, has been publicly run since 2009.
It is due to return to private hands in early 2015.
By Richard WestcottBBC transport correspondent
There's an irony in this list of bidders.
The government's moved the East Coast franchise to the front of the queue for privatisation because it wants the service out of public hands before the next election.
The unions are furious, claiming ministers are hell bent on off-loading the line despite the fact that it's made £640m for the government since 2009. That's more money in real terms than anyone else who's run the line.
But one of the bidders is Eurostar (with Keolis), and 40% of Eurostar is owned by a subsidiary of London & Continental Railways. And London & Continental Railways is owned by, erm, the government.
So if Eurostar and its partner win the bid, a bit of the franchise will still be, effectively, in public hands.
Now, the government has said it's selling off its bit of Eurostar, but that might not happen until 2020. Until then, they'd be a minority partner in the business.
"Giving passengers more will be at the heart of the new East Coast franchise," said rail minister Stephen Hammond.
"For our railways to continue to grow we need strong private sector partners who can invest and innovate in ways that deliver a world class service."
The government was forced to take control of the franchise after the previous operator, National Express, ran into financial difficulties.
The government says it always intended to return the route to the private sector, but transport unions have called for the franchise to remain in public ownership.
The TSSA rail union says the line has been a "success story" under public ownership.
"This is nothing short of economic vandalism by a chancellor who does not want voters to know the truth about the East Coast line - it is a public sector success story," said Manuel Cortes, the TSSA's general secretary.
"It has been the cheapest franchise to run for the past five years and it has produced the greatest return to taxpayers - over £600m."
Of the named bidders, First Group, Stagecoach and Virgin already operate UK rail routes directly.
Eurostar operates services through the channel tunnel and Keolis has a stake in Govia, which operates Southern and South Eastern.
The government says it will give the three groups a formal "invitation to tender" in February, after which they will be given at least three months to submit their bids.
The device was found in the driver's seat, National Police Commissioner Dan Eliasson said, but it was not known whether it was a bomb.
Mr Eliasson also said the suspect in custody was from Uzbekistan, 39, and known to security services.
The hijacked lorry was driven into Ahlens department store in the capital.
Four people were killed - 10 remain in hospital, including a child. Two are in intensive care.
Eyewitnesses: Lorry was 'trying to hit people'
Late on Saturday, police in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, found a "bomb-like device" in the Groenland district of the city and detained a man.
The area was cordoned off and a controlled explosion carried out. Police say further investigations are continuing.
The suspect, who was not named, was known to the security services.
However, he had only been seen as a "marginal character", Mr Eliasson said.
The head of Swedish security police, Anders Thornberg, said the suspect was "a person who has previously figured in our intelligence flow".
It is not clear if the suspect was resident in Sweden.
Mr Eliasson said police had reason to believe the suspect was the man behind the attack.
But he added: "We still cannot rule out that more people are involved."
On Saturday, there were reports of more police raids in Sweden. However, police told Reuters they had not made any further arrests.
Police say it is too early to tell what the "technical device" in the lorry was - only that "it should not be there".
"I cannot say at this stage that this is a bomb or some sort of flammable material," Mr Eliasson said.
"We are doing a technical investigation."
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has called it a terrorist attack, with borders tightened at his request.
"Terrorists want us to be afraid, want us to change our behaviour, want us to not live our lives normally, but that is what we're going to do."
"Terrorists can never defeat Sweden, never," Mr Lofven said.
"We're also determined to continue to be an open society; a democratic society."
The mayor of Stockholm, Karin Wanngard, reiterated that Stockholm was open.
"This is not an attack that's about the colour of your skin," she said.
"We can show that with good integration, with an openness and a friendly behaviour, we are stronger together and it doesn't matter where you come from."
Sweden's king, Carl XVI Gustaf, said: "We are all shaken by what has happened."
He added that those "who want to help, are more than those who want to hurt us".
"Unfortunately we've experienced many acts of violence before and we have coped and we will now too."
There will be a minute's silence in Sweden at midday on Monday to commemorate the dead.
Sweden has generally low crime rates, and has been ranked as one of the safest countries in the world.
In 2010, two bombs detonated in central Stockholm, killing the attacker - an Iraq-born Swedish man - and injuring two others.
In October 2015, a masked man who was believed to have far-right sympathies killed a teacher and pupil in a sword attack.
In February, US President Donald Trump cited a non-existent terror attack in Sweden, and blamed it on the country's asylum policy - baffling many Swedes.
Sweden has taken in nearly 200,000 refugees and migrants in recent years - more per capita than any other European country.
However, there was a drop in numbers last year after the country introduced new border checks.
Separately, Sweden is believed to have the highest number of Islamic State group fighters per capita in Europe.
About 140 of the 300 who went to Syria and Iraq have since returned, leaving the authorities to grapple with how best to reintegrate them into society.
Roger Dodds, 81, also abused colleagues while working for Sheffield City Council's education department between 1975 and 1993.
The council has been accused of failing to act and moved Dodds to a position working with schools after complaints. It said it was now "deeply sorry".
In December Dodds admitted indecently assaulting four men and a young boy.
In a statement read out in court, one of Dodds' victims said the abuse made him feel such "shame and disgust" he was unable to tell anyone for 20 years.
"His left hand started to feel its way into my right jeans pocket. When that started to happen, I just became frozen and unable to move."
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In the 1970s Dodds, of Cotswold Road, Sheffield, was responsible for providing grants to college and university students.
The court heard he had used his position to abuse teenagers, forcing students to engage in sexual acts in order to get grant payments.
He also indecently assaulted colleagues.
The court heard Dodds had shown no remorse.
Dodds had known the athlete Sebastian Coe, the court was told, and had lured a child victim by telling him he could meet him, although the meeting never happened.
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His offending went unchallenged despite his victims alerting his employers and two separate internal investigations held into allegations made against him.
In the 1980s he was investigated by Sheffield City Council following complaints from colleagues but was moved to a different council post, working with schools.
Further allegations in 1993 led to a second council investigation after which Dodds was allowed to take an early retirement package with an enhanced pension.
One employee said hearing about the complaints gave him the courage to tell managers about the abuse he had been subjected to.
The five victims were at Sheffield Crown Court to hear him sentenced.
In an impact statement read out in court, one victim said he was just 17 when he was abused by Dodds which had left him feeling such "shame and disgust" he was unable to tell anyone for 20 years.
He said: "I went in complete trust to the council buildings to pick up expenses that I needed.
"What happened to me in those council offices shaped my view about myself and other people."
One victim told the BBC he held the council responsible for the abuse he suffered.
"I was the victim of a really horrible man," he said.
"The council are so responsible. I even think at times the council are more responsible than he was. They allowed it to happen. Everyone knew. Everyone in the council knew but they chose to do nothing about it."
Another victim, Richard Rowe, who waived his legal right to anonymity, said he was subjected to "terrifying" assaults over an 18-month period.
However, he said when he told council colleagues what was happening, he was told to stay quiet.
Another man said he believed more victims might still come forward.
"We are just the tip of the iceberg," he said.
Dodds was initially arrested and interviewed in May 2008 following complaints. However, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided to take no further action against him.
Those earlier complaints were reviewed by the CPS following a new allegation in 2014 and a decision was made to charge him with all the complaints in 2016.
Sheffield City Council said it welcomed the fact Dodds had been brought to justice.
Jayne Ludlam, executive director for Children, Young People and Families, said the authority's thoughts were with the victims.
She added: "We are deeply sorry that Dodds committed these offences while working at Sheffield City Council decades ago.
"We are glad to see that, finally, such cases of historic abuse are coming before the courts, justice is being done, and victims are having their voices heard.
"Despite the fact that this happened more than a quarter of a century ago, we have accepted responsibility and would never defend the indefensible."
South Yorkshire Police said Dodds' sentencing marked the culmination of a lengthy police investigation into his behaviour over several decades.
Toxicology reports released by the local medical examiner's office record that he had a blood-alcohol content level well above Florida's legal limit.
The 24-year-old pitcher and two of his friends died on 24 September in the Miami Beach accident.
It is unclear who was driving the boat at the time.
Miami-Dade County Associate Medical Examiner Kenneth Hutchins reported that Fernandez, 27-year-old Emilio Jesus Macias and 25-year-old Eduardo Rivero had each suffered blunt force injuries to their head and body.
Macias and Rivero both had blood-alcohol levels below the state's legal limit, while Rivero had cocaine in his system, toxicology reports report.
Investigators had found evidence that the boat was speeding when it hit the jetty, according to the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office.
Fernandez was born in Santa Clara, in Cuba, and defected to Florida when he was 16, after three failed attempts. He made his debut for the Marlins in 2013.
The medication- known as Prep - has been shown in UK studies to reduce the chances of people getting HIV.
Charities claim they had expected it to start being rolled-out later this year.
But NHS England officials, who had been involved in early discussions about Prep, say providing it is not their responsibility.
Instead they say under health regulations, preventative medicine (rather than treatment) falls to individual local authorities to consider.
Meanwhile NHS England says it will offer £2m worth of funds to treat around 500 people over the next two years.
It says the money, which local authorities will be able to bid for, will help them consider the overall feasibility and cost-effectiveness of offering the drugs.
Prep (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is intended for healthy people who are at high risk of getting HIV. This would include, for example, men who have sex with multiple male partners without using condoms.
The medicine is already available to certain groups in the US, France, Israel, Canada and Kenya.
And a recent trial by the UK's Medical Research Council and Public Health England showed that giving the drugs to healthy gay men at risk, led to an 86% fall in new infections.
Charities describe the approach as a game-changer and argue the decision by NHS England fails those who are vulnerable to HIV.
Dr Michael Brady, medical director at the charity Terrence Higgins Trust, said: "For the last 18 months charities, academics and patients have been lulled into a false sense of security.
"Because NHS England has been involved in all the discussions, we had expected the drug to go to a public consultation and then be commissioned and rolled-out - with guidance - towards the end of the year.
"Pulling the plug on this process at the eleventh hour is leaving people at risk who would otherwise have been protected.
"And the bottom line is that 8 or 9 gay men are infected with HIV in the UK every day. We see people every day in clinic who we know could benefit from this.
"We know it works."
Dr Mags Portman, who worked on the UK Prep trial and is part of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV said the situation was extremely worrying.
She added: "Local authorities have already had huge cuts to their public health budgets and some could struggle.
"How will they decide who gets Prep if they can't give it to everyone who needs it?"
Prep has so-far been available to people enrolled in a research trial taking place in six cities in the UK, and can also be bought privately.
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No player is level par or under after a gruelling day played in howling rain.
United States trio Tom Lehman, Steve Flesch and Billy Mayfair are tied with Langer on one over par, along with Argentine Mauricio Molina.
Rival 2010 Ryder Cup captains Colin Montgomerie and Corey Pavin are five over par, as is the best-placed Welshman, Phillip Price.
Defending champion Paul Broadhurst is seven off the lead, but well inside the cut mark.
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The six, including three university professors, are accused of using the technology to benefit universities and companies controlled by Beijing.
One of the group, Tianjin University professor Hao Zhang, has been arrested but the rest are believed to be in China.
Alleged Chinese economic espionage has long been a concern in Washington.
According to a US Justice Department indictment, the scheme began more than a decade ago.
Prosecutors say Mr Zhang and another Tianjin University professor, Wei Pang, plotted together to steal FBAR technology from their US employers, which enable mobile phones and other devices to filter unwanted signals.
The pair and others allegedly then set up a company at Tianjin to manufacture FBARs using the stolen technology.
"The defendants leveraged their access to and knowledge of sensitive US technologies to illegally obtain and share US trade secrets with [the Chinese government] for economic advantage," said John Carlin, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security.
"Economic espionage imposes great costs on American businesses, weakens the global marketplace and ultimately harms US interests worldwide."
If convicted the six face long jail sentences, but the BBC's Barbara Plett says it is difficult to see how the bulk of the group will be prosecuted.
The striker retweeted two posts on his account @CarltonCole1 after his side's 3-0 defeat at Swansea on Saturday.
They questioned Cole's performance and used a racist term to describe him. He tweeted that how he plays has nothing to do with "race, creed or religion".
The man, 22, of Southend, is being quizzed on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.
In several tweets, Cole, 28, posted: "Listen, i take racism a lot lighter than others and i do understand the banter that comes a long with it to get under peoples skin but...
"... it can sometimes be hurtful & insulting, i don't mind when people criticise me for having a bad game or they think I'm crap at football...
"...but just say that, whether i am crap or had a bad game has nothing to do with my race, creed or religion. lets just keep it FOOTBALL. Kapeesh?"
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Oxford had dominated the race in recent times but Cambridge took an early lead.
They held their rhythm through the tricky conditions on the Thames to triumph by five seconds.
Earlier, Oxford made it four wins in a row in the Women's Boat Race as the Cambridge boat almost sank in the latter stages.
The Dark Blues successfully found the shallower, calmer waters on the Thames and were able to power to a comfortable victory.
In the men's race, Cambridge - coached by 2000 Olympic gold medallist Steve Trapmore - made the most of their height and weight advantage.
"A lot of hard work goes into this - we wanted it more," said Cambridge president Henry Hoffstot, who had been part of the losing Light Blue crews in 2014 and 2015 along with cox Ian Middleton.
"Steve and I went out on the course yesterday," said Middleton. "We knew what the conditions would be like and the guys dealt with it really well."
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In the women's race, Oxford went in as favourites and coped better with the tricky conditions.
President Maddy Badcott praised cox Morgan Baynham-Williams, who engineered a move across the river, which helped give them victory.
"We are so lucky to have Morgan - she smashed it," Badcott told BBC Sport.
"Those conditions are probably the worst I have experienced on the Tideway and I'm so glad it has worked out for us and our training paid off.
"This is probably the best team I have ever been part of and that spirit got us through the race."
"That village over there will be flooded," he points. "Monkeys, birds, Indians - we'll all lose our homes."
Over the last few months some 13,000 Munduruku have been protesting against government plans to build a series of hydroelectric dams that will flood part of their land on the upper reaches of the Tapajos river.
After a week-long meeting back in April, the caciques (chiefs) from more than 60 villages issued a statement, demanding that the government listen to them before it presses ahead with the five dams planned for the river.
Women have not traditionally been fighters among the Munduruku, but now Maria Leusa Kaba Munduruku, the leader of a new group of female warriors, says that everyone must be involved.
"The government must recognise our rights, not just those of others," she stresses.
Despite vociferous opposition from indigenous and environmental groups, construction is already well under way for the gigantic Belo Monte dam on the Xingu river.
Now the new frontier for Brazil's hydropower expansion has moved to the Tapajos River - a huge tributary to the Amazon that lies further to the west.
Opposition here is fierce as the region has some of the richest biodiversity in the world.
Adrian Barnett, a British biologist working in the area, says that - even by the high standards of the Amazon basin - the Tapajos is an area of extreme biological richness.
Of the 1,837 species of bird that occur in Brazil, 613 can be found in the Tapajos, he points out.
The government plans to award the contracts for the first of these dams, Sao Luiz do Tapajos, later this year.
Along with the next dam, Jatoba, it should come on stream by 2020.
As well as flooding 552 sq km (213 sq miles) of land, the dikes will change the river flow, disrupting the lives of indigenous and numerous fishing communities.
The dams will have an installed capacity of 8,471 megawatts and will generate as much electricity as Belo Monte.
To mitigate their environmental impact, the government is copying the oil-rig system used in the North Sea, bringing in workers by boat for two-week work shifts rather than building roads.
The authorities are adamant that they need to tap into the huge hydropower potential of the Amazon if Brazil is to have the energy to fuel its ambitious development programme.
Claudio Salles, director of the Acende Brasil energy think tank, says that of the 19,000 additional megawatts the government plans to have by 2021, 16,000 will be generated in the Amazon.
"This gives you an idea of just how important this energy is for us," he says.
But some analysts believe that Brazil needs to rethink its development plans.
Celio Bermann, a lecturer in energy and the environment at the University of Sao Paulo, says Brazil is providing big subsidies for electricity-hungry sectors, such as the smelting of bauxite in the Amazon to make aluminium, without thinking whether this is really in the country's long-term interests.
"We are exporting a tonne of aluminium for $1,450-1,500 (£855-884) while importing manufactured aluminium goods at twice the cost.
"It makes no sense. I think it is absolutely undesirable for the country's aluminium output to double over the next 10 years," Mr Bermann adds.
Brazil, he points out, is going back to being a producer of primary goods, without adding value.
"And it is precisely the production of primary goods that needs a lot of energy and generates few jobs."
Preparatory work for the construction of the Teles Pires dam to be built on the Teles Pires river, a tributary of the Tapajos, has already led to the bulldozing of land around the Sete Quedas (Seven Waterfalls) - an area considered sacred by the Munduruku and other indigenous people.
In an open letter, Munduruku leaders complained: "There are funerary urns there, where our ancient warriors are buried. There is also a portal, only seen by spiritual shaman leaders, who can travel through it to another, unknown world."
"Why have they destroyed this?" one cacique asked.
For others, however, progress cannot be halted.
Joao Francisco Vieira, a local councillor in the town of Jacareacanga, told the BBC: "The Indians don't want to go back 300 years. They want to evolve, as the river flows to the sea. They want mobile phones. They want the internet."
Maria Leusa Kaba Munduruku agrees that they want modern goods.
"But we want them while conserving our culture. That is possible and we will fight for it."
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On Sunday three suicide bombers attacked the university killing themselves and a security guard.
There has been a dramatic upsurge in violence in Maiduguri in recent months.
Boko Haram, who want an Islamic state, loosely translates from Hausa as "Western education is forbidden".
Nigerian police say that in the first attack on Sunday, a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the grounds of Maiduguri's university, killing a female security guard.
Minutes later, four female suicide bombers then attacked two villages just outside the city, killing 12 people.
The trenches are designed to make it impossible for the militants to drive into the university as well as making it harder for them to access the campus on foot.
Borno state governor Kashim Shettima is financing the trench and has asked the Nigerian government for money to fund a permanent barrier.
Mr Shettima is also releasing money to pay allowances to guards drawn from local vigilante groups, who are working with the police to patrol the area.
He said that while the university was a federal institution, it was the Borno state government's responsibility to stop the militants from achieving their aim of forcing the university's closure.
Nigeria's government has said that Boko Haram has been defeated.
But, the BBC's Martin Patience in Lagos says that, for now, the army is failing to foil or stop the attacks.
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The Island Learning Centre in Lake will relocate to Hunnyhill Primary School in Newport from September.
The centre housed two schools for students between five and 16 who are unable to access mainstream education.
Head teacher Tom Pegler said: "This has been a disastrous event for our children, who are some of the most vulnerable children on the island."
The fire broke out shortly after midnight on Friday 17 July.
Police said a school minibus had caught fire and flames spread to the building that houses two schools, Clatterford Tuition Centre and Thompson House.
Isle of Wight Council said the relocation of the centre was a "short-term solution", but that Hunnyhill would be refurbished to meet the needs of the Island Learning Centre.
Mr Pegler said: "After the devastating events of last week, I feel very grateful and pleased that we have managed, with the Isle of Wight Council, to find a workable solution to our relocation so quickly.
"I am so impressed and grateful for how the community is rallying round to ensure these children have a school to go to in September."
The Island Learning Centre will be demolished "imminently", the council said.
A 16-year-old boy from the Isle of Wight was arrested on suspicion of arson and later bailed.
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The 19-year-old lost his Olympic qualifiers semi-final but with three fighters going through to Rio he had another chance in the box-off.
Irvine was on the backfoot against Bulgarian Daniel Asenov in the first round but he won the second round.
There was split decision in the final round and Irvine won the contest on points.
Irvine was beaten by Armenia's Narek Abgaryan in the semi-finals of the European Olympic qualifying event on Friday.
The Belfast teenager forced Abgaryan to take a late standing count in the closing seconds of their flyweight fight but the Armenian took a deserved unanimous verdict in Samsun.
It will be a first Olympic appearance for Irvine, who was a silver medallist at last year's inaugural European Games.
Fellow Irish fighter David Oliver Joyce faces Turkey's Volkan Gokcek in the lightweight box-off on Sunday.
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The 26-year-old, from Bray, County Wicklow, beat Russia's Sofya Ochigava in the lightweight boxing final.
She was cheered on by thousands of excited Irish fans at the ExCeL Arena.
London 2012 is the first Olympic Games in which women have competed in the boxing ring.
President Higgins said: "She truly deserves this historic and hard earned victory; it is a just reward for her dedication and commitment over the years," he said.
The Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny, said Taylor was ''a force of nature whose pioneering spirit and boxing brilliance have seen her realise her personal dream of winning Olympic gold".
Speaking after the fight, Taylor said that when the bell rang she did not know whether or not she had won.
"I didn't know what way the scoreline went," she told the Irish state broadcaster, RTE. "It was such as close contest really, it could have went either way."
She also paid tribute to the crowd in the arena who she said had been "amazing".
Many more of her fans gathered in her home town to watch the bout on big screens.
The four-time world champion, who took up the sport at the age of 12, had been a strong favourite to take gold.
She was taught to box by her father Peter, who was 1986 Irish senior light heavyweight champion.
At the age of 15, Taylor made boxing history when she fought in Ireland's first ever officially sanctioned women's bout.
After her Olympic victory, the former world champion boxer Barry McGuigan hugged Taylor as she came out of the ring and called her "a legend".
McGuigan also said the thousands of Irish supporters inside the arena had been "incredible" and joked that there was no one left back in Ireland.
Her Olympic teammate, the Belfast boxer Paddy Barnes, tweeted: "Katie Taylor!!! Unreal!!! That is all."
Sports stars from outside the world of boxing also took to Twitter to pay tribute to Taylor.
The Republic of Ireland's international goalkeeper, Shay Given, described her as "a true Irish hero", while Bolton Wanderers footballer Fabrice Muamba tweeted: "Laying down in my hospital bed, watching Katie Taylor, She is got the best supporter. The Irish fans are unreal."
Famous faces in the ExCeL Arena audience during the fight included the Duchess of Cambridge - the former Kate Middleton - and the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.
Back in her homeland, Pastor Sean Mullarkey, from St Mark's Pentecostal church on Dublin's Pearse Street, joined a congregation of fans and churchgoers to cheer on their most famous member.
She is a devout Christian and her family have been part of the church community for about eight years.
The Olympian is well known for pointing to the heavens after her bouts and always praises God for being her "shield and her strength" in post-match interviews.
"Katie normally says 'thank you Jesus' as that's the focus of her life and that's where her heart is at," the pastor said.
One man who knows the boxer well is Glenn Jordan of the East Belfast Mission's Skainos Project, and he said he was thrilled for her.
"I know this has been the target for years for Katie and her parents Pete and Bridget," he said.
"She has shaped much of the last 10 years of her life around the Olympics - it is the culmination of so much for her."
The gold is the fifth medal for Team Ireland at London 2012.
Showjumper Cian O'Connor collected Ireland's first medal of the games on Wednesday.
The other three have all been won by boxers.
John Joe Nevin from Mulligan in County Westmeath, and Belfast fighters Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan - are guaranteed at least a bronze medal each.
All three men fight for the chance to win a place in their respective finals on Friday.
The last Irish boxer to win a gold medal was Michael Carruth in the men's welterweight boxing in Barcelona in 1992.
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Boxer Katie Taylor has "lifted the spirits of a nation" by winning Ireland's first Olympic gold medal at London 2012, Irish President Michael D Higgins has said.
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The image by Atena Farghadani depicted MPs casting votes on the proposed legislation as animals.
Ms Farghadani, 28, faces charges of spreading propaganda, insulting MPs, and insulting the supreme leader.
The laws would end decades of family planning in Iran, outlawing vasectomies and restricting contraception.
Ms Farghadani was first arrested in August 2014, when her home was raided by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, and taken to Gharchak prison.
She was released in December but was rearrested again in January after posting a video online in which she alleged that she had been beaten by prison guards and interrogated for up to nine hours a day.
Three weeks after being rearrested, Ms Farghadani went on hunger strike to protest against conditions at the prison. She was taken to hospital in late February after suffering a heart attack and briefly losing consciousness.
She has since been held in solitary confinement in Tehran's Evin Prison.
Raha Bahreini, an Iran researcher for Amnesty International, told the BBC: "We are very concerned that Atena has even been put on trial.
"She is a prisoner of conscience and she has been held solely because of her opinions and for exercising the right to free expression.
"From our point of view she must be released immediately and unconditionally."
Ms Bahreini said that her trial might be as short as just one day. If convicted of the charges, she could face up to two years' imprisonment.
The draft laws mocked by Ms Farghadani's cartoon would outlaw vasectomies for men and voluntary sterilisation for women, and restrict women's access to birth control.
The legislation was widely criticised when it was announced in March. Amnesty said that if approved by parliament, it would set women's rights in Iran back by decades.
Women's rights groups warned that restricting access to birth control risked forcing women into unsafe abortions.
Ms Farghadani's cartoon has been shared on Twitter and Facebook since her arrest using the hashtag #freeatena, and a Facebook page set up to document her case has attracted messaged of support from around the world.
Responding to the charges laid against her in an open letter to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ms Farghadani said: "What you call an 'insult to representatives of the parliament by means of cartoons' I consider to be an artistic expression of the home of our nation (parliament), which our nation does not deserve!"
An Amnesty petition calling for Ms Farghadani's release garnered 33,000 signatures and was presented at the Iranian embassy in London on Monday.
Data released for the first time, shared with BBC News, reveals the most popular locations outside London that people share with their followers.
Stonehenge, the Reading Festival and Manchester United's ground Old Trafford all appear high on the list.
Manchester was England's most Instagrammed city after central London.
The capital has previously claimed all 10 of the most photographed locations in the UK, including Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, Harrods and the Houses of Parliament.
The latest data concentrates on sites outside the capital's main tourism spots.
Instagram does not release figures for the number of times each location was photographed. However, a spokeswoman revealed its users were "twice as likely to Instagram Brighton Pier compared to the University of Oxford", which is the seventh most popular site.
Stonehenge was the second most popular location, with visitors taking selfies by the Neolithic monument in Wiltshire.
Marc Thorley, spokesman for Brighton Pier, said: "We get some really clear skies, which help create the perfect backdrop for amateur and professional photographers.
"It's an iconic place in British history, even if it hasn't been around as long as Stonehenge."
6 million
visitors a year
62,000 lightbulbs are used at night
1,200 portions of fish and chips served on a busy day
524m (1,719ft) total length
Dismaland, the dystopian theme park in Weston-super-Mare created by Banksy, ranked highly at number five, despite being only a temporary art project.
After London, Manchester was the place where the most photographs were taken in England, according to Instagram.
Birmingham, England's second biggest city for population, came fifth after Brighton, Bristol and Liverpool.
One is Dos Erres, a village in the jungle of the Peten region which was wiped from the face of the earth by soldiers in December 1982.
The other is Efrain Rios Montt, the de facto president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces at the time.
Today, the road to Dos Erres is long and riddled with potholes.
But for our guide, Luis Saul Arevalo, known as Don Saul, it was a far more arduous journey. Don Saul is a survivor of the notorious massacre, and the trip to the place where his village once stood brought back some very traumatic memories.
He points out grisly signposts along the way - a parcel of land where his friends once lived, the place where the school used to be, or perhaps worst of all, the site of the village well, where the army dumped the mutilated bodies of their victims.
Don Saul was just 25 when scores of troops came into his village. In three days of sustained torture, rape and murder the army killed at least 200 villagers. Among them were Saul's parents, his five younger brothers and sisters, and his three-year-old niece.
Don Saul was only saved because he had gone into town with his wife.
As he surveys what is now cattle-grazing land, he remembers the day he returned to the once-thriving village after the soldiers had carried out their infamous "scorched earth" policy in the search for left-wing guerrillas.
"Two weeks after the massacre, I was able to come back here. Where children had once run and played football, where you could previously hear hymns being sung in church or see birds overhead and cattle in our pastures, there was nothing. All the homes had been burned. They left nothing."
In all, six soldiers have been tried for the crimes at Dos Erres for which they received dozens of consecutive life sentences. And yet, even though it was one of the most notorious events of his time in power, the massacre did not even appear on the list of charges against Gen Rios Montt.
Rather, the former military leader was tried for genocide related to the murders of 1,771 members of the Ixil ethnic group in another part of Guatemala.
But Don Saul believes his village should have been part of the genocide case.
"It was the bloodiest year in Guatemala's history. They can't say that there wasn't genocide in Guatemala, because we gathered up the bodies of children, pregnant women, the elderly, of young women who'd been raped. I saw little children's socks stained with blood.
"By not leaving a single human being alive in this village, they committed genocide."
Barely two weeks ago, a court agreed. There had been genocide in Guatemala, the presiding Judge Jazmin Barrios said, and the then-President Rios Montt was guilty of having planned it and ordered it.
For that and other crimes against humanity he was sentenced to 80 years in prison, sending the human rights activists and victims' families in the chamber into jubilation.
But his legal team immediately sought to overturn the sentence. Earlier this week, they were successful.
The ruling was annulled and the case has been reset to where it stood on 19 April.
On that day, Gen Rios Montt's lawyer, Francisco Garcia Gudiel, was thrown out of the courtroom after accusing the judge of bias, leaving the former military leader temporarily without legal representation. Now a new verdict must be reached.
Mr Garcia Gudiel says the decision to overturn the genocide sentence was right for two reasons.
"The constitutional court ordered that there be no sentencing until after a series of appeal issues had been resolved. But the tribunal disobeyed that order and hurriedly issued their sentence. That's why we disagree with the verdict, on the one hand.
"And secondly," he adds, turning to a point of deep division in Guatemala, "we simply don't agree that there was genocide in Guatemala. In Guatemala there has never been genocide. We can't be compared with Rwanda or Yugoslavia or Nazi Germany."
The victims' families disagree.
Dona Maria Esperanza Arriaga, whose two daughters, aged four and six, were murdered in December 1982, says it has been hard watching the former military leader lodge appeal after appeal.
"This man has asked for so many appeals. But why didn't he give us the opportunity to appeal?" she asks, the tears rolling down her cheeks.
Sitting on the porch of her wooden shack in the Peten, she remembers those days vividly.
"He just ordered the army to scorch the earth. He never gave us the chance to show that we weren't guerrillas. I'd never met the guerrillas, I didn't know them."
In the municipal cemetery in the nearest small town to Dos Erres is a very forlorn-looking blue and white concrete cross next to a reconstruction of a well. Around it there is a metal fence and some tatty plastic bunting.
It is the only monument in the country to the victims of Dos Erres.
Under the terms of the Peace Accord of 1996, the government of Guatemala was supposed to build a proper monument to the dead. It never has.
As the two sides get ready for the next stage of the legal battle, once again the name Dos Erres will not feature in the list of charges against Efrain Rios Montt.
Perhaps the state of disrepair of the monument is the least of the families' concerns.
The labour market statistics showed there were 216,000 unemployed people.
This represented 8.1% of the workforce - higher than the UK average unemployment rate of 7.8%.
Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore said the figures showed the "scale of the challenge we face in getting the economy back to health".
The International Labour Organisation data showed there were 35,000 more unemployed people in the three months from March to May than during the same period last year.
The claimant count in Scotland, based on the seasonally adjusted number of people claiming Job Seeker's Allowance, fell by 600 to 133,200 between May and June.
However, this represented an increase of 5,500 compared to June 2009.
Mr Moore said it was crucial the Scottish and UK governments worked together to help those who had lost their jobs get back into work as quickly as possible.
He added: "These figures show the real human cost of the economic legacy the government has inherited.
"Our budget will tackle the record deficit and help us achieve balanced economic growth across the UK.
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"These measures will keep interest rates lower for longer and encourage investment, both of which are important for the creation of new jobs."
Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney said the figures demonstrated both the legacy of the previous UK government's handling of the public finances and the dangers of the new coalition's cuts, which he claimed were "too deep, too quick".
"Scotland is continuing to see fragile signs of recovery. Today's figures highlight a fifth consecutive monthly fall in the number of people claiming Job Seeker's Allowance, and our unemployment rate remains below many other parts of the UK such as London, Wales, the North East of England, North West, and Yorkshire and the Humber," he said.
"But today's figures again demonstrate that recovery is in its early stages - which is why the UK government is wrong to risk jobs and recovery through spending cuts that are too quick and too deep, and come on top of those already imposed on Scotland by the previous Westminster administration."
Of course to die hard fans, it never went away.
With the introduction of more accessible ways to listen to music you might be forgiven for thinking the death knell of plastic rang decades ago.
But in 2016, sales of vinyl records reached their highest level for 25 years.
The British Phonographic Industry, says the figures for last year are up 53% on those for 2015, with the late David Bowie topping the best selling artist list.
Owner of Dragon Records in Belfast Jeff Doherty who has had his shop for six years said he is seeing an increase in teenagers coming into the shop.
"There's a certain element of it becoming trendy - which is no bad thing," said Jeff.
"Before that, primarily, it was people in their 40s and 50s but it's hitting a younger age group now. Even looking at the art work on a 12-inch record, you really feel like you have something.
"As well as that, vinyl has a really nice sound to it which people are enjoying.
"Rather than buying current records, teenagers are buying The Beatles, Pink Floyd and bigger groups from the past," Jeff added.
So why have sales rocketed this year?
Walk into any number of high street shops and chances are you'll see trendy new record players, re-vamped and stylised for a new audience.
What is it about vinyl that makes it so tenacious? Is it the sound, or is it being able to hold something tangible in your hand?
Music journalist, DJ and BBC Radio Ulster presenter Stuart Bailie said there is no comparison when it comes to vinyl v digital.
"There is a better, warmer sound off vinyl and also the digital experience tends to be cheap, tinny and compressed.
"Also, you'll always remember where you bought your record, where your life was at the time and what your state of mind was when you got it.
Stuart said his 16-year-old daughter got a record player for Christmas.
"She has taken possession of my old Smiths and Pixies album and it's a lovely thing to be able to hand that over.
"The millenials are just loving vinyl - I don't think they're bothered about whether it's cool. They just love the feel, touch and sound of it.
"We're all pretty sure now it's not a fad - it's something that is going to be in it for the long haul."
"My most precious piece of vinyl is the first Clash album because I went to the gig in the Ulster Hall and got them to sign it - it's irreplaceable.
"I play Astral Weeks by Van Morrison a lot - it's a work of genius," said Stuart.
So if you have an old record player gathering dust it may be time to fire it up and stick on whatever you fancy.
It doesn't matter if it is The Everly Brothers, The Smiths, Springsteen or Ella Fitzgerald - as long as it's vinyl.
The left-back was caught in the mouth by Aberdeen striker Jayden Stockley during the first half of the 2-1 triumph at Hampden Park.
Tierney, 19, is in the Scotland squad for the home 2018 World Cup qualifier against England on 10 June.
He has indicated on social media that the win had been "worth a broken jaw".
"I think he needs an operation," Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers told BBC Scotland. "It wasn't nice, and I'll have to speak to the medics on that."
Stockley's left arm connected with Tierney as the pair turned in pursuit of an aerial clearance and the defender was replaced by Tom Rogic, who would score Celtic's winner in stoppage time.
"I'll have to see [the challenge] again," Rodgers said. "There's two challenges he's had on Kieran - there was one up at Aberdeen which was questionable.
"I'll have a look at this one, and take it from there."
Rodgers' Aberdeen counterpart Derek McInnes believes his player did not intentionally make contact with Tierney.
"Nobody even appealed for a foul," McInnes said. "Kieran Tierney is an honest boy, he's a brilliant boy how he plays the game and I think he's got his eye on the ball and just ran into Jayden.
"Jayden was under strict orders not to be flaying elbows or whatever. I think it is just an unfortunate accident. I don't think there's a foul there and not many Celtic players appealed for that either."
The 46-year-old second seed was comfortable throughout as he won each set 3-1 to make progress towards a third straight title.
Fifth seed Adrian Lewis, runner-up last year, also went through by defeating Joe Cullen 4-0.
Michael Smith, the 11th seed, edged Mervyn King 4-3.
The 26-year-old Smith let a two-set advantage slip, but overcame King 4-2 in the decider.
Benito van de Pas also had a seven-leg match, eventually winning 4-3 against Terry Jenkins, while Darren Webster saw off 17th seed Simon Whitlock 4-0.
Ian White won the day's opening match to reach the last 16, beating Jonny Clayton 4-1.
Beryl Larkin, 72, has been fighting to remain in the caravan on land at Treuddyn near Mold.
Last year, a move to demolish her home was called off when the pensioner was taken ill as the bulldozers arrived.
She has now submitted another appeal to government inspectors after Flintshire council rejected a new planning application for the mobile home.
"Our client did put in a further planning application in relation to her continued occupation at Bwthyn Celyn, " said her solicitor, Phillip Lloyd Jones.
"As you will appreciate, the local authority refused the application.
"Our client submitted a written appeal and we anticipate that the appeal will be imminent, possibly within the next two or three months, if not before."
Mrs Larkin was originally told she must leave the site in 2013, following two prosecutions for failing to comply with enforcement notices demanding her caravan was moved.
After the eviction was called off last May, the former nurse asked the council to consider another "personal" planning bid for her to stay.
But the application for a static caravan for permanent residential use, retention of septic tank, ancillary building, LPG tank and access track was refused again.
The matter will now set to be decided by the Welsh Government's' Planning Inspectorate.
The $22bn (£14bn) contract is Japan's first successful bid for an overseas nuclear project since a tsunami wrecked the Fukushima power station.
The deal was signed by visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it would transform relations with Japan into a "strategic partnership".
"What happened at Fukushima upset all of us. But these things can happen. Life goes on. Successful steps are being taken now with the use of improved technology," the Turkish prime minister added.
The deal comes as part of renewed efforts to promote Japanese nuclear technologies abroad, despite concerns over safety.
One of the Japanese firms included in the consortium is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, one of the companies behind the Fukushima plant damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Turkey is also prone to earthquakes, and the government cited Japan's expertise in earthquake protection as one of the factors in signing the deal.
The other firms are Itochu Corporation and French utility group GDF Suez.
Japan is looking to boost exports of its technological expertise as it attempts to increase economic growth and escape two decades of near stagnation.
Fast-growing Turkey, meanwhile, is planning to invest in domestic energy generation to reduce its dependence on imports as the economy expands.
The new nuclear plant will be Turkey's second. It is currently dependent on imported oil and gas to meet 97% of its energy needs.
Tettey, 30, has made 113 appearances for the Canaries since joining from French side Rennes in August 2012.
"I'm really pleased and feel privileged to be continuing my relationship with the club," he told the club website.
"Norwich have put trust and faith in me since I've been here, which is really good. It's a massive season for us and hopefully we can go on to do well."
The march began at Writer's Square and moved towards Belfast City Hall, where a rally was held.
The organisers said Northern Ireland is "out on a limb" as the only part of the UK and Ireland not to change its laws.
The Northern Ireland Assembly has debated the issue four times, and each time MLAs rejected same-sex marriage.
Saturday's demonstration was organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), Amnesty International and the Rainbow Project.
Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International's Northern Ireland programme director, was among those who addressed the rally.
He said it was "simply unacceptable for the state to discriminate against people on the grounds of their sexual orientation or gender identity".
"Amnesty International believes that states should end discrimination on this basis and instead ensure that all families are equally protected before the law," he said.
"That's why we are on the march today and why we will walk every step of the way with you and the LGBTI community, and why we will not stop until every one of us can enjoy the same rights and recognition before the law."
The singer and actress Bronagh Gallagher performed at the event, which was attended by a number of Northern Ireland politicians. The Snow Patrol singer Gary Lightbody was also present.
In a statement, the ICTU said: "In 2005, history was made when Northern Ireland became the first place in the UK to hold a civil partnership.
"Ten years later, with every other part of these islands recognising marriage equality, citizens in Northern Ireland have effectively been left behind."
The ICTU added that its members had "played a leading role in campaigning for a Yes vote in the marriage equality referendum in the Republic of Ireland".
Last month, more than 62% of the electorate in the Republic of Ireland voted to legalise same-sex marriage.
It was the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by a referendum.
Renowned Northern Ireland novelist Glenn Patterson also spoke at the rally on Saturday and alluding to the symbolism of the DeLorean car currently situated in the grounds of City Hall, asked the crowd to permit him a 'Back to the Future' moment.
"We will never forsake the blue skies of Ulster for the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet skies of the Irish Republic," he said.
"We are going to bring them here."
They show he told the 1992 Kirkwood Inquiry into child abuse he had almost no dealings with Beck from 1976-86.
But residents and staff of children's homes, a former police officer and a former council official have told the BBC the men were associates.
Lord Janner died in December. His family have denied claims against him.
Beck, a care home manager and prominent social worker, was convicted of prolific child abuse in 1991 and died in prison.
In January, an inquiry by retired judge Sir Richard Henriques into the allegations against Lord Janner concluded that there was an "abundance of evidence" that he and Beck knew each other.
Police and prosecutors believe Lord Janner, a veteran Leicester MP, used his relationship with Beck to get access to children in the city's care home system.
Lord Janner died in December last year, days after a judge had ruled his dementia made him unfit to stand trial for 22 counts of alleged child sexual abuse against nine complainants.
A "trial of the facts" had been planned to resolve whether the alleged incidents had taken place, without bringing a verdict of guilt or innocence, but this was cancelled after Lord Janner's death.
The documents, released to the BBC after a series of Freedom of Information requests, are from the files of the inquiry ordered by the government in 1992 to investigate child abuse in Leicestershire care homes in the wake of the Beck case.
Its chairman Andrew Kirkwood QC questioned Greville Janner - later Lord Janner - on 19 June 1992.
Both the transcript of this hearing and Lord Janner's statement to the inquiry have been released to the BBC in redacted form.
The transcript reveals Mr Kirkwood examined Lord Janner about the period between 1976 and 1986, when Beck resigned from Leicestershire social services.
"Your contacts with Mr Beck would have been to what extent?" he asked.
Lord Janner replied: "Nil", except on one occasion when he said Beck might have answered a phone call.
But this year's Henriques report concluded: "There was considerable evidence... that [Lord] Janner was a regular visitor to children's homes and that he had a number of dealings with Beck.
"All of this would have been supporting evidence discrediting [Lord] Janner and, thus, supporting the prosecution case."
A former police officer has described to the BBC seeing Lord Janner in Beck's office in the late 1970s.
Eight former children's home residents and staff say he visited their homes, and a former council official said Beck claimed support from Lord Janner when confronted about his treatment of children.
The Kirkwood documents detail the inquiry's attempts to examine an allegation against Lord Janner, dating back to the 1970s, that he sexually abused a boy from a care home whom he had "befriended".
The boy, as an adult in his 30s, reported the allegations to the police in 1991. They were then made public by Frank Beck at his trial that year.
These documents set out for the first time Lord Janner's detailed defence against the claims.
During the Kirkwood Inquiry hearing, Lord Janner discussed taking the boy on official visits as an MP, on a short business trip to Scotland, and swimming at the Leicester Holiday Inn hotel.
He also put the boy up in his house in London, and the pair swam in a pool belonging to one of Lord Janner's friends.
Both in his statement and cross-examination, Lord Janner strongly denied sexually abusing the boy and insisted he always asked for permission from care home staff before taking him on trips.
He said the director of Leicestershire Social Services, Dorothy Edwards, was "very positive about it and encouraged me to continue".
In his statement, he said he had intended to help the boy improve his future prospects: "A sensible, genuine and kindly effort by me."
He denied taking the boy to a friend's wedding in London.
But the Henriques report revealed that police uncovered film of the boy at the event.
The recent Leicestershire Police investigation, Operation Enamel, also gathered evidence from 32 witnesses supporting the boy's claim that he was abused by Lord Janner, including 12 dealing with events at the Holiday Inn.
The 1992 documents released to the BBC also reveal that, following his questioning by the inquiry, Lord Janner asked chairman Andrew Kirkwood if he could tell the media waiting outside that he had not been asked about allegations of child abuse against him.
Andrew Kirkwood replied: "Of course, Mr Janner."
Lord Janner left the hearing and told a BBC camera crew: "I have the chairman's permission to tell you that there was questioning about the social services and their operation, and none whatever concerning the allegations made against me."
The documents show this was not true, and the revelation that the real substance of the inquiry's questioning was withheld from the media will further fuel allegations of a cover-up.
Lord Janner was not prosecuted at the time and he rubbished the child abuse claims in the House of Commons.
He also refused to answer police questions.
The Kirkwood files will be crucial evidence for the national child abuse inquiry, chaired by Justice Lowell Goddard, which will examine the Janner case, including whether the inquiry wrongly left out allegations against Lord Janner in its final report.
Liz Dux, from the law firm Slater and Gordon who represents 16 alleged victims of Lord Janner, said the new evidence showed how "crucial" the Goddard Inquiry would be.
"All of my clients will be giving their personal testimonies before the inquiry and much of their evidence will contradict what Lord Janner said to the Kirkwood Inquiry," she said.
Leicestershire County Council said it was "fully committed to co-operating with the Goddard Inquiry".
"We worked closely with the police on aspects of their investigation that related to historic abuse involving former county council children's homes in the 1970s and 1980s," a council spokesman said.
"Since that period, the council has introduced a series of safeguards and procedures to strengthen the protection of children."
Otto Warmbier, 22, was serving 15 years of hard labour for attempting to steal a propaganda sign from a hotel.
He was sent back to the US last Tuesday on humanitarian grounds - it emerged he had been in a coma for a year.
North Korea said he had contracted botulism but his family say North Korea subjected him to "awful torturous mistreatment" in detention.
A team of US doctors have also disputed North Korea's version of events.
Mr Warmbier had suffered severe brain damage, and was medically evacuated from North Korea on 13 June to a hospital in his home city of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is unclear how he fell ill.
A statement from the family on Monday said: "It is our sad duty to report that our son, Otto Warmbier, has completed his journey home. Surrounded by his loving family, Otto died today at 2:20pm."
They said the student had been "unable to speak, unable to see and unable to react to verbal commands".
"The awful torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the North Koreans ensured that no other outcome was possible beyond the sad one we experienced today."
The economics student from the University of Virginia had travelled to North Korea as a tourist.
A month after his arrest, he appeared at a news conference tearfully confessing to trying to take a sign from his hotel as a "trophy" for a US church.
"The aim of my task was to harm the motivation and work ethic of the Korean people," he said.
Foreign detainees in North Korea have previously recanted confessions, saying they were made under pressure.
The company Mr Warmbier travelled with, China-based company Young Pioneer Tours, has announced it will no longer take visitors from the US to the country.
"The way his detention was handled was appalling and a tragedy like this must never be repeated," it said in a statement.
"Despite constant requests, we were denied any opportunity to meet him or anyone in contact with him in Pyongyang, only receiving assurances that he was fine."
North Korea said last week that it had released Mr Warmbier "on humanitarian grounds".
Shortly before he was freed, his parents told the Washington Post newspaper they had been informed by the North Korean authorities that their son had contracted botulism, a rare illness that causes paralysis, soon after his trial.
He was given a sleeping pill and had been in a coma ever since, the newspaper said.
But a team of doctors assessing him in Cincinnati said they had found "no sign of botulism".
Doctors confirmed that there was no sign he had been physically abused during his detention, based on scans.
They believe respiratory arrest led to his condition, which is caused by a lack of oxygen and blood in the brain.
President Donald Trump said Mr Warmbier's death had deepened his administration's resolve "to prevent such tragedies from befalling innocent people at the hands of regimes that do not respect the rule of law or basic human decency".
"The United States once again condemns the brutality of the North Korean regime as we mourn its latest victim," the presidential statement added.
It shows the risk of miscarriage after IVF is one-and-a-half times higher.
The study by Birmingham University could not find specific reasons why, but says it was not previously known.
The researchers analysed the success rates from nearly 14,000 cycles of IVF in what is believed to be the largest study into IVF and ethnicity.
On average 15 out of every 100 IVF pregnancies end in miscarriage across all ethnicities.
A previous study looking at IVF success affected by ethnicity found the live birth rate for ethnic minority women was significantly lower than for white women.
But is was too small to analyse specific ethnicities
Dr Rima Dhillon, one of the researchers, said: "Because their sample size was so small they were unable to separate the ethnic groups, so they combined the black women, Asian women and Chinese women all as one ethnic group which we of course know, they aren't.
"So this is the first study where we could separate the ethnicities and see there were definite differences for each ethnic group."
This study found that although the live birth rates for Asian women was reduced, when it looked at the clinical pregnancies, which is the ability to become pregnant, it found that Asian women had a similar success to white women in getting pregnant.
But Dr Dhillon says the most significant finding was that those Asian women would then lose the baby in the first trimester of their pregnancy "so we saw that south Asian women had a higher miscarriage rate".
She added: "After taking into consideration important factors than can affect miscarriage, such as a woman's age, her body-mass index or higher weight, south Asian women have up to one-and-a-half times increased chance of having a miscarriage after IVF."
The causes of the miscarriages among south Asian women are not known and a separate study is currently being done to look into the reasons why, but Dr Dhillon says she hopes her study will help medical professionals provide more tailored counselling for Asian couples considering IVF.
She said: "Essentially what we're saying is the counselling before you go for treatment needs to be more personalised.
"So, although we quote percentages and figures we tend to quote them for any woman without being ethnicity-specific.
"Whereas I think now what we need to do is explain to these women that the chances are slightly lower and what we're adding to the personalisation is that ethnicity should also be taken into consideration."
For 10 years he has been the MP for Upper Bann. With a majority of 3,361 votes he should feel more comfortable.
But he doesn't. And here's why.
The Ulster Unionist candidate is MLA Jo-Anne Dobson. The DUP says she can't win, but can take enough votes off Mr Simpson to allow Sinn Féin's Catherine Seeley to take the seat on 7 May.
That would be quite an upset.
Upper Bann has always been in unionist hands, but at the last assembly election Sinn Féin was the largest single party by a handful of votes with unionists having to choose between the DUP, UUP, TUV and UKIP.
Westminster is a different kind of election, but David Simpson said unionists have been warned.
"Let's look at the figures," he said.
"I have been accused of scaremongering that the seat could go to Sinn Féin. Let's look at the last elections, not the council elections, but the one relevant to Westminster which was the last assembly election. Sinn Féin won ahead of any other party by 29 votes. The figures are there to prove that.
"I believe that the SDLP could lose a lot of votes to Sinn Féin. Their campaign has not been going that well.
"They may say different, but their campaign has not been going that well so I think they (Sinn Féin) could take away votes from the SDLP and could come up the middle and take the seat. Remember they won it by 29 votes on the last assembly elections."
That is why the DUP wanted the Ulster Unionists to step aside and include Upper Bann in the pact that is now limited to four constituencies: East and North Belfast, Fermanagh and South Tyrone, and Newry and Armagh.
So why did the Ulster Unionists not agree? Simple. They really believe they can win in the former heartland of David Trimble and Harold McCusker.
And watching Jo-Anne Dobson walk through the centre of her home town of Banbridge, it is easy to see why.
Shoppers flock to shake hands with the 49-year-old MLA and her equally well-known mother, Joanie.
Tell her David Simpson says she can't win and the reply is instant.
"I think he needs to go back to school and study maths because this is a unionist seat," she said.
"It always has been a unionist seat and it's been an Ulster Unionist seat for a very long time. The people of Upper Bann are telling me it's been on loan to the DUP for the last 10 years. What has the outgoing MP delivered for Upper Bann?"
She said David Simpson's campaign is built on fear, not hope.
"I am fighting a positive campaign based on the hard work that I have done for this constituency," she said.
"I don't have to fight a campaign of fear and I think that says a lot for the outgoing MP."
Fighting the seat for Sinn Féin is 27-year-old Catherine Seeley.
She made headlines last year when she became the victim of an online sectarian campaign that forced her to stop teaching at a north Belfast secondary school.
But she showed her star potential shortly after when given a prominent speaking role at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, and since then she's been deputy mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council.
To some extent, she makes David Simpson's point for him when she says Upper Bann is Sinn Féin's "for the taking".
In 2010, when the Education Minister John O'Dowd was the Sinn Féin candidate, he finished just 402 votes behind the Ulster Unionists who were fighting the election jointly with the Conservative Party.
Some believe Catherine Seeley can do even better, and she is not about to play down expectations.
"You get a combination of things," she said.
"The two unionist candidates have high profiles in the area, so there is talk that it would then split the unionist vote, but I also think that in the area through John O'Dowd and our local councillors that we have delivered, and I think there are SDLP voters on this occasion who are willing to give Sinn Féin a vote.
"Definitely if I was on the sideline at the minute, this would be one of the constituencies I would be watching closely. Nothing is sewn up yet. This isn't a safe seat for anyone and it is ours for the taking."
The SDLP candidate is the party's deputy leader and MLA Dolores Kelly, whose job is to arrest a recent decline in the party's vote.
She knows it will not be easy.
"I think there is always an issue of tactical voting by the voters," she said.
"We do have an intelligent electorate. However, I have spoken to a number of people who said that they will never vote for Sinn Féin and certainly many of them would not vote for the unionist parties.
"I think this is going to be a close call in these elections . I know Jo-Anne Dobson is fighting a formidable campaign; the DUP are somewhat frightened about that."
The other candidates are Peter Lavery from Alliance, Damien Harte of the Workers Party; Amandeep Singh Bhogal representing the Conservative Party and Martin Kelly of Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol (CISTA).
Upper Bann has known long and hard battles before.
It is, after all, the constituency of the Drumcree parade dispute. Now, it is witnessing a battle of a different kind, and fought every bit as hard.
Peaty, 20, already held the 50m world record time and won European and Commonwealth titles during 2014.
He finished in 57.92 seconds, beating the previous mark of 58.46 set by South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh at the London 2012 Olympics.
"I kind of surprised myself," Peaty told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I was going to wait until Kazan [World Championships] to produce that time and I can't really believe it.
"I just dived in hoping for a 58 really and I have to say a big thank you to my family for supporting me."
Scotland's Ross Murdoch finished second in 59.13 secs with James Wilby third in one minute 0.31 secs.
Murdoch's time is a new Scottish record and automatically qualifies the 21-year-old for the World Championships later this year.
Francesca Halsall, who was a surprise second in the 100m freestyle earlier in the week, claimed a comfortable victory in the 50m event.
England's Commonwealth and European champion secured her 10th British 50m freestyle crown in 24.37 secs, with Lauren Quigley (25.22) second and Rebecca Guy (25.49) third.
"To win 10 titles and be the best in Britain is fantastic," Halsall told BBC Sport.
"My preparation hasn't been great [due to a shoulder injury] but I'm quicker than I was at this time last year, so that's really good."
Scottish Commonwealth gold medallist Dan Wallace defeated England's Roberto Pavoni and Lewis Smith in the 400m individual medley.
However, his time of four minutes 12.78 secs was not quick enough to guarantee him a place in the World Championship team.
"I'm not where I or British Swimming would like me to be in terms of time at the moment," said Wallace.
"However, I usually get stronger as the season goes on, so hopefully the selectors will see that."
Ben Proud added 50m freestyle gold to the 50m butterfly title he won on Thursday.
The Plymouth-based swimmer touched in 21.99, to beat team mate Thomas Fannon (22.48) who was second and third-placed Andrew Weatheritt (22.50).
Sophie Taylor - the Commonwealth 100m breaststroke champion - won the British title in the same event for the second year running.
However, despite touching ahead of Sarah Vasey and Molly Renshaw, she finished in tears after missing out on the time to guarantee her place at the Worlds.
Loughborough-based Rachael Kelly successfully defended her British 100m butterfly title, beating Jemma Lowe and Siobhan-Marie O'Connor.
The British Championship is the first elite swimming event to be held at the London Aquatics Centre since the 2012 Olympics.
First Bus appealed against a court ruling, won by a disabled man from West Yorkshire, that the firm's wheelchair policy was discriminatory.
Doug Paulley, 36, was denied access to a First bus to Leeds when a woman with a pushchair refused to move.
The Court of Appeal overturned a Leeds County Court judgement in his favour.
Mr Paulley had attempted to board the bus in Wetherby to visit his parents in Leeds in February 2012.
But he was told to wait for another one when the woman with the pushchair refused to move because her baby was asleep.
First's policy was one of "requesting but not requiring" non-disabled travellers, including those with babies and pushchairs, to vacate space needed by a wheelchair user.
In September, a county court judge said the firm's policy was in breach of the Equality Act 2010.
Mr Paulley was awarded £5,500 damages.
But earlier, judges at the Court of Appeal ruled the "proper remedy" for wheelchair users to get improvements in such cases was to ask parliament.
Lord Justice Lewison said: "The judge seems to me to have thought that the needs of wheelchair users trumped all other considerations.
"If that is what he meant, I respectfully disagree."
Clive Coleman, legal correspondent, BBC News
The net effect of this ruling is that if someone refuses to move from that designated, disabled, wheelchair-user bay on a bus or train then that is that.
The disabled wheelchair user will simply have to wait for the next bus or train.
Doug Paulley's lawyers have already sought a leave to appeal to the supreme court, the highest court in the land, for them to make a ruling on an issue which is of enormous importance to many, many disabled people in particular.
Lord Justice Underhill said: "It has to be accepted that our conclusion and reasoning in this case means that wheelchair users will occasionally be prevented by other passengers from using the wheelchair space on the bus.
"I do not, however, believe that the fact that some passengers will - albeit rarely - act selfishly and irresponsibly is a sufficient reason for imposing on bus companies a legal responsibility for a situation which is not of their making and which they are not in a position to prevent."
Lady Justice Arden she did not underestimate the difficulties of travel for wheelchair users "or their frustration at the pace of change".
Andy Cole, of Leonard Cheshire Disability said, the charity was disappointed with the judgement and it did not provide "clarity and certainty for disabled bus passengers that the space they need will definitely be made available".
Mr Cole said if the case moved to the Supreme Court he hoped any judgement would provide that certainty.
The New West End Company, which represents 600 retailers in the area, said stores could earn more than £100m over the next three days.
It said 50% of Boxing Day shoppers in the capital were tourists, with most coming from China, the Middle East and the US.
Selfridges said it had taken in more than £2m in an hour - a new record for the retailer.
It said it expected 130,000 shoppers to visit its flagship store on Oxford Street.
Campaigners argue they need to be preserved because they support biodversity and also store carbon.
Scottish Natural Heritage's National Peatland Plan highlights actions to protect, manage and restore peatlands.
The Flow Country in Caithness and Sutherland is Europe's largest area of blanket bog peatlands, extending to 1,544 sq miles (4,000 sq km).
Peat is found across large parts of Scotland, storing an estimated 3,000 megatonnes of carbon as well as providing a habitat for a range of wild animals and plants.
Dr Aileen McLeod, Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, welcomed the release of the plan.
She said: "Scotland is a peat-rich nation, and our peatlands are now recognised globally for their outstanding biodiversity and carbon storage.
"I am delighted to see the publication of a plan which sets out what we are doing, and where we are heading, in our programme to conserve and restore peatlands and so support the multiple benefits they deliver.
"I thank the many organisations and individuals who have contributed to the plan which sets a firm foundation for action."
Ms McLeod added: "I am also greatly heartened by the significant roles played by land managers and non-government organisations in improving the state of our peatlands."
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has described peatlands as a "Cinderella habitat" which has been "overlooked and undervalued".
Jonathan Hughes, of IUCN UK, said: "Scotland's National Peatland Plan is a vital to tackling the globally important issue of peatland conservation.
"We urgently need to convert peatlands from a liability to an asset. Healthy peatlands can lock up carbon, support wildlife, regulate water flow and improve water quality - but only if we make an investment to restore them.
"We must all play our part but clear leadership from the Scottish government with the right policies and funding in place is essential if people are to be empowered to look after Scotland's peatlands and appreciate their true benefits to society."
When the unidentified woman died in a Singapore hospital early on Saturday, the victim of a savage rape on a moving bus in the capital, Delhi, it was time again, many said, to ask: why does India treat its women so badly?
Female foetuses are aborted and baby girls killed after birth, leading to an appallingly skewed sex ratio. Many of those who survive face discrimination, prejudice, violence and neglect all their lives, as single or married women.
TrustLaw, a news service run by Thomson Reuters, has ranked India as the worst G20 country in which to be a woman. This in the country where the leader of the ruling party, the speaker of the lower house of parliament, at least three chief ministers, and a number of sports and business icons are women. It is also a country where a generation of newly empowered young women are going out to work in larger numbers than ever before.
But crimes against women are rising too.
With more than 24,000 reported cases in 2011, rape registered a 9.2% rise over the previous year. More than half (54.7%) of the victims were aged between 18 and 30. Most disturbingly, according to police records, the offenders were known to their victims in more than 94% of the cases. Neighbours accounted for a third of the offenders, while parents and other relatives were also involved. Delhi accounted for over 17% of the total number of rape cases in the country.
And it is not rape alone. Police records from 2011 show kidnappings and abductions of women were up 19.4%, women being killed in disputes over dowry payments by 2.7%, torture by 5.4%, molestation by 5.8% and trafficking by an alarming 122% over the previous year.
The Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen has estimated that more than 100m women are "missing" worldwide - women who would have been around had they received similar healthcare, medicine and nutrition as men.
New research by economists Siwan Anderson and Debraj Ray estimates that in India, more than 2m women are missing in a given year.
The economists found that roughly 12% of the missing women disappear at birth, 25% die in childhood, 18% at the reproductive ages, and 45% at older ages.
They found that women died more from "injuries" in a given year than while giving birth - injuries, they say, "appear to be indicator of violence against women".
Deaths from fire-related incidents, they say, is a major cause - each year more than 100,000 women are killed by fires in India. The researchers say many cases could be linked to demands over a dowry leading to women being set on fire. Research also found a large number of women died of heart diseases.
These findings point to life-long neglect of women in India. It also proves that a strong preference for sons over daughters - leading to sex selective abortions - is just part of the story.
Clearly, many Indian women face threats to life at every stage - violence, inadequate healthcare, inequality, neglect, bad diet, lack of attention to personal health and well-being.
Analysts say deep-rooted changes in social attitudes are needed to make India's women more accepted and secure. There is deeply entrenched patriarchy and widespread misogyny in vast swathes of the country, especially in the north. And the state has been found wanting in its protection of women.
Angry citizens believe that politicians, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, are being disingenuous when they promise to toughen laws and speed up the prosecution of rapists and perpetrators of crime against women.
How else, they ask, can political parties in the last five years have fielded candidates for state elections that included 27 candidates who declared they had been charged with rape?
How, they say, can politicians be believed when there are six elected state legislators who have charges of rape against them?
But the renewed protests in Delhi after the woman's death hold out some hope. Has her death come as an inflexion point in India's history, which will force the government to enact tougher laws and people to begin seriously thinking about the neglect of women?
It's early days yet, but one hopes these are the first stirrings of change.
The 31-year-old has moved to Sixfields on a free transfer after making 26 appearances for the Shakers last term.
Ex-Luton, West Brom and Wigan defender Barnett has played more than 300 senior matches and has signed following the departures of Zander Diamond, Gabriel Zakuani and Rod McDonald.
"Northampton are a team going forward," Barnett told BBC Radio Northampton.
"I think (manager Justin Edinburgh) is trying to bring more experience at the back, that physical presence and hopefully I can bring that to the team and help them push up the table."
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Antofagasta was up 5.8%, Glencore climbed 5%, while Anglo American was 4.3% higher.
Shares in airlines fell as confidence among investors was affected by news of more security alerts and the police operation in Paris.
British Airways owner IAG fell 3.2%, while easyJet was down 0.9%.
Outside the FTSE 100, UK Mail shares fell 12.1% after poor half-year results.
The delivery company reported pre-tax profits of £2.2m, down from £12m a year ago, and warned that its expectations for the next financial year "have softened slightly".
Nerves returned to global stock markets as worries about international security increased.
On Tuesday, a football match between Germany and the Netherlands was cancelled, while two Air France planes heading to Paris from the US were diverted because of security threats.
Investors were also eyeing developments in Paris, where armed police raided a flat in the suburb of Saint Denis in an operation linked to Friday's attacks.
Stock markets were lower across Europe, with France's Cac 40 index down 0.6% at 4,906.72, while Germany's Dax index dropped 0.1% to 10,959.95.
On the currency markets, the pound spiked briefly after Bank of England deputy governor Ben Broadbent said markets should look at how the UK's economy was performing, rather than "focus obsessively" on the Bank's forecasts.
The recent Inflation Report from the Bank was interpreted as pushing the prospect of a rate rise back to late 2016 or even early 2017.
However, Mr Broadbent's comments were seen as suggesting a rise could come earlier, and the pound jumped half a cent against the dollar in response.
However, the gains did not last, with the pound unchanged against the dollar at $1.5208, and up very slightly against the euro at €1.4304, in late afternoon.
Burns will defend his WBA super-lightweight title against IBF world champion Julius Indongo on 15 April.
But Hearn wanted him to face a less dangerous foe.
"It's not wrong for him because he can't win the fight, it's just that there were easier options for more money," Hearn said.
"That's why you have to admire him, because he doesn't care about the money, he cares about creating a legacy, about creating history. That's inspirational."
Burns could have defended his world title against the American Paulie Malignaggi, but as soon as Indongo won the IBF belt against Eduard Troyanovsky in Russia, Burns wanted to face the Namibian.
The contest, at The Hydro in Glasgow, will be the first time a unification bout - when each opponent is putting a world title at the same weight on the line - will be held in Scotland.
"To get a unification fight in this division is very difficult, because it's either Terence Crawford [the WBC and WBO super-lightweight champion] or this guy," said Hearn.
"This was one we targeted and, in the meantime, the Malignaggi fights and other fights came up who were bigger names but were easier.
"I'm going to Ricky Burns and saying, 'you can fight this guy for x money or this horrible nightmare for less money, what do you want to do?'.
"And he said, 'I'll fight the horrible guy for less money'. So I thought I'd better phone Alex [Morrison, his manager] to talk him out of this.
"Alex agreed with me 100%, as any advisor would do. He phoned me back 10 minutes later and said, 'it's a complete waste of time, I've spoken to him and this is the only fight he wants'.
"It's a 50/50 fight. You'd like to think Indongo would fold, coming to Glasgow and the crowd, but he just went to Russia and knocked out the champion.
"But Ricky knows what he's doing. He's been around a long time."
Hearn believes that a Burns victory would immediately open up the opportunity of a rematch with Crawford, who defeated the Scot in 2014, with the American's promoters already having made contact with him.
Burns himself, though, is wholly focused on the prospect of facing Indongo and the challenges of preparing for the fight when so little video footage is available of the Namibian.
"I know that it's a much harder fight, a riskier fight, but the rewards are going to be so much better," Burns said. "I've taken the risk, so we'll soon find out.
"There have been a few times in my career when I've proved to myself and to other people that, when I'm up against it, when people are writing me off, that's when I'll always perform to my best.
"Fingers crossed that this is another one of those situations.
"He's tall, big long arms, southpaw. It's going to be a hard fight."
Burns said that his trainer, Tony Sim "has brought in sparring partners who are quite similar, so we're getting the best preparation that we can".
"I'm confident of getting the win," he added.
Tries early in the second half by full-back Matthew Morgan and wing Alex Cuthbert put the Blues in control after a tight opening 40 minutes.
A much-changed Bath side put up a fight in the first half but had only Tom Homer's penalty to show for it against three by Steven Shingler.
Scott Andrews' late opportunist try emphasised Blues' superiority.
The win saw Blues open a five point lead at the top of Pool Four and they face Bath again on Thursday, 15 December at the Recreation Ground.
The Welsh region dominated the early stages with Shingler nailing two early kicks before Homer hit-back for Bath.
The under-strength English visitors had their chances, with England wing Semesa Rokoduguni going close.
Former Scarlets fly-half Shingler kicked a third penalty but another long-range effort fell short and Bath survived a Blues breakout led by Rey Lee-Lo and Alex Cuthbert which saw Josh Navidi hauled down just short of the try line on the stroke of half-time.
Blues head coach Danny Wilson said: "We've come of age a little bit in terms of maturity and game plan today.
"We've played a kicking game and fed off their loose kicks with Matthew Morgan, so it's a pleasing pleasing result in very difficult conditions at a time when we needed a win.
"We've taken a lot of criticism that we haven't defended well but that was a good shift today to hold that team to three points."
Cardiff Blues: Matthew Morgan; Alex Cuthbert, Rey Lee-Lo, Willis Halaholo, Blaine Scully; Steven Shingler, Lloyd Williams; Rhys Gill, Kristian Dacey, Taufa'ao Filise, George Earle, James Down, Seb Davies, Sam Warburton (capt), Josh Navidi.
Replacements: Matthew Rees, Brad Thyer, Scott Andrews, Jarrad Hoeata, Kirby Myhill, Tomos Williams, Nicky Robinson, Cory Allen.
Bath: Tom Homer; Semesa Rokoduguni, Max Clark, Ben Tapuai, Jack Wilson; Dan Bowden, Darren Allinson, Beno Obano, Ross Batty, Max Lahiff, Charlie Ewels, Elliott Stooke, Matt Garvey (capt), Tom Ellis, Paul Grant.
Replacements: Jack Walker, Nick Auterac, Kane Palma-Newport, Guy Mercer, Michael van Vuuren, Will Homer, Adam Hastings, Jeff Williams.
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)
Both the Scottish Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats set out how they will help rural businesses.
Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy met young apprentices in Cumbernauld.
And in Midlothian, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has explained how the party will boost opportunities for women.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson visited a farm in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire.
Ms Davidson outlined her party's rural action plan, including a pledge to give rural communities a "fair break".
The Scottish Conservatives have called for freedom of contract between tenant farmers and those in a position to let land, and the removal of restrictions which limit land tenancy agreements.
The party believe this policy will ensure better use of land across Scotland.
Jo Swinson of the Liberal Democrats joined Argyll and Bute candidate Alan Reid at a local farm shop to promote her party's record in government on helping businesses.
Ms Swinson said Labour and SNP economic plans, and proposed Conservative cuts pose a grave threat to the future funding of the NHS and other public services in Scotland.
Meanwhile, Mr Murphy visited the Scottish Power Training Centre in North Lanarkshire and said Labour would invest £1bn to help young people, including free bus travel for Scottish apprentices.
Mr Murphy said the package would be funded through "fair taxes", such as a tax on bankers' bonuses.
The party also pledged a guaranteed job or training for all Scots aged between 18 and 24, free university tuition and a £100m investment in Scotland's colleges.
Ms Sturgeon explained how the SNP would boost opportunities for women through a "modest increase" in public spending when she set out her party's policy, as she joined Midlothian candidate Owen Thompson at an after-school club in Loanhead.
Ms Sturgeon said the SNP's ''50:50 by 2020" pledge will urge all public, private and third sector bodies to achieve a 50:50 gender split on boards by 2020.
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Bob Semple, 64, said he was "incredibly grateful" to all those who had supported his family - and to United Arab Emirates forces who freed him.
He was kidnapped in February last year, with the UAE state news agency saying he was held by al-Qaeda.
The oil industry worker from Southampton said he planned to enjoy some "much-missed time with my family".
On Sunday, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said a British national, now known to be Mr Semple, had been "extracted by UAE forces in a military intelligence operation".
In a statement issued through the Foreign Office, Mr Semple said: "My wife Sallie and I want to thank all the people who supported us through this ordeal: especially the Foreign Office, Hostage UK, the police, our family, friends and well wishers, and the UAE forces who secured my release.
"We are incredibly grateful to you all.
"We would also like to thank the media for showing restraint during my 18 months in captivity, and I ask that this continues, allowing me to enjoy some valuable and much-missed time with my family.
"It is great to be home."
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said Mr Semple had been working in Hadramawt, a remote province in eastern Yemen, when he was bundled into a car at gun point.
The full extent of the 25-year-old NFL star's injuries are unclear.
Newton was seen smiling before being placed into an ambulance in a neck brace after the accident in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Panthers tweeted: "Cam is in fair condition and undergoing tests. He will remain in hospital for observation."
Police said a black pick-up truck driven by Newton had overturned, with debris scattered over the road surface near Carolina's Bank of America Stadium.
The roof of the truck was caved in and another car that appeared to be involved in the crash had front-end damage.
Newton was taken to the Carolinas Medical Center for treatment.
The Panther statement added: "Further testing revealed that Cam has two process fractures in his lower back and no further internal injuries."
Newton, the number one overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft, has missed only one game this season.
Newton has one year left on his rookie contract after the Panthers picked up a £9.6m ($15m) option for 2015.
The Panthers are third in the NFC South, having won four, lost eight and tied one. They are next in action against Tampa Bay on Sunday.
Edward Hedley was found at his home in Newcastle in December 2012 in an emaciated state and suffering from extreme pressure sores. He later died.
His son, William Hedley, denied neglect but was found guilty on 2 February, after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court.
The 64-year-old was jailed for 18 months.
The trial heard police were called to the pair's home in Royal Crescent by the ambulance service on Christmas Eve 2012, after William Hedley became obstructive and would not allow his father to be taken to hospital.
Once Edward Hedley arrived in hospital his frail condition led to police being called.
Following his death on 12 January 2013 a post-mortem examination found he had died as a result of neglect.
William Hedley was convicted of being a carer who ill treated/willfully neglected a person without capacity.
Following sentencing, Det Ch Insp Jackie Coleman, of Northumbria Police, said: "There had been numerous attempts from Newcastle Council to provide assistance for Edward Hedley over a sustained period of time, but his son had stubbornly resisted all attempts, despite the best efforts of the local authority.
"It is difficult to believe that in this day and age that an elderly person, supposedly under the care of his family, could have died because they had been so neglected.
"It is sad to say that is what has happened in this most unusual case."
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The post has received hundreds of comments asking if it was a joke and complaining Northumbria Police should be concentrating on "serious crimes".
A number of people mentioned attacks, thefts and anti-social behaviour they thought the force should deal with instead.
The force said it took all reports of crime seriously.
The appeal was put on its Facebook page on Thursday.
Within in an hour 150 people had replied, calling it "ridiculous", a "waste of time and money" and a "late April fool".
One comment, from Tracy Harman, said the post seemed "a little trivial".
"To see this after hundreds of pounds worth of stuff was stolen from my car and never recovered, with the case closed pretty quickly as unsolved, is a bit much. It might have helped to have this kind of appeal."
A few comments hoped the post had been intended "to show everyone the stupidity of what some people actually report to the police and expect them to deal with".
Pauline McIntosh said she was "glad they have a sense of humour" and that it had made her day.
By 12:30 BST on Friday the original post had received nearly 600 comments and had been shared more than 1,000 times.
The force spokesman said: "We have received some interesting comments that we will learn from.
"As our communities should expect, we take all reports of crime seriously and victims are our main priority when we set about solving them.
"Indeed, the interest this current issue has generated demonstrates how effective social media can be in reaching large audiences very quickly.
"The appeal regarding the stolen towel was very much intended to be a local request for information so we didn't expect quite so much interest from so far afield.
"We realise we seem to have kicked sand in our own face and so we may have to ride the wave on this one as we continue to try and find the best ways to use social media to generate interest and information to help solve crimes."
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Neil Woodford, who set up his own investment firm last year, said the concept was "fundamentally flawed" and he expected the "stresses and strains" in the area to continue to increase.
"In a very simple sense pretending that Greece was Germany is a fundamental error," he told BBC World News.
He also said uncertainty over Britain's EU membership could hit the UK economy.
The Conservative Party has promised to hold an in-out referendum on the UK's continuing membership of the EU if it wins this year's general election.
The referendum would be held only after David Cameron, if he is still prime minister after May, had attempted to renegotiate the terms of the UK's membership of the EU.
"The likelihood of a referendum, I think, will put a brake on external investment, international investment in the UK... it will create uncertainty," Mr Woodford told the BBC's Hardtalk programme.
Mr Woodford is considered in the industry as one of the country's best-performing fund managers.
He gained fame during his 25-year career at Invesco Perpetual, for taking a long term view on investments.
One of the best-known examples of his strategy was refusing to invest in the dotcom boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Neil Woodford made his reputation with Invesco Perpetual, but left last year to launch his own investment fund: Woodford Investment Management.
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The former Birmingham City full-back, who returned to Shropshire for a second spell with Shrewsbury in 2015, has made more than 400 appearances in his nine-club professional career.
Ex-England Under-19 international Sadler, 31, has also played for clubs such as Walsall, Crawley and Rotherham.
The club have also given a new 12-month deal to young goalkeeper Shaun Rowley.
All lines in the Portsmouth area, along with those between Surbiton and Effingham Junction, will be shut on Saturday and Sunday.
It means no trains will stop at Cosham Station, close to Portsmouth's Mutiny Festival venue.
Organisers warned only a "limited bus replacement" service will be operating.
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Network Rail and South West Trains urged passengers to check their journeys in advance, because of the "essential" track renewal work at Portcreek Viaduct and maintenance work between Surbiton and Effingham Junction.
Headline acts at Mutiny Festival, which will be held on Saturday and Sunday and is expected to attract 30,000 people, include 50 Cent and Chase and Status.
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YouTube Red costs $9.99 (£6.50) a month and offers an ad-free experience that includes feature-length films and other clips from the vloggers and channels.
However, analysts have doubts about how many users will be willing to pay for access, having become accustomed to getting it for free.
The service will initially only be available in the US.
Gillian Lavery, 43, was cleaning Tom Winter's flat in Clydebank when the incident happened on 16 February 2016.
He had arranged to have sex with a younger woman but when she did not turn up he told Ms Lavery: "I have already taken my Viagra. You are doing it."
A jury found her not guilty after accepting she acted in self defence.
Ms Lavery's trial at the High Court in Glasgow heard that she had been acting as a cleaner for the pensioner and both had known each other for a number of years.
Winter said that they had had sex together on three or four occasions during that time.
He told the court that on the day of the attack, Ms Lavery had called to say she was going to visit him and he believed she was coming to his flat for sex.
But he said he told her to get out after she mentioned that she was expecting a friend.
Winter claimed he then walked out in front of Ms Lavery before being repeatedly struck with a hammer.
Photographs of the OAP after the incident showed him with bruising to his head, face, arms and legs.
Under cross-examination, Winter admitted that he had also been expecting "a mystery woman" to turn up that day.
He told the jury: "Gillian said she was bringing someone up...if the mystery woman did not turn up, I would have sex with Gillian with her consent."
During her evidence, Ms Lavery admitted that she had previously had sex with Winter and that she had been at his flat when he had sex with other women.
The accused said the pensioner asked her to visit that day as a woman called Sarah was coming up and she could make her "feel comfortable".
But she recalled Winter became "angry" when the woman did not show up.
Ms Lavery told the court: "He said that he had already taken his tablet...his Viagra."
She said Winter then told her: "You are not going anywhere. She is not here, so you are doing it."
Ms Lavery said she tried to flee from the flat but the pensioner hit her with a walking stick.
She said she hit him with a hammer that had fallen from a table to "get him off me" before fleeing.
Ms Lavery was cleared of attempted murder after the jury took just half an hour to find her not guilty.
The papers report that two 19-year-olds are being questioned by police.
Mr Miskelly, who had been on a night-out on Saturday, was found dying on Bangor Road, Newtownards, early on Sunday morning following a suspected assault.
Paramedics were unable to save him
The Mirror quotes a childhood friend who said he was "a nice big fella" who "loved a good time".
The Telegraph cites a floral tribute left by Mr Miskelly's family, calling him their "one and only".
Time is ticking by and we are down to the last few days before the polls open. Election fever is hotting up.
The Belfast Telegraph's front-page headline reads: "Fear of SF majority 'is hitting UUP vote.'"
In what it bills an exclusive, the paper says voters are abandoning the Ulster Unionists to back the DUP over fears that Sinn Féin could become the biggest party at Stormont.
Veteran councillor Jim Rodgers claims "project fear" over Sinn Féin topping the poll is costing the UUP votes.
However, Councillor Alex Baird says there is no evidence in his constituency of people switching parties.
The Irish News leads with the story that a unionist-dominated council could be risking £2.5m European funding because it has refused to include nationalist politicians on a committee.
The paper reports that Lisburn & Castlereagh's committee is made up of eight unionist and two Alliance councillors but none of the council's four SDLP representatives feature.
The Irish News says a letter sent by the Special EU Programmes Body to the council reveals that the council turned down a request to expand its political representation to "fully reflect the spirit of the objectives of the Peace Programme".
The paper quotes Sinn Féin finance minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir who says that the council's "refusal to include both political traditions in its partnership is completely unacceptable".
SDLP councillor Pat Catney calls the council's position "an absolute disgrace".
It means funding of £2.5m for children and children's services is being stalled, he said, putting the blame firmly with the DUP.
The council said it was considering matters and working to find a solution.
The News Letter is also well and truly in election mode.
It leads with a call from Mervyn Gibson, grand secretary of the Orange Order, for fresh legislation surrounding parading.
The issue of parades needs to be part of any talks following the election, Rev Gibson tells the paper.
He claims the law, as it stands, is "fundamentally flawed and biased against parades".
The Telegraph also features the story of a Sinn Féin Strictly show featuring the dance moves of north Belfast MLA Gerry Kelly and his wife to the strains of Roxanne by the Police.
The paper says that at one point, Mr Kelly and Paul Maskey took to the stage in fancy dress to perform to Elton John's Crocodile Rock - a joke inspired by DUP leader Arlene Foster's dismissal of Sinn Féin's demand for an Irish language Act.
"If you feed the crocodile it will keep coming back for more," she said.
And finally, the Irish News reports on new "Dead Interesting" tours at Dublin's Glasnevin ceremony.
You can hear the story of the woman who died once, but was buried twice and you can stand at the grave of the last Irish winner at Wimbledon.
There is also the chance to pay your respects to one Frank de Groot.
He dramatically cut the ribbon and opened Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932... the only problem was that he was not meant to do so.
They say the social affairs minister's actions breached government regulations on tobacco promotion.
However, Khofifah Indar Parawansa said she distributed the cigarettes as a goodwill gesture, reports said.
Indonesia is estimated to have more than 50 million smokers.
It is thought to be the world's fifth-largest tobacco market.
High levels of smoking among children in particular have added to concerns about the state of the nation's health.
Ms Khofifah is reported to have handed out gifts, including cigarettes, on a recent visit to an under-developed part of central Sumatra.
Campaigners have threatened Ms Khofifah with legal action unless she apologises within two weeks.
"The social affairs minister was deliberately ignoring public health by distributing free cigarettes," Tulus Abadi, operational manager at the Indonesian Consumers Foundation, was quoted as saying by the Jakarta Globe.
The newspaper said the minister was visiting the indigenous tribe to express her condolences for the death of 11 people who had died of starvation.
"Whatever the reasoning was, it is incomprehensible that a high official would distribute cigarettes to her own people," Mr Tulus said.
"It would have been more becoming if money spent on the cigarettes had instead been used to buy basic necessities or other useful things."
But Ms Khofifah is reported to have argued that the free cigarettes were "just a way to get on the good side of the locals".
"I don't want to argue but you'd better go there yourself. Greet them and ask them about their culture. Do not see things from a Jakarta-centric perspective," she was quoted by Merdeka.com as saying.
The foundation argues that her actions in distributing the cigarettes are "in direct violation" of 2012 government regulations on tobacco control, which disallow free distribution and discounts for tobacco products.
The BBC's South Asia editor Jill McGivering says that pictures of the cigarette distribution sparked a heated debate after they began circulating on the internet.
The baby was treated by paramedics at about 01:00 GMT on Sunday at a property on Charles Street, Blackpool.
The victim "remains very poorly" at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool, police said.
Tomasz Raszkiewicz, 32, of Central Drive, Blackpool has been remanded in custody to appear before Blackpool Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
A 34-year-old woman who was arrested on suspicion of wounding has been released on bail.
Two other men arrested as part of the investigation were released with no further action.
Thirty-three people were killed by the UVF bomb attacks.
Speaking in a BBC documentary to be broadcast on Monday night, Mr Paisley said the Irish government effectively brought the attacks on themselves.
Mr Paisley's successor as first minister, Peter Robinson, said the only people responsible were the bombers.
"The people responsible for terrorist actions are terrorists," Mr Robinson said.
"Those responsible for priming the bomb, placing it and killing 33 people."
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt said he was "absolutely shocked" by Mr Paisley's comments.
Talking about the Dublin and Monaghan bombs in the documentary, Mr Paisley said: "I was shocked, very much shocked, that there was anyone going to be hurt in that way.
"But, I mean, who brought that on them? Themselves, it was their own political leaders... at that time the attitude of the south government to Northern Ireland was ridiculous."
Mr Nesbitt said: "When we criticise the re-writing of history, this is precisely the type of comments which we mean.
"The people responsible for the murder of 33 people in Dublin and Monaghan in 1974 were the terrorists who planned and planted the bombs."
Mr Robinson also challenged Mr Paisley's account of the so-called "invasion of Clontibret".
In August 1986, Mr Robinson led a large group of loyalists into the County Monaghan village in protest against what he claimed were inadequate security measures along the Irish border following Margaret Thatcher's signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
The agreement had given the Republic of Ireland a constitutional role in the affairs of Northern Ireland for the first time.
In the documentary, Mr Paisley said the protest, which resulted in disorder, damage and a fine for Mr Robinson, "shouldn't have been done".
When asked if there was a feeling within his family then that Mr Robinson was making a leadership challenge - Mr Paisley was out of the country at the time - he replied: "Everybody has a right to decide for themselves what their answer to that is.
"I think he (Mr Robinson) thought that there was going to be a tremendous uprising as a result of all that, and that didn't happen."
Mr Paisley added: "He did it and he must take account for it and it's so unimportant, you know, in the light of what was happening. It was only like a fella scratching a match and the match burns out, and that's when he throws it away."
Speaking in Dublin on Friday, Mr Robinson said Mr Paisley's account was "a failure of recollection".
He said that Mr Paisley "was the one who had agreed to go to Clontibret".
"He had to leave to go to a funeral in the US and I stepped in as his deputy into the Clontibret arrangement," said Mr Robinson.
Mr Paisley made his comments in a BBC documentary looking at the former politician's journey from a firebrand preacher to his role as Northern Ireland's first minister.
On the Bloody Sunday shootings in Londonderry in 1972, when 13 people were shot dead by the Army, he said: "I was very angry that that's what it had come to.
"I felt it was a very dangerous thing, and then the attempt to cover it for what it was not.
"The inquiry afterwards proved that some of these people had neither weapons, nor were they using weapons. They were just making a protest within the law."
He said he welcomed Prime Minister David Cameron's 2010 apology for the killings: "Well, I wasn't embarrassed. I was glad to hear him for the first time as a British leader telling the truth about it, saying what really did happen."
Mr Paisley also said the discrimination that once existed in Northern Ireland over voting rights was wrong.
"If you vote down democracy, you are responsible for bringing in anarchy," he said.
"It wasn't one man, one vote, I mean that's no way to run a country."
"The whole system was wrong."
At the time only ratepayers in Northern Ireland were entitled to votes, while Catholics were discriminated against in terms of housing allocation and the "gerrymandering" of electoral boundaries.
In the two-part documentary, Paisley: Genesis To Revelation, the veteran politician talked to journalist Eamonn Mallie about his life.
The 87-year-old 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.
In the first of the two programmes, Mr Paisley discussed his early life and his relationship with his father James, a Baptist minister from Armagh; his conversion to evangelical Christianity at six years old; his first steps into ministry in Ravenhill, Belfast; why he founded and became moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church.
He also gave his reflections on the Cromac Street riots and the flag protests on the Falls Road in the 1960s; his thoughts around the 1968 Civil Rights Movement; and his opinion on Bloody Sunday.
He discussed how he founded the Democratic Unionist Party; involvement in the Ulster Workers' Council Strike in 1974; an IRA bomb attack on Downing Street; and how he felt about the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement and the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.
In the second of the two programmes, Eamonn Mallie asks Mr Paisley and his wife of 57 years, Eileen, about what they believe were the circumstances around his departure from the Free Presbyterian Church that he founded and as leader of the DUP, the political party he created.
Mr Paisley, who was admitted to the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald just before the New Year after taking ill, is still recovering there.
Mr Mallie said: "Having trawled through endless biographies, watched dozens of television interviews in these islands and further afield with retired world leaders and opinion makers, we do not believe any former prime minister or first minister has ever been as reflective, blunt or unabridged in laying bare the facts enveloping his or her public life.
"The tone in these programmes is mutually robust and challenging."
Paisley: Genesis To Revelation - Face To Face With Eamonn Mallie starts on BBC One NI on Monday 13 January at 22:35 GMT
She told the Daily Telegraph that it was "common sense" as the care for extremely premature babies had improved rapidly.
A review by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists two years ago said there was no scientific evidence to justify a lower limit.
She voted for a 20-week limit in 2008.
In an interview, she said she would do the same again: "You have got to look at these matters in a very common-sense way. I looked at it from the really important stance of the impact on women and children.
"What we are trying to do here is not to put obstacles in people's way but to reflect the way medical science has moved on."
The deputy leader of the Labour Party, Harriet Harman, said: "We don't want more legislation and wrangling in Parliament about the time limit on abortions, we absolutely don't.
"To see the issue of unwanted pregnancies just through the idea of restricting abortions, I think that that is exactly the wrong way for Maria Miller to be starting off her discussion on this."
The Department of Health said it had no plans to review abortion laws. Any decision would be a free vote in Parliament.
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service's chief executive Ann Furedi said: "Scientific evidence does not show that survival rates before 24 weeks have improved in recent years, as the minister seems to believe.
"But it is also important for a women's minister to recognise that every year a small number of women in often very difficult and unenviable circumstances will need to end a pregnancy after 20 weeks."
Abortion is illegal in Northern Ireland except in limited circumstances.
The drilling rig is to be floated on to the deck of Offshore Heavy Transport's semi-submersible Hawk vessel.
The complex operation is dependent on favourable weather conditions.
The 17,000-tonne Transocean Winner rig ran aground at Dalmore, near Carloway, on the west side of the island during a storm over a month ago.
It was successfully refloated and taken to its current safe anchorage on the east side of the island.
Hawk was already in Scottish waters having taken another rig to an anchorage in the Cromarty Firth in the Highlands.
The ship designed to move rigs and other large marine structures over long distances.
The Transocean Winner has been fitted with air bags to increase its buoyancy. A number of small tugs will be involved in an operation to float it on to the Hawk.
On Tuesday, David Walls, of the rig's owner Transocean, said relatively calm weather was needed for the operation to be completed.
Transocean Winner was being towed from Norway to Malta, from where it was to be moved to Turkey to be scrapped, when it and the ship towing it were hit by a storm off the Western Isles.
The tow line broke and the rig ran aground on the beach at Dalmore.
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A local animal rights group went to court on behalf of the orangutan, saying she was being imprisoned illegally and should be set free.
The outcome depended on whether Sandra should be thought of as a 'person' or a 'thing'.
Lawyers representing the 29 year-old orangutan argued that she should not be treated as an object because of her intelligence and complex ways of thinking.
It was decided that Sandra could have the status of a "non-human person" - the first time this has ever happened.
As long as the zoo doesn't appeal to change the decision, this means Sandra will be transferred to a sanctuary in Brazil, where she will have more freedom.
Sandra's case is one of many that have attempted to give great apes some of the rights enjoyed by humans - all of which have failed, until now.
The 19-year-old won 0-6 7-6 (11-9) 6-2 against Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez to claim his first Grand Slam title.
Later on Saturday, Hewett lost in the men's doubles final alongside fellow Briton Gordon Reid.
They were beaten 6-4 6-3 by French pair Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer, who also beat them in the Rio 2016 final.
Hewett, seventh in the rankings, said: "I had a good feeling about this week. This time last year I was outside the top 10, hadn't really won anything.
"A year on, I've got two [Paralympic] silver medals, [I am] Wimbledon doubles champion and now singles Grand Slam [champion] at Roland Garros - I can't believe it."
Fernandez had two match points during the second-set tie-break, but Hewett said he remained confident of victory.
"I played him a week and a half ago in another final and I was 6-0 3-0 down, and when it went 6-0 2-0 this time I was thinking, 'Oh no, here we go again'," Hewett added.
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"But I remembered coming back that time so I knew I could come back, and when it got to that tie-break, it was very up and down, he had match points, I had set points.
"Mentally that was a big positive for me to keep in there and hold out. I felt good after I won that second set and knew I needed to get off to a good start in the third and when that happened I grew in confidence."
The University of Aberdeen said the aim was to train a new generation of experts.
The first students are expected to begin the course - in conjunction with Robert Gordon University - next year.
An industry conference heard last year that decommissioning could offer new opportunities for the industry.
It was projected that, over the next 25 years, the process of retiring North Sea oil and gas facilities could cost tens of billions of pounds.
It could mean hundreds of new jobs requiring a new kind of expertise in the coming decades.
The new studies will focus on decommissioning areas such as engineering, project management, business, law, safety and environment.
Prof Ekaterina Pavlovskaia from the University of Aberdeen's School of Engineering said: "We are already offering a wide range of specialised Masters degrees focused on the needs of the oil and gas industry.
"The climate is right for us to launch this innovative Masters degree in decommissioning to educate the current and future work force in this important area of the oil and gas lifecycle.
"Some may ask if this course signifies an acceptance that oil and gas is coming to an end in the North Sea but that is not the case.
"Safe and efficient decommissioning of these platforms will benefit the industry for many years to come."
This announcement marks a significant shift in the life cycle of the North Sea.
Although the University of Aberdeen is at pains to point out it is not the end of the oil and gas industry, it is a recognition that the final stage is ramping up.
Figures from the industry body Oil and Gas UK show that 21 fields ceased production in 2015.
Another 20 are expected to follow suit each year until the end of the decade.
Moving the offshore infrastructure is expected to present big engineering challenges - so the university has launched this Masters to train the next generation of decommissioning experts.
Prof Ferdinand von Prondzynski, principal and vice chancellor of RGU, added: "It is increasingly clear that there is a need for offshore decommissioning in the North Sea, as many platforms approach the end of their operational life.
"Aberdeen is known for oil and gas expertise and it is important that we harness the opportunities presented by this trend, ensuring that there is a pool of trained talent available for the evolving needs of the industry.
"Our two universities will draw on our experience of working closely with the North Sea oil and gas industry to deliver the course."
The programme is being developed in conjunction with "leading industry experts".
WWF Scotland director Lang Banks said: "An estimated 285 platforms and over 4,000 oil and gas wells will require to be removed from UK seas over the coming decades, so it's great to hear that the UK's first degree in rig decommissioning has been launched.
"Protecting our marine environment by cleaning up after the North Sea oil and gas industry will not be without its challenges.
"However, if done right it could create thousands of new jobs and open up a new multi-billion pound decommissioning industry. Educational courses like this one will certainly help make such an outcome more likely."
A demolition company unveiled plans last month to create a facility in Orkney to decommission redundant oil and gas rigs.
Birmingham-based DSM is hoping to use Lyness on Hoy as a new base.
The sovereign wealth fund contains an estimated $67bn but has been restricted by sanctions since 2011.
The UN-backed unity government arrived in Tripoli on Wednesday but remains confined to the capital's port area after reports of gunfire in the city.
The new government is opposed by the coalition that controls Tripoli.
Over recent days, the city's airspace was intermittently closed to stop the new government, which has been based in neighbouring Tunisia, from arriving by air.
In a televised address, the head of the Tripoli authorities, Khalifa Ghweil, said he regarded the politicians as interlopers and said they were not welcome.
He urged "the illegitimate outsiders to surrender and be safe in our custody or to return to where they came from".
If the unity government can regain control of Libya, the UN's 15-member security council has pledged to lift an asset freeze on the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA).
The freeze was imposed in 2011 to prevent former leader Muammar Gaddafi removing funds from the country.
The security council unanimously renewed sanctions on Libya on Thursday and requested the new unity government confirm "as soon as it exercises sole and effective oversight" over the LIA, National Oil Corporation and the Central Bank of Libya.
But it is not clear how the unity government will be able to take over state institutions in Tripoli, given the stiff opposition they face.
Libya has been in chaos since the 2011 overthrow of Gaddafi by Nato-backed forces.
From 2014 it has had two competing administrations, one in Tripoli backed by powerful militias and the other about 1,000km (620 miles) away in the port city of Tobruk.
Western powers have recognised the new unity government as Libya's sole legitimate government but it faces opposition in east and west Libya.
In December, some rival lawmakers signed up to the UN agreement to form a unity government, but the deal has not yet been backed by all the country's many militia brigades that formed after the uprising.
The deal saw the formation of a nine-member Presidency Council, which includes the unity Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj who arrived with some of his deputies at a naval base in Tripoli on Wednesday.
Mr Sarraj said it was time to turn a new page and reconcile, saying he intended to build state institutions and implement a ceasefire.
"Revenge, alienation, antipathy, and hatred don't build a state," the AP news agency quoted him as saying.
UN envoy Martin Kobler said the politicians' arrival in Tripoli - after at least two failed attempts to fly in - marked "an important step in Libya's democratic transition and path to peace, security and prosperity".
US Secretary of State John Kerry said it was "not the time for obstructionists to hold back progress".
The Castlederg teenager disappeared in 1994. Her body has never been found.
Retired police officer Brain Lavery reviewed the investigation for the National Crime Faculty.
He said the chances of finding a missing person alive after 24 hours was "very slim".
The inquest was told the police were "unfortunately playing catch up".
Arlene Arkinson was reported missing four days after she disappeared.
She went missing on 14 August 1994 after a night out on Donegal.
Barrister for the PSNI, Kevin Rooney QC, told the court that research formulated in 1999 showed 96 percent of children who disappeared were killed within the first 24 hours, while 76 percent were killed within at least six hours of when they were last seen.
The barrister also highlighted that the chances of prosecution were significantly reduced if an arrest was not made within 48 hours and a body was not found.
Arlene was last seen with the convicted child killer Robert Howard who died in prison last year.
The magician died on Thursday aged 77 at his Berkshire home, a month after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.
McGee said her husband did not know he was dying in his final days.
"He was in, what the consultants said was, a happy, confused state. He knew who everybody was, but his brain wasn't processing new information [due to the tumour]," she told the BBC.
McGee, who married Daniels in 1988 after many years as his on-stage assistant, said they had the kind of marriage "most people dream of", saying: "We had a life that was full of laughter... we were so happy together."
Daniels was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour last month.
"I've cried my heart out some nights but it all happened so quickly," McGee said.
"On the day he was diagnosed the tumour had already spread so far that they knew he only had a few weeks to live. Then, in two days he deteriorated from feeling lethargic to having other symptoms, so he actually didn't really know what was going on.
Daniels was born Newton Edward Daniels in Middlesbrough and developed his magic skills in working men's clubs, making his TV debut on talent series Opportunity Knocks.
He then took over the primetime Saturday night slot with his BBC show, which started in 1979.
Daniels was known for a string of catchphrases, including the line: "You'll like this... not a lot, but you'll like it."
BBC correspondent Nick Higham said: "Paul Daniels could be chippy and some thought him smug. He fell out with BBC managers who dropped his show in the 1990s.
"But there was no doubting his popularity - or his talent."
It was initially suspected Daniels had suffered a stroke after he fell at home, but it was then discovered he had an inoperable tumour.
His son, Martin Daniels, said at the time: "He has said before, 'When it's your time it's your time' and that's how he is trying to face up to things."
As well as McGee, Daniels leaves his three sons from a previous marriage - Martin, Paul and Gary.
Gary Daniels has tweeted a picture of a rabbit in a magician's hat with a tear in its eye, by friend and artist Helen Martin, and wrote: "It is with incredible sadness that I can confirm that Dad, Paul Daniels, passed away overnight."
In addition to his magic, Daniels presented game shows in the 1980s and '90s, including Wipeout, Every Second Counts and Odd One Out.
He also designed special effects for the stage productions of Cats and Phantom Of The Opera, and was commissioned by the English National Ballet to create magical effects for The Nutcracker.
Daniels had continued touring with his magic show and was booked to perform at venues across the UK this year, according to his website, before news of his illness emerged.
He supported a number of charities during his life, taking part in fundraising events and entertaining children at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The Magic Circle said Daniels had "been an inspiration to many magicians" and is of "legendary status" in the world of magic.
In a statement, it said: "At the height of his career The Paul Daniels Magic Show on BBC One pulled more than 20 million viewers - that was more than one third of the British population regularly tuning in on a Saturday night to watch a magician make them laugh and witness feats of wonder such as his famous Chop Cup routine.
"In this day and age of fragmented media platforms, no other magician is likely to be able to achieve such a TV ratings record."
It added that "the magic world owes Paul a huge debt".
Illusionist Dynamo told the BBC: "Without Paul Daniels I don't think I'd be doing magic today, so it's really a testament to how important he is for the magic world, he was a true master and [his death] is just such sad news.
"He was a real personality, he didn't just perform a bunch of tricks, he knew how to take something and make it magical but humorous at the same time.
"He had his own style which I don't think anybody could ever emulate or recreate. Paul Daniels for me is probably the best magicians Britain has ever had. He has such an amazing legacy in magic."
Louis Theroux, who filmed a documentary with Daniels and McGee, wrote: "RIP Paul Daniels, a thoughtful skeptic, enemy of hucksterism and paranormal flimflam, and gifted magician."
Ola Jordan, who danced with Daniels when he appeared on Strictly Come Dancing, tweeted that it had been "a pleasure and honour" to work with her "amazing dance partner".
Snow and freezing conditions have returned to Scotland's hills.
The white stuff coming in April is not uncommon, but this spring and the recent winter have involved mixed weather of short cold spells followed by warmer conditions.
Earlier this month, the Scottish Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) wrapped up its latest forecasting season with the fewest recordings of avalanches in years.
The service is still providing updates on conditions in the areas it covers - Torridon, Glen Coe, Lochaber, Creag Meagaidh, Northern Cairngorms and Southern Cairngorms - via its individual team blogs.
Scotland's outdoor ski industry has also had a challenging winter and spring.
It is the last of a package of ten laws that had to be approved for the European Union to consider visa-free travel for Ukrainians.
Several previous attempts to get the bill through parliament failed over fears it would lead to the introduction of same-sex marriage in Ukraine.
The decision was supported by 234 MPs.
The speaker of parliament assured deputies that the law would not threaten "family values", saying: "I hear some fake information which says that there may be same-sex marriages in Ukraine. God forbid, this will ever happen. We will never support this."
In response to the vote, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko tweeted: "Ukraine is breaking free from the shackles of discrimination from the Soviet past. Meanwhile, family values remain inviolable."
EU officials will meet in two weeks to decide whether the conditions for extending visa-free status to Ukrainian nationals have been met.
There should be more long-term planning, rather than a reactive approach to flooding, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) report said.
Committee chairwoman Mary Creagh urged the government to pay for the upkeep of existing flood defences, as well as investing in new ones.
The government said it was investing "record amounts to protect the nation".
The EAC report follows the storms that hit the UK between December 2015 and January 2016, causing flooding in the north of England and Wales, as well as parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The losses suffered during storms Desmond, Eva and Frank led to insurance claims of £1.3bn.
Dr Roger Pierce, whose York home flooded in December last year, told the BBC it had been "devastating".
"You've lost your heating, you've lost your lighting, it's desperately cold.... You realise that photographs and things on ground level in your house have all been destroyed," he said.
"Like everyone else I have had disappointment in my life - deaths, illnesses - this I think is the most severe."
Labour MP Ms Creagh said: "We know that flooding is projected to get worse and occur more frequently because of climate change, so it just isn't good enough for government to react to flooding events as they occur.
"Communities at risk deserve certainty from government."
The committee found that funding for flooding fluctuates year-on-year. Funding was initially cut during the last Parliament and only increased after the winter floods of 2013-14.
The government has committed to spending £2.3bn on building new defences and to protect spending on maintaining existing defences - but the EAC warned they were "sceptical" the government would reach its target of protecting 300,000 properties, saying it was based on an optimistic forecast that assumed the greatest efficiency in spending decisions.
The committee also said it was surprised to learn the extra £700m funding for flood defences announced in this year's Budget was based on a "political calculation" and may not be allocated with the same strict economic criteria as the £2.3bn.
The report said that could lead to inefficiencies in flood investments, poor decision-making and outcomes that were potentially unfair to some regions.
The condition of critical flood defences is in decline, according to the committee, and Ms Creagh said any decline was "an unacceptable risk to local communities in flood prone areas".
She said money should be put into the upkeep of existing flood defences, as well as new ones, otherwise there could be "terrible consequences".
Ms Creagh added that local authorities "are not receiving the support they need".
Peter Box, Local Government Association spokesman, agreed that councils needed greater support and said: "New measures that could make a positive difference include devolving new flood defence funding to local areas, further incentives for private sector investment in flood defences and mandatory flood-proof requirements for new homes and offices."
By Roger Harrabin, BBC Environment Analyst
The report asks a question that is perplexing flood experts - where did the SUDS go?
For more than a decade engineers have been promoting Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems.
It means if developers want to build a new housing estate, they're not allowed to plug into the main drainage sewer and thereby increase the flood potential of the system.
Instead they should catch water on the site with porous surfaces, grassy hollows to collect heavy rains, and on-site mini wetlands.
Some house-builders oppose mandatory SUDS, partly because it cuts their profit and partly because there are tricky questions about long-term liability for maintenance.
The committee accuses the government of repeatedly kicking this issue into the long grass. SUDS should be the default, they say.
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Paul Cobbing, chief executive of the National Flood Forum, welcomed the report but said "much, much more" was needed for communities to feel safe.
"As it stands, long-term flood risk management is inadequate to deal with the scale of the problem, both in approach and in the level of funding," he said.
Information from the review will be used as part of the national flood resilience review launched by the government in January.
A Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs spokesman said this review will be published "shortly" and the government's six-year capital investment programme for flood defences will end the year-on-year fluctuations in spending.
There will also be a 25-year environment plan published later this year that will set out "a new approach to managing our rivers" to keep homes safer from flooding.
He said the government continued to invest "record amounts" to protect against flooding including £2.3bn in flood defences, with an extra £700m announced in the Budget.
Those unable to find self-catering guests for more than 70 days during a financial year face paying more.
Some will now have to to pay council tax on holiday properties instead of less expensive business rates.
One tourist trade association said the extra expense could close businesses.
The regulation is intended to stop owners of second homes paying less council tax by listing their properties as holiday lets while not actively looking to rent them out.
But tourism businesses say the effect of bad weather and the poor economic climate, combined with the prospect of council tax bills, is putting a strain on the self-catering industry in Wales.
A recent survey by the Wales Association of Self-Catering Operators (Wasco) identified that 42% of those who responded said that business over Easter this year was worse than last year.
Almost three quarters (73%) of those who responded said that economy was a factor and 71% blamed the performance of the economy on the poor performance.
Only 10% of those who responded reported an increase in business.
Felicity Elphick, who owns Lleiniog Holiday Cottages near Beaumaris on Anglesey, has recently been told that she has to pay council tax on her two grade II listed properties next year.
"It's been a nightmare to put it mildly," she said.
"One of my properties - not this last tax year but the tax year before - failed the 70 days by six days.
"I lost my business rates which is actually now costing me £1,000 per year as opposed to no business rates whatsoever."
Jan Meulendijk and his wife Jacqui own and run Rosemoor Holiday Cottages near Dale in Pembrokeshire.
They live on site and have nine cottages and flats available for rent.
Their properties have been occupied for more than the 70 day letting requirement in recent years but business is down on previous years and the couple are concerned that they could be affected in the future.
Mr Meulendijk thinks that politicians can take action to help those running self catering businesses.
"For us our properties are business properties," he said.
"Business assets used as business assets and nothing else and that distinction should be made and can be made and that is something that i think that politicians should have a good look at."
Mr and Mrs Meulendijk say that they would struggle to find the thousands of pounds that they would have to pay if their bookings dropped below 70 nights a year and they were forced to pay council tax rather than business rates.
That story is not an uncommon one according to Maudie Hughes, the chief executive of Pembrokeshire Tourism, which is a trade association representing tourism operators in the county.
"For some businesses it could potentially be the final straw that breaks the camel's back," she said.
"Small businesses that qualify for rate relief take advantage of that... So some businesses are not paying any rates at all so to go from that to then being asked to pay full domestic rates could be quite a significant change.
"You could be looking at perhaps maybe £1,000, £1,500 or £2,000 a year at present that they are not having to pay.
"When you're running a business with very tight margins already that's the one thing that will just push it over the edge."
The Welsh government will publish a national tourism strategy in early June.
In a statement, a spokesman said Local Government Minister Lesley Griffiths and Economy Minister Edwina Hart have commissioned independent research to examine the operation of the regulations.
He said they were "originally introduced to close a loophole allowing some home-owners to pay lower council tax by listing their property as a holiday let whilst not actively seeking to let it".
You can see more on this story on the Sunday Politics Wales on BBC1 Wales at 11:00 BST on Sunday.
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The Red Devils beat West Ham 2-1 on Wednesday to set up a semi-final against Everton at Wembley on 23 April.
Van Gaal, 64, is expected to leave his position at the end of the season - one year before his contract expires.
"I said I wanted a title and I am happy but it is not important for me, it is important for the club, the players and the team," said the Dutchman.
Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini scored the goals to give United a victory in the quarter-final replay at Upton Park that keeps alive their hopes of avoiding a third successive season without a trophy.
"Louis van Gaal's future has been a matter for debate since the first links with Jose Mourinho emerged in the days before Christmas when he was sacked by Chelsea," writes BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty.
"Several times Van Gaal has walked to the precipice as the Mourinho murmurs grew louder - then produced a moment that pulls him back and suggests he may yet have the chance to see out the final season of his contract at Manchester United.
"And so it proved again as United recovered from the heavy loss at Spurs on Sunday to reach the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley against Everton with a fine win at West Ham United.
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"Van Gaal can now offer up the possibility of the first trophy since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement as evidence he should be given the chance to continue at Old Trafford.
"There is still a top-four place and the FA Cup on United's agenda. While they remain there results like this mean Van Gaal can still talk about a future at the club. The stakes were that high."
West Ham started strongly but Manchester United coped with the early pressure before taking the lead through a brilliant Rashford strike.
The 18-year-old opened up space for himself with some neat footwork before finding the top corner with a sublime finish.
Rashford has now scored six goals in 11 appearances since making his debut against FC Midtjylland on 25 February.
His performance impressed BBC Radio 5 live pundit Danny Mills, who believes he has done enough to earn a place in the England squad for Euro 2016.
"If you're in good form, why not take him as a substitute?" said Mills. "If you need to change a game, bring him off the bench.
"Andy Carroll won't be fit. I know he scored a hat-trick at the weekend against Arsenal, but he was anonymous against Manchester United and unless you give him perfect service into the box there is no real game plan. He only really plays one way."
There was added disappointment for West Ham. They were playing in their final FA Cup game at Upton Park before they move to the Olympic Stadium, and a huge crowd turned out hoping to witness a positive send off.
However, despite rallying late on after James Tomkins' goal, they failed to match Manchester United for large periods of the game.
"Man United nullified the threat for 70-80 minutes," said Match of the Day pundit and former England and Newcastle striker Alan Shearer.
"There was no energy and then they got that goal from James Tomkins and they came alive."
Slaven Bilic accepted that Manchester United were the better side.
He said: "We were really good for the first 15 minutes and the last 20 minutes but other than that their passing was much better than ours, their composure on the ball was much better than ours.
"We tried to create and we had more than enough chances to equalise but the quality of our passing was not the best."
Despite their FA Cup exit, West Ham can still finish the campaign strongly.
They are sixth in the Premier League - just five points off the top four.
Whatever happens in the remaining six games, Hammers legend Sir Trevor Brooking expects them to be a force next season.
"If they can get three or four really good purchases, they'll be dangerous next season," he said.
"They're playing a brand of football, with a new stadium, where players will want to come."
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The donated trees were planted by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust and volunteers at St Annes to encourage sand dunes to form.
Rows of trees catch windblown and tidal sand and creates new dunes.
Mr Macron will be hoping the candidates for his centrist party, La Republique en Marche (Republic on the Move), will pick up the majority of the 577 seats.
The election is held in two rounds, with the second next Sunday.
Victory for Mr Macron's party would be a watershed moment, pushing the two established parties to the sidelines.
Both the centre-right Republicans and the Socialists failed to reach the presidential run-off last month, for the first time in France's post-war history.
Polls opened at 06:00 GMT and close at 18:00, with the first projections expected shortly afterwards.
However, few MPs are expected to be elected in this first round of voting.
Only candidates who win more than 50% of the vote will do so, otherwise all candidates who secure at least 12.5% of registered voters will go into the second round, where the winner takes the seat.
Mr Macron's party, which was only established a little over a year ago, has fielded a selection of candidates from all walks of life - including students, the retired and a bullfighter.
LREM candidates have already won 10 out of the 11 seats voted for by French overseas constituencies, and opinion polls suggest they could make the same impact in the mainland.
The new president has already left an impression around the world, in particular for standing up to US leader Donald Trump on issues like climate change.
But the 39-year-old needs to gain a majority to push through the changes he has promised to reform France.
Meanwhile, parties like Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front (FN) and Jean-Luc Mélenchon's far-left France Unbowed are hoping to capitalise on voters turning their back on the mainstream Republicans and Socialists.
However, the winner-takes-all-system tends to favour the big parties, analysts say.
A number of the constituency races will be worth watching:
The election is taking place amid heightened security after a series of devastating terror attacks in recent years.
Some 50,000 police officers are on patrol on Sunday.
Turnout by 15:00 GMT had reached 40.75%, the interior ministry said, compared to 48.31% at the same time five years ago.
The deal, which values the firm at A$370.7m (£201m; $289m), still needs approval from Australian and Chinese regulatory bodies.
A takeover had previously been blocked by Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB).
It was concerned that part of the property was inside a military weapons testing range in South Australia.
Kidman has since taken the Anna Creek farm out of the sale.
Dakang Australia is to acquire 80% of the farm, while local partner Australian Rural Capital (ARC) will take the remaining 20%.
The sale comprises of areas covering 77,300sq/km - equal to 1% of Australia or an area bigger than Ireland.
Kidman chairman John Crosby said that the deal complied "with all the requests that have been made by the FIRB and we believe the sale will secure the long-term future of the Kidman enterprise."
He also recommended shareholders to accept the consortium's offer.
Gary Romano of Dakang Australia and James Jackson of ARC said they "intend to continue investing where it is required to improve productivity and performance, apply our insights into the rapidly growing Chinese market, and bring proven know-how in the development of integrated supply chains and marketing models."
101,411
sq/km of overall territory
77,300 sq/km to be sold
1% of Australia to change hands
15,000 tonnes of beef carcass shipped globally per year
Dakang Australia's Chinese parent company is Hunan Dakang Pasture Farming, a private Chinese company which also has major stakes in New Zealand's dairy industry.
Its majority shareholder is Shanghai Pengxin which had already been among the previous bidders for the Kidman territory.
5 February 2016 Last updated at 13:44 GMT
Nicholas Churchill, 40, of Brandon, Suffolk, stole the truck near Norwich and led police on chase down the A11 to Brandon, lasting two hours in July 2015.
He caused damage totalling £50,000, with two police cars being written-off and a third damaged.
Churchill was jailed for 14 months at Norwich Crown Court after admitting aggravated vehicle-taking and dangerous driving, and driving while unfit through drugs.
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The domestic sale of rhino horn will be allowed to resume, but only with a permit and only within the country's borders.
There's not traditionally been much demand for rhino horn in South Africa, so there a question mark over just how much of an impact the ruling will have.
The biggest market for rhino horn is Asia, and an international treaty still prevents its export and sale to many countries.
But some big conservation organisations, such as the WWF, believe it will encourage the illegal trade, which causes the poaching of more than a thousand South African rhinos a year.
The Private Rhino Owners' Association, which backed the court challenge against the 2009 moratorium on the rhino horn trade, is delighted and believes it will help conserve the protected species.
To trade or not to trade? - be it rhino horn or ivory - is one of the big questions which divides the world's conservationists and wildlife protection groups.
And it's complicated.
"We as the private sector bought and own a third of the national rhino herd - more than 6,500 black and white rhinos," said Pelham Jones from the Private Rhino Owners' Association.
"We have a huge vested interest in their conservation and have spent billions of rand protecting and managing our herd - 'sustainable utilisation' is in the constitution," he said.
And what he means is private owners want to remove and sell rhino horn to fund their conservation - and also to make profit.
The world's largest owner of rhinos is John Hume, who regularly 'harvests' rhino horn - cutting them off and storing them.
It's a painless process and the horns do grow back.
He has around 1,400 rhinos on his ranch in South Africa and a stockpile of perhaps five tonnes of horn.
At a market price of $90-100,000 a kilogramme he is sitting on a fortune - if he can get his produce to market - to Asia, where it is used as a medicine and to make cups and jewellery.
But even with the lifting of a ban on domestic trade, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) prevents its sale abroad.
"We will set up our own central selling organisation," said Pelham Jones, who believes commodities speculators will buy rhino horn in South Africa, and that so-called 'blood horns' - illegally poached horns - won't enter the market.
"There are a lot of unknowns here, but everything else that has been tried to prevent poaching has failed."
But those opposing the trade say it will muddy the waters when trying to stop the illegal trafficking of rhino horn.
"We are concerned by the court's decision," said Dr Jo Shaw, manager of WWF South Africa's rhino programme.
"Law enforcement officials simply do not have the capacity to manage parallel legal domestic trade on top of current levels of illegal poaching and trafficking," she said.
"We worry about the resultant impacts of the laundering of so-called 'blood horns' upon our wild rhino populations."
Dr Shaw accepted the value to conservation of captive breeding, and that new sources of income were needed to protect the species, but said opening up trade was too great a risk to their dwindling numbers.
The South African government placed a moratorium on rhino horn trade in 2009 after evidence showed the legal domestic trade was leaking into the illegal international market.
But by not consulting widely enough on the issue with interested parties, it left itself open to the legal challenge which the Constitutional Court has just upheld.
The Minister for Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, said trade would not be allowed without government approval.
Those selling rhino horn - and those buying - will both require permits which can be audited at a later stage to ensure the horns have not been sold on.
Draft legislation from the South African government suggested some limited export of rhino horn might be allowed for "personal use" - two horns per person, per year.
But Esmond Bradley-Martin who has researched the price of ivory and rhino horn for decades, said he feared the lifting of the ban could increase corruption and the power of the cartels.
"I can't see this working in the future without improved law enforcement - there is almost no demand in South Africa, so it is going to be heading to Asia," he said.
The £9.99 monthly fee for Music Key also provides membership to Google Play All Access, its existing "all-you-can-eat" song stream and download facility.
It is set to pose a challenge to Spotify, Rdio, Beats Music and other audio-only "unlimited" music services.
The launch had been delayed by a dispute with independent labels.
However, Google said it had now signed deals with hundreds of indies worldwide.
That has enabled it to include tracks from artists including Billy Bragg, who had previously said YouTube was trying to "strongarm" labels into agreeing to "low rates" by threatening to block their material altogether if they did not take part.
He told the BBC his music had been included as part of an agreement signed by Merlin - which represents indie labels - but that he had not been informed about the details.
The BBC understands that the terms of the deal state that the more plays a video has, the bigger the share of the subscription pool its publisher receives.
Brad Nevin, chief executive of The Orchard group of indie labels, said he thought the deal struck was both fair and "a phenomenal opportunity".
Android devices will be first to be able to save clips, followed by Apple's phones and tablets, but the facility will not extend to PCs yet.
The mobile devices will also be able to continue playing music in the background when they switch to other programs.
In addition to album tracks, Music Key offers downloads of concert recordings, remixes, "unreleased" rarities and cover versions recorded by others.
YouTube describes itself as "the biggest music service on the planet", but Google Play is thought to lag far behind Spotify's 12.5 million paying subscribers.
One expert said the new offer might tempt a number to jump ship.
"If you are someone who only listens to Spotify and doesn't listen to YouTube, this won't be a good enough reason to switch," said James McQuivey, principal analyst at the Forrester Research consultancy.
"There is a certain comfort in the well-established digital habits that people already have.
"But if you - as many people do - listen to both Spotify and use YouTube for music, then this is genuinely a reason to switch, because you not only have all the unlimited music but also the ability to move from audio to video, which is a very compelling experience."
Those unwilling to pay can still access a new Music home page on YouTube's apps and web service, which:
Should Spotify, the market leader in music streaming, feel able to relax?
Maybe not - there is now a new revenue stream available to artists, many of whom are disgruntled with what Spotify is paying them.
It's not clear that YouTube Music Key will pay more - but if others follow Taylor Swift's lead and desert Spotify, that could signal a shift in the balance of power in digital music.
Read Rory's blog in full
Although Google says the new services will launch over the coming days, subscriptions will be available only to selected "beta" testers for the first six months.
Anyone can apply to join, but they need to be based in the US, UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland or Finland.
Following the test, the general public will be invited to pay the $9.99/£9.99/9.99 euro monthly fee - the same price currently charged for Google Play All Access on its own. The beta testers will get a discounted rate.
Video downloads are offered in 320p standard definition and 720p high definition formats, and must be stored on a mobile device's built-in memory. Qualifying clips are flagged by a blue label.
Third-party tools have long given people a way to copy videos from YouTube to PCs, in breach of the site's terms and conditions.
However, until now this has not been possible via apps distributed on Google's Play marketplace and Apple's App Store.
Mr McQuivey said that YouTube's challenge was to convince its youthful audience that the convenience of downloading videos directly to a smartphone or tablet was worth the requested fee.
"YouTube is a form of cheating the music system, and has been for a long time, because people have been putting music up there without authorising it from the labels," he said.
"YouTube goes through an elaborate process to identify it and put ads around it. But it's not too far, in the user's experience, from piracy.
"When Napster went legit, it thought it could take its brand equity among a young audience and transfer it into a subscription service, and that didn't work out quite so well.
"The onus on YouTube is to make this the simplest transition that twenty-somethings can make."
The £122,000 public lavatory was installed on Bullock Fair, Harleston, Norfolk, in 2015.
But the block proved unpopular and South Norfolk Council has now agreed to remove it at the cost of £30,000, as reported in the Eastern Daily Press.
There were also reports of vandalism and initial teething issues.
Councillor Kay Mason Billig said some people living in Harleston "didn't trust" the automatic doors.
"I think it's safe to say that the modern toilets have not been popular with the people of Harleston and so we have listened and have agreed to reuse the toilet block elsewhere and refurbish the old loos."
He had campaigned against what he saw as intrusions by companies and governments on people's digital lives.
He co-founded and was director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research, an influential UK think tank.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said it was "shocked and saddened".
Caspar frequently had the frustrating experience of seeing his most pessimistic predictions disregarded as alarmist, only to turn out to be true all along," said the EFF's international director Danny O'Brien.
"Among a community filled with perceptive advocates for a better future, Caspar Bowden stood out as one of the most prescient and the most determined. With a far-reaching knowledge of both policy and technology, he was frequently years ahead of his contemporaries in identifying upcoming issues, and never hesitated to transform his own life and career to better meet those challenges."
Speaking to technology and security news site The Register, Privacy International's Gus Hosein said: "[Caspar Bowden] was a fervent believer in privacy, and technology's role in creating and ensuring it. He hacked legislation to see what it was that governments were trying to do and called them on it."
Mr Bowden's brother Malcolm told BBC News he hoped plans for a Caspar Bowden Foundation would come to fruition.
"Caspar loved rockets and liberty. He had an unsurpassed understanding of privacy issues, the law and the shenanigans our governments and their agencies indulge in.
"We seldom understood what he was telling us but he had most certainly convinced himself. We loved him dearly and feel his stature will surely grow."
Up until his death, Mr Bowden had been a director for the Tor Project, the non-profit group which oversees development of the Tor browser, used by many to cover their identity while on the internet.
In a statement, the Tor Project said: "Caspar was a passionate supporter of universal human rights, including the right to privacy. The world has lost a voice of tremendous moral courage."
Separately, the Tor Project's Jacob Appelbaum added: "In the hospital Caspar Bowden asked that we work to ensure equal protection regardless of nationality. Privacy is a universal human right."
During his career Mr Bowden was called upon by the European Union and others to offer detailed analysis on matters of privacy.
In the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations, Mr Bowden was asked to produce a report on the impact of US surveillance on the rights of Europeans.
Mr Bowden's Foundation of Internet Policy Research fiercely opposed the creation of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers bill, better known as Ripa, later described by the Home Affairs Select Committee as being not fit for purpose. Its powers are currently under review.
Former Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert - who had been on the committee - tweeted: "Shocked at the news of the death of Caspar Bowden, one of the world's leading tech privacy experts. An honour to have worked with him."
Mr Bowden also worked for Microsoft between 2002 and 2011 as a privacy strategist. He later said he had been fired for speaking out about privacy matters at the firm.
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Many people seem to fear maps with their demand for some spatial grasp, byzantine symbols and tricky folding procedure - but I love them. I feel like a dying breed: a cartophiliac among a nation of cartophobes.
I confess, even my toilet walls are papered with them.
But now experts say a reliance on sat-navs and smartphone map apps is undermining map-reading skills. So here are five reasons why you should love maps and resist the easy attraction of the sat-nav.
There is something intrinsically selfish about the sat-nav arrow and its radius of a few metres: it's all about you. But let your eye range over a map and discover a nearby lake, a beautiful view or a convenient watering hole. Maps open the world whereas sat-navs narrow your mind.
Mountain Rescue services, the Ordnance Survey and every organisation I've come across promoting the outdoor life, all say having a map and the skill to read it is a safety essential.
They have to be used in conjunction with the physical world, be that reading a sign, noticing a church (with or without a spire of course) or identifying that big hill on your right. This process of using your eyes and engaging your brain leaves memories and knowledge of the world around you. With sat-nav as a guide, nothing is learned nor loved about the journey.
How often have you heard the excuse: "Oh the sat-nav took me the wrong way"? Without any apology for blinkered idiocy, celestial misguidance is the guilt-free excuse. I once worked with a camera crew who arrived two hours late at Snowdon claiming their sat-nav had taken them to the Anglesey ferry port. Entranced by the arrow they hadn't noticed or questioned leaving mainland Britain and crossing the big bridge over the Menai Strait. Now, addicts to digital direction devices may disagree, but I think this is inexcusably dumb. Maps are a partner to our intellect, not a replacement.
The Mappa Mundi in Hereford Cathedral shows the history, geography and destiny of Christian Europe as understood in the late 13th Century with pictures of the Pillars of Hercules, the Golden Fleece and a man riding a crocodile. Star maps use images of bears and gods to decipher the random. The London Tube map is a design icon. Maps are eminently practical, but their intriguing visual imagery is a pinnacle of art.
It named the four as Abdul Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili and Tariq bin al-Tahar bin al-Falih al-Awni al-Harzi.
They join a list of suspects sought under the Rewards for Justice Program.
On Tuesday, Islamic State said it was behind an attack in Texas.
It said "two soldiers of the caliphate" had attacked a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest being held at a conference centre in Garland near Dallas.
The US State Department offered up to $7m for information on Qaduli whom it described as a senior IS official who originally joined its precursor, al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI).
It offered $5m each for Adnani and Batirashvili and up to $3m for Harzi.
It describes Adnani as an official IS spokesman, Batirashvili - who is also known as Omar Shishani - as a battlefield commander in northern Syria, and Harzi as chief of the group's suicide bombers.
IS has seized swathes of territory in eastern Syria and northern Iraq, declaring them a caliphate and imposing a harsh interpretation of Islamic law on the inhabitants.
The state department said the group was responsible for systematic human rights abuses, including mass executions, rape and the killing of children.
The highest reward offered under the Rewards for Justice scheme is up to $25m for Ayman al-Zawahiri who was named leader of al-Qaeda in June 2011, shortly after Osama Bin Laden's death.
It also offers up to $10m for IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
On Tuesday, a report on IS's al-Bayan Radio said the exhibition in Garland had been "portraying negative pictures of the Prophet Muhammad".
The contest had offered a $10,000 (£6,600) prize for a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. Depictions of Muhammad are offensive to many Muslims.
Both gunmen were shot dead by a police officer after they opened fire outside the venue on Sunday.
US officials later said they doubted the group's direct involvement.
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Trams from Bury and Rochdale are terminating at the stop as new platforms and tracks have been built in the Network Rail project.
Services through the station to reach Shudehill will resume on Saturday, once works along Balloon Street have ended.
Redevelopment of the site includes a new £20m roof.
During the closure, trams have been passing through Victoria in both directions on a single track without stopping for safety reasons.
Victoria-bound passengers have been alighting at Shudehill.
Peter Cushing, Transport for Greater Manchester's Metrolink director, said: "Although there will still be a lot of construction activity in the station, it will restore key services and connections for passengers."
The station roof had leaked since 1996 when a bomb, believed to have been planted by the IRA, exploded in the city centre.
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ADT's board unanimously approved the deal. It now has 40 days to look for alternative offers, a standard practice in these types of transactions.
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"I always felt like God made Muhammad special, but I don't know why God chose me to carry this child." Odessa Grady Clay, Ali's mother
"When he was a child he never sat still. He walked and talked and did everything before his time. His mind was like the March wind blowing every which way." Odessa Grady Clay
"Well, you better learn how to fight before you start challenging people that you're gonna whup." Police officer Joe Martin to a young Cassius Clay after the latter's bicycle was stolen
"He used to ask me to throw rocks at him. I thought he was crazy, but he'd stand back and dodge every one of them... I could never hit him." Rahman Ali, Ali's brother
"Even at 18, Clay was the most vivid, the most alive figure I'd ever met." Legendary American sportswriter Dick Schaap
"My wife and kids are crazy about him, I'm crazy about him, but he won't do what I tell him." Boxing great, early Ali sparring partner and future opponent Archie Moore
"In private, a lot of the time he was real thoughtful and quiet. But he knew how to promote himself. God, he could do that." Angelo Dundee, Ali's trainer.
"There's only one Cassius Clay. Thank God." Angelo Dundee
"He destroyed a generation of fighters by boxing with his hands down. Everyone who did that got creamed but Ali was so quick he could get away with it." Angelo Dundee
"Sometimes he sounds humorous but sometimes he sounds like a man who can write beautifully but can't punctuate." Archie Moore before his 1962 fight with Ali
"Everyone in Britain hates his bloody guts." Britain's Henry Cooper before his 1963 fight with Ali - Cooper floored Ali before being defeated
"I think I'm gonna have to hurt that boy bad." Sonny Liston, who defended his world heavyweight crown against Cassius Clay in 1964
"I'm going to pull that big tongue out of your mouth and stick it up your ass." Sonny Liston
"It will be the most popular fight since Hitler and Stalin, 180m people rooting for a double knockout." American sportswriter Jim Murray on Liston-Clay
"Clay will win. He is the finest negro athlete I have ever known and he will mean more to his people than Jackie Robinson." Civil rights activist Malcolm X on Liston-Clay
"You know Ali is a nut. You can tell what a normal man is going to do, but you can't tell what a nut is going to do and Ali is a nut." Liston, two years after losing his crown
"Because billions of our people in Africa, Asia and Arabia love you blindly, you must be forever aware of your responsibility to them." Malcolm X
"He has always been a little kid, climbing out onto tree limbs, sawing them off behind him and coming out OK." Ferdie Pacheco, Ali's fight doctor
"Cassius Clay is disgracing himself and the negro race." Floyd Patterson, who fought Ali in 1965, on his rival's politics and religion
"I wanted to go down with something that would be worthy of a knockout. Then in the 12th Clay became a punching maniac. A happiness came over me. I knew the end was near." Floyd Patterson
"The greatest Ali ever was as a fighter was against [Cleveland] Williams. That night, he was the most devastating fighter who ever lived." Legendary American commentator Howard Cosell on Ali's demolition of Williams in 1966
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"Cleveland Williams, that was a great fight, but... the greatest he ever looked was against [Zora] Folley. And if he had gone on from there? There's no telling..." Angelo Dundee on Ali's defeat of Zora Folley in 1967 - the last fight before his three-and-a-half year boxing exile
"Draft beer, not Ali!" A student banner after Ali refused induction into the US Army
"He is giving up millions of dollars to do what his conscience tells him is right." Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr
"He's hurting the morale of a lot of young negro soldiers over in Vietnam. And the tragedy to me is, Cassius has made millions of dollars off of the American public." Baseball great and black sporting icon Jackie Robinson
"They refused to accept his testimony about his religious convictions. They took away his right to practise his profession. They tried to break him in body and mind." The Reverend Jesse Jackson
"... a belated epitaph for the 1960s: flair, audacity, imagination, outrageous aplomb, cut down by stubborn, obdurate, 'hard-hat' persistence." British diarist and critic Kenneth Tynan on Ali-Frazier I, simply called 'The Fight'
"Ali bomaye! (Ali, kill him!)" A popular chant in the build-up to 1974's 'Rumble in the Jungle' between Ali and George Foreman in Zaire
"I won't kid you, when he went to the ropes, I felt sick." Angelo Dundee on Ali's 'rope-a-dope' tactics in Zaire
"I was going to knock his block off, and the thought of doing it didn't bother me at all." George Foreman
"The day of the Ali fight I bought my wife a powder blue negligee and told her 'wear this tonight, 'cause you'll be sleepin' with the heavyweight champion of the world'. That night, when I got back to the room, she said: 'Do I go to his room or will he be coming to mine?'". Chuck Wepner, beaten by Ali in 1975
"They weren't fighting for the championship of the world, they were fighting for the championship of each other." American sportswriter Jerry Izenberg on Ali-Frazier III, the 'Thrilla in Manila'
"I don't want to knock him out in Manila, I want to take his heart out." Joe Frazier before the 'Thrilla in Manila'
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"Man, I hit him with punches that'd bring down the walls of a city. Lordy, lordy, he's a great champion." Joe Frazier after the 'Thrilla in Manila', which Ali won
"Ali always said I would be nothing without him. But who would he have been without me?" Joe Frazier
"The ring activities of Muhammad Ali now have all the grace and sporting appeal of Russian roulette played with a pump-action shotgun." British sportswriter Hugh McIlvanney after Ali's defeat by Larry Holmes in 1980
"I know something's wrong. I really didn't want to hit you." Larry Holmes after stopping an ailing Ali
"Boxing had robbed him of middle age. He was an old man at 41." American sportswriter Dave Kindred on Ali's struggles with Parkinson's syndrome
"He was the greatest figure in my professional life. There was nobody remotely like him." Hugh McIlvanney
"I don't call him the best boxer of all time, but he's the greatest human being I ever met." George Foreman
Mr Harvie will contest the Glasgow Kelvin constituency in next May's poll.
He has been a Green MSP for the Glasgow region since 2003, elected under the proportional "list" system.
Mr Harvie will remain top of his party's list for the election, but said the "time is right" for him to contest the constituency seat.
The voting system for Holyrood means MSPs for the Scottish Parliament can be elected in one of two ways: under a constituency first-past the post system like that at Westminster, or in a second vote where parties are allocated additional members on a proportional basis.
Mr Harvie was elected under the latter method.
He said he was "delighted" to be standing for the Kelvin constituency, which is currently help by the SNP's Sandra White.
He added: "It's been an honour to represent the city in the Scottish Parliament for the past 12 years and I believe the time is right to contest the constituency vote.
"We have a strong team in Glasgow, with four Green councillors who have made a huge impact in their communities.
"With that track record, we are campaigning to win Kelvin in 2016."
The Greens said polling put them on about 10% on the regional vote for next year's election, suggesting they could get eight to 12 MSPs, with at least one in each of the eight regions.
Mairi Holden had parked in Sylvan Place so she could rush her son, Oscar, 4, who was having difficulty breathing, to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
She had not thought she was staying the night when she parked on Wednesday.
When the 35-year-old returned to her car on Thursday she had two tickets.
However, when she looked closer, underneath the tickets was a note, which read "Pay it then forget it happened!" with £25.
Ms Holden, from Restalrig, told the BBC Scotland news website how she was "overwhelmed" by the "random act of kindness".
She said: "I drove home in a daze when I found the money and note.
"I was so shocked someone could have done that and I just hope I can find them so I can thank them.
"It was just so lovely and kind."
Ms Holden, a lifestyle coach, has now doubled the mystery person's donation and used it to set up a Just Giving page for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh.
She said: "I thought I would set up a Just Giving page so the mystery person can see that their random act of kindness can snowball and to show how much it helped.
"I really hope I can find this beautiful person who did this for me.
"I'm still overwhelmed at the kindness of it. I'll never forget it, and if anyone has any idea of who it could have been, or recognises the writing or note paper, please let me know, I'd love to be able to thank them."
Ms Holden said the money was left on the windscreen of her pink Honda Jazz.
An Edinburgh city council spokeswoman said: "Anyone is entitled to appeal a parking ticket, and we do take a sympathetic view of those fines incurred as a result of a medical emergency and other extenuating circumstances."
The Times reported that Mr O'Carroll joined the party in Barrow-in-Furness after Jeremy Corbyn became leader.
The constituency MP, John Woodcock, and deputy leader Tom Watson were among those to say he was not welcome.
A Labour spokesman said: "Tom O'Carroll has been suspended from the Labour Party."
Mr Woodcock had tweeted on Tuesday that he was "dismayed" Mr O'Carroll had joined the party, and said he had written to Labour's general secretary, Iian McNicol to ask for him to be banned for life.
Meanwhile, Mr Watson, Labour's deputy leader, said in a tweet: "Just picking up on the Tom O'Carroll story. Have to verify the facts but he is not welcome in the Labour Party and nor are his views."
Formed in 1974, the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE) campaigned for "children's sexuality". It wanted the government to scrap or lower the age of consent.
In 1981, Mr O'Carroll, then PIE's chairman, was sentenced to two years in jail for "conspiracy to corrupt public morals". PIE was disbanded in 1984.
O'Carroll was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in 2006 for distributing child pornography images.
Col Claude Pivi is charged with murder, rape and the destruction of property.
At least 157 people died in the Conakry stadium when troops attacked people protesting against military rule. Scores of women were raped.
Col Pivi, now in charge of presidential security, is the seventh military figure to be charged over the events. None has so far been tried.
Rights groups have criticised President Alpha Conde for not moving fast enough to bring those responsible to justice.
Col Pivi was a leading figure in the CNDD military junta led by Capt Moussa Dadis Camara at the time of the massacre on 28 September 2009.
Eyewitnesses said people were shot, stabbed, bludgeoned or trampled to death and women raped and tortured.
Human rights groups and victims' organisations have welcomed the latest charges but urged the government to speed up the process.
"Our concern is that this must not just be a situation whereby people are indicted and then are left to go about their business as normal. We want to see some further advancement on this issue," said Asmaou Diallo, who heads a victims' support group.
"We welcome this indictment as it should help us get to the truth. However, we call on this government to make sure that all those indicted persons still in the country should be removed from their posts until they face justice."
Moussa Dadis Camara seized power in 2008 when long-time leader Lansana Conte died. But not long after the stadium massacre, he went into exile following an assassination attempt.
His deputy oversaw the handover to civilian rule, with veteran opposition leader Alpha Conde winning elections in 2010.
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Several top golfers, including world number one Jason Day and Rory McIlroy, have withdrawn because of concerns.
But Soares, who plays with Murray in a Wimbledon doubles quarter-final on Wednesday, played down the issue.
"For me it's just a bad excuse from the athletes. We all know it's not that bad," the Brazilian told BBC Scotland.
"We had, I think, 15,000 athletes already in Rio - zero athletes got the virus.
"If you go to Brazil and see the people, we're not changing our lifestyle or anything. We're just trying to stop that [the Zika virus]. It's just a problem we've been having but it's not the end of the world right now."
The Zika virus, which is mosquito-borne, has been linked to defects in newborn babies and has led to calls that the Games should be moved from Rio.
But Olympic chiefs and the World Health Organisation have issued guidance for athletes and visitors to Rio, adding that the risk of catching Zika is low.
"We do have a lot of problems in Brazil," Soares acknowledged. "I don't think any of the problems are going to damage the Olympic experience we're going to have there.
"I think they've just got to focus on the positive part of it. Rio is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The people are very, very happy to have the Olympics there, to welcome all the athletes. It really would be nice if all the people just concentrate on the positive side of the Games."
Murray, who along with brother Andy has been named in Britain's tennis squad for Rio, is happy to take the advice issued to Team GB athletes by the British Olympic Association.
"I'm going," he told BBC Scotland. "Of course there are issues. I'm sure a lot of it is built up in the media as well, but we're getting information from the right people at the BOA and we trust what they're saying, their judgement.
"I'm sure it's going to be a great Games, a great Olympic experience for all the athletes and I'm excited to be a part of it."
Murray and Soares play French pair Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin on Wimbledon's Court 18, around 13:00 BST on Wednesday, after coming through a five-hour epic to reach the last eight.
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The 32-year-old tested positive for banned substance EPO in an out of competition test carried out by athletics' governing body the IAAF.
Sumgong - the first Kenyan woman to win Olympic marathon gold - was due to defend her London title on 23 April.
Kenya was last year declared in breach of anti-doping rules, and athletes underwent special testing for Rio 2016.
The East African country was deemed "non-compliant" by the World Anti-Doping Agency, but was reinstated before last summer's Games.
Between 2011 and 2016, more than 40 Kenyan track-and-field athletes failed doping tests.
Among those sanctioned was female marathon runner Rita Jeptoo, 36, who was banned for four years following a positive test for performance-enhancing drug EPO in 2014.
Sumgong is provisionally suspended, and she will face sanctions if her B-sample also tests positive.
Eunice Kirwa of Bahrain took silver behind Sumgong in Rio, with Ethiopia's world champion Mare Dibaba claiming bronze and another Ethiopian, Tirfi Tsegaye, fourth.
"We can confirm that an anti-doping rule violation case concerning Jemima Sumgong (Kenya) has commenced this week," the IAAF said in a statement.
"The athlete tested positive for EPO (Erythropoietin) following a no-notice test conducted in Kenya.
"This was part of an enhanced IAAF out-of-competition testing programme dedicated to elite marathon runners which is supported by the Abbott World Marathon Majors group."
London Marathon organisers said they were "extremely disappointed" by Sumgong's positive test, adding: "We are determined to make marathon running a safe haven from doping."
In 2015, the Sunday Times claimed the London Marathon had been won seven times in 12 years by athletes who had recorded suspicious blood scores.
That followed details of 12,000 blood test results from 5,000 athletes published by the newspaper, in partnership with German broadcaster ARD.
And it is true that many international meetings produce more words than actions. But at this week's meeting of G7 industrialised nations in Japan, words will probably be enough for David Cameron, so long as they support Britain staying in the EU.
On his last scheduled overseas visit before next month's referendum, the prime minister will be more than happy if he can get a pro-Remain endorsement from world leaders before dashing home to continue campaigning for his political life and our future relationship with the EU.
The referendum is not officially on the summit agenda and British officials insist there is no plan for any kind of joint statement.
But they admit that Brexit will be discussed on the margins of this meeting in central Japan.
And G7 communiques rarely come in at anything less than 15 pages so it would be surprising if they could not find room for a sentence or two warning of the dangers of Britain leaving the EU.
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Mr Cameron's team is aware that many voters might look askance at yet more foreigners telling them how to vote.
But Number Ten calculates that the benefits of more serious figures lining up for Remain outweigh any potential costs.
If David Cameron is hoping for a straightforward summit, he could be disappointed. For the prime minister could find himself on the wrong end of several discussions with his counterparts from Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada and the US.
The economic behemoth in the room at Ise-Shima is China. Britain has been conspicuous in recent months in its attempts to court Beijing: British politicians flying in, President Xi coming to the UK, the government one of the first backers of China's new Asian infrastructure investment bank.
And yet Japan and other countries in Asia have joined the US in sharing growing concerns about what some see as China's attempts to project its power in the region.
They worry particularly about Beijing's programme of building military and transport infrastructure on disputed islands in the South China Sea.
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Prime Minister Abe of Japan wrote in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal: "Ensuring freedom of navigation is both a prerequisite for economic growth and a precondition for stability and peace. Regrettably, not every nation recognises that and we are seeing unilateral action being taken that undermines the rule of law in the sea, changes the status quo and escalates international tensions."
So while Japan is looking for a strong statement at the G7 in favour of everyone in the region following international maritime rules, Her Majesty's government might not want to be put in the position of annoying George Osborne's new best friends.
British officials use their language very carefully when asked about this. "We have been very clear about the South China Sea," said one. "It is not an area for us to take a position. But we are clear that all claims should be pursued through international law."
And that is not all. At this summit, the overproduction of steel is very much on the agenda. And one of the countries facing accusations of flooding the global market is China, something that many blamed for the decline of Tata steel in South Wales.
But while some here in Japan may look for tough language on this, British diplomats are cautious. "Steel oversupply is not just a China issue," one said. "It's a global issue."
If the UK might feel isolated over China, it might also find itself at odds with other countries over the global economy. In recent months the International Monetary Fund has successively cut its growth forecasts.
Prime Minister Abe of Japan is looking for the G7 to support a greater fiscal stimulus to boost investment and spur growth in his country as much as elsewhere.
Other G7 countries are up for this, except Germany and the UK which both still favour continued austerity over greater spending.
"Flexibility is key," one UK official told me. "There shouldn't be a one size fits all economic policy across the G7."
This G7 may take place in a remote part of Japan prevalent to earthquakes but few expect any seismic changes to be agreed within the summit's high-security walls.
David Cameron may get his pro-Remain endorsements but that does not mean he will always be on steady ground.
Writing in the Financial Times, he also predicts non-euro countries such as the UK, Poland and Sweden moving towards closer policy coordination.
David Cameron says he will review the balance of power between the UK and EU.
The prime minister also denied Labour claims the coalition is split on the issue of regaining powers from Europe.
His rebuttal came after opposition leader Ed Miliband said the prime minister "could not speak for the government" as he disagreed with his deputy, Nick Clegg, on how to proceed.
Mr Cameron joined other European leaders in Brussels for a crunch meeting on the eurozone debt crisis.
Meanwhile, in his FT article, Sir John - one of Mr Cameron's predecessors - says deeper eurozone integration "may encourage non-euro member states to seek to repatriate key policies they can't influence".
Sir John predicts a two-speed EU will emerge in which non-euro countries align themselves with each other, moving them away from nations which share a common currency.
He writes: "A more integrated eurozone will also provoke non-euro members of the EU by driving them further away from core decision-making... non-euro members will not wish to be marginalised and may sniff suspiciously at euro-core proposals, rendering decision-making even more of a hurdle.
"If the eurozone integrates and coordinates policy, non-euro members may co-ordinate too."
He goes on to say "outside [the eurozone], a looser union could emerge" and a "pattern of variable alliances is likely", leading him to conclude that "one thing is certain - the EU will not remain the same".
The former prime minister also turns his attention to the push for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU, which garnered the support of 81 Conservative MPs in a vote in the Commons on Monday.
Sir John says "many are pressing for their nation to leave the EU", which he calls "an extreme option that would throw up far more problems than it would solve".
"For the UK it would be a dangerous mistake but, even so, our relationship within the EU will shift. Cool heads and clear minds are needed: our future depends on it," he says.
The 24-year-old and 27-year-old from Bradford failed to return from an outing on the mountain last weekend.
Bad weather and the risk of avalanches have hampered efforts to make ground-based searches of Ben Nevis.
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team are planning to get up on to the mountain on Saturday.
High winds and drifting snow have prevented the team from climbing Ben Nevis before then.
Team member John Stevenson told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "We're hoping to get a squad out tomorrow.
"We're looking at getting localised searches of different areas.
"We're going to go into the areas where the general public are not normally in during the week. It's a bit dangerous in groups of twos or threes, so we're really going to need to try and get a squad out tomorrow."
Mr Stevenson said helicopter searches of the mountain had so far been unsuccessful at finding any trace of the missing couple.
He added: "We had the helicopter out yesterday with the team members doing some searches on board but again weather conditions have kept us fairly limited as to what we could do.
"There are people out on the hills doing different things but we have seen nothing at the moment."
"It is very frustrating and we're trying to get something for the families mainly and we've got nothing to go on. We don't know where to look yet, so we're just going to have to start basically at the beginning and just work our way around the hill."
Police Scotland confirmed that searches were not possible on Friday.
A spokesman said: "Unfortunately, due to severe weather and ground conditions, land searches for missing climbers Rachel Slater and Tim Newton remain suspended. Due to high winds and driving snow, searches from the air will not be possible."
In a joint statement issued on Thursday, the families of Ms Slater and Mr Newton said: "We are extremely grateful to members of the emergency services and search and rescue personnel who are searching for Rachel and Tim.
"The overwhelming response from members of the public and the climbing community has greatly assisted the search effort and we appreciate all the support and words of encouragement.
"As a family we urge anyone who was in the Ben Nevis area last weekend and may have seen or spoken to Rachel and Tim at any time to get in touch."
The Bulls were condemned to a second year in the Championship after Wakefield won the play-off game 24-16.
Lowes, who also works as England assistant coach, said defeat may force the Bulls to become a part-time club.
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"If this is the future of rugby league I won't be in it," he said.
"I just don't think it's the way forward for the game.
"We've got 17 blokes down there who could potentially lose their jobs in one game after they've worked so hard to put themselves in a good position.
"It's not guaranteed that we will remain full-time unfortunately. Marc [Green, Bulls chairman] is fantastic, but we're limited by a budget."
It is the first season that the play-off has been introduced to decide the final Super League spot.
Bradford earned their place in The Qualifiers - a group of eight teams consisting of four Super League and four Championship sides competing for four top-flight spots at the end of the season - by finishing second in the Championship after 23 games.
Wakefield coach Brian Smith said Super League's split format is a disadvantage to those teams outside the Super 8s.
"It's like going to the Olympics in the 400m and starting at the 450-metre mark," said Smith.
"From within it's thoroughly debilitating. It's almost impossible to talk about next season.
"The other eight clubs have been able to have a running start on us and they're going to get another running start next season.
"It's so much harder for clubs that don't have the finances to compete with those at the top."
All four Super League teams that featured in The Qualifiers have maintained their Super League status, with Wakefield joining Hull KR, Widnes and Salford.
The Forestry Commission scheme at Latchmore Brook aimed to recreate the meanders of a stream which had been diverted by Victorian engineers.
But campaigners claimed the work would cause "irreparable damage".
The commission said the scheme's sponsor, the New Forest Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) Scheme, had decided not to challenge the planning decision.
It said the HLS board had opted instead to focus funding on monitoring the brook, near Hyde, and on other projects within the forest.
A spokeswoman said the Forestry Commission was now revising its work programme.
She said: "We will continue to monitor Latchmore Brook, to measure changes during the remaining period of the HLS agreement because it's vital that will build knowledge of the changes at the site and use that to inform future management.
"We understand and respect the decision taken by the HLS Board not to appeal the decision and to focus their future funding on a range of projects that will build on the success of completed conservation and restoration work across the New Forest."
New Forest National Park Authority refused planning permission for the scheme in November, amid strong local opposition, despite it having the backing of the Environment Agency, Natural England and Historic England.
Residents argued the 96,000 tonnes of gravel needed for the restoration would spell "ecological disaster" for the area.
Following the refusal, the Forestry Commission said the "threatened area" now risked "falling into further decline".
The 22-year-old ex-Newcastle man failed to make a league start or score a goal for the Cobblers in his previous spell at the club in the 2013-14 season.
Hooper is reunited with boss Rob Page at Sixfields, for whom he scored five goals in 30 games at Vale last season.
"Did I get the best out of him? I'd like to think so and hope I can again," Page told BBC Radio Northampton.
"He is a big physical lad, he was at Northampton before and he has matured a hell of a lot since then.
"He has experience and league goals now under his belt and grown in confidence because of that, and that will hold him in good stead hopefully in his second spell at Northampton Town."
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However, the struggling hosts collapsed to 222 all out on day two in reply to title-chasing Yorkshire's 281.
Vince, who scored 212 runs in 11 Test innings during the summer, was caught at slip off Tim Bresnan for 60.
Sean Ervine (80) top-scored and Jack Brooks took 5-53, before Yorkshire reached 69-1 at stumps to lead by 128.
Earlier on day two, Gareth Berg had wrapped up Yorkshire's first innings to claim a career-best 6-56.
Vince, who has resumed his role as Hampshire captain for this match, and Ervine put on 107 during an enterprising fourth-wicket stand after the home side had slipped to 38-3.
Vince's 119 in the reverse Championship fixture against Yorkshire at Headingley in April was, prior to his 84-ball knock on Thursday, his only score above 50 in 20 previous first-class innings this season.
Ervine made two centuries in the draw against Somerset, but missed out on a third successive hundred as he edged Ryan Sidebottom (3-45) behind to wicketkeeper Andrew Hodd.
The Zimbabwean's departure sparked Hampshire's collapse as an inspired spell by Brooks and Sidebottom, who between them took six wickets for 23 runs either side of tea, earned a first-innings lead of 59.
Yorkshire lost opener Alex Lees before the close but Adam Lyth will start day three unbeaten on 37 alongside Gary Ballance, with the visitors looking to keep up the pressure on Division One leaders Middlesex.
Promises the Gulf Kingdom made to the UN Human Rights Council in 2009 were "nothing but hot air", a report claims.
The authorities continue to crack down on activists through "arbitrary arrests and detention, unfair trials, torture and other ill-treatment", it adds.
A Saudi spokesman insisted "tangible progress" had been made.
On Friday, Riyadh refused to take up a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, accusing the body of failing in its duties towards Syria, as well as in other conflicts.
In its report published on Monday, Amnesty said the kingdom had failed to implement any of the main recommendations from its last Universal Periodic Review by the Human Rights Council.
"Four years ago, Saudi Arabian diplomats came to Geneva and accepted a string of recommendations to improve human rights in the country. Since then, not only have the authorities failed to act, but they have ratcheted up the repression," said Philip Luther, Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa director.
"For all the peaceful activists that have been arbitrary detained, tortured or imprisoned in Saudi Arabia since, the international community has a duty to hold the authorities to account."
Amnesty's report documents what it describes as a "new wave of repression against civil society" that has taken place since 2011.
Human rights activists and supporters of political reform in the country face repressive measures that included arbitrary arrest, detention without charge or trial, unfair trials and travel bans, it says.
In March, two founders of the prominent Saudi Civil and Political Rights Organisation (ACPRA), Abdullah al-Hamid and Mohammed al-Qahtani, were sentenced to 10 and 11 years respectively.
The men, who used Twitter to promote human rights, were found guilty by a court of "breaking allegiance and disobeying the ruler", "undermining unity", "questioning the integrity of officials", "seeking to disrupt security" and "inciting disorder by calling for demonstrations".
"These men are prisoners of conscience who should be released immediately and unconditionally. Their peaceful activism against human rights violations deserves praise not punishment. The only guilty party here is the government," Mr Luther said.
Torture and other ill-treatment during detention is rife and carried out with impunity, the report says. The heavy reliance by the courts on "confessions" often extracted under torture, duress or deception has entrenched such abuses, it claims.
It documents other alleged violations, including "systemic discrimination of women in both law and practice" and "abuse of migrant workers".
The report also accuses the Sunni-ruled kingdom of "discrimination against minority groups", including Shia in Eastern Province, where many have been arrested for taking part in protests to demand greater rights and several have been killed in clashes with security forces.
But at the UN Human Rights Council meeting on Monday, the head of Saudi Arabia's delegation insisted the country's human rights record had improved since 2009.
Bandar bin Mohammed al-Aiban noted that a minimum of 20% of seats on the Shura Council had been allocated to women - the first time they had been able to hold any political office in the kingdom.
"Tangible progress has been achieved on a daily basis," he added.
Mr Aiban, who is the president of the Saudi Human Rights Commission, said the country, which hosts 9 million foreign workers, was also taking all steps needed to protect their rights and provide appropriate conditions.
They have pyramids of fruit, water bottles and coils of clothing carried in bundles on their head. Their backs are ram-rod straight, their footing certain even in the steaming wet heat of Ghana's rainy season.
But there are other bigger balancing acts facing young women in this West African country.
How do they stay in education and avoid pressures such as early marriage and leaving school without any of the basic skills needed for work?
An innovative interactive education project is trying to improve girls' opportunities in school.
Making Ghanaian Girls Great is a pilot project testing daily catch-up lessons in English and maths in 72 state schools in two regions of Ghana.
The project, implemented by GEMS Education Solutions, is funded by the UK government's Department for International Development, as part of a project to help educate a million of the world's poorest girls, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa.
It's a hi-tech response to a low-tech problem. How do you get standardised lessons to widely scattered schools, where there are uncertain teaching standards and deep-rooted problems of teacher absenteeism?
It uses a form of online television, providing live lessons from a studio in Accra. The schools, without internet access and without a reliable power supply, are equipped to receive the lessons with a satellite dish and solar panels.
It's an interactive two-way system, so teachers in the television studio can talk directly and take questions and answers from pupils working with their own teachers in classes.
As well as one-hour lessons in maths and English there are after-school clubs - called Wonder Women lessons - designed to build-up girls' confidence and give them a chance to talk to role models.
Girls can ask questions about health, education or careers - and the lessons are aimed not just at girls at school, but also those who have dropped out.
The project was launched in Accra last week, with support from education officials and local traditional leaders.
Chairing the event was Nana Ogyedon Tsetsewah, a chieftain in Gomoa Akyempim in Ghana's central region. Her elevation to this traditionally male role was itself a cause of resentment.
But she says how she really started a scandal was refusing to accept a system of multiple marriages, in which young women became older men's wives.
These young girls, only children themselves, are then effectively cut off from education and any chance of wider horizons.
"What happens is a girl of 11 or 12 years gets pregnant and she drops out of school. They think the woman's role is to have children."
The obstacle to education in rural Ghana isn't a lack of school buildings, she says, it's about ingrained prejudices towards girls.
Uneducated parents don't value education for girls. "There's always that pull back," says Nana Tsetsewah.
"My people count their blessings as the number of children a man has."
There is a local proverb in her language that she says sums up the tough daily struggle of the rural poor: "Life is war."
And all too often it is girls who lose out from the short-term pressures for another income or one less mouth to feed.
But Nana Tsetsewah says there are changes - mobile phones and the internet are letting young people see another world and it's creating its own unexpected pressures.
Young people are frustrated by seeing an unobtainable life. From rural Ghana they're looking in at the global shop window of YouTube and Facebook - and they don't want to work the land any more.
She says she is a supporter of modernisation - and says it will bring gains - but also recognises "we're losing our culture bit by bit".
With echoes of unrest in several West African countries, she says that such tensions can be exploited by extremists promoting ethnic violence.
Muniratu Issifu, project manager for Making Ghanaian Girls Great, says that keeping girls in education is a key to making progress.
But the schools have to be seen by parents to be providing a good quality education. Something as practical as bad weather or bad roads could mean teachers routinely missing lessons, she says.
Mataheko school, in the Ningo Prampram district, is testing the interactive lessons.
It has bare floors and old wooden desks, with goats and chickens pottering around outside in the playground. But poking through the tin roof is a satellite dish, which links the school to the lessons being delivered by a teacher in a small television studio in Accra.
The screen is a whitewashed wall and it shows videos, singing and clapping exercises and the other classes taking part at the same time.
Head teacher Vanderwell Augustt Gordor welcomes the extra lessons. It's a much more active style of learning and part of the process is to share different teaching techniques.
The pupils seem to like joining in and are impressively patient when the technology goes down.
Gordon Carver, project director for GEMS, says there will be a two-and-a-half-year tracking process to see how the results might have been improved for those children taking part.
He wants to apply a more systematic approach to understanding what works. There has been much international attention on the lack of school places in sub-Saharan Africa, with more than 30 million without any access to primary school.
But such global monitoring by Unesco has revealed the desperately poor quality of some schooling, with children spending years in classrooms but still remaining illiterate.
The on-screen lessons are also providing an extra daily resource to some hard-pressed teachers. In some schools there might only be a single qualified teacher for hundreds of pupils, Mr Carver says - and the two hours a day of television teaching could be an important addition.
The problem of teacher absenteeism has meant on average there has been no teacher at all in more than a quarter of lessons, says Mr Carver.
In many ways it might be seen as a case of necessity being the mother of invention - or a rather sophisticated workaround. It addresses the absence of broadband or reliable electricity and a shortage of teachers. It's a durable, scalable use of computer technology to fill a gap in learning and teacher training.
But in the end wouldn't it be better to have enough good teachers who could be there in person?
Curiously this experiment in West Africa taps into some of the ideas being tested in Western education systems.
Digital learning is a hot topic, whether in the form of online masterclass lessons for schools or massive online open courses for higher education.
Charlotte Pierre, deputy director for the DFID in Ghana, says that education shouldn't be seen in isolation. Improving girls' education benefits the wellbeing of the wider community, improving health and reducing the likelihood of early marriage.
The UK government's aid policy has a big push on girls' education and teacher quality.
In Ghana, Ms Pierre says "inequality remains a big issue", with the need to narrow the gap in outcomes between the richest and poorest and girls and boys.
It's a country with many visible contrasts. At the launch of the Making Ghanaian Girls Great project there were traditional "queen mothers" in their headdresses and finery recording the event on an iPad.
There has been strong and sustained economic growth - with growing trading partners such as China. The roads of the capital are choked with cars - even though there are potholes that seem to be the size of small caves.
Ghana has invested in education as the passport to becoming a middle-income country.
"Education is the key to the development of any society," said Anthony Klopka, from the Ada West district assembly. But girls' education has been "falling on the rocks".
Former Real Madrid manager Del Bosque, 64, guided Spain to victory at both the 2010 World Cup and the Euro 2012 finals.
"My retirement is close. If everything goes according to plan it [Euro 2016] will be the end," he said.
"I am a man of the Federation and I have to speak to them before taking a final decision."
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Spain are two-time defending champions having also won Euro 2008 under the late Luis Aragones, Del Bosque's predecessor.
They could become the most successful side in European Championship history if they can win the title for a third consecutive time, and fourth overall, in France next year.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has said in the past he would like to replace Del Bosque as manager of the national team.
The 22-year-old defender takes over the responsibility from Michael McGovern following the Northern Ireland goalkeeper's move to Norwich.
"I feel it's something that I'm ready for, I feel I can cope with it no problem and I feel I can offer the team something," said Devlin.
"It's a massive honour and I'm really looking forward to it."
Devlin has no qualms about his leadership role, despite being one of the youngest players in Martin Canning's squad.
"I had a chat with the manager and he felt that the next stage of my development was to take on extra responsibility," he explained.
"It was something I tried to do anyway, to try and lead and help the other players round me."
Devlin missed the first half of last season with a knee injury and thinks the experience has matured him.
"It forces you to grow up, be a bit more professional and look after yourself a bit more," he said. "One injury can ultimately finish your career.
"Fortunately, I managed to recover and I've worked hard to get back into the right condition so I can keep on improving."
Accies have finished seventh and 10th since they returned to the top flight but Devlin is not setting any targets beyond survival.
"We'll never look any further than trying to stay in the league," he said. "It's the same every year.
"We're the smallest club, with the smallest budget, so anything above consolidating our Premiership status is a bonus."
Hamilton begin their Premiership campaign against Rangers on Saturday and Devlin is looking forward to the return of top-flight football at Ibrox.
"It can only be a good thing for the game that one of the biggest clubs in Scotland are back in the Premiership," he said.
"As a professional, as a player, an individual you should relish going to that size of stadium and playing in front of 50,000.
"For the league it's great to have all the best teams back in it and I think it's good for Celtic, there will be a bit of competition there again.
"For a club like Hamilton, financially there will be positives from that with Rangers bringing in a big gate."
But in the world of music, musicians from both traditions are in total harmony.
Many have spent the week playing together at the first Belfast Summer School for Traditional Music.
They have also been teaching more than 150 budding musicians to play almost 20 different instruments.
According to the school's musical director Donal O'Connor - who is also a top traditional musician - partnerships reflect trad's history and heritage.
"Traditional music here in the north is very influenced by the traditional music of Scotland, so it was key to us that we would reflect that," he told BBC News NI.
"So we have fifing, drumming and bagpipes as well as fiddles, flutes, concertinas and Uilleann pipes.
"Music brings people together, and it's one of the ways we think we can push things forward here.
"Tunes from the fifing world have come into the traditional music world and vice-versa.
"Music doesn't have any boundaries - or barriers or borders for that matter - and that's something we're keen to reflect."
Tara Breen from the Chieftains is one of the other top musicians at the school, as is Steven McWhirter.
Originally from Ahoghill in County Antrim, he is a seven-time world drumming champion and plays in one of the world's leading pipe bands.
He has been playing alongside Irish traditional musicians during the week.
"Pipe band musicians generally like to be very prepared all the time to give their absolute best performance in a competition," he said.
"But these guys get together 20 minutes before a gig and put sets together and just go for it.
"It's been enlightening for me to be involved with them and see what they're all about."
As part of the school, gigs, talks and events have been taking place at venues in the north, south, east and west of the city.
However, the hub for all of the classes during the week has been the Ulster University's Belfast campus in the city's Cathedral Quarter.
One of those who has come to learn is Yuliana Pavlova-Scott, who is originally from Siberia in Russia.
"In the summer school I took a class of songs as I'm developing my voice," she said.
"Traditional music is like the soil, and I look at the people and they are happy.
"I see sunshine coming from their eyes and their hearts."
The school ends on Friday, but it has been such a success that plans are already in place to run it again next year.
At close of trade in London, the benchmark index was down 18.56 points, or 0.25%, at 7,503.47.
On Tuesday, the FTSE had climbed above the 7,500 level for the first time, closing at 7,522.03 points.
Against the US greenback, the pound was up 0.22% at $1.2945. However, it dipped against the euro, falling 0.33% to 1.1616 euros.
In general, a weaker pound lifts the FTSE 100 as many companies on the index have significant revenues from overseas.
A weak pound means these revenues are worth more when converted back into sterling.
Shares in Lloyds Banking Group were up nearly 2% after the government confirmed it had shed its last remaining stake in the bank, thus returning it to the private sector.
Other winners included Fresnillo, Tesco, Kingfisher and Randgold.
Shares in British Land were down 3.3% despite it posting a 7.4% rise in full-year profit.
Other fallers included Ashtead Group, CRH, Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Rolls-Royce Holdings.
The high-performance Ferrari 430 Scuderia was reduced to a twisted wreck after the smash on the M1 near junction 37 in South Yorkshire on Thursday afternoon.
Police described how the car "went airborne" in the wet conditions.
The driver walked away with just cuts and bruises.
The car went 50 metres down a bank and ended up in a field, where it turned into a fireball and had to be extinguished by firefighters.
In a statement on Facebook, South Yorkshire Police said: "Officers asked the driver what sort of car he 'had' to which he replied 'it was a Ferrari'.
"Detecting a sense of damaged pride he then said 'I've only just got it, picked it up an hour ago'."
The force urged drivers to take care on the roads.
"Over the past couple of weeks there has been a number of collisions where driving styles have not reflected the road and weather conditions. Please take more care."
The 22-year-old previously spent time on loan with the Gloucestershire club at the end of the 2015-16 campaign.
He made 10 starts in the climax of that season, helping Cheltenham win promotion back to the Football League.
Flatt has also spent time on loan at Chesterfield, as well as non-league Barrow and Wrexham.
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The government's decision comes after the northern state witnessed violent clashes in February over the issue.
At least 25 people died when Jats clashed with security forces and other communities to press for job quotas similar to those given to lower castes.
The bill will become law once the state's governor signs it.
Correspondents say the governor's approval is a mere formality.
Four other caste groups - Jat Sikh, Tyagi, Bishnoi and Ror - have also been included in the bill.
Jat leaders say quotas for lower castes put them at a disadvantage in government jobs and at state-run educational institutions.
For several days in February, there was unrest in Haryana as protesters from the Jat community set fire to vehicles, shops and buildings belonging to non-Jats.
Demonstrations were also held in Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Overland transport links to Haryana were brought to a halt by the protests, despite a curfew and the deployment of the army.
More than 10 million people in the capital, Delhi, had to go without water after the protesters sabotaged a key canal supplying water to the city.
The protests were called off after Jat leaders accepted a government offer.
The government's decision to pass the bill on Tuesday is seen as part of the promise it made to Jat leaders in February.
Daniel Bailey, 17, a pupil at the Alun School in Mold, died from meningococcal septicaemia, public health officials have confirmed.
Headteacher Jane Cooper said Daniel would be "sorely missed".
Public Health Wales say close contacts of Daniel have been identified and there is no wider risk.
Dr Chris Whiteside, consultant in communicable disease control at Public Health Wales, said: "A teenager has died after receiving hospital treatment in Wrexham for meningococcal septicaemia.
"All close contacts have been identified and those requiring preventative medication have been treated.
"There is no wider public health risk and no other individuals will require treatment."
Ms Cooper said: "Daniel was a valued and popular member of the school and will be sadly missed by his friends and teachers alike.
"His friends found him to be bright and warm and a person who was interested in many things and always easy to talk to.
"Daniel's teachers are especially proud of his academic achievements throughout his years at the Alun School, and he had made a very promising start to his A-level studies in the sixth form.
"Above all, our thoughts are with Daniel's family at this sad time."
More information on meningococcal disease can be found on the Public Health Wales website
The Spanish football federation has suspended Mourinho for an incident that occurred towards the end of the Supercopa match between the sides.
Barcelona assistant Tito Vilanova was banned for one match for slapping Mourinho during a brawl.
Three players were sent off in the tie, won 3-2 by Barcelona, on 17 August.
Madrid duo Marcelo and Mezut Ozil and Barca's David Villa were dismissed as the Catalan side won 3-2 to take the trophy 5-4 on aggregate.
As players scrapped on the field, television pictures showed former Chelsea manager Mourinho walking over to Vilanova, manager Pep Guardiola's assistant, and poking him in the eye.
Mourinho later issued a letter apologising for his behaviour, but only to Madrid supporters.
Barcelona said immediately after the game that they would not report Mourinho, but the Spanish federation intervened.
The New Abbey site stopped working in the middle of the 20th Century but, after repair and restoration, opened to visitors in 1983.
It is now maintained and cared for by Historic Scotland.
The Royal Mail said the new stamps were a tribute to "iconic and endearing structures" dotted around the United Kingdom.
The other mills featured are Nutley Windmill in East Sussex, Ballycopeland Windmill in County Down, Cheddleton Flint Mill in Staffordshire, Woodchurch Windmill in Kent and Felin Cochwillan Mill in Gwynedd.
New Dumfries and Galloway MP Alister Jack launched the south of Scotland stamp at the corn mill.
He said: "The watermill at New Abbey is well known by locals and tourists to Dumfries and Galloway.
"I am delighted that it now features on this brilliant set of stamps."
Royal Mail's stamp strategy manager Philip Parker added: "The windmills and watermills of the UK are much-loved landmarks and reminders of our rich agricultural and industrial heritage.
"We celebrate six of these fascinating structures with new stamps."
New Abbey Corn Mill is a late 18th-Century mill that is thought to occupy the site of a watermill for grinding grain which was established in the 13th Century by the Cistercian monks of the monastery of Sweetheart Abbey.
The mill, miller's house and kiln for drying oats are grouped together in one building - the mill having had an extra floor for grain storage which was added in the mid-19th Century.
The machinery and three pairs of millstones, for shelling and grinding oats and animal feed, are driven by a pitch-back waterwheel, with the water being fed from a mill pond lined with boulders onto the top of the wheel along a timber launder.
The goal earned his side a 3-3 draw and a 5-4 triumph on aggregate.
Institute led three times on the night with goals from Jamie Dunne, Gareth Brown and Shane McGinty.
The Mallards struck back each time with replies from Emmett Friars, Cathal Beacom and finally Feeney, in new boss Gavin Dykes's first game in charge.
Dykes was in the dugout as former boss Whitey Anderson served a suspension.
The Mallards won the first leg 2-1 at Drumahoe on 6 May but the sides had to wait seven weeks to play their second leg because of a wrangle over a ban served by Carrick Rangers manager Gary Haveron.
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With Institute leading on away goals and the Mallards down to 10 men following the dismissal of Liam McMenamin in the 90th minute, the Fermanagh side's four-year stay in the top flight looked to be coming to an end.
Dunne drilled a low effort beyond home keeper Alvin Rouse in the 17th minute for the opener, before Friars headed home the leveller from a Jason McCartney free-kick.
Institute regained the lead in the 27th minute when an excellent low cross from the right was steered home by Gareth Brown.
The hosts were awarded a penalty on the hour when Johnny Lafferty was taken down in the box by Stephen O'Donnell and Cathal Beacom netted emphatically from the spot.
Institute responded in some style as Shane McGinty unleashed an unstoppable effort that flew past Rouse.
Investor-state disputes must be settled publicly and transparently, the parliament's new recommendations say.
The recommendations were redrafted after MEPs put forward more than 100 amendments. Fierce arguments continue over the trade deal, known as TTIP.
MEPs will vote on TTIP on Wednesday. A final deal could be reached next year.
The TTIP - which stands for Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - is being negotiated by the European Commission - the EU's top regulator - but parliamentary approval will be required to make the deal law.
The Commission estimates that by 2027 it could boost the size of the EU economy by €120bn (£85bn; $132bn) - equal to 0.5% of GDP.
The EU Trade Commissioner, Cecilia Malmstroem, voiced support for the parliament's recommendations, calling the document "a vital basis for that negotiation".
One of the thorniest TTIP issues is investor protection. There is widespread opposition to commercial arbitration panels, called Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS).
Critics say that even the threat of a legal case from a powerful corporation could have a "chilling" effect on national legislators as they try to regulate public services, such as healthcare and transport.
Many anti-TTIP protesters in Europe fear that such a deal could fuel a "race to the bottom", watering down hard-won EU standards in areas like food safety and workers' rights.
The MEPs' recommendations reject ISDS as a model for settling trade disputes. Instead, they call for treatment of cases "in a transparent manner by publicly appointed, independent professional judges in public hearings".
TTIP should also "trust the courts of the EU and of the member states and of the United States to provide effective legal protection".
Supporters of ISDS say it was designed to protect Western firms from abuses, such as arbitrary expropriation, in states with inadequate judicial systems.
But opponents argue that courts in the EU and US have high legal standards, and that businesses should seek redress there, not in separate tribunals.
"Now it is clear that ISDS has to be replaced by a public court," said the parliament's lead negotiator on TTIP, German Socialist Bernd Lange.
Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield, Wakefield, Coventry, Leeds and Bradford voted "no" to the idea, championed by ministers.
But
Bristol was in favour
and
Doncaster voted
to keep its mayor.
Voter turnout has been low and housing minister Grant Shapps said no-one was "forcing" mayors on cities.
Manchester voted against the proposal by a margin of 53.2% to 46.8%. In Nottingham the margin was bigger at 57.5% to 42.5%. And in Bradford 55.1% of voters opposed the change.
Turnout in Manchester and Nottingham was 24%. In Bradford it was slightly higher at 35%.
Mayoral referendum results
In Leeds the idea of a mayor was rejected by 67% to 33%.
Nottingham council's Labour leader Jon Collins said the referendum had been "imposed" on the city by the coalition government and introducing a mayoral system would be "expensive and unnecessary".
"This outcome shows that local people recognise we have a system in Nottingham which is working well for them and the city," he added.
In Birmingham voters rejected the plans by 57.8% TO 42.2% and in Coventry by 63.58% to 36.42%.
But those in Bristol backed change by a margin of 53% to 47%, on a turnout of 24%.
The contest for the new job will take place in the autumn.
People in Doncaster were offered the chance to do away with an elected mayor, which they voted to introduce in 2001. They rejected the idea by 62% to 38%.
Conservative minister Mr Shapps told Sky News: "People should have the right to decide how they are governed in their local area.
"The whole point is to give people a say. No-one is forcing mayors on anyone."
· All the latest election results are available at bbc.co.uk/vote2012
Peel won 76 Wales caps between 2001 and 2011 and represented the British and Irish Lions in three Tests.
The 34-year-old made 20 appearances for Bristol after joining in 2014 and will now join the club's coaching staff.
"Following the medical advice, I really had no further choice," he told the club website.
"I've been fortunate enough to enjoy some incredible experiences during my playing career and have met some fantastic people.
"I'm grateful to Bristol Rugby for their support and will continue to work hard alongside the coaching team to ensure the season ends on a high."
Peel started his career at Llanelli, which become Scarlets following the advent of regional rugby in 2003.
He made his Wales debut against Japan in 2001 and became the youngest Welsh player to win 50 caps in 2007 - until George North claimed that accolade last year.
Peel played a prominent role in Wales' Six Nations Grand Slam in 2005, while he also featured as Wales repeated the feat three years later.
But following his move to Sale - also in 2008 - Peel gradually fell out of favour under Wales head coach Warren Gatland.
He eventually lost his national starting place to former Llanelli team-mate Mike Phillips, and Peel won the last of his 76 Wales caps against France in 2011.
He joined Bristol in 2014 and captained the team that lost last year's Championship play-off final to Worcester.
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Some of the quirkier snippets from the news in Africa that we did not know last week:
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A new tram stop at Victoria Station in Manchester has reopened after it closed 12 months ago as part of a wider £44m refurbishment at the site.
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Private equity fund Apollo said on Tuesday, it plans to buy security company ADT for $6.9bn (£4.8bn).
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Muhammad Ali was vocal throughout his career, giving an opinion on just about everything - but here we look at what people said about him.
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Patrick Harvie, the co-convener of the Scottish Greens, has announced he will stand in a first-past-the-post seat at next year's Holyrood election.
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An Edinburgh mother has told how "touched" she was after a mystery donor left money on her car windscreen towards a parking ticket she received while in hospital with her son.
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Tom O'Carroll, ex-head of Paedophile Information Exchange which campaigned to lower the age of sexual consent to 10, has been suspended by Labour.
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A government minister in Guinea has been charged in connection with a massacre at a stadium in 2009.
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Jamie Murray's doubles partner Bruno Soares says it is "just a bad excuse" for Olympians to pull out of Rio because of fears over the Zika virus.
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Reigning Olympic and London marathon champion Jemima Sumgong is the latest Kenyan athlete to fail a drugs test.
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Former prime minister Sir John Major fears "confrontation" in the European Union as members in the eurozone "drift towards full fiscal union".
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A mountain rescue team hopes to make searches this weekend of harder to access areas of Ben Nevis for missing climbers Rachel Slater and Tim Newton.
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Bradford Bulls head coach James Lowes threatened to quit rugby league after his side failed to win promotion back to Super League through the Million Pound Game.
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Controversial plans to restore wetlands in the New Forest have been shelved after they were refused by planners.
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Northampton Town have re-signed striker JJ Hooper on loan from League One rivals Port Vale until 9 January.
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England batsman James Vince made his first half-century in first-class cricket since April for Hampshire against Yorkshire at the Ageas Bowl.
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Saudi Arabia has failed to act on recommendations by a UN body to improve human rights and instead "ratcheted up" repression, Amnesty International says.
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There are women walking through Accra's crowded streets performing remarkable balancing acts.
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Spain coach Vicente del Bosque plans to retire after next summer's Euro 2016 finals in France.
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Michael Devlin believes he can thrive in the captain's role at Hamilton Academical this season.
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At Stormont there may be political division over the Irish and Ulster-Scots languages.
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The FTSE 100's recent record-breaking run has stalled, with shares losing ground on Wednesday.
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A driver lost control of his new £200,000 Ferrari and careered off a motorway before it burst into flames - after owning it for just an hour.
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League Two club Cheltenham Town have signed goalkeeper Jon Flatt on a season-long loan from Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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The assembly in India's Haryana state has passed a bill to provide quotas for the Jat community in government jobs and educational institutes.
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A sixth-form student at a school in Flintshire has died after falling ill with meningitis.
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Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has been banned for two matches for jabbing his finger into the eye of Barcelona's assistant coach.
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A corn mill in southern Scotland is one of six UK windmills and watermills to feature in a new set of stamps.
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A dramatic Steve Feeney goal in the fifth minute of injury time at Ferney Park helped Ballinamallard United retain their Irish Premiership status.
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A proposed EU-US free trade deal must not give big firms the power to sue governments in private, secretive courts, the European Parliament says.
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David Cameron's plans to replace local council cabinets with directly elected mayors have been rejected by voters in nine English cities.
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Bristol captain and former Wales scrum-half Dwayne Peel has announced his retirement with immediate effect after suffering a shoulder injury.
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In Wednesday's semi-finals, Tyrone came from two points down at half-time to beat Donegal 1-15 to 2-8 while Monaghan were 2-16 to 0-9 winners over Armagh.
Tyrone led 1-6 to 0-6 in the second half after a Ryan Coleman goal but Conor Doherty netted for Donegal.
The young Red Hands then built up a big lead and a late Stephen McBrearty penalty could not save Donegal.
At Pairc Esler in Newry, substitutes Fearghal McMahon and Francis Maguire netted in the second half to put Monaghan through to the decider for the first time in nine years.
Monaghan landed five points in a row in the 10 minutes before half time to establish a 0-9 to 0-6 lead at the break.
They then hit 1-5 without reply in the second half to take the game away from Armagh.
Monaghan got a penalty for an innocuous foul off the ball after Conor McCarthy's free dropped short and was punched clear by the 'keeper.
McMahon converted and goalkeeper Conor Forde also nailed a couple of long-range placed balls.
Oisin O'Neill ended a 22-minute scoring drought for Armagh, who managed just three points in the second half.
Maguire capitalised on a defensive lapse to tap home a loose ball and round off an easy victory.
The final is to be played on Wednesday, 6 April.
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All-Ireland holders Tyrone will face Monaghan in the final of the 2016 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship.
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As the world's most successful investor - his company Berkshire Hathaway is worth $200bn (£128bn) - the decisions he makes have big ramifications for companies, industries and sometimes, for countries.
This week, it has been Australia's turn.
Mr Buffett's A$500m ($386m, £247m) investment in one of this country's biggest insurers, Insurance Australia Group (IAG), has spurred speculation about other companies he might invest in.
Mr Buffett does not like taking risks, a senior analyst at investment research firm Morningstar, David Ellis, told the BBC.
"He wants a reliable return, and that's what the Australian market gives him. It is very mature and well run," explains Mr Ellis about why the American investor from Omaha has invested in IAG.
In a video statement he made overnight, Mr Buffett told his faithful following: "I'm 84 and this is my first investment in an Australian company."
"I've been very derelict but it has been worth waiting for," he said.
The recent decline of the Australian dollar may have prompted his move.
Six months ago, Mr Buffett would have exchanged one Australian dollar for one US dollar. Now he gets a A$1.30-bang for his US buck.
"The expectations are for the [Australian] dollar to keep on falling, and that would mean he can increase his holding [in IAG]," says Mr Ellis.
The current investment in IAG will give the American investor a substantial cash flow which he said he would re-invest in Australia.
His has his eye on Australia's big banks.
"I would say there is a good chance that five years from now, we will have bought one or more positions in Australian banks," he told Fairfax Media in a telephone interview.
Berkshire Hathaway has a track record of buying cheaply and making significant profits, but Australian banks are not cheap.
"If Warren Buffett is interested in banks, there are only four major banks in Australia, and they are relatively expensive compared to others worldwide, for a good reason," says Mr Ellis.
"They are very profitable, they hold strong market positions, and are backed up by reliable regulation."
Julian Lorkin is a Sydney-based business writer.
Centre-back Racine, 25, had been on loan with York, but will now stay with the Gulls until the end of the season.
Former West Brom trainee Hodgkiss, 30, played with Torquay player-boss Kevin Nicholson at Harriers.
The right-back has also had spells at Aberdeen, Northampton and Forest Green, where he played 164 league games.
"They are both real men, real leaders," said Nicholson. "They are characters that I want. They will both come in and help the group we have got, both on and off the pitch."
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Root, 26, takes over from Alastair Cook despite having led in only four first-class matches - three for Yorkshire and one for England Lions.
"People who say he's not quite ready are talking nonsense. He's driven and got the right attitude," ex-Yorkshire batsman Vaughan told BBC Radio 5 live.
"He's ready-made for the England captaincy."
Root, who has played 53 Tests, will not properly take over until the first Test against South Africa in July, with England only playing limited-over cricket for the first half of 2017.
His four matches as captain in first-class cricket have produced mixed results.
In April 2014, his Yorkshire side conceded 472 in the fourth innings to lose to Middlesex, but later that year he skippered them to a victory over Nottinghamshire that sealed the County Championship.
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Former Yorkshire and England captain Geoffrey Boycott said fans will be looking for Root "to take a risk now and again" and the nature of Test cricket means the new captain will occasionally "have to make things happen".
"Everything that has ever been thrown at Joe, every time he's moved upwards in his career, he's handled it," Boycott told BBC Radio 5 live.
"If not straight away, then he's quickly got to it because he's got an acute cricket brain."
Boycott, who led England in four Tests in 1978, said he hoped to see Root move back down the order to bat at four, to give him more time to cope with the added interview demands of the captaincy.
The 76-year-old added that being a Yorkshireman will stand Root in good stead as captain, because "we're good at it".
Yorkshire director of cricket Martyn Moxon described Root as "a born leader".
"He has always studied the game and different tactics throughout his career," said Moxon.
"It's not something that he is going to have to learn before his first Test. I'm sure he will do a good job."
Root is a "fantastic role model" and vastly experienced for a player in his mid-20s, said Yorkshire coach Andrew Gale, who captained Root at the county.
"Whatever level he has stepped up to, it hasn't taken him long to adapt and he has learned very quickly. I would say that I have actually learned more from him," added Gale.
"You learn on the job. I think we will see a different style of cricket with Joe in charge. He's a bit of tinkerman and not afraid to think outside the box."
Root made his England debut in 2012 and since then has scored more Test runs than any other batsman in the world.
The right-hander, a product of the Yorkshire youth set-up, was made England vice-captain in 2015 and steps up to lead after Cook resigned last week.
"I remember him as a 13-year-old, saying to the batting coach that he wanted to know what he needed to do to play for England," added Gale. "That's a big statement for a 13-year-old.
"He made his one-day debut for Yorkshire against Essex in 2009. He was a little lad who looked like the Milky Bar Kid and couldn't hit the ball off the square. He's never been overawed and that will stand him in good stead."
Root's appointment sees him join Australia's Steve Smith, India's Virat Kohli and New Zealander Kane Williamson as captain of his country.
The quartet, widely regarded as the four finest batsman in the world, occupy the top four spots in the International Cricket Council's batting rankings.
"It's exciting for cricket, for all of us who are supporters of the game, seeing four wonderful batsmen ply their trade and now lead their countries," said former Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie.
The Australian told the BBC World Service: "It reminds me a little bit of when we had four wonderful all-rounders - Ian Botham, Richard Hadlee, Kapil Dev and Imran Khan.
"Now we have four high-class batsmen who are absolutely brilliant and happen to be captain of their country. It's very exciting."
Root's father Matt said he was "incredibly proud" and insisted his son would not get carried away with the appointment.
"He's taken it in his stride. He won't get ahead of himself. His feet are firmly on the ground," he said.
"People say his form might dip but I absolutely think he can do the job. He's got a great team to manage."
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The Welsh side are bottom of division two but have won seven times and lost only twice in white-ball cricket since their last four-day game.
They rest in-form batsman Colin Ingram who is managing a knee problem.
Kent have recalled New Zealand opener Tom Latham to their squad after he sat out Friday's T20 encounter in Cardiff.
The visitors have won two and drawn five of their Championship matches, with one of their victories being a convincing 10-wicket defeat of Glamorgan in Canterbury in May.
It is the third time the two teams have met across all formats inside eight days, with Glamorgan winning their One-Day Cup encounter by three wickets and the T20 Blast clash by 55 runs.
Glamorgan: Rudolph (c), Wallace, Bragg, Donald, Cooke, Lloyd, Wagg, Meschede, Salter, van der Gugten, Hogan.
Kent: Northeast, Bell-Drummond, Latham, Denly, Dickson, Stevens, Rouse, Haggett, Coles, Tredwell, Claydon.
The 23-year-old broke a fibula in August but was expected to return to training following September's international break.
However, the club has said he needs to have a plate inserted in his leg.
"Jack's scans show that the healing process is not progressing as well as expected," a club statement read.
"He is likely to be out for approximately three months."
Boss Arsene Wenger added: "Jack Wilshere is young enough to get over this. I'm confident he can make a career his talent deserves."
The 23-year-old had two operations last season after injuring his left ankle against Manchester United in November 2014.
He returned to play in Arsenal's FA Cup final win over Aston Villa in May.
Wilshere also featured in England's June internationals, netting twice in the 3-2 European Championship qualifier victory over Slovenia.
His career has been plagued with ankle problems since he first sustained a stress fracture during pre-season in 2011, which left him sidelined for 15 months.
David Davis is expected to have a telephone conversation with both Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness in the afternoon.
Prime Minister Theresa May met the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week.
Mrs Foster said she was looking forward to talking to Mr Davis.
"I'll be speaking to him about Northern Ireland's direct involvement in these negotiations [about leaving the EU] and I look forward to having a conversation with the prime minister face to face as well," she said.
"We are in a new era, it is time to be innovative, it is time to be open and flexible which is what the prime minister was talking about when she was with the first minister of Scotland.
"So let's think about doing things in a different way. We don't have to do things in the way we did in the past and that's what the Brexit vote is about - something, new, something different, let's think about all of that."
However, Mr McGuinness said people in Northern Ireland were alarmed about the prospect of leaving the EU.
"I'm very connected to the business community, very connected to the community and voluntary sector, very connected to the universities and I can tell you that there is absolute alarm in all of those interest groups about where we're at.
"The uncertainty, the huge challenges that they see for themselves up the road, the withdrawal of huge sums of European funding for our society - all of these things have created huge concern and disquiet and alarm.
"If Arlene's not getting that message, I'm not sure what planet she's living on."
While the UK as a whole voted to leave the European Union by 52% to 48%, 56% of people in Northern Ireland voted to remain.
Following her meeting with Ms Sturgeon on Friday, the prime minister said she was willing to listen to options" on Scotland's future relationship with the EU.
Mrs May said: "I have already said that I won't be triggering Article 50 until I think that we have a UK approach and objectives for negotiations - I think it is important that we establish that before we trigger Article 50."
The app can transform faces - often in a cartoon-like fashion - and overlay make-up, animal features or accessories on live video.
Masquerade's filters have been compared to those in rival Snapchat, which Facebook tried to buy in 2013.
One expert said Facebook was responding to competition from Snapchat, which streams millions of videos daily.
Face-changing apps gained popularity after instant messaging app Snapchat added live filters called lenses in 2015.
The face-swap filter, which switches two people's faces with often alarming results, has become a particular favourite on social media.
"I think Facebook has realised Snapchat has something it doesn't," said David Wilkinson, managing partner at digital consultancy Soho Strategy.
"A lot of people share filtered selfie videos, so I think we can expect to see this integrated into Facebook's Messenger platform.
"Snapchat has its own USP as an ephemeral messaging platform, but for the novelty factor people might just use Facebook's built-in filters."
In 2013, Facebook tried to take over Snapchat for $3bn, but the instant messaging firm rejected the offer, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Facebook has not disclosed how much it has paid for Belarus-based Masquerade, but said it would keep the app running as a standalone program, as well as integrating features with its social network.
"Masquerade has great technology to help us bring even more creative tools to Facebook, and help extend this work to video," the company said in a statement.
A Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Zafira where involved in the collision near Druid traffic lights at Corwen at about 11:40 GMT on Saturday.
Three young men from Corwen, who were in the Astra, died at the scene, North Wales Police confirmed.
Two men, from the Merseyside area, in the second car were flown to hospital in Stoke with "serious injuries". One later died of his injuries.
Alan Sayer, a businessman who knew one of the three victims from Corwen, said: "It's a real tragedy, especially around Christmas time.
"I imagine everybody would know the three involved, especially with them being young lads and they are all local."
Ed Steenman, a cafe owner in Corwen, said: "Most of the people are just devastated".
Police are investigating the crash and have appealed for witnesses to call 101.
Officers are keen to speak to a woman in a small, red vehicle and two people in a black 4x4 who helped at the scene.
On Friday, a woman in her 80s died after being hit by a lorry on the same road.
The footage shows Walter Scott's car being pulled over and Officer Michael Slager asking for his paperwork.
After Mr Slager returns to his police vehicle, Mr Scott opens his door and runs, leaving a passenger in the car.
Mr Slager was arrested on murder charges after another video showed him shooting at Mr Scott as he fled.
The newly released video from the officer's dashboard camera shows Mr Slager pulling over Mr Scott's Mercedes sedan due to a broken tail light, and asking for his drivers license and registration.
Mr Scott explains that he is in the progress of purchasing the vehicle and does not have the correct paperwork with him.
Although the video does not capture Mr Slager firing eight shots, gunshots and shouting are heard off-screen.
"Get on the ground now!" Mr Slager is heard shouting.
Later in the video, another police officer questions the passenger in the car and releases him. Lawyers for Mr Scott's family told CNN that they are looking for the passenger.
Mr Slager was fired on Wednesday from the North Charleston Police Department.
After video of Scott's death emerged, protesters chanted "no justice, no peace" outside the city hall on Wednesday, and they later held a candlelight vigil in honour of Scott.
They are the latest protests about police lethal force, which began after the killing of Michael Brown, a teenager in Ferguson, by a police officer who was not charged for his death.
April 2015: Walter Lamer Scott, 50, is shot eight times in South Carolina as he runs away from Officer Michael Slager. Mr Scott dies at the scene. The shooting is captured on video and Mr Slager is charged with murder.
December 2014: Jerame Reid, 36, is shot dead during a routine traffic stop in New Jersey. An officer claims Mr Reid was reaching for a gun, but video footage seems to suggest he was attempting to step out of the car, hands raised.
November 2014: Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy, is shot dead in a playground by Cleveland police after a local resident reports he is pointing a gun at passers by. The gun turns out to be a toy. A grand jury will decide whether police will face charges.
August 2014: Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old, is shot dead by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. The shooting leads to protests, first in Ferguson and later nationwide. A grand jury decides not to charge Mr Wilson.
July 2014: Eric Garner, an asthma sufferer, is stopped by police in New York and placed in a chokehold after refusing to be handcuffed. He dies despite repeatedly telling officers he cannot breathe. No police are charged.
March 2014: James Boyd, an unarmed homeless man camping in Alberquerque, is shot dead by two officers. Video of the incident leads prosecutors to say the officers acted with "deliberate intention" and they are charged.
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The stand-off suffered the injury to his left knee playing for NRL side St George Illawarra Dragons during their defeat by Sydney Roosters on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old had been named in coach Wayne Bennett's 20-man squad on Monday for the game in Sydney on 6 May.
Scans showed "significant damage to the medial collateral ligament".
"For the next two weeks he will be in a brace," added St George Illawarra's head of athletic performance Nathan Pickworth.
"After those two weeks, we'll have a good indication of his return-to-play time frame but hopefully it will be somewhere around the six-week mark."
The scheme started after BBC Radio Lincolnshire newsreader Charlotte Wright suffered a cardiac arrest while jogging in the uphill area of Lincoln in November.
The newsreader was saved by passers-by who performed CPR until medics arrived.
She said the response to the campaign has been incredible.
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Mrs Wright, who is one of the station's longest serving newsreaders, collapsed while jogging after dropping her children off at school.
Two passers-by, Steve Race and Josie Vincent, described by Mrs Wright as a "hero and heroine", performed CPR until paramedics arrived.
She said any credit for inspiring people to learn CPR was down to them and their actions in saving her life.
Speaking about the success of the campaign, launched in May, she said: "To have reached the 10,000 mark in such a short amount of time is incredible.
"I still can't quite believe what happened to me, but I'm so happy that my experience has inspired people in Lincolnshire to learn this life saving skill.
"Most people who suffer a cardiac arrest don't survive - this is a sobering fact I think about every day."
She has urged everyone to get trained and said "it's so simple and could save someone's life".
Recent statistics show only one in 10 people survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
The radio station is working with LIVES and St John Ambulance to provide free training sessions and has now extended the scheme until Christmas.
Those wanting to get involved can email [email protected] and will receive an automated response with further information.
Colum Eastwood told the BBC's Inside Politics Programme he decided to stay on after receiving messages of support from inside and outside the party.
He also spoke for the first time about three SDLP councillors who quit after ignoring party instructions to condemn harassment by anti-abortion activists.
He said they "embarrassed" the SDLP.
Mr Eastwood also rejected accusations that he showed a "lack of leadership" in not meeting the councillors before they resigned.
Reflecting on the party's performance in the Westminster election earlier this month, the SDLP leader said it was a bitter blow to lose "three political giants" in Mark Durkan, Margaret Ritchie and Alasdair McDonnell.
The former MPs lost their seats in the 8 June poll, wiping out SDLP representation in the House of Commons.
Asked if he thought about stepping down as leader, Mr Eastwood said: "I don't think you can have an election like that and not think about those things.
"But then, you have to come to a decision on what's best for the future and my view is that I have a role to play and the SDLP has a role to play."
He added: "I obviously considered if that was the right thing for the party and the country.
"I came to the conclusion after many, many people contacted me both inside and outside the party to say 'keep going'."
The SDLP leader was under pressure again this week when he was heavily criticised by three councillors in Belfast who quit the party.
Former Lord Mayor Pat Convery and councillors Declan Boyle and Kate Mullan did not support the party line in condemning the harassment of women by anti-abortion activists outside a Belfast clinic.
The trio abstained in a council vote in April and were then suspended by the SDLP.
They have claimed they were "treated with disrespect" by the party.
They also accused Mr Eastwood of showing a "lack of leadership" by refusing to meet them.
But the SDLP leader hit back, claiming the three councillors had "embarrassed themselves and the party" by falling into "a trap laid for them by political opponents".
"I regret that people who asked for political direction were offered it and then refused to take it," said Mr Eastwood.
"I regret the fact that they fell into the trap laid for them by our political opponents and ended up in a situation where they were embarrassed and the party was embarrassed.
"People need to understand - if you are part of a political party, we have to act as one and we have to show unity and discipline and that's the kind of party I want to lead."
BBC Sport takes a look at some of the most interesting statistics from the weekend's Premier League action.
Arsene Wenger's side won 25 of their 38 games in all of 2015, an average of 2.13 points a game which was the best return in England's top four leagues.
And they are digging in to retain their place as the best side in the country for 2016, averaging 1.88 points per game. Scunthorpe United and Brighton may have something to say on the matter though.
A number of stats seem to be pointing towards Arsenal prosperity. The Gunners have some serious momentum as they are unbeaten in 19 games, their longest stretch without defeat since 2007.
And after Sunday's win over Bournemouth, they now have November - traditionally their worst month in the league by some margin - behind them.
The north-London outfit historically take 1.59 points in November, before moving up to an average return of 1.99 in December.
Jose Mourinho may well boot a water bottle. In fact, the Manchester United boss may need more outlets for his anger.
After Sunday's home draw with West Ham, this is now United's worst start to a league season since 1989-90 and no wonder Jose is so unhappy on the touchline. Four games at Old Trafford without a win means he has overseen the Red Devils worst home run in 26 years.
Mourinho has a 38.5% win percentage from 13 matches. But be confident if you're from the red half of Manchester. Sir Alex Ferguson's mark after as many games was also 38.5%. Things turned out OK for him.
Every football fan has looked at their club's next fixture and thought 'we never do well there.'
In the case of Tottenham fans considering a trip to Chelsea, such a feeling is fully justified. They lost there again on Saturday and put simply, Spurs are rubbish at Stamford Bridge.
It's now 30 games without a win at the Bridge for Spurs. What is strange is that Mauricio Pochettino's side have done well against Londoners in recent years. Since the start of last season, Spurs have picked up 20 points in London derby games - the most of any side involved.
The last time they won at Chelsea though was in February 1990, when Sinead O'Connor was top of the charts with 'Nothing compares 2 U'.
But in terms of the worst current away-day hoodoo, nothing compares to Queens Park Rangers' visits to Nottingham Forest.
Rangers first made the 254-mile round trip in 1934 and have not produced a win in 33 visits. Now that is a proper hoodoo.
We hear what you're all saying. "What? Philippe Coutinho is magic."
But Liverpool's players enjoy sharing. Take goals scored - Jurgen Klopp's side have 11 different scorers in the league.
That's a league high and two more than Arsenal and Spurs. Sunderland (more on them later) have just three scorers.
The Reds have 10 players who have created a goal, with Adam Lallana and Coutinho leading the way on five each, though the likes of Jordan Henderson and Roberto Firmino have three assists.
If we look at the players in the league who have been involved in the most goals, no Liverpool player makes the top 10. This suggests they are not relying on Coutinho, or anyone other individual for that matter.
Klopp may do well to start playing James Milner up front though as a goal from the converted left-back is something of a lucky charm. In his 15 seasons in the Premier League Milner has never been on the losing side in any of the 45 matches he has scored in.
The cliche of a player who can grab a goal from out of nothing lives on strongly in Sunderland's Jermain Defoe.
At Liverpool on Saturday he had just 20 touches - two were to take kick-offs.
Of the players in the league to have scored five times this season, no one has seen less of the ball than Defoe's 272 touches. He finds the net every 39 touches on average.
It's a good job he's Mr Efficient. On Saturday, Jason Denayer in Sunderland's midfield played 95 minutes and contributed just seven passes, hardly music to the ears of a striker.
Remarkably, Denayer's almost non-existent contribution in possession does not top the great dismal offerings from players over the years. Blackburn's Gael Givet got through 90 minutes having played just two passes in 2011.
Defoe has been involved in a higher percentage of goals for his team than any other player in the league. All of this prompts questions.
How would Sunderland - dubbed "the most defensive team" Klopp says he has seen in his life - benefit from being more positive and getting more support to their talisman? And, crucially, what would happen if the league's bottom club lost him for a spell? Surely the towel might as well be thrown in.
He still has an England flag etched on his boots. The stats show the 34-year-old perhaps has a chance of adding to his 55 caps for his country. They also show he may not get much help in achieving this dream from his Sunderland team-mates.
Leicester's fall from grace becomes more emphatic with every passing week and each damning statistic. But why? Look away now Foxes fans.
Their heroic duo of Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy are doing little to aid the situation. The pair formed a dynamic partnership to fire Leicester to the Premier League title last season but this term, Mahrez has only completed 10 passes to his team-mate.
After 13 games, Claudio Ranieri's side have now delivered the worst start to a league season as reigning champions since Ipswich in 1962-63.
The stats perhaps tell us Leicester's demise is because of a new-found respect from opponents.
Leicester have played 750 more passes this season and made 213 tackles compared to 299 after 13 games of their title-winning campaign. The number of interceptions they have made has also dropped significantly.
Such stats imply teams are nullifying last season's deadly counter-attacking style by letting Leicester have more of the ball.
Answers are needed. And by the way Leicester fans, Ipswich were relegated two years after winning the title.
Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew described it as "madness", Swansea manager Bob Bradley opted for "crazy".
As five goals arrived after the 75th minute in Swansea's 5-4 win over Crystal Palace, the fixture took its place in Premier League history.
Only once before have five goals been scored after the same minute in a fixture in the competition - Portsmouth's 7-4 win over Reading in 2007.
Pardew has not seen his side keep a clean sheet in the league for 18 matches. Swansea perhaps showed him he's not likely to see one any time soon in the most emphatic and punishing of manners.
It is the last of 70 bags of soil collected from every battlefield in Flanders where soldiers of the Household Division died.
After being taken off the Cunard liner, Queen Mary 2, the soil was blessed during a dockside service.
It will be displayed for the day at the city's Civic Hall.
On Thursday the bag of soil will make its final journey via train, in a first-class carriage, to London Waterloo.
The soil, from Ypres Cemetery, will then be displayed at the Guards Museum, Westminster.
Last year bags of soil arrived in London aboard the Belgian Navy frigate Louisa Marie, to form a new Flanders Field Memorial Garden at the museum.
The Queen will open the garden in November.
The £70,000 project has been funded by the Guards Museum at Wellington Barracks, with help from public donations and a contribution from the Government of Flanders.
The process of bringing the soil to the UK began on Armistice Day with a ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, attended by the Duke of Edinburgh.
More than 1,000 British and Belgian schoolchildren were involved in collecting the soil from cemeteries and battlefields in Flanders in 2013.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission had previously never allowed soil to leave battlefield cemeteries.
Another boy, also 15, suffered knife wounds in the attack on the grounds of Kingsdale Foundation School, Dulwich at about 15:30 GMT.
Both are being treated in hospital, according to the London Ambulance Service.
A third teenager has been arrested and is being questioned at a south London police station, the Met said.
Headteacher Steve Morrison said the school will be open as usual on Friday and parents will be kept updated.
The stabbing took place at the school, where staff were having meetings with deputy head teacher Andrew Sear, on Thursday afternoon.
It is understood the school was not evacuated, however some students were kept inside until the situation was resolved.
An administrator at the school said he was being "flooded with calls" from worried parents.
The 18-year-old sister of one pupil, who did not want to be named, said: "It was in the atrium so a bunch of kids would have seen it.
"[My sister] was in the top of the English department but could hear screaming."
Southwark Council said the school would re-open on Friday and students would be offered counselling.
At its last Ofsted inspection the school, which has 1,600 pupils aged 11-18, was rated as "good" with the behaviour and safety of the pupils considered "outstanding" by the education watchdog.
Following the incident, MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, Helen Hayes, tweeted: "Very distressing to hear of double stabbing of two young people in my constituency this afternoon - thoughts with the injured boys."
The 35-year-old second row has a dual Munster and Ireland contract which runs until summer 2016.
It is thought that he will be able to free himself from the final stages of that commitment however.
O'Connell will play for Munster for the final time in Saturday's Pro12 final against Glasgow in Belfast.
Ireland's oldest captain of all time will lead Joe Schmidt's men in the autumn World Cup in England, but is set to head to Toulon at the completion of the tournament.
O'Connell has led Ireland to back-to-back Six Nations titles in the last two years under former Leinster coach Schmidt, and had been expected to retire entirely after the World Cup.
Despite previous denials, Toulon have been keen to recruit the Irish lineout master to boost their lock options following the retirements of Bakkies Botha and Ali Williams.
Former Ireland skipper Keith Wood backed O'Connell for a lucrative move to the three-time European champions that would end his 14-year stint with home province Munster.
"He's a guy who loves the south of France, he got married in the south of France," explained Wood.
"He enjoys the place, he enjoys the culture.
"I know he was envious of what Jonny (Wilkinson) got out of it, not in terms of the finances.
"Of course the finances are always part of it but it was almost like the fresh breath of energy he got back into it."
O'Connell has won 101 Ireland caps in addition to making 173 appearances for the Irish province since his debut in 2001.
The Limerick native has also played on three British & Irish Lions tours.
O'Connell would fit in with Toulon's established reputation under their multi-millionaire president Mourad Boudjellal of signing world stars.
Former players include England 2003 World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson, New Zealand's dual code international Sonny Bill Williams, South Africa Test lock Victor Matfield and ex-Australia flanker George Smith.
And their current squad features the likes of Leigh Halfpenny, Bryan Habana and Matt Giteau, with Boudjellal's spending capacity showing no sign of abating.
Especially in China.
But after a series of phone calls I meet just such a man, anxious and on edge, but still determined to tell his story.
He is not a criminal, or a dissident, or a government whistle-blower.
In fact his particular misdemeanour would, anywhere else in the world, be considered a cause for pride and joy.
He is hiding, along with the rest of his family, for the simple reason that his wife has just given birth to their third child.
"A third baby is not allowed," he tells me, "so we are renting a home away from our village.
"The local government carries out pregnancy examinations every three months. If we weren't in hiding, they would have forced us to have an abortion."
One year ago this week, China announced that what had become perhaps the most widely recognised symbol of Communist Party rule - the one-child policy - was to be scrapped.
It has been replaced instead with a new, universal two-child policy that took effect on 1 January this year.
The old policy - introduced in 1979 to tackle what policymakers saw as the impending crisis of overpopulation - is estimated by the government to have prevented up to 400 million births, in part through the now well-documented use of forced abortions and sterilisations.
So it is little wonder that the mere relaxing of the limit on family size, from one child to two, has done little to assuage the fears of those who fall foul of the new rule.
To mark the first anniversary of the announcement, we set out to investigate what the new policy really means in practice.
And what we have discovered suggests that the brutal machinery of enforcement is still in place along with the Chinese state's insistence on the right of control over women's wombs.
In a grey suburb of a non-descript city in eastern China, I walk, uninvited into one of the notorious family planning centres.
It's a cold, gloomy place the like of which can be found in towns and villages the length and breadth of this vast country.
The floor plan at the entrance adds to the sense of unease.
It shows that this shabby, run-down building contains two ultrasound rooms and three operating theatres.
And when I ask one of the senior officials in charge whether those theatres have ever been used to carry out forced abortions, he pauses.
"Very few," he finally replies, before going on to insist that none have taken place for "at least 10 years."
Where else in the world would you find a government official admitting that his colleagues have kidnapped, drugged and forcibly operated on women, no matter how long ago?
Where else would the qualifier "very few" be considered an acceptable alternative to an outright denial?
It is an illustration of how the one-child policy has bent and blurred the moral lines and made such state-sponsored violence seem unexceptional.
The official tells me that in his district, under the new two-child policy all women of childbearing age are required to report for two ultrasound examinations every year.
Those found to be pregnant with a third baby "will be advised accordingly", he says.
To get a sense of the wider reality, I ask a female colleague to telephone a number of family planning centres at random.
Pretending to be a mother, pregnant with her third baby but wanting to keep it, she asks the officials what her options are.
According to Chinese law the only legal sanction available to the state for a woman violating the family planning laws is a large fine.
And, as all the officials we speak to on the phone make clear, with the change in policy from one to two children, the fine remains firmly in place.
Levied at up to 10 times annual average income, these fines are often enough in themselves to act as a powerful disincentive to continue with the pregnancy.
But our research shows officials going further, engaging in coercive home visits with the aim of "persuading" women to have abortions.
"If you're reported to us, then we'll find you and we'll persuade you not to give birth to that baby," one said.
"We'll definitely find you and persuade you to do an abortion," said another.
When asked whether our hypothetical mother might actually face physical force, rather than just heavy persuasion, one official said it was still possible "in principle".
Another, in answer to the same question, said: "It's hard to say."
And when asked if a woman could just have the baby and pay the fine yet another official answered: "No. You just can't."
China's one-child policy was scrapped, not out of the recognition that a woman should be free to choose what she does with her own body and her own fertility, but because the Communist Party finally woke up to the economic consequences of the falling birth rate.
The irony is that the two-child policy is too little too late - not enough women are choosing to have even a second baby.
Small families have become the social norm.
That means of course that the pool of people wanting a third child will be even smaller again and some officials we spoke to seemed relatively indifferent, perhaps resigned to their diminishing power in the face of such arithmetic.
"If you want to give birth to your baby, just go ahead," one said, although he was still at pains to stress that the fine would have to be paid.
Our survey is not scientific of course, but it does offer a glimpse into a system that remains rigid and dogmatic.
We found no evidence, no admission, of a forced abortion being carried out since the introduction of the two-child policy, but the threat is clearly still there.
The family in hiding, having escaped that threat, now face a large fine following the birth of their third baby.
"We don't have the money for the fine. We just don't know what to do," the father tells me.
But does he regret it?
"When I look at our new baby, I feel happy," he says.
Mr Trump's lawyers have denied it. The president himself seemed to confirm it. Mr Mueller isn't talking. All this speculation misses the bigger question, however. What happens if Mr Mueller not only is looking into possible criminal misdeeds by the president, but he ends up finding them?
Such a prospect opens a legal Pandora's box - but it's one Mr Mueller should probably be pondering. Here are some possible what-next scenarios if that smoking gun (or guns) turns up.
The traditional means of addressing presidential criminality - if "traditional" is the right word, given that it's a path explored only three times in US history - is through impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives followed by trial in the US Senate.
Impeachment requires a simple majority vote, while it takes a two-thirds majority in the Senate to approve removal. It is, as is frequently noted, a political act first and foremost, where the grounds for action are essentially whatever Congress decides.
If this is the course Mr Mueller pursues, his investigation into the president may end with a report to the Justice Department, which could then be passed along to leaders in Congress. There's no legal requirement for it ever to be made public, although the pressure on politicians to do so will be enormous.
That process would track the course set by Ken Starr when looking into possible misdeeds by President Bill Clinton in 1998. In that instance the independent counsel concluded that the then-president may have engaged in criminal behaviour. He provided his supporting evidence to Congress to do with as it saw fit.
They impeached, but there were not enough votes to convict in the Senate.
What Mr Starr decided not to do with his investigation was seek a criminal indictment of the president. But while conventional wisdom is that this option is foreclosed, there are some differing views in the legal community. While the constitution is clear about impeachment proceedings, it's silent on the subject of bringing criminal charges against a sitting president.
"It is an open and substantial question whether an incumbent president is subject to indictment," Watergate special prosecutor Leon Jaworski told Supreme Court justices when they were considering whether to grant a subpoena for President Richard Nixon's Oval Office tape recordings.
Mr Nixon resigned before he was impeached and was subsequently pardoned by President Gerald Ford, but the special prosecutor had named him an "unindicted co-conspirator" in its case against several of the president's aides.
Those who think a presidential indictment is impossible tend to point to the impracticality of indicting someone who has the legal authority to pardon himself, as well as a passage in the constitution that states removal from office through impeachment doesn't preclude criminal charges.
That suggests, they say, the founding fathers envisioned any criminal proceedings should only take place after a president is out of power.
Giving the judiciary the ability to sanction a sitting president also could implicate the constitutionally crafted separation of powers between the three divisions of US government - the executive, the legislative and the judicial. Judges are in the branch the least accountable to US voters, the argument goes, which is why the founding fathers put the power of removal in the hands of Congress, with members who have an electoral mandate.
Susan Bloch, a constitutional law professor at Georgetown University who has studied the legality of presidential indictments, says the prospect of a president standing trial and then possibly being sentenced to jail while still technically in office is "ludicrous".
"You should not be subjecting a president to a criminal procedure while he's president," she says. "The text [of the Constitution] suggests it, but I think the practical considerations to me say you don't want to make a president worry about a criminal proceeding."
While the US Supreme Court held that a sitting president could be subjected to a civil trial in Jones v Clinton - the sexual harassment case brought by against President Clinton that eventually led to his impeachment - the penalties in such cases are monetary, not possible jail time.
Bloch adds that the Supreme Court underestimated just how damaging even a civil proceeding could be to a presidency. During Mr Clinton's subsequent impeachment, the nation's business ground to a halt. A presidential criminal trial would be orders of magnitude more disruptive.
When dismissing the legality of a presidential indictment during a recent television interview, one of Mr Trump's personal lawyers, Jay Sekulow, also cited Justice Department policy guidelines dating back to the Watergate scandal.
"The indictment or criminal prosecution of a sitting president would be unconstitutional because it would interfere with the president's ability to carry out his constitutionally assigned functions and thus would be inconsistent with the constitutional structure," read the report from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel.
Mr Mueller, as a Justice Department employee, may be bound by these guidelines, which would end the debate over indictment before it really begins.
Supporters of leaving a president subject to criminal charges counter that the case for temporary presidential immunity is based on a subjective interpretation of constitutional provisions. If the founding fathers had wanted presidents to be effectively above the law until they left office, they would have explicitly said so.
They also have their own practical arguments in favour of immediate criminal proceedings. Deferring prosecution until after a president leaves office, for instance, could make the task more difficult. Evidence could be lost or destroyed, and witnesses could die or forget important details.
Professor Eric Freedman, in a 1999 Hofstra Law Review article, notes that other administration officials - including the vice-president - have been subject to indictment while in office. Some federal judges have been tried and sent to prison prior to removal by Congress.
"Reading the Constitution to insulate an incumbent president from criminal liability would not only feed the imperial delusions to which too many high officials in this century have succumbed, but would undermine the fundamental concept of the president as an ordinary citizen temporarily exercising power delegated by 'we the people'," he writes.
A third possible resolution was floated in that Office of Legal Counsel memo, although the Justice Department ultimately rejected it. Could a grand jury issue a presidential indictment, then put the trial on hold until after the chief executive leaves office?
That would certainly avoid the spectacle of a sitting president in the criminal dock, but it would allow the wheels of justice to begin turning. The Justice Department's view, however, was that the resulting political cloud would surely be toxic.
Given "the realities of modern politics and mass media, and the delicacy of the political relationships which surround the presidency both foreign and domestic," the Justice Department wrote in its 1973 report, there would "be a Russian roulette aspect to the course of indicting the president but postponing trial, hoping in the meantime that the power to govern could survive".
Even someone as apparently bulletproof as Mr Trump would be hard-pressed to survive such a spectacle.
It wouldn't take long for Mr Trump's opponents, for instance, to dust off old quotes from the Republican's presidential campaign in which he warned of the dire prospects of Hillary Clinton assuming the presidency while the target of a criminal probe.
They would certainly appreciate the irony, bitter though it may be.
Its chairman in Wales, Professor Rob Poole, said many with mental health conditions were unhappy with services or were not seeking treatment.
The body has launched a manifesto for the 2016 assembly election, demanding "parity of esteem".
The manifesto was launched on Friday, a day before World Mental Health Day.
It says Wales' seven local health boards should have directors dedicated to mental health and learning difficulties.
Prof Poole warned people were not getting the help they needed despite "dedicated health professionals and staff working hard to meet increasing demand".
"What is needed now is strong governance and leadership to create world class mental health service provision that Wales can be proud of," he said.
Rachel Sims, from Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, bought the car which was built to promote the PlayStation video game Need for Speed.
It has the words "Dodge City Police", "Emergency Response" and "911" on it.
Ms Sims said although "one man fell over a bin" when he saw it, it was clearly not a UK police car and an officer told her it was fine to drive.
The black and white Avenger car is fitted with flashing yellow lights, but has no siren. Its registration number PS 03 NFS stands for PlayStation Need For Speed.
"People stop in the street and stare when we go past. One old man was looking at it and fell over a bin," Ms Sims said.
The 38-year-old drives her four children, aged 15, 12, eight and three, to school and back each day, but hopes to hire out the eye-catching vehicle for proms and weddings.
"I have been stopped by the police, but they checked and told me there was nothing wrong with it.
"It can't really be mistaken for a British police car. It looks nothing like one. The colours are different and the markings aren't luminous," Ms Sims said.
"There is no way you could say I was impersonating a police officer. I wouldn't want to drive it in the US though."
Resuming on 133 in Somerset's overnight total of 349-5, Hildreth remained unbeaten on 220, backed by a colourful 130 by Trego, who hit three sixes.
Having declared on 565-5 at Taunton, Somerset broke through with the ball.
Lewis Gregory got two of the wickets as the visitors closed on 44-4.
Worcestershire failed to take a wicket on a second day shortened by one session, having failed to get back on after tea due to rain and bad light.
Steve Rhodes' side must now resume on Sunday against their County Championship Division One relegation rivals needing a further 372 to avoid being asked to follow on.
Horton was appointed by Scot Paul Dickov, who joined the Championship club after three years at Oldham.
But only half of the managers at the 20 Premier League sides are British.
"The coaching system and football [in Britain] is the best in the world. We are bypassing a lot of good managers," Horton told BBC Radio Sheffield.
Brighton: Oscar Garcia (Spanish)
Middlesbrough: Aitor Karanka (Spanish)
Watford: Giuseppe Sannino (Italian)
Wigan: Uwe Rosler (German)
Horton was appointed as Manchester City manager in the 1993-94 season, when a 22-team top-flight had just one foreign manager - Ossie Ardiles at Tottenham.
This season in the Championship, Middlesbrough have appointed Spaniard Aitor Karanka,Wigan opted for German Uwe Rosler, while Watford chose Italian Giuseppe Sannino to succeed Gianfranco Zola.
Horton, 64, is concerned that chairmen are looking at managers and coaches from abroad, when Brits are capable of filling the roles.
"I am not against foreign people coming in, but are they better than ours?" he asked.
"Are they better players, are they better managers? There are a lot of good English managers out of work. There are a lot of first-time managers who don't come back. I find it hard to take.
"If it is Pep Guardiola or Manuel Pellegrini, you can't argue with that. They are top managers, but sometimes they [the chairmen] are giving foreign managers the heads up over our young coaches."
"They do their coaching badges, go through the process to get their pro-licenses, and they can't get a job.
"They should be given a chance, rather than the foreign managers that are coming in."
Horton had spells as manager at Hull, Oxford and Huddersfield, and is one of the few English managers to have taken charge of over 1000 games.
And he has backed Dickov to be a success, despite the South Yorkshire side lying 20th in the division, just three points off the relegation zone.
"Paul was a player who gave 100%, played from the heart and fans like to see that," he added. "He is infectious and will earn a reputation for himself.
"I have said to Paul it is a great opportunity for British managers now to go and prove themselves and do well. The world is their oyster if they can do that."
Several women have said they were molested by mobs of men, though police say they have had no official complaints from victims yet.
One woman, a marketing professional who asked to be identified only as Pooja, was at the event and told the BBC what happened to her.
On 31 December, we decided to go to a bar on Mahatma Gandhi (MG) Road. At 11.30 I came out to make a call and found that everything was quiet and calm.
At 12:30 my friend who was to pick me up called me to say that the police had put barricades and he had to park his motorbike at the Shankar Nag theatre. He told me to start walking towards that side and he would meet me halfway. I said goodbye to my friends and started walking towards the Brigade Road side.
In between, I saw people rushing and walking but I did not expect them to do anything.
I believed Bangalore was a safe city until then. What happened next shocked me a lot.
People were pushing and shoving, touching, grabbing, groping and everything was happening on that street.
It was not only to me. It was happening to other girls too. They were all scared.
Suddenly, someone pushed me and I fell down. There was no-one to pick me up. Then a group of girls helped me get up. Their friends had formed a circle around them so they could walk safely.
I asked them if I could go with them. Even then when we were walking, there were guys who were trying to touch here and there.
There was not a single face you could make out or who was doing it. As soon as you turned you would be groped or grabbed. There were so many people there that you could not pinpoint who was doing it.
There was a lathi [baton] charge on Brigade Road so people were running in all directions.
I felt helpless. Although I have hands and legs and I could abuse and slap them, I could not do anything. I didn't know who was touching me and groping me.
When I came and told my friends, they asked me who were the people? Were they from the slum? I had no answer.
In the pub too, groping was happening.
When we pay 6,000-7,000 rupees ($88; £72) to go to a pub to get entry to celebrate, you expect people to be of a certain class. At least, that they wouldn't do such things. These people weren't illiterate or uneducated.
They don't know what effect it has on a girl's life. It has an everlasting impact.
Who would I file a complaint against? I don't know a face or name. Even if I go to the police, they will ask who the complaint is against.
There were so many people that the policemen were highly outnumbered. It was not possible for them to keep a watch on each and every person.
This has become a big issue in the last three days. Why hasn't any action been taken? What are they waiting for?
Yes, I have been through such situations earlier. But I have punched, slapped and complained to nearby authorities. I have been in Bangalore for three years. I thought it was a safe city.
Seeing this mass molestation was really shocking. When I spoke to some people, I was told that this had happened last year as well. So why weren't arrangements made? Instead of pretending nothing will happen, authorities should make efforts to curb this.
Pooja was talking to BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi.
Notts, who had been managerless since sacking new Oldham boss John Sheridan on 2 January, have lost 10 straight league games and are 22nd in the table, just a point above the relegation zone.
Hardy said Nolan, 34, could revive Notts' fortunes on the pitch.
"Kevin is an outstanding leader and we need immediate success," Hardy added.
Hardy revealed that Notts are losing £1.6m a year but said he was at Meadow Lane "for the long haul".
"It is a dream come true but there is a realisation that there is a tough job ahead," Hardy added.
Nolan will take charge of the team for the Nottinghamshire derby against Mansfield Town on Saturday.
Nottingham businessman Hardy finalised his purchase of the Magpies from Ray Trew on Wednesday, a deal he said was "90% heart and 10% head" because of what he described as the club's "huge" debts.
Notts are still under a transfer embargo and the subject of a winding-up petition brought by HM Revenue & Customs. But Hardy, who said he feared Notts would have gone out of business had he not intervened, has promised to settle any outstanding debts.
He hoped that would happen in time for Nolan to be active in the final seven days of the January transfer window.
Nolan was appointed Orient boss in January 2016 but was sacked after three months, despite winning seven of his 15 games while in charge.
Nolan, who took the job after talking to former Notts manager Sam Allardyce, said: "This squad is capable of staying in the league. With my input we can start to get away from the current situation.
"I do not see this as a risk. I see this as something I can build with Alan. Alan knows we have to turn this around slowly. I see this as a challenge.
"I hope I can make him a successful and give him back all the faith and confidence he has shown in me."
Former Bolton, Newcastle and West Ham midfielder Nolan cannot play while the embargo is in place but said he still feels like he has something to offer on the pitch as well as off it.
Hardy said: "Kevin Nolan is an outstanding leader and that is what is this football club needs.
"Kevin will provide the leadership on the playing side. Not only is he a very good footballer, but when he went to Orient he had immediate success and we need to start climbing the table.
"This is massive football club but it is not a successful on the pitch. These two need to be realigned."
Hardy, the chief executive of Paragon Interiors Group and owner of Nottinghamshire Golf and Country Club, said there was a "one, three and five-year plan in place" and hoped the club's debts "will be cleared by three years".
He added: "The immediate priority is survival and we need to understand what the fans want.
"We want the product to be right on the pitch but we we also want fans to enjoy themselves while they are here. I understand that frustration and anger.
"The passion and determination in this club needs to go up a few notches."
BBC Radio Nottingham's Notts County correspondent Colin Slater
"There was an openness from both Alan Hardy and Kevin Nolan. As chairman Hardy faced the more difficult questions but, to his credit, he did not shirk any of them. Never once did he say "no comment".
"There were two disclosures which will particularly disturb Notts fans. One is that the club is losing £1.6m a year. The other is that there is a pile of debts to the Football League clubs and these will delay the lifting of the transfer embargo even when the £300,000 tax bill is paid.
"Arrangements will have to be put in place for all these other debts to be paid before the Football League will lift the embargo and Hardy suggested Notts will no more than about seven days to bring new players in before the window closes.
"Nolan looked and sounded glad to be back in football and I think his cheerfulness and positivity will extend to fans, even the most critical."
It will be powered by two solid-fuelled lower stages and incorporate the liquid-fuelled upper-stage currently being developed as an upgrade for the existing Ariane 5 vehicle.
The concept was chosen following six months of trade-off studies.
European Space Agency member states approved Ariane 6 feasibility work at a ministerial council last November.
These nations expect the new launcher to enter service at the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana at the start of the next decade.
The 6 will have less lifting capacity than the 5 - some 3-6.5 tonnes to the high orbits occupied by telecoms satellites, versus the 11.5 tonnes the 5 will have after its upgrade.
But the 6 will launch just one spacecraft at a time, not the two routinely orbited by the 5 now.
Also, the primary driver for the new configuration is the quest to reduce costs of manufacture and operation.
Ariane 5, although remarkably reliable and successful, is priced above its competition.
Ministers fear the vehicle's current market dominance will be eroded over time unless a cheaper approach is adopted.
"The desire is to simplify the design and to simplify the manufacturing, because these are the ways to reduce the costs," Antonio Fabrizi, Esa's director of launchers, said.
"We don't reduce the costs via technologies; there are no breakthrough technologies that help us to make revolutionary launchers that can provide performance at low cost."
The target is to try produce and launch Ariane 6 for no more than about 70m euros (£60m/$90m).
This would be a big challenge, conceded Alain Charmeau, the CEO of Astrium Space Transportation, which leads the Ariane industrial consortium.
"Astrium now has to capture the ball that has been sent to us today by the agency," he told BBC News.
"We will have to make Ariane 6 a very competitive launcher. It's really a complete change in Europe. It's the first time ever that we will try to develop a rocket thinking about production price and not just performance."
The 6 hopes to achieve economies by slimming down the production consortium, which is spread across the continent, and by including fewer, less complex components in the build itself.
The baseline configuration is what is termed "PPH", where the "P" stands for "poudre" (or "powder" in English) to indicate solid propulsion, and where "H" stands for "hydrogen", to indicate the use of super-chilled liquid propellants.
In the 6, the first stage will have a line of three motors, each loaded with 135 tonnes of solid propellant, to lift the vehicle and its payload off the pad.
The in-line trio of motors will burn for a few minutes before separating and falling away. A second solid stage will then ignite and lift what remains of the vehicle into space.
This too will separate once exhausted, to allow the liquid-fuelled Vinci upper-stage to complete the task of placing the satellite in its final intended orbit.
"The second stage will have a booster that is very similar to the ones on the first stage - not exactly, because the second stage will have to ignite out of the atmosphere and so will have to be adapted a little bit," explained Mr Charmeau.
"But there are advantages in having very similar configurations on the boosters of the first and second stage. And there is also the simplicity of operations in Kourou to prepare the launcher."
Unlike the current Ariane 5 upper-stage, Vinci will bring itself out of the sky after the mission to limit the amount of junk circling the Earth.
The clam-shell fairing which protects the payload during the early phases of the ascent will have a diameter of 5.4m - the same as Ariane 5.
Esa says the Ariane 6 will build on the advances made by European industry in recent years, and will benefit from synergies with its newly introduced Vega rocket.
This is much smaller than Ariane but uses a lot of solids knowhow, and is manufactured with composite techniques that the 6 would hope to copy.
Ariane 5 was introduced in 1996. After some early failures it has become the main means by which commercial telecoms satellites - the platforms that relay TV, phone and internet traffic - get into orbit.
The rocket also lifts the ATV space truck, the largest cargo vessel supplying the International Space Station. And in 2018, Ariane 5 is scheduled to launch the James Webb Space Telescope, the $10bn (£7bn/8bn euros) successor to the Hubble observatory.
A site at Kourou for the 6's new pad has already been identified. When it enters service, and once it has proved its performance, the new rocket will replace both the Ariane 5 and the Russian medium-class Soyuz launcher which also works out of French Guiana.
Operating just the Ariane 6 to fulfil a wide range of customers' needs is expected to bring substantial economies.
European industry will have a number of months to fill out the Ariane 6 design and likely workshare. The details will then be presented to the next Esa ministerial council in 2014.
"This will be the final green light," Mr Fabrizi told BBC News.
"It is when I hope to say to member states that we can develop a launcher that will allow you to launch your institutional missions and stay in the market without the support [payments] that are needed today to maintain Ariane 5."
The development cost to first launch is likely to be in the region of about 3bn euros.
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As expected, the defending champions had too much for Georgia in the first meeting between the sides, scoring seven tries, but errors cost them more.
Julian Savea scored a hat-trick, with Waisake Naholo, Dane Coles, Kieran Read and Malakai Fekitoa also touching down.
Georgia had a moment to savour when Beka Tsiklauri crossed to briefly level the scores after Naholo's opener.
New Zealand top Pool C, eight points clear of Tonga, who face third-placed Argentina in Leicester on Sunday.
The All Blacks' win is their 10th in a row in the World Cup, equalling their best ever run, which saw them go undefeated to win the inaugural event in 1987 before losing to Australia in the semi-finals in 1991.
This current series of results stretches back to the start of their victorious 2011 campaign and includes their three Pool C wins in the current competition, over Argentina, Namibia and now Georgia.
At times on Friday, they produced some scintillating, flowing rugby but often their ambitions exceeded their execution, with 18 handling errors and some uncharacteristically poor kicking from Dan Carter - who missed three of his first four conversions - costing them points against a hard-hitting but limited Georgia side.
However, the holders still managed to secure the bonus point just after the 20-minute mark courtesy of a superb solo effort from Naholo, Savea's double and Coles finishing off a wonderful passing move.
There was more frustration for New Zealand in the second half, including the loss of influential captain Richie McCaw, who limped off after an hour.
Read's close-range score was the only addition to their tally before Savea collected in space out wide to complete his hat-trick and replacement Fekitoa out-stripped the Georgia defence to go over in the last 10 minutes.
One of 10 changes by the All Blacks, winger Naholo was back in the side for the first time since suffering a hairline fracture to his fibula 50 minutes into his debut, against Argentina in the Rugby Championship on 17 July.
He showed no signs of rustiness, showing superb pace and power to break a series of attempted tackles to score the opening try in just the second minute.
Understandably, he did not last the full game, departing in the 52nd minute, but his opening salvo further underlines the attacking talent the All Blacks have at their disposal.
Georgia made 11 changes to the side that lost 54-9 to Argentina a week ago as they focus on trying to win their last pool game against Namibia on 7 October but Milton Haig's chosen men did he and their country proud.
They were disciplined in defence, hit hard and pressurised the All Blacks throughout.
Their reward came in the shape of the early try from Tsiklauri, who collected his own opportunistic kick and ran clear to score his country's 12th, and most significant, World Cup try.
In addition, the biggest cheer of the night greeted the announcement of Mamuka Gorgodze as man of the match for his battling contribution to an impressive Georgia display.
New Zealand: B. Smith, Naholo, C. Smith, Williams, Savea, Carter, A. Smith, Crockett, Coles, Faumuina, Retallick, Whitelock, Kaino, McCaw, Read, Perenara.
Replacements: Fekitoa for Naholo (53), Vito for Williams (57), Perenara for A. Smith (71), Woodcock for Crockett (61), Mealamu for Coles (71), O. Franks for Faumuina (61), Cane for McCaw (61), Kerr-Barlow for Perenara (76).
Tries: Naholo, Savea 3, Coles, Read, Fekitoa.
Cons: Carter 4.
Georgia: Tsiklauri, Aptsiauri, Kacharava, Mchedlidze, Todua, Malaguradze, Begadze, Asieshvili, Mamukashvilli, Chilachava, Chkhaidze, Datunashvili, Sutiashvili, Gorgodze, Lomidze.
Replacements: Giorgadze for Mchedlidze (76), Maisuradze for Todua (66), Lobzhanidze for Begadze (45), Nariashvili for Asieshvili (51), Sharikadze for Mamukashvilli (66), Peikrishvili for Chilachava (51), Mikautadze for Gorgodze (48), Kolelishvili for Lomidze (68).
Tries: Tsiklauri. Cons: Malaguradze.
Pens: Malaguradze.
Att: 69,187
Ref: Pascal Gauzere (France).
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The shooting incident took place in the Marietta area of East Texas.
Three shots were fired and at least one ricocheted off the shell.
The gunman was treated for a minor injury to the jaw, USA Today reports, but the small armoured creature has not been found and its fate remains unclear.
Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe told Reuters that the shooter opened fire in the early hours of Thursday morning when he spotted the armadillo on his property.
"He went outside and took his .38 revolver and shot three times at the armadillo," Mr Rowe said.
"Karmadillo!" tweeted the comedian and animal rights supporter Ricky Gervais.
Thursday's incident is not the first armadillo bullet deflection to end in a human wounding in the southern United States in recent months.
In April a Georgia man injured his mother-in-law when a bullet ricocheted off an armadillo, "hit a fence, went through the back door of his mother-in-law's mobile home, through a recliner she was sitting in, and into her back," local TV station WALB News reported.
The armadillo was killed.
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Anna Signeul said her side struggled with the big occasion as they lost 6-0 in their opening match.
Thompson, part of the BBC commentary team in Utrecht, said Sunday's match against the Portuguese was crucial.
"They've got to dust themselves down and pick themselves up very quickly," said Thompson.
The Scots conceded three goals in each half on their major tournament debut, with Signeul rueing her side's nervous display.
Thompson said Scotland's tactic of sitting in to contain England failed to pay dividends because of poor defending.
"If you're going to do that then you've got to defend well," Thompson told BBC Scotland. "And the one thing Scotland certainly did not do last night was defend well.
"The goals we lost were all avoidable and cheap. We left Jane Ross up front on her own extremely isolated - when we did manage to find her with passes, more often than not they were inaccurate or couldn't get support up to her.
"There were many things wrong with the performance last night and the girls will know that; individually and collectively, they can do an awful lot better."
On the issue of Scotland's players suffering from nerves during their Euro 2017 opener, Thompson said: "Yes, it was their first time in tournament football and England have had tournament football before, so you can use that.
"But when you look back and dissect the game from last night, they will see that their performance was flawed.
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"But they've got to put this to bed as soon as possible because there's a massive game coming up on Sunday [against Portugal, who lost 2-0 to Spain].
"Portugal are another side who have never been to a finals, so it's a team Scotland are capable of beating, although they're above us in the world rankings.
"I hope that the girls' confidence hasn't been dented too much from last night, they've got to dust themselves down and pick themselves up very quickly.
"They'll go over [the defeat] and look at how they can improve on their defending. A lot of the quality players in Scotland's top end of the pitch never shone either. There's plenty for Anna Signeul to look over leading into the Portugal game."
The prince walked into a sexual health clinic in Burrell Street, central London, to have the finger-prick test - for which he tested negative.
The 31-year-old has made raising awareness about HIV and Aids a major element of his public work.
There are more than 100,000 people living with HIV in the UK.
The prince had to wait only a few moments to get his results, while his blood sample was mixed with chemicals and poured into a test tray.
The negative result was indicated by a blue spot seen in the tray. However, if two spots had appeared he would have needed further tests to confirm if he was HIV-positive.
The procedure was carried out by Robert Palmer, a lead health adviser and psychosexual counsellor, who said the prince was "anxious".
Asked about the significance of a member of the Royal Family getting tested for HIV, Mr Palmer added: "It means this is a test for everybody - it doesn't matter who you are, it's a good idea to have an HIV test."
The average HIV prevalence in the UK - for those aged over 15 years old - is 1.9 per 1,000 population. However for gay men the rate jumps to 48.7 per 1,000. Black African women are the second most at-risk group with a prevalence rate of 43.7 per 1,000.
Latest figures from Public Health England in 2014 estimated 18,100 people were unaware of their infection and at risk of unknowingly passing on the virus.
Experts at Sotheby's have described the manuscript as "the most significant piece of rock material to appear at auction."
Dylan wrote the song in pencil on four small sheets of hotel stationery in 1965. The manuscript features corrections, revisions and additions.
Sotheby's say bids could reach £1m.
Notes attached to the lyrics relate to the singer/songwriter's life at the time, with a reference to a club appearance by the American musician Joan Baez.
There are doodles in the margin, including a rooster, a fedora hat and a high heeled shoe, as well as abstract shapes.
Bob Dylan also experimented with alternative rhyming schemes for the "How does it feel ..." chorus.
He tries out "get down and kneel," "raw deal" and "shut up and deal."
Richard Austin, head of books and manuscripts at Sotheby's, New York, said the manuscript reveals Dylan's "method of composition".
"You can see how much work he put into it. There is a real feel of immediacy," he added.
The song transformed Bob Dylan's career, from a folk singer to a rock star.
It also changed the course of popular culture.
"Before the release of Like a Rolling Stone, music charts were overrun with short and sweet love songs, many clocking in at three minutes or less," said Mr Austin.
"By defying convention with six and a half minutes of dark, brooding poetry, Dylan rewrote the rules for pop music."
And Dylan himself knew it was good.
'Rolling Stone's the best song I wrote," he said at the end of 1965.
The manuscript is being sold by a Californian friend and business associate of Dylan, who bought it from the singer three years ago.
It is accompanied by a letter from Dylan's lawyer, verifying its authenticity.
Although the song was kept off the top of the Billboard chart by The Beatles' Help, Rolling Stone magazine went on to name it the Greatest Song of all Time in 2011.
Accompanied by French President Francois Hollande and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, he laid a single white rose at the venue where 90 people were killed.
Security was stepped up for the visit, with helicopters flying overhead and roads in the area sealed off.
About 150 world leaders are attending the summit which opens on Monday.
Mr Obama's motorcade went straight to the Bataclan shortly after the US president arrived at Orly Airport.
After placing his rose, Mr Obama stood in silence with his head bowed and his hands clasped in front of him. He then walked away with his arms around Mr Hollande and Ms Hidalgo.
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The attacks - claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group - on 13 November left 130 people dead and more than 360 wounded.
Gunmen opened fire or set off bombs at seven locations in the city.
France is still in a state of emergency after the attacks.
French prosecutors say at least 11 militants in three co-ordinated teams were involved in the killings.
Nine are dead and two suspects - Salah Abdeslam and Mohamed Abrini - are still on the run.
French police have carried out hundreds of raids across the country and raids have also taken place in the Belgian capital Brussels where some of the attackers were from.
Earlier on Sunday, more than 200 demonstrators were arrested in Paris after clashes with police.
It came as climate change activists formed a human chain along the route of a march that was called off after the attacks.
Some of the demonstrators in Place de la Republique were apparently protesting against France's state of emergency, and have been disowned by the main organisers.
Calside Primary, which has a school roll of about 170, shut on Thursday.
Dumfries and Galloway Council said pupils and staff had been struck down by an illness with "symptoms similar to gastroenteritis".
Public Health Consultant Dr Nigel Calvert said such bugs could be highly infectious.
He said anyone with symptoms should stay away from school or their workplace until they were fully recovered.
"The standard public health is 48 hours after the last episode of either diarrhoea or vomiting," he said.
"So we would certainly encourage parents if their children have been sick or had diarrhoea over the weekend to keep them off school until they've had that clear 48 hours.
"It is very infectious and we want to try to avoid passing it to any other children."
It comes after a major incident was declared at the hospital last month due to a large backlog of patients at the emergency department.
The review will be carried out by the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority.
An external team of experts will take part and there will be inspections across the RVH site.
News of the review emerged in the form of a letter sent by the minister, Edwin Poots, to the Northern Ireland Assembly's health committee.
Health committee chairwoman Maeve McLaughlin described the letter as "fairly significant and important".
In January, staff and patients said conditions at the emergency department were "horrendous".
The Belfast Health Trust said the move to declare a major incident was necessary to trigger more staff to come in to help clear a backlog of patients.
BBC Northern Ireland health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly said: "Like a pressure cooker, the Royal Victoria Hospital's emergency department has been constantly simmering.
"Last month's major incident, however, was an indication it had reached boiling point with exceptional numbers waiting to be seen, and extra staff called in to work.
"In response, last week the health minister said a review would be carried out by the Health and Social Care board but that's now been changed to the regulatory body, the RQIA."
In a statement, the trust said it welcomed the review and a fresh perspective on the reforms it had carried out.
"Staff in our emergency department continue to make strenuous efforts to give their patients the best possible care in as timely a way as possible," it said.
"We would heartily welcome any opportunity improve the system they are currently working in."
The UK terror threat is at its highest level of "critical" after Monday's bombing at Manchester Arena amid fears more attacks may be imminent.
This year's 30th anniversary festival has 800 events and includes appearances by Stephen Fry, Graham Norton and American politician Bernie Sanders.
But organisers have warned visitors they will face extra security.
Director Peter Florence said the the world-famous festival had undergone a "comprehensive review" of its security, together with Dyfed-Powys Police, in the wake of the Manchester attacks that killed 22 people.
"We have put in some measures that will make sure that the values and the joy that we celebrate in Hay can go ahead," Mr Florence told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme.
"It is very important for all of our visitors to know that they will be safe and that what they want to talk about freely and openly, which is what the people who attack Britain and the west most despise, is able to go ahead in the way that we want it to."
Festival organisers have asked visitors to allow extra time for arrival at the festival site and not take large bags or rucksacks.
The festival began in 1987 but has grown to become one of the world's leading events for writers and their fans.
As well as authors discussing their work, it includes celebrity guests, comedians and live music.
Among the entertainment will be performances by Will Young and Amy MacDonald.
Mr Hedger was attacked at his home in Ashley early on Sunday. The 61-year-old died later in hospital.
Kevin Downton, 40, from Winterborne Stickland, Dorset, is also charged with aggravated burglary.
Earlier police said Jason Baccus, 41, and Scott Keeping, 44, both of Verney Close, Bournemouth, had been charged with murder and aggravated burglary.
The men are due to appear at Poole Magistrates' Court on Saturday.
A 40-year-old Bournemouth woman who was also arrested in relation to the case has been released under investigation, the force added.
Police were called to Mr Hedger's address in the Castlewood cul-de-sac in Ashley, near Ringwood, shortly after 03:00 BST on Sunday.
A post-mortem examination found he had died as a result of gunshot wounds.
A cordon remains in place at the house while police investigators continue to examine the scene.
Mr Hedger was a former Liverpool Victoria (LV) marketing executive and a director of the Avonbourne International Business and Enterprise Trust, which runs colleges and a primary school in the Bournemouth area.
Bennett, 66, became head coach in February but England failed to reach the final in the Four Nations.
They were beaten by New Zealand and Australia, who host next year's World Cup along with Papua New Guinea.
"Don't write off England, they are not far off it. Wayne knows how to put a team together," Meninga said.
"If they start the World Cup off on the right foot and get consistency they will be hard to beat."
The World Cup begins in October 2017 and England will look to improve on their run to the semi-finals under Steve McNamara at the last edition in 2013, which was won by Australia.
Bennett is the most successful coach in Australian rugby league history, with seven Grand Final wins.
But he has been criticised for his handling of the media during the Four Nations and was critical of his side after Sunday's 36-18 defeat by Australia, saying they "self destructed" at times.
"Wayne is right in that he has the players. It's about their self-belief and coming up with the right decision under pressure," said Meninga, whose side meet New Zealand in Saturday's Four Nations final at Anfield.
"Look at their forward pack, they are outstanding players in their own right. The team is not without talent, it's a matter of how they can get together as a group and play for one another when they put that jersey on. I believe Wayne is the right man to take it forward."
Meninga said last month that Bennett wanted his job but could not coach Australia for a third time because his job as Brisbane Broncos head coach prevented him from taking on the role full-time.
The 56-year-old, who says the pair "don't talk", said Bennett had "great man-management skills".
"He has had a lot of success and I've been coached by him many times," Meninga said."He knows how to get the most from players and the players have to believe that."
Meninga's side lost to New Zealand in the 2014 Four Nations final and the two sides have each lifted the trophy twice over the four previous tournaments.
Cesare Tavella, 50, was shot dead in the diplomatic quarter of the capital, Dhaka, in late September.
The attack was claimed the militant group Islamic State, which also said it was behind the murder a Japanese national a few days later.
The Bangladeshi authorities have not verified the claims.
It was the first time IS had claimed an attack in Bangladesh, where it has not yet announced a branch.
Dhaka police spokesman Muntashirul Islam told AFP news agency that three of the men arrested on Sunday were directly accused of killing Mr Tavella.
Attacks on foreigners in Bangladesh are rare, correspondents say, but Islamist violence has surged recently, including high-profile attacks on atheist bloggers.
The second takeover offer has come from South African retailer Steinhoff, which offered 175p per share.
Sainsbury's has until 23 February to make a firm offer for Argos.
Home Retail Group said the board was reviewing the Steinhoff proposal and it would make a further announcement soon.
A spokesperson added: "Home Retail Group shareholders are advised to take no action at this time."
Sainsbury's second offer for Home Retail Group came after an offer of £1bn was rejected.
Steinhoff, which owns the furniture chain Harvey's in the UK, makes most of its products in developing countries, and sells its furniture across Europe.
The South African retailer said its offer would not disrupt the sale of Homebase, which Home Retail Group is in the process of selling to Australian retail company Wesfarmers. The firm plans to bring its Bunnings chain to the UK.
Sainsbury's, like other UK supermarkets, has faced intense competition from discount retailers such as Aldi and Lidl.
Chief executive Mike Coupe said if the takeover went ahead the combination of the two companies would create the UK's "food and non-food retailer of choice", with 2,000 stores.
The tie-up would create the UK's largest general merchandise retail business.
Mr Coupe said that the merger would bring savings in the region of £120m - half of which would come from putting Argos stores into Sainsbury's supermarkets.
Meanwhile Steinhoff has until the 18th March to make a firm offer.
Ben Butler, 36, was found guilty of causing serious head injuries to Ellie Butler in 2007 but this was overturned three years later.
Her parents won a High Court ruling to return her to the family from foster care.
Mr Butler denies killing Ellie and staging a plot to cover up the murder.
At the Old Bailey, he also denied child cruelty charges.
Ellie's mother Jennie Gray, 36, also denies this charge but has admitted perverting the course of justice by giving a false account of what she did on the day Ellie died.
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Jurors were told Mr Butler caused "catastrophic" head injuries to Ellie at their home in Westover Close, Sutton in south-west London, while Ms Gray was at work in October 2013.
She had "very significant fractures to her skull" as the result of "really significant force", the court heard.
There were also underlying brain and eye injuries as well as bruises consistent with fingers gripping under her jaw, jurors heard.
Prosecutor Edward Brown QC said they were inflicted in brief but "devastating moments".
He added: "Ben Butler was an angry and violent man with a short fuse.
"The make-up of the man dominated his and his family's domestic life. The evidence will demonstrate him to be consistently teetering on the edge of a violent loss of temper."
Following Ellie's death, Mr Butler rang Ms Gray rather than the emergency services and together they set an "elaborate" cover-up to make it look like an accident, jurors were told.
They then allegedly "staged" the home by putting clothes in the wash, dumping Ms Gray's torn up diary in a communal bin and sent each other texts in an attempt to appear normal.
He also took the dog out for a walk, commenting on the weather to a neighbour as Ellie lay dead, jurors heard.
Afterwards, the couple allegedly staged a "charade" and put on "desperate urgency" in a 999 call made two hours after Ellie was fatally hurt.
Mr Brown said the "clear and intended implication" of what they each said was that Ellie had been the victim of a "tragic accident", discovered moments before they rang 999.
Paramedics arrived to find Ellie in her bedroom, lying on her back on the floor next to an overturned stool by her wardrobe where the parents said they found her, jurors heard.
"The dreadful reality is that both defendants put themselves before the well-being or dignity of that little girl," said Mr Brown.
He added that Ms Gray tried to protect Mr Butler, who had "significant" control over her, while Mr Butler acted to "save himself".
Jurors were told that an "unrelenting stream" of messages show that Mr Butler was a frustrated and angry house husband who expressed hatred for his daughter as well as contempt for Ms Gray.
Ellie's mother also searched the internet for "magic spells to make him love me again" and "urgent spell to make him be sorry for hurting me".
The court heard that in the weeks leading up to the death, Ellie suffered a broken shoulder, but neither parent sought medical treatment for her.
The trial continues.
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An agreement was brokered by WWF Scotland ahead of the Holyrood election next year.
The organisation said the leaders had committed to providing "comprehensive plans" on climate change in their manifestos.
International talks on the issue will take place in Paris in December.
The SNP, Scottish Labour, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Green party have all signed the pledge.
It commits them to outlining plans in their manifestos to:
They have also promised to ensure their manifestos are "consistent" with the ambitions of Scotland's Climate Change Act.
The act requires Scotland to reduce its annual climate change emissions by 42% by 2020 and 80% by 2050.
Lang Banks, director of WWF Scotland, said it was "great to know" that Scotland was a country where politicians had "long moved on" from debating whether climate change was actually happening.
"In the run up to next May's election voters will be keen to learn how each of the political parties will use their plans for tackling climate change to create jobs, improve health and reduce inequality," he said.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, SNP: "The SNP has put climate change considerations at the heart of decision making in government. Building on our record, the SNP in government will continue to support individuals, communities and industry as, together, we further reduce carbon emissions and make Scotland the best place possible to live and work."
Kezia Dugdale, Scottish Labour Party: "I believe in environmental justice, that the struggles for sustainability and socialism cannot be separated. That's why I have appointed an environmental justice spokesperson to my front bench team that has a wide policy brief, bringing together our climate change and energy policies."
Ruth Davidson, Scottish Conservatives: "Climate change is a threat to our environment, our security and our economic prosperity. As we approach next year's Holyrood elections, we will set out our own plans for how we tackle climate change in a manner that boosts business and creates jobs."
Willie Rennie, Scottish Liberal Democrats: "Our 2016 manifesto will have social justice at its heart. Liberal Democrats want a country where people stand for and with their neighbours. At the core of our vision will be a radical agenda to tackle climate change in way which is credible, affordable and sustainable."
Patrick Harvie, Scottish Greens: "Scotland is in an amazing position to show real leadership on climate change. We can cut emissions, transform our economy and create high quality, lasting jobs by investing in energy efficient housing, renewable power and more localised economies."
Owner Owen Oyston has been in charge of the Tangerines since 1987 and son Karl is the chairman at Bloomfield Road.
The pair have had a fractious relationship with fans over how they run the club, with numerous protests over the past two years.
Blackpool, who were in the Premier League in 2010-11, finished bottom of the Championship last season.
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"BST has prepared what it deems a fair and reasonable bid, which in the current climate deserves serious consideration," said a statement.
"There is a range of serious challenges currently facing the club and a change in ownership is a logical step to help resolve the issues for all parties.
"BST believes that, under the current ownership, the club cannot return to its former glories and that a more likely scenario is ongoing poor performance on the football pitch, leading to knock-on impact on financial performance."
Valeri Belokon, the Latvian club president who has owned a 20% share since 2006, has previously called for Karl to resign after he sent abusive texts to a fan - something which saw him banned from all football activity for six weeks and fined £40,000.
The club was the subject of a takeover approach two months ago, but without the support of all directors the offer was rejected.
Former West Ham assistant Neil McDonald was appointed as the new manager replacing Lee Clark following their relegation to the third tier.
"It's easier to be the president of the United States as a black person than be the head of a studio [or] network," he told an audience in Los Angeles.
The Do the Right Thing director called on studio bosses to "reflect what this country looks like" as he received his honour at Saturday's Governors Awards.
Debbie Reynolds and Gena Rowlands were also celebrated at the event.
Reynolds was unable to attend because of health reasons, so her prize was accepted by her granddaughter, actress Billie Lourd.
Lee, who received his award from actors Denzel Washington, Samuel L Jackson and Wesley Snipes, used his acceptance speech to highlight the racial imbalance he perceived in his industry.
"Everybody in here probably voted for [Barack] Obama," he told an audience that included Meryl Streep, Idris Elba, Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Ian McKellen.
"But when I go to offices, I see no black folks except for the brother man at the security who checks my name off the list as I go into the studio.
"We need to have some serious discussion about diversity and get some flavour up in this," he continued.
Lee, 58, has twice been nominated for an Oscar, for writing Do the Right Thing in 1990 and for his 1997 documentary 4 Little Girls.
Rowlands has also received two Oscar nominations in the past, for 1974 film A Woman Under the Influence and 1980 thriller Gloria.
"I think I'll take him home with me," said the 85-year-old of her honorary statuette. "I know a wonderful place for him to sit."
Actresses Cate Blanchett and Laura Linney paid tribute to Rowlands before she received her award from Nick Cassavetes, her director son.
The recipients of this year's awards will be invited to present awards at next year's Oscars, to be hosted by comedian Chris Rock on 28 February.
Despite the celebratory mood, the thoughts of those attending were never far from the attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead on Friday.
"It's tragic, absolutely tragic," British director Danny Boyle told USA Today. "The suffering for people is just terrible."
"I don't understand how that helps any cause, killing innocent people," rapper-turned-film producer Ice Cube told the same paper.
Lee, meanwhile, revealed his daughter Satchel had been studying in Paris before the attacks but had flown back to the US shortly before they started.
The 33-year-old was not in Chris Coleman's squad for the opening World Cup qualifier against Moldova in September.
The Nottingham Forest midfielder won 42 caps after making his Wales debut against the United States in 2003, scoring once.
"Vaughny sat down with me when he got back from France and explained he was going to retire," Coleman said,
"I tried to talk him out of because he's been with us for so long and he's got good quality.
"But he wants to spend more time with his family and concentrate on his club career, and we've got to respect that. He's been a great servant for Wales."
Vaughan was the longest-serving Wales player in their squad that reached the Euro 2016 semi-final although Vaughan remained an unused substitute throughout the campaign.
The Abergele-born player started his career at Crewe Alexandra and has also played for Real Sociedad, Blackpool and Sunderland.
The E-Act trust runs 23 academies across England and the Ofsted report says pupils from "poor backgrounds do not do well enough" in its schools.
Last month the academy chain scrapped all its local governing bodies.
E-Act said Ofsted recognised "substantial progress" had been made.
The Department for Education said unless standards were improved it would take "further action".
The same warning was given last week to England's biggest academy chain, AET, after tough criticism from Ofsted, which accused AET of "failing too many pupils".
Ofsted carried out a "focused inspection" on schools run by the E-Act chain, which in the past had been heavily criticised by inspectors and which two years ago had 10 schools taken away.
This latest report commends E-Act for making progress and adopting a "more robust and direct approach to school improvement".
But inspectors say the chain's schools are still not good enough and "more than half are not providing a good standard of education", including five rated as "inadequate".
There is particular criticism of E-Act's secondary schools, with Ofsted saying standards are "too low" and attempts to improve "have not had enough impact".
E-ACT's 23 schools are spread across England, with clusters in places including the West Midlands, Buckinghamshire, Bristol, Yorkshire and the North West.
Academy chains receive public funding to operate schools, with E-Act's accounts up to August 2014 showing an income of £135m.
Ofsted says since joining E-Act, six of the 23 academies have declined from their previous inspection grade, six have improved and 10 have remained the same. There is no previous inspection grade for one academy.
A response from E-Act said the inspectors had recognised improvements had been made, particularly in primary schools.
"Over the past year, we have radically overhauled the way that E-Act is run, and the way that our academies operate, so that children and young people genuinely have an excellent education during their time with us.
"This is now beginning to bear fruit, but there is more work to be done."
Last month E-Act announced plans to scrap local governing bodies, including parent governors, in all of its schools, ending their role of holding schools to account.
Instead scrutiny of schools will be carried out centrally by the chain, with the former governing bodies replaced by groups who will be "ambassadors" for each school.
Christine Blower, leader of the National Union of Teachers, said: "Time and again reports are released which show that academy status has no direct link with good outcomes for young people.
"Academy conversion is not a school improvement strategy and claiming this to parents and voters is deeply misleading."
Labour's shadow schools minister Nic Dakin accused ministers of "taking their eye off the ball on school standards and failing to ensure that all schools, including those in academy chains, are properly accountable".
"Two years after Ofsted warned that E-Act was failing to take effective action to improve standards in many of its schools, we find out that the quality of provision for too many pupils in these academies is still not good enough."
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "This Ofsted report shows E-Act is beginning to show signs of improvement since its performance was challenged in 2014."
"However, too many children are not achieving well enough and the impact of these changes must lead to better results in 2016 and beyond."
Speaking on Fox News, the real estate mogul turned candidate described the situation as "an unbelievable humanitarian problem".
Thousands of people, mainly from Syria, have been entering Europe and travelling northwards in recent weeks.
The US has allowed 1,500 Syrians to re-settle since the start of the conflict.
But there are hints that it will take more.
Speaking from the US Capitol on Wednesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said the US was committed to welcoming more Syrian refugees.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has asked governments around the world to resettle 130,000 Syrians by the end of 2016. In past conflicts, the US has typically taken half of the UNHCR request.
"On a humanitarian basis, something does have to be done," Mr Trump said.
"It's a serious problem. We haven't seen anything like it since the second world war, and it's getting worse and worse".
When asked whether he thought they should be allowed in the US, the business mogul said: "I hate the concept of it, but on a humanitarian basis, with what's happening, you have to."
He added: "It's living in hell in Syria. They are living in hell."
Mr Trump has made a tough line on immigration a central plank of his campaign, and has drawn criticism for anti-immigrant views in the past.
He was harshly criticised after saying undocumented Mexican immigrants were "bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists".
The migrant crisis has had European leaders scrambling to come up with a solution.
On Wednesday, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced a plan for 120,000 additional asylum seekers to be distributed among EU nations, with binding quotas.
Mr Trump's views on the migrant crisis mark him apart from some of his Republican rivals who have been more hardline in their views.
They will all be appearing on stage next week in a televised debate hosted by CNN, and the millionaire businessman has asked the CNN president to donate the advertising revenue to charities for army veterans.
The "tremendous increase in viewer interest and advertising is due 100% to Donald J Trump," he wrote.
The exhibition reunites for the first time seven of the nine principal stones cut from the Cullinan Diamond.
The seven stones are set in brooches, a ring and a necklace, most of which have been worn by the Queen during her 60-year reign.
The exhibition starting on 30 June will form part of the summer opening of Buckingham Palace later this year.
The show includes a number of the Queen's personal jewels and illustrates the many ways in which diamonds have been used and worn by British monarchs over the last two centuries.
The Cullinan Diamond, which weighed 3,106 carats in its rough state, was discovered at the Premier Mine near Pretoria, in South Africa in 1905.
It was named after the chairman of the mining company, Thomas Cullinan.
Exhibition curator Caroline de Guitaut said: "Until 26 January 1905 no one had ever seen a diamond of this size.
"So incredible was its discovery that the moment it was found at the Premier Mine it was thrown out of the window of the mine manager's office because it was thought to be a worthless crystal.
'Now, for the first time, our visitors will be able to see seven of the nine principal stones cut from this magnificent and highly important diamond.'
Measuring 10.1cm high, the diamond was notable for its extraordinary blue-white colour and exceptional purity.
Although it is the largest ever to have been found the rough diamond had a cloven face on one side, which suggested that it might once have formed part of an even larger stone.
Soon after being discovered, it was sent to London and taken to Buckingham Palace for inspection by King Edward VII.
For the next two years the stone remained a public wonder and was shown to many prospective clients - although no buyer could be found because nobody knew how it could be cut.
Eventually the Prime Minister of the Transvaal suggested that his government should acquire the Cullinan and present it to Edward VII as a token of loyalty.
In 1907, under police protection, the uncut stone was conveyed to Sandringham House, in Norfolk, where the King was celebrating his 66th birthday.
The gift did not include the cost of cutting the stone, and this task was entrusted to the celebrated firm of IJ Asscher of Amsterdam.
The company produced nine principal stones, 96 smaller stones and nine carats of unpolished fragments.
The two largest gems form part of the Crown Jewels - one is set at the head of the Sovereign's Sceptre and the other into the Imperial State Crown.
The other seven were mounted in various settings for Queen Mary, wife of George V.
The exhibition will run from 30 June to 8 July and then from 31 July to 7 October.
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Rowan has been performing incredibly in training for some time and we felt it was only a matter of time before the results started coming.
Cheshire, 18, secured her win in the third of four halfpipe Freestyle Skiing World Cup events this season, with a score of 80.40 from her first run.
Fellow Briton Emma Lonsdale finished with a career best tenth in Canada.
Jilly Curry was the last British woman to win gold at a World Cup event, in aerials in 1992.
Cheshire, who is from Stoke, won bronze at last season's World Junior Championships in Valmalenco.
She has met the Olympic qualifying standard for the Sochi Olympics.
But Cheshire, who is currently second, must remain in the top 24 of the International Ski Federation list and, along with Lonsdale, will learn whether she has a quota place when the team is announced on 22 January.
"Rowan has been performing incredibly in training for some time and we felt it was only a matter of time before the results started coming," coach Pat Sharples told BBC Sport.
"She's worked so hard to get to where she is and I feel the best is still yet to come."
The fourth and final halfpipe event of the Freestyle Skiing World Cup takes place at Northstar in the United States on 10 January.
The 51-year-old former forward spent eight years as a player at Salford.
Owner Marwan Koukash had taken on the role of chief executive following the departure of Martin Vickers last year.
"Ian has had a long and illustrious career in both rugby and business management. Not only is he a well respected businessman, he is a born and raised Salfordian," said Koukash.
"Starting from today we will actively be working to increase our profile and the brand of Salford, not only within the community but, across the north west region."
Circle Holdings which operates Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire, said its franchise is "no longer viable under current terms".
The move comes amid pressure on the casualty department, Circle said.
The hospital has also been placed in special measures following a recent Care Quality Commission inspection.
The health watchdog announced on Friday it rated Hinchingbrooke "inadequate", highlighting particular concerns over accident and emergency and medical care.
Prof Sir Mike Richards, the commission's chief inspector of hospitals, said: "We have given the trust an overall rating of 'inadequate' and I have made a recommendation the trust is placed into special measures.
"Our inspection highlighted a number of serious concerns surrounding staffing and risks to patient safety particularly in the A&E department and medical care.
"There were substantial and frequent staff shortages in the A&E department. There were a number of other areas of concern, some of which related to the way in which the trust is led and run."
He added the findings "highlight the significant failings at Hinchingbrooke hospital".
He said: "They are not a judgment on the role of the private sector in the NHS or on franchise arrangements. Where hospitals are failing to promote good care, we will say so regardless of who owns and runs them."
Circle took on Hinchingbrooke in early 2012, as it faced closure.
It said there had been unprecedented increases in accident and emergency attendances, a lack of care places for patients awaiting discharge, and that funding had been cut by 10.1% this financial year.
Circle has made payments to the trust totalling about £4.84m and could be required to make a final support payment of approximately £160,000, the firm said.
Under the terms of its 10-year contract, it has the right to end the franchise if the amount of money it has to put in to the trust exceeds £5m.
Chief Executive Steve Melton said: "This combination of factors means we have now reluctantly concluded that, in its existing form, Circle's involvement in Hinchingbrooke is unsustainable."
Circle chairman Michael Kirkwood said the decision had been made "with regret and after considerable thought".
The GMB Union said the Circle takeover had been a "disaster waiting to happen when you get the private sector involved in running a hospital".
Spokesman Steve Sweeney said: "It's not overly surprising to see them try to pack their bags, cut loose and walk away.
"Obviously having the major backers walk away leaves [the hospital] in a very vulnerable position .... we're hoping that there's some planning in place to aid and assist that."
A spokesman for the Department of Health said: "There will now be a "managed transfer of the running of the trust and patient care will not be affected."
Jonathan Djanogly, Conservative MP for Huntingdon, said the way these contracts are issued "needs to be looked at".
"I think probably Circle was too aggressive in terms of its pricing, but at the same time the NHS made Circle take all of the debts of the previous incarnation of the hospital," he said.
Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary, said: "Patients who rely on Hinchingbrooke will be worried about their hospital following this announcement.
"It was the decision of the coalition in November 2011 to appoint Circle and they must take responsibility for this mess.
"The government were explicitly warned two years ago about the risky business model Circle were operating, but failed to take any action."
The company claimed it "remains a committed partner of the NHS at our elective treatment centres and independent hospitals", adding it is in discussion with the NHS Trust Development Authority to ensure an "orderly withdrawal".
Circle runs private hospitals in Bath and Reading, which both accept NHS patients, and it also has NHS treatment centres in Bedfordshire and Nottingham.
Arthanayake, who has been helming a daily phone-in show on BBC Asian Network, will co-present with existing host Sarah Brett.
Jonathan Wall also revealed Peter Allen would be leaving 5 live Daily to rejoin "one of the great 5 live double acts".
Allen will team up with former co-host Jane Garvey for a Sunday evening show.
Arthanayake, who will continue to present a Friday show on Asian Network, said 5 live was "the perfect place for me to evolve further".
"I genuinely couldn't be happier at being asked to present Afternoon Edition with Sarah. It's a big move for me but I'm excited about bringing my mic skills to the station.''
Allen, who has been with the station since it began in 1994, will be leaving his role in September with Emma Barnett joining the show to replace him. Adrian Chiles will continue to host on Monday and Tuesday.
Garvey, who was the first ever voice on the station, co-hosted the breakfast and afternoon shows with Allen for 13 years. She will continue to present Women's Hour on BBC Radio 4.
Wall said that in Arthanayake and Barnett, the station had secured "two of the most exciting talents in British radio", adding Allen and Garvey were "radio royalty" who had previously been the "perfect radio pairing".
Allen said he did "rather fancy the idea of joining [Garvey] on Woman's Hour... but the management seem curiously reluctant to accept that".
"So it's back to 5 live for both of us - cross your fingers on my behalf," he added.
Russia's economic development ministry estimates the economy will contract by 0.8% next year.
It had previously estimated the the economy would grow by 1.2% in 2015.
Russia's reliance on tax revenues from the oil industry makes it particularly sensitive to price movements.
Household disposable incomes are also forecast to decline by as much as 2.8%, compared with a previous estimate that they would grow by 0.4%.
The sharp revision in Russia's economic forecast is the first admission from the government that the economy will contract.
"The current prognosis is based on a drop in GDP by 0.8% in 2015, against the previous prognosis of growth by 1.2%," deputy prime minister Alexi Vedev said.
On Monday, the rouble suffered its biggest one-day fall since 1998.
The currency slid almost 9% against the dollar before rallying after suspected central bank intervention. The currency has already lost 40% in value this year.
The Russian finance ministry has also not ruled out spending more than 500 billion roubles from the budget's Reserve Fund next year.
The 2015-2017 budget allows for spending of up to 500bn roubles (£5.9bn) next year from the Reserve Fund, but Maxim Oreshkin, head of the finance ministry's long-term strategic planning department, said it was possible the government could spend more to support the economy.
He added that if the average oil price were $80 per barrel in 2015, the finance ministry's forecast for a fall in GDP was in line with the economy ministry's prediction of a 0.8% contraction.
He also said that a scenario in which the oil price averaged $60 a barrel in 2015 was pessimistic, and at that price, the Russian economy would contract as forecast in the central bank's "stress scenario".
The bank published its stress scenario last month, saying that at $60 per barrel, GDP would decline by 3.5% to 4%.
"The real damage from the collapsing rouble and oil price is to investment and growth,'' said Chris Weafer, senior partner at Moscow-based Macro-Advisory, in a note to investors.
"Russia is a non-investible country for all but the bravest of hedge fund investors right now, and will remain in this category until both the rouble and oil stabilise at minimum."
The price of oil has fallen nearly 40% since the summer because of oversupply caused by rising US shale oil production.
Demand has also fallen, particularly in China, the world's second largest consumer of the commodity, where industrial production has slowed in recent months.
Last week, Opec ministers met to discuss a possible cut in oil production in order to stabilise the oil price, but the meeting broke up without agreement.
Opec secretary general Abdallah Salem el-Badri said: "There's a price decline. That does not mean that we should really rush and do something."
The fall in the oil price has been causing concern for several members of the oil cartel, as most require a price above $80 a barrel to balance their government budgets and many need prices to be above $100 a barrel.
They were flagged down just before midnight on Saturday near the block of flats in Roland Gardens, Chelsea.
London Fire Brigade said it was called to an apartment on the second floor, but the fire had already been put out.
The man was taken to hospital, but his condition is not believed to be serious.
Four officers were also treated for smoke inhalation but they have since returned to duty.
Insp Chris Downs said: "These officers acted with great courage. Their quick thinking and heroic actions in entering a burning flat and rescuing the occupant have averted a potentially lethal situation."
The 41-year-old died on Thursday after being shot and stabbed following a constituency surgery in West Yorkshire.
Tributes to the MP have continued, with ex-Labour leader Lord Kinnock calling her a "burning flame of progress".
Hundreds of people attended a vigil at the Senedd in Cardiff on Friday, with 150 in Swansea at similar event.
Among the speakers at the Cardiff Bay vigil was Jo Stephens, Cardiff Central MP, who was elected at the same election as Mrs Cox.
She said: "The sadness and the anger I feel about Jo's murder is almost overwhelming."
A BBC Wales TV debate on Friday about Europe has been cancelled as referendum campaigning was suspended.
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Mrs Cox is the first sitting MP to be killed since 1990, when Ian Gow was the last in a string of politicians to die at the hands of Northern Irish terror groups.
Her attacker is reported to have shouted "put Britain first" at least twice.
A 52-year-old man, named locally as Tommy Mair, has been arrested.
Speaking after a meeting of the British-Irish Council, in Glasgow, First Minister Carwyn Jones said: "Politicians make sacrifices in order to do their jobs - nobody expects this.
"For a young mother to be taken away from her family in this way is utterly tragic."
Appealing for the facts of the killing not to be argued out on social media, Mr Jones urged the public to allow the police to get on with their job of investigating the matter.
Lord Kinnock described Mrs Cox, who worked for his wife Baroness Kinnock when she was an MEP, as the "best kind of combination of high intellect and total commitment".
He said his family's relationship was like that of a "beloved niece", and said his wife was "bereft".
Plaid Cymru AM Simon Thomas tweeted: "It would be a strong symbol of resistance to hatred if the sad by-election following the murder of Jo Cox were uncontested."
AMs, like MPs, were given security advice following the attack on Friday.
"Our priority is your safety and that of your staff," AMs were told in an email from the Assembly Commission, the body in charge of politicians' support services in Cardiff Bay.
Although campaigning for next week's EU referendum was suspended, a number of politicians announced they were going ahead with surgeries and constituency events on Friday.
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary and Pontypridd MP Owen Smith said: "My response to the senseless and heartbreaking murder of Jo is to do my job today.
"My care home visits and surgery will go ahead as planned."
Welsh Labour has suspended its referendum campaigning over the weekend, while Plaid Cymru said it was doing likewise "for the time being".
Vote Leave Cymru has said no campaigning will take place until Sunday.
Nathan Gill, UKIP Wales' leader, said his party was planning to resume campaigning on Saturday but confirmed it would be "very low key".
Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) help disabled people live an independent life.
But the Preseli Pembrokeshire MP said applicants for PIPs found the test "very intrusive".
The UK government said assessments were carried out by qualified health professionals.
In his first interview on welfare since resigning from the government, Mr Crabb told BBC Wales' Week In Week Out programme: "Of course you do need a system of assessment when you're giving out taxpayers' money.
"But the way it has been done - I see this in my surgeries, every single MP in their surgery sees this - people who felt that the assessment procedure has been traumatic, intrusive, hasn't been a comfortable experience at all. And that's what we've got to fix.
"We need to have a supportive assessment process that obviously comes to the right decision about the kind of money and resource that a disabled person needs."
Mr Crabb spoke out a week after his successor Damian Green launched a consultation on reform of the Work Capability Assessment, which is used to apply for Employment Support Allowance.
PIPs are not means-tested and are gradually replacing Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
They were introduced in 2013 and are being rolled out across the UK. Eventually, more than 150,000 people in Wales will be assessed for them.
As secretary of state, Mr Crabb scrapped plans to cut PIPs benefits and his predecessor Iain Duncan Smith resigned over those proposed cuts in the Budget in March.
However, some recipients, like 67-year-old Judith, from Ceredigion, said receiving PIPs had left them worse off.
Judith has primary and progressive multiple sclerosis and walks with the aid of a frame.
The DLA she had received for 12 years was replaced by PIPs at the beginning of 2016, leaving her £1,400 a year worse off.
"This may seem just not very much really but when you haven't got much to start with, it is quite a difference," she said.
A nurse with 25 years' experience who worked for assessment company Capita until earlier this year has claimed assessors do not necessarily have the right skills when it comes to some disabilities.
He did not want to be identified but told the programme: "A paramedic is very well designed to do the job of a paramedic. Have they got a lot of experience of somebody with MS, for example?
"Perhaps somebody with a very physical condition like MS should be assessed by somebody like an occupational therapist, or physiotherapist.
"Somebody with severe mental health difficulties by a psychiatrically trained person - but that doesn't happen."
Capita said staff were suitably equipped and supported to carry out assessments and on-going training was provided.
The Department for Work and Pensions said in a statement: "Assessments for PIPs are carried out by qualified health professionals who combine their clinical knowledge with an understanding of the fact that not everyone with the same disability is impacted [upon] in the same way.
"Decisions are made following the consideration of all information provided by the claimant, including any supporting evidence from their GP or medical specialist."
Week In Week Out: Why Have My Benefits Been Cut? is on BBC One Wales on Tuesday, 8 November at 22:45 GMT.
A man in his 30s was taken to hospital with injuries said not to be life threatening after the incident in Dartford.
Emergency services were called to Henderson Drive at about 08:20 GMT.
A 32-year-old man from Dartford was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in police custody.
It was reported a man left the scene in a vehicle that was stopped near Taddington roundabout in Chatham about three hours later.
The crew of Monday's Sydney to Auckland flight wore All Blacks jerseys, honouring a bet born on Twitter.
The wager was inspired by some social media sparring - an earlier suggestion was for the losing airline to repaint its fleet in opposition colours.
The Kiwis became the first team to defend the Rugby World Cup on Saturday, defeating the Wallabies 34-17.
Air New Zealand started the Twitter exchange on Friday by tweeting a digitally altered photo of a Qantas plane painted completely black, with slogans including "Team All Blacks", "bound in black" and "simply the best".
"We've been thinking about this wager. How about you paint your planes like this?" the airline said.
Qantas responded with their own image of an Air New Zealand plane in bright Australian gold, saying they "think it needs a golden touch".
Air New Zealand responded: "We wouldn't want to slow our planes down … with all that extra paint", to which Qantas quipped: "We wouldn't think you'd be in a hurry to get here when you lose."
Qantas planes usually fly in a white-and-red colour scheme, while Air New Zealand usually fly white aircraft with a black tail.
The exchange was well-received by rugby fans and Twitter followers, prompting a more realistic proposition.
"How about this? On Monday in the air, your crew wear our jerseys," Air New Zealand suggested on Friday.
"It's on! But let's not leave the pilots out!" Qantas agreed.
Both companies then agreed to "take this offline" to formalise the bet.
Air New Zealand thanked Qantas on Monday for being "good sports".
Firefighter Mike Dunn resuscitated the dog after it was pulled from the blaze showing no signs of life.
Crews from three stations tackled the fire which began when a pan was left unattended on a cooker at a property in Silverdale Road, Hull, on Wednesday.
Fire officials said it was rare to find dogs in house fires needing treatment as they are able to escape more easily.
The technique used for mouth-to-mouth on dogs is to hold the snout shut while blowing into the nostrils.
Mr Dunn said: "The property was quite heavily smoke logged and the dog was handed to me outside showing little sign of life.
"I gave it mouth-to-mouth and oxygen therapy for about 30 minutes.
"The dog appeared to recover so it was left with a neighbour. Hopefully it will make a full recovery."
Seriously, did anyone else know this? Even those who only take a vague interest in Scottish gymnastics will be familiar with the names Steve Frew and Adam Cox.
Frew took gold in the men's rings at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, while Cox won the high bar bronze at Melbourne in 2006.
But Jo Walker? Apparently she is a rhythmic gymnast who won bronze in the hoop in 1994 at the Victoria Games.
I was intrigued. I decided to track her down - it would be easy. I typed her name into a search engine...
Much fruitless internet and social media searching later, I was eventually led to the owner of a gymnastics club in Swakopmund in Namibia, who managed to get hold of Jo's mobile number.
Winning a medal was a bit surreal.
It was something that I wanted, had dedicated hours of hard work for, but never really expected due to my own lack of self belief.
When it did happen and I was standing on the podium, I remember thinking that at least I can retire from the sport having achieved something tangible.
After all the years and hours of hard work, pain, tears and sacrifice - to retire without that would have felt like it was all a bit of a waste of time.
There was no media attention, no fame or fortune!
But there was no media attention, no fame or fortune!
I'm now 43, living with my partner in Noordhoek, Cape Town, South Africa, with my step-daughter and our dog. I work in the film industry as a production manager - mainly working on international commercials.
I enjoy rock climbing, mountain biking, trail running and drinking copious amounts of red wine!
I was born in Paisley, but grew up in Otley, West Yorkshire where I started ballet and artistic gymnastics.
I was getting too tall (I'm now 5'10") for "normal" gymnastics and was always very supple, so physically I was much better suited to rhythmic gymnastics.
One of my sisters was doing rhythmic at her local school so I went to try.
My mum didn't think I would enjoy it as the floor was my least favourite discipline in artistic gymnastics.
However, she was wrong and I carried on!
Jo's tips for Team Scotland's three rhythmic gymnasts competing at the Glasgow Games: Rebecca Bee, Lauren Brash and Victoria Clow.
When I was about 13, I moved to Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, with my parents and two sisters.
I trained at Cranford Rhythmic Gymnastics Club and later moved to Hillingdon School of Gymnastics.
In hindsight, I realise my family made huge sacrifices. But at the time, things just evolved to longer hours, more days training, and further to drive - especially when I made the regional squad.
Without them it would have been impossible for me to achieve what I did and still turn out to be a relatively normal person!
Despite lots of trials, I kept missing the cut for the national squad of 30 girls.
My big break didn't come until 1989, when I was already considered old at 18! Russian coach Iriner Viner was appointed the GB coach and she cut the squad from 30 to 10. I made it onto the team.
I did what any self respecting gymnast does when they retire - I ate chips and drank lots of beer ... and got fat!
I went on to represent Great Britain in many European competitions, as well as three World Championships, and two European Championships.
At that time Scotland wasn't really on the map with regards to rhythmic gymnastics.
Yet when I tried to compete for Scotland at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, I wasn't accepted due to the fact that I didn't live in Scotland.
By this point, I was training five to six days a week for three to four hours a day. For two months, I had been on a gruelling training regime at the National Olympic Centre in Moscow, Russia.
It was so disappointing. I was born in Scotland, and I even have great Scottish sporting heritage!
My grandfather, George Walker, was capped four times for Scotland's national football side in the early 1930s. His uncle, Bobby Walker, was capped 30 times in the early 1900s and has just been inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame.
After a bit of lobbying, I was accepted onto Scotland's 1994 Commonwealth Games team.
By then, I was second overall in the British Championships, and individual winner in hoop, ribbon and clubs.
The closest Scottish competitor was way down in the rankings, and finally I seemed like a good option for Scotland.
After my success at the Commonwealth Games, I retired from the sport and moved to Namibia to take up the post of national coach for a few years.
It was meant to be for six months but I fell in love with the country so stayed.
Finishing my university degree, moving to a completely new continent, no longer having to worry about what I ate, not training 24/7, not being worried about what I looked like in a leotard, was all a complete upheaval of everything that I had spent almost the last 15 years of my life doing.
I started making up for lost years and I did what any self respecting gymnast does when they retire - I ate chips and drank lots of beer, gained 20 kgs (about 3st) and got fat!
I always put on my Scotland rugby top every time Scotland are playing South Africa
While in Namibia I realised that I was talented in other sports. However, I knew that I did not want to do an indoor sport ever again - though that could have had something to do with the beautiful African sunshine.
I cannot imagine being a coach potato and I'm like a dog locked in a house if I haven't exercised for a few days.
And in case you are wondering, I eventually lost 12kgs!
I started playing two-a-side beach volleyball and was Namibian ladies champion for a few years.
My volleyball partner was very patient with the way I pointed my toes whiles gracefully diving for the ball!
I learned to skydive and got involved in filming tandem skydivers when the local club needed extra help.
I started mountain biking and was the Namibian "veteran ladies" downhill champion for a year - though I was the only competitor!
Then my South African partner introduced me to the sport of rock climbing, which I love.
It combines hiking a few hours to the bottom of a peak, with the adrenalin of the actual three hours of climbing, and then the rush to get down the mountain side before dark and without getting mugged!
I also enjoy watching sport, and I always put on my Scotland rugby top every time Scotland are playing South Africa and endure the taunts and sympathy from the usually victorious locals.
Having talked to my sisters over the past few years and asked them if they were annoyed by the amount of time our parents spent driving me around, they said that they were always very proud of what I achieved - although they never mentioned it at the time!
In our family I was never made to feel special. I was one of three children. It wasn't just about me, I just happened to do gymnastics.
If Jo's story has inspired you to find out more about rhythmic gymnastics, have a look at our dedicated Get Inspired page on the sport.
The 14-mile (23km) route will run from Bradford city centre to Seacroft, in east Leeds.
The CityConnect project, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year, has been funded by an £18m cash award from the Department for Transport and £11m of local funding.
The scheme also includes resurfacing parts of the Leeds Liverpool canal.
Coordinators say they hope the cycle way will encourage more people to make short journeys by bike and improve access to employment, skills and education.
The project is jointly managed by West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Leeds City Council and Bradford Council.
Shares on Thursday had been boosted by upbeat economic data, but Friday's trading was more subdued.
By the close of trade, the tech-heavy Nasdaq index had fallen 13 points to 5,120.09.
The Dow Jones fell 104 points to 18,012.14 while the S&P 500 dipped 12 points to 2,109.65.
Analysts said the falls were expected given the rally on Thursday. The fact that the situation in Greece still shows no sign of being resolved didn't help the situation. Eurozone leaders are due to hold an emergency summit on Monday.
Among individual stocks, shares in chocolate maker Hershey fell 3.6% after the company cut its sales growth forecast for this year.
The comedy, about four childhood friends reuniting, took $247m (£150m) at the global box office, but was dubbed "Groan Ups 2" by critics.
It is up for worst picture, sequel, ensemble and screenplay at the Razzies, which launched in 1980 as a spoof of the Oscars.
Box office flops The Lone Ranger and After Earth are also multiple nominees.
Sandler, who wrote and starred in Grown Ups 2, is in the running for worst male in a lead role.
He is no stranger to the Razzies, having taken the worst actor title last year for his role in man-child comedy That's My Boy.
A year before that, Jack and Jill - in which Sandler plays biologically-impossible identical male and female twins - made Razzie history with a record 10 awards.
The 47-year-old won both the worst actor and actress prizes.
Grown Ups 2 is a sequel to Sandler's 2010 film, which brought Sandler back together with US comedy show Saturday Night Live stars Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade.
The second instalment was one of the worst-reviewed films of 2013, with an average score of 19 out of a 100, according to review aggregator Metacritic.
"In the first five minutes, a deer walks into the star's bedroom and urinates on his face. It's all downhill from there," wrote Matt Patches in Time Out.
Branding the film "slothful" and "indulgent", Empire Magazine's Simon Crook criticised its "lumpen slapstick, casual sexism and a smug tone".
Supporting actors Taylor Lautner, Salma Hayek and director Dennis Dugan are also up for Golden Raspberry Awards.
The other films nominated for worst picture were Johnny Depp's uneven Wild West adventure The Lone Ranger; Will Smith's sci-fi misfire After Earth; Tyler Perry's holiday comedy A Madea Christmas and comedy anthology Movie 43, featuring the likes of Kate Winslet, Richard Gere, Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry.
After Earth, A Madea Christmas and Movie 43 have six nominations apiece.
The shortlist comes a day before the Oscar nominations, and the Razzies will similarly be handed out a night before the Oscars ceremony on 2 March.
Winners generally fail to show up - although Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock have collected their gold spray-painted prizes in person.
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Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, restored to the Premier League side's starting line-up, did well by saving twice off Rajiv van La Parra and from Jack Payne's free-kick in the first half, while Philip Billing had a goal ruled out for offside.
In front of a record football crowd of 24,129, Terriers goalkeeper Joel Coleman kept out efforts from Nolito and Sergio Aguero in each half.
The draw for the quarter-finals takes place on Sunday at 18:30 GMT on the BBC News Channel, BBC Radio 5 live and the BBC Sport website.
Both sides last met on this day in 2000 in the First Division with the game ending in a 1-1 draw, and it was a case of history repeating itself 17 years later.
City striker Aguero was given a first start in five matches, but the Argentine could not find a way past Coleman who was dominant in the air, keeping out the top-flight side with a total of four saves.
Coleman did make a rare mistake in the first half when he rushed off his line for the ball and was beaten to it by Aguero, but the City player's lobbed effort failed to find the target.
City's much-maligned goalkeeper Bravo, who had been dropped for the past four games, was in impressive form. He made three saves, the best of which came from Payne's set piece which was heading for the top corner.
It will be a tough task at the Etihad Stadium and this may well have been a missed opportunity for the West Yorkshire side.
High-flying Huddersfield - third in the Championship - harried and hustled the opposition, allowing them no time on the ball. As a result, the hosts extended their unbeaten run to seven games in all competitions.
Top scorer Elias Kachunga [11 goals this season] and Nahki Wells [nine], were left on the bench and introduced only on the hour mark, but neither were able to trouble Bravo.
Meanwhile, City manger Pep Guardiola, looking to become the third Spaniard after Rafael Benitez and Roberto Martinez to win the competition, was able to call on £92m worth of talent in Kevin de Bruyne and Leroy Sane with 20 minutes to go.
But both struggled to make an impact.
Despite being held, City have kept another clean sheet, the fifth in their past six away games.
Huddersfield manager David Wagner: "We are still in the competition which is great. Another match in this busy footballing period but that is not a problem for us. For sure we are one of the fittest teams in the division.
"We were able to make them uncomfortable, they were the better team with chances which is no surprise to anybody but we showed great attitude and passion.
"We are very happy to have another match against a very good team, to test us again. We learn from every game, I love to see my players on the pitch playing football matches.
"A clean sheet against Manchester City makes our chest bigger."
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola: "It is not frustrating, it was a tough game against one of the best teams in the Championship.
"Two days ago there was a rugby game on the pitch which made it slow but we made a good performance. They are a really good team, congratulations to Huddersfield.
"When you play against teams at the top of the Championship, it is obviously difficult. There were no complaints, my team did what I asked them to do."
Huddersfield host Reading in the Championship on Tuesday (kick-off 19:45), while Manchester City play Monaco in their Champions League last-16 first-leg tie at the same time.
Match ends, Huddersfield Town 0, Manchester City 0.
Second Half ends, Huddersfield Town 0, Manchester City 0.
Attempt missed. Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jesús Navas with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Philip Billing.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Dean Whitehead.
Attempt blocked. Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernandinho with a headed pass.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town).
Attempt missed. Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Martin Cranie.
Attempt missed. Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Foul by Bacary Sagna (Manchester City).
Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).
Joel Coleman (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. John Stones (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Tareiq Holmes-Dennis.
Substitution, Manchester City. Bacary Sagna replaces Aleksandar Kolarov because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) because of an injury.
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Isaiah Brown replaces Jack Payne.
Substitution, Manchester City. Leroy Sané replaces Nolito.
Substitution, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne replaces Fabian Delph.
Offside, Manchester City. Aleksandar Kolarov tries a through ball, but Nolito is caught offside.
Fernando (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Philip Billing (Huddersfield Town).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Joel Coleman (Huddersfield Town) because of an injury.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Mark Hudson.
Fabian Delph (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town).
John Stones (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Nahki Wells (Huddersfield Town).
Corner, Huddersfield Town. Conceded by Fernando.
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Elias Kachunga replaces Rajiv van La Parra.
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Nahki Wells replaces Joe Lolley.
Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Joe Lolley (Huddersfield Town).
Jesús Navas (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tareiq Holmes-Dennis (Huddersfield Town).
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Martin Cranie.
Children can spend months in care waiting for adoptive parents to be found, according to ministers.
Councils should join forces to match children and families far quicker, said children's minister Edward Timpson.
The Local Government Association (LGA) said councils were already working together on adoption.
Ministers believe adoption is happening at too localised a level, which limits the number of families available to adopt and leads to delays.
Official figures suggest more than 3,000 children already put forward by local authorities for adoption are waiting to be matched with parents.
More than half of these have spent 18 months in care, says the government.
It says merging adoption services would open up a greater number of potential adopters for every child.
New powers in a Schools and Adoption Bill will allow the government to require councils to combine their adoption functions if they fail to join together within the next two years.
A Department for Education spokeswoman said there was no prescriptive top-down plan for how the merged services would work.
The department wants councils to come up with their own approach, perhaps uniting under one system for a region or city, or outsourcing to an agency.
"Every single day a child spends waiting in care for their new family is a further delay to a life full of love and stability. This just isn't good enough," said Mr Timpson.
"By coming together and joining forces, councils can make sure more children are matched with families far quicker, regardless of where they live."
David Simmonds, chairman of the LGA's children and young people board, said: "Finding loving homes for children is one of the most important jobs councils do and we are already working together to do this.
"Regional work on adoption is already taking place and many homes for children have been provided in this way.
"The welfare of a child is at the heart of every decision on adoption a council makes and we would like to see councils encouraged to work regionally only if this is in the best interests of a child."
Barnardo's chief executive Javed Khan said: "The immediate and long-term welfare of the child must always be paramount.
"Getting children into the best placement first time reduces disruption and should be an essential part of the system. There are still many children waiting too long for a loving home, so we welcome any efforts that put children first."
People who have been through, or are going through, the adoption process told the BBC about their experiences.
Claire, from Dorset, was approved to adopt as a single parent in August 2014.
She said: "I was linked with a child in September 2014. This child is still not with me due to delays caused by a birth parent contesting.
"My matching panel is now 26 June and hopefully he will be home with me by the end of July.
"I feel so sorry for this little man kept waiting."
Paul, from Berkshire, said he and his wife had been involved in the "slow" process for just over two years.
"We had to go through a lot of meetings - and then meetings were missed, and meetings cancelled, and our files were forgotten, so the process was quite weird and disjointed," he said.
James, who adopted a little girl two years ago, told the programme: "The entire adoption process took around three years but I do understand that that has been streamlined considerably now."
Caroline, who along with her partner has recently been approved to adopt, said they had been told they could search for a child on the national register.
She welcomed the opportunity to look in different areas, and said of the process: "I'm not sure it's as joined up as it could be, but I think they do the best they can with the resources they have."
A man from Fife in Scotland, who asked not to be named, said he had been going through the adoption process with his partner since March 2014 and would welcome a national register.
He added: "Every appointment has been missed, delayed or rescheduled.
"As potential adopters it's frustrating for us but for the children waiting it must be far worse.
"Adoption in our area is done locally, which is worrying."
Alison O'Sullivan, president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services, welcomed the move.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, she said: "We've been working with government, with voluntary adoption agencies, with the courts over the past several years now to try and improve the process and improve the ability to find families for children as quickly as possible.
"There's been a lot of progress made but there is much more to do. And we think that combining efforts across local authorities is a welcome development."
The British Association for Adoption and Fostering welcomed the plan, saying it was not acceptable for children to wait up to 18 months for an adoptive family.
"Delay is itself significantly harmful and every step must be taken to minimise it," said the association's policy director, John Simmonds.
"Working together across all organisations to deliver this objective could not be more important and there are many excellent examples where this currently happens."
The change is designed to speed up the system for children who are waiting to be matched with adoptive families after court judgements have ruled in favour of them being adopted.
The number of children being put forward for adoption by councils in England fell sharply last year after the most senior family court judge criticised the "sloppy practice" of some social workers when bringing these cases.
Sir James Munby, president of the Family Division, said they were not always looking closely enough at all the other options.
However, government efforts to promote adoption have seen an overall increase in the number of adoptions across the UK, from 3,100 in 2011 to 5,050 last year.
A deal has been struck to ensure 90,000 can attend the fight for Joshua's IBF title and the vacant WBA Super and IBO heavyweight crowns on 29 April.
The Wembley bout will match the British record set by Len Harvey and Jock McAvoy at White City Stadium in 1939.
Crowds are usually capped at 80,000 for transport network capacity reasons.
However, London Mayor Sadiq Khan facilitated an agreement between Network Rail and Transport for London to ensure more services.
"Sadiq urged me to bring the biggest fights to the city and I'm delighted to have the biggest fight in British boxing history at Wembley," said promoter Eddie Hearn.
Hearn also promoted the 2014 rematch between Carl Froch and George Groves, which set the post-war record of 80,000 and grossed more than £22m.
Joshua has 18 knockouts from as many fights since turning pro in 2013, while Klitschko turned pro in 1996 and has 64 wins (53 KOs) and four defeats.
Klitschko was ringside for Joshua's three-round demolition of Eric Molina at Manchester Arena in December and predicted his Wembley date will be his "signature fight".
The Ukrainian, who turns 41 in March, was unbeaten for 11 years before Manchester's Tyson Fury upset him in Dusseldorf in November 2015.
An industrial tribunal found Martin Sheil, 51, had been unfairly dismissed by Stena Line Irish Sea Ferries.
It also ruled he had been the victim of discrimination and harassment at work on the grounds of sexual orientation.
The company had "adopted a far too passive approach to unpleasant banter", the tribunal held. Stena Line is appealing against the ruling.
The tribunal panel found Mr Sheil had been subjected to homophobic comments over a period of weeks or months.
Mr Sheil brought the case arguing he had been unfairly dismissed following an incident involving himself and a colleague who had been taking part in homophobic abuse.
The tribunal found the company had failed to investigate Mr Sheil's allegations, and had not considered whether these were mitigating circumstances.
Awarding £37,500 of the total amount for unfair dismissal, the tribunal said "the flaws in the investigatory and disciplinary procedure render the dismissal substantively unfair".
Mr Sheil was supported by the Equality Commission in bringing his case.
Chief Commissioner Michael Wardlow said the case shows the "terrible impact on an individual who faced daily abuse at work because of his sexual orientation".
"The tribunal said that, although the company had policies in place that were designed and intended to discourage such behaviour, they received no evidence that they took active steps to prevent it," he said.
"That posts a warning to all employers that they must take active steps to ensure that their policies against harassment and discrimination are known, understood and practiced by their entire workforce."
Mr Sheil said his job had been important to him, and he had worked to keep his private life and work life separate.
"I endured months of abuse in silence," he said.
"The reason I took this case was to try and make sure that others don't have to go through this."
The panel found that because Mr Sheil had taken action on the abuse himself rather than reporting it to management, he had contributed partly to his own dismissal so his compensation was reduced by 10%.
There was also a 20% reduction to reflect the panel's estimate of the chance that his dismissal was fair.
A Stena Line spokesman said the company was disappointed by the tribunal's decision.
"Stena Line has lodged an appeal which is scheduled to take place in the Court of Appeal in September 2014," he said.
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His side have lost their last four games, but the manager is convinced that it will not take drastic measures to restore the team's self-esteem.
McInnes says that little has changed from the way the team prepared during their eight-game winning streak.
And he is confident that their winning form can be rekindled for Saturday's visit of Motherwell.
The Aberdeen manager is facing a difficult spell in the context of a season in which the team has overachieved.
They broke a club record in winning the opening eight games of the campaign but have since been knocked out of the Scottish League Cup by Hibernian and lost three consecutive league games to be overtaken by Celtic at the top of the Premiership.
McInnes is trying to find the means to balance perspective with the need to demand more from his players.
Confidence is a brittle quality at times and the Aberdeen manager needs to restore it to his side.
The international break was spent trying to remedy the team's form. In particular, the unaccustomed defensive frailties that saw Aberdeen concede nine goals in their three league defeats, having lost only three goals during their eight consecutive wins.
Yet Aberdeen then lost the first game back after the break away to Ross County and McInnes has analysed every aspect of the defeats, from the performances to the preparations, to seek a solution.
At the same time, he is trying to protect and encourage the belief of his players.
"The recent run of results has been disappointing, but when you sign up to management, you've got to enjoy the good results and, when the results don't come, you've got to work hard to arrest the slide," McInnes said.
"Where we are at the moment is probably where most people thought we would be - just tucked in behind Celtic and slightly ahead of others.
"All teams will hit a poor patch of form at some time during the season. Hopefully we've had ours and we can come out of our bad form with a win on Saturday, which will take us back to the top of the league.
"It's not often you can say that, you come out a poor run and can be sitting top of the league.
"We trust ourselves, we've good players in the dressing-room and it's important we get that confidence from results.
"You've got to analyse every game and you look at everything - how you prepare, team selection, tactics.
"Everything is scrutinised, but it's important that you stick to your beliefs, your values, trust how you work and trust your squad, which we do."
Aberdeen's rise to the top of the league pushed the team further into the spotlight, where their credentials as title challengers to Celtic were scrutinised.
There is pressure in leading from the front and, although McInnes's side defeated Celtic at Pittodrie last month, the side faltered two games later when they travelled to face Inverness Caledonian Thistle and lost 2-1.
McInnes acknowledged that the players have to cope with the expectations that come with playing for Aberdeen but also the additional pressures of challenging at the top of the table.
"There's high expectation," McInnes said. "They've been raised even more because of the strong start and rightly so maybe I was expecting more as well.
"But, regardless of what's expected of you, you've got to make sure that you do all you can to get results.
"We've got to fight fire with fire, show that determination to win games and beat any opponent.
"Probably nobody anticipated such a strong start. Eight wins out of eight is unprecedented at our club. It's unusual that run of form, as is three league defeats in a row.
"Confidence is a big factor in it. There's no magic wand, you just have to try to get performances from each and every one and hopefully together we can get the win that we're all striving for.
"Nothing's really changed in our approach. Our working week has been very similar to how it was when we won eight in a row. The best way to get confidence is by winning games and playing well."
McInnes recognises that Motherwell will be motivated to raise their performance levels under newly appointed Mark McGhee, who himself is also a former Aberdeen manager.
"I'm sure he'll come here looking to win and he's inherited some good experienced players that he can depend upon - and a decent squad," McInnes said. "We'll be up against a team keen to impress their new manager.
"I don't think there will be a lot in the game, but we want to make sure it goes our way.
"Even when we were winning games, we were winning a lot of tight matches, so it's important that those fine margins go our way.
"If we can get three points and go back top of the league, I'd rather be discussing how to deal with being top of the league than not. "
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Guptill's total, scored off 48 balls, was the driving force behind the Black Caps' 180-5 on a good Mohali wicket.
Sharjeel Khan's rapid 47 gave Pakistan hope but they were unable to maintain their momentum and ended on 158-5.
New Zealand top Group 2 with three wins from three, while Pakistan's chances of progressing depend on other results.
Shahid Afridi and his side have two points, the same as their final opponents Australia and also India, both of whom have played one game fewer.
New Zealand's highest score of the tournament so far was built around the brutally brilliant innings from Guptill, who made a mockery of the decision by Indian Premier League teams to overlook him for next month's competition.
He signalled his intent by hammering Mohammad Irfan for a huge straight six as part of a 39-run contribution to a 62-run opening stand with Kane Williamson.
Despite the loss of the skipper and Colin Munro, Guptill continued his assault, scoring 31 from his last 15 balls before he played on to the pick of the Pakistan bowlers, Mohammad Sami, who took 2-23 in his four overs.
Another powerful hitter, Corey Anderson, fell soon after Guptill, caught by Shoaib Malik off Shahid Afridi, to somewhat stall the Black Caps innings.
But Ross Taylor's intelligent innings steered them to an ultimately match-winning 180.
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Pakistan have illustrated already this tournament that they are capable of big scores in this format, with a total of 201-5 in the victory over Bangladesh in their opening game in Kolkata.
They scored 55-1 in the powerplay at the start of that innings but were even more aggressive against the Kiwi seam attack as Sharjeel Khan smashed nine fours and a six in an opening stand of 65 with Ahmed Shehzad before he was caught by Guptill off Adam Milne three balls into the fifth over.
Spin bowlers Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi then came to the fore, checking Pakistan's progress with some tight bowling and timely wickets.
The former had both Khalid Latif (three) and Shehzad (30) caught as they strove to keep up the pace set by Sharjeel, before Sodhi claimed the big wicket of Afridi (19) - caught superbly on the boundary by Anderson.
With Umar Akmal still at the crease, Pakistan retained hope of victory but when he was caught by Guptill off the bowling of Milne, Sarfraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik were left with too much to do.
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New Zealand captain Kane Williamson: "It's nice to be on a good surface. Off the back of a superb knock from Martin Guptill we played nicely to get a really good total.
"After a tough start with the ball, our bowlers showed composure. I think our total was slightly above par, we knew the first six overs would be key for Pakistan but credit to our bowlers because we pulled it back nicely.
"Our spinners have been consistent and smart. They adapted well on a wicket that didn't have a lot of spin. The way the guys adjusted was very good."
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, who has said he intends to retire from international cricket after the World Twenty20: "First of all I want to congratulate Kane [Williamson] and his team. I think it was a chaseable total - we played well in the first six overs and after that we didn't play well.
"We played a lot of dot balls. Against the spinners we didn't score an eight or nine an over on the powerplays.
"The next game [against Australia on Friday] is important but we still keep repeating the same mistakes - if you make fewer mistakes we will win the game.
"Maybe I'm going to play the last game of my career, so let's see what happens."
New Zealand's final game is against Bangladesh in Kolkata on Saturday. The race is on for who will join them in the last four. India play Bangladesh in Bangalore on Wednesday, with Australia facing Pakistan in Mohali on Friday. The same city will host the final Group 2 game between India and Australia on Sunday.
The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) may have perverted the course of justice, coroner Maria Voisin heard.
It emerged lawyers for the trust had removed crucial evidence from a witness statement.
Benjamin King, son of British actor Jamie King, died on 10 May at the RUH.
The hospital has offered its condolences to Benjamin's family.
Ms Voisin, the coroner for Avon, said "the realisation that factual evidence had been removed by a solicitor" was a "very serious matter indeed".
The inquest into the death of Benjamin is now due to resume early next year.
Benjamin was born - by emergency caesarean section - on the 5 May at the RUH.
He died five days later from severe brain damage having been starved of oxygen, it's thought shortly before his birth.
His mother Tamara Podemski, a Canadian actress, had been due to have a caesarean procedure at the hospital the previous day but it had been postponed.
An investigation into the incident, found that postponing the operation was the incorrect decision.
Speaking shortly after the inquest adjournment, Mr King said: "In his short life our son Benjamin has had a profound effect on our family.
"He's taught us the true meaning of love, he asked us to be most courageous, resilient and forgiving versions of ourselves."
He added the family was "horrified" to hear a statement had been altered and the delay to the inquest was "significantly prolonging" the family's suffering.
In a statement Helen Blanchard, director of nursing and midwifery for the RUH, offered her "sympathy and condolences" to Benjamin's family.
"We regret the delay in this extremely distressing process," she said.
"We respect the Coroner's decision to adjourn the inquest and will cooperate fully with her directions.
"We are unable to comment further while proceedings continue."
The inquest is now expected to take place on 16 January.
Two recent murders in Bangladesh show just how effective small-scale attacks can be at spreading fear and paralysing ordinary life.
On the evening of 28 September, a 50-year-old Italian aid worker, Cesare Tavella, was jogging along a road the upmarket Gulshan area of Dhaka. Gulshan is the Mayfair of the Bangladeshi capital: it's where the embassies, the posh hotels and the swanky restaurants are. Three men pulled up on a motorcycle. They shot Tavella from behind three times at close range and then drove off into the night. He died of his wounds.
Five days later, another foreigner was targeted. Kunio Hoshi, a Japanese citizen who ran an agricultural project in Rangpur district of northern Bangladesh, was riding in a rickshaw when he was shot dead by masked men on a motorcycle.
It has been widely reported that the Islamic State (IS) group said it carried out the attacks, though this has not been confirmed. But Bangladesh has been struggling to deal with a recent rise in radical Islamist groups. This year four secular bloggers have been murdered in horrific assaults. But the latest attacks are likely to cause far more damage to the Bangladesh economy.
That's because the targets were seemingly randomly chosen foreigners: it means anyone who travels to Bangladesh could be a target. And sure enough, within hours of the attack on Tavella, embassies were put on high alert and travel warnings were issued.
There are reports that as many as two-thirds of tourist bookings have been cancelled, that NGOs are restricting staff movements and - perhaps most significant of all - that foreign buyers in Bangladesh's crucial garment trade are in a panic, with many cancelling trips to the country. And, to cap it all, the Australian cricket team cancelled a planned trip to Bangladesh.
The scare was heightened on 5 October with news of a third - most probably unrelated - attack. Three men attempted to slit the throat of a Baptist pastor in his home in the Pabna district. The Rev Luke Sarker, a Bangladeshi convert to Christianity, escaped with minor injuries after his wife came to his rescue. Police have arrested a member of student wing of the Jamaat-e Islami party in connection with the attack.
The murders appear to be part of a wider international trend away from big, well-planned attacks to smaller commando-style operations. Think of the attacks on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and on Fusilier Lee Rigby in the London suburb of Woolwich.
Governments around the world have long been braced for an increase in these kind of incidents. After Charlie Hebdo, MI5 warned that Britain is at risk of more of what it called "Paris-style" attacks.
They certainly pose a huge challenge to the authorities. They are much harder to disrupt because they are so easy to organise. The men who attacked Lee Rigby used knives instead of guns and didn't even have formal affiliation to a militant organisation. What's more, in Bangladesh the perpetrators didn't stick around to be "martyred", but vanished into the night, perhaps to prepare for further attacks.
And there is evidence that commando-style attacks are becoming more common. A UN Report in July 2014 found that the main reason for the increase in civilian casualties in the conflict in Afghanistan is because the Taliban has shifted away from using improvised explosives to attacks involving gun battles in heavily populated areas.
The government of Bangladesh denies that there is an IS presence in the country and insists the link between the group and these murders has not been proven. But whoever is responsible, the attacks have done terrible damage to Bangladesh's reputation.
Bangladesh, officially a secular nation, had until this year been pretty much free of militant violence. The fear is that it could now begin to be bracketed along with the likes of Pakistan and Afghanistan. That would have terrible consequences the country's growing economy.
But let's be clear, the move towards commando-style attacks isn't just an issue for Bangladesh, it is something we should all be anxious about. The risk is that copycats will look at how effective the attacks in Bangladesh have been and replicate them around the world.
Every mayor has attempted to take them over.
Ken Livingstone grabbed the failing Silverlink franchise and turned it into the Overground, while Boris Johnson took over West Anglia.
In both cases the business model was changed to what's called a concession, which means Transport for London (TfL) pays an operator to deliver a service but keeps the fare box and sets the fares, like the Docklands Light Railway.
Broadly, the service and passenger experience has improved - although some who use West Anglia have complained to me about the service there - and passenger numbers have increased with a more reliable Metro service.
Now the current mayor Sadiq Khan wants to push on and take over the suburban routes.
The timetable is tight, TfL would have to be in a position to takeover Southeastern by 2018.
The Department of Transport had been very keen on the idea, but there seems to have been a cooling on rail devolution.
Conservative mayor Boris Johnson only managed to get one franchise in eight years and that was with friends in government.
There are other challenges as well. Network Rail will still own and operate the infrastructure and many of the routes like South Western ones into Waterloo are at capacity.
So, would TfL make a big difference on those lines?
There's also the thorny question of TfL running services outside the boundary of London, although there is precedent in Watford and Hertfordshire with the Metropolitan Line.
But none of it is straight forward and the politics could very easily get in the way.
The government spent £20.3bn to acquire a 43% stake in Lloyds at the height of the financial crisis.
It has already said it wants to return the bank to full private ownership during the course of 2017.
The biggest shareholder in Lloyds is now Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager.
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is still about 71%-owned by the government. In the aftermath of the 2008-2009 banking crisis the UK government had to spend a total of £115bn to rescue Lloyds Banking Group and RBS from imminent collapse.
UK Financial Investments, which manages the government's stake, stopped selling Lloyds' shares last January because of financial market volatility.
In October, it resumed sales to institutional investors, but because of continued volatility, the shares were not made available to member of the public.
As a plain vanilla UK savings and lending bank, Lloyds was always going to be an easier bank to fix than RBS which is still about 71% owned by the taxpayer.
As a global bank with fingers in most of the pies that got burnt during the crisis, RBS has paid out over £50bn pounds in fines and compensation and has its biggest reckoning yet to come.
It is still facing a bill from US authorities which could end up in the double digit billions for its role in the subprime mis-selling scandal that started the whole financial crisis in the first place.
While those negotiations could come to a head as early as this week (watch out for separate blog on this), RBS won't reach the point Lloyds did today for many, many years to come. Read more from Simon here
"Returning Lloyds to the private sector and recovering all of the cash the taxpayer injected into the bank during the financial crisis is a priority for the government," said Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond.
"Confirmation that we are no longer the largest shareholder in the bank and that we've now recouped over £18bn for UK taxpayers is further evidence that we are on track to recover all of the £20bn injected into the bank during the financial crisis."
Nicholas Hyett, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "Retail investors had the disappointment of being denied involvement in a Lloyds share sale, although there is still time and plenty of opportunity to rectify this with the remaining circa £2bn stake."
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The outcome is unclear but the decision rests solely with Wenger and Kroenke and will be relayed to directors at a Tuesday board meeting.
Fresh terms were agreed in principle months ago, but nothing has been signed to extend Wenger's 21-year tenure.
Arsenal are planning to make an announcement on Wednesday.
Although Wenger, 67, also met chief executive Ivan Gazidis on Monday, the time he spent with Kroenke would have been decisive.
The businessman has privately reiterated his support for the manager and his commitment to providing him with the resources he needs to win the Premier League title.
Wenger is acutely aware of the disruption his departure could cause, which is one of the reasons why it is most likely he will extend his reign. However, it is not definitive.
Arsenal are planning to make a statement and release an interview with Wenger on Wednesday, when further internal changes are expected to be outlined.
Those will not be drastic nor impinge on the manager's control over the technical side of the club.
There is no prospect of a director of football being appointed, though a lower-profile role to enhance Arsenal's work in areas such as scouting and contracts is under consideration.
Transfer and contract negotiator Dick Law, whose own deal expires in September, will keep his job for the time being.
Wenger's preference has always been to stay, but the determining factor was how he believed the atmosphere around the club would be affected by him doing so.
He has faced unprecedented criticism during a season in which the Gunners finished outside the Premier League's top four for the first time in his reign.
However, they beat Chelsea on Saturday to win the FA Cup, making Wenger the most successful manager - and Arsenal the most successful team - in the competition's history.
Although Kroenke has never wavered in his desire for Wenger to remain in charge, certain board members feel the time has come for the Frenchman to leave.
However, all power lies with the American, so Wenger's main concern is external opposition and the conditions that might create for his players next season.
He has admitted the uncertainty over his position did not help performances or the mood around the club, and that it should have been resolved sooner.
Arsenal lost seven of 12 matches between 31 January and 10 April, including a 10-2 aggregate defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League last 16.
They responded by winning nine of their last 10 games, but a fifth-place finish in the league ended their run of 19 consecutive years in the Champions League and means they will instead contest the Europa League next season.
9 January 2015 Last updated at 07:59 GMT
Huge wildfires have been raging in Adelaide and Victoria.
Some koalas have been taken to animal hospitals and are wearing mittens to keep their burned paws safe.
Footage of dozens of people joining in a song praising brothers Yaya and Kolo Toure was posted online.
Collingwood Street was blocked for several minutes at 03:00 BST on Wednesday, police said.
The chant uses the tune of 2 Unlimited's 1993 single, No Limit.
It originated from the time both players were at Manchester City. Kolo now plays for Liverpool.
It is thought the chanting was started by a Chelsea-supporting friend of a Manchester City fan.
The outbreak of dancing came to the attention of Yaya who tweeted his thanks to those who joined in.
Police said the "rowdy" behaviour could have resulted in injuries.
Central neighbourhood inspector Caroline Ord said: "This type of drunken and disorderly behaviour will not be tolerated by police in Newcastle city centre.
"We want young people to come into the city centre and have a good time but they must behave responsibly."
The 25-year-old Swansea fighter had been set to take on Mitch Gagnon at UFC Glasgow on 16 July, but will instead face American Albert Morales.
It is the second time Johns has suffered the late withdrawal of an opponent, as he was due to face Ian Entwistle at the O2 Arena in March.
That bout was cancelled but luckily he has a replacement opponent this time.
Johns is undefeated in his 13 professional MMA fights and the bantamweight won his debut UFC fight over South Korea's Kwan Ho Kwak in Belfast in November 2016.
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Morales (7-1-1) made his UFC debut in September 2016 when the 26-year-old fought Alejandro Perez to a majority draw.
The Californian's one loss in his pro MMA career came against Brazil's Tomas Almeida in November 2016 and Morales' trip to Scotland will be his first time fighting in Europe.
UFC Fight Night 113 takes place on Sunday, 16 July at the 10,500 capacity SSE Hydro in Glasgow.
Johns will be joined on the bill in Glasgow by fellow Welsh fighter, Jack Marshman. The 27-year-old middleweight from Abertillery will face Canadian Ryan Janes.
UFC Glasgow will be headlined by Gunnar Nelson taking on Santiago Ponzinibbio.
The group of states, which includes Russia, said on Saturday that they will cut supplies by 558,000 barrels per day.
Opec announced last month that it would be slashing its own production to ease an oversaturated global market.
It is the first time in 15 years that a global pact has been struck.
"I am happy to announce that a historic agreement has been reached," said Qatar's Energy Minister, Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, whose country holds Opec's rotating presidency.
The agreement was made at a meeting at Opec's Vienna headquarters.
Opec, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, has already committed to halting the supply of 1.2 million barrels a day, starting from January.
Opec said then it was seeking for non-member states to also lower their output, and Russia had signalled it would co-operate.
The moves come after more than two years of depressed oil prices, which have more than halved since 2014, due to a supply glut on the market.
Among the non-Opec countries attending the meeting were Azerbaijan, Oman, Mexico, Malaysia, Sudan, South Sudan and Bahrain.
Opec will also have its next meeting on 25 May 2017 to monitor the progress of the deal.
Salih Mehmed, 25, from Bulgaria, was a passenger in a Seat Ibiza when it crashed on Bolton Road, Rochdale, on 12 December.
The car crossed on to the opposite side of the road and hit a tree. Mr Mehmed died the following day in hospital.
Family members said he had moved to Greater Manchester with the "dream" of continuing his education there.
His aunt Sevinc Mehmed said his parents were "devastated" by his death, adding: "He was a very quiet and sensible man. He was easy going, always cheerful and friendly.
"He was intelligent and would never say anything bad to hurt anyone."
Mr Mehmed was working at Argos in Heywood after he finished university in Bulgaria.
His aunt said he had told his parents there were "more opportunities in the UK" and he "would continue with his education" and "make his future there".
"Unfortunately, my precious nephew did not live to see that dream come true," she added.
The driver of the car, a 22-year-old man, sustained minor bruising. A 23-year old man travelling in the back of the car was uninjured.
Police are appealing for witnesses.
The body was found in the River Avon in Bath, Avon and Somerset Police said.
Officers said although formal identification had not yet taken place, Henry Burke's family had been told.
Earlier officers said they were looking for Mr Burke, who was last seen leaving a nightclub in George Street late on Thursday.
A force spokesman said the death was being treated as unexplained and inquiries were continuing.
Mr Burke's girlfriend, Em Comley, earlier said he had been texting her "throughout the night" but then the messages suddenly stopped just after midnight.
MPs will look at whether those in the baby boom generation are better off than their children.
Several studies suggest those in their teens and 20s will be the first generation since World War II to be worse off than their parents.
The inquiry will look at whether this is a result of government policy or broader economic trends.
The House of Commons Work and Pensions select committee of MPs said those born in the middle of the baby boom (between 1956 and 1961) had been forecast to receive 118% of the amount they contributed to the welfare state in taxes and national insurance contributions.
The Committee's chairman Frank Field MP said voters currently had two priorities for welfare reform: was it fair, and was it affordable.
"Politicians of successive governments have ducked both of these fundamental questions when it comes to the different levels of income afforded to those above and others below retirement age," he said.
"Is it fair and affordable to divert a large and growing sum of public expenditure toward pensioners - regardless of their circumstances - while mainly poor families with children face year-on-year restrictions on their income? Can the "triple lock" pension increase pledge be sustainable? Or are these policies necessary to guard against pensioner poverty?
"The select committee hopes to learn from voters of all ages what they believe to be both fair and affordable, so we can propose ways of restoring confidence across all generations in the welfare state."
The inquiry comes months after a study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) concluded that young people are on track to be poorer than their parents at every stage of their lives.
The study found that average working-age households actually grew richer during the financial crisis.
But it said that the reason for the growth between 2006-12 was the increase in pension values over the period.
"Despite the financial crisis, household wealth on average increased in real terms over the late 2000s, driven by increases in private pension entitlements," Dave Innes, a research economist at the IFS said.
"Even with these increases in average wealth, working-age households are at risk of being less wealthy at each age than those born a decade earlier."
Its report says at least 135 civilians were killed in a bombardment of Rafah after Lt Hadar Goldin was seized on 1 August. He was later declared dead.
Amnesty said Israel employed a "'gloves-off' policy with devastating consequences for civilians".
Israel dismissed the report as "fundamentally flawed" and one-sided.
The conflict lasted for 50 days between July and August, and ended in a truce.
On the Palestinian side, 2,251 people, 1,462 of them civilians, were killed, the UN says. On the Israeli side, 67 soldiers were killed along with six civilians.
Israel says it launched the offensive on Gaza to put an end to rocket fire and remove the threat of attacks by militants tunnelling under the border.
Amnesty's report says Israeli actions in the Rafah area between 1 and 4 August 2014 might amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Its study was carried out with the Forensic Architecture, a research project specialising in spatial analysis, at Goldsmiths' College in London.
The investigation used advanced techniques, including analysis of shadows and smoke plumes, as well as testimony from Palestinian civilians.
Lt Goldin was captured after his unit came under fire from Hamas militants, and was dragged into a tunnel.
The Israeli military invoked an order known as the Hannibal Directive, unleashing massive firepower to try to prevent Hamas from taking Lt Goldin hostage.
Amnesty said the implementation of the directive "led to the ordering of unlawful attacks on civilians". It said 75 children were among those killed.
"There is strong evidence that Israeli forces committed war crimes in their relentless and massive bombardment of residential areas of Rafah in order to foil the capture of Lt Hadar Goldin, displaying a shocking disregard for civilian lives," said Amnesty director Philip Luther.
"This report presents an urgent call for justice that must not be ignored. The combined analysis of hundreds of photos and videos, as well as satellite imagery and testimony from eyewitnesses, provides compelling evidence of serious violations of international humanitarian law by Israeli forces which must be investigated."
The Israeli military declared Lt Goldin dead a day after his capture. His remains are still being held by Hamas.
Israel criticised Amnesty's report as "fundamentally flawed in its methodologies, in its facts, in its legal analysis and in its conclusions".
It said Amnesty had built a "false narrative", claiming that four days of military operations were a direct response to Lt Goldin's capture.
Israel said the testimonies in the report were uncorroborated and potentially biased, bringing "into serious question Amnesty's professional standards".
It said it "conducts all its operations in accordance with international law", and that it was already examining alleged incidents which occurred in Rafah during the report's timeframe, which could be used as part of any future criminal investigation.
That is the message on just one of a series of postcards - addressed to Grans and Grandpas, Mums and Dads - on the Vote Remain stall at the student union cafe at the University of East Anglia in Norwich.
It highlights one of the biggest questions of this referendum campaign: will the young, who tend to be in favour of staying in the EU, be outvoted by the old, who tend to be in favour of getting out?
Critical to that will be whether the young bother to vote at all.
Research carried out for the Hansard Society suggests just over a third of 18- to 24-year-olds intend to or are certain to vote, compared with well over two thirds of the over-75s.
Chatting to students at UEA, you discover why.
You hear all the same old reasons you hear at election time:
It is, in other words, a mixture of apathy, ignorance, and scepticism about the entire political process.
"I didn't even know it was on the 23 June, so now I know," one student tells me. "So with this vote, do we determine the decision, the public? Oh great, OK."
Some even say they will vote "next time". There may, though, be no second chance.
If Britain votes to leave the European Union, it is unlikely we will be given the opportunity to change our minds within a few years.
If we vote to remain, it is more likely that there will be a second vote - under pressure from those unhappy with the result first time.
But, just as in Scotland, they will be told that this was that once-in-a-generation possibility and they blew it.
No wonder, then, that so much energy is being put in, particularly by the Remain campaign, to persuade young people to register to vote by the deadline of 7 June.
Facebook, Twitter and even Tinder, to which Prime Minister David Cameron himself has turned, are all being used to try to capture their attention before it is too late.
Amy, an officer at the student union, tells me: "The main problem for us as a student union to get students involved is the lack of motivation, and the tangible argument and quick sound bite, for them to get involved."
Those under the age of 35 are roughly twice as likely to vote to stay in as those over the age of 55, but why?
Is it that they see the practical benefits of membership of the EU - whether cheaper mobile phone calls or easier travel or opportunities to study abroad?
Is it that the young are more liberal in their attitudes - particularly to immigration?
Are they more sceptical about the leading Leave politicians - such as Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson?
Or is it simply that membership of "Europe" is seen as like the weather - ie it just is what it is?
Perhaps it is a mixture of all four.
It is striking that those people who approached me on campus to tell me that they were in favour of leaving were pretty ideological - from left and from right.
Some saw the EU as a "neo-liberal institution" enforcing the will of big business.
Others saw Brussels as quite the reverse - a bureaucratic corporatist socialist body stopping Britain having the freedom to govern ourselves and trade as we like.
Those political arguments are, though, very much in the minority.
For most people, this referendum - like so much politics - is pretty irrelevant compared with the other concerns of day-to-day student life.
So what may determine the future of these young people is not whether they have that slice of Battenberg with Gran but whether they can convince themselves that this is a vote that is a once-in-a-generation decision that will affect the rest of their lives.
The 26-year-old world number 49 took the first set 7-6 (7-5) against American Sam Querrey, having saved four break points.
The second set also went to a tie-break, which Querrey won 7-6 (10-8), but then Bedene withdrew when trailing 2-1 in the third.
The Briton had lost a three-hour semi-final in Chennai, India on Saturday.
The Belfast Telegraph says that about 85 killers a year get days out from Northern Ireland jails.
The paper obtained the figures from the Department of Justice after murderer Stephen Scott was seen at his mother's home in Warrenpoint at the weekend.
It says that less than one in 10 requests for leave are turned down.
TUV leader Jim Allister tells the Telegraph: "In Northern Ireland, of course, such prioritising of prisoners is only too common."
The department's website says: "The range of temporary release schemes has been developed to provide both determinate and life sentence prisoners with structured and planned releases towards the end of their sentences."
The News Letter says that Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson was cheered by fellow MEPs when he told them there is no legal entity called the north of Ireland.
He was speaking during a European Parliament debate on a Sinn Féin-backed call for Northern Ireland to be given special status post Brexit.
The amendment was rejected by 374 votes to 66, in what the paper calls a blow to Sinn Féin's "diplomatic offensive for designated special status".
The Irish News has the story of a health expert from Melbourne, who now lives in County Armagh and says he had to return to Australia to get a GP appointment.
Jason Calvert, 29, has a rare lung condition and has been trying to get on the books of a practice in Portadown for the last year.
However, he has been put on a waiting list and has not been given a letter of refusal which he needs to register with someone else.
"The irony is that I have private health insurance through work - but I can't get anything done because I need a GP referral," he tells the paper.
As the Irish Open gets under way in Portstewart, all three papers, as well as the Daily Mirror, have pictures of Wednesday's Pro-am event.
Among those pictured taking part are Pep Guardiola, Jimmy Nesbitt, Vernon Kay, Pat Jennings, AP McCoy and, to the delight of female spectators, Jamie Dornan.
The Mirror says that, for once, the weather obliged and there were no shades of grey for actor Dornan.
The News Letter reports that Tory MP and former Army officer Bob Stewart's life was saved by his son when INLA killers came to his house in the 1980s.
He said they asked the 13-year-old if "his daddy was home", but his son lied and told them he was away at work.
Plans to show horror movies such as The Exorcist and The Omen at a derelict Catholic Church on Belfast's Ormeau Road have been condemned by a priest, the Belfast Telegraph reports.
The plan is part of the Belfast Film Festival.
However, west Belfast priest Fr Patrick McCafferty asks: "What is their motivation for showing these types of films in what was once a sacred building that will have such special memories of spiritual occasions for lots of people?"
The Irish News reports that a prominent barrister is due to be discharged from hospital after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest during a "gruelling 24-hour race" in Belfast at the weekend.
It says Iryna Kennedy was about 32 miles into the event at Victoria Park in east Belfast when she became ill on Saturday.
Finally, the Belfast Telegraph has the story of the rescue of a snake in the grass in County Down.
Donaghadee woman Margaret McClean found the orange grass snake in her garden and wrapped it in a pillow case, saving it from a cat who had "got it by the tail".
The paper says that the most common exotic pets in Northern Ireland are ring-tailed lemurs of which there are nine, while there are also six emus, five racoons, two tigers and one wolf.
The fight will take place in the Briton's home town of Sheffield in May, with Sheffield United's Bramall Lane as a possible venue, according to reports.
Brook's promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Twitter that terms for the fight had been agreed.
Brook, 30, has not fought since he was defeated by middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in September.
He underwent surgery on a broken eye socket sustained during that fifth-round stoppage by the Kazakh - Brook's first defeat in his 37th professional fight.
After jumping up two weight divisions to face Golovkin, Brook has elected to return to welterweight and face mandatory challenger Spence, 27.
Brook claimed the IBF belt with victory over Shawn Porter in August 2014 and has since defended his title three times against Jo Jo Dan, Frankie Gavin and Kevin Bizier.
Spence is unbeaten in 21 professional bouts, with 18 knockout victories.
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The film, directed by Kevin Allen, has already won plaudits from critics after screenings at summer film festivals.
A Welsh language version of the film, shot at the same time, is the UK's nomination to go forward to the Oscars' foreign language category.
Ifans described the film as a "joyous alliterative tirade of erotica".
The "Play for Voices" as it was described, had its first reading in New York in 1953 and was first broadcast on the BBC in January 1954 - two months after Thomas died.
Shot in and around Solva in Pembrokeshire, it portrays the dreams and lives of those living in the fictional town of Llareggub.
Ifans takes the role of both narrator and the blind sea captain, Captain Cat.
He said the combination of roles created a sense of a character narrating their own demise, like "the life of a drowning man passing before him".
Singer Church said acting in the role as young mother Polly Garter was "a totally new experience" and she "loved the challenge" of filming the Welsh language version - Dan y Wenallt - as a non-Welsh speaker.
The film had its official premiere on Sunday in London before Friday's general release.
It also marks the end of the Dylan Thomas 100 Festival, which has celebrated the century since the Swansea poet was born.
The Romanian world number seven, 24, took both her break point opportunities in the first set while Slovakia's Cibulkova missed all three of hers.
One break was enough in the second set as Halep sealed victory with her third ace after one hour and 20 minutes.
Cibulkova had won three of their four previous encounters but was unable to make an impression on the 24 year old, who has now won 12 WTA Tour titles.
Cibulkova, the world number 38, had spent over four hours longer on court than Halep in reaching the final.
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There were seven fatalities in the first quarter of 2016/17 - a rise from three in the previous year.
There were also 21 serious injuries between March and June this year - up from 17 in 2015/16.
A report said focused patrols on problem areas were being used to try to address the "significant increase".
The figures are contained in a scrutiny report to be presented to Scottish Borders Council.
They show seven people were killed between March and June this year - including two people who died as a result of the same crash on the A68 in April.
The report said increased patrols were being carried out and regular road checks to ensure enforcement was carried through.
"However, analysis has been carried out and no common factors are present in these fatal collisions," it added.
A young driver education programme is also ongoing and a pilot road safety awareness programme for older drivers is set to be rolled out across the region.
The scrutiny report contains further details on police work in the region including:
The full findings of the report are available here.
23 July 2016 Last updated at 07:42 BST
They are asking kids and grown-ups to help them by letting them know where and when they have spotted dolphins.
This will help scientists to know approximately how many are around, and which areas they like to swim in.
Sea Watch hope that by teaching people about whales and dolphins, it will help to improve the protection of them around Britain and Ireland.
So we asked Kathy, who is one of the people in charge of spotting dolphins, for some of her top tips on how to keep an eye out for them.
Mr Perry turned himself into police on Tuesday, vowing to fight the case with "every fibre of my being".
If tried and found guilty, he could face up to 99 years in prison.
The governor, a potential Republican presidential hopeful, has dismissed the prosecution as a political ploy.
Mr Perry filed his plea with the court on Tuesday shortly after he was fingerprinted and had his mug shot taken.
He was indicted by a grand jury panel of Texas residents on Friday after months of investigation into his motivation for cutting funds amounting to $7.5m (£4.5m) to a state anti-corruption unit run by Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg.
In June 2013, Mr Perry threatened to withhold funding for the Public Integrity Unit of the Travis County District Attorney's Office unless Ms Lehmberg, a Democrat, resigned over widely publicised drink-driving charges.
Ms Lehmberg refused to resign and several days later Mr Perry carried out the veto, partially defunding her office.
The indictment charges that Mr Perry "intentionally or knowingly misused government property... with intent to harm another" and charged him with abuse of office and coercion of a public servant.
Abuse of office can carry punishments of between five to 99 years in prison, while coercion of a public servant carries sentences ranging from two to 10 years.
On Tuesday evening dozens of supporters, reporters and a handful of protesters greeted Mr Perry as he arrived at a courthouse in Austin, some holding signs declaring "Stop Democrat Games", "Rick is Right" and "Keep Calm and Veto On".
"I'm going to fight this injustice with every fibre of my being," Mr Perry said at a podium bearing the seal of his office before walking inside. "And we will prevail."
He returned quickly, telling the crowd he was confident he would be found innocent.
"We don't resolve political disputes or policy differences by indictments," he said before documenting a trip to get ice cream on Twitter. "We don't criminalise policy disagreements."
Mr Perry, 63, is the longest-serving governor in the state's history and the first governor of Texas to be indicted on criminal charges in nearly a century.
He ran unsuccessfully for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination and had been seen as positioning himself for another run in 2016.
One side relied on the conventional wisdom, coined by Bill Clinton's campaign brain, James Carville, "It's the economy, stupid."
But as one of Vote Leave's brains has revealed at length this week, they had something else - a new and powerful way of using technology to find and mobilise their support that helped them overturn the traditional political rules.
In 2016, maybe it's the data, stupid.
In the early days of the campaign, members of the Vote Leave team told me they hoped to find a way of mashing the mountain of data that we generate in daily life online with more normal ways of measuring political support.
Their dream was of a system that could put information from Twitter, canvassing, polls, websites, apps, into one giant IT programme that would then churn out extremely sophisticated models that would reveal the areas most likely to vote Leave, down to the street.
And to create models that could test the messages they were going to use, again and again and again, in a more detailed, more effective way than had ever been done before.
Of course there were already sophisticated ways of using technology to monitor political mood and moves, and to target voters. But Vote Leave's hope was for something quite different, and much more bold.
Essentially, from day one, as Dominic Cummings, Vote Leave's director, has written: "One of our central ideas was that the campaign had to do things in the field of data that have never been done before."
In the last few years, the amount of information that's publicly available about what voters are feeling and thinking at any moment has multiplied beyond all expectations.
If knowledge is power, developing ways of grabbing and using that information was a huge prize.
The software didn't exist, so Vote Leave decided to build it themselves. They hired physicists, data experts and digital specialists and they succeeded.
Knowing the potential of the programme, they kept it under wraps. The project was even clandestine enough to be hidden from some of the MPs involved in the campaign.
"I kept the data science team far from prying eyes," writes Cummings, instructing what he describes as the "real experts" to tell those inquiring in the office: "I'm just a junior web guy."
Over the weeks they managed to develop a programme called VICS, Voter Intention Collection System, building it from scratch, which made them able to respond to the twists and turns of the referendum in ways that no British campaign had previously achieved before, down even to the level of creating a star ratings system so that local teams on the ground knew exactly where the most fruitful door knocking session would be.
It also made their online campaign incredibly focused, with the intelligence VICS delivered, they delivered one billion, yes, billion, targeted digital adverts, mostly through Facebook, that were tested and tailored in a "constant iterative process".
Money matters in political campaigns, but so does what you do with it.
Cummings claims: "We were the first campaign in the UK to put almost all our money into digital communications then have it partly controlled by people whose normal work was subjects like quantum information."
They were willing to think what most of the Westminster establishment believed unthinkable, and willing to do things differently, with a different set of experts, namely data specialists who are not often seen as a must-have in a political campaign.
Cummings is convinced that Vote Leave's decision to spend on physicists and mathematicians who developed VICS was "one of the reasons we won".
In what could be metaphor for what the Vote Leave campaign achieved, he praises those physicists, arguing: "It is no surprise that they can successfully invade politics and devise things that rout those who wrongly think they know what they are doing."
A rash of referendum books are being published this autumn seeking to tell the story of the referendum. We had an early stab at it in our BBC Documentary at the start of the summer.
But who won the data war is one of the (few) battles that has not yet had that much attention. Now the story of VICS is out in the public domain that might start to change.
That's how Chris Pratt has reacted publicly after being linked to the role of Indiana Jones in a possible reboot of the legendary franchise.
Everything is speculation at the moment, but the star is now one of the go-to men for blockbuster producers.
The Jurassic World actor was speaking as he picked up the Hasty Pudding Man of the Year award at Harvard University.
The award is presented annually by America's oldest undergraduate troupe to famous actors and actresses.
Responding to the Indiana rumours, he said that he knew as much as anybody else but that it would be awesome to play the role - made famous by Harrison Ford and River Phoenix.
As part of the Hasty Pudding ceremony - where the university acting society honours big stars - winners are treated to a traditional comedy roast.
He was teased about some of his earlier TV and film roles, including a 2009 comedy he made with Kim Kardashian called Deep In The Valley.
The Hasty Pudding troupe said that audiences asked for refunds after watching it.
Pratt responded: "Joke's on you. It didn't even open in theatres."
As if he hadn't shown off his genial, funny and all-round-nice-guy personality enough already, he'd visited a children's cancer centre in Boston earlier in the day.
The reason? He was fulfilling the Super Bowl bet he made with fellow actor Chris Evans.
Pratt's a Seattle Seahawks fan, whilst Evans supports the New England Patriots.
The two stars agreed that whoever's team lost the Super Bowl would visit the other's chosen charity, dressed as the superhero they're known for playing.
As the Seahawks lost, Pratt got his Guardians Of The Galaxy Star-Lord leather jacket on and surprised the children at Christopher's Haven in Boston.
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All lines in the Portsmouth area, along with those between Surbiton and Effingham Junction, will be shut on Saturday and Sunday.
It means no trains will stop at Cosham Station, close to Portsmouth's Mutiny Festival venue.
Organisers warned only a "limited bus replacement" service will be operating.
More on this and other stories from across the South of England
Network Rail and South West Trains urged passengers to check their journeys in advance, because of the "essential" track renewal work at Portcreek Viaduct and maintenance work between Surbiton and Effingham Junction.
Headline acts at Mutiny Festival, which will be held on Saturday and Sunday and is expected to attract 30,000 people, include 50 Cent and Chase and Status.
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YouTube Red costs $9.99 (£6.50) a month and offers an ad-free experience that includes feature-length films and other clips from the vloggers and channels.
However, analysts have doubts about how many users will be willing to pay for access, having become accustomed to getting it for free.
The service will initially only be available in the US.
Gillian Lavery, 43, was cleaning Tom Winter's flat in Clydebank when the incident happened on 16 February 2016.
He had arranged to have sex with a younger woman but when she did not turn up he told Ms Lavery: "I have already taken my Viagra. You are doing it."
A jury found her not guilty after accepting she acted in self defence.
Ms Lavery's trial at the High Court in Glasgow heard that she had been acting as a cleaner for the pensioner and both had known each other for a number of years.
Winter said that they had had sex together on three or four occasions during that time.
He told the court that on the day of the attack, Ms Lavery had called to say she was going to visit him and he believed she was coming to his flat for sex.
But he said he told her to get out after she mentioned that she was expecting a friend.
Winter claimed he then walked out in front of Ms Lavery before being repeatedly struck with a hammer.
Photographs of the OAP after the incident showed him with bruising to his head, face, arms and legs.
Under cross-examination, Winter admitted that he had also been expecting "a mystery woman" to turn up that day.
He told the jury: "Gillian said she was bringing someone up...if the mystery woman did not turn up, I would have sex with Gillian with her consent."
During her evidence, Ms Lavery admitted that she had previously had sex with Winter and that she had been at his flat when he had sex with other women.
The accused said the pensioner asked her to visit that day as a woman called Sarah was coming up and she could make her "feel comfortable".
But she recalled Winter became "angry" when the woman did not show up.
Ms Lavery told the court: "He said that he had already taken his tablet...his Viagra."
She said Winter then told her: "You are not going anywhere. She is not here, so you are doing it."
Ms Lavery said she tried to flee from the flat but the pensioner hit her with a walking stick.
She said she hit him with a hammer that had fallen from a table to "get him off me" before fleeing.
Ms Lavery was cleared of attempted murder after the jury took just half an hour to find her not guilty.
The papers report that two 19-year-olds are being questioned by police.
Mr Miskelly, who had been on a night-out on Saturday, was found dying on Bangor Road, Newtownards, early on Sunday morning following a suspected assault.
Paramedics were unable to save him
The Mirror quotes a childhood friend who said he was "a nice big fella" who "loved a good time".
The Telegraph cites a floral tribute left by Mr Miskelly's family, calling him their "one and only".
Time is ticking by and we are down to the last few days before the polls open. Election fever is hotting up.
The Belfast Telegraph's front-page headline reads: "Fear of SF majority 'is hitting UUP vote.'"
In what it bills an exclusive, the paper says voters are abandoning the Ulster Unionists to back the DUP over fears that Sinn Féin could become the biggest party at Stormont.
Veteran councillor Jim Rodgers claims "project fear" over Sinn Féin topping the poll is costing the UUP votes.
However, Councillor Alex Baird says there is no evidence in his constituency of people switching parties.
The Irish News leads with the story that a unionist-dominated council could be risking £2.5m European funding because it has refused to include nationalist politicians on a committee.
The paper reports that Lisburn & Castlereagh's committee is made up of eight unionist and two Alliance councillors but none of the council's four SDLP representatives feature.
The Irish News says a letter sent by the Special EU Programmes Body to the council reveals that the council turned down a request to expand its political representation to "fully reflect the spirit of the objectives of the Peace Programme".
The paper quotes Sinn Féin finance minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir who says that the council's "refusal to include both political traditions in its partnership is completely unacceptable".
SDLP councillor Pat Catney calls the council's position "an absolute disgrace".
It means funding of £2.5m for children and children's services is being stalled, he said, putting the blame firmly with the DUP.
The council said it was considering matters and working to find a solution.
The News Letter is also well and truly in election mode.
It leads with a call from Mervyn Gibson, grand secretary of the Orange Order, for fresh legislation surrounding parading.
The issue of parades needs to be part of any talks following the election, Rev Gibson tells the paper.
He claims the law, as it stands, is "fundamentally flawed and biased against parades".
The Telegraph also features the story of a Sinn Féin Strictly show featuring the dance moves of north Belfast MLA Gerry Kelly and his wife to the strains of Roxanne by the Police.
The paper says that at one point, Mr Kelly and Paul Maskey took to the stage in fancy dress to perform to Elton John's Crocodile Rock - a joke inspired by DUP leader Arlene Foster's dismissal of Sinn Féin's demand for an Irish language Act.
"If you feed the crocodile it will keep coming back for more," she said.
And finally, the Irish News reports on new "Dead Interesting" tours at Dublin's Glasnevin ceremony.
You can hear the story of the woman who died once, but was buried twice and you can stand at the grave of the last Irish winner at Wimbledon.
There is also the chance to pay your respects to one Frank de Groot.
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They say the social affairs minister's actions breached government regulations on tobacco promotion.
However, Khofifah Indar Parawansa said she distributed the cigarettes as a goodwill gesture, reports said.
Indonesia is estimated to have more than 50 million smokers.
It is thought to be the world's fifth-largest tobacco market.
High levels of smoking among children in particular have added to concerns about the state of the nation's health.
Ms Khofifah is reported to have handed out gifts, including cigarettes, on a recent visit to an under-developed part of central Sumatra.
Campaigners have threatened Ms Khofifah with legal action unless she apologises within two weeks.
"The social affairs minister was deliberately ignoring public health by distributing free cigarettes," Tulus Abadi, operational manager at the Indonesian Consumers Foundation, was quoted as saying by the Jakarta Globe.
The newspaper said the minister was visiting the indigenous tribe to express her condolences for the death of 11 people who had died of starvation.
"Whatever the reasoning was, it is incomprehensible that a high official would distribute cigarettes to her own people," Mr Tulus said.
"It would have been more becoming if money spent on the cigarettes had instead been used to buy basic necessities or other useful things."
But Ms Khofifah is reported to have argued that the free cigarettes were "just a way to get on the good side of the locals".
"I don't want to argue but you'd better go there yourself. Greet them and ask them about their culture. Do not see things from a Jakarta-centric perspective," she was quoted by Merdeka.com as saying.
The foundation argues that her actions in distributing the cigarettes are "in direct violation" of 2012 government regulations on tobacco control, which disallow free distribution and discounts for tobacco products.
The BBC's South Asia editor Jill McGivering says that pictures of the cigarette distribution sparked a heated debate after they began circulating on the internet.
The baby was treated by paramedics at about 01:00 GMT on Sunday at a property on Charles Street, Blackpool.
The victim "remains very poorly" at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool, police said.
Tomasz Raszkiewicz, 32, of Central Drive, Blackpool has been remanded in custody to appear before Blackpool Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
A 34-year-old woman who was arrested on suspicion of wounding has been released on bail.
Two other men arrested as part of the investigation were released with no further action.
Thirty-three people were killed by the UVF bomb attacks.
Speaking in a BBC documentary to be broadcast on Monday night, Mr Paisley said the Irish government effectively brought the attacks on themselves.
Mr Paisley's successor as first minister, Peter Robinson, said the only people responsible were the bombers.
"The people responsible for terrorist actions are terrorists," Mr Robinson said.
"Those responsible for priming the bomb, placing it and killing 33 people."
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt said he was "absolutely shocked" by Mr Paisley's comments.
Talking about the Dublin and Monaghan bombs in the documentary, Mr Paisley said: "I was shocked, very much shocked, that there was anyone going to be hurt in that way.
"But, I mean, who brought that on them? Themselves, it was their own political leaders... at that time the attitude of the south government to Northern Ireland was ridiculous."
Mr Nesbitt said: "When we criticise the re-writing of history, this is precisely the type of comments which we mean.
"The people responsible for the murder of 33 people in Dublin and Monaghan in 1974 were the terrorists who planned and planted the bombs."
Mr Robinson also challenged Mr Paisley's account of the so-called "invasion of Clontibret".
In August 1986, Mr Robinson led a large group of loyalists into the County Monaghan village in protest against what he claimed were inadequate security measures along the Irish border following Margaret Thatcher's signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
The agreement had given the Republic of Ireland a constitutional role in the affairs of Northern Ireland for the first time.
In the documentary, Mr Paisley said the protest, which resulted in disorder, damage and a fine for Mr Robinson, "shouldn't have been done".
When asked if there was a feeling within his family then that Mr Robinson was making a leadership challenge - Mr Paisley was out of the country at the time - he replied: "Everybody has a right to decide for themselves what their answer to that is.
"I think he (Mr Robinson) thought that there was going to be a tremendous uprising as a result of all that, and that didn't happen."
Mr Paisley added: "He did it and he must take account for it and it's so unimportant, you know, in the light of what was happening. It was only like a fella scratching a match and the match burns out, and that's when he throws it away."
Speaking in Dublin on Friday, Mr Robinson said Mr Paisley's account was "a failure of recollection".
He said that Mr Paisley "was the one who had agreed to go to Clontibret".
"He had to leave to go to a funeral in the US and I stepped in as his deputy into the Clontibret arrangement," said Mr Robinson.
Mr Paisley made his comments in a BBC documentary looking at the former politician's journey from a firebrand preacher to his role as Northern Ireland's first minister.
On the Bloody Sunday shootings in Londonderry in 1972, when 13 people were shot dead by the Army, he said: "I was very angry that that's what it had come to.
"I felt it was a very dangerous thing, and then the attempt to cover it for what it was not.
"The inquiry afterwards proved that some of these people had neither weapons, nor were they using weapons. They were just making a protest within the law."
He said he welcomed Prime Minister David Cameron's 2010 apology for the killings: "Well, I wasn't embarrassed. I was glad to hear him for the first time as a British leader telling the truth about it, saying what really did happen."
Mr Paisley also said the discrimination that once existed in Northern Ireland over voting rights was wrong.
"If you vote down democracy, you are responsible for bringing in anarchy," he said.
"It wasn't one man, one vote, I mean that's no way to run a country."
"The whole system was wrong."
At the time only ratepayers in Northern Ireland were entitled to votes, while Catholics were discriminated against in terms of housing allocation and the "gerrymandering" of electoral boundaries.
In the two-part documentary, Paisley: Genesis To Revelation, the veteran politician talked to journalist Eamonn Mallie about his life.
The 87-year-old 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.
In the first of the two programmes, Mr Paisley discussed his early life and his relationship with his father James, a Baptist minister from Armagh; his conversion to evangelical Christianity at six years old; his first steps into ministry in Ravenhill, Belfast; why he founded and became moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church.
He also gave his reflections on the Cromac Street riots and the flag protests on the Falls Road in the 1960s; his thoughts around the 1968 Civil Rights Movement; and his opinion on Bloody Sunday.
He discussed how he founded the Democratic Unionist Party; involvement in the Ulster Workers' Council Strike in 1974; an IRA bomb attack on Downing Street; and how he felt about the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement and the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.
In the second of the two programmes, Eamonn Mallie asks Mr Paisley and his wife of 57 years, Eileen, about what they believe were the circumstances around his departure from the Free Presbyterian Church that he founded and as leader of the DUP, the political party he created.
Mr Paisley, who was admitted to the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald just before the New Year after taking ill, is still recovering there.
Mr Mallie said: "Having trawled through endless biographies, watched dozens of television interviews in these islands and further afield with retired world leaders and opinion makers, we do not believe any former prime minister or first minister has ever been as reflective, blunt or unabridged in laying bare the facts enveloping his or her public life.
"The tone in these programmes is mutually robust and challenging."
Paisley: Genesis To Revelation - Face To Face With Eamonn Mallie starts on BBC One NI on Monday 13 January at 22:35 GMT
She told the Daily Telegraph that it was "common sense" as the care for extremely premature babies had improved rapidly.
A review by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists two years ago said there was no scientific evidence to justify a lower limit.
She voted for a 20-week limit in 2008.
In an interview, she said she would do the same again: "You have got to look at these matters in a very common-sense way. I looked at it from the really important stance of the impact on women and children.
"What we are trying to do here is not to put obstacles in people's way but to reflect the way medical science has moved on."
The deputy leader of the Labour Party, Harriet Harman, said: "We don't want more legislation and wrangling in Parliament about the time limit on abortions, we absolutely don't.
"To see the issue of unwanted pregnancies just through the idea of restricting abortions, I think that that is exactly the wrong way for Maria Miller to be starting off her discussion on this."
The Department of Health said it had no plans to review abortion laws. Any decision would be a free vote in Parliament.
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service's chief executive Ann Furedi said: "Scientific evidence does not show that survival rates before 24 weeks have improved in recent years, as the minister seems to believe.
"But it is also important for a women's minister to recognise that every year a small number of women in often very difficult and unenviable circumstances will need to end a pregnancy after 20 weeks."
Abortion is illegal in Northern Ireland except in limited circumstances.
The drilling rig is to be floated on to the deck of Offshore Heavy Transport's semi-submersible Hawk vessel.
The complex operation is dependent on favourable weather conditions.
The 17,000-tonne Transocean Winner rig ran aground at Dalmore, near Carloway, on the west side of the island during a storm over a month ago.
It was successfully refloated and taken to its current safe anchorage on the east side of the island.
Hawk was already in Scottish waters having taken another rig to an anchorage in the Cromarty Firth in the Highlands.
The ship designed to move rigs and other large marine structures over long distances.
The Transocean Winner has been fitted with air bags to increase its buoyancy. A number of small tugs will be involved in an operation to float it on to the Hawk.
On Tuesday, David Walls, of the rig's owner Transocean, said relatively calm weather was needed for the operation to be completed.
Transocean Winner was being towed from Norway to Malta, from where it was to be moved to Turkey to be scrapped, when it and the ship towing it were hit by a storm off the Western Isles.
The tow line broke and the rig ran aground on the beach at Dalmore.
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A local animal rights group went to court on behalf of the orangutan, saying she was being imprisoned illegally and should be set free.
The outcome depended on whether Sandra should be thought of as a 'person' or a 'thing'.
Lawyers representing the 29 year-old orangutan argued that she should not be treated as an object because of her intelligence and complex ways of thinking.
It was decided that Sandra could have the status of a "non-human person" - the first time this has ever happened.
As long as the zoo doesn't appeal to change the decision, this means Sandra will be transferred to a sanctuary in Brazil, where she will have more freedom.
Sandra's case is one of many that have attempted to give great apes some of the rights enjoyed by humans - all of which have failed, until now.
The 19-year-old won 0-6 7-6 (11-9) 6-2 against Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez to claim his first Grand Slam title.
Later on Saturday, Hewett lost in the men's doubles final alongside fellow Briton Gordon Reid.
They were beaten 6-4 6-3 by French pair Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer, who also beat them in the Rio 2016 final.
Hewett, seventh in the rankings, said: "I had a good feeling about this week. This time last year I was outside the top 10, hadn't really won anything.
"A year on, I've got two [Paralympic] silver medals, [I am] Wimbledon doubles champion and now singles Grand Slam [champion] at Roland Garros - I can't believe it."
Fernandez had two match points during the second-set tie-break, but Hewett said he remained confident of victory.
"I played him a week and a half ago in another final and I was 6-0 3-0 down, and when it went 6-0 2-0 this time I was thinking, 'Oh no, here we go again'," Hewett added.
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"But I remembered coming back that time so I knew I could come back, and when it got to that tie-break, it was very up and down, he had match points, I had set points.
"Mentally that was a big positive for me to keep in there and hold out. I felt good after I won that second set and knew I needed to get off to a good start in the third and when that happened I grew in confidence."
The University of Aberdeen said the aim was to train a new generation of experts.
The first students are expected to begin the course - in conjunction with Robert Gordon University - next year.
An industry conference heard last year that decommissioning could offer new opportunities for the industry.
It was projected that, over the next 25 years, the process of retiring North Sea oil and gas facilities could cost tens of billions of pounds.
It could mean hundreds of new jobs requiring a new kind of expertise in the coming decades.
The new studies will focus on decommissioning areas such as engineering, project management, business, law, safety and environment.
Prof Ekaterina Pavlovskaia from the University of Aberdeen's School of Engineering said: "We are already offering a wide range of specialised Masters degrees focused on the needs of the oil and gas industry.
"The climate is right for us to launch this innovative Masters degree in decommissioning to educate the current and future work force in this important area of the oil and gas lifecycle.
"Some may ask if this course signifies an acceptance that oil and gas is coming to an end in the North Sea but that is not the case.
"Safe and efficient decommissioning of these platforms will benefit the industry for many years to come."
This announcement marks a significant shift in the life cycle of the North Sea.
Although the University of Aberdeen is at pains to point out it is not the end of the oil and gas industry, it is a recognition that the final stage is ramping up.
Figures from the industry body Oil and Gas UK show that 21 fields ceased production in 2015.
Another 20 are expected to follow suit each year until the end of the decade.
Moving the offshore infrastructure is expected to present big engineering challenges - so the university has launched this Masters to train the next generation of decommissioning experts.
Prof Ferdinand von Prondzynski, principal and vice chancellor of RGU, added: "It is increasingly clear that there is a need for offshore decommissioning in the North Sea, as many platforms approach the end of their operational life.
"Aberdeen is known for oil and gas expertise and it is important that we harness the opportunities presented by this trend, ensuring that there is a pool of trained talent available for the evolving needs of the industry.
"Our two universities will draw on our experience of working closely with the North Sea oil and gas industry to deliver the course."
The programme is being developed in conjunction with "leading industry experts".
WWF Scotland director Lang Banks said: "An estimated 285 platforms and over 4,000 oil and gas wells will require to be removed from UK seas over the coming decades, so it's great to hear that the UK's first degree in rig decommissioning has been launched.
"Protecting our marine environment by cleaning up after the North Sea oil and gas industry will not be without its challenges.
"However, if done right it could create thousands of new jobs and open up a new multi-billion pound decommissioning industry. Educational courses like this one will certainly help make such an outcome more likely."
A demolition company unveiled plans last month to create a facility in Orkney to decommission redundant oil and gas rigs.
Birmingham-based DSM is hoping to use Lyness on Hoy as a new base.
The sovereign wealth fund contains an estimated $67bn but has been restricted by sanctions since 2011.
The UN-backed unity government arrived in Tripoli on Wednesday but remains confined to the capital's port area after reports of gunfire in the city.
The new government is opposed by the coalition that controls Tripoli.
Over recent days, the city's airspace was intermittently closed to stop the new government, which has been based in neighbouring Tunisia, from arriving by air.
In a televised address, the head of the Tripoli authorities, Khalifa Ghweil, said he regarded the politicians as interlopers and said they were not welcome.
He urged "the illegitimate outsiders to surrender and be safe in our custody or to return to where they came from".
If the unity government can regain control of Libya, the UN's 15-member security council has pledged to lift an asset freeze on the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA).
The freeze was imposed in 2011 to prevent former leader Muammar Gaddafi removing funds from the country.
The security council unanimously renewed sanctions on Libya on Thursday and requested the new unity government confirm "as soon as it exercises sole and effective oversight" over the LIA, National Oil Corporation and the Central Bank of Libya.
But it is not clear how the unity government will be able to take over state institutions in Tripoli, given the stiff opposition they face.
Libya has been in chaos since the 2011 overthrow of Gaddafi by Nato-backed forces.
From 2014 it has had two competing administrations, one in Tripoli backed by powerful militias and the other about 1,000km (620 miles) away in the port city of Tobruk.
Western powers have recognised the new unity government as Libya's sole legitimate government but it faces opposition in east and west Libya.
In December, some rival lawmakers signed up to the UN agreement to form a unity government, but the deal has not yet been backed by all the country's many militia brigades that formed after the uprising.
The deal saw the formation of a nine-member Presidency Council, which includes the unity Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj who arrived with some of his deputies at a naval base in Tripoli on Wednesday.
Mr Sarraj said it was time to turn a new page and reconcile, saying he intended to build state institutions and implement a ceasefire.
"Revenge, alienation, antipathy, and hatred don't build a state," the AP news agency quoted him as saying.
UN envoy Martin Kobler said the politicians' arrival in Tripoli - after at least two failed attempts to fly in - marked "an important step in Libya's democratic transition and path to peace, security and prosperity".
US Secretary of State John Kerry said it was "not the time for obstructionists to hold back progress".
The Castlederg teenager disappeared in 1994. Her body has never been found.
Retired police officer Brain Lavery reviewed the investigation for the National Crime Faculty.
He said the chances of finding a missing person alive after 24 hours was "very slim".
The inquest was told the police were "unfortunately playing catch up".
Arlene Arkinson was reported missing four days after she disappeared.
She went missing on 14 August 1994 after a night out on Donegal.
Barrister for the PSNI, Kevin Rooney QC, told the court that research formulated in 1999 showed 96 percent of children who disappeared were killed within the first 24 hours, while 76 percent were killed within at least six hours of when they were last seen.
The barrister also highlighted that the chances of prosecution were significantly reduced if an arrest was not made within 48 hours and a body was not found.
Arlene was last seen with the convicted child killer Robert Howard who died in prison last year.
The magician died on Thursday aged 77 at his Berkshire home, a month after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.
McGee said her husband did not know he was dying in his final days.
"He was in, what the consultants said was, a happy, confused state. He knew who everybody was, but his brain wasn't processing new information [due to the tumour]," she told the BBC.
McGee, who married Daniels in 1988 after many years as his on-stage assistant, said they had the kind of marriage "most people dream of", saying: "We had a life that was full of laughter... we were so happy together."
Daniels was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour last month.
"I've cried my heart out some nights but it all happened so quickly," McGee said.
"On the day he was diagnosed the tumour had already spread so far that they knew he only had a few weeks to live. Then, in two days he deteriorated from feeling lethargic to having other symptoms, so he actually didn't really know what was going on.
Daniels was born Newton Edward Daniels in Middlesbrough and developed his magic skills in working men's clubs, making his TV debut on talent series Opportunity Knocks.
He then took over the primetime Saturday night slot with his BBC show, which started in 1979.
Daniels was known for a string of catchphrases, including the line: "You'll like this... not a lot, but you'll like it."
BBC correspondent Nick Higham said: "Paul Daniels could be chippy and some thought him smug. He fell out with BBC managers who dropped his show in the 1990s.
"But there was no doubting his popularity - or his talent."
It was initially suspected Daniels had suffered a stroke after he fell at home, but it was then discovered he had an inoperable tumour.
His son, Martin Daniels, said at the time: "He has said before, 'When it's your time it's your time' and that's how he is trying to face up to things."
As well as McGee, Daniels leaves his three sons from a previous marriage - Martin, Paul and Gary.
Gary Daniels has tweeted a picture of a rabbit in a magician's hat with a tear in its eye, by friend and artist Helen Martin, and wrote: "It is with incredible sadness that I can confirm that Dad, Paul Daniels, passed away overnight."
In addition to his magic, Daniels presented game shows in the 1980s and '90s, including Wipeout, Every Second Counts and Odd One Out.
He also designed special effects for the stage productions of Cats and Phantom Of The Opera, and was commissioned by the English National Ballet to create magical effects for The Nutcracker.
Daniels had continued touring with his magic show and was booked to perform at venues across the UK this year, according to his website, before news of his illness emerged.
He supported a number of charities during his life, taking part in fundraising events and entertaining children at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The Magic Circle said Daniels had "been an inspiration to many magicians" and is of "legendary status" in the world of magic.
In a statement, it said: "At the height of his career The Paul Daniels Magic Show on BBC One pulled more than 20 million viewers - that was more than one third of the British population regularly tuning in on a Saturday night to watch a magician make them laugh and witness feats of wonder such as his famous Chop Cup routine.
"In this day and age of fragmented media platforms, no other magician is likely to be able to achieve such a TV ratings record."
It added that "the magic world owes Paul a huge debt".
Illusionist Dynamo told the BBC: "Without Paul Daniels I don't think I'd be doing magic today, so it's really a testament to how important he is for the magic world, he was a true master and [his death] is just such sad news.
"He was a real personality, he didn't just perform a bunch of tricks, he knew how to take something and make it magical but humorous at the same time.
"He had his own style which I don't think anybody could ever emulate or recreate. Paul Daniels for me is probably the best magicians Britain has ever had. He has such an amazing legacy in magic."
Louis Theroux, who filmed a documentary with Daniels and McGee, wrote: "RIP Paul Daniels, a thoughtful skeptic, enemy of hucksterism and paranormal flimflam, and gifted magician."
Ola Jordan, who danced with Daniels when he appeared on Strictly Come Dancing, tweeted that it had been "a pleasure and honour" to work with her "amazing dance partner".
Snow and freezing conditions have returned to Scotland's hills.
The white stuff coming in April is not uncommon, but this spring and the recent winter have involved mixed weather of short cold spells followed by warmer conditions.
Earlier this month, the Scottish Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) wrapped up its latest forecasting season with the fewest recordings of avalanches in years.
The service is still providing updates on conditions in the areas it covers - Torridon, Glen Coe, Lochaber, Creag Meagaidh, Northern Cairngorms and Southern Cairngorms - via its individual team blogs.
Scotland's outdoor ski industry has also had a challenging winter and spring.
It is the last of a package of ten laws that had to be approved for the European Union to consider visa-free travel for Ukrainians.
Several previous attempts to get the bill through parliament failed over fears it would lead to the introduction of same-sex marriage in Ukraine.
The decision was supported by 234 MPs.
The speaker of parliament assured deputies that the law would not threaten "family values", saying: "I hear some fake information which says that there may be same-sex marriages in Ukraine. God forbid, this will ever happen. We will never support this."
In response to the vote, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko tweeted: "Ukraine is breaking free from the shackles of discrimination from the Soviet past. Meanwhile, family values remain inviolable."
EU officials will meet in two weeks to decide whether the conditions for extending visa-free status to Ukrainian nationals have been met.
There should be more long-term planning, rather than a reactive approach to flooding, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) report said.
Committee chairwoman Mary Creagh urged the government to pay for the upkeep of existing flood defences, as well as investing in new ones.
The government said it was investing "record amounts to protect the nation".
The EAC report follows the storms that hit the UK between December 2015 and January 2016, causing flooding in the north of England and Wales, as well as parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The losses suffered during storms Desmond, Eva and Frank led to insurance claims of £1.3bn.
Dr Roger Pierce, whose York home flooded in December last year, told the BBC it had been "devastating".
"You've lost your heating, you've lost your lighting, it's desperately cold.... You realise that photographs and things on ground level in your house have all been destroyed," he said.
"Like everyone else I have had disappointment in my life - deaths, illnesses - this I think is the most severe."
Labour MP Ms Creagh said: "We know that flooding is projected to get worse and occur more frequently because of climate change, so it just isn't good enough for government to react to flooding events as they occur.
"Communities at risk deserve certainty from government."
The committee found that funding for flooding fluctuates year-on-year. Funding was initially cut during the last Parliament and only increased after the winter floods of 2013-14.
The government has committed to spending £2.3bn on building new defences and to protect spending on maintaining existing defences - but the EAC warned they were "sceptical" the government would reach its target of protecting 300,000 properties, saying it was based on an optimistic forecast that assumed the greatest efficiency in spending decisions.
The committee also said it was surprised to learn the extra £700m funding for flood defences announced in this year's Budget was based on a "political calculation" and may not be allocated with the same strict economic criteria as the £2.3bn.
The report said that could lead to inefficiencies in flood investments, poor decision-making and outcomes that were potentially unfair to some regions.
The condition of critical flood defences is in decline, according to the committee, and Ms Creagh said any decline was "an unacceptable risk to local communities in flood prone areas".
She said money should be put into the upkeep of existing flood defences, as well as new ones, otherwise there could be "terrible consequences".
Ms Creagh added that local authorities "are not receiving the support they need".
Peter Box, Local Government Association spokesman, agreed that councils needed greater support and said: "New measures that could make a positive difference include devolving new flood defence funding to local areas, further incentives for private sector investment in flood defences and mandatory flood-proof requirements for new homes and offices."
By Roger Harrabin, BBC Environment Analyst
The report asks a question that is perplexing flood experts - where did the SUDS go?
For more than a decade engineers have been promoting Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems.
It means if developers want to build a new housing estate, they're not allowed to plug into the main drainage sewer and thereby increase the flood potential of the system.
Instead they should catch water on the site with porous surfaces, grassy hollows to collect heavy rains, and on-site mini wetlands.
Some house-builders oppose mandatory SUDS, partly because it cuts their profit and partly because there are tricky questions about long-term liability for maintenance.
The committee accuses the government of repeatedly kicking this issue into the long grass. SUDS should be the default, they say.
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Paul Cobbing, chief executive of the National Flood Forum, welcomed the report but said "much, much more" was needed for communities to feel safe.
"As it stands, long-term flood risk management is inadequate to deal with the scale of the problem, both in approach and in the level of funding," he said.
Information from the review will be used as part of the national flood resilience review launched by the government in January.
A Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs spokesman said this review will be published "shortly" and the government's six-year capital investment programme for flood defences will end the year-on-year fluctuations in spending.
There will also be a 25-year environment plan published later this year that will set out "a new approach to managing our rivers" to keep homes safer from flooding.
He said the government continued to invest "record amounts" to protect against flooding including £2.3bn in flood defences, with an extra £700m announced in the Budget.
Those unable to find self-catering guests for more than 70 days during a financial year face paying more.
Some will now have to to pay council tax on holiday properties instead of less expensive business rates.
One tourist trade association said the extra expense could close businesses.
The regulation is intended to stop owners of second homes paying less council tax by listing their properties as holiday lets while not actively looking to rent them out.
But tourism businesses say the effect of bad weather and the poor economic climate, combined with the prospect of council tax bills, is putting a strain on the self-catering industry in Wales.
A recent survey by the Wales Association of Self-Catering Operators (Wasco) identified that 42% of those who responded said that business over Easter this year was worse than last year.
Almost three quarters (73%) of those who responded said that economy was a factor and 71% blamed the performance of the economy on the poor performance.
Only 10% of those who responded reported an increase in business.
Felicity Elphick, who owns Lleiniog Holiday Cottages near Beaumaris on Anglesey, has recently been told that she has to pay council tax on her two grade II listed properties next year.
"It's been a nightmare to put it mildly," she said.
"One of my properties - not this last tax year but the tax year before - failed the 70 days by six days.
"I lost my business rates which is actually now costing me £1,000 per year as opposed to no business rates whatsoever."
Jan Meulendijk and his wife Jacqui own and run Rosemoor Holiday Cottages near Dale in Pembrokeshire.
They live on site and have nine cottages and flats available for rent.
Their properties have been occupied for more than the 70 day letting requirement in recent years but business is down on previous years and the couple are concerned that they could be affected in the future.
Mr Meulendijk thinks that politicians can take action to help those running self catering businesses.
"For us our properties are business properties," he said.
"Business assets used as business assets and nothing else and that distinction should be made and can be made and that is something that i think that politicians should have a good look at."
Mr and Mrs Meulendijk say that they would struggle to find the thousands of pounds that they would have to pay if their bookings dropped below 70 nights a year and they were forced to pay council tax rather than business rates.
That story is not an uncommon one according to Maudie Hughes, the chief executive of Pembrokeshire Tourism, which is a trade association representing tourism operators in the county.
"For some businesses it could potentially be the final straw that breaks the camel's back," she said.
"Small businesses that qualify for rate relief take advantage of that... So some businesses are not paying any rates at all so to go from that to then being asked to pay full domestic rates could be quite a significant change.
"You could be looking at perhaps maybe £1,000, £1,500 or £2,000 a year at present that they are not having to pay.
"When you're running a business with very tight margins already that's the one thing that will just push it over the edge."
The Welsh government will publish a national tourism strategy in early June.
In a statement, a spokesman said Local Government Minister Lesley Griffiths and Economy Minister Edwina Hart have commissioned independent research to examine the operation of the regulations.
He said they were "originally introduced to close a loophole allowing some home-owners to pay lower council tax by listing their property as a holiday let whilst not actively seeking to let it".
You can see more on this story on the Sunday Politics Wales on BBC1 Wales at 11:00 BST on Sunday.
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The Red Devils beat West Ham 2-1 on Wednesday to set up a semi-final against Everton at Wembley on 23 April.
Van Gaal, 64, is expected to leave his position at the end of the season - one year before his contract expires.
"I said I wanted a title and I am happy but it is not important for me, it is important for the club, the players and the team," said the Dutchman.
Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini scored the goals to give United a victory in the quarter-final replay at Upton Park that keeps alive their hopes of avoiding a third successive season without a trophy.
"Louis van Gaal's future has been a matter for debate since the first links with Jose Mourinho emerged in the days before Christmas when he was sacked by Chelsea," writes BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty.
"Several times Van Gaal has walked to the precipice as the Mourinho murmurs grew louder - then produced a moment that pulls him back and suggests he may yet have the chance to see out the final season of his contract at Manchester United.
"And so it proved again as United recovered from the heavy loss at Spurs on Sunday to reach the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley against Everton with a fine win at West Ham United.
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"Van Gaal can now offer up the possibility of the first trophy since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement as evidence he should be given the chance to continue at Old Trafford.
"There is still a top-four place and the FA Cup on United's agenda. While they remain there results like this mean Van Gaal can still talk about a future at the club. The stakes were that high."
West Ham started strongly but Manchester United coped with the early pressure before taking the lead through a brilliant Rashford strike.
The 18-year-old opened up space for himself with some neat footwork before finding the top corner with a sublime finish.
Rashford has now scored six goals in 11 appearances since making his debut against FC Midtjylland on 25 February.
His performance impressed BBC Radio 5 live pundit Danny Mills, who believes he has done enough to earn a place in the England squad for Euro 2016.
"If you're in good form, why not take him as a substitute?" said Mills. "If you need to change a game, bring him off the bench.
"Andy Carroll won't be fit. I know he scored a hat-trick at the weekend against Arsenal, but he was anonymous against Manchester United and unless you give him perfect service into the box there is no real game plan. He only really plays one way."
There was added disappointment for West Ham. They were playing in their final FA Cup game at Upton Park before they move to the Olympic Stadium, and a huge crowd turned out hoping to witness a positive send off.
However, despite rallying late on after James Tomkins' goal, they failed to match Manchester United for large periods of the game.
"Man United nullified the threat for 70-80 minutes," said Match of the Day pundit and former England and Newcastle striker Alan Shearer.
"There was no energy and then they got that goal from James Tomkins and they came alive."
Slaven Bilic accepted that Manchester United were the better side.
He said: "We were really good for the first 15 minutes and the last 20 minutes but other than that their passing was much better than ours, their composure on the ball was much better than ours.
"We tried to create and we had more than enough chances to equalise but the quality of our passing was not the best."
Despite their FA Cup exit, West Ham can still finish the campaign strongly.
They are sixth in the Premier League - just five points off the top four.
Whatever happens in the remaining six games, Hammers legend Sir Trevor Brooking expects them to be a force next season.
"If they can get three or four really good purchases, they'll be dangerous next season," he said.
"They're playing a brand of football, with a new stadium, where players will want to come."
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The donated trees were planted by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust and volunteers at St Annes to encourage sand dunes to form.
Rows of trees catch windblown and tidal sand and creates new dunes.
Mr Macron will be hoping the candidates for his centrist party, La Republique en Marche (Republic on the Move), will pick up the majority of the 577 seats.
The election is held in two rounds, with the second next Sunday.
Victory for Mr Macron's party would be a watershed moment, pushing the two established parties to the sidelines.
Both the centre-right Republicans and the Socialists failed to reach the presidential run-off last month, for the first time in France's post-war history.
Polls opened at 06:00 GMT and close at 18:00, with the first projections expected shortly afterwards.
However, few MPs are expected to be elected in this first round of voting.
Only candidates who win more than 50% of the vote will do so, otherwise all candidates who secure at least 12.5% of registered voters will go into the second round, where the winner takes the seat.
Mr Macron's party, which was only established a little over a year ago, has fielded a selection of candidates from all walks of life - including students, the retired and a bullfighter.
LREM candidates have already won 10 out of the 11 seats voted for by French overseas constituencies, and opinion polls suggest they could make the same impact in the mainland.
The new president has already left an impression around the world, in particular for standing up to US leader Donald Trump on issues like climate change.
But the 39-year-old needs to gain a majority to push through the changes he has promised to reform France.
Meanwhile, parties like Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front (FN) and Jean-Luc Mélenchon's far-left France Unbowed are hoping to capitalise on voters turning their back on the mainstream Republicans and Socialists.
However, the winner-takes-all-system tends to favour the big parties, analysts say.
A number of the constituency races will be worth watching:
The election is taking place amid heightened security after a series of devastating terror attacks in recent years.
Some 50,000 police officers are on patrol on Sunday.
Turnout by 15:00 GMT had reached 40.75%, the interior ministry said, compared to 48.31% at the same time five years ago.
The deal, which values the firm at A$370.7m (£201m; $289m), still needs approval from Australian and Chinese regulatory bodies.
A takeover had previously been blocked by Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB).
It was concerned that part of the property was inside a military weapons testing range in South Australia.
Kidman has since taken the Anna Creek farm out of the sale.
Dakang Australia is to acquire 80% of the farm, while local partner Australian Rural Capital (ARC) will take the remaining 20%.
The sale comprises of areas covering 77,300sq/km - equal to 1% of Australia or an area bigger than Ireland.
Kidman chairman John Crosby said that the deal complied "with all the requests that have been made by the FIRB and we believe the sale will secure the long-term future of the Kidman enterprise."
He also recommended shareholders to accept the consortium's offer.
Gary Romano of Dakang Australia and James Jackson of ARC said they "intend to continue investing where it is required to improve productivity and performance, apply our insights into the rapidly growing Chinese market, and bring proven know-how in the development of integrated supply chains and marketing models."
101,411
sq/km of overall territory
77,300 sq/km to be sold
1% of Australia to change hands
15,000 tonnes of beef carcass shipped globally per year
Dakang Australia's Chinese parent company is Hunan Dakang Pasture Farming, a private Chinese company which also has major stakes in New Zealand's dairy industry.
Its majority shareholder is Shanghai Pengxin which had already been among the previous bidders for the Kidman territory.
5 February 2016 Last updated at 13:44 GMT
Nicholas Churchill, 40, of Brandon, Suffolk, stole the truck near Norwich and led police on chase down the A11 to Brandon, lasting two hours in July 2015.
He caused damage totalling £50,000, with two police cars being written-off and a third damaged.
Churchill was jailed for 14 months at Norwich Crown Court after admitting aggravated vehicle-taking and dangerous driving, and driving while unfit through drugs.
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The domestic sale of rhino horn will be allowed to resume, but only with a permit and only within the country's borders.
There's not traditionally been much demand for rhino horn in South Africa, so there a question mark over just how much of an impact the ruling will have.
The biggest market for rhino horn is Asia, and an international treaty still prevents its export and sale to many countries.
But some big conservation organisations, such as the WWF, believe it will encourage the illegal trade, which causes the poaching of more than a thousand South African rhinos a year.
The Private Rhino Owners' Association, which backed the court challenge against the 2009 moratorium on the rhino horn trade, is delighted and believes it will help conserve the protected species.
To trade or not to trade? - be it rhino horn or ivory - is one of the big questions which divides the world's conservationists and wildlife protection groups.
And it's complicated.
"We as the private sector bought and own a third of the national rhino herd - more than 6,500 black and white rhinos," said Pelham Jones from the Private Rhino Owners' Association.
"We have a huge vested interest in their conservation and have spent billions of rand protecting and managing our herd - 'sustainable utilisation' is in the constitution," he said.
And what he means is private owners want to remove and sell rhino horn to fund their conservation - and also to make profit.
The world's largest owner of rhinos is John Hume, who regularly 'harvests' rhino horn - cutting them off and storing them.
It's a painless process and the horns do grow back.
He has around 1,400 rhinos on his ranch in South Africa and a stockpile of perhaps five tonnes of horn.
At a market price of $90-100,000 a kilogramme he is sitting on a fortune - if he can get his produce to market - to Asia, where it is used as a medicine and to make cups and jewellery.
But even with the lifting of a ban on domestic trade, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) prevents its sale abroad.
"We will set up our own central selling organisation," said Pelham Jones, who believes commodities speculators will buy rhino horn in South Africa, and that so-called 'blood horns' - illegally poached horns - won't enter the market.
"There are a lot of unknowns here, but everything else that has been tried to prevent poaching has failed."
But those opposing the trade say it will muddy the waters when trying to stop the illegal trafficking of rhino horn.
"We are concerned by the court's decision," said Dr Jo Shaw, manager of WWF South Africa's rhino programme.
"Law enforcement officials simply do not have the capacity to manage parallel legal domestic trade on top of current levels of illegal poaching and trafficking," she said.
"We worry about the resultant impacts of the laundering of so-called 'blood horns' upon our wild rhino populations."
Dr Shaw accepted the value to conservation of captive breeding, and that new sources of income were needed to protect the species, but said opening up trade was too great a risk to their dwindling numbers.
The South African government placed a moratorium on rhino horn trade in 2009 after evidence showed the legal domestic trade was leaking into the illegal international market.
But by not consulting widely enough on the issue with interested parties, it left itself open to the legal challenge which the Constitutional Court has just upheld.
The Minister for Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, said trade would not be allowed without government approval.
Those selling rhino horn - and those buying - will both require permits which can be audited at a later stage to ensure the horns have not been sold on.
Draft legislation from the South African government suggested some limited export of rhino horn might be allowed for "personal use" - two horns per person, per year.
But Esmond Bradley-Martin who has researched the price of ivory and rhino horn for decades, said he feared the lifting of the ban could increase corruption and the power of the cartels.
"I can't see this working in the future without improved law enforcement - there is almost no demand in South Africa, so it is going to be heading to Asia," he said.
The £9.99 monthly fee for Music Key also provides membership to Google Play All Access, its existing "all-you-can-eat" song stream and download facility.
It is set to pose a challenge to Spotify, Rdio, Beats Music and other audio-only "unlimited" music services.
The launch had been delayed by a dispute with independent labels.
However, Google said it had now signed deals with hundreds of indies worldwide.
That has enabled it to include tracks from artists including Billy Bragg, who had previously said YouTube was trying to "strongarm" labels into agreeing to "low rates" by threatening to block their material altogether if they did not take part.
He told the BBC his music had been included as part of an agreement signed by Merlin - which represents indie labels - but that he had not been informed about the details.
The BBC understands that the terms of the deal state that the more plays a video has, the bigger the share of the subscription pool its publisher receives.
Brad Nevin, chief executive of The Orchard group of indie labels, said he thought the deal struck was both fair and "a phenomenal opportunity".
Android devices will be first to be able to save clips, followed by Apple's phones and tablets, but the facility will not extend to PCs yet.
The mobile devices will also be able to continue playing music in the background when they switch to other programs.
In addition to album tracks, Music Key offers downloads of concert recordings, remixes, "unreleased" rarities and cover versions recorded by others.
YouTube describes itself as "the biggest music service on the planet", but Google Play is thought to lag far behind Spotify's 12.5 million paying subscribers.
One expert said the new offer might tempt a number to jump ship.
"If you are someone who only listens to Spotify and doesn't listen to YouTube, this won't be a good enough reason to switch," said James McQuivey, principal analyst at the Forrester Research consultancy.
"There is a certain comfort in the well-established digital habits that people already have.
"But if you - as many people do - listen to both Spotify and use YouTube for music, then this is genuinely a reason to switch, because you not only have all the unlimited music but also the ability to move from audio to video, which is a very compelling experience."
Those unwilling to pay can still access a new Music home page on YouTube's apps and web service, which:
Should Spotify, the market leader in music streaming, feel able to relax?
Maybe not - there is now a new revenue stream available to artists, many of whom are disgruntled with what Spotify is paying them.
It's not clear that YouTube Music Key will pay more - but if others follow Taylor Swift's lead and desert Spotify, that could signal a shift in the balance of power in digital music.
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Although Google says the new services will launch over the coming days, subscriptions will be available only to selected "beta" testers for the first six months.
Anyone can apply to join, but they need to be based in the US, UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland or Finland.
Following the test, the general public will be invited to pay the $9.99/£9.99/9.99 euro monthly fee - the same price currently charged for Google Play All Access on its own. The beta testers will get a discounted rate.
Video downloads are offered in 320p standard definition and 720p high definition formats, and must be stored on a mobile device's built-in memory. Qualifying clips are flagged by a blue label.
Third-party tools have long given people a way to copy videos from YouTube to PCs, in breach of the site's terms and conditions.
However, until now this has not been possible via apps distributed on Google's Play marketplace and Apple's App Store.
Mr McQuivey said that YouTube's challenge was to convince its youthful audience that the convenience of downloading videos directly to a smartphone or tablet was worth the requested fee.
"YouTube is a form of cheating the music system, and has been for a long time, because people have been putting music up there without authorising it from the labels," he said.
"YouTube goes through an elaborate process to identify it and put ads around it. But it's not too far, in the user's experience, from piracy.
"When Napster went legit, it thought it could take its brand equity among a young audience and transfer it into a subscription service, and that didn't work out quite so well.
"The onus on YouTube is to make this the simplest transition that twenty-somethings can make."
The £122,000 public lavatory was installed on Bullock Fair, Harleston, Norfolk, in 2015.
But the block proved unpopular and South Norfolk Council has now agreed to remove it at the cost of £30,000, as reported in the Eastern Daily Press.
There were also reports of vandalism and initial teething issues.
Councillor Kay Mason Billig said some people living in Harleston "didn't trust" the automatic doors.
"I think it's safe to say that the modern toilets have not been popular with the people of Harleston and so we have listened and have agreed to reuse the toilet block elsewhere and refurbish the old loos."
He had campaigned against what he saw as intrusions by companies and governments on people's digital lives.
He co-founded and was director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research, an influential UK think tank.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said it was "shocked and saddened".
Caspar frequently had the frustrating experience of seeing his most pessimistic predictions disregarded as alarmist, only to turn out to be true all along," said the EFF's international director Danny O'Brien.
"Among a community filled with perceptive advocates for a better future, Caspar Bowden stood out as one of the most prescient and the most determined. With a far-reaching knowledge of both policy and technology, he was frequently years ahead of his contemporaries in identifying upcoming issues, and never hesitated to transform his own life and career to better meet those challenges."
Speaking to technology and security news site The Register, Privacy International's Gus Hosein said: "[Caspar Bowden] was a fervent believer in privacy, and technology's role in creating and ensuring it. He hacked legislation to see what it was that governments were trying to do and called them on it."
Mr Bowden's brother Malcolm told BBC News he hoped plans for a Caspar Bowden Foundation would come to fruition.
"Caspar loved rockets and liberty. He had an unsurpassed understanding of privacy issues, the law and the shenanigans our governments and their agencies indulge in.
"We seldom understood what he was telling us but he had most certainly convinced himself. We loved him dearly and feel his stature will surely grow."
Up until his death, Mr Bowden had been a director for the Tor Project, the non-profit group which oversees development of the Tor browser, used by many to cover their identity while on the internet.
In a statement, the Tor Project said: "Caspar was a passionate supporter of universal human rights, including the right to privacy. The world has lost a voice of tremendous moral courage."
Separately, the Tor Project's Jacob Appelbaum added: "In the hospital Caspar Bowden asked that we work to ensure equal protection regardless of nationality. Privacy is a universal human right."
During his career Mr Bowden was called upon by the European Union and others to offer detailed analysis on matters of privacy.
In the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations, Mr Bowden was asked to produce a report on the impact of US surveillance on the rights of Europeans.
Mr Bowden's Foundation of Internet Policy Research fiercely opposed the creation of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers bill, better known as Ripa, later described by the Home Affairs Select Committee as being not fit for purpose. Its powers are currently under review.
Former Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert - who had been on the committee - tweeted: "Shocked at the news of the death of Caspar Bowden, one of the world's leading tech privacy experts. An honour to have worked with him."
Mr Bowden also worked for Microsoft between 2002 and 2011 as a privacy strategist. He later said he had been fired for speaking out about privacy matters at the firm.
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Many people seem to fear maps with their demand for some spatial grasp, byzantine symbols and tricky folding procedure - but I love them. I feel like a dying breed: a cartophiliac among a nation of cartophobes.
I confess, even my toilet walls are papered with them.
But now experts say a reliance on sat-navs and smartphone map apps is undermining map-reading skills. So here are five reasons why you should love maps and resist the easy attraction of the sat-nav.
There is something intrinsically selfish about the sat-nav arrow and its radius of a few metres: it's all about you. But let your eye range over a map and discover a nearby lake, a beautiful view or a convenient watering hole. Maps open the world whereas sat-navs narrow your mind.
Mountain Rescue services, the Ordnance Survey and every organisation I've come across promoting the outdoor life, all say having a map and the skill to read it is a safety essential.
They have to be used in conjunction with the physical world, be that reading a sign, noticing a church (with or without a spire of course) or identifying that big hill on your right. This process of using your eyes and engaging your brain leaves memories and knowledge of the world around you. With sat-nav as a guide, nothing is learned nor loved about the journey.
How often have you heard the excuse: "Oh the sat-nav took me the wrong way"? Without any apology for blinkered idiocy, celestial misguidance is the guilt-free excuse. I once worked with a camera crew who arrived two hours late at Snowdon claiming their sat-nav had taken them to the Anglesey ferry port. Entranced by the arrow they hadn't noticed or questioned leaving mainland Britain and crossing the big bridge over the Menai Strait. Now, addicts to digital direction devices may disagree, but I think this is inexcusably dumb. Maps are a partner to our intellect, not a replacement.
The Mappa Mundi in Hereford Cathedral shows the history, geography and destiny of Christian Europe as understood in the late 13th Century with pictures of the Pillars of Hercules, the Golden Fleece and a man riding a crocodile. Star maps use images of bears and gods to decipher the random. The London Tube map is a design icon. Maps are eminently practical, but their intriguing visual imagery is a pinnacle of art.
It named the four as Abdul Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili and Tariq bin al-Tahar bin al-Falih al-Awni al-Harzi.
They join a list of suspects sought under the Rewards for Justice Program.
On Tuesday, Islamic State said it was behind an attack in Texas.
It said "two soldiers of the caliphate" had attacked a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest being held at a conference centre in Garland near Dallas.
The US State Department offered up to $7m for information on Qaduli whom it described as a senior IS official who originally joined its precursor, al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI).
It offered $5m each for Adnani and Batirashvili and up to $3m for Harzi.
It describes Adnani as an official IS spokesman, Batirashvili - who is also known as Omar Shishani - as a battlefield commander in northern Syria, and Harzi as chief of the group's suicide bombers.
IS has seized swathes of territory in eastern Syria and northern Iraq, declaring them a caliphate and imposing a harsh interpretation of Islamic law on the inhabitants.
The state department said the group was responsible for systematic human rights abuses, including mass executions, rape and the killing of children.
The highest reward offered under the Rewards for Justice scheme is up to $25m for Ayman al-Zawahiri who was named leader of al-Qaeda in June 2011, shortly after Osama Bin Laden's death.
It also offers up to $10m for IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
On Tuesday, a report on IS's al-Bayan Radio said the exhibition in Garland had been "portraying negative pictures of the Prophet Muhammad".
The contest had offered a $10,000 (£6,600) prize for a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. Depictions of Muhammad are offensive to many Muslims.
Both gunmen were shot dead by a police officer after they opened fire outside the venue on Sunday.
US officials later said they doubted the group's direct involvement.
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Mohammad Akhlaq was beaten to death by a mob in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh state in late September.
His son, Mohammed Sartaj, told BBC Hindi's Salman Ravi that he "is waiting for the police to charge the suspects".
Six people have been arrested in connection with the attack.
"We will go to the president of India if we have to. We will also demand an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation [India's top investigative body] if we feel that the Uttar Pradesh police is trying to save those involved in the case," Mr Sartaj, who works for the Indian Air Force, told BBC Hindi's Salman Ravi.
He was responding to reports which said Mr Akhlaq's family had said they were satisfied with the compensation they had received and did not want further investigations.
Mr Sartaj said that the police had already spoken to his family.
"They have also taken statements from eye witnesses. My family has told the police about the people who were involved in the attack. Now we have to see if the police tries to save them [the suspects] or presents evidence against them," he told BBC Hindi.
The slaughter of cows is a sensitive issue in India as the animal is considered sacred by Hindus, who comprise 80% of the country's 1.2bn people.
Uttar Pradesh is among a number of Indian states which have tightened laws banning cow slaughter and the sale and consumption of beef.
The beef ban has also provoked outrage with many questioning how the government decides what is on their plate.
The annual awards will be held at the Genting Arena and hosted by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan with tickets on sale later this year.
"This has already been an extraordinary year of sport," said director of BBC Sport Barbara Slater.
"With so much more still to come we're in for a very special Sports Personality of the Year."
She added: "Our past visits to Birmingham have been a great success and we've no doubt that will be repeated with this year's show."
The event, which was last held in Birmingham six years ago, will be broadcast on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.
The Scottish Conservatives said any deal between Labour and the SNP would lead to "outright chaos".
The SNP, meanwhile, said it could provide a strong and progressive influence at Westminster.
Labour said SNP plans could cost the country billions, while the Lib Dems said voting SNP is "risky business".
Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has written to supporters saying the electoral choice is between the Conservatives or the "outright chaos" of Ed Miliband "propped up" by the SNP.
She wrote: "On behalf of all the people of Scotland who want to keep our UK together, I will be spelling out the consequences of this potential deal over the coming days, both for our economy and for the stability of our country.
"And I will be setting out something else very clearly - that if people want to avoid the chaos of a Labour/SNP pact, then only a Conservative government can achieve it."
But SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC's Andrew Marr show: "I want to make very clear, and I'm conscious of the fact that I'm speaking not just to voters in Scotland but to voters right across the UK - that I've got to persuade and convince people that the SNP in the House of Commons after the election would not be any kind of destructive force.
"We want to be constructive and get better politics coming out of the Westminster system."
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The Liberal Democrats and Scottish Labour are both focusing on figures that they claim raise questions about SNP backing of full fiscal autonomy.
Labour leader Jim Murphy said new analysis suggests the gap in Scotland's finances could grow to £8.7bn a year by the end of the decade, under SNP plans.
He said: "Scottish Labour's manifesto produced fully costed policies that will bring an end to austerity and make life fairer for working class Scots.
"Now it's the SNP's turn. Their key general election policy is to cut Scotland off from UK-wide taxes, meaning an end to the UK pension and welfare state here."
Danny Alexander, for the Lib Dems, also quoted party analysis which he said revealed an £8.4bn "black hole" in public finances.
He said: "These devastating figures lay bare the true cost of the SNP's plans to communities across Scotland. It shows that voting SNP is risky business if you want strong public services.
"Only Liberal Democrats have put forward costed and responsible plans to balance the books by 2018."
Islamabad offered its condolences to the families of US consultant Warren Weinstein and Italian aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto.
The two men were accidentally killed in a counter-terrorism operation in January, the US has admitted.
The drone strike targeted an al-Qaeda hideout on the Afghan-Pakistan border.
They died along with al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Farouq.
Pakistan said in a statement that "having lost thousands of innocent civilians in the war against terrorism" it fully understood "this tragic loss and stands with" the families of the two hostages.
"The death of Mr Weinstein and Mr Lo Porto in a drone strike demonstrates the risk and unintended consequences of the use of this technology that Pakistan has been highlighting for a long time," the statement added.
American drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal belt are extremely unpopular with Pakistanis; many view them as violation of their country's sovereignty.
While Pakistani officials publicly condemn the drone strikes, correspondents say they have tacitly endorsed these strikes for years.
Mr Obama on Thursday said he took "full responsibility" for the operation, which was launched in the belief that the target was an al-Qaeda compound with no civilians present.
The White House announced that two other US citizens - thought to be al-Qaeda members - were also killed in drone strikes.
Ahmed Farouq was killed in the same raid that caused the deaths of Mr Weinstein and Mr Lo Porto, it said, and Adam Gadahn, once regarded as a spokesman for the militant group, was killed in a separate strike.
The BBC has been told that the attack which killed the hostages took place on 15 January in the Dabar Miami area, in the Shawal region of North Waziristan.
An al-Qaeda statement on 13 April confirmed Farouq's death but made no mention of the hostages, the BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad reports.
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The Black Cats won 2-1 on penalties after a dramatic conclusion to extra-time to progress to Wembley, where they will face Manchester City on 2 March.
"I am disappointed. We didn't play well enough over the piece," said Moyes.
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"If we were going to do it we were going to stumble over the line."
United had lost 2-1 in the first leg at the Stadium of Light, but levelled the tie on aggregate when Jonny Evans headed in eight minutes before half-time.
With no further goals before the end of 90 minutes, the game went to extra-time, where an error by United keeper David De Gea in the 118th minute gifted Phil Bardsley an equaliser on the night - and a goal that would have taken Sunderland to Wembley.
However, Javier Hernandez responded almost immediately when he tapped in from Adnan Januzaj's ball to force spot kicks.
Danny Welbeck and Phil Jones were off target for United and Sunderland goalkeeper Vito Mannone denied Januzaj and then Rafael, with the latter save sending Gus Poyet's side into the final.
But ultimately United paid the price for failing to make the most of home advantage and impose themselves on Sunderland, who dominated possession.
Moyes added: "I didn't think we played well enough on the night. We had opportunities to score a second goal and put ourselves in a better position but we didn't do it.
"It is disappointing but it is part of the job. There has always got to be a loser in a semi-final and it happened to be us.
"I think there have been other games where we have played well enough and not won but I didn't think we played well enough here. The goal was a bit unlucky for David De Gea but, again, we didn't play well enough.
"I didn't think we tried to hang on to anything when we were ahead. I don't think we could have put more attacking players on if we had tried. We had opportunities to finish the game off but we didn't take them."
Gary MacDonald Graham, 57, from Borras, Wrexham, had been walking on the A534 at Llan-y-Pwll link road when he was hit in the early hours of Friday.
A lorry driver from Lancashire has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop after a collision.
The 57-year-old has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
Supt Steve Williams said: "The family are aware of these developments and will continue to be supported by specially trained police officers."
He thanked the public for helping with the investigation and appealed for anyone with further information to contact police.
Mr Graham was a former member of the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards who fought at the battle of Tumbledown during the Falklands War.
Police said he had been walking between Holt Road roundabout and Wrexham Industrial Estate roundabout near to Wrexham Golf Club just after midnight on Friday when he was hit.
South Wales Police are looking for Arnel Martinez Raymundo, 47, in connection with the attack of a 43-year-old woman from Grangetown.
After the attack, he walked in to the car park between Wyndham Crescent and Severn Road in Canton at about 11:05 BST Friday.
He removed his dark, long-sleeved top and threw it away before leaving.
Police said he was also wearing dark trousers and flip flops at the time.
Det Insp Wendy Gunney said: "We are keeping an open mind as to where he went after this. He may have continued on foot, taken public transport or left in another vehicle."
It happened at about 19:00 GMT on Thursday on the Islandmagee Road in Whitehead.
It was reported that three people forced their way into the house and attacked the girl.
A two-year-old child and a 19-year-old man were also in the house at the time. Two girls aged 15 and 17 and a 17-year-old boy were arrested.
Bracey, who ran the Gods Own Junkyard warehouse in Walthamstow in north east London, had recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
"Just wanna let you know I am actually in Gods Own Junk Yard," read a message on his Twitter account on Tuesday.
Bracey's wife and co-worker Linda said she had lost "a wonderful husband".
"I am grateful for a long and loving marriage to a warm, talented, kind and funny man who has left the world a more colourful and vibrant place," she said in a statement.
Bracey, who died on Saturday, started his career as a graphic designer in the early 1970s before joining his father Dick in the family neon business.
Spotting an opportunity in the West End's burgeoning sex industry, he helped shape the Soho we know today with his provocative and alluring signage.
"I did 99 percent of every sex establishment in Soho for 20 years," he told the BBC last year. "For me, it was an artistic endeavour."
Commissioned to create signs for Neil Jordan's 1986 film Mona Lisa, he went on to work on Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, four Batman films and many other features.
Bracey kept the backdrops from those films at Gods Own Junkyard in Walthamstow, where he also housed discarded shop signs, religious statues and many other items.
The "Neon Man" was well-known in fashion and retail circles, creating catwalk and in-store displays for some of the UK's biggest labels and department stores.
Bracey also enjoyed recognition as an artist in his own right and staged a solo exhibition, I've Looked Up to Heaven and Been Down to Hell, in London last year.
Linda Bracey said Gods Own Junkyard would continue "as Chris planned and wanted" and that he had "passed the neon baton" onto their sons, Marcus, Matthew and Max.
Broadcaster Kirstie Allsop was among those to mark his passing, remembering him as "lovely & superbly talented".
Customers of Smart and Sun Cellular said they could no longer access the sites on portable devices or desktop computers.
Instead, users see a message saying the sites have been blocked because of anti-child-pornography laws.
The Philippines government has not given any official explanation of why the sites have suddenly been blocked.
However, the country's National Telecommunications Commission confirmed to CNN that it had ordered all the nation's ISPs to block access from 14 January,
But social media chatter suggests customers using Globe and other ISPs can still access the sites.
Pornhub recently reported visitors in the Philippines spent the longest average time on its site.
The average viewing time in the Philippines was 12 minutes and 45 seconds, said Pornhub - about three minutes longer than the global average.
Their first-round match did not start until after 17:00 BST as downpours delayed the day's play until 15:30.
Watson claimed the only break point of the first set, then saw off six break points for Giorgi in the second.
The world number 55, ranked 11 places higher than Giorgi, will play Barbora Strycova or Karolina Pliskova next.
"I was very focused at the end and I'm so glad we got to play the full match without any rain delays," said 24-year-old Watson.
"She's a very tough opponent and hits the ball extremely hard. I had to accept she will hit a lot of winners but had to take advantage when she made mistakes.
"I feel fully fit and think I'm playing very well."
American seventh seed Madison Keys won 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 against Hungary's Timea Babos in Monday's opening match.
However, British number three Naomi Broady and Australia's Daria Gavrilova were forced off court about 19:00 by more rain.
British number one Johanna Konta and Tara Moore begin their Edgbaston campaigns on Tuesday.
Konta, 25, faces Japan's Misaki Doi, while Moore, 23, plays Austria's Tamira Paszek.
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It replaces defective genetic material in the egg in order to eliminate rare mitochondrial diseases.
After the consultation into "three-person IVF", ministers will decide whether to allow it in patients.
A £5.8m centre at Newcastle University, funded by the Wellcome Trust, will investigate the technique's safety.
Mitochondria can be found within almost every human cell, and provide the energy they need to function.
Like the nucleus of the cell, they contain DNA, although in tiny quantities.
Approximately 1 in 5,000 babies is born with inherited defects in their mitochondrial DNA, the effects of which can be very severe, or even fatal, depending on which cells are affected.
Scientists believe they have found a way to substitute the defective mitochondria and hopefully prevent the child from developing a disease.
They take two eggs, one from the mother and another from a donor.
The nucleus of the donor egg is removed, leaving the rest of the egg contents, including the mitochondria, and is replaced with the nucleus from the mother's egg.
The resulting embryo has properly functioning mitochondria from the donor, and should, in theory, be healthy.
This replacement is like replacing a battery and therefore has no impact on the DNA that determines other factors, such as appearance.
Even though the child would have a very limited genetic contribution from the third person, there is still opposition from some groups, who say such genetic manipulation carries risks.
Currently, a change in the law would be needed before it could be offered to patients.
Announcing the consultation, David Willetts, minister for universities and science, said: "Scientists have made an important and potentially life-saving discovery in the prevention of mitochondrial disease.
"However, as with all developments in cutting-edge science, it is vital that we to listen to the public's views before we consider any change in the law allowing it to be used."
It is hoped the consultation will be complete by the end of this year.
Sir Mark Walport, from the Wellcome Trust, said the technique might prevent previously incurable diseases.
"We welcome the opportunity to discuss with the public why we believe this technique is essential if we are to give families affected by these diseases the chance to have healthy children, something most of us take for granted."
Prof Doug Turnbull, from Newcastle University, added: "Every year we see hundreds of patients whose lives are seriously affected by mitochondrial disease.
"We want to make a major difference to the lives of these patients."
Groups representing patients and their families also welcomed the announcement.
Alastair Kent, from Genetic Alliance UK, said that the impact of mitochondrial disease could be "devastating".
He said: "It will be quite a long time before this is available as a clinical service, and our primary concern is to make sure the technique is safe.
"But it would be sensible and reasonable to offer it to prevent these conditions."
About 70 safety deposit boxes were opened at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd in central London over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.
The Met Police said they received a call on Friday 3 April at 00:21 BST.
Officers are now investigating why the call was given a grade that meant no police response was deemed necessary.
In a statement, the Met Police said: "It is too early to say if the handling of the call would have had an impact on the outcome of the incident."
Meanwhile CCTV footage has emerged which appears to show the group of burglars behind the raid.
The video, obtained by the Mirror, shows men in high visibility jackets outside the safe deposit building.
One is seen pushing a wheelie bin, which the paper said could have contained the large drill used for breaking a hole through the lift shaft.
The Mirror said the men made two separate visits before leaving on Easter Sunday with the contents of 72 safety deposit boxes in wheelie bins and bags and making a getaway in a white van.
A source told the paper the raid was the work of a professional gang who "planned this job down to every last detail".
Scotland Yard has declined to comment on the footage.
The Met Police has said items were stolen from at least 56 safety deposit boxes and officers are in the process of contacting the holders.
In total, 72 boxes were opened. Five were vacant and 11 were due to be opened by the company following the non-payment of fees, police said.
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw said: "It is quite possible - and this is certainly one aspect that the inquiry will be looking at - that there had been so many false alarms previously that the police had decided not to respond to any more alerts.
"There is a police policy that if there are three false alarms in a 12-month period they won't respond anymore when intruder alarms go off and it is possible that may well have been what happened here."
He added that the security guard at the building had also been spoken to by officers.
The force said the investigation into why the grade was applied to the phone call would be carried out locally.
Southern Monitoring Alarm Company contacted the Metropolitan Police central communications command and the call was recorded and transferred to the computer aided despatch system.
The call stated a confirmed intruder alarm had been activated at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd, police said.
According to the Met's website, calls to the communications command are dealt with by an operator, who grades all incidents "in terms of their urgency".
The website states: "First contact operators will question the caller and gain all the relevant information necessary to ensure the best police response.
"Having completed this, the operator will grade the call in accordance with standard operating procedures for the type of incident."
Calls are passed to a despatch operator for deployment if required and police resources are assigned depending on the type of incident, the site says.
Previously, Scotland Yard said they were alerted to the burglary on Tuesday.
The Met said it was "photographing the scene and recovering exhibits in meticulous detail". It would not comment on the total value of items stolen.
A heavy duty drill was used to bore holes into the 6ft (2m) thick walls reinforced with concrete to access the vault after the thieves had climbed down a lift shaft.
Experts said it was likely the thieves made several holes until they had created a big enough space to get through, which would have taken an experienced operator several hours.
Hatton Garden is famous for jewellery and the vault was used mainly by local jewellers and gold dealers.
No arrests have been made.
The record sold just under 70,000 and follows the success of their debut - 2009's Lungs, which has re-entered the chart at 18, and 2011's Ceremonials.
New entries in the top five also include Britain's Got Talent winners Collabro, Jamie XX and Simply Red.
In the singles chart, Jason Derulo is number one for a second straight week.
His hit Want to Want Me sold 75,000 and was streamed 2.07 million times over the last seven days.
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The highest new entry in the singles chart was Lawson's Roads at number 11.
Florence and The Machine's Ship To Wreck has provided their ninth Top 40 hit at number 27.
On top of its commercial success, their chart-topping album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful has been well received by critics.
The singer, aka Florence Welch, is due to play the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival later this month, ahead of the headliners the Foo Fighters.
Britain's Got Talent winners Collabro entered the chart at two with their second album Act Two while Jamie xx's solo debut In Colour charted at three.
Simply Red's Big Love, at number four, is the band's thirteenth top ten album.
Punk band Slaves and their album Are You Satisfied? took the number eight slot, while the return of glam rockers The Darkness and their fourth studio record, Last Of Our Kind, just missed out on the top ten, at number 12.
Indie-folk singer SOAK's debut Before We Forgot How To Dream scraped into the top 40 at 37.
George Sanders was awarded the VC for fighting off German attacks after straying into enemy territory.
"Sanders impressed on his men that his and their duty was to hold the position at all costs," newspaper reports said.
He was one of only nine soldiers to be awarded VC medals for bravery on 1 July, 1916.
According to auctioneers Dix Noonan Webb, the collection was bought by Lord Ashcroft and will go on public display as part of his gallery at the Imperial War Museum in London, which contains the largest collection of VC medals.
First awarded in 1857, the VC is the highest award for gallantry in the British and Commonwealth armed forces.
During World War One, 628 were awarded, a quarter of them posthumously.
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The first day of the Battle of the Somme, in northern France, was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army.
British forces suffered 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 fatalities, and gained just three square miles of territory.
Sanders, who enlisted in the Leeds Rifles, his local territorial battalion, in November 1914, took charge of an isolated party of men who were cut off as the British offensive ground to a halt.
He was also awarded the Military Cross for his bravery during a German assault at Kemmel Hill, in April 1918.
During the fighting he was seen standing wounded on top of a pill-box firing his revolver at point-blank range but was later taken prisoner.
Also among his collection of medals, sold in London earlier, was the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and George VI Coronation Medal.
After the war, Sanders worked at the Meadow Lane Gasworks in Leeds. He died aged 55 and was given a full military funeral.
Faletau, who joined the Premiership club from Newport Gwent Dragons this summer, was replaced 12 minutes into the 18-14 win at Northampton Saints.
"It sounds like a little bit of a medial, so we'll just wait and see," Blackadder told BBC Radio Bristol.
Wales will hope Faletau is fit for their four Test matches in November.
Bath's victory was their first win at Franklin's Gardens for 16 years, in their first league match under Blackadder and his assistant, head coach Tabai Matson.
"It's about the strength in depth of your whole squad and we showed that," said Blackadder.
Defending champions Saracens also made a winning start to their 2016-17 campaign - but their director of rugby Mark McCall was unhappy with their display.
Sarries, who won the Premiership and European Champions Cup double last season, beat Worcester in the London Double Header at Twickenham.
"Overall, I am probably not happy with that," McCall said after his side's 35-3 victory over Warriors.
"It was a hugely rusty performance but we defended very well. I am happy we got five points and happy to get the win."
In Saturday's second match at Twickenham, Bristol lost 21-19 to Harlequins on their return to the top flight following a seven-year absence
Director of rugby Andy Robinson was unhappy with the way the game was refereed by Luke Pearce, with his Bristol side conceding 18 penalties.
"It looks like the game is refereed differently in the Premiership," Robinson told BBC Radio 5 live. "I don't know if there are different laws but I'm pretty disappointed.
"I'll be writing a report to the referee about the game to look at making sure there is consistency in approach.
"We've got to get used to how it's refereed, make sure we're better in the contact area and keep our discipline."
Burling, 25, and Tuke, 27, held an unassailable 34-point lead going into Thursday's medal race, which they won.
Australian duo Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen took silver, with Germany's Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel third.
Britain's Dylan Fletcher-Scott and Alain Sign were last in the medal race to finish sixth overall.
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Their boat capsized around the fourth mark, ending their chances of a top-five finish.
Victory for Burling and Tuke means they remain unbeaten since winning silver at London 2012.
Fletcher-Scott was pleased with how the British pair had performed during the competition.
He said: "It's been a week of two halves really. The first two days were really hard and we weren't sailing very well, but we turned it around and we're really happy how we got back into contention.
"We picked the wind out of the start wrong today. It went left and we didn't pick it up and got caught up in the boat. We knew we got that wrong and tried to nibble away at the leaders.
"We got ourselves up into a reasonable position but pushed it a little hard and capsized, which was game over."
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It is a first ATP quarter-final for Edmund, 20, who next plays world number six Tomas Berdych.
Yorkshireman Edmund, ranked 102nd in the world, is projected to better his career-high ranking of 99th when the new standings are released next week.
He is joined in the quarter-finals by world number one Novak Djokovic.
The Serb beat Fernando Verdasco 6-2 6-2, while world number five Rafael Nadal progressed with a 6-3 6-2 win over Robin Haase.
Lt Col Benedict Tomkins, 49, based at Abbey Wood, near Bristol, denies rape, saying it was consensual sex.
The court heard he had stopped drinking but encouraged the server to keep filling the woman's glass.
The alleged attack happened at a United Nations event in Uganda in 2015.
Lt Col Tomkins is said to have attacked the woman after a dinner and free bar at the Sheraton Hotel.
The US court martial at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland heard from a report made to the FBI from the complainant a month later.
Giving evidence, FBI Special Agent Ronald Brown said: "She said every time her glass was partially empty of wine the server kept filling it up.
"At some point it seemed Colonel Tomkins stopped drinking but encouraged the server to keep filling her glass."
The complainant previously told the court she could not remember whose suggestion it was to work on a presentation in her room and had said her recollection was "hazy".
But the agent said: "She thinks she suggested doing this in the hotel lobby but Colonel Tomkins suggested doing it in her hotel room because that's where her notes were."
The complainant says Lt Col Tomkins' "overpowered" her and she was also too drunk to consent to sex.
The court heard an interview with Lt Col Tomkins in April 2015. He alleged her claim was "malicious" in order to mask her "professional shortcomings".
He said: "I can only guess it was brought about by some personal distress in her life.
"In such a wreck, she might make a false allegation."
He believed she was "sober and competent to make a reasonable decision".
The trial continues.
Police said the victim was found with "serious stab wounds" in Castlefields, Oswestry, at about 20:00 GMT on 23 January.
Luke Adam Cross, 22, of Mount View, Sutton Coldfield, was arrested on Wednesday and also faces one count of making threats to kill.
A 19-year-old man from Wrexham remains in police custody.
He has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.
Mr Cross, who faces a further charge of threatening to cause criminal damage, has been remanded to appear at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Monday.
Det Insp Mark Jones, leading the investigation, asked witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
Claudia Huber and her husband Matthias Liniger were attacked at their home in Johnson's Crossing.
Mr Liniger fired several rounds at the bear as it was mauling Ms Huber.
The bear was shot and died, but one bullet ricocheted off a tree and killed Ms Huber, according to Kirsten Macdonald, Yukon's chief coroner.
"What transpired at that property on that day was an absolute, catastrophic collision of events," Ms Macdonald said, according to CBC.
Mr Liniger said: "It was almost already too much what happened there, what I saw, what I heard."
"And now I have to somehow get over that fact, too, that a bullet killed her," he went on.
The coroner's report noted that Ms Huber tried to play dead during the attack, which is not the recommended course of action in this situation.
Ms Macdonald said the best response during a predatory bear attack is to fight back.
The report called for better public education on what to do in different kinds of bear attacks.
Bob Renning, 52, pulled up on a freeway in Minnesota to help another vehicle that was filling with smoke.
He told the Minneapolis Star Tribune he was not sure how he bent the door open far enough to shatter the window glass.
Police officer Zachary Hill was first to the scene and full of praise for Mr Renning's "extraordinary" heroics.
"He did an extraordinary deed, bending a locked car door in half, of a burning car, to extricate a trapped person," said Hill.
Mr Renning, a member of the US National Guard, said he sprinted towards the vehicle as he saw flames and smoke "rolling around" the SUV. His girlfriend called 911.
After he realised the vehicle was locked and the windows would not work, Mr Renning gripped the top of the door frame with his fingers, braced his foot against the door and pulled, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
The man in the vehicle, Michael Johannes, said he did not realise someone was trying to save him as he held his breath in the smoke-filled car.
He suffered minor smoke inhalation and light cuts from being pulled through the shattered window.
"Thirty seconds later and I would have been done," Mr Johannes said. "It was a good thing I didn't have my family in there."
Rugby union to the uninitiated, football-fanatic teenager is a mystifying thing. But could a home World Cup in England change that?
Some of the children at Loreto High School in Manchester could hardly afford boots when their PE teacher James Hyland introduced rugby three years ago.
But the Rugby Football Union's (RFU) All Schools programme has enabled 400 state secondary schools, including Loreto, to afford to get rugby off the ground - as well as some footwear.
"The kids had never touched a rugby ball in their lives," says Hyland, whose school has gone from having no rugby union, to fielding a boys' team at every age level and fostering a link with local amateur club Broughton Park.
"We had our first training session and they were throwing the ball forwards, trying to trip people up as they went past and wearing their old trainers.
"It was starting with the basics. Some of them had never even seen a game on TV."
The lack of rugby at Loreto High School puzzled student Calum Conner Jones, a winger for Broughton Park, when he joined. So he did something about it.
"I asked if we could start a rugby team. I had a chat with Mr Hyland and they were all for it," says the 15-year-old.
"A lot of the boys weren't really bothered about rugby. They wouldn't have even known there was a club down the road.
"Now a lot of them go and play. One guy had never played before and after a year had a trial with Lancashire."
Union, for so long derided for its reputation as a game for the privileged, has struggled to gain traction in football-dominated state schools, particularly in the north.
"One of our greatest objectives was to change the perception that rugby is an exclusive sport - and it is a perception," says Steve Grainger, the RFU's development director.
"We wanted to really hit schools that perhaps rugby could have the greatest impact on - ones with low numbers of A-C grades at GCSE and free school meals - they're a good indicator of a school's social-economic background."
Loreto, according to Hyland, has a diverse student population, with about "30-40%" from middle-class backgrounds and the remainder from "very deprived" backgrounds.
It sits on the fringes of leafy Didsbury and the poorer inner-city areas of Moss Side and Whalley Range.
Broughton's link with the school has seen the club stretch its demographic beyond its traditional, private school recruitment.
Last year, Broughton had six players in its under-six programme - this season they have 21. And most of their U15s and U16s players have come through the All Schools programme.
"We are such a mix of social diversity. We have children that go to public school but we also have children that go to state schools," says youth secretary Pippa Ranson.
"They're out there and they just play. Some children have gone to grammars, some to comprehensives, they're still playing rugby together."
Teacher Hyland came to realise the gap between the most privileged and impoverished of his students when he took a group on a funded trip to Twickenham.
"One boy lives with his granddad and has never been out of Manchester," says Hyland, who himself plays for North Manchester.
"I don't think he'd stayed in a hotel before and was like 'I've got my own bathroom?'.
"At breakfast he piled his plate with everything. He didn't understand the concept of a buffet breakfast - he had never seen one. That for me was the main eye opener of how deprived some of the children are.
"He's really come out of his shell now since playing rugby."
There are, of course, gaps in the system. Loreto has undoubtedly excelled at starting rugby in the school because it has a PE teacher who is passionate about the sport.
Other schools would not have found it as easy - although just two schools of the 400 that have taken funding have dropped out of the system.
There have also been missed opportunities. The Uruguay squad used Broughton as a training base before their group game against England in Manchester, but none of the club's youngsters were given an opportunity to interact with the World Cup players.
That was, admittedly, down to tournament organisers and not the RFU - and local children did interact with England players in Eccles just days after the hosts' disappointing exit from the competition.
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Then there is the question of where girls fit into the equation.
The RFU says one in three children affected by the All Schools programme are girls - a figure Grainger describes as "light years ahead of where we were a decade ago".
Regardless of how corporate strategies and development targets are played out, the 2015 World Cup's biggest influence on youngsters could well be its spectacle - the action seen in stadiums and on TV from arguably the greatest union World Cup of all time.
Clubs were warned to expect an upturn in interest of 33% during the World Cup, although we might never know whether curiosity towards the sport was dampened by England's early exit.
Regardless, it is how that interest endures, years down the line, that will be the true test of the World Cup's legacy.
"The reports from rugby clubs I've been to have said they've had more youngsters come down," said Grainger.
"I've seen more kids throwing rugby balls around than I've ever seen before.
"If by 2019 we don't have more membership at clubs and more children playing in schools, we'll be saying it won't have worked. But I'll expect more people to be playing rugby."
Astronomers predict it could be possible to see up to 200 meteors per hour in clear skies.
The best time to view it will be from 23:00 until 04:00 in north Aberdeenshire and Galloway.
Dark, countryside skies away from street lights offer the best possibility of a sighting.
BBC Scotland weather presenter Kawser Quamer said the skies will be mainly cloudy but there is a chance of clearer spells.
She said: "Tonight and early tomorrow is the peak of this year's season, which runs until 24 August.
"The best time to view it is from 23:00 until 04:00 if you look towards the north-eastern sky.
"But it's all dependent on the weather forecast and I'm afraid for tonight it will be rather cloudy.
"In the north east and south of the country there will be drier moments and the possibility of some clearer spells.
"So if you are heading out with a camera, the favoured spots for some clearer spells will likely be across Aberdeenshire, maybe northern Moray and across Angus.
"For Galloway, quite often a favoured spot for stargazers is heading towards Loch Trool."
Perseids are shooting stars or space debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet.
Every year, the Earth passes through this field of debris and it is normally possible to see 100 meteors or shooting stars per hour during the peak.
This year, that could double as experts predict a rare meteor "outburst", according to Armagh Observatory.
It is part of new measures to provide basic protection for some seven million domestic workers long excluded from Brazil's stringent labour laws.
Employers can now be reported and fined several hundred dollars each time they break part of the code.
A constitutional amendment limits domestic workers to a 44-hour week.
It defined other rights as well - basic entitlements such as an eight-hour working day, the right to the minimum wage, a lunch break, social security and severance pay.
Most of these changes have been implemented, but there are still challenges around the government severance fund into which employers have to pay 8% of their employee's total salary each month.
If the employee is fired without just cause, the employer has to pay a lump sum worth 40% of the pot, plus an added 10% for the government.
Discussions are continuing around how many months' pay workers will be entitled to if they are made redundant.
The regulation of working hours has had a big impact.
The new legislation has led to many families employing more people to do alternate shifts and some employers are doing more work themselves.
But there are other factors too affecting the domestic worker labour market.
The number of women choosing to go into domestic service is shrinking.
This is because of better access to education and job opportunities particularly in the poor north-east of the country from where many people travelled in search of work.
Domestic workers are asking for higher wages so for many in the middle class the live-in maid is no longer feasible.
People are employing staff by the day and more household chores are being done by middle-class men and women who are also now buying more household appliances.
Brazil has around 7m maids according to the International Labour Organisation, more than any other country in the world.
The only difference between him and his contemporaries was the fact he was actually born a slave himself.
While his colour would have denied him the vote in his native Caribbean, he passed judgement on white people as a justice of the peace in Monmouthshire.
Records show that owners frequently fathered children with their slaves. But very few offspring went on to own the plantation on which they were born or achieve what he did.
Born on St Kitts in 1779, Nathaniel was the son of William Wells, a sugar planter and merchant, and his enslaved house worker, Juggy.
Instead of facing a life of slavery himself, he was sent away to school in London at 10. Nathaniel then went on to marry the daughter of George II's royal chaplain, and served as justice of the peace, high sheriff and church warden from his country estate near Chepstow.
While such a rise to prominence would have been rare, it is likely that a quirk of fate helped Nathaniel.
"William Wells' English wife had died shortly after he arrived on St Kitts, so although born a slave, Nathaniel was his only surviving heir," said doctor Nick Draper of University College London's Legacies of British slave ownership project.
"In truth his story is so unusual that it's difficult to read too much into what it says about the prevailing attitudes of the time."
Dr Draper says Nathaniel Wells would have known very little of the slave life, as William Wells sent him to be educated in London from the age of 10.
Although contemporary sources comment on his colour, his manners, education and wealth meant he was able to fit into British society.
"In the late 18th and early 19th Century there was still an attitude that people from other societies could be taught to live up to British ideals. Ironically, had he been born fifty or a hundred years later after slavery, it's doubtful that he'd have been able to rise to such an extent, as attitudes to race hardened somewhat in the Victorian age," Dr Draper added.
Typical of the kindly yet curious reactions Nathaniel Wells faced was that of landscape painter Joseph Farington, who described Wells in 1803 as "a West Indian of large fortune, a man of very gentlemanly manners, but so much a man of colour as to be little removed from a negro."
Nevertheless, he was able to rise through society to such an extent that he became Britain's first black high sheriff and only the second black man to hold a commission in the British Army.
When Wells' father died in 1794, he inherited a fortune estimated at £200,000, much of which he used to purchase his Piercefield House estate, as well as contributing generously to a fund to construct the distinctive octagonal tower on his parish church of St Arvans.
He was said to have been a firm but fair justice of the peace, sitting in judgement over white people.
Yet his benevolence in Wales seems to have been in stark contrast to his attitude towards his fellow slaves in St Kitts.
Upon inheriting his father's estates, Wells only freed a handful of his mother's relatives.
In the 1820s, his estate managers were also strongly criticised by abolitionists for exceeding the maximum 39 lashes punishment they were allowed to dole out to slaves.
Yet, perhaps tellingly, Wells himself intervened to prevent a critical report on this from being suppressed.
Dr Draper said: "Wells relied on his enslaved people for his fortune. But at the same time you have to ask what else he could have done beyond simply selling out.
"On larger islands like Jamaica, freed slaves could survive as subsistence farmers, but on islands like St Kitts there simply weren't the social or economic structures in place to allow them to survive independently, enslaved people were utterly tied to the plantations.
"Even slave-owners who were queasy about slavery were very reluctant to take steps they saw as disruptive of the settled order of a slave society. Instead they depended on the British state to provide an overall solution - including compensation for the slave-owners, which Wells himself also received."
After his death in 1852, his estate was divided between the 10 children of his first marriage to Harriet Este, and the 10 from his second marriage to Esther Owen.
"You can see how the way he chose to settle his estate dissipated that vast wealth quite quickly," Dr Draper said.
"But fortunes such as this fed back into society and laid the foundations for canal-building, the railways and ultimately the Industrial Revolution."
Chepstow Racecourse sits on his old Piercefield estate.
Perhaps the biggest testament to both the way in which Wells "fitted-in", and of the age in which he lived can be found on his memorial at St Arvans Church.
It simply describes him as "a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant", making no mention of either his slave heritage or ownership.
But Mr Putin said Mr Snowden would leave if he was able to.
The former intelligence systems analyst has been offered asylum in a number of Latin American states, but has no documents with which to leave the transit zone at Moscow airport.
The US has charged Mr Snowden with leaking classified information.
Mr Putin has refused to hand over the fugitive to the US authorities, but says he can only stay in Russia if he stops leaking secrets about US surveillance schemes.
He said there were signs that Mr Snowden was "changing his position".
However, he added that Mr Snowden did not want to stay in Russia but wanted to take up residence in "another country".
Asked what Mr Snowden's future was, the Russian president said: "How should I know? It's his life."
"He came to our territory without invitation. And we weren't his final destination... But the moment he was in the air... our American partners, in fact, blocked his further flight," he said.
"They have spooked all the other countries, nobody wants to take him and in that way, in fact, they have themselves blocked him on our territory."
Mr Snowden has been stuck in the transit area of Sheremetyevo airport - reportedly staying at the airport's Capsule Hotel - since arriving from Hong Kong on 23 June.
The American has sent requests for political asylum to at least 21 countries, most of which have turned down his request. However, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela have indicated they could take him in.
But he is unable to leave the transit zone without asylum documents, a valid passport or a Russian visa - he reportedly has none of these.
And some European countries are likely to close their airspace to any plane suspected of carrying the fugitive.
At a news conference on Friday, Mr Snowden said he was seeking temporary asylum in Russia before he could safely travel to Latin America. However, Moscow officials say they have so far received no such request.
Mr Snowden's leaking of thousands of classified US intelligence documents has led to revelations that the National Security Agency is systematically seizing vast amounts of phone and web data.
The documents have also indicated that both the UK and French intelligence agencies allegedly run similarly vast data collection operations, and the US has been eavesdropping on official EU communications.
A monkey took the image in the Indonesian jungle in 2011 when it picked up a camera owned by David Slater from Monmouthshire.
US judges ruled copyright protection could not be applied to the monkey but Peta said the animal should benefit.
Appeal judges are yet to make a decision in the latest case.
Mr Slater, of Chepstow, said he was upset Peta was spending the money it received from donors on lawyers, after its earlier court claim was rejected.
But Peta said its action was "consistent with its charitable aims" and it hoped any money from the photo's royalties would benefit monkeys.
Peta's appeal on behalf of the macaque monkey was heard this week in a San Francisco court, with an outcome expected in the coming months.
Mr Slater has argued it took "much time and more perseverance" over several days to get the selfie and other photos.
He said he put in a lot of effort which was more than enough for him to claim copyright.
The case was listed as "Naruto v David Slater" but the identity of the monkey is also in dispute, with Peta claiming it is a female called Naruto and Mr Slater saying it is a different male macaque.
Mr Slater said he was a conservationist and interest in the image had already helped animals in Indonesia.
He said: "This is what upsets me and I hope it upsets a lot of other people who donate money to Peta."
Mr Slater said if he lost the case - or wins but is ordered to pay costs - he would be in serious financial trouble.
Peta would not comment on how much money it had spent but claimed that by acting on the macaque's behalf, it hoped to ensure all potential royalties from the image go towards protecting monkeys and their habitat.
The charity claims the monkey had "made the cause-and-effect connection between pressing the shutter button and the change to his reflection in the camera lens, resulting in his now-famous selfie photographs".
It argued it was clear that in these circumstances the copyright was owned by the monkey "and Peta is proud to be his voice in court".
The suspension - the third one of the season - will now last a week and cover just the Greek Super League.
The government took action in a bid to crack down on football violence.
The suspension follows violence at Sunday's Super League match between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos, as well as a brawl between club officials at a board meeting on Tuesday.
It had been announced earlier on Wednesday that all professional matches would be suspended "indefinitely".
But after a second meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, deputy sports minister Stavros Kontonis confirmed that the suspension would be limited to this weekend's top-flight action.
Kontonis said the government and football authorities would reconvene next Wednesday and the Super League would only resume on condition that promises given for containing crowd violence were adhered to.
Deputy sports minister Kontonis: "Under the current circumstances, it is impossible to have Super League games played this weekend.
"The decision of the government regarding the combatting of violence is definitive and irrevocable. If the situation remains the same, there will be another suspension."
Greek football journalist Panos Polyzoidis, who was at the Panathinaikos-Olympiakos match, told BBC Radio 5 live: "The league was recently suspended, but this decision indicates the government's inability to come up with concrete measures to tackle the problem.
"Football-related violence has been going on 30 or 40 years and the state has not taken any systematic measures to tackle problem. The suspension will make no difference."
Fans hurled flares, rocks and bottles at officials during Panathinaikos's 2-1 victory over leaders Olympiakos. An executive meeting of Super League officials was then called off after a Panathinaikos official claimed he had been punched by Olympiakos security personnel.
The first suspension followed the death of a fan after clashes between fans of third-division teams Ethnikos Piraeus and Irodotos. The second followed an assault on the assistant director of the refereeing committee.
The 56-year-old's departure follows a 3-0 defeat at Swindon on Saturday in only his 16th league game in charge.
Slade is the sixth manager to leave the Addicks since January 2014, although Jose Riga had two spells as boss.
Charlton are 15th in League One in a season which has seen continued protests against owner Roland Duchatelet's running of the club.
A group of supporters from the Coalition Against Roland Duchatelet (CARD) have taken a taxi to Belgium to mark the owner's 70th birthday by delivering a petition urging him to leave The Valley.
Charlton were relegated from the Championship last season, prompting the resignation of Riga after returning to the head coach role for two months.
Slade was appointed just three days after leaving Cardiff, having been switched to a head of football role, but Charlton have won only four league games this season and are three points above the bottom four.
The Bank now expects inflation to hit 2.7% next year, up from the current rate of 1%.
It also raised its forecast for economic growth next year to 1.4% from 0.8%, but cut expectations for 2018 to 1.5% from 1.8%.
An interest rate cut this year was no longer an option, the Bank indicated.
"In light of the developments of the past three months, all MPC [Monetary Policy Committee] members agreed that the guidance it had issued following its August meeting regarding the likelihood of a further cut in [the] bank rate had expired," the Bank said.
The sharp rise in inflation expectations was blamed on the slide in the pound since the referendum, which is driving up prices of imported goods.
The Bank does not expect inflation to return to its 2% target until 2020.
The revisions to growth indicate that the Bank now thinks the impact of the Brexit vote will be felt later than expected.
Inflation is an approaching risk and the economy is facing difficult times ahead, according to the Bank.
Yes, it has upgraded its growth forecasts markedly for this year and next.
But it has downgraded growth for 2018 as business investment and trading relationship uncertainty start to feed through to economic output.
That downgrade is so substantial that at the end of 2018, the Bank believes the economy will be on aggregate more than 2.5% smaller than expected before the Brexit referendum vote.
That's a bigger relative decrease in output than the Bank predicted earlier this year.
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Other forecasters see an even more dramatic rise in inflation. This week the National Institute for Economic and Social Research said it expected inflation to quadruple to about 4% in the second half of next year.
The think tank also warned that prices would "accelerate rapidly" during 2017 as the fall in sterling is passed on to consumers.
Explaining the raised growth forecasts for this year and next, Bank governor Mark Carney said that, since the vote to leave the EU, household spending had held up better than expected.
"For households, the signs of an economic slowdown are notable by their absence," he said.
But he warned that households would see "very modest" growth in their incomes over the coming years.
The Bank of England argues that food and energy prices have stopped falling and an increase in the price of imported goods will weigh on household budgets.
The Bank also warned that Britain's access to EU markets could be "materially reduced" following Brexit, which would hit economic growth over a "protracted period".
The pound jumped higher against the dollar and euro - to $1.24 and €1.12 - following the Bank's move away from a rate cut and the High Court's ruling that parliament must vote on the start of the Brexit process.
Mr Carney said the court defeat for the government was "just one of many twists and turns that are likely to happen" as the UK leaves the European Union.
He told BBC economics editor Kamal Ahmed there was already economic uncertainty about Brexit, but that at the moment households were "looking through that uncertainty".
The Bank governor also reiterated he would leave his post in 2019, even if the court ruling means the Brexit process is delayed.
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It wasn't a freak result like the Ireland match in 2013 where the game was won with only 30% of possession or a game levelled out as a contest by a miserable Scottish downpour. This was a patient, composed display and above all a real team performance.
The first five minutes of the game were concerning as Scotland attempted to soften up the French defence with some multi-phase attack that was fairly easily repelled. In contrast the French were looking dynamic, powerful and like they were enjoying their rugby. The build up to their try was vintage France; offloads, vision and pace to the fore.
Whenever the French were on attack they looked dangerous, with scrum-half Maxime Machenaud setting the tempo, but as the game wore on it seemed that they were as likely to break the line with a majestic offload as they were to spill the ball in possession. The defence came up with big sets at crucial times, players mirroring each other's decisions on whether to step in and cut the space down or hold off and allow support to arrive.
A key defensive play was Greig Laidlaw's charge-down of Francois Trihn-Ducs cross kick in the second-half - Wesley Fofana was walking in had the kick been completed. A crucial play that required nothing but effort and a desperation to win.
In attack, I think the softening up process at the start of the game was very important as it gave Scotland the confidence that they could hold onto the ball whilst fatiguing the defence. A noticeable part of the game plan was the decision to kick to apply pressure if the attack was going no where. Three or four neutral phases around the half way line signalled the use of the grubber kick into the corner or the high kick and chase.
This tactic can be used to either create counter attack ball or pressurise a teams exit strategies. However, it also conserves some energy as often after a few phases of going nowhere with slow ball it becomes like running into a brick wall and defences get on top, often producing penalties.
The attack was very composed and varied. Peter Horne, who did a magnificent job stepping in at fly-half, played with width but also took the ball to the line effectively and had a significant input in the Stuart Hogg try. His incision and offload was the one that gave the forward momentum for the try.
In the tighter exchanges it is great to see the forwards so comfortable putting the extra pass in to manipulate the defence. I think this can be taken a step forward by the outside player really timing his run and hitting the ball at pace as there were often times when the ball was taken in a slightly static position, making the breakdown harder to win.
Something that I mentioned in my column after the Italy game was the ambition shown in the lead up to the Tommy Seymour try as a result of a penalty advantage being called. This happened again with the speculative Laidlaw pass and the magical parry from Hogg into Tim Visser's hands to score. I hope that Scotland have the confidence in their ability to realise that even without the penalty advantage they can move the ball and challenge defences in the wider channels in the opposition 22m.
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Another satisfying team performance and another step in the right direction. You saw on the players faces the joy and relief that this win brought them and it should not be underestimated. You definitely get the feeling that they want more from this campaign and an away fixture against Ireland after a six-day turnaround will be another great test.
A final word for the Murrayfield crowd - well played, quel bruit!
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Roger Hirst is to become the UK's first combined police and fire commissioner in October.
He proposed the step to the Home Office following a public consultation and endorsement from all three local authorities in the county.
The government hopes the changes will result in better collaboration between the police and fire service.
Police and crime commissioners in other areas have said they were considering the idea of taking responsibility for their local fire services.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said the plans were "dangerous" , when first proposed by government in 2015.
Policing and Fire Service Minister Nick Hurd met Mr Hirst on Tuesday and said: "I want to see our emergency services continue to drive closer collaboration to encourage joint working, the sharing of best practice and more innovative thinking.
"Having a directly accountable leader overseeing policing and fire will help both services enhance their effectiveness, maximise available resources, boost local resilience and improve the services delivered to the public."
The move will include the sharing of administrative functions and premises, though no details were given about any job losses in the services.
Mr Hirst will not be getting an increased salary for his new role.
He said: "By ensuring a more joined-up response to incidents, providing crime and fire prevention advice, creating community safety hubs, and sharing buildings we can improve how we work and generate significant savings which can then be reinvested back into front line services."
The house builder said the recent experiences of a significant number of customers "fell below the high standards they rightly expected".
To tackle the problem Bovis is introducing a series of measures to improve customer service.
It announced a 3% fall in pre-tax profits for last year to £154.7m.
However, revenue was up 11% to £1,1bn and the number of homes completed rose 1% to 3,977.
Shares slid more than 8% to 772p.
In its results statement Bovis said its "ambitious growth strategy" over the past five years had led to "progressively developing operational challenges".
"Our customer service standards have been declining for some time and combined with the delays to production towards the year end, we have entered 2017 with a high level of customer service issues," said interim chief executive Earl Sibley.
"Our customer service proposition has failed to ensure that all of our customers receive the expected high standard of care," he added.
The company said its production processes had not been "sufficiently robust" to cope with its growth strategy and resources shortages in the industry.
Also it said it had not designed and resourced its customers service proposition and process appropriately to "deliver a 'customer first' culture".
Chairman Ian Tyler said the measures the group was introducing to tackle the customer service problems meant Bovis would complete 10% to 15% fewer houses in 2017 compared with last year, before returning to normal levels.
"The fundamentals of the business remain strong, with our market positioning reflected in our high quality southern biased land bank," he said.
In January David Ritchie stepped down as chief executive after eight years in the role, weeks after warning over profits.
Aisha told Time her nose and ears had been cut off - with the approval of a Taliban commander - by her abusive husband as punishment for running away.
The front cover generated debate over the headline "What Happens if We Leave Afghanistan" and the use of the photo itself.
Her surgery is being done by the Grossman Burn Foundation in California.
The foundation campaigns on the issue of violence against women as well as doing free plastic surgery work.
Aisha, whose surname has not been revealed, will meet surgeon Peter Grossman next week to discuss the reconstruction of her nose.
The 18-year-old was reportedly given away by her family in childhood as a "blood debt" and was subsequently married to a Taliban fighter.
His family abused her and she ran away but was recaptured and mutilated by her husband.
Women for Afghan Women has been using Aisha's case to illustrate the fear of what will happen if US, British and other international forces leave prematurely. The Afghan-American group helps to run the shelter which took Aisha in.
But critics have questioned the tone of the Time cover.
One anti-war blogger wrote: "Isn't this title... applying emotional blackmail and exploiting gender politics to pitch for the status quo - a continued U.S. military involvement?"
Krista Riley, a contributor to a Muslim media blog, wrote: "This violence happened while the international forces were in Afghanistan, so the logic leading to the conclusion that things would necessarily be worse if 'we' left isn't exactly clear."
Richard Stengel, managing editor of Time, wrote a piece defending the use of the picture.
"Aisha posed for the picture and says she wants the world to see the effect a Taliban resurgence would have on the women of Afghanistan, many of whom have flourished in the past few years.
"She knows that she will become a symbol of the price Afghan women have had to pay for the repressive ideology of the Taliban."
Rebecca Grossman, from the foundation, told the BBC: "Her story is horrific. It is amazing living in this day and age that this is happening in parts of the world. Hopefully by sharing her story it will raise awareness."
The 15-year-old was a fielding substitute for the county side, but also acted as 12th man for England and took part in practice with James Anderson and Stuart Broad.
"It's my dream to play with all those players," he told BBC Sport. "It's surreal, I'm just trying to take as many tips as I can.
"It was a big experience for me that I will never forget."
Beard was initially part of the Essex academy which practised with England before the game at Chelmsford started on Sunday.
Bowling in the nets, he even took the wicket of Anderson.
"Being a pace bowler I look up to James Anderson," said Beard, who is already capable of bowling at speeds of 77mph. "He smiled at me when I got him out."
When Essex suffered injuries, Beard was pressed into action as a substitute on day three and was fielding when England captain Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott shared a second-wicket stand of 119.
"Alastair Cook is an Essex player that I've seen around quite a few times. With him and Trott out there it was amazing," said Beard, who attends The Boswells School and plays his club cricket for Chelmsford.
"There was a big difference from the cricket I've played before in the gaps that they pick, how hard they hit the ball and how many times you have to run.
"As the overs went on I found it easier because I worked out what it was I had to do."
Beard again took the field for Essex at the beginning of the final day, but was then asked to act as 12th man for England as they wrapped up a 228-run win.
As well as carrying drinks for the national side, Beard bowled on the outfield during the lunch break with Anderson and Broad while England team director Andy Flower and bowling coach David Saker watched on.
The youngest player to win a Test cap for England is Brian Close, who was 18 years and 149 days when he appeared against New Zealand at Old Trafford in 1949
"I knew I was going to be 12th man for Essex again, but I was then asked if I could take care of the England drinks, which I couldn't really turn down," said Beard.
"Anderson and Broad were saying that I have to believe in what I do, because I do it for a reason. Andy Flower was backing me because he'd seen me bowl on Sunday."
Beard had been given special permission to take time off school in order to carry out his duties with Essex and England, but will now return to the classroom on Thursday.
"I won't be doing as much work, I'll be talking quite a lot about my experiences," he said.
The right-arm seamer says his experience with England has made him more driven to become a professional cricketer, but with his next game set to be at Upminster in the Essex League Premier Division on Saturday, his father Alan says the initial priority is to keep him level-headed.
"It's going to be tough to get him back to normality," said Beard Sr.
"It's all about making sure he gets the right balance between his cricket and school life, but most importantly he has to keep his feet on the ground."
The HPV jab is already given to schoolgirls in the UK, but there have been calls for the vaccination programme to be extended.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said immunising gay men would be cost effective.
Campaigners said the government was still leaving boys at risk.
HPV (human papillomavirus) is linked to 5% of all cancers worldwide.
Girls are vaccinated at the age of 12 or 13 to reduce their risk of cervical cancer, which is largely caused by the virus.
But HPV also causes cancers of the throat, anus and penis as well as causing genital warts.
There are 48,000 cases of genital warts in UK men each year.
The JCVI's latest report recommends offering the jab at sexual health clinics to men who have sex with men, aged between 16 and 40.
It says: "Although such a programme would be very likely to prevent HPV associated cancers in men who have sex with men, the model had indicated that an even more substantial benefit could be realised from the prevention of ano-genital warts."
A full analysis of the merits for vaccinated adolescent boys will not start until next year.
However, the committee noted that the success of the girls vaccination programme would "provide indirect protection for boys to such an effect that there may be little additional benefit to be accrued from vaccinating most boys".
Peter Baker, the director of the campaign group HPV Action, said: "While vaccinating men who have sex with men is a step forward, it is not sufficient to protect the UK population as a whole from the human papillomavirus and the entirely preventable diseases it causes.
"As things stand, the UK government is still putting parents in a position where they can see their daughters protected but not their sons."
The group says the move "will not protect the majority" of men who have sex with men if it is offered only at sexual health clinics.
The government said it would wait for a direct recommendation by the JCVI before responding.
Shirley Cramer, the chief executive of the Royal Society for Public Health, said: "While extending the vaccination to men who have sex with men is a positive step, we implore the committee to reach a decision and introduce a vaccination for all boys.
"Vaccinating men who have sex with men still leaves a significant proportion of the population at risk of HPV and vaccinating all girls and boys is the only way forward."
Dr Anna Roberts said she had identified about 20 to 30 manual gestures used by chimps, up to a third of which were similar to those used by humans.
The chimps' gestures included beckoning to make someone approach or flailing their arms to make someone leave.
It is hoped the finding may help researchers understand how humans evolved language.
Dr Roberts studied chimpanzees in the wild in Uganda over an eight-month period.
She believes the gestures suggest that a common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees must have used similar manual gestures.
The Stirling University scientist said: "Chimpanzees use these gestures intentionally to elicit a desired response from other chimpanzees and they may be the missing link between ape and human communication.
"We now know that these gestures must have been in the repertoire of our common ancestor and might have been the starting point for language evolution."
The study found the animals used gestures to communicate a range of activities including nursing, feeding, sex, aggression and defence.
Dr Roberts also discovered that chimpanzees not only communicate using manual gestures, but are able to work out what the signaller means from both gesture and accompanying context.
She said: "The defining way that people understand communication with others is by figuring out what someone really means by 'mind-reading' their intentions and we have discovered that chimpanzees may have a similar ability."
Dr Roberts said the research showed that the basic elements for the evolution of language appeared to be present in our closest living relatives.
The wall seems hopelessly inadequate even when it's not full of holes. When he returned to Kiribati from New Zealand, he had to fix it in three places. And he expects to trudge out after almost every high tide to patch it up again.
The threat of sea-level rise was the basis of his four year battle to become the world's first recognised climate refugee.
But courts in New Zealand rejected his claim, and he was deported in September for overstaying his visa. He says that decision has put him in danger.
"I'm the same as people who are fleeing war. Those who are afraid of dying, it's the same as me," he says.
Like many in Kiribati, he's worried the ocean will swallow the entire country like some latter day Atlantis.
Kiribati consists almost entirely of tiny strips of land which barely peek out above a vast and relentless Pacific Ocean.
Tarawa, the main island where Mr Teitiota now lives, is 3m (9.8ft) above sea level at its highest point. It's obvious why people here are worried about sea level rise.
Experts who study atolls point out that as erosion happens on one side of an atoll, sand often accumulates on the other. The sea might not win a complete victory, because atolls shift and change and even rise with the tide.
But the shore line is likely to move, so Mr Teitiota and others who live by the water worry that their sea walls or houses might wash away.
Mr Teitiota, his wife and three children are staying at his brother-in-law's house. It's a basic cinder block box with no chairs and virtually no modern conveniences.
He has two penned pigs in his yard and a pack of stray dogs scratch themselves under the palm trees. He warns me about the brown dog. That's the dangerous one. And he doesn't like it being so close to his kids.
The family relies on rainwater for drinking. The tank is too small, so they struggle to get enough. It's a bitter irony in a place that's constantly threatened with inundation.
They pump water from the ground too, but it's filthy. The groundwater here is just below the surface, which makes it vulnerable to contamination from humans and animals above.
They only use groundwater for washing, but it's making his children sick. All of them have skin problems. Hopefully, it's just an annoyance.
But childhood illness is a real concern here. Infant mortality is higher in Kiribati than in Bangladesh, and the water is a contributing factor.
While there are solutions to some of these problems, they cost money, and Mr Teitiota hasn't worked since he returned. The prospects aren't bright in a country where unemployment tops 30%.
Mr Teitiota's lawyer, Michael Kidd, is still outraged that he was deported.
"I'm amazed that the New Zealand government seems to think it's okay to send people back to those conditions," he says.
Mr Teitiota's current situation shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who heard his case. In fact, it's exactly what he told them would happen. And the various tribunals and courts that considered his case accepted he was telling the truth.
What they didn't accept was that the dangers were imminent, or that they were due to "reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion," as the refugee convention requires.
Mr Kidd sees politics in the mix. There are potentially hundreds of millions of people in low-lying areas that could be affected by sea level rises. He wonders if wealthy countries fear that cases like Mr Teitiota's could turn climate migration from a trickle to a raging torrent.
But there hasn't been a dramatic exodus just yet. The New Zealand immigration department sets aside 75 places a year in a lottery for migrants from Kiribati, and at the moment it can't fill them.
President Anote Tong suggests that is because things aren't desperate enough yet.
"It's not a critical issue yet. I think if there are people who migrate now, I hope they would do it out of choice. But as to the question, is it so critical that people would be regarded as refugees? My answer would be no, not at this point in time."
And yet, the annihilation of his country is something he discusses more than any other head of government.
He just hosted a conference which considered questions such as, what happens to a country's fishing rights if it ceases to be a country? Do people retain citizenship if a country no longer exists?
Perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise that Mr Teitiota worries about it.
"I think being a refugee is the best way of protecting myself. Especially if something happens to Kiribati," he says.
The refugee convention was a product of post-war Europe, conceived and written long before climate change became a global issue.
Cases like Mr Teitiota's don't really fit, according to Jane McAdam, a law professor at the University of New South Wales who has written extensively about refugees and climate change migration.
But if the refugee convention isn't the right mechanism for people fleeing natural calamities, (and there were 19.3 million of them in 2014) then what is?
A new international framework called the Nansen Initiative is emerging. It's a protection agenda based on "international consensus", "standards for treatment" and "operational responses to disasters."
"It's not a one size fits all approach, but a disaster toolkit", says Jane McAdam.
But it's still very much a work in progress, and there's no guarantee it would leave Ioane Teitiota better off.
"I wanted to stay in New Zealand because it's a better life there," he says.
For the moment, it appears he's stuck here in Kiribati.
Bale will remain in Spain to undergo special training after playing only 45 minutes for Real since 13 October because of a calf injury.
"He misses this game [so] the Madrid medical team can get him up to scratch. It's in our interest," said Coleman.
Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey will also miss the match with a hamstring problem.
Bale has missed Real's past four games but has resumed light training and could feature in the La Liga game against Sevilla on Sunday.
"After correspondence with Madrid, he'll probably figure in the next game for them I'd imagine, but they want to use this time wisely and carefully to get him up to scratch, and we respect that," added Coleman.
"I think Gareth also wants to do what's right and we've never taken risks with players, it's not in our nature.
"It's not that Madrid have said we can't take him, but we've got to look at it and think it's a wise thing to do."
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Ramsey suffered his injury in Arsenal's Champions League win over Bayern Munich on 20 October.
Gunners manager Arsene Wenger criticised Wales for playing the 24-year-old in the 2-0 win against Andorra after their Euro 2016 qualification was already secured.
This is the first time Bale and Ramsey will both be missing for Wales since they last faced Netherlands, losing 2-0 in a friendly in June 2014.
Reading forward Hal Robson-Kanu will also miss the Netherlands game after suffering an ankle injury against Andorra.
Walsall striker Tom Bradshaw is included for the first time in the absence of Bale and Robson-Kanu, while defender Paul Dummett returns after missing the last four games in Euro 2016 qualifying with a hamstring injury.
Bournemouth midfielder Shaun MacDonald replaces David Cotterill in the squad as the Birmingham City winger has a knee injury.
Goalkeepers
Wayne Hennessey (Crystal Palace), Daniel Ward (Aberdeen, on loan from Liverpool), Owain Fon Williams (Inverness Caledonian Thistle).
Defenders
Ashley Williams (Swansea City), James Chester (West Bromwich Albion), James Collins (West Ham United), Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur), Chris Gunter (Reading), Neil Taylor (Swansea City), Adam Henley (Blackburn Rovers), Paul Dummett (Newcastle United).
Midfielders
Joe Ledley (Crystal Palace), Joe Allen (Liverpool), David Vaughan (Nottingham Forest), Emyr Huws (Wigan Athletic), Jonathan Williams (Crystal Palace), Andy King (Leicester City), David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Shaun MacDonald (Bournemouth).
Forwards
Tom Lawrence (Leicester City), Tom Bradshaw (Walsall), Simon Church (Milton Keynes Dons), Sam Vokes (Burnley).
Zayn Malik has carved a niche in pervy electropop; Harry Styles is prog rock's new hope; Liam Payne's plumped for aspirational R&B and lovely Niall Horan is doing lovely pop ballads.
So where does that leave Louis Tomlinson?
He was always the underappreciated one - a quiet, benign presence in the world's biggest band.
Speaking to The Observer last month, the 25-year-old acknowledged he was seen by some as "forgettable, to a certain degree".
What he contributed, though, was songwriting - receiving credits on more One Direction songs than any of his bandmates.
Appropriately for a former singer in a Green Day tribute act, he was the one who pushed the idea that a pop band could have guitar riffs.
He might not have been directly responsible for sampling The Who's Baba O'Reilly in Best Song Ever, but it certainly fitted his vision for the band.
"Little things like that were really important to me," he tells the BBC. "It was amazing that we were able to combine the two - absolute pop with guitar music."
When One Direction went on hiatus in 2015, Tomlinson admits he went a bit wild - making up for the teenage party years he lost to fame.
"It wasn't really me but I embraced it at the time," he says, looking back.
The star dipped his toes back into the pop world last December, appearing as a guest vocalist on Steve Aoki's single, Just Hold On.
But just as it was released, Tomlinson's mother died. Johannah Deakin, who had been diagnosed with leukaemia at the start of 2016, was only 43 years old.
They had been unusually close - she was the first person he told when he lost his virginity - and her death hit him particularly hard.
Nonetheless, Tomlinson went ahead with a planned X Factor performance of Just Hold On that week (partly at her request), finding solace in people's reaction.
"I don't like to talk about it much, but I will say I've never had anything like it in my life," he says.
"It felt like the support went deeper than the fans - like people across the nation had my back. That was really nice. My mum would have loved that, definitely."
Since that performance, Tomlinson has been hard at work in the studio and, on Friday, releases his first solo single Back To You.
A duet with US pop singer Bebe Rexha, it's a brooding pop concoction about returning to a relationship that "stresses me out".
The 25-year-old told the BBC how the song came about, what it felt like to leave One Direction, and how the Arctic Monkeys' lyrics influenced his debut album.
We're speaking 12 hours before your single comes out. How do you feel?
I'm nervous - but less than I was three weeks ago. I've got a lot of good feedback from people at the record label and radio stations - but all that does really is ramp up the pressure because you're hoping what they say is true.
And now you'll find out whether they were lying all along.
I will finally know. Exactly!
I was curious to find out why your first solo single starts with Bebe Rexha, singing the entire first verse.
We recorded a version where I sang first - but you've got to do what's best by the song.
With the emotion she gives it, and the way she opens up the song, it always had to be her, really.
The lyrics are pretty gritty. Do you think that might surprise people?
My whole mission with this album is to not write these Hollywood-esque songs that talk about some unfathomable crazy love story. I'm so bored of that.
Because I'm from up north, I grew up loving the likes of the Arctic Monkeys and Oasis. And the way they tell stories is such an effortless thing. It's real, it's honest and it's to the point, you know?
Now, any of the Arctic Monkeys would be devastated to hear me talking like this, but there is a way of incorporating that conversational honesty into pop.
So what have you been writing about on the album?
There's one song I'm really attached to called Just Like You, which is all about this view of celebrities that we're impenetrable and almost not human, but fundamentally we all have the same problems.
Heartbreak feels the same, loss feels the same, all these feelings are the same for all of us. Mine just look a load different to, maybe, Tom who works in the chippy from nine to five.
I noticed that all the artwork was shot in Doncaster.
Well, we did the video for Back To You in Doncaster, which was amazing. I mean, I'm just the biggest advocate of Doncaster in the world, I'd say.
OK then, sell Doncaster to me in two lines…
If you're not from there it's difficult to explain - but if you wanted to completely embrace a fully fun working class night out, then you go to Doncaster.
What did Bebe Rexha make of the city?
She was great. She thought it was cool. I did hear her team ask for sushi at lunch, which struck me as naive in Doncaster.
Did you not take her for a curry chip?
I didn't but I really should have! There's a great chippy round the corner from where we filmed, as well.
Your last performance with One Direction was on the X Factor in 2015. Did you wake up the next morning thinking: "I'm free!"?
Oh no - it was a very emotional time. It was a really weird feeling, because [the break] is by no means definitive, so it leaves you in a place where you're like, "OK, what comes next?"
What did you get offered? Film work, modelling contracts, presenting?
I'm not very good at fashion but there were a few TV opportunities. But unless you are someone like Harry - who is immensely talented in so many different areas - I think it's really important to stay in your lane and do what you do well.
Having said that, the idea of acting sounds quite exciting to me. The idea of playing the ultimate rough chavvy - it's like me being everyone I always wanted to be in Doncaster!
But I'd rather get the music 100% right, rather than 90% right while trying to dip my toe in something else.
What are your plans for the album?
Ideally it's coming at the end of this year, but I don't want to put myself under too many time constraints and end up in a position where I have to put two fillers on it.
How many songs have you written altogether?
I'd say about 50. It's a lot of work.
Have you got them all on a phone somewhere?
Yeah! There's a couple of songs that me and my girlfriend [fashion blogger Eleanor Calder] really like that'll never be used for anything, so they're kind of just for us. That's really nice.
Are they ones you've written for her?
A lot of the album's about her, really. I wanted to make the album feel chronological, because that's how I wrote it.
You can hear my journey as an individual over these three years - leaving the band, then going out on to the really crazy party scene, and then I've kind of ended up full circle back with Eleanor, who I love dearly.
Not many people put that much thought into an album these days. It's usually just a collection of potential singles.
Then a lot of people are missing a point.
Like I said to my best mate, Olly, I want there to be songs on the album that I could play to your mum, and she could listen to it and take something away from it. Maybe she doesn't love the song, but lyrically she'll understand something about me.
This is something that - for me, anyway - it doesn't feel like we have enough of. A lot of artists use words because they sound nice, or because it works for the science of the song.
Again, that's why bands like Arctic Monkeys are so great. They don't work on any script or any maths or science. They just say what they feel. If it doesn't rhyme, it doesn't matter. If it sounds awkward, it doesn't matter.
I think, especially with being lucky enough to have a big fanbase, I want to say to them, "Look, lyrics actually matter, and I want to show you why".
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The image of the Greek goddess Niobe, weeping for her dead offspring, was painted on a door from the ruins of Rabie Darduna's house in Gaza City.
It can be seen in a video released by the secretive artist after his surprise visit to the Palestinian territory a month ago and is on his website.
A local buyer gave Mr Darduna just 700 shekels ($175; £118) for the picture.
However, original Banksy artworks have recently sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Darduna family property was one of some 18,000 in Gaza that were destroyed during last year's 50-day war with Israel, displacing 110,000 people, according to the United Nations.
"It was a two-storey building but only the door was left standing," says Mr Darduna. "Then a young, foreign man came and painted on it."
The father-of-six says that after the picture began to get media attention he was approached by a group of men.
They convinced him they were acting on behalf of the artist and wanted to buy the door, as it was part of a series of works.
"They said they wanted to put it in a museum in Gaza where everyone could see it," Mr Darduna explains.
"One man told me: 'We're from the group that did it.' They made me sign a paper. It said I agreed on 700 shekels. They pressured me and I accepted because I need the money."
Since losing their house, 20 members of the Darduna family have moved into a cramped, rented apartment, sharing just two bedrooms.
When the BBC contacted the buyer of the Niobe picture he insisted the purchase was legal and refused to comment further.
On Wednesday rumours began to circulate that it had been returned to the family, following media coverage. But the buyer later posted on his Facebook page that the door was still in his possession.
"Really we feel depressed and very upset," Mr Darduna. "This door is rightfully ours. They cheated us. It's a matter of fraud. And we're asking for the door to be returned."
As well as the painting of the goddess, Banksy left murals of a pink-ribboned cat playing with a ball of mangled metal and children swinging from an Israeli watchtower.
On a wall he wrote: "If we wash our hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless we side with the powerful - we don't remain neutral."
In a two-minute satirical video, suggesting Gaza as a tourist destination, the artist - whose true identity is not known - sought to highlight the plight of its residents.
Many who have been displaced have begun to lose hope.
They have returned to their damaged homes, patching them up or camping outdoors, while they wait for promised financial support and construction materials so they can rebuild.
More than $5bn (£3.4bn) was pledged in international aid. However the authorities in Gaza say little has arrived.
Banksy has previously visited the occupied West Bank at least twice.
His street artworks in Bethlehem - including some on Israel's separation barrier - are now a tourist attraction.
A Banksy shop sells magnets, T-shirts and other customized souvenirs.
However here too, his murals have stirred up tensions. Those showing a donkey and a rat were initially thought to be insulting and were painted over.
Others were cut down and sold for much less than their true market value. Art dealers shipped at least two overseas.
"At first nobody knew who Banksy was, not even me and I was involved in his exhibition," says artist, Ayed Arafah from Bethlehem's Dheisha refugee camp.
"Artists could see his work had a special character but other people just thought he was like any other international [figure] who came to make graffiti on the wall and support the Palestinian cause."
"But then it became clear how many foreigners came to see the work and slowly people realised what it was worth."
"Now I think that even if [Banksy] drew something very small - even a dot - people might cut down their walls and try to sell it."
Goals from Anthony Wordsworth, Tyrone Barnett and David Mooney gave the play-off hopefuls a 3-1 win at Roots Hall.
"They're top of the league for a reason and that's because their basics are very, very good, and that's what we've got to learn," said Brown.
"I thought we outdid the best basic team in the division with the basics and consequently we've won the game."
He continued to BBC Essex: "I think we'll have a video session in the week to show them what I mean by the basics: the regaining of possession, being in the right place at the right time - it's not a fluke, it's good judgement from good players."
The victory moved Southend up to seventh, two points behind the play-off places.
But they had gone in at half-time level after controversy surrounding Stuart Beavon's 44th-minute equaliser for Burton, who have now lost three of their past six matches.
"At 1-1 at half-time, you're bemoaning your luck because of the way they got the equalising goal," said Brown
"A lot of people say the ball was out of play, but two three of our players stopped at that moment and consequently Beavon stuck the ball in the back of the net.
"Now the half-time team talk changes but I thought we were good for going in 1-0 up.
"It was a tight game, a little bit of quality in front of goal eventually won it, but you're never off the hook with this Burton team and you've got to beat them, and we did."
The new name for the 74,500-seat capacity stadium, the home of Welsh rugby, will be used from January 2016.
It was built at a cost of £121m to replace the National Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park, for the 1999 World Cup.
The structure, owned by the Welsh Rugby Union, is famous for having the only fully-retractable roof on a UK stadium.
Its construction was funded to the tune of £46m by the Millennium Commission, which resulted in its original name.
As well as hosting the FA Cup finals from 2001-06, the stadium has staged rugby and football internationals, major concerts by artists like U2 and the Rolling Stones and has been selected to host the 2017 Uefa Champions League final.
The first match to be played under the new name at the stadium will be Wales' Six Nations game with Scotland on Saturday, 13 February.
WRU chairman Gareth Davies said: "Both parties are comfortable with the arrangement. I think a 10-year deal is significant in terms of naming rights for a stadium."
In its last financial accounts in 2014, the WRU's debt stood at £15m. That figure was once £75m as a result of the stadium's construction costs.
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For Lombroso, a sloping forehead, large ears, very long arms and any one of a host of other physical characteristics pointed toward their owner's in-born propensity for a life lived on the wrong side of the law.
If only it were that easy to spot the bad guys. Now, it takes a great deal more effort to spot both the crime and the criminal.
But big data is helping in a big way.
Publicly shared information combined with data from local authorities, social services and intelligence gathered by beat officers is helping police forces around the world spot trouble before it starts.
It's not quite the "pre-crime" scenario featured in the 2002 science fiction film Minority Report, but it's getting close.
Former policeman Shaun Hipgrave, now a security consultant at IBM, said: "It's about using big data and analytics in a smarter way. You are just giving them access to information that they never used to have before."
It helps the police be much less reactive, he said, and slowly starts to reveal the real trouble spots and troublemakers in a neighbourhood, estate or street.
When information like that becomes clear, the police can do something about it long before anyone dials 999. And that counts for people as much as it does for pubs or clubs.
The data analytics software links up with government initiatives on so-called "troubled families" that can be the nexus of a lot of problems in some towns and cities.
Spotting people who are orbiting those groups can help head off any future problems.
"When you use big data you can see the relationships between one family and another troubled family and you see the absences from school," he said. "It creates a fuller, holistic picture."
"This is ultimately about crime prevention," said Mr Hipgrave, "and part of that is knowing more about a community and seeing ways to change the architecture of it."
Big data analytics is also increasingly important in the fight against cross-border crime.
When police were investigating the shooting of Jill Dando in 1999, much time and effort went in to tracing the history of the bullet that killed her, said Babak Akhgar, professor of informatics at Sheffield Hallam University.
At that time, detectives had to call police forces in other countries individually to find information about the bullet and the type of gun that might have fired it.
It was a huge task and one that would only have got more difficult as gun crime evolved, said Prof Akhgar.
"This type of crime now has a very specific multinational element to it," he said. "Our research found that criminals are using guns and bullets as a form of currency."
As a result, he said, weapons and their ammunition regularly cross borders and pass through the hands of many dedicated and serious criminals.
Analytics and a database called Odyssey mean information about when which weapon was used, and what was fired, is now much easier to come by.
Big data was essential to that project because of the wide variety of data types police forces in different European nations use to classify weapons, ammunition, the type of crime, as well as the criminals themselves.
The inherently multinational nature of another serious crime, the sexual abuse of children, is also being tackled with the help of analytical tools that have to deal with a vast dataset made up of still images, video, HTML and text.
The problem here, said Johann Hoffman of image forensics firm NetClean, is the sheer amount of data involved.
Typically, police forces are confronted with gigabytes and sometimes terabytes of data when they arrest a paedophile or raid someone who runs a service that trades in images of child sex abuse.
"The amount of data is constantly growing," said Mr Hoffman. "The problem is, how as a police officer do you go through that huge amount of data? When you are dealing with terabytes there's no way a human could ever go through it all."
The situation is complicated by the fact that images and videos of abuse are widely traded. Without big data analytics police officers could spend a lot of time literally retracing the steps of other forces that have already worked out who was behind one set of images or who they depict.
A cross-European project is helping police forces spot the novel material more quickly, said Mr Hoffman, adding that the analysis has led to a series of successes against abusers.
"The numbers are not lying," he said. "They are rescuing more people and solving more cases."
Data analytics is also being used to spot anomalous patterns of behaviour to combat financial fraud.
Durham police shut down a "cash for crash" scam which involved an organised crime group defrauding insurance companies by claiming several times for the same accident. Many of the accidents were thought to be staged just to generate a claim.
There were so many accidents that insurance premiums in and around the area were forced far above the national average.
The analytics was put to work on about 1,800 incidents and quickly identified the core group of dodgy claims. The operation resulted in the arrest of 70 people who received sentences of up to four years in jail.
In another example, Nationwide Building Society managed to reduce fraud losses by 75% using SAS software, says David Parsons, head of fraud analytics.
"We now have huge amounts of data and can look at any number of parameters to help us spot anomalous behaviour," he says. "And the speed with which we can do this is phenomenal."
But Hitesh Patel, forensic investigations partner at KPMG, warns: "With the volume of data doubling every two years, financial fraud is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
"We're just running to stand still at the moment."
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The 20-year-old left-back will join the Gunners on a deal worth £40,000.
Liam McDonald signed Bramall for the Northern Premier League side and believes he could follow the path of Leicester striker Jamie Vardy, who also started out in non-league.
"He's a natural athlete and he's got a great opportunity to develop that now," McDonald told BBC Radio 5 live.
"He'll take it in his stride. I'm very positive he'll have a similar impact to Jamie Vardy."
Bramall follows the road taken by Everton and Wales defender Ashley Williams, who started his career at the Staffordshire club.
Crystal Palace and Sheffield Wednesday had both reportedly watched Bramall, but only Arsenal agreed terms.
He travelled to Arsenal's London Colney training ground on Thursday with his agent Dan Chapman, following an initial period on trial.
Bramall, from the South Cheshire area, worked full-time in the Bentley car factory in Crewe until being made redundant, before working in a clothes shop.
He spent a short spell at nearby Nantwich Town before joining the Pitmen.
"It's fantastic to see players go through like this," Nantwich director of football Jon Gold told BBC Radio Stoke.
"He was obviously a great talent when he first came to us but the manager at the time was going with older players. That happens. Jamie Vardy was turned down by many clubs, don't forget, including even Crewe.
"Cohen's a lovely lad. I'm not sure he was taking his football that seriously and he went around the area a bit before moving on to Hednesford, but sometimes it can take time.
"He played against us earlier in the season and he was man of the match. We're proud to have played even a little part in his development."
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The defendants, who appeared to be from the region's Muslim Uighur community, were presented at a venue holding about 7,000 spectators.
Three of the defendants were sentenced to death.
Chinese officials have blamed militant Uighur groups for a growing number of violent attacks across the country.
Photos from the open-air mass sentencing showed police trucks parked near a running track.
Prisoners wearing orange vests stood in the back of the vehicles, surrounded by armed guards, their heads bowed.
The sentencing happened in Yili, near China's border with Kazakhstan.
Local officials and residents watched the proceedings.
Those sentenced to death had used weapons to murder a family last year "using extremely cruel methods", according to reports.
Celia Hatton, BBC News, Beijing
This kind of mass sentencing is reminiscent of China's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, when large groups of people would gather to denounce those who crossed the Communist Party leadership. In the 1980s and 1990s, public trials were also used during the government's widespread attempts to crack down on crime.
Startled by an increasing number of bloody attacks on civilians linked to militants within Xinjiang's ethnic Uighur community, the Chinese government is returning to this type of political theatre.
Beijing is attempting to calm the wider Chinese public, by showing a blatant display of force, while also issuing a warning to Uighurs hoping to challenge the dominance of the minority Han Chinese moving into Xinjiang.
No further details about the defendants' cases were immediately available.
The public rally seems to have been a show of force by the Chinese government, which has just launched a national anti-terrorism operation focusing on Xinjiang.
Officials last week announced a one-year campaign against militant violence in Xinjiang, banning people from conducting or supporting extremist activity.
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The announcement came after 39 people were killed last week when five suicide bombers attacked a street market in Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital.
Beijing has blamed this - and other recent mass-casualty attacks - on Uighur separatists.
These include an attack in Beijing, where a car ploughed into pedestrians in Tiananmen Square, killing five people, and attacks at railway stations in Urumqi and Kunming.
China says it is pouring money into the Xinjiang region, but some Uighurs say their traditions and freedoms are being crushed.
Warmbier, 21, was arrested for trying to steal a propaganda sign from a hotel while visiting North Korea in January.
He later appeared on state TV apparently confessing and saying a church group had asked him to bring back a "trophy" from his trip.
North Korea sometimes uses the detention of foreigners as a means of exerting pressure on its adversaries.
The BBC's Stephen Evans in South Korea says the 15-year sentence is high compared to those given to foreigners in the past.
This could be due to the particularly high tensions at the moment between North Korea and the US, he says.
North Korean state news agency KCNA said Warmbier was convicted under an article of the criminal code relating to subversion. The verdict was handed down by the Supreme Court.
Warmbier, a student at the University of Virginia, was arrested on 2 January as he was trying to leave North Korea. He was accused of committing "hostile acts".
KCNA said at the time he had gone to North Korea "to destroy the country's unity" and that he had been "manipulated" by the US government.
At the end of February, at a tearful press conference in Pyongyang, he said he had "committed the crime of taking down a political slogan from the staff holding area of the Yanggakdo International Hotel".
"The aim of my task was to harm the motivation and work ethic of the Korean people. This was a very foolish aim," he was quoted as saying.
He said it was the "worst mistake" of his life.
North Korea detainees often recant their confessions once out of the country.
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The sentencing comes a day after veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson met North Korean officials at the UN in New York to try to push for Warmbier's release.
Mr Richardson has previously been involved in negotiations to secure the release of Americans from North Korea detention.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned the sentence: "North Korea's sentencing of Otto Warmbier to 15 years hard labour for a college-style prank is outrageous and shocking" said Phil Robertson, deputy director of HRW's Asia division, in a statement.
North Korean state media took a less lenient view: "The accused confessed to the serious offense he had committed against the DPRK, pursuant to the US government's hostile policy toward it, in a bid to impair the unity of its people, after entering as a tourist," reported the KCNA news agency.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is North Korea's formal name.
North Korea has ramped up its hostile rhetoric in recent weeks, after the UN imposed some of its toughest ever sanctions.
The sanctions were a response to the North conducting its fourth nuclear test and launching a satellite into space, which was seen as a covert test of banned missile technology.
Pyongyang has also been angered by the US and South Korea carrying out their annual military drills, which this year involve some 315,000 personnel.
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has threatened "indiscriminate" nuclear attacks against the US and the South, and has said his country will soon test a nuclear warhead.
However analysts still doubt whether the North has the capacity to carry out a nuclear attack.
The brief will be folded into an expanded Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy under Greg Clark.
Ed Miliband, the former energy and climate secretary under Labour, called the move "plain stupid".
It comes at a time when campaigners are urging the government to ratify the Paris climate change deal.
In his statement, Mr Clark appeared keen to calm concerns about the priority given to tackling global warming.
He said: "I am thrilled to have been appointed to lead this new department charged with delivering a comprehensive industrial strategy, leading Government's relationship with business, furthering our world-class science base, delivering affordable, clean energy and tackling climate change."
Meanwhile, Andrea Leadsom, who ran against Theresa May for the Conservative leadership, is the new Environment Secretary.
Ms Leadsom succeeds Liz Truss, who is taking over as Secretary of State for Justice after a two-year tenure at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
One of the most pressing items on the environment agenda is the ratification of the Paris climate deal, which was inked last year.
The climate "sceptic" group Global Warming Policy Forum has long demanded the demise of Decc, so alarm bells are ringing loudly for some green groups.
But in truth, the decision to subsume Decc into an expanded business department could be read as either a positive move for climate policy, or a negative one.
The Green Party and Friends of the Earth, for instance, see the move as potentially a major downgrade for climate as a government priority.
Decc has made the UK a world leader in climate policy, and scrapping the department removes the words "climate change" from the title of any department. Out of sight, out of mind, in the basement, perhaps.
But here's an opposite scenario: the UK is already bound by its Climate Change Act to step-by-step cuts in greenhouse gases through to 2050.
The new Defra Secretary Andrea Leadsom has re-iterated that there will be no deviation from long-term carbon targets.
Greg Clark, the man in charge of the expanded department, was a Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate and has written papers on achieving a Low Carbon Economy.
If you really intend climate change to drive an industrial transformation, why not embrace it within a powerful department that's developing the sort of industrial strategy needed to forge a genuine Low Carbon economy?
Mr Clark's opening remarks suggest this may be the case. But the department faces formidable problems getting the UK on track with its long-term carbon-cutting ambitions.
Decisions on Hinkley Point nuclear station and the government's Low Carbon strategy due later this year will offer genuine pointers to the significance of the death of Decc.
Labour's former leader and one-time climate secretary Ed Miliband has been among those urging the government the agreement as soon as possible.
Although the UK has signed up, it needs to formally join the agreement with a communication to the UN.
Mr Miliband had been concerned that "climate sceptics" might try to derail the deal if they gain positions of power in the new administration.
On the changes at DECC, he tweeted: "Abolition just plain stupid. Climate not even mentioned in new dept. title. Matters because depts shape priorities shape outcomes."
Friends of the Earth chief executive Craig Bennett described the news as "shocking".
"Less than a day into the job and it appears that the new Prime Minister has already downgraded action to tackle climate change, one of the biggest threats we face," he said.
"If Theresa May supports strong action on climate change, as she's previously said, it's essential that this is made a top priority for the new business and energy department and across government."
However, David Nussbaum, chief executive of WWF-UK, commented: "The new Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy can be a real powerhouse for change, joining up Whitehall teams to progress the resilient, sustainable, and low carbon infrastructure that we urgently need."
Dr Benny Peiser, director of the Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF), said: "Moving energy policy to the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy should give ministers a fresh impetus to ensure that the costs for consumers and businesses are driven down, not pushed further up."
One pressing item in Mr Clark's in-tray is the possible effect leaving the EU could have on the £18bn Hinkley Point nuclear power station project.
French energy giant EDF is a key investor in the project and there are concerns that the uncertainty over Brexit could undermine its commitment.
Speaking earlier, Angus Brendan MacNeil, chair of the Commons energy and climate select committee, has pointed out that pre-referendum, "EDF was investing in another EU member state". Now, he added, "that is no longer the case". However, EDF officials have said they remain committed to the project.
There will also be big changes to the way farming operates - something for Ms Leadsom's in-tray at Defra. The impact on food prices and the effects of losing direct subsidies are among the questions the department will need to address.
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Wright, 20, had been with former club Chelsea since the age of 10, and signed a professional deal in 2013.
Injuries hampered his first-team progress at Stamford Bridge, although the full-back did play youth team, reserve and under-21 games.
"It's very exciting for me, it's been a long journey since I left Chelsea," Wright told BBC Radio Cumbria.
"I'm excited and in love with the fans and the club already."
The Waltham Forest-born player has been on trial at Carlisle for some time, and is joined at Brunton Park by the returning Alexander McQueen, who has also agreed a short-term contract.
Wright admits his Chelsea departure was tough to take, having been so close to the club since childhood.
"It was quite upsetting because it was a big part of my life for so long,"
"That said, I was also ready to take the next step and start pushing for first-team football because that's my end goal."
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Jim Stevenson opened the scoring for the visitors when he headed home Rhys Browne's cross just moments into the second half.
And Browne made certain of all three points late on with a powerful drive from outside the box.
Halifax came close to grabbing a consolation, but Shaquille McDonald's effort was saved by keeper Dan Thomas.
The Shaymen are only two points clear of the relegation zone, while Aldershot climbed one place to 14th.
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Aldershot manager Barry Smith told BBC Surrey: "We knew Halifax were on a good run of form and we knew they would come out all guns blazing.
"I felt if we weathered the storm we would always get chances. We've played better but it's not a great pitch and we scored two good goals."
A majority of grammars will be left worse off by proposed funding changes, according to analysis by the Grammar School Heads' Association.
A number of Conservative MPs are urging the government to change its plans.
But the Department for Education said it was ending a postcode lottery in school funding.
The new system is designed to support deprived areas by reallocating existing funding.
But the Grammar School Heads' Association has said that while 60 grammar schools will gain, 103 are set to lose money, 62 of which will receive cuts as deep as any in England.
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The head of Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Tim Gartside, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that he and his governors were considering asking for voluntary contributions of £30 or £40 a month from parents if the cuts took place.
Mr Gartside, who also speaks for the Grammar School Heads' Association, said "many other" grammars were considering a similar move.
"What we're looking at here is funding which is fundamentally going to change the nature of grammar schools," he said.
Some grammars already use parental contributions to help cover spending.
Southend High School has folded parental contributions into its main accounts for two years and is increasingly using it to contribute to spending on salaries and library books.
Latymer School in north London has asked parents for contributions to help cover a funding shortfall, and expects more schools to do likewise.
Schools are not allowed to charge for education in school hours, but no law prevents them from asking for voluntary contributions for the benefit of the school or any school activities.
The existing funding system for grammar schools was criticised for being arbitrary and tending to give more money to city schools than those in suburbs and shire counties.
The co-chair of the F40 campaign for fairer funding, Conservative MP Alex Chalk, said there was concern about the risk of replacing one geographical injustice with another.
The campaign spent years pushing for funding reform.
He welcomed the fact the funding rules were being rewritten, but said: "The bottom line is that it's created some distorted outcomes which we think require some significant remodelling."
Ministers face pressure from other Conservative MPs concerned about proposed cuts affecting schools of all kinds in their constituencies.
Some of them privately expect the government to change its plans.
A number of Tories are backing heads' demands for a minimum per pupil funding guarantee that teachers and MPs proposed to the schools minister Nick Gibb in a meeting at the start of the year.
One head who attended the meeting - Sarah Burns of the Sandbach Boys School free school, Cheshire - said she would have to consider running her school on a four-day week, scrapping the sixth form or cutting arts subjects from the syllabus.
She said: "They are absolutely realistic possibilities given the level of cuts and the fact that we've already cut to the bone.
"Given those levels of cuts we will have to take some really hard decisions like those."
A spokesman for the Department for Education said: "We are going to end the historic postcode lottery in school funding.
"Under the proposed national schools funding formula, more than half of England's schools will receive a cash boost in 2018-19."
A consultation on the proposed new funding formula is to run until March.
Police said no other vehicles were involved in the accident, which happened near Anstruther on the Ovenstone to Carnbee road.
The 53-year-old man was declared dead at the scene following the incident between 20:25 and 20:40 on Wednesday.
Police have appealed for drivers who were on the road at the time and may have information about the crash to come forward.
The man was inside the CASE tractor when it overturned, resulting in him suffering serious injuries, said police.
Sgt Alastair Purvis added: "Sadly this incident has resulted in the death of the tractor driver and while we are satisfied no other vehicles were involved, we are keen to hear from anyone who witnessed what happened.
"Motorists or other members of the public who were on the Ovenstone to Carnbee road on Wednesday evening and who have information that can assist with our ongoing investigation should contact police immediately."
This is the full statement to the inquests from his mother, Sandra Stringer:
Paul William Carlile was born on 8 August 1969. Paul came into this world weighing just 4lbs. He fought hard to survive but grew to become a handsome, loving, respectful young man.
He was the first boy born to Sandra after his sisters Donna and Michelle. Paul's younger brother, Darren, was born 10 years later.
Paul was brought up to be a law-abiding citizen. He was not a hooligan and he was not a drunkard.
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Paul had a close relationship with his cousins and enjoyed family holidays to Butlins. It wouldn't be just our house, though, it would be nan, granddad, aunts, uncles and all our cousins.
We would book the whole row of chalets and Paul loved the fact that all his family were together. These were good days, happy days.
Paul's nan wanted him to become a priest, so, to please her, he became an altar boy for a few years, together with his cousin Gary, at St Peter and Paul's church.
His nan was Liverpool mad and Paul developed the same passion. He couldn't believe his luck when his dad, Jimmy, took him to Rome to see the team play.
His mum and nan were the most important people in his life. When his grandfather died in 1985, he could not bear to think of his nan on her own.
He was torn between the two women he adored. He wanted to be with them both so he shared his time between the two houses. This was just fine for Paul because he would be spoilt rotten in both homes.
After finishing his time at St Kevin's High School, Paul began a plastering apprenticeship. He loved his work and was proud of his achievements.
Paul loved treating his mum. Every Friday, he would come home with her favourite sweets and pay for her to go to the hairdressers.
He used to tell her: "One day, everyone will know my name. I will be famous, and I'll buy you a big white house".
His mum was meticulous about cleaning, but Paul would pay no heed.
After work each day, he would come home, straight into the kitchen, wrap his arms around mum, kissing her head and swung her around like a rag doll. There would be plaster and dust flying off him and we would be laughing so hard we could hardly breathe.
That was typical of Paul. He would brighten up a room just by walking in.
Paul was always a joker. He had such a crazy laugh. He would pretend to be a horse and his nieces, Tori and Katie, would take turns getting rides.
Tori had an imaginary dog and Paul would often pretend to be taking the dog out for a walk. Tori would be fuming, shouting at him to leave her dog alone and Paul thought this was hysterical. He was a terrible torment. The kids adored him.
Paul was very protective of his sisters Donna and Michelle. He would even walk into the classrooms and say he was checking his sisters were OK.
When his mum became pregnant with Darren, he used to put his head on her tummy and he always said, "It's a boy and we are calling him Darren".
Paul enjoyed fishing, he enjoyed darts and snooker, but his passion was football. He loved Liverpool.
On Friday, 14 April, Paul finished his apprenticeship. It was a proud day for him. He was to start his new job on Monday, a day that never came.
On 15 April, our world fell apart. He came home on his sister Michelle's 21st birthday. She no longer celebrates that day.
The night before his funeral, all his friends slept on the living room floor to be near him one more night.
We had a double funeral with his friend, Carl Lewis. People say the streets were lined and they couldn't get into the church.
The street he lived in with nan was renamed Carlile Way at the request of the neighbours. He was a loved and respected part of his community and they wanted to make sure he was never forgotten.
The loss of Paul has devastated his family. His mum, dad, sisters and brother.
Before he was taken from us, he had a chance to meet his nieces Tori and Katie, and his nephew Ritchie was seven-months-old. Paul now has a nephew, Adam Paul, and nieces Emma, Olivia, Lydia and Faye and our new baby, Mason Paul.
We talk about him every day. We miss his laugh, his handsome face and his enthusiasm for life. Paul was the blue eye in our family, our number one. He still is.
He had a simple life: he loved his family, his friends and his football.
We don't know what Paul's dreams were. I guess he thought he had a lifetime to fulfil them. He was 19.
His life was only just beginning. He didn't get the chance to fall in love or hold his own child in his arms.
People say time heals. It doesn't. You simply learn to live with your grief. We haven't been allowed to heal. We just want some answers that may give us some peace.
He did nothing wrong that day. He went to watch the team he loved and came home to me in a coffin.
Our pain will go when we are with Paul again and hold him in our arms.
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WBA and WBO champion Fury is scheduled to take on Wladimir Klitschko in a rematch in Manchester.
"It was always in my mind to fight on 9 July, but there are other dates as well," IBF champion Joshua, 26, told BBC Radio 5 live.
"Let Fury and Klitschko have their day. Let's not mix anything up."
Fury defeated Klitschko on points in Dusseldorf last November to become WBA, WBO and IBF champion.
The Englishman was then stripped of the IBF belt that Joshua now holds and has yet to defend any of his titles.
A future fight between Fury and Joshua has already been suggested, with both men confident of victory.
Fury derided Joshua as "slow" and "ponderous" following his second-round stoppage of IBF champion Charles Martin. and asked for a chance "to slay the lamb" in a highly lucrative all-British fight.
Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn has claimed a meeting between Fury and his charge would generate £40m, with both fighters picking up in excess of £10m.
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However, Hearn also said that Joshua would fight an American challenger next to take advantage of the surge in interest in his career.
Joshua highlighted former WBC world champion Bermane Stiverne and undefeated American Dominic Breazeale as possible opponents.
Stiverne, 37, lost his title to Deontay Wilder via a unanimous decision in January 2015 but has claimed on Twitter that he believes that he will fight Joshua next and will inflict the Olympic champion's first defeat.
Fury, who calls himself "Gypsy King" on Twitter and is from a family of Traveller heritage, told BBC Sport that since becoming heavyweight champion he has suffered "more racial abuse".
But Joshua said he has no sympathy for the Manchester fighter, citing Fury's controversial comments about women and telling him to "grow a thick skin".
"Everyone has their opinion," said Joshua. "It's a social world and you just have to take it.
"You take the good with the bad and that's just the world we live in.
"Tyson, you need to grow a thick skin and learn how to deal with these things because sometimes he says negative things about people, about women and so on, and they have to deal with it. So sometimes you have to take a bit of backlash."
Pressure group, We Will Rise, organised the demonstration and members branded Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre "racist and inhumane".
Protesters, including former detainees, asylum seekers and refugees, surrounded the centre near Strathaven in South Lanarkshire.
The Home Office said detention was part of a "firm but fair" system.
They chanted "shut down Dungavel" and held up banners reading "no one is illegal".
Former Dungavel detainee, Sally Martinez, told the crowd: "We believe we can end detention in Scotland. To see so many people here is really inspiring. The costs of detention are too great - it has a human cost, a financial cost and a moral cost. Dungavel's time is up."
Sonny Adisa, also a former detainee, added: "Not only is the system racist and inhumane, but it's illogical too. Scotland needs immigration, yet it's spending public money on locking people up that could contribute to society."
A Home Office statement said: "Detention is an important part of a firm but fair immigration system, helping to ensure that those with no right to remain in the UK are returned to their home country if they will not leave voluntarily.
"Decisions to detain individuals are reviewed regularly to ensure they remain justified and reasonable and, if necessary, they can be challenged through the courts.
"We are committed to treating all detainees with dignity and respect and take the welfare of detainees very seriously."
Dungavel House, which opened in 2001, holds up to 249 detainees and is the only such centre in Scotland.
It is operated under contract to the Home Office by GEO Group Ltd.
The protest was part of a Europe-wide day of action against detention centres.
Travis Perkins shares were 6% lower at close after it said summer trading was slower than expected, and that full-year profits would be at the lower end of City expectations.
The FTSE 100 was up by 0.44%, or 27.86 points, at 6376.28.
Shares in Debenhams rose by 3.27% after the retailer reported a rise in full-year profit to £113.5m.
The company also said its chief executive, Michael Sharp, would step down in 2016 as planned, following reports that the board was planning a management shake-up.
On the broader share market, the FTSE 250, the estate agent Foxtons fell by more than 8% after it said the central London property market would take time to recover.
The company also reported an 8.8% rise in turnover to £43.5m for the three months to September.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.10% against the dollar to $1.5402 and gained 1.56% against the euro to €1.3811.
The three-year venture would see a new security area with more lines, new baggage reclaim areas, and more shops and restaurants.
The overhaul is aimed at coping with increasing passenger numbers.
Airport managing director Carol Benzie said: "This terminal was opened in 1977 and what we are about to embark upon is the biggest change since that time."
The work is scheduled to be completed by 2017.
Ben, from Sheffield, was 21 months old when he went missing after travelling to the Greek island of Kos in 1991
His mother Kerry has always maintained her son is alive and was probably abducted.
Dr Alan Billings, the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, said the search would be reviewed in October.
He said that by October if "all that could be done has been done" then it would be the end of the investigation.
Amongst other things the new money will help send officers from the South Yorkshire force to Kos.
Ben vanished on 24 July 1991, after travelling to Kos with his mother and grandparents who were renovating a farmhouse in the village of Iraklise.
A DNA test was carried out on a man in Cyprus in an attempt to establish if he could be the toddler, but proved negative in 2013.
In 2012, a police operation focused on a mound of earth and rubble close to where Ben was last seen, but no trace of him was found.
Relatives of possible victims held a ceremony at the site on the outskirts of the city of Medellin before the excavation started.
The bodies of 90 to 300 people are thought to be buried there.
The disappearances date from 2002, when the army launched an operation against left-wing rebels in the area.
The operation was ordered by Colombia's president at the time, Alvaro Uribe.
Right-wing paramilitaries filled the void when the rebels left the Comuna 13 shantytown area and they are blamed by many for most of the killings.
Criminal gangs are also accused of involvement in some of the disappearances.
Medellin was once considered one of the world's most violent cities.
It was the home of the Medellin Cartel, the drug-trafficking organisation led by Pablo Escobar, who was killed in 1993.
Some 20,000 tonnes of earth will be removed over the next five months in the search for the bodies, reports the BBC's Natalio Cosoy in Bogota.
A ceremony at the site, including a religious service, marked the beginning of the excavation.
"It took us 13 years to get here. This is a drop of hope," said Luz Elena Galeano, leader of an organisation of women fighting for justice for their missing relatives.
Relatives laid flowers and images of their loved ones on the site.
"The ceremony was moving and a commitment to peace and reconciliation," said Colombia's Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo.
More than 200,000 people have been killed since hostilities between the army and Colombia's main rebel group, the Farc, began in 1964.
Both sides have been engaged in nearly three years of peace negotiations, which are being held in Cuba.
Earlier this month, the Colombian government announced a de-escalation of attacks against the rebels, who had announced a unilateral ceasefire.
The talks are aimed at ending hostilities, which would lead to the Farc giving up its armed struggle to join the legal political process.
Margarita Selene Restrepo stares out over the corrugated roofs of Comuna 13 - one of Medellin's poorest and most violent districts. From here, a few steps from her home, she can see a huge, deforested, earthen scar on the hillside opposite. In Spanish it is known as la escombrera - the dump. And Margarita can just make out areas recently fenced off with flimsy green plastic.
"Every day when I look across there it causes me such a lot of sadness. If she's there, she's so close. Yet at the same time, she's so far away."
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GhanaSat-1, which was developed by students at All Nations University in Koforidua, was sent into orbit from the International Space Centre.
Cheers erupted as 400 people, including the engineers, gathered in the southern Ghanaian city to watch live pictures of the launch. The first signal was received shortly afterwards.
It is the culmination of a two-year project, costing $50,000 (£40,000).
It received support from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
The satellite will be used to monitor Ghana's coastline for mapping purposes, and to build capacity in space science and technology.
Project coordinator Dr Richard Damoah said it marked a new beginning for the country.
"It has opened the door for us to do a lot of activities from space," he told the BBC.
He said it would "also help us train the upcoming generation on how to apply satellites in different activities around our region.
"For instance, [monitoring] illegal mining is one of the things we are looking to accomplish."
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Gwent Police covers the local authority areas of Newport, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire and Caerphilly councils.
It stretches across 600 sq m and has a population of more than 576,700 people.
A busy section of the M4 runs through the force area in the south, all the way to the Second Severn Crossing.
The force currently employs 1,285 officers, 835 staff and 191 community support officers. The workforce is 10% smaller than it was in 2010, according to the force.
The current chief constable is Jeff Farrar, who was appointed after former-chief constable Carmel Napier resigned in 2013 in controversial circumstances.
Gwent Police budget for 2016/17 £130.7m. Other than Welsh and UK government funding and £5.8m in income, some £47m is expected to come from the police precept on council tax.
In 2016/17 the council tax precept was set at £220.06 for a band D property.
That compares to £207.85 for South Wales, £200.07 in Dyfed-Powys and £240.12 in North Wales Police force areas.
The PCC was planning efficiency savings in 2016/17 of £4.3m,
Recorded crime in Gwent rose by 4% between September 2014 and September 2015.
There was a total of 37,306 incidents, excluding fraud.
Incidents of violence against the person rose by 26% during that period, although all but one police force recorded a rise in that category of offences. Sexual offences rose by 24%, but incidents of burglary fell by 11% and criminal damage and arson by 1%.
In the last annual inspection of police forces by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), inspectors found the force has made considerable progress in improving quality and standards and has a good approach to investigating crime and managing offenders.
HMIC said Gwent was good at preventing crime and anti-social behaviour and had a strong relationship with a wide range of partners.
It's reported he had the idea at 2pm and after a whirl of speculation, and a few changes of venue, tickets went on sale for Koko in Camden at 7pm.
Crowds waited hours in the cold before Kanye eventually took to the stage about 1.20am.
He was joined by Skepta, JME, Novelist, Vic Mensa, Meridian Dan, Raekwon and Cyhi.
Radio 1's Clara Amfo was there and said: "It was ridiculous, there were hordes of people outside, it was crazy."
Fans were let inside the venue at around 12.45am and before Kanye eventually started more than half an hour later.
Grimmy was upset he was not able to make it - he had to "get up and do the radio [Radio1 breakfast show]".
He did say he was a fan of how spontaneous it was though, adding: "I love that it was like, panic, it's exciting it's tonight."
Clara told Grimmy that Kanye "smashed it".
"He's like trolling the UK right now and I totally fell for it."
In addition to playing some classics like Jesus Walks and Clique, he also previewed his new track with Vic Mensa.
1Xtra's Mistajam was also there, writing on Twitter: "Tonight will go down in history."
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Mohammed Ammer Ali, 31, of Prescot Road, Liverpool, then set about finding a rabbit or other "pocket-sized pet" to test it on, the Old Bailey heard.
He tried to purchase a lethal dose of the toxin online, but was caught by an undercover FBI agent posing as a seller, prosecutors said.
Mr Ali denies a charge of attempting to possess a chemical weapon.
In encrypted chats, Mr Ali and the US agent discussed the price of a lethal dose and repeat purchases, jurors were told.
Sally Howes QC, prosecuting, said the agent arranged for a harmless powder hidden inside a toy car to be sent to Mr Ali's home.
A police raid in February found a computer used to access the "dark web" and a mobile phone which had been used to search for "homemade poison" and "what poison is easily concealed?".
Records also showed he had made a payment using online currency Bitcoin days before the delivery.
In one exchange with the undercover agent, Bolton-born Mr Ali was told he could test the ricin on a rodent, the court heard.
The phone found at Mr Ali's flat was also used for search for "Liverpool pet shop" and had a note saying "get pet to murder".
Ms Howes QC told jurors Mr Ali admits contacting the undercover agent and ordering the "ricin".
Ricin is a naturally-occurring substance found in the seeds of the castor oil plant.
It was described in court as "the poisoner's perfect poison" because its symptoms are non-specific and it does not show up in a post-mortem examination.
A 100 mg dose is enough to kill up to 280 people within three to five days if ingested or injected while 500 mg can kill between 700 and 1,400 people, said Ms Howes QC.
In Mr Ali's defence, she said, he is likely to claim he wanted to experiment with and understand the workings of the "dark web" and to see if he could buy ricin out of curiosity.
His claim that he wanted to posses the poison for "peaceful purposes", but the Crown say the duration and nature of his internet searches contradict this.
The defence will also rely on an assessment that Mr Ali has personality traits associated with Asperger's Syndrome to explain his conduct, Ms Howes QC said.
Police have found no evidence that Mr Ali, who denies attempting to possess a chemical weapon between 10 January and 12 February, has any association with terrorist activities or organisations.
The trial, which is expected to last for two weeks, continues.
Ciarán Maxwell is charged with making explosives and storing them in hides in England and Northern Ireland.
He appeared at the Old Bailey via videolink from Belmarsh Prison on Monday.
A trial date was set for 27 February, with a plea hearing to be held on 13 January.
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Mr Maxwell - who is originally from Larne, County Antrim, but now lives in England - has previously pleaded not guilty to bank card fraud and intent to supply cannabis.
He has not yet been asked to enter a plea on the terrorism charge.
The 30-year-old was arrested in Somerset on 24 August following searches in Larne, County Antrim, and Devon.
His arrest was understood to be connected to two arms dumps found in County Antrim this year, and came after a long-running investigation involving the Security Service (MI5), the PSNI, South West Counter-Terrorism Unit and Scotland Yard's Counter-Terrorism Unit.
After a first half that saw the Welsh edge ahead through the boot of Laurie Harries in the Swansea sunshine, prop Catrin Edwards powered over for their first try.
And following three penalty misses by England's Megan Goddard, Elinor Snowsill sent Welsh wing Laurie Harries over in the corner to seal a famous victory.
"It was absolutely amazing, it's got to be one of the most special days of my life," said Edwards. "It just showed that with some belief we can do it."
England were without 14 of their World Cup winners, with two retired and 12 playing at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
Having been crowned world champions last year, however, they were expected to win at St Helen's.
In the first half, both sides had kicks at goal but neither England's Goddard nor Wales' Harries could capitalise on their opportunities.
A strong maul characterised Wales' efforts, as the forwards appeared to have the better of their English counterparts.
Meanwhile, English debutant Sydney Gregson was targeted all afternoon under the many high balls sent down her left wing.
The deadlock was broken on the half-time whistle as Harries slotted from in front of the posts to give the home side a 3-0 lead.
The Welsh try came five minutes into the second half after a long period stalking the English try-line.
It was finished off by prop Edwards, who charged her way through the English defenders.
The Scarlets' tight-head prop was a towering presence throughout the match with her work in the loose.
England's Goddard saw two more penalty attempts sail wide before Wales sealed the win with a fine score.
Harries got on the end of a perfectly-weighted kick from Snowsill and raced over the line to the delight of the Swansea crowd.
Wales coach Rhys Edwards: "It was so pleasing how we conducted ourselves and closed the game out.
"They're still a formidable team and if I'm honest we really had to dig deep in defence and we knew that's been our weakness in the last couple of years.
"We had to make our tackles and I'm so pleased the girls stuck at their job and did the simple things well and kept England out."
England interim coach Nicky Ponsford: "We're obviously really disappointed by the result but I have to give credit to Wales.
"That's probably one of the best Welsh performances I've seen. They played really well today, they didn't allow us to create a platform and attack in the way we wanted to attack."
Wales women: Dyddgu Hywel (Pontyclun/Scarlets); Elen Evans (Waterloo/Scarlets), Adi Taviner (Skewen/Ospreys), Gemma Rowland (London Wasps/Dragons), Laurie Harries (Llandaff North/Blues); Elinor Snowsill (Dragons), Amy Day (Llandaff North/Dragons); Caryl Thomas (Bath Ladies/Scarlets), Carys Phillips (Skewen/Ospreys), Catrin Edwards (Llandaff North/Scarlets), Rebecca Rowe (London Welsh/Dragons), Rachel Taylor (Bristol Ladies/Dragons - capt), Sian Williams (Worcester/Dragons), Sioned Harries (Whitland/Scarlets), Shona Powell-Hughes (Skewen/Ospreys).
Replacements: Amy Lawrence (Skewen/Ospreys), Jenny Davies (Caernarfon/Blues), Amy Evans (Skewen/Ospreys), Jenny Hawkins (Llandaff North/Blues), Melissa Clay (Pencoed/Ospreys), Keira Bevan (Skewen/Ospreys), Robyn Wilkins (Llandaff North/Blues), Kerin Lake (Skewen/Ospreys).
England women: Kay Wilson (Thurrock), Ruth Laybourn (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), Abigail Brown (Bristol), Megan Goddard (Worcester), Sydney Gregson (Bristol), Ceri Large (Worcester), La Toya Mason (VC) (Wasps), Rochelle Clark (Worcester), Emma Croker (Richmond), Laura Keates (Worcester), Tamara Taylor (capt; Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), Rowena Burnfield (Richmond), Hannah Field (Richmond), Hannah Gallagher (Saracens), Alexandra Matthews (Richmond).
Replacements: Victoria Fleetwood (Saracens), Victoria Cornborough (Richmond), Justine Lucas (Lichfield), Abbie Scott (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), Harriet Millar-Mills (Waterloo), Bianca Blackburn (Worcester), Lauren Cattell (Saracens), Katie Mason (Bristol).
Playing twice having missed an earlier round through illness, the Scot beat Michael Smith and then drew with group leader Michael van Gerwen.
Those results put Thornton one point ahead of Smith and Dave Chisnall.
Two of that trio will exit the competition when the 10-man field is cut to eight in Cardiff on 31 March.
Van Gerwen, Phil Taylor and Gary Anderson are in a three-way tie at the top of the table after Taylor drew with Peter Wright and Anderson defeated Chisnall.
Adrian Lewis occupies fourth spot following his win over Raymond van Barneveld.
Michael Smith 5-7 Robert Thornton
Gary Anderson 7-4 Dave Chisnall
Adrian Lewis 7-5 Raymond van Barneveld
Phil Taylor 6-6 Peter Wright
Michael van Gerwen 6-6 Robert Thornton
The number was slightly lower than in 2014 - but reports by police helicopter pilots more than doubled.
The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) said the increasing power of lasers raised the possibility of a serious accident.
One pilot called for the sale of strong lasers to be controlled.
The CAA said 1,439 laser incidents had been reported in 2015, a slight decrease on the previous year's total of 1,447.
But the National Police Air Service told the BBC its helicopter pilots had reported 91 laser incidents in 2015, more than double the previous year's total of 35.
Stephen Landells, flight safety specialist at Balpa, called for lasers to be classed as weapons.
"If you shine even the weakest laser at an aircraft, you can dazzle and distress the pilot at a critical stage of flight," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"We need to educate people. It's not only illegal, you are actually endangering people's lives when you shine a laser at an aircraft.
"We're looking to try and get the law changed to take into account the fact that these lasers can be used as weapons."
Airline pilot Janet Alexander told the BBC: "A concentrated laser beam into the cockpit is analogous to a lightning strike.
"We're not talking about the things you use in lectures... we're talking about the sort of things you might see at an open air music festival or something like that.
"Even if it doesn't hit your retina, it's very dazzling and you do momentarily lose your vision."
A Home Office spokeswoman said: "The UK has strict laws dealing with people who recklessly use lasers against aircraft and endanger the lives of passengers and crew.
"Anybody who does so faces up to five years in prison."
The UK Civil Aviation Authority told BBC Radio 5 live: "We strongly urge anyone who sees a laser being used in the vicinity of an airport to contact the police immediately".
It is the first time in nearly 35 years that the communists and their far-left allies have lost power in a state which they had come to regard as an electoral stronghold.
But it also a spectacular personal triumph for Ms Banerjee who has overcome the odds to stage a remarkable victory.
In 2006, the TMC won 10% of the seats in a local assembly election, while the left-wing coalition won nearly 80% of the seats. In national elections in 2004, the TMC won only one of the 42 seats of West Bengal state.
At that point she was considered something of a "political oddball".
But her energy, charisma and political astuteness has enabled her to bounce back from the political wilderness into the mainstream of West Bengal politics.
The 56-year-old is the founder and chairperson of the TMC - which she set up in 1998 after falling out with the Congress Party in West Bengal.
Unlike most politicians who quit the Congress party, Ms Banerjee has not sheepishly returned to the party after the independent venture failed.
Instead the TMC grew in popularity over the years because of her firebrand oratory and her support for causes that were widely popular throughout her home state.
In recent years, for example, the party has been at the forefront of opposition to West Bengal's controversial policy of building Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in rural areas - a cause that won her much admiration in a state where large parts of the electorate still earn their living from the land.
Taking up the issues of small farmers, Ms Banerjee became an overnight cheerleader of West Bengal's rural poor, realising that revolutionary action sometimes works wonders with them.
"She resorted to Marxist rhetoric, whereas Marxist parties changed their class position and started acquiring farmers' land for private investors," said political commentator Biplab Chakravarty.
Mamata Banerjee was born in Calcutta in January 1955 to a lower middle class family and initially started her political career with the Congress party.
As a young woman in the 1970s, the colourful graduate from the University of Calcutta was speedily promoted - on one occasion she even danced on the bonnet of a political opponent's car.
She has succeeded throughout her political life in pulling off colourful political stunts like this while simultaneously embracing a Gandhi-like frugal lifestyle - seldom spending money on clothes, cosmetics or jewellery and often to be seen with only a simple cotton bag on her shoulder.
In the 1984 general election Ms Banerjee became one of India's youngest ever MPs, defeating a veteran communist candidate.
Even at this early stage of her career, she proved her ability to make an impact on the national political stage while simultaneously strengthening her West Bengal power base.
She lost her seat in the 1989 election, only to bounce back in the 1991 poll to become a minister in the government of PV Narasimha Rao - she has retained her Calcutta South seat in five votes since then and is currently India's railways minister.
But over the years she became disillusioned at what she saw as endemic corruption both within the Congress party nationally and within the communist party of West Bengal.
In her home state it became clear that the woman popularly known as "Didi" - elder sister - had the popular touch, staging "walkathons" throughout the state surrounded by her raucous supporters and a phalanx of security men.
Using folksy rhetoric she has over the years relentlessly lampooned her communist opponents, often using native limerick and doggerel.
Commentators say that throughout her career she has been consistent in her anti-left stance, a tough negotiator in her alliances and a street-fighter.
"She's an archetypal rebel," says former BBC correspondent Subir Bhaumik.
In a country where female politicians are often cruelly caricatured, the indefatigable Ms Banerjee is one of the few mass leaders left in India.
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Both missed last weekend's bruising 16-16 draw against Wales because of hamstring injuries.
Simon Zebo, who played full-back in that game, and winger Keith Earls are ruled out with injuries.
Earls received a blow to the head against Wales and his place goes to Dave Kearney.
Zebo had been receiving treatment for a knee injury.
O'Brien's return means Tommy O'Donnell loses his starting position and is on the replacements' bench at the Stade de France.
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Fly-half Johnny Sexton and winger Andrew Trimble have been passed fit, having got over knocks.
Sexton suffered a heavy blow to the chest on Sunday while Trimble had a shoulder problem.
France have made six changes from their narrow opening win over Italy.
Props Jefferson Poirot and Uini Atonio, lock Alexandre Flanquart, flanker Yacouba Camara, centre Maxime Mermoz and winger Teddy Thomas come into the team.
Thomas, 22, makes his return after a year-long absence with an injury he picked up against Ireland in last year's Six Nations.
Ireland coach Joe Schmidt had been forced to delay his team announcement because of fitness doubts over a number of players.
"We were just trying to clarify the fitness of Simon Zebo and Keith Earls, both of whom we have left out of the squad," Schmidt said.
"They got through training and at the same time we just felt they weren't 100% fit. We just felt it was a risk."
Fergus McFadden, who was overlooked for Ireland's initial Six Nations squad, has been summoned as a replacement for Saturday.
The 29-year-old was brought into Ireland's training ranks in midweek to cover Earls' absence with suspected concussion.
Scrum-half Eoin Reddan and hooker Richardt Strauss are also on the bench, taking the places of Kieran Marmion and Sean Cronin.
France: Maxime Medard, Teddy Thomas, Maxime Mermoz; Jonathan Danty, Virimi Vakatawa; Jules Plisson, Sebastien Bezy; Jefferson Poirot, Guilhem Guirado (capt), Uini Atonio, Alexandre Flanquart, Yoann Maestri, Wenceslas Lauret, Yacouba Camara, Damien Chouly.
Replacements: Camille Chat, Rabah Slimani, Eddy Ben Arous, Paul Jedresiak, Loann Goujon, Maxime Machenaud, Jean-Marc Doussain, Hugo Bonneval.
Ireland: Rob Kearney, Andrew Trimble, Jared Payne, Robbie Henshaw, Dave Kearney, Johnny Sexton, Conor Murray; Jack McGrath, Rory Best (capt), Nathan White, Mike McCarthy, Devin Toner, CJ Stander, Sean O'Brien, Jamie Heaslip.
Replacements: Richardt Strauss, James Cronin, Tadhg Furlong, Donnacha Ryan, Tommy O'Donnell, Eoin Reddan, Ian Madigan, Fergus McFadden.
The incident happened at Da Luciano in Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, on Saturday 10 September.
A spokesman for Police Scotland confirmed that a 36-year-old man had been arrested.
He said the man was the subject of a report to the procurator fiscal in connection with the incident.
In the harbour at Lossiemouth, you can still see signs of its fishing industry - the buildings that housed a daily fish market, the two basins once packed with up to 90 working boats.
These days, it is mostly pleasure boats in the harbour and visitors enjoying the sandbanks or sheltering from the brisk wind in the cafes that cater for tourists to this beautiful, if bleak, stretch of coastline.
John Thomson has no doubt what is to blame for the sorry state of his former industry, one which used to employ 500 people in the town - the Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union.
So far, so predictable - it is a story I've heard from fishermen and their families many times, in the south-west of England and now here on Scotland's north-east coast.
What is different, though, is that Mr Thomson, who first fished these waters more than 60 years ago and is a lifelong Scottish Nationalist, is delighted at the prospect of Brexit.
"There's people going about in high office still trying to reverse that decision," he says. "Well, they had better not try."
We are used to thinking of the SNP as a pro-EU party.
Its leading figures campaigned for Remain in June's referendum, and it is true that Scotland, where 62% voted to stay, is the most pro-European nation in the UK.
Yet as Gordon Wilson, who led the party for just over a decade, told me on The World This Weekend earlier this year, the SNP has a strand of Euroscepticism in its make-up.
"Back in the 1970s, they were strongly anti-European," says Pro Michael Keating, from the University of Aberdeen, who is director of the Centre on Constitutional Change.
The SNP was in favour of leaving Europe in the 1975 referendum.
Partly, Prof Keating says, this was to do with fishing and farming, but there was a more fundamental argument, one to do with the philosophy of nationalism.
"What is the point in getting out of the UK if you're going to give your sovereignty over to Brussels instead?" he says.
The official position shifted in the 1980s, but in Moray, of which Lossiemouth is part, you will find SNP members who still hold to that view.
Voters, too, judging by the referendum result.
In Moray, the Remain campaign prevailed only by the narrowest of margins, 122 votes.
Paul Briggs was among the Leave campaigners.
He is a former SNP press officer, though insists he came under no pressure to conform to his party's prevailing pro-Europe position.
When I ask him how he feels about First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's determination to keep Scotland in the EU, he grins broadly.
"I think there's more to this than meets the eye," he says.
"It's all about getting Scottish independence, that's the way of going forward to open the gates of Scottish independence."
The implication is pro-EU rhetoric is more about creating a justification for a second referendum on independence than an abiding passion for Brussels.
Stephen Gethins, MP for North East Fife, denies this.
The party's spokesman on the EU at Westminster, he says the commitment to remaining is genuine, because "the EU is a club for independent, sovereign nation states".
How does he answer people such as Mr Briggs and Mr Thomson, members and supporters of the SNP, who think the European Union has done real harm here, especially to the fishing industry?
"When we entered the European Union," he says, as he acknowledges the failure of the Common Fisheries Policy, "it was the UK that referred to the Scottish fishing industry as being 'expendable'."
When I query his reference, he tells me it is to be found in files released under the 30-year rule.
Mr Gethins argues that because two-thirds of the industry was in Scotland, the Westminster government had delivered a particularly poor deal for his part of the country when it negotiated membership in 1972.
Back in Lossiemouth, I ask Mr Thomson if there was a second referendum and the choice was to remain in a United Kingdom leaving the European Union or an independent Scotland remaining inside the EU, which he would vote for?
"The former," he replies, adding it is a "very hard, very hard thing to say".
"I've worked and stood, represented in many ways, for the Scottish National Party - but equally for the fishing industry," he says.
He simply cannot stomach supporting Scottish membership of an organisation he blames for the loss of what was Lossiemouth's principal livelihood.
It may be that Scottish voters do not have very long to wait before they face that dilemma themselves.
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She found them in her living room, casually looking out of the window, before she managed to move them on.
As expected they did make quite a mess while they roamed the rooms.
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The allegations concerned an argument with two taxi drivers in the East Sussex town on 5 September.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found the officer's behaviour fell short of that expected from a police officer.
The force says he has now been given management advice.
It followed a misconduct meeting on 30 March chaired by a chief officer from another force.
The officer was suspended from duty last year but the suspension was lifted on 17 February.
A spokeswoman said his role would be "considered" when a number of senior officer changes took place in the next few weeks.
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.
The two officers were off-duty at the time of the argument.
The pictures are certainly stunning - astronauts in space suits apparently working outside the ISS against the background of the blue orb of the Earth.
Huge numbers have watched and commented on the feeds. Some 17m people viewed the "live" on Unilad's Facebook page and another 26m people watched four hours of footage on Viral USA's page.
They appear to be old material from between one and three years ago.
The eagle-eyed may have noticed that there was no mention of any such Facebook live on the social media accounts of Nasa or the ISS, which would seem unusual.
Nasa has confirmed to the BBC that this is not live video from the International Space Station and said it must be old spacewalk video footage.
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It appears that at least part of the the video broadcast on Viral USA was filmed by astronaut Terry Virts during a spacewalk in February 2015.
While the footage on the Unilad Facebook page appears to come from a spacewalk by Russian cosmonauts in 2013.
However Nasa told the BBC that the space agency still gets very "excited" any time people get interested in space.
And it is clear that people are getting excited about these views from space, judging by the huge numbers watching and commenting online.
Although, not everyone has been fooled by what these images purport to show.
Nasa suggests that anyone who wants to see video from space should have a look at their official Facebook or Twitter page, or that of the ISS.
You may also be interested to know that there is a real live video feed from then International Space Station that you can view here.
Four different high definition cameras have been placed on the outside of the space station, allowing the viewer to dip into a view of the Earth.
This is to allow scientists to assess how well these cameras can operate in the extreme environment of space.
Unilad told us that they decided to post an old stream from the ISS as a chance to "test the capabilities of what the 'live broadcast' feature on Facebook could really do".
We also contacted Viral USA but have not received a reply at the time of writing.
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However, there is one political bogeyman they both seem to loathe - each has laid into Donald Trump with the kind of language usually reserved for Third World despots, or criminals at the far end of the felony spectrum.
Mr Corbyn described Mr Trump's beliefs as "an affront to common humanity", while Mr Johnson joked that he would avoid parts of New York, in case he bumped into Mr Trump while there.
Such a consensus could leave you thinking there is anti-Trump unanimity in Britain, that his brand of populist, no-holds-barred rhetoric may play well in the Midwest, but that it has no place in, for example, the Midlands.
It is a suggestion which angers those Brits who are in fact hoping for a Trump victory and it also confirms their view that the media and political establishment are biased against anyone who challenges their own cosy consensus.
"Trump shoots from the hip, not like a regular politician," Lee Waters tells me. "It's quite refreshing."
We are sitting in a Nottingham pub, where Lee and his friend, Fran Loi, seem relieved that a journalist wants to hear why they find Mr Trump appealing.
Both are UKIP activists and both stood unsuccessfully as UKIP candidates in the last general election. They believe Mr Trump is being subjected to unfair criticism of a kind that their own party suffered.
"It doesn't matter what he says, he seems to be vilified," says Fran, who particularly approves of Mr Trump's attitude to Russia. "He says he's going to work with Vladimir Putin, whereas John Kerry wants to cut ties with Russia. We don't want a Cold War."
Lee is attracted by Mr Trump's stand on immigration: "If you don't know who the people are who are coming in, you don't know if they are good guys or bad guys. He wants strong controls."
Donald Trump's links to UKIP were brought into focus in August, when he was joined on stage by Nigel Farage at a rally in Mississippi. And there has been repeated speculation that the interim UKIP leader is offering campaign advice to the Trump team, with reports this week that Mr Farage would be a personal guest of Mr Trump at the next candidates' debate.
However, Mr Trump's support in Britain extends way beyond this one party, according to Jon Stanley, a commentator for the right-leaning think tank, The Bow Group.
"I come from the north of England," he says, arguing that many people there will be attracted by the same Mr Trump policies as their blue collar counterparts in the US.
"We've almost got used to deindustrialisation… if you're manufacturing things that can suddenly be manufactured in China, your working class people get absolutely stuffed. Donald Trump thinks he can bring these jobs back."
It is promises like this which have helped propel Mr Trump from joke outsider to serious contender and in the process posed a problem for British politicians, because Boris Johnson is not the only prominent Conservative to have taken Mr Trump to task. Back when he was prime minister, David Cameron called Trump's commitment to ban Muslims from the US "divisive, stupid and wrong".
"It's always sensible to be polite about someone who may become president of the United States," cautions the Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg. While not happy to be called a "Trump fan", Mr Rees-Mogg supports some Trump policies and says if he was American, he would vote for Trump simply because he is a Republican.
"I am a Conservative and would usually vote for the equivalent Conservative candidate," he says.
Asked if some of Donald Trump's comments, like calling Mexicans "rapists", put him beyond the pale, Mr Rees-Mogg says British people should not be so judgemental about a democratic process different to their own: "I think a certain humility about other people's elections is prudent."
Humility is not really in evidence though at Nottingham's Ragland Road bar, certainly not when it comes to Donald Trump.
Just down the road from the pub where I met Trump's UKIP fans, the Ragland Road bar displays a very different attitude to the Republican candidate - because spread across the urinal in the men's toilets is a giant photograph of Mr Trump.
So wide is the photograph, it is not actually possible for anyone to relieve themselves here, without appearing to make their own, very personal comment on Trump's candidacy.
"Customers think the toilet is absolutely hilarious," says the Ragland Road's manager, Ruth Beraki. "People come in and take selfies and send them all round the world."
She insists the photograph was meant as a joke and should not be taken as a political statement by the bar's owners. Yet, asked why she thinks it is proving so popular, Beraki does not need long to think of the answer.
"There are a lot of people who don't like Donald Trump," she says.
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Pupils said they were subjected to "horrific" abuse at Badgeworth Court, Dowdeswell and Clouds House in the 1970s and 1980s.
Det Ch Insp Steve Porter, from Gloucestershire Police, said "tens of victims" had since come forward.
Staff who worked at the schools have "categorically denied" any involvement in abusing pupils.
Det Ch Insp Porter said the force was treating "these new allegations seriously" and it would "robustly investigate" them.
"We will treat them with sympathy and compassion and have a victim-centred approach in how we deal with them," he added.
He added allegations of cruelty had also been made.
The former owner of the schools Anthony Hurley, appeared in court in 2000 on allegations of cruelty and sexual abuse of children, but was deemed unfit to stand trial.
He then died in 2003.
The investigation is being led by officers from the force's major crime team.
The in-form away side took the lead early on, as midfielder Luke Coulson netted his fourth goal from the last three games from close range after finding himself in plenty of space in the box.
Debutant Matthew Tubbs flicked in an equaliser for the Cards midway though the first half but goals from Adam Dugdale and Joe Partington put the visitors back in control at the break.
Partington turned from hero to villain on the hour mark as he felled Anthony Edgar inside the Eastleigh half and Delano Sam-Yorke poked home the resulting free-kick to reduce the deficit before second-half substitute Luke Chike Kandi fired in an equaliser to make it 3-3 for Garry Hill's hosts with 10 minutes remaining.
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Match ends, Woking 3, Eastleigh 3.
Second Half ends, Woking 3, Eastleigh 3.
Goal! Woking 3, Eastleigh 3. Luke Chike Kandi (Woking).
Substitution, Woking. Max Kretzschmar replaces Ismail Yakubu.
Substitution, Woking. Luke Chike Kandi replaces Charlie Carter.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Adam Dawson replaces Jai Reason.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Jamie Cureton replaces James Constable.
Goal! Woking 2, Eastleigh 3. Delano Sam-Yorke (Woking).
Substitution, Woking. Anthony Edgar replaces Frankie Sutherland.
Second Half begins Woking 1, Eastleigh 3.
First Half ends, Woking 1, Eastleigh 3.
Frankie Sutherland (Woking) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Woking 1, Eastleigh 3. Joe Partington (Eastleigh).
Goal! Woking 1, Eastleigh 2. Adam Dugdale (Eastleigh).
Goal! Woking 1, Eastleigh 1. Matt Tubbs (Woking).
Joe Partington (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Woking 0, Eastleigh 1. Luke Coulson (Eastleigh).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Kerry Capper said she wanted to keep an eye on Libby Bennett, from Erdington, Birmingham, when her daughter was ill.
The mother has been summoned to court after failing to pay a £60 fine for keeping the girl, who has had a tumour on her kidneys, off school.
Birmingham Council said no reason was given for the absences and Miss Capper did not attend a subsequent meeting.
Libby, who attends Paget primary school and was diagnosed with cancer five years ago, is still under the care of Birmingham Children's Hospital.
Her cancer has not returned but she still needs regular check-ups.
Miss Capper said: "Libby woke up... saying that she's got a sore stomach and I get scared... I want to keep my eye on her."
The mother's legal team, Glaisyers, said the council was being "heavy handed and inflexible".
But the authority said it took a "robust stance" on unexplained absences from school.
The school "contacted the parent inviting her to a meeting to talk through any issues and concerns", the council said.
A council spokesman said: "When there was still no response a penalty notice was issued and when this was not paid the matter was sent to magistrates."
Miss Capper is accused of keeping her child off school for seven days between January and March.
Miss Capper, who said she was unemployed and on benefits, admitted not always phoning the school when Libby was off, claiming her mobile phone did not always have credit.
She said after being invited to a meeting, she went in on the wrong day and missed a second date which was "accidental".
"I said 'apologies I've missed that appointment'.
"The teacher just said 'I'm sorry mum, it's getting sent to court now'. Then I got a penalty notice... (of) £60.
"But I couldn't afford to pay that at that time."
Miss Capper said she was due at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on 5 September.
The bi-annual National Rail Passenger Survey, which asks more than 28,000 people, recorded a 2% year-on-year rise in overall satisfaction to 83%.
The research was carried out between 1 September and 12 November 2015.
Watchdog Transport Focus said railway improvements were "very welcome" but performance was "still patchy".
Rail Minister Claire Perry said overall satisfaction - which is at its highest level since autumn 2012 (85%) - was "a welcome sign that our record investment is starting to deliver results".
"There is clearly much more to be done, which is why we are continuing to invest to reduce crowding, cut journey times, and improve the passenger experience," she said.
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Jacqueline Starr, managing director of customer experience at the Rail Delivery Group, which represents train operators and Network Rail, said there was "more to do to keep improving".
"Our railway is benefiting from one of the biggest investment programmes in its history - major improvement work that is producing better stations, better trains and better journeys," she said.
The headline is positive enough - rail passenger satisfaction in Britain has risen for the first time since 2012, according to a customer survey.
But many commuters will be surprised by that - particularly in London and south-east England.
They've suffered endless delays and cancellations due to the ongoing upgrading work at London Bridge.
The problems have been so bad that MPs have repeatedly raised them in parliament in recent months.
At the start of January - just after commuters saw the price of their annual season ticket increase again - MPs branded Southern's service "a joke" and called for the Southern franchise to be withdrawn.
There is also a petition calling for South Eastern to lose its franchise.
The rail companies blame increased demand and the improvement works but commuters who have no option but to take the train are feeling the strain.
They believe only changes of franchise will get services back on track.
The survey was carried out by independent transport user watchdog Transport Focus, whose chief executive Anthony Smith said: "Punctuality and crowding drive passenger views of the railway."
He also said the value for money scores showed wide variation around the country.
"Passengers rightly expect the train companies and Network Rail to keep to their basic promises with most trains on time, the right length and with few cancellations," he said.
Tayo Jones, 22, was serving a suspended sentence for drug offences when he struck the 25-year-old in Clifton, Bristol, last August.
Bristol Crown Court heard he was speeding and later left the scene.
Jones was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
The court was told he was driving a Ford Fiesta when he hit Mr Hickey, from the Bishopston area of the city, on 29 August.
The Leicester University graduate died outside the Richmond pub in Gordon Road.
Jones, of Southville Road, Bristol had been doing 30 mph in 20 mph zone and was driving in the middle of the carriageway, the court heard.
He pleaded guilty on the eve of his trial to a charge of causing death by dangerous driving, after earlier admitting a charge of driving without a licence or insurance.
The court heard that 15 days before crash, Jones had received a suspended prison sentence for possessing cannabis with intent to supply.
While on bail after being charged with causing death by dangerous driving, Jones committed a public order offence in a row with a member of railway staff at Bristol Temple Meads Station.
Judge Euan Ambrose said: "You were aware of the incident and you stopped your car but you didn't get out. You did not go and investigate who or what you had hit. You drove off.
"Your primary concern was damage to your vehicle and you didn't have a licence or insurance. In other words your first thought was to yourself."
Benchmark lending rates will be cut from 6.31% to 6%, while deposit rates will fall from 3.25% to 3%.
The rate cuts will come into force on Friday and closely follow on from the last cuts made on 7 June.
Before these moves, the People's Bank of China had not cut interest rates since 2008.
Commenting on the move, Rupert Armitage, director at Shore Capital, said: "China are cutting rates because they're experiencing a slowdown.
"Everybody's been concerned about the economy, but now they're actually doing something about it."
The central bank's rate cuts come on the back of a gradual liberalisation of China's banking system.
Banks can now compete on the interest rates they offer customers, within a stipulated range.
China's export growth has been hit by a fall in demand from two of its biggest markets, the US and Europe, still struggling with the global debt crisis.
China's economy grew at an annual rate of 8.1% in the first quarter, the slowest pace in almost three years.
It hopes lower interest rates will help boost domestic demand.
"It's true I scored some goals but I could not have done it all by myself, " the 26-year-old told BBC Sport.
"This award is only possible through God and everyone connected to the club because without them there will be no award for me to receive."
Ighalo scored five goals in December to take his tally for the season to 13.
Two of his goals came in the 3-0 home win over Liverpool on 20 December - part of a run of three consecutive victories from the start of the month. Watford also drew with Chelsea before falling to a 2-1 defeat at Tottenham on 28 December.
The sequence also earned Hornets boss Quique Sanchez Flores the Manager of the Month award.
Watford had never previously had a recipient of a Premier League monthly award.
Although Watford have been unable to carry their end-of-year form into January - after three successive defeats they have slipped to 10th in the table - Ighalo is optimistic for the rest of the season.
"The team really worked hard and those defeats only reminded us how tough it can be in the Premier League," he said.
"We will continue to work harder to turn things around because our collective desire is to return to winning ways."
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Lock O'Connell quit international rugby after injuring a hamstring during a 2015 World Cup group game with France.
He signed a two-year contract with Toulon but never played for the French side after failing to regain fitness.
"It is with deep regret that I have decided to retire from professional rugby following medical advice," said O'Connell, 36.
"Since sustaining the injury at the World Cup I have been fully focused on returning to fitness and starting an exciting new chapter for both myself and my family in Toulon. Unfortunately this will no longer be possible."
O'Connell, who had a long domestic career with his home province of Munster during which he won two Heineken Cups, earned 108 caps for Ireland and seven caps for the British and Irish Lions.
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He captained his country 28 times and also led the Lions in three Tests.
Fellow Ireland great Brian O'Driscoll said it was "really disappointing" to learn of O'Connell's retirement and described his former team-mate as "simply irreplaceable".
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England head coach Eddie Jones said the lock was one of the greats of the game, while England back-rower James Haskell said O'Connell had the "respect of all the rugby fraternity".
O'Connell added: "I have been blessed to be a professional rugby player for over 14 years and to be part of Munster and Ireland teams that have experienced success.
"I have played with some of the best players to ever line out in the red of Munster and the green of Ireland and have had the privilege of captaining my country."
He thanked everyone who had supported him at Young Munster, Munster Rugby, the IRFU and Lions Rugby, adding "special thanks" must go to his wife, Emily, and to his parents, Michael and Shelagh.
"Lastly, I would like to thank everyone who has supported the teams I have been a part of," he said. "The support you have shown me is humbling and an immense source of pride for both myself and my family."
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Such a use of the technology is unnecessary and undesirable, said campaign leader Dr Kathleen Richardson.
Sex dolls already on the market are becoming more sophisticated and some are now hoping to build artificial intelligence into their products.
Those working in the field say that there is a need for such robots.
Dr Richardson, a robot ethicist at De Montfort University in Leicester, wants to raise awareness of the issue and persuade those developing sex robots to rethink how their technology is used.
"Sex robots seem to be a growing focus in the robotics industry and the models that they draw on - how they will look, what roles they would play - are very disturbing indeed," she told the BBC.
She believes that they reinforce traditional stereotypes of women and the view that a relationship need be nothing more than physical.
"We think that the creation of such robots will contribute to detrimental relationships between men and women, adults and children, men and men and women and women," she said.
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Abyss Creations, which sells male and female sex toys, is now starting to introduce electronics into its creations.
Meanwhile True Companion boasts that it is developing "the world's first sex robot" and promises to launch its first doll, Roxxxy, later this year.
Chief executive Douglas Hines believes there is a real need for products such as Roxxxy.
"We are not supplanting the wife or trying to replace a girlfriend. This is a solution for people who are between relationships or someone who has lost a spouse.
"People can find happiness and fulfilment other than via human interaction," he added.
He told the BBC that he hopes Roxxxy will eventually become a self-learning engine that is able to talk to her owner and learn his likes or dislikes.
"The physical act of sex will only be a small part of the time you spend with a sex robot - the majority of time will be spent socialising and interacting," he said.
Some experts are sceptical about the claims made for Roxxxy, given the huge complexity of creating intelligent machines but the first version - which will sell for $7,000 (£4,530) - has had thousands of pre-orders, according to Mr Hines.
Dr Kevin Curran, a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, believes such products are about to become mass market.
"We would be naive to ignore market forces for 'intimate robots'. Building human-like robots is quite easy once the mechanics are taken care of," he told the BBC.
"Turning these robots into attractive companions is simply adding a 'skin'. Not difficult at all and not done much to date as most robots are built in research-led institutions - not businesses. That time is coming to an end," he said.
However, he thinks a public backlash is inevitable.
"There have been campaign groups actively voicing opposition to killer robots but I foresee the time soon when humans are lobbying against robot companions or at least shouting 'not in my backyard'," he said.
David Levy, author of the book Love and Sex with Robots, believes that there will be a huge market for dolls such as Roxxy and predicts that by 2050, intimate relationships between robots and humans will be commonplace.
"There is an increasing number of people who find it difficult to form relationships and this will fill a void. It is not demeaning to women any more than vibrators are demeaning," he told the BBC.
As such robots become more sophisticated and are able to simulate human behaviour, so the relationship with humans will become more complex, he thinks.
Dr Curran worries that society as a whole is ill-prepared for an age where sophisticated robotic companions are the norm.
"Have we sufficient legalisation in place for the issues that can arise in a future where robots are sufficiently advanced as to be indistinguishable from humans at first glance? Can a robot marry? Can a robot couple adopt a child?" he said.
The former Burnley and Oxford United striker was a fixture of the last Northern Ireland team that qualified for the finals of a major tournament, playing at the 1982 and 1986 World Cups.
He is delighted that the latest generation have reached the Euro 2016 event, but still regrets his side failed to qualify for the 1984 finals in France, despite beating West Germany twice.
"It was heartbreaking to beat West Germany home and away and finish on the same points as them and just be pipped by goal difference," he said.
"I remember listening to the last game on the radio, they were playing Turkey it was still 0-0 and West Germany scored with eight minutes to go. So we were eight minutes away from qualifying.
"I think Northern Ireland might be a surprise package at these finals. Michael O'Neill the manager has got the team playing in such a way that we are very hard to beat."
Hamilton was centre stage when Northern Ireland famously beat Spain at the 1982 World Cup finals, setting up Gerry Armstrong's goal in that game and grabbing two of his own when they later drew with Austria.
"I hadn't scored in the competition up until the Austria game. It was such a relief - you have made your mark on the World Cup and it is something to tell the grandchildren," Hamilton added.
"I think if you looked at my celebration, I rammed about seven different celebrations into the one goal. It is just a release of emotions and excitement. It is hard to recreate it and get that feeling again."
The 1-0 win against Spain in Valencia was particularly sweet for the Northern Ireland players who had been labelled as boozers by the Spanish press before the match.
Hamilton recalls the background to that tag which he says arose from a practical joke played by the Northern Ireland team.
"There was one day Billy Bingham the manager was going to a ceramics factory where they make replicas for the World Cup," he said.
"Billy said 'you can have the day off, I don't want you to leave the hotel - you can have a few drinks but stay in the confines of the hotel'.
"There must have been about 40 empties between us all. We put a cowboy hat on Tommy Cassidy - he had fallen asleep on a lounger and we piled all the beer cans up round his ankles.
"Little did we know that the Spanish press had got into the hotel and they came round and they were taking photographs.
"They took a picture of Tommy and it was in the papers the next day and they said this is how the Irish prepare for the big game.
"That was before the Spanish match and later I think Billy Bingham took great delight, joking you should have prepared more like us."
Hamilton says that any consumption of alcohol by the team was "in moderation".
"Nobody took advantage or went overboard," he added. "The team spirit that built up was brilliant. Unfortunately in the modern game I don't think you would be able to do that now."
However, he also reflects on the irony that when they did defeat Spain most of the players had to wait a full 90 minutes before they could toast their success with a beer.
"I remember we couldn't wait to get back to the hotel to celebrate our famous victory and Gerry Armstrong and someone else were called in for a drug test," he added.
"We were sitting on the bus for an hour and a half because they were so dehydrated they couldn't give the urine sample. They were feeding them with Champagne and beer to get them to go to the toilet and we are sitting on the bus dying to get back to the hotel and couldn't get a drink.
"We were gagging for one - 'let's get home and celebrate' - and when we got back there was about 300 Northern Ireland supporters around the hotel, so it was a big party."
The Gentlemans Retreat in Bawtry can also host poker nights and show 18-rated films.
Doncaster Council granted permission but has imposed a restriction on under-18s being on the premises.
But owner James Herrington said the ban on children was unfair and he is appealing against the decision.
He said: "They won't allow under 18s into the building whatsoever - that includes some of my staff, my daughter and younger clients.
"We have said it is hugely inappropriate what they have done, especially as in other bars and restaurants you can take under 18s in as long as they don't go to the bar area.
"Our bar is completely separate and private."
He said the bar would be members only and the tattoo parlour appointments only.
"You can take children into other bars and restaurants where they can watch their parents drink until they are under the table," he said.
"We are trying to create an experience which is about socialising and relaxing in a comfortable environment - it's not about getting drunk."
He said poker nights, burlesque and whisky evenings were all in keeping with the theme of his business, aimed at a "particular sort of gentleman".
Mr Herrington said he was now torn about whether to proceed with the plans, which he said would hit his existing trade as a result of the restriction.
David Kirkham, from Bawtry Town Council, said he welcomed the decision to exclude children from the premises.
He said he was still uncomfortable about the potential for the mix of activities to cause a nuisance to nearby residents.
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The energy regulator said four million pre-pay customers would be protected by an interim price cap from next April.
It added it would work with suppliers to help "disengaged" customers to search for cheaper deals.
But First Utility's managing director, Ed Kamm, told the BBC the plans were in danger of helping the wrong people.
"Ofgem itself admits that consumers who are already engaged in the market will see the first benefits," he said.
"We are in real danger of continuing to fuel a 'tale of two markets' - helping those who already shop around and doing little to properly help those who are continuing to pay much more than they need to or should," he added.
In its report published on Wednesday, Ofgem said the cap on pre-payment bills would save "vulnerable" households money. At the moment, these customers pay an average of £220 a year more than those on the cheapest deals.
Asima Khan, a single mother, is one such customer who was put on a pre-payment gas meter by her supplier when she went into arrears 18 months ago.
"When you are on low income and you can't afford much and then you are having to pay so much for gas, it leaves your pocket empty," she said.
"You can't eat, you can't cook, you can't feed your children. You either don't cook at home and just use the heating or you really play with everything.
"My boys are now almost professionally trained - you put the heating on 10 minutes before you have a shower and you switch it off immediately. If it's cold, that's just too bad."
Suppliers argue that pre-payment customers are currently charged more because the technology involved in the meters is more expensive, pushing up the cost.
As a result of the move to introduce a cap, the regulator said it wanted to knock an average of between £75 and £80 a year off pre-payment bills.
However, it described the price cap on pre-payment bills as "interim".
The reason for that is that smart meters, which are cheaper to install than pre-payment meters, are due to be rolled out throughout the UK by 2020.
Customers will then be able to choose to pay in advance or to pay in retrospect.
At that point, the cheaper technology involved means there should be no need for energy suppliers to charge customers more for pre-paid energy.
Ofgem also promised to co-operate with suppliers to help "disengaged" customers on "expensive standard variable tariffs" to shop around more.
It said the proposals were an "opportunity to deliver a more competitive, fairer energy market for all consumers".
It welcomed proposals published last month by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) aimed at reforming the energy market.
- People in rented accommodation, where the landlord chooses a pre-payment
- People who have had trouble paying in the past or who have debts
- Owners of second homes who are renting out a property and want to be sure bills are paid
- People who choose pre-payment because it is easier and they only use what they have paid for
Ofgem chief executive Dermot Nolan said the CMA's final report was a watershed moment for both the industry and consumers and pointed the way to a "fairer and more competitive future".
"I call on energy companies and consumer groups to seize this opportunity," he said.
According to the CMA's two-year investigation, two-thirds of UK households were paying "over the odds" for their energy compared with those who have switched to a different tariff.
To encourage more switching, Ofgem planned to trial "more effective prompts" on customers' bills to encourage them to compare different tariffs.
However, Ofgem said it would not be capping standard variable energy tariffs.
Mr Nolan told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the CMA had decided that capping standard tariffs was not in the best interests of customers.
Instead, the CMA had proposed "a series of remedies", said Mr Nolan, adding they would make the market fairer and encourage customers to switch energy suppliers.
Ofgem believed encouraging competition was the best protection for consumers, he added, and said switching rates had increased over the last year.
"Switch" says the regulator. "Switch" say the energy companies. "Switch" say the consumer groups. Do it and you can save £300 to £400 every year.
They have been singing from this particular hymn sheet for years.
Yet the CMA's final report (paragraph 100, if you're interested) says that more than a third of the 7,000 people it asked still did not realise switching was an option.
These people - delightfully referred to as "the disengaged" - tend to be on low incomes, have few qualifications, are tenants or are aged over 65, it concludes.
Unless they are on a pre-payment meter, the pensioner from Penzance and the breadline family from Bolton are to receive prompts on their bills or letters from suppliers urging them to - you guessed it - switch.
Should they automatically be put on the cheapest deal, or at least on a cheaper backstop tariff than now? Ofgem makes it clear such a system will not be introduced.
Consumer organisation Which? welcomed Ofgem's report but said the regulator faced a huge challenge in implementing the proposals in a way that stimulated competition.
"The industry will need to commit to working with the regulator to ensure people get a fairer deal on their energy," added Alex Neill, director of policy and campaigns.
One of the "Big Six" energy suppliers, EDF Energy, said it supported "the implementation of the CMA's proposed remedies without delay, so that customers can continue to benefit fully from competition and innovation".
However, critics have said it is impractical for most people to check every few weeks whether they were getting the best possible deal.
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"I think this industry is doing as much as it can to try and reassure consumers that they can switch. There's information about the cheapest deals available currently on every bill," she added.
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Julian Kelsall, from Fenton in Stoke-on-Trent, died at the 90m (300ft) deep Dorothea Quarry in August last year.
The Caernarfon hearing was told Mr Kelsall, 42, had an underlying liver condition that would have affected his ability to cope.
A conclusion of misadventure was recorded.
The inquest on Wednesday was told Mr Kelsall's air regulator failed after he and diving partner Steven Wood dropped to a depth of about 22m (72ft).
Mr Wood said the stricken diver was "fighting" to try and sort out his kit.
"He's not normally a panicker, he is very cool as a rule," said Mr Wood.
Mr Kelsall was given a spare breathing regulator to use, and then given Mr Wood's main breathing piece - but the diver continued to struggle and the two men became separated.
Another diver, Paul Antonio, said he swam down to 41m (135ft) to recover Mr Kelsall but never saw him conscious.
Other divers and paramedics tried to save him on the surface, before he was flown to hospital in Bangor, where his death was confirmed.
The inquest heard Mr Kelsall died from drowning, but also had a markedly enlarged liver.
The disused quarry pool has been a magnet for divers since slate operations closed in the 1970s.
But the deep water at the site near Penygroes, Gwynedd, has claimed about 25 lives in the last 20 years.
She is the first woman to take on the role in the broadcaster's 35-year history.
Mahon was previously head of Shine Group until 2015 and is currently chief executive of special effects company Foundry.
She succeeds David Abraham, who announced his departure earlier this year, and will start her new role this autumn.
Mahon said: "Channel 4's unique remit to innovate and to appeal to young and diverse audiences make it an essential part of British culture.
"There is nowhere in the world like Channel 4 and, in these changing times, its mission is more important than ever.
"I'm incredibly proud to be joining Channel 4 and bring to it experience both of leading creative organisations at scale and dealing with an environment of constant technological change."
Alex Mahon's appointment to Channel 4 is notable for many reasons, one being that she is the first woman to run a major British broadcaster. But the other is that, in looking for their new CEO, the Channel 4 Board has appointed someone from a technology company with useful connections to government - and Hollywood.
Foundry, the special effects company that Mahon runs, is at the cutting edge of virtual reality TV. Films like Gravity and Guardians of the Galaxy owe their dazzling visuals to work by Mahon's team. The Channel 4 Board clearly think connections to big budget productions in Hollywood will come in handy. She was previously CEO of Shine Group, the production giant behind Masterchef.
But Mahon, who will start in October or November, also worked with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), as part of an advisory panel on the future direction of the BBC. Her first task as leader of Channel 4 is to head to the DCMS and figure out where Channel 4 is going to be based.
The Tory manifesto said it would be relocated. I understand, however, that discussions between the broadcaster and government on what that means exactly are still to be had, and no final decision on how much of Channel 4 will move - and indeed where it would move to.
Channel 4 is undergoing tremendous upheaval. Not only is David Abraham, the CEO, leaving, but chief creative officer Jay Hunt announced last week that she would be going too. Staff at the broadcaster are unsure where their headquarters are going to be.
Before she can steer it into the future, Mahon has to steady the ship.
Chair of channel 4 Charles Gurassa said: "Alex is an outstanding leader and a highly experienced CEO who has developed and grown major international businesses in both the creative and technology sectors.
"She brings an impressive combination of relevant experience and is brilliantly placed to help steer Channel 4 through the competitive challenges and opportunities ahead."
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A special celebration was held in Selkirk at the weekend to mark the 175th anniversary of the birth of the "founding father" of one of the most rare dog breeds in the world.
Every modern-day Dandie Dinmont terrier can trace its ancestry back to Old Ginger - born on the Haining Estate in 1842.
Owners of the breed - which is named after a Sir Walter Scott character - attended from around the world.
The celebrations included the unveiling of a statue of Old Ginger next to the kennels he was born in.
Graham Shields said he expected the figure to be roughly the same as last May's election, which cost £5m.
Work which would have allowed people to register to vote online has had to be put to the side because of the snap vote, he added.
He urged 60,000 people whose names have been removed from the register to reapply.
"Those 60,000 people were people who did not respond to the last canvass in the Autumn of 2013 and they were retained on the register for three years up until December 2016," he said.
"But by law they had to come off because we had not heard from them in the intervening period.
"It's very simple for those people or indeed anybody who is not on the register to get back on at this point.
"All they have to do is complete a fresh registration form and submit it to us.
"It's important that we hear from them by 14 February because that is the deadline for registering, and if anybody needs any information, please contact our offices or ring the helpline on 0800 4320712."
At present, online registration is not available but Mr Shields said this was something that was being worked on.
"Indeed had it not been for the election, it is very likely we would have been able to bring it in in the next month or so," he said.
"Regretfully that work has had to be put to the side until we see through the election but it is coming and it will come later this year but unfortunately not before the election."
Fresh Assembly elections were called on 16 January after the executive collapsed over the scandal surrounding the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), a botched green energy scheme.
Voters will go to the polls on Thursday 2 March.
Mr Shields said the short lead-up to the election meant it was a "very, very busy time in the office".
"A number of staff have given up long planned for holidays - some to the Bahamas and Florida - to make sure that they're available to work over the election period," he said.
"We all owe them a great deal of gratitude for doing that. They will be working weekends and evenings in the run-up to the election so it's all hands to the till here."
Virginia McVea, the former director of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, will take over as the new chief electoral officer on 1 February.
"I have been working with Virginia during the course of this month to bring her up to speed on what's happening and I will of course be available to her in the background to offer any assistance that I can until we get through the election," said Mr Shields.
Striker Bodvarsson, 24, who has made 26 appearances for Iceland, scored for them at Euro 2016, against Austria.
Teixeira, 22, has predominantly featured for Benfica's B team in the Portuguese second tier.
His only first-team appearance for Benfica came in the Champions League against Bayer Leverkusen in 2014.
The pair follow the signings of winger Helder Costa from Benfica and Atletico Madrid defender Silvio, for an undisclosed fee, which were completed either side of Kenny Jackett being replaced as head coach by Walter Zenga.
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The New Zealander, who led Clermont Auvergne to the Top 14 title in 2010 during an eight-year spell at the club, will replace South African Jake White.
Cotter's spell as Scotland coach will end next June when Glasgow coach Gregor Townsend takes over the national job.
White's Montpellier contract expires at the same time, with the club confirming the change on their website.
"The arrival of Vern Cotter for the 2017-2018 season should help to write a new chapter in the history of MHR [Montpellier] and continue to make it grow," a statement said.
White led Montpellier to victory in the European Challenge Cup last season, and they are currently third in the Top 14.
Cotter, meanwhile is preparing for Scotland's autumn Tests against Australia, Argentina and Georgia.
It was announced in August that Townsend will replace Cotter as Scotland boss in June 2017.
Many of the whales died overnight at Farewell Spit at the top of the South Island, but those that survived are now swimming in the bay off the beach.
Hundreds of locals managed to rescue the survivors after forming a human chain to refloat the whales.
The incident is one of the worst such cases the country has seen.
On Friday, a number of the whales that had been refloated returned to the beach overnight, but high tide and the arrival of a new pod of pilot whales on Saturday morning improved rescue efforts.
"Fingers crossed, the new whales are going to lead them out into deeper water," said Andrew Lamason, the department of conservation's regional manager.
However, he added that there was still a chance that they might turn back into Golden Bay.
Mr Lamason said improved weather and clear waters also helped with the latest rescue attempt, but added that he had to warn volunteers about the possibility of stingrays and sharks after one of the dead whales appeared to have bite marks.
Officials on Saturday were also considering how best to dispose of the whale carcasses. Mr Lamason said that simply towing them out to sea could be problematic as they may become gaseous and buoyant and float into populated bays.
Scientists do not know what exactly causes whales to beach themselves.
But it sometimes happens because the whales are old and sick, injured, or make navigational errors particularly along gentle sloping beaches.
Whales that become beached will send out distress signals attracting other members of their pod, who then also get stranded by a receding tide.
The latest incident in New Zealand was first reported on Thursday evening, but conditions were too dangerous at the time to launch a rescue operation.
The surviving whales were kept alive after "being kept cool, calm and comfortable" by medics and members of the public.
New Zealand has one of the highest stranding rates in the world, with about 300 dolphins and whales ending up on beaches every year, according to Project Jonah.
Many of these incidents happen at Farewell Spit. Experts say its shallow waters seems to confuse whales and hinder their ability to navigate.
In February 2015 about 200 whales beached themselves at the same location, of which at least half died.
Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod told reporters this month that they reached the 8,850m (29,035ft) summit on 23 May.
But some mountaineers alleged the couple, who are both police officers, faked their achievement by circulating digitally altered photos of the climb.
Mr and Mrs Rathod deny the claims, as do the guides who climbed with them.
Contacted by the BBC, Tarakeshwari Rathod insisted that she and her husband had "climbed Everest".
The pair work as constables in the western Indian city of Pune, where police are now carrying out an inquiry.
A senior Pune police official told the BBC that officers were "clarifying the facts with the couple and a group of mountaineers" who had objected to their claim.
"The couple have [climbing] certificates from Nepal government's tourism and mountaineering department. We will approach the government to find out whether these certificates are genuine," the official, who preferred to remain unnamed, said.
The Rathods held a press conference on 5 June to announce that their "dreams have been realised" and they had scaled the summit.
But Pune-based climber Surendra Shelke, who is one of a number of Indian mountaineers to have raised doubts about the couple's claim, said his suspicions "were first aroused owing to the time lag between the day the Rathods claimed to have reached the summit and their press meet announcing their achievement".
They also alleged that some of the photographs circulated by the couple showing them on the climb had been photoshopped.
Other allegations are that the couple could not have reached the summit so soon after they were seen to have arrived at base camp, and that the photos appear to show them in two different sets of clothes and boots while on the climb.
However, the chief of Kathmandu-based Makalu Adventure, which organised the ascent, told the BBC he had "no doubt" the couple had scaled the world's highest peak.
The company's website also contains pictures of the couple that they say were taken on the summit.
"They were taken to the summit by sherpas who worked for my company for several years and they reached the summit on 23 May," Mohan Lamsal told the BBC.
Mr Lamsal said Mrs Rathod had contracted pneumonia on the way down, and his company had sent a helicopter to fly her out from base camp to Kathmandu for treatment.
"She was in hospital for a week. Only after she recovered, could the couple hold a press meet in India to announce the summit."
Mr Lamsal said Nepalese authorities had issued the climbing certificates to the couple after "investigating the matter and interviewing the couple" following complaints by some climbers in India.
"There is some politics going on [in this case]," he said.
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Djokovic had levelled at two sets all when bad light stopped play on Monday.
He struggled to find his rhythm when the match resumed on Tuesday after a delay because of rain.
But the world number one and top seed finally got to grips with the big-serving South African to win 6-7 (6-8) 6-7 (6-8) 6-1 6-4 7-5.
"Kevin served exceptionally well," said Djokovic. "This was one of the most difficult matches I have played at Wimbledon in my career.
"It was high-quality tennis in the fifth set. At times I was helpless with my return - it was very difficult to read his serve and he was very aggressive.
"I was two sets down and coming back to win gives me great satisfaction and confidence for my next challenge."
Djokovic was on top when play was halted on Monday but he took time to get into his stride after returning to Court One to fight out the deciding set.
The match was delayed by half an hour because of rain but Anderson quickly got his booming serve into gear, firing down three aces in the first game.
In contrast, Djokovic had to fight to avoid being broken early on, and his frustration was obvious as another shower threatened to bring another pause in play only for the rain to quickly pass.
In the sixth game of the deciding set, Djokovic appeared to aggressively shout 'Towel' at a startled ball girl after a a 20-shot rally concluded with him netting with a forehand.
Djokovic said: "I'm sorry. There was nothing towards her. Maybe she was just afraid of my screaming there. I'm definitely going to try to apologise to her if I did something wrong."
It was not long until Djokovic had Anderson in trouble when the 6ft 8in right-hander saw his serve falter for the first time.
Two double-faults at 5-5 gave Djokovic his first chance to break in the decider, and he did not miss his opportunity.
He held his arms aloft and blew a kiss towards the sky after serving out his victory after 44 minutes back on court, in a match that lasted a total of three hours and 46 minutes.
Djokovic will play ninth seed Marin Cilic in the last eight. The Croatian also took him to five sets when they met at the same stage at SW19 in 2014.
The bank's chief executive Jamie Dimon said he wanted to address income inequality and called on others in the private sector to do more.
"A pay increase is the right thing to do. Wages for many Americans have gone nowhere for too long," Mr Dimon wrote in The New York Times.
The increases will affect bank tellers and customer service representatives.
Salaries will increase from $10.15 (£7.71) per hour to between $12 and $16 an hour depending on geographic area.
Mr Dimon said the move "enables more people to begin to share in the rewards of economic growth."
He also said raising salaries was good for the bank because it would help attract and retain workers.
JP Morgan's shares were up 1.2% on Tuesday.
JP Morgan is not the first major US company to announces it would raise pay for hourly workers. On Monday, Starbucks announced it was raising wages for 150,000 hourly workers, and in April, McDonald's announced a pay increase for workers at its non-franchised stores.
Wage stagnation has been a problem in the post-recession recovery, despite the improving jobs market.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has said it is a sign of that the labour market is not at its peak and that the central bank is watching wage growth closely.
The gap between the highest earners and lowest earners has also been a central theme in the US election.
In his opinion piece for The New York Times, Mr Dimon stressed the need for businesses to do more to help their workers. He said even companies that could not afford to raise wages could help by training workers and creating mentoring programs.
He also called on the government to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to more workers. The EITC is a tax refund for low-income workers with children.
"We face many challenges. But they can be overcome by government, business and the non-profit sectors working together to build on models of success that advance economic opportunity and create more widely shared prosperity," Mr Dimon wrote.
Portsmouth, promoted from League Two on Monday, are subject to a bid from American billionaire Michael Eisner.
Eisner is in exclusive negotiations with Portsmouth until 1 June.
The PST surveyed its members over a potential ownership change with 94% agreeing to the importance of retaining at least one board member at the club.
In a recent interview, former Walt Disney chief executive Eisner said he would remove fan representation from the board if his takeover bid was successful.
The PST, which currently owns 48% of the club's shares, has three members out of nine on the board.
In a statement, the PST said: "Given we represent the largest share in the club, we would hope to see our members' views on supporter ownership and involvement, and protection of the club's heritage, reflected in any bid.
"Ultimately, it will be our shareholders and members who will vote to decide whether this, or any other bid for the club, is successful."
More than 2,000 people responded to the survey on hopes, concerns and opinions relating to an ownership change over a week-long period.
It revealed 64% initially felt positive about Eisner's interest, rising to 74% the more they heard about his intentions.
John Buwalda and Jan Polak were found guilty of plotting to smuggle the Class A drugs using a light aircraft following a trial at the Old Bailey.
They were arrested near Rochester Airport in Kent shortly after flying from the Netherlands on 30 June.
Both will be sentenced in February and were told to expect long jail terms.
Polak, 61, a Polish national living in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, was arrested outside a Holiday Inn carrying 48lb (22kg) of cocaine.
Buwalda, 52, from Hilversum, was then found in a bathroom in the hotel by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers.
NCA officer Jim McMorrow told the trial Buwalda "was sitting on the toilet. He had a white top on and his trousers were by his legs".
Buwalda told officers he worked for the Chinese Europe Medical Post Grad Academy, which trained dentists.
He is said to have told officers he flew the academy's Piper Alpha aircraft into the UK on 30 June to network at the University of Greenwich, but admitted he spoke to no-one at the university beforehand.
The Old Bailey heard he transported the drugs in red metal boxes which he claimed were wing weights used to prevent gusts of wind from lifting the wings while the aircraft is on the ground.
He said he took them into the hotel to "show off and look the part of a pilot".
Polak claimed he worked for a cosmetics company and denied knowing the packages contained illegal drugs.
He claimed he had been approached by an unknown man in London who asked him to deliver a parcel in exchange for money.
The drugs were handed over inside Buwalda's hotel room.
They have also used those pulses to drive neuronal activity in a slice of mouse brain.
They say the system is a more faithful replica of touch sensation than many other designs for artificial skin, making it a promising option for the development of responsive prosthetics.
The work appears in Science magazine.
The main advantage, according to senior author Zhenan Bao, is that the bendy, plastic-based sensor directly produces a pattern of pulses that makes sense to the nervous system.
"Previously, with plastic material, we and others in the field have been able to make sensitive touch sensors - but the electrical signal that comes out from the sensor is not the right format for the brain to be able to interpret it," she told the BBC.
That means that other designs, although they have produced some remarkable results in tests with patients, have required a processor or a computer to "translate" the touch information.
"Our sensor is now coupled with a printed, simple electronic circuit. That circuit allows our sensor to generate electrical pulses that can communicate with the brain," said Prof Bao, a chemical engineer at Stanford University.
"We see this as the first step towards using plastic materials for artificial skin on prosthetic limbs."
In the more near-term, she added, the sensors might prove useful in wearable technology.
"They are very thin and flexible, and are also stretchy. So you could mount a sensor on your skin and use it to detect vital signs like heartbeat and blood pressure."
The heart of the design is a layer of flexible, rubbery polymer, laced with carbon nanotubes and shaped into tiny pyramids. When the sensor gets squashed, this semi-conductive layer offers a read-out of the pressure.
"When pressure is applied, the pyramids are deformed," Prof Bao explained. "The top becomes more flat, and this changes the amount of current that can flow through these pyramids."
Beneath that layer is an inkjet-printed circuit, called an oscillator, which turns the variable current into a train of pulses. With more pressure and more current, the rate of the pulses goes up.
To show that this signal could communicate reliably with the nervous system, Prof Bao and her colleagues passed it to a blue LED and shone the light onto a slice of brain from a mouse.
There, a subset of brain cells had been engineered to respond to this stimulation, by expressing a light-sensitive channel that floods the cell with charge when hit by blue photons.
Sure enough, when the scientists measured the impulses of individual cells within the slice, they saw a faithful readout of the pulses being produced by the touch sensor, and flashed by the light - even when they were rattling out at 200 pulses per second.
This light-based technique is referred to as "optogenetics" and is used by neuroscientists for all sorts of experiments, including manipulating memories by driving activity in specific sets of neurons.
Prof Bao's team chose it because delivering electricity directly to nerve cells is often problematic.
"Electrodes are made of hard material and they tend to damage neuronal cells," she said. "But using this technique, we don't have to directly contact the neurons."
In the future, stem cell technology could generate an optogenetic interface for technology like the new sensors. Alternatively, Prof Bau said, there might be improved ways to deliver the electrical impulse directly.
"There are quite a lot of developments right now in soft electrodes, for better bio-interfaces. That could be another approach."
Polina Anikeeva, a materials scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrote a commentary for Science about the new sensors. She told BBC News the Stanford team's optogenetic demonstration was exciting.
"A number of companies and clinical trials are already exploring optogenetics as an alternative to electrical stimulation," Prof Anikeeva said.
"As the efficacy and safety of the method becomes better understood, it is not unrealistic to envision more applications of optogenetic neural stimulation in prosthetic interfaces - but it is going to take time and effort."
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Slater, 22, was out of contract with the Scottish Premier League side and rejected a new deal, moving to League Two despite interest from Aberdeen.
The Scotland Under-21 international joined Killie in 2012, scoring nine goals in 85 matches across four years.
Meanwhile, 20-year-old striker Femi Akinwande has penned a new one-year contract with the U's.
Slater told told BBC Essex: "I could have stayed up in Scotland but I thought it was time for a change.
"Speaking to boys that have played down here they told me how good it was, so it was definitely something I wanted to be a part of.
"Moving down from Glasgow, it's my first time staying away from home. It's all new but at the end of the day it's got to be done.
"I've never been to London, so I'm actually looking forward to taking a trip and doing all the touristy things."
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Despite the recent slowdown in the country's GDP, most developed economies would dream of an annual growth rate of 7%.
No wonder then that annual Chinese investment overseas has grown eightfold over the past 10 years to reach more than $140bn in 2013.
Somewhat surprisingly, there was a modest slowdown in 2014, with investment in the first half lower than a year earlier, largely due to a fall in spending on energy projects.
But this dip is likely to be short lived, for the simple reason that population growth and, more importantly, the exploding middle classes mean China's voracious appetite for resources will continue to grow.
The US has been the largest recipient of Chinese money over the past decade, largely due to a burst of investment since 2012 - this time last year, Australia was the number one destination over the previous 10 years.
In the first half of last year, however, investment in the UK matched that in the US, as it cemented its place as China's favourite European country to invest in - at $24bn it received more than double France's $11bn.
China has made investments and signed contracts all over the world, but Africa in particular has piqued its interest. China, the world's second largest economy, has done business in 34 African countries, with Nigeria top of the pile at $21bn. Ethiopia and Algeria have attracted more than $15bn, with Angola and South Africa each drawing in almost $10bn.
The reason is simply Africa's wealth of natural resources.
At the other end of the scale, political tensions help explain why China has invested almost as much in Mongolia ($1.4bn) as it has in Japan ($1.6bn), the country it recently overtook in the league of the world's most powerful economies.
Resources are what China needs, particularly to meet demand for energy that is predicted to triple by 2050.
That is why investment in energy has dwarfed that in other sectors since 2005, with almost $400bn committed to securing power for China's population, which currently stands at almost 1.4 billion.
Investment in energy actually dipped slightly last year, with that in other areas such as transportation, property and technology taking up much of the slack. Energy investments tend to be large-scale and dominated by state-owned companies, so the temporary lull has meant less state and more private investment. In some cases, this makes Chinese money more palatable to host countries.
Metals are another key area of investment, as these are needed in construction and industry to help fuel China's rapidly expanding economy.
The Chinese state has made some staggeringly large investments in individual companies and projects, most of which are, unsurprisingly, in the energy sector.
CNOOC, for example, spent $15bn on Canada's Nexen in 2013, while other state-owned energy companies have wracked up multi-billion dollar deals in recent years.
Outside of energy and resources, finance has also attracted some serious money, with Morgan Stanley and Standard Bank the biggest recipients of Chinese cash.
They may not represent the same kind of outlay, but China has also invested in some household names across the world, from IBM and Barclays to Ford and General Motors.
In percentage terms they may not add up to much, but they still represent a hefty outlay in dollar terms. Some names may be something of a surprise.
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Khanna, also an active politician, had been suffering from cancer and was admitted to hospital earlier this month as his illness became more serious.
He acted in more than 100 Bollywood films and was widely seen as a counterfoil to the "angry young man" played by Amitabh Bachchan.
He was elected to parliament four times and was once a junior foreign minister.
Khanna began his career in 1968 and was a household name in India, particularly during the 1970s and eighties when he played the starring role in a number of Bollywood hits.
Tributes have been pouring in for Mr Khanna who died after a long illness. The hashtag #VinodKhanna was trending on top of Twitter India on Thursday afternoon.
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee led tributes from politicians while many Bollywood celebrities also paid homage.
Fassbender, who plays the late Apple co-founder, said it was "pretty special" to have the film as the closing night gala.
Also on the red carpet in London's Leicester Square were director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.
Boyle said Jobs had "changed our lives in an extraordinary ways."
It is the third Boyle film to close the festival, following Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours.
Steve Jobs, which will be released in the UK on 13 November, spans a period of 14 years and focuses on three product launches - the Macintosh in 1984, the NeXT Cube in 1988 and the iMac in 1998.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of Sunday night's gala screening, Sorkin was keen to point out that the film was not a traditional biopic of Jobs and defended the accuracy of his storytelling.
"What we don't see in this movie is a dramatic recreation of his Wikipedia page. What you see is a dramatisation of several of the personal conflicts that he had in his life. I do believe they are fair, my conscience is clear."
Sorkin's dialogue-packed script ran to 185 pages - far longer than a regular screenplay. Fassbender described it as "the best script that I've ever read".
Winslet, who plays Jobs's colleague Joanna Hoffman, is almost unrecognisable with an 80s hairstyle and large glasses when appearing in the first act of the film.
"Much has been made about the length of the script and how much there was to learn," she said. "But you just get on with it."
On the red carpet, she told the BBC that making the film had been "a great journey" and that she had got to spend time with the real Hoffman, who had been "great at sharing her stories".
"There weren't many women in Steve's life who could stand up to him in that way but also give him a big hug before a launch," she said.
"Joanna saw the film and said she really like it and enjoyed the fact that Michael [Fassbender] was able to show some of Steve's 'real warmth'."
Also on the red carpet were the film's co-stars Jeff Daniels, who plays former Apple CEO John Sculley, Katherine Waterston who plays Jobs' ex-girlfriend Chrisann Brennan, and Michael Stuhlbarg who plays Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original members of the Apple Mac development team.
Over its 12 days, the London Film Festival (LFF) had screened 240 feature films from 72 countries.
On Saturday night, Chevalier - about six men who embark on a boat trip together - won the best film award. The movie was directed by Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari.
The festival had kicked off with period drama Suffragette, starring Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep and Helena Bonham Carter.
LFF director Clare Stewart, who had declared this year's theme as "the year of the strong woman", told the BBC that it had been "a terrific year".
"We have been able to amplify some important issues from the industry around gender equality in front and behind the camera," she said.
"To have three films directed by women taking awards last night was the icing on the cake."
The teenager was found with serious injuries at a house in Tempest Road, Beeston, at about 05:00 BST. She was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The 18-year-old man remains in police custody for questioning.
Tempest Road was closed off to allow police investigations to continue, with diversions in place.
The Belfast Telegraph leads with an interview with parents of Dean McIlwaine, who went missing on 13 July.
On Saturday, a search group discovered a body believed to be that of the 22-year-old at Cavehill in north Belfast.
There has yet to been a formal identification process.
The paper reports that Dean's mother, Karen McIlwaine, said: "I don't know how we are going on without him, because he was so close to us all."
She said that the discovery provided some closure about what had happened to her son.
"At least we have him home now.
"It would have been awful to live without any news, waiting and wondering," she added.
The Daily Mirror also leads with reaction to the discovery of Mr McIlwaine's body.
In a statement Dean's aunt, Kim Malone, wrote: "Dean was a loving, gorgeous and talented young man who had everything going for him.
"What a waste of his precious life. Our family will never be the same without you Dean."
The Irish News reports on what it says is a secret recording between two police officers and an alleged drug dealer. The PSNI say anyone with a complaint should go to the Police Ombudsman.
Gerry Adams's trip to the United States is the News Letter's lead story.
A teenager from Rathfriland whose grandfather was killed by the IRA told the paper that Mr Adams was being "glorified" in America "as a peacemaker".
Ellie Heenan, 16, is currently in America attending a conference set up after 9/11 for young people impacted by terrorism across the world.
Her grandfather was shot in 1985.
She told the paper: "It is very difficult to stomach because (Mr Adams) was very closely linked to the reason our loved ones were murdered in the first place, and so many people were hurt."
It is understood that during his visit, the Sinn Féin president will attend a mass for Martin McGuinness in Washington.
He will also "update Irish America, the State Department and Capitol Hill on recent developments in the political process".
An award-winning ploughman and part-time farmer has told the Belfast Telegraph about his journey to recovery from cancer.
Twenty-four-year-old Andrew Gill was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia over a year ago.
He underwent intense treatment and has now been in recovery for seven months.
The cancer, which impacts blood cells, has made Andrew look towards a new career path.
"Before my diagnosis I was really fit - I used to rally, motorcross, play football and go running.
"Now I haven't anywhere near the energy levels I used to have.
"I have been looking at other career options and already have taken a course in health and safety and passed two exams," he said.
Funeral details of three Donegal women killed in a car crash in County Louth are included in the Irish News.
Margaret McGonagle, 69, her daughter Mairead Mundy, 37, and family friend Rachel Battles, 39, died in a three-car crash on Friday morning.
Rachel Battles' six-year-old daughter and a 31-year-old are being treated for serious injuries in hospital.
The funeral masses are due to take place on Monday at the Church of Saint Joseph and Saint Conal in Bruckless.
Northern Ireland's air ambulance has made its first flight during a emergency call-out, reports the News Letter.
The helicopter was used to airlift a boy who was injured in a tractor incident in Castlewellan in County Down on Saturday.
Crew were despatched to the rescue even though the service has not been officially launched.
In a statement, the Ambulance Service said: "It is exactly this sort of scenario where it is envisaged that it will make the biggest difference."
Using lab-based synthetic biology, experiments in bacterial evolution, and mathematical modelling the study finds links between organisms and markets.
Bacterial investment crashes and boom-bust cycles are described in a paper in the journal Ecology Letters.
The study is the clearest experimental test of a 50-year-old theory relating trade-offs to competitive success.
The evolutionary successes of bacteria are plain to see as they are found across the globe, but bacteria may also have something to say about investment success more generally.
A research group from the UK and Australia used strains of the bacterium E. coli that were constrained in the amount of resource that they had for growth, but that were also subjected to varying degrees of biological stress.
Different strains of E. coli developed covering a range of ability to cope with stress and invest in growth.
Externally imposed "market conditions", represented by changing salt and acid contents of their environment, influenced the outcome of the "investment decisions" made by each bacterium, with success rewarded by survival, and failure leading to extinction.
The consequences of the trade-offs between development of stress-resistance, which involves the acquisition of costly proteins, or increasing consumption to grow were recorded in the evolution of the genetic codes of the successful bacterial strains.
The observations were used to test and validate mathematical models of bacterial investment booms and crashes.
Dr Ivana Gudelj from the University of Exeter was one of the authors of the study, and said: "We have shown that very different investment opportunities can require different investment strategies.
"These strategies are constrained by the subtleties in trade-offs that are usually invisible or ignored in real markets. The study is a classic demonstration of Darwinian economics and survival of the fittest."
Almost half a century ago Richard Levins first suggested that trade-offs in organisms' investment decisions lead to them exploiting different niches, and this concept may apply both in biological ecology and in financial markets, but it has not previously been demonstrated as clearly by experimental observations.
Prof Dan Lovallo, senior research fellow in Innovative Management at University of California, Berkeley, US, was not involved in the study, and commented: "This paper breaks exciting new ground in the integration of sciences... of interest to multiple fields: economics, finance, business strategy, and biology."
The applicability of the results to real investment decisions in financial markets should probably be treated with caution however, since the markets constructed for the study were simplified to allow testing of the model.
They do, nonetheless, show how small changes in market conditions can sometimes correspond to huge differences between optimal strategies.
Thomas Nash, 70, of Fedamore, County Limerick, was arrested in May 2015 over historical child sex offences which occurred between 1997 and 2001.
When he failed to appear at court in May 2016, a European Arrest Warrant was issued and he was extradited.
Nash abused two girls aged four and seven at the time.
Nash was convicted of five counts of indecent assault of a girl, and one count of gross indecency to a girl under the age of 16.
The offences took place in Bicester, Oxfordshire and Hampshire.
He was initially arrested in Oxford and was sentenced at the city's crown court on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for the NSPCC said: "Nash probably thought he got away with his crimes but his victims have shown immense bravery in speaking out and helping to bring him to justice.
"Devious offenders like Nash will be held to account no matter how long ago the abuse happened."
Thames Valley Police investigating officer Det Con Kelly Gilbert said: "Mr Nash failed to turn up for his trial in May 2016 which caused unnecessary stress for all involved.
"On behalf of Thames Valley Police, I would like to thank the victims for their patience and for being so courageous in coming forward."
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Chataway, who broke the 5,000m world record in 1954, is more famously remembered as the man who helped pace Sir Roger Bannister to breaking the four-minute mile barrier the same year.
He was named the first-ever BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1954.
Chataway, who won the Commonwealth Games three miles title in the same year, was knighted for his services to the aviation industry in 1995.
"Christopher Chataway was a high achiever who excelled in a number of fields. An Olympic athlete and one-time world 5,000 metres record holder, he was also a television reporter, a Conservative MP and a government minister.
Sir Chris Chataway's obituary
Bannister described Chataway, who had been suffering from cancer for two and a half years, as "one of my best friends".
"He was gallant to the end," Bannister told BBC Sport. "Our friendship dated back over more than half a century.
"We laughed, ran and commiserated together. People will always remember him for the great runner he was but it shouldn't be forgotten that he had an extremely distinguished career off the track.
"My family and I will miss him sorely and our thoughts go out to his family and many friends who were so fond of him."
Double Olympic champion Lord Coe added: "He was a 'Renassiance Man', and although his international career was relatively short, he packed an enormous amount in it.
"He was a four-time world record holder, inspired Roger to the first sub four-minute mile, made two Olympic finals and won the Commonwealth Games title at three miles in Vancouver. He did all this on four training sessions, so had bags of natural talent.
"If he and Roger had not broken the four-minute mile, and it had gone to someone like Australia's John Landy, that distance would have had a different geographical feel.
"It is a very British thing with British record holders, and is still regarded as an extraordinary achievement. More people have climbed Mount Everest than run a sub four-minute mile and that puts it into perspective."
"Chris was one of a kind; throwing himself into every project and achieving so much in so many fields. We have lost a great Briton," added Prime Minister David Cameron.
Chataway was born in Chelsea on 31 January, 1931 and educated at Sherborne School in Dorset. After National Service, he took an honours degree in politics, philosophy and economics and became president of the University Athletic Club at Magdalen College, Oxford.
His career in international athletics lasted only five years with the pinnacle being in 1954 when he set a new 5,000m world record of 13 minutes 51.6 seconds in a televised race at White City.
Chataway beat Russia's Vladimir Kuts by 0.1 secs - the man who he had finished second behind in the 5,000m European Championships final two weeks earlier.
He and Chris Brasher also paced Bannister to the first sub-four-minute mile but just one year on he was dividing his time between athletics and working in the world of broadcasting.
In September 1955, Chataway became the first newsreader on Independent Television, before finishing 11th in the 5,000m at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
He then moved into politics, working as a Conservative MP between 1959 and 1966 and rising to serve in positions as a Parliamentary Private Secretary and junior Education Minister.
Chataway was elected again in 1969 and served further ministerial positions.
In 1974, Chataway retired from politics to concentrate on his business career, becoming managing director of Orion Bank, before leaving in 1988 to work as chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority.
BBC athletics commentator Brendan Foster said: "Sir Chris was a real gentleman and an intelligent man.
"As well as his sporting achievements, he was an expert broadcaster, politician and businessman. He was vice chairman of a London bank and chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority. He truly was a boys' own hero.
"He was thrilled to be the first BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1954. It came after his 5,000m world record was broadcast from White City with that one spotlight on him on the line as he beat European Champion Vladimir Kuts. It brought the sport of athletics into people's living rooms."
Chataway's son Mark paid tribute to the resolve shown by his father in later life.
"We were struck by his amazing qualities of humility and strength, especially in these last few years," the 53-year-old said.
He also described his father as "a very compassionate and wise man" and said his father's passion for running remained with him in his advanced years.
"He ran with a couple of my brothers in the Great North Run about three years ago, doing it in a very respectable time."
He also completed the half marathon course of just over 13 miles in one hour, 38 minutes, 50 seconds at the age of 75 in 2006.
Chataway is survived by his sons Mark, Matthew, Adam, Charles, Ben, his daughter Joanna, his wife Carola and his former wife Anna.
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A team from the Georgia Institute of Technology found fire ants can use their antennae as "extra limbs" to catch themselves when they fall, and can build stable tunnels in loose sand.
Researchers used high speed cameras to record in detail this behaviour.
The findings are published in the journal PNAS.
Dr Nick Gravish, who led the research, designed "scientific grade ant farms" - allowing the ants to dig through sand trapped between two plates of glass, so every tunnel and every movement could be viewed and filmed.
"These ants would move at very high speeds," he explained, "and if you slowed down the motion, (you could see) it wasn't graceful movement - they have many slips and falls."
Crucially, the insects were able to gather themselves almost imperceptibly quickly after each fall.
To see how they managed this, the team set up a second experiment where, to move from their nest to their food source, the ants had to pass through a labyrinth of smooth glass tunnels.
"We could watch these glass tunnels and really see what all the body parts were doing when the ants were climbing and slipping and falling," said Dr Gravish.
The researchers were surprised to see that the ants would not just use their legs to catch themselves, but also engaged their antennae, essentially using these sensory "sniffing" appendages as extra limbs to support their weight.
Finally, the researchers wanted to look inside the hidden labyrinths that the ants constructed underground, so they put ants into containers full of sand or soil and allowed them to dig.
They then built a "homemade X-Ray CT scanner", just like a medical scanner, to take 3D snapshots of the tunnels that the ants dug in different types of soil.
"We found that ant groups all dug tunnels of the same diameter, [no matter what the] soil conditions were," said Dr Gravish.
"This suggested to us that fire ants are actively controlling their excavation to create tunnels of a fixed size."
Keeping their tunnels at approximately one body length in diameter seemed to ensure that the ants could catch themselves when they slipped and allowed the creatures to continue to dig.
Prof Dan Goldman, who was also involved in the study, explained that these remarkably successful insects were able to manipulate their environment - using it to control their movement.
His overall aim, he explained, was to distil "the principles by which ants and other animals manipulate complex environments" and bring them to bear in the design of search-and-rescue robotics.
"The state of the art search-and-rescue robotics is actually quite limited," he told the BBC.
"Lots of the materials in disaster sites - landslides, rubble piles - are loose materials, which you're going to potentially have to create structures out of.
"You might want, for example, to create a temporary structure for people buried down beneath."
Fire ants, he explained, could build stable tunnels in sand or soil with almost no moisture to bind it together, so learning from them might enable designers to build and programme robots that solve these same engineering problems.
The Committee for the Defence of Democracy, which organised the protest, says President Andrzej Duda is breaking the law in his appointment of judges.
Mr Duda is an ally of the Law and Justice party, which won elections in October.
MPs have accused the party of carrying out a "creeping coup d'etat".
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The protests are centred on a dispute about the powers of Poland's Constitutional Court, which can block legislation. The government says the court is biased because it is run mainly by judges appointed by the previous government.
The government ignored two of the court's rulings in December.
Around 50,000 people marched through the streets of Warsaw, with some chanting "Duda must go", according to AP.
Others carried banners calling on Jaroslaw Kaczynski - leader of the Law and Justice party - to leave Poland alone.
"Together we will stand as a non-partisan front to protect democracy and show our discontent regarding what is being done to institutions in a democratic state," the founder of the KOD movement, Mateusz Kijowski, told Radio Poland.
Opposition parties, including the Civic Platform and the Modern party, have also criticised the government, according to local media.
Mr Modi said on Sunday that Dalits have "suffered for centuries" and they "shouldn't suffer anymore".
Four Dalit men, believed to be tannery workers, were publicly flogged last month in western Gujarat state for skinning a dead cow.
Many Hindus consider cows sacred and the slaughter of the animal is banned in several states.
Speaking in Hyderabad, Mr Modi said: "What is the reason we torture our Dalit brothers? What right do you have? The section which has suffered for centuries, will you force them to suffer more?"
"If you have a problem, if you feel like attacking someone, attack me, not my Dalit brothers."
This was his second statement in two days against such attacks.
On Saturday, he asked state governments to take action against "anti-social elements who masquerade as cow protectors to save themselves".
Anger among Dalits has been mounting since the four men from their community were stripped and beaten in public by self-styled cow vigilantes last month.
The vigilantes had accused the men of harming cattle, but the victims insisted they were only taking a cow's carcass for skinning, as was their tradition.
Mr Modi had been criticised by Dalit groups and opposition parties for saying nothing about the attack until now.
There have been several other attacks on men and women across India, who have been accused of eating or smuggling beef.
Two Muslim women were beaten up last month by vigilantes over accusations that they had been carrying beef.
Last year, a Muslim man, Mohammed Akhlaq, was lynched by a mob that attacked his house over allegations that his family had been storing and consuming beef.
The majority of India's estimated 1.2 billion population is Hindu. However the country is also home to large Muslim, Christian and Buddhist minorities.
Vunipola pulled out of the summer trip because of an ongoing shoulder injury.
Lions boss Warren Gatland was keen to manage the number eight through it, but Jones says that was not an option.
"He is such an honest boy - he didn't want to fudge it," the Australian told BBC Sport. "It was a very brave and courageous decision."
Vunipola aggravated a shoulder problem in Saracens' Premiership semi-final defeat by Exeter on Saturday.
And Jones revealed that when the 24-year-old texted him on Sunday it was clear "he had his mind made up" not to tour.
Another England international, scrum-half Ben Youngs, withdrew from the squad earlier this month after the wife of his brother Tom learned she is terminally ill.
"For me, it's a good indication of the ethics of our players," Jones said.
"They don't feel emotionally or physically right to play and, rather than go there and try to fudge their way through the tour, they have done the right thing."
Jones also rejected the notion that Vunipola is prioritising England and Saracens, reiterating that "it is about him being a very ethical rugby player".
Vunipola's withdrawal led to a summons for experienced flanker James Haskell, who Jones believes will force his way into the Test side after having "an absolute stormer" in one of the opening three tour matches.
Haskell was to tour Argentina with a youthful England squad next month, but instead joins an entire team of players unavailable to Jones.
The Australian will field a host of uncapped players against the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday.
"We asked these young guys: 'Who are going to be the three or four involved in holding the World Cup up in 2019?
"'It's not going to be all of you so you have a choice now to make about how desperate you are to be one of those players.'"
Barry, who appeared to cramp up during the shootout, denied fellow keeper Brimah Razak - one of five efforts missed - before slotting in the winner.
Victory gave the Ivorians their second title, in a repeat of the 1992 final.
That year, Ivory Coast won 11-10 on penalties also after a goalless draw.
They will be delighted to have emulated the feat having gone close twice since - in 2006 and 2012 - on the latter occasion losing to Zambia, who were then coached by current Ivory Coast coach Herve Renard.
The Frenchman's success as coach of the Elephants makes him the first man to win the title with two countries.
By contrast, Ghana coach Avram Grant has now suffered defeats on penalties in two major finals, having lost the 2008 Champions League to Manchester United when he was Chelsea boss.
It had looked like the Black Stars might end their 33-year wait for a fifth Cup of Nations title when Ivory Coast missed their first two spot-kicks - Manchester City's new signing Wilfried Bony hitting the crossbar and substitute Junior Tallo dragging wide with his first touch of the game.
But Afriyie Acquah and Frank Acheampong failed with their efforts for Ghana and the sides were back on level terms.
After every outfield player had taken his turn, Barry - who had annoyed some of the Ghana players by going down with cramp - brilliantly saved keeper Razak's effort. He then kept his composure to slot home before being mobbed by his team-mates.
Defeat was perhaps a little harsh on Ghana, who had the better of the chances in the scoreless 120 minutes that preceded the shootout and twice hit the woodwork.
Christian Atsu was unlucky to see a superb 25-yard shot come back off the keeper's left-hand post, while Andre Ayew struck the outside of the other upright from a tight angle.
But there there was a sense of inevitability throughout the match that it would go the distance as neither team appeared to be prepared to take the risks that might bring a victory.
The big names - Ivory Coast's Yaya Toure and Bony, and Ghana's Ayew and Asamoah Gyan - failed to have a decisive influence on a game that never really flowed.
Match ends, Côte d'Ivoire 0(9), Ghana 0(8).
Penalty Shootout ends, Côte d'Ivoire 0(9), Ghana 0(8).
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(9), Ghana 0(8). Boubacar Barry (Côte d'Ivoire) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Boubacar Barry (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card.
Penalty saved! Razak Brimah (Ghana) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(8), Ghana 0(8). Serey Die (Côte d'Ivoire) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(7), Ghana 0(8). John Boye (Ghana) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(7), Ghana 0(7). Eric Bailly (Côte d'Ivoire) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(6), Ghana 0(7). Abdul Baba (Ghana) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(6), Ghana 0(6). Wilfried Kanon (Côte d'Ivoire) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(5), Ghana 0(6). Harrison Afful (Ghana) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(5), Ghana 0(5). Kolo Touré (Côte d'Ivoire) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(4), Ghana 0(5). Emmanuel Badu (Ghana) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(4), Ghana 0(4). Salomon Kalou (Côte d'Ivoire) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(3), Ghana 0(4). Jonathan Mensah (Ghana) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(3), Ghana 0(3). Yaya Touré (Côte d'Ivoire) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(2), Ghana 0(3). André Ayew (Ghana) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(2), Ghana 0(2). Seydou Doumbia (Côte d'Ivoire) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Frank Acheampong (Ghana) left footed shot is close, but misses to the left. Frank Acheampong should be disappointed.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(1), Ghana 0(2). Serge Aurier (Côte d'Ivoire) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Penalty saved! Afriyie Acquah (Ghana) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Junior Tallo (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot is close, but misses to the left. Junior Tallo should be disappointed.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0, Ghana 0(2). Jordan Ayew (Ghana) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty missed! Still Côte d'Ivoire 0, Ghana 0(1). Wilfried Bony (Côte d'Ivoire) hits the bar with a right footed shot.
Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0, Ghana 0(1). Mubarak Wakaso (Ghana) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
Penalty Shootout begins Côte d'Ivoire 0, Ghana 0.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Côte d'Ivoire 0, Ghana 0.
Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Junior Tallo replaces Gervinho.
Substitution, Ghana. Emmanuel Badu replaces Asamoah Gyan.
Jordan Ayew (Ghana) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Eric Bailly (Côte d'Ivoire).
Jordan Ayew (Ghana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Serey Die (Côte d'Ivoire).
Attempt blocked. Serge Aurier (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfried Bony.
Foul by Frank Acheampong (Ghana).
Wilfried Kanon (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Asamoah Gyan (Ghana).
Kolo Touré (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Ghana. André Ayew tries a through ball, but Asamoah Gyan is caught offside.
Jonathan Mensah (Ghana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Police said the 30-year-old woman was found in a lane between Seagate and Murraygate at about 13:00 on Wednesday.
She was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee by ambulance but did not survive.
Officers said inquiries were ongoing, but confirmed there were no apparent suspicious circumstances. A full report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
Dominic Hill, 32, of Luton Road, Stockport, grabbed two women, aged 22 and 24, in February last year although both managed to escape.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of kidnapping at Manchester Crown Court and given a minimum of six years.
He had been out on licence after sexually assaulting a woman in Manchester and was recalled to prison.
Hill was also ordered to sign the sex offenders' register for life.
A 22-year-old woman was dragged from a bus stop on Reddish Road, Stockport at about 07:00 on 6 February and pushed down the side of public toilets but she managed to kick out and escape, police said.
In a separate incident on 23 February, Hill followed a 24-year-old woman before covering her mouth and pinning her to the floor. She also managed to kick out and run off.
The incidents followed a similar attack six years ago which he admitted to after a reconstruction was shown on the BBC's Crimewatch programme.
A 20-year-old woman had been on a night out with friends when she was attacked by Hill in an alley near Manchester Town Hall at about 02:00 GMT on 31 October, 2010.
CCTV footage and the reconstruction shown the following February, caused him to turn himself in.
He pleaded guilty to sexual assault and was sentenced to five years and four months but was released early on licence.
Det Con James Grundy said: "Hill is a sexual predator who forced women into secluded areas and instilled fear into them.
"Everyone has the right to go about their daily lives without fear of being attacked and we will not tolerate this.
"Thankfully Hill is now behind bars where he can't target any more women."
Its analysis shows patients spent a total of nearly 2.5 million days stuck in a hospital over the past five years.
Age UK said it was bad for patients' health, a waste of NHS resources and a huge cost to taxpayers.
NHS England said extra funds allocated to councils would help give care and support to patients leaving hospital.
Age UK says there is a crisis in social care ranging from a shortage of care home places to a lack of district nurses to help people in their own home.
It says the situation has got worse and the number of people being kept in hospital in 2014-15 increased by 19% on the previous year.
The charity's analysis of NHS England data for the last financial year showed the days spent stuck in hospital included:
Caroline Abrahams, from Age UK, said: "These figures show that year-on-year, older people are being trapped in hospital in ever greater numbers because of a delayed assessment, care home place, home care package or home adaptation.
"Without decent social care when discharged, whether to their own home or to a care home, hospital stays are often much longer than they need to be and older people are more likely to be readmitted because their recovery stalls."
She said this was a waste of NHS resources because it cost nearly £2,000 per week for an NHS bed in comparison to around £560 per week in residential care.
"Everyone agrees the way to go is to integrate social care and health much more effectively, but unfortunately our report shows we've got a long way to go before really the reality lives up to the rhetoric," she told the BBC .
"And if we can't get it right for such an important group of people, older people stuck in hospital waiting to get out, really we have to redouble our efforts and do much better."
An NHS England spokesperson said: "We continue to need strong joint working between hospitals, community services, care homes and home care, which is being further helped by the extra £35 million allocated to local councils for social care so patients leaving hospital get the care and support they need."
The software, called Greyball, sought to identify officials trying to catch its drivers and deny them service, the New York Times reports.
Uber has frequently been at odds with governments - and with competitors.
Greyball was used to secure early access to cities where its operations had not been authorised.
In most cases, local officials wanted to make sure the company was subjected to the same conditions of service required by the legislation.
The New York Times said existence of the Greyball program was confirmed by four current and former Uber employees, who were not named.
Greyball identified regulators posing as ordinary passengers, by collecting data on the location used when ordering a taxi and determining whether this coincided with government offices.
It also checked credit card information to establish whether the user is linked to an institution or law enforcement authority.
Uber, the report adds, even visited phone shops to trace smartphones bought by city officials setting up multiple accounts in an effort to catch the company's drivers.
Once individuals suspected of attempting to entrap drivers were identified, they would be served a "fake" version of the Uber app, with fictitious cabs on view, and where they were successful in ordering a real one, they would have their booking cancelled. Local officials contend this is illegal.
"This program denies ride requests to fraudulent users who are violating our terms of service," Uber said in a statement.
"Whether that's people aiming to physically harm drivers, competitors looking to disrupt our operations, or opponents who collude with officials on secret 'stings' meant to entrap drivers," it added.
It comes in the same week that the chief executive of Uber, Travis Kalanick, was forced to apologise after a video emerged of him swearing at one of the company's drivers. Just two weeks earlier he apologised for "abhorrent" sexism at the company.
The problem was discovered in November when the door on one bus opened while the vehicle was moving, causing it to stop suddenly and injure a passenger.
Numerous issues have been found with the New Routemaster since it was introduced, including faulty batteries and overheating problems.
Transport for London (TfL) said it was not having to pay to fix the problem.
Manufacturer Wrightbus is carrying out a software update on 423 affected buses, with 200 already fixed.
The rear door of the Routemaster was originally meant to stay open between stops to allow passengers to hop on and off, but this was stopped when conductors were removed.
Gareth Powell, TfL's director of strategy and contracted services, said the fault only happens "at very low speed and if the driver doesn't follow the correct procedure".
In November, one driver repeatedly pressed the door close button, which overloaded the system and caused the door to open, he revealed.
As the bus was going slower than 5mph (8kph), the brake was applied.
Since a passenger was "slightly injured", it was reported to the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency which issued the recall notice.
The hybrid buses cost £350,000 each.
TfL has bought 1,000 vehicles, but they have suffered from several issues since their introduction in 2011.
In 2015 it was discovered that faulty batteries meant that many were running only on diesel.
Following numerous complaints of overheating from passengers, opening windows were added to the Routemasters at a cost of £2m.
Nearly 500 New Routemasters also had to be recalled because of a problem with the steering.
Florence Eshalmi AM, Labour London Assembly spokesperson for transport, said it was "beyond farcical" the vehicles had been found to have another problem.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that no more of the buses will be purchased.
The boy fled after a reported row with his parents in Italy.
Having driven from Italy into Austria, he proceeded to Germany where he was stopped by police after his family had alerted Interpol.
The boy, who had been adopted two years ago, was reportedly heading to his original home country, Poland.
The teenager lives in the northern Italian town of Montebelluna.
After an argument with his adoptive mother - allegedly over a mobile phone payment - the boy, a keen go-cart racer, left on Thursday afternoon.
And he seems to have been completely confident at the wheel of his father's high-powered Mercedes car.
His parents say he was probably heading for Poland - he was said to be missing his sister who lives there and to have been in touch with her via the internet, according to Italian media.
The car was eventually tracked and stopped near Moisburg, in northern Germany.
Police said it was "incredible" that the boy-driver had managed to cross two international borders and filled up with petrol twice without anyone en route raising the alarm.
The teenager's parents are understood to have gone to Germany to bring him home.
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Many over-55s will be able to dip into their pensions pots when they wish to.
But the party says a charges cap may be required to prevent investors in certain schemes losing more than a quarter of their money in fees.
The Treasury says savers will be given impartial guidance and new rules for financial firms are being introduced.
Up until now most people in defined contribution schemes - where the final pension depends on the amount of investment returns - bought an annuity, a pre-set income for life, from a provider when they retired.
From next April, savers will be able to use their pension money as they see fit, from the age of 55.
More than 300,000 people will be able to access their pensions. A quarter of the money withdrawn will be tax-free, with income tax payable on additional withdrawals.
Labours says it is concerned that insurers, investment managers and advisers will see the change as an opportunity to cash in.
In particular, it is highlighting the potential high fees for pensioners who use so-called income drawdown schemes to access their cash, a practice up until till now used mostly by wealthier retirees.
The schemes allow savers to take part of their pension while keeping the rest invested in the stock market.
Labour says the fees for such schemes could reach 27% of the value of a £30,000 pension pot, if existing charging structures on drawdown products were applied.
Pensions minister Steve Webb said the Financial Conduct Authority would soon be publishing new guidelines for companies selling pension-related financial products.
But Labour says the government has not included income drawdown investments in its plans to combat high fees.
Shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont said: "Labour welcomed the new pension flexibilities announced in the Budget, but we are concerned that the government has not thought through the risks of rip-off charges."
Riding his BMW Superstock machine, Kneen collected the trophy based on the results of the two Superbike races.
The 29-year-old won the first race on his DTR Penz13.com backed bike, then finished second to South African Hudson Kennaugh on a Kawasaki in race two.
Jason Lynn and Ross Patterson were the Supersport 600cc winners.
The traditional Easter curtain-raiser to the Northern Ireland racing season saw the 40th running of the showpiece Enkalon Trophy at the County Down circuit.
Pole man Kneen, more renowned for his road racing exploits in recent years, won Superbike race one by 1.6 seconds from Northern Ireland's Gerard Kinghan on a Kawasaki, with Alistair Kirk completing the podium.
KMR Kawasaki pilot Kennaugh had to settle for fourth place in the opener, but upped the pace in his second outing of the day, which was re-started over four laps after a red flag incident.
South African-born Kennaugh edged out Kneen by 0.2 seconds, with Kinghan third on this occasion.
Lynn won the first Supersport event by four seconds from former British 125cc champion Christian Elkin, with Korie McGreevy third. Patterson beat Lynn by 0.3 seconds in race two.
Mark Hanna was a double winner in the Supertwins class and Ballymoney's Darryl Tweed chalked up a brace in the Lightweight Supersport.
Peter Morgan, 54, of Llanellen, Monmouthshire, is accused of strangling Georgina Symonds, 25, in January 2016.
The father-of-two admits killing Miss Symonds but denies it was murder.
Newport Crown Court was told he had bugged her home, overhearing how she wanted to "do him over" for his money.
"I listened to her several times a day through a listening device. It was disguised as an adaptor. I put it in her lounge," he told police, in a filmed interview played to the jury on Monday.
The court has heard how Mr Morgan paid Miss Symonds, from the Allt-yr-yn area of Newport, up to £10,000-a-month to be his personal escort.
The former burlesque dancer had been living at a bungalow at Pencoed Castle, in Llanmartin, owned by Mr Morgan.
He had promised to sign it over to her as part of a divorce settlement.
Mr Morgan told detectives: "She was on the phone to someone and said as soon as the bungalow was put in her name she was going to London and start escorting again and would do me over.
"She said she wished I killed myself so she'd get the bungalow to herself."
An exchange of text messages between Mr Morgan and Miss Symonds were also read out in court.
The jury heard thousands of messages were recovered from Miss Symonds' device, sent in the months leading up to her death.
In one message she wrote: "Feeling down, need cheering up."
Mr Morgan replied: "No problem hun."
She wrote back: "I don't want lots, just to be treated," followed by "don't forget to give me my dollar today".
The trial heard earlier that the property tycoon planned to split his £20m empire when he divorced his wife "to be with her".
"I love George. I gave everything up for her. I've been married for 22 years so I gave up my marriage for her," he said.
He has admitted strangling the mother-of-one with baling twine from his farm, then wrapping her body in black plastic and hiding her in a workshop behind his farmhouse.
But he has denied murder because of diminished responsibility due to Asperger's syndrome.
The trial is continuing.
Latest figures showed the £842m South Glasgow University Hospital was the worst-performing in Scotland for patient waiting times.
Just 78.3% were seen and treated within four hours, well below the 95% target.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said experts would be sent to the hospital to improve management systems.
The government said the aim was to "ensure the smooth transfer of patients through the emergency department".
The 1,109-bed hospital, which began taking patients in April, was built on the site of the Southern General and is one of the largest acute hospitals in the UK.
The new campus replaces the Royal Hospital for Sick Kids at Yorkhill, the Southern General Hospital, the Western and Victoria Infirmaries, and the Mansionhouse Unit.
Ms Robison said the migration of services had gone well but some problems were to be expected in the early stages of opening.
"Performance against the four-hour target in accident and emergency has dipped and is some way off the national average," she said.
"We always expected there to be some initial challenges around performance as staff from all three sites got used to working in their new environment. However, in the interests of patients in Glasgow, we have agreed with the board to offer the considerable expertise in unscheduled care at our disposal.
"This move will put in place further on-site support to help the existing teams embed their practices and take forward work to implement the six essential actions for unscheduled care."
Ms Robison added: "This additional Scottish government support will assist staff in making the sustainable, long-term adjustments that should see the South Glasgow University Hospital steadily improve their performance against the four-hour target, and sustain the reduction in long waits we have seen."
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde chief executive Robert Calderwood said improving the efficiency of A&E services at the new hospital was "taking longer than expected".
"We therefore welcome the assistance of Scottish government colleagues who will work with our senior managers and clinicians to use their combined expertise to identify further measures to assist with the bedding-in of services and systems and to achieve the improvements in patient flow required," he said.
"I would like to take the opportunity to apologise to those patients who have experienced delays in being admitted to a bed once they had been seen, assessed and diagnosed in our emergency and immediate assessment unit.
"We remain committed to meeting the highest levels of service provision for the patients we serve and every opportunity to improve on our current challenged performance is welcomed."
Labour's health spokeswoman, Jenny Marra, said the health board was right to call in additional support, and that understanding whether the problems were the result of "inevitable teething problems" or a simple lack of beds was important.
"For this SNP government to be missing its own A&E target by such a long way in the middle of summer tells us we have a fundamental problem. Our hard-working doctors and nurses are clearly being overwhelmed by the number of patients," she said.
The Liberal Democrats said the SNP had not given the hospital adequate support before it opened.
"Once again the SNP have taken their eye off the ball," said health spokesman Jim Hume.
"The Scottish government's delayed response, although welcome, must now deliver real results if we are to have confidence that the poor performance against A&E waiting times will not become a trend," he added.
Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, said it was clear that the problems at the hospital had "moved beyond teething problems and into the realm of serious failings."
"The Scottish government can't hide behind excuses any longer when staff, unions and organisations have all given warnings that problems needed fixed," she added.
The law - the first of its kind in the UK - was introduced last June after a majority of MLAs at Stormont backed it.
It was feared the law would push the sex trade further underground and expose sex workers to greater risk.
But figures from the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) have shown no-one has ended up in court for paying for sex.
According to the PSNI, more than 800 men are paying for sex in Northern Ireland every day, but over the past year, only 10 men have been investigated by police.
Out of the seven of those cases referred to the PPS, three were thrown out, two men received cautions while the remaining two cases are still being considered by a senior prosecutor.
Defending the PSNI's record, Det Supt John McVea said there had been some successful outcomes.
"There are a number of people who have received cautions at the direction of the PPS. Our priority is to protect the vulnerable and to target human trafficking and sexual exploitation," he said.
Making it illegal to pay for sex has acted as a deterrent and that has been welcomed, he added.
"We have identified 60 people in the past year who have been the victims of human trafficking," said Det Supt McVea.
"That is a considerable number and we feel we have made a significant impact on human trafficking throughout Northern Ireland. Paying for sex within this act is a not a priority, our priority is to target the human trafficking element and sexual exploitation."
Det Supt McVea said the PSNI's aim was "not about targeting an individual sex worker", but to ensure that sex workers are not vulnerable and do not fall victim to a crime.
He added, however, that: "If we come across criminality we will address it, and that's where the ten cases have been referred to the PPS in the past year."
The lack of prosecutions has come as no surprise to David Ford, who was the Justice Minister when the law was introduced.
"The challenge for police is how they actually produce evidence from what is, in effect, a consensual business relationship between two adults. There clearly is a lot of work that needs to be done to fight trafficking, but that is not the same thing," said Mr Ford.
"We need a more detailed look at the issues around prostitution rather than tacking on this one clause to a bill dealing with the more important issue of human trafficking."
The DUP's Lord Morrow, who pushed for the new law, said it is too early to judge how effective the law will be.
"Those of us who are legislators don't have any control over the PPS, however, we are expecting that there will be a change coming in the next 12 months," said Lord Morrow.
"I believe, as the police have already assured me, that this is a precious piece of legislation in the tool box which they will be using."
Lord Morrow said he has warned the PPS that questions will be raised if there are no prosecutions in the next 12 months.
"I can't tell the police what their priorities should be, but I believe they value the new law and they are keen to see the implementation and enforcement.
"I look to the PPS to do what they are supposed to be doing, and if over the next 12 months there is no change we will be talking to the PPS to ask them to explain the reason why," he added.
One sex worker in Belfast - Catriona - told the BBC that the new law has put her at greater risk.
"I'm not surprised there have been no prosecutions as it was always going to be difficult to get the evidence.
"My clients are aware of the law and if anything it has left sex workers at greater risk, as it is harder to scan our clients," she said.
"They are reluctant to be upfront about who they are and that means we aren't sure who we are seeing or if they are genuine. Clients are more fearful they will be found out and will end up in court and have their names in the newspaper."
She added: "I think the police have better things to be doing than going after people who are having consenting sex."
Under the legislation, those who are convicted of paying for sex will face a fine of £1,000 and up to a year in prison.
Politicians at Stormont are due to review the law in two years' time.
You can watch the full report on BBC Newsline at 18:30 BST.
The session was due to take place at Huntingdon Racecourse but flooding in many parts of Cambridgeshire led to it being called off.
A racecourse spokeswoman said staff decided it was "too dangerous for people to access it on flooded roads".
Health and safety trainer David Passfield said: "You have to laugh at the irony of it".
Delegates had been expecting to learn about complying with health and safety laws before the racecourse's own health and safety regulations kicked in and dampened their plans.
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A risk assessment was carried out and the risk posed by the floodwaters was deemed too great, Mr Passfield said.
"There were concerns about people getting in and out and becoming stranded."
The health and safety trainer said his "face dropped" when he "realised the irony of the situation".
The event has been postponed until the end of the month.
Cowley Residents Action Group (CRAG) and The Woodland Trust are opposing plans for the development of Smithy Wood near junction 35, at Chapeltown.
They want the wood to be given village green status to prevent building work.
Extra Motorway Service Area Group says there is "a clear need" for the station to fill a gap in service provision.
The Commons Act 2006 allows applications for an area to be given village green status if local residents have "indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years".
Oliver Newham, a senior Woodland Trust campaigner, said: "We are delighted that the community understands how devastating the loss of this ancient woodland could be for both the residents and the many species of wildlife that call it home.
"We'd like anyone who has previously or does still love using Smithy Wood to get in touch and share their memories."
He said the trust wanted to help build "a vital pool of evidence" in the form of "a memory, story or photograph" to help bolster CRAG's application.
According to the consultation website the services would include a food court building, a hotel and a petrol station.
It adds that current guidance indicates that for safety, drivers should have the opportunity to stop on a motorway journey every 30 minutes or 12-28 miles (19-45km), depending on traffic conditions.
But drivers coming to the M1 in South Yorkshire from the M18 are having to go 42 miles (67km).
In August, Andrew Long, chief executive of Extra MSA, said it was hoped construction work would start next summer, with completion in the summer of 2015, if planning permission was granted early next year.
It is expected a decision will be made on the village green status application in around six weeks, the Woodland Trust said.
The appeal has been taken by the Department of Justice and Northern Ireland Attorney General John Larkin.
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.
That case was brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
However, the justice department believes the ruling by the High Court could lead to a widening of the abortion law.
The Department of Justice and the Attorney General are appealing last year's ruling by Judge Horner that Northern Ireland's abortion law is incompatible with human rights.
Opening the appeal and in one of 10 opening submissions, the Attorney General said Judge Horner was clearly wrong in his decision when he said there was no life to protect and he added this was demonstrated by the grief shown by Sarah Ewart who was clearly mourning the loss of a baby.
The Attorney General also argued that there was no proper basis for a doctor to say a foetus has a fatal foetal abnormality.
In an unusual move, the Human Rights Commission is due to cross appeal the Justice department and Attorney General's challenge to the High Court ruling.
It is calling for the choice of accessing a termination of pregnancy in circumstances of serious malformation of the foetus, including fatal foetal abnormality, rape or incest without being made a criminal act to be made available in Northern Ireland.
The current abortion legislation differs from the rest of the UK as the Abortion Act 1967 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.
In the city of Madison, filmmaker Michael Moore told them: "We're going to do this together. Don't give up."
Republican Governor Scott Walker has proposed stripping collective bargaining rights as part of a budget-cutting bill.
State Democrats fled to Illinois to prevent any legal vote on the bill.
Their absence deprives the state legislature of a quorum.
Senate Republicans voted on Thursday to hold the missing Democrats in contempt and force police to bring them back to the capitol.
Governor Walker on Friday sent out redundancy warning notices to unions representing state workers following the failure to pass the bill.
He says the measures are needed to tackle a $3.6bn budget gap over the next two years.
Mr Moore said: "Madison is only the beginning. The rich have overplayed their hand."
Senator Chris Larson also urged protesters to remain strong.
"We've been here for the last 16 days [and] we'll continue to be here until worker's rights are removed as the target in this budget repair bill by our governor," he said.
Mr Walker has said his proposal would balance the state's budget without raising taxes or cutting jobs.
The bill, which must pass in both chambers of the legislature, is part of a broader economic policy that aims to get the deficit under control in part by restricting public employees' collective bargaining rights and by requiring them to contribute more to their pensions and healthcare.
State unions have said they will agree to Mr Walker's proposed changes to their benefits - which would amount to an 8% pay cut - as long as they retain collective bargaining rights.
Critics of Mr Walker's proposal say it is intended to weaken the power of the unions, which tend to back the Democrats in elections.
Republicans, who in November took control of the US House of Representatives and state capitols across the country, have praised Mr Walker's bid to balance the budget without raising taxes.
Head coach Eddie Jones fielded 10 debutants in the gripping first Test win over Argentina in San Juan.
"People are right to be excited - the young lads coming through are a different breed these days," said Care, 30, one of the older players on tour.
Jones' youthful squad play the second and final Test in Santa Fe on Saturday.
As many as 18 of the 32-strong travelling party were uncapped prior to the thrilling 38-34 victory in San Juan, with just eight boasting more than 20 caps.
Despite their inexperience - captain Dylan Hartley is out in front on 84 caps - Care insists they must now "back up" the win by clinching the series.
"In a hostile environment, to get the win, I think the future of English rugby is great," said Harlequins' Care, who has 72 caps.
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"They are great players and they've all got a great mindset. They've come in, they've grafted and fitted into the system straight away."
Around 30 players have missed the tour due to British & Irish Lions commitments or injury, prompting Jones to turn to youth.
Ford is a scary talent
While wing Denny Solomona's late winning try on his debut stole the headlines, the victory owed much to the craft and game management of George Ford at fly-half.
Ford, who will re-join Leicester from Bath this summer, contributed 23 points and Care "can't believe" his half-back partner is not with the Lions in New Zealand.
"I have seen him grow in the last three or four years playing with him," added Care.
"He can do everything and he makes it look so simple. I think that's the key thing for a fly-half. He is loud, he bosses the boys around, I know where he is at all times.
"And he's only 24 - it is scary how mature and how good a player he is for that age."
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Jones has told his youthful squad to stake a claim for a place in his plans for the 2019 World Cup in Japan as many of them settle in to the pressures of the international set-up for the first time.
Around 1.8 million people watched the first Test win and Care admits the group is aware of interest back home, with the second Test again be televised live on BBC Two.
"It's prime-time TV on Saturday night," he added. "I think you could feel the support, you can see it on your social media, everyone gets behind you.
"Obviously, we know all the attention is all on the Lions at the moment but we're incredibly proud boys and we want to put on a show and make people back home proud to be England fans."
Ecometrica, which has its headquarts in Edinburgh, has developed software to quickly interpret satellite imagery.
This allows it to pick up on threats to tropical forests such as illegal logging or encroaching agriculture.
The contract, awarded by the UK Space Agency, will see Ecometrica work with experts in six other countries to help safeguard under-threat ecosystems.
The "Forests 2020" project aims to improve management and protection across 300 million hectares of tropical forests.
Ecometrica will bring together partners in Brazil, Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya and Mexico - with earth observation laboratories set up to assess threats to rainforests and help direct conservation resources.
The Scots firm will sub-contract experts from the University of Edinburgh, the University of Leicester and another Edinburgh company, Carbomap.
The funding is coming from the UK Space Agency's recently launched International Partnership Programme (IPP) which brings together British space knowledge and expertise to help benefit undeveloped nations and developing economies.
Ray Fielding, head of the IPP at the UK Space Agency, said: "The programme will identify innovative ways that space technology can help in this important area, which has been identified by the UN as key for sustainable development, and we intend to make a real difference to the people on the ground working to preserve the world's forests."
Executive chairman at Ecometrica, Dr Richard Tipper, said: "We all know how important tropical rainforests are to the survival of the global ecosystem, but most people are only just waking up to the fact that we need to use technology to make sure conservation efforts are effective and properly directed.
"The Earth Observation platforms will ensure threats such as fires and illegal logging are detected sooner, and make the response on the ground faster and more cost-effective."
Two of Saviano's goals came in the first period with Mike Forney also on target as Sebastian Thinel replied for the Flyers.
Carlo Finucci's strike cut Belfast's lead before two more Saviano goals and a double from Jerome Leduc.
Cardiff, second-placed Sheffield and Belfast all have eight games left.
The leaders hammered Coventry Blaze 8-0 on Saturday night while Sheffield remain a point ahead of the Giants after defeating Nottingham Panthers 4-2.
While Belfast's title hopes now look a long shot, player-coach Derrick Walser is unlikely to give up on the chase just yet with his side still to face Cardiff twice and also having a contest with Sheffield.
All three title contenders are back in action on Sunday with the Giants facing Nottingham away (16:00 GMT), Cardiff taking on Edinburgh Capital away and Sheffield also on the road as they play Fife.
The plans for the revamp of Bridlington town centre include a major investment in the harbour.
Residents can attend public exhibitions of the proposals at The Spa on Monday and Tuesday 8 and 9 November and Wednesday 10 and Friday 12 November.
Views should be given to Bridlington Renaissance by 29 November.
Liz Philpot, from the Bridlington Renaissance Partnership, said: "We really do need to be starting to look at other ways of not just attracting visitors, but making sure we're looking after the resident population.
"The major thrust of all of the town centre scheme is making sure the town provides the economic well-being for the people that live here and run businesses here and want to work here as well."
He was jailed for four years last March after admitting three counts of rape against a child in Milton Keynes.
He was allowed to return to the Netherlands to complete his sentence and has been released after a year.
The NSPCC said his "lack of remorse and self-pity is breathtaking".
Upon his release, Van de Velde reportedly said: "I have been branded as a sex monster, as a paedophile. That I am not, really not."
The 22-year-old also said he might consider a return to playing volleyball for the Dutch national team.
Van de Velde, who met the girl on Facebook, travelled from Amsterdam to the UK in August 2014. He raped the girl near Furzton Lake, and at an address in Milton Keynes.
The court heard he was aware of the girl's age and went to her home when her mother was out and had sex with her, taking her virginity.
The NSPCC said: "Van de Velde's lack of remorse and self-pity is breathtaking and we can only begin to imagine how distressed his victim must feel if she sees his comments.
"Grooming can leave a child feeling ashamed or even guilty because they believe they have somehow willingly participated when, in fact, an adult has preyed upon them in order to sexually exploit them."
Van de Velde returned to the Netherlands after the rape, but was extradited and arrested in January 2016.
It is understood that the authorities in the Netherlands do not extradite Dutch nationals without receiving a guarantee that the person will be returned if sentenced.
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "It is this government's policy that foreign national offenders should serve their sentences in their own country wherever possible.
"All foreign national offenders given a custodial sentence are referred for consideration for deportation at the earliest possible opportunity."
The Dutch Volleyball Association said Van de Velde's main focus was "getting his life back on track", rather than a return to his playing career.
"For us it is too early in his process to conclude anything with regard to volleyball," a statement said.
"With regard to any future decisions to be made, we'll be guided by Dutch law,"
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Jo Hunter opened the scoring and Giselle Ansley struck on her 100th appearance with a drag-flick from a penalty corner in Amsterdam.
England finished runners-up in Pool B and will meet the hosts, who thrashed Czech Republic 10-0, on Thursday.
England's men must beat Ireland on Wednesday to reach the semi-finals.
Germany beat Ireland 5-1 on Tuesday to top Pool B and set up a semi-final tie against Belgium, who qualified by beating Spain 2-1.
England women's semi-final against the Netherlands will be a repeat of the gold-medal match in 2015.
Scotland and Ireland will join Czech Republic and Spain in Pool C, with the bottom side relegated to the second division of EuroHockey.
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Danny Welbeck scored two second-half goals to give an attacking England team an opening victory in their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
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Hodgson, 67, said: "It was a bold approach but we decided there was no point coming here for a 0-0, we want this team to progress.
"When we can counter-attack, the pace, energy and youth of the team is shown."
With striker Daniel Sturridge injured, England lined up with captain Wayne Rooney joined by Welbeck, 23, in attack, with Liverpool's Raheem Sterling, 19, behind at the tip of a midfield diamond.
And the three players combined for the opening goal as Welbeck swept in Sterling's pinpoint cross, before new £16m Arsenal signing Welbeck sealed the win in the last minute from substitute Rickie Lambert's pass.
Hodgson was pleased with how his side settled into the new shape and believes progress is being made after a poor Fifa World Cup campaign in Brazil this summer, where defeats by Italy and Uruguay and a draw against Costa Rica saw them exit at the group stage.
"Two important players in that system are Jack Wilshere and Raheem Sterling, at the base and at the tip of the diamond," Hodgson said.
"We wanted to get them on the ball. We thought that Switzerland would find it hard to deal with it and they had to change their system in the second half.
"This is the way forward. We've got to back them.
"Yes the World Cup didn't go our way, yes we have been disappointed - but we have been building up. We didn't hit a brick wall and it was all wrong, we had to maintain faith that we are on the right track and we are getting the right players.
"It was so important to get a good start against the team who are our biggest rivals in the group."
Welbeck had not scored for England since a brace against Moldova last September, but his two efforts were well taken to put Hodgson's side in early control of Group E.
With the top two teams in each group qualifying automatically and trips to Lithuania, Slovenia, San Marino and Estonia to come, England have arguably already come through their toughest test.
Welbeck told BBC Radio 5 live: "It's satisfying. As a team we got the right result and started the campaign well.
"It's difficult to pick a team with so much talent across the whole squad but when I play in my preferred position I know what I can do for the team.
"You have to believe in yourself to get where you want to be."
Christopher Jesus Soares, from Lysways Street, Walsall, is charged with distributing a terrorist publication.
The 27-year-old was arrested on Monday as part of a planned investigation, police said. The charges do not relate to the recent terror attacks in Manchester and London.
Mr Soares will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday.
The east Belfast man was shot dead at a remote cottage in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland in April 2006, months after he was exposed as a spy.
Patrick Gillespie, 74, from Craigvar Street in Glasgow, was granted bail at Dublin's Special Criminal Court.
He must comply with several conditions and live at a County Donegal address.
The bail conditions imposed on Friday include a requirement to surrender his passport; observe a night-time curfew and sign on every Saturday at a Garda (Irish police) station in Letterkenny.
Mr Gillespie is not allowed to leave the jurisdiction and must provide a mobile phone contact number to police.
Two women have agreed to freeze a surety of 15,000 euros (£12,600), which will be forfeited if the defendant fails to comply with bail conditions.
Mr Donaldson. who once held a senior position in Sinn Féin, was expelled from the party a decade ago after he admitted being a paid British spy for 20 years.
Bryony Freestone, 19, from Little Houghton, Northampton, died off the island of Koh Chang on 14 August.
Her twin sister Sophie posted a picture of the pair on Facebook, captioned: "There's nothing I wouldn't give to have you back".
The University of Exeter, where Miss Freestone was a student, said it was "deeply saddened by this awful news".
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"Bryony is remembered as a talented, dedicated and hugely popular student and our heartfelt condolences and thoughts are with her family and friends," a spokesman said of Miss Freestone, who studied at Penryn Campus in Cornwall.
The Foreign Office confirmed it was supporting the family of a British national "who sadly died in Thailand on 14 August".
The court in Hamburg ruled that Jan Boehmermann's poem was satire, but said the sexual references were unacceptable.
However the comments on President Erdogan's treatment of freedom of speech were allowed, it said.
Mr Boehmermann's lawyer said the ruling went against "artistic freedom".
"We believe that the court's decision in its concrete form is wrong, given that it deems those parts dealing with Erdogan's approach to freedom of expression to be acceptable," said Christian Schertz.
Mr Boehmermann himself responded by tweeting a link to the Beastie Boys song "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)".
The Turkish president had filed a criminal complaint against the satirist in a case that prompted a debate in Germany over freedom of speech.
Mr Boehmermann, considered Germany's most incisive satirist, had read the obscene poem on his Neo Magazin Royale programme on 31 March, making clear that it included material that broke German laws on free speech. Section 103 of the criminal code bans insulting representatives or organs belonging to foreign states.
In particular, the poem made references to sex with goats and sheep, as well as repression of Turkish minorities.
Last week it was read out in full in the German parliament by an MP during a debate over proposals to abolish the law against insulting foreign leaders.
To some the poem was puerile, vulgar and irresponsible at a time when Europe needs Turkish help in the refugee crisis.
To others it was an ingenious work of subversive art, which highlighted the importance of freedom of speech - a sketch in which even President Erdogan is now playing his part.
Either way, Jan Boehmermann always goes a step further than polite society generally allows. Clever, funny and complicated, he has singlehandedly revolutionised German state broadcasting.
During the height of tensions between Athens and Berlin over the Greek debt crisis, Boehmermann portrayed Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis as a vengeful motorbike-riding sex bomb. But it was his fellow Germans, and the rest of the media establishment, that the comedian was mocking.
A jaunty 1930's-style Springtime for Hitler remake wittily highlighted the similarities between the views of the anti-migrant party AfD and Nazi-era politics.
Even refugee helpers have been fair game, as Boehmermann mercilessly portrayed modern, multi-cultural Germans as a self-righteous unstoppable horde of muesli-eating, Birkenstock-wearing sexual perverts.
But for Boehmermann's many fans the fear is now that taking on Turkey's president has been a step too far.
Keitany, 34, ran a time of two hours 24 minutes 26 seconds to become the first to accomplish the feat since Norway's Grete Waitz - who won five in a row.
"Winning three times means a lot to me. It's not easy but I got it," she said.
Eritrean world champion Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, 20, beat Kenya's Lucas Rotich in the men's race to become New York's youngest ever winner.
Ghebreslassie, who finished fourth at both the London Marathon and the Rio Olympics this year, crossed the line in 2:07:51 to deny Kenya a fourth consecutive double in the New York men's and women's races.
"I am really proud with my victory today to be the first one from my country [to win the race]," he said.
American Tatyana McFadden won her fourth straight New York women's wheelchair race in one hour 47 minutes 43 seconds.
The win means she has won the last 17 major marathon races - London, Boston, Chicago and New York - including four calendar-year clean sweeps.
The move follows a similar extension for the independence referendum last year.
The age extension was also supported in last year's Smith Commission on further devolution for Scotland.
The voting age will be lowered next spring, allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to take part in May's Holyrood election.
Extending the franchise to 16 and 17-year-olds during the referendum was widely considered a success in terms of engaging young people in politics.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney said: "It has been a long-standing policy of this government to lower the voting age to 16 where we can and that policy now has, I am pleased to say, cross-party support across the chamber.
"I am delighted to have reached consensus on the principle.
"Building on that, I have been impressed by the thoughtful and passionate contributions that young people have made to the debate on the current proposals to extend the franchise permanently."
He said the Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Bill "provides a detailed, workable and practical framework to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to register for and vote in Scottish elections", replicating the work done during the referendum.
He added: "I think it is a real missed opportunity on the part of the UK government not to enable 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in the EU referendum."
Labour's Lewis Macdonald said: "This bill is notable in delivering a significant amount of change with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of agreement.
"In passing this bill we should celebrate the democratic participation of all our citizens, the 100,000 or so 16 and 17-year-olds, the million over-65s and everyone in between.
"We are extending the franchise precisely because we know from experience that democracy works."
Conservative MSP Annabel Goldie told MSPs that the bill was an important moment for young people and democracy.
"This bill heralds an exciting era for our young people," she said.
"I think it is an opportunity for them to continue their high level of engagement in topical affairs that we saw with the independence referendum."
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: "The ball is now in the court of Scotland's 16 and 17-year-olds to demand a fairer deal from all of Scotland's political parties.
"The right to vote comes with a responsibility to take part in our democratic debate.
"From cuts to college places to the crisis facing our hospitals, there are many issues which will benefit from the voice and power of 16 and 17-year-olds."
MSPs rejected a plea from Liberal Democrat Alison McInnes for the legislation to be altered so that Scottish ministers could decide if some young offenders could vote.
Young people aged 16 and 17 were not allowed to vote in the recent general election, and they will not be able to take part in the forthcoming referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union.
The UK government used a so-called "section 30" order, which avoids primary legislation, to pass power to the Scottish Parliament.
This mechanism was used to lend Holyrood the unequivocal legal authority to hold the independence referendum.
Angela Wrightson, 39, was also battered with a stick with screws sticking out of it by the then 13 and 14-year-olds, it was said.
Ms Wrightson's body was found at her home in Hartlepool in December after a "sustained and brutal assault", Teesside Crown Court heard. Medical evidence showed she had more than 100 injuries.
The girls deny murder.
Jurors heard an array of items were used in the attack.
Nicholas Campbell QC, prosecuting, said: "A number of implements were used as weapons. They included a wooden stick with screws standing proud of the surface, a TV set, a printer from a home computer, a coffee table and a shovel.
"Smaller items such as a kettle and a metal pan were used together with a glass vase and other ornaments.
"There were well over 100 injuries. The evidence at the scene of the crime showed she had been struck in 12 separate locations within that room."
The court was told her blood-stained body was found by her landlord at her home in Stephen Street. She died as a result of blood loss.
Mr Campbell said: "It became clear that Angela Wrightson had been the victim of a sustained and brutal assault."
The younger girl took selfies at the scene and published one on Snapchat, the court was told.
Later she contacted a friend using Facebook, and that witness went on to tell police during the call she heard the defendant shout: "Go on, smash her head in, bray her, kill her."
Both girls were jointly responsible for the fatal attack, the prosecutor told the jury.
The court heard at the time of the attack the pair, who cannot be named, were in the care of the local authority.
Now aged 14 and 15, the defendants had formed an "intense relationship".
Ms Wrightson was an alcoholic and in drink could be a nuisance, the jury heard.
She allowed young people to drink in her house and would buy cigarettes and alcohol for them from a local shop.
The trial continues.
James Smith, 19, of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, admitted causing grievous bodily harm and dangerous driving at Nottingham Crown Court on Thursday.
The charges relate to a crash involving a 4x4 vehicle on the A631 near Beckingham, Nottinghamshire, on 26 April, police have said.
Mr Smith will next appear on 12 August.
The teenager was remanded in custody following the hearing.
The victim, also aged 19, was airlifted to hospital for treatment, Nottinghamshire Police added.
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Several Edinburgh schools have had to be shut.
Centres at Woodside in Aberdeen and Forres were built by Miller Construction under a public private partnership (PPP) in 2014.
Miller also built Aberdeen's Health and Care Village.
NHS Grampian said that, while the buildings were of a different design to schools, it had asked for assurances that similar defects were not inherent in any of the designs.
An Aberdeen City Council spokesperson said: "We can confirm that Miller Construction was not involved in any of Aberdeen City Council's school build programme (the 3Rs Project), which involved Public Private Partnership (PPP).
"As a matter of precaution we have organised a series of structural tests on the schools, which were built or refurbished as part of the council's 3Rs Project.
"These tests will be carried out this week during the school holidays."
Aberdeenshire Council said structural engineers had already given its schools the all-clear, and Moray Council said it was confident that all of its schools met appropriate standards.
And parents in Shetland have been reassured there are no safety concerns with any school buildings.
A total of 17 Edinburgh schools, including 10 primaries, five secondaries and two additional support needs schools, have been shut due to concern over the standard of construction.
Surtees is the only man to have won the grand prix world championship on both two wheels and four.
He won four 500cc motorcycling titles - in 1956, 1958, 1959 and 1960 - and the F1 crown with Ferrari in 1964.
Surtees died at St George's Hospital, London, on Friday afternoon after being treated for an existing respiratory condition, a family statement said.
"We deeply mourn the loss of such an incredible, kind and loving man as well as celebrate his amazing life," the statement added.
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Legendary F1 commentator Murray Walker told Radio 5 live: "It's an absolute hammer blow for me and for British motorsport in general.
"I have been privileged to commentate on him and to know him as a friend and he's undoubtedly one of the greatest people who's ever lived in the history of motorsport."
Surtees was awarded an MBE in 1959, the same year he won the Sports Personality of the Year award, the OBE in 2009 and the CBE in 2016.
He won six F1 races in 111 starts between 1960 and 1972, and also drove for Honda, Lotus, Cooper, Lola and BRM.
Surtees was world champion in the 350cc motorcycling category as well as 500cc from 1958-60.
He later set up his own F1 team and was behind the wheel when it made its debut at the 1970 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch.
Team Surtees managed two podium finishes but never won a race before folding in 1978.
Surtees went on to become chairman of the British team in the now-defunct A1 Grand Prix series, while his son Henry began competing in Formula Two but was killed in an accident at Brands Hatch in 2009, aged 18.
The family set up the Henry Surtees Foundation in aid of people recovering from brain and physical injuries and to support motorsport-related educational programmes.
Surtees remained involved in motor racing into his eighties, competing in classic car and bike events up until last year.
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Taylor, 23, is out of contract in June and set to leave United after refusing to play in their final game of the season at Wigan.
"He's been on our radar for a bit," said Pulis.
"There are a lot of clubs interested. It could go to a tribunal but our club would rather try and sort a deal out with Leeds."
BBC Sport understands Leeds have fined Taylor two weeks' wages for his refusal to play at Wigan.
Manager Garry Monk was critical of the left-back, describing him as "naive" and saying he had been "terribly advised".
Taylor has been with Leeds since the age of nine and has made 104 first-team appearances since his debut in August 2011.
However, he told the club last summer he did not want to open talks on a new deal and then had a transfer request rejected.
Tim Cook, chief executive, said that the move would help Apple to better understand the Chinese market.
Didi Chuxing, previously known as Didi Kuaidi, said it represented the single largest investment in its history.
The firm said it provided more than 11 million rides a day and claimed to have 87% of the Chinese market share.
The company is also backed by Chinese internet giants Tencent and Alibaba.
US rival Uber has been struggling to break into the Chinese market despite having won Chinese search engine Baidu as an investor.
In February Uber admitted it was losing more than $1bn a year in China, spending huge sums to subsidise discounted rides.
China correspondent, Stephen McDonell:
Before Didi Chuxing's app, pretty much the only option to catch a cab in China was to hail one in the street. In most cities, there were no widely-used phone booking services like those in other countries. People might have a few phone numbers of taxi drivers they knew to call and see if they were driving in the area but that was it.
Then - as with other technologies - China leapfrogged into the future.
Suddenly everyone had the "Didi" app: it could line up a driver, see how many taxis were in the area, put you in contact with a driver, even offer a tip to get a vehicle there more quickly. Now in cities like Beijing and Shanghai on a Friday night you're struggling to hail a cab in the street because they're all taking Didi bookings.
US rival Uber is also making a big, costly, push into China and is popular with more affluent customers.
Didi has responded with its own premium car service. It's already merged with one rival Chinese company and a huge investment from Apple could see it expand and stave off the challenge being thrown down by other apps.
Mr Cook said he saw many opportunities for Apple and Didi Chuxing to collaborate in the future.
He also stressed the deal was a chance to learn more about China as Apple's second-biggest market.
Apple's ambitions in China has recently hit roadblocks with Chinese regulators shutting down the company's online book and movie services to implement strict rules governing what can be published online.
The move was widely seen as a blow to Apple, which is keen to ensure its products are popular and sell well in China, because it is the second-biggest market for its products.
Apple reported in April that its revenues fell for the first time since 2003 with China marked out as a particular weak spot.
He called it and has lost it. It will define his legacy as prime minister. After 43 years, the UK is leaving the EU.
Some will celebrate, but many others will argue it was a huge miscalculation.
The referendum was called to preserve the unity of the Conservative Party in the face of an advance by UKIP. The prime minister wanted to stop his party "banging on about Europe". That mission clearly failed.
Many Conservatives who were in the Leave camp wanted David Cameron to continue. They argued in a letter before the result was known that he had a mandate to continue and was a force for stability.
But the prime minister, struggling with his emotions, announced his resignation this morning in Downing Street. He believed the result had undermined his authority and he wants a new prime minister in place by October.
The implications of the referendum are sweeping. At risk, the break-up of the UK.
Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU, but England and Wales did not. In Scotland, there will be demands for a second vote on independence. In Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein has already called for a vote on the Irish border.
This has been a seismic rebellion against the establishment.
It is a cry from thousands of people who felt angry and alienated. More than half the voters rejected all the pleadings from the president of the United States, the head of the IMF, and countless world leaders.
In the end, gut and instinct trumped all the arguments about economic turmoil and warnings of economic collapse.
In huge and unprecedented numbers the Labour vote broke for Leave.
For Europe, it is a political earthquake. No country has voted to leave the EU in its present form before. It will encourage other parties in other countries to hold similar referendums. The leader of the Far Right in France, Marine Le Pen, immediately welcomed the result.
Europe's leaders, however angry and frustrated, will have to recognise that this was a democratic decision.
In the short term, the priority for the government is to settle anxious financial markets by setting out a strategy for the days and weeks ahead.
While the Conservative party prepares for a leadership election, no serious negotiations with the EU will start.
The prime minister has underlined that there will be no change for EU citizens living in this country or British citizens in the EU.
In the days and weeks ahead, the battle to succeed David Cameron will intensify.
Boris Johnson, as the standard-bearer of the Leave campaign, is hugely popular with the grassroots of the party.
George Osborne is closely identified with the Remain campaign and many in the party took issue with his dramatic warnings about the potential damage to the economy in the event of a vote to leave the EU.
Theresa May, the Home Secretary, could emerge as a strong candidate. During the campaign she was reserved while insisting that even if the UK had voted to remain there would have to be further reforms over freedom of movement.
Uniting the Conservative Party will not be easy.
There are plenty of scars. At times, the campaign appeared as if it was a Tory civil war with political allies branding each other "liars".
David Cameron even denounced the "lies" of his friend Michael Gove. The prime minister called on the public to ignore the Tory psychodrama but, at times, this was a bare-knuckle fight full of belief and passion and pent-up resentments.
At one point, former Prime Minister Sir John Major described the leaders of the Leave campaign as "the grave-diggers of our prosperity".
The party will remain badly divided over Europe. Some MPs will be very uneasy at the prospect of the Brexit camp taking over the leadership of the party. A majority of Tory MPs voted to remain in the EU.
In the short term there is likely to be a Cabinet reshuffle. Inevitably that will have to include those who led the Leave campaign and believe they have a democratic mandate.
But the tensions will not be easy to disguise. Many Tory MPs mistrust Boris Johnson. Some openly question whether he is prime minister material. Some fear him winning on a wave of grassroots support.
Committed Europeans among Conservative MPs may question their future in party.
The new leader must not only unite a bitterly divided party, but also successfully oversee complex and sensitive negotiations with the rest of Europe.
Nothing has, so far, changed legally. Britain remains part of the EU until it formally withdraws.
The first decision is whether Britain will move swiftly to notify the European Union of the UK's intention to leave under Article 50.
Once that application has been registered, the clock starts ticking; the negotiation has to be settled within two years.
Many in the Leave campaign would prefer to start with informal talks. They do not want to be locked into a two-year timetable.
Some who voted for Leave believe it may be possible to win further concessions from Brussels over freedom of movement. Nothing like that will happen immediately.
Europe's leaders will want to send a signal that there will be no further deal for the UK. Their keenest instincts will be to prevent contagion, to deter other countries from holding their own referendums.
The future of the UK and of the EU is mired in uncertainty.
Nicola Rees, 51, hit Gregory Flowers, from Crynant, near Neath, when she pulled into oncoming traffic on the A4019 in Aberdulais in October, 2013.
Rees, of Abercrave, Powys, admitted causing death by careless driving.
A judge at Swansea Crown Court handed her a 14-month suspended jail term and banned her from driving for 18 months on Thursday.
The court heard that Rees overtook a taxi without checking for oncoming traffic before she hit the 40-year-old's Suzuki motorbike on the Dulais Valley road.
Judge Paul Thomas said that a brief moment of "uncharacteristically poor driving" by Rees caused Mr Flowers's death.
Match ends, Chester FC 0, Boreham Wood 2.
Second Half ends, Chester FC 0, Boreham Wood 2.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Bradley Sach replaces Morgan Ferrier.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Alex Morgan replaces Bruno Andrade.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Jai Reason replaces Joe Devera.
Substitution, Chester FC. Wade Joyce replaces Liam Davies.
Substitution, Chester FC. Lucas Dawson replaces Tom Shaw.
Goal! Chester FC 0, Boreham Wood 2. Angelo Balanta (Boreham Wood).
Substitution, Chester FC. Matty Waters replaces Elliott Durrell.
Kenny Davis (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins Chester FC 0, Boreham Wood 1.
First Half ends, Chester FC 0, Boreham Wood 1.
Goal! Chester FC 0, Boreham Wood 1. Kenny Davis (Boreham Wood).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
The 31-year-old was axed from the Carthage Eagles after he criticised the attitude of his teammates and the choice of coach Sami Trabelsi following their group stage exit in South Africa.
The TFF said the player could return to the national squad again "after apologising to the federal government and the country's football authority."
The statement added that the decision to recall the Lokeren striker into the international fold will be at the discretion of the current coach Henri Kasperczak.
Harbaoui, who burst on to the international scene with Tunisia in 2012, scored a brace on his international debut in a 5-1 friendly win at home to Rwanda in May that year.
Five days later he grabbed his third international goal in a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Equatorial Guinea as the Carthage Eagles earned a comfortable 3-1 home win.
He made seven more appearances for his country, started the first two games at the 2013 Nations Cup, but coach Trabelsi's decision to leave him out of the final group game against Togo led to a public outburst.
Harbaoui started his career at Esperance before moving to Belgian side Mouscron on loan in 2008.
He went on to play for Visé, OH Leuven and spent a season at Qatari club Qatar SC.
His biggest success comes across two spells with Lokeren, where he won the 2011/12 Belgian Cup by scoring the only goal in the final against Kortrijk.
Harbaoui won the Belgian Cup again in the 2013/14 season and also finished as the Belgian Pro League's top scorer with 22 goals in 33 games.
The new school is due to open in September 2018, with post 16 education provided at Ysgol y Preseli 20 miles (32km) away.
It comes despite concerns from Ysgol y Preseli's governing body, which said the Crymych school could lose 300 pupils.
It also warned of "significant" staff redundancies at the school.
In a letter to the council's director for children and schools, Ysgol y Preseli's chair of governors, Des Davies, warned the school could "lose up to 300 pupils from the school between 2018 and 2023", which would mean a reduction of £1.25m in funding over five years.
He added this "will unavoidably lead to the redundancies of significant numbers of staff".
Mr Davies called for the need to reconsider catchments for the two schools and an opportunity to "discuss further which catchment particular schools belong to, for example Tenby and Narberth".
But Councillor David Lloyd, the council's newly appointed cabinet member for education, said Ysgol y Preseli's concerns would be "dealt with sensitively".
In a report to the full council, officials say that the authority's Welsh in Education Strategic Plan offers a clear vision for developing and extending Welsh medium education.
They also say that parents at Ysgol Hafan y Mor (Tenby) and Narberth CP School with be able to choose whether to send their children to the new school or Ysgol y Preseli between September 2018 and September 2022.
The full council's decision means Ysgol Gymraeg Glan Cleddau in Haverfordwest will be discontinued.
The future of primary education in Milford Haven was also on the agenda on Thursday.
Councillors supported a recommendation to start a statutory consultation on plans to close The Meads Infant and Nursery School and Milford Haven Junior School and build a new 3-11 school using both the current school sites.
It aims to address "significant levels of overcrowding".
Surplus places at the nearby St Francis CP School would be addressed by extending the age range in order to admit part-time and three-year-old pupils.
Olive McIlroy and Elaine Holmes, who both suffered severe complications following mesh implant surgery, claimed the final report had been watered down.
It follows claims that an entire chapter has been removed from the report ahead of its publication.
Scotland's Health Secretary Shona Robison has said she will meet with the women to discuss their concerns.
Correspondence seen by the BBC shows that one expert member of the review group has written to its chairwoman to raise concerns about the report.
The letter states that an entire chapter, which highlighted concerns about the use of mesh in some procedures and contained tables displaying the risks of treatment, had been taken out.
Transvaginal mesh implants are medical devices used by surgeons to treat pelvic organ prolapse and incontinence in women, conditions that can commonly occur after childbirth.
What's the issue with mesh implants?
Over the past 20 years, more than 20,000 women in Scotland have had mesh or tape implants but some have suffered painful and debilitating complications.
There are more than 400 women currently taking legal action against Scottish health boards and manufacturers as a result of mesh implant surgery.
In 2014, campaigners gave evidence to the Holyrood Petitions Committee. Several of them were in wheelchairs, unable to walk because of surgical complications.
As a result Alex Neil, the Scottish government's health secretary at the time, wrote to health boards requesting a suspension in the use of mesh implants by the NHS in Scotland pending the review group's investigation into their safety.
An interim report was delivered in October 2015 and the final conclusions are expected to be published soon.
However, Ms McIlroy and Ms Holmes - who are part of the Scottish Mesh Survivors campaign - have resigned as patients' representatives on the group, saying the report had "changed beyond recognition from the interim report".
The women said they were saddened and appalled to discover that an entire chapter had been removed from the review group's final report.
They said the group and its final report now lacked integrity and independence.
Their resignation letter to the chairwoman of the review group states: "The remit suggests 'consensus' - if patient-friendly, shared-decision tables are destroyed and replaced with clinician's directive counselling then obviously there will not be consensus.
"The ridiculous amount of tables now included in Chapter 5 only serves to confuse, not explain.
"There is no clinical interpretation to explain what the results actually mean to the lay person and if the findings are scientifically and or clinically significant."
Elaine Holmes, from East Renfrewshire, told BBC Scotland she had seen a draft of the final report and it was like "night and day" when compared to the previous one.
She said: "We looked at one chapter and it was completely biased.
"It would speak of the benefits of mesh but not the risks.
"For the non-mesh equivalent, which is called colposuspension, it would talk about the risk but not the benefits. It was just so biased it was unbelievable."
Ms Holmes said that despite contributing to the review group for almost three years her voice had been ignored.
Olive McIlroy, from Renfrew, also said the new report was "unrecognisable" from the one 18 months ago.
She said: "To me it is that they just diluted the content in favour of mesh procedures.
"It seems to me unacceptable that they can risk even one patient suffering severe complications.
"It's not about the numbers, it's about the severity of the complications when things do go wrong."
Ms McIlroy added: "The colposuspension non-mesh procedures have been going on since the sixties.
"There is no litigation with them, there is no campaign of patients who have been severely adversely injured through the procedure."
She said that was not the case with mesh implants.
"Alarm bells are ringing all over the world," she said.
"It's not just us and it's not just here.
"We are not trying to sensationalise or make a point, we are just trying to get at the truth and they don't want the real truth to come out."
Labour MSP Neil Findlay, who has been campaigning on the issue, said: "This is a truly astonishing turn of events.
"Elaine and Olive took part in the mesh review group in good faith and, despite their pain and disability, put their heart and soul into it to try and ensure that no more women would be horribly injured like they were."
He added: "The mesh scandal is a global scandal but in Scotland we had the chance to lead the world in protecting women from life-changing injuries, but instead of doing so the government has shown themselves to be complicit in one of the biggest medical cover-ups in the history of Scotland's NHS."
Scottish Conservative MSP Jackson Carlaw said: "Nicola Sturgeon promised me in parliament only a few weeks ago that the sudden resignation of the previous chair of the review and her replacement with a health board official with a direct interest in mesh implants would have no impact on the independent conclusions reached.
"Now we find that the conclusions in the interim report appear to have been abandoned, even while mesh is reclassified across Europe as a "high risk procedure", in favour of what Elaine & Olive and thousands of Mesh survivors believe is a "whitewash"."
The latest resignations come after the chair of the review group stood down in December.
Public Health expert Dr Lesley Wilkie quit just months before the final report was due to go out.
In December, the BBC revealed that hundreds of mesh implant operations had been performed in Scotland despite ministers recommending their suspension.
Figures obtained by the BBC revealed that 404 women had received mesh and tape implants since the health secretary called for the suspension in June 2014.
The Scottish government said the position had been made clear.
Those boards still using mesh implants said they discussed all the potential risks with patients before surgery.
In a statement, the Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "I have been made aware of the resignations of two of the inquiry's members.
"I intend to meet with them so I can hear their concerns directly.
"The independent review continues its work to produce its final report and we expect them to publish it this Spring. I am grateful to all members for their expertise and considerable efforts over the years."
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Resuming on 59-3, the 19-year-old opener made a patient 124, supported by a quickfire 65 from Adam Rossington.
Josh Cobb (96) also piled on the runs before falling to Paul Coughlin (5-49) as Northants were bowled out for 338, a lead of 172.
Durham then lost Keaton Jennings shortly before stumps as they closed 94 runs behind on 78-1.
The UN has reported that Mr Aweys has handed himself over to a pro-government administration in central Somalia after falling out with al-Shabab's leader.
But Mr Aweys is in Galmudug region with his militia with the consent of the local authorities, the elders say.
They had flown there from the capital to see if he was willing to make peace.
Mr Aweys is seen as the elder statesman of Somali Islamists and has been on a US list of people "linked to terrorism" since shortly after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
Analysts say the administration in Adado - a town about 500km (310 miles) north of the capital, Mogadishu - where Mr Aweys arrived earlier in the week, does not want to provoke clashes.
Mr Aweys left al-Shabab territory after factions within the al-Qaeda linked group clashed last week - the first deadly infighting since it launched an insurgency in 2006.
Elders from Mr Aweys' Haber Gedir clan, which is powerful in the Galmudug region, told the BBC they had been trying to mediate his surrender after his arrival in Adado.
They do not officially represent the UN-backed government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, though it seems likely he is fully aware of the negotiations taking place, the BBC's international development correspondent Mark Doyle says.
The elders told the BBC Somali Service that negotiations with the al-Shabab commander had so far failed.
Mr Aweys denied that he had left al-Shabab and refused to go to Mogadishu, join the government or enter mediation talks with the government, they said.
Analysts say if the split within al-Shabab is serious, Mr Aweys may try to leave the country.
If he stays in central Somalia he is at risk of capture from Ethiopian troops, who back the Somali government, they say.
Al-Shabab, which means "The Youth", is fighting to create an Islamic state in Somalia - and despite being pushed out of key cities in the past two years still remains in control of smaller towns and large swathes of the countryside.
It was formed in 2006 as a radical offshoot of the now-defunct Union of Islamic Courts, which was led by Mr Aweys and for much of that year controlled Mogadishu and many southern and central areas.
The exact cause of the al-Shabab split is not known, but there has been a long-running internal power struggle between its leader Ahmed Abdi Godane and those seen as more moderate who oppose links with al-Qaeda, analysts say.
There are conflicting reports about the fate of the second-in-command - Ibrahim Afghan, the al-Shabab founder - following last week's fighting. Initially, sources told the BBC he had been captured and was in al-Shabab detention; subsequent reports in local media say he has been executed.
Some 18,000 African Union troops are in Somalia supporting the government of President Mohamud who was elected by MPs last September.
His administration is the first one in more than two decades to be recognised by the US and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The home side's first goal in five games arrived with just four minutes on the clock.
Donal McDermott's delivery into the six-yard area forced Declan Rudd to catch the cross at an uncomfortably high angle and, with Calvin Andrew looming menacingly, the Addicks goalkeeper spilled the ball, Niall Canavan applying the simplest of finishes from two yards.
Charlton enjoyed a slice of luck which paved the way to their 42nd minute equaliser. Keith Keane slipped as he attempted to head clear of Jordan Botaka, losing his footing just as he was about to connect with the ball and managing only to head it against his opponent.
The loose ball sent Botaka clean through on goal and, although his initial shot struck the post, he converted the chance at the second time of asking.
The visitors took the lead in the 66th minute when Patrick Bauer's header was nodded across the line by Teixeira, but Dale were level within three minutes, Ian Henderson's cross to the back post picking out Andrew's run and there was no stopping him as he powered a header into the net.
Rochdale regained the lead in the 84th minute when Nathaniel Mendez-Laing side-footed a firm finish into the bottom corner but, four minutes later, Teixeira headed his second.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Rochdale 3, Charlton Athletic 3.
Second Half ends, Rochdale 3, Charlton Athletic 3.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Keith Keane.
Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Stephy Mavididi (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale).
Foul by Jake Forster-Caskey (Charlton Athletic).
Oliver Rathbone (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic).
Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Oliver Rathbone (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Oliver Rathbone (Rochdale).
Goal! Rochdale 3, Charlton Athletic 3. Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Patrick Bauer following a corner.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Niall Canavan.
Foul by Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale).
Jake Forster-Caskey (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic).
Oliver Rathbone (Rochdale) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Rochdale 3, Charlton Athletic 2. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ian Henderson.
Attempt blocked. Oliver Rathbone (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Joseph Rafferty.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Jamie Allen.
Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic).
Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Lee Novak replaces Jordan Botaka.
Attempt missed. Callum Camps (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the centre of the box.
Substitution, Rochdale. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing replaces Joe Thompson.
Attempt missed. Callum Camps (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Foul by Jordan Botaka (Charlton Athletic).
Reuben Noble-Lazarus (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Lewis Page (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Callum Camps (Rochdale).
Jamie Allen (Rochdale) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jake Forster-Caskey (Charlton Athletic).
Goal! Rochdale 2, Charlton Athletic 2. Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ian Henderson.
Attempt missed. Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Alexander Habte, 20, of Conybere Street in Highgate, attacked Samuel Simret in Summer Lane, Newtown, in August.
A post-mortem examination confirmed the 26-year-old died from a stab wound to the chest.
Habte was originally charged with murder but the charge was reduced to manslaughter.
Police said they tracked down Habte thanks to his distinctive "bun" hairstyle, which was seen by witnesses.
They said an argument between the two men had started in a coffee shop. Mr Simret left the scene but the pair later became involved in a fight in which Mr Simret was stabbed.
He died two days later in hospital.
Det Insp Paul Joyce said: "Habte and Samuel Simret had both come over to this country from Eritrea and were well-known to each other.
"It seems they became involved in a dispute and Habte decided to arm himself.
"This was a tragic case of a young man senselessly losing his life but we hope the result today sends out a message that knife crime will not be tolerated on the streets."
The prime minister said he was still clearing up Labour's mess, after Ms Harman warned he would no longer have anyone to blame but himself.
The SNP's Angus Robertson was given two questions, in recognition of his party's bigger presence in the chamber.
He focused on the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean.
Mr Cameron was greeted by loud cheers from Conservative MPs as he rose to take questions as the first majority Conservative Prime Minister since 1997.
Ms Harman began by challenging Mr Cameron on what she said was a big fall in the percentage of people owning their own homes since he had been prime minister.
Mr Cameron hit back by challenging the interim Labour leader to back the government's plans to give housing association tenants in England the right-to-buy their homes.
A stroll in the park for the PM today. He could bask in the gratitude of his backbenchers for winning the election. And he was ready with some prepared put-downs taunting Labour for being "enemies of aspiration".
Difficult day at the office for Harriet Harman. She didn't manage to land any real blows on the PM over plans to cut benefits. She tried her best to fire up a disconsolate Labour Party but that's probably mission impossible at the moment.
The SNP took advantage of their two questions to strike a sober and serious note on the plight of refugees in the Mediterranean and Syria. Their leader at Westminster, Angus Robertson, will be glad to have got off to a solid start.
Ms Harman changed tack and asked demanded Mr Cameron spell out where £12bn planned cuts in welfare will be found.
She told him:: "You spent the last five years saying everything that was wrong was the fault of the previous prime minister.
"You can't do that for the next five years because the last prime minister was you. I hope you'll bear in mind when things go wrong over the next five years there's no one responsible but you."
Mr Cameron hit back: "We are still clearing up the mess your government left behind."
The SNP had previously not been guaranteed questions at the weekly half hour session but with 56 MPs the nationalists have now replaced the Liberal Democrats as the third largest party in the Commons.
The Lib Dems who before they were in government as part of the coalition were given two questions each week will now be given one question every three weeks, in rotation with Plaid Cymru and the DUP.
Mr Robertson used his question to attack the UK's "appalling record" on the resettlement of Syrian refugees and had turned its back on those rescued in the Mediterranean.
He said: "It's a stain on the conscience of Europe that thousands and thousands of refugees have been dying in the Mediterranean when many lives could have been saved."
Four newly elected MPs - Labour's Cat Smith, representing Lancaster and Fleetwood, Flick Drummond, Conservative MP for Portsmouth South, SNP MP Patrick Grady, who represents Glasgow North and Labour's Rachel Maskel, representing York Central - were among those to have been granted a question.
Immediately after PMQs, MPs paid tribute to former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy, who has died aged 55. You can watch back PM's questions and the tributes here.
Each week on Wednesday afternoon the prime minister must come to the House of Commons to answer oral questions for half an hour.
This system was changed by Tony Blair's Labour government shortly after they came to power in May 1997. Previously PMQs took place on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for 15 minutes.
Prime minister's questions follows a different format to those of questions to other ministers. MPs do not normally give the prime minister prior notice of the subject which they are going to raise.
This element of surprise allows opposition MPs, in particular, to try to catch the prime minister out with an awkward question. although they are not allowed to ask follow-up questions which limits their scrutinising powers.
Government backbenchers can normally be relied upon to ask a "helpful" question which will allow the prime minister to tell the House about successful government policies.
The relative performance of each of the main party leaders is closely watched and each is under great pressure to get the better of their opponent.
The names of the MPs who will get the chance to ask the prime minister a question are drawn in a weekly lottery.
The victim, from London, was a passenger in a Toyota Corolla in collision with a VW Touareg between junction four for Snodland and junction three for the M26.
The driver of the Corolla, a 37-year-old man from Orpington, London, was arrested.
The accident was just after 03:30 GMT.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Kent Police.
The Dow Jones had its biggest loss in five years, falling 611 points, or 3.4%, to 17,400.75.
The S&P 500 fell 76 points, or 3.6%, to 2,037.41, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 202 points, or 4.1%, to 4,707.98.
The Federal Reserve said it was "monitoring developments" after the UK vote.
Earlier in the week Fed chair Janet Yellen warned the referendum "could have significant economic repercussions" for the global markets.
US banks saw significant falls, with shares in Bank of America down 7.4% and Citigroup falling 9.4%.
Morgan Stanley fell by more than 10%, while Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan both dropped by 7%.
"This was really an event that caught most global investors flat-footed," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer of BMO Private Bank.
"We're going to see more days like today as the collective wisdom may prove wrong in others cases, too."
Airplane maker Boeing fell 5.3%.
Tech stocks took a hit as well. Apple shares were down 2.8% and Microsoft fell 4%.
Commodity prices also tumbled. US Crude fell 5% to $47.62 a barrel and Brent crude dropped 4.9% to $48.43.
Mining companies saw their stocks rise as investors flocked to the safety of gold.
Gold Fields climbed 9.4% and Harmony Gold was up 8.4%, while Newmont Mining rose 5%.
The 24-year-old Brazilian striker was the subject of a £21m bid by Liverpool on 1 August.
Costa joined Atletico from Valladolid in 2010 and scored 10 goals in the Primera Liga last season.
"I am very happy with the deal, it is a very special moment," he told Atletico's website.
"I am delighted with this agreement after fighting for a long time to win the respect and affection of the fans, my team-mates and people in the club."
Atletico finished third in La Liga last season, earning a Champions League place, and beat Real Madrid to win the Copa del Rey.
They sold striker Radamel Falcao to Monaco for a reported £50m fee on 31 May.
The attack on Clifton Street Orange hall was reported to police shortly before 09:00 BST.
In a statement, Belfast County Grand Orange Lodge said it was the "latest act of vandalism" on the building.
It added that the hall was "targeted on numerous occasions last year following parades in the area", and has blamed republicans for the paint attack.
Belfast County Grand Master, George Chittick, claimed it was a deliberate attempt to raise tensions.
"Brethren in north Belfast have made great strides to make the hall a community facility for all and this attack was clearly carried out by people who have no respect or tolerance for a differing viewpoint.
"It is time for such wanton vandalism to stop, once and for all," Mr Chittick said.
A police spokesman said they were appealing for anyone with information about the attack to come forward.
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Former boxing world champion Mayweather and UFC champion McGregor, who are due to box on 26 August, will begin the worldwide promotion in London, a source close to both camps told the BBC.
Thousands of fans could attend in what is expected to be a free event.
Details of the date, ticketing and arrangements are still closely guarded.
American Mayweather, a former champion at five weights, is coming out of retirement at 40 to fight 28-year-old UFC lightweight champion McGregor from Ireland.
Both fighters are expected to earn up to $100m (£78.5m) from the bout, which would make it one of the richest in history.
The 34-year-old, who has also played for Bedford Blues, won the Premiership with Quins in 2012 and the LV= Cup in 2013.
"The time is right for me and I feel very lucky to be able to make this decision on my own terms," Dickson told Harlequins' official website.
"I will be taking some time to consider my post-career options."
Dickson has played 167 times for Quins and scored 20 tries since making the switch from Bedford in 2009.
He was drafted into the England squad during the 2012 summer tour to South Africa and appeared in the second midweek match against the South African Barbarians, replacing his younger brother, Lee, currently at Northampton Saints.
Since 2015, Dickson has coached National League 3 London and South East side Effingham and Leatherhead and also turned his hand to refereeing, taking charge of the Championship clash between Richmond and London Irish on Christmas Eve last year.
"I am able to look back at my playing career with great pride and I will cherish the memories that Harlequins has given me, both on and off the field," he added.
"It will be difficult to watch on from the peripheries going forward, but John Kingston and the coaching team have this squad in a great place and I look forward to seeing their progression."
Harlequins director of rugby John Kingston said: "Karl has had a wonderfully successful eight years at the club since he joined us from Bedford.
"He has frequently had to play the role of understudy to Danny Care but has always stepped up with tremendous consistency when asked to do so.
"I have no doubt he has been the best number two scrum half in the Premiership for many years and his style of play so accurately reflected the needs of the team."
Juan Jasso was verbally attacked and had beer thrown at him for tackling the trio for using foul language on the Metrolink tram on 28 June.
Jobless Robert Molloy, 20, of no fixed address, was jailed for six months for abusing Mr Jasso and two other men.
Sentencing of Aaron Cauchi, 19, was adjourned over illness while a boy, 16, was given a six-month referral order.
The court heard the trio had been drinking all night when they went on a "rampage" and abused Mr Jasso and two other people in separate incidents.
Their abuse of Mr Jasso was filmed by a passenger and widely viewed.
Trouble began at 07:45 BST when a passenger heard "disgusting, vile abuse" on the tram packed with mothers with babies, schoolchildren and commuters, the court heard.
Joseph O'Connor, prosecuting, told the court the trio then got off the tram and surrounded another man, "with their chests stuck out and shoulders back, striking him with a cigarette lighter to intimidate him".
Shortly afterwards another man was cycling to work when he passed the trio and one or more spat at him, the court heard.
Molloy pleaded guilty to racially aggravated assault, common assault and using threatening words or behaviour.
Jailing Molloy, chair of the bench Michael Evans told him: "Hopefully on your release from prison a lesson will be learned and you will be able to make a positive contribution and treat people with respect."
Molloy was also banned from using Greater Manchester trams for two years.
Cauchi, of Spa Crescent, Little Hulton, Salford, who admitted to using threatening words or behaviour to Mr Jasso and another man and an assault on a third man, was taken from the court in an ambulance to hospital after complaining of stomach pains. It is not known when he will be sentenced.
The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, received a six-month referral on Monday. He was charged with using threatening words or behaviour and common assault.
The 20-year-old posted an eagle and two birdies at Rancho Mirage in California to sit tied for ninth at five under.
She is one shot ahead of compatriot Jordi Ewart Shadoff (68) and Scotland's Catriona Matthew (72).
American Lexi Thompson joined overnight leader Ai Miyazato at the top of the leaderboard after a four-under 68.
Thompson carded four birdies in her final seven holes, including three consecutively from the 12th, to move alongside Japan's Miyazato at seven-under.
Former world number one Miyazato recorded five birdies and three bogeys on her way to a round of 70.
And the current rankings leader, Lydia Ko, is one further back after shooting a 68 to go with her first round 70.
Ewart Shadoff, 28, recovered from bogeying two of the first four holes to compile a four-under par round.
Matthew, who was in a tie for second - one shot behind Miyazato - after the first day, slipped back after a haphazard round that contained four birdies and four bogeys.
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The company says the move is part of an operational restructure.
It has 11 branches, six of which will shut in April. The firm has its headquarters in Newtownards.
Staff were informed on Thursday that branches will close in Ballymena, Ballynahinch, Lisburn, Magherafelt, Newry and Omagh.
Five other branches will remain unaffected.
It is understood that some staff members will be offered the opportunity to relocate to company headquarters or other branches.
In a statement the company said it will "make every effort to avoid redundancies where possible".
"Where it isn't possible, any redundancies will be voluntary led, or for certain roles, the opportunity to reapply for new positions may exist," it said.
Australia, chasing an unprecedented seventh World Cup triumph, are favourites to retain the title they won in 2013, but England fans can take heart from the fact they have won on both previous occasions when it has been held on home soil.
While the prize fund for 2017 has increased tenfold to $2m (£1.57m), just as important for the women's game will be an unprecedented increase in media coverage, with every game available to watch live - 10 televised (featuring the Decision Review System making its debut in women's cricket) and the remaining 21 live-streamed on the ICC website.
The BBC Sport website will have in-play highlights on the 10 televised games, with post-match highlights of all the others.
Former England captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint, who died in January, was the driving force behind the first tournament in 1973, which came about after she successfully badgered her friend and fellow Wolverhampton Wanderers devotee Sir Jack Hayward to sponsor the event to the tune of £40,000.
Heyhoe Flint captained England to the title in that first event, which featured a Young England side and an International XI making up the numbers.
West Indies did not appear as a unified team until the 1993 tournament, while the International Cricket Council (ICC) did not oversee matters until 2009, having absorbed the International Women's Cricket Council in 2005.
Eight teams have contested each World Cup since 2000, and this year's event reverts to the one-division round-robin format (followed by semi-finals) last used in 2005.
Former England batter Ebony Rainford-Brent, now a BBC Test Match Special summariser, feels Australia are rightly regarded as pre-tournament favourites.
"Even though it's not their home conditions, they just pip England with their experience of winning tournaments," she told BBC Sport. "Captain Meg Lanning and a lot of her team have had that taste of success, and have been consistent.
"But England are very strong contenders. Coach Mark Robinson has done a brilliant job in getting a lot of the girls to tap into their potential.
"If you look at players like Tammy Beaumont, Natalie Sciver and Alex Hartley, some of them have been around a while but weren't necessarily firing in the way you'd expect them to. But they're now starting to come through and make the most of it.
"Sarah Taylor coming back is a massive plus but, while they've done well against Pakistan and West Indies in the last year, they've not had a big series against New Zealand or Australia to test themselves as hard as they need to be."
However, Rainford-Brent sees the potential for plenty of World Cup shocks.
"South Africa are definitely going to cause an upset - they're a massively rising team - and India are on a bit of a wave at the moment," she said.
"Having won the World Twenty20 last year, West Indies should cause an upset or two, although they've struggled in the 50-over format to be competitive over a long period.
"But boundary count will have a massive impact - I think the team who hits the highest number of boundaries, playing aggressive, intelligent cricket will win the World Cup.
"At last year's World T20 final, Australia scored 148 and thought they'd won, but West Indies' Hayley Matthews and Stafanie Taylor came out and smashed boundaries and took the game away from them."
Aside from Australia captain Meg Lanning, who leads the ICC's ODI women's batting rankings, Rainford-Brent has picked out four other players to watch during the World Cup.
"South Africa's Marizanne Kapp is the number one ODI bowler in the world, and is shaking up a storm," she said.
"She played in the Women's Big Bash League and knows the Australians, so she could be one to keep an eye on.
"Seeing Nat Sciver's form in county cricket, she's been hitting hundreds in ways she's not done before. She's ready to go and she's fired up.
"I always talk about Sri Lanka's Eshani Lokusuriyage [also known as Eshani Kaushalya] - she's a dangerous player who can hit sixes and bowl yorkers at the death. She caused that upset when Sri Lanka beat England in 2013, and if Sri Lanka cause anyone problems, it'll be her who does the damage.
"And New Zealand's Amy Satterthwaite recently scored four ODI hundreds in a row, so she's another one on the watch list."
For the first time, World Cup qualification was determined by the ICC Women's Championship, designed so the top eight sides would play each other over a two-year period.
Australia, England, New Zealand and West Indies qualified automatically, while India, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Pakistan came through a qualifying tournament.
Australia clinched their qualification at a canter, losing only three of their 21 games, with captain Lanning and all-rounder Ellyse Perry the two highest scorers.
There was also an Australia player leading the spin-dominated bowling charts, with slow left-armer Jess Jonassen finishing top ahead of the somewhat unlikely figure of England captain Heather Knight, by her own admission a part-time spinner.
Meanwhile, captain Lanning insists the long-running pay dispute between governing body Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association (the players' union) will not be a distraction for her side.
Australian Women, who have maintained a strong stance alongside their male counterparts, are set to be placed on temporary contracts if the situation is not resolved by the time the current Memorandum of Understanding expires on 30 June - a week into the tournament.
Lutfur Rahman was found guilty of corrupt practices at the High Court on Thursday and removed from office with immediate effect.
The mayoral election of May 2014 was also declared void and must be re-run.
Mr Rahman has denied any wrongdoing and a statement on his website said he would appeal against the ruling.
The statement reads: "Lutfur Rahman will be appealing the judgement made against him at last Thursday's election court. He continues to reject all claims of wrongdoing and we hold that the integrity of the court system was marred by the bias, slurs and factual inaccuracies in the election judgement."
"Tower Hamlets First councillors reject the election court's claims that we are nothing more than a 'one man band'," it continued.
Because the mayor has been removed from office, the council said it was unable to confirm the accuracy of the latest information given on his website.
On the site, the Tower Hamlets First party, founded by Mr Rahman, said it supported him because of his work to support people in accessing social housing and affordable homes.
The election court judgement predicted on Thursday that Mr Rahman would not accept the ruling.
Judge Richard Mawrey said in his ruling: "On past form it appears inevitable that Mr Rahman will denounce this judgement as yet another example of the racism and Islamophobia that have hounded him throughout his political life.
"It is nothing of the sort."
The body of a man in his 40s was found in the Ballydavey Cottages area on Sunday night.
Police are treating the death as suspicious.
They say that Sabzar Bhat was killed when police raided a hideout.
His death will be regarded as a triumph by the Indian security forces but has already led to a wave of protests.
The security forces used tear gas and fired in the air to try to disperse stone-throwing crowds.
Police told the BBC that two other militants were killed with Bhat in a gun battle that raged throughout Friday night.
Six other militants, described by officials as foreign, were killed in a separate incident near the Line of Control, the de-facto border between India and Pakistan in the disputed territory.
Clashes between militants and the security forces have continued into Saturday.
Many shops and businesses have closed and thousands of people are reported to be heading to Bhat's home village in the Tral area of Kashmir, about 30 miles (48km) south of Srinagar, to attend his funeral.
News of his death has also triggered a spontaneous strike across the valley with officials likely to restrict mobile phone and internet access as a precautionary security measure, the BBC's Riyaz Masroor in Srinagar reports.
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Bhat became one of the leaders of Hizbul Mujahideen while serving as an aide to top militant Burhan Wani - who was killed in July 2016.
His death plunged Indian-administered Kashmir into one of the worst episodes of violence in recent years.
The security forces are struggling to prevent a repeat of that this weekend, official sources said.
The group is mostly active in south Kashmir and its paramount leader, Zakir Musa Bhat, is an engineering graduate from a wealthy family in the Tral area.
Hizbul Mujahideen is one of the Kashmir region's largest rebel groups and is believed to favour all of Kashmir being part of Pakistan.
The straw and wood structure was put up on Sunday, the first day of Advent, but was burnt down soon after despite extra security measures.
Last year the famous goat survived until 27 December before arsonists set it alight.
It is the 35th time in 50 years that the goat has been destroyed.
This year the town reportedly spent 2.3m kronor (£200,000; $250,000) on constructing the goat and subsequent festivities.
Closed-circuit TV had been set up to monitor the structure.
Local council official Helene Akerlind told newspaper Gefle Dagblad (in Swedish).: "We'll have more guards. We're going to try to have a 'goat guarantee' the first weekend."
But despite Gavle's best efforts, The Local reports, an arsonist managed to get past a security guard who had briefly left to use the toilet.
The police launched a preliminary investigation but there were no immediate arrests.
The "Gavlebocken" went on Twitter hours after the fire to say it hoped for better luck next year.
The 36-year-old is a free agent after leaving Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy in November.
The Republic of Ireland record appearance holder played for 10 different clubs during his career including Leeds, Liverpool and Celtic.
"I'm not going to dismiss it, but I'm not going to say that the interest is full on," said Grayson.
He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "If Robbie Keane is available then he is a player that is going to attract a lot of interest from a lot of clubs.
"Would we be interested? I'm sure every club in the Championship would be looking forward to an opportunity speak to him."
Asked if he had spoken to Keane, Grayson responded: "I'm not telling you that."
Jamie Frater, 43, of Weymouth, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1993 for the murder of teacher Geoffrey du Rose in Bournemouth.
He had been released on licence but was wanted after a breach on 17 January.
Detectives said Frater had surrendered to police in Bournemouth on Monday night and was now back in prison.
While Frater was on the run, police warned the public not to approach him as he "could present a risk to the public".
He went on the run after failing to return to prison in 2012, but later gave himself up. He also absconded from open prison in 2001.
New York University's Jerry Hultin lists 10 "green future" priorities - such as green energy and innovation - as key areas to ensure future growth.
He also wants to see a system to accelerate the time it takes for ideas to appear in the marketplace.
Mr Hultin outlined his priorities at a high level forum in San Francisco.
"Young people are very excited about the chance to make the world a better place," explained Mr Hultin, who was under-secretary of the US Navy during Bill Clinton's presidency.
"The clock is ticking as far as population growth, consumption etc is concerned. We need to come up with solutions.
"As an under-secretary for the navy and thinking about the stability and defence of the world, solving this challenge is a great opportunity for young people around the world."
Mr Hultin's 10 priorities include:
He said conventional fuel would be one of the "three big things" that will be in short supply in the future.
"Food, fuel and [water] are going to be in short supply when the population rises to nine or 10 billion people by 2050," he told BBC News.
"So green energy, both in terms of how you create it and how you use it, is a critical issue.
"In the United Arab Emirates, there is a lot of interest in green energy because they do not want to consume what is their most valuable source of revenue, which is oil and gas.
"They want to be sure that they have alternative ways to generate and use energy."
Networking key
Mr Hultin will be among speakers at the High Level Forum on Green Future in San Francisco, organised by the Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council (GSIAC) - a joint initiative between the Malaysia Industry-Government Group for High Technology and the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS).
Malaysia's Prime Minister, Najib Abdul Razak, will be among the speakers at the event.
Mr Hultin identified an area that he felt needed to be unlocked in order for emerging economies to advance.
"The key that I think it missing to (unlock) innovative economies and societies is networking and communication," he suggested.
"We need an open system of ideas getting into the marketplace and tested so then we can see if they are successful or quickly determine that they are not going to work.
"So I put a high value on what I call networking because it is the flow of information, the flow of ideas and the flow of capital."
Art, design, fashion, science and technology will be showcased in the new space at the Edinburgh museum.
More than 3,000 objects will be on display in the galleries, ranging from a bionic hand to ornate furniture.
Around three-quarters of the artefacts have not been exhibited in over a generation.
The redevelopment marks the 150th year of the national museum in Edinburgh's Chambers Street and it is part of an £80m masterplan to transform the building.
The latest stage of the project restores the original Victorian layout and sightlines, but with modern interpretation.
A network of digital labels, audio visual programmes and interactive exhibits have been installed as part of the upgrade.
Science and technology will be the focus of six new galleries and a dramatic atrium in the west wing of the building.
Early aircraft, a three dimensional print of the human brain and Dolly the Sheep are among the items going on display.
Art and design will be showcased in four new galleries at the heart of the museum.
Curators said the collection represents creativity and innovation in sculpture, metalwork, ceramics, glass, furniture, woodwork, dress and textiles.
A new gallery dedicated to fashion and style will feature historic material and the work of eminent designers such as Jean Muir, Mary Quant, Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood.
It is being widely predicted that George Osborne may decide to abandon any further increases in the Carbon Price Floor, introduced in April 2013.
Any freeze in the tax could cut as much as £50 from consumer bills by 2020.
Meanwhile, a BBC survey has suggested that energy bills are the biggest worry for households.
The Carbon Price Floor (CPF) is designed to penalise companies who create pollution, and to encourage investment in green energy.
The merits of freezing the tax have been advocated by an unusual array of allies, including the CBI, manufacturers' organisation the EEF, energy suppliers and consumer groups including Which? and Consumer Futures.
However, those in favour of more investment in green energy are likely to be disappointed. Environmentalists say it could mean fewer wind turbines or solar farms being constructed.
The Carbon Price Floor (CPF) ensures that polluters pay a minimum price for the gas or fossil fuels they burn.
In effect, it is a surcharge on the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EETS), which was designed to tax polluters across the EU.
However, the market price of the right to emit carbon has fallen so much that the EETS is no longer as strong a disincentive to pollute as it was.
But the implementation of the CPF has left many big British companies paying more in tax than their counterparts elsewhere in the EU.
Last year, the CPF added £5 to a typical UK energy bill, according to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
But as the tax is due to be ramped up over the next few years, so too is the contribution from consumers.
"The Carbon Price Floor is set to become a bigger and unnecessary burden on struggling consumers in coming years and we think it should be scrapped," said Richard Lloyd, the executive director of Which?
A BBC survey, meanwhile, has suggested that energy bills are the top worry for consumers.
Cost of living survey
28% say their personal financial situation is causing them stress
19% say they spend more than they earn each month
60% say they have money left over
71% say they don't have more to spend on non-essentials than last year
The survey, conducted by ComRes for BBC Breakfast, concluded that more people worry about paying utility bills or council tax than any other household expenditure.
The cost of food came second, with the cost of petrol and diesel in third place.
The survey also asked whether consumers were expecting their finances to improve in the next 12 months.
Of the 1,000 adults questioned, 28% thought there would be an improvement in their financial situation.
Some 19% of respondents thought their situation would get worse.
A majority (51%) expected it to stay the same.
The expectations contrast with the improvement in the economy, although with wage increases still running below inflation, most people are not yet experiencing an increase in living standards.
More than a quarter of people questioned said their financial situation was causing them stress.
David Henshall told the Manchester Evening News that he came home from work and "found they had barricaded my wife and daughter inside".
He emailed pictures of the work to Virgin Media chief executive Tom Mockridge.
The firm apologised for the inconvenience.
In a statement it said: "Virgin Media expects the very highest standards of work from all its contractors. We will be discussing the matter with the contractors as a matter of urgency."
The home in Bolton was completely surrounded by fencing which in turn protected a newly-dug trench.
"My wife informs me that the workmen left at 2pm with no thought to the fact she could not move her car from our drive and it is stuck now," he told the paper.
The incident does not appear to be an isolated one. On the Virgin Media community website, a member complained last month that workmen "have dug right across the driveway", blocking in a car and covering it in dust.
Another asked this week: "I am trying to find out who to speak to about Virgin laying cables and constantly digging up the road, then making a mess."
In February 2015, Virgin Media announced that it was to invest £3bn in improving its cable broadband service, increasing its network's reach from 13 million to 17 million homes.
The woman, who is now 58, said she realised the nun enjoyed it when she cried so she stopped crying when she was hit.
She lived in Nazareth House in Bishop Street, Londonderry from 1957-1969.
The inquiry is investigating abuse claims against children's residential institutions in NI from 1922 to 1995.
The witness also told the inquiry she was sexually assaulted by two foster carers she was placed with.
When she went back to the home and told the nuns, they said she was talking nonsense.
The woman's evidence also included an allegation of being lined up for baths along with 100 other young girls, and of the same water being used to wash them all.
She said she did not know she had a sibling in the home until one day, when she was six, another of the residents said to her: "I'm your big sister."
Her sister left the home aged 16, the witness claimed, and wanted to take her with her, but that she was too young to go.
She told the inquiry: "I've been trying to search for my sister for a long time since I left the convent but I just can't find her."
The woman said she also searched for her mother but has never found her either.
She said she did not know what age she was or her birthday while she lived in the home.
She also told how she discovered, three years ago, that she had three other siblings, a brother and two sisters, who had been raised by their grandparents.
On Monday afternoon, another former resident, who is now 46, told the inquiry that the nuns put the fear of God into him by locking him in a cupboard as punishment for truanting.
He said he was traumatised when a nun would not let him attend his mother's funeral.
"It was like she ripped my heart out," he said.
The Historical Abuse Inquiry also heard that children at the Sisters of Nazareth Home in Londonderry were routinely given scalding or freezing showers.
The inquiry, being held in Banbridge, County Down, is chaired by retired judge Sir Anthony Hart and is considering cases in 13 residential institutions.
Public hearings are due to finish in June 2015, with the inquiry team to report to the Northern Ireland Executive by the start of 2016.
Mark Golubovic's was travelling in the opposite direction to the lorry on Llanharry Road, Llanharry, when they crashed at about 08:30 BST on Saturday.
The 32-year-old died at the scene and his mother, Irene, was taken to Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales after being seriously injured.
His family said they were "heartbroken" over the death.
In a statement, they added: "Mark was a loving dad, son and a great friend to many."
Mr Golubovic's mother is still in intensive care.
All front desks, apart from the one at Sunderland, will only be open during daytime hours from Monday.
The force said most people now reported crime online or via the phone, rather than in person at a police station, and the move would save money.
But Unison said the timescale was too tight and called for a consultation.
The union's regional organiser, Peter Chapman, said the plans would "inevitably" lead to redundancies.
"There may well be a need to discuss how stations provide this service in the future, however Unison believes the plans due to be implemented within the next few weeks are far too radical and the timescale far too tight," he added.
"We call on the force to abandon the current proposals and embark upon a more timely and meaningful consultation with all those involved. "
Northumbria Police said the changes would not affect the availability of officers, and the savings would be used to support operational policing and invest in greater accessibility.
There would also be further investment into the 101 contact centres.
Chief Constable Steve Ashman said: "We are still wrestling with the impact of austerity and the cuts [which] has meant that we have to make difficult decisions whilst striving to deliver the best possible service to our communities.
"We know that the public want to see police officers on the street and we are changing the way we work in order to protect this.
"We also know that residents don't want to have to go to a police station in order to report information; but rather report it in their own home and at a time that is convenient for them."
A machine that can "smell" dollars - like a sniffer dog senses narcotics - is being developed.
For the first time, chemists have captured the unique fragrance of US paper money.
They announced their discovery at the American Chemical Society meeting.
"Money sniffing is an unknown art. No-one had ever tried to find these aromas," said Dr Joseph Stetter, of KWJ Engineering.
"We found that US currency emits a wide range of volatile organic compounds that make a 'fingerprint' we can identify in less than a minute."
His firm is developing a handheld cash detector for border police, called the Bulk Currency Detection System (BCDS).
In the past fiscal year, US officials seized more than $106m in smuggled cash heading to Mexico - the bulk of it laundered drug money.
But that's only a whisker of the estimated $39bn that crosses the border undetected every year - hidden in clothing, baggage and vehicles.
Current checks are done by guards with dogs - but training is expensive and time-consuming.
Airport-style X-ray scanners have had some success detecting currency - but they are large and impractical for busy border checkpoints.
To find a swifter solution, the US Department of Homeland Security made a public challenge to scientists to develop "a device that will search for and identify bulk quantities of currency - secreted on persons, in hand baggage and luggage, and/or in privately owned vehicles."
This money-sniffing machine must pass three intimidating challenges.
First - it must be precise enough to pick up the whiff of dollar bills amid a cacophony of background aromas.
"It has to work even in the presence of car exhaust, perfumes, food, and at a range of temperatures and humidity," said Dr Suiqiong Li, a researcher at KWJ.
"You need a smart algorithm to sort the needle from the haystack."
Next - it has to deliver a reading within seconds at hectic border crossings. There is no time to send samples off to a lab.
And finally, the probe has to be portable - light enough for a guard walking up and down a line of people, and flexible enough to reach inside vehicles or shipping containers.
KWJ has already developed sensors for carbon monoxide detectors and alcohol breathalysers - as modelled by their company mascot panda "Sensor Bear".
To capture the fragrance of money, they collected one hundred used $1 bills in various states - from crumpled and smelly to crisp and shiny.
They sealed the notes in a chamber and warmed them to release vapours at two temperatures: 24C and 40C.
"We saw tremendous variability and contamination - every one of the notes was different," said Dr Stetter.
But a signature common to all of the bills was eventually teased out.
It turns out this odour comes from a set of trace chemicals, including aldehydes, furans and organic acids.
"The amounts are tiny - at best a small fraction of a ppm [part per million]. This presents a formidable analytical challenge," the researchers say.
So does the "smell of dollars" come from the ink? Or the bank note itself? The precise source is not likely to be revealed in a published scientific journal - for security reasons, the researchers say.
But having found the perfume, they now face another daunting technical challenge - building a practical device for border police.
Their design is a backpack with a handheld probe. The pack will house a miniature GC-MS (gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer) of the type already used to detect drugs and explosives.
Ultimately, this could be superseded by an "electronic nose" - a sophisticated sensor array.
To sniff for hidden currency, border guards would pass the probe over clothing or into baggage.
A high-intensity reading would indicate that a large stash of money is concealed.
"You smell like a million dollars" may not be a compliment for much longer.
Officers were called to the Royal Bank of Scotland branch in the town's High Street at about 09:30.
A spokeswoman for the force said officers were at the scene and inquiries were continuing.
It has not yet been established if any cash was taken or if anyone was injured in the incident.
Police said she was hit in the face with a wooden object as she walked with a friend on the Ballymacarrett Road.
The girl, Shannon Thompson, was taken to hospital to be treated for cuts and bruising to her face.
Her attacker was aged 16 or 17, had 5'7", had brown hair and wore a white, red and blue tracksuit.
Shannon Thompson said she and some friends were taking a walk when she heard them screaming and some boys "came out of nowhere".
The teenager said she was then hit with a piece of wood.
"It happened so fast that I actually just blanked out and didn't even know what happened," she said.
"I screamed because I saw the blood coming everywhere."
Shannon said a friend then brought her to her home to be cleaned up.
Her mother, Roseanne Thompson, said she was in a shop when she got a phone call telling her to come home quickly.
"I found her sitting outside my garden. I just cracked up and just wanted revenge, seriously, because I was so angry," she said.
"For the past couple of weeks here, we have constantly been getting attacked in the street, and then this here happens."
Ms Thomson said she believed the attackers were from the nearby Short Strand area.
"I am sick and tired of it. It's a hate crime," she said.
"I can't get the image off my head, the fact of somebody hitting her like that.
"Next time it could be ten times worse."
Sinn Féin councillor Niall Ó Donnghaile said all incidents at the interface that brought hurt, injury and trauma were "to be utterly condemned without reservation".
"News of last night's attack is another incident, in a series of incidents, that have been orchestrated and carried out by gangs of youths on both sides of the interface for weeks now.
"Anyone with any information on last night's attack on this young girl should bring it forward to the PSNI, because it is they who now need to act on bringing an end to these violent incidents.
"The reality of all of this is that it's our neighbours on both sides of the interface who are left to pick up the pieces.
"Last night's attack in no way represents the people of the Short Strand and my thoughts are with the young girl concerned and I wish her a very speedy recovery."
Ulster Unionist MLA Michael Copeland said he felt "a mixture of sadness and anger" at the incident.
"Shannon lives on a street which itself is attacked on a fairly regular basis by golf balls, bolts, stones and slates.
"She doesn't feel safe in her own home. She goes out to leave a couple of friends home and finds herself attacked in the street.
"I suppose the question is, what are the police doing?"
Police have appealed for anyone with information about the incident to contact Strandtown police station.
Theo Walcott's cool fifth-minute finish from Alexis Sanchez's pass put the Gunners in control at the interval - but the second half brought a familiar painful fate for manager Arsene Wenger and his players.
As at Everton on Tuesday, they were overpowered and the credits were rolling once Leroy Sane ran on to David Silva's pass to beat Petr Cech with Arsenal appealing in vain for offside.
Mesut Ozil shrank from the occasion and wandered around aimlessly and ineffectively
City were on a roll and Arsenal were on the rack, the winner coming 19 minutes from time when Raheem Sterling was the beneficiary of Kevin de Bruyne's brilliant pass to arrow a low finish past Cech at his near post.
It bolstered City's title ambitions, although they are still seven points behind leaders Chelsea and completed a damaging double for Arsenal as they now lie nine points behind Antonio Conte's side.
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Manchester City needed their main man when they trailed at half-time - and in the absence of the suspended Sergio Aguero that role is assumed by De Bruyne.
And how the Belgian responded, delivering a virtuoso second-half performance crowned by that superb pass that led to Sterling's winner.
De Bruyne was the driving force behind City's second-half transformation that saw Pep Guardiola's team wrestle control from Arsenal with a change of tempo and intensity that was simply too much for Arsenal to resist.
The same could not be said for Arsenal's elite players and the main culprit was Mesut Ozil who, as in the fierce atmosphere of Goodison Park on Tuesday, shrank from the occasion and wandered around aimlessly and ineffectively on the game's periphery.
Ozil is in the middle of what are likely to be very lucrative contract negotiations. Performances like this will diminish his hand in the bargaining rather than strengthen it.
Manchester City and Guardiola knew a lot was riding on two home games this week after the result, and the manner of the 4-2 defeat at Leicester City last Saturday.
City simply had to beat Watford and Arsenal, the stakes even higher after Chelsea stretched their lead to nine points with victory at Crystal Palace on Saturday.
A draw was no use to either side here - so the notion of defeat was even more unpalatable.
City were on the brink as they were behind at half-time but Guardiola responded by sending on Bacary Sagna for Pablo Zabaleta and Sane, who had been out on the wing, was soon racing through to score from a central position.
It was a win City needed desperately and its importance was illustrated by the celebrations at the final whistle.
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Just when some of the old doubts about Arsenal's resilience and resistance to pressure seemed to be receding, all the familiar questions will return after the way they have lost a lead and slumped to defeat at Everton and now at Manchester City.
Arsenal looked in calm control holding the advantage on both occasions but have twice found themselves broken by physical presence and the greater intensity of opponents who were simply prepared to dig deeper.
Wenger was wearing a familiar frustrated expression at the final whistle.
And at the back of many Arsenal minds will be the familiar tales and pain of previous seasons when promise and potential ended in title under-achievement.
It's Boxing Day action for both teams. Arsenal are at home to West Brom (15:00 GMT) and City are at Hull (17:15 GMT).
Match ends, Manchester City 2, Arsenal 1.
Second Half ends, Manchester City 2, Arsenal 1.
Fernando (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Fernando (Manchester City).
Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Gabriel (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
David Silva (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gabriel (Arsenal).
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal).
Jesús Navas (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nacho Monreal (Arsenal).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Fernando (Manchester City) because of an injury.
Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Fernando (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal).
Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City).
Mesut Özil (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City).
Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Manchester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).
Gabriel (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Gaël Clichy (Manchester City).
Theo Walcott (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gabriel (Arsenal).
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Jesús Navas with a cross.
Substitution, Manchester City. Jesús Navas replaces Leroy Sané.
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mesut Özil (Arsenal).
Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Francis Coquelin.
Goal! Manchester City 2, Arsenal 1. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Petr Cech.
Attempt saved. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bacary Sagna.
Offside, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne tries a through ball, but Leroy Sané is caught offside.
Sarah Outen, from Rutland, had been travelling around the world using only a kayak, bike and rowing boat.
But she was forced to abandon her craft Happy Socks after 143 days at sea because of worsening weather conditions and hurricane Joaquin.
She is now aboard the Federal Oshima which will reach Montreal in a week.
The 30-year-old had been expected to reach the UK in September after setting off from Cape Cod in May but strong winds slowed her progress.
On Saturday it was announced she had taken the decision to seek help after winds of up to 60 knots (69mph), large waves and two low pressure system predicted to hit in the coming days.
Close to tears in a recording for her website, Ms Outen said: "In the next few hours I'm going to get a call from passing ships to say they are coming to pick me up.
"That's right. I'm getting off this ocean... because we have a hurricane forecast heading this way next week.
"With conditions more severe than those that led to me being rescued from the north Pacific, it felt like there wasn't really much of a choice."
She added that she shed "lots of tears" at the thought she might have to abandon her trusty boat but was smiling at the amazing memories.
Since recording the message she was rescued by the cargo ship which is en route to Canada but Happy Socks had to be left behind.
Ms Outen was the first woman to row solo across the North Pacific in 2013 having previously failed in an attempt because of a tropical storm.
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The singer tops the nominations for this years' Billboard Music Awards too.
She has 14 entries in 14 categories, with Sam Smith closely behind on 13 nominations.
Ludacris is returning to host the awards in Las Vegas next month, and will be joined by the American model Chrissy Teigan.
The finalists are based on album and digital song sales, radio airplay, streaming, touring and social media interactions.
There's 40 chart-specific categories and fans will be able to vote online for a chart achievement award.
Iggy Azalea has the third most entries with 12. She also won best song last year with Ariana Grande for Problem.
The awards take place on 17 May. Here's a full list of the finalists:
Ariana Grande, One Direction, Katy Perry, Sam Smith and Taylor Swift
5 Seconds of Summer, Iggy Azalea, Hozier, Sam Smith and Meghan Trainor
Drake, Pharrell Williams, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Justin Timberlake
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The full list of Billboard Music Award nominations is available on the Billboard website
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Instead, the under-performance of the High Output Plant System, a factory train made up of 23 vehicles, has, according to rail observers, made a big contribution to Network Rail falling at least a year behind schedule and going £900m over budget on the Great Western electrification project.
Yet the train was supposed to make the job of erecting thousands of electrification masts much easier. Two years ago, Network Rail was boasting about how it would slash years off the project.
Network Rail would not comment on the performance of the train, but admitted there had been "hiccups" on what is the first major rail electrification project in the UK for a generation. Rail insiders paint a more calamitous picture.
So what's gone wrong with the Hops train - and what role has it played in Network Rail's current woes?
"The whole electrification project for the Great Western line was really based on the High Output train because of the amount of work it could do so much more quickly," said rail journalist Tony Miles.
"The two went hand-in-hand and the completion date was all really based on working out how many miles this high output train would do every day. And the moment it couldn't do that work it was obvious everything was going to fall apart."
The Hops train was supposed to dig holes, put up overhead wire supports, fill the holes with concrete and hang the wires - at the rate of about a mile each night.
Engineering insiders told the BBC that a newly designed wiring system did not match the specification of the holes the Hops train was designed to dig and that a new design of pile-tubes hammered into the ground to house the thousands of electrification masts - went in too deep after ground surveys were missed.
But, according to Roger Ford of Modern Railways magazine, even where the Hops train has managed to dig holes, it has damaged existing signalling cables. For him, the recent decision to "reset" Network Rail's £38bn maintenance and enhancement programme reveals the size of Network Rail's problems.
"It's short on experienced engineers and experienced operators - people who know how to run a railway. One of the problems is we have a lot of people who run Network Rail who know nothing about railways," he said. "I think we just lost the focus on the operational railway."
Network Rail said the scale and complexity of the work on the Great Western line - some 14,000 electrification masts need to be erected - has presented them with "unique challenges". So far, they had dug some 2,000 holes for the masts and erected 600 masts, with the pace increasing every day.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLaughlin has told Parliament that Network Rail must now "pause" its other big projects - including the politically charged electrification of lines in the north of England and the Midlands - and concentrate its efforts on getting the electrification of the Great Western right.
But Louise Ellman, who chairs the Transport Select Committee, questions whether the other projects will get done at all.
"Costs have escalated, particularly on the Great Western line where the costs have now trebled, and it seems to be that other programmes might lose out as a result," she said.
"What that means in practice is that the work that was planned across the North to electrify the line from Manchester to Leeds and Hull, appears to be paused indefinitely and major works have been stopped on the Midland Mainline - so it's now a big question mark on just what's going to proceed and when."
But, for rail journalists like Tony Miles, just getting the Hops train out of its specially built shed in Swindon - known as the Hoob, or High Output Operating Base - doesn't mean the Great Western electrification is back on solid ground yet.
Obstacles ahead on the Great Western line include untangling the signal, track and electrics around the listed Bristol Temple Meads station in Bristol - not least because the new inter-city trains bought by the government for this line are too long for Brunel's curved platforms.
"It was decided by the Department for Transport that the new trains will be 26m long per vehicle and our railways are built for 23m long," said Tony Miles. "So if they go around a tightly curved platform the middle bit will scrape on the platform edge. It's simple physics."
The Department for Transport said it was always known that work would be required on the platforms at Bristol Temple Meads to provide the clearance for the new trains - something that was factored into the plans at the start of the project and was part of the overall package of improvements on the line.
The department also assured the BBC that £38bn is still available to make the improvements needed on the UK's railways and said Network Rail had already delivered some improvements.
Network Rail admitted some of their plans for big projects like the Great Western were "overly optimistic", but would work with its new chairman to re-plan the programme in the next few months.
"On the big items like electrification and capital projects, it was always part of the regulatory process that the costs and programme would be revisited as projects became properly defined," said Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne.
"Unfortunately when these reviews have occurred, the more detailed project costs have been higher than assumed at the earliest stages of definition. As a result, the total enhancement programme cost now exceeds the available five-year budget. Some projects are also delayed beyond the original dates."
Off track: Network Rail on BBC Radio 4's File on 4 is available to listen to after transmission on Tuesday 7 July at 20:00.
A radical teachers' union attacked the offices of five political parties in Chiapas state in the south of the country.
Meanwhile in Guerrero state, explosive devices were thrown into a conservative party's office.
A number of candidates and numerous campaign workers have also been killed in drug-related violence.
On Sunday, Mexican voters will choose Congressmen, governors and mayors.
Correspondents say it has been some of the worst political violence in Mexico's history.
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They took furniture and papers from the ruling PRI party offices in the city of Oaxaca and burnt them outside.
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Despite the unrest, electoral officials say the elections will go ahead on Sunday.
It is the first major test for President Enrique Pena Nieto who has been trying to fulfil his 2012 election promise to bring peace to Mexico after years of drug cartel violence.
Opinion polls show his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and its allies are expected to retain their majority in Congress despite concerns over their track record on security.
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The former world champion says Lanarkshire's Burns can be the first to beat the American, and says it would rank as one of the great British wins.
"If he wins, it will be one of the best wins in a British ring for some time," Hatton said.
"This is Ricky's chance for his name to go seriously up in lights."
He's a wonderful success story, getting a world title, and he's not just got to the world title, he's fighting the best in the division
Burns will be defending his WBO world lightweight title for the fifth time when the two clash at the Glasgow SECC on Saturday night, with many expecting Crawford to provide the toughest test of his career.
Hatton, who defeated the great Kostya Tszyu in 2005 to capture the IBF light-welterweight crown, compared Saturday's fight to his own memorable win in his home city of Manchester that night.
"It's a credit to Ricky that he's taken this fight on," said Hatton, now a boxing promoter.
"Crawford is probably one of the most dangerous fighters in the division and that just sums Ricky Burns up.
"He's a wonderful success story, getting a world title, and he's not just got to the world title, he's fighting the best in the division.
"If he can pull it off, this will be a fight he'll be remembered for when he hangs his gloves up in years to come."
Crawford boasts a record of 22 wins - 16 by way of knockout - with no defeats.
Burns will have the support of 10,000 fans and, as a man who enjoyed many fights in front of a passionate home support, Hatton thinks the Scottish crowd can roar him on to victory.
"It will be like the extra man for him when the fight is getting hard," Hatton said.
"When that crowd roars he needs to use it to his strength, not play to the crowd, not get involved in a war.
"He (Crawford) will never have boxed in this type of atmosphere. The Scottish fans are always very, very passionate. He might not travel well this kid, so right from the off get in amongst him, put him under pressure and let's see what he's made of. Maybe Ricky can pull away with a points win."
Burns clung on to his world title after a controversial draw in his previous bout against Raymundo Beltran back in September, when he suffered a broken jaw. Hatton concedes that the injury will be on Burns' mind but that he wouldn't have taken the fight if he was not physically ready.
"I have no doubt it will be playing on his mind, but Ricky and his coach wouldn't have accepted the fight if they didn't think the jaw was going to stand up," said
"Ricky's been in the game a long time now, as has his trainer Billy Nelson - they're not daft. It will be in the back of his mind, but he's experienced enough to know what he's doing."
You can hear more from Ricky Hatton on Sport Nation at 1100 this Saturday morning on BBC Radio Scotland 92-95FM, on digital and online.
The team said its experiment showed that there was a very slight warming at ground level and that it was localised to within a wind farm's perimeter.
Data suggested the operation of onshore wind farms did not have an adverse ecological effect, the group added.
The findings have been published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
"For a long time there have been some concerns about what effects wind farms could have on the local climate and the land surface," explained co-author Stephen Mobbs, director of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, based at the University of Leeds.
"To be honest, it was mostly speculation with nothing very concrete. We set out to actually measure what was going on."
Prof Mobbs and his colleagues focused on Black Law wind farm, Scotland, which has been operating since 2005. With 54 turbines and a generation capacity of 124 megawatts, it is one of the UK's largest arrays of onshore turbines.
The team installed temperature and humidity sensors across the 18.6 square kilometres site.
"We had a fantastic opportunity when [the operators] turned the wind farm off for several months for some major maintenance," he explained.
"What we were able to do, which had not been possible before, is to compare the effects with and without the turbines rotating."
Prof Mobbs observed: "For the first time, we have been able to detect a climatic effect - there definitely is one.
He said that some people may consider the findings to be bad news for supporters of wind energy, however he said it was probably the opposite.
"Although we have been able to do a very careful experiment and detect the effect, we are now able to show - in a way that could not be done before - that this effect is very small," he added.
"Even in the most extreme conditions, the warming was no more than about a fifth of a degree Celsius in temperature.
"Because we have been able to definitively detect the effect, we can also definitively say that the effect is extremely small and it is not something people should be worried about."
The way turbines alter the local climatic conditions were quite easy to explain, he observed.
"What happens on clear nights is that the ground surface cools as a result of radiation to space and you get a layer of cold air close to the ground - this has been well-known for a hundred years or so.
"On such nights, if you were to go up a tower, etc, to the height of a turbine (approximately 70m), then you would find a natural difference in temperature - up to a few degrees warmer than it was at the ground. This is perfectly natural.
"If you put a rotating turbine into this scenario then you start to bring some of this warmer air from the turbine height down towards the cooler ground-level surface. Equally, you will be moving cold air from the surface higher up. This is how you see the warming effect.
"Although it is getting warmer at the surface, it is not adding heat anywhere; it is just mixing it up."
Prof Mobbs said the team's data revealed that the impact of the turbines was "just one very small effect alongside many other existing effects".
But he added: "For us it is significant that we found it because if we did not find it then people could have thought that maybe there was something there but it had not been recorded.
"We have found it and we can prove that it is very small. There are much bigger effects going on rather than the installation of the wind farm, such as nearby forests or changes in altitude."
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Addressing a rally on Saturday, he had said, "look at what's happening last night in Sweden", as he listed parts of Europe hit by terrorist attacks.
With no such incident reported in Sweden on Friday, the country asked the US administration for an explanation.
Mr Trump tweeted on Sunday that he had been referring to a TV report.
He said it had been broadcast on Fox News but did not say when. He may have been referring to a Fox News programme on Friday night, which looked at refugees and crime in Sweden.
Despite his words "happening last night in Sweden", White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said separately that Mr Trump had been talking about rising crime and recent incidents in general, not referring to a specific issue.
Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt was among those who mocked Mr Trump's comment, suggesting that he had "been smoking".
Social media users ridiculed the American leader, joking about imaginary situations involving Swedish institutions like the pop group Abba and furniture store Ikea.
On Sunday, Mr Trump tweeted: "My statement as to what's happening in Sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on @FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden."
The Fox News report looked at gun violence and rape in Sweden since it opened its doors to large numbers of asylum-seekers in 2013.
Fox News is known to be among Donald Trump's favourite cable TV channels.
President Trump's remarks came at a big rally in Florida.
"You look at what's happening in Germany, you look at what's happening last night in Sweden," he said.
"Sweden, who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers. They're having problems like they never thought possible. You look at what's happening in Brussels, you look at what's happening all over the world. Take a look at Nice, take a look at Paris."
No terrorist incidents were reported in Sweden on Friday.
Sweden's Aftonbladet website summarised the news events of that day, which included:
The mocking hashtag #lastnightinSweden was soon trending on Twitter.
Donald Trump's comment came just weeks after one of his key advisers, Kellyanne Conway, cited a non-existent attack dubbed the "Bowling Green massacre".
Sweden, with a population of about 9.5m, has taken in nearly 200,000 refugees and migrants in recent years - more per capita than any other European country.
It saw a sharp increase in asylum seekers in 2015, with more than 160,000 people arriving. With the influx, tensions also rose with some isolated attacks on immigrants, as well as pro- and anti-migrant demonstrations.
The killing of a 22-year-old woman in January 2016 by an asylum seeker based at the centre where she worked put further pressure on the government to reassess its approach to refugees.
There was a drop in numbers last year after the country introduced new border checks incurring longer processing times, as well as financial incentives for migrants who voluntarily returned to their country of origin.
No terrorist attacks have been recorded in Sweden since the country's open-door policy on migration began in 2013.
However, Sweden is believed to have the highest number of Islamic State fighters per capita in Europe. About 140 of the 300 who went to Syria and Iraq have since returned, leaving the authorities to grapple with how best to reintegrate them into society.
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Work to repair what has been described as "extensive damage" at Taynuilt has been scheduled to be completed by Monday.
ScotRail said a bus shuttle service will operate from Oban to Dalmally, calling at stations along the route.
The operator said the bus replacement service would run "as close to train time as possible".
Ryan Sidebottom took 3-38, for match figures of 6-60, as Lancashire resuming on 141-4, were bowled out for 209.
Tim Bresnan took 3-50, while Ben Coad got the key wicket of Shiv Chanderpaul for career-best match figures of 8-59.
Yorkshire openers Adam Lyth and Alex Lees then polished off the target, reaching 61-0 to win by 10 wickets.
Having begun the third day still nine runs behind, but with six wickets left, with Chanderpaul and Dane Vilas at the crease, Lancashire still had realistic hopes of saving the game, or at least stretching it into the final day.
But they crucially lost Vilas and Chanderpaul, the second highest scorer in the match following Lyth's crucial first-innings century, on 149-6, before they had gone past Yorkshire's first-innings score.
Vilas edged to slip off Sidebottom without adding to his overnight 22, to only the 14th ball of the day, then Chanderpaul, who had added just four to his overnight score, was caught behind for 47 off youngster Coad, his second wicket of the innings, and eighth of the match.
The 22-year-old Harrogate-born paceman, who had taken just two first-class wickets before the start of this season, has now taken 35 first-class wickets this season, more than anyone else in the country.
Ryan McLaren and Jordan Clark (35) held up Yorkshire with a seventh-wicket stand of 48. But, Bresnan then finished things off, taking three wickets in 16 balls as Lancashire lost their last four wickets for 12 runs inside 27 balls.
He had McLaren caught at third slip, then had both Clark, controversially, and Stephen Parry caught behind, either side of Sidebottom accounting for Tom Bailey.
Having started this game a place behind their old rivals in fifth, Yorkshire's second win of the season, with the best part of five sessions to spare, lifts them above Lancashire, into third in the Division One table.
Lancashire avoided a points deduction in this match by operating for 19 of Yorkshire's 21 overs with spinners Steven Croft, Stephen Parry and even England Test opener Haseeb Hameed as they improved their minus three over-rate from the first innings.
Lancashire's next game starts this Friday (9 June), when they host reigning county champions Middlesex at Southport.
Yorkshire also start their next four-day game the same day, when they must travel to Taunton to play bottom-of-the-table Somerset.
Yorkshire coach Andrew Gale told BBC Radio Leeds:
"We were outstanding from start to finish. We dominated the game. I've just said in the dressing room that 'we strive for perfection'. And the only area was we should have got a 250-lead, not 150.
"Other than that, I asked us to be more ruthless. Our catching was a lot better. As a bowling unit, we were top drawer. As good as you'll see in county cricket.
"I'm pleased for Lythy because you always go through a lean patch as a batter. He's worked really hard and put a decent shift in in the nets. I'm pleased he's got his rewards.
"This period of games is massive in the scheme of the season. I said before this game that it won't be won and lost in this period, but you can make some dents in the table."
Lancashire coach Glen Chapple told BBC Radio Manchester:
"Yorkshire basically won the game on a pretty spicy pitch. They were pretty relentless on the first day and we weren't able to match that.
"It comes to down to old fashioned English conditions, which were bowler friendly. And the Yorkshire bowlers were outstanding.
"We didn't live up to their bowling, especially Ryan Sidebottom and Ben Coad early on. They just hammered out a length and gave our batsmen nowhere to go.
"I don't think it was down to the toss at all. It was basically the quality of our bowling didn't match theirs. We have to take that on the chin."
Yorkshire's Brunt, 29, has not featured since back trouble ended her Ashes-winning tour of Australia in January.
Berkshire opener Heather Knight, 23, is appointed vice-captain to Charlotte Edwards for all three series.
Uncapped Nottinghamshire seamer Sonia Odedra wins her first call-up for a one-off Test with India on 13 August.
Left-arm seamer Natasha Farrant is also fit again and is in the squad for the three T20 internationals against South Africa in September.
Also in the squad for all three series is Warwickshire spinner Rebecca Grundy, who played in the Women's World Twenty20 earlier this year but is uncapped in the Test or ODI format.
The three one-day matches against India will form the first round of the new Women's Championship, a qualifying event for the 2017 World Cup.
Australia, England, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies, South Africa and New Zealand will play three one-day games against each other over the next two years, with points awarded for each match and the top four gaining automatic qualification for the World Cup.
Sussex's Georgia Elwiss has been ruled out for the rest of the summer with a broken hand.
Laura Marsh, who has had an extended lay-off from international cricket following major shoulder surgery during the winter, will lead an England academy squad of 14 which also includes Fran Wilson and Danielle Wyatt.
They will play a two-day match against India at Loughborough starting on 7 August, a 50-over match against India at Harrogate on 18 August and T20s against South Africa at Southend on 29 and 30 August.
England squad: Charlotte Edwards (capt), Heather Knight (vice capt), Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt (ODIs & T20s only), Kathryn Cross, Natasha Farrant (T20s only), Lydia Greenway, Rebecca Grundy, Jenny Gunn, Danielle Hazell, Amy Jones (wk), Sonia Odedra (Test match only), Natalie Sciver, Anya Shrubsole, Sarah Taylor (wk), Lauren Winfield.
Sammie Welch, 23, was travelling with her three-year-old son from Birmingham to Plymouth last Thursday when she was given the message and a £5 note.
Ken Saunders, 50, from Wiltshire, was tracked down after a social media campaign to find him.
He told ITV's Good Morning Britain it was a spur-of-the-moment decision.
The note, in capital letters, read: "Have a drink on me. You are a credit to your generation, polite and teaching the little boy good manners.
"PS I have a daughter your age, someone did the same for her once. Hope when she has children she is as good a mother as you. Have a lovely evening."
It was signed, "Man on train at table with glasses and hat".
Ms Welch, from Plymouth, thanked Mr Saunders when they were brought together on the ITV programme.
"I don't think you realise the impact you actually had and what you actually did for us," she said.
Mr Saunders said: "It had been a very long week and a long day and I was on the train, as you know, and it was just endearing."
"She came on; the little boy was a bubbly little boy. And he coughed and she said, 'Oh Rylan, put your hand in front of your mouth', and then he practised it quite a bit after that.
"Then he said, 'What?', and she said, 'No, pardon, Rylan'. It was quite funny, it was entertaining. It was all just very endearing."
Mr Saunders added: "Youngsters today are much maligned and I thought, here is a great role model, great mother and I just thought, this is lovely."
It is the only time Ed Miliband and David Cameron will appear together on TV ahead of 7 May's polling day.
The Labour and Tory leaders debated zero hours contracts and spending cuts in the ITV-hosted contest.
But some of the sharpest exchanges in the two hour event came when Lib Dem Nick Clegg clashed with Mr Cameron.
Snap polls taken after the debate gave a mixed verdict.
A YouGov poll of 1,100 people gave a clear victory to the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, with 28%, followed by UKIP leader Nigel Farage on 20%, Mr Cameron on 18%, Mr Miliband on 15%, Mr Clegg on 10%, Green Party leader Natalie Bennett on 5% and Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood on 4%.
But a ComRes poll for ITV made it a dead-heat between Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband, Mr Farage and Ms Sturgeon, although Mr Cameron came out on top on the question of who was most capable of leading the country.
Mr Miliband was judged best performer in an ICM poll for the Guardian, taking 25% of support, just ahead of David Cameron on 24%.
Analysis by BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson
There was no game changer. No single "moment", no zinger, no gaffe which looks set to re-shape the course of this election. Save perhaps for one.
That was the presence on the stage of not two or three party leaders but seven - a debate in which the talk of a new sort of politics, multi-party politics, became visible reality.
If that gives a boost for UKIP's Nigel Farage with his laser focus on immigration and his attack on the "Westminster parties" - as the early instant polls suggest - it will worry the Tories.
If it also promotes Natalie Bennett's Greens, Nicola Sturgeon's SNP and Leanne Wood's Plaid Cymru after their assault on austerity - it will frighten Labour. The consequence could be an outcome more unpredictable and more uncertain than any election for years.
Read Nick's full blog here.
In some of the testiest exchanges, Mr Clegg accused Mr Cameron of wanting to cut the money going into schools - Mr Cameron denied this and accused the Lib Dem leader of taking a "pick and mix approach" to decisions they had made together in cabinet.
Ed Miliband attacked Mr Clegg for "betraying young people" over tuition fees - a clearly riled Mr Clegg attacked the Labour leader's "pious stance" and challenged Mr Miliband to apologise to the British public for "crashing the economy". Mr Miliband said Labour had admitted getting it wrong over bank regulation.
Nicola Sturgeon took a firm line against austerity and signalled areas, such as increasing the top rate of income tax, where she could work with Labour but said getting more SNP MPs elected to Westminster was needed to "keep them honest".
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and the Green Party's Natalie Bennett joined Ms Sturgeon in stressing their anti-austerity credentials.
The verdict of the snap opinion polls
UKIP leader Nigel Farage risked controversy by highlighting the number of foreign nationals with HIV who he said were treated by the NHS, saying: "We have to look after our own people first."
Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood said Mr Farage "ought to be ashamed of himself" for deploying "scaremongering rhetoric".
Mr Farage also clashed directly with David Cameron on the issue of immigration, saying he stood no chance of getting agreement from other EU leaders to restrict the free movement of people.
Mr Cameron rejected this and accused Mr Farage of wanting to get a Labour government through the "back door".
He said: "We do need immigration that's controlled and fair. In recent decades it's been too high and I want to see it come down."
Mr Farage responded: "As members of the EU, what can we do to control immigration? Let me tell you - nothing."
It was a relatively even-tempered debate, with few examples of the leaders shouting across each other, but a woman from the audience attempted to disrupt proceedings, shouting "they are not listening to us" as Mr Cameron gave an answer on the armed forces.
The heckler, Victoria Prosser, 33, from Salford, told reporters she challenged David Cameron because she wanted people to question "the 1% at the top" who she said were not working in the country's interests.
Mr Miliband repeatedly described what he would do "if I am prime minister", in raising the minimum wage, banning exploitative zero-hours contracts and "rescuing our NHS".
Mr Clegg directly challenged Mr Cameron over his decision not to ask the richest to pay more towards deficit reduction, but instead to impose "ideologically-driven cuts".
Responding to Mr Cameron's casting of the election as a choice between "competence and chaos", the Lib Dem leader urged him to "imagine the chaos in people's lives" caused by cuts in spending on health, schools and childcare.
Mr Cameron said the wealthy would be the target of a £5bn crackdown on tax avoidance and evasion.
He then turned the spotlight on Mr Miliband, who he said "still thinks the last Labour government didn't tax too much, borrow too much and spend too much".
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett got things under way with an anti-austerity message, saying there was an "alternative" to making the poor and disadvantaged pay for the mistakes of bankers.
Nigel Farage said the other six parties were all the same because they supported EU membership, adding he wanted to "take back control of our borders".
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said no one would win the election and voters should think about who they want to see in coalition, saying his party offered "grit" in government.
Nicola Sturgeon had a message of "friendship" for the rest of the UK, saying the SNP will work with other "parties of like mind" to end the "bedroom tax" and protect the NHS.
Ed Miliband said Labour had a better plan for the country and vowed to ban exploitative "zero hours" contracts and "save" the NHS.
David Cameron said the Conservatives' economic plan was working, adding: "Let's not go back to square one, Britain can do so much better than that."
Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood had an anti-austerity message and said her party can "win for Wales" in a hung Parliament.
Campaigning was quieter than usual on Thursday, as most of the party leaders spent the afternoon preparing for the TV clash.
The seven-way debate emerged from tortuous negotiations between the parties and the broadcasters, with David Cameron refusing a direct head-to-head with Ed Miliband.
A question and answer programme featuring David Cameron and Ed Miliband appearing separately, was hosted by Channel 4 and Sky News last week, and a BBC debate involving opposition party leaders, moderated by David Dimbleby on 16 April.
There will also be a special Question Time on BBC One, a week before polling day, with Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg appearing one after the other to answer questions from a studio audience.
The Democratic Unionist Party, which has eight MPs, has criticised its exclusion from the programme.
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The 23-year-old France midfielder, who joined for £89m in August, scored twice in Thursday's 4-1 Europa League win over Fenerbahce after a subdued display in Monday's 0-0 draw at Liverpool.
"Two days ago he was the worst player in the Premier League and 48 hours later he's phenomenal," said Mourinho.
"He needs time. I'm happy with his performance. He has what we need."
Mourinho, who spent two seasons in charge of Inter Milan and led them to the Champions League as part of a treble in 2010, believes Pogba is getting used to a different style of football to that at former club Juventus.
"I was in Italy and I know the characteristics, the pace and intensity," the 53-year-old Portuguese added.
"To be in Italy for four or five years and then come back to the Premier League, I was not expecting him to adjust in a click of fingers."
Pogba, who said after the match that he felt "comfortable with all the team", now has three goals in 10 games for United.
Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial also scored for United, with former Red Devils striker Robin van Persie applauded warmly after scoring a late consolation
Another of United's summer signings, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, has to "work more" if he wants to be involved in the first team, according to Mourinho.
The 27-year-old Armenia midfielder, who arrived in a £26m transfer from Borussia Dortmund, is no longer injured but has not appeared since being substituted at half-time during the derby defeat by Manchester City on 10 September.
"He has to work more to get the intensity to play at a high level," said Mourinho.
"We played with Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Anthony Martial. I am not Einstein. I don't know a tactical system with four wingers.
"It would be much better for him to work the way he did yesterday in a specific session. He must wait for his chance but he is ready very soon."
BBC Sport's Simon Stone at Old Trafford
Four goals, a win and a goal for an old favourite. As European evenings go at Old Trafford, this was a good one for Manchester United and their fans.
But Mourinho knows his tricky week is only two-thirds through.
He has a draw from a trip to Liverpool. On Sunday, he must go to Stamford Bridge, the ground he called home for so long, and a meeting with Chelsea that is bound to be emotional, but, given United are slightly off the pace in the Premier League, one he must get something from.
Mic Medeska: The reason for the goals is Carrick. Pogba can get forward and the attackers know he's back there. Confidence.
Kenny Kong: Now THAT is the sort of goals MUFC paid so much for Pogba for, what a beauty.
Khushil Hirani: Surely Mourinho has to look to Carrick to balance the team at Stamford Bridge on Sunday?
The Office for National Statistics' (ONS) second estimate of GDP growth for the quarter was unrevised.
The growth estimate for 2015 was also unchanged at 2.2%, which was the slowest annual pace since 2012.
However, the UK economy remains one of the fastest growing of the developed nations.
The ONS noted that the fourth quarter of 2015 was the 12th consecutive quarter of growth, compared with the erratic pattern of behaviour between 2009 and 2012.
ONS chief economist Joe Grice said: "Once again, the buoyancy of the services sector has offset the relative sluggishness of the rest of the UK economy."
Output in UK's services sector grew 0.7% in the three months to the end of December. Household spending slowed slightly in the quarter, but still rose by 0.7%.
However, the production sector and net trade dragged on growth in the final three months of 2015.
Production output, which includes heavy industry, energy and manufacturing, contracted by 0.5% in the fourth quarter compared with the previous three months.
Vicky Redwood, economist at Capital Economics, warned "the recovery remains entirely dependent on consumer spending".
Chris Williamson, economist at research firm Markit, said the ONS data painted "a picture of an unbalanced economy that is once again reliant on consumer spending to drive growth as business shows increased signs of risk aversion".
"Growth is being supported by firms increasing the wages paid to workers alongside low inflation, which is clearly good for household incomes in the short term. But for a sustainable recovery, which involves improvements in productivity and profits, we also need to see business investment revive, something which will only happen when business confidence lifts higher again."
Last month, Chancellor George Osborne warned that the economy was facing a "dangerous cocktail" of risks in 2016, ranging from slowing global economic growth to volatile stock markets and the continuing slump in oil prices.
On Wednesday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the UK economy's recent performance had been "strong", but added that the referendum on EU membership was a "risk and uncertainty".
The IMF also said that the global economy had weakened further and warned it was "highly vulnerable to adverse shocks".
It said the weakening had come "amid increasing financial turbulence and falling asset prices".
The IMF's report comes before the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Shanghai later this week.
It said China's slowdown was adding to global economic growth concerns.
China's economy, the second-biggest in the world, is growing at the slowest rate in 25 years.
"Growth in advanced economies is modest already under the baseline, as low demand in some countries and a broad-based weakening of potential growth continue to hold back the recovery," the Washington-based IMF said.
The complaint is from 17 workers who are "extremely unhappy" at seeing their pay rates change for weekends, bank holidays and night shifts.
Leigh Day, the law firm acting for the workers, estimated thousands of long-term Tesco staff, mainly in their 40s, could be affected.
Tesco said workers would receive a "transition payment" for the changes.
The employees have started the process towards making a claim in an employment tribunal, according to Leigh Day.
Pay changes announced by Tesco in February included an hourly wage rise, but also cuts to the rates paid to some Sunday and bank holiday staff.
Under the changes, staff would receive time and a half for Sunday and bank holiday shifts from July, whereas previously some had received double time.
A Tesco spokesperson said: "The minority of colleagues who were negatively impacted by this change were supported with an agreed lump sum transition payment."
Paula Lee from Leigh Day said its clients, who have worked for Tesco for at least 16 years, felt "their loyalty was being taken advantage of".
She said: "Our clients are extremely unhappy that they have had their wages reduced in this way.
"These long-serving employees are especially angry that they only found out about the decision when news was leaked to the national press in January 2016.
"They feel hurt, bewildered and frightened that this could happen again."
The law firm claims a night premium was also scrapped.
They allege they were forced to work off the clock and not paid overtime.
Workers in New York said they were not reimbursed the cost of cleaning their uniforms, which they claim pushed their real wages below the minimum limit.
The firm said it was committed to fair treatment of employees and was "reviewing the allegations".
"McDonald's and our independent franchisees are committed to undertaking a comprehensive investigation of the allegations and will take any necessary actions as they apply to our respective organisations," it said in a statement.
The workers have filed a total of seven class action lawsuits in the three states.
In three California suits, workers claim that McDonald's and its franchise owners "failed to pay them for all time worked, failed to pay proper overtime" and "altered pay records".
The cases in Michigan claim the firm "regularly forces workers to show up for work, but then forces them to wait without pay until enough customers show up, and that it also routinely violates minimum wage laws".
Lawyer Michael Rubin, of Altshuler Berzon LLP, who filed the California suits, said: "We've uncovered several unlawful schemes, but they all share a common purpose - to drive labour costs down by stealing wages from McDonald's workers."
The lawsuits come just as President Barack Obama is expected to announce tougher rules on overtime pay.
Fast food companies have already been under increasing pressure to raise wages, and workers at various outlets, including McDonald's, have held strikes in recent months.
Earlier this month, McDonald's said that growing concerns over income inequality may force it to raise its wages.
It said the public focus on the issue "may intensify" over the coming months.
The 40-year-old Deila arrived in June 2014 having won the Norwegian championship with Stromsgodset in his homeland.
In his first season, he led Celtic to a fourth consecutive league title and lifted the Scottish League Cup with a 2-0 victory over Dundee United.
A second title under Deila seems certain as they lead the Scottish Premiership by eight points from Aberdeen.
But they failed to reach the Champions League group stage in both seasons and, this term, finished bottom of their Europa League group and were knocked out in the semi-finals of both domestic cup competitions.
6 June 2014: Ronny Deila appointed Celtic manager
15 July 2014: First competitive game as manager, beats KR Reykjavik of of Iceland 1-0 in a Champions League qualifier. Celtic go on to win the tie 5-0 on aggregate.
30 July 2014: Celtic lose 4-1 to Legia Warsaw and fail to overturn the deficit with another 2-0 defeat in the second leg at Murrayfield. However, they are given a 3-0 win and a place in the next round after Legia Warsaw are found to have fielded an ineligible player.
26 August 2014: Celtic crash out of the Champions League qualifiers with a 2-1 aggregate defeat by Maribor of Slovenia.
5 October 2014: After a 1-0 home defeat by Hamilton Academical, Celtic find themselves as low as sixth in the Scottish Premiership.
9 November 2014: The "Ronny Roar" makes its first appearance after Celtic come from behind to beat Aberdeen at Pittodrie, with Virgil van Dijk scoring a last-minute winner. Celtic go top of the league.
1 February 2015: The Old Firm meet at Hampden Park in the League Cup semi-final, with first-half goals from Leigh Griffiths and Kris Commons settling the tie in Celtic's favour.
26 February 2015: Celtic make it as far as the last 16 of the Europa League but lose 4-3 on aggregate to Inter Milan, with Virgil van Dijk red-carded in the San Siro.
1 March 2015: Celtic end Aberdeen's 13-game unbeaten run and go six points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand following a 4-0 win over Derek McInnes men.
15 March 2015: Deila wins his first trophy as manager of Celtic with a 2-0 win over Dundee United in the League Cup final.
19 April 2015: Celtic's dreams of a domestic treble are ended in the Scottish Cup semi-final by eventual winners Inverness Caledonian Thistle, who win 3-2 after extra-time.
2 May 2015: Deila's side are crowned champions after Aberdeen lose 1-0 to Dundee United.
25 August 2015: Celtic defeat Starnan and Qarabag in the Champions League qualifiers but fail again to make it to the group stages, this time losing 4-3 on aggregate to Malmo of Sweden.
12 September 2015: After a 2-1 win over Celtic at Pittodrie by 10-man Aberdeen, the Dons leapfrog Deila's side and go top of the Premiership.
22 October 2015: Deila describes Kris Commons' reaction to being substituted in a 3-1 defeat by Molde as "unacceptable" and "disrespectful". The midfielder berated the Celtic back-room staff in the dugout.
10 December 2015: A 1-1 draw with Fenerbahce ends Celtic's involvement in the Europa League, with the Glasgow club finishing bottom of their group behind the Turks, Ajax and Molde.
31 January 2016: Celtic lose 3-1 to Ross County at Hampden in the League Cup semi-final to again end dreams of a domestic treble.
3 February 2016: Days after the Hampden defeat, Celtic lose 2-1 to Aberdeen.
19 March 2016: After dropping the "Ronny Roar", it re-appears as a Tom Rogic last-minute winner away to Kilmarnock puts Celtic five points clear in the title race.
9 April 2016: A 2-1 win over Motherwell puts Celtic eight points clear at the top of the league with five games remaining.
17 April 2016: Glasgow rivals Rangers, who have won the Championship title, beat Celtic 5-4 on penalties after a 2-2 draw to knock them out of the Scottish Cup.
20 April 2016: Celtic announce on their website that Deila has decided to leave the club at the end of the season.
It comes amid mounting speculation that Nicola Sturgeon is moving towards calling for a second referendum on Scottish independence.
BBC Scotland's political editor Brian Taylor said he did not expect Ms Sturgeon to name a date for a referendum.
But he said it would be "at least" a final warning to the UK government.
He told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "I think it will be the final warning to the UK government saying to deal with Scotland, deal substantially with Scotland, set out terms for the way Scotland will be treated distinctively, or else.
"But I think she will go further than that. I think that she is probably getting, like the rest of us, slightly exasperated by tiptoeing towards the referendum.
"And I think it will be the detailed terms as to how and when and where and why a referendum takes place, and I think she will set it out in very precise terms".
Ms Sturgeon will make her statement at her official Bute House residence in Edinburgh at 11:30 GMT as legislation paving the way for the UK prime minister to begin the formal Brexit negotiations faces its final test in parliament.
If the Article 50 Bill triggering the exit from the EU is passed, it could win royal assent as early as Tuesday, allowing Mrs May to begin the two-year Brexit process.
Ms Sturgeon has previously hinted that the autumn of 2018 would be a suitable time to call a referendum unless the prime minister accepts a series of demands set out by the Scottish government ahead of the formal triggering of Brexit.
The demands include allowing Scotland to remain a member of the European single market even if the rest of the UK leaves.
Theresa May has promised to examine the proposals - but has not indicated that she is likely to accept them.
Scottish voters rejected independence by 55% to 45% in the referendum in September 2014.
Recent opinion polls have suggested there continues to be a narrow majority in favour of remaining the UK - although the gap may have closed since Mrs May's speech outlining her plans for Brexit,
The Scottish Parliament currently has a narrow pro-independence majority, with the SNP and Greens in favour and the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats opposed.
If MSPs were to vote to hold a referendum, they would require the permission of Westminster to make it legally binding - but the prime minister has so far avoided saying whether or not she would give consent.
However, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said at the weekend that he would be "absolutely fine" with a second referendum if Holyrood voted for one, and said it was not the job of Labour "to prevent people holding referenda".
His comments sparked a furious reaction from senior Scottish Labour figures, including economy spokeswoman Jackie Baillie and the party's only MP in Scotland, Ian Murray.
Speaking to the BBC's Today programme on Monday morning, Mr Corbyn attempted to clarify his remarks.
He said: "If the Scottish Parliament decided they wanted to have a referendum then it would be wrong for Westminster to block it.
"But let's be absolutely clear, I do not think there should be another referendum, I think that independence would be economically catastrophic for many people in Scotland."
She had been asked to give sworn responses to 25 written questions from a conservative legal group.
At least 21 responses used variations of "does not recall", the documents, provided by her lawyer, show.
Mrs Clinton denies handling classified information in her private emails.
Questions over her use of a private email server while secretary of state have dogged her presidential campaign.
Hillary Clinton's 'emailgate'
FBI releases email inquiry files
Her responses under oath to the Judicial Watch group were provided by her lawyer, David Kendall.
Mrs Clinton also made various legal objections to the wording or formation of 18 of the 25 questions, the documents show.
Correspondents say her answers provide no new information beyond what Mrs Clinton told FBI agents during a recent investigation.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said the group's lawyers would be closely reviewing her responses.
"Mrs Clinton's refusal to answer many of the questions in a clear and straightforward manner further reflects disdain for the rule of law," he said.
Judicial Watch has filed multiple lawsuits to try to obtain copies of government documents from Mrs Clinton's time as secretary of state.
The second row is a late arrival after being released to play in Castres' Top14 play-off defeat to Montpellier.
Gray, 26, is expected to take part in Tuesday's training session before the team is announced on Thursday.
"We will wait to see what mental and physical shape he is in," said assistant coach Matt Taylor.
"He has been very good for us lately, so how he turns up will determine whether he comes in to consideration.
"Today's training is not a full-on session in terms of a lot of the contact, it's more about organisation. We have a hard session on Tuesday, when the bulk of the work will be done, and we hope he [Gray] will be involved in that."
Gray is one of only three specialist locks in Scotland's 27-man squad, along with brother Jonny and Tim Swinson.
Japan warmed up for the first of two matches against Scotland with a 26-22 win over Canada in Vancouver at the weekend.
Kotaro Matsushima and Takeshi Kizu scored the tries, while Yoshiya Hosoda was sent off early in the second half. Yu Tamura kicked four penalties and both conversions.
"They are quick to contact, they try to play a high-tempo game," said Taylor.
"There are a few similarities to how Japan played in the World Cup in some of their shapes and that they are trying to keep the ball in hand. They are kicking a wee bit more than they have in the past, so whether they keep that up we are not sure.
"Japan is only one ranking place below us, they are a very good side. We want to play well and put a marker down.
"We will be looking to go out there and win the game and put in a performance. I imagine both teams will be better for running together the second time around. We will be looking to play well and win."
A group claiming links to IS had allegedly obtained and published online data mostly about US defence officials.
The Australian government has confirmed at least eight Australians are on the list, including an MP.
Justice Minister Michael Keenan said intelligence agencies were looking into the threats.
He said the list contained up to 1500 individuals including "at least eight Australians", he said on Thursday.
"If there was any threat to any Australians' physical security then obviously we would take the appropriate action to make sure that people are safe," Mr Keenan said.
In a statement to the BBC, the Australian Federal Police said it was working with other agencies on the claims about an IS hacking division posting a spreadsheet of personal details on social media.
"The AFP is aware of today's claims by a group calling itself the Islamic State Hacking Division," it said in a statement.
"As with all matters that could potentially impact safety and security, the AFP will liaise with its Federal government and state and territory partner agencies in regard to appropriate activities in response to this," it said.
Fairfax Media reported the list included personal information of Australian Defence Force employees and their relatives, as well as an MP from the state of Victoria, and some public servants.
An alleged spreadsheet of data included peoples' mobile phone numbers, email addresses, internet passwords and home addresses.
The Defence Department declined to comment.
IS reportedly was bragging on Wednesday on social media about publication of the data.
It warned people on the list it was forwarding their personal information to "soldiers of the khilafah [caliphate], who will soon with the permission of Allah will strike at your necks in your own lands", reported Fairfax Media.
What is school performance data?
School performance data is statistical information showing how well pupils in England have done in public examinations taken at key points in their educational journey.
Data is published for children's attainment in national curriculum tests, often known as Sats, which are sat at the end of primary school at age 10 or 11.
At secondary school level, data is published detailing pupils' performance in GCSEs (and equivalent exams) at age 16 and A-levels (and equivalents) at age 18.
Secondary schools are considered to be "underperforming" if fewer than 40% of their pupils get five GCSEs at grade A*-C, including English and maths, and if the school has a below average score for pupils making the expected progress between Key Stage 2 (end of Year 6) and Key Stage 4 (end of Year 11) in English and maths.
Only a pupil's first attempt at a qualification is included for league tables - this aims to stop schools repeatedly entering pupils for exams in order to boost their ranking.
The list of qualifications included for league tables includes only those the government says are of the highest, academic quality, and the number of non-GCSE qualifications that count is capped at two.
Yes. From next year, schools in England will be measured on what is known as Progress 8. Progress 8 will replace the five or more good GCSEs, including maths and English, benchmark as the key measure for all secondary schools.
Progress 8 assesses the progress pupils make between Key Stage 2 tests taken at the end of primary school and their performance in a specified mixture of eight subjects at the end of secondary school. Schools will be given a score based on how their pupils have progressed compared to the national average.
This year, schools were given the option to "opt in" for Progress 8 and 327 schools (around 10%) took this up.
Primary schools are considered to be "underperforming" if fewer than 65% of pupils get a Level 4 in maths, reading and writing, and pupils are not making the expected progress in these three subjects between the end of infants (age six or seven) and age 10 or 11, when they prepare to leave primary school.
In the past, only media organisations used the data to produce rankings in the form of school league tables.
But now the Department for Education effectively publishes tables, with a facility on its website that allows users to rank schools by different measures.
Wales and Northern Ireland abolished league tables in 2001, followed by Scotland in 2003.
Scottish exam data is still published online, but it is not in a format where schools can be easily compared.
Wales now publishes tables that place schools in one of five performance bands.
The performance data in league tables is used widely by parents to judge how well schools in their area perform.
Supporters argue the tables help drive up standards by increasing the accountability of schools and providing valuable information for parents.
Research carried out by Bristol University suggested the abolition of league tables in Wales had led to a drop in standards in the lowest 75% of schools.
Opponents say comparing schools in this way is too crude a measure of a school's quality, achievements and character.
They argue the tables often say more about the intake of a school than the teaching and learning that goes on there.
Increasingly, head teachers say the constant state of flux in the exams system makes comparisons between previous years less meaningful.
League tables are also thought to encourage competition rather than collaboration between schools in local areas and to lead to middle-class parents pushing to get their children into top schools, further driving down standards at less popular schools.
There are also suggestions children are pushed into subjects and choices that make the school look good, rather than broadening their education.
The tables show how well a particular year group of pupils at a given school has performed in tests or exams.
Most of the pupils will have started school a few years before taking the tests or exams, and there may have been changes of staff or policy at the school in the interim.
The tables do not include information about the more holistic elements of a school such as extra-curricular activities on offer - for example, sport and drama - or details about a school's pastoral care system.
Some of these details may feature in the school's Ofsted report.
It is always advisable to visit a school - most schools run open days or evenings for prospective pupils and parents.
"Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities", the president-elect said in a statement, adding that the two had discussed his "urban renewal agenda".
Mr Carson is the first African-American to be nominated for Mr Trump's cabinet.
He endorsed Mr Trump in March after ending his own bid for the White House.
"Ben shares my optimism about the future of our country and is part of ensuring that this is a presidency representing all Americans,'' the statement from Mr Trump said.
But Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi criticised the nomination of Mr Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, calling him a "disconcerting and disturbingly unqualified choice to lead a department as complex and consequential as housing and urban development".
The agency has an annual budget of about $50bn (£40bn).
Dr Carson has made some pointed comments in the past over the work of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). They provide some insight into how a Carson-run Hud might approach desegregation and the agency's role in tackling poverty.
A report issued by HUD in 2011 criticised the city of Dubuque, Iowa, for withholding the rent-assistance vouchers in a way that disproportionately affected black tenants. In 2015, Dr Carson derided Hud's action as government overreach. "This is what you see in communist countries," he said.
Under the Obama administration, HUD attempted to proactively tackle segregation in American cities by incentivising wealthier areas to build affordable housing.
"These government-engineered attempts to legislate racial equality create consequences that often make matters worse," he wrote in June 2015. "Based on the history of failed socialist experiments in this country, entrusting the government to get it right can prove downright dangerous."
Mr Trump has not always been so positive about the man he has chosen to join his administration.
In November 2015, when Mr Carson briefly overtook him in the polls for the Republican nomination, Mr Trump launched sustained attacks on his rival's character.
In one tweet, he brought together three of Mr Carson's most controversial statements, bringing up Mr Carson's own admissions about his violent behaviour growing up in a poor family in Detroit.
Mr Carson has since reiterated statements about his teenage years first made in his autobiography, in which he admitted to wanting to hit his mother on the head with a hammer and to trying to stab a friend.
His assertion that the Egyptian pyramids were not built to entomb pharaohs but instead by the Biblical figure Joseph to store grain were widely ridiculed when they emerged in November.
Mr Carson is a devout Protestant Christian who is a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church.
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Adlington, the retired two-time Olympic champion, feels the Europeans, which start in London on Monday, will provide the perfect build-up to Rio.
The 21-year-old from Derby won three world titles in 2015.
"He's the hot favourite who everyone wants to beat," said Adlington.
"At the Europeans everyone will be looking at him and hopefully facing up to all of that pressure and experiencing the atmosphere will make the Olympics a little easier."
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Peaty's early-season form has been impressive.
His 100m breaststroke victory at the British Olympic trials last month saw him climb to the top of the world rankings in the event.
Peaty was among a 26-strong squad named for this summer's Games who will also compete as a squad together for the London Europeans.
"The strength in depth in a great thing for British Swimming because everyone is really pushing each other on," Adlington told BBC Sport.
"Traditionally GB swimmers haven't been able to swim fast in the heats and then again in the finals as we lacked the depth and didn't need to do that at trials.
"We were being caught out at big events, but now we're starting to see that consistency.
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"Adam does it all the time - he's a born racer - but there are others too and that's great for Britain's prospects at the Europeans and Olympics."
While British men - Peaty, James Guy and the 4x200m freestyle relay team - stole the headlines with World gold medals in 2015, Adlington feels the GB women can make a major impact in 2016 too.
"Fran Halsall and Hannah Miley have so much experience but I think both Jazz Carlin and Siobhan-Marie O'Connor have great chances too," she said.
"Jazz has had illnesses but is really coming into her own, whilst I think Siobhan is at the right age to push forward and get to the stage Adam [Peaty] is at.
"They have done it at the Worlds [with bronze medals each] and now they will want to make their mark at the Europeans and Olympics."
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Voters in Cornwall will be able to use the new design, alongside the more traditional wooden type.
Cornwall county council has bought 700 of the recyclable booths, similar to those used in Australia and the US, costing £15 each.
The council's deputy elections manager Dave Cunningham said they looked "funky".
Voters will choose new members of the European Parliament this week, with councils looking after voting and counts.
Mr Cunningham said: "We have been looking at ways to make elections more affordable, eco-friendly and manageable for our staff. One of the areas we have been investigating is the provision of polling booths.
"Both the USA and Australia use cardboard booths and we wanted to see if this would work in Cornwall. As well as being much cheaper to produce, using cardboard booths would also dramatically reduce the costs of storage, transport, cleaning, repairs and replacing existing conventional timber booths at end of their life."
Wooden booths cost about six times the price of cardboard ones, at £92.
Cornwall Council was unable to find a suitable cardboard booth supplier in the UK and it was deemed too expensive to import them from the US. So it hired architects from Exeter to create a design.
Mr Cunningham said: "We wanted something a bit different, looked funky, was lightweight, fitted into the back of a car (so the presiding officer could take it with them), was simple to put together, and was strong, robust and appropriate for both able and disabled voters."
The result is a curved, four-person booth which is low enough for staff to see over and around. Each booth also has a low desk suitable for disabled voters.
The council will decide after the trial whether to use cardboard booths in future elections.
England restricted the hosts to 97-9, Heather Knight, Danielle Hazell and Laura Marsh taking two wickets each.
Knight then made 26 and Lydia Greenway 25 as England reached their target with eight balls to spare in Lincoln.
Edwards, who scored five, said: "There was a lot of hype, but in our dressing room it was all about the series win."
ECB managing director Paul Downton was among those in attendance and prior to the match made a presentation to the 35-year-old who says she wants to play on to the 2017 World Cup.
"There were a few tears walking out but it was great to have people here to mark the occasion," she told BBC Sport.
Edwards, who made her England debut in 1996 at the age of 16 and took over as captain in 2005, became the first England player - man or woman - to captain in 200 internationals.
The Kent batter has presided over three Ashes series wins as well as the World Cup and World T20 successes of 2009.
In 2014 she became only the second woman to be named one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year.
Winning the toss and inviting the hosts to bat at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Edwards saw her spinners stifle New Zealand.
After home captain Suzie Bates was held on the leg-side boundary in the third over, it began a procession in which only two Kiwis passed double figures.
Indeed, if it had not been Sophie Devine's 31-ball 37, including a straight six off Jenny Gunn, the contest would have been even more one-sided.
Although opener Edwards was bowled trying to cut Lea Tahuhu early on, Knight and Sarah Taylor ensured the England chase began with good momentum.
They fell in quick succession, leaving Greenway and Natalie Sciver to push the tourists to the brink of victory.
A succession a dot balls prolonged the match, but Katherine Brunt's six sealed Edwards's 129th victory as captain.
"I'm really proud of the way of the way we played and to win in a convincing manner was really pleasing," Edwards said.
On Thursday (21:30 GMT on Wednesday), the sides will resume the one-day series which preceded the T20s, with New Zealand leading 2-1 and two games remaining.
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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.
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Having a sponsor tweet you good luck at the Olympics could get an athlete into trouble - and even cost them medals.
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